Morning rise at the embassy as the alarm clock went off; the young blond foreigner became fully aware of the clock. Not only the alarm clock she was awakened but also the morning sun rays. While under the covers, she tapped the snooze button and woke up. By the looks of the clock, it was an early day to start her big day. She rose from bed with a yawn, covered with a very messy bed head.
The first thing she did was freshen up in the shower. It was then followed by the brushing of the teeth, then curling her hair. Slipping into her bathrobe, she went back into her room. From within, she picked out her best gown for today. As she heard the knocks, she knew it was right on schedule.
"Come in." She called.
"Good Morning Ms. Karin." The fateful attendant greeted the young rich girl with a plate of toast and morning tea.
"Good Morning Shibasaki," Karin replied holding her coffee cup. She then took a few quick bites of her toast as Karin and her humble servant started heading out the door. "Remind me of the day we got planned Shibasaki."
"Of course Miss." The steward started going through the schedule. "At eight am, you got an early meeting with Mr. Stark at Avengers Tower to oversee the project of the New Spider Lily Satellite. Around ten, you have a meeting with the New York City Mayor. At noon, it is lunch and you have an appointment with Jonah Jameson of the Daily Bugle." Shibasaki reminded.
Karin was getting used to her life here in America, even if it was not the first she traveled out of her country. Since the Kanzuki family was hit hard by Ultron's attack, the family estate was still recovering. It was not the first time, it had suffered massive damage from her enemies, so this relocation was only temporary. Still, New York was an eventful state for her relocation, so at least she would not be bored. Then again, every day was an adventure for her.
Being the heir of the Kanzuki family and a diplomat gave her plenty of access to New York's resources. In the middle of downtown, the Kanzuki Embassy sat in the same play that the Latverian Embassy was once located. The same place where Dr. Doom was located. But thanks to her redesigns and reconstructions, there were no reminders of Doom's treachery.
As followed her first destination took her to Avengers Tower, where she had met up with Stark. Thanks to Stark technological resources, his team of the scientist was able to construct a replacement satellite for Karin. With the best smile, he ensured them that this invention was new and improved, compared to the previous satellite. Even if she heard so much great things about Tony Stark's work, she still needed more than just his word; because even if he claimed that his tech was flawless, he was still imperfect.
The next big location she took to was a small orphanage. There Shibasaki and Karin worked alongside one of the owners. Even if Karin did believe in her family motto of absolute victory, she took a break occasionally for other activities. With an apron on, she assisted the owner in preparing a fine meal for the children for charity. Being from royalty, Karin had more than just her stats and fighting skills.
"We really appreciate your help in supporting this orphanage Ms. Kanzuki." The owner said.
"It's my pleasure, Mrs. Jones," Karin replied with a confident tone. "I'm only doing what I can to help."
"The children have really been enjoying your ongoing support and visits to the orphanage." Mrs. Jones joyful said back.
"Ms. Karin!" a group of kids yelled rushing to the rich girl.
"Hello kids, I trust you've been on your best behavior." Karin greeted the group of kids, ranging from five to twelve. Her smile then changed to a frown as she noticed the odd number of kids here. It was not the proper count as she so used to. "Mrs. Jones, why has the number of children decreased here, have they been adopted?"
The owner caught on to Karin to suspicion. "Most of them have Ms. Kanzuki, however unfortunate, we have been seeing numerous amounts of disappearances lately from children to teenage volunteer workers and even most of our adult locals have been vanishing lately. It's been happening over a month now, it really worries me."
"Have you tried talking to the police?"
"Off course, but most of them got their hands full with other matters, so disappearing children is the least on their mind."
With that knowledge in the mind, Karin gave a silent nod to her steward. He didn't need words to know what he needed to do. After a long day, she took a break at him in her personal gym. This knowledge took in further as Karin pounded away at the punching bag. From regular to thrust punches, she beat the bag. At least this time there was no picture of her rival in front of her.
With every pound, a drench of sweat came rushing down her face to her whole body. After the last fist connected, Karin took a seat onto the floor. She was then tossed a towel as Shibasaki walked in. he presented her an Ipad on the progress she has requested. On the other line was one of the family ninjas is who also resided in America.
As she wiped the sweat off her face, she inquired. "What have you found out?"
"We've been doing a lot of digging madam, it seems like what Martha Jones said was true, there has been lots of disappearing children lately and not just at the Manhattan Town Orphanage, there have been others. Not just from Orphanages, but foster homes as well. Patti Mansion is one of them."
Shibasaki listened closely, "The girl that Ms. Karin had trained."
"I'm afraid so, nobody heard from her in days since she was adopted."
"This is really concerning." Karin thought, after now hearing that this was a recurring theme. "Shibasaki."
"Yes, ma'am." The steward answered.
"I want you to get into contact with District Attorney Matthew Murdock and relay the information to him. Prepare some necessary backup in this case. We should start by asking around the areas of the kidnappings."
Karin began her investigation on the location given to her by the Kanzuki family ninja. She traveled from one place to the others in order to get answers and clues. She started asking around Foster Homes and Orphanages. Each of the places gave their most sentiment story of what happened. Not only that, but they carried a great amount of worry upon them like a weight.
The same story was heard, that police had no leads on any kidnapping operations. In addition, some were even still searching kids in the Missing Persons Case. Even if Karin had not siblings, she shared the same sentiments as the parents and guardians. Now she was starting to get worried even if Shibasaki assured her not to worry.
Karin's next location took her to Harlem New York for her investigation. While pulling up to the neighborhood, she already found chaos going down. Inside of an apartment complex, men were tossed out the building. From the intensity of the throw, the man they were fighting happened to be very strong.
From every throw, Karin and Shibasaki either dodged or struck back at the men. As Karin identified the bodies, she could easily tell that neither of the men was anything good. It did not stop Karin and Shibasaki from pursuing this ongoing barrage of attacks. Their caution was raised as they heard gunshots within the building.
"Oh my, this place is quite messy," Karin observed. Another thug went soaring her way; Karin quickly reacted with a thrust punch to his chest as the attacker countered with a clothesline.
"Maybe that will teach you not to come here in my neighborhood." The attacker said brushing off his hands.
"Luke Cage, I presume." Karin introduced.
"Who wants to know? I do not care who they send, you are not taking this building. The answer is no, so get that through your thick heads." Luke cracked his knuckles anticipating the next attack.
"Oh, we are not a bill collectors Mr. Cage. We only want to ask you a few questions," Karin corrected.
Luke lifted his eyebrow in disbelief. When another thug tried to get Cage with a gun, Luke grabbed the thug and toss him to the wall. Luke Cage hardly felt a thing from that bullet.
"Well, I suppose it is true what they say about the man with the unbreakable skin."
Luke brushed off his shoulders as Karin witnessed a number of bullet holes on his shirt.
"Yeah, there has been disappearance around this neighborhood. It has been happening so often that parents have been taking their kids to school personally now. I tried to find them, but been coming towards a lot of dead ends lately."
"We are also investigating the disappearance of our friends as well," Shibasaki added.
"We can use your help, Mr. Cage." Karin offered. "And in exchange, I will make sure that you will not be faced off with annoying harassers like that again or I can pay you for your services."
"Sounds like a plan, I'll take option B." Luke accepted.
"Excellent, be sure to inform us of anything you may see, thank you, Mr. Cage. Let us be on our way Shibasaki, I have a plan."
On the dark corners of Queens, it was late at night. Quietly through the dark alley, Karin walks through alone. There she dressed like a child who has been abused. The list was there for a lost child, everything from fake bruises, torn clothes, and mess up hair. This was a long way from her fancy lifestyle as she worn a hooded sweater, torn jeans, old shoes and bandaged hands. None of the fanciness was seen on her, she was now a regular kid.
Now then, let us hope that years of acting in a play really paid off. Middle-Class ideas were beyond her, but she endured the situation. Wondering the alleyways, she came across a few homeless people. The following was rats and mice all over the trashcans. After walking around for a couple of hours, she took her seat at the corner. For a couple of minutes, she minded her own business. As she waited, she remembered back a few hours earlier.
"Madam Karin, are you sure about this?" Shibasaki inquired to Karin's plan. By his tone, he was against it.
Karin said making her hair as messy as possible, "Yes Shibasaki, the only way to get through is by going under cover. I may be the sole heir now, but I am still young, which makes sense for the targets."
"I am not sure; I'm comfortable with the idea of using yourself as bait."
Karin placed her hand on her steward shoulder. "Don't you worry, I will find those kids. And I will keep in contact with you; have the others on standby just in case."
"As you wish ma'am, but it is not just the children I am worried about."
Cutting back to the present, she continued to wait and wait. Soon enough, she was started to doze. Karin's eye nearly shut until she heard a car pull up. Two men came out of the car in trench coats. As they approached, Karin put on her most innocent face yet. She pretended to fake cry. The sobbing got the attention of the thugs.
"Hey, there kid, what's a matter?" The man asked.
"Yeah, you have a hard life back at home?" The other man added.
Karin continued to sob. "My mom and dad beat me, so I ran away."
"Well look no further, because we got others like you."
This was enough to get Karin's attention. When she glanced at the gun hidden in the man's pocket, she grew more suspicious. So she played the helpless act. "That's alright; I think I'll find someone else," Karin said walking away.
The second man blocked her way, "Don't worry, you can trust us."
"I really must be going." Karin insisted.
"Oh, I'm afraid, we must insist."
"Take your hands off me!" Karin swung her arm only to be caught a seven-foot tall man." The grip of the man was enough to crush her wrist. Before she could lay her other hand on the giant, he threw her to the solid wall. The impact was enough to knock the young rich girl unconscious.
"Boss, we got another one." The man reported. As Karin got dragged off, she was only faintly conscious. As she approached the vehicle, she gently placed a device on the vehicle.
Hours have passed, as Karin got knocked unconscious. The impact was enough to give her a concussion. She came to as she felt a bump in the ground. She awoke, still feeling the impact of the strike.
As she glanced around, she discovered she was not alone in this kidnapping, there were other kids younger than she was. Her first thought was to escape but found it difficult as she was zip tied on her hands. To add to the situation, she felt immense pain on her wrist, as some bones were broken. She then felt the wall to find a hard surface and heard movement outside the vehicle.
As Karin suspected, she transported inside a diesel truck. She remained calm in the situation as she was captured and hope, it would not be for long, thanks to the device planted on the truck.
When hearing the truck comes to a full stop, she stopped in her tracks. The back of the truck open as a flash of light shines upon their faces.
"Alright brats move it along, and keep your voices to a minimum and by minimum I mean don't talk at all." The thug ordered.
The little rich Street Fighter obeyed as she followed alongside the other kids. From the glance of the area, it was no doubt abandon. The area was no doubt an abandon mountain region, loaded with loose metals and other parts. As she calculated the distance, she was more than thousand miles away from the city.
On second glance, she witnessed a group of kids from little to teens. The kids she had witnessed they all tired and sore from endless work, yet it did not stop the men from working them more. As Karin had suspected, it was a Human Trafficking Ring.
Just the very sight of these kids was mistreated was enough to make sick inside. Each of them has yet to grow to puberty, let alone have a childhood.
One of the guys grabbed one of the little kids by arm hard. "Alright kid, you're going to gather as much material as you can, and maybe if you're good, we might give you some scrapes."
Karin grabbed the guard's hand as tight as his. By her grip, she was ready to strike at any moment.
"Looks like we got us a comedian." The second guard said, loading his gun. "Or else, maybe they would like to say something as well." He aimed his gun at one of the prisoner's. Not risking a confrontation, she released the guard. She was also pistol whipped from the back of the head.
"Get moving bitch!" The guard commanded walking away.
Karin got back up on feet while feeling head pains, "Are you alright little one?"
The child sat paralyzed in fear. "I think so."
Karin touched the child's head. "Don't you worry; we will get out of here."
The child was still shaken with fear, "Who are you?"
"Oh, I'm someone that should not be taken lightly, at least for now, until I can get to the bottom of this."
On the way through the area, Karin came across more underground activity. Just about everything spelled Human Trafficking Ring. One of them will include a young fight circuit between kids, without a doubt a battle to the death, or at least who gets knocked out. Another one was teenage girls being dressed for street work. A third sighting what include kids working endless hours as slaves.
The guard handed Karin a Pick-Ax for work. With a point of the finger, he sent her to work in the caves. As she and the other kids were set to work, Karin caught sight of a man exiting the limo. By the sharp suit, it was clear he was the boss.
"Alright gentlemen, why don't we put these adorable kids to work shall we?" The Boss announced, rubbing his hands together. Keeping her face hidden, Karin quickly put her hood back on. "That one seems determined, set her in the ring first."
The guard cut Karin's restraints and pushed Karin into the ring as another kid her age was pushed in. lights shined around them as the event was about to start. Added to the mix, was cheering all over the place. "Alright guys, start placing your bets! As for the fighters, start choosing your weapons."
"I don't need a weapon." Karin declined.
"Well someone is feeling mighty confident today." The host said. "Now then the rules of the fight, there are no rules, even death is allowed."
Karin's opponent grabbed a double bladed weapon in battle.
"Listen to me, it does not have to be this way." Karin tried to reason with the kid.
"Shut up, it's the only way!" The kid shot back as she swung the ax.
Like a baseball bat, the child swung the ax all over the place. After one swing, Karin did an evasive rollover. As another strike came in, she performed an evading backflip. Just when she thought she was in the clear, the weapon went flying her way. Within an instant, she titled her head back to dodge the blade as it only caught her by a hair. The young rich witnessed as a strain of her hair was cut from the blade, but she didn't worry about that now.
"I must take her out without doing permanent damage." Karin thought while fighting this girl.
Coming to retrieve her weapon, Karin stopped her with a kick. When the girl threw a punch, Karin grabs the attack and countered with fast thrust punch. The attack was powerful enough to send the opponent flying to the wall. Karin checked on her condition, only to find that she was unconscious. Rather than enemies Karin was not used to holding back this much.
Karin's attack did not come without consequence, as her left wrist was still sore. She grabbed a piece of wood. Karin untied her bandages and added the wood piece to make a case.
"I like your style kid, you must have learned a great deal of karate." The boss said. "How you ever considered the big time, because I'll make you an offer you might not refuse, that is what I know for." The boss suggested clenching his hands and putting on his best smile.
"I highly doubt it."
"Watch your mouth kid, because the Offer's mode is really limited." The guard threatens to grip his gun.
Offer straighten his coat, "She is right to be skeptical Vernon, but I am a man of my word and this will give you a better future to defeat your rivals. Think about it all of these kids can be yours under your tutelage."
Karin was intrigued, "Tell me more."
"Ms. Karin, are you there? Ms. Karin, do you read me?" The stewardess tried to call but there was no answer as it was left a voicemail.
Shibasaki heard nothing from Karin within the last few hours. The stewardess calm demeanor turns to worry. Within the alleys, he found Karin Kanzuki cell phone lying on the ground in pieces. By the wreckage, it was clear that there was a struggle. As he continues his search, he came across women beating on the man in the alleyway.
"Next time you want to steal purses from little old ladies be sure the ask first or better yet just don't." She told the criminal leaving him pinned on the wall.
"Your reputation precedes you, Jessica Jones," Shibasaki noted. "I am most honored to meet you face to face."
"And you're that Shibasaki guy, the butler of the rich princess," Jessica replied. "Luke told me everything, then I got the message from Murdock."
"Yes, and I require your assistances if you please," He asked politely. "I think my mistress might be in danger."
Jessica winced at his request.
"Get to work brat or else you'll stave like the other slackers or worst!" The guard commanded shoving Karin into a tunnel. He gave her a pickaxe. "And don't think just because you won one victory means you'll be getting special treatment, now get to work."
This wasn't the first time as Karin did manual labor. Needless to say, even for her stats it will prove somewhat beneath her. Still, if there is anything she wasn't that's being a spoiled princess, at least that's what she learned after all these years of coming from a fancy lifestyle.
With her pickaxe, she pounded away at the hard rocks. The sun in the amount of muscle made her sweat heavily. Around her work, she knows this a bunch of kids also working hard. When one kid had collapsed before, Karin dropped her pickaxe and rush to him.
By the heavy sweat and barely breathing, she could tell that he was beyond dehydrated. Karin how about a water bottle and poured as much water as she could on his face. She also took him to the shade to cool down.
"What's the hold up back there you filthy slackers?" The guard called.
"Can't you see, he's dehydrated, he needs help." Karin shot back, holding the Fallen child in their arms. Karin gave the child her water bottle. "Drink this and keep warm." She whispered.
"Fine take him away, it will be bad for business if he died. As for you, you'll be taking over his shift." The guard commanded the other guards as they tend to the young boy. "We might even send you the streets for special business."
"Don't worry you're going to be okay."
"Are they always this strict?" Karin asked. "And what kind of sick minded Barbarian would do this to these kids?"
"Not even close compared to their bad days. That really cool what you did back there." One African American teenage kid said. "My name Adam." The teenager offered to handshake.
Karin introduced back, "Karin, at your service. So what brings you here Adam?"
"I was is on the field trip from Chicago a month ago, but got separated from the group. I've been stuck doing dirty work here ever since. My parents must be worried sick right about now. Offer said that if I do what he was told he'll release me."
"What kind of dirty work?"
"You know they illegal kind, such as stealing, smuggling, bootlegging, fighting amongst each other sometimes even to the death, and even wanted me to do pimping for most of the ladies, which I have to say wasn't bad." Karin gave him a serious if not slightly offended look. "Outside from that, the more jobs we perform for the Offer, the more we were able to get on this good side. But ever since then it's been the classic you don't work you don't eat."
"That's horrible."
"Yeah, most of us have been patiently waiting to be rescued, others have lost faith and fell deep in Offer's debt. I'm starting to wonder myself if I'll ever be rescued."
Karin placed her hands on Adam's hands, "Rest assured friend, we will get out of here." Karin pulled a picture. "Aside from all that, have seen this girl?"
He took a good luck and recognized her. "Yeah I know her, she was caught mouthing off to the guards so she was placed in solitaire confinement. I haven't seen you're ever since."
"Where are the confinement cells?"
Adam begins to draw a small map, "It's south from here, and make a left turn in your see a small dungeon that looks like a cave, not hard to miss."
"Thank you, Adam, you've been a wonderful help."
"Just be careful it's heavily guarded, we already lost one person today."
At the stroke of midnight, it was time to move out. Karin was on her own as communications were down. Following the map lead her to a secret area, restricted to authorized personnel only. From a number of guards, it was no doubt a secret place.
Now and she could not risk going out front, she decided to climb instead. Karin knocked down a couple rocks to distract the guards with the noise. As they were cleared she quickly ventured inside. Inside the place, cats were under lock up, not just teenagers, but little kids as well. The very sight of it made her stomach turn in absolute disgust.
While venturing inside, she took a couple photos as evidence. Now that the task was done, all she had to do was find the key. The answer came to her as a guard pointed a gun at her skull. The second she turned her head, he was already taken down.
Using the guard's key card, Karin accesses the chamber. There, she found the brunette haired little girl she was looking for.
The girl hid her face in fear until she felt the rich girl soft hand. "Karin!" She exclaimed with an embrace.
Karin hugged her back, "Are you alright Patti?"
The little girl nodded her head as she wiped a tear from her eye, overjoyed to see her friend.
"Now then what do you say we get out of this hell-hole?" Karin suggested.
After taking down another guard, Karin had access to the emergency switch, releasing all the kids being held, prisoner.
"Everyone, evacuate this horrible place at once, you're all free!" Karin announced from the microphone.
Karin joined the rest of the kids in the escape mission. As men started to surround her, Karin hopped up for a thrust palm, knocking the guard with another guard. When another one came from behind, Karin foresaw his attack and took him down.
As she made it outside the troubles just doubled, more than one armed men surrounded the outside. Added to the mix, the boss accompanies that guard.
"Such a shame little one you could have a promising career." Offer said.
Karin stood in front of the kids as a final stand. "Yes, I could have, but I made my choice long ago," Karin interjected.
" Then I guess you're going to have to die, gentleman, make it quick and painless." Offer ordered.
At the final rounds work fired, the young rich girl made herself a shield for the children. Karin's life would have ended if it wasn't for a certain man. The large man stuffy for her taking the rounds of bullets fired at him, however, none of it seemed to really pierce him. All the bullets dropped down on his feet.
"Looks like I'm going to need a new jacket," Luke said brushing off himself.
"Mister Cage," Karin said.
"Sorry, we're late." Luke helped the princess to her feet.
"What do you mean we?" Karin questioned.
"Please forgive our delay, my lady." Shibasaki appeared as well as Jessica Jones, and Daredevil.
Offer gave a nonchalant smile. "You have a backup so do I." Offer snapped his fingers, revealing backup thugs of his own in the form of the Hand. "Leave no one standing."
Luke Cage cracked his knuckles, "We got this."
"Yeah, what he said, I need the exercise anyway," Jessica said.
Daredevil nodded his head in reply as he said, "You done well, but we got this now. We got an old score to settle."
"Thank you all." Karin said stepping on a fallen Hand Ninja.
Using their superhuman combat skills, the others handled the Hand Ninjas. Karin went to the boss as he ran away from the fight. As he disappeared the darkened area, Karin continued to follow his trail. While proceeding, Karin was grabbed by the neck and was blasted to the ground.
There she meets a huge giant. Took her out the first time, in a red and white shirt, she was greeted by a Russian strongman.
"You will not escape." The strongman barked.
"The Russian, I was under the impression that the Punisher had killed you." Karin noticed, familiar with the thug.
"That rumor was over-exaggerated." The Russian shot with a killer grin.
Russian grabbed her by the collar and pants and tossed her to the wall. It was proceeded by jabs to the chest and then the stomach. Those intense attacks were enough to put her on her knees. When came for another round, Karin went for a kick only to be caught and tossed.
The Russian picked up a big rock with the intent to destroy. As he threw the rock, Karin dodged the projectile. When he tossed another, Karin leaped off the wall and delivered a kick to the face, making the rock crumble on his face.
Within the range, Karin threw several jabs to a stomach, and yet it didn't phase him as she was grabbed by the hair. Under his grasp, Karin did a flip kick to his jaw to break out of his grasp. Karin was already feeling the pain inside her body because of the Russian. Not only that but blood started to leak from her mouth. Now she was starting to see why Punisher had such difficulties with this beast.
The Russian charged for a punch until Karin caught his fist. Using the power of her grip, she channeled her inner energy. The Russian hand was stuck as he could not break free, even with his incredible strength. With the tight grip, Karin used that strength against the Russian. After a few enhanced palm strikes, Karin handed the final one against his heart. The attack sent him under a pile of heavy rocks as he was buried.
"Very impressive little one, too bad, you were on the wrong side, because I could have offered you more." Offer stated.
After I eat exhausting breath, Karin went ahead. Offer stood at the edge, holding Patti hostage and handgun. Karin already knew this situation as she stood at her tracks.
"Let her go Offer or you will suffer the consequences!" Karin demanded.
"You really think you can intimidate me with words alone?"
"No, but maybe this will." Karin slammed the rocky wall, causing the place to collapse.
"Are you crazy?" Offer yelled in fear.
Soon, a tiny rock went flying in his forehead; Karin dashed forward and knock the gun from his hand. With a chance, the little girl gave a kick to Offer's manhood. And then finally with a final thrust, Offer was down for the count.
Release surrounded both girls faces as a embraced each other once again. Everyone was free as Offer and his gang was arrested and with all the heavy evidence, Offer and his gang was ensured a life sentence, Murdock assured it. Parents and guardians were forever thankful for Karin's efforts as all the kids returned home safely.
At Central Park New York, Karin made her opening announcement in her outfit, while covered in arm cast and bandages.
"Ladies and gentleman, recent actions has inspired me to do more for the community. Not just for the unfortunate, but for the children, children who have yet to grow up into fine people who know and respect today, children who have to find their true path in life, and have to fully know the difference between right and wrong. Each and every one of them is from a generation to live to tell their own story." Karin took a pause as walked across the red tape. "Which is way, it is my highest honor as a visitor of the marvelous country to announced openings of this.."
Karin opened the curtain to unveil a new university. A school for young and younger children to ensure the best education. Karin placed her hand on her little friend shoulder. "Patti, if you please, open up the doors for a better tomorrow," Karin said handing her the scissors for the Grand Opening.
With a smile, Karin walked away as the steward followed. "This was quite the table turner compared to your usual activity miss."
"Let's just say, it was time for a change Shibasaki, I don't just want to use my power for absolute victory anymore. I want to be an example now where I use it to help people like many others, that is with your help, of course."
Shibasaki smiled at her. She came a long way from being a spoiled princess to a mature respectable, woman, just like her mother. For once, he was actually proud to be her butler. "I will always be by your side Ms. Karin to help you achieve that goal."