Chapter 24.
Hey everyone. Back with another chapter.
This chapter will go back to Jason's team and there mission and will be the final one centred on them.
It will also introduce who is behind all this.
The material at the end of this chapter was taken from Aragorn II Elessar's fic Death and Punishment so thank you to him.
Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, followed or favirouted this fic so far.
On with the show.
ButtonPusherExtraordinare: Thanks for the review. Glad you are finding this story interesting. Glad you liked me combining all the fandoms into one. Glad you are interested to see what happens next. BTW, I will review your Arrow story soon.
OmniKamiUltraInstinct2020: Thanks for the review. Yes I know Antonnie Tripplett x Yelena Belova is an odd pairing but I think they would make a cute couple. Glad you are looking forward to it. To answer your question, Azathoth is WAY more powerful than Anti-Monitor. While Anti-Monitor can destroy entire universes at full power, Azathoth easily outclasses him. The entire Arrowverse, MCU and every other fandom as well as everything and everyone including the Anti-Monitor are part of his dream. So Azathoth could beat his ass easily. I'd say the most powerful beings in the Multiverse are in this order: Azathoth, Yog-Sothoth, The Nameless Mist, The Darkness, Nyarlathotep, Anti-Monitor, Mar Novu.
Guest: The reason why I don't like Diggle anymore is because of his condescending attitude towards Oliver from Season 3 onwards. I finally snapped in 6x17 when he accused Oliver of leaving bodies everywhere he went and for getting Samantha killed. At that point, I was done with Diggle.
Jason's POV.
Following the fight at the building on 3rd Street, during which we had discovered that Russian general Drakov was not behind this, we had received a tip from Natasha that there was going to be a terrorist attack on Stark Industries.
This was not good.
Natasha had informed us where they were going to strike and we were currently lying in wait.
We had surrounded the building, with Rory and I hidden on another rooftop.
Now it was just a waiting game.
"How long do we have to wait up here for?" Rory asked.
"Until the terrorists show up" I replied.
We had been waiting there for about an hour.
Several men in dark, suspicious looking suits entered the parking lot and walked towards the entrance.
"Mack do you see those guys in suits?" I asked.
"Yeah" Mack replied.
"You and I need to follow them" I said.
I scrambled from my position on the roof and jumped to the ground.
I hid my combat suit under a trenchcoat.
Mack had joined me on the ground.
Together we walked towards the building.
"Sirs, I need to see your ID" the receptionist at the front desk said.
"Of course. Special Agent Tony Redgrave. This is my partner, Special Agent Mack McKenzie. We need to see the upper levels. We have reason to believe there may be a breach" I told her.
Jenna had created new identities for us, so people didn't recognize our faces or our fingerprints.
She moved a thumb pad in front of us. We did as told and it panned out.
"Should I call security?" she asked in a worried tone.
"No thank you miss, that won't be neascary. We will be able handle it" I assured her in a comforting tone.
Once we were out of earshot, I turned to Mack.
"I need you to patrol the lower floors. Contact me if there is anything suspicious" I told him.
"Got it" Mack replied and walked off.
I walked towards the elevator and stepped inside.
Once the doors closed, I tapped my watch and the cameras deactivated.
"All right guys, I'm inside" I said through the comm link.
"Copy that, Frank and Nuke are enroute" Jenna replied.
The doors opened and I checked to make sure no one was around.
I snuck through the building until I reached a section that was off limits.
"Jenna can you hack through this?" I asked her.
"No prob" she replied.
I touched the security pad and the doors opened.
I activated the suit.
I then slowly walked into the lab.
There was no one there however.
Suddenly an alarm went off.
"INTRUDERS ALERT!" it said.
"Jenna, talk to me" I said.
"The terrorists entered the building. South of you. The rest of us on our way" Jenna replied.
I ran out of the lab and kicked a door open.
Several men in tactical gear and black masks turned to face me.
I drew two knives and threw it at them, killing two of them.
They open fired on me but thankfully I had cover.
The firing stopped as they attempted to reload.
I took the opportunity to strike back.
I unloaded half of my quiver of arrows on them.
When I was finished, it was total destruction in the room.
Everyone was dead.
I heard a yell downstairs and rushed there.
Logan was busy fighting several terrorists and clearly had the upper hand.
He stabbed the last one through the throat and dropped his body to the ground.
"Jason, we need to reach Lab 18. Jenna's guiding us" Logan said as his claws dripped with blood.
"Let's go" I said as we ran towards the lab.
"You'll see a door with a red light above it, go through that" Jenna instructed.
Logan didn't even bother unlocking the door.
He just charged and barrelled through the door, shattering it off its hinges.
I charged through and ducked from the gunfire.
I took cover underneath a desk as bullets and grenades rained past me.
Logan effortlessly took the bullets and killed any terrorists that were idiotic enough to fight him.
Any wounds inflicted on him healed in a matter of seconds.
He growled and stabbed another in the kneecaps.
The terrorist fell on the ground writing in pain and Logan stabbed him in between the eyes.
I jumped up from behind the desk and killed two more terrorists.
I flipped and stabbed another terrorist in the throat with a knife.
I then stabbed another one in the eye.
They were all dead.
"Where are they heading now?" I asked Jenna.
"Their heading to the intern labs on the top floor" Jenna replied.
"On it" I replied as Logan and I ran towards the door.
We entered the elevator and it went up to the top.
When it opened, all was chaos.
Several Stark Industries employees were cowering in fear as about a dozen terrorists were holding them at gunpoint.
"Howdy boys" I announced as Logan roared and leapt, impaling a terrorist with his claws.
The elevator opened up and Frank, Rory and Nuke entered.
Nuke shot one in the face and the terrorist fell down dead.
Rory grabbed two of them and threw them out the window.
Frank roared and unloaded his gun on the terrorists while smashing another one with his hammer.
The windows shattered as Slade jumped into the fray.
Slade killed 3 of them in a smooth motion.
"Guys, I found where the terrorists are taking the Iron Man suit. It's through that door" Slade said pointing to a door on my right.
"I'm on it" I said and kicked the door down.
I raced through a tunnel as several terrorists were there.
I yanked an arrow out and fired it at them.
One of them took cover but I killed the other one.
"Who sent you?" I interrogated the other one.
"Fuck you" he said, taking a gun out and shooting himself in the head.
"Well that was a dead end" I said sarcastically.
I heard a ticking behind me.
On the wall was a compact hydrogen detonator. If you put it in the right place it would blow the building sky-high.
And it only had twenty seconds left on the timer.
"Oh shit" I said.
I then turned and ran straight through the tunnel as fast as I could.
There was a window at the end.
Just as I reached the end of the tunnel, the bomb detonated.
I felt a scorching heat at the back of my head and I ran faster.
I then crashed through the window below as the explosion reached me.
I fell down several stories and slammed into a car below.
That hurt a lot.
I rolled off the car and landed on the ground.
I coughed and lay there for a few minutes trying to catch my breath.
I then rolled around and got to my feet.
Everyone from the building was outside being evacuated.
I saw Slade and Frank there.
I limped towards them.
Mack, Rory, Logan and Nuke came walking towards us.
Jenna also approached.
"What now?" Mack asked.
"I got a call from Natasha. She has something for us. I got the address" Jenna said.
"Let's go then" I replied.
Restaurant, downtown New York City.
We walked into the restaurant and I walked up to Natasha.
"Nat" I said simply. She looked up from her book and smiled.
"Jay. I got some information for you" she said.
"What is it then?" I asked.
"The man who is doing all of this, his name is Viggo Tarasov" she said.
"Viggo Tarasov? Never heard of him" Frank said.
"Well the Tarasov crime family was wiped out long before you became the Punisher" Natasha explained.
"He was the head of the Tarasov crime family and an enterprising businessman" Natasha said.
"Was?" I asked.
"Viggo had a hitman who helped him establish the Tarasov syndicate," Natasha said, "He was a dangerous man. I heard he killed 3 men in a bar with a pencil."
"A fucking pencil!" Natasha emphasised and I realised this was a dangerous man.
"But then the assassin retired and reformed, for some time." Natasha said.
"Some time?" I asked.
"His wife left a dog and a Ford Mustang Mach 1 to him after his death", Natasha said, "But one day, Viggo's son, who did not know about the assassin, stole the car and killed his dog."
"Well I guess the little shit got more then he bargained for," Logan said.
"Yes," Natasha said. "The hitman then hunted down Viggo's son and killed anyone in his way before killing his son. He fought Viggo too and presumably killed him."
"But Viggo survived," Nuke realised.
"Yes," Natasha said. "And soon after a global contract was put on the hitman's head. But he escaped even that."
"How do you know so much about him?" Slade asked.
"I invited him to join both SHIELD and the Avengers as he is one of the world's deadliest men. But he refused." Natasha said.
"You make him sound like he is the Boogeyman," Rory commented.
"No," Natasha said, "He is the one you send to kill the fucking Boogeyman. They call him Baba Yaga."
"What is his name?" I asked.
"John", Natasha said after a deep breath, "John Wick."
After a deep breath I said "Oh".
"John Wick," Frank muttered.
"You all fought and killed criminals", Natasha said, "So Viggo wants you dead as you're an obstacle in his path. And he wants revenge on John Wick too for killing his son and nearly killing him. But John Wick has killed everyone sent after him so far."
"The terrorists that attacked you is called the Rising Sun. Viggo has taken control of them and is leading strikes into other gang's territories. Basically turning New York into a war zone" Natasha said.
"So Viggo wants us and this John Wick dead." I said.
"That pretty much covers it," Natasha replied.
"We need to kill him first," Nuke said.
"You will," Natasha assured.
"I will try to dig more information. Find out where they're going to strike next. And maybe contact John Wick too," Natasha said.
"Do it," I said as the eight of us got up.
"Thank you," I said and then walked away.
Shit was about to rain hard.
And Chapter 24 is done. I hope you all enjoyed it.
BOOM! And John Wick from the film franchise of the same name is here.
And yes, Viggo Tarasov who was the main villain of the first film is here.
His first two films are canon in this. As much as I loved the third film, it wouldn't fit in this fic, so I'm ignoring that.
I replaced Matt and Elektra from Death and Punishment with Natasha as I only wanted to borrow the explanation for Viggo.
Next chapter will be the final one centred on Tripp, Morris, Nico and Shang Chi. It will also feature a couple of surprise characters that I'm sure you wont expect.
Until next time, review, follow, faviroute, stay tuned and tell me what you thought of this chapter.
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