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Chapter 9- Stark Industries
Josie's Bar, New York
Once again- Frank, Slade, Logan and Nuke sat together with Matt and Elektra.
"Your attacks on the Eternal Sun operations are causing major shakeups in the organization", Matt said, "Takagi has lost a lot of prestige."
"Good", Frank said.
"And bad too", Elektra said, "Takagi's losing control. And Viggo Tarasov is taking over. And I heard him and Joe are becoming good friends."
"Oh no", Slade muttered.
"You found out anything interesting?" Logan asked.
Elektra started saying, "Viggo wants you all and John Wick dead-"
"Lot of that going around these days", Frank said.
"Can't blame 'em", Logan said.
"But Viggo is stacking the deck", Matt said, "He's planning to hit Stark Industries tomorrow."
As the four listened, Matt continued, "He wants some old Iron Man technology, armor or a weapon or blueprints or something. And he's willing to make a huge hit on Stark Industries to get it."
"This is big", Elektra pointed out.
"With Tony Stark now deceased, the job would be a lot easier", Nuke said.
"Well, let's make it difficult", Slade said.
"Yeah", Frank said as the four got up, "Thanks for the info."
"We'll do something about it", Logan said.
And then the Demons of Death walked out of the bar.
Next day, Stark Industries
Frank, Slade, Logan and Nuke walked into the building. In spite of the public building, the four had their weapons on them because Nuke had warned Pepper Potts about what was going to happen.
"Continuing our tour", a female tour guide said as she guided some people around the building, "To your left is part of the Stark Industries' R&D Department. Our technicians are building the world of tomorrow, today."
The technicians worked hard on whatever project they were working on.
There was a huge statue of Iron Man in the corner of the place.
Below, it said- "In memory of Anthony Stark. The Iron Man."
"That is a memorial of this company's former owner- Tony Stark who was also the armored superhero known as Iron Man", the tour guide said as she led the people there, "He was a member of the Avengers and along with Steve Rogers, the former Captain America, he laid down his life to defend the world from an extraterrestrial attack."
Suddenly, the alarms started blaring.
The people then started running around in terror.
"Do not worry", the tour guide said calmly even though Logan could smell her fear, "Security is on its way."
Suddenly, an armed Yakuza thug entered the R&D department on the left.
The scientist tried to say, "Hey! You aren't supposed to be here-"
BANG!
He fell down dead as the thug moved further. Another scientist pounded on the impenetrable glass to be let out but the thug shot him dead too.
Frank, Slade, Logan and Nuke saw a door that lead to the place but needed a card to be opened. Nuke used all its strength to break it down.
The thug tried to fire but Frank kicked him away and as he fell down, he grabbed him and lifted him up. Three more Yakuza thugs arrived but Slade and Nuke shot down one each while Logan jumped and embedded his claws into the last one, killing him.
Frank put the thug under a pointed electronic machine and looking at his radio said, "Nice radio. How do we listen?"
"I won't tell you anything!" the thug said defiantly.
As the pointed machine got closer, he said in fear, "The code is 7-0-7-0."
"Okay", Frank said as the machine started piercing the man and electrocuted him to death. His dead body was then covered in flames.
Frank punched in the code and could finally listen on the radio. Slade, Logan and Nuke picked up the radios of the other three dead thugs and punched in the code so that they could listen too.
As the four went through a door, they found themselves in a hallway.
They heard someone saying on the radio, "Help me pack this up."
They realized the person was actually deeper in the hallway. As they walked further, they saw a person trying to put something in his bag.
Frank grabbed him from behind and sliced his throat. Another unarmed thug was there. He raised his hands in fear and said, "I-I never did anything!"
"Lying?" Logan asked with a smirk, "Bad idea."
Slade brandished his sword and stabbed the man through the throat. He coughed blood as he fell down, dead.
The four continued on their way and reached the main area. Some guards were lying there, dead or unconscious.
"This building needs better guards", Slade said.
They walked through another door and a man tried to fire at them. Logan sensed another man from the previous room trying to sneak up on them. In a swift motion, he turned around and grabbed that man before putting him in the way.
The thug in the front shot that man instead while Frank shot him on the face, killing him.
They heard someone saying on the radio, "We have to sweep more of this area to get something."
They saw a thug standing outside the window. The four snuck up on him. Nuke lifted him into the air and crushed his neck before throwing him down. The four looked down to see a helicopter. That was how the thugs had entered the place. Two thugs tried to fire at them from below but Frank and Slade shot them dead.
The four then saw a ladder and used it to climb down to that area below. As a thug tried to fire, Logan leapt at him with a roar and stabbed him in the forehead, killing him brutally as his claws skewered the man's brain.
Frank smacked a thug on the face with his rifle, breaking his nose before shooting him dead. Slade threw down a thug and sliced another with his sword before chopping off the head of the one he had thrown down.
Logan stabbed a thug in the gut before disemboweling him. Nuke punched a thug hard, making his head turn at an unnatural angle, killing him.
The four backed off as the helicopter flew towards them. Three thugs fired at them but Frank, Slade and Nuke shot them dead while Logan stabbed another thug who was near them and threw him at the helicopter. The pilot swerved to avoid.
The four then climbed down to a lower floor via ladder and heard on the radio, "We are fighting the security. We need help."
The four walked through the area and saw a thug in front of a computer screen, trying to hack it. Frank grabbed him and holding him at gunpoint said, "You come with us."
The four then went into an electrical area with the thug as their hostage. That was where the battle with the security guards was taking place.
One of the thugs who had some knowledge on electricity was trying to shut down the power of the building.
"Let's shut him down", Slade muttered before grabbing him from behind and slamming him into the electric box. His entire body convulsed and he died.
The four then continued walking. Some of the thugs spotted them and tried to fire but Frank had the thug in the way.
He shot down two thugs while Nuke picked up one and slammed him to the ground hard, killing him. Logan kicked one away and stabbed him in the throat before turning around and slicing another one's throat. Slade sliced the throats of two simultaneously while slicing the leg of a third who fell down in pain. He then stabbed that thug in the throat, killing him.
Frank then pushed away the thug he had held hostage and shot him dead too. Another thug rushed them but a man in a suit leapt at the thug and started punching him repeatedly. The thug fought back and the two exchanged blows.
The man in the suit kneed the thug between his legs and as he yelled in pain, the man punched him thrice before slamming his head on the wall, finally knocking him down.
"I got one!" he said before looking at the four Demons of Death.
"Nuke!" he said to Nuke before turning to Castle, "Punisher?!"
"Happy Hogan", Nuke said, "We are here to help you."
"Good", Happy said, "You lot don't have badges but we still need some help."
"You got it", Logan said, "The bastards need to be taught a lesson."
"Come on", Slade said.
The five rushed to help the other security who were engaged in an intense firefight with the thugs.
Frank took out his twin revolvers and then fired them around. They got some thugs who were hit in their throats or heads and fell down dead as their blood splattered. He then took out his twin knives and sliced down a thug before stabbing another in the gut and disemboweling him.
Slade sliced one with his sword before stabbing another and moved further with the man sticking on his sword. He then took out his gun and fired, killing two men before throwing the man off and then cut off the head of another thug.
Logan stabbed one through the mouth before slicing down another and then drove his claws into a third before yanking them out while the man died. He picked up another and threw him between some rotating gears. Trying to rotate again, the gears crushed the head of the man to a pulp and got covered with his blood as his headless body fell down while they continued rotating.
Nuke fired its shotgun, killing a man before hitting another on the face, making him fall down before shooting him dead. He picked up another and threw him off. He hit the wall hard and died.
Happy and the other guards too got some thugs.
The Demons of Death then walked through another door and saw as the people in the helicopter fired around, breaking some glass here and there.
"We need serious firepower to take that down", Frank said.
"And we are not serious firepower?" Slade asked jokingly, making the two and Logan chuckle.
"I'm pretty sure we will find something around here, bub", Logan said.
The thugs inside tried to fire but Frank and Slade shot two of them dead. Another one fired a small missile at them which they all jumped away to avoid.
Logan roared and leapt high, claws thrust forward. He managed to drive his claws into the man as he flew forwards and both of them fell down the helicopter from the other side. The dying man crashed on the ground and broke his back. Logan ripped out his claws and roared.
Nuke saw a crate of missile launchers and said, "This will do the trick."
It picked the launcher up and fired at the helicopter. The helicopter swerved to avoid but the missile still got its tail, sending the thing crashing down. It fired another missile and the helicopter was blown apart in a small explosion.
As the wreckage burnt, the Demons of Death heard on the radio, "We got it. Let's go."
"Oh shit!" Logan cursed angrily.
"Looks like they got something", Frank said.
"And they are gone", Slade realized.
"We will stop them later", Nuke said.
The four then went off as Happy and some guards arrived.
"What are our losses?" Pepper Potts asked as she walked out to meet the guards.
"We are still sweeping the building, Ma'am", Happy said, "Looks like 15 guards, 5 scientists and 2 tourists."
"Oh God!" Pepper sighed in anger, frustration and some grief as she held her head in her hand before recomposing herself and asking, "What were they after?"
"Some old blueprints are missing from design", one of the guards said, "And some pieces of an old Iron Tech armor are missing."
"Where are the Punisher, Nuke and their two friends?" she asked, "I saw them on the cameras too."
"I think they are gone", Happy said, "They tried to help us the best they could without badges."
"You and your badges", Pepper sighed, "Contact the police. I need a drink."
"Sure", Happy said as everyone got to work in cleaning up the place.
And the bad guys managed to steal whatever they were after. Poor Pepper.
But the Demons of Death are not done yet. The story will be over in a couple of chapters now.
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