Lucy continued to prepare for dinner, cooking in the pot and pan as she continued to stir
"Dinner's just about done babe"
"Ok" Danielle said as she finished typing the last bit of her report
Right as Lucy went to grab the bowls needed for dinner the blonde heard a knock at the door making her raise an eyebrow
"We didn't expect anyone ?"
With a simple swing open of the door it revealed a sad Elena as she sniffed and wiped her eyes
"Hey"
Immediately Lucy went wide eyed
"Oh my god Elena are you ok ?"
"Yeah, sorry for dropping in like this I just…god I need some friends right now"
"Hey, Lucy who was at the doo-"
Danielle stopped when she caught wind of Elena
"Elena ?"
"Hey, can I come in"
"Of course, of course come, tell us what's wrong"
"Boy where do I begin"
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Frank continued to walk around the apartment, his thoughts filled throughout the place as he looked at the framed picture of Matt and Elektra
Frank sighed
"I'm sorry, I failed you. Both of you"
"You placed your trust in me, hoped I'd be the best protection for your little girl, raise her, train her, keep her safe"
"But in the end all I ended up doing was ruining her life, I couldn't even take care of her in my final hours because of that injection the Ultron robot gave me…I failed"
"Failed as a friend, as a brother, you put your faith in me and this is what I did with it…..I…"
Frank sighed
"I don't know why you guys even chose me in the first place"
Immediately the door was crashed down revealing a large sum of men in vest with high powered guns
Immediately Frank hit the deck, dropping to the ground behind a dresser as bullets began to fly shooting everything in sight
Frank plugged his ears attempting to cover the sound of the bullets dropping but the sound continued to blare through
As the gunfire continued Frank could feel his sickness take over. He was slowly dying and he didn't know which would take him out first
The bullets or his injection
Deciding to make the choice himself he made a quick beeline for his room slamming the door and locking it quickly before ducking behind the bed moving away from the many plethora of gunfire that was shot his way
After a halting time of gunfire the bullets soon stopped giving Frank a chance to breathe as he immediately let out a agonizing groan as he tightly clutched his stomach
He got a look at himself in the mirror
He looked like shit
'Kingpin Jr probably figured how mommy died now he's come back for a blood debt' Frank thought as he stumbled to his closet
'He probably thinks Elena is here, tried to send a hit after her so he didn't have to do the dirty work himself, pathetic, just like his father'
Opening the closet revealed 2 sets of M16's with an extend clip loaded with ammo
'He tried to kill Elena, tore down this place, crapped on the memory of the only family I had, I'm pissed, HELL I'M BEYOND PISSED ! IM FUCKING FURIOIUS !'
Frank knew this was gonna be his final straw, the grand line over the finish line, so if he's going out. he mine as well go out on his own terms
Moving a trench coat to the side a smirk formed on Frank's face when he saw it
"Hello old friend"
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The group of men all stayed, pointed at the door with their guns ready to fire as slwoly a man raised his hand halting a ceasefire
"MR CASTLE ! COME OUT !"
A long pause was heard after the words were spoken
"IF YOU DON'T COME OUT WERE COMING IN !"
Again the pause happened
The man looked back to signal the group of people into a charging formation as with a simple head nod one of the men took a sledgehammer from his back before walking up to the door
Taking a deep breathe everyone stood silent setting their guns to automatic as the first man gave the signal
"1"
Gripping the sledgehammer tightly he nodded his head
"2"
Slowly but surely he raised the weapon higher in the air ready for his swing
On his signal the man took action making his swing
Mid swing when the tool was raised in the air the door had quickly been swung open revealing Frank holding the two m16's wearing his white skull vest making everyone go wide eyed with fear
"3" Frank said before pulling the triggers letting the gun spray mowing down everyone in sight
Bullets of his own began to fly like birds as a large portion of the men were caught in the gunfire Immediately dying right as the bullet hit their body
3 men were able to escape the bloodbath jumping out of the way as Frank had stepped out of the doorframe continuing his massacre
The 3 men didn't notice they dropped their guns until they tried to shoot back behind some cover not being able to for those reasons alone so they had to wait out the storm
Luckily it didn't brew for long as Frank soon ran out of ammo giving the men the chance they needed as they had immediately got up to rush to Frank
With a groan he dropped the guns
His body was losing out, he was going off nothing more than will and anger, but he knew one thing. If he was gonna go out, he was gonna take these guys with him
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"Wow….that's….that's a lot to take in"
Elena just nodded her head as she continued to hug herself
Danielle and Lucy sat beside her on the couch as Elena just shook her head
"Im sorry, I shouldn't have come here, just to drop all these on you-"
"No, No. Elena you have nothing to apologize for" Danielle said
"You just learned the hardship and truth of your parents, that's…that's a lot"
Lucy nodded her head in agreement
"You wanna know how I got this" Lucy said as she showed her Dragon tattoo
"How ?"
Lucy sighed. This was a hard story, one not even Danielle likes to bring up. But Elena was her friend, and since they were putting things out there Lucy mine as well
"Before Ultron my Father sent me away, to the ancient city of K'un-Lun, he thought I'd be safe there. Thought the monks would protect me. Raise me. In hindsight they did. And to be fair everything was good. That was until one day when I was 12"
Danielle noticed how Lucy grasped her fingers tightly
"My arm started to burn, I started to cry. The monks came running into my room to find me crying showing off my wrist as they all looked in shock, I was just a little girl then so I didn't know what was happening. And neither did they, it was a shock for everyone as the once Dragon tattoo of Shou-Lao the Undying. The same tattoo that was once rooted on my father's chest was rooted upon me too"
Lucy dropped her hands, gripping her fingertips upon her pants as she continued
"The thing is, the Iron Fist isn't supposed to work like that. You're supposed to be chosen, trained. Breaded for it like Lin Lie, but me"
Again Lucy sighed as she bawled her fist revealing it's bright yellow glow
"I was just chosen because i'm Danny Rand's daughter"
"No, Lucy, you always say that, you were chosen to be the next Iron Fist, now just because your Father was one" Danielle said as she took her hand in hers
Lucy felt a warm sense upon her, a sense Danielle always made her feel and it was sweet. So sweet it made Elena smile
"You guys are so adorable it hurts" she said and immediately the 3 girls began to laugh
RING RING RING
The felt vibration Elena felt in her pocket made her stop as immediately she raised a suspicious eyebrow
Elena genuinely forgets she has a phone sometimes because she never gets calls so it was without a doubt a surprise to find someone was calling her
"Hey guys sorry I gotta take this, probably just Frank calling to come back"
Elena made her leave scooting off the coach leaving the girls as she vacated herself to a small corner before answering the phone
"Hello"
"Ms Murdock" a cold voice said running a shiver down her spine
"Who is this"
"I could stay anonymous and have you guessing why I'm calling, but where is the fun in that ?" a faint chuckle was heard over the phone only adding on to Elena's confusion
"It's Richard Fisk calling"
Immediately Elena's eyes shot up
"How…how did you get my number…."
"Ohh you should definitely worry less of that and more of that father figure of yours"
Elena's sensed kicked into overdrive as now she was in the defense
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO FRANK !" she said. Maybe louder than she should've as now Danielle and Lucy's attention was brought to her
"Sent a hit, you should be rather lucky, I was aiming for you"
Elena's fist began to clench around the phone so tightly she thought she was gonna break it
"Let me cut to the chase. I know what happened that night, what happened to our mother's" His voice suddenly got sinister. He was darker now
"And I want you to know I'm angry, really, really angry"
"What happened was past history, that had nothing to do with us"
"IT HAD EVERYTHING TO DO WITH US !" Richard yelled
"WERE THE REASON THEY DIED ! YOU AND ME ! AND NOW ! WE MUST FULFILL OUR LEGACY, CARRY ON THE TORCH OUR PARENTS PASSED UPON US AND CONTINUES THIS RIVALRY OF RED AND WHITE UNTIL ONE OF US ENDS THE BLOODLINE OF THE OTHER"
"Your fucking insane"
"Maybe so, but trust me when I say tonight one of us will die"
"Go home, Elena Murdock, give your final goodbyes to your mentor and use that anger. Your gonna need it"
With that the phone hung up and Immediately Elena's hands began to shake and tremble as Lucy and Danielle just looked at her
"Elena ? what's wrong ?"
"i….I gotta go home"