Matt took off his mask and set it down tiredly. Time for sleep, he hadn't gotten any in days. He fell onto the floor and slept, nightmares woke him twice in the night, images of Kingpin burned into his mind. He needed information on this, fast too. If anyone was going to do anything they needed an inside man. But how?
An idea came to him, a great one. Double agent. Venom, the villain. Kingpin might take him in, as a spy on Daredevil, but also as a spy for Daredevil. Eddie would o it, he played the evil part well, with experience. It made perfect sense to Matt.
Would Eddie do it though? Matt wasn't sure. That was probably the only flaw in his plan. Kingpin would take him in, he had taken Dr. Doom in as his right hand man, and Bullseye had always been with Kingpin. Most of Spiderman's old enemies were with the Pin as well. Greengoblin, Shocker, Rhino, and Carnage were just a few. A ton of Brotherhood mutants had joined up after the death of Magneto. Rumors that the Fantastic four had joined Kingpin had reached Matt's ears as well, but he didn't believe them. But the F4 had gone missing. Matt guessed they had been killed, and Kingpin was using the rumor to either lure more heroes too him as a trap, or use it to help recruit more villains. Possibly both.
Daredevil was the one that knew the most about Kingpin, the crime lord was his biggest enemy before this apocalypse. Kingpin killed his father personally, and ordered the death of his one true love, Elektra. But he had no desire to lead. And Captain America had been captured that morning, along with Black Panther. Nick Fury was dead, the X-men. No leader were left. It was time to start searching.
Bobby sat up quickly. The pitter patter of feet slowly rose around him and Kitty. He pushed Shadow cat a few times to wake her, and then pulled her up.
"We gotta go." He told her urgently. "Someone is here." He said, quietly, but with just as much urgency. The two got up and began to jog through the forest, trying their best to leave no trail for whoever was coming. Bobby stole a glance behind him. Sure enough, a team of about twenty of the soldiers that had destroyed the mansion was trailing behind them. Bobby ran faster, dragging Kitty a bit. Ahead he could see lights of ATV's. They had surrounded the to mutants.
"Quick, Kitty, right!." Bobby hissed, leading Kitty right, away form the soldiers. He ducked under a fallen tree, hidden from sight. Kitty followed. The two sat quietly, holding their breath, waiting for the soldiers to either find them and fight, or give up and leave. Second seemed like hours before Bobby could hear a soldier grumbling.
"They are gone, probably headed for the interstate. All units direct to 34-50" The soldier said. Turning his head slightly, the soldier though he caught the glint of an eye, but when he investigated, nothing was there. Just a fallen tree. He left, following his men back to the highway.
Kitty came up out of the ground, Bobby shaken. He hated it when Kitty did that. "Thanks." He said to her.
"No problem." She smiled back.
Steve Roger woke up in a dark cell. He grunted with the effort of sitting up against the back wall of the cell. The soldier hadn't removed his Captain America uniform.
"Hello?" He called out, unsure his voice would carry.
A strange fit of coughs sounded out., Steve called out again, "Who is there"
"Reed Richards. Who are you?" Reed Richards said. Mr. Fantastic. Captain America was in prison with the F4. This wasn't good. The F4 was his first choice for a leader of the remaining heroes, and if they were in this place, who else could be left?
"Captain America, Steve Rogers." Captain America said back.
"Damn. They got to you too. They killed Nick already"
" Have you heard anything on the Black Panther?" The flag bearing hero asked.
"No, not yet. These guards don't talk. I think they are brainwashed." Reed said.
"That would explain a lot. Its not the army to just turn around and start massacring people in the streets." Captain America sighed. "Any news on Washington?"
"DC? Yes actually, they died no survivors, and I think Kingpin is going to do the same to New York City." Reed's voice drowned in, a train passed, its horns blowing loudly.
"There is a train near by?" Captain America asked, looking up quickly.
"Yeah. That's the third one we've heard. They come every day at 2 in the morning. They bring guns and ammunition to the brainwashed troops." Johnny spoke this time.
"Any ideas on how to get out of here?" Captain America asked.
"Yes, and you just completed the cycle." Reed said, smiling in the darkness of his damp prison cell.
