NETFLIX PHASE 7 (The Heroes for Hire)
The Punisher Season 3
Scourge of the Underworld
Silver Sable
Master Assassin Elektra
Daughters of the Dragon
The Heroes for Hire
The Punisher Season 3: The Punisher returns as the mercenary killer he's always been, serving justice to those who deserve it. During a normal night of justice serving in Central Park, he encounters a cop attempting to chase down a serial rapist, and follows her to assist. However, the rapist escapes, and Castle offers to help the officer catch this guy. The officer then reveals her name to be Lynn Michaels, and the two form an alliance to hunt down this rapist, who they do, only to see he's being protected by the Maggia. Punisher and Michaels then fight the Maggia, and the rapist is killed in the crossfire, along with Michaels being injured. Castle then takes her to a hospital, and when she wakes up, the two have a romantic encounter before going their separate ways.
As this happens, Frank is being watched by an assassin, who attempts to take him out, only to fail and get shot by Michaels. Punisher then investigates the body, sees that it is ULTIMATUM, the anti-nationalist terrorism group he encountered in Egypt, and that his next target needs to be the leader of ULTIMATUM: Karl Morgenthau, the Flag Smasher.
Hunting through the underground market, Punisher is able to find the ULTIMATUM Headquarters is located in Kansas City. Punisher then heads to the city, where he begins to instill himself as the mercenary of Kansas, taking out ULTIMATUM targets all across the town. As more and more targets fall to the Punisher, Flag Smasher becomes more and more impatient to see him killed, and sends out multiple gangs to deal with Punisher. One by one Punisher kills his attempted murderers until no one is willing to accept contracts from the Flag Smasher, leaving him unprotected. The Flag Smasher then attempts to leave in an armored truck, only to learn that Punisher had killed his driver, hijacking the vehicle. Punisher then jumps out of the car as it dives off a bridge, only to be detonated by Punisher before it reaches the water.
After credits scene:
Lynn Michaels is seen in her office when another officer comes in.
Officer: "Michaels. We need you to investigate a 616."
Michaels: "Another vigilante?"
Officer: "Yes. Another one. Name's Payback."
The officer hands Michaels a file.
Screen cuts to black.
Scourge of the Underworld: Justice must be served, and though there are many heroes to serve it, almost none of them sink deep enough into the criminal underworld to destroy it. That's when the Scourge of the Underworld takes it into his own hands and kills those villains who the superheroes don't have time to catch. The first of these targets is a man known as the Enforcer, who while walking into a hotel, is shot by Scourge, who then reveals himself to be the Enforcer's brother, known as Delanzy. But even with his brother dead, Scourge's work is incomplete, and he goes to find a new target. Eventually, Scourge finds his new target: the Miracle Man, and assassinates him on the bus.
Following this, Scourge scopes out a few new targets in the common villain hangout, The Bar With No Name. While there, Scourge disguises himself as a bartender, and then Scourge takes out his guns and kills eighteen super villains, including Firebrand, leaving only the Matador alive to tell the tale of the Scourge.
After this massacre, Scourge expected the crime rates to go down, only to see that they were higher than ever, and the Scourge once again must go out and serve his special brand of justice. During this new wave, Scourge impersonates a getaway car driver to kill the Blue Streak, rigging an explosive phonebooth to kill the Phone Ranger, disguises himself as a homeless person to kill the Fly, and assassinates Hate Monger at a KKK Rally.
Later that week, it seems the Scourge name has become popular enough that hundreds of copycats have begun to spring up in other towns, purging them of crime. Now, the original Scourge must take it upon himself to recruit other Scourges to his cause, using his connections to establish a network of Scourges all across America.
After credits scene:
A man in a hood is shown watching multiple murders at the hands of the Scourge
Unknown: "Pitiful. Another day, another vigilante. You will pay for what you have done, hero. To my father! To my city! To me!"
The camera then scrolls over to a picture of a child in the arms of Parker Robbins, the Hood.
Screen cuts to black.
Silver Sable: Silver Sablinova is the daughter of Ernst Sablinova, the founder of the Wild Pack, an organization responsible for hundreds of arrests of international terrorists. When Silver's mother was killed, Silver joined the Wild Pack to hunt down her mother's killer, only to lose her father to the same murderer years later. Thus, Silver now leads the Wild Pack as the Silver Sable, head of the Silver Sable Organization, taking contracts to hunt down terrorists all around the world, in hopes that one day she can find her mother and father's killer. Her current contract: Stop a gang war before it even starts. Alongside her are the members of the Wild Pack: Battlestar, Amy Chen, Crippler, Doug Powell, Raul Quentino, and William Baker, who was once a villain of Spider-Man, but has since given up his ways.
Together, the group travels to Los Angeles, where they are told their target is Justin Hammer. Since his release from prison, Hammer has taken over HAMMER Industries, claiming to rebuild the company's reputation following the Dark Avengers incident. However, his thin promises have come to light, as according to insider information, Hammer is attempting to drive rich people out of LA to repurpose the land for HAMMER factories. To do this, Hammer has hired multiple superpowered mercenaries to start a gang war. Thus, to end Hammer's notorious plan, the Wild Pack must hunt down Afterburner, Beetle, Blacklash, Boomerang, Blizzard, Spymaster, and Cyclone. Splitting off into two teams, each one goes after one of the two rival gangs: The Gunslingers and the Katanas.
While Silver Sable, Battlestar, and Amy Chen handle the Katanas, Doug, Crippler, Raul, and Baker handle the Gunslingers. During their journeys, the groups must undergo multiple trials including: fighting Boomerang in Dodger Stadium, dualing Blizzard on Venice Beach, battling Cyclone on Hollywood Boulevard, and defeating Blacklash in front of the Chinese Theater. By the end of their efforts, the lieutenants of Hammer have been defeated, leaving only the man himself, who has come down from his ivory tower to face this cabal that has risen against him.
With him is his personal drone bodyguards and him wearing his Hammer armor, made from the leftovers of Whiplash's armor. While it seems like Hammer is invincible to the Wild Pack when in his armor, he doesn't expect Baker to use his Sandman powers to creep inside the Hammer armor, destroying it from the inside.
After credits scene:
The Silver Sable is seen in her chambers on a monitor, revealing her room is bugged. The Hood's son is then seen walking away from the monitor.
Screen cuts to black.
Master Assassin Elektra: Elektra Natchios, the powerful Hand assassin, has always fought against her clan's arch enemy: the Snakeroot Clan. But following her friend Nina McCabe's death at the Snakeroot's hands, Elektra goes on the offense and declares war on all on the Snakeroot. Heading to Japan, Elektra begins her war by killing the most obvious Snakeroot member: Osaku, the Russian Tsar descendant.
With the clan's access to Russia limited by Osaku's death, the leader of Snakeroot, Daito, declares that all assassins are to target Elektra. But what they don't know is that Elektra has a man on the inside: Tekagi. Through him, Elektra is able to assemble a list of major Snakeroot members: Genkotsu, Feruze, Enteki, Doka, and Daito. With them dead, the Snakeroot would be crippled or even destroyed by the power vacuum her murders would create.
Her first target is the archer Enteki, as he attacks her first by almost piercing her with an arrow in the middle of Tokyo. But after a battle of increasingly closer proximity, Elektra is able to impale Enteki upon her sais. She then selects her next target to be the African-American Snakeroot ninja Feruze, who was recently spotted in the tourist district of Tokyo. Following a fight through a pachinko parlor, Feruze meets his end as he gets tangled in cords and hung above the customers. Following this, Elektra goes to a Buddhist temple, where she encounters the holy man of the Snakeroot, Genkotsu, whom is soon burned alive on the candles within the temple.
This leaves only Doka as the sole protector of Daito, leading to Elektra investigating his past and learning he burned his parents alive in their house to join the Snakeroot. She then finds his house, where she locks him inside and burns him alive, finally leaving Daito vulnerable. However, his failure at protecting his students loses him the favor of the Snakeroot's diety, leading to him committing suicide. This allows Tekagi to take control of the Snakeroot, something Elektra hopes will be positive, only for the magical sword Sakki to corrupt Tekagi, leading to him sending Snakeroot soldiers to attack Elektra. However, the assassin survives and soon reaches Tekagi, impaling him upon the very sword he worshipped, destroying the Snakeroot Clan.
After credits scene:
The body of Nina McCabe is seen in a small temple in the Hand Headquarters. She then opens her eyes.
Screen cuts to black.
Daughters of the Dragon: Following a return to the Heroes for Hire Headquarters, Misty Knight and Colleen Wing see Steel Serpent and Iron Fist dueling. The two join in, leading to the Steel Serpent calling them the daughters of the dragon, a name they soon choose to adopt as their team name. In a battle of 3v1, the Steel Serpent is dealt with swiftly, allowing Colleen and Misty to talk and establish the Daughters of the Dragon, a spin-off of the Heroes for Hire under the label of Nightwing Restoration Inc. Their first job: Investigate Celia Ricadonna, a mob-queen who has blown through hired villains with no regard, all the while racking up criminal offenses.
The two then discover through a former employee, Freezerburn, that Ricadonna is in the market for many powerful relics to make herself stronger, including the body of a Skrull. Then, when the group arrives at the warehouse holding the Skrull, they are ambushed by Ricadonna's thugs and a hired villain known as Razorfist. While the daughters are able to escape, Freezerburn is not as lucky, and is killed by Razorfist. The duo then bring Razorfist to their headquarters only for him to kill himself shortly after his capture, bringing Colleen and Misty back to their list. At the same time, Ricadonna has the Skrull organ implanted into her, granting her shapeshifting abilities.
Next on the list is another former hired man, 8-Ball. However, while attempting to get him covertly out of his apartment, the Wrecker assaults the trio and kills 8-Ball. While the duo hunt down the next villain on the list, Whirlwind, they recruit their receptionist, the invincible Otis Johnson, to hunt down the Wrecker. When the two find the Whirlwind, he is fighting against the Trapster, who is forced away by Whirlwind's powers. Whirlwind then reveals that he and Humbug, the only other name on the list, were stealing a powerful computer chip of Ricadonna's in hopes of making amends for their crimes. Apparently, this chip has the ability to steal enough money to crash the entire global economy, making it a significant score for the Daughters of the Dragon if they were to destroy it. Misty then takes this chip from Whirlwind, placing it in her bionic arm, and returns to her apartment, only to find Ricadonna herself waiting in the living room. The two then fight it out, with Ricadonna pulling Misty's entire bionic arm off, only to get blown away by Whirlwind, who suspected Ricadonna would attack Misty, and followed her home.
With Ricadonna once more in possession of the chip, the Daughters of the Dragon must infiltrate her headquarters to take it back. Armed with a new bionic arm, Misty pulls Otis off of the Wrecker's tail and brings him along with Colleen, Humbug, and Whirlwind. Once there, they discover an auction is occurring at the headquarters, with Ricadonna selling the chip to the highest bidder, whether they be Hydra, AIM, the Ten Rings, the Beyond Corporation, or the Zodiac Cartel.
Thus, the Daughters of the Dragon ambush Ricadonna right before she heads on stage, with Whirlwind and Humbug distracting the crowd of buyers. Ricadonna is able to escape the daughters, but is unable to stop Otis, who is there to distract her just long enough for the Daughters of the Dragon to destroy the chip. Ricadonna is then arrested, along with everyone who visited the auction. Finally, before Misty and Colleen are able to thank Whirlwind and Humbug, they see that the two fled when the cops arrived, escaping into the night, becoming criminals that one day the Daughters of the Dragon may have to track down.
After credits scene:
Humbug is seen about to rob a store, but then removes his helmet and enters the store, grabbing the help wanted sign.
Screen cuts to black.
The Heroes for Hire: The son of the Hood has risen to power and taken his father's name, declaring himself the new Hood, and using his father's ill-gotten gains to create a new organization to rival those of the modern superhero mercenaries: The Villains for Hire. Among this motley crew of villains is: the Monster, Death-Stalker, Lady Stilt-Man, Whirlwind, Warhawk, and the Bushwacker. When this group announces itself, Iron Fist decides it's time to expand the Heroes for Hire name even further. Thus, the Heroes for Hire bring in the best mercenaries on the planet: Punisher, Elektra, Silver Sable, Colleen Wing, Misty Knight, and the Scourge of the Underworld.
Alongside Iron Fist and Luke Cage, the new Heroes for Hire go out and make their presence known by stopping an attempted bank robbery by the Villains for Hire members Warhawk and Death-Stalker. However, they are unable to capture the two, as Death-Stalker teleports them away. This is then revealed to all have been a plot by the Hood to discover who this new Heroes for Hire team composes, and then orders his Villains for Hire to systematically eliminate each member, starting with the Scourge. But when the Villains for Hire murder Scourge in the alleyway, they realize that this is not the original Scourge, as that Scourge intervenes and kills Lady Stilt-Man, while the rest of the Villains for Hire teleport away with Death-Stalker.
With Scourge clearly more resourceful than expected, the Hood sets his kill squad's eyes on Silver Sable. The six then kidnap Silver Sable, teleporting her to the Hood's headquarters, where he offers a deal to the Heroes for Hire: Freedom to run his criminal empire in exchange for Silver Sable's life. Their response is anything but, assaulting the Hood's headquarters with full force. This is exactly what he wanted, and as the Heroes for Hire dual with the Villains for Hire, the Hood detonates the facility, crashing the mansion down around them all.
Following this explosion, it is revealed that the Monster was killed in the explosion, releasing fear gas that caused Silver Sable to flee in fear of her own mortality. The Heroes for Hire then go looking for her, only to get a message saying she has abandoned the mission in hopes of discovering who killed her parents before she meets her inevitable demise. With a teammate now missing, the Heroes for Hire continue their day-to-day work, where they encounter Warhawk holding up a police station alongside Bushwacker. The two are eventually killed by the Punisher, leaving the Heroes for Hire with nothing to go on, so they return to the list of Villains for Hire. But everything is put on hold when Scourge out of nowhere shoots Elektra in the leg, only to be shot by Silver Sable. The team then unmasks Scourge and learn that it was in fact Death-Stalker. Silver Sable then explains she suspected this following the destruction of the mansion, and fled to keep Death-Stalker from trailing her, so that she may return secretly.
However, with the fact that Scourge was Death-Stalker the whole time, the Heroes for Hire are confused as to how the Villains for Hire escaped, leading to them returning to the mansion and finding a secret passage in the rubble, revealing the true headquarters of the Hood, where he and Whirlwind are waiting. With them is the imprisoned Scourge, who reveals the plot the Hood has created: Wait for the Heroes for Hire to reach the base, and then using his father's connection with Dormammu, resurrect the Monster to force the heroes' greatest fears upon them. However, as the Hood is summoning the Monster, Punisher interrupts his chant with a bullet to the head, killing him and leaving Whirlwind, who quickly flees from the scene.
With the Villains for Hire destroyed, the Heroes for Hire think everything is done, only to watch as the Hood is resurrected by Dormammu's magic, temporarily giving him incredibly demonic powers. But even with his newfound powers, the Heroes for Hire are still able to kill him, ending the Villains for Hire once and for all.
After credits scene:
The dead body of the Hood is seen inside a morgue, when it begins to glow blood red.
Screen cuts to black.