Colleen Wing, who people call her Lady Samurai, had just finished training for the day with her fellow students in the Defenders. Even though, the Defenders Compound was one of her current bases that replaced the Hand, Colleen and her students would do their duty to defend the city of New York from any situation. While walking down the street towards her dojo, she felt tired and worried. Ever since her boyfriend had gone missing a few weeks ago, she felt worried sick and felt that as if something had happened to him. The last person she expected to see was her best friend and partner Misty Knight.
Misty and Colleen had been together ever since they got dusted when a superior alien warlord named Thanos sought to kill 50% of life in the universe. Once Thanos snapped his fingers with the gauntlet, Colleen, Misty, Matt Murdock, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Claire Temple, and other friends and allies were all turned to ashes and eventually came back confused five years later, in which people call it the Blip. Colleen couldn't imagine what it was like since she was turned to dust, but she would sometimes do her job in helping the people that were dusted and blipped back.
Sometimes, Colleen Wing would assist her friend Claire Temple, whom she hadn't seen for years now. Colleen and Claire continue to remain in good terms and always do their job as they always do, for they know that New York would always be in need of heroes to clean up crime within the city, including one other who was able to expose Wilson Fisk, who now remains imprisoned in the Raft. Colleen could never imagine what it would be like in New York if Fisk would've succeeded in gaining control over the city and turning it into a place filled with chaos.
Eventually, it would never come to pass. Colleen continued to walk back until she heard honking from behind. The Daughter of the Dragon smiled and could tell who it was. She turned around and saw that it was her friend and partner Misty Knight.
"Well look what the cat dragged in," Misty said enveloping her friend with a warm embrace.
"You too Misty. What are you doing here?" Lady Samurai asked, confused.
"Just in the neighbourhood. You going to the dojo?" Misty questioned her.
"Yeah," Lady Samurai sighed wearily.
"Come, I'll give you a lift," Misty offered, wrapping her arm around Colleen's shoulder.
Colleen immediately jumped into the car, and the two Daughters of the Dragon drove off and began to head over to the dojo which was a couple of blocks south.
"So, how's things been with Danny?" Misty asked.
Colleen bit her lip, unsure of whether to tell her or not. "Well…hate to tell you this…glow boy has been missing ever since." gone missing."
"How long has glow boy been missing?" Misty asked.
"Since the Blip," Lady Samurai answered.
"That does bring a ring to it," Misty sighed in exasperation. "How come you never bothered to tell me this for the last six months while we've been busy here kicking anyone's ass, hunting down the web-crawler for the death of some inter-dimenionsal hero, and reassembling the Defenders."
"Misty, I'm... I'm sorry I never had to tell you this, but I wanted to do this on my own," Lady Samurai apologized and explained. "No matter where I looked, he wasn't there."
"What else happened?" Misty asked in concern.
"I tried to look for him in K'un-Lun, Sokovia, everywhere," Lady Samurai continued. "It's like he vanished off the face of the Earth."
Misty scoffed, starting to recall something. "Its like Deja-Vu all over again, we all get vaporized in sh** and then blipped back as if we didn't realize what was going on."
"Misty, we were actually gone for the last five years," Lady Samurai laughed halfway. "Its like I passed out and then waking up at the exact same spot where I was."
"There is always going to be a lot of freakish sh** that will come and go," Misty said.
"You and me both," Lady Samurai sighed.
"Okay then, well don't you worry about me Samurai Girl, cause this time, your not going to be searching for your lover boy alone," Misty said, offering her help like the last time when she helped take down Davos. "We will find him together."
"Thanks," Lady Samurai replied. "And I would prefer you call Lady Samurai."
"That your new vigilante street name now?" Misty chuckled. "Cause I like that now?"
"What about you, have you thought of your
"I'm a cop, Colleen," Misty added. "Vigilantes can never be cops."
"I see you in action, so what've got to lose?" Lady Samurai scoffed.
"That is an entirely different matter," Misty said. "You do your duty as the vigilante who obeys the law and I will be the one that backs you up, no matter what sh** happens. Truce?"
"Truce," Lady Samurai chuckled.
"Gotta say, you are a real pain in my ass," Misty smiled.
"The best vigilante that is a pain to your ass," Lady Samurai smiled back.
"Oh, you go girl," Misty laughed.
Misty and Colleen fist bump once the two finally made it to the Chikara Dojo. Colleen hops out of the car and gives her a salute.
"See you tomorrow, as always," Lady Samurai said.
"I will be here like i always do in the big city," Misty said. "But listen, if you do find Danny, start getting pissed, but when he tells you what he did, don't back down and except it."
"I'll bi***-slap him right at the moment when he steps into the front door," Lady Samurai explained what she plans to do.
"Well go get him," Misty insisted for her to really do it. "Cause I like to hear that."
"You will," Lady Samurai promised.
"See you around Colleen and this time, call me if you really need anything," Misty said.
"I will," Lady Samurai swore that she will always ask for Misty's help before walking into the dojo.
Colleen sighs in relief that she was finally alone and slowly walks up the stairs. Once she opens the door, she gasped in shock where she found Daniel Thomas Rand, who had meditating like he always does.
"DANNY!" Lady Samurai screamed.
Daniel-Kai opened his eyes and stands up with a calm smile on his face. "Hey Colleen. Its good to see you."
Colleen ran forward and tackled him in a hug. "Where have you been?"
"Tim and I have been busy tracking down Orson Randall," Daniel-Kai explained. "We believe he's connected to the Rand Enterprise."
"Did you find him?" Lady Samurai asked.
"We tracked him from Budapest, China, and K'un Lun before coming here," Daniel-Kai answered.
"Don't you ever do that to me again," Lady Samurai said, finally giving him a slap. "That's for leaving."
"Yeah, I deserve that," Daniel-Kaisighed.
Colleen and Danny stare at each other for a moment, and then, they started to kiss each other. They didn't bother to stop kissing at all, for instead they started to take their clothes one and a time and walk into their room and continue to kiss in bed.
At the dead of night inside the Chikara Dojo, Danny and Colleen were both fast asleep together in bed while ignoring sound of traffic that had been going around and people bickering amongst themselves. Colleen smiled as she slept with her boyfriend, but that was when Danny awoke suddenly with a gasp.
Colleen opened her eyes and leaned her upper body forward, and asked quietly. "Hey, what's wrong?"
Danny huffed and puffed for breath and took a moment to speak and say his words. He promised he wouldn't lie about anything about dreams or visions that would happen.
"A scream," Daniel-Kai responded immediately. "It was a scream that was happening in some village… city."
"Do you know which city?" Lady Samurai wondered where.
"I don't know, but I think its far beyond our city," Daniel-Kai shook his head. "Colleen, ever since you left everything behind from the Hand and defeating Davos, I've been having these strange dreams for the past couple of weeks. I think they're real, more like they're trying to show me something."
"Danny, this isn't normal," Lady Samurai shook her head, thinking that he's losing it again. "You need help."
"I don't know who can help me," Daniel-Kai said. "Its impossible."
"No, but I think I know someone who can," Lady Samurai thought of a person that might be the key to help with all his problems.
Throughout the long night, Daniel Thomas Rand and Colleen Wing traveled to a place called the New York Sanctum. The New York Sanctum was one of the three bases that belonged to the Masters of the Mystic Arts and its current master was Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange.
"This is it?" Daniel-Kai asked.
"Most positive," Lady Samurai assured that it was correct place.
"How is it that you know this guy?" Daniel-Kai wondered.
"I met him a couple of times since my defection," Lady Samurai explained. "I gotta say, he's a really… mystical kind of guy. He knows everything and doesn't leave anything behind."
"So he's like a mind reader?" Daniel-Kai guessed.
"More than a mind reader," Lady Samurai grinned.
Just as the two were about to walk towards the front door, the two suddenly fell into a hole and found themselves safely on the floor of the inside of the sanctum.
"Wow!" Daniel-Kai snapped in complete shock.
"What the hell just happened?!" Lady Samurai cried in shock and confusion. "Where are we?"
"You just walked right up the front door and fell right into one of my portals," A voice answered from behind them.
Daniel Thomas Rand and Colleen Wing turn around to come face-to-face with Doctor Strange. Strange was a powerful sorcerer and a leading member of the Masters of the Mystic Arts. His hair was all brown and grey and the color of his eyes were shiny blue. The Cloak of Levitation remained behind him and would be ready to attack any intruders that would dare spread harm to the sanctum.
"Um, Doctor… Strange?" Lady Samurai asked if that was his name.
"Colleen Wing, is it?" Doctor Strange asked.
"Yeah, we met before," Lady Samurai remembered her time she met him.
Strange then focused on Daniel Rand as he walked down the stairs to meet him closely. "And you must be Daniel Thomas Rand, the Iron Fist of K'un-Lun, am I correct?"
"Its just Danny, and yes I am," Daniel-Kai said, surprised that he knew his name.
"Well then welcome," Doctor Strange bowed his head slightly in respect. "So, what brings you two here?"
"We came to ask for your help," Lady Samurai spoke on Daniel's behalf. "Danny, has been having strange dreams that seem to be real."
"You mean these dreams are like visions from the past, present, or future?" Doctor Strange asked.
"Yes," Daniel-Kai nodded his head in answer.
"Take a seat," Doctor Strange insisted in a hast.
Without realizing, Daniel Rand and Colleen Wing turn around and saw two comfortable chairs that were already behind them in seconds. The two were surprised and looked at each other weirdly in confusion. They then sit down just as Doctor Strange used his power to summon a chair and sits himself down.
"Now, tell me about your dreams, start from the very beginning," Doctor Strange said.
"These dreams I've been seeing, I think they were trying to show me something," Daniel-Kai explained. "There was this vision I saw. It was a battle that took place in a barren land and then a dark figure exploded into oblivion. A man takes possession of some ring made out of gold that was worn by this figure he destroyed with a broken sword. Then next, I was in a medieval city until I heard countless screams. Black-hooded figures murdering a group of innocents in a quiet dark room."
"So the Iron Fist of K'un-Lun speaks of these dreams, visions I would say?" Doctor Strange asked, suspecting if that was all he needed to hear. "That's not a problem sir, so what I have to do is look in your head and see if that is possible."
"You can read minds?" Daniel-Kai asked.
"Not 100%, but I know everything that happens between the past, present, and future," Doctor Strange explained. "So please stand up and let me do my thing."
"Give it a shot," Lady Samurai insisted.
"Okay," Daniel-Kai breathed.
Doctor Strange raises his hands around Danny's head and tells him. "You might want to close your eyes, breathe from your mouth or nose, and stay silent, you know 'quiet' when I do this."
"Right," Daniel-Kai complied as he closes his eyes.
At a split second, Doctor Strange begins to read all of Danny's mind with his eyes completely shut. The mind reading took more than a few seconds just as he opened his eyes.
"Intriguing," Doctor Strange replied.
"That was fast," Lady Samurai responded in surprise.
"What is it?" Daniel-Kai wanted to know what he saw.
"It seems you might be connected to something," Doctor Strange answered.
"Connected to what exactly?" Lady Samurai asked. "A person or a thing."
"More likely an object," Doctor Strange answered her question. "An ancient object that I haven't seen before in the past."
"What kind of object are you meaning?" Daniel-Kai asked. "How am I connected to it?"
"I think you are not the only Iron Fist in this part of the world that might've been connected to this ring," Doctor Strange answered. "I assume the worse that when it awoke, it might've sensed something familiar, probably… an Iron Fist."
"So its a ring?" Lady Samurai wondered if that was the case.
"Made out of pure gold, but when I looked into you and your visions on what you saw, I felt something… sinister in that ring," Doctor Strange sighed. "Its good you came to me. Cause now, I need to spread this information to the council of the Mystical Arts. Perhaps with their aid and knowledge, they'll give the answer on what it is. In the meantime, will be in touch. I suggest you two should talk this out, um, outside."
Outside the streets, Daniel Rand and Colleen Wing had been walking quietly pass stores and restaurants that were already closing for the night. Colleen was wanting to say something to Danny, but could see how deeply afraid he was. She's never seen him afraid since he knows how to master his abilities and not let the fear take him.
"You haven't been speaking ever since we walked out of the sanctum," Lady Samurai said.
"I'm sorry, Colleen," Daniel-Kai apologized. "I just… I don't know where to start, but I'm afraid."
"I know," Lady Samurai understood his thought. "Whatever this ring is, how ancient and evil it is, it won't touch you."
"What if your right… and what if your wrong?" Daniel-Kai asked her that.
"I can't guarantee how right or wrong it is," Lady Samurai scoffed. "Okay, pretend that you think everything we heard was nothing but bulls***.
"How can it be bulls***, Colleen?" Daniel-Kai sharply asked. "Everything we learn from our masters, all that connects to K'un-Lun, I can't even shake it!"
"You need rest," Lady Samurai suggested.
"No, what I need is some answers," Daniel-Kai told her with a fierce look on his face. "You wield the fist too, how come you haven't seen all this."
"I don't know," Lady Samurai shrugged. "Its beyond me. Maybe I'm all new to this and it seems that everything that is happening now..."
"Must've chosen me," Daniel-Kai began to figure something out in suspicion.
"How can you be sure?" Lady Samurai asked.
"Well we can't just walk around and do nothing," Daniel-Kai scoffed. "If what Doctor Strange has said about this ring being connected to me, then how can I stop thinking about it."
Colleen pressed her hands on his shoulders. "You need to think of something that might lighten your spirits up. You wanna get something to eat?"
"Yeah," Daniel-Kai nodded.
"Okay, I know the perfect place," Lady Samurai beckoned. "C'mon."