Punisher War Zone part 3
A few hours after breaking psychotic brother out of the mental asylum, Jigsaw and his henchmen arrived to the building that Billy 'inherited' from his deceased uncle, much to James' amazement and admiration towards his brother before they went inside and Jigsaw saw his reflection and broke down as he realized how horrible he looked because of the Punisher. James then promised his disfigured brother that he'd kill the Punisher/Frank for greatly disfiguring his face before breaking every mirror in the room, much to his brother's enjoyment.
When they got to the upper floors, Jigsaw had a face to face meeting with Vladimir Reznov and 2 other vampires that were his bodyguards in disguise, discussing their business. Jigsaw asked his secret vampire contact. "Did you bring what we discussed, Reznov?"
The still living Existence agent answered in a clear Romanian accent. "Indeed, my American-Italian friend. Did you fulfill your end of the bargain as we agreed?"
The disfigured crime boss answered. "My guy in Customs has guaranteed you and your people a safe port, so you can load and unload your cargo whenever you want."
Vladimir smiled evilly before he reached into his left business jacket pocket and pulled out a small glass vial with a red glowing liquid emitting from it and handed it to Jigsaw, who happily accepted it. Both Ink and his father turned to each confused, as they had no idea what the 'Russian' had just given their boss was and Pitsy would ask his boss/friend. "Boss, what did Reznov just give you?"
His boss smiled and stated. "This is our payment...a vial containing a new strand of human/vampire soldier serum."
Ink asked with shock from what his boss just said. "W-What?! V-V-Vampires?!" That was when Vladimir and his bodyguards had revealed their true vampire selves to Jigsaw's lackey's, much to their shock/horror but they were calmed down by Jigsaw, who explained the benefits of being a cross between a human and vampire: even though they would never be active during the day and would be dependent on blood to satisfy their cravings, they would have the power of immortality: being able live throughout the centuries without aging or dying...much to Ink's and Pitsy's delight.
"But 1 small problem, Jigsaw, the 1 who did this to you, the Punisher, has allied himself with our most hated enemy. His name is Blade, born half evolved raccoon and half vampire. And what's worse, 2 Death Dealers, the former Elder Amelia and her lover and best warrior Selene are with him. If Frank Castle could do that to your face and kill a small army of your Mob soldiers, just think what he could do to all of us allied with our enemies." Vladimir said, worried about what Castle and Blade could do to them while working together, especially if an Elder of the Corvinus Strain vampires and her lover/top warrior were also with them.
"Don't worry, I've got a plan to make them do exactly what we want them to do. You just concentrate on your part and after that, Castle, his raccoon friend and those Death Dealers will be dead in a few nights." Jigsaw said with an evil smile, having a good plan to deal with Castle and his allies.
Meanwhile in another part of New York
Carlos and Blade were roughing up a few Jamaican street thugs: demanding to know where Maginty and his crew were and the street thug easily told them: robbing a bodega in Hell's Kitchen. After they got what they needed, Blade contacted Frank, Selene and Amelia before heading to the car, with the reformed gang member going his own way as the Raccoon Daywalker told him that he'd done his part.
Meanwhile in Hell's Kitchen
Maginty and his two crew members were getting high on drugs to increase their high after horribly killing the owner of a store and performed a number of athletic/parkour stunts and feats on the roofs after evading the cops...until a 37 mm grenade had killed one of Maginty's friends as they attempted to perform an aerial cartwheel! The two Jamaican's stared surprised/horrified from what they just saw before glancing to a neighboring rooftop...and saw Frank/Punisher holding a grenade launcher, with smoke emitting from the barrel and Selene taking aim with an HK SL8-4 sniper rifle! The former Death Dealer fired 3 separate shots: 1 shot to kill the remaining gang member by shooting him between his eyes and the other 2 to kneecap Maginty!
Frank stated while nodding in approval, acknowledging the female vampire's sharpshooting skills. "Those were rather impressive shots, Selene."
Amelia stated while complimenting her lover's sniping skills as well before giving her a short kiss. "Nice shooting, baby."
Selene smiled while turning to her beloved. "Thanks babe."
They then approached the wounded but still living Maginty, who was crying in deep pain and agony while pleading with them not to kill him. "Please... don't kill me."
Frank demanded to know where Jigsaw was. "Russoti. Where is he?"
Maginty attempted to play dumb, acting like he had no idea what he was talking about. "I'm sorry? I don't know anyone named Russoti. Who's that, an Italian restaurant dishwasher or something?"
Both Selene and Amelia didn't buy his dumb acting so they simply slammed their left/right foot over his bleeding knee caps, making the thug cry out in pain. Last chance before we shoot off your groin, asshole. Where's Russoti?" Selene said as she and Amelia aimed their pistols at his groin.
"And try to lie and play dumb again, you crackhead shitbag." Amelia added after her lover as their fingers were slowly squeezing the triggers.
The Punisher smiled at this, as he soon realized that he, Blade and the two vampiress lovers had a lot more in common than he previously thought: as their pasts and more importantly, their fighting and interrogation methods to get the information they needed was similar. "Glad to see there's other people out there that share my point of view and methods. Last thing the world needs is more heroes who are concerned about having blood on their hands when their self-righteousness and egos blind them to the fact that they already do, indirectly or not." He thought to himself.
Maginty, unable to bear the pain, revealed that Jigsaw/Billy discovered that Nicky was an undercover cop and stole all his money...and also learned he had a wife and daughter. "Of course. Jigsaw. I was just with him. He was supposed to give us some dope for a job, but it turns out that he don't have any anymore. He forgot that he gave the whole bunch to that FBI rat bastard! So he went to see Donatelli's see bitch and kid...to get it all back." But this information only made the anti heros angry as Frank picked him up.
Meanwhile, close to where the Vampiress lovers and Frank were
Budiansky and Soap were driving in their car, listening to the police radio to try to find Frank Castle and bring him in for Nick's murder but had heard nothing about him so far. "So when did Donatelli go undercover?" Soap asked, wanting to make conversation with his temporary partner.
"We were partners in Narcotics. But unfortunately, most of the drugs we confiscated...ended up in my nose. Internal Affairs tried to get Nick to rat me out, but he wouldn't, so they sent him undercover." Budiansky answered, revealing that he and Nick were partners in Narcotics but the black FBI agent was using most of the drugs they took. And that because Nick wouldn't rat his partner out to protect him, Internal Affairs sent him undercover, making Budiansky part of the reason that he was dead and that it was his fault. "He's dead because of me."
Soap locked at Budiansky with sympathetic eyes before speaking while looking at the road. "So you...still using?
"No. That's in the past." Budiansky answered, knowing that his past of using drugs was behind him now.
But as the two cops were getting closer, they stared with shock after seeing the Jamaican falling from a towering roof and landing on the spiked tips of a gate, with Frank landing right on top of him! After seeing the man who killed his friend and former partner, Budiansky roared out after getting out of the car. "CASTLE! You're under arrest you homicidal motherfucker!" Frank merely ignored the dark skinned FBI agent and walked away. "Drive around the block and meet me at the other side." The dark skinned FBI agent told his partner before giving chase to the Punisher.
Meanwhile at the Donatelli house
Jigsaw and his crew found where Nick's family had lived and had broken into the house, scaring Angela and Grace after they saw Billy's greatly disfigured face and his men armed with handguns and a shotgun. Billy/Jigsaw stated while acting like a 'gentleman'. "Good evening...Mrs. Donatelli. Or would you simply prefer Miss? Terribly sorry for the inconvenience...but my boys and I are here to take back the money your rat husband stole from me."
"I don't know what you're talking about. I swear to God!" Angela said while holding her daughter close to protect her.
Jigsaw asked teasingly/darkly while kneeling down so he and Grace were face to face. "What about you, sweet cheeks? Would you also like to swear on an imaginary friend?" When the little girl said nothing, Jigsaw ordered Ink and Pitsy to keep an eye on Angela and Grace while he and James searched the house for the money, which they more than willingly agreed to.
Meanwhile back with Frank
Frank was running to where the block where Angela and Grace's house was...only for Budiansky to tackle him to the pavement and heated street brawl had soon followed! Frank eventually gained the upper hand against the FBI agent and disarmed him. "Stay out of our way." Frank told him... only for Budiansky to continue the fight but Frank got the upper hand again and attempted to drown him by shoving his face into a deep pothole filled with water...but stopped himself from killing another innocent person while looking up at Blade, Selene and Amelia before Budiansky handcuff Frank to him. Blade attempted to help his friend but Frank shook his head and signaled them to follow him, making Blade nod back.
Back at the Donatelli house
Jigsaw and his brother would continue to ransack the house for the money...only to come up empty! Billy then gave Angela an ultimatum: tell him where his money was or he'd kill Grace. Fearful for her daughter's life, told the disfigured Mob boss that there was a safe in her's and Nick's bedroom and even gave him the combination. Meanwhile, a single police cruiser parked outside and two police officers, one man and one woman approached the house...only for Loony Bin Jim to answer the door.
After asking if everything was alright inside the house, James cryptically answered. "Oh, no officer...things are not alright. Please step inside." Once the two cops stepped inside, Loony Bin James swiftly killed them with Ink's help, bludgeoning the male officer with a fire poker and impaling the female officer with an antique sword, much to Angela's and Grace's horror.
Back with Frank
"Well, well, well, guess you knew this day was coming, wasn't it?" Soap asked Frank as he drove to the station, taunting Frank about finally getting caught.
Budiansky, still having Castle but getting a bad feeling about Angela and Grace, spoke to his partner. "Have you...heard anything from the patrol car?"
"I tried a couple times but there's no answer." Soap answered honestly, having not heard from the unit he sent to the Donatelli home to check on Angela and Grace.
"Take me to the house." Budiansky told his partner, wanting to see if Angela and Grace were alright, making Soap box before they drove to the house and spotted the patrol car.
"Let me help you." Frank said to Budiansky, knowing that if Jigsaw was already there, the FBI agent didn't stand a chance without his help.
Budiansky, still not trusting the one who murdered his former partner and friend, just got out of the car and leaned down. "Get him to the station." He told Soap, making his partner nod before he went to the back of the house carefully to avoid being spotted.
When he was gone, Frank looked at Soap. "Let me out."
Soap looked at Frank before speaking. "You know Frank... throwing you a tip now and again is 1 thing. Password to the crime database is another but... letting you go?" He said, revealing that he was Frank's inside source in the police department.
"Soap!" Frank said with a bit of force.
"Fine." Soap said before getting out of the car and releasing him from his handcuffs.
Once he stepped out of Soap and Budiansky's car, Frank smirked after seeing his vampire friends/allies casually waiting for him before they went in to save the Donatelli's. After causing a distraction to separate Pitsy and Ink when the junkie's father told him to go check it out, Frank shoved the idiot into a wall while he was snorting drugs and killed him with 1 hard punch to the face! After seeing his son killed in a matter of seconds, Pitsy tried to get to Frank but Selene and Amelia immediately aimed their handguns at him.
"I'd drop that if I were you, asshole." Selene said with a smirk while grabbing him by the throat.
"And don't even think about trying anything because I'm just itching to put a bullet in your head." Amelia added after her lover, making Pitsy drop his gun and sit down in the chair.
After seeing that his friend wanted to kill Pitsy, Blade stated firmly while gesturing to Grace. "Frank...not in front of the girl."
Knowing that Blade was about right to stop him from shooting Pitsy, as Grace had already been traumatized from witnessing James murdering the two police officers in front of her and her mother already, Frank had picked the frightened little girl up and walked out the way he and his friends came in with Angela right behind him...but not before tossing the short barreled shotgun to Amelia, whom easily caught and aimed it directly at Jigsaw's remaining henchman. After hearing all the commotion from upstairs, the Russoti brothers had fired directly at the Selene and Amelia, while Blade provided cover by deflecting every bullet with his master swordsmanship. While his friends/sisters were reloading, Pitsy had attempted to help his boss/friend out by drawing out a concealed gun...only to be killed by the Raccoon Daywalker from a shuriken to the forehead!
After witnessing the death of his remaining loyal friend/henchman, Jigsaw and his brother fired non-stop at the vampires, with Selene, Amelia and much to their surprise...Agent Budiansky firing in retaliation after running inside from hearing the gunfire.. After being engaged in a fire fight with the Russoti brothers for what felt like 10-15 minutes, the NYPD had arrived outside the Donatelli house!
Knowing they were out of time, Blade shouted out to his friends/sisters. "Selene, Amelia! We need to get the hell out of here!"
Much to their surprise, Budiansky agreed with the raccoon/vampire despite being freaked out by his appearance. "You two ladies heard the talking raccoon. Get out of here! I've got these two sick fucks!"
Selene asked with concern. "You sure?"
The dark skinned FBI agent answered "Just go! I'll tell them it was just me!"
After giving Budiansky an approving nod as a sign of respect, Blade and the two lovers had escaped to meet up with Frank. Shortly after they left, Soap had barged in to 'back up' Budiansky...only for the pissed off FBI agent to steal his Glock and fired at both Jigsaw and James until they were out of ammo and the cops arrested them, with Soap lying that Frank had escaped on his own.
Later at Frank's hideout
Frank and his vampire friends had gotten safely back to his hideout with Angela and Grace and the Punisher was taking off his armor and weapons, with his friends doing the same so as not to scare the little girl anymore than she already had been tonight. "You'll be safe here." Frank told them.
"I think we can manage on our own." Angela said to Frank, still hating the 1 who killed her husband while Grace sawca wooden box a few feet away from her.
"It's just until we know that Russoti and his brother can't hurt you and your daughter anymore, Miss Angela." Selene said gently as Grace looked went up to the box and found a key on the back to open it.
Frank saw this and smiled. "Very smart. Go ahead, open it."
Grace opened the box and saw objects of Frank's old life, including the things that his children loved. She got out 2 hair clips and put them on the left side of her hair before getting out a music done with a carousel inside.
Frank walked up to her and spoke. "Here. Let me show how it works." He said gently as he turned on the toy and sweet music played while the carousel turned.
"Wow." Grace said with amazement, making her mother and the Vampiress lovers smile gently at her.
"It was... Lisa's favorite toy. She...used to get mad when her little brother played with it." Frank revealed, remembering all the times his daughter got mad when her little brother played with the music toy.
"Does she mind if I play with it?" Grace asked innocently.
"Of course not, sweetheart. In fact, I think Frank would enjoy watching you play." Selene said gently as she and Amelia knelt down and rubbed the little girl's hair.
"What are your names?" Grace asked the 2 lovers.
"Well, I'm Amelia and this is Selene. She and I are very close and we're going to keep you safe until the bad men are all gone." Amelia answered sweetly to the little girl.
"You know, little Grace, you remind me of my nieces. They were innocent and full of life just like you are." Selene said gently as she looked into Grace's innocent eyes and saw her 2 little nieces in her.
"Thank you, Miss Selene. And who's your other friend? The tall raccoon man." Grace asked, wanting to know who Blade was.
"Well...you could say he's a good person and he's really close to us like...a brother. A different kind of brother. He's been around us for a while, he calls us his sister's because we became like family to him. He also helped me when I was working a few years ago and that's how I met him." Selene explained gently while leaving out the details of her mission in Japan 30 years ago.
"What's his name?"
"Well, this may sound weird but his name is Blade. That's what he calls himself because he's never told us his true name." Selene revealed, having remembered that Blade didn't go by his real name anymore because it, along with the boy he once was died with his parents a long time ago.
"Can I...talk to him?"
"Why of course, Grace. He won't hurt you. He's actually a very nice person." Selene said while gently taking her hand and walking her over to Blade in the other room, having just finished drinking some fresh blood from his blood dispensing device.
Grace tugged on Blade's coat gently, making him turn around before he saw her and took off his shades. "Hi... Mr Blade. I'm Grace." She said nervously.
Blade smiled as he gently touched her shoulders and looked into her eyes, seeing innocence that he had not seen in a very long time. "Hello Grace, I'm Blade and I'm very happy to meet you."
"Me too, Mr Blade. And thank you and your friends for saving me and Mom from those very bad men." Grace said before she hugged Blade, who was shocked before he hugged her back, having never received such affection from a child before due to his vampire nature, which scared the other children in his old world so much that they didn't want to be anywhere near him.
Selene, Amelia and Frank smiled at this, happy that Grace wasn't afraid of Blade due to his nature. When the moment was over, Grace was getting tired and Blade picked her up and carried her to her mother so that they could rest after what they'd just gone through tonight. After that, the 4 anti heros took turns watching over them while watching the news for anything related to Russoti and his brother and especially Reznov. Because they knew that as long as those evil monsters were alive, Angela and Grace would never be safe.
There you go, my friends, the 3rd part of Punisher War Zone is complete. Next will be the final part. After that, it'll be the Hulk vs Thor animated movie, which will have another plot twist for Blade that will help him out a little later in another Marvel animated movie I have planned. Rate and review. See you soon, my friends.