"What do you mean... You don't remember my name?" Gnucci demanded her grin quickly fading into a glare as her men stared at Castle but he shook his head. "Well I can refresh your memory... One of the biggest crime families in New York; the Gnucci clan had a long history and was on the level of the Maggia and the Russian mob... My husband was caught in a war but the ones responsible paid for it dearly... I still had my my beautiful boys Eddie, Carlo and Bobbie... The light of my life and made me proud as they were by my side as we grew... One of my rivals Don Rigoletto couldn't deal with an upstart the media called the Punisher for a year... He came after my operations and killed my favourite Eddie..." Gnucci snapped at him shaking her head. She then continued "I sent all my men to kill you but they came up short... Losing more territory and son after another... You took Carlo and Bobbie a month later... Then..."
A safehouse's basement and Gnucci looked mad as she was sitting down; the place being used as the headquarters of a dog fighting ring where they bred and starved vicious dogs. "What the fuck are you even suggesting? 'Cut my losses?' You think that my boys are something like lost money or lost territory..." Gnucci demanded to her assistant who looked frustrated.
"We have lost plenty of ground in the city... We are pretty much a joke here... We won't have anything if you insist on this vendetta against Castle...I suggest that we move things to Ennistown where we have plenty of allies as well as keeping backup weapons... To be frank; we have more operations there than in this city where this ring is all you have left..." the assistant said as Gnucci then slapped him on the face.
"The Gnuccis are New Yorkers and we wont' be scared away..." Gnucci yelled at him but then the power was cut and then there were gunshots heard and Gnucci then got up. "Castle... Come out and fight me..." Gnucci shouted out and Gnucci yelled as she was then thrown right over into the fighting ring.
"...It was an act of cruelty from fate that I survived... They amputated my limbs in the hospital and some allies forcibly moved me to this shit town... Had to build things up... For 19 years I have been a shell of my former self mourning my boys and wanting to get my fucking revenge on you... I own this shit small town... I make sure my man wins the elections as mayor... The police department only follows cases that I allow them and all officers must swear fealty to me before they get their fucking badge... It's a a pale imitation of what I wanted in New York... 19 years in my personal hell..." Gnucci then finished and spat at Castle's direction.
"Doesn't ring a fucking bell... You think that you are the first one to come to me for revenge? I'm sure that plenty of criminals have their own sob stories owing losses to me and I don't remember dealing with you... Just like I won't remember this after today..." Castle said as they started giving looks at him.
"You think that you can take on all of these men and live Castle? You're old and spent all that time in prison... Even if you do kill all of us; every cop in the town will be hunting you down..." Gnucci taunted as Castle then quickly aimed Heck's gun at her head and quickly fired to blow her head open and end her speech and life.
The men were taken by surprise and Castle used the rest of the ammo in shooting the men before running away; he managed to jump out of a window and noticed the Battle Van. "Drive!" Castle snapped getting through the door as Microchip quickly stepped on the pedal.
Castle picked up the rocket launcher and fired at the theatre; "Jesus Frank... What happened in there?" Microchip demanded as they then heard police sirens.
"Nothing worth repeating... Just get us out of here..." Castle snapped back as he then began firing at the coming police vans. Microchip turned and Castle made his way up to the top of the van and saw that there was a police blockade and he fired the last shot while gut down on top of the van.
He then ran and climbed his way back through the open door. "I love watching you work Frank but you going overkill... You know that we have a finite amount of resources in this van... I can get more but at the moment... You know... Plus rocket launchers are awesome but they have quite a lot lower amount of ammo that can be stored than other guns and reloading aren't an option..." Microchip pointed out as castle grabbed a gun and closed the door.
Castle then noticed as they got out of town; there were 3 police cars coming coming their way; he then forced his way to the driver's seat and pushed Microchip to the passenger's seat. He then opened the window and began firing at the tires of the cars and shot a driver's through the glass; one car began pushing into the Battle Van and Castle shot at the guy through the head as it collided with the battle Van enough to push it off the road and tumbling off down the bridge connecting it to the town.
The FBI task force arrived at the city to see the crashed police cars and the ones on fire and the burned down theatre; "Fuck... Are we just going to keep finding signs of destruction before we find the bastard..." Misty muttered as Martin came up to him.
"You know... One of Castle's earliest known incidents was at a meeting of Irish mobsters... The PDNY at the time thought it was the result of a new militia that came to town... Couldn't believe it when they tracked down a survivor who said that it was a single man..." Martin said as Marv shook his head.
"Thanks for the history lesson but Castle is just a man... Sooner or later we are gonna catch up and then it's game over for him..." Marv then told him as he then went forward to find any witnesses and local authorities.
"That guy..." Misty said to herself; "Still... What do you think Martin..." Misty asked as Martin looked scared.
Martin then replied "kind of dreading us catching up to him as I wonder if he even broke a sweat since getting out of prison..."
Came across a small town ran by someone with a vendetta; didn't recognise her and I don't care to even to try to remember. Claim that she was in her own personal Hell in the state I left her in and missing her sons; she can cry me a river... Her sons were accomplices in her blood dealings while my family were innocent and didn't deserve to be caught up in some vain shithead's tantrum. I kill a piece of scum and if their relatives and loved ones want revenge and are scum themselves; I won't waste any tears and just end their suffering permanently.
Castle was sitting by the Battle Van writing in his journal as Microchip was checking on the state of the Battle Van. Castle then noticed a van in a distance with some men cornering a struggling teenage girl. The girl was forced into a van and he put the journal and pen away into the van. He then got stocked up on some guns and got out.
"Good news Frank is that this beauty was built to withstand far worst damage... You knocked off my glasses but they weren't broken and I had a spare so even if they were..." Microchip said going to check on Castle but then saw him running up to the other van as it drove off. "Come on Frank... At least make this easy for the both of us for 5 minutes..." Microchip muttered shaking his head as he then went to the computer into the van.
'But For Me It Was Tuesday' and Punisher would think of most of his adventures this way; probably rolling his eyes when a crook pulls a gun on him and gives off a revenge speech like he had dealt with these types before. So Harry Heck from the Thomas Jane movie was dealt with last chapter who was working with Ma Gnucci here and she is dealt with in this chapter before the rest of her men coming after Frank. Plus showing the consequences of acting like a GTA player messing about in the sandbox with the resources with the ammo depleting fast.
