Castle managed to keep up with the van while keeping out of sight; he then managed after some time saw the van park up at the entrance to one underground place. There were also vans with people forcing children out. He climbed himself up on a hill and aiming a special gun with a scope to it; he had it targeted at the guy that got the girl that he had seen. Fire and...
The children screamed as the man's head was shot open; he shook his head as he thought "The poor kids are gonna be traumatised... Had to save them... Damn these bastards forcing me to scar them in order to save them..." He then began aiming at more of the men and hid as the rest of the men came to him. He got out and started shooting the rest of them dead.
Spitting at the bodies; kidnappers and traffickers or others dealing with kids; they disgust him like no other. He looked at the scared and frightened children and put away his gun shaking his head. "I am going to go in and phone for help for all of you. Stay here... It's safer out there than whatever is down there... Castle told him as he then went to the door and saw that it was opened.
He came down and found guards in front of a caged elevator and getting his army knife; he then stabbed them and slit their throats; "Go with the others..." Castle ordered them as he opened up the caged gate for them to run out to escape. He then noticed coming down was the teenage girl that brought him here. "What are you doing?" Castle asked as the girl then came closer.
"Thanks for saving me... You might need help down here... I want a chance at whoever's responsible..." the girl said as Castle shook his head.
"Get back up there before I drag... HEY!" Castle retorted as the girl then then ran into the elevator and pushed the button and he had to run to get there. He then shook his head and glared at her.
"Amy Bendix. My dad was a cop and some broke into our house and shot him dead. Ran away and have been homeless for two weeks if you're asking." Amy said as Castle was silent. "Can I at least get a name from my hero?" Amy asked as then suddenly the elevator then on the wall open up to reveal a video screen. There was a smiling red haired man in a green bowtie and white longcoat in front of a cartoon amusement park.
"Hello children of all ages! I am sorry for my friends and how rude they may have been bringing you here! I'm Arcade and I am the host of the magical world that you are going to but a little backstory!" the man said as he was smiling and talking like a circus ringmaster. "I came from a rich family... My daddy owned a wine company and my mummy owned a car company. They were really good at making money and their companies were both billions of dollars. I however dreamed of running my own theme park and so I studied special effects and animatronics... They died when I turned 18 and I inherited their money, companies and insurance money... I started my own theme park but... Kids started crying at the animatronics... Saying they looked scary... Plus they said that my attractions weren't safe... A few people died in it..." Arcade explained as it showed a cartoon animation of kids crying at animatronics and people screaming falling off roller coaster screaming and landing on the ground with a splat sound effect with animated blood being shown there.
"I was forced to close down... The money from the lawsuits... They called my park 'murderworld'... I was so sad and it was my dream to bring kids joy... I decided to move my attractions underground... Thankfully my parents had a lot of money they hide in tax haven accounts so using that... I hired people to bring runaways and kids that wouldn't be missed that much to my 'Murderworld'... Have fun kiddies for the time that you have..." Arcade then said as it cut back to him giving an evil smirk.
The elevator then stopped at a bright decorative gate with a glowing light sign that read 'MURDERWORLD'. Then It's a Small World started paying as the gate then opened; "Wow... What a nutcase..." Amy said as Castle shoved her behind him as they then went forward.
The door opened and there were in some sort of circus decorated backdrop with nutcracker animatronics who were larger than Castle; marching towards them like they were in a military formation. Castle then shot forward and started firing at the animatronics with the bullets then bouncing off their bodies.
He went forward to try punching him but yelled as it only hurt his knuckle; one caught him in his strong grip and he barely managed to get to his army knife. The nutcracker then opened it's jaw as if to put Castle's head into it's mouth.
Castle managed to lodge his knife in the circuitry of the top of the leg; the malfunctioning was enough for Castle to get out and get a grenade from one of his pouches Taking the safety off and throwing it in it's jaw. Castle then heard screaming as three nutcrackers we getting closer to Amy.
He ran forward as the nutcracker he was dealing with exploded and leaped over and grabbed Amy. He barely managed to duck underneath them and used a grenade to throw at them and they were slow and got caught in the blast. Throwing the remaining grenades destroyed them.
They took a moment to recover and Castle went to the remains of the first nutcracker to take his army knife back; "Fuck..." Amy muttered as they then noticed blood on the ground and the bodies of children and teenagers on the ground. Castle had a look of disgust and horror on his face.
"I am gonna end that bastard Arcade's life..." Castle snapped as he then turned around.
"These poor kids... They didn't survive one night here; much less five..." Amy muttered as Castle stared at her with a raised eyebrow. "Online fodder... Made people online famous reacting to jump scares or analysing lore that you can't find playing the games... There's a movie now and it started with a phone game... Have you been living under a rock?" Amy asked as Castle turned away.
"No. Prison. Can you show some tact amongst these bodies... Bad enough that I have to babysit you now that you have put yourself in danger by following me..." Castle said as they then went forward to the next door.
"Come on... We can pull off the modern duo dynamic... You know gruff tough guy whose a loner at the start... Young kid sidekick that he has to take care of and warms up to... It's really popular now..." Amy retorted as she followed him as he used the army knife to force open a door.
Arcade was in his personal office looking over the security cameras; "How can this be... This guy interfered with the next show... All those kids loose and now suck with some loser and 1 girl... How did he find this place... I thought that I trained you guys to take care of any witnesses and make sure that the cops don't find this place..." Arcade snapped to his guards.
"We can hunt him down and take care of him for you boss..." one of them said but Arcade shook his head; not taking his eyes off the monitors.
He then said "no... No way can this guy last longer in my park..."
Rogues gallery transplant here but I am using the X-Men villain Arcade here who is an example himself. Despite having pretty much been transplanted onto the X-Men rogues despite not really fitting at all with them or the type of villains they usually fight (Mutant villains or Mutant hating bigots), when he debuted in a two part story in Marvel Team-Up where he faced Spider-Man and Captain Britain. In an issue of Spider-Man/Deadpool; Spidey even lampshaded that he fought the guy first only for him to be part of the X-Men enemies. For this portrayal I am leaning into the general view that just about everyone had of him since Avengers Arena (the infamous Battle Royale/Hunger Games ripoff) where he became known as a complete joke who could only succeed in killing teens. I am portraying him as a mix of Willy Wonka, Walt Disney and Jigsaw from Saw (ironic considering the main rogue of the character I am having him face) with a hint of William Afton. Using that kind of portrayal and the potential set pieces for Murderworld; it's a shame that he hasn't been in a movie yet. Plus in a bit of a confession; I originally planned to have him be in All-New Spider-Man before deciding to move him here.
Plus this is Frank's first time dealing with any actual science fiction stuff; while he met with Spider-Man: he wasn't trying to kill him and was more trying to subdue him to get out of his way (while taking advantage of tricks to disorient Spidey in their first encounter) and may know that in a straight on fight he would probably lose. From dealing with criminals in a more realistic world along with being out of practice from his time in prison; to dealing with killer animatronics. So the world is changing into a comic book world and this is Frank's first taste of it.