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Post by Punisher on Jul 10, 2006 5:48:05 GMT -5
The fight had been foreseen and planned for; the fight would end it all…an apocalyptic battle across a city, a battle that would be replayed between others. In a war, in the streets…in the cities. A battle about politics, pride and powers. It would be a masterpiece, the final expression of a genius and mastermind. The plan would tear the Cap in two; he would stand between civilians and the fight, the fight between himself and Frank…the punisher. The cap would be punished. Much like the Bugle before it, Frank had planted ‘bombs’ across the city, spread far and wide…no logic, no underlying meaning. Random, the fear of unpredictability. Then the hunt would begin, in the bedlam and the death Frank would strike, attack and finally kill off the icon…the legend. The man who lay dead for so many years. Frank had more unpredictability though…he would a weapon, a collection of ‘trophies’ he had collected. Frank had been a busy man since he last incountered the Cap. Avalanche – the glove of this mutant, giving Frank the power to create powerful waves from his hands. Frank had gained this power by extracting the mutant gene of the ‘super’ and engineering it into the machine. Bedlam - Bioelectric field that can scramble the human brain's neural chemistry. This would allow Frank to project fear and pain into the brain of victims. The rest he would leave Cap to figure out… Frank waited for the Cap...as soon as he saw him, the icon. He would detonate the bombs. I love the smell of death in the morning...it smells like victory
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Post by Captain America on Jul 10, 2006 15:20:29 GMT -5
He was here.
Cap knew he was here.
In the Anti-Registration base, their technology had picked him up, and now Cap was coming although he knew he shouldn't be here. He should be preparing for the imminent confrontation at Stark Tower, but instead he felt drawn here like a magnet. Drawn to Frank Castle- The 'Punisher'.
Frank had told him flat out that he was going to kill some of the heroes in his team, and Cap did NOT let that kind of threat slide. If he could take down the Punisher- the real culprit behind the Daily Bugle explosion- if he could bring him to the authorities, he might become known in the public's eye as a hero once again.
And if that happened... well maybe the authorities could be persuaded to rethink this Act. And there he was, the man who could make it happen.
"Punisher." he said. One word. He knew his foe had been waiting for him as he stepped out of the shadows, and he raised his shield.
"It's time to end this."
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Post by Punisher on Jul 10, 2006 15:27:04 GMT -5
Frank pressed the detonator and moved from the shadows
'Red sky at night...death on your hands Cap.' Frank turned on the weapon concealed under his coat [[ the device gained from bedlem, see first post]], it was Bedlam...literally. The device went off, quietly but never the less destructiveally...it would affect the very thoughts in the Caps head, it would add the fear of God. It would add the fear of Frank
'Cap...you scared?'
Frank ran to wards the cap, he knew that [much like the American military] shock and awe was his best tactic. He had to land the first punch, he had to end this...it had to be Frank's finest hour.
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Post by Captain America on Jul 10, 2006 15:40:04 GMT -5
Cap fell back, too disciplined to shout but his eyes widening as red explosions flared around him- NO! Punisher, what have you DONE? But before he could even process that his mind was smashed apart in pain and fear.
He fell to his knees, clutching his head. Run... run.... you can't take him... he's killed everyone.... he's the Punisher.... you can't beat him... fear him... fear..... SHADOWS around you..... Cap gasped as lances of pain shot through his skull, almost unbearably.
His worst fears were being brought to the surface of his mind.
They've betrayed you... they always betray you.... Tony betrayed you, Hank betrayed you, Peter betrayed you... "No..." he hissed, knowing, fearing... BUCKY BETRAYED YOU "NO" Flee, run away, you can't win, they always win in the end....
A punch burst apart Cap's nightmare, and he was flung backwards , his mind reeling.
But that proved to be Punisher's mistake.
The punch drove straight to Cap's brain, so that he had a single moment of clarity. He kinew that his enemy had been ready- he had somehow scrambled with Cap's head to make him feel fear and pain.
And as he fell and the pain and the fears set in, and he saw the Punisher still advancing, a furious rage boiled up within him. Bucky betrays you... Tony betrays you.... and look! Look! There are your enemies destroying everything you love, everything you hold dear, your country overrun, your planet in ruins...
But Cap gritted his teeth, fighting the fears, fighting the pain, almost roaring aloud with the effort. He had battled the Third Riech, he had fought the Red Skull, he had taken Baron Zemo, he would NOT be brought down by the Punisher!
Through the mist and haze that clouded his vision he thought he saw a gun aimed at him, or maybe it was a fist... whatever it was... it was pointed towards his head.
But the Punisher had misjudged. His attack had brought out all the fears within Cap, yes. But they had also brought out the fact that there was one thing Cap did not fear at all.
His own death.
And with almost a scream of effort he drove against the pain and against the terrors and confronted all his fears and smashed his shield into the Punisher's chin with every ounce of strength he could muster.
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Post by Human Torch on Jul 10, 2006 15:49:11 GMT -5
Johnny had decided to tail the Captain. He didn't like the look the Cap had when he left, and decided to follow until he reached Stark's at least. He turned the last corner that the Cap had made to find...destruction. It was utter chaos. He saw the Punisher and realized what must have happened.
No, not like this!
He attempted to take in as much of the heat as possibl, and barely helped the situation. He saw the Cap hit Frank with his shield.
Yes, fight him.
Johnny sat and waited. If the Captain needed him, he'd be here waiting.
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Post by Punisher on Jul 10, 2006 15:51:45 GMT -5
The shield threw Frank back wards, far into the distance, far into the shadows. Blood raced down his shirt and into the street, pooling around him
'Not again Cap! Not this time! I said I'd kill them all and now look what you have done..'
It was happening again, like before...like always, the anger and the bitter hatred
'You killed them Steve, all the inocents...at Stamford, here...in your secret wars. IT WAS YOU!'
Frank stood, dazed, back on his feet. The world slowly revolving around the very boundaries of reality.The fight would continue, this would be round two...it would go the twelve rounds. The guns in Franks coat itched to get out and see the action, to see their victim.
The weapon of choice would be a machine gun and the obligatory armor piercing bullets. The blood, the blood of a real hero already pored of the barrel of the gun as Frank opened fire at the Cap.
'DIE...just die, scumbag'
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Post by Captain America on Jul 10, 2006 16:07:54 GMT -5
"NO!" Cap shouted, raising his shield. He could hear screams, he couold see blazing fires but he was determined to destroy the Punisher... now that his mind was clear he could feel blood from when his foe had hit him earlier.
Cap hated the Punisher as he had fated few others in his life- he was so focused he did not even see the Human Torch behind him.
"I DIDN'T KILL THEM!" he shouted, using his shield to defend against the bullets. They struck heavier than usual, but his shield was still indestructible as he advanced against the rain of attacks. The Punisher, he knew, was tormenting him with his own worst dreads, with the thoughts he had within him. He had NOT killed those people....
...and this man, NO, this MONSTER was so ready to lie and make light of their deaths and use them and....
Cap had teamed up with the man he fought now- he had teamed up with him more than once, long ago, but the Punisher he saw before him was unrecognizable as the man he had once fought beside.
Physically he knew himself to far surpass his opponent
Mentally... Cap's mind was strained and nearly at breaking point. He had agonised for days about the deaths of the people of Stamford, and then about the inevitable conflict that had to come... about having to battle friends, comrades. In his heart, a voice whispered that his friends betrayed him, that they ALWAYS betrayed him, that they always would.
Mentally Cap didn't know if he could hold out much longer. A thought came to him- Doctor Strange had laid an enchantment on him... his strained mind tried to recall.... he had a suspicion it meant he couldn't die unless he did something terrible.
But... whispered the voice inside Cap. You just caused the deaths of hundreds.... It wasn't me... Cap thought fiercely. IT WAS! If you hadn't come here, if you hadn't pursued your selfish vendetta this would NEVER have happened, these people would be alive! NOW THEY ARE DEAD AND IT IS YOUR FAULT!
Tormented by his inner demons, Cap, running towards the Punisher... tripped. It was the slightest mistake, the tiniest little stumble for a man in peak condition and he recovered almost instantly. But it was too late. In the stumble he had dropped his shield ever so slightly and a single bullet clipped his shoulder.
With a roar of pain he was slammed sidewards- Armour piercing bullets... and it occured to him that he couldn't even beat the Punisher physically. Cap was at war with his own mind, and until he could conquer that, he had no hope of beating his foe.
Gritting his teeth, he slipped on the wet ground, still clutching his shoulder, and turned to stare at the Punisher, waiting for the end to come.
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Post by Human Torch on Jul 10, 2006 17:46:34 GMT -5
"NOOOO!!!!" Johnny shouted, blowing his cover as the Captain was shot. The bullet went in the shoulder, and the Cap fell.
'He's not dead, he can't be,' Johnny thought to himself as the Cap struggled to face Castle.
Then Johnny shook out of it. Castle. This madman had to be stopped. Johnny let him be when he blew the front off the Daily Bugle. But not now. This was to far.
"Hey Castle," Johnny shouted.
With that he powered up a wave of fire, sweeping toward Frank, and several balls tailing behind. In all of Johnny's fights in the past, this one would be the toughest.
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Post by Emma Frost on Jul 10, 2006 21:41:23 GMT -5
Emma was also tracking Cap but not like Johnny she was tracking him telepathicly from a coffee shop
"Hi, my name is Brad and if your not doing anything later could we go to dinner" the man said standing right beside her
"What. . ." she had broken connection with the Captain
"Do you want to go out" he ask again
"You are way out of you league, do you even think you had a chance, well i am not trying to be rude but I have sertain things that i have to do" she smerked
"So is that a yes" he replied
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" she telled regaining connection
She was just seeing what happened and bursted into her diamond form and broke threw the door knocking brad down, good thing that the coffee shop was only a block away from were Johnny and Captain. As She arrived Captain was on the and Johnny had just launched a few fire balls at Punisher
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Post by Punisher on Jul 11, 2006 8:10:36 GMT -5
Frank had waited long, travel far and fought hard to get to this point, this moment. He knelt on the cold, hard tarmac next to the Cap. Frank's gun now was placed on the gun shot wound that Captain 1776 had received.
'Does it hurt, can you fell this? Can you feel this punishm...ARGHGHagh'
Frank's skin burnt, the flesh pealing away from the muscle on his back. Frank stumbled pushing the gun further into the wound. wha.., what that hell was that? Frank pulled the trigger again, he had to finish this now, never mind the interruptions. His anger, burning anger drowning out any thoughts of his being slowly cooked.
'This is punishment....will not be held responsible for murder!'
The left hand of Frank reached for his desert eagle, to take out the 'Hero' in his peripheral vision.
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Post by Captain America on Jul 11, 2006 10:08:34 GMT -5
Almost shouting aloud in pain and anger, Cap tried to block, though the movement sent searing fire coursing through his shoulder. Johnny Storm had bought him a chance, now if he could.... just...... "AAAAAAAAAAAARRRR"
The Punisher had fired again, straight into the wound, and Cap was dizzy and weak, his side aflame..... surely a point blank shot with an armour-piercing weapon should have killed him.... And then something very strange happened.
His shoulder wound glowed, blood still spilling out of it... and then the bullet fell out of it, even as the wound glowed. It did not prevent Cap from feeling the pain but.... it did prevent the shot from killing him.
Doctor Strange's spell had worked
And that meant Cap HADN'T done anything horrible, he WASN'T responsible for all those deaths
He felt as though an absoloutely enormous load had been lifted off his mind, and he siezed the oppurtunity while the Punisher was still confused. "WRONG!" he yelled, and with all his effort he headbutted his opponent on the chin.
"You WILL be held responsible!" he shouted, driving forward with one fist, then another... he had to take out the Punisher... had to stop him now... don't stop, never let up...
Don't think about the pain in your shoulder...
DOn't think about what he can do to you...
Don't think about what will happen if he kills Johnny or anyone else...
NEVER....
He punched hard with a red gloved fist
GIVE....
He slammed down his shield
UP...
He lashed out with his foot, not relenting for a single instant even as he felt near to collapse.
He had expended every bit of strength within him, taking out all his rage and all his fury and all his fear, but holding himself back at the end...
Becuase that was what made him different to this monster
He would never strike the killing blow...
He had expended all his strength... but had it been enough?
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Post by Invisible Woman on Jul 11, 2006 10:46:34 GMT -5
Sue was as always covering her brother's back in secrecy, she knew wherever trouble was Johnny was close and she woulnd tlet her family down. She had maintained her invisibilty following them light footidly no one could hear her walking or anything. SHe arrived to see Cap get shot but soon after something odd happened he started to heal or something similar.
She spotted a woman a blonde appear, she recognised her from her line of work, Frost enterprises. She saw Cap start up again him and the punisher fighting. Any second she would step in, but she wanted to see if they would sort this out between them , obviously they couldn't but interfering could make it worse.
Think Sue stop this? but then Cap might just yell at me for interfering, but if i dont things might get out of hand
She saw Cap attack with all his strength but it was questionable to if it was enough. If Punisher attacked Cap she would put a shield up and stp him form getting hurt, she had their backs though they might never know it. She didnt think theyr would be overly happy to see her interfering, being saved by a woman was fairly embarassing to some men.
wait
wait
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Post by Doctor Strange on Jul 11, 2006 10:46:40 GMT -5
"Do you see his wound healing, Frank Castle? Do you know why you haven't been able to kill him yet?" The gun that the vigilante known as The Punisher wielded had been changed. Now in his hands was a simple white tulip, one of Stephen's favorite flowers.
"Because Agamotto shines on him. Agamotto only protects those pure of heart, those of noble intentions." A hand suddenly came to rest on Frank's shoulder.
"Agamotto doesn't shine on you." The hand became surrounded in purple energy, the distinct sound of electricity sizzling in the air. A stream of crimson electric energy shot out of the purple glow that surrounded Stephen's hand, seeking to surge through The Punisher's body. Of course, since he was physically touching Frank, not to mention the beating that the Captain had just administered, it was more than likely it would succeed. It wasn't meant to harm him, but the sheer shock of it would more than likely knock him unconscious.
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Post by Punisher on Jul 11, 2006 11:04:39 GMT -5
'Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, you stupid heroes, you idiots, he is the killer...he will kill you al...'
Frank's words trailed off into the distance as he fell to the ground, his knees hitting the pavement, his face falling at the shoes at the Cap.
'He will kill you all....!'
Frank was done, he had failed...as always, again and again. His life, like his blood, drained from him, his lifeless body laying at the feet of the greatest heroes of his generation....he should have stood amongst them, he shouldn't have fallen today.
'Help me....help me Steve, i was doing what i believed was right, what god thought was right, hel....'
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Post by Captain America on Jul 11, 2006 11:11:31 GMT -5
Barely conscious, barely standing at all, Cap looked down at the Punisher. He was beaten. But Cap knew he himself had barely triumphed. And all the people the Punisher had killed..... Cap spat once on the ground.
"You..." he nearly fell, but held himself up. "You think you are doing God's work. God spits on you, Punisher. You're not a hero. You're not even evil- you're not strong enough. You're just an unhinged lunatic in kevlar, just another link in a chain. You're not worth killing."
With that said, he felt himself sliding into unconsciousness- he hoped Stephen or someone would be able to help him make fighting fit in time for the Stark Tower mission. Someone else couold take the Punisher away. The thought occured to him that the best thing might be to actually allow Tony to take him in, take him to this '42' or whatever, He slipped sidewards against Stephen Strange, and his mind went blank...
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