Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher

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Another shooting

incident has taken

two young lives here in the city.

According to police sources...

the same unusual high-tech

assault weapon used today

has also been traced to

a series of homicides,

which have occurred over

the past few weeks.

It is believed at this time

that the crimes were committed

by one particular gang,

but authorities...

Huh?

Huh?

Punisher!

How the hell did you get

all these weapons, Cain?

Your mouth seems to

be working just fine.

You sadistic freak!

I'm waiting. Answer me.

Evening, Castle.

What have you got there?

Friend of yours?

What are you doing here,

Black Widow?

Stay out of my way.

Director Fury says he'd like

to have a word with you.

Then he should get on a

shuttle and come down here.

I'm in the middle of working.

You know this was a S.H.I.E.L.D.

op. We had our eyes on them.

So did I.

Thanks to you, this operation

has been compromised.

What you're doing is going

to cause them to pull back

and make it more difficult for us

to track and identify the supplier.

You play your games,

I stop these scum.

No court or prison, just a bullet.

You're so shortsighted, Castle.

Open your eyes.

Don't you think you've

done enough for today?

Now hand Cain over.

Forget it.

Hmm.

I'll say this for a second time.

So listen, Black Widow.

Stay out of my way.

I won't warn you again.

Last chance, hand him over.

You get no third warning.

Frank!

Frank...

I only need a minute.

And it's very important.

I presume it's something important

to you. Is that right, Fury?

Or should I be addressing

you as Director Fury?

We go back a long way...

Well then, Director Fury,

you should know that I'll do

anything to get the job done.

Oh, I'm aware of that.

You haven't got a clue.

If you did, then you would

have brought along more men.

If you really want to talk, then tell

your toy soldiers to stand down.

Widow...

I know how his mind works.

And he won't forget that.

Too much talking. And anyway,

he was threatening you.

Frank had no intention of

hurting me, you know that.

Can't be too safe.

Tie him up and take him to the

holding cell on the Helicarrier.

As for Cain...

Boss, I think

that may present a problem.

So, you're finally up. How

about a hot cup of coffee?

About time. Got a headache?

Come on, Frank. You used to smile

more, back in the old days.

Yeah. A lifetime ago.

Look at what you've become.

A self-appointed judge,

jury, and executioner.

You think you're above the law.

You and that damned skull.

No question you're effective, but

there are rules we have to follow.

It isn't the wild west out there.

Not even for you.

As long as you were

attacking low-level thugs,

I had no problem with your

methods, and let you run free.

But this time,

I can't look the other way.

You've stepped into my territory.

I do what I have to do, that's all.

Come on!

This is a much bigger operation

than you could ever imagine!

That's why you're here in cuffs!

I can't have you getting in the

way and screwing things up!

It costs too much time and money!

It's your operation?

And just how many people

do you think died

while you wasted

all that time and money?

Beyond that, how many innocent lives

are you willing to let be ruined

while you play things by the book?

Kids died while you were following

the rules with your operation.

You're not stupid, Frank, so

don't be so damn shortsighted.

You want to win the battle.

I want to win the whole war.

You S.H.I.E.L.D. suits are

so concerned with the war,

you forget about all the people

who get caught in the crossfire.

Who cares if you win, if there's

no one left alive to celebrate?

We care that the bad guys

need to be stopped.

We're on the same

page in that regard.

To do that, though,

we have to destroy the root of the

problem, not the tip of the branch.

If we don't eliminate the network,

the whole thing is nothing

but an exercise in futility.

And the network is...

Leviathan.

You want to know who's

to blame? They're the ones.

They're the terrorist

group responsible

for the high-tech specialized assault

weapons flooding your streets.

Our biggest concern at the moment

is that somehow they've acquired

S.H.I.E.L.D.'s proprietary

weapons technology.

And they've now begun

using it against us.

We know this because the weapon's

operating system is based

on a unique technology

we've spent years developing.

As you can see, the high-density

laser is concentrated into plasma,

which energizes the wakefield,

controlling its emission.

Since the technology

was created by S.H.I.E.L.D.,

the truth of the matter is, you people

have blood on your hands, as well.

What are you gonna do, Castle,

come after all of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

I'd like to see that.

We have been a step behind.

We needed to track down and neutralize

the manufacturer of the guns,

to prevent our technology

from being used for terrorism.

And Cain was going

to lead us to them.

Okay, then, so what's the problem?

We've run into

an unexpected development.

Cain got away from us.

It happened when we were

busy dealing with you.

What was it that Cain told you?

Not a thing.

Yeah, I'm not buying that.

We think he told you the location

of the guns. We need that intel.

I have no intention of

becoming your informant, Nick.

Well, if he did tell you where to

find them, why not cooperate with us?

- Take this thing off first.

- You can't make demands.

If you refuse to cooperate

with us, we'll lock you up.

I have one condition

before I'll say anything.

Do you really think you're in

a position to make a deal?

- Let me go after them.

- Why would I allow that?

Isn't that really why

you brought me in here?

Well, I'm not gonna play along,

unless you remove these now!

You should just give him

what he wants, Director.

The truth is we're on a clock here

and there's no time to waste.

Yeah, I know.

All right, we met your conditions.

Tell us the location Cain gave you.

Hmm.

If you provide me with some

weapons, I'll go in alone.

At first, you only gave one

condition. To let you go.

Here's my condition. From now

on, you take orders from me.

- It's easier if you stay out of it.

- Unfortunately, I can't allow that.

You'll have to adjust

to having a new partner.

I hope you can keep up.

We may be working together,

but I'm not taking orders from you.

Tell me what you know

about Leviathan.

Didn't you read the brief?

It was all in there.

It wasn't very insightful.

Mostly bureaucratic nonsense.

Leviathan is a

terrorist organization

that was formerly a secret

division of Russian intelligence.

Does that mean you

know some of the players?

Only by reputation.

When Russia collapsed...

they all went underground

and spread across the globe.

They expanded their power by basing

themselves in economically poor regions

that had been devastated

by recurring wars.

They're involved with every

evil deed known to man.

Human trafficking, assassination,

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