Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher Page #3

there be the Punisher?

Frank Castle, meet Amadeus Cho.

He's young, but he's the most

talented scientist at S.H.I.E.L.D.

Young, you say? This kid

looks like a third-grader.

I have a very important

job for you, Amadeus.

You've got 10 minutes to decrypt

all the data off this device.

Listen, I have low blood pressure.

And I don't work well

right after I wake up.

Aw.

Too bad. I had something

special in mind as a reward...

Hey, I'm feeling a lot better now!

My blood pressure and heart

rate are almost normal!

Mmm...

It looks like a regular smartphone,

but there's some pretty sophisticated

software installed on it.

And there are several layers of security

locks to keep out the looky-loos.

I thought as much.

That's why I came to you.

You can do it, can't you?

That depends. How long

are you giving me?

Ten minutes? If I go

faster, can I get a kiss?

You're a real smart-ass.

You're the one

getting all the kisses.

Kirby's a kisser, that's for sure.

Mmm...

- That's kind of weird...

- What's wrong?

Hope I didn't cause that.

That doesn't look very good to me.

Yeah. I think I might have

turned something on.

Really? Like what?

Can you add more time to the challenge?

I still kind of want that kiss.

Castle...

Castle! What's wrong?

Turn that thing off!

Shut it down, Amadeus!

I can't! I think it's gonna...

Oh, no! Oh, no!

It's gonna explode!

Hurry! Or else he's

gonna kill us all!

Oh, brother! I'll never make it! Even

Tony Stark couldn't pull this off!

If this lab explodes,

you can forget that kiss!

Don't panic! I'll figure it out!

Castle, you've gotta

snap out of it!

Time for plan B!

Did I do all this?

Oh, yeah. Big time.

I don't know how

Leviathan pulled it off,

but somehow you were being

controlled the whole way.

Hold on. I want everyone to

back off and stand down.

He was being controlled. But he's

fine now. Let me talk to him.

There's nothing to talk about.

Castle...

Sorry.

Elihas told me he had developed

a brainwashing technology he was using

to control the Leviathan soldiers.

I think the same

thing was used on Castle.

He didn't know what he was doing.

You may be right. That's to

be decided after the investigation.

But right now, I'm being pressured to lock

him up for life and throw away the key.

I admit that what he did was

awful, but you have to remember,

he wasn't in his right mind.

Just a minute. Since when did you

become Frank Castle's best friend?

I'm just saying...

He's not all bad.

We broke the code on that

device. We now have a lead.

And we need to launch an Alpha

strike as soon as possible.

And we need to do it before the

bio-enhanced soldiers of Leviathan

get scattered throughout the world.

From what we've seen

so far, Leviathan's

brainwashing technology

is very powerful.

It can turn anyone

into a living weapon.

If that's the case, we can't

dispatch the Avengers.

That's why I decided to put you

in charge of this mission.

I see. So you knew

about the technology?

That they could brainwash anyone?

We weren't absolutely sure of that.

There's the possibility that

some past S.H.I.E.L.D. projects

could have been compromised.

Some that couldn't be implemented,

which were then canceled, apparently

fell into the hands of Leviathan.

Among those projects was one that

centered on mind-control research.

That's why you assigned me and

Punisher, for the same reason?

That's right. Even if one or both of

you ended up getting brainwashed,

we'd be able to deal with it.

Unlike the others.

- Protecting your ass?

- I can't really deny that.

Sending people on a mission

without full intel is just idiotic.

I decide how much information you

need to carry out the mission.

Like knowing whether or not you'd

cut me loose if I got brainwashed?

Look, Natasha...

Give me all the information you

have pertaining to this operation.

If you don't, some crazy brainwashed

female agent might just come after you.

I take it you knew about Elihas?

I know this has to be hard for you.

- But listen...

- Never mind.

Among the long list of

unanswered questions,

at least we know where

Leviathan got our technology.

But there is one mystery...

Yes. How did he create

the bio-enhanced soldiers?

Elihas told me he came up with a serum

that enhances physical strength.

That makes sense. We know he stole some

classified data before he supposedly died.

That's right.

Since he was dead, we closed the case and

didn't bother trying to follow up on it.

But in a later inventory,

we discovered he had taken some

very important material with him.

And what would that have been?

We're always trying to protect our

people from catastrophic injuries.

We have DNA and blood

reserves for every agent,

in case an emergency occurs

during the course of a mission.

Part of that stock went missing.

Then that means those soldiers...

Super-powered soldiers at

your command. Is that right?

What have you done, Elihas?

I'm the one who

made all this possible.

The serum for strengthening the body,

the reconditioning technology...

I developed the whole thing!

There's no time for these

feelings, Natasha.

I need you to keep

your head in the game.

It's extremely critical that you

remain focused on your mission.

Continue your operation to track Leviathan,

decipher the brainwashing technology,

and destroy the bio-enhanced

soldiers they've created.

What am I supposed to

do about my partner?

You don't have a partner anymore.

Elihas, you are on the verge

of bringing us all down.

What have you done?

Did I hurt you?

I'm fine. I can still

spew out insults.

What did Fury say?

- People want to put you away, for life.

- No less than I deserve.

When my family was

murdered in front of me,

I made myself into a weapon of

single-minded destruction.

I needed revenge, and I took it!

But look at me now.

I killed three innocent

people in the process.

I can't be trusted

out there on my own.

I could be turned at any moment.

That makes me nothing but a

liability to the world at large.

And for that,

I need to be punished.

Before you get your 30 lashes,

scores needs settling.

I'm gonna do this my way!

That's fine.

Try not to interfere,

as I do things my way.

I've only met Ren once before.

He makes a business providing

information to people

regarding the ins and

outs of the underworld

for a large sum of money.

- I found out about Cain through him.

- You paid him, did you?

I guess you'll be paying

for this lead, as well.

How cute.

He owes me.

So no money will be needed.

Owes you for what?

A while back, he contacted me.

His daughter had been

kidnapped and murdered.

It took me a while, but I finally found

the murderer and got rid of him.

Hello there, Frank!

How nice to see you again!

Almost as pretty as me,

when I was young.

Ren.

Hello, Frank!

Leviathan, huh?

I didn't know Cain and his men were

associated with those traffickers.

Well, they are. And I figure the

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