Talk:Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher

Plot expansion

Sat down and took a gander a expanding the Plot section today. Hopefully anyone who monitors this page (and ones like it) can take a look at it and let me know if it's okay or help condense it if it's too long. I realise I fluctuated between using Punisher/Castle and Black Widow/Widow/Natasha because I wasn't sure which to stick to. -- Carlobunnie (talk) 00:51, 11 June 2019 (UTC)

Punisher busts black market weapons dealer Cain who is in possession of stolen S.H.I.E.L.D. technology. He knocks Cain unconscious and takes him hostage, inadvertently interfering with agent Black Widow's secret mission to uncover a much larger terror plot under investigation by S.H.I.E.L.D. Black Widow attempts to subdue Punisher and Cain escapes during the altercation. S.H.I.E.L.D. take Punisher into custody. Having lost their sole lead, Director Nick Fury offers Punisher his freedom in exchange for going on mission with Black Widow to locate Cain and stop the global terrorist group known as LEVIATHAN, who plan to auction the stolen technology to the highest bidder.

They track Cain to a Leviathan base in Slovenia and discover a secret lab filled with hundreds of pods containing spies recruited (and abducted) by Orion, who have been turned into super-powered soldiers. Punisher captures Cain but he activates a special function on his cellphone that emits a blinding flash of light directly into Punisher's face and causes him to lose time. When Punisher comes to, Cain has escaped. Black Widow crosses paths with former lover and ex-fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, Elihas Starr, who was presumed dead but has been working for Leviathan. He reveals himself as the creator of the super-soldier serum and that he did it to become worthy of being with her, hoping she will join him. Widow declines and they fight while Punisher detonates explosives around the base. Punisher extracts Widow and Elihas disappears. Punisher reveals Cain's stolen cellphone but they are unable to retrieve any information due to its heavy encryption. S.H.I.E.L.D. super-genius Amadeus decrypts the phone but unknowingly activates the flash function. When they come to, an emergency countdown signalling an impending explosion has been activated. Punisher suddenly attacks Widow and kills several S.H.I.E.L.D. agents. Unable to stop the countdown, Amadeus incinerates the cellphone, destroying it completely, and Punisher snaps out of the trance he was under. He is once again taken into S.H.I.E.L.D. custody. Widow tells Fury about Elihas' brainwashing technology, suspecting it was controlling Punisher, and advocates against his imprisonment, suggesting S.H.I.E.L.D. launch an immediate counterstrike. Fury reveals some prior knowledge of the Leviathan technology based on possibly compromised past S.H.I.E.L.D. projects about mind control that had never been fully implemented, informing Widow that she and Punisher were specifically assigned the mission because S.H.I.E.L.D. had contingencies in place in the event that one or both of them were turned. The same risk could not be taken with the Avengers due to the powerful nature of the tech. Fury also knew about Elihas, that he had stolen classified data from S.H.I.E.L.D. as well as samples of the Avengers blood to use for the super soldiers. He orders Widow to complete the mission on her own.

Black Widow defies Fury's orders and frees Punisher, taking him with her. They head to Hong Kong to meet Ren, an information handler with ties to the criminal underworld, who gives them the auction’s time and location: in Mandripoor that very night. News footage surfaces of the Leviathan soldiers in action and Fury informs them he knows Widow freed Punisher. The auction begins and Elihas is immediately alerted to Black Widow and Punisher's presence on the compound. They are instantly overrun by the super soldiers. Hulk and Amadeus join the fight and Elihas activates the mind control technology but Punisher shields Black Widow and Hulk is protected thanks to a nano-device coating over his eyes, created by Amadeus that blocks the broadcast signals. Punisher and Black Widow use it on themselves before being attacked by more soldiers. Widow goes after Elihas and they fight on a catwalk above where the batch of new soldiers are being kept for the auction. A powerful kick from Elihas sends Widow over the side of the catwalk's railing but she manages to hold on. Realising he still loves her, Elihas pulls her to safety and they kiss. The pair team up to retrieve an emergency kill-switch from Orion that Elihas created as a safety precaution for the super-soldiers. Hawkeye, Iron Man, Thor, War Machine and Captain Marvel arrive and breach the auction hall. Together with Punisher, Hulk and Amadeus they battle the Leviathan troops. Black Widow and Elihas confront Orion but he attacks them. Together they take him down and Elihas destroys the switch, effectively disabling all the active bio-soldiers. Punisher finds Elihas while Widow is still engaged with Leviathan and moves to shoot him, distracting her from the fight. Orion throws her to the ground and fires a fatal blast at her but Elihas jumps in the way and is hit instead. Punisher attacks Orion and kills him. Elihas dies in Natasha's arms. Fury arrives and orders Black Widow to arrest Punisher, who faces life in prison for killing Orion, and ensure he remains locked up. Once Fury leaves she releases Punisher, saying "It's because you do things your way, and I do things my way…", and throws his cuffs into the ocean.

Later, in Miami, Punisher tracks down Cain and kills him.

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