Chapter 20 - Daredevil and Elektra Agents of the Hand

As Ray finished the meeting with D5 or Bakuto and D6 or Wilson Fisk, he ȧssigned them the task of setting up Umbrella Corporation immediately. Before D6 or Wilson Fisk left, Ray stopped him.

"D6 please wait awhile, I would like to discuss something with you.", Ray said in a girlish voice.

"Yes master !", D6 or Wilson Fisk immediately stopped and sat back down as Bakuto left.

"As you know I have given D5 four strong subordinates and I was thinking of giving you a strong subordinate. So I would like you to recommend a person for me to give powers to.", Ray said in a girlish voice as he smiled.

"Master ! Thank you. Please give me some time to recommend a suitable candidate.", D6 or Wilson Fisk said seriously.

"Very well. I await your proposed candidate.", Ray said in a girlish voice.

After Wilson Fisk had left Ray's office, Ray walked through the streets of New York together with his bodyguards back to his apartment in New York. While walking, a young man passed by Ray and said, "Hey ! Beautiful girl ! Can I get your phone number ?!".

Ray's mouth started twitching as he looked at the young man and whispered, "Pain..."

The young man fell on the ground twitching in pain until he fell unconscious. While the burly bodyguard and the two Ninjas following Ray tried to stifle their laughter. Ray looked at them with a furious look that seems to say just laugh and see what happens to you !

Meanwhile in another part of town, Wilson Fisk had someone waiting for him. His name was Benjamin Poindexter, also known as the ȧssassin Bullseye.

"Wilson... why are you late ?", Bullseye asked while slurring his speech.

"I had a very important meeting. However after the meeting, I have an opportunity for you. Will you join my organisation and stop being a mercenary ?", Wilson Fisk asked politely.

"Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! We have been through this before, I love money and all that it brings. Nothing matters to me anymore but money. So no I won't join your crazy cult and kill for free. For any ȧssassination just pay me.", Bullseye said arrogantly.

Wilson Fisk's mouth twitched as he felt insulted by Bullseye comment on the religion that he and Vanessa had decided to embrace wholeheartedly.

"Never mind then. Here I have a new target for you to ȧssassinate, his name is Clint Barton and he is also known as Hawkeye.", Wilson Fisk said with a smirk on his face. Wilson Fisk knew that Bullseye would be killed by Clint Barton the master ȧssassin easily.

"Ha ! Ha ! Ha ! Another easy target. You sure are making it easy for me to make money.", Bullseye said arrogantly.

While that was happening in another part of New York, an ex Hand master ȧssassin by the name of Dark had two students with him, the blind Matt Murdock also known as Daredevil and Elektra Natchios the female ȧssassin. They were huddled up in a small dark room talking.

"As I said before I have no enmity with the Hand or their god. I still worship the god of the Hand Ray for he has saved me and my wife many times. I only hate the man known as Bakuto. I want to kill him, destroy him, utterly crush him for killing my wife.", Dark said in an angry voice.

"But master, isn't the Hand evil ?", Matt Murdock asked curiously.

"Ha. Ha. Ha. I ask both of you. Do you see any crime in New York nowadays ?", Dark asked both his students.

"No.", Matt Murdock replied.

"None. It's pretty boring in New York.", Elektra replied.

"That's because the policy of the Hand is to make money and lead a good life. The policy of the Hand changed after the Beast died and the leaders of the Hand died. The new god of the Hand runs the Hand like a corporation, it's new goal is to make money and make sure it's member lead good lives. And a crime ridden New York does not meet that objective, so what the government and police failed to do...", Dark said with pride.

"The Hand brought peace and prosperity to New York by eliminating all crime.", Matt Murdock said with surprise.

"Yes, Matt, the Hand brought prosperity and destroyed all crime in New York. Something the government and the police failed to do. If we were to destroy the Hand we are basically destroying prosperity and bringing back crime to New York. Although a few controlled illegal businesses are allowed to thrive they harm no one as it allows those who have fallen to make a living. But there is no illegal trafficking of human beings. There is no gang wars where innocents get killed. There is only business and help for those less fortunate. That's the way of the Hand, to help and bring prosperity.", Dark said with pride.

"Then why did Bakuto kill your wife master ?", Elektra asked curiously.

"That's because me and my wife were ambitious, we wanted to become one of the vice leaders of the Hand and gain immortality but Bakuto saw us as a threat and eliminated my wife.", Dark said in anger.

"Then your revenge ?", Matt Murdock asked with a serious tone.

"Is to kill Bakuto or destroy him. But we cannot do it alone. There is another vice leader of the Hand in existence right now by the name of Wilson Fisk. I have heard Bakuto hates him immensely. We shall go to him. And hopefully bring my plight to the god of the Hand, Ray.", Dark said with enthusiasm.

A few days later at the office of Wilson Fisk he is met by Dark who told him the story of how Bakuto murdered his wife and burned her to ashes so she has no hope of resurrection. Wilson Fisk told Dark that he will help him and his two students. Since the death of Stick and the Chaste, history had changed. Instead of an evil Hand, we have a giant corporation Hand. Instead of Stick training Matt Murdock and Elektra, we have Dark training Matt Murdock and Elektra. But Daredevil and Elektra still exist but in a different form with a different teacher.

Wilson Fisk arranged for Dark to meet up with the god of the Hand Ray to bring his grievances against Bakuto. Wilson Fisk told Ray about it and Ray was cursing all day after that as he knew he had to entertain Dark in the same pomp and pageantry as he entertained Daniel Whitehall, on a golden throne acting as if he knew what he was doing. Ray lost quite a few brain cells trying to figure out how to solve the Dark problem. And finally he found the best outcome he could think of.

Dark was led blind folded by Wilson Fisk into a room, once Dark entered that room his blindfold was lifted. What appeared before Dark was a golden throne room with a young blonde haired blue eyed boy sitting on it. The golden floors around the golden throne had intricate designs on them.

"Master ! You must give me and my wife Justice !", Dark said aloud and kneeled down.

"Dark, I have heard of your plight from D6 and I can tell you I cannot allow you to take revenge on Bakuto. But I think I can reunite you with your wife.", Ray said in a girlish voice with a firm tone.

"You can bring my dead wife back ?", Dark asked in disbelief.

"No. Even if I bring your wife back, your wife's soul has moved on and reincarnated. I can tell you the young twelve year old girl your wife reincarnated into and you can check out to see if that really is your wife. If you agree that is your wife, I can use a small portion of Dragon Breathe to give you back your youth, to be eighteen years old again. And once your wife grows up, you can remarry her again.", Ray said in a girlish voice while shaking slightly. In fact Ray had read the mind of Dark beforehand to get the characteristics of his dead wife and used his telepathy around the world to find a young girl with similar characteristics with his wife. Ray just hoped Dark wouldn't notice that she was not his wife.

"Why ? Why can't I kill Bakuto ?", Dark asked respectfully.

"Because Bakuto has helped me a lot over the decades just as you and your wife has. I will tell you a secret, all members of the Hand even if they die will get reincarnated again because of their link to me. So here is the address and name of your wife, meet up with her again and decide if you want revenge or to lead a happy life with your wife again ?", Ray said in a girlish voice with a red face. Ray had just told the biggest lie he had ever told, he hoped no one noticed he was lying through his teeth. Wilson Fisk had a look of admiration at Ray after he heard all Hand members will be reincarnated again even if they do eventually die.

"Very well I will look at this girl first before I tell you my decision.", Dark said as he took the piece of paper with the name and address of a young girl.

As he left the room blindfolded, Ray kept up the pretence until everyone left the room, then he slumped down on the throne room cursing how hard his life is.

When they were outside, Wilson Fisk looked at Dark and said,"When you have made your decision come back and look for me, I have a proposition for you and your students."

Dark spent a few days with this young twelve year old girl that Ray said was his wife as a friendly old uncle. He found the young girl to be exactly the same as his wife that died. Down to the characteristics and personality. Dark fell in love again with this young girl and the young girl seems to love Dark too. Dark's decision for revenge melted away, in front of happiness or revenge, Dark chose happiness. Dark met up with Wilson Fisk again before going to see Ray the god of the Hand.

"Have you decided ?", Wilson Fisk asked Dark.

"Yes. I have chosen my wife over revenge. I will just have to forget about revenge over Bakuto.", Dark said sadly.

"Who says you have to forget about revenge against Bakuto ?", Wilson Fisk said with a smirk.

"What do you mean ?", Dark asked in a surprised tone.

"Help me Dark. Help me and I will help you destroy Bakuto and eliminate this parasite from the Hand forever. Who says you can't have your wife back and revenge with Bakuto at the same time. Ha. Ha. Ha.", Wilson Fisk said in a serious voice.

Dark had a surprised look on his face as it dawned on him that it was possible to have his wife back as well as revenge against Bakuto. Dark began to laugh as well together with Wilson Fisk. Dark said, "Mr. Fisk, we have a deal. I will support you in destroying Bakuto. Ha. Ha. Ha.".

Dark met up with Ray again in the throne room and told him of his decision of wanting to be with his wife again. However just as Wilson Fisk had taught him, Dark asked to be ȧssigned to Wilson Fisk and to serve the Hand under Wilson Fisk. This was because Dark said he was worried if he was to serve under Bakuto, Bakuto would want to kill him again. Ray pondered for a moment and agreed to Dark's request and proceeded to create a small amount of Dragon Breathe in front of Dark and Wilson Fisk. Afterwards Ray pointed at Dark and the small amount of Dragon Breathe entered Dark's nostril, Dark began to get younger and younger until he was eighteen years old again.

"Thank you master ! I will serve you forever loyally.", Dark said as kneeled down before Ray. After which Dark left the room blindfolded.

Once outside, Dark smiled at Wilson Fisk and said, "I have to inform my students of the deal I have made with you. I still have to tell them how I got young again. Ha. Ha. Ha.".

"Take your time. I look forward to you and your students joining the Hand again under me. Ha. Ha. Ha.", Wilson Fisk said happily as he gained supporters that hate Bakuto as much as he does.

Dark arranged to meet Matt Murdock and Elektra at a cafe during the daytime. Dark was dressed smartly as a young eighteen year old Caucasian man sitting happily in the cafe having a latte. When Matt Murdock and Elektra arrived, he shouted at them.

"Matt ! Elektra ! Here !", Dark shouted out in his youthful voice.

"What happened to you ?", Matt Murdock said in shock as he could sense Dark's radical change with sound waves.

"Who are you ?", Elektra asked as he looked at the youthful Dark.

"Sigh. Let me tell you what happened. Please sit down first.", Dark said happily. Dark then proceeded to explain what happened to him and the deal he made with Wilson Fisk.

"So now we are agents of the Hand ?", both Matt Murdock and Elektra said out in surprise.

"Yes. I hope you will work with me, help me with my revenge against Bakuto. After all I have done for both of you. Matt, I am your master, I have taught you all I know and given all I have to you. Elektra you are my adopted daughter, for more than twenty years I have taken care of you. Will you help me ?", Dark said seriously as he looked at them.

"Of course, Father.", Elektra said firmly.

"Yes master. From now on we are agents of the Hand.", Matt Murdock said as he tilted his head.