Catastrophe #7

Enter Daredevil

*Black Widow and RoboCop scout ahead of the Avengers when they approach the remains of an apartment block. The climb the wreckage in search of survivors and supplies. They quickly discover that they are the only ones around.*

Black Widow:
We desperately need water. I'm so thirsty.

RoboCop:
I detect a broken water hydrant at the other end of this structure. It is clean.

Black Widow:
Don't be so sure of yourself, Murphy. New York is never clean. *Sits down to rest* We've got to be coming up on a rescue centre. I haven't seen one for miles.

RoboCop:
I am unsure myself. The locations of these check points were not programmed into my directives.

Black Widow:
I know, you already said. How far are the rest of the team?

RoboCop:
On foot they are a day behind us. I have...Iron Man's signal. 

Black Widow:
Okay well we'll take five before we clear this mess. *Looks up at the dark portal rip in the sky.* You know something, it doesn't look as if we're getting any closer to it. 

RoboCop:
*looks up.* The size of the dimensional rip can deceive the human eyes. We are approximately 8 miles away.

Black Widow:
8 miles! That's not possible.

RoboCop:
Nothing is possible these days. I thought it would be better for me here...I was wrong.

Black Widow:
We didn't plan for this to happen.

RoboCop:
*turns his attention* Stay here, I'm going to find a way through this mess.

*As Black Widow rests up, she jumps at a figure in the shadows. She draws her pistols when the shadow quickly shows its intentions. The figure is Daredevil, one of the Universe's street level vigilantes.*

Black Widow:
You! You scared the life out of me. 

Daredevil:
That wasn't my intention.

Black Widow:
I could have put a bullet in you.

Daredevil:
No you wouldn't. I can see your heart beating. You may put on the tough front but your scared. 

Black Widow:
It is normal when your involved in something that you can't understand.

Daredevil:
I know. I can't focus myself. I see all of their corrupted minds. Their everywhere. The sounds hurt my head.

Black Widow:
Then why are you out here? You could have fled with the civilians?

Daredevil:
That's not my job. I'm here doing my bit for mankind. *Takes a sit opposite Widow.* I was in the area when I heard your footsteps along with those of your mechanical friend. Why are you out here alone?

Black Widow:
I could ask you the same question. We're on a scouting mission to locate a safe path for The Avengers. They are escorting Dr Strange to that rip up there.

Daredevil:
Courageous, but no doubt foolish. 

Black Widow:
Oh and I suppose you have a better idea?

Daredevil:
I have none. My apologies. I've been out here since the day that rip opened. I tried to save lives, but instead I've watched them die. I've seen how these demons reproduce. 

Black Widow:
How?

Daredevil:
They infect their victims by biting them or scratching them. The life fades from them and then they transform and mutate into one of them. I witnessed it over and over again. I stopped the creatures alright, but I felt hopeless and now I'm here. I don't know what to do. I'm only a street level crime fighter. I'm not on the S.H.I.E.L.D network.

Black Widow:
I understand. However that can change. Can you help us?

Daredevil:
Of course. This fight has to be meaningful if it's ever going to make a difference.

Black Widow:
Tell me something. Just how many of you were on the streets? We don't usually keep tabs on the vigilantes.

Daredevil:
There are only a few of us. We all work separately. There'a Frank Castle, he was an ex cop. He goes by the name "Punisher", There's "Wolverine, the X-Man". He was a mutant who defected from the highly classified weapon X program when he discovered it's true intentions. 

Black Widow:
Is that all?

Daredevil:
No there was one more. His name is "Rocket Racer". He was a kid I took in once. A troubled spirit. We worked together when the chaos started but we were separated during an ambush in Harlem. I fear that something's happened to him.

Black Widow:
I'm sure he's okay.

*RoboCop eventually returns with some news.*

RoboCop:
I have just received an encrypted coded message from Director Rogers. The Helicarrier has been...destroyed.

Black Widow:
Shit. What do we do now?

RoboCop:
We still have a mission to...continue. I have found us a way through this structure. We must move.

*The three heroes spend the next twenty minutes, climbing through debris piles and flames. They eventually arrive to a clearing which overlooks the river. Suddenly, Demons appear from above and start to attack them. RoboCop makes short work of them by blasting them into pieces with his Auto-9 machine pistol while Widow and Daredevil use their hand to hand combat attacks to take out the rest. Daredevil then notices something about the creatures.*

Daredevil:
Uh-Oh. This isn't good. 

Black Widow:
*Exhausted.* What?

Daredevil:
They're getting bigger in size as well as strength. Their DNA must be mutating. 

Black Widow:
That explains why they were harder to take down this time.

RoboCop:
I detect more on the way. Follow me.

*They head out into the main streets and immediately assist some frightened survivors. As Daredevil moves in, the ground trembles. A huge demon lands right in front of them. It's massive in comparison to all the other demons they have encountered. It growls and snarls as it raises it's claws to attack.*

Daredevil:
I had a feeling this was going all to well.

Black Widow:
How the hell are we suppose to take him down?

RoboCop:
*Fires and watches as the bullets ricochet off of the demons thick hide.* I have another...idea.

Next Issue: - The Boss