Chapter 69 Bloody Date Part 3

With my decision confirmed, I knew I needed to act fast. The timing of the fake sting operation wasn't clear, but given the circumstances, it was most likely today. I had no time to waste. Taking out my phone, I quickly dialed Cortana.

"Cortana, I need you to send all scouts in the area to my position immediately. This is urgent," I instructed, my voice low and serious.

"Understood, Kol. Deploying scouts now" Cortana replied with a hint of confusion, unsure of why I'd asked her this but she trusted me nonetheless and knew she'd get answers later.

Frank noticed my sudden change in demeanor and raised an eyebrow. "Something wrong?"

"What if I told you that there are some people who will be arriving soon to kill you" I replied. I could have lied and made an excuse but telling the truth now would help me out more in the long run in building trust. Besides, it's easier to protect someone who's actually aware of what's going on.

"I'd say you watch too many movies" Frank said not taking my comment seriously but after a couple of moments of him seeing my expression change he began to get a bad feeling.

As a soldier, he'd gone through many battles and had lost many friends. All of this sacrifice wasn't without rewards as these hardships have helped him develop a keen instinct. A sort of sense that helped him survive in situations he really shouldn't have come out of and my words were triggering this instinct. It clawed at him from his core that my words spoke true.

"If there are people coming then why? What did I do?" Frank asked already beginning to believe

Before replying I reached into my pocket and pulled out an extra phone which really wasn't a phone. Clicking the side it changed shape and became a small gun with a total of five bullets which wasn't much but it was better than nothing. As for the gun, it wasn't anything from any particular world but something I developed in my free time and because of some inspiration from the Kingsman.

Frank, who was on the side, watched the little transformation with some surprise before I abruptly placed the weapon in his hands. "Take your family out of here Frank and protect them I promise to tell you everything later"

Holding the gun Frank's whole demeanor changed. No longer was there a family man in front of me but a killer. Looking back at me he simply nodded and took off to get his wife and kids.

Gwen returned, her hands-free of stuffed animals after distributing them to the kids. "Everything okay, Kol?"

"No, this park is about to be attacked, Gwen"

Gwen froze hearing this and hoped that I was joking but she knew I wasn't one to joke about this sort of thing. "What do we do? There are so many people"

"I already handled some of it. They are targeting one man specifically so I sent him away from the crowds where less harm can be done. There are also scouts heading this way."

Gwen sighed in relief hearing this but she knew that as it is people could still get hurt. "Kol there should be some police around here. There in all events especially because of the nine eleven attacks. If I can gather them, maybe they can help escort most of the people out of here" Gwen said confidently, especially because she was familiar with many of the officers so they would definitely take a risk and believe her.

"Good idea Gwen you go do that while I stick around here"

"Huh, that's dangerous kol!"

"Gwen, don't forget who you are talking to. You're looking at the first super soldier since World War 2, have some faith." Well this isn't exactly true since theres the Winter Soldier, Red Guardian, and Bradley

Gwen knew I was right and left to go do her task but that didn't ease her worries as she threatened to kill me if I died.

Turning around I began shadowing Frank's family who had already reached the edge of the park away from most people. He had placed his family inside one of the restrooms with only one entrance, a spot I'm sure he was confident in defending.

My mind raced as I checked all sides waiting for the moment. Sometime later I began hearing speakers throughout the fair asking all visitors to exit towards the front explaining that it was an emergency.

"Good looks like Gwen handled her side. How about you Cortana?"

"Scouts have arrived in the park. I have ordered half to remain with the officers escorting while the rest are en route to your position."

"That's good when they arrive and have them spread out to these two areas. I've already checked and these are where I think they have the highest chances of comi-"However before I could finish I saw multiple people heading inside the park dressed like common gangsters. "shit their already here Cortana forget splitting them send them all here I'll hold them for a while"

"Yes, kol and please be careful!"

Putting down my phone I began walking toward the group while popping my head and joints. What was about to go down was going to require a lot of movement and I wanted to be fluid.

After walking for a little bit it didn't take long for the men to notice me and they began looking at each other in confusion until some started making jokes. "Jaja Mira este chino, crees que está perdido?"

TR: Haha look at this Asian, think he's lost?

"No, probablemente esté buscando Maruchan" another commented, initiating another round of laughter.

TR: No, he's probably looking for some Maruchan

Mexican mafia Huh looks like the other group hasn't arrived yet. No matter, I'll handle these guys for now. Meeting eyes with the one in front I didn't bother trying to make conversation and just burst forward in a blast of speed.

The moment I reached him I saw the color in his face drain as if in this moment he questioned his life choices too bad it was too late to take them back. With a full-force punch, my first went straight through the man killing him.

"¿Qué es, un monstruo?!" One of them screamed before unleashing a flurry of bullets causing all the others to follow suit.

TR: What is he, a monster?!

These bullets may have been fast but my reaction was faster as I moved faster than their aim. Sometimes I slid, ducked, or jumped but whatever it was I was constantly dodging bullets reaching one man at a time piercing them through. Leaving a trail of death in my wake.

"¡Me voy de aquí! él es un demonio" Another screamed. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. How could a man move that fast? How could someone punch hard enough to go through a person? That wasn't humanly possible so it meant he could only be one thing… A Demon! With this realization, he began running away in fear.

TR: I'm out of here! he's a demon

The others were also cowardly but they didn't leave the amount of money to be made here was just too much and in the end it was their greed that would cost them their lives.

"10…12…15…20…" I counted the kills as I moved between them. Normally one would feel disgust from killing but for me, it was the opposite. I was practically high on ecstatics because it was now that I truly realized how far I'd come. My dominance in this fight was proof that my decisions were right!

Vroom!

The sound of vehicles soon arrived at the park and with a quick turn I recognized them as the Irish gang meaning I'd have more to deal with but unfortunately for them, I wasn't alone anymore either.

"Stand down or you will be put down!" One of my scouts declared while aiming an AR right at the new arrivals but they didn't care and took out an RPG. Initiating another round of gunfire throughout the park.

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Holding the gun tight in his hand Frank couldn't help but feel tense. It had been around 2 minutes since the sounds of gunfire began. Yet instead of decreasing it sounded as if things were escalating with the occasional explosion.

Turning back he saw his children huddled together covering their ears. His wife did her best to calm them while occasionally looking at him with worry. He knew she wanted answers and she wasn't the only one.

Kol may have gotten them out of danger but he didn't completely trust the guy. There were just too many questions without answers for him to trust him. How did he know that they'd be attacked? Why was he helping them? And what did he want? While he was thinking about these things he suddenly heard his wife speak for the first time since they arrived here.

"Honey… Do you hear that? The noises, it calmed down"

She was right the noises had mellowed out. Whatever had happened out there was most likely at its climax by now and the worrisome thing is he doesn't know who won.

"I'm going to check it out," Frank said to his wife. Immediately she wanted to protest but he was resolute on this decision.

If Kol failed in holding back their attackers then Frank needed to learn this fast so he could help his family escape. Sitting here doing nothing will just put them in more danger.

Walking out of the restroom stalls he found his nose assaulted by a very familiar scent. One he never thought he'd find back at home. The smell of blood and gunpowder.

Looking around he found the source relatively fast and didn't even have to search. Bodies were strewn about with clear gang affiliation but besides them, there were no others. Hinting towards them not being the victors. Frank relaxed a bit at noticing this but refocused before he continued moving through the park.

"No please let me live… Please Argh!" Hearing the person's cry, Frank ran over and found the man he'd been looking for.

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Damn, these guys just kept popping out of the woodwork. Just how many had been hired for this? Luckily it seems that it stopped after the third group arrived but still, it's a bit much. They must have really wanted Frank dead.

Ignoring the bodies for now I walked over and began checking on the scouts. None were destroyed in the fight but a couple were left pretty battered thanks to the RPG.

crunch

Hearing something from behind I quickly turned around with a gun I'd picked and met the sight of Frank aiming his pistol. The guy seemed tense and rightly so. I'm pretty sure the scenery is bringing him some not-so-happy memories from his tours.

Lowering my weapon I tried de-escalating things on my end while he followed suit and lowered the pistol.

"So these were the guys that wanted me dead? But why? I don't even recognize any of them" Frank wanted to get to the bottom of things and felt that now was as good a time as any for questions.

In reality, it really wasn't. It wouldn't be long before police arrived as the fight wasn't the most quiet thing to happen and then there's also the CIA who had a hand in this. Without a doubt they'd come and make sure their dirty work was taken care of so I needed to get us out of here.

The only reason why they hadn't arrived yet was because I had Cortana interfering with the communication around this area. She also took it upon herself to scrub any camera connected to the internet.

"Frank this still isn't the place. These people aren't the ones that want you dead. They're just some thugs that got unlucky with the job."

Frank's expression turned hostile at this as he rushed at me and grabbed my shirt.

"Then when! You keep saying that it's not the time but it's my family man! Who is it?"

I held back from knocking him out because I understood where he was coming from. "I know this all is too close to home but if you want answers you're not going to get them like this. Let me get you and your family to safety and you'll learn everything I promise"

Frank tightened his hold but eventually let go and ran back to get his family while I sent some scouts to protect him on the way.

"Cortana hack the CIA I want everything they have on Operation Cerberus and also find me everything they have on Frank Castle."

"On it"

With that taken care of I contacted Gwen letting her know I was fine and would be going back to the lab. She wasn't too upset about how our date went and only wished that we would have enjoyed some more time together, I agreed with her on that part. It went from great to basically what one would expect in the Marvel Universe.

At Least it seemed that trouble this time was worth it. Having scouts and machines as my personal strength is good and all but I really lacked human personnel. A couple of scientists and my friends didn't exactly make it that impressive so getting Frank was a priority. Possibly this could also be the first of many other moves in the future where I take in more personnel. Thinking more on it I found the idea more enticing and mentally added it to my list of things for the future.