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[EWSG] The Infamous Punisher Vol. 1, #0- Application.

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New York City, Castle Residents - 20:05

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Frank Castle, the Punisher. Yeah, that’s me. Don’t believe what the media says about me, though. I’m not a criminal. All i do is take down the criminals. I do it for the better of my city, New York. My life went down when my family died. I didn’t have a good career, no good house, basically i didn’t have a life. But things have been looking up for me, believe it ‘er not. I’ve become an accountant, I've got myself an amazing house, and i got myself a fiancee, Kathryn O’Brien. But I've put away the life of a hero. For good. I'm starting a new life. Anyways, i just got back from work, i park my car in the parkway, and walk towards my house door. I open my house and enter. I’m greeted by my dog, Max, running towards me. He jumps up and starts to get saliva all over my face. I pet him and greet him. Kathryn walks in from the kitchen.

 

“Hey, babe.” She says, walking over to me, giving me a hug and kiss.

 

“Hey Kathy. What’s for dinner?” I ask, kissing her back.

 

“You’re favorite.” She says, smiling at me.

 

“Steak n’ Mash potatoes?” I guess. She smiles and nods.

 

“You got it.” She chuckles. We both walk over to the dinner table. The table was neatly set, with the lights dimly lit with only the candles on. Jazz music was playing. The scene felt ripped from right out of a romance movie. Although Kate wasn’t much of a romantic lady, so i wonder why this is.

 

“What’s this all about?” I ask, gesturing to the table.

 

“I thought i’d make an extra special dinner for all the hard work you’ve done for us.” She responds.

 

“Us?” I comment, looking over to Kate slightly confused.

 

“Babe, what are you saying?”

 

She has a big grin on her face, looking very excited.

 

“Honey, I’m pregnant.” She says.

 

My jaw drops. I shift over to a chair, and sit down.

 

“What.. i mean, are you sure?” I ask her.

 

“Well yeah. I thought you’d be more excited, though.” She responds.

 

“Last time i was a father it didn’t end well. You should know that, Kate.”

 

She sighs.

 

“Yeah, but this time’ll be different. When you bought this house you made sure it was safe, right? Look at this as your second chance of being a father. It’ll be fine, babe. Trust me.” She says.

 

I sigh, then get up and walk over to her.

 

 

“Yeah, you’re right. It’ll be fine, We’ll work through it together. Now c’mon, let’s eat dinner.” I say, hugging her.

 

We sit down and start to eat. I take a bite of the mash potatoes. My god, are they delicious. I cut my steak with my steak knife. Rare meat, just how I like it. The room was silent for a minute or two, we were both just enjoying the food. Kate then breaks the silence.

 

“So uh, how was work?”

 

I grab my napkin and wipe my mouth.

 

“It was alright. I'm getting close to closing a deal. One of the biggest deals i’ve made.”

 

“That's great.”

 

“Yeah..”

 

She nods. We finish our meal and conversation, I help her with cleaning, and we sit down on our couch in the family room and watch a movie. Next thing I know, I find her asleep on my shoulder. I kiss her forehead, and lean on her head. Next thing I know, I'm asleep.

 

I wake up by the sound of a window being opened upstairs. I quickly grab my pistol from my holster- which I always keep with me. I slowly get up from the couch. And put Kate's head on the couch. I load and cock my gun and slowly start to walk upstairs. I quickly walk into the master bedroom- where the sound was coming from. I quickly point my gun forward. I see the window open, but no one there. I turn around and see a man with a burnt face. Not fully burnt, though. Only half of the right side of his face. I point my gun and him.

 

“Who the hell are you and what are you doing in my house?” I say, staying calm, but sounding intimidating just enough.

 

“Oh you don't remember me, Frank? I'm quite offended.” He says. He grabs my gun and disfigures it. He grabs me and puts me in a headlock. I struggle to breathe, trying to break the headlock.

 

“You did this to me, you know. I was so happy. My life couldn't have been better. But you took it all away from me. And I'll do the same. You'll suffer, Castl-” before he could finish, Kate shoots him in the shoulder. He whimpers in pain. I quickly grab him by the neck, and punch him.

 

“I don't do that anymore.” I say, punching him. He grabs my fist, and punches me in the face. Kate tries to shoot him, but he quickly runs away. He gets out from the window. I get up and try to chase after him, but Kate stops me.

 

“Let him go. We'll call the cops.” She says.

 

I nod.

 

“I'll turn the security system on. Stick with me. I don't want anything else happening to you.” I say.

 

She agrees. I walk downstairs to the security panel. I enter the code.

 

*BEEP. Security system set to Armed Stay.*

 

I've always thought that my days of Punisher were behind me. I mean, after I killed most of the Costa mob family, and met Kate, I thought I wouldn't ever even think about doing it again. But after this, what if those other heroes really aren't enough? What if the world really needs a Punisher? I've gotta stop thinking about that, though. My focus has got to stay on Kate. I don't want to lose another family.

 

After me and Kate made sure the doors and windows were secured, we went upstairs and went to sleep. I fixed the window before going to sleep, though. Conveniently, I had a window in the shed.

 

“Frank, you sure you're alright?” She says as we're laying in bed.

 

“Kathy, I'm fine. Really. Just go to sleep, babe.” I say, kissing her forehead.

 

“Okay, g’night, Babe.” She says, closing her eyes.

 

I say goodnight and fall asleep. That night I had a dream about my family. The reason I became Punisher at first. I did it for revenge, to kill those who killed my family. But now? If I ever - not saying I will, but - if I ever, go back to being the Punisher, it would be to protect those who I love. To protect those around me, to protect the people of New York.

I felt as if it was calling to me. Calling for me to come back. To be the Punisher again. I had been thinking about it for a while, but I think when this man attacked me, I think that was my breaking point.

The world needs a Punisher, who else will be the Punisher if I don't?

 

It's been a couple days since the attack now. I've made sure the house was completely secured. I set cameras all over the house and the backyard and front yard. It was still calling to me though. The mantle of Punisher. No matter what I did, I didn't feel safe. One of my closest friends, Billy Russo, helped supply me with my base of operation when i was Punisher, so he has the keys to all my Punisher stuff. Still has my truck, still has the suit, still has everything. I was even working on a new suit before i met Kate.

 

I was sitting in my office, stressed. i couldn’t think about anything besides Punisher.

 

It was lunch break when i decided on what i was going to do.

 

I’ve settled on a decision. After countless days without sleep or comfort, I’ve decided to take back the mantle of The Punisher. I just called Billy, and he told me to meet him at the warehouse. He told me he had even made some improvements to it. I’m driving over to the warehouse now. I hear my phone ringing. It was Billy. I pick up the phone.

 

“Frank, you coming or not?” He asks.

 

“Yeh, I’m on my way right now.”

 

“Alright, Great. L’see you then.” He says, hanging up.

 

I arrived at the warehouse, and park my car. I see Billy waiting for me outside. I get out my car, and walk over to him.

 

“Glad you’ve decided to pick the mantle up, Frank.” He says.

 

“I’m glad i am too.”

 

I walk over to him, and hug him.

 

“It’s been too long, Frank.”

 

“Agreed.”

 

We finish our talk, then we walk into the warehouse. He shows me everything he’s done to the place.

 

“It looks great. Again, Thanks for the help, Billy.”

 

“Yeah. Oh, one last thing.” He says.

 

He leads me to a table, with a blanket over something. He pulls off the blanket, revealing a white and black Punisher suit. I smirk.

 

“Welcome back, Punisher.”

 

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Thank you all for reading! Special thanks to Mr. Ham for helping me with some of the application. Hope you all enjoyed!

 

See Ya!

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