Preamble: Matt Murdock and Foggy Nelson are representing Vincent D'onofrio and yes, I had to explain to my Best Man who Vincent D'onofrio was and why it's funny! One day I shall forgive him for being a lesser man. One day. One More Day.... I need to take a shower. D'Onofrio was the head of the Italian crime family in New York, and had been captured by the vigilante Daredevil. But, shortly after being captured, the Italians began a gang war against the other gangs... and were operating just as efficiently as when D'Onofrio was free, if not better! Matt had sat with D'Onofrio while questioned by the police concerning the possibility of his involvement with the gang war while in jail and could practically taste the lie on D'Onofrio's lips as he told the cops he wasn't involved. It was time to get proof.
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Panel One
We're at the offices of Nelson and Murdock, as Foggy and Matt go through bunches and bunches of files in the late evening. Matt's pulled up information on an Angelo Bottecilli, D'Onofrio's former number two. He runs things now.
FOGGY
We really need a secretary, Matt.
MATT (CAPTION)
Lead one. Now to step two.
Daredevil's cornered some nameless thug in an alleyway and is beating the tar out of him with his billy club.
SFX
THUNK! WHUD!
DAREDEVIL (CAPTION)
Ugly business, but it'll work.
Thug crying.
THUG
I don't know nothin'!
SFX
THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP.
DAREDEVIL (CAPTION)
Well that's an obvious lie. Shouldn't take long.
The thug is on the ground, still sobbing from the beating he's gotten.
DAREDEVIL (CAPTION)
Ten minutes does wonders for a guilty soul.
THUG
*cough* Botticelli's just a patsy! He claims to be running everything, but who believes THAT??
DAREDEVIL
Where can I find him?
Panel One
Inset panel of a finger pulling a trigger. Daredevil is dodging gunfire from three sources in the main panel.
ANGELO BOTTICELLI
You don't need to look far.
SFX
BRRRAP BRAAAAAP! PT PT PT PT PT PT!
Botticelli pitches forward off the building he's on as Daredevil's billy club hits him square in the face.
SFX (GUN)
BRAAAAAAP BRAP BRAP!
SFX (BILLY CLUB)
THUNK!
BOTICELLI
Uuuuuh....
Daredevil, with bullets glancing off of his kevlar suit, uses his billy club to bounce up into the air and catch Botticelli. Above the panel are three insets showing the billy club at work.
SFX
BRAP BRAAAAAP BRAP!
DAREDEVIL (CAPTION)
RETRACT. ANCHOR. SWING.
Daredevil is swinging as fast as he can, away from the goons, Botticelli in arm.
THUG 1
Don't shoot! He's got the boss!!
THUG 2
Damnit!
Panel One
We're inside an abandoned warehouse, at the docks. Botticelli is waking up in the background. He's grabbing a wooden board to defend himself. Daredevil is silhouetted in the foreground. The rest of the scene is bathed in the blue of Daredevil's radar sense.
BOTTICELLI
Huuff... huff... bastard... will show him.
DAREDEVIL (CAPTION)
Seconds awake and this guy is already acting like an idiot.
Close up on Botticelli's fearful face as he hears a weird scraping noise. We cut to an inset panel of a crate crashing into the wall behind him!
BOTTICELLI
AH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH!
SFX 1
SCRAAAAAAAAAAPE.
SFX 2 (INSET)
KURASH!
Botticelli takes out a burner phone, chucks it, and runs like hell.
BOTTICELLI
TAKE IT! TAKE IT!
Daredevil carefully picks up the phone, a grim smile on his face.
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