Marcus Johnson and Cheese find out all they can about Taskmaster but still have no
clue why he would be interested in Marcus. They learn that the baddie was once
employed by Archstone, the private security firm and decide to start with them.
After beating up a few Archstone employees they get an address for
Taskmaster—and a warning that there’s a contract on Marcus’ head. Then it all
gets to Marcus while he’s waiting in a Washington DC hotel room and he almost
shoots Cheese. There’s still The Fear….
Marcus
goes to the New York address for Taskmaster and hides in his room with Cheese
watching from a rooftop nearby. He’s attacked in the dark and after a scuffle
Marcus realizes that he’s not fighting Taskmaster but Deadpool. Cheese sees
this from across the way and races over, learning from radio that SHIELD,
Captain America, and the Avengers have all been alerted too. Marcus thinks it’s
over when he stabs Deadpool in the chest but it’s not, to Marcus’ shock. ‘Pool
has been told Marcus is a bad guy who killed an old lady in Atlanta; Marcus
tries to explain and a confused Deadpool decides to take Marcus prisoner until
he figures it out—and then he’s stabbed through the back by a sword-wielding
Taskmaster, pinning him to a wall. TM then hints darkly about Marcus’ father
before killing him but Cheese shoots the baddie. Marcus leads TM up to the roof
where he springs his trap—explosives he had planted earlier. At gunpoint,
Taskmaster tells him it’s all about his father and he should run away and not
look back—and then more dangerous people arrive: the Serpent Society (Anaconda,
Death Adder, Rattler, Cottonmouth, Bushmaster)….