"Why are you getting in my way?" Spiderman said to Daredevil.
"Don't act dumb. I know what you are up to." Daredevil said to Spiderman.
"Ha." Spiderman was able to land a clean hit on Daredevil's face knocking it down.
"Now tell me what you know. Don't make me hit you again." Spiderman said.
"Huh? Look like you are in luck daredevil. Your help is coming. Unless my guess is wrong there is something important for us to tackle here" Spiderman said as he pointed at the blimp that was approaching a building near them.
"If you are after the Marauder you better post-pone our little spar," Daredevil said.
The two heroes stopped fighting to observe the blimp that landed on top of the World Motors Building.
"It's Marauder and his goons. They must be after the formula." Daredevil said.
"Most of the guards are in the street surrounding the building. By the time they reach the roof, it would be too late." Spiderman said.
"Not if we can get to them first."
"I am taking off first. Don't try to stop me. Unless you want to prove you are in cahoots with the Marauder."
"He is all yours. Web-head. I will wait here in the cheering section." Daredevil said as Spiderman swigged towards the blimp using his web.
"Hmm. My spider scene is tingling." Spiderman said.
Before he arrived at the building where the blimp was he was hit in the leg by a gunshot.
"Bang."
"Bull's eye," Ace said as he looked at Spiderman through the scope of his sniper rifle.
It was from a blind spot so Spiderman was not able to react in time.
Ace was inside a building nearby. He was able to take a shot inside a room after paying off some guards and residents who lived there.
"Is Spiderman going to be okay? You said you won't kill him." the resident of the house where Ace was asked him.
"Don't worry. I only shot his leg. If he uses his web he can easily break his fall so that he will not fall to his death." Ace said.
"Now time to go to the Marauder," Ace said as he got out of the room he was hiding him he handed two 100$ bills to the residence.
"Exactly what should I call you? Since I don't remember hearing about you in the newspaper or TV." The residence asked.
"You can just think of me as someone who shot Spiderman in the leg. Since it is all I was." Ace said.
"Nice doing business with you," Ace said.
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"Spiderman." Daredevil wanted to jump towards Spiderman to save him.
However, the masked Marauder was going to get away if he decided to save Spiderman.
"Hold on. I am coming." As a hero, Daredevil didn't want to abandon Spiderman so he jumped down the building to save Spiderman instead of going after the villain.
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"Huh? Someone is coming." Masked Marauder said as he noticed a grappling hook that appeared at the corner of the building.
Suddenly a shadowy figure landed on the building.
It was Ace in his low-quality disguise.
"Matt Murdock. I presume." Ace said.
"It's masked Marauder. Not Matt whatever you say it is." Marauder replied.
"We don't have much time. So I will be quick. Are you willing to sell the formula you stole and the engine? If so state your price." Ace said.
"400k. In dollars." Marauder replied.
It's kind of pricey. Should I do it? My budget is under 5 million dollars so I have enough but should I use it on a piece of equipment?
"Meet me at the cafe near the Baxter Building at 8 this night. We can talk then." Ace said.
Then used a smoke bomb to conceal himself then grappled onto a nearby to get away from the crime scene.
"It looks like I don't have to do much to find a customer for this thing." Masked Marauder said as he looked at Ace who disappeared.
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A few minutes later. In a dark alley.
"I don't see anyone here," Ace said.
Ace took off the hoodie that he had just worn. Wipes the charcoal dust that was around his eyes using his shirt. Took off the mask.
"That went better than I expected," Ace said.
He was expecting to fight the Masked Marauder if he was unwilling to sell but since it looked like the Marauder was planning to sell it all along he could just buy it outright.
It was kind of pricy but he still has enough money since he bought his new house through installments.
Not only that if the project he was working on succeeded he could make back the money he lost easily.
Not only he could build a fortune by viewing accidents that were happening all over the world but also helped him observe and spy on all the superpowered individuals.
"I have to get the engine and the formula no matter what." Ace made a decision.
He then walked to his house like nothing ever happened.
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"Are you okay?" Daredevil asked Spiderman as he gave him first aid.
"Yeah. But still, I am not expecting to get shot. And more surprisingly it was not by JJ." Spiderman said.
"Why does he hate you? He seems to be fine with me, the Avengers and even the Fantastic Four. He also is very respectful to Captain America." Daredevil asked.
"I don't know. But it's just my luck. You see I have what one would call bad luck per se." Spiderman said to Daredevil.
"It seems like you met a black cat." Daredevil joked.
"I don't ever recall meeting one," Spiderman replied.
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Ace went back home to rest for a while and prepare for his meeting with the Masked Marauder.
He pulled out his bulletproof suit.
He saw that there was a shield logo on the left arm and the right chest area.
"I can't wear it like that. I have to get a tailor to cover it up later. For now, I have to wear something over it." Ace thought.
So he decided to wear a suit and a fedora hat.
Then an idea popped into his mind.
When he meets the Marauder again he has to show that he is someone that he could not mess with.
Otherwise, the Marauder might try to double-cross him or even mess with his personal life.
He has to show him that he can be ruthless and cannot be tricked. So Ace devised a plan.
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At the cafe near the Baxter building at 8 in the night.
The masked Marauder was waiting while sitting at a table drinking a cup of coffee.
Why did he choose this place? It is located near the base of a superhero team. Should I think of him as a genius or an idiot? The masked marauder thought.
He was with his two goons who were holding the machine and a paper that seemed to hold the formula.
"Have you been waiting?" Then a man who was wearing a suit, fedora, a pair of sunglasses, a mask that covered his mouth and charcoal dust on his face appeared in front of him holding a briefcase.
"What should I call you?" the marauder asked.
"Nothing. Just think of me as an unnamed customer." the man said.
"Here is the money. 400k. Just as you asked." The man said as he handed over the briefcase to Maruder.
"Excellent. You can get your engine and the formula from the two standing behind me." The marauder said to the man.
"That's surprising." The man said.
"What is?" The marauder asked.
"I was thinking that you might try to double-cross me." the man replied.
"I still have my honour as a gangster. And we are near the Fantastic Four's headquarters." Marauder replied.
"I see. Then as a thank-you gesture, I will show you something interesting." The man said.
Then he walked towards a man who was wearing the same clothing as him and handed over the machine and formula to him.
"Wait where did he come from?" Marauder was confused.
Then suddenly he was shot in the head and fell to the ground.
"What the?" Marauder was shocked when he saw the scene.
"Before you leave. Can you listen to something I have to say? I want to make a request you see. I advise you not to kill the man in front of you. If you do I might have to take another shot." The man who was still standing said the same voice.
"Wait. Then this means." Marauder said as he looked at the person in front of him.
"Yes. It's amazing to see what money could do to someone you see." the man said.
"I wanted to ask you to forget meeting me here. And forget about our transaction. I will still keep the item and you will still keep the money but If you ever get caught don't mention me. Not my name, appearance, how much I paid you, what I bought. Not anything." He said.
"Can you do that?"
The masked Marauder nodded. Knowing that if he disagreed his head might get a hole around the size of a bullet.
"It's a pleasure doing business with you." The man said as he was picked up by a car with no number plate.
Ace was looking at the scene while holding a phone from a building not very far away.
"I spend a lot of money on this. Hopefully, it is worth it." Ace said.
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A few hours ago.
After getting to his home he opened his computer. Then accessed the dark web and bought two male slaves who had the same body type as him.
Using the dark web to do illegal activities on your very own computer is the stupidest thing that Ace ever did and if technology was more advanced he would have been captured by the FBI or CIA immediately.
But it was still 1966 and the technology was not advanced enough for the government to track all his activities.
And even Shield can track the email and the process of tracking email was already very impressive to them.
He asked the two slaves he just bought to follow his instructions in exchange for freedom.
He told the two about his plan and gave them knowledge about killing one of them. But he did not tell them which one of the two he would kill.
Of course, they knew that one of them might die but they couldn't tell which one would die and Ace said he would free the one who survived. With ID and a small deposit for them to restart their lives.
The slaves who believed that he would give them freedom agreed to carry out the mission.
After all, slaving away their lives is even worse than dying so they were willing to take the risk.
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The surviving slave was terrified but happy that he was going to be free. Ace said that if he brought the engine and formula to him he would allow him to be free immediately.
But he didn't know Ace lied to him.
Ace does not want to be branded as a criminal so he plans to take out all of the witnesses who were with him in the hope of permanently silencing them.
The masked Marauder was shocked. He has ties with the mob but even they were not this ruthless.
And more importantly, he doesn't know Ace's identity. In his eyes, he could be a multi-millionaire, a mayor of a city, a corrupt lead figure in law enforcement and even a mercenary who made it big.
After the surviving slave takes the engine and the formula the fuel the masked marauder and his goons quickly run away.
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At that time in the Baxter building.
"Hey did you hear a gunshot?" A blonde man with tight blue spandex said to a man who had orange rock all over his body.
"Ignore it. Reed and Sue are out and we are supposed to have a day off today." The orange rock man called Ben said to the blonde man.
"If someone asked why the Fantastic Four didn't do anything we can just say the two of us are out bowling," Ben said.
"That's why I like you better than Reed. Cheers." The blonde dude named Johnny Storm said as he and Ben two continued to watch a sports show while drinking beer.