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5am EST September 24th 2005

A new morning was just over the horizon, while the night was just coming to an end so too was a mission for a honey badger. 48 hours straight trying to track down another gun smuggler under the wing of Marksman, with it more than 22 million dollars in cash. Another successful catch for the crew of the underground, with the nine who participated each would be walking away with more than 2.4 million in their pockets. Very small compared to the many operations they all took part of over the last few years.

Despite the high rewards the cost it had on Blackjack's body took it's toll, constant fighting, and beatings he took at the hands of the ill tempered bear had worked him to the bone.

Amaru calmly walked up the steps of the subway entrance, battered and exhausted he limped over to the nearby bus stop to take a much needed break before heading back to meet up with the others. The badger sat down alone trying to get his thoughts together and at the same time he tried to stay awake until the sun rose. He didn't realize it at first but across the street was a dog sitting down staring at him. The dark coat fur blended almost perfectly in the shadows making it almost invisible aside from it's bright glowing red eyes. Amaru noticed it after about 5 minutes and began to feel his blood pumping again, despite feeling tired he was ready to bring the fight to whatever this demon was. The dog seemed to sense his adrenaline pumping hearing it growl from across the street, however before he could act he held back for a moment hearing a group of party goers scramble down the road. All of them didn't even seem to notice the animal there, as if it were invisible, they didn't even walk around it nor acknowledge it was even there.

" Relax, no need to get ahead of yourself there" said a feminine voice.

Amaru looked in the up at whoever spoke to him, the lady was tall wolverine maybe two or three inches over him, muscular yet blended very well under her buxom body that any super model or man would kill to have. She wore a black leather jacket over a leather tank top with black cargo pants that gave her a good impression of a badass biker chick. Under her grey cowgirl hat a shadow cascaded over her eyes so Amaru couldn't see well but looking up closely he could tell something was WAAY OFF. He quickly looked away and prepared his Ambition ability for another fight.

" Are you here for me to bring you back to the depths of hell lady, or are you here seeking retribution from the Almighty cuz I aint the Savoir from above." said the badger with a deadly tone which warned her. He knew she wasnt a normal furson and she knew that as well.

" I didnt come here to cause trouble kid, nor did I come here to wash my sins away. Those days are long gone for me unfortunately. But I came here to see someone important to me, that someone is the child I met years ago in Belize do you know who that is?" she said crossing her arms over her ample chest.

Amaru didn't look at her as he responded to her question " That child is long gone ghost or demon or whatever the fuck you are, He's long dead" he said bluntly.

" No he hasn't, he's sitting right here right now letting a beautiful night go by while the city wakes up to a new morning." she said calmly.

"it was beautiful until your creepy looking ass showed up" he said sarcastically

" hehe, not the soft spoken type are ya? I like that, reminds me of someone I knew not to long ago, he once roamed New York in a similar fashion you do. Doing things in the craziest way possible, no fear and without a care of what will happen to him as long as the job gets done." she said sitting down next to the tired badger.

Amaru looked at the Wolverine with a questionable expression " you dont know me lady nor is it any of your business to know" he said closing his eyes feeling sleep take over.

" I know exactly who you are, the king of New York, the killer of killers the one that even the greedy rich man doesn't want to cross paths with. I spent 3 years searching for you. As great as my companion is a tracking down who I need to find I gotta give it to you, YOU WERE VERY HARD TO FIND, yet here I found you at last" she said tracing her paw across his back. " 3 years Amaru, that's a record no furson who is guilty on my kill list is ever gonna beat, although in your case what you do it's not my place to judge"

Amaru growled in response to her knowledge of him " So what do you want to do kill me, send me to wherever hell Malefactors came out from well good luck trying"

" I'm not here to do any of that" she said " I would have broken that promise with your old man" she reached out and pulled his head down to her lap which took the badger by surprise.

" You met my old man?" he asked

The wolverine smiled " Oh yea, your pops was quiet the spirit that even I can't seem to go toe to toe with. A man with a lot of heart and ambition, something I see in you now" she said tracing her fingers through his hair.

" I don't see myself ever becoming him, this was a life I never wanted I had a good normal life back at home and now that's long gone" he growled in anger.

"shhh, dont get ahead of yourself or worked up about it, you have to understand there is always reason why things are the way they are now. You might not understand it now but in time you will grow to know why this was destined for you. And the outcome of it all would change not only you but millions of others, like it has for generations" she said with a soothing voice that was beginning to bring the badger into slumber.

" I promised your old man I'd take care of you the same way he helped take care of me when I was going through such tough times. I plan to make good on my promise, you know where I'm going with this"

" I don't care at this point, I had enough of people trying to kill me for one day, I want nothing more than to just drop dead right now" he said before closing his eyes.

The wolverine smiled down at him " I'm Samantha Lee, It's nice to see you again young man" she said watching the badger drift off to sleep on her lap.


She sensed someone walking down the side walk " excuse me ma'am you guys can't be camping here, rush hour is about to hit and we can't have you guys hogging up the bench there" said a male officer.

Samantha did not respond to him, she only kept quiet as she kept tracing her fingers across Amaru's scalp " Lady I ain't gonna repeat myself I got orders to clear out loiters, so you gotta move along otherwise I'm gonna site you for loitering" he said becoming impatient.

" I don't think that's a good idea sir, I think for your sake you need to move along before I do something I'm gonna regret" she warned calm and sinister tone.

" LOOK lady I don't have time for this childish crap from anyone now, I'm supposed to clock out in 30 minutes and I hate for you to prolong my night here so do me the favor and get a move on" he said in a rude tone.

he didnt realize it, but the wolverine who was playing through the badgers memorize at the moment was tearing up from the all that Amaru went through in his years here in the Big Apple, including that fateful day four years ago.

She took her cowboy hat off and slowly looked up at the officer who at this point his fur stood up on it's end and the his blood ran cold if he were a cartoon he would have turned white with terror. Nothing but the bloody dark sockets of where her eyes were supposed to be.

" I suggest you move along before I do something far terrifying than any nightmare you've had" she growled.

the officer back peddled, his heart raced to the point where it felt like it was about to burst out of his chest before he ran back to his squad car. Once he was out of sight she placed her hat back on her head and looked down at the badger. " Do you think I was a bit too harsh there?" she asked the Black feral canine who was now sitting next to her with his red gleaming eyes. The canine only nodded no to her giving her the benefit of a doubt that the cop initially pissed himself.

" That's what happens when you face off against a crazy bear with a gun fetish" she said taking a deep breath before closing her eyes. As dawn rose set in the fresh feeling of a new morning she was all to familiar with, children now waking up for school. She opened her eyes again this time revealing her beautiful amber colors which sparkled brilliantly from the sun that peaked over the horizon.

" The start of a new day" she said to herself as she sat quietly with the sleeping badger on her lap.
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The first meeting between Samantha Lee aka The Black Dog and the New York Legend Amaru Skakur aka Blackjack. As mentioned where it took Samantha three years to find him, pretty much gives you an idea of how difficult it really is to get a hold of him. So if a spiritual heroine has that issue, you can imagine why the media, BOS, unregistered heroines NEVER SEE him running around.

I can also say as hot as Sammy is here, I'm a little scared of her, she's creepy as hell and the ideas I have for her would hopefully show why. But I hope you all like her so far.

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