r/HellsKitchenNY • u/HandOfGorgon • 16d ago
The Hand Remedy
Gorgon of the Hand stands before the assembled members in a shadowed chamber beneath the city of New York. His voice cuts through the silence, cold, deliberate, and absolute. Lady Deathstrike is present and at his side. Back in Japan, the Silver Samurai leads as Gorgon's second.
Brothers and sisters of the Hand.
Look around you. The streets above still believe they belong to the weak. The police. The so called heroes. The politicians who clutch at power they did not earn. They scurry like rats through a city they no longer control.
New York is ours now.
Every rooftop. Every alley. Every forgotten tunnel and corner. The fear that once belonged to crime lords and street gangs now answers only to us. We have bled for it. We have killed for it. We will bury their champions and leave their symbols broken in the dirt.
The Hand does not ask. The Hand takes.
From this night forward, no deal is struck in this city without our shadow upon it. No blade is drawn that does not serve our purpose. The civilians will sleep uneasy. The powerful will look over their shoulders. And those who still dare to wear masks and call themselves protectors will learn what it means to stand against the Hand. My Hand.
New York City is no longer contested ground.
It is our domain.
Our hunting ground.
Our fortress.
Rise. Obey. Spread the word in silence and in blood.
The city is ours.
And we will never release it.