Disclaimer: I do not own Daredevil or Arrow

Before starting this story, I have to make one thing clear- This story is not related to 'The Devil of Star City' in any way. This is a different Daredevil/Arrow crossover.

In this crossover, Daredevil and Arrow exist in the same universe. As for the timeline of the story, both seasons of Daredevil have taken place but no Defenders stuff while Arrow Season 1 is about to reach its midseason finale.

Thank you to frequent guest reviewer of my stories- Chaos Sorcerer, for providing me with the idea.

Chapter 1- A dark idea

Starling City

A middle-aged man looked out of the window of his office. There were many things going on in his mind. Most of them recent and some things that had happened years ago. Right now, if people saw him like this- well-dressed, tall, formal and handsome, they would never believe even in their wildest dreams what this man had in his mind.

Malcolm Merlyn had a deep hatred for the place in Starling City known as the Glades and he also hated the people who lived there. A punk had shot his lovely, kind and caring wife there and passers-by had done nothing to help her.

Now, he had started an 'Undertaking' with a horrble purpose- to destroy the Glades and everyone in it. With his own money and money from other businessmen, he was building a Marakov device that could cause an earthquake.

But his associates were being targeted. By someone else. Something else. A month ago, a vigilatne had shown up in Starling City. He wore a green suit with a hood on top and wielded a bow and arrows.

He had targeted several businessmen and either killed them, or ruined them and left them for the police. The media and the police had dubbed him- 'The Hood.'

Malcolm knew that he was targeting the people on 'The List.' The Hood was dangerous to his plans. With all his associates in Starling City being taken out, he did not have enough money to get the device built within the time limit. But something else could be done.

New York was right across the bay from Starling City. In New York was the locality known as Hell's Kitchen. It was a rough neighbourhood. As rough as the Glades, if not rougher. But a vigilante lived there too. He was called 'Daredevil' and people had also nicknamed him- 'The Devil of Hell's Kitchen.'

He had been responsible for bringing down the crime boss known as Wilson Fisk and had taken down several other gangs too. An year later- The Irish, the Mexican Cartels and the Dogs of Hell had occupied the place due to the power vacuum but they had been hunted by someone far worse than Daredevil or The Hood. He was called the Punisher. His name was Frank Castle. He was a US Marine. His family had been caught in a gunfire between these 3 gangs and died so he had become this demon of death to destroy all criminals. Those 3 gangs had been wiped out mostly and Frank had also been presumed dead.

Currently, the place was occupied by the Gnucci mafia who also had a lot of money. A smile formed on Malcolm's lips as he had finally found a solution to his problem. He then went to the wall and slid aside a painting to reveal a fingerprint scanner. He put his thumb on it and it activated as the light turned green. He slid the painting back and the wall slid to the side, revealing a suit. It was his Dark Archer suit which he had not worn for a long time but was going to wear again.

Hell's Kitchen, New York

The Gnucci Crime Family were sitting in their hideout, playing cards. The members were Ma Gnucci, her brothers- Tony and Dino, and her sons- Eddie, Bobby and Carlo. They were all playing when suddenly the lights went out.

"What the hell is going on?" said Ma.

"Someone turn on the lights", said Tony.

The lights then came back on and a figure stood there. He was wearing a mask and had a hood to cover his head. He wore a dark suit of armor. He had a bow in his hand a quiver full of arrows was on his back.

The family quickly raised their guns to kill him.

"Who the hell are you?" asked Dino.

"How the hell did you get in here?" asked Eddie.

"It doesn't matter", said Ma with a smirk, "Because we're going to shoot you, you son of a bitch!"

As Dino tried to shoot him, he threw a fletchette and disarmed him. Then he threw something on the ground and there was smoke. The Gnuccis were blinded by it. When the smoke cleared, Dino was struck in the face by a bow and fell down, unconscious. Eddie tried to fire but the man sidestepped, grabbed his hand and elbowed him, making him stagger. Bobby and Carlo raised their guns but he tripped the former with his bow before smacking the latter, taking him down too. He then kicked Bobby on the face and he was out. Eddie tried to attack again but was struck on the face and was down too.

Ma and Tony tried to fire but he ran off, avoiding the bullets. He then disarmed Tony with a fletchette and disappeared into the shadows. As the two tried to look for him, Ma felt an arrow behind her head.

"Don't move!" said a distorted voice.

"What do you want?" asked Tony.

"I was just going to have a civil conversation with you", said the archer, "But you had to use your guns which forced me to retaliate. I have a deal."

"What kind of deal?" asked Ma.

"Well", said the archer, "I have started an Undertaking with a horrible purpose- to destroy a certain area with a device. But it needs to be funded. I was hoping you could do that."

"If we do", said Ma, "What's in it for us?"

"I will give you what every criminal in Hell's Kitchen wants", said the archer, "I am going to kill Daredevil for you."

At this, Ma's eyes lit up and she said, "I am listening."

So that's the introductory chapter finished. This was all I could think of for now. I think this makes sense to an extent. Right now- only Daredevil, Arrow and Punisher exist in this story. I find it hard to combine the entire MCU with the entire Arrowverse.

Once again, thank you to Chaos Sorcerer for the idea.

So what do you think? Please review. I always appreciate your feedback.