[Setting: A dimly lit bar in Denver. Whiskey glasses sweat on the table. The three men lean in close, voices low but sharp. Outside, snow drifts against the window. The name “Ramsey” hangs heavy in the air.]
Frank Castle (The Punisher):
I’ve been digging. The girl’s case—JonBenét. Files buried, cops told to look the other way. You know what I found? A trail that doesn’t lead to her family alone. It leads up the ladder. Way up.
Mel Gibson:
Figures. Hollywood’s just a circus compared to that tent. Power protects power. The bigger the monster, the tighter the silence.
Jim Caviezel:
Exactly. That’s the darkness I’ve been screaming about. It’s not just corruption—it’s ritual. It’s systemic.
Castle:
Here’s the kicker. You ever wonder why Gordon Ramsay, the loudest mouth in the kitchen, suddenly knows when to shut up? He’s got a brand worth billions. But in this game… you either keep quiet, or you get cancelled.
Gibson:
You’re saying he’s tied in?
Castle:
Not tied in. Cornered. They use leverage. Tell him: “You speak out about the wrong name—maybe a president, maybe a kid-snatcher-in-chief—and poof, Kitchen Nightmares turns into your nightmare. Next headline? Gordon had an ‘accident.’ Maybe he ‘jumped.’ Maybe he ‘overdosed.’ You’ve read those obituaries before.”
Caviezel (clenching fist):
Suicide that isn’t suicide. I’ve seen it too many times.
Castle (gravelly, low):
Yeah. Our so-called leader—Joe Biden. They whisper about his ‘touch.’ They whisper about worse. But nobody dares say it in the open. Because they all know the rules: shut your mouth, or they shut it for you.
Gibson (grim smile):
That’s why truth becomes myth. They bury it under scandals, tabloids, distractions. Meanwhile, the machine runs.
Caviezel:
So what’s the play, Frank?
Castle (downing his whiskey):
The play? Same as always. Find the ones pulling the strings. Cut them. One by one. Till there’s no more strings left to pull.
[The men fall silent. Outside, the snow keeps falling. Inside, the weight of unspoken names and buried truths lingers like gunpowder in the air.]