- "The largest grow house in Harlem just went up in flames. No sign of Bushmaster."
"Luke Cage is doing our dirty work for us." - ―Shades and Mariah Dillard[src]
The Attack on Stylers' Grow House was a confrontation that pitted the combined forces of Luke Cage and Iron Fist against the Stylers.
Background[]
- "Word on the street is that the gangs are piss that the Jamaicans are driving everyone out of the weed business."
"Why?"
"I don't know. But they have taken the biggest grow houses in the city." - ―Turk Barrett and Luke Cage[src]
Luke Cage and Danny Rand located Turk Barrett at his Pot shop. Rand let Cage confront Barrett about if he had engaged into any recent criminal activities to which he replied that he had not been in for a while. Cage wondered if he had noticed any new drug that had ever been seen but Barrett decided not to tell him. Cage proceeded to ask him where it was and broke his products. Barrett confessed that certain activities were happening at an abandoned warehouse near Rucker Park.[3]
Attack[]
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Luke Cage and Danny Rand watch over Stylers' warehouse
The Stylers arrived at the warehouse in a van and brought out the supplies for the plant they were growing. Luke Cage and Iron Fist looked over the men at a distance. Rand proceeded to ask Cage about being fazed for the upcoming in but Cage replied that he was not. The Stylers in the warehouse were heavy-armed as the plant was ready to be shipped. A group of men noticed noises coming out of the door. As the noises stopped, Rand used his fist to punch open the steel door and enter the warehouse ready to fight alongside with Cage.
Luke Cage and Danny Rand defeating Bushmaster's men
Cage and Rand found heavy resistance amongst the group of men and proceeded to take them down and splitting up. Fighting together, both Defenders managed to defeat all of the Stylers in the side-by-side hallways and striking each one. As they reached each other again, the Stylers began to outmatch them by surrounding Cage and Rand. Cage had the idea of patty-cake, Rand replied in a resounding question. Cage explained by telling to fire up his fist and hit his right hand. Rand began to summon his Chi and hit Cage's hand, the summoning force blast knocked down each one of the Stylers in one blow.
Cage and Rand noticed two men confronting them and one of them pulled out a rocket launcher. Cage had an idea of using Rand to knock both of them out. Rand proceeded to be picked up and thrown while using his chi to knock out both of them. Having successfully taken down all the Stylers, Rand and Cage located the drug through the door.
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Luke Cage and Danny Rand burning down the warehouse
Cage asked the Styler what were they trying to do with the plants that they were growing. The styler proceeded to answer his question and Rand picked up one of the plants and touched it to see if it died out. The styler explained that in order to make the plant grow it needed to be planted in Jamaican soil or sunlight to have a full effect or else it would wither. Cage concluded that what they were doing would not work and told the man to run. Rand left the dying plant on the soil and said that they should move and made the call for an investigation. Cage and Rand finished their task by burning down the building and the plants.[3]
Aftermath[]
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Luke Cage and Danny Rand talks about Shou-Lao
Luke Cage and Danny Rand went to Genghis Connie's Too to eat. Connie Lin went to check up on Cage to see if he was hungry, as he had been eating for too long. Lin also offered him a place to stay at the restaurant, but Cage refused, noticing Rand was making a face that he wanted to talk but Rand would rather eat and rest. As they relaxed, they both discussed what happened during the day and about being a hero. Rand admitted that Claire Temple asked him to look after Cage.
Cage asked why did she call Rand and he replied making him sure that would not get too angry and how she is worried about him. He assured his friend that he was not alone in his struggle to defend New York City. Cage began to express his issue with Rand, telling him that fighting a dragon was only metaphorical and not real. Rand retorted his statement and told that if he could believe that he is bulletproof and his hand glows then surely he would believe in a dragon, to which he replied with a disagreement.[3]