Attack on the Hand

Attack on the Hand
Previous	Assassination of Ray Schoonover
Next	Rescue of Joey Gutierrez
Date	November 2015
Location	Hell's Kitchen, New York City, New York
Result (Outcome)	Nobu Yoshioka and Elektra are killed.
Combatants
Daredevil Elektra Punisher Stick
Hand
NYPD
Commanders
Daredevil
Nobu Yoshioka
Brett Mahoney
Casualties
Jerry Elektra
Nobu Yoshioka Numerous Hand warriors
Two NYPD officers

"Do you wanna end it here... or on the roof?"
"I've always liked the fresh air. What's up there?"
"Oh, Jesus. Too many to count. Armed, packing katanas, couple of longbows. More coming up from below. Same weapons."

―Daredevil and Elektra^[src]

The Attack on the Hand was an open confrontation that pitted the Hand army led by Nobu Yoshioka against Daredevil and Elektra.

Background

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For centuries, the Hand sought to obtain the Black Sky, believing it to be an ultimate weapon that will help them towards their mission to achieve true immortality. A young boy that was believed to be a Black Sky was transported from Japan to New York City for Nobu Yoshioka, which Wilson Fisk assisted with, however the boy died due to Stick's interference. Later, when the Hand was in conflict with the Chaste and Daredevil, Stick made a decision to kill Elektra, afraid that the Hand might get to her, as she was a Black Sky as well. He sent Jacques Duchamps to handle it, but he failed and was killed by Elektra, who then targeted Stick.

Nobu Yoshioka reveals the truth about Elektra

Elektra attacked Stick at the Wall of the Chaste, and although Daredevil managed to prevent Elektra from killing him, Stick was kidnapped by the Hand warriors that attacked the Wall in a subsequent chaos. While Elektra is determined to kill Stick for his betrayal, Daredevil follows the Hand to rescue him, while he is being tortured by Hirochi. Daredevil manages to fight through the Hand's forces and get Stick out, however, Elektra then showed up and attempted to kill Stick again, forcing Daredevil to protect him once more. However, as Stick feared, Elektra now was right when the Hand wanted her to be, as Yoshioka approached them and revealed that Elektra is the Black Sky.

She was furious, realizing that Stick knew about it all along and lied to her, to the point that she was ready to accept Yoshioka's offer and join the Hand. However, when Daredevil put himself in between her and Stick, Elektra snapped out of it and joined Daredevil against the Hand. Daredevil and Elektra managed to take Yoshioka down and leave with Stick, so Yoshioka ordered to get rid of Daredevil once and for all, as he was the only obstacle between the Hand and the Black Sky. In order to lure Daredevil out, the Hand kidnapped Bess Mahoney and threatened Brett Mahoney with killing her, forcing him to provide them with the case files for all incidents Daredevil was involved in, which included names of people he ever rescued.

Attack

Karen Page and Turk Barrett are kidnapped by the Hand

"You're done, Nobu. Your army will crumble. And you will leave my city alone."
"Your city belongs to no one. And she... belongs to us!"

―Daredevil and Nobu Yoshioka^[src]

The Hand took numerous hostages, including Karen Page and Turk Barrett, although Tyler shot Jerry in the head, as he was too much of a nuisance. Daredevil found out about the hostages from Brett Mahoney and went on to rescue them, and even though Elektra insisted that he would be walking straight into the Hand's trap, Daredevil would never let them die. The Hand relocated the hostages to an abandoned warehouse in Hell's Kitchen, however, Barrett's Ankle Monitor signaled the New York City Police Department, as he was taken by the Hand from a house arrest. As the two police officers arrived at the scene, the Hand killed them and found out about Barrett's monitor, preparing to cut his ankle off.

Daredevil and Elektra face the Hand

At that moment, Daredevil broke into the building and defeated the Hand soldiers present and liberated the hostages, having them run to the safe place. Daredevil stayed behind to fight off the Hand, before Elektra arrived despite her claims and assisted him in a fight. While both of them continued to fight through the hordes of Hand warriors, Page, Barrett and other hostages escaped from the building right as Mahoney and the police arrived. Getting overwhelmed by the Hand's forces, Daredevil and Elektra shared a tender moment with each other, thinking that it might be their last fight together, before moving in to face Yoshioka and his army. Yoshioka entered the battle personally and confronted Daredevil and Elektra with his kyoketsu-shoge, and although Daredevil was able to fight him off, Yoshioka refused to back down.

Nobu Yoshioka is finished off by Stick

He lunged into a ferocious attack, bringing down both Daredevil and Elektra, taking her sai and preparing to finish Daredevil off. However, Elektra suddenly jumped in and took his blow for herself, bleeding out and dying in Daredevil's arms. Realizing that the Hand had lost a Black Sky once again, Yoshioka bitterly ordered his men to kill Daredevil, but he furiously charged into another attack, while Punisher was covering for him from a rooftop, sniping down the Hand warriors. Daredevil finally reached Yoshioka and using his billy club, he threw Yoshioka down from the building. And even though Yoshioka survived the fall, he was suddenly stabbled by Stick, who then beheaded him to ensure that Yoshioka would not be able to ressurect once again.

Aftermath

Elektra is resurrected by the Hand

"Elektra died. That thing we've been fighting, it's something else."
"She was resurrected."

―Stick and Iron Fist^[src]

Elektra was buried at Sacred Saints Cemetery, and as Stick and Matt Murdock attended her funeral, the latter made a decision to quit being Daredevil for good. However, they were not aware that the Hand had Elektra's body exhumated and delivered to Alexandra Reid who used the last of their Resurrection Elixir to bring her back to life. Upon being resurrected, Elektra lost most of her memories, so Reid convinced her that she is the Black Sky and her only purpose was to serve the Hand. With the Black Sky on their side, the Hand proceeded with their plan to excavate the dragon bones from under New York City and replenish their supply of the elixir, even thought that would mean the complete destruction of the city.

To achieve their goal, Elektra was ordered to bring down the unguarded K'un-Lun and hunt for every Chaste member across the world, until Stick was the only one left, although he managed to escape when the Hand captured him. When the Hand proceeded with their plan, they sought to get a hold of Danny Rand, so they could use his Iron Fist to access the dragon fossil, although when they almost managed to capture him at Midland Circle, he was aided by Murdock, Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. During her fights with Murdock, Elektra's conviction started to wavering as she started to remember Murdock and her past life before she was resurrected.

While the Defenders and the Hand continued their fight, Elektra managed to kill Stick and kidnap Rand, bringing him to Reid and other Hand leaders. However, as Elektra regained her memories, she killed Reid and took over the Hand in her place, while also tricking Rand into using the Iron Fist on the seal that was hiding the dragon bones. But before the Hand could fully proceed with excavating the bones, the Defenders rescued Rand and confronted the Hand, while their allies planted explosives all over Midland Circle to bury the dragon bones and the Hand with it. As the fight progressed, Daredevil commanded Jones, Cage and Rand to escape, while he stayed behind with Elektra and the Midland Circle collapsed on them, as well as the remaining Hand leaders.