Attack on Danny Rand

The Attack on Danny Rand was an attempt by Ward Meachum to get rid of Danny Rand who had returned to New York City after decades of being considered dead.
==Background==
With Madame Gao's help, Harold Meachum orchestrated the air crash of a private jet with the Rand family on board, to prevent his secret dealings with the Hand within Rand Enterprises from being exposed. The jet crash landed in Himalayas and while Wendell and Heather Rand died, Danny Rand miraculously survived and was found by the Order of the Crane Mother who took him to K'un-Lun. Rand trained with the Order for years, determined to become the Iron Fist and harness the power of Chi to protect K'un-Lun from its sworn enemies, the Hand. He was able to pass the trials and faced Shou-Lao in a duel, in which he defeated the dragon and achieved the Iron Fist power.
While guarding the gates, Rand one day found out that the gateway between K'un-Lun and the Earth plane had opened once again, so he seized his chance to return home. Arriving in New York City, Rand visited Ward and Joy Meachum at Rand Enterprises Building, who were certain that Danny Rand that they knew was dead and assumed that Rand was just an imposter, while also finding out that their father passed away from cancer. Rand refused to back down and continued trying to reconnect with the Meachums but while Joy tried to act more delicately, Ward did not want to give Rand a time of day. Rand even tried confronting Ward face to face, recalling the plane crush and how Ward used to bully Rand, but it did not go well.
==Attack==
Deeming Danny Rand an issue that needed to be resolve, Ward Meachum ordered Shannon to track him down and deal with him. Shannon found Rand outside Chikara Dojo and attacked him, but Rand's training allowed him to effortlessly hold himself in a fight. As Rand recognized Shannon to be a security guard at Rand Enterprises, he pulled out a gun, but Rand intercepted it and disarmed Shannon. However, Shannon's colleagues were closing in on Rand and shooting at him, so he was forced to flee, while taking out on more enemy on his way. Running through the Chinatown streets, Rand tried to hide in a crowd during the Chinese New Year celebration, donning a mask he picked up to blend in.
Shannon lost Rand in the crowd, which allowed him to ambush another one of his colleagues and beat him into unconsciousness away from the parade. Shannon kept moving through the crowd and closed in Rand from behind, pressing a gun against his back, but Rand was still able to fight back. Rand dazed Shannon with a few quick punches and threw him down a flight of stairs, before twisting his arm and demanding him to tell who sent Shannon after him. Shannon eventually admitted that he received an order from Ward, before Rand knocked him out and made his escape. Shannon then contacted Ward and reported that their mission was a failure, as Rand was able to get away from them.
==Aftermath==
Ward Meachum arrived on a meeting with Harold Meachum at his penthouse, who was already aware of Danny Rand and Ward's failed attempt to get rid of him. Harold chided Ward for not even trying to understand what Rand wanted, while deciding not to rule out the possibility that what he said was true and that he was the actual Danny Rand. Discussing their situation, both Ward and Harold agreed that if he is the real Rand, they cannot let him go to public, as his sudden return could seriously complicate their busines at Rand Enterprises. Harold ordered Ward to find out about Rand, why did he chose to wait so long to show up again and what were his real intentions.
Knowing that Rand would be seeking to meet with Joy Meachum, Ward provided her with a sedative and tells Joy to go along with his words and drug him. Joy met Rand at her office at Rand Enterprises Building and agreed to talk to him, giving him a cup of tea with a sedative in it. Rand told Joy about Ward's attempt on his life and how he sent Shannon after him, which Joy dismissed, saying that even if it did happened, Ward is definitely uninvolved. Rand kept talking about what happened to him after the plane crush, before he realzied that the tea was drugged and fell unconscious, so Ward ordered to place him at Birch Psychiatric Hospital, claiming him to be mentally unstable.
==References==
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