Escape from Birch Psychiatric Hospital

The Escape from Birch Psychiatric Hospital was an escape attempt orchestrated by Danny Rand, who had been taken to Birch Psychiatric Hospital by Ward and Joy Meachum against his will.
==Background==
Years after his private jet crashed in Himalayas, Danny Rand left K'un-Lun through an opened gateway and made his way back to New York City. He visited Rand Enterprises Building, intending to reconnect with Ward and Joy Meachum, but they assumed he was an impostor and refused to believe that he was the Danny Rand they knew. Rand refused to back down and kept trying to convince the Meachums that he was telling the truth, but his words fell on deaf ears. While homeless and nameless, Rand met Colleen Wing and asked if he could apply to be a teacher at Chikara Dojo, but she declined the offer.
Believing him to be too much of a nuisance, Ward ordered Shannon and his men to find Rand and get rid of him. They tried to ambush him outside the dojo and take him out, but Rand was skilled enough to defeat the attackers and forced Shannon to admit that Ward was the one who gave the order. As he found out that the attack failed, Ward visited Harold Meachum who was secretly hiding out of sight as a part of his agreement with the Hand. Harold was displeased that Ward acted so recklessly without finding out more about Rand and his intentions, insisting that they need more information before deciding what to do. Ward was still convinced that whether it was real Rand or not, he could be a problem, so he made a plan with Joy to get rid of him nonlethally.
Rand met with Joy, insisting that he really was her long lost friend, and told her that Ward tried to have him killed, which she did not believe. As Rand drank tea that Joy brought him, he found out that it was dragged and fell unconscious, which Ward used to admit him to Birch Psychiatric Hospital, claiming that he was unwell mentally. Paul Edmonds was assigned to work on Rand, convinced that he was delusional about his identity, despite Rand's claims. Due to the sedatives they kept Rand on, his Chi was weakened and he was unable to use his powers to their fullest. However, during Rand's stay at the hospital, both Edmonds and Joy came to realize that Rand was in fact telling the truth. However, Edmonds still believed that his tales of K'un-Lun were delusions and decided that Rand needed to stay in for more treatment.
While watching the footage of Rand's interviews with Edmonds, Harold was interested in his stories about the Order of the Crane Mother and the monks that raised him in K'un-Lun. Despite the agreements he had with the Hand, Harold secretly arranged a meeting with Rand at the hospital while he was sedated. Still believing that Harold was dead and he was having a dream, Rand talked to him about his position of the Iron Fist and that he was trained to be a sworn enemy of the Hand, and Harold thought it to be his chance to free himself from their shackles. Rand insisted that he is capable of taking down the Hand and asked for his help, and Harold promised to take of everything.
==Escape==
Harold Meachum contacted Ward Meachum and told that Danny Rand was telling the truth this whole time, ordering Ward to arrange for Rand to be taken out of Birch Psychiatric Hospital and put in a safe location. Ward, however, was not keen on protecting Rand despite Harold insisting that he is too valuable to be left on his own, ultimately deciding to finish Rand off instead. He bribed Joe to put Rand in a straitjacket and lock him with Tony, Dink and Leo who were also paid off by Ward to kill Rand.
They proceeded to beat him down and Rand was unable to fight back because of restraints and his powers being dulled by the sedatives. As Dink told Rand that Ward is sending his regards and swung his baton at him, Rand finally managed to concentrate his Chi and break free from restraints. Now capable to properly fight back, Rand defeated his attackers with considerable ease, knocking them all unconscious with well-placed kicks to the face. Once Joe returned to open the room, Rand pushed him out of the way and kept running down the hallway and charged his fist to smash the exit door and escaped from the hospital.
==Aftermath==
Knowing that there will be more men after him, Danny Rand came to Chikara Dojo and convinced Colleen Wing to let him hide there for the time being. Ward Meachum promptly sent Shannon and his men after Rand although they tracked him down to the dojo, Wing fought them off and demanded them to get out. Shannon explained to Wing that Rand escaped from Birch Psychiatric Hospital and is too dangerous, so they wanted to protect her, but Wing dismissed him and claimed that she is capable of holding out on her own. Once Shannon and his men left, Wing reminded Rand that she is putting herself at risk by helping him and told him to leave in the morning.
Ward reported to Harold Meachum that they should find Rand soon and Harold ordered him to pay for the repair at the hospital, so they could keep the situation on the down low. He scolded Ward for ignoring his order to move Rand out and instead tried to kill him again, and although Ward tried to explain himself, Harold was having none of that. Harold knew that Rand still had nowhere to go and expected him come back to the Meachums again, telling Ward to keep him safe until he decided on their next move. 
When Rand met with Joy Meachum outside her house, she tried to meet him halfway and offered him $100 million in exchange of changing his name and not trying to claim his share of Rand Enterprises. Rand was frustrated that Joy treated him that way and refused to sign up, instead coming to Jeri Hogarth and asking her for legal help to properly reclaim his name and return to the company. Even though Ward arranged for Rand's childhood medical records to be destroyed, Hogarth presented him with a pottery item that Rand made for Joy as a child that still had matching fingerprint that would prove Rand's identity in court. However, once Harold stepped in and revealed himself to Rand, he immediately forced Ward to back down and let Rand back into the company.
==References==
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