Saint discovers Castle is alive and sends assassins to kill him. The first, Harry Heck, ambushes Castle on a bridge until he crashes his car, but is killed when Castle stabs his throat with a ballistic knife. The second, a behemoth called the Russian, nearly beats Castle to death in his own apartment. Castle kills him by dousing his face with boiling oil and pushing him down a flight of stairs, breaking his neck. The tenants treat Castle's wounds and hide him in his hidden elevator as Saint's men arrive for him. When Dave and Bumpo refuse to reveal Castle's hideout, Glass tortures Dave by plucking each of his piercings with pliers. They leave one of their men to intercept Castle, but Castle kills him after they leave.