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 With the Hood and his Syndicate gone, there's a void in the costumed underworld. At the head of a movement to become the successor to the Hood is the Deadly Dozen. The survivors of a group of B-C level villains ressurected by the Hood to kill the Punisher in exchange for their lives and enhanced powers. With Castle dead (not sure where he stands in ML) and the Hood gone, the Dozen were directionless and desperate for a means to prolong their lives. Their answer came in the form of Blackheart who, in exchange for their souls, permanently granted them their lives as well as their enhanced abilities. Blackheart then directs them to take the Hood's place as the dominant criminal power, as he wishes to use organized crime as yet another avenue to corrupt human society.

As  a show of strength to the costumed underworld, tyhe Dozen stage a series of attacks on street-level heroes, showcasing their power to the criminal community. While these attacks don't lead to deaths, they due impress and even scare criminals with their viciousness and brutality. Thus the beginnings of a new syndicate are forming. As a result, street-level heroes have to join forces to make a combined effort to stop the Dozen before they gain too much momentum and create a new criminal juggernaut. They may find an unlikely ally in Wilson Fisk, who himself is starting to come back into power, and likely doesn't desire a powerful rival at this fragile stage of his efforts to rebuild his empire.

Finally  the heroes track down the Dozen and after a long battle manage to beat them, causing them to lose what support they had gained and halting their efforts to create a new Syndicate.  At the end however, the Dozen are rescued from imprisonment by agents of the Kingpin who makes them an offer they can't refuse: Work for him as his enforcers and lieutenants, or be killed. Naturally they agree. This arrangements works for Blackheart as he sees Fisk as a perfect tool to influence the underworld. Having the Dozen aid Fisk would be perfect.

This is not a set-in-stone plot, so feel free to add ideas or suggestions. Mainly this is meant to be a crisis to get all street-level heroes involved in. Plus anyone who doesn't have a street-level hero but want to participate can always temp one or two of the Dozen. Thoughts?