Chapter 1 - And So It Begins (Again)

It was a rainy day in New York City. The drops splattered the roof of the cab as it pulled up in front of the old brownstone with "Nelson and Murdock, Attorneys at Law" emblazoned on a placard next to the door. Foggy paid the driver while Karen got out and opened her umbrella, walking around the car to help Matt out. Together, the three entered the building and walked up to their office.

"Another successful case for Nelson and Murdock!"

"Yeah, and maybe we'll even get paid this time." Matt laughed.

Matt shrugged off his coat and Karen took it and hung it next to the door. He made his way across the familiar layout to the little room he called his office, eschewing his walking stick.

"So what do you want to do for the rest of the morning?" Foggy asked his partner. "We don't have another client coming in until well after noon."

"Well we could always–" Matt stopped mid-sentence.

"Always what?" Foggy asked.

But Matt didn't reply. He had gotten up, and was staring intently in the direction of the window, a serious look on his face.

"Something's wrong," He muttered.

Before Foggy or Karen had a chance to ask him what he was talking about, the window burst open, and four men in military-grade black-ops gear crashed into the office. Foggy screamed and Karen ran for cover, but Matt stood his ground. One of the men held out a taser and shot it at Matt, who deftly dodged it, and turned back towards his attackers. Another one came at him with a punch, but he sideswiped it and used the momentum to pull the man close and knee him in the gut.

Foggy and Karen watched in awe and bewilderment as their very mild-mannered, very blind friend took on these military men like he was in a Kung-Fu action movie.

Matt spun around just as the other two came at him, and launched himself into a backflip, kicking one into the other. The first man had reset his taser and made to aim for Matt again. Before he could pull the trigger, Matt got in close and threw a punch, knocking him out and grabbing the taser in one swift motion.

Once he had made sure that all of the attackers were knocked out, Matt turned back toward the broken window.

"What. Was. THAT?!" Foggy yelled from beyond the desk.

"Shhhhhh!" Matt hissed. He turned towards his friends. "There're more coming. We have to get out of here. Now."

"WHAT is going on?!"

"I'm really sorry, Foggy, I don't have time to explain. They're after me, and they want me alive. Listen, I'm going to run and lead them away from you so you have a chance to escape. Go find Jessica Jones, Alias Investigations. Tell her Matty sent you, she'll know what to do."

He faced back towards the window, and then back at where they stood. "I am so, so sorry."

Before either could ask any more questions, Matt turned and climbed out the broken window and leaped onto the fire escape.

Foggy and Karen shared a worried look as they watched their friend lead off more men in black, running across the rooftops of Manhattan through the pouring rain.