Chapter 3: Deathstroke
Soron decided to stay in New York for a few days before going back to Starling City to complete his mission. On the last day he saw a ginger haired girl get chased by a couple of thugs, so ran out into the street and jumped over a car on the way to the alley he saw them enter. When he got a few feet from them he shouted, "Why don't you pick on someone your own size bub?!" The two thugs stopped chasing the girl and turned towards him before one of them said with an amused tone, "You're no Daredevil. I don't fear you. Get him Harv." Harv ran at Soron but his punch was caught by Soron who bent the hand back before kneeing him in the groin. The remaining thug pulled out a gun and shot Soron in the chest four times as Soron walked up to him. The thug widened his eyes in fear and asked, "What the fuck are you?" right before Soron popped out his right fist's claws and stabbed him in the side as he said, "Your worst nightmare." When the thug dropped to the floor the ginger stared in fear as she saw the claws slide back into his body. "Freeze! Put your hands up!" yelled a cop after he saw Soron kill a thug, and when Soron didn't comply he called for back up. However when he looked back Soron was no longer there, but the girl was safe. A few minutes later Soron was back at his apartment punching at his wall in anger. "Son of a bitch!" said Soron as he laid his head on the wall. Meanwhile, a blind man walked down a street but slowed down when he heard people talking. "Matt?" asked a familiar voice before footsteps got louder as their owner got closer. "Hello Karen." said Matt Murdock unsure what to say to Karen's question. "Why are you here Matt?" asked Karen with a neutral tone.
Matt was quiet for a few minutes before he said, "I was just going out for a stroll. What exactly is going on?" Karen regarded him for a few seconds before she said, "I was chased by two thugs today. The cops have one in custody, but the other is dead." Matt stared at Karen and opened his mouth to say something but Karen said, "The man who saved me… I'm not sure it was a man. When one of the thugs shot him five times in the chest, he kept walking before stabbing him in the side with three bone like spikes protruding from his fist." before he could. Matt's only response was to blink twice behind his sunglasses as he tried to comprehend what he was told. "That's not possible Karen. People don't have superpowers." said Matt as his brain kept telling him that. Karen glared at him and said angrily, "I'm not lying Matt. I'd never lie to you. The same can't be said for you Matt." As Karen stomped away with a furious expression on her face Matt tried, "Karen..." but was ignored so he resorted to going to the local bar. When he returned home a few minutes before night he immediately put on his suit and climbed out of the window, and headed towards the hospital morgue. After he had arrived he found the correct body and felt the three holes in the thugs side.
In another part of the town Soron walked out of the apartment and headed towards the docks, but before he made it a few blocks a light was shined on him. He immediately ditched his bag as he ran past a dumpster, but he never lost the light and police cars were around the corner. "This is the police! Put your hands up and surrender yourself!" said a man through a megaphone. Soron reluctantly put his hands on his head and waited while a cop came close. After he was cuffed he was pushed into a cop car and rode to the NYPD with a sour look on his face. Suddenly, the cop car spun out of control till it flipped end over end before crashing into a lamp post. "What the hell?" asked Soron angrily as the cuts all over him healed. Suddenly, he was pulled out of the car and the cuffs were broken. After he looked at his rescuer he groaned when he saw Deathstroke staring at him. "How is it you always manage to get into trouble and have to get bailed Soron?" asked Deathstroke before he shot his sidearm to the right as a cop crept closer. Soron ignored him as he massaged his wrists before he asked with irritation, "Shouldn't you be in Starling City trying to kill the Arrow or something?" This time Deathstroke decided to remain silent as he ran at another cop and slashed down at him cleaving him in two with his katana. Soron looked at an alleyway before staring back at Deathstroke who was killing more cops. "Son of a bitch." said Soron under his breath before he ran at Deathstroke and leaped at him. Deathstroke turned in time to see Soron fly into him impaling his claws into him. Deathstroke kicked Soron off of him before he yelled, "I should have let you rot in jail!" Soron glared at him as he ran at Deathstroke slashing with his right claw who blocked it with his sword before quickly punching Soron in the head causing him to stumble. Soron suddenly felt bullets pepper him from Deathstroke's gun causing him to stumble backwards a few steps. Unfortunately for Deathstroke Soron healed just as quickly as the bullets hit him, so Soron walked forward and when he got there Deathstroke swung his sword at Soron.
Soron dodged the swipe and delivered a powerful left slash and managed to get Deathstroke in the side. "After I kill the Arrow, I'm coming after you next!" yelled Deathstroke before he went running away in order to let himself heal. The next day Soron was sitting in the interrogation room waiting to be grilled by the cops when someone walked in. "Soron MacLeod. I'm Matt Murdock and I'm going to take your case." Soron stared at the blind man expressionlessly and waited patiently for Matt to continue. "According to your file, you killed a thug with three stakes in between your fingers. Then you were rescued by a man with a mask that only has one eyehole in it right before you attacked him when he was killing the cops. By all counts, you are a good guy. However, that doesn't give you the right to kill." Soron was silent for a few seconds before he asked, "Your point?" and this time it was Matt's turn to be silent as he sat down. "My point is. I can help you get a minimum of one year in prison, maybe a month." said Matt with his lawyer voice. Soron clenched his hands for a few minutes before he said, "I'm not going to prison no matter what." Matt looked at him for a few seconds before he said with a slightly annoyed tone, "You are not innocent. We don't have the right to kill people. Only god has the right to kill people." Soron barked out a laugh before he said, "I spent five years in a war that became hell. I learned that god doesn't exist, and if he does he doesn't give a shit about us. Besides that thug I gutted shot me point blank in the chest five times and that pissed me off." Matt stared at him for a few seconds before he said, "I have somewhere to go. You clearly don't want my help. I can't ensure you a minimum sentence without your cooperation."