Daredevil: Rumble Of The Roses
CHAPTER 7: The Blind and the Unseen
Murdock dressed in his light blue stripped P J's and stepped outside of his room, his body felt sore and worn-out, Matt wished he hadn't spent the whole night up .
He bent his head left than right as the bones in his neck creaked like old wood on a floor board. He Sensed Aikio's presence at the foot of the stairs, she was waiting for him like a maid waiting for her master.
She said "Mr. Murdock are you okay you seem exhausted"
The blind lawyer said " oh I just had a little trouble sleeping last night"
"it must be your bed mattress is getting old, I'll have your mat replaced as quick as possible"
But Matt objected as he waved his hand at her" oh no you don't have to trouble yourself"
"oh its no trouble at all , I will have a new bed ready for you later today!" Aikio responded.
Walking up the steps , Taking Murdock bye the hand Aikio slowly lead him down the staircase and into the kitchen, she sat him down at the table and pushed his plate up close to him, Matt reached his arms out felt for the silver wear. Murdock could already smell the Egg Omelet and ketchup by the time he stepped out of his room, he could have gone down the steps bye himself and walk into the kitchen without help but he still had to pretend that he was blind so as not to draw attention to himself.
Was Miss Aikio really an E.G.O ? he wondered , how far was the extant of her powers , could she read minds maybe? He wondered all these things as he ate his breakfast.
Aikio was seated next to him as she ate her meal and read the News paper at the same time. She then turned to look at Murdock as she smiled and said " how's your breakfast?"
Matt responded quickly as he wiped his mouth with a napkin " oh just fine, its very delicious. You're a good cook!"
"why thank you, I do my best" she said proudly and turned look back at the news paper And replied "the paper says that the snow storm is going to get worse about ten inches of snow, you better wrap yourself up tight the next time we go
outside"
"yes of course, I did bring a thicker coat for just an emergency" said Murdock he scratched his chin.
Suddenly the door bell rang and then rang three more time in quick succession.
" alright already !, I'm coming! I'm coming! jeez! " the girl said as she answered the door. The door swung wide open with a squeal from the door hinges , revealing a little girl that was standing in the snow. The young girl looked to be around ten years old, she had light brown cream colored hair, brown eyes , light skin and was wearing a blue sailors outfit with a green coat and a matching pair of mittens over her small hands.
The young girl smile as she waved her hand saying " hello auntie Aikio I've missed you , my mom said it was alright for me come over"
"who is it Aikio?" asked Murdock as he turned his head over to the direction of the door
"oh its just my niece , she's just visiting for the holidays" said the secretary letting the Young girl enter the house.
The young niece stepped into the kitchen and introduced herself to Matthew shaking his hand and smiled "hello I'm Muranako kotome nice to meet you" she said in her sweet innocent voice
" hello Muranako I'm Matthew Murdock I'm from the United States Of America, I'm your aunts new lawyer, you can call me Matt for short or just simply Mr. Murdock if you like" He said
"okay Mr. Murdock" she said kindly as she smile with glee.
The blind lawyer then asked " would you like to join us for breakfast little Muranako?"
"sure" the young girl responded as she sat down across from Matt, her aunt then served her a fresh plate of egg and ham omelet which was her favorite. Everyone now seated began to conversat about what each wanted for Christmas , Matt said all he wanted was a nice sweater , Muranako said she wanted a nice red dress while Aikio said that all she wanted was a big fat check. After they finished eating they all stepped into the living room and sat down at the couch , Aikio grabbed the remote and turned on the big screen TV and began watching the news on how the weather for tomorrow was and who was going to wining the big baseball game in Tokyo. Sadly unlike the others Matt couldn't see the TV except what could be heard from the television set. She then switch the channel to a Japanese sop opera.
Muranako looked over to the lawyer as she asked " so Mr. Murdock what do you think of Japan so far ?"
"its okay I guess , its not the first place I planed to go if I wanted to vacation but it is a nice visit once in while , it is nice this time of year" he answered
"oh I'm sorry I didn't notice that you where blind Mr. Murdock" Maranako said as she waved her hand in front of Matt's face
"oh its okay a lot of people don't notice I'm blind most of the time" he said lying trying to be polite to the young girl
The girl then said " your Japanese is amazing!"
"thank you , it took me a few months to learn it but here I am"
"so how long do you plan on staying here in Japan?"
"well I'll be here for a couple of months until my skills are no longer needed"
The young girl then stood up and walked over to the center table as she pulled out some coloring books and some crayons from her book bag. She pulled out another coloring book and held it out to Murdock as she asked " would you like a coloring book Mr. Murdock sir?"
"why yes, I would like a coloring book" he said politely as he took the book from her hand.
The girl handed him two crayons a red and a blue one, even through Matt himself couldn't tell what colors they were he played along anyway. The blind man then opened the book up to the first page and traced his fingers over the drawing in the book until he realized that it was a picture of a girl in a wedding dress.
He began to color, as he made sure with his finger that he stayed inside the lines.
Aikio looking at them and smiled as she noticed how cute it was to see them both coloring together.
The house then suddenly shook with a ruckus , Murdock turned his head left than right and said "what the hell was that!?
The house shook a gain , the sound of glass and objects all around the room reverberating could be heard as the slight shaking continued. The sound of dishes falling and breaking were heard from the kitchen, Aikio quickly stood up and ran to the kitchen she then replied throwing up her hands in anger "Oh no, the dishes! and we just bought them this morning! great!"
"Earthquake!" said Muranako as she covered her head with the coloring book
"Are you sure it an earthquake? It sounds more like someone is moving at sonic speed" said Matt to himself turning his ear to listen. it sounded more like a jets engine moving at the speed of sound but by who? He wondered.
Murdock stood up and ran to the front entrance of the house, he felt for the handle and swung the door open then ran outside into the dense cold and snow, his feet making a sloshing sound they collided with the fresh laid snow . He ran to Westside corner of the house placing his back against the corner trying to stay out of sight as he focused his hearing on the battle that was taking place high in the air above him.
he sensed two figures floating 8 feet in the air, he could sense that both of them were female and both were dressed in odd outfits. The first one was one was dress in light purple skin tight suit and had long large white wings like an angel, her wing had thick long lines that went around like circles and had colors like that of a rainbow, She also had thick dark purple hair with smaller white wings that sprouted on either side of her head , Murdock realized that this angel woman must have been Eraser.
The second woman had long orange hair and wore a red cyber suit that covered her from head to toe , this girl he guessed must be from the faction E.G.O.
Matt could also sense the women were giving off some kind of strange energy field that surrounded them, some kind of energy aura that emanate around them. the aura that surrounded the Eraser was the color white while E.G.O's aura was the color green.
Both were engaged In combat, he could hear the psychic heart racing inside her chest ,while the angels heart sounded more calmer as it beat at a steady rate.
The Eraser stood transfix in the air and did not move, she seemed less concerned than the E.G.O as she stayed in one spot the air while the physic twirled and moved about in air.
Murdock sense's told him that alien-angel was shielded bye some kind of barrier that protected her from the E.G.O-girls blue projectile attacks that she shot from her hands. The only movement the Eraser ever made was her wings that occasionally flapped back and forth.
The red cyber suited psychic was the one that was doing most of action as she flew in the air like a rocket , moving in and out and going up and down dodging the yellow orbs that were fired from either side of the angels body.
The E.G.O seemed to be protected bye some kind of telekinetic shield that briefly
Appeared when the orbs tried to strike her only to disappear and fade away then reappear again when the shields detected another strike.
Both combatants fought bye shooting projectiles at each other only to be deflected bye either sides shields , the fighting went on like this for over 12 minutes , until the winged Eraser held her hand and stopped the fight as she looked down and smiled.
"we will have to postpone this fight for another time, it looks like we attracted some unwanted attention" she said regarding Murdock
Murdock had hoped that bye crouching down he would not have been detected but it seemed that his efforts were useless against an alien sensor that could detect hidden targets.
The Eraser then look back at her opponent as the red psychic responded
"this isn't over Yukimura this fight goes far beyond the court room, we will finish this very soon so you better watch your back! Got it? "
"yeah yeah Ayame I heard you, when your ready come and find me"
"fine , Later then !"
Both women then went there separate ways , the Eraser disappeared into the thin air without a trace while the psychic flew far away to the North out of range Murdocks senses ,Matt couldn't even sense where the Eraser was anymore as if she had melted away from reality as if she had magically faded away with no way of locating her.
He wondered what kind of technology made you disappear and made you untraceable at the same time?.
Murdock knew one thing though he knew who they were, the
Eraser was non other than miss Misato Yukimura the talent manager and boss of
Cosmopop.
And Rumiko was right the Chizu corporation was under the control of the faction E.G.O. the red cyber-suited psychic was miss Chizu herself.
What in the hell did Murdock get himself into? Why couldn't he find himself some actual normal clients to work with? One's who didn't have super powers and didn't blow things up when they got mad. Murdock shook his head in disbelief,
Why?he wonder of all the cases to choose from why did he have to choose this?
"how can I be so stupid?" he said as he slapped himself on the head.
"why didn't I look into it?"
"No one could have imagined this, What the hell am I going to do?" Murdock then smacked himself on the head again and said"Of course I know what to do, I stay and fight this ,fight this to the end until I win !"
"I am not afraid of anyone or anything. I am the man without fear , I am the Daredevil !" he said standing up with his arms to his sides his hands balled into fist, breathing the cold air inside his lungs as the doubt left him and A wash of confidence came over him as he reminded himself of who he truly was underneath those cloths that he wore and in a way that gave him power.
Still standing in the freezing cold he began to shiver a little, his slippers now wet from standing in the snow.
Muranako poked her curious head out of the side of the door she asked"
Mr. Murdock are you okay? Did you get scared when the house was shaking? Is that why you ran out of the house so quickly?"
" that right Muranako I was scared, I thought the house was going to fall that why I ran outside" lied Murdock
The little girl smiled patting the side of his arm and said " its okay Mr. Murdock the earth quake is over, the house is not going to fall. you can come back inside now"
Matt stepped back inside the house headed up the top of the stairs leaving Muranako at the front door
"where are you going?" the little girl asked
"I'm going to my room to change into my work cloths I'll be out in 30 minutes"
Aiko suddenly stepped out of the kitchen into the front of the house and joined the Muranako side and spoke" Mr. Murdock I just got off the phone with Miss Chizu , she has schedule a meeting with you at one 'o'clock. The limo will be coming around at 12:30 to pick us up, I want you ready bye then. Muranako will also be accompanying us to work as well"
" yeah! I'm going to work with Untie Aiko!" little girl said celebrating waving her hand in the air.
Murdock just nodded his head as he went into his room and closed the door.
Today was going to be a busy day and the hero of hells kitchen was not going to miss it for the world, Matt sat down on his bed as he open his suitcase holding
the red uniform in his hands, he grinned as he was happy to dawned the costume once again.
