That night Matt went to Foggy's door and he knocked on it gently. He heard it squeak open slightly as Foggy appeared in front of him.
"Foggy I know what's wrong with me now." Matt started to explain to him.
"Well thank God for that." Foggy sighed. Matt sensed that his hand was moving to usher him in. "Come in and explain to us."
"Us?" Matt asked a little confused. He then heard the familiar heartbeats of Claire and Karen who must be inside.
"Karen and Claire are here too. We've been sitting here in my house for the past 4 hours trying to figure out how to help you." Foggy said in a concerned tone.
Matt didn't know what came over him but he suddenly felt a little touched that they cared about him. People were willing to stand by him even after he turned into a monster.
"Do you guys really care about me?" Matt asked shyly. Foggy came over to him and he put a firm hand on his shoulder.
"Just because we don't work in the same law firm anymore doesn't mean I don't care about you Murdock. We're still best buds remember?" Foggy said lightly and then Matt sensed him beginning to smile. "I mean even though we argue all the time ever since I found out you were dressed as a devil beating bad guys up."
Matt laughed and Foggy guided him to his slightly old and squishy sofa. He sensed Claire and Karen moving along to make room for him.
"Don't bother asking us both if we care about you because we do." Claire stated before Matt could even open his mouth which made him laugh again. It felt good for him to laugh. He needed to feel some joy in his life after the hell he had been through.
He then began to speak. "Before I explain I would like to say I am really sorry if I have hurt any of you and I realise now I wasn't acting like myself because there was something injected into me. I know that shouldn't excuse anything but I hope you can all accept my apology."
"I accept your apology." Foggy announced.
"I also accept your apology." Claire added.
"I accept your apology." Karen said. She then began to talk further. "But Matt there was something wrong with you. You shouldn't blame yourself for this at all."
"I feel like I should." Matt said quietly. He couldn't shake the feeling he was still responsible for this even if he was under the influence of something. It was him who had done these things with his own bare hands.
This only made Karen want to prove her point. "No you shouldn't. If anything we can blame Fisk because he was the one who did this to you."
"Hmm okay." Matt said in a tone which suggested he didn't really agree with her. However Karen didn't reply which meant she wanted him to continue with what he was going to say.
"Fisk told me that me and him had been fighting over something one day last week which I can't remember because the drug he used on me made me forget." Matt explained to them. "He had injected me with it when my back was turned."
"What exactly does this drug do?" Foggy asked.
Matt sighed as he realised he was going to have to tell them. "The drug enhances the brain chemicals that make you angry. It also makes you see or feel things that aren't there which will make you angry which explains why I thought there was a t-shirt which said Matt Murdock is Daredevil instead of just Daredevil. The drug also gives you adrenaline which increases anger."
"Holy shit." Claire muttered. He could sense the other two having similar reactions.
Matt ended his explanation awkwardly. "Yeah so that's why I have been acting bat shit crazy."
"Fisk is a son of a bitch." Karen said angrily. "If we were all kick ass crime fighters then I would suggest we should all go and beat him up."
"I agree with you there." Foggy replied. "But we can't. Only Matt can."
"That's the thing." Matt sighed again. "I can't fight him with this drug inside me because I may end up killing him which is not what I want to do. He said he had an antidote but obviously
he won't tell me where it is."
"You will need to find it then." Claire said urgently. "We can all come up with a plan."
He could sense Foggy and Karen nodding in agreement. Matt still couldn't believe these people wanted to help him after all that had happened.
Matt smirked good naturedly. "You will find it's a great honour helping the great devil of Hell's Kitchen."
"Don't get too cocky now." Claire replied jokingly and she punched him lightly on the shoulder.
Matt responded by giving a fake groan in pain which made them all laugh.
"I don't mean to darken the mood again but Matt there's a serious consequence to what you have done because of this drug." Foggy suddenly said in a serious tone.
Matt stopped laughing as he sensed this was bad.
"We may forgive you but the good people of Hell's Kitchen will never trust you again." Foggy continued. "They will look at you now in fear and run away because of your changed scary attitude around them. I'm not saying this because I disagree with what you do but because I don't think it will make a difference anymore."
"You want me to give up being Daredevil." Matt finished. He knew Foggy was going to say this when he started talking.
"I'm so sorry it's come to this Matt." Foggy said and he sounded like he was about to cry. "I really am."
Claire and Karen's heartbeats rose as they both waited for him to react angrily. To punch walls. To yell at Foggy until he was blue in the face that he was wrong. That he could never give up being the protector of Hell's Kitchen. That it was his job now and he had a duty to save people from crime.
But even though only the mere thought of giving up being Daredevil, this symbol of hope for the residents of New York and the true side of him, killed him inside he knew it was the right thing to do.
"I'll hang up my horns." Matt stated. It even killed him to say it but he quickly went on. "After I take down Fisk once and for all."
Claire, Karen and Foggy nodded and they all began to discuss a plan of how to find where Fisk was keeping the antidote without him knowing. They knew not to talk anymore about the decision because they knew how it was hurting him.
Matt knew there was only one thing he could do now. Find the antidote and end this with the most important and final showdown of his life and his career as Daredevil and make Fisk pay.
