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Matt, Elektra, Jessica, Colleen and Misty were outside the room in the hospital as the doctors were operating Danny's knee and putting a brace on it as they were all frantically waiting for good news.

Elsewhere

Davos and Wu entered the Ryhno gang hideout as they beat up the punk kids before Ryhno aimed a shotgun at them but Davos used his Iron Fist to crash the doorframe, much to Ryhno's horror as he dropped the shotgun and raised his hands in surrender. "Yo, we good, man, OK?"

"I'm not here to do you harm. I've come to free you." Davos said.

"I'll be parked at the curb." Wu left Davos alone with the Ryhnos.

"How'd you do that?" BB asked Davos.

"I spent my whole life working towards this practice. Have any of you ever had a goal so great and true?" Davos asked the Ryhnos. "I've been eliminating criminals. You've been scavenging their remains. Is that how you wish to be seen? Carrion crows, living meal to meal. I can show you another way. I want to offer you all an opportunity." He pointed towards the horizon of New York. "This city has failed you. See, I come from a place where you're considered the most precious resource."

"What, are we gonna go hand out flowers up at Grand Central?" BB scoffed as Davos neared him and BB paled, hoping Davos wouldn't hurt him for his insolence.

"You live on the fringes. You catch as catch can. And what if all that effort it takes to survive a day, a week, a year, was directed to a noble purpose? What if I could make you warriors? I can offer you a place to study, give you instruction in the martial arts. You can help me turn this neighborhood around and perhaps, one day, this city." Davos offered.

"You for real?" Ryhno questioned.

"Oh, I am." Davos said. "Eden Towers at the waterfront. Do you know it?" The kids nodded. "Room and board for as many, who choose to join me. I will work you hard. But you'll all be better for it. Yeah? Trust me."

Davos left as the Ryhno gang eyed him carefully. "That is one strange dude." BB muttered.

Chinatown

Misty honked the car as Captain William Pike of Chinatown precinct approached her, while she went out. "Is driving south of 14th Street your idea of vacation?" Pike asked.

"Oh, you know me, I like to stay busy." Misty said.

"Oh, is this about the captain gig at 2-9? I'd say it's a good fit." Pike said.

"I wanted to see you about these Triad murders." Misty explained. "Now, the guy who's responsible for it is a psychopath, William. And he's got abilities."

"You got the man with bulletproof skin in your yard." Pike reminded. "I got one with a glowing fist."

"What do you know about it?" Misty asked.

"He's been all over Chinatown for months. He started out taking out petty criminals, then, a few weeks ago, he busts our plan to take down Yang and Ho." Pike said.

"This is a different guy. He has a red fist, the other has a yellow one." Misty argued. "I know it's tough to swallow but trust me, there is a real distinction. One is trying to do good and the other…"

"Yeah, yeah, red, yellow, either way it's a shitstorm." Pike grumbled. "I got the commissioner and the community board breathing down my neck."

"Well, give me a couple detectives and a few unis, I can bring him in." Misty offered.

"Thanks. I got it handled." Pike said.

"Listen, I've got a couple of leads I'm working…"

"Misty, it's not your problem to solve, OK?" Pike interrupted her. "I appreciate any information you wanna share, of course but that's where it ends."

"You're dragging your feet on this one, aren't you? You're just gonna let the brush fire burn itself out?" Misty realized. "Triad or no, people are dying, Pike."

"Go back to Harlem, Misty. You wanna go toe-to-toe with me on this kind of call? Take that job." Pike said, walking away as Misty glowered at his indifferent attitude.

Later, Chikara Dojo

"As long as Davos is killing Triad, Pike is OK to look the other way." Misty said and Matt clenched his cane. It reminded him of how indifferent half of the police force was towards Frank Castle's killing spree.

"That's unreal." Colleen said.

"Honestly, I'm not surprised." Matt pointed out.

"Yeah, no shit." Jessica grumbled.

"I've been at Bayard. The families of the victims are terrified." Colleen said.

"They should be. He is a wild card with a powerful weapon." Misty agreed.

"Can you go over Pike's head?" Colleen suggested.

"I don't think I should. I'm a detective on leave in his backyard." Misty protested and Colleen sighed in frustration.

"It's only a matter of time before the wrong person gets caught in the crossfire." Jessica pointed out.

"You going with Danny to PT today? How's he holding up?" Misty asked as Colleen leaned onto the desk.

"Mmm, as best as he can." Colleen said. "The doctors can't give us anything definitive about his recovery."

"He's a fighter. He's got this." Misty said optimistically.

"Yeah, and a stubborn kid. Trying to take us all on, remember?" Jessica reminded.

"The same scientist, who built your arm, built his brace. So, it's cutting edge. Ward's been all over it." Colleen explained.

"Meachum? He is alright." Misty shrugged.

"He did seem like a… good guy, even though he doesn't show it." Matt said.

"Well, I just don't see it." Colleen laughed.

"Really?" Misty asked as Colleen chuckled.

"Honestly, I've been trying to keep Danny's spirits up but… it's not just the leg." Colleen pointed out. "He had Davos. He had Walker…"

"And then it all went to shit." Misty nodded.

"No shit." Jessica grumbled. "Two close friends turning out to be complete psychos and morons. That's gotta be a bummer."

"I hope you guys have been taking time for yourselves." Misty said.

"Well, we have been working on the ledger." Colleen said. "I'm trying to crack this damn code. Thank you, Frank Choi." She opened the ledger and put it on the table. "OK, so each page is a different person, right? And they're paying in really unusual increments. So, it's like $10, $100…"

"And what, they were paying off loans?" Misty asked.

"Life debt." Colleen explained.

"Wait, what do you mean?" Matt asked, confused.

"Passage from China, forged papers, once they got here and then, rental agreements, furniture and shit like that for living arrangements. They paid either by money or by giving up other shit." Jessica explained.

"So, I think that could be the box." Colleen turned to the box on the other table on which was the box she had found in Bayard.

"Then, that means someone traded your family heirloom for passage into this country. Wow." Misty gapped.

"Maybe. Question is, who?" Colleen wondered.

"We'll help you get to the bottom of this." Matt promised before Danny entered, limping and walking with a cane.

"Hey."

"Hey. Good to see you." Misty said.

"It's good to see you, too." Danny said, sighing.

"What are you doing here?" Colleen inquired.

"And how are you even able to be on your feet?" Elektra questioned.

"Only hurts when I dance." Danny joked. "It's a Rand tech compression brace. Speeds up the process."

"The doctors know you're here?" Colleen asked.

Danny leaned onto the table. "I just wanted to come home. I couldn't stand the hospital." He sat down. "So, what's the latest on Davos?"

"Uh, eight more victims. All Triad." Misty said.

"Colleen said you were gonna try and speak to the police. Get some support." Danny reminded.

"Well, it didn't work out so well." Matt said.

"We're on our own here." Jessica added. "The plan stays the same."

"Are you sure you can beat the pretender on your own?" Maki challenged as everyone turned to her and Ikari, who were both the whole time sitting and meditating.

"We won't let you take the Fist." Izo glared at them.

"We don't want the Fist. Stopping the pretender is enough for now." Ikari said.

"Like hell we trust you, assholes." Jessica sneered as they went somewhere private in the corner, so that the Hand assassins could not eavesdrop.

"We'll find a way to take it away from Davos, so that Misty can arrest him." Elektra said.

"And then we'll get the Crane Sisters to do what they have to." Matt said.

"And what is that, exactly?" Danny questioned.

"They weren't certain on the details." Misty said.

"Only that they need the needles and the bowl, the one they mixed your blood in with the ashes." Jessica added.

"That was crucial." Colleen nodded.

"And Joy also said that she purchased the bowl for Davos." Matt said. "If we can find out where and from who exactly…"

"Ward said he saw Joy and Davos at an art auction." Danny remembered.

"Well, that's something." Jessica said.

"We'll look into it." Misty said as Jessica followed her before smiling at Danny. "It's good to see you back in action."

"Back in action?" Danny snorted. "Are you kidding me?"

"Look, your leg is still attached to your body." Misty pointed at Danny's leg as they all chuckled before they left the apartment.

Danny tried to get up as Colleen came to support but Danny stopped her. "No, it's OK, I can handle it."

"I wasn't implying you couldn't." Colleen said.

"I know, I'm sorry." Danny apologized as he entered his bedroom and put down his bag.

"If you'd called, I'd have picked you up." Colleen said.

"You've already wasted enough time dealing with all this." Danny said as he pulled his things out of his bag.

"Danny, we're your friends." Matt tried to reason.

"This is different. It wasn't an accident." Danny sighed as he sat down. "You could reach to Elektra. I thought I could too with Davos and look what happened." He looked at his leg. "And now he's out there with two Fists and I'm… I mean, what am I supposed to do?" He wondered.

"Come with me to Bayard." Colleen offered. "The police aren't gonna make a move, so we need to spread the word that Davos is out there."

"Danny, there are other ways to help. You need just time to heal." Matt assured him.

"You're right." Danny admitted.

Joy's penthouse

Misty visited Joy, who, frightened enough by Davos, reluctantly relayed information on the bowl she had found, giving address of Mika Prada, the curator, from who she had purchased it.

Bayard Community Center

"I thought you were upstairs. Check that bad boy out." Colleen handed Danny a poster as he sat down. "Pretty sweet, right?"

"It's a great idea." Danny said as he looked at the poster of Wu's car, in which Davos was riding.

"I was inspired by that crime scanner thing you use in the living room. So it's like the low-tech version." Colleen said. "Let's go home. It's been a long day."

"No, it's OK. Here, let me give you a hand putting these up." Danny picked one of the posters and hissed in pain as he got up and limped.

"OK, wait, wait. Danny." Colleen stopped him as he turned around. "I have been with you in PT every day, alright? I can see how much you're pushing yourself. I can tell you've been bottling up."

"I'm not the only one suffering from Davos' actions." Danny reminded.

"I know but you're not responsible for him." Colleen argued.

"I am." Danny said. "If he's capable of all this, then what's my part in it? We've been tied together since we were kids. All of this is happening because of me."

Colleen hugged Danny, trying to comfort him. "You really scared me, you know?"

"That's the last thing I wanted to do." Danny said. "I keep testing this relationship. Testing us."

"It doesn't come with an instruction manual." Colleen pointed out. "But I've been with you long enough to know something's on your mind."

"When we were training in K'un-L'un, there were a thousand days, when I would've given up, if it wasn't for him pushing me. It wasn't always gently but it was always in the right direction." Danny explained. "The idea of the cops hunting him in town, killing him, it terrifies me. And even after everything he's done, I still wanna find a way to reach out to him. Heal him. Now I understand why Matt wanted to trust Elektra and get through to her, despite what she had done. If he could do that, why can't I?"

"You want to see the good in people." Colleen realized.

"And there is good in Davos. Believe me." Danny said.

"I get it, I do. What you're feeling isn't any crazier than the fact that… I still care about Bakuto." Colleen admitted uncomfortably, crossing her arms and leaning onto the desk. "Even after everything he did to me. It doesn't change the fact that for years, he was the one, who made me feel safe. And smart and special."

Danny sighed as he stood next to her and wrapped his arm around her, comforting her.

New York

Wu kept on driving Davos around until he noticed him beating up and killing carjackers in an alley, despite them not being Triad members as he realized how insane Davos had become in his crusade to eliminate crime.

Elsewhere

"What can I help you with?" Mika asked as Misty entered her shop, with her badge and with Jessica.

"We're here about a bowl that you procured for Joy Meachum." Misty said.

Mika turned to them with surprised look. "I didn't even read my horoscope today. Is it bad?" She asked carefully as she noticed the looks in their eyes. "It's very, very bad, isn't it?"

"Tell us what you know about the bowl and nothing bad will happen, we promise." Jessica assured her.

"A Tibetan singing bowl from Ernst Erskine's collection. Very rare. Astronomically expensive." Mika shrugged. "That's what happens, when something's one of a kind."

"So, if I wanted it, that is the only one." Misty realized.

"What do you know about it?" Jessica asked. "Any detail will help. Large, small, anything."

"There was a whole section of it in professor Erskine's papers." Mika said as Jessica and Misty followed her. "And a thangka that refers to it."

"A what?" Misty asked, not understanding the word.

"A hanging scroll." Mika explained. "I can show you." She picked a box.

"All of this was Erskine's?" Misty inquired.

"He was a major collector." Mika nodded as Misty photographed the bell on which was a bird symbol like on the box Colleen had found in Bayard.

"Erskine's main focus was rare Asian artifacts from Tibet, Mongolia. This is a key piece." Mika put the box on the table. "Legend says it's from an ancient hidden city in the Himalayas."

"K'un-Lun?" Jessica tried.

"What's that?" Mika asked, not understanding.

"Never mind." Misty shook her head.

"The city of Shambhala Bhilai. Mentioned in the Vishnu Purana and the Zhang Zhang text of Western Tibet. Anyway, it's a gorgeous piece." Mika rolled the scroll to reveal two dragons in a circle and an ancient Tibetan text.

"It's a story." Misty realized.

"Too bad the language is dead." Mika said, disappointed. "Erskine believed the bowl to be key to some ritual or ceremony. People believe what they want to believe."

Misty took pictures of the unrolled scroll. "Don't you know it."

"Thanks for your time, Miss Prada, you've been very helpful." Jessica smiled.

"Not a problem. I hope I was helpful. And if was, let dear old Joy know it." Mika said.

Later, Chikara Dojo

"Hello." Colleen said as she opened the door to Misty and Jessica.

"Hey."

"Right on time."

"Jesus, I'm hungry like a wolf." Jessica said.

"It's vegan." Colleen warned.

"Of course it is." Misty muttered.

"How'd it go with Joy?" Danny asked.

"Joy sent us to the auction house, where she got the bowl." Misty said.

"Yeah and that bowl is unique and it is important to this ritual that Davos performed on you." Jessica said. "But maybe we have something." She showed Danny, Colleen and Elektra the pictures.

"It's a thangka." Danny realized, recognizing the painting.

"And the images on it, they tell a story." Misty nodded. "Depicts some kind of transfer of chi."

"How can you tell?" Colleen questioned.

"It's just like looking at the crime scene. The objects, how and where they lay, they just kind of speak to me." Misty shrugged.

"This text here, it's ancient Tibetan." Danny realized.

"Can you read it?" Colleen asked as Danny took a closer look at the picture.

"The way of uniting souls through the coil of a serpent." Danny read.

"Come again?" Misty asked, not understanding.

"It's the precise measurements needed and a specific hand placement to complete the transfer." Danny explained.

"That's great, right?" Colleen asked, hoping.

"This isn't a metaphor, is it?" Jessica asked as she pulled out another photo of one man touching another one's forehead, seeming to be draining energy.

"No, it's a warning. Here." Danny said as he read the text. "The transfer is a powerful and complex process, just like the spirit of the dragon itself. If mishandled, it could mean death for all parties involved."

"Great." Colleen groaned. "More good news."

"You know, when I got the call about Donnie Chang, I never thought I'd be a part of taking the dragon out of one guy and putting it back into another." Misty laughed.

"Yeah. My life was somewhat less crazier before I met you, guys." Jessica said.

"It's the spirit of the dragon." Danny corrected.

"'Cause that makes it better?" Misty snorted.

"Hey, this is still something we can use." Colleen pointed out.

"Chi and dragons. It's crazy." Misty muttered.

"You do realize you cannot stop him on your own, do you?" Maki said as she and Ikari entered.

"Oh, come on, what are those two bozos doing here?" Jessica grumbled.

"We want the same thing. Stop the false Iron Fist…" Ikari said.

"And steal it for yourselves? Not a chance." Izo growled.

"You're fools if you think you can stop Davos." Maki said.

"Why should we trust you?" Matt questioned.

"What other choice do you have? Besides, if we wanted the Fist for ourselves, we would have taken it from Davos already." Maki pointed out.

"Do we have another choice?" Colleen wondered.

"If you help us stop Davos, then what?" Elektra growled.

"Let's just say… all debts between the Hand and you regarding Midland Circle shall therefore be erased. K'un-L'un is gone. And it's obvious who has the advantage in seizing the Fist." Maki said. Suddenly, the lights flickered as the Hand assassins disappeared.

"What the…" Jessica muttered.

"I have a bad feeling about this." Matt said.

Elsewhere

Davos waited as Ryhno's gang entered, preparing to be trained by him as Joy entered, hoping to get the bowl from Davos discreetly somehow.

Chikara Dojo

Danny taped some pillows around a pillar before he started to pummel it as his fists were bloodied, while Matt, Jessica, Elektra and Izo were observing him training.

"Danny, you keep exerting yourself at this pace." Matt said as Danny kicked the pillar with his injured leg and screamed in pain as he sat down, panting out.

"Not your best idea." Colleen pointed out as she helped him get up.

"I'm sorry." Danny said.

"Don't apologize. And I didn't close the dojo because I was afraid." Colleen said. "I closed the dojo because I couldn't be a part of sending anyone else to their grave."

"I'm not gonna die." Danny said.

"You don't know that." Colleen argued. "You and Davos trained together but you never taught anyone. You don't know what that means." She passed by Danny, holding her bo staff. "When I teach someone, what they do, what comes from that, is on me." She turned around, facing Danny. "If I do this, everything changes between us. I'll have to separate myself emotionally from this. From you." She said, looking at her lover sadly as Danny sighed.

"I have no other choice." Danny limped forward.

"Yes, you do." Colleen said. "You've made yours. I've made mine." Suddenly, she hit Danny with her staff in his leg as he fell down, yelping.

"Can you give me a warning next time?" Danny grumbled.

""May I have a warning, sensei?" "No, you may not." Get up." Colleen ordered in much colder tone.

Matt and Elektra and Izo suddenly realized what was she doing as they observed. Danny got up with some difficulty before Colleen attacked with her staff. Danny managed to block her strikes before she hit him in the back as Danny screamed.

"Again." Colleen ordered. Danny panted out as he faced her. Colleen spun her staff as Danny blocked her attacks before she spun around and aimed at Danny's feet as he yelped again, falling down on the floor. "Again." Danny sighed, realizing that she wasn't looking at him as at her lover anymore… but as at her apprentice. And Danny had to humble himself and control his emotions, if he had any chance to beat her… and to beat Davos.

"Yes… sensei." Danny said, sounding humble and trying to keep his emotions in check as he got up. They weren't lovers anymore… right now, it was master and student.

"She's good." Izo noted.

Danny caught Colleen's staff before she kicked but Danny dodged. Colleen spun around as Danny grabbed her staff. "Better." Colleen smirked before throwing Danny down as he screamed. "Come on!" She ordered. Danny got up on his feet and roared, rushing at Colleen.

Ikari and Maki will return, don't worry. And side note, the part with Colleen training Danny was one of my favorite parts of Iron Fist.

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