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Chapter 16- The Destroyer

New York City

Faith returned to the apartment to see the lock was broken, and was immediately on alert as she sneakily opened the door, and walked in.

On the other side of the couch, she could make out a figure looking through stuff.

Faith walked to the side, careful not to be seen, then got behind the figure, who was a woman with long, dark hair and a leather jacket.

Faith grabbed the woman from behind and as she turned, Faith punched her, sending her crashing to the ground.

"You punch well, bitch", the woman snarled as she got up. "I punch harder."

With that, the woman charged really fast and punched Faith back, sending her falling down too, then tried to smash her foot on Faith but she rolled to avoid and used her feet to kick the woman back.

She then flipped up, only to get another punch. The woman then kicked her back.

But while strong, the woman was still weaker than Faith, and not really skilled, she was a brawler.

Faith blocked her next punch and spinning, elbowed her face, dazing her and staggering her back. She then decked the woman thrice swiftly before spin kicking her to the ground as the woman groaned.

"You're the one who's sneaking into my home and I'm the bitch?" Faith asked, confused.

"What? Your home?" The woman was confused too. "This is Murdock's home."

"I live with him", Faith said. "You know him?"

"Heard he's missing, came to look and find something out", the woman said, and now Faith realized she wasn't her enemy.

"Here", Faith held out her hand, and the woman grasped it as she was helped up, then she tried to punch again but Faith blocked and head-butted her, dazing her.

"Hey, stop hitting", Faith warned.

"Just wanted to get back at ya for the beatdown, bitch", the woman responded.

"You call me that again and you'll get another", Faith threatened as the woman took a swig from her bottle.

"Wait, I think I've seen you before", Faith's eyes narrowed.

"I can say the same", the woman's eyes narrowed too.

"What's your name?" Faith asked.

"Jessica Jones."

"Oh!" Faith realized. "The superhuman PI, Matt mentioned you." Faith looked Jessica up and down. "You are just like he said."

"So, where's blind boy?" Jessica asked, taking another swig.

"Gone to do something really important", Faith said as she sat down.

"When will he be back?" Jessica asked with another swig.

"No idea", Faith shrugged. "Now get out."

"Fine", Jessica sighed as she walked out.

"And Jessica?"

"Yeah?"

"Next time, knock."

"All right, adios!"

With that, Jessica was off, as Faith saw night time was approaching fast and decided it was time finally.

Faith ran over rooftops, dressed up as Daredevil, and leaping off the building, used the cable between the club to swing as she down near a now stopped truck she was following, and opened it, letting the captured women get out.

"Go!" She yelled as the women, who'd otherwise have been sold into forced prostitution, ran off, and the 2 drivers of the truck came out.

"You….." One yelled in anger as he tried to fire at her but she hurled her club and it deflected off the wall, hitting his hand as he lost his gun, and she flipped, getting the club back, and kicked his face hard, knocking him out, before spinning and decking the other one, taking him out too.

Later, Harlem

Faith was now in battle with 2 more criminals, these ones part of a gang as they were about to start a gang war. Faith flipped to avoid the shots, then hurled her club at one's face, knocking him out before flipping while catching her club and spin kicking the other out too.

A third arrived and tried to take out his gun but she grabbed him by the collar and pinned him to the ground, raising her hand when it was caught in a strong grip, and she turned to see Luke Cage.

The guy tried to run but Luke grabbed him with his other hand, then demanded Faith. "What is going on in my neighborhood."

Faith kicked Luke's chest with both feet, sending herself away as she flipped and landed, and he muttered about the maneuver. "Sweet Christmas!"

Luke knocked the guy out and said. "You're not Daredevil, you're a woman, I know the guy."

"Well, I'm guessing you've heard he's away then", Faith pointed out.

"Yeah, is it bad?" Luke inquired.

"You could say that", Faith sighed. "None of us know what's gonna happen to him."

"So you became Daredevil then", Luke realized.

"He approves", Faith shrugged.

"In that case", Luke held out his hand. "Count me as your ally, and thanks for helping out here."

"Not a problem", Faith shrugged as she shook his hand.

At Hyperion in LA, the hotel was under attack by Sluks which had appeared at the place due to Angel's and Lilah's attempt to recorporealize Sahjhan. And now Gunn was gone after one of the sluks had infected Fred.

Fred was now sitting in the kitchen between Lorne and Cordelia, guzzling water.

Groo told Angel. "Angel, there are too many to fight our way out."

Angel nodded. "I know."

Angel walked over to Fred and took the water bottle away from her as she snapped. "No! Need water!"

Cordelia called out to him. "Angel!"

Lorne advised. "Go easy!"

Angel pushed Fred up against a pillar, holding the water out of her reach, and then demanded. "I want to talk to that thing inside of you now. I wanna know what you are."

Fred said after a beat. "We're thirsty."

Angel requested her. "Work with me, Fred. Make it answer me. What do you want here?"

Fred, or rather the sluk infesting her, said. "To live. - To live. - To drink", she let out a gasping laugh, "and be merry. - It hurts - us. We have to get out."

The pipes over head started to rattle. Cordelia realized. "It sounds more like they want in."

Fred, or the sluk through her, spoke. "We have to flee. It brings pain. Such pain."

Lorne inquired. "It? What happened to we? What's with the pronoun switcheroo?"

Angel read through the lines and asked. "What are you fleeing from?"

The sluk revealed through Fred. "The bringer of torment - agony - death. - The Destroyer."

Cordelia shook her head. "Oh. - That is just not the name you wanna hear."

Angel asked. "Why is this Destroyer after you?"

The sluk said through Fred. "It's not. - It's coming after everyone- Angel."

At New York, Faith was now in battle with a masked man, and he was skilled enough to give even her a fight in spite of her Slayer strength and enhancements.

She ducked to avoid a punch from before flipping back as he tried to sweep her feet from under her, and as she landed, he spin kicked her face, sending her staggering back a little.

He then tried to elbow in a spin motion but she grabbed his elbow and pushed him off as he flipped and landed once more.

He then tried to spin kick her but she ducked to avoid and grabbing his foot, hurled him away as he crashed to the ground, groaning.

She walked to him but he rolled away and flipped up, then attacked with two swift spin kicks which she leapt back to avoid both times, and then he flipped and tried to land on her head with both feet but she backed to avoid again and as he landed, she kicked him on the back, sending him crashing once more.

Faith then walked to him but suddenly his fist glowed and he tapped her lightly in the gut, making her fall down, groaning in pain. As he started getting up, she gritted her teeth, resisting the pain, and grabbing his feet, pulled him down and he fell as well.

She was about to punch when he took off his mask and revealed. "I am Danny Rand, the Immortal Iron Fist."

Faith let him go and both got up as she asked. "So, why are you fighting me glowy fist?"

"I knew Daredevil", he said.

"I know", Faith groaned.

"So when I heard he was missing, I knew you were a replacement", Danny told her. "Which you being a woman confirms, I fought you to see if you were a worthy replacement."

"Don't need your seal of approval", Faith rolled her eyes as she walked off."

"Even if I think you are worthy?" Danny asked and she turned to him with a smirk, and he smirked back. "I and Colleen can help you out if you want."

"Thanks, and offer's appreciated", Faith told him before leaping away as Danny smiled, realizing this time Matt had left the city in better hands than even him.

"Matt sure knows how to pick 'em", Danny muttered before walking off and leaping away himself.

Gunn had reached out to Wesley. "Look, I don't have time to get into it with you. I don't even wanna be here. The hotel is infested with something. Some kind of slug, jellyfish type thing. We don't know what they are", he paused as Wes just walked past him. "- or how to kill them."

Wesley muttered. "Well, now, that is a problem."

Gunn told him. "These things, there's hundreds of them. They get inside you and soak up the whole moisture out of your body. They drink you alive."

Wes was fiddling with stuff on his table. "Why come to me. I'm sure Angel will figure out a way to kill them eventually."

Gunn revealed. "That's not what I'm looking for. I need to know how to get these slugs out of someone who's been infected, force it out somehow."

"Sorry."

Gunn was unconvinced. "Don't give me that. - If you could see what these things do..."

Wes was unmoved. "Wish I could help."

"Wes..."

Wes turned to look at him. "Sorry you wasted your time."

Gunn finally spilled the beans. "It's Fred."

After a beat Wesley turned and took a bottle of booze out of a cabinet.

Gunn asked. "What? We're gonna have a drink now? Did you hear what I said? She is dying!"

Wesley reminded. "I was dying. Throat cut, life pouring out of me. - You know why I fought to live again?"

Gunn started. "Wes, I don't have time."

Wesley told him. "I fought to live so I could see my friends again, to explain to the people I loved and trusted my side of what happened."

"We know what..."

"You don't know anything." Wesley threw the bottle at Gunn, who caught it. "I'll help because it's Fred, but don't come here again. Any of you."

In New York, Faith was in battle with some more thugs as she swept one's feet from under him, then spin kicked another away before grabbing one's arm and flipping him down, then she leapt and kicked two more out before flipping in the air and hitting one's head with her feet, getting him too.

There was one more and he died from a gunshot as Faith turned to see Frank Castle lowering his gun.

He turned to Faith. "Something different about you, eh Red?"

"Well, yeah", Faith said as Frank smirked and chuckled.

"Ah, a woman now", Frank realized. "What happened to him?"

"Why do you care?" Faith asked him.

"Well, I heard something happened to 'em and came to check up, because in spite of everything, I do respect the guy, he's a hardass", Frank told her. "One of the few non-Marine guys who I don't mind doing the 'Semper Fi' gesture."

"Well, he is in some trouble, I have no idea what he's going through currently", Faith confessed. "So I became Daredevil because he'd want me to."

"And you're doing a darn good job", Frank shrugged as he looked at the thugs she'd beaten up, then walked off. "See you around, Red."

Later

Faith returned home and took off her mask, putting it down. Well, this was an interesting day. Beat up thugs, and met every single street level hero Matt had known, and all of them seemed to like her as the replacement.

Or maybe she wasn't a replacement. She was Daredevil too, a different kind. Approval or not, she was going to do this as long as Matt wasn't around.

She looked at a photo of herself with him sadly, and lying on the couch, held it to her chest before going to sleep.

At Hyperion, Gunn was forcing Fred to drink more booze while Lorne and Groo held her. "Come on, baby, drink."

Fred pulled back and started to choke and cough, finally spitting out the sluk. Groo stabbed it before it could skitter more than a few feet. Gunn sat down beside Fred.

Cordelia was helping Angel battle the remainder and was holding onto to a slug, keeping it as far away from her as she could as it flailed at her arm.

A bright white light was starting to illuminate her from the inside as she called out. "Angel..."

Angel slowly took a step back away from her, staring as she asked. "What's - happening - to - me?"

Cordelia slowly lowered the bug in her hand, staring at Angel as the glow emanating from her became brighter and brighter. A wind started to howl and the light shot out from Cordelia, obliterating everything with its brightness.

Lorne, Fred, Gunn, and Groo flinched as a pulse of white light washed over them.

Basically, every single window in the hotel lit with a the bright light, radiating out into the night - then the whole place went dark again.

Lorne was standing in the lobby. He switched out his flashlight as the lights came back on, and he asked. "Okay, unless anyone else has something to say, can I be the first to say: what the hell was that?"

Angel and Cordelia were coming out the basement door behind him as Angel revealed. "Cordelia. That was Cordelia."

Groo commented. "You are truly a goddess, Princess."

"Yeah, she is", Angel agreed.

Cordelia hugged him. "Well, demoness anyway. Beats horns and a tail."

Angel chuckled as Lorne reminded. "Hey! I'm standing right here!"

Angel saw Gunn help Fred to lie down on the couch and asked. "Is she okay?"

Gunn nodded. "Yeah. I, ah, got this idea. Alcohol, dehydrates the body, gets the slug out."

Angel just stood there and looked at Gunn, crossing his arms, so Gunn confessed. "Okay. So I took off when those things started coming out of the floor. It's not like I was running out on you. I was..." Angel glanced down at Fred. "Look, someone I care about was dying. I couldn't just sit around and debate strategy. I saw an opportunity to - to get some kind of help." Angel just looked at him. "Look, I did what I had to do, and if you don't get that... - Yeah, I guess you do."

Angel asked. "So, are we good?"

Gunn gave him a slight nod.

Lorne then reminded all of them. "Good? We're not good! Is everyone forgetting we got a little unexpected company on the way? It goes by the initials 'the Destroyer?'"

Fred now sat up. "The Destroyer. I remember the Destroyer's coming."

Cordelia nodded. "Yeah, we got that. Any idea when?"

Fred realized. "Uhm, I think - now."

Everyone turned as there were some static discharges in the air above the pentagram and an ugly demon beast dropped out of the air.

It roared at Angel, but before it could do more, it was struck by Hellfire and screamed in pain, disintegrating into nothingness.

And then they looked up, eyes widening in horror as a large Demon flew down, skin completely red, golden fangs, long claws, and eyes looking bloodshot, and it had two monstrous wings protruding on either side.

But then they saw a mark on its chest, and a bundle in its arms, and the bundle let out a wail. It was a baby!

And the mark, they remembered to whom it belonged.

The Demon growled at them as Angel, Cordelia, Lorne, Fred, Gunn and Groo watched with wide eyes, realizing who the Demon and the baby were.

"Matt?"

Hell yeah! Matt is back! The Destroyer was never Connor in this, it was Matt as Abaddon, and he is back with baby Connor. How Connor is still a baby will be explained in next chapter.

And hope Faith as Daredevil meeting the Defenders and Punisher was enjoyed too.

Thanks a lot to Brainstorm Sorcerer for the help here.

Hope all enjoyed and see you all next time with another chapter.