Elektra/Daredevil

Written By: Angel of Neptune

Disclaimer

I do not; in anyway, own Daredevil or Elektra, who both are a part of Marvel. This fan fiction merely uses the characters involved within those two comics.

Title: Holding Onto Hope

Genre: Comic/Romance/Drama/Action

Setting: Two years after Returning To You.

Author's Note: Here it is… the last chapter. –sniff- Which only means the prequel is just around the corner. :)

Thanks for reading this story all the way through. Thanks for breaking over one hundred reviews. You guys are simply awesome. I hope you all enjoy the upcoming prequel.

Summary: (Sequel to Returning to You) Two years later, Kingpin seeks revenge from the Daredevil. Elektra isn't really adjusting to the whole soccer mom/house wife routine and is determined to return to herself. A visitor from an alternate world makes an appearance to 'help.'

Chapter Ten

It's Over

Matt's and Elektra's Apartment

Following Morning

They had spent the night out in the living room. Elektra pulled out the sleeper and they had literally stayed up half the night talking to each other. Now the sun was just barely raising and Matt had his arm wrapped around his beauty, pulling her closer to him as her gaze rested on him. She looked a tad bit confused, "Shouldn't you be getting ready for work?" She questioned, muffling out a yawn.

Normally, Matt would be up and ready by now, but not this morning. It appeared that he wasn't going to get ready either. He knew what time it was. He knew that he had to get to work within the next hour or two, but hell, what was the point?

He shook his head lightly, "I've decided to keep the office closed until I can find another decent partner. We don't really need the money anyways." He pointed out with a shrug of the shoulders.

Elektra frowned at him. He didn't want to work alone, that was the problem, "I'm sorry about Foggy, Matt. It's all my fault, Bullseye was after me-"

"Don't you ever say that again." Matt instantly replied. "It's not your fault, you understand me?" He asked. She didn't answer. He placed a tiny peck of a kiss on her cheek as he relaxed once more.

A small sigh escaped Elektra as she pulled away from Matt, "I'm going to take a shower." She mumbled as she stood up and headed towards the master bedroom.

Her hand wrapped around the door handle as she gazed over her shoulder and then back. She placed her free hand on the edge of the door, a few inches above the handle as she tried to muffle the noise the door made as it opened. She peered inside, expecting to see Jamie fast asleep inside, but she was wrong.

Jamie was no where to be seen in the room. Elektra even checked the bathroom. No one was there. She turned around back into the bedroom. Her eyebrows narrowing slightly upon finding a folded up piece of paper on the nightstand near the framed family photograph. She walked over and picked it up.

The writing had to belong to Jamie's. It was elegant, very feminine. Surely, it wouldn't belong to a random killer of Bullseye for that matter. Something told her that Bullseye wouldn't take the time to fancy up a note, especially one that explained that he was going to be going after himself.

She read the note over and over again, shaking her head as she finally placed it back down on the nightstand. It was pretty clear. Jamie was going after Bullseye; she wanted to get back to her own time because she couldn't stay here any longer.

Elektra turned on her heel and headed out of the room and back into the living room. Matt had dozed back to sleep. She frowned as she climbed back into the sleeper and shook her awake, "Jamie's gone after Bullseye alone." She stated, springing him wide awake.

"What?" He quickly questioned.

"She left a note. She can't stay here anymore. She's gone after Bullseye." Elektra explained. "Alone. She's going to get hurt or, worse, killed. I won't be able to live with myself if anything happened to that girl."

Matt sat up, rubbing his forehead, "Then go." He replied. "I'll watch Jay."

She nodded slightly.

Sewers of Manhattan

Silently, she twirled both her sais in her hands in little figure eights as she walked along the edge of the pavement. She glanced down at the murky water from the corner of her eye in disgust. This was all very sickening, yet a perfect place to the rat to hide, "You can stop hiding now, Bullseye." She informed. "I know you're hear, scumbag."

He had to admit, she was pretty good for someone her age; for someone who dedicated her whole life into studying these arts. Bullseye turned the corner. He was standing yards away from Jamie's back. However, distance doesn't matter in a situation such as this. His hand reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a ninja throwing star. With his perfect aim, he could easily leave her bleeding to death without anyone else knowing of her whereabouts. The thought caused him to smirk as he threw the star.

Jamie smirked herself as she heard the whirling of the star heading directly towards her neck. With lightning quick reflexives, the young twenty one year old woman turned around, holding up her left sai inches from her neck. The ninja star bounced right off the blade and clattered onto the ground. She tilted her head to the side as she watched Bullseye's face fall, "Your programming must be off." She mocked with a shrug of her shoulders.

She drew her left sai back down to her side, "This is the final straw. You won't be able to harm them anymore and I'll make sure of it."

"Don't get cocky, Princess." Bullseye replied. "One deflected attack won't allow you to win this." He pointed out.

"No, but there is a reason why they call me the Treasure, dirt bag." Jamie remarked, bending her knees; lowering herself into a fighting stance. "This is one fight you won't be able to walk away from."

"Over confidence." Bullseye's smirk grew.

"Try me." She merely replied, lunging forward; towards him. She drew her right sai back slightly and brought it forth with a quickly flick of the wrist, knicking Bullseye's skin. Jamie pulled her hand back and twirled her body around with her left heel, using her right leg to kick him square in the chest.

Bullseye teetered on the edge of the pavement and then stumbled back into the murky, filthy water below. Jamie stood on the edge, holding up her sais over her head so they criss-crossed each other, "I'm not afraid of you."

"You should be." Bullseye warned as he pulled a hand gun from his coat. He instantly took aim at the woman and fired. Jamie side stepped and lunged at him once more, pushing off the edge of the pavement. Her heal applied pressure onto his lower gut and she elbowed his neck, pinning his head in the water. With her free hand, she stabbed his kneecap, knowing there was no protection over his joints.

Bubbles surfaced the water, muffling out a scream from the man. Jamie stood up straight, releasing him. Bullseye staggered to stand up. He leaned against the wall, "The poison should have finished you off by now."

"It's going to take a lot more then just a little bit of poison to finish me off." She remarked. He didn't need to know that it was actually Matt who had found a cure for the dangerous poison, otherwise it would have most certainly worked.

He shook his head as he withdrew the sai embedded in his knee, "You may want this back." He murmured, thrusting forward. Once more, Jamie side stepped and brought her sai up against his neck. She pivoted in order to stand behind him. She grabbed his armed hand and held it against his back, keeping her sai against his neck at all times.

Bullseye rolled his eyes and he used his free arm to elbow Jamie in the chest. As the woman doubled over, he held grabbed hold of the pipe over his head. He swung himself forward, using his good leg to kick her into the water.

"Like mother…" He began, picking up Jamie by the neck. "Like daughter." He added, holding up her sai in his hand.

Jamie smirked lightly, "You have no idea." She murmured, stabbing him directly in the neck with a ninja star that had been hidden in her belt. She twisted the blade and they both tumbled over into the dirty water, him on top of her.

She was stuck.

This guy was a dead weight. The damn metal was weighing him down, right on top of her. She squirmed and wiggled, trying to set herself free. She paddled her arms around. God, she could feel her lungs cracking; demanding for air, when her hand wrapped around a pipe. Light shown upon hope once more as Jamie wrapped her other hand around the pipe. She, with some difficulty, pulled herself free.

Instantly, the woman sat up, gasping for air, spitting the access water that had gotten into her water. She gagged and pulled herself onto the pavement. Jamie rolled over onto her back and just laid there, regaining her breath slowly.

After a moment, she sat up and picked up her sais from the water when she noticed something; someone moving from the corner of her eye. She quickly turned around, barely catching a glance of Kirigi. So… Bullseye wasn't working alone. Why didn't he help him? She frowned lightly. No, she wasn't going to go after Kirigi alone… at least, not looking like this and she smelt of sewer water.

Matt's and Elektra's Apartment

That Night

"I had no luck finding her or Bullseye." Elektra stated as she walked through the front door of the apartment hours later after her search had begun. "This damn city is way too big to find one person. It's like looking for a needle in a hay stack; nearly impossible."

Matt had ruled that he would stay behind to watch their daughter seeing how Abby had enough on her plate to deal with at the moment. There was no reason to add an extra burden on the young girl right now.

"I've searched all day." Elektra added as she sat down on the living room couch where Matt currently was. "What if Bullseye got to her?"

"I don't think he has." Matt replied.

Elektra's eyebrows narrowed slightly, "Why do you think that?" She asked, curious.

"Because she's right outside the window and smells just like crap." Matt lamely replied as the window to the living room drew open and Jamie climbed right inside. Matt was under exaggerating when he described the smell. The poor blind man nearly gagged.

Elektra released a sigh, "Where have you-"

"Bullseye's gone, but we got more on our plate." Jamie quickly stated. "It appears that our little friend had a partner… maybe: Kirigi. He's out and about." She added and then heading towards the master bedroom to get to the shower. She didn't feel like answering questions at the moment. Elektra went to follow her, but Matt grabbed her hand and pulled her back, shaking his head.

"It'll do us all a favor if she showers first." He remarked.

"Kirigi can't be back." She murmured.

"Why not?" He asked. "You were brought back from the dead. Abby was. I was. Why can't Kirigi be?"

Elektra rubbed her forehead, "It's just not possible. The Hand doesn't know how to properly use our art." That wasn't a suitable answer for Matt. He continued to stare at her. She shook her head, "I'll go order dinner."

Twenty Minutes Later

Jamie had taken her time to properly shower, ridding herself of the awful smell of sewer water. She sighed lightly as she stood in the master bedroom, still wrapped up in the maroon colored bath robe. She rummaged through Elektra's garments, trying to pick out something simple that the woman wouldn't mind she was wearing.

A knock came from the door. Jamie's eyebrows narrowed slightly in puzzlement as she gazed towards it. It was their room. They didn't have to knock, "Yeah?" She replied.

Elektra cracked the door opened and peeked her head inside, "Dinner's on the table. Chinese." She stabbed and then started to walk away.

"Umm, can I barrow something to wear?" She questioned, causing Elektra to turn right around and step into the room. "Something simple?" Jamie added. "I didn't plan on staying this long…"

A small smile came to Elektra's face, "Its fine." She replied, stepping inside her closet. "I'm not sure if our styles are similar…"

"Pair of jeans or sweats with a sweater." Jamie answered in a mumble. "I'm not one to dress up on a daily basis."

"And why not?" Elektra questioned as she pulled out a pair of hip hugger black jeans. "You have an excellent figure, no extra weight to hide. Most likely have someone waiting for you back home in your time, right?"

Jamie shook her head, "I'm just a college student; a law student. I really don't have anyone waiting for me." She looked up towards Elektra with a weak smile. "And I'm use to it."

Elektra threw in a white spaghetti strap at Jamie's last statement, who glared at her. "You're mocking me." She murmured.

"Hurry, before the Chinese gets cold." Elektra replied, dismissing herself from the room. Jamie silently laughed to herself as she stared down at the outfit her oh so dearest mother had picked out for her. She was being serious was she said everything about the jeans and sweater. She felt more comfortable when she felt hidden from everyone else.

Five Minutes Later

Jamie exited the room, tying her hair up into a pony tail. God this felt so weird. Her shoulders were bare, mid drift showing along with her belly button. The jeans firmly hugged her hips, note the name hip huggers. She could fell the heat of embarrassment creeping up on her. The clothing curved to her figure. There was nothing to cover anything up. Not only that, but she was wearing this in front of her parents and it was all Elektra's fault.

This was cruel punishment for running off to deal with Bullseye alone, wasn't it? She wouldn't be surprised if it was. She took in a deep breath as she walked into the kitchen and took the empty seat at the table. She reached for an egg roll. Elektra looked up with a small smirk. Jamie merely shot her a glare. She cleared her throat, "I'm sure I saw Kirigi right after."

"Why did you go alone?" Elektra instantly questioned. "You could have gotten hurt. Bullseye wasn't someone to have been taken lightly and then figuring out Kirigi was with him… Jamie."

"I need to get back to my own time." Jamie replied. "To do so, I had to take care of those who are causing a time ripple because I swore Stick I would. Trust me, I wasn't expecting Kirigi. I was ready to leave after Bullseye was gone." She pointed out. "Now that I found out that Kirigi is here also, I gotta stop him before I can go home. I want to go home."

"You didn't need to go alone." Matt remarked.

"And risk you guys getting hurt?" Jamie asked. "I don't think so."

Elektra raised an eyebrow at that statement, "We're your parents-"

Jamie instantly looked up glaring. Someone stepped into holy ground; something totally off limits, "No." She sniggered. "You're not. You're that toddler's parents. Not mine."

"What's the difference?" Elektra replied.

"My parents died for the sake of me." Jamie hissed. "I watched them die years ago."

Elektra pulled back slightly, "You aren't going after Kirigi alone."

Rooftops of Hell's Kitchen

The two women stood on a random rooftop in the dead of night, both staying extremely silent. Neither of them wanted to speak. There was too much tension in the air between them. For the first time, Elektra had pinched a nerve in the young woman. She should have known better.

A sigh escaped from Jamie and she glanced over towards Elektra, "So what is it about this place? Standing on the roof attracts bad guys."

Elektra shrugged lightly. Jamie nodded to herself, "Weird…" She mumbled under her breath. Truth be told, she forgot how cold Elektra could be. She couldn't blame her. Jamie snapped at her… right after Elektra had went out of her way to comfort her. She bit down on her lower lip. This wasn't going to be easy; a rough night, indeed.

"Why didn't you ever bring your father back to life?" Elektra questioned.

Gee, wasn't that a nice question to try to re-break the ice… "We couldn't find Stick in time." Jamie replied. "Otherwise we would have."

Silence fell upon them once more, but it didn't last long. Kirigi, long and behold, finally stepped out of the shadows, "Time for a re-match, I see."

In pure reaction, Jamie whipped out a sai and threw it with great velocity at the man. Kirigi smirked. This girl, he could already tell, was over confident in her skills of the arts. He lifted one of his katanas into the air. The sai bounced off. In a blink of an eye, he was in front of Jamie, hand wrapped around her tender throat, "As the future Treasure, you should really step up to your title."

With ease, he picked Jamie up a few inches off the ground and tossed her aside as if she were a mere bag of potatoes. Jamie landed on the ground after ramming her head against the edge. She was going to be out for a while. Kirigi turned to Elektra, "Just like her mother. Over confident. What have you been teaching her?"

Elektra shook her head lightly as she withdrew her hidden weapons. She was ready for him. She defeated him once. She could do it again. Kirigi withdrew his other sword and smirked. This was the end of the female assassin, he swore.

He dashed towards her, swinging both blades, one after another. Elektra took a couple of steps back as she matched his moves with a block. He wouldn't allow her to take to the offensive. He made sure that she stayed on defense. He was going to tire her out and then finish her. She leapt back. Kirigi twirled on his heel, swinging one of his blades around.

Elektra waited for the moment his guard fell at the end of his attack. Now was her chance. She stepped up, bring her sai up over her head and brought it down. He lifted up his blade and blocked her attempt. He leaned in close to her face; merely an inch apart. He smirked and forced her back.

"You have improved." Kirigi remarked. "You're doing really well."

Out of the corner of her eye, Elektra watched Jamie slowly come around. The young woman rubbed the back of her head as she blinked her eyes rapidly, trying to regain focus of her surroundings. Everything was blurry and slowly growing clearer. Jamie pulled her hand back from the back of her head, grateful to see she wasn't bleeding. She was sure the force of that blunt would have done more damage then just a little bruise on the head.

Jamie gazed up; towards Elektra and Kirigi who were both staring each other down. She caught Elektra's eye and her smirk. Jamie's eyebrows narrowed slightly as she gazed at Kirigi, who's back was turned to her. This was going to be too easy if it all worked out. She just needed to be extra quite, right? She stood up, trying to keep as silent as possible, and picked up one of her fallen sais on the ground. As sleek as a cat, she took steps up to him, carefully shuffling her feet and keeping herself crouched down.

She was a few inches away from his back. She could feel her heart beating against her chest. This was it. She would wound him and Elektra would finish him off… and she would be going home. Her grasp around the hilt of the sai tightened as she thrust it forth, deep into his flesh. Kirigi's eyes widen as he gazed over his shoulder. "You never turn your back to your opponent." Jamie pointed out.

He was being mocked by this woman. He growled lightly. It wasn't over. He lifted his katana sword and held it over his head. He could still strike her easily. Elektra stepped up and trusted her own sai into Kirigi's gut, "She's right."

They both pulled away and turned their heads as Kirigi disappeared in a flash of blinding light. Elektra turned back, smiling lightly, "We make a good team, don't you think?" She stated. Jamie returned the smile, however, she did think that that was all too easy.

A small sigh of relief escaped Elektra, "Let's get you home."

Rooftop of Matt's and Elektra's Apartment

This was it. Jamie stood in front of a void which was flashing different colored lights every few moments. She was going home, back to where she belonged. She sighed lightly as she turned around to face the other three with a small smile. She walked over to the little toddler who was trying to hide behind Matt's leg. She knelt down and ruffled the child's hair.

"Be good for your parents, alright?" Jamie said in a soft tone. "They want the best for you, kid." The toddler merely nodded and she shuffled even further behind Matt.

Jamie stood up straight in front of Matt. She wrapped her arms around him. He held her close, "You stick at law school. I know how hard and frustrating it can get, but you're the next best lawyer to happen to this city." Her smile grew as she placed a kiss on his cheek before turning to Elektra.

Both woman stared at each other until Elektra decided to pull her into a tight hug. Jamie rested her chin on Elektra's shoulder, blinking back tears as Elektra began to stroke her hair before taking a step back, "Thank you… for all of your help."

"It was nothing…" Jamie murmured.

Elektra kissed the top of her forehead, "Take care, sweetie."

Jamie nodded slightly as she then took a step into the void, which instantly closed afterwards. Elektra sighed as she picked up the toddler from behind Matt into her arms. Matt wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

The End

I hope you all enjoyed this fan fic. Look out of the prequel that should be out by the middle of next month, hopefully a lot sooner! Keep your fingers crossed!

Hoped you paid attention to a few of Jamie's quotes. Some of them give away moments in the prequel. ;)