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After they set off the fire alarm in the building, forcing everyone to leave the building, Spartan, Colleen, the Canary and the Green Arrow searched the building.
"No hostiles but there are three charges." Spartan said.
"No hostiles." The Canary called out.
"This place is rigged to blow two minutes after the debate in the city hall starts. Kind of reminding me of Midland Circle." Colleen quipped as she examined the bomb.
"Disarming one now. I hope this neutralizing agent works." Diggle said as he inserted a tube into the bomb but an explosion knocked him back.
"You OK?" The Canary asked upon hearing the explosion.
"Yeah. This place is booby-trapped." Spartan groaned. "Be careful up there."
"Or don't." Jackhammer said as he showed up. "It ain't polite to touch things that ain't yours."
Jackhammer swung his hammer but it was suddenly pulled away by a magnet.
"You're not the only one with tricks." Diggle quipped as he got up and engaged Jackhammer.
Colleen saw some charges bleep. "Look out!" She cried out as she tackled the Canary to protect her from the explosion. They saw Rosie with a nail gun as they rushed at her, exchanging blows as the Canary kicked Rosie back, while Colleen knocked the nail gun off her hand as a nail grazed her arm.
They appeared to be evenly matched until Colleen hit her in the head with the hilt of her katana, while the Canary bashed her in the face with her baton, knocking Rosie out.
In another part of the building, the Green Arrow engaged Hardhat, who attacked with a hammer before he saw Matt wearing a black shirt and jeans, with a scarf around his head and Muay Thai ropes around his arms as he was beating up Ruvé's security detail. Hardhat used the opening to kick the Green Arrow in the chest and knock him down but the Green Arrow got up and hit him in the face with his bow, knocking him out.
Matt knocked out the last of Ruvé's bodyguards as he neared her.
"You're going to tell me everything I want to know." Matt said.
"Stop!" The Green Arrow yelled as he stepped up in front of Matt.
"Get out of my way!" Matt snarled.
"What are you doing?" Oliver demanded.
"I'm done using half-measures." Matt said.
"Don't do this. This is the Vertigo, not you." Oliver pleaded. "You've come such a long way in the past three years, ever since Elektra, your mother and Karen. You do this, you're making a huge step back. And you're going to hate yourself forever."
Matt stilled.
"Don't listen to him. It needs to be done." Fisk said.
"Like I said, no half-measures, Red." Frank urged.
"The rest needs you. Us. Together. Please. Remember who you are." Oliver said passionately.
Matt then sensed that Fisk and Frank had disappeared as he left to help the team.
"I suppose "thank you" is in order." Ruvé said, looking like if she had swallowed a lemon, while Green Arrow turned to her, not even bothering to keep a poker face as he glared.
"Can't say I did this for you." Green Arrow sneered.
Jackhammer knocked Spartan down until Matt showed up and threw a stick at Jackhammer's head, knocking him out.
"All good?" Matt asked.
"Yeah." Diggle nodded.
"The charges have been disarmed. Good work." Green Arrow said.
Later, the Lair
"Looks like the debate has been postponed. Good news." Oliver said.
"You wore this, when you started as a vigilante, did you?" Sara asked, seeing Matt's black shirt, scarf, Muay Thai ropes and wooden sticks. "What? Missed the old times?"
"You could say that." Matt said. "When I was hallucinating, I saw Fisk. He said that I've spread myself too thin. I think he might be right."
"That's Vertigo talking or you?" Diggle questioned.
"This is me." Matt said. "Look, I'm not going to push you guys away. I'll be there if you need me. But… I realized that I can't have it both ways. I can't be both Matt Murdock and Daredevil. I need to focus, if I'm going to help you stop Darhk."
"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Oliver questioned.
"Look, I appreciate that you're all worried about me and we'll talk about this later but I need some time to clear my head." Matt said, walking away.
"Reminds you of someone?" Diggle asked as Sara chuckled, while Oliver good-naturedly rolled his eyes.
Darhk's manor, Stonehaven
"Hi, Daddy." Nora said, drawing pictures as Darhk entered.
"Hi, sweetie." Darhk said. "Nora, honey, there's someone I'd like you to meet. Nora, meet William."
Frankly, when I think about it, Malcolm telling Darhk about William in the first place, was a bit stupid and not because I think Malcolm might be a good guy, because I think he is an irredeemable monster but, as I've mentioned before, considering that Darhk and H.I.V.E. possibly had the resources of the same level as Ra's al Ghul and the League of Assassins, why wasn't he able to find out Oliver's identity or about William on his own? Oh, wait. I know. Guggenheim and Mericle. Idiots.
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