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Chapter 5- A firefly, ice cream and a deal
A trio of thugs surrounded a woman to mug her, all 3 holding knives.
"Please!" said the woman tearfully, "Don't hurt me!"
"We just want your money", said one of them before eyeing her with lust and saying, "And something else."
They closed in on her as she tried to call for help. Suddenly, a figure landed in front of her, shielding her from the three.
It was Daredevil.
The thugs pushed their wonder at Daredevil being in Starling City at the back of their heads and attacked. He grabbed one of their wrists and kicked him in the stomach before ducking to avoid another and flip kicking him away so hard that he was knocked out.
The previous one recovered only to receive a powerful kick to the face that shattered most of his bones. The third one ran away in fear but Daredevil threw his club and knocked him out.
The woman looked at him in a mixture of awe and fear. Like her attackers, she wondered what Daredevil was doing in Starling City.
Daredevil though, did not pay her any attention and jumped to a set of stairs and then to a rooftop, scanning any more threats in the night.
He then smelt smoke coming from a direction and heard people shouting. He could also hear something being sprayed from a noose.
A fire had broken out.
Daredevil started jumping to its direction.
A fireman called Danny was inside the building, cleaning the upper level.
He spotted another fireman.
"Hey you over there", he said to him, "I can use some help. I got a hot spot."
The other fireman walked over and then unhooked the spray nozzle. He then started spraying at Danny but before it could reach him, the fireman was knocked away by a flying object.
Danny had narrowly avoided getting sprayed and looked at the other fireman in shock.
"What the hell?" he asked him.
But both of their attention was occupied by the new arrival there- Daredevil. He caught his club on return.
"Get out of here", he said to Danny, "Report this to your chief."
Danny nodded and ran out.
"Why the hell did you try to kill your co-worker?" he asked him.
The fireman pulled out an axe and rushed Daredevil. He tried to take off Daredevil's head with it but he ducked and side-stepped to avoid a downward strike. He struck the man on the face with his club and his helmet came off, revealing a badly scarred man.
With his senses, Daredevil could detect the charred flesh.
"What happened to you?" he asked him.
"They left me to die", replied the fireman.
"But you don't have to do this", said Daredevil.
"Too late", said the fireman, "I'm already gone."
He pulled out a lighter to try to kill himself but Daredevil rushed him and grabbed his hands. He kneed him in the stomach and he fell down as Daredevil snatched his lighter. He knocked him out with a punch and then lifted him over his shoulder.
He then ran to a lower floor and jumped out from a window. He put the fireman on the ground as the Chief and Danny looked at him.
"Hand him over to the police", said Daredevil and then jumped onto a roof, disappearing into the night.
Oliver watched the news about the capture of the rogue fireman in the lair.
"Looks like you're no longer this city's favorite vigilante", commented Dig.
"Well", said Oliver, "As long as this guy does not overstep, I won't do anything about him being around."
"Have the two of you talked after that incident with the other archer?" asked John.
"Yeah", said Oliver, "Once."
"So did he find anything?" asked John.
"Nope", said Oliver, "But we finally managed to agree on something."
"What?" asked Dig.
"If some big crime is happening somewhere in the city", said Oliver, "The two of us will work together."
"I think this guy is trying to help, Oliver", said John, "Maybe instead of these temporary team-ups, you should ask him to join us."
"John!" said Oliver in annoyance, "We barely know him. And he has his own city to protect."
"Then why is he here?" asked John.
"Because he thinks whatever the other archer has planned involves both of our cities", said Oliver, "And he might be right."
"I was saying that because he has been a vigilante for two years", said John, "He even stopped a crime-lord like Wilson Fisk. We could use his help. Who is he anyway?"
"Not my secret to tell", said Oliver, "And I still don't trust him enough. The feeling's mutual."
Oliver walked off while John stood in the lair, wondering if Oliver would ask him for help sometime or if he would ask Oliver.
There was a knock on the door and Laurel opened it.
"Matt!" she said as Matt smiled and said, "Hi!"
"Hi!" she said, "To what do I owe this visit?"
"The fact that I did not last in the party for long", said Matt, "And I did not come empty-handed."
He then lifted out a tub of mint chocolate chip ice cream.
"Ice cream!" she said with a smile.
"Remember the days we used to eat them together after lectures?" he asked with a smile.
"Yeah!" said Laurel, "Come in."
Later, the two were eating ice cream together.
"Remember that day we went out for the first time?" she asked, recalling fond memories.
"Yeah!" said Matt, "Foggy always shipped us, didn't he?"
"He was worse than a shipper on a soap opera", she said with a fond smile.
"He called you over and left us alone", Matt recalled.
"And like you, I also wanted a quieter place", remembered Laurel.
But then Matt's expression turned a little grim. He seemed sad and- lonely.
"What happened, Matt?" she asked, concerned.
"Nothing", he lied.
"We may not be dating now", she said, "But you can still talk to me."
"Well, it's just that", Matt tried to say, "Foggy, he….. uh…. He left."
"What?" Laurel asked, shock clear in her eyes.
"Yeah", said Matt, "We had a huge disagreement during that thing with Frank Castle."
"I'm so sorry", she said sincerely with some emotion in her voice. The two had been such close friends in college. She could never have imagined that Foggy would leave him.
"Us losing the case was the last straw", said Matt, "But at least he got a job with Jeri Hogarth."
"Jeri Hogarth?!" asked Laurel with widened eyes, "As in 'the Jeri Hogarth?'"
"Yes!" said Matt, "Her. I think he is good there."
"Well", said Laurel, "I hope he found what he was looking for. What about you?"
Matt had no response to that.
A bunch of men were loading up guns in a truck. The driver and his companion were already seated on the front seat.
Suddenly, an arrow hit one of them and he was down. Another was hit and he fell down too.
"Go!" one of them urged the truck driver, "Get out of here!"
The driver quickly started the accelerator and drove off while The Hood landed among the remaining 4 thugs.
He easily knocked one out with his bow and then disarmed another with a fletchette. Before the other two could fire, he swept one's feet from under him and getting up, smacked the last man's hand with his bow, disarming him. He then knocked him out with a punch to the face.
He then turned to the one he had earlier disarmed and fired an arrow into his shoulder.
The man screamed in pain.
"What are you planning to do with the weapons?" he asked him, "Answer me!"
The man screamed in pain but didn't answer.
"The only thing more painful than an arrow going in", growled The Hood, "Is an arrow being pulled out."
He then started pulling it out and the thug screamed again.
"We're going to sell them!" he blurted out, "To the Bertinelli's."
"Where?" he asked, "Answer me!"
"Near the docks!" he said, "But you can't stop them. The Bertinellis are bringing an army."
The Hood knocked him out and followed the direction the truck had been driven to.
Matt and Laurel were still talking when Matt's phone rang.
It was the phone Oliver had given him.
"Excuse me!" he said which Laurel did.
Matt walked to a corner and received the call.
"Yes!" he said.
"Where are you?" The Hood asked.
"At Laurel's house", Matt answered, "Why?"
"How fast can you get to the docks?" asked The Hood.
"About 5 minutes", said Matt with a smirk, "Why?"
"A weapon deal is taking place", said The Hood, "And the Bertinellis have brought an army."
The Hood watched the exchange from above one of the large crates when he heard someone come behind him. It was Daredevil.
"So how many are there?" he asked him.
"Around fifty men with the Bertinellis", said The Hood, "And around ten with the dealers."
"This is the M4", said the leader of the dealers, "The US army loves to go to war with it."
Daredevil recognized the lead dealer's voice as well as his heartbeat.
"Turk!" he muttered angrily.
"Pardon!" asked The Hood.
"Turk Barrett! A lowlife from Hell's Kitchen", said Daredevil, "I caught him a few times."
"So here's the plan", said The Hood and started explaining.
The Bertinellis were still dealing with Turk when an arrow landed in their midst. Before they could do anything, it exploded, sending five of them down.
They did not notice that another one had embedded itself near them. It's explosion got five more.
They all looked around, firing into the air with their guns. They heard the sound of something metal hitting one of the boxes. Five of the men went to investigate.
They split up. One of them was roaming around with his gun near an open crate when he was suddenly pulled into it and knocked out with a punch from a hand wearing a red suit.
As two more came around, one of them looked up and gestured to the other. As the other one looked up, Daredevil leapt on top of him and knocked him out while the other one ran in fear. But soon, Daredevil leapt on him too and knocked him out by smashing his head on the ground. He heard a gun click behind him and threw his club at the attacker's head, knocking him out.
The last one was looking around when he heard something from a corner and fired. He fired at another corner and angrily yelled, "WHERE ARE YOU?"
"Here!"
The man gasped in horror as he turned around but was muffled as Daredevil put his hand on his mouth before getting behind him and tightening the grip until he was unconscious.
The others were still looking around with their guns when a third explosive arrow landed in their midst and exploded, this time getting ten of them.
One of them was hit by a club on the head and was knocked out. Daredevil caught it on his return and rolled away into the shadows while three of the men were downed by rapid arrows from The Hood. The Billy Club emerged from the shadows again, this time hitting a crate and rebounding. On it's return path, it hit one man and rebounding from him, hit another before going back to Daredevil's hand.
The leader of the Bertinellis was struck down by an arrow and the club knocked another one of them out.
The Hood then landed in their midst and with a spin-motion kick, got one before spinning around and hitting another with his bow, getting him too.
One of them aimed at him but was knocked out by Daredevil's club who caught it and jumped on another, rolling him to the ground and knocking away another who was nearing him. He then kicked the one he had rolled down on the face.
The Hood rapidly let loose two arrows in quick succession and got two more men. Daredevil flipped to avoid some gunshots and then disarmed the man with a flip before sweeping his feet from under him and knocking him out with a smack of his club. Turning around, he broke another thug's kneecap with his club and he was down.
The Hood ran to the corner to avoid some gunshots and fired his last explosive arrow, getting 7 more. Daredevil grabbed the neck of one with the cable between his sticks and rolling near him, managed to throw him off into two more. He crashed into them and was knocked out while the other two tried to get up. Both of them were knocked out when Daredevil kicked them on the face.
The Hood then downed another with a standard arrow and then smacked a thug away with his bow while Daredevil knocked one out with a punch and doing a spin motion, knocked out another behind him. The Hood gave another one a flying kick while Daredevil flip kicked the other and both were knocked out. The last one was simple knocked out by a punch from The Hood.
Now only Turk was left. He was cowering in fear at the sight of both the fearsome vigilantes.
"Hey man!" he tried to talk casually to Daredevil.
"Turk!" said Daredevil, "Getting back to old habits."
"It's just business man", said Turk, trying to defend himself, "Nothing personal."
Daredevil knocked him out with a punch and said, "It's just business."
He looked at The Hood who nodded.
"Thanks for the assist", said The Hood.
"No problem", said Daredevil, "I think the police should round up the remaining ones."
"Yeah", said The Hood.
The two nodded at each other and walked away into the night.
The Hood now trusted Daredevil more as he had helped him in this without any hesitation while Daredevil too trusted him a little more as he had made the right call when he needed help.
Malcolm sat alone in his office and frowned. More and more people were seeing Daredevil in Starling City. The Gnuccis were bound to find out soon.
But then he smiled on remembering something. If the need arose, he could use some really killer method to 'persuade' them and they won't dare defy him.
I admit. A little bit of filler but I hope I am doing a decent job with the Matt/Oliver dynamic and the Matt/Laurel thing.
The two needed to team up properly for once. I hope you liked seeing Turk. What has Malcolm remembered I wonder?
I think with Daredevil around, I could save Joanna's brother. Honestly, if Oliver did not feel freaked out after his experience with Merlyn, he would have handled him easily too.
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