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Revelations II
The next day Sarah woke up around 9AM. She remembered last nights events. Her nightmare, then her waking up, crying, Matt comforting her, getting her a glass of water, him listening to her speaking about her dad. Then she cried again, Matt comforted, whispered reassuring words that made her calm down. Then she suddenly remembered Matt kissing her on her forehead. She blushed instantly, her cheeks turning red. She was glad to have met Matt. As Daredevil and as Matt Murdock. She realized last night that he cared deeply for her. She guessed it was because of The Hand and because she figured that he was angry when he spoke about them. She wouldn't ask him about it, she figured he would tell her something that he was holding back.
Sarah then got up from her bed. She then walked towards the bathroom. She cleaned her face with water and put some light mascara on. She then walked over to her kitchen. She made herself mac 'n cheese and some coffee. As she ate her breakfast her thoughts went to Matt. How she met him both as Matt Murdock and Daredevil. How she started working with the vigilante and how Matt helped her client win a case in court. How she talked with few times and saw that he was guarded, giving vague answers and how all of this time he could sense her heartbeat, her talking when he was blocks away. At first Sarah was creeped out by it, but then she became curious about it. Also the one time she saw him fighting, She saw him move gracefully, using environment to his advantage. She saw him doing flips, she figured he was like a gymnast. She saw throw his billy clubs which such accuracy and precision and how he used the billy clubs to beat up criminals and thugs. She also saw how he used his fists and legs for punching and kicking, but she realized he was beating up criminals and thugs more violently and aggressively. She realized it wasn't the usual Daredevil, he would beat criminals and thugs up, but not that violently and aggressively. She realized when he came back as Daredevil his demeanor changed, when she didn't know who he was under the mask, he angrier and pissed off more than usual, when she figured out his secret identity he softened around her because he could trust her with his secret. She also realized that she was angry and pissed off at him after discovering his secret identity. Before that she thought he would tell her truth about him being Daredevil after he was nervous around her and giving her vague answers. She was betrayed by him and he broke her trust, she thought he was going to tell her that he's Daredevil. Then he explained everything to her and told her truth. After that night they became friends, he trusted her fully. After taking down the Albanian mafia with Matt, Sarah started to slowly trust Matt again. It was a week and their friendship grew stronger and they started bonding. But last night when Matt hugged her and comforted her she felt safe in his strong arms. And when he kissed her on her forehead to assure that everything would be alright. That made her warm, but if he just lowered his head down and her lifting her head up they would surely ki—. Sarah blushed and her cheeks were now tomato red. She shook her head as a smile appeared on her face. She finished eating her breakfast, stood up. She walked over to her kitchen and put the dishes in the dishwasher.
Sarah then walked back to her bedroom. She took her camera from her nightstand. She walked over to her table that she moved out of her P.I office firm. She sat down and logged on her computer. She then connected her camera with her computer with a cable and then put the pictures that she took yesterday in a folder. She then printed the pictures with her printer that was beside her computer.
After a few minutes the pictures were printed. She them took out of the printer and put it onto her table. On her right she took a file from her cabinet. She opened the file and looked through it. It contained evidence about The Yakuza that she gathered in her investigations. She had already made a file on the Albanian mafia last week and updated her sub file on The Yakuza which now were called The Hand. She figured out that The Hand made a deal with the Albanian mafia who needed help in regaining their old territories after Wilson Fisk's arrest. And The Hand took this opportunity for their heroin distribution, the Albanian mafia accepted that part of the deal in exchange for Grade A weapons. She knew that both sides needed this deal but in the Albanian mafia in Hell's Kitchen disbanded. She wondered what The Hand thought about this and how would they respond. She then looked at the pictures, pieces of newspapers, papers that she wrote notes on. She knew something was brewing in the criminal underbelly of the city. She knew that Matt knew too that something was brewing on the horizon. Sarah then looked at the pictures that she took yesterday and looked at them closely. After a few seconds she gasped. She knew exactly which criminal organization or gang those two men were a part of. Dogs of Hell. Sarah thought. She had to call Matt and tell him about this.
Sarah put the files and the pictures from yesterday back into the cabinet and closed it with a key. She then got up and walked to her living room. There Sarah took her phone from the coffee table and turned the phone on. She then clicked on her contacts list and dialed Matt's phone number. After half a minute the phone dial disconnected. Sarah tried again but the phone dial disconnected once again. Sarah frowned. When she called Matt he would pick up her phone call immediately. She knew that he went back to patrol last night after checking up on her. What if he got hurt? Sarah was wide eyed. She immediately clicked on a app that showed the small tracking advice that she put on Matt's jacket. She saw that the red dot was blinking in his apartment. She figured that maybe Matt was in his apartment. She had to check it out. She walked to her bedroom and put her casual outfit on. She took her phone and keys and walked towards her apartment door. She opened the door, stepped outside, then closed the door with a key. She then walked downstairs. After she exited her apartment complex she flagged down the first cab.
Sarah stepped out of the cab. She payed the cab driver and then walked towards Matt's apartment building. She then opened the door and walked into a hallway. She ventured up the stairs. When she arrived on Matt's floor she banged on his apartment door a few times. "Matt.", Sarah said. "Matt.", Sarah said. She then perked her ear onto the door and listened to the sounds in his apartment. After a few moments she didn't hear anything. She then decided to enter his apartment through his roof door.
Sarah entered Matt's apartment through his roof door. She then walked down the stairs. She saw that Matt wasn't in the living room. She then walked down the stairs and opened the bathroom. Matt wasn't there. Suddenly she heard thrashing in his bedroom. She quickly flung open the bedroom door and saw Matt mumbling in his sleep. She realized that he was having a nightmare. She walked over to the side of the bed when Matt opened his eyes and lunged at Sarah. In a matter of seconds Matt twisted Sarah's arm behind her back. "M-Matt.", Sarah said as her arm was twisted behind her back uncomfortably. "M-Matt!", Sarah said with a hint of an anger in her voice. "S-Sarah?", Matt said with a shaky voice. "It's me Matt. You just had a nightmare. I came in to check up on you.", Sarah said as she felt pain in her left arm. Suddenly she felt her arm being freed. She then felt Matt hugging her from behind. Sarah yelped at the sudden gesture. "I'm s-so s-sorry S-Sarah. M-my s-senses w-were d-disorienting m-me.", Matt said as he started crying into her shoulder. With all of her strength, Sarah turned around in the hug and hugged Matt back. She cradled his head and stroked his back with her left arm. "Shhhhhh. It's okay Matt. I knew when you woke up that you were on the edge. Just breathe and try to relax.", Sarah whispered as she rubbed circles on Matt's back. "I'm so sorry. I should've known it was you checking up on me. I feel so embarassed now. I—", Sarah interrupted Matt. "Shhhhh Matt. It's okay. I forgive you. Walk with me into the living room. I'll get you a glass of water", Sarah whispered. Matt reluctantly stepped away from the hug, he then turned around and walked towards the other side of the bed and grabbed a t shirt that was on the bed. He then turned around towards Sarah as he started putting on his t shirt. Sarah stared at his muscular upper body and she saw many scars and bruises on his upper body. Sarah blushed. Her cheeks turned red. Matt sensed that Sarah was blushing. You alright?", Matt asked with his furrowed brows. "Yeah—yeah. Walk—walk with—with me—me towards—towards the living room—room.", Sarah said breathlessly as she tried to hide her blush. But she realized that Matt sensed that she blushed. Matt smiled sadly at her and then started walking towards the living room. Sarah took his hand as they walked together towards the living room.
As Matt sat down on the couch. Sarah walked towards the kitchen to pour a glass of water for Matt. "Bottom shelf on the left.", Matt said as he heard her shuffling items in kitchen. "Thanks.", Sarah said as she found a glass. She then turned around and poured a glass of water. She then walked towards the couch. She gave Matt glass of water. "Thanks.", Matt said. "No problem.", Sarah said a she sat down on the couch beside Matt. She watched as Matt drank a big gulp of his water. "Do you want to talk about your nightmare?", Sarah asked softly. "Yes. Because of your presence and voice I feel a lot calmer.", Matt said as he put down the glass on the coffee table. Sarah blushed a little bit. She smiled at Matt. "Alright. I'll listen.", Sarah said as she leaned on the couch.
"Her name was Elektra. We met when at a party when I was at Columbia. We hung out, we hooked up. We saw each other a lot. We talked about and learned a lot from each other. One night we broke into a mansion that belonged to one of her fathers business associates. I actually didn't want to go into the mansion but she persuaded me with her charm. We drank some wine and ate some cheese. Then we both someone enter the mansion. She then went to check who the person was. A few seconds later I heard fighting. I walked to the hallway when I saw a man tied up to a chair. Elektra told me that the mans name is Roscoe Sweeney. He was the one who ordered for my father to be gunned down after he refused to drop in the fourth round of that boxing match. Sweeney recognized and threatened me. Then I started punching him. After a few punches I stopped after tears started going down my face. I then wanted to call the police until Elektra stopped me and wanted me to kill Sweeney. I told her couldn't. Reason why is because it wasn't my decision because of my Catholicism, because I have faith, beliefs and morals, because I believe in God. She was shocked. I took the phone again and I called 911. After a few seconds I realized Elektra was gone. I stood there in shock and alone.", Matt said with sadness in his voice. Sarah gaped, she was wide eyed, her jaw was slack. "Wow. That is—", Sarah said as she was interrupted by Matt.
"Yeah. Few months ago she returned to the city after I had a good date with Karen. I was shocked and confused as I realized she was there. She asked for help in taking money from a shady company that had her fathers money in it. I declined and then she left. The next day I was on a nearby rooftop. I heard her speaking to the chair board. The company name is Roxxon. Owned by The Yakuza aka The Hand. She planted a hacking bug into their system. The next night I went to her apartment suite to confront her about her lying and manipulating me. She tricked me into fighting The Hand's henchmen. We beat the henchmen and then agreed to work together. We went to a party organized by The Yakuza. She wanted to find a ledger that contained The Hand's operations. Later we figured out that it was encrypted. After that we found out a hole being dug underneath the city. We were suddenly attacked by Hand's ninjas. We fought against them but Elektra got poisoned by a sword. Then Stick returned and me and him fought off the rest of the ninjas. Then we went back here and Stick made some kind of healing potion that helped Elektra heal. Stick then revealed to me that he knew Elektra. I got angry at him and wanted to punch him in the face. I then back to the bedroom where Elektra was resting from the posion and asked her if I was a mission. She said that I was, that her mission was to get close to me and persuade me in joining Stick's war against The Hand. But she said that she refused with the mission because she fell in love with me and that she didn't want to snuck away the light that was in my darkness. A day later Stick left the apartment after I guessed he and Elektra agreed how I would fight The Hand my way. The same night I was attacked by one of The Hand's ninjas. I didn't hear his heartbeat. I beat him up and took his mask off and threatened him, but then I realized he was just a kid. Then Elektra killed him. I was shocked and then I felt pain in my right shoulder from an arrow. I was in and out of counciousness. The next morning I woke up and told Elektra that our partnership had to dissolve because we were corrupting each other. Which was true. A few days later Elektra and Stick wanted to kill each other because he thought she got soft and she thought he was delusional. I broke up their fight. Stick told me and her that she was the "Black Sky." A prophecy The Hand believed in. We fought against them and then few nights later they kidnapped every person I've saved from the past year and a half. We then went to a warehouse where they held the hostages. Me and her argued about what we should do, but I went towards the warehouse. I jumped through the window and into the warehouse. I beat up their henchmen and saved the hostages, one of them being Karen. Then Elektra arrived and we started fighting off The Hand's ninjas. We then ran onto the rooftop. The ninjas were led by a ninja named Nobu who I fought at one of Fisk's warehouses last year. He died but he was resurrected. We fought off against Nobu and his ninjas. Then we only fought him and after a few minutes he wanted to stab me with Elektra's blade, but Elektra got in his way and he stabbed her with her own blade. I couldn't save her. I tried but to no avail. I then fought against Nobu and few ninjas. Then I heard a sniper clicking from a nearby rooftop. It was The Punisher. He sniped the remaining ninjas and then it was me and Nobu left . I beat Nobu to the pulp and shoved him from the warehouse roof top with my billy club. He fell four stories down. Stick killed him. I nodded towards The Punisher who then left the nearby rooftop. I went back to Elektra. I sat down and I started crying. Few days later Stick and I attended her funeral. After few days I started talking daily with my priest Father Lantom. He comforted and consoled me. Gave me words of wisdom. Give me advice. He knew I needed it. I visited her grave twice a week. I grieved, but later I had to move on no matter how difficult and painful it was." Matt said with somber expression. "Sometimes I hear and feel her in my dreams. I sense her presence. Those dreams would turn into nightmares as she would insult me, tell me that I didn't do enough to save her. She would start attacking me with her blades. I would defend myself but she would have her blades. I would scream at the pain. Even when I wake up with a muffled scream, I would still feel guilty about what happened and would blame myself—", Matt said as he broke down crying. Sarah eyes widened and she quickly hugged him and intending to never let him go, to comfort him, soothe his pain. She would do anything to not to see him cry. She felt her heart ache for him.
"Shhhhh Matt. It was just a nightmare. It wasn't real. It wasn't your fault. You did everything you could to save her. It's alright to grieve but it isn't alright to blame yourself all the time for what happened. I know how it is. Trust me. I've been in your shoes. I blamed myself for what happened four years ago too. But I eventually realized that I had to come with the terms. Even if it was difficult and painful. I had move on. I promised to my dad that I would honor his legacy by helping people and bringing criminals and thugs to justice. You reminded me of that last night Matt. I'm grateful for it. I know it's difficult and painful to move on. But you have to. Otherwise you'll be in more pain than before.", Sarah whispered into his ear. She could feel Matt getting calmer. He then lifted his head up and leaned back onto the couch. He sighed. "Thank you Sarah. For listening, for understanding what I'm going through emotionally. I talked with Father Lantom about all of this. He would listen to me and understand what I'm going through emotionally. He would say similar words to yours. I'm always grateful for his words of wisdom, advice and guidance as I am grateful for yours.", Matt said as he calmed down. "No problem Matt. He sounds like a good man.", Sarah said. "He is. The point I'm trying to make is. I fell in love with Elektra. I loved her. I fell out of the love with her after she betrayed me. I forgave her but I realized that I might fall in love with her again. But that's over now. I have to come to terms and move on. Now I realize that we were together for moments.", Matt said as he completely calm down. "Sarah. I'm sorry for trying to hurt you. When I woke up from my nightmare and when I hurt you the night we first met in your apartment. I feel ashamed. I really didn't want to hurt you. I'm so sorry. If you don't accept my apology then I will understand. I—", Matt was interrupted by Sarah. "Matt I forgive you. I realized that you had to scare me to protect me from The Hand because of what happened before. And I realize the reason why you had to hurt me but didn't want to is because you didn't want me to get hurt.", Sarah said softly. "Thank you so much Sarah.", Matt said softly as he gave her a tired smile.
A few minutes passed in silence between Matt and Sarah. Matt sensed that Sarah wanted to tell him something important. "What's on your mind?", Matt asked. "Well when I took those pictures yesterday on my recon. I printed them this morning on my printer. I looked closely at the picture and two older men handing cash to three young men. I saw a small insignia on their jackets. They are members of Dogs Of Hell.", Sarah said. Matt cocked his head to the side with his brows furrowed. "Are you sure?", Matt asked. "Yes. I think they are the ones who are recruiting young people from poorer neighborhoods around Hell's Kitchen.", Sarah said. "Alright. But why would they recruit young people into their gang?", Matt asked. "Could be a lot of reasons. I could do another recon. I could—", Sarah was interrupted by Matt. "You did enough for today. I don't want you out there spying on someone alone. You should lay low for a while, until things cool off. I'll talk to Brett about this. Ask him if he found out any new evidence about this.", Matt said. "But I want to help—", Sarah was interrupted by Matt. "No Sarah. Please understand me that you have to lay low for a couple days until things cool down. In the meantime I want you to find out whatever you can about Orion Limited. I keep tabs on their building but I couldn't find out anything. It seems to me that their employees are oblivious to the suspicious activities of the company. Please do this for me.", Matt said. "Alright then. I will.", Sarah said. "I should probably get back to my apartment and get some more sleep. I'm tired.", Sarah said as she slowly stood up. "Also one more thing.", Matt said. "Yeah?", Sarah asked. "You said to me that your dad and brother trained you self defense. I've realized that you probably took either boxing or kickboxing classes. You can punch and kick pretty good. Your self defense is good too. So I've been thinking, to show you a few tricks that I have, that could help you out when you find yourself in a difficult situation. What do you say?", Matt asked. Sarah was surprise by this offer from Matt. She didn't know what t exactly say. She realized that she should think about this for a little bit. "I'll think about it. If that's okay with you?", Sarah asked. "It's okay. You think about it and let me know.", Matt said with a smile on his face. "Alright then. Thank you for your understanding.", Sarah said with a smile on her face. "No problem. I'll walk you to the door.", Matt said as he stood up. He then walked with Sarah towards his apartment door. Sarah opened the door. "Flag down a cab. And thanks once again for checking up on me.", Matt said. Sarah stepped out and turned towards Matt. "I will. No problem. Bye Matt.", Sarah said. "Bye Sarah.", Matt said. He then listened as Sarah descended down the stairs. He closed the door. He then listened as she exited the apartment building and then when she flagged down a cab. He listened as she entered the cab. Seconds later the cab driver started driving.
ELSEWHERE
"Who took this picture?", the main figure asked. "One of the members of The Yakuza. They gave us this picture when they saw one of our deals.", a man said. "Do you know who she is?", second man asked. "Yes. I do know who she is.", the main figure said.
A/N: Sarah gets a small breakthrough after one of her investigations. She had to tell Matt about this, but she was unable to reach him. She went to his apartment and saw him wake up from a nightmare. She comforted him. He explained the nightmare that's been going on for quite some time. He opened up to her and she listened and comforted him. Someone knows who Sarah Riley is. Who could that be? What will happen in the next chapter? Stay tuned. This chapter is based around Matt and Sarah. How he explained his history with Elektra, how she appears into his dreams that turn into nightmares, Sarah is there to listen and to comfort him. This chapter is a bit angsty like the previous one. Also I'm back from a small hiatus. I'm writing chapter 29. Leave a review/comment. It makes my day.