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Chapter 13: Sixth or second fifth sense.
David began working with the Daredevil everyday. He began having much less trouble getting around the mansion. He was able to notice sounds and smells he had never noticed before. His appetite had returned to normal he began making amends for being a jerk to his friends. The one person he hoped to make up with the most however had been avoiding him. He would have to worry about that later though. His alarm clock was currently informing him that he had only a half hour before the days training session. David reached over to turn off his alarm clock before climbing out of bed and gathering clothes to wear for the day. One upside to losing his eyesight was David had become much more organized so that when he needed to find his shoes or a belt he always knew exactly where they were at. David reached in his closet for the high shelf that he kept his towels on where he promptly found a towel. He headed into the bathroom and found the handle to the shower door with little trouble. He turned the water on a lot cooler than he was normally used to. His touch had become more sensitive and he was no longer able to take the extremely hot water. Once it reached a comfortable temperature David stepped under the water. David found his body wash telling the difference by the slight difference in shape from his shampoo bottle. After finishing washing his body he reached for the shampoo bottle and washed his hair. After his shower David dried himself quickly and left the restroom. He reached for the clothing he had laid out on his bed and proceeded to get dressed for the day.
David left his room and headed towards the staircase he could now judge the distance to by the twenty-two steps it took him to get there. He walked down the first 14 stairs to the second floor. He headed to the next staircase and descended those 14 stairs. Once he reached the bottom he began walking his 17 steps to the front door. His count was interrupted when he was at 8.
"Hey David how are you doing?" The blonde he had knocked down several days earlier had said to him from across the room. As far as David could tell she was 12 feet and closing.
"Hey Tabitha, What's up?" David replied turning to face the blonde woman.
"Your getting alot better, a few days ago you would have wound up facing the wall."
"It's actually easier than you might think."
"It is great that you're adapting well, but what I find really amazing is that you are still able to look just as good being blind."
"Being blind doesn't affect my appearance Tabitha." David stated raising an eyebrow, wondering why she had said something so stupid.
"What I mean is your still able to dress yourself without looking stupid."
"Oh, gotcha." David said relieved that she really wasn't that stupid. "It's not that complicated when the only shoes you wear are boots and all of your shirts go with Jeans."
"Yea I guess your style is pretty simple."
"Tabitha your confusing me. Are you trying to compliment me or insult me?"
"Oh I'm sorry David compliment definitely. I was actually wondering would you like to hang out with me later?"
"I really don't know about that Tabitha?" Said David knowing he didn't want to lead her on when he knew she wasn't the one he really wanted. Even if he did find her attractive before he lost his sight.
"Your not still dating Jubilee, are you?"
"No"
"Well then I will see you later, bye David." Tabitha said as she quickly walked away before he could choose to refuse her offer.
"Did she just use one of my moves against me?" David said quietly to himself. "Well maybe she deserves a shot after all."
David realizing he was now not sure which way the door was, decided to use his training instead of memory. He held his breath for a second to better hear any sounds that were around. He stood for a few seconds but was unable to hear anything. Just then he heard a real faint chatter followed by the sound of a closing door and the smell of breakfast coming from slightly to his right. He knew that if the cafeteria was ahead and to his right then the front door was a quarter turn and straight ahead to his left.
"Got it!" David said audibly to no one in particular as he grabbed the door handle.
David headed out the front door and onto the lawn where he could hear birds flying over head, he could taste the moisture that settles on the grass in the mornings in the air. He began walking toward the pond past the basketball courts and tennis court where no one was out playing yet. He then passed the pool where he could hear the slight ripples being created as the breeze in the air swept across the water. All of these new sounds smells and tastes were all very amazing to David as he couldn't help but smile as he made his way to the pond that got even better since he became blind. Although he still wished he could see it.
"Matt, how are you?"
"David, How did you know I was already here?"
"Well for one you are never late, and as far as I can tell I am two minutes late. Apart from that I began picking up on your breathing about 8 feet back."
"Well you are actually 3 minutes late, but who's counting? And I can see you are getting a lot better. Still no luck with sensing energy?" Matted asked curiously.
"No not at all I thought it might improve with everything else. But so far it hasn't." David remarked solemnly.
"Well it is a another sense all together that I, myself do not have. Perhaps you should continue training your mutant abilities as well."
"Wouldn't that be dangerous without my sight?" David asked confused as to why Matt might be placing him in danger.
"The bigger the risk, the bigger the reward. Besides from everything I have heard, you are the last person to be concerned with danger." Matt explained.
"That was when I could see the danger."
"You can hear the Danger, You can smell the Danger, You can predict the danger before you are even in Danger. I have been teaching you everything you need to do these things and I must admit you Have been a great student. Seeing as how this is our final training session what do you say we run a danger room session. Besides I have never been inside of it." Matt admitted curious as to whether the stories he had heard could be realistic.
"Ok, but before we do can I ask you something?"
"Anything David I have nothing to hide."
"How did you meet the X-men? I have been meaning to ask but once we start training I get caught up in the moment and forget." Asked David as he rubbed the back of his neck.
"Long story short. A long time, lets say friend of Logan's named Sabertooth was tearing apart the kitchen. And I decided it was up to me to stop him. At the time I didn't know he had senses that rival my own or Logan's and when you add vision to that he had a clear advantage. I got lucky the X-men showed up when they did, or I might not be here today." Daredevil said with a slight grimace at the memory.
"Wow this sabertooth guy is really that good? And what the hell is the kitchen I have heard you mention it a few times?" David asked as more and more questions began forming in his head.
"Oh, I'm sorry I sometimes forget you are not from New York. Hell's kitchen or the Kitchen as I call it is the Part of Manhattan that I protect, both as Matt Murdock and the Daredevil. And yeah Sabertooth kicked my ass before back up arrived." Matt willingly admitted.
"You seem to be on pretty good terms with Logan. How did that happen?" David asked as he heard a chipmunk chattering off in the trees. "He's not exactly the easiest person to get along with."
"Well Logan has a Habit of getting in trouble with the law. After The X-men saved my ass we have kind of looked out for each other when necessary. As a lawyer I have defended him a few times."
"Yea that sounds like Logan." Laughed David picturing Logan with his arms crossed in a court room. "But it doesn't sound like Logan to let himself get arrested without one hell of a fight."
"He does it for Charles to avoid a bigger situation. It has yet to be anything I have not been able to get him acquitted of." Daredevil explained. "I am actually surprised you and Logan get along. As closely as your personalities match, I would assume that the two of you would clash."
"He has shown me a lot of respect since I met him. He helped to train me once or twice before I lost my sight. But he always calls me brave but stupid."
"I can see that." Matt said Jokingly.
"Coming from the guy that decided to be the worlds first blind super hero." David joked back.
"I guess you have a point there. Now, lets hit the Danger room."
The two walked back to the mansion exchanging idle conversation. Matt said nothing as David did the honors of leading the way with almost no trouble. They reached the elevator and David fumbled for a second or so but quickly found the button to call the elevator to their floor. When the doors slid open and the pair walked forward. David reached his hand out and slid a finger down the buttons until he reached the bottom one and pressed it. The doors shut and the elevator began to descend to the lower level. The door opened and David walked out first. He made a left turn towards the Danger room and reached the electric combination lock. He reached out and felt the buttons for a second to recognize which ones were which so he could enter his code. The door opened and David walked through, Matt following closely behind.
"What simulation would you like to run?" David asked Matt.
"I am unaware of the simulations available David, again I have never been in here."
"Right I was hoping you would know a little about it as I only know of 2 of them. The Meteor shower is great for my energy manipulation, but You would just be dodging Giant rocks. I say we run a warehouse simulation I ran with Logan. It is an obstacle course that shoots lasers at you as you run it. It gets progressively tougher as you pass through each door."
"No I think the meteor shower would be better as we are focusing on your ability to sense energy. You said you were able to see a white trail of energy surrounding the meteors correct?" Argued Daredevil.
"Yea and I know your good, but if you got caught in a bad situation your safety would be in my hands and without my sight I don't think I am ready to accept that." David responded knowing the lasers from the warehouse only sting a little.
"Risk and reward David, As far as I have already experienced seeing your student succeed is a great reward. Consider this your final test." Smiled the older blind man.
"Are you sure Matt?" David asked one last time.
"They don't call me the man without fear for nothing." Daredevil replied confidently while he was getting into battle mode.
"Lets do it then. Computer run simulation meteor shower."
"Program running. Beginning in 3,2,1 begin." Said the computerized voice.
The room began to change into the rocky crater filled surface that David was currently picturing in his head only this time he felt the air void of moisture and humidity he heard the computer operating as the room shifted and he was able to feel the feel the unevenness of the terrain better than before.
"Are we on the moon?" Matt asked amazed.
"Watch out!" David yelled as he picked up the sound of a small meteor whizzing through the air toward the surface. He reached to shove Matt out of the way only to find that Matt was no longer standing next to him.
"Relax David. You need to focus on your abilities I heard it coming just as you did. This is going to be for nothing, if you are too wrapped up in my safety." Matt explained to his protégé.
"Got it." David replied feeling less concerned Now that Matt had known enough to get himself out of harms way.
David stood still closed his eyes tightly and began to concentrate. Still nothing, No white surrounding any meteors. No Trail coming from them, only blackness. David Jumped to the ground narrowly avoiding a larger plummeting meteor.
"That was a close one David as scary as it may seem I need you to not rely on your senses that we have been working on as much at the moment, it is drawing too much focus off your abilities. You can worry about getting them all in sync later." Matt said trying to bring forth David's sixth sense or now his second fifth sense.
David held his breath to prevent his smell as there wasn't much of a smell in the Danger room to begin with. When David took a breath he realized that his and Matt's Scent had faded slightly. He then reverted to his old hearing allowing all the sounds to blend together. He stopped focusing on the terrain and it seemed as if he were just standing on a gravel road now. He then focused his mind back on the sky and faint white lights appeared in the sky. Trails began forming behind the white orbs. The more he focused the clearer they became. David looked around seeing white orbs crashing into the ground all over the room. He looked towards matt and what he saw amazed him.
"Matt, your blue."
"What?"
"Your energy, its blue. I expected red but that probably has to do with your costume." David said in a surprised yet excited tone.
"You can see it? That's great David but that's not what you should be concerning yourself with as of right now." retorted matt as he moved out of the way of another meteor.
"Right." David said slightly embarrassed as he Focused his attention back on the sky just in time to put his hand up and stop a meteor dead in tracks an inch from his face.
David smirked as he then tossed the meteor to the side. A second came shooting in a moment later and David pushed it away instead of even bothering to stop it. David looked up and Saw a rock the size of a small car that was planning to land about 50 yards away. Wanting to test the distance his power could reach, David focused all of his energy on it. He began to slow it down and then draw it in to himself. He pulled it to within 10 feet of himself before it hit the ground. Soft enough to not even Shake the room.
"David that is amazing your concentration is unnatural."
"If your going to do something might as well be the best at it right. That's why I push myself so hard." David remarked Confidently.
"I must say it is strange to see you like this you are completely different than you were when I first met you. Your confidence has skyrocketed even more since we entered the Danger room. Its like training is bringing out the real you." Matt said happy that David was showing his true colors.
"I feel like the real me now. It's all thanks to you." A humbled David replied.
"I'm Happy I could help. Something is still off though." Matt said trying to pick up on what was still holding David back.
"What do you mean?" David asked as he stopped a meteor and sent it flying back into the sky.
"I can't quite put my finger on it, but something is still distressing you. I have a feeling it has something to do with Jubilee. Tell me about her." Matt more demanded than asked.
"I'd rather not talk about that." David said as he was barely able to stop the rock that flew towards Matt.
"That's it, Its throwing your concentration off. What happened?"
"I said I would rather not talk about it. Especially right now, just drop it." David said agitation taking over the excitement in his voice.
"I can tell this is not an easy subject for you but it might be holding you back even further, preventing you from reaching your potential." Explained Daredevil after seeing how talking about the situation made David's abilities suffer.
"Matt, not now!" David said as he struggled to stop a large rock that was heading for them.
David's nose began to bleed as he strained, and the rock barely slowed. It was closing the gap fast and if David broke concentration now he would never be able to get out of the way in time. Just as the rock was nearing its target David got tackled out of the way.
"End simulation." David said pushing Matt off of him causing the room began to revert to the normal danger room. David got to his feet and began walking toward the door.
"She really means that much to you?" Matt asked the angry teen.
"She did." David said after drawing a deep breath his back still facing his mentor.
"She still does. I hear it in your voice every time you mention her name. The sadness is overwhelming." Matt said attempting to get David to open up.
"Try being on my end of it." David retorted more angrily than he meant to.
"I know how it is to feel like you lost someone David. I did lose someone. There was only one memory I blocked out when Charles linked our minds. Its one I used to try blocking out of my own mind. Her name was Elektra Natchios. Her life was taken from her by a man who goes by the name bullseye. He is a professional assassin and one of the Daredevil's greatest enemies. He was originally sent to kill her father. I tried to intervene and sadly I failed. Her father was killed by my own cane, and For a while she believed it was me that killed him. When she found out it was in fact bullseye she attacked him. In the struggle he impaled her with her own sai." Matt told his story his voice beginning to crack slightly at the end.
David drew a deep breath as he felt like a jerk for his self-pity knowing that not only was Jubilee still alive but under the same roof. "Matt I am sorry. Here I am, worried about a girl who is angry when you lost the one you cared for forever."
"I am not telling you this to make you feel bad David. I am telling you this because you still have a chance, and if she means that much to you and I can tell that she does, then you must do whatever you can to get her back."
"She avoids me. I haven't even seen her in days." David explained even knowing he was capable of finding her but he was too scared to face her.
"Use your senses you have her scent, you know her voice. If she is half the woman I expect her to be it will not be easy. I can not promise you that she will take you back, but something tells me she will at least hear you out. Tell her everything you wanted to say over the past few days. And when she does take you back if she does. Cherish her. hold onto her like its your last chance. I know if I could hold Elektra one more time I would in a heartbeat." Matt said his speech sounding like a bit of a pep talk.
"I guess after a speech like that I have to at least give it a shot. Now enough of all this sentimental shit let's get out of here." David Joked before walking out of the Danger room.