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Chapter 13- Afternath
Chase stood at the door as Fisk looked at him.
"So, it has happened?" Fisk asked him.
"It has, Mr. Fisk", Chase said with a smirk, "It is going just as said."
"What about the other thing?" Fisk asked him.
"It's being worked on", Chase said, "The friends I have called will help me with that. I may not be around for a while because of that."
"No problem, Agent Chase", Fisk assured, "I just hope the fruits of this labor are sweet."
"They will be the sweetest fruits ever", Chase said with a smirk as he walked away and closed the door behind him.
Fisk then sighed and walked upstairs. He went into his room and looked at himself in the mirror. With the coat on, he looked very magnificent.
He straightened his white coat and walked towards a shoe rack. He eyed it with interest. Interest that no normal person would show in a shoe rack. But the shoe rack wasn't normal.
Fisk opened it, revealing it to be a secret door. There was a set of stairs underneath. Fisk walked downstairs and entered a darkened room with many monitors. A woman sat there.
"Show them to me", Fisk ordered her. That moment, all the cameras the FBI had put in the penthouse appeared, and also a camera which had been installed in the monitor room of the FBI Agents.
Agent Wellers and Agent Ramsey were chatting there.
"Are you hearing this? What happened at the Bulletin?" Ramsey asked Wellers.
"We should be there, not stuck here with this asshole", Wellers grumbled, "He go to bed?"
"Turned in early, nice and cozy, while the world explodes", Ramsey said.
After noting that, Fisk said, "And now the news, Mrs. Shelby."
The news popped up in all the monitors.
"But what we do know is that, according to eyewitnesses", a reporter was saying, "The brutal attack on the Bulletin staff has been carried out by none other than Daredevil. Along with another person who has been dubbed 'The Throwing Star Killer.'"
Fisk looked at the other channels. All of them were exploding with the news of the attack that had been carried out by Daredevil and 'The Throwing Star Killer', with some of them claiming they had other cohorts too.
Looking at all of the, a smirk came across Fisk's face. Adrian had destroyed Matt's life, and now he had destroyed Daredevil's reputation.
"You're missing the point", Matt told Maggie as he applied pressure on his wound, "He didn't just find someone to wear my suit. Someone as fast and skilled as I've ever seen, and I couldn't take him. He found someone to kill me."
Maggie tried to say, "Matthew-"
"I was stupid enough to think that I had Fisk and Chase cornered", Matt interrupted her, "They knew I'd find the witness, and I just brought the sheep to slaughter. Jasper Evans is dead. He's dead and he leaves a son behind, and that's on me! I was so sure that I finally was out in front of these bastards. And Fisk and Chase, they knew I thought that. They were waiting for me."
This time, Elektra tried to say, "Matthew-"
"Foggy and Karen both could've been killed", Matt continued ranting, "And there would have been nothing I could have done to stop it. Nothing."
"You're losing blood, Matt", Oliver pointed out.
"I need to stitch you up", Maggie insisted
"I listened to you", Matt said, "I listened to you, and they almost died. God damn it. I'm such an idiot."
"No", Maggie said, "I'm the idiot. I told you to involve your friends, and I made things worse. I'm used to putting on a brave face when people bring their troubles to the church. And I find that they don't just bring their troubles, they bring their answers, too, if you let them talk enough."
Matt sat down on the steps with Elektra's help as he applied pressure to his wound. Slade too applied pressure on his thigh while Roy cleaned it.
"But what you're dealing with is so far beyond my experience that", Maggie paused for a moment, "Well, all I can hope to do is help keep your wounds stitched and your head clear, so you can be safe. And I'll be more careful about giving advice to the Devil."
"I know you're just trying to help", Matt assured her.
"Now can I please stitch those wounds?" she asked. Matt nodded and Slade did too.
She walked off to get some instruments to stitch them up as Matt took off his shirt. She arrived and cleaned Matt's wounds with cotton while she gave some more to Roy.
"Who were those other people Chase called?" Matt asked Oliver.
"One of them was Ricardo Diaz", Oliver said, "He knows I'm the Green Arrow. He leaked a doctored photo of me in the Green Arrow suit to the media and the FBI almost arrested me, but the President saved me. I guess he knows who I am because Chase told him."
"Why would Chase even tell him, though?" Elektra asked.
"To distract us from him", Oliver said, "So he could force Cisco to build an interdimensional extrapolator to this Earth."
"Who were the others?" Matt asked before remembering something, "Slade, that man with the sword-"
"Yes", Slade said, "He's my son. Joe Wilson."
"What happened?" Matt asked, "Why is he working with them? And didn't Oliver give you Intel about him when he recruited you at Lian Yu?"
"Yes, the Intel panned out", Slade said, "But this was something none of us saw coming. We thought he had been captured by some mercenaries called the 'Jackals.' But in truth, he was leading them."
"I am sorry", Matt said with sympathy and Elektra too gave him a sympathetic look.
"Why did he become the leader of a mercenary gang with no moral compass?" Elektra asked.
"He saw Slade kill a man before the Mirakuru", Oliver said on Slade's behalf, as he knew narrating that again would greatly pain him, "He did not take that well. It sent him down on a dark path."
Matt and Elektra could only feel sympathy for Slade.
"The other three?" Elektra then asked, "Who were they?"
"I don't know", Oliver said regretfully, "Never seen them before."
"There's a rumor", Slade suddenly started narrating, "About three assassins. So skilled that even the League of Assassins fear them. One of them fires darts with different features. Another carries a shield which he wields like the finest of swords. And the third has the means to drown out all kinds of sounds. They are called- The Longbow Hunters."
"Longbow Hunters", Oliver muttered.
"Catchy name", Roy commented, "And catchy story too."
"Except it doesn't seem like a story", Matt said, "She drowned out all the sounds. I couldn't hear a thing. She made me ineffective."
"Well, we will try to make sure we neutralize her first the next time we fight them", Oliver said.
"Fisk and Chase, they are ten steps ahead of us", Matt said.
"You want to hear any advice from me?" Maggie asked.
"Yes. Totally", Matt said.
"Well, how good was that copy of your suit that the imposter was wearing?" she asked him.
After a moment of silence, Matt said, "It was perfect."
Then he exchanged a look with Elektra, whose eyes widened.
"What?" Oliver asked.
"We just figured it out", Matt said.
Melvin Potter smiled as he watched Betsy get into the police car.
"Love you", he said to her.
She smiled at him and drove away.
"So Betsy's your parole officer."
Melvin turned around to see Matt, in his black suit. With him were Elektra, Oliver, Slade and Roy, all wearing their suits.
"Please don't tell anyone", he begged, "It's against the rules."
"I don't care what you do with Betsy, Melvin", Matt said as he walked closer, "You know why we are here."
"Fisk made me make the suit", Melvin said immediately in his defense, "Did that man hurt you? I'm sorry."
"Who was he?" Oliver asked.
"He didn't tell me his name", Melvin said, "But I can make you a new one to protect you against him. It'd be a fair fight."
"I don't want a new suit", Matt said.
"You don't like it?" Melvin asked.
"I've outgrown what it stood for", Matt said, puzzling Oliver and Elektra a little, "When you made my suit, there were molds, there were measurements."
"At the workshop, maybe there's something", Melvin said.
"We've been to the workshop. It's been burnt down", Elektra said.
"Yeah, I burned it down because I didn't want to help Fisk", Melvin said, "But he made me a new shop, and the FBI Agent working with him threatened Betsy."
"Who's the agent?" Roy asked immediately.
"Some Cha-", Melvin tried to remember, "Special Agent Adrian Chase."
Everyone's jaws dropped at that.
"Adrian Chase?" Oliver asked, just to be sure.
"Yes, that was his name", Melvin said.
"First the Star City administration, now the FBI", Roy muttered.
"People are dead because you helped them, Melvin", Matt said.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry", he said.
"Sorry doesn't really cut it", Elektra said.
"Why don't you lead us to your new shop?" Slade asked him.
Later, Melvin opened the door to his new shop and walked in, with Matt, Oliver, Elektra, Slade and Roy following him.
Melvin lifted a barricade, allowing them to walk inside. There, Oliver spotted a Daredevil suit.
"Why is the suit here?" Oliver asked as they moved towards it.
"They made me make two", Melvin said.
"Why?" Matt asked.
"Ask him yourself", Melvin said and then they heard the door close behind them. They turned to see Melvin had locked them with the suit.
"What the hell are you doing?" Slade asked.
"I have to go now", he said.
"Melvin!" Roy called out.
"Don't do this", Matt said.
"I don't have a choice", Melvin said, "They'll come for Betsy."
"Why'd they make you trap us here?" Oliver asked, "Are they coming?"
"Tell us who wore the suit", Elektra said.
"We'll find him", Matt assured, "We will put an end to this."
"I can't", Melvin said in an apologetic tone, "Fisk and Chase will know. And then they'll hurt Betsy."
"If you really loved her, you'd cut her loose", Matt said.
"That sounds like a ridiculous notion", Elektra managed to joke even in this serious situation.
"This life of yours doesn't work with Betsy", Matt said.
Melvin still made no move to open it.
"All right", Elektra said, "You tried reasoning. It didn't work."
She then ran up to the door at her full speed and kicked it hard, shattering it. She still had all her enhancements from her resurrection.
"I can't let you all leave!" Melvin said as he rushed to stop them.
Matt pushed him back. He glared at them for a moment before trying to punch. Matt ducked and punched him on the face, making him stagger back.
He attacked again but Roy kicked him away. He tried again but Slade grabbed him and slammed him into a table. He tried to get up but Oliver smacked him with his bow, making him fall back down.
As he tried to get up again, Elektra grabbed him by the collar and threw him over a table. Matt then heard some footsteps.
"Someone's coming", he said.
"I'm not supposed to be here", Melvin said as he tried to get up but Elektra pinned him down.
"It's the FBI, Melvin", Matt said.
"Why did Fisk and Chase send them?" Oliver asked.
"They're supposed to find you with the suit", Melvin told Matt before saying to the others, "And you're all his cohorts."
"Oh, God", Matt sighed, "He's framing me for being Daredevil."
Fingering the hilt of his sword, Slade said, "I am not overly fond of traitors."
"Melvin, come on", Oliver tried to reason, "They're tricking you."
"Please", Melvin pleaded, "Betsy's all I have."
"They will kill both of you after they're done with us", Slade growled.
"You gotta help me, or Betsy's dead", Melvin said.
"Who did you make the suit for?" Matt asked.
"He never told me his name", Melvin said, "But like Adrian Chase, he was an FBI Agent."
"How do you know that?" Roy asked.
"He was talking about it with the man who brought him", Melvin said.
That moment, the FBI breached the workshop and one of them threw a flashbang grenade which exploded and stunned them. Matt ran to a corner.
Oliver fired an explosive arrow which sent two agents down. Another arrived but Melvin leapt at him from behind and slammed him into the ground.
Matt leapt at one and gave him a flying kick, making him stagger back. Then Matt grabbed him from the back of the head and flipped him to the ground before kicking him on the head, knocking him out.
Elektra flip kicked one away and swept another's feet from under him before punching him out. Oliver fired an arrow which disarmed an agent. Oliver then rushed him and knocked him out with a smack.
Roy fired an explosive arrow which got two agents. He then fired at another agent. The arrow hit his leg. As he knelt down, Roy leapt and smacked him on the face with the bow, knocking him out.
Matt ducked to avoid a hit and grabbing the agent, kneed him, making him stagger back. Then, Matt flipped and hit him on the head, knocking him down. Before he could get up, Matt knocked him out cold with a punch.
Slade's armor deflected some of the bullets fired at him and he kicked an agent away before hitting another with the hilt of his sword, knocking him out.
An agent tried to hit Matt with his gun but he grabbed it and smacked it on his face, knocking him out. He then threw it away.
Melvin rushed another agent and slammed him into a crate before punching him repeatedly.
That moment, many more FBI Agents arrived. Matt, Oliver, Elektra, Slade and Roy hid at a corner.
"On your knees", they ordered.
As they cuffed him, he yelled, "Betsy! He'll hurt Betsy!"
Oliver fired an arrow which multiplied into two and hit two agents, knocking them down. Matt picked up a stick and threw it at an agent, knocking him out. Roy smacked an agent with his bow, knocking him out.
Slade elbowed one and slammed another to the ground. Elektra kicked one in a rotatory motion and he was thrown into another one. Both of them were out.
"I guess that's all", Oliver said.
"Yes", Matt said as he scanned the area with his senses.
"Come on, Melvin", Elektra said as she cut his cuffs.
"I am sorry", he said to them as they lead him away, "And thank you."
"Thank us by getting out of town with Betsy", Roy said.
"Don't do this to me, Betsy", a man said as Betsy shoved him into her police van.
"I wasn't the one who violated parole", she pointed out as she locked him inside, "You brought this on yourself."
"Betsy."
She turned around to see Matt, Oliver, Elektra, Slade and Roy. Taking out her gun, she said, "Don't."
"We're not here to hurt you", Oliver said.
"We're here about Melvin", Elektra said.
"Melvin Potter?" she asked.
That moment, Melvin stepped out from behind them.
"Melvin?" she asked.
"Wilson Fisk and Adrian Chase are coming after us", Melvin said as she hugged him.
"What? Damn it, Melvin", she said.
"Betsy, don't go home, don't go to work", Oliver said to her.
"Leave town", Matt said.
Matt, Oliver, Elektra, Slade and Roy then walked away as Melvin and Betsy both thanked them and started making escaping plans.
"Foggy Bear", Marci called out as she walked into his room. She was shocked to see him on his knees on the ground, looking at some papers. There were many more papers, scattered around the entire room.
"Foggy baby?" she said, "Are you okay? Because I don't think you're okay."
"Oh", Foggy said as he noticed her and started getting up, "I'm-I'm fine. I think I know what Fisk is up to."
Karen sat in her car, crying and breathing hard. She had accidentally revealed to Ellison that she knew who Daredevil was when trying to tell him that the one who attacked the Bulletin was not the real Daredevil.
He had asked her who he was but she had refused to tell him. So he had then made her quit angrily.
She took out her phone and called a number she had never thought she would call again.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Dad", she said, "It's me."
"Karen?" her father said in surprise from the other end before saying in a relieved tone, "Good Lord. I heard something on the news. That wasn't where you work, was it?"
"Yeah", Karen said as she tried to hold back her tears, "Yeah, it was. I'm okay though. I was wondering that maybe I-I could come home for a little while."
"I-I don't know", her father said, "I'm afraid the timing's not great."
"Yeah. Of course. I get it", Karen said in a resigned voice.
"But you can call anytime, all right?" her father assured her. By now, she was covering her mouth with her hand to prevent herself from crying out loud.
"Dad, I was just trying to do the right thing", she said, "It just- it all went wrong."
After a moment of silence, her father said, "That's what you do, Karen. Good night."
The call was then cut. Karen put the phone down and cried a little before wiping her tears and controlling herself.
Ray had a minor argument with his wife after which they had agreed that he would tell her the truth with some drinks. He had come into the storeroom to get some.
As he opened the fridge, he sensed movement behind him. He slowly turned around and aimed his gun at- five figures!
Before he could fire, Oliver threw a fletchette, disarming him. Matt then pinned him to the fridge with his elbow and said, "We didn't come here to fight."
"Who are you lot?" Nadeem asked as he panted.
"I'm Daredevil", Matt said, "The real one. These are my friends"
Nadeem then tried to say, "You don't look like-"
"I buried the red suit", Matt said as he removed his elbow, "The man who attacked the Bulletin with the Throwing Star Killer, he resurrected it."
"You do, however, match the description of a guy who's been tuning up FBI Agents", Nadeem said.
"Which is the last thing I ever wanted", Matt said, "But you people haven't left me any choice."
"Wake the hell up", Oliver said, "Do not play into Fisk's hands."
"He's using you lot for his gains", Slade said.
"And deep down, you know that", Elektra said.
"I hope you understand what we're trying to say", Roy said.
"Now I heard you confronted those psychos at the Bulletin and their cohorts", Matt said, "You tried to stop them and they almost killed you too. So let me ask you this, Agent Nadeem. Who do you think is the danger here? Us or them?"
Before Nadeem could respond, Matt shushed them all.
"Dad, Mom wants to know where you are", Ray's son Sami said from above.
"Don't come down, Sami", Ray said after looking at the five, "I dropped a beer. There's glass. Tell your mom I need a couple of minutes to clean it up."
"Okay", Sami said as he walked away.
"Let's just say that I believe the people that broke into my house", Nadeem said, "Let's just say that. What do you got?"
"The man who attacked the Bulletin, dressed as Daredevil", Matt said, "He's in the FBI."
His interest piqued, Nadeem said, "Keep talking."
"Is there any Adrian Chase in the FBI?" Oliver asked.
"Yes", Nadeem said, "Recent transfer from Ohio. He was in charge of Fisk with me. But now he has gone on another assignment. Why?"
With a heavy breath, Oliver said, "Because he's the Throwing Star Killer."
If Nadeem's interest had been piqued earlier, this info made his jaw drop.
So with Matt, Oliver, Elektra, Slade and Roy, I decided I could change Melvin's fate. Honestly, in this show, he isn't really a bad guy.
He was just forced to do what he did. So him escaping with Betsy is the perfect ending for him. Though I don't blame Matt for leaving him in the show as there was no way he could've beaten so many FBI Agents with all the wounds on him alone.
Adrian, Joe, Diaz and the Longbow Hunters have gone to get something good out of all the 'military stuff.'
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