Hello, everyone I am back from Sin City. I am really sorry for those of you who have been waiting for the new chapter. I've been busy with writer's block, family vacay, etc. To make up for it I will be posting the next chapter tomorrow. As always thanks for the follows and favorites (make sure to review I love hearing from you guys). P.S. Daredevil belongs to Marvel and 'Where the Devil Don't Go' belongs to Elle King.
"Cast me down where the devil don't go/Devil don't go I'll make my home…" – Elle King
We made it to Elecktra's apartments, it's exactly what I thought it would be. Sleek, clean and edgy but for some reason it didn't feel like an apartment. If you walked into mine it wouldn't be as high tech and expensive as hers but you would be able to tell that people lived. Our apartment felt lived in but hers it's like she didn't even spend the night here.
"Okay now all need to is get ready." She said walking away but she turned back to me. "Are you going to wear that?"
"What?" I said taking my eyes off the stunning view she had in her apartment. I looked down at my clothes. "Why wouldn't I wear this?" I mean seriously we're just going to go to Lester's shop and ask for the box. It's not we're going to go all vigilante.
"Hmm, no you're changing too." She grabbed me in her steel grip again and led me to her bedroom. She shoved me in there and headed for her closet. Wow, you could fit our whole apartment in here, no joke. The bed was at least a Cali King size with a black and red bedding but aside from the bed nothing else was in the room. The bed itself looked just like the apartment unused and not lived in.
"Emma come here." She ordered from her closet. I groaned and made my way to her closet.
"I'm not a dog you don't have to give me com-." I stopped talking as I stepped inside the closet. Unlike the rest of the place, this area didn't lack in stuff. There were coats, dresses, shirts, pants, accessories and shoes of probably every high end brand hanging in a closet bigger than Matt's and Foggy's office. Each piece though only ranged in Elecktra's signature power colors: red, black and white.
What was the most stunning sight in this room wasn't the clothes whose price tags probably ranged in five figures but it was Elecktra without her pants in her stiletto heels. How the hell was that woman able to get her legs so muscular without looking overdone?
"Um you're naked." I said facing myself in front of her very large, gorgeous shoe collection and away from a little clothed body.
I heard her laugh a little, "Oh Emma come on we hadn't got the time for modesty. Now here put this on." She walked up to me and handed some white clothing.
"Um thanks but why am I changing and why white?" I said looking through the pile. It had a small white hoodie, with white yoga pants and short white boots.
She shrugged while putting on pants, thank god. "This was the only thing I could find that I think could fit and the reason we are changing is because the plan I have to get that box requires a stealthy wardrobe." She took off her shirt and put a tight black tank with a red scarf around her neck. "Get dressed, it's almost dark."
I sighed and started to undress hoping she wouldn't pay attention to my undress body. I thought about what she said about her plan. 'Stealth' did that mean we were going to steal the box from Lester? No way would that end well I already told Elecktra what kind of man he is. Why she want to steal from that kind of man?
'Maybe it's the only way' whispered a voice in my head. True from what I know about Lester nothing in this world is going to make him hand over that box willingly. So I might as well take it by force.
Instead of taking her driver Elecktra insisted we walk there. As she explained 'it will be easier to get lost in a crowd than in a car.' During the walk she wanted to know if I had any fighting skills. I gave her a strange look but told her my mom taught a self-defense class, my dad was a Marine and I was once a gymnast. She asked if either taught me to fight, I mean of course they had. I was their only girl and only child. My Dad was ambient about teaching me a few skills before letting me move out on my own. She accepted my answer and we continued our walk to Lester's shop.
Once we made it, we stopped and decided to wait on the top of the empty building next Lester's. She wanted us to go in when Lester leaves the shop. When I asked what happened to us asking nicely. She decided after giving it some thought that it would be safer if we just grab the box and ran. Despite that being just as crazy as the plan before I gave in and accepted it. After all, this whole day has been one whack job nightmare after another and I didn't have a better plan myself. I told Elecktra that the shop was also where he lived and Lester mentioned he also went out to eat after closing. I got chills remembering all the times he invited me to eat with him. So we waited on top of the empty building besides Lester's place.
"So tell me Emma why did you stop?" Elecktra asked me not taking her eyes off Lester's shop.
"Stop what?" I replied adjusting myself on the ground. We had lie on our bellies and let me tell you those little pebbles up here were crawling in places they shouldn't.
"Your training as a gymnast. Surely you wanted to become a professional when you were younger?" She continued to gaze at Lester's place her eyes following the moving shadow in the distance that I presumed is Lester. As soon as she brought the question I felt as if someone had their eyes on me.
"I did but-." I stopped, did I really wanted to her everything? I mean everything, everything. Sure I told her about Lester but this topic was another deal it was the reason why I wanted to move. It was the reason why I was so hell bent on taking Lester down.
"It's personal." I told her wanting to leave at just that so she did. I waited with her watching the shop until finally the door opened. I gasped seeing Lester again, he looked so normal. If I hadn't seen the box I would have guessed he was still the same old Lester as he always was.
'But he wasn't, he's something else.' I said to myself. Lester is a bad guy and he needs to be taken down. When he locked his shop, we still waited until he was a good measure away so he wouldn't notice.
"Okay let's move." Elecktra said taking a few steps back before jumping across the buildings.
'What the hell?!' I thought seeing her effortlessly glide between the gap from the two buildings as if she was flying. She descended down on Lester's roof with ease then turned to me.
"Come on Emma let's see what those gymnast legs of yours can do." She yelled across smirking at me.
I got up from the ground but I didn't move. How could she expect me to jump from building to building? Okay when I was young and stupid I used to do things like that but I stopped because of-.
"Emma hurry we haven't got much time." She yelled and turned walking away from me.
"Oh no you don't." I said taking a few steps back. I steadied my breathing, quieted the sounds inside and outside my mind and ran. It felt like old times when Liv and Reid would wait on the bottom as I would foolishly try my attempt of flying. Or in this case guided jumping.
I landed a little harder than Elecktra but not enough to keep me down. I wiped the dirt to see her standing there holding a window on the ceiling open and smirking at me. I smirked right back at her.
"Come on let's go before he comes back." She held the window open for me as I climbed my way down. I had to jump again but this time the distance was shorter. I looked around seeing if anyone was there. My vision was limited because the place was dimly lit. From what I could see there was no one and I didn't even see any video cameras. For a high tech workshop there didn't seem to be as much tech.
"Anything?" She whispered from her stance. I told her I couldn't see anything with the lights off. She opened her pocket and dropped down a small flashlight. I grabbed it and turned it on. What I saw nearly made me scream all the air of my lungs. But I caught myself and covered my mouth with my hand.
"What?!" Elecktra questioned still maintaining a low volume but you could hear her distress in her voice probably caused by my reaction.
"There's a body." I whispered back. "A dead, bloody body." I couldn't move myself away from it. This wasn't the first body I've seen but it definitely takes the cake. The body was an old man, whose skull looked like it was smashed right off.
Elecktra didn't miss a beat she descendent down from the window to see the body. She didn't look that surprised or unnerved by it as I was.
"Emma do you know who this is?" She whispered to me. I shook my head of course not. If I know who this was I would have been a little more distraught than a few gasps. Before I answered her something on the man's shirt caught my eye. I walked a little closer not hearing Elecktra's voice in the background. His name tag was perfectly clean and easy to read with its black print and white background.
It read 'HI, I'M LESTER OWNER AND EMPLOYEE OF LESTER'S ELECTRIC SHOP.' My blood ran cold.
"Oh God." I heard myself say and I could feel Elecktra walking down beside me. But I was outside of my body. I knew Lester was off but I didn't think he could actually be a murder.
"So this man is the real Lester." I heard her say feeling her gaze on me yet all I could manage was a nod. My body had gone completely numb.
'This was too much' I thought, 'we have to get out before Lester shows up. We need to call the police. It's one thing for Lester to crazy, it's another for him to be-.'
"Emma." Elecktra kept repeating to me but I was lost in my head to hear. She touched my shoulder and I jumped. I thought it was Lester who touched me. She look at me with zero emotions. Why is she so calm?
"We need to get that box." She didn't miss a beat and took out a flashlight. She looked around and pointed to the office where 'what's name' worked at and decided we start there. She walked away from a beaten dead body like it was nothing. Like she saw this all the time.
"You have. Haven't you?" I asked with her back still turned me and I still standing with the body. Liv's the same way too after years of working with dead bodies some too destroyed to look at, she can. I don't think Elecktra's been working with dead bodies so how else does she see them? How else does one become so numb to death unless they work with it or cause it.
"Have what?" She asked not facing me but stopped walking.
"You've seen worse bodies than this. And you're ability to jump over that building with ease. That takes training. I don't know what kind of training a rich girl gets to become a ninja." I looked at her back the whole time I was talking but I could see her shoulders rise when I mentioned 'training.' I was joking really, picking at straws but part of me believed she was trained to handle this. After all we live in the age of super soldiers and living gods, why would this be any harder to believe.
"You're right about me. All of it. Now are we going to stand here and wait for no name to came back and do to us what he did to poor Lester or are we going to keep moving?" She continued to walk away from me. Her light heading straight to the office and away from me and Lester.
I can't believe she just admitted to being trained but as what? Maybe a weapon? Or a killer. Shivers ran through me at that thought, why do I keep getting into situations with killers?
I decided to take my luck with Elecktra and went with her. Not before turning back to face Lester. I don't know what to say or do to make it right. Then I realized what I am doing will make it right. Exposing this imposter as the monster he really was, it was the best thing I could do.
"Don't worry," I said to Lester, "we'll get justice for you." I walked away following what little of Elecktra's light I could see. I don't realize that there was someone watching; someone who stepped out of the shadows and followed us.
