Volume II: Daredevil - The Man Without Fear
Note: This Will be the seventeenth chapter of Volume II, this will introduce Matt Murdock as Daredevil as he crosses paths with Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider, the story will dive into his origins as well as his past activities as a vigilante. The heroes will team up as they go against a secret criminal organization called the Hand, Elektra will play as a villain as she shares a history with Daredevil himself. Foggy Nelson and Ben Urich will play as supporting characters.
Tonight is February 24th, in Hell's Kitchen, in an alleyway, a group of homeless are sleeping in their camps and sleeping bags, especially the runaway teens taking refuge among them. Unknown to anyone, a group of men wearing red repelled down in grappling gear from a building not letting anyone know of their presence. The men in red are dressed like ninjas as they've started kidnapping teens and surprising everyone, some of the homeless got spooked by the ninjas as they all started to run away but the ninja tossed some kunai at them, injuring them as they fell down, one of the ninjas walked up closer to the downed homeless man and pulled out his katana, he is ready to deliver the kill. The man closed his eyes as his life is about to end, until a Billy club hits the ninja in the head and knocking him out cold, it bounced right back to the owner's hand, the other ninjas looked up to see a man dressed in red with horns on his head holding a Billy club in his hand. The homeless got a good look at something that appears to be a devil.
"Leave!" Daredevil tells the homeless to run.
The homeless started to run away as the ninjas all draw out their swords, Daredevil uses his radar sense to hear the heart beats and the sword vibrations. Some throw shurikens at him as his radar sense detected and he uses his club to block each of them. He jumps down through the fire escape and tossed a club at one ninja's head, knocking him out cold. Some of the homeless stayed behind and watched the action. Meanwhile some of the ninjas are loading up the teens into the van to take them away, the head ninja that appears to be a female dressed in red with mouth cover by a red bandanna looked back to see a man dressed like a devil give the Hand a hard time. She pulled out her twin sais and runs to join in on the action.
This Daredevil is using his Billy club as two batons as he's incredibly skilled in Eskrima, blocking the swords and countering with strikes of his own, he even used some acrobatics and kicks in his fighting style. A ninja came up behind him but Daredevil ducks down and strikes back with his club hard. He effectively took down the ninjas alone with his senses and skills all alone, he then turned around and sensed another one from behind. She held two sais and crossed them together as she's ready for combat, Daredevil still his two clubs in each hand as he and this mysterious woman are about to face other. They both charged at each other as they've traded blows and strikes with their weapons, of all the ninjas he faced tonight, this one is very different and very skilled like he is, but something about her fighting style felt somewhat familiar, they strike against each other as their weapons are locked together.
"You're very good, but there's something about you that I can't figure out." Daredevil is confused about the mysterious assassin.
She strikes back with a push kick and knocked him off his back, she move in fast and kicked the clubs off his hands and disarmed him. She got on top of him and has her sai on his neck ready to kill. Daredevil is at her mercy now, his life is in her hands. She reached her hand out and pulls the mask off his head, to see the face a man with reddish hair and his eyes are both blind. She gazed upon his face and hesitated, she pointed the sai away from his neck and got herself off him. He gotten himself up and is confused as to why she didn't kill him.
"Why didn't you kill me?! Huh?! Who are you?!" Daredevil is very confused by this mysterious woman.
This ninja tossed down a smoke bomb that exploded and scrambled his senses, she disappeared in the smoke as did most of her fellow ninjas. Daredevil's senses recovered but he was too late, the Hand is far gone and the homeless teens they've kidnapped are long gone too. But he's got other things to think about, like that mysterious woman he faced, something about her is familiar.
"What is it about you that makes me feel?" Daredevil is asking himself that question.
He picked up his Billy club and fired off a grappling hook towards the rooftop, the homeless that stayed behind watched as he rappels up towards the roof, someone who looks like the devil, but this guy saved their lives, they're curious as to who this man is.
The next day at F.E.A.S.T. in Chinatown, May is feeding the homeless along with Peter and Gwen who are also volunteering to help on their weekend, they served the homeless wheatcakes and orange juice. Among the homeless were those who came from Hell's Kitchen last night after the Devil has saved their lives, they all stand in line waiting for their free breakfast. Peter and Gwen kept doing their volunteer work giving off trays, May looked at the young couple.
"Thank you both for helping me out, I appreciate you spending your weekend with me instead of having fun with your friends." May says to Peter and Gwen.
Meanwhile a man wearing glasses and carrying a satchel bag around him just entered the homeless shelter as he walks around the place as he's looking for someone particular, May noticed a stranger here she's never seen before walking around the line.
"Uh, excuse me sir, but the line is back there." May telling the stranger.
"Oh, I'm sorry ma'am, but I'm not a homeless guy. My name is Ben Urich, I'm a reporter for the New York Bulletin and I'd like to ask some people here some questions, if that's okay with you." Ben Urich introduced himself.
"Sure thing, Mr. Urich." May gave Ben Urich permission.
Ben Urich walked around and pulled out his notepad as he started chatting with some of the homeless here, Peter is curious as to why a reporter is here.
At the same time in Hell's Kitchen, in a apartment, a man is sleeping all morning. He then heard the phone ringing, he woken up and stretched out his arms yawning, he picked up the phone and held it to his ear.
"Hello?" Matt still in bed.
"Matt, where are the devil are you? It's 10 in the morning, I'm here at the office waiting for you, we got work to do." Foggy reminded Matt.
"Shit... I'm on my way." Matt hangs up.
Matt Murdock got up from the bed and stands up at 5' 11", he's blind and has reddish hair, he walks up to the closet and pulls out his work suit. He got himself dressed up and puts on his red shade glasses, after that he picked up his blind mobility stick to navigate his surroundings. He walks to a picture of him and a black haired woman hugging together smiling, he touched the photo of the woman she is someone very dear to him. He then walks out of his apartment and shuts the door behind him.
Matt Murdock is walking around Hell's Kitchen, his neighborhood without any difficulties despite being blind, he arrived outside a building with a plaque near the door, 'Nelson and Murdock - Attorneys at Law', he enters and walked up the stairs towards where the small law firm is based at. He enters the office where Foggy Nelson, the cofounder of the small law firm and partner of Matt Murdock, both are attorneys who work pro bono, helping clients in Hell's Kitchen for low income in tight situations.
"Finally, you've come." Foggy tells Matt.
"Speak of the Devil and he shall appear." Matt says to Foggy.
"Sorry to come in so late, Foggy." Matt apologizes to Foggy.
"Where were you? You look like you haven't had any sleep last night. We're you out with a woman? Come on, you can tell me." Foggy asking Matt a question.
"Sorry to disappoint, but no." Matt tells Foggy.
"You still think about her?" Foggy asking Matt.
"Everyday." Matt felt uneasy with this subject.
"Matt, it's been four years, but you need make peace with your past, finally move on and live your life." Foggy gave Matt some advice.
"Just like that?" Matt tells Foggy.
"No, but you can start by finding somebody new, though that could be impossible for blind man." Foggy tells Matt.
Matt smiled. "Very cute, Foggy. Now to business, if you're done making blind jokes."
"Right, business has been kinda slow since it's only two of us, we've only been open for a month and had very few clients. We need to seek out some more and build a reputation for our law office." Foggy tells Matt.
"Any ideas where to start?" Matt asking Foggy.
"I've heard from friend that some of the homeless were attacked last night, I know that it's not much but..." Foggy inform Matt.
"Great, know where we could find them?" Matt is wondering.
"They won't be in Hell's Kitchen, we'll probably find them eating in that homeless shelter in Chinatown, that one that open last September." Foggy told of the place.
"F.E.A.S.T.?" Matt tells Foggy.
"That's the place, shall we?" Foggy says to Foggy.
"Lead the way." Matt tells Foggy.
Foggy grab a hold of Matt's arm and escorted him out of the office as they have work to do.
"What if someone comes by here?" Matt asking Foggy.
"Yeah, we really need to hire a secretary. We should put it out on the ad." Foggy tells Matt.
"Great, for how much exactly? I don't think that accept cheap wages." Matt tells Foggy.
"We'll figure something out." Foggy tells Matt.
They made it to the stairs and both went down.
Later back at F.E.A.S.T., May is still doing her work feeding more homeless as most of them are still eating. Peter and Gwen still stayed as there as they watched the reporter Ben Urich still chatting with the homes since he arrived, they wondered why a reporter is interested in talking to the homeless as they could sense something more that what it appears.
"What do you think he's asking them?" Gwen asking Peter.
"I don't know, Gwen. But he's here for a reason, I'll ask him once he's finished." Peter tells Gwen.
"Peter dear, could you go in the back and bring more fruit punch if you please." May asking Peter.
"Sure, Aunt May!" Peter says to May.
Peter went to the kitchen to fetch some fruit punch, meanwhile Matt and Foggy just entered the homeless shelter to see most of the homeless gathered here.
"Here we are, Matt, welcome to F.E.A.S.T." Foggy tells Matt.
Matt can hear everything around him with his enhanced senses, including the heartbeats and voices of some of the homeless he encountered last night as they're chatting with a reporter.
"I'll go hand out some cards, I'll be right back." Foggy walked away.
Matt Murdock decided to explore around the place as Peter Parker came out of the kitchen with cases of fruit punch in cans, he bumped into Matt who is walking around with stick by accident.
"Whoa, there. Could you watch were you going?" Peter tells Matt in a very polite manner.
"That's going to be difficult." Matt smiled and remained cool.
Peter realize that he bumped into a blind man by accident.
"Oh, boy, I am so sorry! I had no idea, I meant no offense!" Peter felt embarrassed as he apologizes to Matt.
"It's alright, I get that a lot." Matt didn't felt offended at all.
"My bad, I'm Peter Parker. And you are?" Peter introduced himself.
"I'm Matt Murdock, I'm an attorney. You're probably wondering why a blind lawyer is here in a homeless shelter." Matt introduced himself.
"The thought had crossed my mind. So what brings you by to this place?" Peter asking Matt.
"My law firm is small that helps people in rough neighborhoods find justice but me and partner Foggy also do pro bono work for the poor like the homeless here who lost everything and forced out in the streets. So do you work here?" Matt says to Peter.
"Volunteer actually, me and my girlfriend are helping out my Aunt who is in charge of this place." Peter explained to Matt.
"That's very nice of you. Well, don't let me interrupt your work, I'm sure you're pretty busy." Matt excused himself.
"Sure thing, nice to meet you, Matt." Peter says to Matt.
"Nice to meet you too." Matt walked away still blind.
Matt then listens in on a conversation Ben Urich has with a homeless man from last night, he's far away but he uses his enhanced hearing to listen in on their conversation.
"This man who you say saved you from your attackers, what does he look like?" Ben Urich asking the question.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told."
"Try me." Ben Urich still wants to know.
"It was dark but... he looked like the devil."
Matt listened in as the man mentioned the Devil. Meanwhile Foggy is still handing out cards to the homeless in need of lawyers, he just finished up as he walks back to Matt just standing there doing nothing.
"Hey Matt!" Foggy walked up to Matt.
"Huh? Sorry, did you say something?" Matt snapped back to reality.
"Nothing, I was finished handing out cards. Is everything alright with you?" Foggy asking Matt.
"Yeah, everything is fine, Foggy." Matt assured Foggy.
Ben Urich finished writing and shakes hands with the man who gave him a story, Peter noticed Ben leaving after finishing his interview.
"Care to cover me, Gwen? I'll see you later." Peter tells Gwen.
"Sure, Pete." Gwen says to Peter.
Peter kissed Gwen before he left the shelter, he spotted Ben Urich walking down the sidewalk as he ran up to catch up to him.
"Mr. Urich, wait!" Peter getting his attention.
Ben Urich stopped and turns around to find a teenager he recognized from somewhere before.
"Can I help you?" Ben Urich is curious.
"Sorry to bother you, but I've noticed you were chatting with some of the homeless. You probably don't know who I am." Peter says to Ben Urich.
"No, you're wrong, I know exactly who you are, I've seen you from last year when you and your classmates were denouncing Wilson Fisk on live TV. Plus everyone in the newspaper community has heard of your work on Spider-Man, you're Peter Parker." Ben Urich knows who Peter
"I see that you've heard of me. But back to the matter at hand, I liked to talk to you about what you've wrote in your interview if you have the time." Peter says to Ben Urich.
"And why should I give out a story to someone who works for another newspaper tabloid?" Ben Urich still unsure.
"Well, technically I'm freelance, so I don't exactly work for anyone, and I also work alongside Spider-Man when it comes to solving crime. Is that a good enough reason?" Peter tells Ben Urich.
"Fine then, let's talk." Ben Urich agreed to talk with Peter.
In Hell's Kitchen at skyscraper building, it's the New York Charter of a secret organization called the Hand, the interior of the building is of Japanese architecture, the whole place is crawling with men in red suits dressed as ninja. Meanwhile a woman dressed in red is walking up to the master's quarters. She enters the room to find him still in his suit meditating with his eyes closed, she got on her knee and bowed behind him.
"My master, we've brought in the newest recruits to our organization, tonight we shall bring in some more."
"I see, and what of last night?"
"This man is warrior, there's no doubts about it."
"The Chaste?"
"We're not sure yet, but whoever he is, he has training just like them."
"Whoever he is, nothing can interfere with our operations. If you see him, kill him on sight, understood?"
"Yes Master, it shall be done."
"Very well, dismissed."
The woman got up on her feet and walked away from the room. She then began to have strange feelings that she never had before as memories are flooding her mind.
(Flashback)
Four years ago
At Columbia University, Foggy Nelson and Matt Murdock are both law students at the time, both walked around campus in plain daylight, Matt still navigating with his stick.
"Now that class is over, shall we go out and seek out some chicks to date?" Foggy suggested to Matt.
"I hope there only the hot ones and not the ones with the lisp you set me up with." Matt tells Foggy.
"How do you know for a blind guy?" Foggy is curious.
"Come on, Foggy, I maybe blind but I'm not deaf, my ears never fail." Matt smiled at Foggy.
Matt's stick crossed paths with a young woman's leg as she stopped. Foggy got a good look at the young woman, shes a beautiful Greek woman with long black hair and blue eyes. Matt could only use his radar sense to know exactly what she looks like.
"Could you watch what you're doing?" Elektra turns around to face Matt.
"Honesty, that's very difficult for me, miss." Matt smiled at Elektra.
Elektra realizes that he's blind and that she made a mistake in telling him to look.
"Oh, I am so sorry." Elektra apologizes to Matt as she felt embarrassed.
"That's okay, I'm not ashamed of who I am. My name is Matt Murdock." Matt introduced himself as he extended his hand.
"I'm Elektra... Elektra Natchios." Elektra introduced herself and took his hand.
Matt and Elektra touched for the first time as they felt an intense attraction for each other, this marks the beginning of their relationship.
(Present)
The woman is struggling as her mind is flooded with memories and emotions, they're all about that guy she encountered last night, the one she hesitated to kill, she tries to shake them off from her mind and regain control.
"What is all this? What is happening to me?"
At the same time, Matt and Foggy rode around in a taxi as it stopped by the church in Hell's Kitchen, Matt got out of the cab and Foggy stayed inside.
"I'll see you later at the office, Matt." Foggy tells Matt.
"Take care, Foggy." Matt tells Foggy.
The cab drove away as Matt enters the church, he walks down towards the confession both and enters it, the priest is already in the other booth, Matt does the prayer before talking.
"It's been weeks since my last confession, Father." Matt says to Father Lantom.
"You've been keeping yourself busy, I've been hearing stories about a guy in a red suit fighting with sticks, I thought you left that life behind, Matthew." Lantom tells Matt.
"I did, but crime in this city is getting worse than ever before, new criminals are rising and are more deadly than the police could handle alone, particularly in this neighborhood. I couldn't stand by anymore and let innocent people get hurt, I had to step back into the life as a vigilante." Matt explained to Lantom.
"I hope you know what you're getting into, Matthew. You do remember what happened last time four years ago... to her." Lantom reminded Matt.
"No... I've never forgotten." Matt still haunted by the past.
"Then I hope that the path you've chosen is the correct one." Lantom tells Matt.
"To be honest, Father, I think that what happened to me when I was boy wasn't an accident, that I was given these gifts for a reason. I didn't always believe it at first and I gave up the first time being a vigilante, until he showed up and gave the people of New York what they always needed... hope." Matt was inspired to be a hero.
"Is that you wanted to be, Matthew? To be a symbol of hope?" Lantom asking Matt.
"Why not? People in Hell's Kitchen needs hope, needs someone willing to stand up and fight for what's right, just like Spider-Man did." Matt tells Lantom.
"Okay, Matt... but to be honest, I'm not too crazy about that suit you're wearing, it's ridiculous." Lantom told Matt.
Matt smiled at that remark as he got up and left the confession booth.
At the same time in the Coffee Bean, Peter is drinking coffee with Ben Urich as they have much to talk about. Peter is curious about Mr. Urich's investigate concerning the homeless he chatted back at F.E.A.S.T..
"I'd admire your taste in coffee, couldn't have picked a better spot." Ben Urich drinking coffee.
"Yeah, this is place is pretty awesome." Peter tells Ben Urich.
"But back to the matter at hand, you asked about my interview, so here it is, I've been investigating certain incidents happening in Hell's Kitchen in the past two weeks, my boss say that it's crazy but we do live in the city where everyone seen all sorts of crazy." Ben Urich tells Peter.
"What incidents?" Peter is curious.
"There's a masked figure jumping around rooftops and fighting off the bad guys, someone very skilled with sticks, someone wearing a red suit." Ben Urich gave a hint.
"You think that it's Spider-Man?" Peter is confused.
"You tell me? I know that you have connections to Spider-Man, I was hoping you know." Ben Urich says to Peter.
"It couldn't be Spider-Man, he hasn't been in Hell's Kitchen for almost a month since the Molten Man incident, besides he doesn't uses sticks often, trust me, it's not him." Peter tells Ben Urich.
"Then my suspicions have been confirmed, there's another vigilante in New York." Ben Urich says to Peter.
Peter is shocked. "Another one? Who?"
"The people I've interviewed all said the same thing, that it was the Devil." Ben Urich says to Peter.
"The Devil?" Peter is even more confused.
"That's correct, I don't know what he goes by exactly, but I've just called him the Devil of Hell's Kitchen." Ben Urich says to Peter.
Peter is still processing that there's another vigilante around New York and he didn't even know it.
"But there's something else that has caught my attention, while I was still interviewing the homeless, I've learned about a certain abduction that has occurred last night at the same time this devil appeared. A number of homeless teens have kidnapped by men dressed in red armed with swords and knives, well trained and disappears like ghosts." Ben Urich gave more details about last night.
"Homeless teens? Do you think this is some kind of trafficking case?" Peter is disturbed by this news.
"I certain hope not, but even this is very weird by any standard, there've been other abductions happening around the city, all homeless and very young, no one has reported the crimes and the media refuses to make any of this public. Whoever is behind theses abductions have very powerful connections all over New York. I can't make any of this public, that's why I'm telling you, I know that you work with Spider-Man, I was hoping that you can pass along everything I've just told you." Ben Urich explained his reasons for telling Peter everything.
"Don't worry, I'll make sure Spider-Man knows about this." Peter assured Ben Urich.
"Then my work here is done. Thanks for the coffee." Ben Urich stands up and walks away.
Peter stayed behind as he knows that something strange has been happening in New York, people getting abducted without a trace and now this new vigilante is making a name for himself.
As the sun is setting down, Matt opens the door and enters Fogwell's Gym, even though he's blind, he can tell where everything is, including the boxing ring that still has boxing gloves hanging over the ropes. He touched them and it brought back some memories of his past.
(Flashback)
About twenty years ago, young Matt Murdock still had his sight around that time, he watched as his father Jack Murdock who was a boxer is in the ring fighting off against a opponent for practice. Matt idolize his father who is strong and brave facing anything thrown at him.
"Get him, dad!" Matt watched his father fight.
Jack throws in a uppercut and knocked the opponent off his feet, Matt is happy to see his dad winning a fight once again.
(Present)
Matt take his hand off the gloves and climbs into the ring, he walked around and remembers another memory he shared with someone he once loved.
(Flashback)
Four years ago, Matt and Elektra are both sparring in the ring wearing gloves as they're both having fun together. Apparently she's well aware of Matt's special gift to see in ways no one has.
"Come on, Elektra! Give me your best shot!" Matt smiles as he's daring Elektra.
Elektra smiled as she throws in jab but Matt is quite evasive as he bobs and weaves each one of her punches, he then executed a sweep kick and knocked her off her feet. She fell back down on the ground, she then tries to get up until Matt pinned her down with his arm, she's trapped.
"Looks like I win this round... again." Matt smiled with pride.
"So what now, winner?" Elektra teased Matt.
"Wanna go out on patrol?" Matt asking Elektra.
"Sure... later." Elektra flirted with Matt.
Matt smiled as he leaned in closer and kisses each other, they're entering moments of passion and lust.
(Present)
Matt remembers his wonder time in the ring with Elektra, the love of his life, his face has a sad expression.
"I miss you so much... Elektra." Matt tells himself.
Matt got out of the ring and went to the locker where his suit and Billy club are stored. He started to dress himself up in his vigilante costume which is a red battle suit with DD in the middle, his mask has horns and the eyes are covered by red shades. He equipped his signature Billy club that is a multipurpose weapon that he strapped to his right leg, he becomes Daredevil again.
At the Spider-Cave, Peter is researching articles written by Ben Urich concerning this new vigilante that the Bulletin dubbed 'The Devil of Hell's Kitchen." Gwen came into the cave to see Peter dressed in his Spider-Man suit.
"How did you conversation with Mr. Urich go?" Gwen is curious.
"It went very well that he was willing to share information with me, he told me about a new vigilante in Hell's Kitchen." Peter informs Gwen about a new hero.
"What? A vigilante?" Gwen is very surprised there's someone new.
"I've been digging and found out that there have been other incidents involving a man dressed in red roaming around Hell's Kitchen taking down crime all by himself." Peter informs Gwen.
"First the Avengers, then me, and now this new guy, looks like you've started a movement." Gwen is impressed that Spider-Man started something big.
George Stacy came into the Spider-Cave and surprised Gwen.
"Dad, what brings you by?" Gwen asking her dad.
"Peter called and asked me to investigate about an incident that occurred last night." George Stacy tells Gwen.
"So what'd you find?" Peter is curious.
"Apparently there have been a number of homeless teens disappearing all around New York, no one has reported it and no one is even investigating, which is pretty strange even for a regular abduction." George Stacy informs Peter and Gwen.
"I don't get it, how come nobody is looking for them?" Gwen is very confused.
"Apparently, any attempts to investigate these matters have been stopped from high up." George Stacy tells them.
"It's the same from the media, whoever is behind these abductions are very powerful people." Peter suspects how powerful these criminals are.
"So how are we going to find them?" Gwen is curious.
"I might know someone connected to New York's underworld." Peter has an idea.
"You have an informant?" Gwen says to Peter.
"Something like that." Peter says to George Stacy.
In Harlem, Turk Barrett is walking out of the bar with a date as the two are still walking and laughing. Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are on the rooftop looking down to see the man still walking the sidewalk.
"Shall we head back to your place, Turkie dear?"
"Girl, you read my mind." Turk smiled and flirts.
They then stopped as Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider landed on the ground and surprised Turk and his date.
"Hey Turk!" Spider-Man surprise Turk.
"Oh no! Not again!" Turk says with disappointment.
"Oh yeah! Again!" Spider-Man says to Turk.
"You should go on home now." Ghost-Spider tells Turk's date.
The woman walked away as Turk stayed behind with the two heroes who ruined his night.
"Did you really have to ruin my night? Don't you both care?" Turk is very disappointed.
"Of course we care, but we care more that you're a criminal." Spider-Man tells Turk.
"Ex-criminal, I'm out of the game." Turk tells the heroes
"But you still have connections all over New York, don't you?" Spider-Man says to Turk.
Turk sighed. "What do you want to know?"
"There's been mysterious abductions, homeless kids being taken off the streets." Spider-Man interrogates Turk.
"Kids? What do I look like? The PTA?" Turk is confused.
"Men in red suits, armed with swords, appears and disappears without a trace. Does any of this ring a bell?" Ghost-Spider interrogates Turk.
Turk said nothing as the heroes could see that this matter scares him.
"What are you so afraid so?" Spider-Man is so curious about Turk's fear.
"Look, I don't know who they are exactly, but theses guys have been muscling in Hell's Kitchen ever since Fisk got locked away, they're mostly japanese and they're pretty dark." Turk informs them.
"How dark?" Ghost-Spider asking Turk.
"Dark as in they lop of the heads of anyone who gets into their business, and they don't talk much. I don't why they took them and I don't want to know, if you guys are looking for them, then don't tell them that I told you, I'd rather keep my head where it's at." Turk is frightened by theses guys.
"Just one more thing, have you heard of a guy dressed as a devil hanging around Hell's Kitchen?" Spider-Man asking Turk.
"As a matter of fact, I have, some guys I know has had close encounters with this guy, a guy dressed in a red suit kicking the crap out of them. He usually shows up at night to defend the neighborhood. Now if you'll excuse me, I should leave town for a bit before things get very ugly." Turk wants to leave very badly.
"Fine, get out of here." Spider-Man tells Turk to leave.
Turk runs away in fear as Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider could tell that Turk is very afraid for his life.
"From the way he'd looked, he's very much afraid for his life. Who do you think is behind all this?" Ghost-Spider asking Spider-Man.
"I thought it could be Silvermane again, so I contacted S.H.I.E.L.D., he was sighted in Sicily last week still evading Interpol. The only lead we have so far is this devil guy, we know that he operates out of Hell's Kitchen, so we search around the neighborhood until he shows up." Spider-Man tells Ghost-Spider.
"Then let's go." Ghost-Spider tells Spider-Man.
Spider-Man and Ghost-Master walked to alley nearby as their Spider-Cycles are parked, they got on and ride away from Harlem towards Hell's Kitchen.
Meanwhile in Hell's Kitchen, Daredevil is on the rooftop listening in on any crimes being committed in his neighborhood. He then hears some screaming and someone calling out for help.
"Help! Somebody help!"
Daredevil hears someone is in danger, he ran across the rooftop and jumps across towards another building at high speed hoping to save that person in time but he heard more noises coming from that same direction.
The Hand has returned as they're abducting more teens and pushing back against anyone who stands in their way. Daredevil arrive as they're doing their work, he jumped down and drop kick one in the head, they spotted him and tossed shurikens at him, he uses his Billy club to block each of them.
The woman spotted Daredevil again interfering with the Hand's operations, she pulled out her sais. Daredevil delivered a roundhouse kick to one and then does the backward elbow strike to the one behind him. He sensed the same woman from before attacking him with her sais, he used his clubs to block the incoming hit, they're both locked in combat as she kept striking back at him, there was something different about her that he can't quite figure out. But as he is too busy keeping her occupied, a young homeless girl is screaming and being abducted.
"No!" Daredevil screamed out.
Daredevil got distracted as she took the opportinuty to strike at his shoulder, injuring him, Daredevil got seriously hurt as he executed a push kick and forced him off his feet. He got overpowered as the girl is being taken away and he became powerless to help her. Two of the Hand ninjas got webbed up in their faces as Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider arrived just in time and saved the girl from being abducted. The woman and the rest of the Hand spotted the two heroes here interfering with their operation, Daredevil smiled as they came to the rescue and saved an innocent life from being taken away. Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider spotted men and woman dressed in red suits wielding swords as they have them surrounded.
"Go! Get to safety!" Spider-Man tells the girl.
The girl ran away from the scene as the Hand have surrounded the two heroes. Daredevil sensed that the leader is distracted as he executed a martelo de negativa kick and knocked her back hard, he quickly got himself up and is ready for another round. Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider finally sees the man dressed as a devil holding two sticks in his hand.
"So he must be the Devil of Hell's Kitchen." Ghost-Spider tells Spider-Man.
"What makes you say that? Is it because he dresses himself as a devil that gave it away?" Spider-Man is being amusing.
"Obviously!" Ghost-Spider tells Spider-Man.
The Hand ninjas all draw out their shurikens and tossed them at the two spider heroes, but they missed as the spider are agile. Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider managed to dodge the attacks at they're confused as to who these ninjas are.
"Didn't know that the Foot Clan is in town." Spider-Man making a quip.
"Yeah, maybe ninja turtles will come and kick their asses. Who are these guys?" Ghost-Spider asking Spider-Man.
"Obviously they're the ones behind the recent abductions, lets deal with them first." Spider-Man tells Ghost-Spider.
The Hand all engaged in combat against the two heroes using their swords, the spiders are doing their best to dodge the blades but these ninjas are different than any of the bad guys they've faced off before, they're well organized and well trained. Meanwhile Daredevil is still engaging himself in combat against the ninja leader who is still a formidable opponent even for him and yet she intrigues him for some strange reason. He then combines his two clubs to form one long stick as he uses his strength to strike hard at the hands of his opponent and disarming her of her signature weapons, she lost her weapons and yet she still won't go down as she fights him using her hands. She managed to get close enough and grabbed his club and strike with a punch to the face. She tossed the weapon aside as he lost his weapon, he then uses his boxing skills to fight, she throws in some jabs and crosses, Daredevil recognized these same maneuvers from before.
"Your moves, they're just like…" Daredevil is feeling confused.
She strikes with a jab as he grabbed her wrist with one hand and her mask with another, he pulls her over his shoulder and flips her down on the ground hard as she lost her mask, she then gets herself up on her feet and Daredevil became shocked as his radar sense immediately recognizes her face, she turns around to look at Daredevil with coldness in her eyes.
"No... it can't be… Elektra?" Daredevil is shocked.
"Who the hell is Elektra?" Elektra doesn't recognize her name.
Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider both still engaged against the Hand ninjas who are still putting up a hard fight, Spider-Man managed to roundhouse kick one to the face as he turns around to see an ninja archer aiming his bow at Ghost-Spider who is distracted fighting her opponent to noticed, Spider-Man panicked as she's distracted and vulnerable.
"Look out!" Spider-Man rushed to Ghost-Spider.
The archer shot an arrow as Spider-Man tackled Ghost-Spider and took the arrow hit on his back, shot through his collarbone, Ghost-Spider turns around and sees Spider-Man shot with an arrow.
"Spider-Man!" Ghost-Spider yelled out in shock.
Ghost-Spider broke the arrow off and pulled the arrowhead off his collarbone, he yelled out in pain that she yanked the arrowhead out.
"Are you alright?" Ghost-Spider is very worried for Spider-Man.
"Yeah, I'll live." Spider-Man gets himself up.
Meanwhile Daredevil is still processing on how his girlfriend is standing before him when she had died four years ago, she remained confused as to why this Daredevil is causing her to stir up emotions that she never believed was possible.
"Elektra, how is this possible? You died right in my arms, how are you still alive?" Daredevil is very confused.
"Why do you keep calling me Elektra? Don't call me that!" Elektra is angry and confused.
"Elektra, it's me! Matt! Don't you recognize me?" Daredevil trying to reach through to her.
Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider heard Daredevil calling himself 'Matt' as they've just took down the Hand ninja with ease, Elektra spotted the heroes just defeated her men. Daredevil tries walking up to her to reach her again but she took out a smoke bomb and tossed it down hard on the ground, she disappeared in the smoke. The Hand ninjas got themselves up and tossed their smoke bombs too, the heroes all couldn't see anything in the smoke, the smoke began to clear up as Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider can see that the ninjas have all disappear from sight, Daredevil could sense that they're long gone too.
"They're gone." Ghost-Spider tells Spider-Man.
"She's right, they're long gone. Thanks for the help." Daredevil gave them his gratitude.
Daredevil uses his radar sense to see through their masks and peeked at their faces, he immediately recognized them as the kids from the homeless shelter, one of them named Peter Parker. They both got a closer look at the man who protects the neighborhood, someone dressed as a devil with the initials 'DD' on his suit.
"You're both kids?" Daredevil is very surprised.
"How do you know that we're kids?" Spider-Man is surprised by his deduction.
"Let's just say that like you, I've got a special power that lets me see things that no one can." Daredevil tells the young heroes.
"So you must be the Devil of Hell's Kitchen we've been hearing so much about? What does the two D's stand for?" Spider-Man says to Daredevil.
"It's Daredevil, the Man without Fear, the protector of Hell's Kitchen." Daredevil introduced himself to them.
"I'm Spider-Man and this is my partner Ghost-Spider." Spider-Man introduces himself and her to Daredevil.
"I've heard about you two." Daredevil tells the young heroes.
"Now that we've introduced ourselves, care to tell us who those guys were?" Spider-Man asking Daredevil.
Daredevil remained silent as this whole mission became personal to him now that Elektra is involved with the Hand.
"Look I appreciate the help, but this mission is personal, have a nice night keeping the rest of New York safe." Daredevil walks away from them without giving them information.
Spider-Man grabbed Daredevil's wrist and stopped him from leaving.
"Hey! Don't walk away from us, these guys are very dangerous for you to handle alone! Besides, this isn't just about you, they've been kidnapping kids off the streets. We need to work together to stop them." Spider-Man trying to reason with Daredevil.
Daredevil forced his wrist off of Spider-Man's hand. "Let go of me, boy. I don't need anyone's help for this. So stay out of my way, or I'll tell everyone who you are... Peter Parker."
Spider-Man is shocked as his eyes are widen. "How do you know who I am?"
"As I said before, I've got a special power. Now this is my last warning, stay away from me and Hell's Kitchen." Daredevil is blackmailing them to stay away.
Daredevil grabbed the billy club off the ground and shot a grappling hook at the ledge of the rooftop, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider watched as he zip lined away from the ground and leaves on the rooftop. Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider stayed behind as this Daredevil knows who Spider-Man is underneath the mask. Spider-Man then collapse on the ground as Ghost-Spider is confused as to what's happening to him.
"Spider-Man, what's wrong?" Ghost-Spider tending to Spider-Man.
"I don't know, I'm not feeling good for some reason." Spider-Man is feeling sick.
Ghost-Spider checks the wound from the arrow that pierced through Spider-Man's collarbone and sees that the wound is infected by poison. She picks Spider-Man up on his feet and takes him away from the scene as he needs help.
Later in Hell's Kitchen managed to return to Fogwell's Gym as he's feeling sick himself, the wound on his shoulder is being poisoned. He approaches the locker as he knows exactly what kind of poison the Hand uses in their weapons, he opens it and pulled out the antidote to the poison as he drank it all in. He then walked up and laid himself on the bench resting, letting the antidote do all its work to cleanse the poison from his body. He takes off his mask and lets himself rest comfortably as he has much to think about.
"Elektra." Matt spoke her name.
(Flashback)
Four Year Ago
On a rooftop in Hell's Kitchen, Matt Murdock dressed in black and his lover Elektra also wearing black are engaged in combat against an assassin calling himself Bullseye who is proven to be a formidable foe against them both alone, he tossed projectile weapons with his hands with great accuracy. Matt uses his batons to protect himself from Bullseye's attacks, but Bullseye kept on tossing more knives as a couple of them manage to injure Matt's shoulder and leg. Elektra looked as her lover and partner has been injured badly by Bullseye, she steps in and fights Bullseye alone. Matt tries to get back into the fight but his injuries are affecting his movements a bit. Bullseye uses a pair of knives against Elektra's sais, they both fought each other in melee combat, even though Elektra is well trained in martial arts, Bullseye is also a well trained martial artists and combatant. They keep parrying each other's strikes until Bullseye got the upper hand and made a cut on Elektra's wrist, causing her to flinch in pain, Bullseye push kicked her down on the ground.
Matt sensed that Elektra is bleeding as Bullseye is about to deliver a lethal kill, he steps in a tossed a baton at Bullseye hard on the head, causing the assassin to miss his kill. He still remained conscious enough to see that the man in black is still putting up a fight, he tossed a knife hard at Matt, injuring his collarbone and making Matt flinch in pain. Bullseye picked up one of Elektra's sais and walked up to Matt all injured from the pain, Elektra watched as Matt is in trouble of being killed. Bullseye has the sai in his hand and pointed at Matt's chest.
"One last thing before you die, Kingpin sends his regards." Bullseye tells Matt who is now vulnerable.
Elektra found the strength to get back up and picked up her other sai, she charged at Bullseye and lunged her sai at him, he stopped himself from killing Matt as he uses the sai to block Elektra's strike, he then pulls another knife and tossed it at her shoulder, causing her to drop the sai off her hand as she's now injured and disarmed. Matt sensed that Elektra has been injured as Bullseye looked at the man and smiled as he has something sinister in mind. Bullseye walked up closer and grabbed Elektra by the throat, she's defenseless and vulnerable as Matt is powerless to do anything to help her.
"It's been fun, darling." Bullseye says the final words to Elektra.
Bullseye thrusts the sai and it pierced through her body to her heart, Matt can sensed that Elektra's has been pierced through the heart as her life withered away right before him, Elektra closes her eyes as she had died at the hands of Bullseye, he dropped her body down to the ground all lifeless.
"NOOO!" Matt yelled out and cried.
"Let this be a warning against the Kingpin, this is all the consequences of your actions. My work is done and you get to live knowing that you couldn't save her, goodbye." Bullseye tells Matt as he walks away.
Bullseye disappeared from the rooftop as Matt is still too injured from his fight against the assassin, he crawls in closer to Elektra's now lifeless body. Matt took off the mask as he's crying tears of sadness out of his blind eyes as he held her body in his arms, the love of his life is now long gone.
(Present)
Matt is laying on his back on the bench resting himself, he remembers that night she died at the hands of Bullseye and he couldn't save her. Matt is more confused as to why the love of his life who had died four years ago is somehow alive right now.
"Elektra." Matt spoke her name once more.
The next morning, Peter just woken up and finds himself in the Spider-Cave all laid down on a cot with an IV in his vein, Gwen is resting on the cot next to him as she never left his side since he got sick. He shirtless wearing nothing but sweatpants as he felt hot and sweaty from being sick from the poison, his wound is all patched up.
"Gwen." Peter tries to wake Gwen up.
Gwen opens her eyes to see Peter is awake and looking at her.
"Peter, are you feeling alright?" Gwen asking all worried.
"Yeah, I think so. What happened?" Peter asking Gwen about his condition.
"The arrow that pierced through your collarbone was laced with some kind of poison that is unidentified and very lethal, if it wasn't for your enhanced physiology and healing factor, you'd be dead by now. Though, you did work up quite a sweat last night, here, you need to stay hydrated." Gwen hands Peter a glass of water.
Peter took the glass in his hand and drank all the water down his throat, May, George, and Mary Jane came into the Spider-Cave to check up on Peter with Gwen.
"How are you feeling, Tiger?" Mary Jane asking Peter.
"Like I had a rough night." Peter tells Mary Jane.
"Speaking of rough nights, what happened?" George Stacy wants to know about last night.
"We've encounter men in red dressed as ninjas abducting kids off the streets, but we've managed to stop them." Gwen explained about last night.
"Ninjas? Did they say who they are and what they wanted?" George Stacy is confused.
"Ah, they pretty much let their weapons do all the talking. But we did encounter that Daredevil who's been protecting Hell's Kitchen." Peter tells the group.
"Daredevil? You've seen him?" George Stacy says to Peter.
"Yeah, it wasn't exactly a friendly meeting. This guy has real training in hand to hand combat, but our biggest concern is that he knows who I am underneath the mask." Peter tells them about Daredevil.
"What? He knows you're Peter Parker? How?" May is worried someone knows Peter's secret.
"I don't know, but he told us both to stay from him and his neighborhood." Peter told the group.
"Or?" Mary Jane still curious.
"Or he's gonna tell everyone that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, possibly even exposed Gwen Stacy as Ghost-Spider." Peter explained the risks of their secret identities.
"My god... Are you both going to stay away?" May asking Peter and Gwen.
"You know us better than to give into blackmail, besides theses ninja guys are still out there and we need to stop them at any cost." Peter refused to back down.
"Don't worry about the ones you've saved, they're at F.E.A.S.T. taking shelter for the day. I'll make sure they're well taken care of." May told the group.
"So what do we do now? We don't have any leads on finding this Daredevil or the ninjas." Gwen has nothing to go on.
"That's not true, when I grabbed Daredevil's wrist, I've managed to slip in a spider-tracer on his suit." Peter pulled out the tracker and found the location. "And I've found him, he's in Hell's Kitchen, surprise surprise!"
"I'll go to F.E.A.S.T. and keep an eye on the homeless kids in case those ninjas come back." Gwen tells Peter.
"Thanks, in the meantime, I'll go and have another conversation with Hellboy." Peter makes a quip.
"Are you sure that's a good idea? This guy knows who you are and he could expose you as Spider-Man if you come after him." Mary Jane is worried about the risk.
"I'm sure, this guy seemed to know the woman who lead the ninjas last night, so maybe he knows who these people are. I knows it's risky, but its chance I'll have to take." Peter is still going through finding this Daredevil.
"Alright, be careful out there, Pete." Gwen tells Peter.
"Sure thing, Gwendy." Peter told Gwen.
Peter and Gwen kiss each other as they both went their separate ways, Gwen will go to F.E.A.S.T. to keep an eye on things and Peter will go to Hell's Kitchen to confront this Daredevil.
At the Hand's headquarters, in the bathhouse, Elektra is inside the hot water with her entire body submerged as the whole room is fill with steam, she has her eyes closed as she's meditating herself. Meanwhile the Master of the Hand has entered and grabbed the bathrobe, he stands near the water as Elektra opens her eyes and got her head out of the water. The Master holds the bathrobe open as Elektra got up out of the water and stands up to put on the bathrobe, in the partially covered part of the robe, she has a scar on her body from where Bullseye delivered the lethal kill that ended her life the first time. Elektra tied up the sash of the robe and turns around, she got on her knees before him.
"What happened?"
"It was the Devil again, only this time he had help, the two spider heroes of New York." Elektra explained to the master.
"Spider-Man, I know exactly who he is. But that's not my biggest concern."
"Then what is, Master?" Elektra asking the master.
"You've been distracted ever since you've encountered the Devil, I'm worried that your head isn't in the right place for the Hand."
"I'm not distracted, I'm just confused." Elektra tells the master.
"When the Hand found you, you were nothing but a corpse until we gave you new life and a new purpose. You are the best warrior the Hand has ever produced and yet you can't seem to take down a man in a red suit."
"Then let me prove myself by finding this Devil and bringing him to you, then I'll kill him myself as proof of my allegiance to the Hand. I will not fail, master." Elektra assures the Hand.
"You better, the Hand gave you life, we can take it away just as easily, and this time it will be for good."
The master walks away leaving Elektra all alone in the bathhouse, she needs to seek out this Devil man to prove her loyalty and dedication to the Hand. But she still has mixed emotions about the man underneath the mask that is compromising her judgement to do what needs to be done, but she's still determined to find him for the Hand.
Sometime later at noon, Matt Murdock is still at Fogwell's Gym dressed in his suit as he wakes up to hear the phone ringing, he got himself up and walked to the locker where his regular clothes and phone are stored. He pulled it out and answered the call, he held it to his ear.
"Hey Foggy." Matt yawned out.
"Matt, are you still sleeping overtime again? It's noon and I'm here at the office alone." Foggy tells Matt.
"Sorry Fog, but I'm going to have to take a day off, maybe a few more days off, I got something personal to do." Matt apologizes to Foggy.
"Lucky for you, there's no clients today and we still don't have a secretary to answer any calls." Foggy informs Matt.
"Guessing that ad you put in the papers didn't do any good. Have you consider raising the wage?" Matt suggested to Foggy.
"I would if we were actually making any real money, but thats the thing about working pro bono, we always help those for less or no money at all." Foggy tells Matt.
"Noted, good luck at the office, Foggy." Matt tells Foggy.
"Sure thing, I hope you resolve this personal issue." Foggy tells Matt.
"So do I, Foggy, so do I." Matt hangs up the phone.
Matt starts to change out of his suit until he stopped himself, he sensed something unusual on his suit thats not suppose to be there, he checked his arm and sensed a small device attached to the suit. He pulled it off and holds it in his hand, whatever it is its still active, he smiled as he has an idea who put it on him.
"Very clever, kid." Matt smiled alone.
(Outside)
Spider-Man is in Hell's Kitchen on a rooftop finally traced the signal to an abandoned gym.
"So this must be the place, should take a closer look." Spider-Man speaks to himself.
Spider-Man jumped and swings across the rooftop to the gym.
(Inside)
Spider-Man opens the window and climbs inside to find the place is empty, he walks around searching as he found the spider-tracer on the floor, but no sign of Daredevil. He picked up the tracer off the ground and continues looking around to find some newspaper articles about a boxer calling himself 'Battling Jack Murdock', another about the death of that boxer, and some about a man dressed in black rumored to fight crime in Hell's Kitchen from four years ago. The name Murdock sounded familiar as he remembers someone he just met by that name.
"What is all this?" Spider-Man is confused by what he's seeing.
Spider-Man's sense tingle as he turns around and caught the billy club tossed at his head from behind, he turns around to see Daredevil still holding one club left.
"You again." Spider-Man sees Daredevil
"I'm impressed that you caught it so easily without even looking, I'm guessing that you have a special sense of your own like me." Daredevil suspected Spider-Man has a enhance sense like him.
"Guess that makes two of us... Matt Murdock." Spider-Man told Daredevil's real name.
Daredevil looked stunned. "How did you know?"
"I heard you calling yourself 'Matt' last night, and seeing all this, I've put the pieces together." Spider-Man tells Daredevil.
"Great deduction, kid. But you should've stayed away, whats to stop me from telling everyone who you are?" Daredevil still knows Spider-Man's secret.
"Probably the same thing keeping me from telling everyone that a blind lawyer is secretly leading a double life fighting crime dressed as a devil, if you're even are blind." Spider-Man knows Daredevil's secret.
"Touche, though I never lied, I am blind, I just see things in ways no ordinary human can ever do, it's hard to explain." Daredevil is having difficulty explaining his gift.
"Lucky for you, I've got time. I have a lot of questions to ask you and I'm not leaving until I get them." Peter won't back away from anything.
"You really are quite stubborn, I'll give you that... Fine, though could we go out and have a bite, I haven't had anything to eat since yesterday." Daredevil is feeling hungry for a decent meal.
"Now that you mention it, I could use a bite myself." Spider-Man is also feeling hungry.
Sometime later at a diner in Hell's Kitchen, Matt and Peter are in their regular clothes having lunch as they've worked up an appetite from last night's battle against the hand. Matt had already finished his meal as did Peter who is still drinking in his milkshake.
Peter finished sipping his milkshake. "Okay, now I'm all done."
"Fine, ask your questions." Matt is willing to talk to Peter about himself.
"First, I like to know your story of how you've become the person you are now, from the beginning to the end." Peter wants to hear Matt's story.
Matt sighed. "Very well, it all started when I was a kid, my dad was a boxer, he was an amazing fighter. I've remember most of my childhood back when i still had my sight, until one day..."
(Flashback)
Young Matt Murdock is walking down his neighborhood as he just got out of school, he was walking home like he normally does until he spotted an old man crossing the streets and a truck is coming at him, Matt couldn't stand by and let that man get run over, he rushed out of the sidewalk and helps escort the old man off the streets as fast as he can. The truck driver spotted an old man and a little boy on the streets as he panics and hits the brakes to stop the truck in its tracks, the truck is still moving as the driver steers the wheel hoping to divert the truck's course. The back of the truck is drifting towards it right side as it's loaded with barrels in the back. Matt sees the truck sliding towards them, he had to save the old man as he pushed him out of the way with much force as he had. Matt is still on the streets as the truck finally stops its, but the contents in the barrels are radioactive as they rained down upon his eyes, it was the last thing he ever saw.
"A man was crossing the street and i had to save his life, and I did, but unfortunately I was caught in that accident as the radioactive contents of the liquid the truck was transporting hit my eyes, I lost my sight in that accident, it was the last thing I ever saw." Matt narrates the origins of his powers.
(Present)
"I'm sorry for your loss of sight." Peter felt sympathetic towards Matt.
"Don't be, in a way I was blessed with powers beyond imagining, even though my sight is gone, I can see things in ways I ever thought was possible, all my remaining senses were amplified to compensate for my lack of sight, all those senses together gave me a radar sense, like a bat that uses soundwaves to sense its surroundings." Matt explained about his radar sense.
"So that's how you knew who I was." Peter is amazed by the radar sense.
"It allows me to see through disguises, besides that your scent, your voice, your heartbeat, they're like fingerprints, unique like everyone else's. It took me a long time to adapt and master my senses." Matt explained more about his radar sense.
"So how did your dad take it you having powers?" Peter asking Matt.
"I've never told him, and I never got the chance because he was taken from me." Matt explain more of his story with sadness in his voice.
(Flashback)
A young blind Matt Murdock is inside the gym as he heard noises coming from the outside, sounds of someone getting beat up very badly, he heard his father's voice as he gets up and finds his way out using his stick. Matt walks down the stairs carefully and yet he couldn't block out the sounds of his father getting beaten to death by a group of men he sensed with his new gift. He managed to make it downstairs and heads outside towards the alleyway where a car is speeding away very fast and a man is laying dead on the ground, Matt couldn't resist as he rushed towards the body and he immediately recognized it as his father's, all lifeless and beaten. Matt got on his knees and grabbed his dad's cold hand and cried out.
"My dad was indebted to a mobster named Roscoe Sweeney as everyone in the neighborhood called him the Fixer, because he fixes fight for money. My father was suppose to throw in a fight and lose, but he refused and won the match, costing Roscoe a lot of money. So he got his revenge on my dad by sending in his thugs and beating him to death. That night my father died, that single tragedy, it changed me." Matt explained why his father ended up dead.
(Present)
Peter is shocked to hear that like him, someone Matt loved had died at the hands of terrible people willing to destroy lives, Matt could sense that this subject affected Peter like it affected him.
"From your reaction, you also lost someone too." Matt suspected Peter's loss.
"Yeah, my uncle was murdered by a man who broke into his home and killed him in cold blood, that night changed me too, it's what drives me to becoming Spider-Man. Please, continue your story." Peter wants to hear more of Matt's story.
"With my father gone, I was all alone in the world with no family. One day, a man came into my life, a blind man named Stick." Matt tells more of his story.
(Flashback)
Matt is being trained under a blind martial arts grandmaster named Stick, he trained young Matt Murdock in most forms of hand to hand combatant from Boxing, Taekwondo, Karate, Muay Thai, Capoeira, Wushu, Wing Chun, Judo, Jiu-jitsu, Aikido, Ninjutsu, Silat, and Eskrima. Under Stick's tutelage, Matt excelled well in his training to use his gifts for fighting, he sparred well against his mentor to demonstrate his skills in martial arts, he grabbed the old man's wrists and tossed him down hard, Stick smiled as he's impressed with Matt's progress.
"Like me, Stick had a special gift and he taught me to use them well in hand to hand combat, so he trained me in martial arts so that when the time comes, I can become a warrior and uses theses gifts to fight the big battles in the future." Matt explained about his training under Stick.
(Present)
Peter is surprised to hear that like him, he's got a mentor. Peter was trained under Madame Web to master his skills and powers to fight the big battle she predicated will come to pass in his life as Spider-Man.
"Huh, and I thought i was the only one with a blind mentor?" Peter is very surprised.
"What?" Matt is confused by what he said.
"Nothing, so when did you become a vigilante? I was surprised there was one before me." Peter is curious of Matt's past as a vigilante.
"It was four years ago, I wasn't big news, I stuck to Hell's Kitchen, back then Kingpin's criminal activities was causing damage to my neighborhood." Matt explained about his vigilante past.
"You were an enemy of the Kingpin too?" Peter asking Matt.
"That's right, thanks for taking him down by the way, I never thought that was possible but he finally faced justice thanks to you." Matt is impressed with Spider-Man's work in defeating the Kingpin.
"So why did you stop being a vigilante?" Peter is curious why Matt stopped.
Matt remained silent as this subject is too painful for him to talk about, it involves Elektra's death that night, Peter could see that whatever it is, he doesn't want to talk about it.
"Okay then. What about that woman in red? I saw you the other night speaking to her, you even called her Elektra." Peter is curious about the woman.
"Please kid, just drop this." Matt tries to hide it.
"I'm sorry Matt, but she's apart of those guys who taken kids off the street. Please Matt, tell me who the woman in red is?" Peter needs to know.
Matt sighed. "Her name is Elektra Natchios, we went to college together... we were in love."
Peter is shocked to hear that this ninja woman was somebody Matt loved.
"So how does she fit into this story?" Peter is confused.
"Remember that girl you team up with, that Ghost-Spider, Elektra was my Ghost-Spider, she was my partner. Four years ago, she and I teamed up fighting crime in Hell's Kitchen, clearing the neighborhood of Kingpin's criminal activities, we were quite a team." Matt explained Elektra's role in his vigilante life.
"Still, none of this explains why you quit being a vigilante." Peter is still confused.
Matt sighed. "We were too cocky in our quest destroying Kingpin's business, eventually we've put ourselves on his radar. He sent his most deadly assassin after us one night, this guy was a formidable foe even for the two of us together... he came so close to kill me, but Elektra stepped in and saved my life, but she paid the price for saving me, he killed her in cold blood, right in front of me."
"How is it possible that she's still alive after all these years?" Peter is very much confused.
"I don't know... I swear Peter, I was sure she was dead. She was pierced through the heart that night, she died right in my arms. I don't know how or why she's alive right now." Matt is still confused how Elektra is alive.
"She's the reason you quit, isn't she?" Peter figured it out.
Matt nodded his head. "What happened to Elektra that night was all my fault, I blamed myself for dragging her into this life and I got her killed because I was so arrogant and delusional. After the funeral, I quit this life and I never look back."
Peter felt uneasy hearing this story. "That's the saddest love story I've ever heard."
"I dedicated myself to continue my studies and eventually graduated at the top of my class, I decided to continue fighting for what's right the legal way, it was hard for me since the Kingpin was still ruling New York without anyone left to stop him. Then one day, everyone heard the heroic tales of Spider-Man and all the good he's done for this city, including defeating the Kingpin, so good that you inspired me to get back into this life and reminded me that everyone still needs saving. I decided to get back into the life and became Daredevil." Matt explained why he became Daredevil.
Peter smiled. "It's nice to know that this city has more heroes defending it, helping the little guys."
"You made a big difference in everyone's lives, helping people by fighting for what's right. New York is lucky to have a hero like you." Matt admires Peter's heroism as Spider-Man.
"Thank you Matt, I appreciate the compliment. I could use your help in finding these ninjas before they take anymore lives." Peter asking Matt for his help as Daredevil.
"Alright, I need your help stopping them, I can't take them on all by myself." Matt needs Peter's help as Spider-Man.
"So who are these ninjas in red? An informant tells me that they're Japanese. What are they, Yakuza?" Peter is curious about these mysterious enemies.
"Worse... I heard tales from my mentor about a secret society of ninjas that has connections all over the criminal world, I never thought they actually existed... they call themselves the Hand." Matt revealed the name of these criminals.
"What does this Hand want with a bunch of kids?" Peter is curious about the Hand's motivates.
"I don't know, but we need to find them and free them." Matt wants to save them from the Hand.
"Then let's go find them." Peter teams up with Matt.
Later in Chinatown, Gwen is at F.E.A.S.T. helping May and Mary Jane setting up cots for some of the homeless kids as night time is coming. Gwen is on the phone with Peter informing her about Daredevil and the Hand.
"Okay, thanks for info. I'm still here keeping an eye on things, don't worry Pete, I'll make sure nothing bad happens to May." Gwen assures Peter of Aunt May's safety.
"You're an angel, Gwen Stacy. I love you." Peter tells Gwen over the phone.
"I love you too." Gwen blows a kiss before hanging up.
May noticed Gwen smiling. "Was that Peter?"
Gwen nodded her head. "He's out on patrol with Daredevil, they're in Hell's Kitchen searching for those missing kids."
"I hope they find them soon and stop those bastards who took them." May is being prayerful.
"Knowing Peter, he will." Mary Jane is being optimistic.
Everyone got back to work around the shelter tending to the homeless, unknown to anyone a shady man with sunglasses is pulling out his phone and made a call to the Hand.
It's nighttime in Hell's Kitchen as Spider-Man and Daredevil are out on patrol searching for any leads on the Hand and those missing kids. They stopped as they're on a rooftop overlooking a skyscraper which is the New York charter of the Hand.
"This is the place, those missing kids are in there." Daredevil confirms this is the Hand's hideout.
"Are you sure?" Spider-Man asking Daredevil.
"I can hear their voices inside, they're still alive. Trust me, this is the place." Daredevil assures Spider-Man.
"So what are waiting for?" Spider-Man is eager to go.
"Hold on! There's a group of ninjas leaving the place, Elektra is with them, they're inside a vehicle." Daredevil can hear them moving.
"I'm guessing they're out on a hunt again." Spider-Man figured as much.
"Yeah, but they're leaving Hell's Kitchen, heading southeast." Daredevil is picking up on their movement.
"Southeast?" Spider-Man is shocked to hear what direction they're taking.
"What is it?" Daredevil sensed Spider-Man is agitated.
"Oh no, I think I know exactly where they're going! Come on!" Spider-Man jumps off a rooftop.
Daredevil follows after Spider-Man as the web-slinger has some idea where the Hand is heading, and its not good.
Sometime later back at F.E.A.S.T., most of the homeless are already resting as May is doing her job making their stay comfortable. Gwen is with Mary Jane as he phone is ringing, she picked up and sees that Peter is calling her, she answered the call and held it to her ear.
"Peter." Gwen talking to Spider-Man over the phone.
"Gwen, listen to me! The Hand is heading your way towards the shelter! We're on our way now, please keep Aunt May and everyone else safe!" Spider-Man warns Gwen that the Hand is coming.
The lights in the entire shelter just shut off as did most of the electronics as all the power is gone, everyone started to worry and panic. Gwen's spider sense tingle as danger is close by here.
"The lights have shut off." Gwen tells Spider-Man.
"Gwen, what's going on?" Spider-Man is getting worried.
"They're already here. Get here as fast as you can." Gwen tells Spider-Man.
"I'm almost there, please be careful, Gwen!" Spider-Man tells Gwen.
Gwen hangs up and grabs her backpack, Mary Jane watched as Gwen heads into a room for some privacy to change. From Gwen's reaction and conversation with Peter something big is about to happen right. Outside the building, Hand ninjas are rappelling down the building as they broke through the windows, they enter and took everyone by surprise, May and Mary Jane are spooked that men with swords have barged into the shelter. Some of the younger homeless got scared that they came back for them again, May got in front of them to protect them. Elektra came up closer as she leads the group and looks at May standing in their way.
"Move aside." Elektra demanded of May.
"No! I won't let you take these kids away!" May refused to back down.
"Neither am I!" Mary Jane steps in next to May.
"So unwise, kill them!" Elektra gave the order.
The ninjas all draw out their katanas as everyone got scared, they all walked up close ready to kill until a web grenade was launched and trapped several ninjas together. Everyone turn to see Ghost-Spider here in the shelter, May and Mary Jane smiled that she came to their rescue, the Hand are disappointed that she interfered in their operations again like before.
"You want them? You'll have to go through me!" Ghost-Spider is here to protect everyone.
"You interfered for the last time!" Elektra isn't too happy.
Elektra tossed a kunai at her as she slides to the right avoiding it, Elektra pulled out her sais as she charges in and attacks Ghost-Spider. Ghost-Spider ducks and dodges each of Elektra's strikes with ease, but this woman is quite formidable even without powers. Ghost-Spider does the backflip kick and knocked Elektra down, she gained the upper hand but more ninjas came in and joined in the fight, they all swing their swords at her as she does some backflips and counters by webbing them up. She's too occupied to help May and Mary Jane who are both in danger, Mary Jane grabbed a broom as one of the ninjas came at her, she swings it very hard on the guy's head. May stayed behind to keep the kids protected from the Hand, one of the ninja manage to cut the broomstick in half as Mary Jane is more vulnerable, Ghost-Spider noticed that Mary Jane is in danger.
"Mary Jane!" Ghost-Spider yelled out in fear.
The ninja was about to swing down his sword until Spider-Man came in dropping and webbed up the sword, he yanked it off the ninja's hands and strike's with a drop kick, Spider-Man landed on the ground in front of Mary Jane, she and May are happy that he came to their rescue. Several more ninjas came at Spider-Man until Daredevil tossed a club at one of the ninja's head, the remaining two turns around to see Daredevil is here as well. Elektra spotted Daredevil here, she is pleased to know that he has taken the bait. Daredevil uses his two clubs to fight off the two ninjas simultaneously blocking their every strike and hitting back hard at fast speed. He sensed Elektra coming at him as she tossed some shurikens at him, he blocks them with his clubs as she managed to get closer and tossed him down hard on the ground. Daredevil is laying back on the ground, Elektra kicked the billy clubs off his hands and disarmed him, she got herself on top of him and brought her face closer, he didn't even fight back against the woman he loved.
"Now I finally have you." Elektra blows some dust on Daredevil's face.
Daredevil pushed Elektra off of him and he got himself back up on his feet, but he's having trouble staying conscious as Elektra sprayed him with some kind of dust that is causing him to be sleepy. He tries his best to fight it but it was too strong for him, he fell back down on the ground unconscious as Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider can see that Daredevil is knocked out unconscious. Elektra stands over Daredevil as she tossed a smoke bomb down and disappeared in the smoke along with Daredevil, the ninjas all did the same as they tossed their smoke bombs down and all disappeared too, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider can see the smoke is clearing as the Hand is all gone along with Daredevil who is now their hostage. Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider turns their attentions towards May and Mary Jane.
"Are you both alright?" Spider-Man asking them all worried.
"Yeah, we're both fine, thanks to you two." Mary Jane tells them they're fine.
"They took him, they took Daredevil." Ghost-Spider reminded about Daredevil missing.
"I know, I think I know where to find him." Spider-Man has an idea where Daredevil is.
The NYPD arrived just in time as George Stacy and Yuri Watanabe enters to find the place is a mess, officers are walking around tending to the homeless and staff here, George stopped Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider with May and Mary Jane, he walked up to them all worried.
"Is everyone alright?" George Stacy asking all worried.
"Yeah, we're whole, most of us anyway." Ghost-Spider tells them they're alright.
"Anyone care to tell us what happened here?" Yuri Watanabe wants to know about tonight's incident.
"It's a very long story and one we don't have time to tell, these ninjas have just taken Daredevil as their hostage. We think they're taking him to their headquarters in Hell's Kitchen." Spider-Man tells the two cops.
"If you know where they are, then tell us and we'll send SWAT units in to storm the place." Yuri Watanabe tells Spider-Man.
"It's too risky, if we go in guns blazing, then the missing kids and Daredevil could all get killed." Spider-Man explained the risk.
"Then what do you suggest?" George Stacy wants to hear Spider-Man's opinion.
"Let us both go in quietly and find the hostages, then 30 minutes later you can all go with SWAT, with any luck we'll save the hostages and take down this organization." Spider-Man tells them the plan.
"Alright, we'll do it your way." George Stacy agrees to this plan.
"Can you have your officers stay behind and kept everyone here safe?" Spider-Man asking George Stacy.
"Don't worry, I'll have my finest officers stay behind guarding." George Stacy tells Spider-Man.
Spider-Man turns to May and Mary Jane. "Are you both going to be okay, here?"
"We'll be fine, go and do what you do best, being a hero." May tells Spider-Man.
Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider now went to talk with George and Yuri about the plan.
Later at the Hand headquarter, Elektra is walking down the hallway with Daredevil being carried by two ninjas towards the master's quarters. The Hand master is meditating as Elektra just returned and got on her knees with an enemy of the Hand, Daredevil, now their prisoner.
"You've returned, I was beginning to have doubts you will succeed. So this is the man who has been causing us trouble, Daredevil. You've done well serving the Hand, take him away and keep him alive, for now."
"Yes, master." Elektra gets up on her feet and complies with the order.
She and the ninjas took Daredevil away as a grim fate awaits him, Daredevil slowly awakens himself and still feeling weak, he finds out that he is now at the mercy of the Hand as their prisoner, he sensed Elektra walking in front of him.
(Outside)
Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are on a rooftop looking at the skyscraper that is the headquarters of the Hand, they use their enhanced lens to zoom in on the rooftop to see ninja sentries on patrol.
"This is definitely the place, ninjas guarding the rooftop." Spider-Man looking at the place.
"If they spot us, then the whole place will be on alert and we'll lose the hostages. How do we sneak inside undetected?" Ghost-Spider asking Spider-Man for an opinion.
"I have an idea, it's crazy, but i think it'll work." Spider-Man has an idea.
"I'm listening?" Ghost-Spider wants to hear this idea.
(Rooftop)
Only a couple of ninjas are walking around the rooftop keeping an eye on things, there's a shrine on the top with koi pond and bamboo trees. The two ninja walk around separately until one of them got webbed up and pulled in, the other ninja noticed something is wrong and was about to alert everyone, but he was too late as he got webbed up too and punched out cold. Both ninja are webbed up unconscious and stripped of their outfits, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider dressed up and disguised themselves up as Hand ninjas.
"So this is your idea? Dressing up as ninjas?" Ghost-Spider now in disguise.
"Yeah, we walk around and nobody notices." Spider-Man also now in disguise.
"Okay, lets do this." Ghost-Spider tells Spider-Man.
Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider leaves the unconscious ninjas hidden as they now enter the elevator and both goes down inside.
(Inside)
The elevator door opens as Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider walks around the hallways looking for Daredevil and the missing kids, the place is crawling with ninjas as they both walked by unnoticed successfully. They approached a room that appears to be some kind of dojo and watched as all the missing kids are here dressed in ninja garbs practicing martial arts, they're both very confused as to what is going on here.
"What is going on here?" Ghost-Spider is confused.
"They're not trafficking them, they're... training them." Spider-Man is surprised.
"But why?" Ghost-Spider still doesn't understands the Hand's motivates.
A japanese gong rang, making a loud noise as everyone is moving and walking towards the Shinto shrine inside the building, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider still disguised as ninjas followed suit to avoid suspicions. Everyone is gathered at the Shinto shrine including Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider distancing themselves from the others as they watched the head ninja coming in along with Elektra and a couple of ninjas bringing in Daredevil who is held hostage.
"There he is, Daredevil." Spider-Man whispered to Ghost-Spider.
Daredevil smiled as he sensed Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider here in disguise, the two ninja still held Daredevil hostage and showed him for everyone to see. The head ninja came up front and removed his mask, he showed his face as Nobu, a man Spider-Man once seen before last year.
"Nobu?" Spider-Man is surprised.
"You know this guy?" Ghost-Spider is surprised Spider-Man recognized him.
"Yeah, he was one of Fisk's partners last year, I thought he was just some average crime boss." Spider-Man explains to Ghost-Spider.
"Obviously not, he seems to be the one in charge." Ghost-Spider whispers to Spider-Man.
Everyone is assembled together in the same room as Nobu is with Elektra and Daredevil is still being held hostage. Nobu takes the stage as everyone listens to his words and hears what he has to say.
"My disciples, we have come so far in the past year alone, grown in strength and continued our expansion in the west, but lately we've run into some setbacks. Here is the one responsible for the Hand's recent failures, Daredevil." Nobu speaks to the Hand.
Nobu showed everyone the enemy of the Hand, Daredevil. Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider watched as he's at their mercy, they slowly move themselves away unnoticed from the group as they attempted to move in when the time is right. Elektra steps up in front of Daredevil who sensed her.
"Elektra!" Daredevil spoke Elektra's name.
"Stop calling me that!" Elektra felt offended being called her name.
"Don't bother calling her by that name, she belongs to the Hand now." Nobu tells Daredevil.
"What did you do to her? How is it possible that she's alive when she died in my arms?" Daredevil is very confused by Elektra's comeback.
"From the way you fight, your training, you were trained by the Chaste, weren't you? What do you know about the Hand? Humor us?" Nobu asking Daredevil how much he knows.
"I know that the Chaste was formed to fight against their mortal enemy, the Hand, your organization has ties to every criminal activity all over the globe, and that you kill anyone who stands in the Hand's way." Daredevil tells how much he knew of the Hand.
"Didn't the Chaste tell you more about what we can do?" Nobu asking Daredevil if he's forgetting something.
"They did tell me something that sounded crazy for me to believe... they said that you all practice the art of resurrection." Daredevil tells of that single impossible detail.
"Precisely." Nobu tells Daredevil.
"No... it can't be, it's impossible." Daredevil is having a hard time believing in resurrection.
"No, it is not. You said it yourself, she had died in your arms and yet here she stands in the flesh. When we heard of the dead of a female warrior, we had taken her body and put it through a process of resurrection. We gave her new life and a new allegiance to the Hand, she is the perfect warrior and the result of the Hand is capable of." Nobu explains about Elektra's resurrection.
(Outside)
A group of SWAT officers are nearby the Hand headquarters, Captain Stacy and Lieutenant Watanabe are dressed in bulletproof vests and armed with shotguns as they're leading this operation. George Stacy checks his watch for the time as they're all still waiting to storm the place to aid the hero in their battle.
"Just a couple minutes left and then we move in." George Stacy tells the officers to wait a bit longer.
Everyone still waited outside before they could move in and storm the building, George and Yuri hoped that both spider heroes know what they're doing, it's been almost half an hour since they went inside.
(Inside)
Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider watched as Elektra pulls out her sai and points it at Daredevil, they prepare themselves to make a move when the time comes. Nobu has no further use for Daredevil as this concluded their conversation.
"I've believe we've concluded this matter, execute him." Nobu orders Elektra to kill Daredevil.
Daredevil tilt his head up towards Elektra as she's ordered to kill him.
"Elektra... I know you're in there. You could've killed me the first time, but you didn't because there's a part of you that remembers your old life, a part of you that loves me." Daredevil tries to reach through to Elektra.
"Don't waste your breath, that woman you loved is long gone, I belong to the Hand." Elektra still unmoved by Daredevil's words.
Elektra has her sai ready to kill, she was about to thrust it through Daredevil's heart until a webbing shot at Elektra's sai and diverted the lethal strike away, saving Daredevil's life. The entire Hand spotted two of their own shooting webbing, both Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider removed their disguises off them and shows off their suits they wore underneath, Daredevil knew that they were here as he smiled that they saved his life, he recovered his strength and kicked the two ninjas holding his arms, he took them down and was freed as he jumps up and joins his allies. Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Daredevil are surrounded by a group of ninjas as Nobu and Elektra came up to see the intruders that infiltrated their compound and causing trouble.
"Spider-Man, still an arrogant bug as always, causing everyone trouble." Nobu speaks to Spider-Man.
"I aim to please." Spider-Man makes a quip.
"Its a shame that you had to sneak into my home and stir up so much trouble, but at least it makes hunting you down all the more easier. Your actions last year has slow down our expansion here, but no more. You were unwise to come here all alone." Nobu tells Spider-Man and his friends.
"Who says we're alone?" Ghost-Spider remained calm and cool.
The elevator ring as SWAT officers came out and guns started blazing as Hand ninja guarding the hallways are being taken down. Nobu and the rest of the Hand heard gunshots nearby, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider took the opportunity strike back at the ninjas surrounding them while they're distracted, Daredevil grabbed a couple of bamboo sticks off the tree and uses them as makeshift batons. Nobu panics as the NYPD has invaded their headquarters and their operations has been compromised again, he attempts to run away as Spider-Man spotted him making his escape.
"I got him!" Spider-Man tells the group.
Spider-Man chases after Nobu making a run, Daredevil uses the bamboo sticks to block and strikes at every ninja in his path, Ghost-Spider does the split kick and took down two ninjas, she then jumps across the shrine room and leaves it as she runs down the hallway to find the kidnapped homeless kids that the Hand recruited into their numbers. She encounter some ninjas in her path as charges in and does the hurricanrana on one of them, then she swtiched to silat and fight off multiple opponents in her way with ease, using elbow strikes and kicks. She successfully took them down and made it to the room where the kids took shelter from all the chaos happening here, they all looked frighten.
"You all ready to leave this place?" Ghost-Spider
"Yeah."
George and Yuri arrived just in time to see Ghost-Spider has finally found the missing kids the Hand abducted in the past couple of weeks. More officers came after they've dealt with the Hand ninjas, George is happy that his own daughter has saved them from slavery.
(Rooftop)
Meanwhile Spider-Man just arrived at the rooftop to find Nobu at the other shrine as the Hand leader turns around to find Spider-Man has followed him. Nobu drew his sword as he's ready to fight and destroy Spider-Man once and for all.
"Spider-Man! I've waited for my chance to kill you myself for all the dishonor you've caused me and my organization." Nobu holding up his sword.
"Funny, I didn't that someone like you had any honor after all the terrible things you've done." Spider-Man says to Nobu.
"Enough talk, let's finish this." Nobu is done talking.
Nobu jumped up and swings down his sword as Spider-Man does the backflip, Nobu missed as he drew out some kunais and tossed them at Spider-Man, Spidey still does some acrobatics and dodges the sharp projectiles without difficulty. Spider-Man counts by firing some web shots back, Nobu uses the swords to slice them off before they reached him, Spider-Man could tell that this man is a bigger challenge than the other ninjas.
(Inside)
Daredevil still fights off the ninjas in the shrine as he gained the upper-hand and took them all down, but he turns arounds and sensed Elektra standing there with her sais in her hands. She hasn't attacked yet as she's still waiting, Daredevil still has the bamboo sticks in his hands ready for whatever comes his way.
"Elektra... you don't have to do this." Daredevil tries to reason with Elektra.
"Yes, I do." Elektra still unmoved by his words.
Daredevil gripping the sticks tightly, Elektra did the same with her said, she throws in the first strike and charges in fast, Daredevil blocked it and does the sweep kick, but she jumps over Daredevil and landed on the opposite direction, she does the side kick and kicked him down to the ground. Daredevil is on the ground as Elektra came at him with her sais, he tossed the sticks hard at Elektra's hands, she flinched and dropped her sais, Daredevil flips back up on his feet and is standing as Elektra is disarmed of her personal weapons.
"If it's all the same, I'd rather kill you with my bare hands." Elektra clinches her fists.
Daredevil clinches his fists too as he's ready to face Elektra in hand to hand combat, they charge in towards each other and started the fight.
(Rooftop)
Nobu is swinging his sword as Spider-Man does some backflips dodging the blade strikes, he then counters by firing a couple of webbing down on Nobu's feet, they stuck them down on the ground and Nobu became immobilized. Nobu is having trouble moving as Spider-Man fired another webbing on Nobu's sword, he yanked it off Nobu's hand and disarmed him, Spidey does the helicopter kick and managed to defeat Nobu as he falls down to the ground. He stays on the ground as blood is leaking out of his mouth and he is disappointed he was defeated.
"This isn't the end, the Hand will return." Nobu says his final words.
Nobu tossed a smoke bomb down and disappears in a flash, Spider-Man did defeat Nobu but fails to stop his escape, Nobu is long gone, but Spider-Man has a feeling that they've haven't seen the last of the Hand.
(Inside)
Daredevil does his best of hold back against Elektra as he still hesitates to fight back, Elektra throws in some jabs and cross as Daredevil pulls back away refusing to fight. She runs up closer and does a knee strike on his torso hard, he got hit very hard and fell on his back. Elektra is walking up closer, Daredevil does a sweep kick on the ground and tripped Elektra off her feet. Both flip themselves back up on their feet as they're evenly matched, Daredevil takes off his mask and shows the face of Matt Murdock.
"You can still stop all this, Elektra." Matt reaching out to Elektra.
"Stop calling me that!" Elektra throws in a strong hook.
Matt got hit pretty hard as he bleed from the lip, he still remains standing strong.
"It's who you are, your name is Elektra Natchios!" Matt telling Elektra her name.
"SHUT UP!" Elektra strikes back with another punch to the face.
Matt felt down on his back, Elektra picked up a sai on the ground and held it down to Matt's heart.
"Now you will die." Elektra threatens to take Matt's life.
"Then what are you waiting for? If you really are far gone, then kill me." Matt doesn't fear dying at the hands of Elektra.
Matt lets himself be defenseless as he won't fight back anymore, Elektra still hesitates to deliver the final kill to finish off Daredevil once and for all.
Elektra hesitates and became confused. "Are you willing to die?"
"I die for you, Elektra, just as you were willing to die for me. I die for you because I love you." Matt confessed his love for Elektra.
Elektra felt strange emotions she never believed was possible for her, she gets up off of Matt and stands on her feet. Matt gets himself up and could sense the conflict within herself, she lets go and drops the sai down to the floor. Elektra looked at Matt as she couldn't bring herself to take his life, she felt a strong connection to him, Matt could sense that she pulled something from behind, a smoke bomb.
"Goodbye." Elektra tells Matt one last time.
Elektra tossed it down and she disappears in the smoke, Matt couldn't sense anything as the smoke disappears, Elektra is long gone and he can't sense her anymore. He stays behind all alone in the room as he could've sworn that he felt something in that moment, he sensed a part of her that was the Elektra he knew and loved. He snaps back to reality as he can sense the heroes and the cops coming his way, he picked up the mask and puts it on, he became Daredevil again. Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider arrived to see Daredevil is alive and well.
"Hey Double D, glad to see that you're still in one piece." Spider-Man says to Daredevil.
"Thanks for asking, Spider-Man. What of Nobu?" Daredevil is curious about Nobu's status.
"He got away, and what of your not-so-dead ex?" Spider-Man is curious about Elektra.
"She's gone too." Daredevil still felt uneasy about Elektra.
"How are the missing kids?" Spider-Man asking Ghost-Spider.
"They're all safe thanks to us, we did it." Ghost-Spider informs the two.
Later outside the building, police are rounding up all the Hand members that were left behind, some of the officers and paramedics are helping the homeless kids out as they're out of danger. Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Daredevil are on a rooftop looking down at the scene they've successfully taken down the Hand and thwarted their operations.
"Looks like we've done our jobs right, saved the kidnapped homeless and disbanded the Hand's expansion in New York." Ghost-Spider tells the two.
"For now, they'll be back one day." Spider-Man has a feeling they've haven't seen the last of them.
"If they ever do come into my neighborhood again, I'll be waiting. By the way, thank you both for all your help, I thought I could do all this alone, I was wrong." Daredevil admits that he needed their help.
"You're not so bad yourself, it's nice to know that this part of New York has its own defender. Hell's Kitchen is lucky to have a hero like you protecting the neighborhood and its people." Spider-Man tells Daredevil he's a hero now.
"Thank you for the compliment, Spider-Man, we do make a pretty good team." Daredevil extended his hand to Spider-Man.
Spider-Man took and shakes Daredevil's hand. "Till next, Daredevil."
Daredevil walks away after shaking hands, he stops himself as he has something else to say to the two spider heroes.
"One more thing, a piece of advice... always look out for each other. You both reminded me of Elektra and myself, I hope that neither of you would ever have to go through the same loss I have, you deserve each other. Food for thought." Daredevil gave some advice to the spider couple.
Daredevil pulled out his club and shot a grapple shot across the to the next rooftop as they watched him jumps and swings away, the people on the ground watched the new hero swinging across to the next rooftop, some reporters and cameramen managed to get a glimpse of the Devil of Hell's Kitchen, one of the reporter is Ben Urich who finally got his eyes of the new hero with his own eyes.
The next day at Nelson and Murdock, Foggy Nelson is reading an issue from the New York Bulletin titled 'Daredevil: The Hero of Hell's Kitchen', he looked at a picture of Daredevil swinging across the rooftop and reading the article of Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider teaming up with Daredevil saving the kidnapped homeless kids from a secret criminal organization. The door opened as Matt Murdock came into the office with a cut on his lip from last night, Foggy noticed the cut.
"Matt, what happened to your lip?" Foggy got worried for his partner Matt.
"I... bumped into the door, accidentally." Matt lied to cover up his double life.
"I thought you were going to take a few days off to handle your personal issues." Foggy reminded Matt.
"I resolved some of it, for now. I'm ready to get back into my life moving forward." Matt tells Foggy.
"What with this sudden change of yours?" Foggy asking Matt.
"I've ran into someone from my past, gotten over my issues. Now I'm here and ready to get back to work." Matt told Foggy.
The office door knocked as a blonde hair woman came into the office, Matt and Foggy assumes that she's a client seeking legal counsel.
"Welcome to Nelson and Murdock, miss. Are you in need of our services?" Foggy asking the mysterious woman.
"Oh no, I'm not here as a client. I got your ad in the paper, you're in need of a secretary."
"Of course, and you are?" Matt asking for her name.
"My name is Karen... Karen Page." Karen Page extends her hand and introduced herself.
Matt acted like he can't see to hide his radar sense.
"She has her hand out, Matt." Foggy helped Matt out.
"Oh, right." Matt extends his hand out.
Karen grabs it and shakes hands with Matt.
"My name is Matt Murdock." Matt is being friendly with Karen Page.
Karen smiles as she meets Matt Murdock, she finds him attractive even though he's blind, Matt felt an immense attraction for Karen that he never believed was possible, an attraction he once felt for Elektra in the old days. This marks the beginning of their beautiful friendship, Matt is happy meeting Karen Page.
Across the globe, far away from New York, at the main headquarters of the Hand back in Japan, Elektra relocated there after escaping New York, she's all alone in the showers letting all the water rain down on her body as she has many conflicting emotions for Daredevil as she remembers him from an old life she once had before her death. These emotions and memories are too powerful for her to ignore.
"Matthew." Elektra whispered out Matt's name.
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