In the shadows - 2 deal with the devil
warnings: violence, language, gore, drug use, and death
summary: After looking for a long time, Alex relises she will need help to find her brother so she trys a risky move to get the Devils attention.
Alex winced as her friend Joshua finished stitching her back "sorry" he said, tying the stitches and cleaning the blood carfully.
Alex met Joshua when she came to hell's kitchen. He was the only cop who really believed She had a chance of finding her brother and he was the only person who knew what she did at night. She saw him all the time so it became difficult to hide it from him and once they became roomates in order to afford living in new York, keeping her secret was damn near impossible.
For a cop he took it suprising well that one of his best friends was a vigellate. Alot of cops hated the vigellates of new York like spiderman and the devil of hell's kitchen but Joshua knew they were the good guys. But that didn't stop him from worrying about her safety.
"What if he's not really a good guy? You could get hurt." He said trying to reason with her as they talked about the devil of hell's kitchen.
"He's been a good guy for years. He's not gonna change if someone asks for help." She argued the way she always did, making him think that he couldn't possibly win an argument.
"I'm just saying you need to be careful," he stated
"I'm always careful," she scoffed
"I'm stitching a knife wound in your back. I'm sorry but that doesn't scream careful," he said
"You should see the other guy," she joked shooting him her classic smile.
"You're not funny," he said
"Not even a little bit?" She asked with fake pity filling her voice
"No" he answered. "Finished,"
"Am I good to go tonight?" She asked, causing him to shoot her a look of disbelief.
"You just got stabbed!" He answered
"I was kidding......... kind of" she muttered, getting up and getting her stuff to go to work.
Alexa was supposed to be working on a case for Nelson, Murdock, and Paige but she was still distracted by finding the Devil of hell's kitchen. The only info she could get was that she would have to hurt someone innocent to get to him, something she wasn't willing to do. If only she could find out something, anything about him but he knew when you were close, making him near impossible to find.
She was trying to push her frustrated thoughts aside as she had more important things to think about like the shipment coming into the docks in a few days. Whatever it was it was something big and ..."Alexa Michaels?".
Alexa's thoughts were interrupted when a man in a nice suit walked into her office/ closet with a desk in it (one of the many benefits of the law firm she was working at)
"Yes, Um how can I help you," She asked.
"I'm Matthew Murdock, I don't belive we've met yet.", Said the man.
"Oh, hello Mr Murdock it's great to finally meet you.", Alex replied.
"Please call me Matt, and it's great to meet you too."
"Well Matt, what can I help you with?", She asked
"Well Foggy didn't say you were working today.", He stated
"Yeah, well I have alot of research to do for the Smith case.", She responded.
"Oh, well in that case you might need this," He said handing her a file.
"What's this?",She asked.
"Its the file for the smith case. Must be kinda hard working on the case without it.", He said knowingly.
She chuckled uncomfortably "There must be a mix up I already have the file.", She stated.
"That would be my file, the one written in braille," He replied.
"No wonder my research seemed more difficult then usual," She said realizing how stupid she must seem
"What are you really working on miss Michaels?", He asked in a more serious tone.
"Please, call me Alex," She said in a pathetic attempt to change the subject.
"Are you trying to change the subject?", He asked already knowing the answer.
"Is it working?", She asked.
"No.", He said, smirk on his face.
"Well?", he said after a few moments of silence.
"I'm trying to find my brother," she stated
"What happened?" Matt asked
"He was kidnapped 3 years ago but the cops stopped looking after the first year," she answered
Here it comes, she knew the routine at this point, he was gonna tell her to move on, or let the cops handle it, or maybe even that it was pointless and that she was wasting her time.
Over the years she had talked to few people about her brother but when she did she was used to being told her search was pointless. That was probably was she was shocked at his reply.
"What do you have?", He asked
"You want me to catch you up on 3 years worth of looking for someone?", She asked sarcastically
"Let's start at the beginning.", He responded
After a few hours of catching him up with everything she knew (besides the part where she beat the shit out of people at night.) She was able to explain how she thought her brother was taken by the Scotts brothers as a favor to a crime family established during the blip.
She was happy he was willing to listen especially because she didn't really talk about this with anyone besides Josh, and man was he listening. He was completely zeroed in on what she was saying.
As daredevil he knew she was getting dangerously close to some weird criminal shit. This was more then just some conspiracy theory she had names, locations, and evidence connecting people like fisk to it all. However she was missing one thing while you could connect the organization to tons of illegal activity like drug smuggling, illegal arms dealing, human trafficking, and multiple murders she was missing something. No matter how hard she looked she couldn't find the person on top. At first she thought it was fisk but it just wouldn't make sense.
fisk weaseled his way out of prison about a year after the blip but when he did for the most part he had to start from scratch. he teamed up with someone and whoever this someone is has the last piece to her puzzle the piece she needs to find her brother.
Matt knew he couldn't stop her by the way she spoke about her brother, that she wasn't going to give up and to be honest he was impressed but he also knew she was caught in the middle of hell and that he couldn't let anything happen to her.
"If you have all this evidence why not go to the police?", He asked.
"That's just it, if I go to the police now the man on top will get away and I can't risk loosing my brother. Besides what if he has the police in his pocket." She reasoned.
"You make a good point but this is dange-"
"Dangerous, Yeah, I know. I don't care I'm gonna find my brother." She said with a bit of anger in her voice.
"Just be careful, okay?" He said concerned .
"Okay." She said.
"But while you're being careful I'll see what I can find out. You're not the only one with weird friends who know too much." He said.
"Thanks, oh shit I gotta go." She said looking at her watch.
"Go ahead I'll make sure everythings locked." he said.
"Thanks" she said running out the door.
As she left she started thinking about that day when she first came to hell's kitchen to find her brother, she was hopeless but now she was actully close to finding him she just needed a way to find the daredevil; but she couldn't hurt a kid or some helpless chick..... 'wait' she thought to herself, she had an idea and it was either really brave or really stupid and she was about to find out witch one .
Hell's kitchen, later that night
After studying daredevils targets Alexa was able to find out that some of daredevils arch enemies from the track suite mafia would be at the docks tonight picking up a shipment of old cars that were used to smuggle drugs into hell's kitchen. It normally wasn't something daredevil would focus on but recently he had been on top of the track suits hoping to get a new lead on fisk.
Her theory was right he came in and began fighting the track suits. At first she just watched their weren't very many of them and to be honest she enjoyed watching him kick ass; but after backup came in and it looked like he was starting to have a bit of a harder time fighting them she decided now would be a time to try her plan.
She jumped down from her hiding place and began fighting. The element of suprise partially helped but they had guns and she didn't. She managed to plow thru them relatively easy using the ones closest to her as a shield whenever she was actully close to being shot.
Daredevil was beginning to get annoyed by this girl, he's had to deal with difficult vigilantes before but she was relentless. It's beginning to interfere with his nightly activities and he has had enough. The thought helped fuel his anger enough for him to get thru the rest of the track suits pretty quickly.
By the time the track suits were taken care of they were both out of breath. Matt was ready to kick her ass and move on but before he could he became distracted by her heartbeat there was something so familiar about it but he just couldn't put his finger on it. He decided that until he could figure it out, he wouldn't kick her ass. He began walking away but was stopped when she yelled for him.
"Wait." She said trying to catch her breath "I've gone thru hell trying to find you. At least give me the credit I deserve by listening to what I have to say." She stated begining to walk twords him.
He froze for a second after hearing her voice as it dawned on him, it was Alex. He turned his head so it would appear he was looking at her "you want my advice, stop while you still can." he said flatly walking away.
"Hey I'm talking to you." she said before wincing and grabbing her side.
"Are you hurt?" He asked, turning around to help her.
"No I'm fine can't you tell", she replied sarcastically but now starting to fall on the floor from the pain.
He was now standing above her as he picked her up off the floor "you're bleeding." he said helping her up.
"Really, no shit" she said as he held her up .
"I'm taking you to a hospital." He stated.
"No hospitals." She said in a demanding tone as she continued to bleed.
"It wasnt a request." Said the man in the mask picking her up to get her help.
"Please" this time her tone was different more needy and desperate "No hospitals.", It was the last thing she said before she passed out.
When she woke up she was really dizzy her head was spinning and her ears were ringing. She began looking around and for a second she was confused and things were hazy like a dream you can't quite remember but she was brought back into reality by a stabing pain in her side.
She looked down to see guaz pressed on her injuries and bandages wrapped around her stomach she winced at the sight but she had more important things to worry about she looked around and had no idea where she was it looked like an old office building but it clearly hadn't been used in a while she saw her Body armor, mask, weapons, and her hoodie in a corner and relised she was only wearing her pants and tank top but when she attempted to move to get her stuff she was stopped by a chain holding her down. she was looking around for something to help her get loose when she heard a voice.
"Good, you woke up.", said the devil of hell's kitchen as he walked out of the shadows.
"Was there ever any doubt?" She asked.
"There was when you were bleeding out on the floor." He responded.
"Well in that case I'm glad I woke up to." She replied. "You tied me up. I'm flattered you think I'm a threat." She said sarcastically.
"I don't" he said flatly "but recently someone in a black mask and a hoodie has been looking for me and making my job really difficult. You wouldn't know anything about that, would you?" He asked.
"No, doesn't ring a bell but I'll ask around If you want." She answered sarcastically.
"What do you want?" He asked angrily.
"I want you to help me." She said.
"And why would I do that?" He asked.
"Beacause helping people is what you do. That's why I knew you wouldn't let me bleed out." She said.
"What do you mean you knew I wouldn't let you bleed out?" He asked.
"What I mean is you're hard to find I had to get your attention somehow." She responded.
"You let yourself get stabbed just so you could talk to me?" He asked with a tone that made Alexa relise just how stupid her idea was.
"Well anything sounds like a bad idea when you say it like that, and besides the point is, I know you're a good guy." She said.
"There are alot of people who would disagree with you" he said.
"Well they're wrong." She stated.
"What exactly do you need my help with?" He asked.
"My brother has been missing for 3 years I need your help finding him." She said.
"Do I look like a detective to you?" He asked.
"No, you look like someone on a mission. You're old friend the kingpin rose up when you were gone but not by himself he had help and whoever helped him is the one with my brother. If you help me you can cut off the kingpins only life line." She proposed.
"And if I don't help you?", he asked.
"Then I'll find him myself or I'll die trying." She said.
Daredevil knew that she was telling the truth and he also knew that if he didn't help her she would get herself killed, "I'll help you but when we find him you stop fighting for good and leave me alone, deal?" He asked.
"Deal."
