His name is Matthew Micheal Murdock. He was born a catholic to a family with strict values and even stricter morals. His mother left him. His father was unrightfully taken from him. To add insult to injury, so was his sight. But even so, he sought out true justice, and in the process, he found love again. But circumstance and morals prevented that love from fruition. And by the end of his pain and his torture, this young man was turned into something else entirely. You could say he became a devil of a person.
"Put the girl down."
Right now, however, this devil is in quite the predicament.
It had all started a week ago, when a young beaten and battered woman stumbled into the Law Offices of Nelson and Murdock. She was frightened, scared... and Matt had picked up on that long before she was able to finally tell her story to him. She had once belonged to a religious cult of hoods within the neighborhood, and served under a man named Zebediah Killgrave, who the cult believed was the reincarnation of Christ. But when the young woman had stumbled onto a secret about Killgrave... He had ordered the cult to beat her, convincing them that she was an agent of the devil come to smite him from his ruling. The truth was, Killgrave wasn't reincarnated. He was just a greedy metahuman who had recieved a set of powers in a random accident, much like Matt. But unlike Matt, he used his powers to gain wealth and fortune, convincing each member of his cult to trust him with their bank accounts in return for everlasting life. The reason he had the woman beaten was to keep her too scared to tell that to the other cult members.
Of course, hearing this story this sickened Matt, and he accepted to defend the young woman in a lawsuit against Killgrave. But the case ended once the woman agreed to drop the charges. Knowing this to be odd, Matt discreetly tracked the woman down, and discovered that she had rejoined the cult which called themselves "The Purple Men". Changing from Matt Murdock into his masked vigilante identity of The Daredevil, He managed to sneak into the warehouse that The Purple Men occupied. But being spotted by one of it's members, His cover had been blown, forcing him to act in a more forceful manner. Which leads to the situation now, where Killgrave has Daredevil's former client as a hostage, with a gun to her head. Of course Daredevil can't let Killgrave murder the woman, but the one thing that seperates the three is the cult itself. And picking up on their movements with his radar, Daredevil soon realises that they're about to attack. Which isn't good, needless to say.
"No thanks,", Killgrave responds, still holding the gun.
"I think I'll have them kill you instead."
For a moment, Daredevil takes this as a bluff. But it's his mistake, as The Purple Men begin to charge him. Widening his eyes, Daredevil quickly leaps into the air and fires the grapnel of his club to the ceiling, swinging above the cult as he makes a desperate attempt to attack Killgrave. But to no avail, as Daredevil feels a sharp tug at his leg. Dropping from the club, Daredevil spins, kicking the nearest Purple Man across the face and freeing himself from it's grip. Landing amongst the crowd of them, Daredevil takes his other club, and begins to fight them off, one by one. But as he does, Daredevil can't help but think uncertainty.
Is this really happening? Or have I just been living in a dream world for the past couple of years?
It did seem rather out of the ordinary. A man dressed as a devil fighting a cult of religious extremists dressed in purple robes, being controlled by an evil man that they believed to be the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. As Daredevil thought about it, he realised something else. It was a bit of an irony, too. But maybe he could use this to his adavantage.
"Stop!", Daredevil shouted to the attacking group.
"Just think about it for a moment. He's misleading you all... Don't you understand?"
"SHUT UP!", Killgrave shouted back, angrily.
"He's the one trying to mislead you, my children! For he wears the garb of Satan himself! He is most desperate to turn you against me! But do not listen to his cries of convincement, for they are the path to eternal sin! The only way to redeem thyselves is to fight this spawn of the devil back! KILL HIM!"
Daredevil gritted his teeth, as his radar begin to send him signals of the cult's continuing attack, despite his attempt to clear their minds.
Well. That certainly went nowhere.
Quickly diving back under the amassing crowd of Purple Men, Daredevil shot upwards, billy club in hand, toppling numerous of it's members off their feet before they could even begin an attack. Spinning, He let the air from his own movements illuminate the area for a few precious seconds, allowing him to further his own defense. Kicking high, his boot swiftly connected to one's jaw, knocking the cult member into another. Feeling the rush of an oncoming fist, Daredevil immediately ducked, grabbed, and twisted the Purple Men member's arm, locking it in place. Throwing the member infront of him just as a kick from other opposition threatened him, Daredevil successfully managed a shield as both members ended up attacking eachother.
While he stood braver than most, and fought twice as brutally, His concern remained on the girl. Being his former client, Daredevil was never able to shake the feeling of obligation he felt as her attorney, even though he wasn't trying to save her as Matt Murdock. So when Killgrave began to make for the exit with the girl still in his grasp along with the weapon he clutched so desperately, Daredevil's attention easily shifted. Leaping off of two members' shoulders in a flip, Daredevil grabbed his other club that was still attached to the ceiling, and leaped, diving straight into Killgrave and the girl. As they scattered along the ground, Daredevil caught his footing, and tackled Killgrave once more. Elbowing Killgrave's hand, Daredevil swiped away the weapon as he sent a swift right hook to the madman's face.
"AGH!", He screamed.
"Don't do that!"
With a smile between his now busted tooth, Killgrave looked up at Daredevil.
"Do it to yourself."
For a moment, Killgrave was both fearless and confident in his own words. But Daredevil only expressed anger and confusion. After a small moment, Killgrave raised an eyebrow.
"I said do it yourself. Punch yourself. NOW!"
Daredevil remained silent for a moment, before brutally slamming the back Killgrave's head into the ground.
"You're really deranged, you know that?", The devil asked, before turning Killgrave on his back in attempt to bind his hands with the steel cable of his club.
"But... But I don't... You were supposed to-", Killgrave mumbled, in confusion, before shaking his head in frustration.
"Oh, to hell with it!"
Slamming his own skull into Daredevil's chin, backwards, Killgrave rolled and unsheathed himself from the untied club cable, before turning to the gun. But seeing Daredevil quickly gather to his feet, he realised he wouldn't have the time to try and grab it himself. Looking at his former hostage, the girl he had once foolishly accepted into his Purple Men, Killgrave then smiled evilly as he saw that she was right infront of the weapon herself.
"Better idea.", Killgrave stated.
"I won't shoot you. You'll shoot yourself."
At first, Daredevil put little meaning into Killgrave's words, as he charged to attack once more. But hearing the clicking of the gun's barrel stopped him dead in his tracks, as he realised something horrific: The girl was actually complying. Frantically, Daredevil turned, feeling the girl's finger clench the cold, metal trigger of the weapon as she held it to her own head.
"DAMN IT, NO!", The devil called out, before leaping over to his former client and grabbing her arm, hard.
"Listen to me! I don't know why you're listening to this psychopath, but do yourself a favor and stop!", Daredevil yelled, wrestling the weapon from the dazed and confused girl's grasp.
"He doesn't control you anymore! Don't you get it? He's finished. Just like all of the pain he's caused you and everyone in this room."
After a moment of intense silence, a tear slid down the young girl's face.
"I... He promised me love.", She said, choking on her own words. "No one ever promised me that before."
"Perhaps.", Daredevil stated, finally getting his own grasp of the weapon.
"But sometimes we have to find that within ourselves before anyone else can share it."
Taking the weapon, he lifted it within eyeview of her face.
"Killgrave can't tell you to do that. I can't tell you to do that. You're the only one who can.", Daredevil continued, dangling the gun loosely from his finger.
"You make the choice. Your life or death."
Listening to her heartbeat, Daredevil heard it's calmness at his own voice, as she took the weapon. Biting his lip, he heard as the gun slid across the floor beside him, indicating what the girl had done: She chose life. A small smile coming to his own face, Daredevil placed a hand on the girl's shoulder as she dropped to her knees, and sobbed. That 'quite a predicament' was over... and justice had prevailed, as it should have.
"How cute.", A sarcastic voice boomed from behind them. Daredevil turned, facing the voice's origin as Killgrave smirked once more.
"But now that we've passed all the B-movie crap, I say that we celebrate with a little suicide. Sweetie, be a dear and pick the gun back u-"
Killgrave's words were silenced, as his own weapon flew, and slammed into his temple, knocking him completely unconcious. Daredevil stood, silent over his enemy, as the remaining cult members in the warehouse began blinking in confusion.
"Huh?", one whispered.
"Where am I?"
"What happened?"
For some, a nightmare had finally ended. And to Daredevil, that was a bit of a victory in itself. On the other hand, he realised something, as he walked back into the darkness, and into the night he stalked.
Was his own nightmare just beginning?
