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“You never talk about her, you know.” Mags Murdock said as she dropped to the ground of the abandoned church, dodging an oncoming blow from one of the many nondescript hoodlums that she and her father had found themselves surrounded by. She bounced back up with a vicious uppercut, knocking the hoodlum back little bit. She finished him off with a telekinetic burst of energy that knocked him on his backside. Mags whirled around, a smile curving up her lips as she blocked a blow from her next attacker.
“Talk about whom?” Matt Murdock asked as he brained another hoodlum with his escrima stick.
“My mom.” Punch, block, kick, telekinetic burst. “You won’t even narrow the list down for me. I mean, was it Karen Page? Elektra? Dakota North? Black Widow?” A bolt of flame burst through from her fingertips and set the boots of her opponent on fire. “Not Black Widow, right? I mean, the red hair’s there, but come on. I can’t imagine calling her Mom.”
"Acrobat,” Matt said, using his daughter’s codename. “I don’t think that this is actually the time for this discussion.”
“Really? Because I can make an appointment with your secretary and visit you at work, if you like.” She head butted the fire-footed-hoodlum, stomping the fire out on his foot at the same moment. He went down, too. She turned again to see her father take down the last one. About fifteen of them lay around them in an unconscious circle. “That was easier than the robots that one time.” Mags said.
“Almost too easy.” Matt turned around slowly, reaching out with his senses. “Fifteen hired hands, but no other danger. Someone led us here.”
“Of course they did,” Mags sighed. “The question is…why?” She reached into her utility belt and pulled out a thin, razor sharp ninja star. Colored light from stained glass windows glinted off of the star as she held it at the ready. As Matt reached out with his senses, Mags did the same. She closed her eyes and reached out with her telekinesis, feeling the things in the room. Given her current limited telekinetic ability, it wasn’t exactly quick going - Jean Grey, she wasn’t - but she reached out, touching everything that she could with her powers, trying to feel what didn’t belong.
She heard it before she sensed it. A soft shink! that came from the upper level of the church. Mags whirled around, reaching out with her telekinesis in that direction. Something was moving. Two somethings. One away from them and one…
Mags’ eyes snapped open and tried to knock what she sensed out of it’s trajectory, but it was too late.
Shink!
It had been headed for her. She’d sensed that, but her father had jumped in the way to intercept it. The arrow went straight through him, just barely missing his heart. He fell, blood darkening the already deep scarlet of his Daredevil suit. Mags yelled and caught Matt, kneeling down and cradling his head in her lap. She looked up, but whoever had been out there was already gone. Thankfully, Night Nurse was third on her list of emergency contacts - after her father and Foggy Nelson. She closed her eyes and forced tears back. That could wait. First, she needed to figure out who had led them to this trap, and who had tried to kill her father.
“Talk about whom?” Matt Murdock asked as he brained another hoodlum with his escrima stick.
“My mom.” Punch, block, kick, telekinetic burst. “You won’t even narrow the list down for me. I mean, was it Karen Page? Elektra? Dakota North? Black Widow?” A bolt of flame burst through from her fingertips and set the boots of her opponent on fire. “Not Black Widow, right? I mean, the red hair’s there, but come on. I can’t imagine calling her Mom.”
"Acrobat,” Matt said, using his daughter’s codename. “I don’t think that this is actually the time for this discussion.”
“Really? Because I can make an appointment with your secretary and visit you at work, if you like.” She head butted the fire-footed-hoodlum, stomping the fire out on his foot at the same moment. He went down, too. She turned again to see her father take down the last one. About fifteen of them lay around them in an unconscious circle. “That was easier than the robots that one time.” Mags said.
“Almost too easy.” Matt turned around slowly, reaching out with his senses. “Fifteen hired hands, but no other danger. Someone led us here.”
“Of course they did,” Mags sighed. “The question is…why?” She reached into her utility belt and pulled out a thin, razor sharp ninja star. Colored light from stained glass windows glinted off of the star as she held it at the ready. As Matt reached out with his senses, Mags did the same. She closed her eyes and reached out with her telekinesis, feeling the things in the room. Given her current limited telekinetic ability, it wasn’t exactly quick going - Jean Grey, she wasn’t - but she reached out, touching everything that she could with her powers, trying to feel what didn’t belong.
She heard it before she sensed it. A soft shink! that came from the upper level of the church. Mags whirled around, reaching out with her telekinesis in that direction. Something was moving. Two somethings. One away from them and one…
Mags’ eyes snapped open and tried to knock what she sensed out of it’s trajectory, but it was too late.
Shink!
It had been headed for her. She’d sensed that, but her father had jumped in the way to intercept it. The arrow went straight through him, just barely missing his heart. He fell, blood darkening the already deep scarlet of his Daredevil suit. Mags yelled and caught Matt, kneeling down and cradling his head in her lap. She looked up, but whoever had been out there was already gone. Thankfully, Night Nurse was third on her list of emergency contacts - after her father and Foggy Nelson. She closed her eyes and forced tears back. That could wait. First, she needed to figure out who had led them to this trap, and who had tried to kill her father.