50. help

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I finally got my place back. No FBI. Yelena was still at the safe house with River. I need them to be thrown off by me. I can't let them get to me, even though they're working for fisk. I watched TV in the living room and the dogs are back so I got to be them with. Rush was at my doorways, growling. I sat up and paused the movie.

"What's wrong Rush?" Then Fanny joined. "Fanny!" They started barking and growling so I had to get up. "Okay, what are you growling at now?" I stopped at the doorway and saw Matt in my room, wearing his all-black suit. Very alive and well. Everything in my mind left. My dream of running in his arms. Gone. I petted the dogs and they left.

"Devon." He said. "You got a dog." He pointed.

"You owe me rent money." Thats all that came out. I scuffed and walked away from him. He followed me into the living, now with his mask off. "Stay the hell away from me." I opened a new bottle of vodka.

"You don't want that." He gets closer.

"I do." I chugged the bottle.

"Youre lying." Damn it. I hated the whole i can hear your heartbeat thing. "You still love me, and it breaks you that im standing here, alive."

"Im so out of love with you. Ive got nothing left for you. Nothing. Nothing." I blurted out, crying.

"Thats not true." He shakes his head, now closer to me. "I should've let you know i was alive but i had to hide, i had to fake it." I shook my head and walked the other way, pointing at him.

"No, you dont get to say that. No, Matt, get up." He gets on his knees and holds me, hugging me by my waist. My hands touched his toned biceps.

"Im so sorry. You know I love you. And ill do anything for you to be safe." I let him stay that way. I missed his touch.

"I cried for you, I lost myself because of you." I looked at the ceiling. "Your death destroyed me!" Now I managed to get him off of me. He stands up.

"Devon-" he puts his hands up. "I've been staying where i grew up." Son of a bitch. I was right there. Right freaking there. "There was a reason I stayed away, but that doesn't mean I stopped loving you."

"If you are going to say it was all to protect me and blah blah, im going to strangle you. I will."

"I know you can protect yourself. You've been doing it longer than me. But not from Fisk." I slammed the bottle onto the table. "Can't even protect myself." He chuckles to himself. I didn't even reply back. He steps closer to me again. "If you wanna yell at me...go right ahead." I said nothing. His head drops down.

"Why are you here Matt? You went to Foggy because you needed something from him." I laid back on the table. "What do you need from me Matt."

"I need your help." He stands beside me.

"My help?" I scuffed, knowing what he meant, "You mean Red Widows, right." He didn't say anything. I knew it. "Right." I answered my own question.

"I heard you were back and I just need you to help me get Fisk."

"No." I shook my head. "Im not going to let you waltz in here after months and think everything is fine, its not." I looked at him. He was my Matt. His puppy look on his face. The cut on his forehead. He leans in and kisses me. We wrapped each other in our arms and shared a heated kiss. Soon as he places his hand on my neck, i pushed him off. "I cant do this." I walked away from him. "Im serious about the money."

"Who hurt you?" He steps up, placing his hand on my stomach, my wound. "Who did this to you?"

"Fisk sent his men after me because I threatened to kill Vanessa. Ill live." I touched his hand, and for a quick second, he was warm, his vein hands touching mine bruised one. "Goodbye Matt." I whistled Rush and Fanny into my room and shut my door. Leaving Matt in my living room.

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I sat on the couch at Foggys place. I told him about Matt's little visit. Deep down inside my cold heart, wished that I didn't say those things and maybe helped him. All I said was from anger and shocked, but he deserved some of what I said.

"I think you should help him." I sat up, hands on my knees and frowned at him, give the 'did i hear you right?' Look. Before i could say anything else, Foggy continued. "He wanted your, sorry, the Red Widows help. You do that but under one condition, Matt turns himself in to the FBI." I pushed myself off from the couch.

"What? No. I will not do that."

"They're only up in our chili because they're looking for Matt, once they have him..."

"But he cant. He'll never agree to it." I scuffed.

"Theres no reason to think the FBI knows anything about Matts other life. But if he can give them that witness, Karens on it, Matts in the clear. So we all are." Hate to say it but it did make sense. "I could reach out as Matts attorney and negotiate his surrender." I bit my lip and nod.

"Fine. Yes. I'll talk to him." I plopped back down on the couch as the door opened and it was Karen. We both stopped and Foggy knew he screwed up. "What is she doing here?" I pointed at her.

"You?!" She also pointed at me. "You said that we needed to talk, not with Jason Borne here." I rolled my eyes got up again. The two us stared at each other. Foggy steps in front of us. "Im leaving, no way, im not going to stay here with her, she almost killed me." I gasped, dropping my jaw from that lie.

"Kill you? I did not! I threw a cup, and I purposefully threw to miss you." i moved Foggy away so I can get closer to Karen. "I wouldn't have missed, you all know this, im way too talented!"

"Ladies-" foggy tries to stop us.

"No!" We shouted. He backs away. Karen threw a flashdrive on the table.

"The whole video of you killing those men, everything is wiped and gone from everywhere so the cops wont arrest you." I grabbed the drive and put it in my pocket. "Dont say i don't do anything for you."

"She wants to help Karen. She wants Fisk away more than anyone. She saved my life." Foggy stops her. "She saved yours too."

"But she kills."

"Frank kills and you love him." I spat out. I saw how mad she looked when I said that. "See, Frank and I are the same, we kill those who deserve it, we don't do it for fun. I don't know why you hate me so much, at this point i dont care." I grabbed my bag and head to the door. "Thanks for this." I showed the drive and left.

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I sat on the roof ledge, legs dangling down as i waited. I wore my suit, my boots hit the wall as i swung them and then i heard Matt behind me, flipping onto the roof.

"You came." I said turning my head a bit. He stood up from his pose.

"You called." I bended back from the ledge, now standing in front of him. He took off his mask, his hair all messy.

"Ill help you take down Fisk, under one condition." He hums in response. "You turn yourself in to the FBI." He laughs and turns away from me. I quickly grabbed his arm and made him face me again. "Foggy will be there to negotiate."

"Its a smart move. I'll do it, sure." He holds my hand. "Only if you come too, make it more believable. A supporting girlfriend by my side."

"I did tell the FBI that we took a break so." He chuckles, making me do the same. "Fine, ill be there."

"You're wearing the suit." His hands ran over my arm and body. "You really got dressed up for me."

"I still know how to make you fall for me again."

"May I?" He reached up to my face, i nodded. His hands touched my hair, feeling the braids i had, the stacks of earrings on my ears, the missing piece on my ear, my eyes, my lips.

"I know where Vanessa is." He takes a step back.

"How? He has her somewhere where nobody can find her."

"Well, im not a nobody. I have some fellow Widows helping me track her. Shes moving close. We at least have some leverage on him."

"Why cant you hurt him?"

"Well, the last time i did he nearly killed me, i didn't even hurt him. Turns out that he sold me to Dreykov and put a hit on my father. The cologne Dreykov used, Fisk has it which makes him untouchable and for me, who is chemically subjected impossible to kill him." I laid my hands on Matts chest. "We need to take him down." I said angrily. "But you have to do the work."

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My leg bounced as Foggy and I waited for Matt to come to the Bulletin. I fidgeted on my widow bites which the security guards let me through with, so clueless. Foggy placed his hand on my knee to stop.

"Youre making me nervous." I apologized. Matt waltz in, same suit and a crooked tie. He stands by me and I got up.

"Still having me do this huh?" I fixed it for him. He was listening to my heartbeat, smiling as he heard it beat faster. He placed his hands on my wrist and felt the bites.

"Really?"

"You never know." Foggy coughs snd i sat back down. I crossed my legs and picked up a newspaper that was ok the table as the boys talked over if Matt is ready. But the talking stopped, the paper bend back and my head went up. Matt was listening, turning his body behind him and i knew something was wrong.

"What is it? Do you hear something?" There was a long pause.

"Screaming." The lights went off and we quickly stood up from the seats. "Foggy, find Karen and get her outta here."

"Oh shit. This is not happening." Foggy got his stuff and ran upstairs.

"Go with him." I ran after him and got to the offices. We ran into the bloody massacre, seeing a man in the daredevil suit. He turns and smirks at us. I quickly got in front of Foggy, pushing him behind me.

"Hi Devon." The knockoff throws his baton at us and Matt catches it, stepping up to the other man.

"Go!" I pushed Foggy away and he ran to an office to hide. I turned on my bites and stood next to Matt.

"Who are you?" Matt asked as we circled around.

"Im daredevil." The three of us charged at each other. Matt was in front of the imposter and I was behind. We kicked, swung and pushed him but the imposter didn't miss. He blocked every hit and then he back kicks me, making me trip over the desk. He throws Matt across the room and throws a baton at me, hitting my face. How in the hell did he make that shot? He started throwing items at us, didn't even miss, Matt and I hid behind the office cubes and waited. There comes a computer and hitting me at full speed.

I threw a trash can to trick him, Matt came from behind and fought him. He kicks Matt and comes straight to me. I extended my arm, ready to tase him but he runs up me, twisting my arm, having the bites right under my chin. He was strong and I struggled to even pull away. The blue lights started to count down. This is going to hurt like a bitch. I kicked his groin and the tase went off, shocking us both. We fell to the ground and Matt kicks him. The electricity shot up my body, but I got up, fought through it. He charged back at me but just as I kicked him, his hand ripped my stitches and i screamed in pain. My legs wrapped around his arm and i took him down. Matt comes in and punches him as I needed a breather.

I saw Matt on the ground, the shelves on him and I tried to help him get out of there but a thick wire wrapped around my neck and pulled me off of him. My hands grabbed onto the wire and my feet kicking. The man stops and ties the wire tighter. I gasped for air and looked at Matt. My head started to hurt, the pounding sensation started and my hands let go of the wire and my legs stopped kicking.

The daredevil lets go of the computer wire from the Widows neck and kicked her in the stomach. She was knocked out. As he heard police, he ran for it. Karen quickly runs out to the offices and helps matt, he manages to get up and all he said to her was to go Devon. Foggy heard and quickly ran to her. Devons shirt was bloody and checked her pulse, it was faint but shes okay.

"She needs medical!" Foggy yells. Matt limps up to her and touches her cheek before he heads down and go his way. Needem looks at Devon who was laying in Foggy arms and now being taken by the paramedics. He goes with her to the hospital and waits for to wake up.

AN: okay but like the new cover is amazing!!! Plus, what do you yall think if i wrote full on smut instead of cut off?