The Defenders II

Chapter 12: Sorry

—Reyes Hideout—

Luke woke up in the middle of the night after he heard the TV turn on. He thought it was a malfunction but five minutes passed and it was still on. He stood, grabbed his shirt, and looked to see who it was. The news channel was on, he could tell by the voice of the reporters. He saw Elektra watching it.

"What's going on?" Luke asked and Elektra didn't say a word. He watched the news and saw the Avengers Tower in flames. After a few more clips, they showed the faces of the criminals they apprehended: Erik Lehnsherr, Mystique, Robbie Reyes and Danny Rand. "My God."

"Kilgrave did this. We should've checked on them." Elektra muttered.

"It's their fault. It was a direct order to keep low." Luke sighed, "But they had to involve the X-Men, didn't they."

"Have you told Jessica yet?" Elektra sniffed before turning to Luke.

"I'll wake her up." Luke softly said and walked towards her room.

As he walked towards Jessica's room, he noticed that the door was slightly opened. It was odd since Jessica always locks her room before she sleeps. He opened it and saw that the bed was vacant and the blinds were moving.

"Elektra!" Luke shouted, running towards the living room, "She's gone."

"What?" Elektra stood up and started running towards her room, "Get your things. We're going."

"Going where?"

"Where else do you think?" Elektra grabbed her bag and walked pass Luke, "Kilgrave."

"You've got to be screwing with me." Luke scoffed and got his things.

—Fisk's Tower—

Kilgrave and Matt entered into Fisk's office which was overlooking New York City. There was a clear view of Central Park, Empire State Building, Avengers Tower and Oscorp. Fisk was smiling when he saw Kilgrave and Matt enter.

"The money is right here." Fisk smiled and patted the bag. "Impressive work, Kilgrave. You framed the Defenders."

"I couldn't have done it with this pile of shit." Kilgrave chuckled and tapped Matt's back, "You were a good worker."

"Happy to serve you sir." Matt smirked.

"But..." Fisk sighed and stood up, "Some things have to end."

"Yes, I know. The money for the Devil. Did you like how I framed someone to make him find me?"

"I did like that about your plan. You executed it wisely."

Suddenly screaming could be heard in the hallway. Matt got in front of Kilgrave as the guards were being beat down from the outside. The door bursted open and Jessica Jones appeared.

"Kilgrave! Fisk! Your time is over." Jessica shouted and slowly walked towards them, "You have made my life miserable. It's time you figured how miserable you made it."

"Stop her from reaching us." Kilgrave whispered to Matt.

Matt brought his stick out and broke it into two batons. He started striking Jessica with it but her skin was thick and hard to penetrate. The noise the baton was making were similar to it breaking down. Jessica dodged a attack from Matt and managed to punch him in the face.

"I'm sorry." Jessica mouthed to him as he fell to the ground. She turned around and stared at Kilgrave and Fisk, "I have been waiting for this moment for too long."

"You've done it before Jessica. Just let me have a normal life?" Kilgrave said.

"And make me suffer! I want to snap your neck over and over until you can't replace it again."

"I loved you Jessica! And you snapped my neck?! Everything I've done for you-"

"Done for me? You forced me to have a good time but if I'm being honest, I wanted to kill myself."

"You are acting really irresponsible right now, Jessica."

"Go to hell!"

"I'm sorry it had to end this way." Kilgrave exhaled, "Kill her."

Matt stabbed Jessica in the stomach from behind. Jessica started grasping for air as Matt lowered her to the ground. Fisk stood behind his desk, shocked to see what he was witnessing.

"Knock him out." Kilgrave muttered and Matt threw his baton at Fisk. He fell to the ground and he was knocked out cold. Kilgrave grabbed Matt's two batons, combined it together, and stroked it on Matt's head. "Useless."

Kilgrave exited the room and ordered a few guards to follow him. Matt got up first and tried to get his senses together.

First he smelled blood. It was on his lips but he could smell a lot of it from somewhere else. He turned to his side and sensed Jessica was lying beside him, blood spilling out of her. He quickly got up and held her by her neck to let her rest.

"Jess. Jess. I'm here." Matt silently said as he held his hand on her wound. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

"You're back." Jessica smiled at him when she saw him. "It's nice to see that you're back. Thought the bastard would bring you."

"Help! Someone please! Help!" Matt shouted. The noise made Fisk wake up from his wound and tried to stand up. "Fisk. Call the ambulance."

"On it." Fisk muttered and started calling on his phone. "911. This is an emergency. Yes, I need an ambulance."

Luke and Elektra rushed towards the pair and huddled near Jessica. They used the elevator while Kilgrave used the stairs. Elektra ripped off some of her cloth and wrapped it around Jessica's wound. Luke ran to outside to find a first aid kit.

"I'm sorry." Matt kept on repeating to Jessica's ear as he held her.

"It's alright." Jessica faintly said. "Promise me... protect... them."

"Jess. Come on!" Matt continued to shake her awake, "Where is the damn ambulance! Luke!"

"We're losing her!" Elektra shouted at Luke who came back with a first aid kit, "Gauze! Now!"

In the hallway, Iron Man appeared in his armor and ran towards Jessica. He shot the window down and powered his thrusters on. He looked at Matt.

"This is on you."

Stark flew away in his suit and rushed towards the hospital. Ambulances and police vehicles were starting to surround the building. Luke looked at Matt who was frowning.

"You shouldn't have gone alone."