Nightingale *Avengers*

Chapter 8

"The Devil has been summoned. I repeat, the Devil has been summoned."

Sparing each other a brief glance at Athena's words through our comms, we launch into action.

Barreling through the door into the biker club, I un-retract my staff and glance around the room.

"Who the Hell are you?" one heavily tattooed man asks us.

I roll my eyes, "No one of consequence."

My eyes flicker to above and slightly behind him, where a figure dressed in a dark and deep red is appearing to be watching us.

I glance at Jaelynn and she nods barely, her eyes not betraying anything behind her mask.

I spin and tuck my staff under my arm, "We've just come to find a friend. No worries."
I tell them all and the red figure flinches at my words.

The biker in front of us replies, "Well don't let the door hit you on your way out."

"Yes sir." I nod and Jaelynn follows me out.

Rounding the corner onto a relatively lit city street, Jaelynn asks me, "Think he got the message?"

A shadow stops in front of us and I reply to her, "Yeah, I think so."

Turning toward the man dressed in red, I retract my bow staff, yet keep it in my hand.

"What are you doing here, Nightingale?" His gruff voice demands.

I roll my eyes before realizing that duh he can't see it.

"I'm here to recruit you, Daredevil."

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Daredevil or as i also know him as the lawyer by day of Hell's Kitchen, Matthew Murdock, takes us to his hideout.

He opens up a panel in the wall of the rooftop of an apartment building and three lock dials are there.

He begins to spin them and one by one stops at a certain number.

I turn to Jaelynn, "And you doubted me." 

Rolling her eyes, she follows me into the hideout after Matt goes in.

"So Matt, how's you?" I ask him inspecting his weapons and spare suits for him since he can't very well do it completely efficiently.

He emerges from his bathroom in nothing but his sleep pants and grins although he can't see me.

"I'm glad you're here, Darce. What's this about recruitment?"

Lifting up one of his sticks that are very similar to both a Baston and my own weapon, I run through the list of things to test for.

"Simple enough Matt. The Alpha Strike Team of N.E.V.E.R. are being recruited again."

He tilts his head and thinks for a second.

"But what about Athena and the others? You told me that they would be called first."

I sigh and cross my arms over my chest, "Apparently none of them can or want to return. So Athena has put Jaelynn and I to the task of getting all the recruits together."

"Jaelynn? Is she the woman in the corner cleaning her bow?"

I turn and sure enough, she is. "Yeah. She's Midnight of Fairlee City."

A grin tugs at the corner of his lips again and he states, "She's pretty badass I hear."

Jaelynn comes over to us and sets her bow on the weapons table.