This chapter serves as a concluding epilogue to this story, stay tuned for sequel.

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The following morning, Davos was restrained to a gurney, about to be taken into an ambulance.

"Wow, I gotta say, I wish I had seen you kick this Davis's ass." Jessica quipped, looking at Colleen's brand on her arm.

"Davos's." Danny corrected as they all laughed.

"The heart of the dragon has found a new home." Danny said.

"It was pretty close there for a minute." Colleen said.

"But we did it." Misty said.

"Yeah… we stopped Ikari… but Maki is still in the wind." Matt sighed.

"We'll be ready." Elektra promised.

"Where's Mary?" Danny realized she was missing.

"I dropped her with the EMTs. She needs help. She'll get it." Misty said. "I'm gonna take Davos in, book him at the 9-4. So, if you want to say anything, now's the time."

Danny took a breath, approaching Davos, who was cuffed to the gurney, glowering.

"Hey, can I have a moment?" Danny requested as the policemen and EMTs left him and Davos alone.

"Yeah, go ahead." One of the medics said.

Danny looked at his foster brother sadly. "I didn't want it to end this way. Did everything I could to avoid it."

"After all I've done, you still approach me with compassion." Davos sneered.

"My compassion is a choice. It doesn't come easy." Danny said.

"Your choices in K'un-L'un led to this moment." Davos told him.

"No, I have my faults and I'm learning to wear my mistakes but you brought this on yourself." Danny shot back.

"I grasped a glory that you can't even begin to comprehend." Davos growled.

"Of course I can. But I know the cost is too high. It took a lot of effort to convince people to save you. Give you another chance. I hope you can honor that." Danny said, hoping that there was a still a part of his foster brother he had grown up with deep down there.

"Do you think you've won, Danny?" Davos taunted. "I inspired so many people. Sent a powerful message out into the world and there is nothing you can do to stop it spreading."

"I'm not gonna give up on you." Danny said. "I'm not gonna give up on hope that one day, you will come back to yourself."

"What did Lei Kung call you?" Davos tried to remember. "Chosen of Heaven? Touched by Fire? But he never knew you like I did. That you fought for the Fist to fill a void in yourself. Do you really think destiny is enough? That it will lead you to a true purpose? Because it won't. At least I picked a path. I walked it. Because, in the end, Danny, you still have no idea who you are or what you stand for."

"I do know." Danny shot back. "I'm fighting for this city. For my friends. And my family. I know exactly what I'm fighting for."

"And do you honestly believe that it fills the void within you?" Davos challenged and Danny found himself unable to answer.

"Goodbye, Davos." Danny said, bidding farewell to his foster brother and best friend.

"Danny, you OK?" Jessica asked.

"Honestly… I'm not sure." Danny admitted.

"Yeah, I get that." Jessica sighed. "You're not the only one, who's had differences with people you call family lately."

"What happened?" Danny asked as he turned to Jessica.

"You sure you want to know?" Jessica challenged. "I think my story might be more fucked up than yours."

"You never know." Danny shrugged.

"I thought you said you'd never get any ink." Misty pointed out as she looked at the dragon brand on Colleen's arm.

"Never say never." Colleen shrugged.

"Well, now you're the one with the badass right hook." Misty smirked.

"On the bright side, you can always get an upgrade." Colleen said as Misty looked at her metal arm.

"I got some ideas. Maybe bling it out." Misty quipped.

"Hmm…" Colleen smirked.

"So, what's it like, the heart of the dragon?" Misty asked.

"I don't know. I'm not sure where I end and it begins." Colleen considered. "But it feels right."

"I'm proud of you, Colleen. And I'm excited to see what you do with that thing." Misty smirked.

"That's the hard part. Using a weapon to make peace." Colleen sighed.

"I can't think of anybody better suited to try." Misty said.

"What about you? Five-year plan." Colleen said. "You going to take the captain job?"

"Ooh." Misty considered.

"No?" Colleen realized.

"I don't know if sitting behind a desk with a bunch of red tape and politics is where I need to be right now." Misty said.

"All I know is that you have skills most people can't comprehend." Colleen said. "And we could not have done this without you or Jessica or the rest."

"Well, shucks." Misty giggled. "With a team effort."

"Mmm." Colleen nodded.

"Besides, Knight… Wing… It's got a little… ring to it." Misty said.

"Let's hang out soon, OK? Grab a beer, do something normal." Colleen suggested.

"Ugh. It could be sooner than later." Misty sighed. "Last time I saw Luke, I did not like what I saw." She referred to his current position in Harlem as she turned to Colleen's branded arm. "And now you've got one of the few weapons that might make a dent in that man."

"You got my number. Use it." Colleen said as she and Misty hugged each other.

"Same goes for you."

"Thanks for letting me say "goodbye". It means a lot." Danny said.

"Absolutely." Misty said as she and Danny hugged each other.

"I'll see you soon." Danny said as he then approached Jessica, Izo, Matt and Elektra. "Thank you. All of you. I don't know if I could've done this without you."

"Well, pity Luke didn't come but from what Misty has told us… someone's gotta talk some sense into him." Jessica shrugged. "Besides, that's what friends are for, right?"

"You need us, we'll be there." Matt promised.

"Same here." Danny nodded. "And… don't you think you should reach out to your friends?"

Matt considered. "I don't know. These past couple of weeks… I would've believed that caring about people get hurt. There's this story about Job. God's perfect servant. He prayed every day at dawn, with his knees on the ground, his face on the dirt. Slaughtered ten goats, one for each of his children and burned them at the altar in God's honor. Of all of God's soldiers, Job, he was the most loyal."

"What's the point of this?" Danny asked, confused.

"God murdered all ten of his children in cold blood. Scorched every inch of Job's land, Lashed at his body until his skin was covered in bloody welts. God rained shit and misery on the life of his most perfect servant. And still Job would not cursed it. And just like Job, I suffered willingly. I gave my… sweat and blood and skin without complaint because I too believed I was God's soldier." Matt said, half in resentment and half in sadness.

"Matt…" Colleen trailed off, not sure what to say.

"Elektra saves my life, yet Ikari and Maki come after us. We come here to help you, yet Davos rains chaos upon everything around." Matt said. "I care about people, I care about you but what happens… I think Foggy and Karen are better off believing I'm not coming back. I'll always put them in danger. Just like you do with the Fist in your hand."

"So, what, you're bailing on us?" Jessica demanded.

"No, I just… I don't know how am I supposed to be the Devil, without putting Foggy and Karen in danger again. And if my life gets them killed, then I'd rather die as the Devil, than live as Matt Murdock." Matt said.

Everyone looked at him sadly but could understand his line of thinking.

"Are you certain about this?" Elektra asked.

"I just know that I can't put them in danger again. Never again. Not because of life like this." Matt said.

"You and Davos. I can't imagine how hard that must be." Colleen said as she and Danny walked down the pavement.

"I know. But he was misguided and maybe so was I." Danny admitted.

"You have to let it go." Colleen said.

"So, what about us?" Danny questioned as he turned to her.

Colleen snorted. "I have not even begun to process this, let alone…" She looked at her Iron Fist.

"Yeah… you need to let it sink in, I guess." Danny shrugged. "We had a nice little life cooking."

"You did what you thought was right and no one can fault you for that." Colleen said. "We just have to be honest about the consequences. You and I have been through so much together." She turned to Danny as they stopped, looking at each other.

"Who would've thought that meeting a karate teacher at a public park, hanging ads for her dojo, we'd be standing here?" Danny smiled.

"Chance always looks like fate in the taillights." Colleen pointed out.

"Yeah." Danny nodded.

"I should go. Check in with Bayard." Colleen said.

"Yeah, I'm gonna go back to the dojo. Start cleaning up." Danny said as she handed him her katana. "Hey." They kissed before going their separate ways.

"I'll see. I'll see you there."

Danny entered the trashed dojo as he found the silver medallion with the bird glyph on the floor as the realization hit him.

"Thank you. For the car and everything else." Colleen handed Sam the keys.

"Davos?" Sam questioned as he saw the bruises on Colleen's face.

"This? Yeah, you should see the other guy." Colleen said as she pointed at the bruise on her face. "Won't be a problem anymore."

"Good news." Sam sighed in relief.

"You know what happened to those kids? BB and his friends?" Colleen asked.

"BB is helping us here." Sam said. "The rest is in custody and brought in for questioning. Serves them right, considering they tried to kill him."

"They were struggling." Colleen pointed out. "A lot of people are."

"Yeah." Sam nodded.

"I'm going to find a way to help them." Colleen promised. BB approached Colleen as she smiled. "Hey."

"Hi." BB said. "So… it's over? Davos is…"

"Going to prison. For a long time." Colleen promised.

"Good." BB nodded. "Look… I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for everything that's happened. I never thought things would go this far—"

"It's not your fault, BB. What matters is that you helped in the end. Without that bowl, we wouldn't have been able to stop him and you get a lot of credit for that." Colleen patted him on his shoulder. "You're a hero, BB. Thank you."

"What's she still doing here?" Colleen noticed Sherry Yang in the main hall with the Hatchets and Golden Tigers.

"She's been here all night. Giving statement to the cops and everything." Sam explained.

"Give me a second, will you?" Colleen approached Mrs. Yang.

"I take it you've held up your side of our bargain." Mrs. Yang said.

"What's gonna happen to the Triad alliance, now that Davos is no longer a threat?" Colleen asked.

"The war is over." Mrs. Yang promised. "And we will never forget, what you, Danny Rand, Jessica Jones and the masked man did for us."

"For the lives lost to mean something, you have to do more than just remember." Colleen said. "You have to change. Move into legitimate business. No more… no more protection rackets. No more criminal activity."

"I want what you want." Mrs. Yang assured her. "But neither of us are so naïve as to think that can happen overnight."

"No, we aren't. Which is why I will be watching, should you backslide." Colleen warned.

"Watch all you want. But I will brook no interference from you or Daniel Rand or any of your friends." Mrs. Yang said. "A balance, Miss Wing."

"A delicate one, Mrs. Yang." Colleen nodded.

Matt entered the confessional as he sat down, sighing. As the priest entered, he widened his eyes. "Matthew?" Father Paul Lantom said, not believing his own eyes. "Is that you?"

"Hello, Father." Matt said. "It's been a long time."

"I thought you were dead." Lantom said. "What… how…"

"That… is a very long story, Father." Matt sighed. "Some events have happened recently that… put most things into a different perspective and… I need to find a way to understand. Just… it gets harder to choose, which path to take. Because everyone around me has suffered… and… I'm just not sure what to do now. What to do… without putting Foggy and Karen in danger again."

"Well…" Lantom sighed. "Why don't we start from the beginning?"

Matt took a breath. "Few months ago, when Midland Circle exploded…"

Wilson Fisk was in the visitor room as the guard let a Japanese woman in suit, with glasses, in.

"You're not my attorney." Fisk said, confused. "Who are you?"

"I came here because I think we can help each other." The woman said. "And you and I have a common enemy we want to deal with."

"Who?" Fisk asked.

"Matthew Murdock. He's ruined us both, Mr. Fisk. If we help each other… I think it will be a very beneficial partnership for both of us. There are a lot of things I have learned about Mr. Murdock in the past few months that you might like." The woman promised and Fisk smirked, looking intrigued.

"Well, you have my attention, Miss…"

"…Maki. Maki Matsumoto."

Walker broke into Joy's apartment as Joy handed her a duffel bag of cash, throwing it on the floor. "Here's your money."

"Hi." Walker said.

"Hi." Joy said.

"Nicely played. How long you were sitting in the dark?" Walker asked.

"I figured you'd be either here for money or Davos would be here for me." Joy said, with bruises on her face, limping forward with a crutch.

"He won't be bothering you anymore." Walker promised.

"Well, there's a silver lining." Joy said.

"I was prepared to do what we'd agreed, you know." Walker said. "But then Rand and the girl and the detective with the Devil of Hell's Kitchen and the other woman showed up. And then Mary came out to play. I mean, she didn't hang out around long but, oh, she was afraid. Her heart was all aflutter. And, anyway, by the time I was back in the saddle, they'd arrested him, so…"

"That's great. Stop." Joy pointed her gun at her.

"Huh." Walker said, stopping. "So I'm the loose end now?"

"No, I'm just trying to be clear. This is the end. You take the cash. The job is over. Like you said, 'We never met. This never happened.' Deal?" Joy said.

"A deal is a deal… until it changes." Walker said. "You don't want to forget that I helped your brother and came to save you, Joy."

"I'm not forgetting. I appreciate it. But I just want this to be over. I need to get back some semblance of my life." Joy clarified.

"Yeah. Sure you do. 'Cause you think you can." Walker said, moving forward and leaning onto the windowsill and Joy stepped back nervously. "But the thing is, I can't. Not since I found out, who saved me in Sokovia. They kept me in a concrete box, Joy. And took me out to question me. More often rape me. Torture me. Make me watch while they killed the rest of my squad. And then, after 22 months, I was free." She turned around to face Joy. "I always thought Mary convinced someone to get her out and she thought I fought my way out. Well, we were both wrong."

"What, are you trying to scare me?" Joy sneered. "I almost died yesterday and I'm still standing, so…"

She stepped back as Walker neared her. "You're not afraid of me, Joy?" Joy shook her head. "Good. Because I am. 'A bloody mess' is how the sergeant major described the carnage at the camp. And Mary Walker's fingertips were on the knives. Poison doesn't know it's poison."

"I don't know what the hell that means." Joy said.

"It means there's another alter. And even I don't know what triggers her but I do have a pretty good idea it might involve a gun in my heart." Walker warned as Joy looked legitimately scared of her.

"I just… I just want you to leave, Walker." Joy begged.

"And I like your taste in shoes. I think I'm gonna leave that money here and draw it out later. You know, you're one of the few people, who knows both sides of me." Walker said. "I could use that. I could use that. Your influence. Your connections. Your reach. It's not over between us, Joy."

"Don't I get the say in that?" Joy asked.

"That's one of the things I love most about you… is your sense of humor." Walker said as she walked away.

"Danny?" Colleen entered, looking around before she saw a letter on the table as she picked it up and read it, recognizing Danny's handwriting before she saw the silver medallion on the chest with two birds before she saw on the other side a symbol of Shao-Lao, the Undying Dragon.

"Colleen, nothing ends without a new beginning. Just as any start is, inevitably, a step towards an ending. But here, now, today, I have to consider… was he wrong? Or did I ever only know half the story? You have every right to be angry with me, Colleen, for not telling you all this face-to-face.

But I know that if I did, I'd never leave. And that is what I have to do. When I got home, I found something that made me think there was a larger destiny at work.

That silver medallion, I saw the other side. It was a confirmation of something that had been nagging me ever since Frank Choi told us your mother's story.

I've heard that story before, Colleen. In K'un-L'un. When I was just a boy, Davos told me.

A story about the first woman to defeat the dragon. Her name was Wu Ao-Shi, you know her as the Pirate Queen of Pinghai Bay.

A woman, who may very well be your ancestor. Which means there may be a reason why I met a young woman in the park hanging fliers.

It may be that the destiny that I believed was mine, was always hers. Always yours, from the start.

We are the Yin and Yang, you and I. In constant motion but one and the same.

I love you, Colleen. Always."

Colleen's eyes filled with tears as she finished reading the letter.

"Where are you going?" Matt asked as Danny was leaving the dojo with a bag in his hand.

"I need to find my way, Matt." He turned around and faced his friend. "The tale that Choi told us… the Pirate Queen of Pinghai Bay, I've heard it before. In K'un-L'un. Her name was Wu Ao-Shi. The first woman to defeat the dragon and get the Iron Fist. Look, Matt, maybe it wasn't a coincidence that Colleen and I met. Maybe it was destiny. Look… I'm trying to be the man she loves, the brother Ward and Joy need, the friend you want… but until I see this through, I'm worried I may not find my path."

"What are you talking about?" Matt asked.

"I found a lead on the man, who gave Davos the corpse of the Iron Fist." Danny said, showing him the paper. "I need to know, Matt. Look… I thought I was protecting your city to honor you… and but then I realized… there is a void in me. And not even your mission or the Iron Fist could fill it. Maybe this journey is the way of finding out. I need to see this through."

Matt nodded. "Are you sure about this?"

"All I know is that it's the only path I see in front of me right now." Danny said.

"I understand." Matt nodded. "Good luck."

"Same here. And let Colleen know that I'll always love her." Danny and Matt shook hands.

"Goodbye, Danny."

"Goodbye, Matt." Danny said as they parted ways.

Ward was in the bar, drunk as he faced the Asian man. "Look, I know your boss is selling on the black market."

"Our employer is a legitimate businessman." The man said.

"Sure. Sure." Ward shrugged. "We're all legitimate in a bar in Hokkaido at 4 A.M." He looked at his watch before showing the man the manifesto. "Hancock 212. It's a shipping container. There was a corpse in the box. With a dragon burned onto its chest. I want to talk to the man, who sent it. A guy named Orson Randall."

The man passed the paper back to Ward. "Never heard of him."

"Look, you have no idea how hard it's been to track down your boss." Ward said. "From Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur, that mess in Jakarta…"

"A shipment was stolen from our employer's warehouse in Jakarta." The man realized, who Ward was.

"Yeah, things went sideways." Ward shrugged. The tall man behind the thug got up as Ward gapped. "Wow. Look, you really don't wanna mess with me."

"What if I disagree?" The Asian man showed his gun.

"Then you'll have to deal with him." Ward turned to Danny, who was at the other side of the bar, sitting at table.

"I thought you said you had this handled, Ward." Danny joked.

"We can't know the future. Not completely." Ward shrugged.

"Our employer wants his property back." The Asian man said.

Ward got up. "Well, friend, I'll let you field that one."

Danny got up and pulled his jacket to show two holstered pistols. "You mean these?"

The thug drew his gun and Danny did the same as both men fired but both Danny's hands glowed as he fired two chi rounds, shattering the thug's bullet as Danny smirked. "Don't try that again."

FBI agent Ray Nadeem entered the room, having been assigned to an errand he thought a waste of time, as he sat across Wilson Fisk in cuffs in prison uniform.

"Mr. Fisk, I'm Special Agent Ray Nadeem with the Federal Bureau of Investigation." Ray showed his badge. "The FBI would like your assistance with…" He sighed, already expecting Fisk to tell him to go to hell. "Let's cut to the part, where you tell me to eat shit, so we can stop wasting each other's time, huh?"

"Tell me, Special Agent Nadeem, do you have anyone in your life who you love so much, you'd do anything to protect them?" Fisk asked.

"Are you threatening me?" Ray asked but Fisk's only reply was a staring gaze at the agent.

"I have made many mistakes. But I accept the debt I'm paying because of them but what I will not accept, is that the woman that I love should have to pay for them, too." Fisk said before taking a breath. "I would do anything to protect her. Anything."

Ray leaned forward, listening carefully. "Sorry. What is it you're saying?"

"I want to make a deal." Fisk said.

Now, I considered whether Danny would stay around or not but I think he'd leave anyway. Matt is not coming back to Foggy and Karen yet because he still believes he might put them in danger, though his loss of faith is not as bad as in the show. He just doesn't know how to be with them without putting them in danger.

I plan for Danny to return later in the sequel.

Stay tuned for sequel covering Daredevil Season 3.

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