19 PPEB: Learning the Ropes

Seeing me control the water in my hand like this, he became a little scared. I could tell since his hand that was holding the brass knuckle was now opening and closing again while I could also see him sweat.

"There are more and more of you freaks nowadays." The American said as he stepped forward, but before his feet could land on the ground, I stretched my hand which contained the whip. The stream of water extended to his leg and wrapped around his ankle. Without letting a single moment go to waste, I pulled back my hand causing him to lose balance and fall on the ground.

This is the only outcome I expected from this move but it went a step ahead. The man got dragged along with the whip and ended up on his back in front of me. I strengthened my water fist and gave a punch to his stomach. At first, my fist was aimed at his chest but I knew that his ribs would be shattered and he might die so I decided to divert my fist to his stomach.

This caused him to scream in pain as he held his stomach and rolled on the ground. "Ahhhh…I'll kill you...I'll kill you…you bastard." He screamed. I picked up the brass knuckle and put it in my pocket. I could use this whenever I didn't want my power exposed to my enemies. When I am fighting as Jared…these weapons are the only ones I can depend on.

The three Asians who were now fighting with Matt, looked at me. I had taken down two of their enemies with a power no one had ever seen so it was obvious for them to be alarmed. They tried to gauge if I was their ally or enemy but seeing me smirk at them and show them my fist, cleared their doubts. They were now in a dilemma…whether to fight me or Matt. Both of us weren't easy opponents and they wouldn't stand a chance against us if the three of them didn't act together.

Matt noticed that the enemies were now distracted so he immediately used this opportunity to punch them twice. The first two got punched while they were looking at me but the third one who was the leader was able to dodge Matt's attack in time.

While the 2 who were punched went forward to attack Matt, I created a ring of water floating around me and with a single push of my palm, a blob of water flew and hit one guy's cheek making him falter in his steps and fall on the ground. I kept walking forward and the ring of water also kept moving forward keeping me in the center.

The leader of the three Asian guys was now keeping Matt busy. He wasn't that strong but Matt had to be cautious of the two other Asians and me. He didn't know whether I was there to help him or just kill everyone there and he was right to do that.

The Asian said something in Japanese to the other as he stood up. Now they were both focused on me and had a knife in their hand. They ran towards me and I pushed my palm at the water ring 3 more times which caused two blobs of water to hit one asian's knees making him fall on his face and the third blob hit the 2nd asian's knife-wielding hand forcing him to drop the knife. He immediately stopped as the knife fell to the ground.

Seeing that there was still a little distance between the two of us and I had stopped walking forward, he thought there wouldn't be any threat in picking up the knife so he bent down to pick it up but boy was that a big mistake because I leaped in the air and with just a thought, the water covered my right leg which I had now stretched up.

As he picked up the knife from the ground, he saw my left leg land just beside him a foot away. He was expecting the right leg to land there beside it as well but my water-enforced leg slammed on his back making him slam down on the concrete and make a sound even louder than before.

BAMMMM

The concrete under his body cracked and a spiderweb of cracks was created even larger than the one the American's head did...way larger.

As I looked at him down on the ground and feeling happy about the kick and how with just a thought I had the water shift from the ring to my leg, I didn't notice the other Asian get up, and when I did, he already had his knife-wielding hand up in the air behind him and with one swift motion, he threw the knife towards me.

SWISHHHH

I was about to jump to the side but remembered that Matt and the other Asian were fighting right behind me.

I hurriedly gathered all the water around me to gather in front of me. I instinctively hardened the muscles in my hand as if it were going to reduce the damage. The next second the knife entered the blob of water. I didn't look down at that moment preparing myself to feel the pain from the knife. A pain like that wasn't foreign to me and I had gotten used to it since childhood.

I waited for a few seconds but the pain didn't come. I let my hand loose and looked at both my palms only to find out that it didn't even have a scratch. The knife and water also fell on the ground as I let go of my control.

The Asian ran towards me but now I had gotten pretty used to fighting with my powers so with just a wave of my hand, a blob of water hit his stomach forcing him to hold it tightly and kneel on the ground.

He looked at me with angry eyes and was about to get up to I took a step forward while reinforcing my other leg with water. I swung the reenforced leg and hit the guy in the face making him roll back a few meters and lose consciousness or maybe even life.

Now there was only one left and I looked behind at him to find him being battered by Matt. I may have not seen much of the Daredevil series in my past life but I knew how brutal he could be at times.

I just walked towards Matt and he immediately let go of the Asian guy who just fell on the ground breathing heavily. He turned around to look at me. He didn't swing his cane at me which was a relief.

"You are a long way from Hell's Kitchen Daredevil" I said. I knew that it wouldn't be of any use masking my voice in front of this guy as he could even recognize me by my heartbeat.

I expected him to say something sassy but he said something unexpected "This is a bad neighbourhood to be in kid."

I was a little shocked as to how he knew that. "What makes you think I am a kid?"

"You smell like a school locker room to me and that is only one thing. I can name 7 more but I will keep them to myself." He said like a smartass.

"I won't argue with an experienced lawyer like you Matt Murdoc." I said. He was taken aback by the sudden revelation and I must say I managed to break the composure on his face.

"Who are you?" He asked to which I said "You will now in due time that is if you accept my proposal."

"What proposal?"

"To make a Team…A team of vigilantes like yourself. If you think the guys you fight are bad then the ones I can tell you about are even worse."

Without even saying anything, he went to the American who was lying on the ground picked up the briefcase, and said "You should leave before the cops arrive."

"You haven't answered my question yet."

"I don't know how you know my name but I am not here to play hero. I prefer to work alone." Matt said as he took something from the Asian guy's inner pocket and walked off from the warehouse. I wanted to convince him but I knew that it would take time so I just stood there. I looked at the Asians who were still on the ground and now I was sure that these guys were connected to the two who came to Ryan's house that day.

As I was about to leave, my eyes fell on the knife that one of the Asians had thrown at me. I picked it up and saw something that brought a smile to my face.

The knife was covered in thick ice.

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