Ben Urich meets with an
informant at a small movie theater, there to give him information on Randolph
Cherryh and the Kingpin. Before Urich can learn anything though, his informant
is stealthily killed by Elektra, who is now working for the Kingpin. She tells
Urich not to investigate any further or else she’ll be back for him, leaving
him paralyzed in the theater. Later, Urich has Daredevil meet him at his Daily
Bugle office, and Daredevil comments that he should quit smoking. He describes
his ordeal, causing Daredevil to find out that his former love is now working
for his greatest enemy. The next morning, Urich gets a call from Randolph
Cherryh, before meeting him at a midtown gym. Cherryh also comments on Urich’s
smoking habit, telling him he should get into shape. He “helps out” by having
his guys place a 400-pound barbell on Urich’s neck.
Urich is saved by the
timely arrival of Daredevil, who afterwards overhears Cherryh arranging a
meeting with the Kingpin at a café for the next day. Daredevil tells Urich not
to do anything stupid until he’s free to assist him. Naturally, Urich waits outside
the café the next day anyway, hoping to get photos of the meeting. He gets
ample photos of Kingpin and Cherryh before a homeless woman catches his
intrigue. He follows her down to the subway, snapping a photo of her before
deciding that she’s just nothing more than a derelict homeless woman (though we
know she’s really Vanessa Fisk). Back at their apartment, Urich’s wife bemoans
the fact that she never sees him anymore. He promises to spend time with her,
before a sudden phone call drags him out again, to her utter frustration.
Urich meets with another
informant (who also comments on Urich’s smoking), who tells Urich that Cherryh
is apparently meeting a lady friend at the hotel across the street. Daredevil
suddenly appears, commenting how every small-time crook has been talking about
Cherryh’s secret lady friend recently, leading him to surmise that it’s a trap,
as the Kingpin is not that sloppy. Daredevil heads into the hotel and we see
Urich’s anxious expression as he hears the obvious sounds of a scuffle inside.
Suddenly, Daredevil comes crashing out of a window, he and Elektra obviously
engaged in a fight. Urich makes his way up to an adjacent rooftop, finally
bemoaning his own smoking habit, while Daredevil and Elektra continue their
fight. The fight is brutal and intense until Elektra tricks Daredevil into
stepping on a bear trap! She kicks a partially destroyed wall over on him,
causing Daredevil to fall through the ground to the floor below! Elektra then
hears Urich cough and, though he tries to run, ends up impaled by Elektra’s
thrown sai! He always knew the cigarettes would get him…