The Black Widow has been
captured by HYDRA and she’s forced to call Matt Murdock. They want him to
contact Daredevil and have him bring a microchip that was stolen by a Russian
defector named Anton Krapotkin in exchange for Natasha’s life. While conveying
this message, Black Widow also conveys another message for Daredevil by tapping
her foot in Morse code, unbeknownst to her captors. Meanwhile, Matt gets
Glorianna set up in her own apartment and offers to take her to dinner later.
Not long after, they head to the hospital where Micah Synn is being held after
his last tussle with Daredevil. With his English greatly improved, Micah is
able to manipulate the media by claiming that Daredevil kept hitting him and he
was a harmless victim. Debbie shuts down Foggy’s comments to the contrary which
catches the attention of both Matt and Glorianna, and Matt wonders if Micah is
starting to mean something to Debbie…
Elsewhere, the HYDRA
agents tie up Black Widow from head to toe as she wonders why Daredevil hasn’t
arrived yet and if he got her message. Turns out, Matt received the call but
the message was too garbled to make out her Morse Code. Left with no other option,
Daredevil heads out to find Krapotkin and the microchip. He first goes to Ben
Urich for information, who tells him that Krapotkin apparently works in
construction. Back at HYDRA’s lair, the leader of the small squad is alerted
that Krapotkin may have been found and he sends a team out to check it out. Low
on time, Daredevil heads to Josie’s and, rather than his usual methods of
interrogation, offers to pay money for information on the local construction
business.
Armed with his new
knowledge, Daredevil heads to the construction site of a new office building to
find that HYDRA have located the place too! Daredevil uses the dark to
stealthily take out the HYDRA agents, though the commotion spooks the night
watchman who tries to escape down the freight elevator. Daredevil catches up to
him to discover that he’s Anton Krapotkin! He surrenders peacefully, revealing
that he was forced to steal the microchip in the first place after his family
was threatened. Before he can say any more, he’s shot dead by a remaining HYDRA
sentry. Daredevil tracks the guy down and takes him out, though unsure how he’s
going to find the microchip now. Realizing something is off if HYDRA sent
agents to find Krapotkin while they still have Black Widow, Daredevil heads
home to discover another message. This one tells him the location he can find
Natasha at.
Meanwhile, at said
location, the HYDRA leader sets up a bomb to kill both Black Widow and
Daredevil when he arrives, considering it a consolation prize for failing to
recover the microchip. He injects Natasha with something to paralyze her vocal
chords, preventing her from warning Daredevil in any way. Not long after,
Daredevil arrives and doesn’t initially sense anything suspicious. He makes his
way to the tied up Natasha, who can’t make a sound to warn him about the bomb.
However, as he gets closer to the bomb’s trigger point, her rapidly increasing
heartrate tips him off that something is wrong. He ends up freeing her and the
two of them take out the remaining HYDRA agents. Back at Matt’s apartment,
Natasha mourns Krapotkin, thinking HYDRA wouldn’t find him, and reveals that
she had the microchip the whole time, hidden under a fake fingernail! While
Matt admonishes the danger she put herself in, she admits that she always
believed that he would come to rescue her!
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