Deep in the sewers, the
King of a group of scarred homeless chooses a new queen after killing his
previous one. He picks a pretty woman out of the crowd and names her as his new
queen. Meanwhile, Daredevil interrupts Turk and a couple others running money
for the Kingpin, his crutch and temporary cast on his foot not slowing him down
at all. Later, at the Daily Bugle, Ben Urich works on developing the photos he
took after weeks in the hospital following getting stabbed by Elektra. The shot
of the homeless woman he took catches his attention, and he starts to suspect
that he may know who she is. Urich and Daredevil head to the subway where Ben
initially followed the woman, both of them suspecting that the woman is indeed
Vanessa Fisk. They eventually find a pipe that leads further down into the
sewers, and Daredevil hears human heartbeats down in that direction. He heads
down and tells Urich to head home, but no sooner does Matt leave than Urich is
grabbed by several scarred people!
Meanwhile, J. Jonah
Jameson publicly retracts his paper’s statements about Randolph Cherryh, while
the votes start to come in, Cherryh already leading. Foggy and Becky discuss
the blow to the firm and what Cherryh getting elected could mean for the city.
Back in the sewers, as Daredevil descends farther, he comes upon a homeless
person who claims their leg was eaten by some kind of monster. Daredevil gives
the urchin his crutch and advances through the sewers. He’s quickly found by a
hoard of homeless and lets himself be carried off. Elsewhere, the Kingpin
revels in his seemingly assured victory, as the votes continue to come in for
Cherryh. He thanks Elektra for her contribution to this venture and plans to
retain her services.
Daredevil is brought
before the King of the sewer dwelling people and recognizes his queen as
Vanessa. The King reveals he captured Urich too and he drops the two of them
into the water to feed his beast. Daredevil realizes this must be the same
monster he heard about earlier, as the two are attacked by a large crocodile!
Daredevil breaks free and subdues the crocodile with his bonds while Urich
heads for the surface. Daredevil soon emerges as well and takes on the King.
After a brutal battle, Daredevil emerges victorious and the urchins all cheer
him on as their new king. Later, Daredevil visits Kingpin, revealing he has
Vanessa by presenting her wedding ring. In return for her, Daredevil forces
Kingpin to have Cherryh drop out of the race, denying Fisk his puppet. Fisk
decides that someone must die as retribution for this defeat and gives Elektra
her next assignment: she must kill Foggy Nelson! To be continued!