Chapter Two: Black as Night

[Tessa]

Tessa’s mind froze when her brain finally connected the voice to a face, “Matt.” She thought mentally, as similarities began to fall into place, “Matt Murdock.” As if she had to clarify it to her own brain, momentarily overcome with information she felt she should have known years before. Not many things could surprise the genius, but this was one of the few things on that list, she wasn’t a stranger to having friends that were super-heroes, she was an x-men after all…but she hadn’t expected to find out that her lawyer friend was the masked vigilante Daredevil.

She had only heard faint snippets of the goings on around her, too caught up in her own shock to register the words completely, but she knew that ‘Toria was attempting to usher them out of the room again, no doubt to end the Red Death’s unlife. Tessa couldn’t get herself to move though, too transfixed on the fate of this Daredevil, to caught up in the ‘what-if’ of things. Staying close to the wall and the door, Tessa attempted to get herself back into a normal state of functioning, “Pull yourself back together, this is not Matt. This is another realities Matt.” She told herself harshly, finally regaining enough sense to catch what was going on.

Victoria and Paige were arguing, Paige wanted to stay Victoria wanted them all to leave. Tessa could understand why, ‘Toria looked like she was two seconds away from going Phoenix on them, and she wasn’t in the best of moods either.
“Let Victoria handle this, you’ll have your chance Husk.” Tessa said softly her voice firm, “You’re a walking piece of tinder, and ‘Toria is very close to unleashing the Phoenix, that means flame. I’m certain you want to see Jono again.” She let the last comment hang in the air as she moved to grasp Paige’s arm, she knew that the younger woman was most likely feeling pushed aside, and under-used. Victoria’s command was not helping, but she didn’t want to see Paige injured because of her need to be defiant to the request.