Chapter 1
It was only your first week in your new FBI unit. You had asked to be transferred from your previous workplace to Hell’s kitchen not long ago because you wanted to live closer to your friends.
On your first day you were suprised at the work load you had, you had to go on multiple missions right away and your unit arrested one crime boss after the other that day.
This in itself was suprising to you, you don’t remember ever making these many important arrests in such a short period of time. Someone in your unit told you that there was a cooperative witness that had been spilling the beans on these crime bosses. You remarked that that someone must surely have a death wish or something to betray all those criminals.
When you finally arrived at the station you thought the work was done for the day until Special Agent Hattley called your entire unit and another together.
When you were all present she started to explain that you would be transporting a prisoner ,that had been put under house arrest, to the Presidential Hotel tonight. You raised your eyebrows when she said “Presidential Hotel” and “Prisoner” in the same sentence.
Another agent in your unit called out and asked who the prisoner was. Special Agent Hattley seemed nervous for a moment before answering “Wilson Fisk.”
Silence fell as the name was spoken, there were looks of disbelieve and disgust shared among the other agents.
You couldn’t believe what you were hearing. They were putting Wilson Fisk on house arrest, the man you and your friends had worked so hard for to get him in prison in the first place. You were lucky that Fisk never found out that you were friends with Daredevil himself and Karen Page. Hell, you were lucky Fisk didn’t know how many times you fought his people while you were disguised. You doubted that you would still be breathing if he had known. You were not a vigilante like Matt was, but you still tried to help and fight bad guys when you had to, and honestly, you were rather good at it. You still preferred a normal daytime job though.
You immediately knew how bad this idea was. You spoke up “Excuse me Special Agent Hattley. I am sure I don’t just speak for myself if I say that this does not make any sense. Why has Fisk been allowed house arrest?”
Before Hattley had a chance to answer, another agent stood next to her and answered your question.
“Mister Fisk is being put at house arrest because he is a cooperating witness, but he’s very much a convicted prisoner and he will be treated as such.”
You shook your head in disbelieve as other agents did the same “And may I ask who you are Agent..”
He nodded “ Ray Nadeem, I will be in charge of this mission”.
“Okay, Agent Nadeem. Forgive me but you say that he will be treated as a prisoner yet we will transfer him to a penthouse?” you wanted to have as much information as you can.
“That’s correct. Wilson Fisk has shared valuable information to help the FBI take down crime lords and in exchange he will recieve witness protection.”
Now you realised that it was Fisk that was selling out the other crimebosses.
You wanted to ask more questions but before you had the opportunity Hattley drew Nadeem’s attention and told everyone that it was time to go with the convoy outside.
You had only a few minutes to put a bulletproof vest on and check your weapon before going to the cars.
Once outside you saw that Fisk was already sitting in one of the cars with Agent Nadeem. You resisted the urge to roll your eyes. Agent Nadeem got out of the car and motioned to you . You walked over and Agent Nadeem told you that you would be driving with him, this meant that you would be sitting at the back with Fisk. Agent Nadeem saw your reluctance.
“Hey, Agent (y/n) listen. I know this isn’t a normal transport. That is why I want you to drive with us, I heard about your skills and you are one of the best agents out there. So will you please join me ?”
You sighed and nodded “Sure.” wishing people hadn’t mentioned your skills so much. You counted yourself lucky that the vehicle was large enough that you didn’t have to sit next to Fisk. You sat across from him and tried to avoid eye contact completely. As the convoy started moving. Agent Nadeem spoke to Fisk.
“You’ll be under the strict supervision of my team. You will not remove your ankle monitor. You will not pass beyond the boundaries that will be shown to you. You will continue to have a strictly regulated schedule. That means eating, shitting, sleeping whenever I say. Do you understand Mr. Fisk?”
You raised your eyebrows as Agent Nadeem spoke, at least he sounded serious.
There was a short pause before Fisk answered.
“ I’ve spend much of my life alone. And for many years, I pretended that this was the source of my strength. I told myself I had free will. And in that time I achieved a great deal.”
You really wanted to roll your eyes at this point, but knew it would be a bad idea to do so.
“ But I was not fulfilled.” he continued. “I was longing for a connection that I could imagine but I could not achieve. Searching and not finding. Until Vanessa. Until I discovered love. I thought I would explode with the sense of power and freedom that she brought me. That the world lay at my feet. But then that passed when I discovered the great lie at the heart of love.”
You shot a look at Agent Nadeem and saw that he was listening intently to Fisk’s words. You knew who Fisk was talking about.
Fisk was trying to sell Agent Nadeem his sob story. You knew it was a distraction for a bigger plan. It always was with Fisk.
You yawned as he continued to speak “ That what I took for true freedom was precisely the reverse.
You can build a prison of stone and steel but you merely present the prisoner with a challenge any truly determined man will find a way out. But love, love is the perfect prison. Inescapable.”
You did not want to pay attention to what Fisk said, yet hearing what he said about love you realise you agreed with it. It had not been long since you were so in love, and when things did not work out it felt like that love was a prison you could not escape from, no matter how hard you tried. You swallowed hard as you remembered the pain of the break up.
“So you see, Agent Nadeem, I am always in prison, wherever I go. And if these things help me protect Vanessa, then they are nothing to me.”
You looked out the window as you listened now. You didn’t want to admit that you agreed with something Fisk says. But in this matter, you understood what he was saying. There was a time you would have done anything, anything to protect the one you loved. And even now, after everything ,you knew you would still take a bullet for him, even if he loved another.
“I will do whatever I must.”
Silence fell in the car. Agent Nadeem seemed to be lost for words and shot you a quick look. Both of you said nothing.
A loud explosion startled everyone in the car, you looked up ahead and saw that the vehicle in front of the convoy had exploded.
“GO LEFT! LEFT!” Agent Nadeem shouted at the driver of the car you were in. As the car was turning another explosion came from your right side and you felt the car flip.