Escape from Metro-General Hospital

"They can lock her up for that, I won't let that happen." "Okay, okay enough, she saves you, you save her, then she has to save you again and neither one of you wants to be saved right?"

- Luke Cage and Claire Temple

The Escape from Metro-General Hospital was a successful escape planed by Jessica Jones to get Luke Cage out of the hospital with the assistance of Claire Temple to avoid the New York City Police Department.

Background
"Did you think he was more powerful than me? With his unbreakable skin, is that why you desired him?" "You really thought I could forgive you? You killed my wife."

- Kilgrave and Luke Cage

Kilgrave enthralled Jessica Jones, taking her life away for months until she broke his control upon killing Reva Connors. Unbeknownst to Jones, Connors was the wife of Luke Cage, an enhanced individual, and he believed she was killed in bus crash. Cage became obsessed with learning more of her death, but to no anvil, and continued his life by opening a bar named Luke's. Eventually, Jones and Cage would meet at each other and begin a sexual relationship, but she kept the true death of his wife a secret. Cage would learn the truth of his wife's death when Jones confessed, stopping him from killing Charles Wallace, the bush driver who was drunk at the wheel. Jessica also confessed that Kilgrave enthralled her, and made her do it, angering the widower.

As days followed, Cage attempted to go Jones to talk about being lied to, only to find Kilgrave leaving with Albert Thompson. Enraged at seeing the man who had his wife murdered, Cage charged at Kilgrave to kill him, but was stopped latter by enthrallment. Kilgrave then proceed to interrogate Cage on his relationship with Jones, then ordered him to blow up Luke's once she had arrive. Jones and Cage survived the incident, as the police would begin to search for the latter around New York City. Cage helped Jones in her investigation on finding Kilgrave, but was warned by her that he would take control of him once again. Going to Delaney Hall, Kilgrave revealed himself and took control over Cage, ordering him to Kill Jones so she could stop her pursuit. The fight continued onto the streets where Cage defeated two police officers, and nearly killed Jones until he ordered her to shoot him with a gun.

Scared and in panic, Jones took Cage to the Metro-General Hospital where he was diagnosed with head trauma, and possibly an edema. The doctors were unable to inject Cage due to his hardened skin, revealing that was an enhanced individual. Claire Temple saw Cage come into the hospital, and attempted to inject him as well, but to no anvil. Jones attempted to get help from Temple, who told her she could not as police proceeded to search for Cage.

Escape
"Help me or get out of my way." "You don't scare me, and you're not my first."

- Jessica Jones and Claire Temple

Running out of options, Jones decided to get Cage out of the hospital before the police find him, and have him arrested for arson and assault. Noticing the police searching, Temple went to Jones, who told the latter that Cage was a good man and asked for help after lifting him with ease. Temple assisted Jones on getting away from the hospital, getting him into a wheel chair and avoiding police that came their way. Waiting in the elevator, Jones discussed with Temple that the closest place would be her apartment since it was closer. Jessica was stopped by a nurse who told her she had a call waiting for, prompting Claire to have to take Cage to the apartment by herself.

Aftermath
"You said your rebound chick took a shotgun at point-blank range pointed it under your chin, and pulled the trigger." "I still get the occasional headache."

- Pop and Luke Cage

Temple successfully got Cage back to the apartment, where he laid in a bed to recover from his head trauma. Though at first appearing to be in stable condition, Cage started to have an seizure as Jones came to the apartment. With the help of Jones, Temple successfully injected a needle into his eye, collecting cerebral spinal fluid from his brain. Stabilized, Jones sat beside him, and told that she would make amends on everything. Jessica asked Temple to watch over him as she finished Kilgrave, much to Claire's reluctance. Jones would find Kilgrave's location and kill him for once and for all, ending his spree of controlling his victims. Cage would awake from his injuries, and learned that Jones was being arrested, and left the apartment after asking for a glass of water. Jessica was freed and decided to stop being a hero, and solely worked on new cases, as Cage returned to Harlem and worked at Henry Hunter's barber shop. Despite surviving the incident, Cage would note that he often have occasional headaches as result of the trauma.