Kick- Ass: hiding in plain sight

Authors note: i realized after the first chapter that i needed to put a little back story into this so people were caught up and thats why this chapter is so long hope you enjoy please read and review and i do not own any of these characters.

chapter 2: Decisions

Dave lizewski sat at the edge of his bed crying softly he was always so proud of himself for being able to keep it together even during the worse times but sometimes a guy just needs to break down and cry. He probably wouldnt be if it wasnt for that fucking dream that plauged him constantly his worse fears haunting him in nightmare form, it was happening more often the dream was always slightly different but always with the same end covered in Mindy's blood and being run through by Chris Damico. He didnt know what to make of it and it wasnt like he could ask anyone about it without outing himself. "wonder if superman ever had nightmares" he whispered to himself. Wiping his eyes he stood up and made his way over to the picture he had been looking at. He stared at it for a few moments and smiled. That was a good day he thought to himself Mindys 12th birthday the first time she seemed truly happy since the night her dad died and Damico's organization was brought to the ground. As he sat there he remembered the talk he had with her that evening.

" Your getting better but you still need so much work dumbass" he smiled at her criticism he knew she was right but knew this was as close to a compliment for his fighting skills as he was gonna get. " quit smiling you look like a damn jackass when you smile" her right fist came up so quickly it connected with his ribs before he had a chance to react. The blow knocked the wind out of him and brought him to his knees he saw her heel come smashing in from above normally would have connected to her choice of his shoulder blades but he was ready he crossed his forearms in a X formation and caught her ankle between them the force was still enough to push him further into the mat a couple of inches but he had her where he wanted her twisting his arms so one had was wrapped around her ankle and the other wrapped around the back of her knee he managed to flip her stomach first onto the mat with enough force to make the breath catch in her chest he immediatly released her this was light sparring after all. "Why in the hell did you let me go you never release an opponent once you have them in a hold" he smiled to himself again " because if had continued that hold the only logical move was to break your ankle and im not gonna injure my teacher when she has so much to teach me". She rolled over on her back and stared at him but her face broke into a smile almost instantly " im just glad to see your learning dumbass now help me up" he smiled back at her as he wrapped his wrist around hers and began to pull her up. suddenly he felt an intense pressure in his abdomen and felt himself literally go head over hills over a girl and smash into the nearby wall of the workout room. "First lesson dumbass dont trust a pretty face". He moaned a kick in the gut is not something you want not 30 min after eating birthday cake and ice cream" Guess its just my nature to think not every girl wants to kill me". She laughed " yeah just most of them i guess" she moved towards the far wall where she picked up her water bottle and sat down on the floor. He made his way to her clutching his stomach trying to overcome the urge to vomit cake all over the place. He sat down next to her and slowly took a drink out of his own water bottle it helped a little bit. there was silence for a few moments with the only sound coming from upstairs where Daves dad and marcus were watching late night tv.

Dave broke the silence first now that he felt he could speak without spewing " I guess we need to make plans for this weekend considering we havent been on patrol in 2 weeks people are gonna start thinking were not around anymore" she didnt act like she heard him she continued to stare at the far wall while sipping her water slowly. He could tell something was bothering her "whats wrong"? She cocked her head to the left and just stared at him for a moment when she finally spoke the words sounded cool and thoughtful not one of her normal traits "Dont you ever just get tired of it Dave" he was amazed she used his real name "what do you mean"? She stared at him for on second then spoke like she was choosing her words carefully " I mean just the common everyday crime fighting we do the muggers and the gang members and the drug dealers that just seem to be in an endless supply around this city that every time we seem to make a dent it seems more just rise up and take theyre place i mean sure we clean up a small crime ring now and then but nothing compared to what we accomplished with Damico". He looked at her for a moment and realized he had been feeling the same way for a few weeks he just never wanted to admit to her that he felt like they werent making that big of a difference to be considered heros. She was still staring at him and the next words out of her mouth kind of surprised him " I was thinking about hanging up the cape for a little while". He just stared at her for a moment before he spoke " I guess I understand why you would i mean you always used to tell me that you wanted a normal life after you moved in with Marcus but i guess we just continued to do what we do because there was nothing better to do".

She continued to stare at him with those brown eyes that he noticed for the first time had a small tint of green to them. " Im just tired Dave i just want to be a normal 12 year old girl" that almost made him chuckle to himself she was about as far away from being a normal 12 year old bieber lovin girl " well i will say this for you,you are the most mature 12 year old i know" she smiled at him and to his surprise she scooted closer to him and put her head on his shoulder "dont worry this wont be permanent and we will still train whenever we get a chance no need to get rusty and we have to make sure were ready for when this city needs us again" he looked down at her and smiled he knew she wouldnt totally give up on Hit Girl. "Thats right and when they need us we will be there Kick-Ass and Hit Girl ready to save theyre sorry asses" they both laughed at the same time and just sat together her head on his shoulder and after ahwile her hand on his hand until they both fell asleep.

Dave held the picture in his hand smiling to himself he felt the sun shining on his face from his window the memories fading away he realized it had been almost 6 months since they had that conversation. He put the picture down on his dresser and looked towards his window just in time to see a dark silohutte pass in front of the light that was streaming into his room there was a knock on the window and then a question that brought a smile to his face " Ready for school dumbass"?