A/N: Hey everybody! Sorry for taking so long to update, just been really busy. Good news though, I have more free time now, so I'll be able to update more frequently. Anyway, thanks again to all the readers, followers, reviewers and people who have favorited this story, it means a lot and gives me motivation to continue writing. So again, please review, leave suggestions, or just let me know what you like or don't like and enjoy!
Mindy stayed the night at Dave's apartment. She didn't want to at first, but Dave somehow ended up convincing her. It could have been because Dave offered her his bed while he slept on the couch, but it also helped that Mindy was tired of being alone and didn't mind spending more time with Dave.
Mindy woke up early the next morning. Dave's bed was pretty comfortable, she had thought, as she got up. She made her way out of his room and into the living room, she saw Dave was still heavily sleeping and snoring loudly.
So you snore, huh. Mindy thought to herself. She crept up closer to the couch where Dave was currently residing. She moved to the back of the couch and leaned over to get a better view of Dave's sleeping face.
Dave had a peaceful look. Some drool escaping his agape mouth. Mindy smiled. She hadn't realized how much she missed him. As she stood their staring at Dave, some thoughts raced through her head. Some evil ideas of messing with him arose, but another thought crept up. What if she planted a quick kiss on him?
Ever since she had her first kiss with Dave, three years ago, she would think about that moment every now and then. She knew she liked Dave, just didn't know how much. And it's not like she could compare him to other guys in her life, however it didn't matter to her. Dave understood her and was the only one that did and that was enough for her.
Mindy snapped back to reality after realizing she had been hovering over Dave and staring at him for the past few minutes. She stepped back and made her way out of his apartment.
Outside, Mindy walked to the side of the building where she was hiding her parked motorcycle. She still had her Ducati, best way to get around, but had to repaint it since purple was too noticeable. She chose matte-black instead. Mindy hopped on, threw on her helmet, started the engine and then drove off into the streets of New York City and made her way to her old safe-house.
Mindy had already been back to the safe-house before she went to Dave's apartment the night before, but only to drop off her backpack that contained some clothing and other essentials she would carry with her at all times, so she didn't really give herself time to feel nostalgic.
Mindy opened the door to enter the safe-house. As she stepped inside, a small smile drew across her face. Dave had kept it pretty much how she had had it. Big Daddy's costume was still held in display in a corner. The walls were still covered up with several weapons, mostly firearms. As she looked the room over, her full attention landed on a portrait that was hanging on one of the walls. The portrait of Damon Macready, Big Daddy, and Mindy's deceased father, hung there as a memento, along with his costume, of how Mindy's extraordinary life became to be. She solemnly stared at the picture. There wasn't a day that didn't pass that she didn't miss her father. She liked to think she had made him proud, and that hopefully she had become the person he had always wanted her to be.
"Hey, Daddy... I'm back in town." Mindy said as he made her way up to the portrait not taking her glance of it. "Dave and I… We're finally gonna take down the D'Amico business...burn it to the ground, just like you've always wanted... it just sucks you aren't gonna be here to see it." Mindy paused and then let out a sigh. "I must be fucking insane...why am I talking to a picture?" Mindy turned away from the portrait. She took a few steps and then stopped. She turned around to look at her father's portrait one more time. Mindy couldn't help but let a smile creep up. It felt good to be back.
Mindy had tried her best from getting too rusty while she was on the run. Every once in a while, she would go out to do some public service and beat the crap out of some low life's that were making trouble in the city she was staying at. Although if things escalated and she ended up killing too many, it would be time for her to ditch town. And since she no longer needed to attend school, Mindy had plenty of time to train and hone her skills. It was, after all, what she enjoyed doing. Now she was just glad to be back home and train with all the 'toys' she had at her disposal. Mindy walked over to a table that her set of throwing knives.
No time like the present. Mindy thought, as she prepared them to do some target practice.
As Mindy was practicing with her throwing knives, she was distracted by the sound of the front door knob being unlocked. She glanced over at the door as it slowly opened. She noticed she still had a knife in her hand when an idea popped in her head. A grin stretched across Mindy's face.
As Dave opened the door to let himself in, he was greeted with a knife hurling it's way towards his head. Dave noticed with just enough time for his reflexes to respond and just barely dodged the knife.
"What the fuck?! " Dave let out a cry as he stumbled backwards.
"Are you crazy?! Why the hell would you do that?! " Dave yelled startled and staying behind the door to protect himself from anymore hurled objects.
"What? I was only testing you... You know, keeping you on your toes. " Mindy said behind a smile she hoped Dave didn't see.
"It's not even 9am! Too early for this crap, Mindy!" Dave said frustrated.
"Alright, alright. Sheesh…" Mindy said, her hands in the air, even though Dave couldn't see them.
"I'm coming inside now. No more knives."
"Don't get your panties up in a bunch. I said 'alright'."
Dave slowly moved away from the door to step inside. He saw Mindy standing there, her hands on her hips. Dave cautiously closed the door behind him, not breaking his gaze from Mindy. "I was hoping you would be here." Dave said walking toward her.
"Yeah. Whys that?"
"Now I know you coming back wasn't some weird-ass dream I had."
"I thought we were passed this…I'm really here." Mindy said attempting to hide a smile.
"So, how's it feel to be back in here? The old safe-house." Dave said waving his hands around.
"Good…I'm glad to see you haven't messed things up." Mindy said looking around the room.
"I had to, so if you ever came back, you wouldn't kill me." Dave said smiling. "Besides even if I wanted to change some things, it felt like your Dad was always watching me." Dave said as he turned around to look at Damon Macready's portrait. "It felt wrong to move anything."
Mindy joined Dave in looking at the portrait. "So you've been training still, right? I mean last night it seemed like you've gotten better." Mindy said turning her attention to Dave.
"Yeah, I come here all the time and train. Practicing all the things you taught me before you left." Dave said turning to face Mindy.
"So you train by yourself?"
"When I'm here yeah…about a year after you left, things finally calmed down. So I got Justice Forever back together. So sometimes I train with them."
"So after I left, you weren't the only one still running around New York in a costume, huh."
"Nope. Well there are only a few of us. Most of the original team gave up fighting crime. So we had to recruit some new people."
"I see…so are you like their ring-leader or something?"
"Something like that… Listen, next time we have a team meeting you have to come. I'll introduce you to everyone and you could join!" Dave said eagerly.
"You still want me to join your little club?" Mindy said laughing.
"Hell yeah! With you…you and me, we would be the ultimate team!"
Mindy smiled at Dave's enthusiasm. "Tell you what, lets do some sparring. If you can keep up, I'll consider joining Justice Forever. But if you start whining like a little bitch, you have to forget about me joining."
Dave paused for a second. A smile grew across his face. "Alright, I can do that." Dave extended his hand out to Mindy. She accepted it and they shook on it. "So that means if you join, you'll be staying in New York, right?" Dave asked.
Mindy grinned. "Sure. If I join, I'll stay."
"Then I won't hold back. I'm not just gonna keep up, I'm gonna pin you down and force you to join." Dave said still smiling.
"Is that so…" Mindy gave Dave a serious look.
"That's right." Dave said giving Mindy back her look.
"Alright then Dave, hope you're ready cuz', I'm gonna jam my foot way, way up your ass."
Dave tried to hold back a smile. Damn he missed her foul-mouthed, smartass comments.
"I'm gonna show you, you left this city in capable hands." Dave said grinning.