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Chapter Four

"Mindy?" I gasped out, before groaning in pain, my whole body was on fire, and every single part of me was aching. The blast sure did take a few pieces out of me that was for sure. But then it kind of hit me; I must have been badly hurt, and I mean seriously badly for me to be here in hospital. Mindy looked up, her head in her arms before smiling broadly. Tears were stained against her cheeks, she'd obviously been crying. It was strange, I almost didn't recognise her at first. Her usual blonde hair was dyed a dark brown, and her eyes were easily a different shade than usual. She was obviously trying not to draw too much attention to herself.

I half wondered how she'd managed to get in here without security asking any questions, but I decided I'd save those questions for another time.

"About time you woke up you know, I really was starting to get worried about you." She grinned. Mindy moved forward and placed my hand in her own. It was weird, that one act actually made me feel so much better. She then looked at me straight in the eyes. "Your were lucky you know, only a few broken bones. Dave, promise me that you'll never, in a million fucking years do anything like that to me again."

She was right, it was obvious really that it was a ploy, a trick. I think I knew deep down that everything was too good to be true, but I went with it anyway.

"I can't believe you fell for Chris's cheap shot in the dark, didn't you think that if I was going to come and see you I'd have just shown up at your house? I mean…" But I cut her off, that name she mentioned was the last name I was honestly expecting.

"Wait, hold on, did you just say Chris?" No, she can't have done. He was dead! Chris D'Amico was dead! The shark ate him; I saw his body being ripped into a thousand pieces with my own eyes! "As in Chris D'Amico?"

Mindy looked at me, confused, and then gasped out loud. She just flew into a sudden fit of shock.

"What?" she exclaimed, "You don't know? Shit Dave, you really have been out of the loop haven't you?"

Mindy then spent the next half an hour explaining away, about how Chris, aka 'The Motherfucker' the one guy we both knew to be dead only three years earlier, was alive, and had been in this very hospital up until a month ago when he was freed, able to do whatever he wanted to anyone, once again. Apparently his uncle had pulled some strings to get him out of prison, meaning he was back on the streets once again.

"It's alright though, the fucker doesn't have any legs, so it'll be pretty hard for him to run away this time…" she laughed, but upon looking at me she frowned slightly. "I don't think you're in nay fit state to fight him regardless though."

She was right of course, I mean both of my arms were broken, and I had burns all over my body. But thankfully the majority was minor cosmetic damages. Apparently an ambulance arrived just moment after the building collapsed. Which Mindy obviously thought was a sign that this was a message rather than an actual attempt to kill Dave. Chris, or those who were working for him, were sending a message.

She started explaining about how she'd heard about this all through a new source she had, who was also a Superhero like us. His name was The Eradicator. He specialised in various security techniques, such as editing security footage, to ensure that undercover heroes could confidently move around in high security areas without being seen.

But that wasn't all, The Eradicator told Mindy only a few days ago that he'd been contracted by Chris's men, under threat of death to remove various of pieces of evidence surrounding the recent building explosion.

But after talking to her he'd gone missing, and Mindy had no idea where he could have gone to.

"Seriously Dave, the only person who would have taken him would be Chris, we need to find out exactly where and when –"

Mindy was cut off by the nurse entering the room, who smiled at her sweetly with a sickening grin.

"I'm really sorry Miss, but visiting times are over now, you'll have to come back and see your boyfriend tomorrow. However I'm glad he's actually awake now." Said the Nurse, in response Mindy just nodded, and the nurse left. A thousand thoughts whirled through my head, but only one thing was worth mentioning at that point.

"I'm your boyfriend?" I asked stupidly, to which I got a light tap to the arm, much lighter than usual, which was understandable considering my condition. Mindy just growled at him, before sitting herself up from her seat.

"Don't feel flattered Dave, it was the only way I could get in to come and see you." Smirked Mindy, "Y'know it's quite funny actually. They haven't even reported you in the news as being here, or even hurt it's almost like someone is trying to keep this all quiet."

Mindy then moved forward and kissed me on the forehead before smiling as she left through the door.

"Sweet Dreams." She whispered, reminiscent of that night her and Big Daddy came through his window. The memory made me smile as exhaustion washed over, and I fell once again into a deep sleep.