Dave woke up to the sound of some boy band blasting on Mindy's phone. "Thought you were changing that!" Dave laughed as he watched his girlfriend fumble with her phone trying her best to silence it in her sleep induced delirium.
"I was, I must have uh forgot.." she laughed finally shutting off the Union J song blasting from her cell.
Dave laughed and closed his eyes. Doing his best not to pick on Mindy's girly side. He got to see way more of it these past 6 months than he had ever thought had existed. Now he couldn't imagine a world without Mindy bouncing through his house in nothing but underwear singing Union J with a chocolate milkshake mustache or how she whispers his name and it would send shivers down his spine every time. This was the happiest either of the Super Heroes had ever been and it showed in there work. Justice forever was heavy into KickAss program 2 and the streets were clean as ever. Mostly due to JF but the Heroes couldn't take all the credit. There had been sightings of the mysterious hero who had inadvertently allowed for Mindy and Dave to finally come together but never enough of a lead for them to ever track him down. Mindy wanted to thank the Hero and invite him to join JF but so far he was pretty elusive. He didn't even have a name.
"What do you think we should do tonight?" Mindy asked Dave. They weren't patrolling on the next few Fridays to see if the crime rates start creeping back up. It was all part of some algorithm Marty had made and Mindy was happy enough to spend the time with Dave rather than KickAss. What had the world come to? She laughed to herself.
"I was thinking.." Dave reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out two tickets to Spiderman on Broadway, showing them to his beaming girlfriend.
"What? No way Dave! " She punched him in the arm "They've been sold out for months.. How'd you?"
"Friend of KickAss" Dave interrupted with a smile and kissed her on her forehead. "Now go get ready!" He mocked shoved her towards the stairs.
She kept most of her stuff at his place now despite keeping up appearances with Marcus. Dave had been hella nervous before their big "Talk" but was surprised with how cool he had been with the whole thing. They had even agreed to a family meal once a week. Dave enjoyed the time spent with Marcus and picked his brain on anything and everything Detective related. Dave was getting good at picking up unsolved cases from the police files Marty had hacked and solving them using JF resources. Marcus could really be a great help Dave had thought. It was just to bad he would never be a hero. He was a badge and still believed in the power of law despite all the people he cared for being vigilantes. Dave could respect that.
What seemed like ages passed and finally Mindy appeared at the top of the stairs. Wearing a short black and purple dress and heels to match. Dave couldn't help but drool a little.
"Wow, Mind.. you look.. Amazing" Dave choked out. He loved how this girl could still blow him away with the slightest change in her daily routines. She was still a mystery despite knowing her better than anyone breathing.
"Thanks.. Not so bad yourself stud" She blushed. Dave looked to good in a suit she thought. So many muscles..
Dave extended his arm and Mindy placed hers around his. The couple made there way into Dave's car and headed out for the evening.
Marty shifted uneasily in his chair. According to all his research the crime rate had dropped by 60 percent since the assault on Frank's organization had occurred and after the heroes had dealt with the cunts the street crime and petty crimes were even lower. However two kinds of crimes were steadily on the rise despite Jf's best efforts.
Prostitution and the disappearance of those prostitutes. JF knew that stopping prostitution was impossible but they had set up ground rules. No underage girls and only willing acts. If they caught wind of either being broken they cracked down hard on all the ring leaders and usually the survivors would resolve the issues. It's gotta be a serial killer Marty decided to text Dave. All their precautions had still resulted in the police finding bodies every week for the last eight months and it was honestly the only mission written on the Jf board that the group was clueless on aside from the disappearance of their best friend Todd.
"That.. was awesome. " Mindy beamed at her boyfriend. "We need to get back to work on the web shooters" She giggled remembering Dave and Marty's attempt at making real life spiderman web and web shooter. What a mess that had been.
"I don't even think Marty has gotten all of the web off the walls since our last attempt."Dave laughed and put an arm around Mindy. "But what my baby wants.. My baby ge.." Dave was interrupted by a gun shot and the sound of screams coming from just outside the theatre. The two heroes looked at the door and then each other before giving a quick kiss and running towards the bathroom. Moments later KickAss emerged from the men's room and waited for another minute outside the women's restroom. Hit Girl appeared through the doorway and just laughed at KickAss knowing what he was going to say.
"Come on Hit Girl!" He laughed and the two heroes ran towards the chaos.
Outside they saw a few thugs in ski masks getting back into a town car. They sped off before the heroes could get close.
KickAss went into triage mode right away assessing the damage of the victims and working to stop bleeding until the ambulance got there. Hit Girl was a little slower but followed suit. She hated when they got away.
"Why?" a severely injured man asked looking into KickAss's eyes before taking his last breath. By the time the rescue services made it the official count was two dead and eleven injured. KickAss and Hitgirl slipped away before the first siren arrived. KickAss may have been pardoned but the heroes knew it was best not to press their luck.
When the two were on a far enough away rooftop they both stopped and sat down dangling their legs over the edge.
"Never a dull night." Dave said removing his mask.
"It's a good thing you bought me that extra roomy purse" Mindy giggled a little. Dave took the loss of life harder than anyone she had ever known. Like everyone was his responsibility. She used to think it was cause he was a pussy but she had secretly admired him for it. Until they had started dating she never felt the same crushing weight Dave had with every victim they couldn't help but now things had started to change.
"There wasn't anything we could do KickAss." HitGirl told him as she put an arm around his waist resting her head on his shoulder.
"I know." he said unconvinced.
It wasn't super late and Mindy knew a visit with Marcus would give Dave the details he needed about tonight's shooting so she suggested they stopped by for a visit.
After a brief detour to Safehouse C for a change of clothes, the heroes were now sitting in Mindy's living room wondering where Marcus could be. Mindy had tried him on his cell multiple times but it would just go straight to voicemail.
"He was supposed to be off work " Mindy said trying not to let the worry show.
"Maybe he had a date?" Dave suggested and they both smiled a little. "Don't worry about it Mindy. I'm sure he is ok."
"Who's ok?" Marcus asked from the kitchen.
Mindy jumped up from the couch and ran to him giving him a warm hug. Marcus smiled but was obviously unsure of the affection Mindy was displaying. "Everything ok sweetheart?" He asked her while questioning Dave with his eyes.
"Yeah" she whispered "Sorry I just couldn't get a hold of you and there was a shooting tonight so I'm just a little jumpy." Mindy looked up for the first time with a smile and noticed a small black smudge under Marcus's eye.
"What's this?" She asked reaching up and removing it with her thumb.
"Oh" "Um paint from the night class I'm taking over at the community college." He said shyly
"You paint?" Dave said trying not to laugh. He wasn't laughing at the idea of painting but seeing the stiff, overprotective father figure and super cop sitting down in front of an easel.
"You know, With the promotion an all I've got a lot of free time on my hands and it seemed like fun.." Marcus observed Dave closely.. "Ok well the woman who teaches the class is beautiful" he let out after seeing Dave's eyes dart to Mindy.
"Told ya!" He exclaimed laughing.
"Boys." Mindy said smiling into Marcus chest.
Three ski masked men walked to the door of the torture chamber that Ralph had set up in a warehouse. Ralph had Todd released from his torture chamber 6 months ago and everyday since had been ordered to fight for Ralph's entertainment. At first the fights were all one sided but iron sharpens iron and Todd had become quite a warrior through this regime. Only the drug cocktail Ralph gave him everyday had scrambled what was left of Todd's mind. Now he programmed to listen only to Ralph.
"We did as you asked sir" The biggest thug informed Ralph.
"Excellent, I've had enough of this super hero shit" Ralph replied coldly. "The cops won't even go after them anymore. But I got that all figured out." He told the big thug and opened the door revealing Todd in a combination KickAss/Asskicker costume equipped with full Kevlar. "Gent's, Say hello to Bizarro KickAss!"
