KickAss was tied to a chair. "Get the lighter." He managed to hear through the gunfire and soon he smelled burning flesh. He hoped it was him until he knew it wasn't. The whole thing was his fault. Hit Girl being shot,the beating and the screams were all his fault. Hopefully a stray bullet will end him soon. How stupid had he been to think he was a super hero? Now the only real one was tied to the chair next to him burning alive while instructing this little girl to do something he'd never have the balls to. If he even had balls anymore. It was hard to feel anything after the beating they had just received. All his fault. Nobody else to blame. "Nooo! Please don't." Dave choked out as the flames grew. He hoped he'd catch soon.

"Dave." Mindy said shaking her boyfriend awake. His nightmares were getting more frequent. She remembered how their first night had been. It had gotten better since then but with the rise in unsolved murders she could see the correlation.

"Hey you" Dave said reaching a hand to Mindy's cheek. "again?" He asked

That's what worried Mindy the most..He never seemed to remember having them.

"Yeah.. nothing?" She asked hoping he could remember

"Nothing" Dave said and pulled the blanket to his chin and snuggled into Mindy's chest.

"It's ok. Go back to sleep KickAss. We have a big day tomorrow." Mindy whispered while gently stroking Dave's hair. She loved his hair.

"Ok,love you" Dave smiled into his girlfriend and fell quickly back to sleep.

After a few minutes a stunned Mindy managed to get words to leave her lips. "What the fuck was that?" She whispered to her now unconscious boyfriend.

"Dave" she tried again. They hadn't said that yet and she wasn't sure why. After some time had past she had stopped worrying about it entirely. It's not like she was avoiding it,She thought.

"I" She paused a moment. Not to be sure because she had never been more sure of anything in her life but because she knew those words at least to her carried real weight. "I love you Dave" She said before placing a soft kiss on his forehead and then allowed herself to close her eyes and replay Dave's words over in her mind.

A few hours later Dave woke up to the smell of something burning and smoke detectors blasting. He felt for Mindy and when he noticed she wasn't there Dave flew down his stairs faster than the flash racing superman around the world.

"Mindy!?" Dave yelped as he cleared the last set of stairs. "HitGirl?!" he couldn't see her through the smoke.

"I'm in here!" She yelled over the screeching siren. When Dave could make out his partner he couldn't help but explode into laughter. Mindy was battling the smoke detector with a hand towel standing on a kitchen chair swinging it with all of her strength until she finally just ripped it from the wall.

"What the hell Mindy? You scared me to death" Dave declared to his adorable girlfriend. As much as she was secretly girly she still hadn't gotten the cooking thing down. However her wearing only an apron and thong was worth the heart attack. Dave laughed.

"I'm sorry" She said sheepishly as the toast popped up from the toaster. "Toast?" Mindy laughed holding up the blackened bread before launching the smoldering bread at the sink. "HOT!" Mindy informed her stunned boyfriend.

"Oh baby. What did we decide about breakfast?" Dave joked

"That'd we'd go out until I didn't burn everything up anymore?" Mindy smiled up through the smoke at her adoring boyfriend. "I just, I wanted to do something special. You've been so understanding and just the most amazing boyfriend and been kicking so much ass.. I know I haven't been giving you everything you need.." She trailed off unable to meet Dave's eyes

"What?" He said shocked. "What are you talking about?" Dave asked.

"I mean, you know what I mean.." Mindy's eyes stayed on the ground.

"Mindy, We talked about this.. When you are ready. I am more than happy with everything we have done. Everything. You hear me? " Dave did his best to reassure his girl.

"But your nightmares. They are getting worse and they should be getting better.. and I'm no help."

"Whoa, Hey now. You are the biggest help. I was practically an insomniac before that first night." He informed her.

"You promise?" She said looking up for the first time.

"Promise." Dave replied and leaned down to plant a kiss on her nose.

"So, We can go get breakfast?" Mindy smiled into Dave's eyes.

"Or die of smoke inhalation" He poked Mindy in her ribs and moved to open the window.

"Shut it" Mindy laughed and ran upstairs to get dressed.

Dave was in awe watching her walk her way up the stairs.

Chris D'Amico woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Well if he actually had a bed. He sleeps in his chair now. He can adjust the angle and everything. His uncle had moved him into a wing of his mansion. Still no contact with anyone other than the armed guards and his online gamer friends. Which had increased tremendously considering he pretty much played all day, every day. He was written about in articles and his mysterious reasons for remaining anonymous after winning some of the most major tournaments had only increased his fan base. Of course if they knew who he was they would for one thing arrest the shit outta him and for another his uncle would find out he could communicate with the outside. No, he would bide his time and act to his plan. For Once.

"Can I get someone to scratch my fucking phantom balls!" He yelled towards the door.