"He what?!" Bonnie shouted happily, talking about the kiss Captain Hammer had surprised Ivy with. Ivy had been at the café all day, she didn't get on much with anybody there, she mostly worked with two others, the man, Michael, had tried it on with Ivy, she turned him down and now things were awkward, the women, Martha, she worked with liked Michael and thought Ivy had to, so that was awkward. They weren't the only ones who work there obviously but Ivy was mostly put on shifts with them, her boss hadn't seemed to take any notice of the nastiness between them all, she didn't take much notice of anything, Ivy thought. Bonnie was different, she wasn't just a boss she was a friend and although Ivy looked forward to working at the bar she was dreading telling Bonnie about the date. Bonnie looked a lot happier than Ivy had about the situation, "What did you do?" She asked practically jumping up and down as she poured the gentleman, who had no interest in the story and was far to drunk to pay any attention, in front of her his beer. "I slapped him" Ivy stated passing a woman her cider. "What?!" Bonnie shouted causing everybody in the bar to turn and look their way and Bonnie to ignore what she was doing, Ivy stopped the tap Bonnie had been using and passed the man his drink, apologizing, although he had no idea what for, she carried on taking orders, while Bonnie stared at her, not flinching or moving out the way for Ivy she just stood with her hands on her hips. It wasn't busy, they pretty much just has their regulars, Ivy knew most of them, in fact on this night she knew them all and they knew her. It was a small and pretty well hidden bar, Bonnie's parents owned it and she had grown up there, she worked there from eighteen and then became the manager when her parents took a step back to travel. Ivy took the money, gave the change and the couple walked outside, she turned to face Bonnie, who raised her eyebrows and turned an ear to Ivy, clearly wanting an explanation. "I didn't want to kiss him, he was too forward so I slapped him" Bonnie shook her head down at Ivy, "He's Captain Hammer" she said as calmly as she could manage, then lost it "Captain Hammer!" she shouted. Ivy looked boredly at her, "I don't care if he's king of the world if I don't like them, I don't like them and if they kiss me when I don't wanna be kissed well..." she motioned a slap, Bonnie tilted her head with a half-smile, admitting defeat. Bonnie turned and served the person waiting, Firmly asking to see their ID and checking it thoroughly when they handed it over, "What about Billy?" she asked while pouring the drink, "What about him?" Ivy said leaning on the bar with her elbows and resting her head on her hands, "Well, hows that going?" Ivy thought about it, it had been fine, they were close and now he was ignoring her for unknown reasons, "I haven't seen him" Ivy said staring off into the distance, Bonnie turned to her in shock, "But its laundry day" she said looking confused, Ivy sighed and leaned off the counter, "I know, he's avoiding me" she pouted up at Bonnie who still looked confused, "How do you know? Maybe he's just busy, or maybe something happened" Ivy sighed again, "No" she said, "I know he's avoiding me because I went to his apartment banged on the door for ten minutes and he didn't answer" she started using hand gestures as she got more annoyed, "And then when he thought I was gone he answered the door to his friend" Ivy finished putting her hands on her hips and frowning up at Bonnie, "Wow" Bonnie said clearly seeing how annoyed Ivy was about the situation. "Yeah so, you know, that's how its going" Ivy huffed as she finished her rant.
"Wow" Bonnie said again, "I know" Ivy said once again with her head in her hands, "No, wow" Bonnie said pulling Ivy away from the counter and turning her towards the door where Captain Hammer had just walked in. "Oh" Ivy said as she watched him announce himself and shake people's hands, even drunk people who had no idea who he was, he set eyes on Ivy and headed her way. "Hello Ivy" he said with a smile, "and you must be Bonnie" he said moving towards her, taking her hand and kissing it, "I..." Bonnie mumbled, not blinking or looking away from him, "I'm Bonnie" she managed, Captain Hammer tilted his head at her confused, "I, know" he said giving her back her hand, even though she was trying to cling on to him. He walked back to Ivy, who was not looking at him, she stayed stood behind to bar with her arms crossed, "Bonnie" he started, making her jump although she had not taken her eyes of him for a second, "I must ask a favor of you" Bonnie waked around the bar and in his directed, "Anything" she said, Ivy rolled her eyes and turned her mouth to the side. "I am holding an event for homeless...ness" he said taking his eyes off Ivy to look to Bonnie and jumping when he realized how close she was to him, "a building not far from here is going to be taken down to make way for a car park, but my hope is that it can be made into a shelter for the hopeless" he smiled down at Bonnie, after taking a step back from her. "Homeless" Ivy corrected, "Indeed, people without homes Ivy, pay attention" he snapped clearly unaware of his mistake, Ivy huffed angrily at him, "Why are you doing this? You don't have any interest in the homeless and why do you need Bonnie?" Ivy questioned, confused. "Captain Hammer took a few steps up to the bar and closer to Ivy, "You may not know how bad the homelessness problem is, but I do" he veered off from the bar, getting everyone sober enough to pick their heads up from the tables attention. "Everyday I am out there defending our streets" he continued his speech, "Everyday I see the poor, poor people, cold, hungry...smelly" Ivy could not believe how many people seemed to be so interested, drunk or sober, they all stopped and listened to him, what Ivy could believe less was that this was Captain Hammer saying these things, he seemed to really, well, care. "Something must be done and if no one else is willing to, then I must be that person. The person to help, end, homelessness" he finished with him hands on his hips and a big smile, "you're wonderful" Bonnie said dreamily at him, he looked down and thanked her before. He turned back to Ivy, "Why do you need Bonnie?" she questioned once more but in a more forgiving tone, "Your bar would make the perfect venue" he said turning to Bonnie, "would you be so kind as to let us hold the event here?" he asked, Bonnie was still standing too close, Ivy thought he must have been very used to it, it was making her feel uncomfortable and Bonnie wasn't even in her face. "Of course" Bonnie agreed, although she would have said yes to anything he said. "Brilliant, the mayor will be in touch" he said to Bonnie. "The mayor?" Ivy said apparently the only one able the keep a level head in his presence, "Yes, I have made him aware of this problem and he is keen to help". The mayor was a great man, Ivy knew that, her problem with him was that he was lazy, Ivy thought an over haul of the system was well over due and at least some of the power should be put in different hands. But the fact that Captain Hammer had managed to get the mayor to have an event to help the town actually impressed Ivy. Captain Hammer walked over to Ivy, he handed her a leaflet for the event, "I hope you'll be there" he said quietly to her and left, but to Bonnie's dismay.

Ivy went home that night, she couldn't help thinking about Captain Hammer, had she actually had the wrong opinion of him all along? He seemed so self involved, so full of himself, I mean Ivy knew he did a lot for the town but this was different, this wasn't beating up bad guys or saving damsels in distress, this was just him, seeing people needed help, seeing others not doing anything about it and well, helping. Ivy just couldn't quite get over the fact this was the same man who she had gone on that date with. Maybe Bonnie was right, not about everything, she went into details Ivy did not want to hear, but maybe she was right about some things.

"I've done it" Dr. Horrible said to Moist who had fallen asleep on the couch about an hour ago, he woke with a start, "What?" he asked his head foggy from just waking up. "It's complete, the death ray, its..." he trailed off staring at his creation, it had taken him days, he hadn't left his apartment, but it was now finished. Moist got up and patted him on the back, "Nice work Doc" he said, "Now you've just got to work out when to use it" he said walking over to the ray admiring it. Dr. Horrible was thrilled his creation was finely complete he thought back to all the times he had failed, this wasn't going to be another one, this was his way into the E.L.E, he had created the death ray for that one purpose and he knew just who to point it at. But it had to be a big event, in front of a lot of people, so they would fear him, so they would see just who he was, every single one of them. Dr. Horrible's face fell, "What is it doc?" Moist asked, still stood by the death ray but careful not to touch it. "Ivy" Dr. Horrible answered, "When I get into the E.L.E, I wont see her again, it wouldn't work" it was something that was on his mind a lot, there would be no way he could live both lives, he had been ignoring her the best he could but he still couldn't help thinking about her, he needed to see her, before he got to use the death ray. "Tomorrow" he said, thinking aloud, "I'll go see her", Moist frowned and walked over to him, "Are you sure that's wise doc?" he asked concerned. "No" he answered, "but I need to see her, even if it is the last time".

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