Dave was enjoying the moment. Mindy was snuggling into him and the movie was about to get started. Sure she had owned them both at bowling but she had been playing since she was 6 so that was understandable. The previews were just ending when Mindy's phone had started buzzing. Mindy glanced at it and then to Marcus who nodded in approval and handed her his keys. Dave followed Mindy to the exit and the two were off to save the day. Marcus took one last sip of his extra large coke and quietly left the theater through the main entrance.

"What was it?" Dave asked Mindy as he jumped into the shotgun seat.

"Night Bitch sent a text to meet her at the hospital. Not costumed but disguised."

"I hope everyone's ok." Dave said looking out the window as Mindy maneuvered the vehicle out of the parking lot.

"Me too." Mindy whispered reaching a hand over and placing it on her boyfriends thigh.

It was a quiet ride to the hospital. Until Dave couldn't take the silence and switched on the radio. "Justice Forever Team member Dr Gravity was severely injured while stopping an armed robbery tonight. His condition is stable however he remains on life support and little brain activity. Now for the weird. KickAss was reported to be the attacker. Battle guy has since refuted the claims online but no comment so far from the man himself." The dick jockey cackled over the speakers.

Dave's heart dropped. "What?" He said looking over at his girlfriend.

"Dave. We don't know anything until we get there.." Mindy tried to comfort her friend while images of Dr G's smile flashed before her eyes.

*FlashBack*

"Hey Hit Girl!" Dr Gravity smiled. "How are you?" he asked as he moved into JFHQ. He was early and didn't expect Hit Girl to already be here.

"Fuckin Fantastic" Mindy replied while spinning her butterfly knife around her hand.

"Ahh.. One of those nights huh?" Dr Gravity laughed and leaned against the nearest wall.

"I mean we spend every day together. I save his ass how many times? I gave him my first kiss..." She trailed off realizing she had been ranting. "Sorry" she said sheepishly. Dr Gravity was older than the rest of the group and honestly one of her favorite people in the world. He always made her laugh when things seemed dire and she knew Dave trusted him completely. It made talking to him that much easier.

"No need to apologize Hit Girl. You saved this team. The training,the finances and our tactics. All from you. Trust me when I say that Dave know's just how valuable you really are. We all do." Dr Gravity smiled warmly at his leader.

Mindy just smiled. It was torture being around Dave and not knowing what was the right move to make. Hit Girl always knew what to do... Mindy not so much.

"I ever tell you about the first time I met KickAss?" Dr Gravity asked his friend.

"No." Mindy replied with obvious interest.

"Well we were patrolling on a slow night, It had been right after you quit the hero thing." He gave her a funny look "I only know because Dave couldn't stop talking about this Hit Girl." He smiled. "Well I went in to take a leak and when I come out KickAss is fighting these two guys. I watched for just a second before I had to step in.." He trailed off. "It was awesome watching a real superhero fight."

Mindy let out a small laugh remembering just how bad Dave had been.

"Every patrol after he'd mention you any chance he got." Dr Gravity paused not sure if this was violating Dave's trust in him before remembering where he was going with the speech in the first place. "It's a matter of time, Don't rush these things. Trust me." Dr Gravity gave her his best grin before moving to the punching bag to warm up for his and Mindy's private training session.

"Hey, I ever tell you about when Big Daddy an I snuck into Dave's room?" She snorted.

*End Flashback*

She did trust him because he was a hero,like her. She thought to herself as they pulled into the hospitals parking lot. It was a really busy night at the hospital considering the night had been with the exception of the comic store shooting pretty uneventful according to Marty.

As they walked in they saw Night Bitch and Battle Guy in position on top of the roof keeping an eye on the entrance.. Marty had called when they pulled in and informed them on the nights events. Now Dr Gravity's cover was blown now and the bad guys would know soon if they already didn't. They had plenty of worst case scenario training but had been lucky till now.

"Harold Graves." Mindy said to the nurse behind the front desk. "We're here to see Harold Graves." Mindy repeated.

The nurse looked up and smiled. "So are they" and she pointed to the lobby that was filled with apparent Justice Forever supporters. Dave and Mindy were stunned by just how many people were filling the area. Some in their own homemade costumes or holding onto KickAss comics.

"Um We're uh..family. Mindy whispered to the nurse. The nurse looked again at the two people standing before her. A Red head girl and a guy who looked like the uni-bomber were family with a super hero.. "Right this way" the nurse stood with a knowing smile. Before she opened the door she looked down at the girl no older than her own daughter.. "Thank you. For everything." She whispered before turning the handle and walking down the hall towards her desk.

Mindy moved quickly to Dr Gravity's side taking his hand in hers. Dave stayed close to the wall as if he was going to fall over any moment and didn't trust his legs without the support.

"Hey Harold.. you did real good." Mindy whispered. "Battle Guy told us all about how badass you were." She smiled as a tear rolled down her face. "KickAss is here." she looked over at her boyfriend. "Come here." She whispered while motioning with her free hand.

Dave moved slowly from the wall until he could stabilize himself with the railing on the bed. The machines were to loud and he could barely hear himself think.

"Hey" his voice cracked. "I'm sorry." he finally said after a long pause and placed a hand on his first Justice Forever partners shin. "We'll make them pay." Dave said as if convincing himself.

"Hit Girl." Dave said looking at his Girlfriend with a look she had seen before only in her Daddy's eyes. "Away" Mindy leaned down and gave Harold a kiss on his forehead before following Dave out the window.

Thirty seconds later the head nurse made her way back into the room to find it empty and the window left wide open. She smiled a little and moved towards the window to close it. As she did she barely noticed a man in an all Black batman like outfit on the roof of the building on the other side of the street standing next to a rifle that was posted on a small stand. He made a gesture with his finger to his lips and returned to keeping watch over the fallen hero.