Mako's Message: Exposition exposition[/singing] Right, well… yeah. This chapter has some stuff in it that I couldn't find a way to fit into previous chapters, so I just dedicated a chapter to it. Should amuse you anyway though.
It's funny how you can get something you want and then end up wishing you hadn't.
Right now for example, it's New Years Eve, and I'm wishing I hadn't kissed Dave.
If I hadn't kissed Dave, I wouldn't be sitting here in my room wishing I could do it again. Maybe I'd kiss him a few times. Or all night. Ya know. See what happens.
But no, Katie is back in town and he's spending the night with her.
All the adults are downstairs having a private party, Kiara locked herself in the workout room for some reason, and Delton is asleep already. It's actually given me some actual privacy for the first time in days, so I decided to take the time to dig into The Real Superhero Registry.
I looked over the profile page for Kick-Ass, and just like mine and Daddy's it had a lot of gaps (it was made by other people after all), but there's a section on each page that says "Accomplishments". There are only three listed for Kick-Ass
-Saved a man from being beaten to death.
-Started The Real Superhero Movement.
-Pissed off The Mob
I love the last one. They don't know what he did, or who he did it to, but he pissed of the mob so it must have been awesome.
His status and mine are listed as "Retired" and Daddy's is "KIA"
He has some stories written about him as well, though they mostly seem to be people making up reasons for how he ended up tied to a chair and beaten on live stream. Some are pretty cool. I bet Dave wishes he'd done half of this stuff. It might have made it worth it.
He's also listed as public service/crime fighting. A lot of the people on the site seem to have "Public service" on their pages. Daddy and I seem to be two of the only three listed only as Crime Fighters. The third is Biker Knight.
His page is interesting. Where it usually lists a name, it just says "Unknown." There are a lot of name suggestions. Some were stupid, like "Sir. Fuckyouup". There were a few good ones like "Metal Avenger", "Sword Striker", and "The Silver Warrior" as well. I saw Dave suggested "The Shred Ranger" (At least I'm guessing that was Dave) and it seems to be one of the top three most popular suggestions. I guess I should sign up and throw "Biker Knight" in and see how that works out.
Apparently this guy likes his secrecy almost as much as Daddy did. There's been no word from him on anything. No interviews, no posts, he didn't register himself, and he's been real careful about cameras. The best footage of him was the security camera footage of him stopping the check cashing store robbery.
I liked some of the pictures people did of him. I was kind of jealous actually. The only people who did pictures of him were actually GOOD. I mean, there were good picture's of me, but there were a lot of bad ones too. Some looked like they were drawn by kids my age or younger. Which...was kinda weird. I'd like to think that parents wouldn't have let their kids watch that broadcast long enough to see me, but what can I say? This world is fucked up.
There was another hero listed as unknown. He seemed to be just as careful about cameras though, since there wasn't any video of him from closer than twenty feet. He wore a trench coat, a fedora, and (apparently) a ski mask. He didn't have anything under "Accomplishments" aside from, "Making crooks paranoid" because he seemed to have a knack for not being noticed until he was punching you in the face.
One of the videos, the best one fortunately, caught him at it. Some punks broke into a electronics store, and a parking lot camera caught him waiting hiding outside until they tried to leave. The first two he let walk right by him, but he grabbed the last one and kicked the second guy in one move. Before the first two could get back to try and help, he'd already kneed the last guy in the gut and then dropped and elbow on his neck, turning it into two on one before they even knew what was going on. The first guy had the sense to run for it and the second guy went down just as easily.
I think my Dad would have liked this guy.
The other thing he apparently does is...just helps people on the street. Some woman reported that he had helped her carry her groceries from her car. It got him the nickname "The Samaritan" It's a pretty even split between the people who like that name and those who want "Rorschach 2" I guess his costume is similar enough, but he sounds too nice for the name.
It really makes me want to go out there and show them how it's done. I bet Dave and I could really clean up these streets. After the training I've given him he might even be as good as The Samaritan. Hell I bet we'd have people lining up to work with us.
Fuck that'd be awesome. I always wanted to be part of a team of heroes, and now I bet I could have my pick of these guys…
I'd take Biker Knight, The Samaritan, The Guardian, Colonel Stars(yeah, he's old but he looks seriously bad ass and that dog!), and of course I'd have Kick-Ass with me.
…as long as I'm imagining I'd like a secret underground lair with a bad ass car and a spy satellite. And being able to fly would nice too.
Coming Attractions*:
"'Todd really needs to let this go.'"
"'You Bastard! How could you do this to me!'"
"It was nice waking up next to Dave"
"Looks like I'll have to pay Jessi's friend a visit"
Because I'm not a complete bastard**:
As the door closed behind him he walked slowly to the car. His fingers reached up and lightly brushed against his lips. He could still feel hers pressed against him.
He'd gotten "thank you" kisses from Katie before, and there was more to that than just a "thanks for everything," It was deeper than that.
He got into the car, still lost in thought, "What's on your mind, Son?"
"Oh, just thinking about something Mindy…said."
"Heh. That girl sure is a firecracker isn't she?"
Dave chuckled and turned to look out the window, "You have no idea."
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* These should be in the next twenty chapters. The last bunch was for the entire story.
** Utter lies
