Mako's Message: ...I need to work on my endings...
Anyway, this almost didn't get up today because I had three possible ideas waring for the right to appear in this chapter.
This one won. Not sure why, but I'm glad it did, since it let me introduce something that's been needing an introduction for awhile now. Hopefully I'll be able to avoid getting mired down like I did with the last...6 chapters(Wed, thu, fri, sat, sun, mon) and actually cover some ground. Summer is within sight!


Oh man was tonight awesome!

Okay, so, to start off I hadn't gone out for two nights in a row so I was actually rested and I was feeling great. Then, we didn't have anything solid, though there were a few messages about people in costumes committing crimes. I guess that motherfucker finally got his little group back together or something. I can't wait till we meet him or one of his little buddies. That's gonna be fun as hell.

But anyway, we didn't have any leads on where a something might be going down so we just decided on a basic patrol, which I usually hate because I keep getting stared at and people keep trying to take pictures of me. It's kind of hard to keep up the mysterious and badass persona when people keep trying to get in your face and take a photo like you're at a comic convention or something.

But tonight it was worth it. Why? Because we ran into another hero.

We were sitting in an alley after I'd had to tell another photographer to fuck off, when someone calls out to us, "Hello there, fellow protectors of law and order!"

And we turn around and there's The Gentlman. He takes he tips his hat to Dave, says, "Kick-Ass" then takes it off completely and does a little bow to me, "Hit Girl". It was so...weird but awesome and I think he was the first person besides Dave and Daddy to see me smile while wearing my costume.

Then he said, "It's a fine night to be out an alive is it not? I think though, that a night like this would encourage the louses of society to be out as well. What say you, that for tonight we join our forces against the villains of the world?"

Dave looked at me and I grinned and looked at The Gentleman and said, "Sure, why not?"

And the three of us headed down the street.

He really does get into the role too. He'd jump ahead and open whatever door he saw a woman about to go into, and he'd stop to pick up things that they'd dropped as well.

And later Dave spotted a robbery in a convenience store, and when he pointed it out to us, The Gentleman said, "The wretches! We must put a stop to this, yes?" We both nodded and ran across the street.

He got to the door first and pulled it open just as they were stuff the money bags into their jackets and he said, "That money isn't for you, you scoundrels."

They were both wearing skull masks that covered their face from the nose up, but otherwise were wearing normal clothes, the closest one to us pulled his gun and said, "Look fucker, we're taking the money and you're just going step aside an-" and that's when he saw us standing behind him and suddenly he looked a whole lot less sure of himself. He kept moving the gun around like he couldn't decide who he should be pointing it at. A rookie move really. Moving your aim around like that just makes it less likely you'll hit whoever you decide to shoot at. Bad for him, good for us.

So I pulled my new staff off my back and ducked around The Gentleman and broke the guy's wrist making him drop the gun before he could react. Which was good. With the five of us( well six counting the cashier) there wasn't much room to maneuver and if he'd had a chance to shoot he probably would have hit somebody.

I followed up my first strike by kicking him in the gut and knocked him into the cooler. Dave and The Gentleman both went after the other guy. He didn't give them much of a fight and they had him pinned against the wall with The Gentleman's cane pressed into his throat like it was a sword. Which was funny because I know there's a sword hidden in it. Don't know why he didn't pull it. I'd have if my guy wasn't unconscious. It's funny how little it takes to knock someone out if they hit their head just right. Of course, he might have been faking.

Anyway, we left them for the cops and went on our way.

The Gentleman said, "Nothing like a good bit of excitement to get the blood flowing, eh?" Then he yawned, "My apologies. It's been a long day for me. Would you care to join me for a cup of coffee? I know of an establishment nearby that welcomes we enforcers of justice."

Dave and I looked at each other and I said, "Sure, why not?"

So he lead us a few blocks away to this place and when he walked in the door, the man behind the counter called out, "Well now, haven't seen you in since before the big fight, and I see you've brought some real celebrities."

The Gentleman gripped his forearm and flexed his fingers as he said, "Ah, yes. I haven't been in top form. I was just given a clean bill of health this weekend. And this, as I'm sure you know, is Kick-Ass and Hit Girl. We were hoping to avail ourselves of your excellent brew."

"Well, it's good to see some new, and famous, faces in here. So, will that be two or three cups of coffee?" he asked and glanced at me.

I told him three. I'd rather they think I'm just really short than give away that I'm actually as young as I look. Took me three creamers and at least five packets of sugar to make it tolerable though and I still didn't finish it. Probably would have been better off just asking for a hot chocolate, or maybe a tea. Yeah, next time I'll get tea. I like tea.

Anyway, we talked a little, and the normal people...actually kind of ignored us. I mean, there were a few glances in our direction, but nobody was staring at us and it didn't sound like anybody was talking about us. It was kind of nice. To be able to sit down and just have a hot meal. I mean, I like having our rooftop breaks, but sitting down someplace warm and having a cushioned seat was a nice change. Dave liked it too, so I think we'll be stopping by there whenever we're in the area.

We mentioned Justice Forever to him and he said, "It would be nice work with like minded fellows more often." and we said we'd be sure he was told when the next meeting would be, so that should be fun.

I wonder how Uncle John is doing( I like calling him uncle John more than Colonel Stars. He feels like an uncle). I haven't heard anything from him since the hospital and I didn't see him post anything about Justice Forever getting back together on the registry. But he said he needed time so it might be awhile.

The Gentleman stuck with us for the rest of the night. We didn't run into anything else that we needed to intervene with, but it was still fun to have him around. We actually kinda hung a few steps back and let him do his thing mostly. But it was a fun night. We stopped a robbery, teamed up with another hero, and found a nice place to eat that I don't feel weird going into.

Tomorrow is probably going to be borning.