A.N. Sorry for the long update time. This is for my remaining fan.
Her visits became a regular occurrence, giving perspective and meaning to my cell like existence. A few visits in, she gave me her cell number, a bit ironic though, as I don't own a phone of my own. It was a few weeks later, and she hadn't been for several days. I feared that she had forgotten me, or that I had been out spying on my last hit, well my last hits, as it was a couple, when she had called round. I decided to ring her, and descended to street level, where I found a payphone in a nearby subway. The phone rang several times, and I was just about to give up when she answered.
"Hey Gareth"
"Hey Hayley, ain't seen you around in a bit. You at home?"
"No I'm at a friends"
"Friends? You alright?"
"Yeah I'm fine"
"But you haven't been to see me in days, are you sure you are alright? I'm worried about you Hay.
"No you don't have to worry really I'm perfectly fine"
" Okay then, I'll believe you. Wondered if you were coming to see me sometime?"
She replied yes, and then put the phone down. I returned to my 'apartment', and was in the bathroom when I heard the door open. Her voice called out my name, and asked if I was in. I did not reply straight away, as I was in the bathroom, but as I was finishing she called out my name again, and I ventured out of the bathroom. I called out her name, and as she turned, enveloped her in one of my bear hugs, a task made difficult by the huge pack she was wearing. She smiled at me and hugged me back, I questioned her on the pack, and she replied.
"I though I could at least bring you over some things".
I stared down at her, thanking her silently for showing me this place.
"You shouldn't have", I said, "I've got enough right here"
"Yes the packets off cheese and left over food from restaurants is really good for you" she replied, laughing.
"Hey. Its good and I like it."
"Common don't you want to see what I got you?" she teased
"I want to see" I pouted, and sat on the floor.
"Ok let's see what I have in my magic bag of tricks"
She pulled out clothes, food, and finally pizza pockets.
"What pizza pockets!!!" I shouted, neglecting the other stuff for the delicious food. "I haven't had one of these in weeks"
"I know I just ate like fifty of them" she laughed and opened the thermos with the hot food in it
I was starving, and wolfed down as many as I could. She told me she had more and that I was to slow down, so I hugged her again, and told her she was the best. Even then she wasn't being serious, and called herself the almighty giver of food. No matter that she had saved my life, this girl made everything a joke. We chatted for ages, before I asked her, hoping she would get the hint.
"So Hayley. You got a boyfriend yet?"
"Nope not any more and like I have said many time before, I don't believe in true love, its just a fake emotion made up by the government so that people will buy crap for their lovey dovey crap"
I laughed, and called her an ice maiden, before lying back on my makeshift bed, and telling her that I believed in love.
"Oh well believe what you want but I know that it's just artificial love and not real"
I sighed, "you know you're bitter don't you?"
"Oh so I go from being the best to being bitter" she laughed "well I guess this is the last time I bring food to you"
"No I was kidding, just bring back the food" I sighed and closed my eyes even though the cold never gave me any rest. Suddenly I realized something and asked her.
"Where did you get this stuff anyways?"
She lay down besides me, and informed me that she had found a friend of mine, one of her really good friends from when she was a kid and that she had gone to see him. His girlfriend and other roommate had let her stay the night and they all had got to know each other. I told her I hoped to get my own apartment, and she asked where she was going to live. Sick of her teasing, I said that she could live in her penthouse, when she was rich and famous. She rolled her eyes, and informed me that she once again had writers block. I told her I would help her, and reached for my sketchpad, where I wrote down anything and everything, never telling anyone about them. I had written songs, poems, stories, thoughts, and dreams, but once again she told me she wouldn't do them justice, even when I protested. At that point Hayley noticed the sun sinking below the city skyline, and told me, getting to her feet.
"Well I better go everyone is probably wondering if I got mugged or killed"
She didn't know how accurate she could have been; after all I wasn't exactly a good guy was I? I stood up, hugged her, and insisted on her return. She told me she would return on the morrow, and then remembered something, and drew a small portable, battery powered heater from her pack. I joked, and smiled at her generosity. She then told me she was going to get an apartment, and I could share it with her. I was in heaven, but as usual, I was brought back down to earth, this time by her leaving.
That night I decided to introduce myself to the man known as Daredevil. Aka Matthew Murdock, one half of my final hit. I used a gadget I had designed, capable of emitting an ultrasonic pulse, rendering him truly blind. I smiled as I saw its effects, and walked over to the man without fear, the man so obviously afraid without his sight.
"So how do you feel Devil?" I asked, laughing. "Where am I? Am I more then you can see?"
He swung at empty air for a long time, and when I became impatient, I felled him with a single blow to his ribs.
"Who the hell are you?" he said a course voice
"Your worst nightmare Devil" I laughed "but don't worry I'm not here to kill you, no not yet, just simply testing out my new gadget"
Dare Devil stood up, his legs shaky "what do you mean?"
I told him it was I removing his sight, before disappearing to a nearby vantage point. I watched as Daredevil stood, and swore at the heavens. After he had gone, I laughed, before returning to my room for some much needed rest.
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