This chapter operates in parallel with Chapter 58: Sleep of the Vigilante – Day 1 of my other story: Forsaken, but you should read this chapter first . . .
Author's Note: Please note that New York and Chicago are in different time zones. Therefore, New York times are one hour ahead of those in Chicago. I have attempted to take these timings into account.
The next day
Monday, July 28th, 2014
The following takes place between Midnight and 1:00 A.M.
Marcus' House, New York City
0:56 A.M.
Mindy had only been in bed a couple of hours or so, when Marcus shook him awake.
She could tell from the look on his face that this was not going to be good news. Apparently, Jack Bay had called from Chicago, and something nasty was brewing. Jack was convinced that Ralph D'Amico was behind it; it could be nobody else. Marcus explained that he had to go out of town for a few days and he insisted that Mindy stay in New York and try to put that bastard (Marcus' word, not Mindy's) down, as soon as possible. Mindy could not sleep after that, so she helped Marcus to get his kit together. He would be catching an early morning flight, in just a few hours.
Mindy told him to be careful and he said the same thing to her.
The following takes place between 4:00 A.M. and 5:00 A.M.
Marcus' House, New York City
4:52 A.M.
Marcus left for the airport.
Mindy felt sadness as he left.
She stayed in the kitchen worrying about Marcus; she did not want to go back to bed.
The following takes place between 5:00 A.M. and 6:00 A.M.
Safehouse A, New York City
5:30 A.M.
Well, he had finally met them.
He had met Hit Girl and Shadow. Admittedly, his first meeting with Hit Girl could have gone a little better, but then Hit Girl did not usually knock and then shake hands. Without realising it, he had found myself rubbing his throat. To top things off, he had found out that the love of his life, Chloe, was Shadow. She was the very last person, he would have ever have expected to meet, or for that matter, to come crashing through a door pointing a pistol in his face. Mind you, he was damn grateful that she had recognised me when she did and then called off Hit Girl, before . . . he could not even think about what might have happened.
Talk about emotions; yesterday was a fucking rollercoaster. Joshua now knew why Lieutenant Williams had let me go, that night when he found out that Joshua was a vigilante; his own daughter was one and not just any vigilante, but the famous Hit Girl.
The following takes place between 6:00 A.M. and 7:00 A.M.
Marcus' House, New York City
6:34 A.M.
"When did you get up?" Chloe asked, coming into the kitchen to find Mindy at the kitchen table nursing a coffee.
"Marcus had to go out of town suddenly and I couldn't go back to sleep. You sleep okay?"
"Sort of, thanks. Where's Josh?"
"He woke up earlier and headed back to the Safehouse, to shower and change. I have his cell number and I told him we'd call, if and when we need him."
"I'm hungry."
"Come on, get dressed, and I'll buy you breakfast," Mindy decided and they both went upstairs to get dressed.
The following takes place between 7:00 A.M. and 8:00 A.M.
Marcus' House, New York City
7:12 A.M.
They left the house and Mindy drove the rented motorcycle from the garage.
The motorcycle had been pre-arranged from Chicago, the previous week and had been delivered, late on the previous night. It was a black BMW R1200-GS motorcycle. Mindy had brought a navy blue, full face helmet with her and Chloe had hers; Mindy's purple helmet was a bit obvious. They were both wearing leather jackets, pants, gauntlets, and boots. Both leather jackets had synthetic linings, similar to their combat suits. Mindy's was black, grey, and purple, while Chloe's was black, grey, and navy blue. They both had their concealed communications ear-buds, as well as their concealed pistols, as per the day before.
"You know, I must get one of these for use at home; it sucks that I can only use the Ducati as Hit Girl," Mindy commented.
"So that'll be another motorcycle that I'll be hanging onto the back of for dear life," Chloe groaned.
"You don't trust me?" Mindy asked, dangerously.
"Well . . . I do feel safer on the Fat Boy," she replied, just as Mindy accelerated hard, forcing the young girl to grip tighter.
"Fucking hell, Mindy!" she yelled, feeling scared.
"Sorry," Mindy replied, almost pissing herself with laughter as she slowed down.
Bitch!
Twenty minutes later, they pulled into a McDonald's and went in for breakfast.
7:42 A.M.
"Who is Ralph D'Amico? I mean, I know who the D'Amico's are but, who exactly is he?" Chloe asked.
"Brother of Frank D'Amico. Uncle to Chris D'Amico. He is the worst of the lot; the most evil and the most sadistic. He is as good at being evil, as I am at being Hit Girl," Mindy explained.
"That does not sound good," Chloe admitted, looking worried.
"He has a special place for me and Kick-Ass, in his heart. We killed his brother and his nephew, so he really has no reason to love us," Mindy explained, darkly. "Chris was just a deranged lunatic, but Ralph . . . he is cold and calculating; we have one hell of an uphill struggle ahead of us," Mindy said, sadly. "We need to up our game, watch our backs. Ralph will not come up with half-assed plans; his will work and that's what worries me!"
Chloe grimaced.
The following takes place between 8:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M.
New York City
8:55 A.M.
After a large breakfast, they left the McDonald's and headed further into the City.
Mindy needed to reacquaint herself with the City where she was born, as it had been quite a few months since she was last there and some things would have changed.
It was also a very good excuse to ride the BMW.
The following takes place between 9:00 A.M. and 10:00 A.M.
Central Park, New York City
9:40 A.M.
They stopped in Central Park, to get some fresh air and exercise.
Mindy liked Central Park; it was relatively peaceful and calming, compared to the rest of the always bustling, New York City.
She parked the BMW and they started walking around the park and discussing what they were going to do next.
The following takes place between 10:00 A.M. and 11:00 A.M.
Central Park, New York City
10:48 A.M.
They were still walking around Central Park when Mindy's cell rang.
It was Dave.
"Hi, lover!" she said, happily.
"Hi, gorgeous!" Dave replied.
It was so good, just hearing his voice. Mindy was happy, until Dave described the phone call from Marcus. So, that was where he went and why. Damn! They needed to be smart and they needed to operate smart, to protect both New York and Chicago. If Ralph D'Amico wanted to take those Cities, he would need to go through them. He was already planning to remove them; to get them out of the way. The Chicago authorities would stand no chance; they had struggled against Chris' lame efforts.
New York would be the same, but they had not fought a D'Amico over the last few months, so they had even less experience.
The following takes place between 11:00 A.M. and 12:00 P.M.
New York City
11:10 A.M.
The two girls left Central Park and headed towards Battery Park; Mindy was enjoying the time, riding through Manhattan. She felt freedom, which she could not, on a purple Ducati, which attracted far too much attention.
The following takes place between 12:00 P.M. and 1:00 P.M.
New York City
12:05 P.M.
They were both hungry, so they grabbed some hot dogs and sat on the ground to eat them, leaning against the BMW.
Chloe attracted attention from some male teenagers who thought she was very 'hot' in the leathers. Chloe, being Chloe, lapped up the attention and she moved to show off her curves.
"So much for covert, Chloe," Mindy growled.
"You've gotta enjoy it when you can," Chloe replied, shamelessly.
12:40 P.M.
Mindy was starting to feel tired, thanks to the early start, that morning.
"Chloe, time to show you some more Hit Girl secrets," she said.
The following takes place between 1:00 P.M. and 2:00 P.M.
Safehouse C, New York City
1:15 P.M.
"Welcome to Safehouse C," Mindy said, waving Chloe in the door.
"Wow! It's very nice; love the mat. So, this is where you trained Dave? I'm impressed," Chloe said, in awe.
"Needs a damn good clean," Mindy commented, as she looked around.
1:48 P.M.
It took them half an hour, just to clean the mat and equipment, so they could use it without choking on the dust.
The rest of the place would have to wait.
The following takes place between 2:00 P.M. and 3:00 P.M.
Safehouse C, New York City
2:12 P.M.
It felt good.
Mindy enjoyed being back there. The place had many happy memories; including those where she was kicking the shit out of Dave. Those thoughts made her laugh as she remembered Dave's early feeble attempts. If she had had a normal conscience, she would have felt bad about what she did to Dave and how she had treated him. But she did not have a normal conscience, so she just laughed about it like the evil bitch she was.
Once they had changed the bedding, they both decided on a cat nap, before going out again.
The following takes place between 3:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M.
Safehouse C, New York City
3:30 P.M.
The nap made a big difference.
Not to mention following it up with a nice hot shower which quickly brought them both back to life.
It was also time to head out again.
The following takes place between 4:00 P.M. and 5:00 P.M.
D'Amico Warehouse, New York City
4:14 P.M.
Mindy pulled up, about twenty yards from their destination.
"Oh, fuck!" she said.
"Mindy, what's wrong?" Chloe asked.
"That building was not there the last time I was here. Last time I was here was last year. Back then, it was a burnt-out hell hole, where my Daddy died."
"You mean that video . . . it was filmed here?"
"Yeah. But now there is a very nice brand-new structure here and those are not ordinary security guards; they are D'Amico thugs, if I've ever seen one," Mindy growled, pulling away smartly.
4:42 P.M.
They went back to cruising around New York, on the BMW.
It gave them time to think.
"Okay, I've been thinking. If D'Amico has rebuilt that warehouse, he is probably reusing his brother's other properties," Mindy mused, pulling over and slamming on the brakes. "Come on, I need some fresh air."
The following takes place between 5:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M.
Central Park, New York City
5:04 P.M.
Chloe was worried about Mindy.
They had walked around, for over ten minutes, without talking. Finally, Mindy sat down on a bench and she looked at me. Chloe could see tears in her eyes and that both shocked and scared the youngster.
She had also had enough.
"Talk to me, Mindy," she insisted. "You helped me, let me help you."
"I'm sorry. It's just that the next place that D'Amico may be . . . well, it has a lot of bad memories attached. I almost died there, twice, and guess who saved me?" Mindy started to explain.
"Dave, I know," Chloe replied. "Look Mindy, nobody ever said this was gonna be easy. Use me, for the reconnaissance; you keep well away from the building, please, I can do it."
Mindy sat there for several minutes, before responding.
"Okay, Chloe. They won't know you, so it should be easy. We'll give you a concealed camera and you can go in, tomorrow morning. I'll need to brief you on what the place used to be like, first," Mindy said, finally. "And thanks, Chloe."
"You'd do the same for me," Chloe said, feeling happy that she could help.
5:35 P.M.
They left Central Park and went to find some pizza.
Apparently, Mindy missed proper New York pizzas, but then so did Chloe.
They found a place where they could both sit down and talk with some anonymity.
The following takes place between 6:00 P.M. and 7:00 P.M.
Safehouse C, New York City
6:54 P.M.
They had spent a lot of time talking and eating pizza.
The food helped Mindy feel a lot better and she was enjoying spending the time with Chloe. She really was a lovely girl and fun to chat with. They had many things in common, which was a surprise to Mindy, and they were only three years apart, in age. Mindy had never had much of a chance to be a teenaged girl, which showed the previous year when those bitches got their claws into her. It was nice to be able to talk about other things, things that were not related to being a vigilante or D'Amico. Mindy enjoyed listening to Chloe, as she told her about her life, unfortunately Mindy did not have much to say on the matter, as her life, as she grew up, was decidedly different.
Mindy did kinda regret missing out on everything which Chloe had experienced.
The following takes place between 7:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M.
Safehouse C, New York City
7:22 P.M.
The thought of assaulting the D'Amico Penthouse brought up many, previously hidden, emotions.
The last time that Mindy had helped to plan an assault on that building, she had been doing it with her Daddy. She was determined that this time it would work. She started pounding the punchbag, pretending it was Ralph fucking D'Amico. Chloe was flipping around the mat, working out her muscles. She was very flexible when she needed to be. They were both focusing on the mission ahead as far as possible.
Mindy had transferred some of the equipment from Marcus' house and she sat down to clean the weapons. Their combat suits had survived the trip and Mindy had hung them up, ready for use.
The following takes place between 8:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M.
Safehouse C, New York City
8:53 P.M.
Mindy was worn out, so she dived into a shower and decided to get to bed early and she advised Chloe to do the same as they would be spending whole nights out.
The following takes place between 9:00 P.M. and 10:00 P.M.
Safe House C, New York City
9:22 P.M.
Mindy was awoken by a large explosion.
"What the fuck was that?" Chloe demanded, coming into the bedroom.
"I have no fucking idea, but it can't be good!" Mindy replied, grabbing some clothes.
9:31 P.M.
They were on the roof of the building, looking east.
There was something burning, very brightly, on the water. It appeared to be a boat or a ship of some sort. Could that have something to do with D'Amico? They would have to wait until the morning to find out.
They watched for another ten minutes before going back to bed.
You are advised to read Chapter 58: Sleep of the Vigilante – Day 1 of my other story: Forsaken next . . .
Updated: January 2018