I had a hard time naming this chapter, so if you have any suggestions, please comment them. Also, I have the core plot of this story planned out ninety percent of the way in my head, but that doesn't stop me from making filler chapters just for fun. If you have any suggestions for that, PM me immediately. Really, I'll consider any suggestions. Heroes, titles, story suggestions, etc. READ AND REVIEW, READ AND REVIEW, READ AND REVIEW, READ AND REVIEW.

(Mindy's House, 7:00 A.M)

Marcus woke Mindy up at the usual time. She was groggy, and still sore from the duel, but she walked down the stairs like nothing happened last night. She had a hard time making it down the stairs without grunting and walking into the kitchen without limping, but she managed it. She ate her breakfast and made small talk with Marcus. He noticed a bruise on her arm and Mindy knew it. She thought he would become hysterical and change his mind about letting her be Hit Girl again, but instead he just pretended he hadn't noticed it. Mindy found it odd, but wasn't about to complain. She waved goodbye and grabbed her lunch before walking to the bus stop. On the way, she ran into Jenny and Ralph.

"Hey." she said. "So what did you guys do last night?"

"I did an extra credit project." Jenny answered. "I made a model of the solar system to scale."

"I tried to help but almost broke it so she kicked me out." Ralph added. "Then I went home and did some research on real life superheroes." Mindy did her best to keep a straight face.

"Cool. What'd you find?" Mindy asked, intrigued.

"Well, after I found the 'Hit Girl returns' article, I looked at the old video footage of Hit Girl when she saved Kick Ass. It was grainy but her face didn't look anything like the girl in the pictures."

"So, you're saying the new Hit Girl is a fake?" Mindy asked, pretending to be oblivious. "That sounds about right. Hit Girl's a superhero. She wouldn't fight other heroes without cause." At this point, Jenny stopped listening. She had little interest in superheroes or anything involving them.

"After I cracked that, I went on to research other heroes." Ralph continued. "There's this guy, Top Shot, who claims to never miss." Mindy smiled at that, remembering how she barely dodged Top Shot's beanbag the night before. "He supposedly has one hundred percent accuracy in everything. Shooting, knife throwing, archery, you name it." He took a paper out with notes and pictures on it. "I did a report on him for my extra credit project since Jenny wouldn't let me help with hers and get equal credit in it." Mindy took the paper and was impressed with how detailed it was. But as much as she hated to lead her friend astray, she knew it wouldn't be good for him to have so much definitive information.

"'He's seen talking on an earpiece so he can't be working alone'? Isn't that a bit of a jump to conclusions?" Mindy asked. "He could have just been talking to friends." Ralph looked at the paper, uncertainly.

"I guess that's true." he admitted. "I'll rewrite it before I present it."

"Then there's this piece that says that he only uses guns. You only have two accounts of him using his guns, therefore there's a chance that he uses other weapons."

"You're right, Mindy." Ralph said, writing more accounts on a paper. "I could get even better credit for this."

"Got anything on other superheroes?" Mindy asked.

"There's this samurai guy who calls himself Ronin." Ralph said. "I hear he's pretty fast and his sword skills are unmatched." He took out a drawing from his backpack. It was only a head but he had a metal ninja mask and sunglasses on. His hair was black and spiked up. Mindy's interest was peaked. She couldn't say anything about her own skill with a sword because Hit Girl hadn't been seen with a sword yet. Instead she waited for more. "And I did a little research on Kick Ass, but it doesn't look like he's making a return anytime soon. His last sighting was in that warehouse with Big Daddy but I guess after getting hit in the groin a few dozen times without being able to stop it, I'd kind of lose the fight in me too."

"At least he didn't get lit on fire." Mindy said, remembering the night she failed to save her dad.

"I wonder if that guy lived." Ralph said curiously. "He was burnt up pretty bad but I thought he could've made it."

"Marcus was there when the medics picked up the body." Mindy said glumly. "He said the kill was confirmed."

"Well I doubt he didn't know what he was getting into." Ralph said. "He was among the first so he probably knew exactly what the risks were." Mindy gave a weak smile." Unlike the new ones who have been coming out. They're being superheroes just to be superheroes."

"You sound like you don't approve." Mindy said, trying to get him to drop Big Daddy from the conversation."

"Well it's always nice to hear someone's going out there to help people. I just wish that some of them would take it more seriously."

"That's fair." Ralph put the drawing of Ronin back and took out another one, this sketch was Ornitier. "Oh, I know that one. He's Ornitier, right?" The bus arrived and they lined up.

"Yeah. You've heard of him?" Ralph asked.

"Yeah, but I don't know what he does. I hear he's good at it, though."

"Well he has some really cool equipment. He has wrist mounted flamethrowers, electric punches, and a flail and mace. And he probably has a camera on his jacket somewhere."

"Interesting." Mindy said. They talked about a few other superheroes for a while longer until the bus came. Mindy couldn't help but feel impressed with all of the information that Ralph had compiled overnight. Jenny had kept to herself until they changed the subject.

(School, 30 minutes later)

"So, have any plans after school today?" Jenny asked.

"I have to help Dave with a project." Mindy answered, somewhat truthful. She was looking through her locker for her algebra textbook. Once she found it, she put it in her book bag and closed her locker.

"I've got nothing to do." Ralph said as they went to his locker a short distance away. "Why? What do you have planned?"

"I was invited to a party and I was told I could bring a couple friends." Jenny replied as Ralph turned the knob on his locker." Mindy tried her best to stay in her friends' conversation, but she felt too excited. That night she was going out on the streets with Dave and will for the first time in several months. She was so ecstatic, she didn't even notice that she still felt sore. The only thing that took her mind off of it was pulling Jenny out of the way as some type of sauce spilled from above onto Ralph. It looked like salsa. Shortly after, sour cream started spilling on him and then refried beans. The last thing to fall on him caught Mindy's attention the most. A lot of shredded cheese spread all over the assorted dips on Ralph. Surprisingly, he remained completely calm as the different food items finished pouring on him. Mindy looked up and saw the trap set up perfectly to fall on Ralph, right as he opened his locker. Instead of getting mad, he opened his door all the way and took out a bag of tortilla chips.

"Might as well turn a bad prank into a tasty snack." he said, opening the bag of chips. "Now I have to plan my revenge." He scooped a bit of dip off his shirt. Mindy and Jenny both thought it was gross, but didn't say anything. "If I see him at the party, I'll get him there." He rolled up the bag and put it back in his locker while pulling out a spare change of clothes in a plastic bag. "I'll be back." As soon as Ralph was out of earshot, Mindy turned to Jenny.

"Who did that?" Mindy asked, already knowing the answer.

"That Will Flynger guy." Jenny said. "He's been Ralph's mortal enemy since last year." Mindy was a little surprised. "They've been in a prank war ever since, when Will put a live spider in his backpack."

"How did I not know about this?" Mindy asked. "I've known him for two and a half months now and I haven't heard of him having an enemy."

"He tries to keep us uninvolved." Jenny answered. Mindy nodded, understanding what it feels like to face an enemy that your friends can't know about.

"Well, I'll tell the teacher that he'll be late." Mindy said as she walked away. "See ya in English."

(Cafeteria, Lunchtime)

Will sat at his usual table, ready to enjoy his lunch. He waited for his brother, who was still in line. He took a bite of his pizza and Mindy came up and sat down next to him.

"So you're my friend's mortal enemy." Mindy said. Will nodded. "And you go to the same school as I do." Mindy continued. Will nodded again, chewing his pizza. "And now I'm the neutral friend of two people who are at war." Will swallowed his food.

"Well if you consider me a friend, then yes." Will said. At this time, someone who looked a lot like Will sat down next to him. "Mindy, this is my brother, Matt. Matt, this is Mindy."

"Oh, is she a new friend?" Matt asked cheerfully.

"You could say that." Will answered vaguely. When Matt turned away to grab some homework out of his backpack, Mindy mouthed the word "Ornitier" questioningly and pointed at Matt. Will nodded, putting down his pizza. "Anyway, Mindy and I were talking about superheroes and she told me she's a huge fan of that guy, Ornitier." Matt smiled at this and had a huge grin on his face.

"Really?" he said, putting down his pencil. "What do you like about him the most, exactly?" Mindy glared at Will. Clearly, Matt didn't know that she was Hit Girl. Mindy didn't mind it. In fact, she preferred it. But the way he just used it was more than a little underhanded.

"She was telling me how she thought he's cute." Will said, before Mindy answered, causing Mindy to kick him under the table. He must've been wearing shin guards, because he didn't react in the slightest. "No matter how many times I brought up the fact that he was wearing a mask that completely covered his face, she just wouldn't let up that he has to be good looking under the mask." Mindy continued to kick him anywhere that she could without arousing suspicion, but he just wouldn't show the slightest hint of pain.

"Well, sounds like you would have a crush on someone who was dressed as Ornitier." Matt said, beaming. "What would you say if I told you I was-OW!" He rubbed his leg where he was kicked and looked at Will. "You didn't have to kick me."

"I didn't." Will said before pointing to Mindy. "She did."

"A superhero never reveals their true identity." Mindy stated. Matt was clearly confused by this and looked from Mindy to Will and back again.

"Allow me to explain." Will said. "Matt, this is Mindy, one of her fanmade nicknames are 'The World's Most Dangerous Twelve Year Old'." Upon hearing this, Matt expressed shock, fear, and embarrassment all at the same time.

"You mean to tell me I was just hitting on-" he began before Will cut him off.

"Yep." he said.

"And you let me?"

"Correct."

"And you caused it."

"Stating the obvious, still."

"Why?"

"Because it was funny." Will stated simply, eating his pizza. Matt turned back to Mindy.

"Well that was embarrassing." he said. "Using status as a superhero to impress another superhero." Will swallowed another bite of his pizza.

"That's another difference between me and him." he said. "He's a major flirt and sometimes a player." Matt nodded, admitting this was true. "I am not."

"Well, I couldn't care less but that was actually funny." Mindy said. "Anyway, where do we meet up tonight?"

"Will and I are probably gonna be in the office." Matt answered. "Come meet us there around eight o'clock."

"Why so early?" Mindy asked.

"Something that we just do." Matt replied. "Really, it's choice when to show up. No one forces you to do anything."

"I'll be there tonight." Mindy walked away, not even saying goodbye.

(Overwatch Headquarters, 7:00 P.M.)

Mindy and Dave rode the couch railway again, this time without being pushed. Mindy was still sore, but she had finally gotten used to it and didn't let it bother her. When the railway stopped, Matt was waiting for them at the bottom.

"Good day, Hit Girl. Good day, Kick Ass." he greeted. Dave wondered how Will and Matt could know when they arrived. Seeming to read Dave's mind, Matt continued. "We have an Overwatch camera on top of the shack." He started walking away, waving for the crime-fighting duo to follow him. "By the way, we've been having a bit of an argument on what to call the base. We don't have an official name, but we figured it would be cool if we did." He turned to face them, still walking. "Any suggestions?" A steady silence from both of them had answered his question. "Well if you come up with anything, let me know." Matt said. "We try to keep it narrowed down to two but we always take suggestions. I'm leaning toward 'The Defenders' Den'."

"If you're trying for alliteration, how about 'Savior Sanctum'?" Dave suggested.

"Or you could try for something creative." Mindy said sarcastically. "How about 'Hall of Badassery'?"

"A little long." Matt responded. "But it does sound cool." They walked in through the door and they saw Will preparing for a shot in pool. Taking note of his companions entering the room, he adjusted his cue and took his shot. Mindy watched carefully and saw the cue ball that Will had struck spin in a semicircle. She also saw a striped ball moving quickly toward another ball. When it hit, they both sunk into different pockets on the table. The cue ball came to a rest on the other side of a stripe. Matt saw this and frowned. "Can't you go easy on me once?" Will started chalking his cue stick as he listened to Matt complain.

"I am." Will said, carefully examining the table. "I decided to sink two balls instead of three and set it up so that I couldn't make any more successful shots, well at least not that easily." He out the chalk down and looked to Mindy and Dave. "What's up?"

"So when do we start fighting crime?" Mindy asked zealously. "I've been waiting to crack some fucking skulls all day."

"Usually we wait until ten to do any crime fighting." Will answered. "Before that, most members train for an hour or two." He took another shot on the pool table as he talked, one ball made it into the pocket, but the cue ball fell into another. "But right now I'm more concerned on teaching you two how we do things. We can head out now or we can train." Mindy thought about it, before deciding that it would be best to start fighting crime.

"I'd like to train." Dave answered, and looked to Mindy. "Hit Girl, what do you think?"

"Well I like the idea of sharpening my skills in the field by cutting up perverts." Mindy said. "But you probably won't get that chance, Kick Ass. I'll have to train you myself." Will smiled and grabbed his guns, which were on his desk.

"I'll need you to teach me too." Will added. "I have near perfect aim, but I lack skill in hand-to-hand combat."

"It's true." Matt agreed. "He doesn't usually need to fight hand-to-hand, but if we got attacked by Pseudo Girl again, he could use some way to fight back if she's too close for the shotgun." Mindy was confused by the name that Matt had given the fake.

"Pseudo Girl?" Mindy said. "That, sounds kind of stupid."

"Well we needed something to call her." Will said. "Fake Hit Girl, the fake, and impostor all lost their appeal really quickly." Mindy still thought the name was stupid, but didn't argue about it. "Anyway, let's go train for a bit."

I realized this might be a problem for some, so I should address this problem as soon as possible. One of Mindy's friends in the story is named Ralph (OC) and then there's Ralph D'Amico. I still can't think of a solution, but I'm working on it. I really did want Ralph D'Amico to be in the series, but I didn't think about it when I named Mindy's friend.

On another note, this is my last finished chapter. I haven't even started the next one. READ AND REVIEW.