Author's Note: Please be warned, there is moderate smut in this chapter!
The following night
Saturday
Morton Grove
I was nervous, very nervous.
In fact, I don't think I had ever felt this nervous! Why should I feel nervous, this is stupid!
Dave, Marty, Marcus and myself had just arrived at Chloe's house.
Marcus arrived last night, from New York and when I had told him about the dinner, he was very keen to go! Now that worried me; for Marcus to be keen about anything that involves Hit Girl is, to say the very least, rare and possibly disturbing!
I was dressed in a short dress, that I had bought earlier today just for the occasion and it was, of course, purple! Dave and Marty refused to dress up and just wore smart pants and a shirt.
Commander Bennett answered the door.
"Wow, Mindy that is a very nice dress! It's a shame that I very rarely get to see Chloe in a dress! Come in, all of you!"
Abby was with Chloe and Curtis, in the living room, Dr Bennett was in the kitchen. Both Abby and Chloe jumped up, as we came in.
"Hi Mr Williams!" Chloe and Abby both said.
"Hi girls!" Marcus replied.
"Marcus, meet Commander Bennett," I said.
"Ryan," Commander Bennett said, introducing himself. "My wife, in the kitchen, is Cathy."
"Hi, it's good to finally meet another vigilante parent!" Marcus replied, shaking Commander Bennett's hand.
I looked at Chloe and grimaced.
..._...
About twenty minutes later, we were all sitting down at the table in the dining room and we had started eating.
I was still feeling nervous and apparently my nervousness was justified.
"So, Ryan, what was it like finding out that you had a vigilante, for a daughter?" Marcus asked, innocently, with a smirk in my direction.
Both Chloe and I shrank down in our chairs. Dave, Marty and Curtis all laughed. Assholes! Commander Bennett smirked at Chloe, before answering.
"Well, one minute I have a sweet, innocent, little girl and then the next minute, I have a vicious, evil, foul mouthed young vigilante!"
Chloe blushed and concentrated on her food. Curtis almost chocked on a potato, while laughing, too much! I just glared at Marcus, while giving Curtis a hard slap on the back.
"Well, I have some wonderful stories for you, Ryan. Most of which I think I'll tell you in private, otherwise I might be the next target of Hit Girl!" Marcus said. "On that subject, though, while it is nice to know that Mindy could kill me, any one of a hundred ways, I know that no matter how much I wind her up, she will never lay a finger on me!"
"Don't I know it!" I grimaced, stabbing my steak, viciously, causing some laughter.
"So, how did you get involved, with Mindy?" Commander Bennett asked Marty.
"Pure accident really. I've know Dave since kindergarten, almost. I'd seen the Kick-Ass' début video and thought it was way cool! But I would never have guessed that Dave was Kick-Ass, I mean who would?" Marty explained.
I laughed at that and Dave grimaced.
"A few years later I joined up with some other vigilantes, in New York and met Kick-Ass, for the first time. I then discovered that Kick-Ass was Dave! I was shocked, really shocked!" Marty elaborated.
"Yeah, right, 'Batman'!" Dave quipped, with a laugh and Marty scowled.
I laughed, too, as I had heard about Battle Guy's first 'back story'! Dave briefly elaborated about that story, while Marty squirmed! After which, Marty continued.
"Well, I joined Kick-Ass and Hit Girl in a monstrous fight, against Chris D'Amico and we won! I still didn't know that Mindy and Hit Girl, were the same person! I mean, who would? Mindy was this shy girl, who kept herself to herself, while Hit Girl, well..." Marty finished.
Now it was my turn to squirm!
"Marty, Mindy and I went to the same school and I helped her get over the death of her father. I was supposed to be looking after her at school, not that that was necessary, as she hospitalised two bullies, on her very first day!" Dave explained. "You don't try and extort lunch money out of Hit Girl, even if she is only eleven!"
Now I was blushing and concentrated extra hard on my steak. I could feel eyes on me from several directions and Marcus was smirking! I remembered that first day, at school, it was kinda fun!
"Well, Mindy vanished from New York, after the big fight and Marty worked out that Mindy and Hit Girl, were one and the same. During one of his visits to Chicago, Marty discovered that Mindy was in Chicago and I went out in search of her. The rest is, as they say, history," Dave finished, smirking at me.
"Did Mindy continue as a vigilante, then, after her father died?" Dr Bennett asked Marcus.
"Well, she stopped for a while, but then, when she was around fourteen or fifteen, she started avoiding school and planning Hit Girl's grand return!" Marcus replied, making me squirm again. "You know how these teenager's are! She almost managed to pull a 'Ferris Bueller' on me, but she slipped up and I banned her from ever being Hit Girl again!"
"Yeah, that was quite a roller-coaster ride!" Dave admitted. I glared at Dave, willing him not to mention the 'date ditch'.
"She did what she was told?" Commander Bennett asked, surprised.
"Reluctantly! Now I think back, I don't think I did the right thing, forcing her not to be Hit Girl and to be Mindy Macready. Well, she did her best, she really did, but Hit Girl is who she is, who she will always be. You can't just will somebody to be who they are not," Marcus replied. "It tore me apart watching her internal torment."
I had never heard Marcus say anything like that before, but it made me feel good inside.
"I have to admit, it sounds familiar: I regularly hear a certain expression, which I suppose could be paraphrased into 'Once a Hero, Always a Hero, there are no ex-Heroes'!" Commander Bennett said.
"Very true!" Marcus agreed.
"I agree, but with Marcus' attempt to humanise Hit Girl, I got to see a different side to Mindy. The softer, more caring side and well, I started to fall for her, in between getting the smelly stuff, literally kicked outta me! I was already her best friend, but Marcus was determined to stamp out Hit Girl and stop Mindy seeing me, thankfully he ultimately failed," Dave explained. "Mindy and Hit Girl are one and can never be separated, her training is so ingrained."
"Now, I don't know if Chloe will be the same or not and I know that she has lost somebody that she really cared about, which prompted her to become Shadow. We've been doing our best to educate her about Fusion and that we're not just about killing and maiming. We do, what we do, to help those, who can't help themselves. Yes, we have an underlying reason to be and that, is to eradicate the D'Amico family. That is the reason why Hit Girl was originally created and I helped her fulfil that initial reason for her existence. Since then Chris D'Amico and his alter egos appeared and he had to be stopped!" Dave elaborated.
Curtis and Abby were listening to every word. Curtis actually had a fork of food poised in front of his mouth, but was listening so intently that he had forgotten all about it! Chloe of course, had heard all of this before, as had Marty and Marcus. Commander Bennett and his wife, looked impressed by what they had heard.
"Thank you, Dave, Marty and Marcus. That was good to hear. How Chloe develops, is important to us, but we are happy that she is in the right hands and rather she be out with you, Mindy, than out there, on her own!" Dr Bennett said, smiling at me and causing me to blush.
..._...
After dinner, we sat down in the living room for coffee.
I had to admit that I didn't feel quite so nervous any more. I actually felt comfortable, around Commander and Dr Bennett. I saw that Marcus, seemed to approve of what I was doing and how I was preparing Chloe for what was ahead.
Dave and Chloe were chatting with Abby and Curtis. For now, I sat on my own, which gave me time to think.
Was I doing the right thing? There was no preventing Chloe from going out as Shadow; she would do that on her own if I refused to take her. The best I could do was teach her how to protect herself and how to survive. Just what my Daddy taught me...
Although, naturally, I'd try to do it in less of a serious manner. My Daddy also taught me that it was all a big game, but that illusion came crashing down that night I was shot and my Daddy died! Chloe will not see this as a game, I need to show her that this is serious and people die. I've almost died on at least four occasions and three of those occasions required Dave to rescue me! So far Chloe has not been injured, in any way, just bruised. Me? I've been shot five times, in almost as many weeks, the latest requiring a doctor, to stitch me up!
"You okay, Mindy?" Marcus asked, walking over.
"I think so, just thinking about things... I hope I can make the right decisions, concerning Chloe!" I replied.
"I think you've done fine, so far! I'm proud of what you've done with your life and I am sure Damon would be proud, too," Marcus responded, with a genuine smile.
Four days later
Wednesday
West Ridge
This was the first chance that I had had, to sit down with Chloe, since the dinner.
"How have you been, since last week's, revelations?" I asked.
"I've been good. I'm actually pleased it all came out," Chloe replied, looking directly at me and smiling. "I'm getting on with my Dad, a lot better now. I would have hated trying to hide Shadow from him."
"I'm pleased to hear that, I really am," I replied. "I... This is really difficult for me to say, but... I don't want you to be me..."
"I don't understand. You don't want me to be Mindy, or you don't want me to be Hit Girl?" Chloe asked, looking genuinely confused.
"Both. Mindy and Hit Girl are the same person. Currently, Chloe Bennett and Shadow are two different people and that's the way it should stay," I explained.
"But, right now, you are Mindy, you are sweet and caring, not like Hit Girl," Chloe replied.
"Chloe, that is where you are wrong. I am Hit Girl, twenty-four-seven. Thanks to Dave's influence, what you see, as Mindy Macready, shows up. Mindy Macready, is just Hit Girl, but a Hit Girl that is under control. Without Dave, I wouldn't be able to control Hit Girl, I mentioned that before. You can turn Shadow, on and off, at will. I can't do that with Hit Girl, I really wish I could, but I can't," I explained. "I'm damaged and I don't want that to happen to you."
Chloe looked worried.
"I've noticed you copying what I do; now that's fine, but I don't want you taking it too far. Not least because Curtis is copying you! I don't want you to be damaged, like me. Your Dad was right, you were a sweet, innocent, young girl and you can stay that way. I'm not saying ditch Shadow, but don't let Shadow control you like I let Hit Girl control me! Please, learn by my mistakes, Chloe," I said.
"I will Mindy, don't worry. I'll always listen to what you and Dave say, always!" Chloe replied.
That night
"You still worried about Chloe?" I asked.
"Not for the moment; we'll see how things go," Mindy replied, smiling up at me.
Mindy was lying on the bed, wearing just a towel. I had just come out of the shower.
"'We've had no action for over three weeks, excluding he bank, of course! This feels like the calm before the storm, I dunno, it just doesn't feel right!" Mindy groused.
"I can help you feel better!" I said, dropping my towel and pulling Mindy's open; she didn't resist, but she did blush! I could see the scars, from her bullet wounds and the cross-bow bolt. Her perfect, soft skin, was permanently marred, but I didn't care. Battered or bruised, she was still the young woman, I loved! I ran my hands over her pert nipples.
"Does that feel right?" I asked, as Mindy screamed at the touch.
"You damn well know it does, asshole!"
I let my left hand drift down her body, feeling Mindy tense, as I passed her soft, but solid stomach. My right hand continued to massage her left nipple, causing her breath to hitch and for her to moan. Mindy's breathing stopped, as my hand entered her, soft, pubic hair and started exploring what lay beneath.
"Oh, God!" Mindy finally breathed.
"Don't forget to breathe!" I whispered into Mindy's ear and she moaned again. Her eyes were tight shut.
I gently pushed a finger in and Mindy braced up, before she let out a loud moan. Her eyes flew open and almost bugged out, but she smiled! I continued exploring, with both hands. Mindy started to buck and thrash, on the bed. I continued to fondle her nipple and that special place, down below and this caused Mindy to thrash even more, before...
I screamed!
I couldn't help it! All those pent up emotions, from the past few days, just exploded across me, damn, damn, I couldn't breathe. I remembered my lover's words: 'Don't forget to breathe'. Every muscle in my body had seized up, especially those in my legs and around my crotch! I pounded the bed, with my right fist, the other fist pounded on Dave's back, before opening and I dug my nails in deep, causing Dave to yell out in pain!
Then I went limp and let out a scream, before sucking in air, like I had never breathed before!
"You liked that?" Dave asked, with his dorky grin.
"God, yes! Wow! You're getting better!"
"You are orgasming harder!" Dave replied, laughing.
I lay there, for what felt like hours, getting my breath back. My chest was heaving and Dave was watching my breasts go up and down!
..._...
"Okay, cunt, my turn!" I growled, flipping Dave onto his back and kissing him deeply.
I felt his erect member, between my legs, begging for entry. Not yet!
I stared into his luscious, blue eyes and as usual, I could see his love and desire for me and I knew that would never change. I went back to kissing, I felt his tongue and it felt...
I decided to exercise my tongue, somewhere else. I slid down and perpendicular to his body, before grabbing him and taking him into my mouth. Dave drew a sharp intake of breath, before letting out a small moan, which steadily increased, as I ran my tongue around him.
Now, I thought, how far was I going to take this? I remembered what happened months ago, at the end of October, when I first took this all the way and then again in Indianapolis! Oh, what the fuck, I loved the taste and the feeling!
Minutes later and after a lot of moaning from Dave, he started to thrash around and suddenly, I felt that warm, almost hot, feeling, as that liquid hit the back of my throat. I tried to keep my mouth wrapped around Dave, so I didn't get it everywhere, but I failed. I swallowed what I could, but then I had to let Dave go and received a shot, directly into my face, that dribbled down to my mouth, I licked off what I could reach and giggled! I felt a little weird, but then maybe I am weird, I have absolutely no fucking idea!
"Happy?" Dave asked, looking down at me and laughing!
"Very!" I giggled, grabbing my towel and wiping my face off, before scrambling up Dave and giving him a long, deep kiss.
When I let go, Dave just lay there, panting, then he reached out, with his hands and started massaging my nipples.
"Oh, fuck!" I exclaimed, before collapsing onto the bed and Dave rolled on top of me.