Hit Girl

ch3 Kick Ass

"La la mhh hmm laa la la."

Kick ass watched Murder Kitten danced and sang animatedly as she took a pan of meatloaf out of the oven. She carefully placed the perfectly crafted meatloaf on top of the already full table.
  Murder Kitten stood back, and looked at the feast she had created; meatloaf, mash potatoes, roasted carets, jalapeños cut opened and stuffed with cream cheese then rapped with bacon, two blooming onions sprinkled with bacon bits, and smothered in cheese and for dessert strawberry short cheese cake.
It had been this way breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Kick Ass may have even enjoyed his stay if he wasn't being held captive. That and Murder Kittens drastic mood swings. It took very little to set Murder Kitten off. Just last night she kicked a hole in her flat screen TV, over a mom and daughter after school special.

Murder Kitten placed a steaming plate in front of Kick Ass, and took her seat at the other end of the table.

"Would you like to say grace?" Asked Murder Kitten with a warm smile.

The first time she had asked, Kick Ass had thought she was playing some twisted game. He later found out she didn't eat a bite without saying thanks to her creator. She even went as far as asking if he would like to pray with her before bed.

"Na,You do it better Kit."

"K ," Murder Kitten put her hands together like a small child praying for the first time.

"Thank you for this food we are about to receive, Thank you for another day to redeem ourselves. Please let Dave understand that this is for the grater good, and tell momma I love and miss her very much." She whisper the last part.

Dave watched her closely in hopes of better understanding his captor. From what he could muster, she was about sixteen, yet somehow she lived alone. Well at least he hadn't seen anyone else around the house. She was either a genius, or filthy rich. Considering the high tech shock caller he wore around his neck. Which  restricted him  to certain parts of the house . If he stepped out of the allowed area, or tampered with the caller in any way, he would receive a shock that would leave him unconscious for several hours .
By the looks of the house though, he could probably scratch off the filthy rich option.
She really was nice, the majority of the time. Occasionally she would be set off, but  he hadn't found the trigger to her mood swings yet. 
She was actually quite beautiful. She had a very kind look to her, but when she got angry, she had a habit of putting back on her mask. A black metal, morbid looking thing, with jagged pink fangs. Her whole personality seemed to change, when she had it on. As if she was a completely different person.
She didn't seem to fear him at all. They had fought twice since his arrival .  Both times leaving Kick Ass in worst condition then when he arrived. He decided it best  to pick his next attempt carefully.

"Amen. Dig in." Said Murder Kitten warmly.

They sat quietly eating. The only sound was  silverware hitting the plates.

" Dave, I just want you to know,  I have nothing against you. Its what you stand for. Thats is the reason your here."

"I don't understand."

"You started all this crap Dave. Your the answer. If you tell all these wanna bees to stop , maybe they will listen. They have to listen right?"

Murder Kitten went on several rants. Sometimes even having full conversations with herself. Not like a crazy guy on the side walk, but like a  scientists trying to weigh all her options.

Murder Kitten slowly wiped her hands  then slid her phone over to Kick Ass. Not sure really what to do, he picked it up, and touched the screen. There was a picture and article of a young teen .

"Read it." Said Murder Kitten as if struggling to contain her anger.

Another death today, as would be masked hero attempts to stop a mugger. The suspect  then stabbed the teen multiple time before escaping in a blue van. It seems to be a growing epidemic.

"Swipe the page." Ordered Murder Kitten

The next page was of a twelve year old boy killed in attempt of stopping a bank robbery. Again and again, picture after picture of kids trying to fallow what Kick Ass had made possible. He suddenly lost his appetite, and pushed his plate away.

"So what your trying to tell is, you are doing all this in hopes of stopping kids from trying to fallow my example?" Asked Kick Ass

"Yes, but I don't blame you. You just wanted to help people,  but now your hurting them, so its time to stop."

"What are you going to do with me? Keep me here forever?  Do you think that's going to change anything?" Said Kick Ass slinging the phone back to her.

"I don't know yet, but this I'll promise you Dave.  When the time comes. I'll  do what must be done"

Kick Ass knew she ment she'd kill him if that's what it came to.

That night he lay in bed thinking of all the lives he destroyed, because he decided to put on a stupid wet suit, and decided he wanted to fight crime.
Maybe Murder Kitten had a point, but she was going about this all wrong. He had to find a way to make her see that its to late, the damage is done.

In some ways she reminded him of Mindy. They were both hard headed,dangerous, determined, and would do things the way they saw fit.

The thought of Mindy made Dave feel even worse. He hadn't seen her in almost two years. The last time he had saw her she had kissed him. He wondered if she knew he was missing. Surely Justice Forever would of contacted her, but would she come back for him, and more importantly would she be able to stop Murder Kitten?