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-Out of Town-

In the morning:

Blade pinned a man against the wall in a dark alleyway. "You haven't paid your debt yet. I killed someone for you, Reagan! And this is how you repay me?! Heh...minus the pay part. But you get what I mean! So! My boss has hired me to kill you for my fucking money back!", he said in a macabre-type tone.

The man tried getting out of his grasp, as Blade stared at him with a grin and wide eyes. Blade grabbed his head and started bashing it into the brick wall of the alleyway.

Blood came out of the man's mouth and head. "Fuck you, Reynolds.", he wheezed out. "I would fuck me if I had the energy. But it's all worn out from fucking your life up.", Blade responded.

The man died in Blade's hands. "Fuck. This is a horrible place to kill someone. Well, Reagan. I guess we'll just have to hop in a bag for now, shall we?".

Back at the Hickory Hill mansion:

Blade dropped the body at the front door, inside. Axel seen the bag and plugged his nose. "It's for my work. You got a good meat grinder? Oh, a blender would work, too.", Blade exclaimed. Axel ran into the living room. Blade rolled his eyes. "Why is everyone so scared of me?".

On the roof:

Charlotte woke up on the rooftop as Alexander was sitting, with his legs dangling off of the edge. "Shit, you could've woke me up, I-". He just gave her one gaze and she was instantly paralyzed from the whimsical magic that laid in his eyes. "Good morning to you, too then.", she chuckled.

Blade brought the bag outside to the backyard with a hammer. He started slamming the bag with it. "What in the fuck are you doing?", Charlotte asked.

"My shitty job.", Blade responded. "Th-there's a body in that bag?!", she panicked. He nodded and continued to smash the bag with the hammer.

Charlotte put her hand up to her mouth as if she were about to throw up. Blade opened the bag and peered inside. "Perfect. Alrighty then. Meat grinder here we come.", he muttered then started to walk inside.

Charlotte widened her eyes. "Wha-.".

"I've heard of him before. Blade Reynolds. Hired assassin. Everyone fears him. I'm not too sure why, as he looks as harmless as a toddler. But, whatever.", Alexander muttered. Charlotte hopped down off of the roof, went inside, and followed Blade.

Blade no longer had the bag and the body was already ground up in the blender. Charlotte ignored it and walked up to him. "Yes?".

"I just wanted to see if you want to maybe...go to the store with me. Just like a normal person, Blade. No assassin shit. You haven't really been to the store and everyone is scared of you. So let's go.", she said. He stared her up and down. "Fine. I'll go with you. But not with you dressed like that, you're in last nights clothes.".

Charlotte grinned then hurried upstairs, to change. When she came back down she was wearing a long dark purple dress with short bell sleeves and black lace on the edges. The bottom of the dress was wavy. At the top, there were three black buttons, going down to the waistline. She topped this outfit off with a huge black hat filled with flowers and purple feathers, knee-high black boots, black lacey gloves that went up to her elbows, and a giant pair of black triangle earrings.

Blade smirked. "I wish I could look as good as you. All I'm wearing is a white shirt and a black tie with some weird looking black pants. But you...you look fucking beautiful.". Charlotte blushed. "Thank you....we should get going. Come on now.", she said.

Out of town:

They walked into the town, arm in arm, and got so many stares. There were whispers such as, "Is that Blade Reynolds and Charlotte Everest? I heard that they're both secretly in love with each other.", "Isn't that Charlotte Everest? She's insane if she thinks she's going to make it out of town alive. Especially with him.", "Isn't Blade Reynolds a citizen of Chilly Meadows?! Are we finally making peace?!".

Everyone was frantic and panicked. They both smiled at the people. Everyone looked so scared. "Do you think this is going to work?", Blade whispered. Charlotte looked at him with a smile. "Positive.". He smiled back at her. They entered the store and went in separate directions.

A little girl hopped up to Charlotte with an older looking woman behind her. "May I have an autograph, ma'am?", she asked with a small high pitched voice. Charlotte smiled even wider. "Of course! What's your name?".

"My name is Addison. I really like your outfit. You're very cool, Charlotte.", the little girl beamed as she gave her a piece of paper and a pen. "Thank you Addison! Here you go. I hope you have a very nice day!".

Addison grinned then hugged the older woman. "Your outfit is really nice. Where did you get it? I just completely adore that hat. Oh heavens! I just realized your boots! And those earrings! You must be a super star if you're wearing this type of clothing just to go to the store!", the woman said.

Blade walked up next to Charlotte. "Oh! This? I got the earrings from the clothing store right next to the church, downtown. And the rest I made myself. I'm a tailor so I kind of have the easy way out. I could make you something if you'd like! I'll do it for free, too! I'll mail it to you if that's ok. You could rip the corner off of the autograph I gave little Addison here and write your address if that's ok with you.". The woman ripped the paper and wrote her address on it.

"M-my name is Sheryl-Linn. You can call me Sheryl or Linn, it doesn't r-really matter. We should really get going, I don't want to start any trouble with a hired assassin. Just send me it once you're done, take your time!", Sheryl-Linn panicked then took Addison's hand and left.

Blade sighed. "Why can't I just be normal?! It's not like I'm going to kill them if they say anything wrong!", he pouted. "You're normal to me, razor Blade. People just can't see that. Maybe someday they will, razor scooter.", she giggled. He elbowed her as they both laughed.