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Interlude Four -- An Office in Los Angeles

"Bad news, Martin," said hitman Martin Blank's secretary Marcella.

"What is it, Marcella?" asked Martin.

"You just got a last-minute assignment from a new client," said Marcella.

"Oh, really?" said Martin. "I thought I told you I wasn't taking any new assignments until after I get back from my high school reunion in Michigan."

"Well, this is a special case," said Marcella. "And they're offering a special bonus if you can get it done on a certain date. Apparently they want the target in question to be terminated on the night of her high school prom."

"Wait a minute!" exclaimed Martin. "This client is paying me to kill a teenaged girl?"

"Not only that," said Marcella. "According to the picture of the target that they sent, they want you to kill a naked teenaged girl."

"Why?" asked Martin.

"They don't say," said Marcella. " And in this business it doesn't pay to press for details anyway."

"I know but still," said Martin. "This whole fucking thing sounds like a bad joke."

"Well, bad joke or not," said Marcella, "somebody wants this girl killed and it might as well be you who kills her. Besides, you've killed teenaged girls before. You once told me that you killed quite a few during the Gulf War."

"Yes, I did, Marcella," said Martin. "But those girls were suicide bombers. It's hardly likely that this particular girl is going to have any amount of explosives strapped to her torso considering the way she's dressed."

"So you want me to tell the new client 'no'?" asked Marcella.

"No, I'll do it," said Martin. "After all, I am a professional. I just won't be happy about it."

"Look at it this way, Martin," said Marcella. "The girl is marked for **** anyway. At least with you on the job, her **** will be quick and merciful."

"You have a point, Marcella," said Martin. "I have no idea what this Buffy Anne Summers could have possibly done to deserve termination but with me on the job, at least she'll die so fast that she'll never know what hit her."