"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAA! FOOOOOOOOoooooohhhh… It's just you." His smile was quickly replaced with a frown. His would be victim was none other than the very pesky Hat Kid smiling smugly at him.

"Is that anyway to treat your BFF?"

Snatcher groaned, dropping his little dimension. "Seriously Kiddo! Why do you even BOTHER coming here all the time? You've collected all those Time Pieces and fished all my contracts. Why do you keep coming BACK?!"

Hat Kid shrugged, rocking on her heels. "Cause I find Subcon fun?" She batted her eyelashes and oh-h-h-h-ho, he could see the mischief gleaming in those teal eyes of hers.

"What are you planning kid?"

"Me? Nooooothiiiiinnnnnng."

Yep. She planning something.

"You're not very good at lying kid. I can sense mischief all around you." Her smile vanished and replaced with a pout.

"I knew it only worked on the Mafia." He raised an eyebrow but said nothing as she sighed. "Alright, so, um, funny thing to ask, but, can I borrow some of your minions?"

"What?"

"Okay, so." Hat Kid started to pace. "See it's getting close to Halloween and I got this BRILLIANT plan to scare the Mafia and I just need some of your—"

"Whoa whoa whoa waaaaiiit a moment kid." He placed a hand in front of her, stopping her in her tracks. "First off, WHY would you think I would give you any of my minions? Just because we're contractually obligated BF's it DOESN'T MEAN you can take any of my stuff!"

"Not even if I ask nicely?"

"Especially if you ask nicely!"

"Aaaaawwwwwwwwww!"

"Secondly, what's 'Halloween'?"

The kid stared at him.

"… Uh, kid? You're staring at me in a very odd way… kiiiiid? Are you there? You-who? Did your brain stop wor—"

"HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW WHAT HALLOWEEN IS?!"

Snatcher practically jumped. For such a small body that girl sure had big lungs to scream that loud.

"You don't know what—?! How can you not—?! It's—! You don't know—?! Halloween—!"

Snatcher wasn't sure if he should be worried as the small child ran in circles in front of him clutching her hat tightly and pulling her hair. "Kid, what's so important about Halloween?"

She stopped, spinning around to face him with shock. "What's so important?! Halloween is the best time of the year! You get to dress up in spooky costumes, go trick-or-treating, tell ghost stories, scare people, and eat all sorts of candy—"

"Wait. Scare people?"

"Yeah! You know, when you dress up like a scary monster and scare someone for fun! Everybody does it back on my planet! It's supper fun AND scares the soul right out of someone!"

Hat Kid continued to ramble on about Halloween activities, but Snatcher had tuned her out. Scare people? For fun? And it was legal back on her planet? His grin grew wide. "You know kiddo." He stopped her in her rambling. "I might be able to spare a few of my minions after all. IF."

"If?"


"SLIMY SPACE ALIEN ATTACK!"

Snatcher cackled with glee as Mafia men ran away in fear as 'slimy space aliens' chased after them. Who knew Mafias were so easy to scare when you covered your minions in muddy gunk? Had he known about this sooner, he would have done this more often!

"You were right kid! This was a great idea!" Snatcher spoke between fits of laughter as he watched the Mafia scatter about.

Hat Kid smiled, kicking her legs out over the edge. "I told you Halloween is the best time of the year!"