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Chapter 3: Cat's out of the Shopping Bag:

"So, why am I taking you to the mall, again?" Hunter asked as he is driving through traffic as he is taking Rose to the mall for shopping. The platinum blond girl was looking out the car window to see many cars going through.

"Because, I need to buy me some new clothes to wear since the other ones were shredded no thank to you!" Rose answered as her eye twitched.

"I said I was sorry." He chuckled as Rose hits him in the arm.

"Just for that, you'll be paying for my new clothes!" Rose told him as she cross her arms.

"I am not gonna waste my money on your clothes!" He yelled as he sees her picking up his calendar. "What are you doing?"

"Pay for my clothes, and I'll draw mustaches on this permanent marker." Rose threatens with an evil smile as she flips over the calendar. "Ooh, maybe I should draw a mustache on Ms. March: Zatanna."

"You wouldn't dare!" Hunter yelled as he hears cars honking on him as he flips the bird at them. "Suck it, assholes!"

"Road rage, much?" Rose asked as she's about to scribble on Zatanna's face on the calendar, but Hunter stops her.

"Fine! I'll...pay for your new clothes." Hunter grumbled as he sees an opening. 'Finally.'

"And my food." Rose smirked as she puts the calendar down.

"Whatever." He grumbled again as he heads for the exit to the mall.

/

As they made it to the mall, Hunter and Rose walk through the mall as Hunter is behind Rose so he can watch over her.

"So, where to go, princess?" Hunter asked as he has his hands behind his head.

"I'm going to JC Penneys to try on some sample perfumes." Rose told him as she skips along to go to JC Penneys.

"Hey, stay close to your bodyguard!" Hunter barked as he chases after her as Rose speed walk away from him.

"Catch me if you can!" Rose laughed as she playfully sticks her tongue out at him.

Hunter narrowed his eyes and growled at the girl who was not only putting herself in severe danger, but was also making his job more difficult. 'You little brat.' He thought as he started to run after the girl. But not superhuman speed, but just slightly faster than her. 'When I get my hands on you.'

/

'Are they... chasing each other across the mall?' Jade asked herself as she watched from the shadows, but unfortunately she couldn't hear them talk. 'But Garfield does look angry. Maybe the girl is a bitch?'

"Hey there cutie. Wanna go to my truck and fuc-" some random guy greeted the assassin before she instantly broke a finger and knocked him out before setting him down before any key noticed.

'Scum.' Jade thought as she gave chase.

/

"I think I lost him." Rose said as she smirks. "Well, better enjoy this time of freedom while it last."

As she travels through the clothing department she is confronted by an Oriental girl at her age wearing glasses and tied her hair into a bun as she's in uniform. "Anything you like, ma'am?" She asked as she pretends to smile.

"I'm fine, ma'am." Rose replied as she spots Jade holding a bottle of perfume. "Mind if I try some?"

"Yep." Jade replied as she spray the perfume infront of Rose as the blond coughs from breathing it.

"Why didn't-cough cough-you spray it-cough-on my chest or something?" Rose asked as she coughs out of the perfume.

"Oh, I sorry. I new employee." Jade replied as she pretends to smile sweetly and using broken English. "Let me help you get water." 'Lets see how a girl like you wormed her way into Hunter's heart!'

"Oh, thank you so much." Rose said as she coughs up a little as they disappear, right where Hunter made it to the store.

"She was here!" Hunter deducted as he sniffs another presence. "Oh shit, she's here." he groans.

/

"So, where can I get some wat-" Rose felt a prick on her neck as she fell into Jade's arms.

"Gotcha!" Jade sand as she drags the unconscious girl to the shadows.

/

"Shit, shit, shit!" Hunter cursed as he looks around as his phone rings. He saw the caller ID as he gulps as he answers "Hello, Mr. Wilson."

"Garfield, how is my daughter doing?" Mr. Wilson asked as Hunter grew paled by the sound of the distorted voice.

"Oh um, we're at the mall. She's at the changing room changing some clothes on." he said as he hopes his contractor fell for the lie.

"I see." Slade spoke quietly. "I hope she hasn't caused any trouble. She usually does that."

"What, no. In fact she's an angel, plus I think she has a crush on me." he comments as he tries to calm down.

"You better hope not, Logan." Slade coldly replied over the phone. "You are there to protect my little Angel, not to date her."

"Whoa there, Willy!" Hunter responded with a frown. "It's not like that at all! To be honest I can't stand your daughter."

"Do you now?" Slade inquired.

"Yes! She had threatened to deface my precious calendar, and is making my job very difficult!" Hunter informed. "Can't stand her."

"Isn't that calendar three years old?" Slade questioned.

"What's your point?" Hunter replied in confusion.

Hunter can hear Slade sigh in annoyance over the phone. "Look Logan, if this job is something you can't handle-"

"No, no, I can do this, Mr. Wilson." Hunter reassured as he looks around for Rose. "Because I know I can keep your daughter safe from harm. So, how's arching the Titans?"

"Doing well, Robin's more paranoid when I'm around." Slade answered "Got to go, important matters are at hand. Take care or my daughter, Mr. Logan." Hunter hears his boss hang up the phone.

'Alright, now to find Cheshire and Rose!' Hunter said as he smells where Cheshire took Rose.

/

Groaning from being knocked out, Rose Wilson opens her eyes as she finds herself in an empty place where she looks around and finds herself tied up as she lie on the floor, in her bra and underwear. "What the hell?!" She yelled.

"I see that you're awake." Cheshire steps towards the bound Rose as the masked girl eyed on her.

"W-who are you!" Rose demands as she struggles from her bindings. "What do you want?" She asked as she couldn't tell what the masked girl wants.

"You..." Cheshire brings out something from her pouch as Rose sees that she's carrying...a measurements tape. "I want to measure that body of yours and see why Hunter prefers to you." She sneered.

"W-what?" Rose asked in disbelief as Cheshire crouches down next to her. "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Don't lie to me, hussie!" Cheshire growled as her face is closer to Rose's. "I don't know what you did to Hunter to get him to be with you, but I'll be the judge of what kind of girl are you!" Before Rose could reply Cheshire gags her with a sock. "Now, what cup size are you." Cheshire's hands pressed onto Rose's chest which makes the platinum blond angry. "B cups, but they're perky!"

'Get your hands off of me!' Rose growled through her gag as she feels Cheshire feeling her up to her naval. 'Cold hands, stop picking on my belly button! That tickles!'

"Your stomach is flat and athletic. But let's see how your legs are." Cheshire then sees the girl's long and well toned legs. "Not bad, but they can't compete with mine!" Cheshire claims as she shows Rose her outstretched leg in front of her as Rose sees a faded bite bite mark on her back thigh.

"Mhmmm-hmm." Rose muffled through her gag.

"Oh, this bite mark? Hunter gave it to me when we had a night of passion together." Cheshire brags as she remembers the sweet love she had with Hunter while on a contract mission in Philadelphia. "And from the looks of it, he didn't bite you yet, did he?" She asked as she glares at the girl. "But...what makes you so special!?"

'That's what this is about!?' Rose thought as she continues to muffled to speak to Cheshire as the masked girl looks at her questionably.

"What? Trying to say something?" Cheshire asked as Rose nodded.

'Un-gag me, you bitch!' Rose shouts as Cheshire tilts her head.

"Well, you don't have to explain things because you are nothing but a seducer!" Cheshire accused as she points at Rose. "I bet he's already did things to you like he does to me. But you will never have him because he's mine!"

"Oi, Jade."

The voice that makes the masked assassin swoons reach her ears as she turns around to see Hunter who just got out of the vents as he gives a dry look. "What are you doing to my client, Jade?" He asked as he sees the embarrassing position of Cheshire straddling onto Rose. 'This is...ridiculous.' "I didn't know that you were bi."

"I'm not." Jade got off the white haired girl but have her a quick glare. "I'm just letting this temptress know that you are mine." She growled.

"Jade..." Hunter signed as he stepped towards the beautiful French/Vietnamese woman and brought her into an embrace where their foreheads touch and they look into each other's eyes with their lips just an inch apart. "Can you please not touch my client?"

"So you do care for her." Jade whispered accusingly as she would to do nothing more than move her lips the inch further and claim the lips that at one time explores her body all night long.

"She is a client; no more, no less." Hunter replied as he moved his lips just that much closer. "She is just a client, who's daddy I don"t want to piss off."

"Really?" Jade whispered as she moved her arms around the man's neck.

"Really." Hunter smiled lovingly and they almost kissed when they were interrupted.

"Hello!" Rose screamed in irritation. "I'm standing right here! And not in my clothes!"

"Jade, give her back her clothes." Hunter sighed in irritation at his client. "And you stop yelling."

"Then untie me!" Rose objected.

"Then shut up!" Hunter argued.

/

After that incident, Hunter and Rose sat at the food court with Jade(Cheshire) sat along with them, eating ramen noodles from the Chinese booth.

"So, how do you and Hunter knew each other?" Rose asked as she sips her drink.

"We met when we both were gonna assassinate a mafia boss from different contracts." Jade replied sweetly.

"You were hired by the League of Assassins as I was hired by the CIA to kill Rupert Thorn." Hunter states as he drinks his soda. "So, how's your daughter doing?"

"Liam's doing fine. Letting Roy and Garth watch over her while I'm gone, then my sister will watch over her next." Jade states as Rose choke on her drink.

"You have a daughter!?" Rose asked in disbelief.

"Not mine if you're wondering." Hunter told her as he eats some sushi.

"Yeah, but the father was gay so it was more of a one-night stand." Jade states. "She's turning two next month so I'll have to visit her, soon."

"Aww two? That is such cute, isn't she." Hunter smiled fondly. "I'll make sure to get her a really cute doll or something."

"You can't give a two year old a doll. She could choke on the parts." Jade replied with a grateful tone. "Some pretty dressed will suffice."

"I can do that." Hunter agreed as his client watched on in shock and awe at the situation. "Just Roy better not try to get me into a threesome with him and Garth again."

"He really tried that?" Jade frowned and her inner jealousy was demanding a pound of flesh for his actions.

"Yeah, really awkward." Hunter answered. "Garth wasn't told about it, so he wasn't happy and words were said."

"I'm gonna have to talk with him." Jade said as she here's her pager beeps as she looks it up. "Crap. I gotta go, another contract job I have to do."

"Let me guess, Waller?" he asked.

"Fury." Cheshire replied. "Probably needs me to assassinate some crook again."

"Well, keep in touch, Jade." Hunter said as Jade pecks his lips as she brings her container of food with her.

"Bye, Hunter. Bye Hunter's mistress." Jade said as she waves at them, much to Rose's dismay.

"I AM NOT HIS MISTRESS!" Rose barked at the assassin who disappeared through the shoppers. "I can't believe that you dated that psycho."

"She's not a psycho." he defends. "She's just overly attached. I can't help it if I'm a hit with the ladies."

"Yeah, kidnapping me while tying me up and groping me doesn't sound psycho at all." Rose sarcastically replied as she felt tired. "I want to go home now."

"But we haven't picked you out some new clothes for you." Hunter states. "Why not go to that Old Navy store to buy something?"

"I guess, but I'm picking out one part of clothing." Rose replied as she finish her drink. "I was right after all."

"Right about what?" He asked her.

"You are a womanizer." she states with a sly smirk. "Wonder how many women you slept other than Jade."

"What makes you think I slept others than Jade?" Hunter inquires as he arch an eyebrow.

"You practically said so yourself." Rose remarked as she walked off.

Hunter sat there stunned as he started going through his sexual history and smirked before he ran to catch up with his client. 'Jade, Tatsu, Neena, Laura, Elektra, Betty, Jessica, Natasha, Scandal, Jinx.' He thought before he shuttered. 'Let's not forget Yuriko... never thought she would be such a sadist. I never would've thought that I'd enjoy it.'

"Hey, you coming or just gonna stand there?" Rose asked as she waits for her bodyguard.

"Huh?" he asked as he shakes his head. "Yeah, I'm coming." he said as he catches up with the girl he's assigned to protect.

/

So now that Cheshire is out, it's time for the story to get really interesting. Next chapter is where the story gets really exciting as Hunter and Rose encounters more people after Rose, but this time it isn't just assassins, villains, or ransomers...but a group of heroes!? Next time on Merc Love!

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