Necessary Evil
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"Ams we almost there, Nat'an?" Toki chirped from the sidecar as the Murdercycle careened down the road.
"Uh, sure," Nathan growled back. "Any minute now."
"Oh, good! I's so excited! You ands me never gets to go nowhere together, so this is gonna be real cool! I can't waits to pal around wit my good buddy Nat'an, and—"
The huge bike made a sharp turn into a complex of buildings and parking lots before skidding to a stop in front of one building in particular. Nathan killed the ignition. "We're here."
"Reallies?" Toki frowned and cocked his head, looking up at the establishment's sign. "Dis doesn't look like no candy store I's ever…" Suddenly the Norwegian gasped in horror, the reason for the sign's being shaped like a tooth finally dawning on him. "You trickeds me, Nat'an! Dis is de dentists!"
"Yeah, I know. I had to do it, so you gotta do it. Now don't be a wuss. It's gotta be done or all your teeth will fall out from eating all that stupid candy."
Toki screamed bloody murder as he was seized in a no-nonsense manner, dragged all the way inside, and pinned bodily to the reception desk. Nathan wasn't amused.
"Toki Wartooth to see the… the, ah, the guy. The tooth guy. The dentist."
An elderly receptionist adjusted her glasses and looked up the file. "Of course. And you are here with him, Mr. Explosion?"
"Uh, yeah. How'd you know my name?"
"A Mr. Ofdensen called earlier to say that you would be in as well. According to your records, you're due for another cleaning and a set of X-ray—Mr. Explosion? Mr. Wartooth?"
Nathan and Toki screamed a bloody murder duet as they bolted back to the Murdercycle, each fighting for the lead.
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