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13 August 2024

In New York City, Skye Riley was recording and preparing her new album for her upcoming larger concert show with a special guest next week. Her dance with fellow dancers was judged by her mother, Elizabeth. "How about your step preparation? Looks like your songs are all ready to perform and the stage is set right."

Skye replied, "I don't have a good Ol' time... Just leave me alone so that I can do more focus on my work. Stop asking me like a dick!"

Elizabeth reluctantly left. 

Then Skye prepared with her mother, just like her suspicious boss due to the death of Paul Hudson, and her encounter with the criminal Lewis Fregoli must be disclosed.

Meanwhile, in Philadelphia, USA...

Cooper Abbott, a. k. a. "The Butcher", a serial killer escaped from FBI radar and saw the location belonged to Lady Raven.

The lightbulb reflected on the window closed, then a door was pushed out, revealing Lady Raven and the agent and friends came out with several guards around her.

Lady Raven unwittingly saw The Butcher in the blink of an eye, still bearing her pain of what happened. 

Inside her car, several posters of New York declared what she was gonna do next: New York City.

She gonna thought the place could evade her enemy entry, but there's always something missed to have a spot check- 

The car was already IN CONTROL BY THE BUTCHER GPS.

Cooper, behind the wall just 10 miles away, smiled to the audience, then called the partner he could partner with- Lewis.

Lewis Fregoli, frightened by The Smile Entity received a call from The Butcher, who tracked down his New York wanted criminal of the state.

"Well, don't fucking call me!"

"Too late! Now you are working with me to murder any celebrity! First target: Lady Raven! I always get a second chance!" Cooper laughed.

"I'm in control by a terrible, disgusting smile thing! I'm not with Lady Raven of that shittiest thing!"

"I'm in control too. Now you and I both are criminals, so can you help me finish my plan?"

Lewis shocked, while speechless to the phone, abruptly shut his phone down.

"Goddammit!" It seems like Cooper's sinister action time to go straight without any help. He blackmailed Lady Raven who demanded to take anything to a place to finish her off.

He searched Lewis' Facebook friend request and saw it-

Skye Riley

871,222,339 followers

Now live in New York City (NYC)

Upcoming Concert Show in NYC with a special guest, see you on 20th August!

"A special guest? You mean, Lady Raven? A similar companion... Must also finish off Skye so that I can easily raise an alert to the NYC residents, the fans, and NYC corrupted police that they'll distract to think that repeat the same mistakes from my tricks! And nobody can gonna stop me now! HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

The Smile Entity repeated the Butcher's laugh in Lewis' mind, taunting him "Almost time to kill", triggering his double painful mind. (Smile 2 orchestra shouting) "NOOOOOOOO!"

That woke up Skye, who slept nearby while her mom was in deep sleep.

"Lewis?"

As she slowly walks into the opened door...

(Insert Smile 2 Lewis curse to Skye moment)

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A witnessed death... An unemotionally tearfully drop... All about Skye's nightmares had just begun. 

She hid the body of Lewis in the old closet, which her mom Elizabeth didn't care about since her clothes were already under the bed. Without a creak, without any noises, she returned to sleep with a shocking revelation to her- Now she had it!

"Skye?"

Skye woke up and revealed she was in the front seat of the car, with Paul Hudson as the driver. 

"Are you crazy? What the f*ck up to you?" Paul is shocked that Skye's here.

"Are you a monster?"

"Well, you're! You fucking are the monstrous person I've to be seen!" Paul angrily shouted.

"You know why I made you so furious?" Skye was still hesitant to Paul's criticism.

"Just because this is your first day to see it."

Suddenly, Paul showed his S M I L E that glowed a traffic light-

She realized this was only a dream- As the sun already shined in the middle of the sky.

9 AM.

"Oh shit! I need to perform my show!"

Skye checked Lewis' bloodied body, still smiled, then closed the door.

"It has been a long time since to catch my remains, but nobody gonna stop me bitch!"

Cooper continued to harass people such as sneaking to an abandoned police station in the suburb of Philadelphia, then took a police mic again in the office-

He checked the mic. Found it worked that connected the source of the Philadelphia SWAT team.

He was not concerned by Dr. Josephine Grant, who caught him on the previous night.

Only for that, despite not being watched, he felt a sense of stinky smell that belonged to his mom-

"Come closer."

This was Dr. Grant, who tasered him the previous night. "Oh no!" Silently screamed, but...

He always has the system that controls the SWAT movement.

And also, found the unlocked police car and drove away from the police quickly before the SWAT team arrived at the scene.

While Skye Riley continued doing dance and lyrics practice for her new album after her debut EP album, she met the visitor from the doorway.

"Miss me a lot?"

"Skye RIley, someone wanted to talk to you.

Skye doubted, walked closer, and was led to the room in which nobody could hear her, and saw that the person waiting for her was Lady Raven.

"Lady Raven? Are you being the guest for my next concert show?"

Lady Raven silently whispers to Skye's ear, only for Skye to have a shocking revelation from Lady Raven.

"I have a tragedy in my life and even could be my downfall from now on, I have got a connection with drug dealer Lewis Fregoli, I witnessed him with an uncanny smile from someone inhabited, and having a serious bad dream about Paul's death. And this time, when he got into me, he always craps me out to have a bad dream again... I don't know why Paul is the one I hated at one time."

"Well, me too." Comfort Skye with an arm touching Skye's shoulder. "But I have a piece of fortunate news for you. I was set free from Cooper/The Butcher's hand. Seem like my curse was finally over! On the other hand, can't wait for my next tour of this city!"

Skye didn't congratulate Lady Raven's action, only to see the S M I L E of Lady Raven's mind... "Am I dreaming the fear?"

Lady Raven responded, waking Skye, and revealing Lady Raven's normal face. "Are you okay, Skye?"

"Yes." Skye sighed with a little air without a gasp.

Joshua came to the discussion and said the time was up.

"Stick to the plan, and get in it together, Skye, you can do it!" Lady Raven cheered Skye.

In Cooper's home...

"Breaking News in Philadelphia- We have an escaped convict who was arrested shortly after being identified as the Butcher- Now leaving a trace in the old Wester Police station..."

Concerning Cooper would try to kill her again, Rachel locked the entire door, only to discover-

Cooper was already here, who took his entire family hostage with the stolen Police tasered gun, "taser it?"

"Why you were here again! I thought you were being arrested!"

"No, listen to me, now I need you to go to Skye's place to kill her because I think she assisted Lady Raven, who cheated Spencer's escape!"

Rachel was confused, and the cake was stolen at a surprising point. "NOW WHAT? DO YOU WANNA TO HURT ME? LIKE LADY RAVEN?" Angrily Rachel tries to escape and is ready to call the police again, but is tasered by Cooper, then her vision blurs out...

Cooper then brought her to the Police car and escaped from the FBI-predicted path.

Just then, while Riley studying the project with Jody, her classmate, she received a call from Dr. Josephine Grant, knowing the killer's next motive.

"Please! I promise don't shoot my best, he was just a good man!" Riley cried as she was distracted from studying in the lesson. Rachel then cried out of the classroom, ignoring the teacher's pleading, only to find that there were many police and FBI agents outside Logan was with them...

"Riley, we need to talk about your parents' disappearance." Dr. Grant, who wore a black cap, came out of the vehicle and approached Riley's closely.