Vlad

HACK/SLASH at work

Origin

Vlad was born deformed and left in the trash by a careless mother. He was found by a Czechoslovakian butcher that had no family. His home was the basement of the butcher shop kept hidden away. He learned about the outside world from things left in the basement, comic books, and magazines. He learned to speak from the butcher even though he spoke broken English and didn't speak often. The disease made his life pain, so, the butcher made him life heavy things which made his muscles strong. Muscles straightened twisted young bones. He showed him how to cut meat, improving his skills with blades and cutting. One day, the butcher did not wake and he was left alone. He spent alot of time looking out the window. He wanted to see the world, but was very afraid of it as well, and afraid the world outside the glass would fear him. Soon, the food was gone and he had to find his own. He covered himself to hide his ugliness, but also to protect himself for the world without a ceiling, and its thick, dirty air. His dinner was what he could find. Hunting the city night. He saw this new world from its dark alleys, and trash bins. Though he was in the shadow some did see him. He became known as the meat man. A ghost of the city. This ghost was often the first to be blamed for strange happenings, from broken windows to broken bodies. This is how he came to meet Cassie Hack. She thought he was the slasher that had killed many teens. He was not. Cassie felt bad for attacking him and, she offered him the chance to see the world. To get away from his basement, and perhaps offered herself someone to help control her anger.