Foiled again? (3 of 7)

Ever the faithful wife, Steph agrees to be a part of Reggie's operation.  After all, Reggie hasn't really left her much choice.  "It's your choice," she recalls Reggie telling her.  "You may choose to be a part of my operation, or you may choose for me to behead you in the City Square with my guillotine."  And then the worst part: "Headless women don't get to eat cake!"  (Clearly, Reggie had overheard Steph and Brad's newlywed cooing--their entire relationship was based upon the fact that each preferred cake to pie in terms of post-prandial confections.)

But a guillotine?  And speaking of odd weapons...

Brad has brought a bucket of swords with him: foils and broadswords and a sickle (which isn't a sword, but who doesn't keep sickles on hand?).  An odd choice of weapons.  Was the plan to be foiled by a severe lack of firepower?  Ah, but Brad had had no choice.  Two weeks prior, tragedy had occurred when an escaped mental patient absconded with the mental hospital's entire artillery.  (Why keep an artillery at a mental hospital?  Patient management.)  Within 48 hours of his escape, 50 people were dead when he blew up a Post Office.  Since then, nary a citizen of Lego City could obtain a firearm.)

Brad and Steph pull up to the City Bank.  They have no other choice but to make do with the weapons they have.  They pray it will be enough.