| Fly Young | |
| Season 1, Episode 2 | |
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| First Aired (USA) August 15, 2023 (FF) August 15, 2023 (AO3) | |
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"Fly Young" is the second chapter of LC Presents: Helluva Dad.
Synopsis[]
Blitzo and Moxxie go on another job for Shere Khan; Loona hangs out with her co-worker Clara after work and makes some new friends.
Plot[]
In an unfamiliar place, little Loona had been placed inside a cage.
"Let me out!" she cried out, feeling scared out of her mind. The young pup was banging on the bars. "Please, get me out of here! I want to know where my brother is!" she cried while tears flooded her eyes.
"Hello there, young pup," said a voice.
Her ears dropped as she looked at the strange man who had shown up. He turned the key and Loona backed away from the caged door as it opened.
"W-Who are you?! What do you want?!" Loona asked in fear.
"Relax, I'm not here to harm you," the man reassured her, showing his hands.
"I want to know where my brother is!" Loona demanded.
"And I can tell you," he said calmly while handing out a bag. "But first, are you hungry? I brought me some pig ears."
Loona only narrowed her eyes at the man, who placed the bag of pig ears on the floor. She took a sniff, then reluctantly took the bag and opened it, finding the aforementioned food in it. She sniffed the pig ears, then tasted one before she started munching on the pig ears.
But as soon as Loona had let her guard down, she felt something prick her neck. Her eyes widened in a panic, but she wasn't able to yell due to the effects from the substance injected into her. She turned and saw the man holding a needle before she blacked out…
"BAW! RAAWRR!"
"Now Loony, calm down!" Blitz cried out while Loona lashed out in the clinic room. He and the goat demon doctor were trying to get her to calm down. "Look Looney, Margaret says that you need to be fully vaccinated to continue working." He ducked as a jar of tongue sticks was thrown at him. "She even booked this appointment for us!"
"Oh dear…" the goat doctor said while holding up the large needle behind him. "She's quite difficult, is she?"
"She's fine," Blitz reassured him while Loona chased him and the doctor around the table-bed. The two screamed as she chased them around while they split up to avoid Loona's wrath. "She's usually not like this before coming HERE!" Blitz was thrown towards the bed while Loona glared at the doctor.
"They don't pay me well for this…" the doctor said while backing away, holding the large needle with her vaccination shot. Loona tried attacking him while the doctor threw up the needle over her for Blitz to catch. Loona shot a glare at her father, who looked nervous from her raging look.
Blitz went for it as he shouted. "WAAAH!" But Loona dodged his attempt to give her the shot and swatted him in the face with her tail.
In the waiting room, Moxxie sat down while hearing the commotion going on in the other room. He turned to the fish demon sitting next to him. "I'm not a patient, just so you know. I'm with some friends."
"Congratulations," the fish demon responded nonchalantly.
"So uh, what are you in here for?" Moxxie asked him.
"Scabies checkup," the fish demon said, causing Moxxie to scoot his seat away.
Blitz wiped the blood from his mouth while Loona continued to be unreasonably difficult. Loona snarled as she backed away into a corner. But Blitz was going to get his daughter that shot, so he made the jump. For his size, he managed to get on her back, while Loona tried to get him off of her like a raging bull in a rodeo. Blitz motioned the doctor to take the hit.
The doctor held up the needle while Loona struggled from Blitz's grip as he had her down. Her rear stuck out as the doctor held the needle up. Loona kept growling before the needle poked into her butt.
The hellhound howled up high while Blitz was launched off from her, crashing to the wall.
Outside the Triton Resort, the van dropped Loona off to work. The hellhound girl now wearing a cone.
"See, Loony, that wasn't too bad, now was it?" Blitz asked her.
"I don't get why I need a cone," Loona said as she got out. "I can just scratch my ass. It's not like I got spayed or something."
"Well, those doctors said you don't even have to wear it for the rest of the day, just a few hours," Blitz reminded her. "Have fun at work, sweetie!"
"Good luck, Loona!" Moxxie waved while Blitz started the van.
As Blitz drove off, Loona just sighed. She then turned around and in front of her was a smiling Margaret. Loona can tell it was Margaret due to her smell. "I can't see thanks to this cone, but I'm guessing you're enjoying this."
At Khan Industries, Blitz had brought Moxxie along with him to meet up with Shere Khan while Penzi stood by. Khan looked down at the smaller imp with Blitz.
"Thank you for coming back here, Mr. Blitz," Shere Khan said. "And who is this… little imp?"
"Greetings, my name is Moxxie, sir," Moxxie said while looking a little nervous. "I'm under Blitz's employment."
"I see, it is nice to meet you then, Moxxie," Shere Khan said with a nod. "And this is my financial associate, Pen Z. Skirtz."
Moxxie turned to the tall succubus. "Um… nice to meet you, ma'am."
"Likewise," Penzi responded with a nod.
"Well now that everyone's good with introductions, let's get to the point, shall we?" Shere Khan asked. "Because I could use both of your hands for this job. And do not worry, Mr. Blitz, it's not a test or a fake out cargo delivery."
"I'm betting you're having sky pirate problems again," Blitz said while Moxxie looked confused.
"Oh nothing of that sort," he responded. "You see, there is something that I need both of you to help retrieve from the Gluttony Ring. Not just because you two are Hellborns that can travel through the rings, but because of the current situation going on with the Gluttony Ring."
"You know how Beelzebub has taken almost everything that comes into his domain?" Penzi asked. "That's the reason why no mail or deliveries go through that Ring anymore."
"Which is where you two come in," Khan said.
"So where in Gluttony are we going?" Blitz asked while Shere Khan handed him a note.
"Here's the address," Khan told them. "You will meet with two other imps who contacted me about possessing goods I have an interest in, though they are unable to move the goods out of the Ring themselves. Oh, and one more thing… make sure that you avoid Beelzebub's attention. We all know what he's like these days…"
At the Titan Resort, Loona had managed to get her cone off after a certain amount of time.
"Alright Loona, you're on bathroom duty," she said to herself while pushing a cart full of cleaning supplies. She stopped in front of one of the restrooms. "I think I'll start with the ladies room first…"
But as Loona entered the women's restroom, her sensitive nose picked up the foul stench. She looked around and saw the nasty…
"AW FUCK!" she screamed as she shut the door, still unable to get the smell out of her nose. "Why in Satan's dickhole are the women's restrooms worse than the men's?!"
"Oh yeah, this must be from the Arby's special," spoke up Herman, who came over with his own cleaning supplies.
"There's a fucking Arby's around here?! You know what, nevermind," Loona said while putting up a face mask. "This is going to be the worst. Do you have anything I can use to clean this stuff out?"
"Well… I do have these cleaning products you can borrow," Herman says while pulling up underneath his coat, showing each cleaning product. "Just remember to return them after you're done."
Loona looked at the cleaning products held on Herman's person. She picked out the purple bottle. "This will at least disinfect the toilets."
Soon Loona was inside flushing the toilets before starting to clean. She picked up the purple bottle and started to spray it around the seat, but then she noticed something was wrong…
At the men's room on the other side, Herman was unclogging the toilet as he saw smoke coming from the wall. "What the shit?!" he exclaimed, seeing the bathroom wall melting. The purple cloud went through the wall as it incinerated the toilet and plunger. "Shit! Shit! Shit!" he stepped back from the stall, seeing the wall and toilet vaporized before his eye. He saw on the other side of the now melted wall was a shock-face Loona, holding the bottle while she and Herman looked at each other through the large hole.
"Huh… so you brought out the purple stuff eh?" Herman asked.
Loona shook her head. "Oh, piss on shit, Gaap is gonna kill me!" she panicked while looking at the bottle. "What's even in that shit?!"
"I dunno, I stole it from a chemical factory uptown. But look at the results!" he pointed out, walking towards Loona while looking around the hole. "It actually vaporized the toilet… and the system… and the WALL! Hehehe, man you really are in deep shit now."
"Thanks for the reminder!" Loona barked at him.
Herman looked at the bottle she was holding. "Let me see that." She handed it to him and he looked at the label. "Huh, guess this is what the label meant when it said: Guaranteed to kill 99% of everything."
"99%? Then what the hell does it leave!?" Loona questioned.
Herman examined the label further. "The germs… huh, in hindsight getting this could be a bit of a fuckup."
Blitz and Moxxie drove through the Gluttony Ring in their van, looking around at their surroundings. Normally, the Gluttony Ring was a more tropical environment with orange/yellow trees. But more recently, the Ring had hitten hard times and fallen into disrepair. The plants were dried up and dead. And so were a lot of the citizens. As they drove through a town that was mostly boarded up and falling apart, the two imps saw other demons and Hellhounds with barely any meat on their bones staring lifelessly at them. They were starving.
"Dear Satan," Moxxie said, noticing the bones that were laying on the ground. "This place is more barren than Wrath!"
"That's the Gluttony for ya, Mox," Blitz responded while driving. "Not a pretty sight since the Lord of the Flies stopped giving a shit about his Ring and his subjects." A fly splattered on the window, causing Blitz to turn on the window cleaners. "Aw fuck! Those damn flies!"
"They are pretty noticeable, sir," Moxxie said, seeing one starving demon with flies following him around. "Is this really all Beelzebub's doing?"
"From what I hear, Lord Beelzebub decided to take all of the food for himself, giving Mammon a run for his money. He became a recluse while allowing his Ring to be hit with a famine caused by his neglect," Blitz explained. "Most of the Gluttony natives didn't stick around here and moved to different Rings since this place became uninhabitable. This place is so bad, you can make an environmental special out of it!"
"Just… how could he allow something like this to happen?" Moxxie asked. "What about the other Sins? Didn't they have anything to say about this?"
"From what I hear, Beelzebub may have had a falling out with the other Sins," Blitz said while looking for the address through the GPS. "See the street, Mox?"
Moxxie looked around and pointed. "Right there, sir!"
Blitz drove the van down to the address, a small warehouse hidden through the dead fauna. The two get out of the van while swatting the flies around them. "Should've bought bug repellent…" Blitz muttered as the two headed down the warehouse.
When they got to the door, Blitz knocked on it. "Hey! We're here about a package for Mr. Khan!"
"Don't yell, you fool!" spoke a voice before the door opened a tiny bit. "Hurry in!"
"Don't let the flies get in! Hurry!" the other voice spoke.
Blitz and Moxxie both went through the door, entering the mostly dark warehouse. The door quickly closed behind them. As Blitz looked at the contacts, their faces were revealed by lantern light and his eyes widened. "No fucking way!"
"Blitz?!" asked a tall, black haired and bearded imp with some white spots on his right eye, some on his arms and tail. He wore a dark green cap as his horns sticking out, dark gray overalls, and a black shirt.
"Well long time no see, you old son of a succubi!" shouted a short, hefty imp that was the same height as Moxxie. He wore an orange toboggan cap, had dark brown mustache and short hair, and wore a gray pocket jacket, green sweater, black pants, and brown boots. His tail had black stripes. He lifted his hand up. "Put it there!"
"Lars? Harvey?!" Blitz exclaimed as he laughed, shaking Harvey's hand. "My, I haven't seen you two in a long while!"
"How's Loona?" Lars, the tall imp, asked.
"Doing great! She's now working at the Triton Resort right now!" Blitz replied, surprising the two.
"No shit, really? Little Lulu's working her first gig?!" Harvey said in shock, his mustache curling. "Tell her congratulations for us!"
As the three imps laughed, Moxxie gave a look of confusion. He managed to get their attention by clearing his throat, prompting them to stop. "Um, hi, Moxxie, I work for Blitz," he introduced himself while turning to his boss. "Sir, I didn't know you knew these guys."
"I'm just as surprised to see them here as you are, Mox!" Blitz shouted while turning to the two. "Lars, Harvey, this is Moxxie, he works for me. Mox, these two are Lars and Harvey, my old burglar partners!"
"We used to rob houses together until Blitz became a full time daddy," Lars explained. He then frowned. "Of course, he did also screw us over…"
"Hey, as much as I like catching up on old times, I'm on the clock right now," Blitz said, trying to change the subject. "We were sent here by the big cat up at Pride, who wants us to retrieve something you have for him. And I want to actually make sure we are transporting something real after last time, where I ended up protecting empty crates."
"Oh don't you worry about all that, Blitz," Harvey said, getting to the point. "Lars, show them the goods."
Lars nodded and went to a crate, shining the lantern over it. "Behold…" Lars said as he opened up the crate. Inside they saw several jars of shining, yellow liquid. "Beelzebub's jelly… the good stuff."
"Beelzebub's jelly?!" Moxxie exclaimed.
"How the fuck did you two manage to steal this?!" Blitz asked in shock.
"Well, we didn't actually steal it…" Harvey admitted.
"We just found it lying around in this box while we were scavenging the area, looking for anything good that was left behind," Lars explained. "After we tested it on an animal to make sure that the shit is real, we made a few calls."
"We managed to get Shere Khan to agree to buy it from us, but getting this stuff out of this Ring would be tricky. Especially since our ride was already trashed," Harvey explained.
"Well you two are in luck, cause I can take this along with you two out of Gluttony! Hey, maybe you can join us for dinner once the job's done!" Blitz offered.
"Why that'd be swell, Blitz!" Harvey said, patting his old friend's back.
"Yeah, it'd be nice to see Little Lulu again," Lars responded as they all shared a laugh.
However, unknown to them, they were being watched by a single fly that had managed to get inside…
Back at the Triton Resort, Loona was at the poolside bar on break, having changed from her uniform to a black two piece.
"My treat," Clara said as she offered Loona a drink.
"Thanks Clara," Loona said as she looked at her fizzled drink. "Oh, this isn't alcoholic…"
"Sorry, I can't serve employees under eighteen alcoholic drinks," Clara said. "Margo's orders."
"Of course," Loona sighed as she sipped her drink, looking exhausted. "Christ on a stick, that bathroom fiasco is going to come out of my paycheck."
"Tell me about it," Clara replied while cleaning a glass.
Loona looked up at Clara. "Say um… I've been wondering something since meeting you. How did a Goetia like you end up working at a place like this? Admittedly, you're not the only Goetia I know."
"Yeah, I'm aware of your special connections," Clara replied. "Tell me… what do you know of the Labolas family?"
"Well, all I know is that it's a branch of the Goetia family. I think Stolas knew a Countess named Glasya who studied all of the Arts and Sciences," Loona answered, while noticing when Clara stopped wiping the glass. "You're related to the Labolas?"
"Yeah, I am," Clara confirmed solemnly. "Glaysa's my auntie, actually. We were pretty close… until Extermination Day."
Loona sensed that the topic was sensitive. "Oh… Oh I'm so sorry about that. I didn't know…"
"It's alright, I mean it still hurts sometimes, but there is no use dwelling on it," Clara reassured her with a sad look. "I was only thirteen when I lost her, and since then I spent my years in boarding school up until graduation, but I never returned home… I hated it there."
"Why's that?" Loona asked, looking concerned.
"I hated the lifestyle of an aristocrat, especially what my family did for practice," she explained. "I was disowned by my father, Nolas, who didn't like that I was rebelling against the way of life we had. However, my aunt was head of the family and apparently she placed some curse so no one will receive her inheritance."
"Really?" Loon asked in shock. "That's a thing?"
Clara nodded. "My aunt knew her siblings suck like a rotten oyster clam to make an eel flaccid." This got Loona to chuckle at the double entente. "So before her death, she placed a curse so no blood-relative of hers will ever receive anything from her. Not even a single red dime. Thankfully they didn't, on account of what kind of despicable demons they are…"
"What are they like?" Loona asked.
"Well here's the cliff note version," Clara said as she began. "Let's start with the youngest, my Uncle Molar. He's pretty fat, gluttonous, spoiled, and has a hot temper. He's also very violent. Guy expects all of Hell to bow down before him, and makes a habit of branding his slaves with magical seals on his rings. He does that out of his own enjoyment, especially with the brands torturing them through magical infliction."
"Then before him was uncle Gaylos," she continued. "Guy belongs to a loony bin, which I'm surprised my auntie didn't do to him. He's like an unhinged Wile E. Coyote and he thinks birds are the ultimate killing machines. He would use his experimental birds on the servants he grows bored with. Sometimes he promises them they're free of service… only to end up as food for his mutant birds."
"Fuck…" Loona said with a disturbed look. She was starting to be reminded of Cruella from the sound of these people.
"Then there's my other auntie, Glass," Clara said. "She loves the arts and has her own collection of jewelry and ball gowns, but she has the bad case of middle-child syndrome. She's what Hall and Oates would warn you about, a temptress who is a complete man-eater. She would kill and possibly eat half of her lovers and enslave the rest for her own twisted amusement."
"And then there's my father, Nolas," Clara continued. "He's a pretty arrogant bastard and my aunt's first brother. He and my distant cousin, Andrealphus, would get along too well in the pompous and arrogant department. He thinks so highly of himself, I'm not surprised that he thinks he's better than King Lucifer, which the Demon Lord did not take well, especially after the incident between them…" Loona winced, a disturbing image of what could possibly happen creeped in her mind. "And like Auntie G, he practiced science, he made himself a title as the 'Modern Frankenstein' since he would acquire body parts of corpses to make himself mindless and slaves, even aunt Glass would send him body parts of her lovers to him."
"Sounds like a complete bastard," Loona said.
"Now you got the picture," Clara said. "Last time I saw him, he tried to marry me off with some aristocratic groom. I punched the groom, kicked my dad's balls and flipped them both off, telling them they can fuck off from my life, officially cutting them out from my life."
"So what do you think happened to them?" Loona asked. "If the Labolas are broke, how did they get by?"
"Well rather than do the smart thing by saving up and finding a job like I did, Nolas and his siblings would just pawn and sell off their remaining belongings to get by. Pretty much, they're in debt," she said while giving a laugh. "Being disowned by them may have been the best thing that ever happened to me. And I never looked back. Not once."
"Wow," Loona said, looking at the former Goetia in awe. "Kicking your own dad in the balls and flipping him off… that's badass."
"Thanks," Clara said with a smile while looking at Loona. "How about you? I heard rumors that you survived an encounter with the Radio Demon."
"Yeah… it's a long story," Loona responded while looking at her drink.
Clara nodded, then got an idea and leaned on the bar. "Say, why not after work, we both blow off some steam. I know a good party we can go to have some fun."
"Really? You… want me to go to a party with her?" Loona asked her.
"Why not? You look like you could use some after today," Clara said.
"Well, I'll have to let my dad know that I'll be hanging out with you after work. See if he's fine with it," Loona said as she held up her phone, texting her dad that she'll be spending time with Clara after work today.
While loading the crate of jelly into his van, Blitz received a text from Loona. He read it and smiled. "Wow hey, Loony's made a new friend, and is going on an outing with her!"
"Aw, that's great for her!" Lars replied with a smile as he lifted the crate into the van.
"Yeah, friendship is the key, after all," Harvey replied while loading up some other stuff into the van.
"Really proud of her, sir!" Moxxie said while helping with loading. He then noticed there were more flies out. "Um… is there something rotten cause there's a lot more flies around here?"
"Flies?!" Harvey exclaimed as he and Lars looked up and saw the swarm of flies growing over them.
"Oh shit, we gotta go now!" Lars said while packing the rest of the load.
"What's with all the flies?!" Blitz asked as the swarm descended on the van and the imps. "Gah! So many!" he cried when they started getting into his mouth and eyes.
The flies flew around them, some managing to crawl into their mouths and ears. The imps screamed in a panic while Moxxie ended up getting a bunch of flies going up to his nostrils. "Oh fuck! They're in my nose!" he cried while getting more in his mouth.
"They're going into every hole in our bodies!" Lars cried while waving his arms around.
"Get in the van!" Harvey ordered while Lars grabbed him and they got in the back of the van before closing the door behind them.
Blitz and Moxxie held their weapons to shoot at the swarm. "Fuck, the bullets does nothing!" Blitz shouted. "Moxxie, use the flamethrower!"
"RAAAH!" Moxxie shouted as he brought out the flamethrower from the front of the van, using it to burn the swarm away from them. As he did this, he and Blitz managed to get in the front of the van. Blitz quickly started the car and fled from the scene, the swarm giving chase.
Blitz drove the van down the road as fast as possible. He looked in the rear view mirror, saw the swarm still in pursuit. And it was growing bigger and bigger. "Aw fuck!"
"There's a reason why no one comes here," Harvey said while coughing.
"Hang on!" Blitz shouted while steering and driving like a madman. However, some flies managed to stick themselves to the back of the van. Some even tried forcing their way inside the van, Blitz trying to shake them off and drive faster. But then some of the flies flew into the windshield, blocking his sight.
"Aw crap!" he shouted while he kept driving despite not seeing the road. The windshield wipers helped very little. "Moxxie, make sure I don't hit something!"
"But sir, the flies are on all of the windows!" Moxxie pointed out as they felt the van hit something. "Hope that wasn't someone…"
The van continued to drive, barely staying on the road. It hit some boxes, animals, and demons that were in their way. One Gluttony imp saw the van coming at him, but rather than move out of the way, the imp raised his arms up and welcomed his fate… only for the van to narrowly dodge him and continue crashing through some things, much to the imp's disappointment.
"I guess it's back to eating trees," the imp said with a sigh.
Back in the van, Lars and Harvey kept coughing violently while Blitz was driving. Moxxie looked back at them in concern. "Hey, are you two alright?" he asked them.
"We-*cough*-we got something in our throats!" Lars coughed as some flies came out of his mouth.
"They're inside-*cough* us!" Harvey exclaimed as the flies came out from his mouth and ears.
The flies then started harassing the imps in the vans. Blitz kept swatting away from him, as did Moxxie. Lars and Harvey ended up swatting at each other to get the flies away from them.
"Ow! Watch where you hit, Mox!" Blitz cried out.
"Sorry, sir!" Moxxie replied while getting swatted by Lars. "Hey!"
"These dang-o fucking flies are in the van!" Harvey shouted.
"Open the window!" Lars suggested.
"Yeah, let them out, and let more in, great idea!" Blitz said sarcastically while his windshield wipers managed to clear away enough of the flies so that he could see. "Fucking finally, I can see the… ROAD!?"
In front of the van and in the middle road were more flies. But these flies had all come together to form the shape of one giant fly, much to the shock of the imps
"YOU DARE STEAL FROM ME?!" the giant fly spoke with a thousand voices. It swatted at the van with its leg. "YOU WILL DIE!" they shouted, hitting the van off the road and turning it over.
"AAAAAHHH!" the four imps screamed as the van rolled around.
After work, Clara drove Loona to where a party filled with young demons and Sinners was being held in an old factory club.
"A lot of spawns and sinners here," Loona commented, seeing everyone mingling and chatting around her.
"Yeah, some from Pentagram, others from Imp City, and some succubi from Bloodburg," Clara said while showing Loona around.
"To be honest, I've never been invited to a party before," Loona admitted, seeing some Hellhounds nearby drinking and talking to each other.
"So a first timer?" Clara indicated and Loona nodded. "Well, one thing you should know about going to a teenage party in Hell, they have phones that are ready to record at the first hint of something that can go viral."
"I'll try not to get myself on Voxtube…" Loona said while noticing a gathering of the party goers cheering on for someone. "What the…"
Hearing the 'Go, go, go!' chant, Clara turned to the group that caught Loona's attention. The two canine girls walked over to find a contest between two demons who were upside down drinking beer from a keg. One of them was a cat Sinner demon who had a dark blue metal mask with a detachable mask that was currently off, allowing him to drink from the keg. He wore a purple hoodie with a noticeable electric blue hair sticking out. He had one red right eye and a pure white left eye. He also had a green shirt, black pants, and dark green sneakers. A long brown tail stuck out behind him. The appearance of the masked sinner made Clara smile, while Loona looked shocked when she saw him finishing up the keg, beating the other demon.
"We got ourselves a winner!" the imp declared. "Mick Nikos!"
"Mick! Mick! Mick!" the crowed cheered as Mick took a bow.
"Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all night!" Mick declared, the masked sinner giving two victory signs. He then started to head for the bar before he got pulled over. "Hey, hey! I don't have time for autographs!"
"Not even time for me, Mick?" Clara asked, making Mick's eyes widen.
"Clara?! Oh-hoh! What is up, little Clair?!" Mick said as he hugged the canine Goetia. "Man, it's so good to see you! How are your folks?"
"Still dead to me!" Clara answered, causing the two to laugh in hysterics. "But really, Mick, so good to see you after a long while…"
"It really is," Mick said while noticing Loona. "And who's this?"
"This is Loona, a new coworker of mine," Clara introduced. "Loona, meet Mick Nikos. He's an old friend back then."
"Um… nice to meet you, Mick," Loona said as she raised her hand, which Mick shook.
"Nice to meet you too, Loona," Mick responded. "Clara has told me a bit about what working at the Triton Resort is like, but how are you liking it?"
"Well, the job's not easy, but I'm surviving," Loona said as she noticed his mask. "So… what's with the mask?"
"It looks cool," Mick said before quickly changing the subject. "You know, if you ever need help relaxing, I can hook you up with some weed. I know a guy. I do smoke sometimes… for medical purposes, of course."
"Oh, that does explain the smell," Loona responded, though it had not escaped her notice that he had changed the subject.
"So are you interested?" Mick offered.
"I'll think about it," Loona said while looking around the party. "Say Clara, maybe I can leave you two to catch up. I'll just… go look around… try to meet some new people."
"Alright, have fun," Clara said to her.
"But not too much!" Mick added.
"Yeah, of course! Not too much fun…" Loona said while walking away, leaving Clara with Mick so they can catch up. Loona looked around, thinking of mingling with the other party-goers. 'Okay, talking to Mick was easy, and Clara's nice… maybe meet some other folks around…'
She spotted a couple of female Hellhounds chatting, prompting Loona to make an attempt to get in on their conversation.
"So like, it wasn't so fetch that he did that," spoke a snooty poodle Hellhound.
"Yeah, so not fetch!" the female Dalmatian Hellhound agreed.
"He-yeah, I hear that!" Loona said, getting their attention. "Um… so… come here often?"
"It's a party, whadda ya thank?" the poodle asked, miffing Loona.
Feeling awkward, Loona tried reeling it in. "Um… just looking for where the good stuff is, you know? The good stuff!" She was flubbing it up, only receiving off looks from the Hellhound girls. "I'll just… get a drink."
After walking out of that awkward conversation, she continued looking around and spotted some imp teenagers playing cards. Deciding they'd probably be worth the talk, she spoke up. "Hey, you two look like you're having a good time. Watcha playing?"
"The coolest card game in Hell! Lu-Ci-Oh!" one of the imps declared while slapping a card down. "Ha! My Cannon Hellblazer has eliminated your Mechanical Leviathan!"
"But I lose all of my life points!" the other exclaimed before his eyes rolled back into his skull as he fell down to the floor, his mouth foaming.
"Satan… is he alright?!" Loona asked in a panic.
"Oh he's fine, I just own his soul now," the first imp responded while holding up a deck. "You wanna play?"
Loona quickly slid away from the imps and continued to look around until she saw some Sinner teenagers. "Um… so… what are you guys here for?"
"Oh I tried to audition for Jackass through Russian Roulette… didn't make it through," said one guy with a hole through his face.
"Tide Pod challenge," another responded, having an exposed stomach that was like a washing machine.
"I ate my principal," said one teenager whose Sinner form was a hyena. "I was in the hyena mascot uniform when I did it."
Loona had no idea how to respond to that besides walking away without a word after hearing that. She continued to walk around the party. She didn't even get a drink, but instead she just… wandered through the sea of people. Eventually she decided to go look for Clara, but she couldn't see her. She was now completely surrounded by the sea of people…
"C-Clara?" she called out, but her voice wasn't loud, it was a whisper. She was feeling overwhelmed and even had trouble breathing as she felt claustrophobic…
Loona tried to get out of this sea of people, desperately looking for an exit. Her vision was getting blurry. Maybe it was the vaccination shot, or maybe it was that being here was too much for her.
But it was then she bumped into someone by accident. She looked up at the Hellhound towering over her as he turned his head around to notice her. Loona's ears dropped and she nearly went into panic mode… until she heard his voice.
"Hey, I know you," spoke the large hellhound with one eye, Vortex. "Loona, right?"
Loona looked up at the Hellhound, surprised to see who it was. "Yeah… Tex?"
"That's me," he confirmed with a smile. "We didn't really get much of a chance to talk last time, but it is always nice to bump into a familiar face, even if you only saw that face once briefly."
"Hehe, yeah," Loona agreed while looking around. "So uh… where's your girlfriend? Is she around here, or… still around?" she whispered the last part.
"Well who do you think is hosting this party?" Tex asked her as they both heard the music playing, the lights changing into a blue color. "Oh, here she is now…"
Hearing the blasting pop music playing, Loona noticed everyone turning their attention to a stairway, where she spotted the silhouette of a cotton candy-haired Hellhound girl…
"Demons, Hounds, and Hoes! Give it up for our host!" shouted a DJ Hellhound. "KAJEDO!"
"I hear your heart beat to the beat of the drums!" Kajedo sang while stomping on the ground. "Oh, what a shame that you came here with someone!" She walked down the stairway while swaying, reaching out to some Hellhounds close to her. "So while you're here in my arms…! Let's make the most of the night, like we're gonna die young!"
All the party goers watched her, starting to get in beat with her rhythm
"We're gonna die young!" she sang while stepping over to Tex, hugging him tightly. "We're gonna die young!"
Two fully grown kitsunes came over, posing along with Kajedo after she let Tex go. "Let's make the most of the night, like we're gonna die young!" she sang as a much smaller pink kitsune popped up from her hair and sang.
"Awoo-a-oh! Like we're gonna die young! A-awoo-a-ooh! Like we're gonna die young!" the pink kitsune sang while bouncing on top of the heads from one Hellhound to another. "A-woo-oo-oo-ooh ooh! Ooh! Like we're all gonna die young!" she sang while landing on Kajedo's muzzle.
"Let's make the most of the night, like we're gonna die young!" Kajedo sang while walking around the room. "Young hearts, out our mind, runnin' til we're out of time!" she sang while twirling around with Loona before releasing her. "Wild childs, looking good! Living hard, just like we should! Don't care who's watching when we tearing it up(you know!) That magic that we got, nobody can touch(Fo'sho!)" she sang as the other party goers sang as well.
"Looking for some trouble tonight(Yeah)!" She twirled one fully grown kitsune while jumping between Clara and Mick. "Take my hand, I'll show you the wild side! Like it's the last night of our lives(Uh-huh!)" She took a flower from a bouquet, falling back until she was caught. "We'll keep dancing til we die!"
She got back up, jumping on a hook that was connected to a chain as she rose up. "So I hear the heart beat to the beat of the drums!" Thump-Thump! "Oh, what a shame that you came here with someone~! So while you're here in my arms!" She eyed Tex and Loona, the latter looking shocked that Kajedo was seemingly looking at her, "Let's make the most of the night like we're gonna die young!"
She stepped down while continuing to sing through. "I hear the heart beat to the beat of the drums!" She climbed onto a table and jumped off, being caught by Tex. "Oh what a shame that you came here with someone~! So while you're here in my arms~!" She embraced him, Loona tried walking away but Kajedo spotted her and decided to pull her in. "Let's make the most of the night like we're gonna die young!"
The same young pink kitsune sang. "Awoo-a-oh! Like we're gonna die young! A-awoo-a-ooh! Like we're gonna die young!" The pink kitsune bounced from Loona's tail to the punch bowl, making a splash. "A-woo-oo-oo-ooh ooh! Ooh! Like we're all gonna die young!" she sang while drinking the punch.
"Let's make the most of the night, like we're gonna die young!" Kajedo finished while the crowd cheered for her.
Tex cheered for his girlfriend while Loona awkwardly clapped. Kajedo walked back over to them. "Hey, Texy! How'd you like my performance, babe!" she asked, wrapping her arms around Tex's neck.
"You were great, Kajey!" Tex replied, the two licking each other's noses.
"Well, I'll just… get out of your way…" Loona said as she was about to walk away, but then Kajedo grabbed her hand.
"And who's this sweet pup with you?" Kajedo asked, pulling Loona close to her. "Because she's a fucking cutie!"
"Uh, what?" Loona asked, her face turning red.
"This is Loona, remember?" Tex asked Kajedo. "You met her once at a Hellhound bar."
"Oh yeah, I thought you looked familiar!" Kajedo realized. "I wasn't expecting to see you here, how have you been girl?"
"Doing fine… girl," Loona responded. "I actually came here with a coworker of mine, Clara. She is over there." She pointed to Clara, who was still with Mick. She spotted Loona with Kajedo and gave her a wave.
"Oh, she knows Mick?" Kajedo asked.
"Yeah, apparently he and Clara are old friends," Loona mentioned.
"Ooh, I gotta talk to her sometime soon, but first," she said as she turned to Loona. "Tell me about yourself. You said Clara is your coworker, so where do you work?"
"I only started working just recently, but I managed to get a job at the Triton Resort …" Loona mentioned.
Kajedo gasped, while Tex looked impressed. "Triton? Damn. Now that's a good gig to have."
"I am so proud of you, girl! Working at the most luxurious resort in Pride! You must have gotten a lot of perks from working there," Kajedo said while shaking Loona.
"Y-Y-Yeah, but I just came here to relieve some stress after a long work day," Loona admitted.
"Really? So what do you think of the party so far?" Kajedo asked her with a smile.
Loona felt a bit awkward as she saw Kajedo's hopeful and excited expression. She sighed and decided to be honest. "Well, it's all a bit overwhelming for me. This is my first real party… ever."
"Whoa-whoa-whoa, your first time?" Kajedo said in shock. "You mean to tell me you've never, ever, ever been to a party before?!"
"Well… nobody has ever invited me…" Loona admitted.
"Oh this won't do at all!" Kajedo declared while patting Loona's shoulders. "Listen to me, my moonlight friend! As host of this party, I'm gonna make it my personal mission to make sure that this little party virgin will blossom into an experienced party woman!"
"Uh… what?" Loona asked, confused by the wording.
"I'm gonna make sure that you have a good time here at this party," Kajedo explained. "Cause that's what my parties are all about! Making sure that everyone's having a good time here. Including you!"
"Oh… um, thanks, Kajedo," Loona responded. "So where do we start?"
"Why what's a party without games!" Kajedo shouted as she showed Loona the party games everyone was playing from 'Whack-A-Dog Catcher', a dance machine up in display, spin the bottle, and a whole lot more.
After hearing a ringing noise, Blitz started to open his eyes. He groaned in pain while looking around, spotting Moxxie. "Yo Mox… you alright over there?"
"I'll… live, sir," Moxxie responded. The van was turned over. "What about Lars and Harvey?"
Blitz turned around, saw the two knocked out. He heard them groaning. "They'll live too," he said while kicking the door. He winced and grabbed Moxxie's hand to help him get out of the van. "Come on, we should get the van back up…"
"Uh, sir," Moxxie said as he pointed at the flies swirling around above them, which Blitz noticed.
"...Oh fuck me," Blitz said.
"YAAH!" Moxxie shouted as he brought out his flame thrower, but the flies swarmed over him, knocking the flamethrower from his hands and managing to lift him off the ground. "BLITZ!"
"Hang on, Mox!" Blitz shouted before he felt himself being pulled by the tail. "YAH!" he cried while he and Moxxie were lifted up to be inspected by the large fly made out of many.
"Well, well, well, looks like I got a couple of thieving little demons trying to get my jelly!" spoke the hive-mind of flies. "You think you can just take what is mine? You have some balls trying to steal from the Lord of the Flies himself… Beelzebub!"
"Oh crumbs…" Moxxie gulped.
"L-Look, if you just let us go…" Blitz tried to say before he was swung around by his tail while Moxxie was shaken.
"LET YOU GO?!" Beelzebub declared. "Bitch, you don't have any idea who you're messing with!" he shouted while spreading his flies to have them fill up Blitz and Moxxie's mouths, up to the point where the flies were seen inside their eyeballs.
Beelzebub laughed maniacally while juggling the two imps up and down while their heads were filled with flies. The two imps were getting dizzy, now being completely covered by the flies. "Yahahaha! You dumbasses were foolish to try to steal from me!" he declared as he threw Blitz and Moxxie into his 'mouth' and they slid down on a slide made out of flies through Beelzebub's body. His face was shown throughout their fall. "I am the Prince of Gluttony! The Lord of the Flies! I fought alongside Lucifer during the war in Heaven! I am the embodiment of Gluttony! All flies are under my control!"
Blitz and Moxxie continued to scream until they eventually landed on the ground. They saw the swarm disperse briefly before taking the form of Beelzebub again, his large hand grabbing the two imps and pulling them toward his 'face'.
"Now that I have you chucklefucks at my mercy, I think I'm going to just… kill you!" Beelzebub declared.
"WAAAH!/NO! PLEASE SPARE US!/WE'RE SORRY!" Blitz and Moxxie cried out as flies crawled over their bodies.
"BWAHAHA! YES SCREAM FOR ME!" he declared.
And they did. They screamed and they screamed. And while Beelzebub seemed to enjoy it at first, he quickly grew tired of it. He even seemed… bored. "Ugh," he said before dropping them onto the ground.
The two imps were shocked to realize they were still alive and they looked up at Beelzebub. "You… spared us?" Moxxie asked the Sin Demon.
"The fuck? What happened to trying to kill us after that big speech?!" Blitz asked.
Beelzebub sighed. "I was going to, but… I don't think my heart is in it. Well, if I had one… of course, a million hearts in this case."
The flies around Beelzebub dispersed, leaving a glowing figure in front of them. Beelzebub revealed his true form: a yellow bee-like insectoid with hexagon-pattern eyes, long black antennas, and a surprisingly handsome face. He had a golden slim figure with black, furry four arms and legs, four wings with top resembling a fly's, and the bottom wings of that of a bee's. He wore golden boots and arm gauntlets, and a stinger was connected to his hide. There were yellow rings around his limbs.
"Behold, my true form… or whatever," Beelzebub said, much to the two imp's shock. "Lord Beelzebub in your presence… but you can call me Bub."
Blitz got over his shock. "Alright, alright now nevermind your sudden pretty boy appearance, but… what the fuck was that all about? Chasing us around and choking us with your flies?!"
"Well, it's quite simple really," Beelzebub said with a sighs. "You see, I was… bored."
"Bored?" Moxxie questioned. "You telling us that all this chasing around was because you were bored?!"
"Pretty much," Beelzebub told them. "You see… I have grown tired of Hell. I may be a Sin, but after a few centuries ruling your own Ring gets… old and played out. I was doing the same things over and over again, perpetuating this endless cycle of pain and misery… and when I realized this, I fell into a depression and allowed my Ring to fall into disrepair, since I no longer found joy in ruling it. Because I never chose this. I was given all of this with the expectation that I would play my part. And I don't think this is what I want. Not anymore, at least."
"Oh… wow, that is surprising," Blitz admitted. "Do the other Sins feel this way?"
"Nah, they are content with their power. But I'm… not. And no amount of food or stuff that I have taken has changed that," Beelzebub admitted. "You know, I really was once an angel that fought alongside Lucifer during the war in Heaven… but now I'm trapped down here for eternity. I don't want to play the part of this anymore, but it isn't like I have any other options. There needs to be a Beelzebub, someone to rule over this Ring even if they just watch it waste away. This isn't the kind of job that you can just quit and I imagine Lucifer and the others will have to do something about me eventually…"
"Uh, that's rough, Bub," Moxxie said awkwardly.
"It is… I was so bored that I decided to leave some of my jelly for some looters to find in the hopes it would make things interesting… but it's all just fleeting," Bub said while sitting on a rock, sighing tiredly.
Blitz and Moxxie looked at each other, feeling awkward about this. Moxxie then spoke up. "Well, um, Mr. Bub, it sounds like you're under some kind of a conundrum. So… can we leave?"
"Go ahead, I do not care for you anymore," Bub said. "I just wish that there was some way to release myself from my role, some way to break the cycle…"
"Woo-hoo!" Kajedo cheered after Loona hit a pong ball into the cup. "You did it, Loona!"
"Yeah, I did!" Loona replied.
Loona tried out more of the games around the party. First was the 'Wack-A-Dog Catcher' game where she used a hammer to smash the heads of dog catchers on the board. This satisfied Loona, as the game was not only fun, but cathartic.
"Yeah!" Loona shouted as she smashed the dog-catcher. "Try to catch me now, dickwads!" she declared while smashing them aggressively.
Next Loona was standing at the dance machine with Kajedo, seeing the arrows going up. She stepped on the arrows accordingly. She got a few points but missed a few arrows. However, Kajedo kept stepping on the arrows perfectly. She noticed Loona was struggling and tried to help her out.
"Just clear your mind and let your paws do the job," Kajedo said in encouragement. "You have to get into a rhythm and trust your body. Don't overthink it."
Loona looked down at her own paws. She took a deep breath and tried to clear her mind. She then felt her paws begin to go into autodrive. Once she looked back up at the arrows, she started to step on the arrows in order. She started to get the hang of it. She still missed a few arrows, but soon she didn't care because she was actually enjoying herself as she danced with Kajedo.
"Wow, you're killing it, Loona!" Clara cheered while she and Mick watched.
"Yeah, I know!" Loona realized.
Next they were outside in a pool. Loona was a black two piece and was on Tex's shoulders, the male Hellhound wearing red trunks. Loona was holding a large dueling stick as she faced off against the poodle Hellhound, Vikki, from earlier, who was the dalmatian girl's shoulders. Mick played referee.
"Ready? Fight!" Mick declared as the two fought with their dueling sticks.
Loona took charge as she fended off against the poodle Hellhound. The poodle looked determined to beat Loona, but the white furred Hellhound only gave a snarling grin at her. The poodle hellhound felt she was being overpowered until eventually Loona knocked her stick from her paws and knocked her off her friend into the pool water.
Mick declared the victor. "The winners: Loona and Tex!"
"Woo-hoo! Yeah!" Loona cheered while the crowd cheered for her.
After that, Loona was at the food table seeing some of the treats that were part of the spread. She was encouraged by Tex to try out some of them.
"Go on, all the sweets are made by Kajey," Tex told her. "She's a good baker, plus no chocolate."
"Okay," Loona said while picking out a fruit pie. After taking a bite, her eyes widened at the sweet taste of the pie. "Mmm~! Mmm! This is…" She quickly ate more of the pie. "This is good pie right there! What else is there to try?" she asked, her tail wagging.
"Uh… cotton candy?" Tex offered which Loona accepted.
She took a bite out of it, her eyes swirling as she ate more of it. "Mmm… you know, I never had a sweet tooth, but this… this stuff is kicking my taste buds right now!"
After getting herself some more snacks, Loona and Tex walked over as Kajedo, who had gathered a group of demons, including Clara and Mick, around a bottle.
"Tex! Loona! Finally you guys make it!" Kajedo shouted. "Now we got enough folks for Spin the Bottle!"
"Spin the Bottle…?" Loona asked nervously.
"Yeah! Like, this is the Truth of Dare kind of Spin the Bottle, where the person spins the bottle around and once it picks you or anyone else, you either tell a truth or do a dare," Kajedo explained. "You wanna play? I mean, you don't have to but it'd be really cool if you did!" she added excitedly.
Loona, feeling a bit more comfortable and confident, gave a smile. "Sure, I'll give it a shot." she said as she and Tex joined the group.
"Great! Loona, you get the first spin," Kajedo said.
Loona spun the bottle around and it spun around until it stopped while pointing to Mick.
"Alright Mick, Truth or Dare?" Loona asked him.
"Dare!" Mick immediately picked.
"Alright, Mick, I dare you to… drink a whole gallon of coffee… while upside down," Loona chose.
Mick grinned. "Alright, bring out the coffee beans!"
Soon Mick was upside down chugging a whole gallon of coffee. His pupils dilated as he started to shake around.
"WAHOO!" he shouted while he started bouncing around from the adrenaline from the caffeine.
After calming down, Mick spun the bottle and it settled on Tex. "Alright Tex, Truth of Dare."
"Mmm, Truth," Tex picked.
"What's the most embarrassing thing you've done?" Mick asked him.
"Well… I do remember this one time where I tried to shave, but I ended up shaving my entire fur since I never shaved before," Tex admitted.
"For real?" Clara asked as Tex pulled up a picture on his phone.
"You ever seen a pink Hellhound before?" he said while showing everyone a pink, furless Tex while everyone was flabbergasted about what Tex looked like without his fur. Loona blushed while Mick tried to not snicker while Clara and Kajedo just smirked.
"Damn, you look smooth like those sphynx cats," Clara said.
"I know, right?" Kajedo asked. "Like you can even see his muscular physique! Like, fuck, you're so well toned…"
"What can I say? Some folks say that I have strong genes," Tex said as he spun the bottle and it hit Clara.. "Alright, truth or dare, Clara?"
"Dare," Clara responded.
The dare Tex gave to Clara had her in her blue one-piece while the pool was being filled with bugs. She looked down at the bug infested pool. "Where'd you even get all these bugs from…?"
"Oh, I know a guy," Mick said while pouring in the bugs. "Hope this isn't overwhelming, Little C."
Clara grinned. "I'm not 'Little C" anymore, Mick. I can do this," she said while getting on the diving board. She then took a dive into the pool filled with bugs.
Everyone saw the former Goetia dip into a pool of bugs and resurface, getting bugs all over as she spit them out. "Bleh! Okay, that was nasty…" she said while swimming through the pool of bugs.
After completing her dare, Clara spun the bottle and it landed on Loona.
"Alright Loona… truth or dare?" Clara asked.
Loona thought about it. She considered doing a dare… but she decided against it, especially after seeing what Clara had to go. Hopefully she wouldn't be asked something too embarrassing…
"Truth," Loona picked.
"Alright, so with all honesty… who do you think is the hottest in the room?" Clara said, making Loona's eyes widen.
Loona looked nervous. "Oh, well… I um… think that…" Her eyes glanced at Tex, who gave a smile. Her eyes then shifted to Kajedo, who also smiled at her. "I think… the hottest in the room are…" She was so nervous as she blurted out the… names. "Te….xedo?"
"Texedo?" Mick asked.
"Wait…" Kajedo said as she turned her eyes upon Loona, who looked nervous. "Is that a ship name for me and Tex?"
"Y-Yeah!" Loona blurted out.
"I… LOVE IT!" Kajedo exclaimed. "Cause, it's good wordplay, and of course Texy's the hottest guy in the room! Aren't you, Texy?" Kajedo said while scratching his head.
"Not as hot as you, Kajey!" Tex said while they both wagged their tails.
"Heh, yeah…" Loona said while hiding her blush. It wasn't a complete lie that she blurted out, since Tex and Kajedo were pretty hot.
She spun the bottle and it landed on Kajedo. "Alright Kajedo, truth or dare?" Loona asked her.
"Ooh, I choose dare! Give me a good dare!" Kajedo said excitedly.
"Alright, um… I guess…. I dare you to… drink from the toilet," Loona said simply.
"Ohohoho… drink from the toilet…" Kajedo said as she brought out some empty bottles. "I'm going in!"
Everyone watched as Kajedo went over to a working toilet, pouring in a bunch of food coloring, several drinks, and a jar of peanut butter into the toilet. Loona was shocked that Kajedo was this serious about the dare.
"She's… not really going through with it… is she?" Loona asked.
"This girl is determined," Mick commented. "Crazy, but determined."
"Yeah, ain't she something," Tex replied with a smile.
Kajedo stirred as she mixed the stuff up in the toilet before bringing out her straw. "Alright! Time for drinking! Someone hold me up! Tex? Loona?" she called for them.
The two went to each hold Kajedo's hindlegs up so she was upside down. Loona gave a worried look while looking at the contents that the host mixed in the toilet… needless to say, it was not a pretty sight. She couldn't fathom nor stomach how this hyperactive Hellhound could drink that…
"Um, Kajedo… maybe you don't have to do this…" Loona advised.
"Oh Loona, it's not that I have to do this…" She gave her a grin. "It's that I want to do this! DIVE ME DOWN!"
As Loona and Tex dove Kajedo down, all Loona could feel was the sick feeling in her stomach…
Loona kept her cool after Kajedo's dare and after a few more turns, it was Mick's turn and he picked truth.
"So yeah, I learned my lesson about trying to recreate Pineapple Express in real life," Mick said while everyone looked shocked by his story.
"No way… you were responsible for that?!" Tex exclaimed in shock. "Half of Pride was super high that day!"
"That's Mick for ya," Clara said with a nod.
"Alright, now for me to spin," Mick said as he spun the bottle and it landed on Loona. "Alright Loona, truth or dare?"
"Um… dare," Loona chose. "Whatever it is, I can take it!"
"Okay… um… I dare you to… spend seven minutes in heaven with…" Mick looked around the circle. "Tex!"
Loona and Tex's eyes widened. "I-I-Is that okay?" Loona asked while turning to Kajedo. "I mean, I don't want to cause problems…"
"Hey, I'm cool with it," Kajedo replied, almost casually. "It is all part of the fun of the game. Besides, it's a dare, I have to let it run its course."
Loona was surprised by Kajedo. "Really? You don't… really mind I make out with your boyfriend?"
"Of course I don't mind Tex getting to make out with a cutie," Kajedo revealed. "I trust him." She then turned to Tex. "You're okay with this, right?"
Even Tex seemed surprised by his girlfriend's casualness about the whole thing. "I guess if you don't mind then… well, I guess it's okay," he said.
Loona couldn't believe how lucky she was right now. The girlfriend of her crush had just granted her permission to spend Seven Minutes in Heaven with him. She was having a good time right now thanks to Kajedo… and it looked like she was about to have some more fun in the closet.
"Ladies first," Tex offered as he opened the door.
"Don't look at my ass when I go in," Loona said while going inside.
"I didn't plan to," Tex said as he entered inside.
Mick held up the timer and started it. "And now we wait…"
Loona looked down shyly as she stood in the storage closet with Tex, the two close together.
"You know, my dad would probably kill you if he knew I'm in the closet with a guy…" Loona admitted.
"Your dad, huh?" Tex asked. "What is he like?"
"Well, he's an imp," Loona explained. "He adopted me when I was six and we are really close. But he can be a bit overprotective…"
"Hey, don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you or anything," Tex said. "We can just kiss, or lick each other if you like?"
Loona looked up at him with a smile. "Y-Yeah, I mean… let's get this over with."
Tex nodded and leaned towards Loona. She closed her eyes and raised her paws up as they closed in for a kiss…
'Okay, this is it…' Loona thought. 'I'm about to kiss Tex… yeah, sure, he's already taken by Kajedo… who just drank from the toilet… and he kissed her right after… wait, why am I thinking of that part?!' Suddenly her eyes opened to see Tex's muzzle close to hers as she heard her stomach grumbling. 'Uh-oh…'
What happened next… was Loona barfing in Tex's face.
The larger hellhound was shocked that this happened. "Loona?" he asked, wiping vomit off his face and seeing Loona gagging. "Loona, are you alright?"
"I… I need some air," she said while barging out of the closet. She was looking sickly, which caught the attention of Kajedo, Clara. and Mick.
"Loona, what's wrong?" Clara asked her in concern.
"I… I think it's… something I- oh Satan," Loona said. She couldn't hold it in much longer and she threw up a second time, this time on Clara…
And then she kept throwing up. The other party goers were shocked by this, but they quickly pulled out their phones and started recording.
"Oh wow," spoke the poodle hellhound, Vikki, as she held up her phone. "This is so going on my wallpaper!" She laughed. "Lunatic Loona!"
Meanwhile, Blitz, Moxxie, Lars and Harvey had made it back to Khan Industries, where they successfully delivered the jelly after their injuries were treated.
"Here you go, sir." Blitz said while he and Lars placed the crate of jelly on Shere Khan's desk. "One crate of Beelzebub's jelly!"
"I knew you wouldn't disappoint, Mr. Blitz," Shere Khan said while pulling out a jar and looking at the glowing substance, "Is this… really it?"
"You bet, sir," Lars confirmed.
"You wouldn't believe what we had to go through to get this out of Gluttony," Moxxie said.
"Yes, yes, but first, let me make a call," Shere Khan said as he tapped on the phone. "Send in my intern, Vinnie, up here. I need him."
The imps heard the elevator coming up and they turned to see the doors opening up, revealing a gray demon in a business suit and stapler-shaped hair. "You wanted to see me, boss?"
"Yes, Vinnie, I need you to have a little taste test," he ordered, opening the lid and scooping up a spoon of the yellow jelly. "I need you to try this."
Vinnie walked up and took the spoon. The imps looked panicked by this.
"Hey wait-" Blitz and Moxxie tried to warn him, but Shere Khan seized their shoulders, shushing them.
"Just wait… and watch," Shere Khan said as Vinnie ate the jelly. "So Vinnie… how does it taste?"
"Mmm… it tastes delicious actually," he said as he swallowed it. "Wow, this is the best jam I've ever tasted! A bit spicy though. It… it really makes your mouth feel on fire… along with my throat…" He felt an irritating rash as red veins started to appear all over him. "What… what's going on?!" he asked, feeling the veins popping over his arms and his chest. "GYAAAAAAHHH! MY BLOOD'S ON FIRE!"
"Oh crumbs! Someone help him!" Moxxie exclaimed.
"I can't watch!" Lars shouted, covering his eyes while Harvey held his own hat to his chest.
Vinnie was on his knees, his skin turning boiling yellow as he screamed in pain and agony. His whole body was boiling, popping out juices as his eyes exploded like soda pop. His head burst with yellow liquid while his organs were melting, steam coming from his body. His eye sockets and mouth glowed until he exploded, leaving nothing but a puddle of yellow liquid.
The imps were all horrified, Blitz and Moxxie wincing at the scene while Lars and Harvey averted their eyes. Shere Khan, however, was calm during the whole thing.
"Well, now this confirms that the jelly is real," Shere Khan said. "And that the rumors about the effect it has on weaker demons are also accurate." He saw Blitz looking up at him in shock. "Why so shocked? I had to check the authenticity. You all should consider yourselves lucky that I didn't choose to use any of you. I may still have a use for you. My intern definitely served his…"
Blitz and Moxxie looked at each other before Blitz got a message on his phone and he pulled it up. "We gotta go, my daughter had an incident and I have to pick her up…"
"Oh do go on ahead, Mr. Blitz," Shere Khan said as he pulled out some wads of souls, handing them to each of the imps. "But first, your payment."
After receiving their pay, the imps headed to the elevator.
"Is this the type of stuff you are used to?" Harvey asked as the doors closed in front of them.
"No Harv… no it isn't," Blitz replied, still disturbed by what he had seen. He now realized just what kind of maniac Shere Khan was. As the elevator door closed, he caught a final glimpse of his boss looking at a jar of jelly.
Shere Khan had his claw tap on the jar and he gave a grin. "Oh, do I have plans for this…" he said as he then grabbed his phone and began making a few calls. "I want both of you in my office, immediately. I have something to show you… something that is important for our futures."
In an office downstairs was a dark maned, brown lion with green eyes and a black suit. He had a number of scars around his face. He had a call on the speaker, listening to Shere Khan. With him was a blue furred lioness who wore a brown suit, short skirt, and she appeared to have glowing visible water on her stomach.
"Something to show us?" the lioness asked, looking at the scarred lion. "What could he mean, beloved?"
"I don't know, Zira," the male lion said, though he looked intrigued. "But Shere Khan always has something up his sleeve…"
Outside of the party, Loona laid onto Clara's shoulder as the Goetian demon comforted her.
"There, there, Loona," Clara said, patting Loona's back. "I'm so sorry for how the night went."
"I can't believe I did that!" Loona sniffed as she teared up. "Now everyone will think I'm gross…"
"No, no, if you want to blame someone, blame me," Clara said, hugging her.
"No, you were just… trying to help me blow off some steam," Loona replied as she saw her ride pulling up.
"Hey, your dad's here," Clara said as the van came to a stop and Blitz opened the door with a worried look.
"How is she? Is my Loony okay?!" Blitz demanded to know.
"She's going to be okay, Mr. Blitz," Clara responded, helping Loona up and walking her over to her father. "Just had too many sweets for the day."
"Oh my poor, baby girl," Blitz said while hugging Loona and carrying her to the van. "Come on, we'll get you cleaned up and head home."
Loona groaned. "You don't have to carry me…"
"Wait," Clara said as she stopped them. "Loona, before you go I want to give you my contact information."
Loona looked surprised by this. "Really? You… want to give me your information?"
"Yeah, just so we can contact each other at any time, especially when we're not at work and you want to talk."
Loona thought about it, remembering how nice Clara had been nice to her for the entire night. After considering it, she held up her phone. "Yeah, we should get in touch."
"How about two more?" a female voice asked.
Her ears perking up, Loona turned her head and was surprised to see Tex and Kajedo coming over, Tex having cleaned the throw up out of his fur. "Tex? Kajedo?"
"Loona, I just want to say I'm so, so sorry for what happened!" Kajedo said with a guilt-ridden expression. "I wanted to give you a good time at your first party, but it didn't turn out well at all…"
"Stop," Loona said to her. "Look, I'm not holding it against you. I mean, I did have fun up to the barfing part, and it was… some experience. And I appreciate what you tried to do for me." She turned to Tex. "And Tex, I'm really, really sorry for throwing you up."
"Eh, it's fine. Not the first time I've been barfed at," Tex reassured her, not upset about it. "And we would like to stay in touch with you, as a way to make this up to you."
"Yeah! And we'd like to get to know you more, Loona!" Kajedo said as the two held up their phones to her.
"Yeah… okay, we can all stay in touch," Loona said as the four shared each other's contact information. As she put their contact information into her phone, she started to feel much better. Was it possible that she had just made… some new friends?
"Wow, you must be Loona's friends!" Blitz interrupted. "Nice to meet you all, I'm Blitz, her dad. Say, if you kids want to, you can all come to hang out at our place anytime."
'Dad, nooo….' Loona thought while Kajedo looked excited.
"That'd be great!" Kajedo declared. "And nice to meet you, Mr. Blitz!"
"Yeah, nice meeting you, sir," Tex greeted.
"I'm actually your daughter's coworker and it is nice to meet you," Clara said while Blitz shook each of their hands.
After they made their introductions and said their goodbyes, Loona gave a tired sigh while getting into the van, noticing Moxxie. "Hey Mox… what's with the bandages?"
"We ran into some flies," Moxxie replied.
"Right," Loona said while noticing that behind her were Lars and Harvey. "Whoa, Uncle Lars? Uncle Harvey?"
"How are you doing, Little Looloo?" Harvey asked as she waved to her.
"Oh man… it's been a while!" Loona said while lifting herself into the back so she could hug the two imps. "It's so good to see you again!"
"You too!" Lars said as the two hugged her back. "We hear you have an honest job now… unlike us!"
"Alright, let's go home, everyone," Blitz said as he started the van. "Cause I think we all had a very long day…"
Meanwhile, somewhere in Pentagram City, a couple of Sinners were walking together.
"Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee, an actor's life for me! A high silk hat, and a silver cane, a watch of gold, with a diamond chain!" sang the red fox demon with glowing green eyes. He was wearing a burnt top hat and blue poncho with burnt clothes. His gloved hands and paws were covered in nails. Following him was a brown cat wearing a yellow coat, purple pants and a small top hat. His paws were also filled with nails and his tail was burnt. The two paused in front of their destination. "Well Gideon, here we are!"
In front of them was a building with a sign that read 'Porn Studios'. The two entered inside.
As they passed through, the fox recognized someone standing by the water cooler. "Good evening, Gaston."
"Evening, John," spoke the one named Gaston, who had pink skin with black horns and pimples on his face. He wore a red tracksuit jacket with black baggy pants and yellow sneakers.
John and Gideon next passed two Sinner women who were talking.
"I'm just saying, I miss having my Kronk around, even if he did have a soft spot," spoke a purple humanoid slim cat woman with peacock feathered hair, black eyes, and a white underbelly. She wore a black flapper dress and a peacock feather. "Sometimes youth is wasted on idiots."
"Tell me about it, sister," spoke an elderly, gray haired woman with gray skin, black eyes, and a brown dress. "If only I had lived a while longer, I would've realized I could use that brat of mine's tears to make myself young again!"
John and Gideon entered one of the lounges of the Studio, where they found none other than Cruella De Ville herself. She sat beside someone while smoking her cigar.
"I wonder what happened to my son? He should have come back to me right now!" Cruella declared, showing a very displeasing look.
"I'm sure your son will… turn up eventually," said a tall and slender moth demon with grayish-lavender skin and cerise-pink eyes, over which he was wearing gold-rimmed heart-shaped sunglasses with cerise-pink lenses. He has a wide mouth full of sharp, red colored, and pointed teeth along with a single golden fang. He wore long black heeled boots, a floor-length vivid-red coat with white fur trim at the wrists and a black and white striped fur trim down the coat center-front to the bottom hem, a large fluffy white 'collar' decorated with small red love-hearts that was wrapped around his neck, and vivid-red top hat that had a wide, asymmetrical zebra-print hat-band. In his lap were a succubus and a cat girl. In his hand was a cigar. His name… was Valentino. He was the owner of this studio and an Overlord of Hell.
"I hope so, cause there's going to be trouble when I find him!" Cruella declared before noticing they had company. "Ah look, if it isn't dear old Honest John and Gideon…"
"Greetings, Madame De Ville," Honest John said as he bowed before her. "And you too, Lord Valentino."
"Rise up, boys," Valentino said to them. As they did, he dismissed the girls in his lap. "Now, I have a new job for you as a favor of my dear friend, Cruella…"
Sometime later, a lonely little Hellhound pup was seen digging through the trash in an alley. She had gray short hair with white fur, black ears, and red scara eyes like all Hellhounds, plus a gray and white tail. She wore a blue raggedy dress and looked to be. She held up a piece of a dead fish before making a face and throwing it away.
"Is there anything good around here?" she groaned until she heard someone.
"Excuse me, young girl," said Honest John, him and Gideon now in front of her.
The girl jumped and backed away from them, her eyes filled with distrust. "Back off! I don't know you, but if you think you can hurt me…"
"Oh no, none of that, my dear," Honest John reassured her. "We want to help you."
"Help me?" she questioned. "Why would you two want to help me?"
"Well, we're not from the dog pound if you're wondering," Honest John told her. "You see, we take pity on young, stray, wayward hellpups like you. You don't deserve to live in the streets all by yourself, do you?"
"It's… not like I have any options…" she admitted while Gideon handed her a flower. "Uh, thanks."
"I know, it is unfortunate," Honest John admitted with a sad look. "Me and Gideon hate seeing you out here, alone in the streets. Fortunately, we do know a place, a shelter for young pups like you."
"A shelter? For me?" she asked.
"One where you can stay as long as you want. Good food to fill your belly, a warm blanket to wrap yourself in, a nice bed to sleep on, a strong roof over your head… why doesn't that sound better than living in an alley?" Honest John asked her. "Perhaps you would like to give it a look at least, see if it is to your liking?"
"Yeah… yeah, I'd like that!" she admitted. "Where is this shelter?"
"Follow us! We'll take you there… um, what is your name?" he asked her.
"Amaroq," she replied while the fox Sinner smiled.
"Well then, Amaroq… let's take you to your new home..."