"Unlock the stars and she'll reveal the way. And here I thought ghost lady was bein' cryptic," the mob boss stares at the staircase leading to the depths of the Asylum. "Anyhow, time to go."
The ink demon takes the lead descending the stairs as the others follow close behind. "Why does an Asylum need a secret staircase? They didn't even bother to place lights in this joint, it's pitch black in here, watch ya step everyone…"
Abel rolls his eyes as he makes his Halo brighter, Alice following his example as the duo manages to light up the way for everyone.
Benicio smirks at him and asks in a teasing tone; "What happened with, 'I'm not a flashlight'?"
"yeah well, this is different. I wanna keep my bones intact, stairs are an easy place to trample."
The group needs a good fifteen minutes to descend the staircase, until they finally reach the bottom.
When Fonzy goes down the last step, he asks; "Man, that staircase is HUGE! How deep below ground are we?"
"If i were about to guess, i would say around 500 meters, can't tell for sure though," Boris replies.
"Okay, let's see, we've done what the ghost said. Now we're in some creepy underground whatyamacallit. Now, I'm no Holmes like Elymas over there, but I'm fairly sure this ain't the way out," Benicio states, facing a dark tunnel in front of them.
The blue demon sighs, holding the fold in between his eyes; "Forgive me my reluctance, but i can recall an agreement to not be called the name you so generously bestowed upon me."
"Right, right, sorry…..Won't do it again."
"HAH, First seeing, then believing, Devilboy," Abel ads.
Alice interrupts the conversation, going further on Benicio's earlier statement; "If i'm not mistaken, she did tell us we need to figure out what has happened here to be able to leave this place."
"Well, we've practically gone everywhere upstairs with exception of the attic which is practically empty. Other than the circus freaks and dried up blood, everythin' looked pretty normal to me, "Benicio replies as he uses his tail to scratch his head.
"Hmm, maybe you're right. There weren't enough clues to figure something out."
"Exactly! Besides, my ass is way too lazy to take the stairs back up."
Boris chuckels; "Ain't that the truth…"
"Excuse ya mister? I've been fighting a maggot maniac, dislocated my shoulder, got attacked by not one but two crazy bitches, have been electrocuted saving your sorry butt and outran an army of mise….What's your excuse?"
"Sheesh, touchy...Sorry, shouldn't have said that." Boris holds his hands in the air as a gesture of surrender.
"Apology accepted;" Benicio grins as he jokingly pats Boris's cheek. "Okay, Back to Business. We've got a tunnel leading up ahead , but it's pitch black again. Ya think, ya two can Manage to keep lighting the way?"
The rebel angel isn't sure. "Hard to say, i've never lit up the place for this long. Though i got to confess that i'm feelin' a bid lightheaded."
"Hmm, not good…" He looks at Alice; "What about you Angelcake?" She doesn't need to answer as her halo starts to flicker and sweat drips down her face. "God dammit! Okay guys, take a break. We'll find another solution."
Abel and Alice do as told, turning everything as black as the inky dark abys Benicio once called home.
"Yeah sorry, but how are going to progress? I understand that the angels need a break, but standing in the dark doesn't seem safe either," Fonzy complains.
The ink demon sighs; "Yeah, yeah, stop ya yappin', i'm workin' on it."
Suddenly red glowing eyes appear in the darkness, startling the others. The red glow starts to spread as it reveals Benicio's silhouette when the ink demon uses the glow of his demonic aura to try to light up the place. Yet in a display of fireworks, the aura fades as Benicio gasps for air and the family finds itself in darkness once more. "Y-Yeah…...I got nothin',"He manages to wheeze in between big inhales of much needed oxygen.
Luna can't bear the condition their boss is in when she gives him a scolding, "You're pushing yourself too hard! If you're gonna keep zis up, you're gonna end up in koma."
"Honestly Benicio, you could have asked me to give it an attempt. I have more energy left to spare at the moment," Elymas ads.
"F-Fine…..T-think ya c-can lend a hand, barkeep?"
"It will be my pleasure." Elymas activates his demonic energy as the group baths in a purple eerie but also calming glow.
The group makes its way into the tunnel, but after only a few steps, lights start to turn automatically on, as the tunnel becomes well lit.
"Oh come on…...I hate this place, I hate it so very much." Benicio leans against the wall as his head hangs down and his tail drags over the floor, taking on a slagging posture.
"Come now, it is not that bad. Look at it from the bright side. At least now I can save my demonic energy for potential problems in the future." Elymas grins as the purple glow fades.
"Whatever, i just wanna get out of this dump as fast as possible."
The family continues their journey into the unknown, strolling through the tunnel.
"Look, whoever built this underground paradise, either had bricks too many or really didn't want this place to be found. I don't know what goes through humans' minds and to tell the truth, I don't wanna know. Yet I can't help but feel this last part of the buildin' we've gone through is not normal for an asylum," The ink demon's thinking out loud while they go further into the tunnel.
The doctor rolls her eyes. "Niet, i'm pretty sure every asylum out zere has it's secret underground passages, where you need to fight against monsters to gather keys. zen monsters and patients vill have tea party" Luna replies as the sarcasm is obviously present in her voice."
Benicio gives her an unamused glare; "Okay, okay….. i'm just spitballin' over here. No need to be sarcastic about it."
The group has been wandering for another good fifteen minutes when Gizmo suddenly comes to a halt, making the others stop as well.
Benicio faces the family's informant. "Okay pipsqueak, what's the hold up?"
The crow glances at the boss before pointing at a rust coloured placke which blends well with the brick from the tunnel when he informs the others; "We're only 'alfway down de tunnel."
"What? But we've been going for a while now, How long is this contraption?" Alice can't believe her ears.
Benicio sighs, placing his hand over his eyes, slowly shaking his head; "Ya know…..this place doesn't surprise me anymore. I'm just gonna keep going."
Yet before he can, the lights start to flicker, just like it did in the lobby when they had entered this hellhole. As the demon quickly crosses his middle and index fingers on both hands, practically chanting; "Don't go out...Don't go out…..Don't go ou..."
And out went the light as the family can hear the boss curse in the most creative ways ever heard, using words only satan himself would come up with. Eventually he takes a deep breath and exhales when he calmly states; "Have I already mentioned I hate this place?"
Abel smirks even though it stays hidden in the black of darkness when he replies; "Only like a million times by now."
"Ya well I'm about to say it a million times more if we don't get out of this place soon."
Suddenly a breeze of wind can be felt as it is toying with their hair and inky skin, sending a chill over their bodies. The mob boss can't believe his luck when he asks in an almost whiny tone,"Okay now what? Give me a break, would ya?"
Promptly, the breeze becomes more and more intense to the point where the wind is almost puching them over as they need to use their arms to protect their face from the elemental treat. They can hear the same voice from the elevator shaft as it is laughing maniacally, pleased by the discomfort of the toons.
The family can hear their boss yelp, followed by a shriek; "GOD DAMMIT! NOT AGAIN!"
Unsure of the situation, they keep yelling his name when the windhose is finally dying down. The lights flicker on and off, like a stroboscope, just in time for them to see a character dressed in a doctors uniform dragging the ink demon away by his legs while Benicio leaves scratch marks on the ground, using his fingertips.
The family gives hot pursuit, yet the lights flickering makes it hard for them to see where they're going, until they lose track of the duo in front of them. Eventually the lights become stable, lighting up their path once more.
Abel phants as they keep running;"EUHM, WHAT IN THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED?!"
"remembair zat doctor/mad man zose freaks talked about? I sink we found heem," Diana replies when she runs right next to the rebel angel.
"Yeah, and he found our boss."
"Then we have no time to waste, I'm afraid to say," Elymas ads when he in turn runs next to Diana.
The group makes haste through the tunnel when they finally see a bright light at the end of it.
entering the radiant gleam, they set foot in what appears to be an extensive rectangular
underground laboratory. The wall to their right covered in apparatuses and mechanisms. To the wall, containing the tunnel they just got out of, stands a workbench filled with glass jars and little test tubes. Each of them contains body parts of humans, insects and other living creatures as they float in liquids of diverse colors.
To the wall on their left, rests a couple of bookcases containing books on anatomy and the human mind. A door is neatly wedged between the bookcases as it leads to god knows only what.
Looking at the center of the room, they can find a lone stretcher, ready to transport it's next patient. Yet the family's eyes go wide when they find what they had lost, their boss…
Right there, in the end of the room against the wall opposite from them, stands a CryoTube stasis chamber containing none other than the mob boss himself. He places his hands against the glas as he's glad to see his family; "Oh hia guys, nice of ya to drop in. We weren't expecting any visitors."
"Speaking of visitors. Where's that creep that brought ya here?" Boris doesn't like the fact that the figure is nowhere in sight.
Benicio glances at the door in between the bookshelves; "Him? Oh he decided to give me some private time after i gave him a piece of my mind." Next he starts to crack his knuckles.
Abel grins; "Hmm, can't imagine why…"
"Yet he still managed to put you in glass room," Luna hufs.
"Well, I said I gave him a piece of my mind. I never said he liked it." The ink demon looks at the ground scratching his horns with the point of his tail. "As a matter of fact, he didn't like it at all. He hit my sore shoulder, so while I was distracted by the pain, he threw me in here and now it seems I need to learn to hold my breath." He glances at the others when his shoulders are slumping down.
"Wait, what are ye talkin' about?" The rebel is confused at first, but when he lays eyes upon Benicio's feet, his entire body becomes tense when he realises the deep shit the ink demon finds himself in.
It seems that the stasisroom is slowly filling itself up with a blue glowing liquid as it is already coming to Benicio's ankles. The family is overwhelmed with anxiety, not knowing what to do even though they seem to be on a time limit.
Abel fumed;"WHAT IN THE HELL DID YE GET YOURSELF INTO THIS TIME?!" The rebel angel punches the glass, confirming the strength of it, finding it won't be easy to break. "Great, it's reinforced….. How do we get ye out?"
"Simple, you don't…," The low male voice from before replies.
Shock accompanies the emotional state of the group as they find the figure in doctors uniform standing in the door opening between the bookcases. They were expecting a human, but what they got was an amalgamation of body parts of different humans. Like someone used body parts from others, sewed them together and so made a body for its own, creating a frankenstein appearance.
Benicio notices the surprised expression on their face as he changes his focus towards the doctor squinting his eyes at him while baring his fangs in a growl. "Yah, I know, he isn't going to win beauty contests any time soon."
"My, my, You really need to work on your attitude, better hurry up, it seems you don't have a lot of time to do so," the mad man chuckles in glee, finding himself clever with his sense of humor. Yet, his fun cuts short, becoming serious when he sets his Jaw and thrusts it forward, his lips pressed into a thin line. "Besides, This is way better than not being able to touch anything which is hard when you don't have a body. Those fools….They thought they could stop me…...ME…..I'm this close in my research." He glances back at the demon, thereafter at the slowly rising liquid as a big mischievous grin reveals his rotting teeth. "You'll be my greatest work yet."
"Not if we 'av annythin' ter say about it. Fuckface," Gizmo fumes when he stands in a posture, declaring he's ready to rumble.
"Oh…...but you aren't allowed to say anything about this. He's my patient now."
Luna fakes a laughing spree, her ears lying flat and slapping her right knee when she suddenly stops, aiming her one eye at the mad doctor as it's glaring daggers at him when she shows her canines at him in a taunting smirk, her tail swaying slowly from left to right. "Hah, you're funny guy. Good luck treating him, as his kurrent doctor, i give you my kondolences, he's one tough kustomer to deal vith."
As Benicio is listening to the conversation, he glowers at Luna; "HEY!"
The female wolf doctor quickly glances at her boss, before aiming her attention back towards her "Colleague". "Zough i have to admit, i don't like giving my patients avay. So, I guess 'm going to keep him anyvay. Besides, our nurse got attached to him, huh, nothing to do about it, am I right?"
The mad man is unimpressed by Luna's words as Benico suddenly interrupts them; "Yeah, I'm sorry to disturb your interesting battle of the docs over there, but I really hate the feeling of wet pants. Can someone please, get me out of here?" The blue fluid has already made its way to halfway up his calf.
Jack makes his way towards the cryo tube in a means to let the demon out but looking at the device he slowly shakes his head; "I'm sorry boss, I cahn't find ahny buttons to open eet."
An evil laugh echoes through the room, coming from the frankenstein doctor. "What….Did you really think, i was gonna make it that easy? Just place a big red button with the word freedom written on it? What do you think this is, a cartoon?"
A moment of awkward silence fills the room as the henchmen look at eachother, thereafter looking back at the madman, who rolls his eyes; "right…...wrong choice of words."
"Anyway, mind tellin' us how to get him out?" Abel aims the barrel of Charity at him already pulling the hammer in a threatening way, making clear he means business.
"Now why on earth would i do that? After all the trouble i went to, to finally have a consultation
with him?"
Abel grits his teeth, looking at Boris and Fonzy. "You two, ye know something about machines right? Look if ye can find something to open that glass contraption, I don't care if ye need to break this entire room appart, just hurry…"
The duo nods as they quickly run towards the wall with the apparatuses as they try to find a way to free the boss, as the liquid already comes to his knees. Alice stays by Benicio's side, as she has no intention to fight. Not that she doesn't want to save Benicio, she legit can't fight. Sometimes she wishes she was like Allison Pendle. Even though that woman was turning into her, at least she knew how to fight.
The angel demon hybrid places her hand on the glass stasis tube as Benicio places his hand on hers from the other side of the glass, looking her in the eyes with a sympathetic smile. She gives a quavering smile back, a tear forming in her right eye as she whispers; "I'm sorry"
The ink demon disagrees; "Don't be…...I got myself into this mess…..Heck i dragged ya all into this mess with me…..If someone needs to apologise, it's me."
"Aaaauw, isn't that sweet….i'm almost tempted to let you go…..almost," The crazy doctor snickers while the duo gives him a harsh stare.
The snicker abruptly stops when Abel loses his patience, firing Charity as the bullet lands in front of the mad man's feet. The shot echoes through the room and tunnel, followed by a tense silence as smoke comes out of the gun's barrel, rising up to the ceiling of the underground lab. The rebel angel aims the gun up and blows the smoke away from the gun, aiming it back at the frankenstein esque monster and readying the gun for a second round. "Not, so funny now, is it?"
He doesn't get a reply, the atmosphere is so tense that any sound or movement can be the starting shot for a battle.
Not showing any emotion, the man suddenly says in a mocking tone; "aren't you a feisty one? Too bad you can't aim…..Maybe if i would paint a target on my uniform, Only an idiot would miss that."
That is the last straw for the rebel angel as he starts to scream, dashing towards the man when he's about to hit the guy in his stomach with a powerful punch. Fate has other plans in mind though as the man manages to catch Abel's wrist stopping the punch in the process. The rebel's eyes go wide as the grip on his wrist becomes so tight he can hear it crack as he whimpers in pain.
Yet before any serious damage can be done, Elymas goes to assist his best friend as he activates his demonic powers, creates three purple pigeons out of his demonic energy and sends them towards the mad doctor in means of a distraction. He does achieve what he is going for when the man releases the angel's wrist as he tries to catch the purple birds .
Luna doesn't like how things are going however. "Elymas...Niet demonic magic...It drains your energy, remember?"
The blue demon guides Abel towards the safety of the other family members, turning his demonic energy off as he faces their doctor; "My sincere apologies, I'm afraid I got myself a tad carried away."
Luna nods and eventually focuses on Abel while Jack keeps the mad man under gunshot, buying them some time. She grabs the angels arm, moving his hand. "How is your wrist, does zis hurt?"
But Abel yanks his arm away as he sighs; "I'm fine…. Really, i'm fine. We have other things to worry about." He glances at the mob boss stating that last part. realisation hits him in the face as they are really running out of time. The liquid, already up to Benicio's waist.
The ink demon notices as he hits his fist against the glass, screaming; "DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME HALOHEAD! JUST FOCUS ON DEFEATING THAT CREEP!"
The mad doctor snorts. "Well then….my turn." Next he grabs some type of remote out of his pockets and flips a switch as on the wall with machinery a red flashing light activates. Two rods slowly descend from the ceiling, producing a high pitched wailing sound. The sound is too much to bear as the toons are forced to cover their visible and non visible ears and close their eyes,crying out as the sound makes their heads hurt.
"You like it? It's a device I use to scramble my subjects' minds, made it myself too."
Gizmo, forces himself to open one of his eyes as he looks towards the mechanisms, whereafter he notices that Jack has dropped his gun on the ground to cover his ears. He grinds his teeth, forcing himself to move while he picks up the gun and aims it at the apparatuses.
The mad doctor's eyes go wide; "W-What are you doing….No…..stop!"
It's too late, though, when Gizmo fires the gun straight into the electrics. The noise stops abruptly as the others are freed from its torment.
Jack looks at the little crow, placing a supportive hand on his shoulder with a smile; "nice shot, you ahren't half bad."
Fonzy and Boris are forced to takes a few steps back as fiery, electric sparks emmit from the machinery. They hear the doctor have the time of his life as he produces the most maniacal laugh ever.
"What's so funny, Stitches? We just broke your little toy" Abel starts to develop an irreversible annoyance for this guy, once again aiming Charity towards him.
The laughing dies down as the mad doctor wipes away a tear; "what, that thing? It's just machinery, I can fix that. The funny thing is…..I'm afraid I won't manage to fix it before your friend there has drowned in the fluid, You just doomed him…"
The rebel angel is in shock by the news, unwittingly lowering his gun when his breath gets stuck in his chest. Gizmo joins the emotional state of Abel, but the feeling of guilt is also present as it makes him numb on the inside, tears forming in his eyes as he falls to his knees. The family looks at their boss, who's floating in the liquid as it has already reached his head.
The ink demon is trying his very best to keep his face above the fluid as he gives his family a reassuring smile; "Hey, none of that sappy shtick, got it? Just focus on the fight…...I..I'll get out somehow. Okay?"
Gizmo quickly wipes his tears away with his arm as Diana helps him on his feet. The crow faces the boss looking him straight in the eyes and nods. The ink demon winks at him and proceeds to place his hands against the glass, putting pressure on them as he tries to lift himself a little higher, striving for more time.
With a new found will to defeat the enemy, the group prepares themself for round three as they are fed up with the monstrous creature in front of them. They take a battle ready stance each of them holding their most trusted weapons. Abel aims his gun, Elymas prepares a few of his strongest molotov cocktails, Jack stands ready with his tommy gun, Gizmo his trusted knife, Diana her wip, Fonzy his chain and finally Luna as she's holding multiple scalpels between her fingers, making them look like claws while Boris and Deeralyn go stand with Alice as they too are not willing nor fit to fight.
Benicio looks at the team, he can't help but feel proud, a smile adorning his face. Yet one single tear forms in his eye, which he does not allow to run down his face, Not wishing to upset his trusted friends.
The group is having a stance off with the madman. This is it, they need to defeat him now, or lose their boss forever as the window of opportunity gets smaller and smaller. And so, by the lack of the much needed time , the family makes the first move. They all dash together towards the creature while it in turn runs towards them, starting the chaotic clash.
Luna is the first to strike, slicing the scalpels on his chest, creating deep cuts though the creature doesn't seem to bleed. Next she jabs the claw like knives in his chest, having no result whatsoever as the guy grabs her by the uniform and throws her away.
Next up is Gizmo, who tries slicing the creature's knees, only to be met with the same fate of Luna. Diana also gives it it shot with her whip, but the mad doctor is just standing there, taking every hit while laughing it up; " Oh, god please stop…...It tickles." The fairy finds herself stumped by the lack of pain shown by the enemy as the man uses that to his advantage, hitting her in the stomach as she falls to the floor, her pink hair covering up her face.
"DIANA!" Jack worries about the fairy as he runs towards her while firing the tommy gun non stop at the madman who keeps laughing out loud at the poor attempts the toons make of hurting him. Reaching his friend, the faun sits on his knees trying to help her.
Meanwhile Abel gives it an attempt, firing his gun multiple times, but just like the tommy gun, it has no effect. He places Charity in his hammerspace and switches it for Mercy as he hopes the brass knuckles would do more harm. "What is this guy made of….. Knives won't work, bullets won't work…. We're running out of options here…."
"Do not fret old friend, if the situation becomes dire, I will use my demonic abilities," Elymas replies.
Abel grinds his teeth; "Let's hope it won't come to that."
Suddenly they can hear Benicio a slight hint of panic present in his voice; "Euhm guys?...I-I don't wanna rush ya….But it …..looks like…...i'm out…...of time."
The still present henchmen freeze as they see with heavy feelings in their heart, how benicio is floating against the top of the stasis room, taking one last big gulp of air as they watch the container completely fill up, the demon now completely covered in the fluid as there is no more air.
In a wave of despair, Abel roars out loud as he runs towards the mad doctor, smashing Mercy in the man's face who stumbles back, he finally moves. The creature faces the rebel angel as he reveals a dislocated jaw, yet again, shows no sign of pain as he placed the jaw where it belongs with no effort.
The lack of pain shown by the enemy makes Abels eyes go wide as realisation subcomes to him. It makes him lose the will to fight as he has given up hope, starting to chuckle in a mad way; "It's no use….We can't beat him, not like this…."
The others are waking up and getting to their feet just in time as they can hear Alice wail and Boris wine. Looking at the stasis room they see Benicio grabbing at his chest, a pained expression present on his face as his lungs feel like they're on fire as if they're about to explode. Reluctantly the demon is forced to take a breath as he opens his mouth in a gasp. The others can see his last breath take the form of air bubbles as they leave his mouth floating to the top of the glass prison. The demon slowly closes his eyes while he feels the liquid glide through his non visible throat.
Now Abel is the one who sits on the floor, forming his hands to fists as he keeps punching the ground out of frustration, to the point where his knuckles look black from his ink. Elymas can't bear the sight as he crouches next to him, attempting to comfort him while stopping the angel's painful action. "It is not your fault, you have done everything you could have done…"
"Hahahahaha…..Yeah, keep telling yourself that lie. One day maybe you will believe it," The mad doctor teases as if the misery of the toons wasn't enough.
Elymas finally snaps, cringing as he gets to his hooves, his hands clenched in fist as he lets rage consume him. His eyes regain their demonic appearance with the extra of the red scar like lines on the top and bottom of his eyes as he uses more demonic energy than needed. What he doesn't know however, is that Diana is also about to make a move, preparing her poisonous fairy dust.
Coincidence or maybe even fate will have it, that both toons attack the enemy at the exact same time as Elymas has lighted up a set of molotov cocktails with his purple demonic energy which he has thrown while in the meantime Diana has released a cloud of her glittering fairy dust. Both attacks cross each other's path and unexpectedly seem to merge when the molotov bombs explode and the shockwave it produces sends the fairy dust in high speed towards the mad doctor, who's too slow to counterattack as he breads in the dust.
The duo share a surprised glance with each other but then aim their focus on the doctor to behold the results of their unexpected combo attack. The enemy starts to feel drowsy, his eyelids becoming heavy until he finally drifts off into a deep sleep, falling face flat on the ground. But to be sure Diana takes her whip and slams it around the creature's leg as both she and Elymas pull on the weapon, sending the creature flying.
The family watches how the monster collides with the CryoTube stasis chamber before falling to the floor, as it has made a crack in the stasis room by doing so. The rebel angel is the first to notice as he doesn't hesitate. He quickly scrambles to his feet, Preparing Mercy, then sprints towards the crack and hits it with the brass knuckles over and over again, the crack becoming bigger and bigger as the blue fluid starts to leak.
The others hold their breath being hopeful as they watch Abel work on freeing the boss. He screams, giving it all in one last punch as the glass bursts into hundreds of shards and the blue liquid flows in a wave over the ground, covering it while the ink demon in turn falls out of the contraption as well, soaked to the bone as the rebel angel drops his weapon on the floor and catches him with both arms. He quickly drags Benicio's body over the wet ground and eventually lifts him, holding the demon bridal style. He quickly looks around spotting the stretcher, carrying the limp body towards it.
He gently lays the boss on the portable bed as Luna comes rushing towards his side. The wolf quickly slides Benicio's suspenders off his shoulders and rips open what remains of his shirt, revealing his bare chest and torso which has an impressive collection of scars on it. One may wonder where he has gotten them from, as it becomes clear that the demon has gone through more tuff situations before this.
Luna gets the stethoscope from around her neck and listens to any sign of life. The henchmen await for any news on the boss, hoping for good news. Yet the contrary is proven as the wolf her eye goes wide slowly shaking her head in disbelief; "Zere is niet pulse."
Gizmo and Deeralyn cover their mouths with their hands, being upset. Alice and Boris both had tears running down their face as the others are just plain in shock. Was this it? Did they actually lose the ink demon, lose a part of this family?
Luna continues to work on him however, quickly starting to administer CPR as she isn't ready to give up on him just jet. She administers ten chest compressions and blows fresh oxygen in the demon's mouth two times.
"Come on devil boy, ye promised ye would get us out of here…..Don't leave us behind. Don't ya dear break your promise to us."
Yet after Luna has repeated the process two more times, there is still no sign of life coming from the demon. The family starts to prepare for the worst as the doctor desperately tries to look around for any means of help while she is doing another round of chest compressions. That's when she spots what appears to be a defibrillator underneath the workbench full of jars and test tubes. "Deeralyn look, defibrillator. It kould be just what ve need."
Deeralyn nods as she sprints to get the requested device while Luna Uses the clean sheets on the stretcher to rub the demon's torso dry. When the nurse comes back with the appliance they get the two rods attached to the device ready and administer an electric shock to Benicio's chest. Nothing…..They administer the second shock.
Right there and then. The ink demon's eyes snap open when he suddenly takes a big gulp of necessary oxygen.
Luna has a sense of victory filling her with hope; "Da, zat's it breathe…"
After the air he had so greedily sucked in, Benicio falls into a coughing spree as he feels the liquid coming back up. Luna Quickly helps the boss to lay on his side as small puddles of the fluid come out of his mouth with each cough he does, so he wouldn't choke on it while she rubs his back to ease him. After a while the coughing fit finally stops as the demon has repelled a lot of the blue liquid in his chest.
The doctor helps her boss to lay back on his back as thin bits of the fluid trickle down his chin, while his breathing is fairly labored. With a hoarse voice he wheezes; "W-W...ath Hap...pened?"
The henchmen look at each other until Luna suddenly replies while placing a hand onBenicio's cheek; "Sssssh, don't talk, you've been through lot, you need to rest. But to ansver your question...You euhm, kinda drowned.
It stays silent for a while until the mob boss is able to give a weak smile; "Oh…...i-is that all?"
The family can't believe Benicio's behavior, after all the shit they've gone through since they entered the place…...He even literally almost died and even then he still manages to wisecrack about it?
Eventually the family decides to give their boss a break, as a matter of fact, they all could use one. They agree to let the ink demon rest for a few minutes more, at least till his breathing becomes less laboured while the others take a seat on the ground enjoying a much needed pause. Even though Luna is keeping a keen eye on the boss, who's thinking about their next step as they still need to find a way out…