The portal continued swirling and swirling. After everybody else had taken out their weapons, Moxxie groaned and took the cutlass out of his holster. He was slipping away from the high that he had in the bathroom, but it was starting to become an annoyance for him as Moxxie's mental state was in the middle ground.

"What the duckity fuck does Valentino have on the other side?" Blitzo exclaimed.

Loona stopped growling at the portal and turned to her owner. "Wait, did you just say Valentino?"

Before the boss can explain himself, something circular, large, red, and slimy came out of the portal. It lunged right at the entire crew, and managed to disperse itself in a violent explosion in front of them. The red splattered all over, and stained all of their clothes. Once they reopened their eyes, they were in complete shock.

Dozens of red slimy entities in the form of faceless imps had scattered all around them with identical appearances. Two long horns and an average sized body. They all stood there upright.

Then two blinding white circles formed within their faces. Millie took a step back, as her skin crawled from the sudden formation. Soon after, they all stuck their right arm out and formed a sharp pointy arm. And the last phase? They all hardened into smooth and soulless imp duplicates. Their arms now formed a sharp blade that could slice through just about any sentient being.

The team all shouted in unison.

"OH SHIT!"

With swift thinking, Loona shot the pistol and pierced through the head of one unfortunate clone. The direct hit made it fall over and dissipate into the air. The rest of the clones stared down at the spot where the entity fell, then looked back at the I.M.P with no change of expression.

Blitzo paused. He tucked the pocket knife back inside and instead took out a submachine gun that was hidden inside his jacket.

"Let's light these fucking dummies up."

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Millie ran towards the crowd and yelled out a high-pitched battle cry. She held her axe up, ready to slice through the rest of them. Moxxie instantly followed and held his cutlass close. He was groggy, but he was not going to let Millie risk her life alone.

They were going to war together.

Millie jumped high and swung his axe right through the body of one clone, sending its gaseous remains all over the place. The rest of the clones rushed at her, with one of them slicing right into her side. The imp shrieked, and swung her axe to no avail, as the duplicates dodged the attack by taking a long leap back.

Now Moxxie was wide awake. Bullets from Blitzo and Loona began hitting the clones one by one, but they were struggling to kill them.

"FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK!"

He rushed at max speed, and bulldozed through a few clones as Millie slowly got away to attend to her wound. Moxxie and the group fell over to the floor, causing the rest to dive right into the pile. They held Moxxie down, and some of them managed to poke a hole into various areas on his body. The imp was now choking on his blood as one managed to make a good stab into his abdomen. Bullets from the duo began flying as the rest of the group rushed over to assist.

Millie turned around to see what was going on, and once she saw what was happening, she screamed.

"MOXXIE!"

Blitzo grabbed Millie by the hand and dragged her with him. "We gotta get him RIGHT NOW!"

The boss held his submachine gun in one hand and began firing like crazy through the pile. He made sure not to hit Moxxie, who was all the way on the bottom. Loona tossed her pistol to the side and began crawling at high speed.

The hound hurried with all her might and got herself off the ground, diving through the pile and causing multiple clones to fall over. Loona began chomping away and dug through the insides of the clones. Moxxie was laying down there in rough shape, and he was coughing a little more blood before he tried to get himself off the ground. Another clone was already there to dispose of the imp, but before it could get the chance to stab through the imp's head, Millie threw her axe right at the head of the entity and caused it to disappear into thin air. The axe dropped to the ground.

His wife rushed over, looking like she was about to cry. "Goddamnit, Moxxie! Don't scare me like that!"

He raised himself up and brushed his jacket. "I'm fine, I'm fine. See? Now come on, we have to assist Loona!"

Millie picked her weapon off the ground and ran with Moxxie. Blitzo was following from behind, still shooting through the bodies of multiple entities but with little to no avail. The swarm was already picking on Loona one by one. She tried to get them to step back with the swing of her claws and the gnawing of her teeth, but a handful of them managed to pass through and leave cuts around her body. She kneeled down and howled in pain as a few of them took advantage of the situation and sliced through her back. Blitzo had enough. He aimed high and shot three of them through their heads. Moxxie and Millie were on the offense. They leaped together and sliced through one clone each on their landings.

The couple leaned on each other's backs and held their weapons close as they both struggled to catch their breath. It was time to handle business together.

One clone rushed at Moxxie. He acted fast and stabbed right into its head. Poof. Another clone rushed at Millie. She ducked from the swing of its arm and sliced high, cutting the body in half. Poof. More clones rushed as Moxxie swung his cutlass left to right, catching them either through their neck or through the head. More of them began disappearing as Millie followed with an intense kill count of her own. She swung in all kinds of directions, kicked one of the clones back and twirled to slice right through it. Poof. Blitzo continued shooting at the entities, often making inaccurate shots due to the natural properties of the gun. The gun clicked with nothing coming on the other side. The imp quickly reloaded the magazine and continued his shooting. Between all the chaos and war, Loona slowly crawled her way out of the scene, trying to stay alive. However, this proved to be difficult. They stabbed her in all kinds of places, and left her bleeding in multiple areas. Moxxie turned to the hound whilst making a couple stabs through each contributing member of the swarm.

"Loona, our portal is still open in the back! Get back to Hell, we can't have you die up here!"

The hound nodded, and crawled the other direction. With all her strength, she went from crawling to lifting herself up and limping her way through the woods. For a moment, Millie looked over her shoulder and saw Loona making her way out. She gathered herself again and focused on the clones. There were still plenty of them rushing at the couple. Nevertheless, the imp continued swinging her axe and twirling, moving in unconventional fight patterns that easily threw off the opposition. More and more clones were being poofed out of existence by the agility of Millie. She even hopped, did a corkscrew in mid air, and sliced through two clones at the same time once she reached them. Millie landed on her feet and continued her spree. Moxxie was utilizing parry technique and blocked off the pointy arms of multiple clones. He would parry then swung high as quick as he could. It proved itself effective, as the repetition of Moxxie flawlessly picked off each clone one by one. The couple were very efficient together. Blitzo continued to support them with bullets spraying and hitting the clones. However, he was thinking the process can be sped up with the last trick in his sleeve. The boss threw the submachine gun to the side and took something out of his pocket. A thermite grenade. The imp removed the pin and threw the explosive. It soared through the air and landed on a rushing group of clones. The grenade exploded and nearly obliterated everything that the explosion touched, including the floor. It left a crater right where the clones used to be.

The swarm was now cut to a third. Moxxie and Millie decided to get crafty in the last minutes of this fight.

Moxxie turned his head to Blitzo.

"Sir, I need you to get on my shoulders! Take the gun with you!"

The owner of I.M.P stood frozen. He had an internal conflict, contemplating whether or not this was the best idea they can come up with right now.

"Mox, you sure you can carry me u-"

The short-tempered imp sliced through the head of one clone like butter and held his cutlass up to Blitzo's direction..

"JUST FUCKING DO IT!"

"Fuck! Alright, let's go!"

Blitzo picked the submachine gun off the floor and jogged over to Moxxie, who bent over and allowed Blitzo to get on his back and ride his shoulders. The smaller imp stood back up again and held his cutlass up. He had time to remain in battle stance while Millie continued her rampage behind him. The boss began shooting from above and was making it rain on the swarm. Every shot suddenly became a direct hit, as the high elevation allowed him to pierce through their heads by aiming from above. Many more clones began disappearing, as Millie cut into the last clone on her side. She stabbed it right into its chest and held the blade close. She got into hysterics and held the dying clone by its cheeks. Then it disappeared. In an instant, Millie went over to Moxxie's side, but was quickly stopped by his arm. Blitzo was still shooting the clones, and he did not want her to accidentally take a bullet or two.

The gun continued firing for another seven seconds.

The last clone disappeared.

They were met with an eerie silence within the woods.

Moxxie and Millie dropped their weapons and fell over to the ground, along with Blitzo, who was still sitting on Moxxie's shoulders. They were panting heavily as a result of the massacre, but soon after, the three began to chuckle.

"Heh...heh…"

"Heh heh heh."

"Heeheehee."

The imps broke down in laughter. Blitzo was howling with laughter, Moxxie was guffawing, and Millie was cackling.

They just survived a 4v72 fight.

Loona shot herself in the ritual room, and fell over to the ground. She couldn't wait to respawn into a much healthier body. Moxxie and Millie sat on the couch and held each other's hand. They looked down in worry, wondering what Blitzo would say next. And speaking of the devil, he sat himself down next to Moxxie.

"Okay, you guys. Here's the gist, we need to complete Valentino's contract by the end of the day, or we are going to get fucked up like how we got fucked up just now. Now, I think we all should off ourselves to make sure we're not sufferi-"

Moxxie interrupted.

"Sir, I need you to tell me what the hell is going on. I mean, a-a-are you saying that we are being deliberately forced by our clients to finish their contracts earlier? T-T-This is just going to be our lives now!?"

No response.

Moxxie was shaking. He looked down at his hands. They were shaking as well, but they clenched once the imp recollected the horrifying image of Millie getting tossed around by the imp-sized clones.

He turned back to Blitzo and yelled.

"I NEED SOME GODDAMN ANSWERS!"

Almost instantly, Millie held Moxxie's hand once again and put her other hand on his wounded shoulder.

"Calm down, Mox! Blitzo is our boss. He's been our boss for a long freakin' time, and he cares about us deeply! He will provide those answers to us right now! Right, sir?" She looked towards Blitzo. Moxxie calmed down a little and looked towards his boss, but was still serious.

Silence.

Blitzo sighed, stood back up, and walked out the doorway.

"We're on the clock."