I hope I capture well each character's spirit in this fic. Also you may notice that I don't do accent on Millie. The answer for why is simple. I have no clue how to write it in. Maybe I'll edit it in later.
Chapter 2
"At the doorstep of 2 worlds"
Moxxie was hugging Clara for a while, still thinking of how he could possibly get her to human world. The more he thought about it the more he regretted agreeing to it... But at the same time he still felt like it was something he couldn't refuse. Especially with this woman now crying in her arms...
*CLICK*
Then he heard all to familiar click and someone came through the door. As he turned around he saw...
Blitzo's POV
Just great... JUST FUCKING GREAT! Stolas called him for another "Night of passion". Ugh how much he hated when Stolas called their night fucking like this. He decided to go back to his office to scream at the walls for a while, but then he noticed something... interesting once he entered. Moxxie and... their client? Moxxie holding her in a suggestive position near his private area and her hugging him... OH YES! This is exactly what he needed today.
"Well Moxxie! Didn't know you had it in you." Blitzo winked at Moxxie and did finger guns to Moxxie's great displeasure that could be seen on his face. Perfect "Still don't know how you convinced Psycho Tits to-"
Then Psycho Tits looked at him. Her makeup was ruined due to tears in her eyes... What in the fuck, is Moxxie so hung he actually made her choke? That HAS to be investigated on his next visit. Then Blitzo looked at the table and he saw severed head of a teddy bear and once he looked at the wall he saw piece of cake on it...
"Wow... You are kinky pieces of shit aren't you?" Blitzo said as he put on the most smug face he could... The look on Psycho Tits's face was VERY angry.
"BLITZO!" And she got up from her work and go up to him...
Well that was one signal to retreat and he quickly went into his office and locked the door and put his table before it.
Moxxie's POV
Moxxie all the while was just facepalming as he saw this embarrassing display.
*PUNCH*
And Mrs. Mayberry was now trying to break down his doors which made Moxxie quickly run up to her while grabbing the Teddy Bear's head with his tail and putting it in his coat. He quickly grabbed her hand from breaking Blitzo's doors down.
"Mrs. Mayberry PLEASE! He is not worth it!" Moxxie tried to convince her... It seemed to work as her murderous look in her eyes slowly died down.
"Yeah... You're right. I'll wait outside. We can discuss things there." Clara said to Moxxie as she went out of the office.
"Weeeellll... Moxxie!" Blitzo was peeking through the corner of the broken window in the doors. "How you convinced the bitch?"
And Moxxie REALLY had it with Blitzo now
"First off sir, she is NO bitch." Moxxie raised his finger, then raised another one "And second we didn't have any erotic interaction with each other..."
"Suuure..." Blitzo said in the most annoying voice possible and picked out his phone "We will see if Millie will believe that story which OF COURSE she doesn't have to hear unless you-"
"Go ahead... Tell her. It's not true either way." Moxxie stood his ground, he already had some seeds of an idea that involved this being a non-issue. And this was too important to act like a scared cat.
Blitzo seemed VERY surprised by this answer and pulled his phone down
"Hmmm... So WHAT were you talking about?" Blitzo was getting curious... Not good.
"With all due respect. it's NONE of your business, sir." Moxxie could never tell him. If there was one thing Blitzo was terrible at is shutting up and if Lord Stolas get to know about this... The thought itself made Moxxie's blood freeze.
"Hmm... Still telling her if you wont tell!" Blitzo picked out the phone again and shook it a bit
Moxxie on this pathetic display just turned around and left the room.
"Okay... I give you time until tomorrow before I go to Stolas!" Blitzo screamed at him "ALSO TAKE CARE OF THAT CAKE ON THE WALL!"
At that Moxxie quickly turned around and with incredible speed scrapped remains of the cake and put them into the garbage bag and cleaned the floor. Took him about 2 minutes. Blitzo seemed surprised at this performance.
"Quite fast Moxxie..." Strange to hear him NOT insult him for once "Let's hope you are not so fast with your wife." There it is.
On that Moxxie just closed the doors behind him. He went down the stairs and made sure that Blitzo is not following him. But even he probably knows NOT to cross Clara right now. He quickly went out and put the bag in the garbage, but something he noticed underneath the garbage container... A newspaper and on it...
"Huh?"
Moxxie with his claw cut out this piece... Seems like a good-
"There you are!" Voice of Clara came from Behind Moxxie as he put the piece into his coat. He turned around and saw her still in rather sad state "So... Should we talk about the plan?"
"Yeah" Moxxie had some pieces of it in mind already "I think we should somehow send those children a message. Make them come to one location where you will be free to talk and quickly leave with no people that could see us... But it needs to be somewhere that could also justify you being there like-"
"Like a cemetery." She finished for him.
"Yeah." Cemetery would be a good place. Many people from hell sometimes are able to cross bridge between this world and the next on the cemeteries or places of their deaths if they are powerful enough, but only for a short while and with limited abilities. It would be a good place to do such a meeting, make it look like Mrs. Mayberry simply crossed over to the next world for a minute without their help. But there are few problems. "Is this place safe enough? You know... With no people around? And would those kids even go there?"
"Huh... Don't worry. Barely anyone is going there anymore. Especially late at night. As for the children... I will write letters... And use the nicknames I gave them, only we knew them... And I will talk about things we were doing in our class... All of the things they... did for me" Her face became sadder now... just the thought about them seemed to break her heart "So children should know they are from me...And if they wont come, well... Hehe...That means I taught them well."
"Okay... But what about them coming there? Wouldn't they be in danger?" Moxxie asked her wit concern
"That I will leave to you Moxxie. I want you to bring those letters into their houses and once they go there you will look after them." She knelt down as she said it and put her hand on Moxxie's shoulder. "I trust you."
"Well... That may be quite a challenge..." Moxxie scratched the back of his head "Also you know where they live?"
"Yes... Many times after class they asked me to ride them home. Their parents sometimes had no time or they invited me for dinner." Her smile returned a bit "But managing to look after all of them may be challenging... There were 6 of them and half of them live on opposite half of the city, thankfully they live relatively close to each other those that are on the same side."
"Yeah... I will need help. I will ask Millie." Moxxie said with confidence
"You wife? Is it safe to tell her?" She was definitely worried
"There is no other person in this world I trust more. And either way we were meant to talk today so she would know something was wrong so... Why hide it?" Moxxie just shrugged his arms with a pretty nervous laugh. He wasn't that confident in this plan "Well... That leaves with the biggest problem... The book"
"Ah yes... That portal?" She guessed
"Yeah... I will need to find a way to-" Then he remembered Blitzo's words "Wait! Boss goes to Stolas tomorrow, I can get it then!"
Moxxie immediately became more positive. Although he still had to make sure to keep a cool head.
"That's great!" Clara also became more positive "I will write those letters by tomorrow!"
Clara was about to leave, but she stopped for a moment.
"And... About the price..." Clara remembered it wasn't a free job
"Don't worry!" Moxxie smiled and touched the place where he put his piece of newspaper. "We can talk about it once job is done"
This made Clara smile
"You know... If God makes mistakes..." Those words made Moxxie stop moving for a moment... What is she... "Then his greatest one is making someone like you an Imp..."
Then she turned around and left with a wave... Moxxie all the while was just standing there... Unable to move. He can't recall if someone ever... said something like this to him... It made him happy and yet... sad. Is he... a mistake? But he quickly shook his head and regained focus on his job and walked back home... He had to talk to Millie about this.
Few hours later at Moxxie's house
"HEY MOXXIE!" Millie finally came back. Just in time. Moxxie made dinner for them, . Millie was entirely covered in blood, but thankfully none of it was hers as far as Moxxie could tell... He was glad "OH MAN! THAT WAS AWESOME! Loona was a great partner there! Really Moxxie! You NEED to come with us sometime!"
It felt great to see her excited like this... It made him feel so happy. He could almost drown in her sweet eyes and smile and- No no. He had to focus. The mission.
"Damn Moxxie!" Millie looked down at the table that had all kinds of dishes on it, from a stew to hell chickens, salad, nice wine and even Moxxie's favorite strawberry cake. "THIS IS AMAZING!"
Millie quickly went down to eat, starting with the stew, she seemed to be greatly enjoying it's taste. Moxxie was sitting across the table and was very happy Millie enjoyed it.
"Wow Moxxie... Is everything okay?" Millie said as she took another sip, but then she looked a bit more seriously at him and pointed her spoon at him "Seriously...You cook a lot when you're nervous. Is everything okay?"
She asked him again... Shit. He had to tell her now. But how is he supposed to start? I just took a job that may end up with both of us forever damned in this place. Shit... But he had to tell her... How to start it?!
"Moxxie?" he heard her again and when he looked into her worried eyes... Filled with such sweetness... He calmed down a little and let his words go out
"Remember that... Client? Mrs. Mayberry" Millie just nodded "Well... I took... another job from her"
"Really? THAT'S GREAT MOX! Blitz knows about this?" Millie seemed happy... for now
"NO!" Moxxie quickly burst out causing Millie to be a bit taken aback, he calmed down "No he... he does not..." Moxxie looked at the floor. DAMN IT! He just screamed at his own wife...
"Why? You want to do this on your own?" Millie asked as she eat some more
"No it's... It's different kind of job" He scratched his head and his tail started spinning a bit "Not assassination..."
"Hmm?" Millie seemed weirded out as she ate more
"Well... This job is about..." COME ON MOXXIE! JUST SAY IT! " GOINGTOHUMANWORLDANDARRANGINGMEETINGBETWEENHERANDHERSTUDENTS!"
"Wowowow Moxxie! Slow down.." Millie tried to calm him down "Don't worry... you can tell me anything..."
She had a sweet smile on her as she took some more of the stew. It made Moxxie calm down again
"It's... about taking her to human world..." Hope she takes it well
*GULP*
At those words she swallowed her whole spoon. She did not take it well. And started to choke.
"MILLIE!" Moxxie quickly run up to her chair and grabbed her by her stomach and started pushing to help her spit it out.
*BLEGH*
It finally came out and fell into Moxxie's stew he haven't even started. And Moxxie almost had a heart attack.
"*COUGH* *COUGH* *COUGH*" Millie started coughing hard and took a deep breath once she was done "*sigh* Moxxie... WHAT THE FUCK!?"
She grabbed Moxxie by his coat with wild look in her eyes. Her eyes had a mix of anger and worry in them. She was now constantly shake him until...
*DROP*
The head of teddy bear came out of his coat and dropped on the floor. Millie looked down on it.
"What..." She knelt down and picked it up "What is it?"
"..." Moxxie felt terrible again... But at least now he had the chance to tell her.
They went to their bedroom. It was a good place to talk about it. It took a while. Explaining it all. His meeting with the family. Their deaths. This teddy bear... And of course his deal with Clara. What she wanted him to do. Their plan... And how he needed her help.
"A-and I couldn't just..." Moxxie buried his face in his hands "I couldn't... refuse... I'm so sorry, but... I REALLY couldn't..."
"Shh... It's okay Mox" She massaged his head and kissed him on his cheek "I understand"
"Y-you do?" Moxxie was tearing up at this point "Why?"
"Moxxie..." She tightly hugged him, letting his head rest on her chest. "If you wouldn't do something like this... which I admit is the stupidest thing anyone could possibly do... Then you wouldn't be the Imp I fell in love with..."
Her voice was so soothing and... caring... It made Moxxie feel even worse... He possibly just put her life at risk and...
"Millie!" He hugged her back even tighter
"I will help Moxxie!" She said reassuringly "You can count on me!"
"Really?" Moxxie was in disbelief. Millie just hugged him tighter, almost making Moxxie run out of breath... but he didn't mind
"You bet your sweet ass and those physics defying pants!" Millie said in far more energetic voice "And seriously... You gotta explain those pants to me at some point." But that last part was a bit more serious. Moxxie though didn't listen much to it.
"THANK YOU!" Moxxie was the luckiest Imp in all of hell...
"So... Maybe let's get back to dinner. I CAN'T WAIT to taste that Strawberry pie!" Millie suggested to which Momxxie promptly agreed. The rest of their evening was very sweet.
Next day
Moxxie and Millie on their way to I.M.P. met Clara. Millie seemed to be happy to see her again. She gave them her letters and each once had a name and address on them. Rosie, Aria, Eddie, Albert, Simon and Kevin. Millie got Ariel, Albert and Kevin, while Moxxie got Eddie, Rosie and Simon. They need to get into their houses and quickly put those letters in their rooms... If there are still their rooms that is. She admitted that she didn't know about their whereabouts currently, mostly she was asking newcomers of hell about Martha and was too caught up with revenge to ask about the kids. But if they moved out it was fine to her... She just wanted to speak to at least one of them... Apologize to at least one... She admitted that she hoped Rosie is out of town... The girl she hit when she had her outburst, that one she knew would be the hardest for her. But she had to push through. So she gave them the letters and told them she will come when evening will be in her hometown. With those letters Millie and Moxxie went to I.M.P. where...
"OKAY EVERYONE! I'm going to Stolas for today so if anyone comes in asking for a contract you tell them to leave their name and come in next day!" Blitzo said swinging the book of Stolas at all of them. They were all lined up like some soldiers in boot camp "DO YOU UNDERSTAND!"
"YES SIR!" Millie got a bit too into this soldier thing
"..." Loona was on her phone with earplugs. Probably listening to some rock or metal music.
Moxxie though raised his hand
"Umm... Sir... Why are you taking the book with you?" Moxxie asked. He was pretty scared that this chance may miss them.
"Stolas said there are some "fun" surprises in it and he wanted to try some of them tonight... ugh" Blitzo didn't seem very excited about this
"So... Couldn't you just... leave it here?" Moxxie asked him, trying his best to convince him to leave it
"Why would I do that?" Blitzo asked a fair question
"Well... Because-"
"Because what if Stolas takes it away and we wont be able to make those contracts that will come today SIR!" Millie screamed out still standing upright like a soldier "We may also get some contracts done today and gain more money from it SIR!"
"..." Moxxie didn't add anything else
"Hmmm... That's... Actually a good point!" Blitzo was scratching his chin for a bit, thinking it over... "SHIT! You may be right! This scumbag probably wants to fuck me over in more ways than one tonight! THANK YOU MILLIE!"
Millie just saluted at Blitzo for this compliment and she winked at Moxxie in a way Blitzo couldn't see.
"So... I shall leave it with..." Blitzo went passed both Millie and Moxxie who wanted to get it and went to "YOU LOONIE!"
He slammed the book directly into her hands causing her phone to fall down and her earplugs to disconnect and before she could scream at him
What a hellish pony, what a hellish pony~~
The theme song of that damn pony cartoon started playing. Loona quickly picked it up and turned it off. Her face was as read as Imp's skin.
"OH DEAR SATAN! LOONIE! YOU LOVE MY HELLISH PONY TOO!?" Blitzo was amazed. His voice was full of pride. All the while Moxxie and Millie barely held their laughter.
"SHUTUP! IT JUST WENT ON WHEN IT FELL DOWN MORON!" She got really pissed off and went to the desk where she slammed the book next to her and went back to her phone
"That's my girl!" One tear dropped from Blitzo's eye... Then he looked down and noticed Millie and Moxxie staring at him "BTW, your husband fucked our client!"
Blitzo said it as clearly as possible... No reaction from Millie.
"Umm... I said. YOUR HUSBAND FUCKED OUR CLIENT!" Blitzo said it as clearly as possible... Still no reaction.
"Sir... Maybe you should leave..." Moxxie's body was full of... how do kids call it... cringe? Yeah. Cringe.
"Jeez... You are BOTH no fun freaks!" Blitzo said as he left the office and slammed the doors behind him... Millie and Moxxie could clearly tell from his horns that he was still standing there. And he opened doors again. "SO AGAIN! DID YOU HEAR-"
"Just GO" Millie threw a knife at him causing him to run. This time he went out for real, evident from the sound of their car.
"Wow... That was sad..." Moxxie had to admit
"Yeah... Feels weird when you already know entire truth..." Millie added "Wonder if that's why those romances always have those too shy protagonists that can't tell a thing..."
"To be fair... I could be one of them" Moxxie admitted, but considering the circumstances he really didn't have the time for this
"Don't worry Mox..." Millie touched his cheek with her hand and got closer to his ear once she looked at Loona who was now looking at her phone, but with no earplugs now, which means she basically ignored Blitzo's rants from before "So... do we ask her for the book?"
"What!?" Millie! This is serious. She CANNOT know! She may tell Blitzo and then tell Stolas who-"
Millie put a finger on Moxxie's lips. He was whispering, but it seems like she could tell he was about to scream
"Okay... I understand... So should we wait for contractors?" Millie asked quietly
"None may come today and this is the best chance we can get. We need to get it. And I have a plan" Moxxie said as he made her come after him into Blitzo's office and pulled out from his pants cereal box that was drawn by him rather crudely to resemble the book.
"Really?" Millie asked him with disbelief, but then pointed at his pants "And seriously... how do they work?"
"I didn't have more time okay!" Moxxie ignored that last part again. "Listen. You have to keep Loona busy, maybe take her out for a moment and then I can replace the book with this. And we both know that she wont bother to see the difference!"
"Yeah... maybe. But if I go out with her we wont come back until tomorrow even this time. Too much fun." Again that captivating passion... FOCUS FOCUS!
"Okay... Just keep her occupied while I sneak up and replace the book!" Moxxie told her to which she nodded with a smile "Okay. Let's go!"
Millie came out first from Blitzo's office and Moxxie waited a bit. Seems like Loona didn't even notice them ever being there, she was just typing on her phone. Millie came up to the desk.
"So... Loona! You had fun last night?" Millie definitely had
"Yeah... it was alright." Loona didn't seem to return this excitement.
"You know... You were really good back there with that axe! The way you chopped those three shitheads with one swipe!" Millie was now talking in far more energetic tone. It made Loona look up from her phone
"Yeah... although after that they could only be called three shits." Loona laughed a little at her jest. "And you weren't half bad either."
Seems like she was getting more into the conversation which made Moxxie quietly moved out of the office, a bit closer to the desk.
"I definitely needed that! Got too rusty after that last mission." Millie said in slightly embarrassed tone
"Shit... If this is you being rusty then I DEFINITELY don't want to see you on your good day girl!" Loona was getting more and more talkative and relaxed. She even put her phone down and sit more properly in the chair.
This was good opportunity. Moxxie quickly got behind the desk, ready to replace the book. Then Loona's tail started wagging a little. In any other moment Moxxie would see it as kind of adorable, but now his heart almost stopped as it got closer to his face. Thankfully it didn't touch him. But that only made him more motivated to finish this quickly.
"I LOVED the way you threw me at that one moron who tried to snipe us!" Millie picked out her knife and started doing slashing motions in the air "That look on his face was something to behold!"
Ahh that passion of hers... This amazing... NONO. FOCUS MOXXIE! He had to concentrate and quickly put his hand on the desk, he almost got it.
"Too bad his face wasn't there 10 seconds later" Loona laughed again "You are really fun... Why are you even with someone like that Fatty?"
Before Moxxie though touched the book this question made him freeze for a moment. It was something he had on his mind as well... Why? Why she loved him so much?
"...You know Loona." Millie became more serious now "...If you bothered to know him better..." But then she widely smiled "You would definitely know!"
"...Maybe..." Loona seemed... perplexed... That was the first time he heard her be like this...
But he had to focus, his hand was already on the book now. Now only to take it and quickly-
"By the way... What the hell is this Fatty doing with this book?" Loona pointed at Moxxie's hand on the book... Oh fuck... Then she quickly picked him up by his head and looked at him "What the fuck are you doing?"
"Hehe... How long did you-"
"Ever since you came out of that office... Hellhound remember?" She pointed at her wolf like nose and ears...
"Oh... right." Moxxie now was embarrassed beyond belief
"Loona, can you put him down." Millie asked her
And Loona actually listened and put him down. Then she noticed the cereal box in Moxxie's hands.
"Did you just try to replace this book with this?" Loona asked as she took the box form Mox's hands "Also your drawing skills are pretty shitty"
"I DIDN'T HAVE MORE TIME OKAY!" Moxxie burst out... Loona didn't seem to give much of a shit "And yes... We tried."
"You know you could've just asked me for it right?" Loona pointed out
"W-wait... you actually would agree?" Moxxie was confused
"Told you" And Millie acted all smug... Moxxie loved that.
"Sure... Not like I would give a shit..." Loona admitted without care "But now that you just tried to steal it I HAVE to know why you need it. Wanna do a job behind da- BLITZ'S back?"
Moxxie and Millie were not sure what to say... She most likely wouldn't believe anything they say besides the truth. Moxxie was too nervous now to lie and Millie... well Millie was not that much of a lying type. So they explained it... And...
"You are both fucked in the head and I'm having none of it!" She wasn't happy and pulled the book away from them "LIKE HERE I WILL LET YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"
Her anger was quite understandable... But Moxxie HAD to do it. So he spoke in the language she would understand.
"I will pay you if you let us use this book." Moxxie said in quite defeated tone. It seemed to have worked a bit as Loona lowered the book a little "But you CANNOT tell Blitzo or anyone else about this!"
"Like here I would. If I did we would all be dead." Loona wasn't stupid
"So you agree?!" Moxxie and Millie noticed hints of agreement
"How much?" Loona asked Moxxie
"Eh... how about... 600 Hellars?" Moxxie proposed (and yes, I know. I'm amazing at naming shit.)
"800" Loona raised it up "I may die if you do this so it wont be cheap and be happy I didn't go for 1000"
She was... Sadly correct. Moxxie was about to agree, but then
"700!" Millie barged in "It's also important for us and we risk far more than you!
"Ugh... 750" Loona tried to bargain
"725! Last word!" Millie stood tall like a succubus, succubus with dwarfism, but still succubus.
"Eh... Okay..." Loona shook Millie's hand "But you have to do some chores for me later fatty!"
Loona pointed at Moxxie.
"Okay... But can you also do something now that you know?" Moxxie asked
"What... Want me to go with you?" Loona seemed not very excited about it
"No... Maybe just keep an eye out if Boss comes back." Moxxie suggested "If he gets to know we are ALL dead with that big mouth of his and you know that."
"... Yeah... Sure..." Loona reluctantly agreed and went back to her desk and sat down, but before that "Oh and Millie!"
"Hmm?" Millie turned around as she and Moxxie were about to open the portal
"I know a fun place where we can fight some fuckers..." Loona smiled a little, Millie also seemed happy "If fatty wants he can come to watch."
"Th-thanks Loona..."
Moxxie didn't exactly know how to react so he just opened the portal and both Millie and Moxxie went through it.
Human world
TBC in chapter 3
"Sweet humanity"
Originally I wanted to include Human world part as well here, but it probably would've been too long here. But next one will involve some fun adventures in human world and... some atonement. And I may or may not put it out earlier than this one. I feel very pumped to write more.