John Phoenix and Storm Sente were wandering around in the forest one fine evening because Storm was a friend of John Phoenix that he hadn't got to hang around with much recently.

"Ah, good morning fellas," said a kettle.

"Hi," said Storm. He was familiar with the kettle because it makes tea for him (he's British).

Suddenly a teacup jumped out of the bushes!

"Storm Sente I'm gonna kill you!" shouted the cup head.

"Good HEAVENS!" Storm shrieked and he did his funny damage pose. Cuphead ran at Storm shooting bullets out of his finger gun that would have surely killed Storm!

But then John Phoenix stood in its way!

"I won't let you kill my friend!" said John Phoenix as the bullet neared.

But then before the bullets hit John Phoenix, the kettle got in the way too and he got shot!

"Cuphead m'boy," the old kettle croaked. "I never wanted to see you go down this paaaaaaath," he gasped for air and died.

"No old man!" cried Cuphead because he was dead. "WHO DID THIS TO MY FRIEND!"

"You did," said John Phoenix. "But that begs the question. WHY?"

Cuphead's motive was unknown. Until now. It is time to learn why he did it.

"I was hired by the Devil because I dealed with the Devil and now he wants me to collect Storm's soul because he also dealed with the Devil. Don't deal with the Devil kids it's in the name of the game!"

"But I never dealed with the Devil!" said Storm. "I would never deal with the Devil because unlike you I am not stupid. I can't be stupid because I'm a descendant of the Greaves!"

"Then the Devil must've forged your contract!" said John Phoenix.

"Wowza! Let's go and wallop him and give him what for!" said Cuphead.

So John Phoenix, Storm and Cuphead got in Cuphead's little plane and went to the Devil's casino and went to the throne room.

"Well well well if it isn't Sine Sententia and his merry band of friends," the Devil said with a wicked grin.

"Devil why did you send an assassin out to kill me," said Storm.

"I never wanted to kill ya m'boy wa ha ha ho!" the Devil chuckled.

"No way, it can't be!" said Storm, but it can! Because upon closer inspection, the Devil was in fact his old mentor Charlie Norman Lawrence LLM!

"I knew it," said John Phoenix, and he wasn't lying. "Who else could've forged this contract but the master of forging evidence himself!"

"Lookie here Stormy I was so so bad they made me the new Devil, funny that eh?" Charlie cackled because it's funny. But who would be surprised he was the new Devil? This was the man that killed almost 10,000 people in one day!

"But then why send me to kill Storm if you didn't want him dead?" said Cuphead.

"It's obvious," said John Phoenix. "It's because he expected me to get in your way so I'd die instead! The one he really wanted you to kill... was ME!"

"Of course," said Storm. "But he never could have anticipated the elder kettle also standing in your way!"

"Good ol' Kettle always being a spanner in the works of evil," said Cuphead.

"ENOUGH! I want Storm to be the only lawyer in the world and so you must DIE John Phoenix!" said Lawrence.

"Careful fellas this fight is about to get red hot!" said Cuphead and he started firing little bullets at Lawrence but they did not hurt.

"Wahahaha I think there's a fly buzzing around me," chuckled Lawrence and he grabbed Cuphead and held him up high!

"What're you doing Mr. Lawrence!" screamed Storm.

"This is what happens to people who fail me! Die, CUPHEAD!" said Lawrence and swung his hand down, meaning to smash the cupheaded boy to little pieces.

AND HE DID!

Cuphead shattered and sharp pieces of ceramic scattered everywhere!

"AAAAAH HA HA HA HA HA!" laughed Lawrence because Cuphead was in Hell now.

But while he was laughing, John Phoenix picked up one of the shards Cuphead shattered into and threw it at Storm!

Storm caught the shard and ran at Lawrence, who was still laughing away, and STABBED HIM!

"Why would you do this to me Storm..." moaned Lawrence as he started to die.

Storm did not answer because it was obvious why he did it. Lawrence is too stupid - no, Lawrence is too cruel to ever understand how much pain he inflicted on his beloved student. And now, he is too dead to understand too.

Epilogue

John Phoenix and Storm picked up all the shards of ceramic, even the tiny particles, and took them to Bob the Builder.

"Can you fix it?" said John Phoenix.

"YES I CAN!" said Bob and he fixed Cuphead and he was alive again.