Earth. Unknown Location
"Freaking pigs. I just wanted one day with my daughter! Is that too much to fucking ask for?!"
Snow says angrily while loading his handgun from behind the counter of the grocery store he was currently occupying. The body of the dead clerk can be seen lying next to the opening of the back door to the store itself. While Snow is seen hiding from goons who belonged to the corrupt cop he had been tasked to kill.
All he wanted to do today was pick up some of his daughter's favourite sweets from when she was alive on Earth. Was that too much to ask for from I.M.P.'s only tall demon assassin? Apparently, to these douche nozzles, it was.
"Okay. I count six, maybe ten of them. And, there are only two of us Snow. I would love to explain this to Millie when we get home."
Snow's friend, and, the case of the following shoot out where the two nearly got blown to shreds by the corrupt cops. It was none other than the fellow trapped imp, Moxxie. Who, just wanted his first mission with Snow to go swimmingly? Give the guys a break. One of them was married. And, one of them had a daughter to go back to Hell for. Plus, they work for people that want people dead. What more do you want?
"Okay, Mox. On my signal. We go full metal jackass on their asses."
Making sure the cops were reloading their guns. And, on the silent mouthing of the word 'go' from Snow to Moxxie. The two males split up. Moxxie began firing his gun while Snow, now in his demon mode, took to blasting the unsuspecting cops in the face with one thousand calibre demon-led headaches.
They even went as far as Snow lopping off one of the heads of the cops. And, with enough power. He punted it like a field goal into the front window. Shattering it upon impact to an 'it's good' hand motion from Moxxie while he was snapping the neck of the cop he'd jumped onto the back of. Stabbing his knives into the poor guy's neck. With one almighty ripping sound to follow. Moxxie snapped the sap's neck before he tore the head clean off and threw the impaled head at the other three that stood gawking at him. Something that Snow took advantage of whilst still in his demon mode. He sat on the nearest corpse that had the misfortune of having its face down and ass up in the air for Snow to sit on. Leading to confusion on the remaining three cops' faces when the male speaks.
"You're probably wondering right now. Snow, why not just fucking sheesh kebab these guys, go home and spend time with your little girl? Well, you dick-suckers, are not going to like my answer."
With no hesitation. Moxxie, while standing behind the goons, shoots out their knees from underneath them while Snow is seen sipping some whiskey from the bottle and smoking a large Cuban. Taking the cigar into his left hand. Snow gets closer to the first one's face. With his white beard bristling with the warm air fuming from the hybrid's mouth. He continues to speak
"You boys, need to learn, that you do not, FUCK WITH, me and, my friends. Who, I might add, are paying me a hefty paycheck for a job well done."
Snow drove the still-lit cigar right into the eye of the cop in front of him. Nodding to Moxxie. The imp in question slits the throats of the two cops on the left and the right-hand side of the middle cop Snow had driven the cigar into the eye of. Leaving the one in the middle to nearly shit his pants before Moxxie walks over to the one left before him.
'A verse from I'm Blue by Bebe Rexha and David Guetta plays'.
Snow groans in annoyance at the ringtone. Moxxie just looks at him weird while the corrupt cop risks a quiet snicker at his assaulter. Eric did notice the smile on his victim's face before asking Moxxie to take care of it while he answered this call.
With Snow and Eliza's Phone Conversation
"Hi, daddy!"
"Hi, sweetie. Look, I know I promised to take you out for dinner tonight. But, I'm currently at work at the moment."
"But daddy. You promised you'd make time for me today! Also, Miss Loona is boring. She won't play with me!"
"AGH! YOU MOTHERFUCKER!"
"One-second honey. Something's just come up."
Snow puts his hand over the speaker and motions to Moxxie to keep the noise down while he was on the phone with Eliza. Moxxie mouths 'HOW?' towards the father of one. Leading to Snow launching a bottle at the cop's head. Smashing it right on target and killing the guy on impact. This led to Moxxie carrying the dead cop into the trunk of Snow's car. Along with the two dead guys they were going to leave outside the police station once they were done.
Once that distraction was taken care of. Snow focuses back on the phone when he says.
"Listen, Eliza…, LISTEN! Sorry for shouting, sweetie. Listen, Moxxie and I have done our job today. So, it won't be long until I'm back home. And, once I'm home. We can go to Wacky World. Sound good?"
"Can we bring Miss Loona with us?"
Moxxie noted the red tint that had coated Snow's cheeks at the mention of Eliza wanting Loona to join the two at the pizza place meant for kids and pre-teens in the Greed Ring. Deciding he needed to answer his daughter quickly. Eric responds.
"Sure. We can bring Loona with us, Liz. But, you need to promise me you've behaved for my boss and his receptionist, okay?"
Snow held his breath. had his daughter been won over? He soon got his answer.
"YAY! I'll see you when you come home, daddy. I love you."
"Love you too, sweetie. I'll see you soon."
With a look towards Moxxie. The two shoved the other three corpses into the trunk before they jumped into the driver and passenger seats respectively. Moxxie noted the smile Snow had on his face at a job well done. But, Moxxie knew better. Eric was just happy to be making up for lost time with his little girl. So, slamming his foot down hard on the gas pedal. Eric sped away towards the place they were dumping the bodies.
Back In The Greed Ring of Hell
Eliza is seen to be fast asleep in Loona's arms when the portal to the boardroom opens up. As the imp and the demon step through. Moxxie and Snow couldn't help the look they had on their faces at seeing the cute sight before them. Eliza was asleep in the normally anti-social hellhound's arms. Seeing the two guys looking at the little girl in her arms. Loona places a finger to her lips before saying quietly.
"She fell asleep on me. I wasn't going to move her while she looked comfortable."
Eric chuckles to himself in response. Moving over to the twelve-year-old that was fast on. He gently shakes his daughter awake. Getting a yawn, and a couple of blinks in response. Eliza slowly focuses her gaze on her dad and Moxxie stood before her when she says sleepily with a smile on her face.
"Hi, daddy."
Reaching her arms out for Snow to take. Eric picks his daughter up with a hug and a kiss on the cheek before helping her stand groggily to her feet. Once she was standing, Snow asks gently.
"Ready to go to Wacky World?"
Eliza nods in response. Taking her dad's hand. The two are prepared to leave the minute Blitzo appears with his employee's paycheck.
"Another job well done, Snow. Here's today's pay."
Seeing the wad of cash that must have been roughly two hundred dollars. Eric smirks before exiting the boardroom. They were just about to leave the room before Eliza spoke up.
"Daddy. I thought Miss Loona was joining us today?"
This earned the pre-teen two blushes in response from the male and female hound respectively. Luckily, Blitzo spoke up to save the two from their blushes.
"Sorry, sweetie. But Looney has to man the phones for me in case anything comes up before we leave for home tonight."
"Oh, okay Mr Blitzo."
The sight of a disappointed Eliza was enough to make Snow ask his boss after Eliza gave him puppy eyes.
"Sorry to ask this, sir. But, my daughter really wanted Loona to join us at the pizza place tonight. Can you make an exception tonight? Just for her?"
Blitzo couldn't look the little girl in her eyes while she was giving him the sad puppy look. This causes Loona to speak up.
"I mean. It couldn't hurt to do something different. Also, I didn't have anything on tonight, to begin with, Blitz."
This put Blitzo in between a rock and a hard place. He was used to it just being him and Loona at the apartment after work. It would feel weird without Loona going out with someone from work to lunch. Making his decision. And, not wanting to hurt this precious girl's feelings. He finally caves in.
"Fine. Make sure she is back by ten. NO LATER, SNOW! I'm only agreeing to this because your daughter is too adorable to say no to."
Eric smirks in triumph whilst Eliza hugs Loona tightly around the adult female's left leg. Causing Loona to give off a small smile at Snow's daughter smiling back at her. This would at least be a fun afternoon/evening for them.
Later, At Wacky World.
Wacky World was exactly that. It was for the child under the watchful eyes of Snow and Loona. It was an Italian restaurant designed for children and pre-teens to hang out and have fun. All while the adults watched on from the booths provided.
Dragging her dad out of his seat. Eliza ran around with Snow to the many games and play areas on offer. All the while Loona sat in amusement at the little girl running her father ragged. It was indeed a weird sight for the female sat watching. She only knew Snow as the murdering psycho she worked with. Seeing him being a loving father was an alien sight for her. Then again, she only met him yesterday.
While Snow was shooting down targets on the wild west themed water gun range in the hopes of winning prizes for his daughter. Snow ordered food for the three of them to share. Loona says within her thoughts.
'Why would Eliza set this up? I only just met her dad yesterday. I need to know him better before anything can happen.
Loona noted Eliza was looking her way with a smile. Making the female give a rare chuckle at Snow's daughter warming up to her. Soon, her eyes travelled over to Snow watching the child run through the soft play area. She spoke, once more, within her thoughts.
'That child is too adorable for her own good. But, I'm a little jealous. I know I should be more involved with Blitz. But, he's too much of a dumbass for me to even put up with him for two seconds.'
Though, she had to admit one thing, this little lunch thing Eliza wanted her on. It was the perfect way for Loona to get to know Snow better. Especially with how she blushed up a storm the minute Snow almost caught her staring at his butt.
Whilst looking away. Blitzo had texted Loona to let her know that he had gone over a job review with Moxxie and Millie. Loona, after explaining she was waiting on the pizza Snow had ordered for the three of them, remained on her phone till a voice called out.
"NUMBER 86!"
Looking at the receipt she had in her hand that Snow had given her. She clicked her fingers to indicate the food was to come over to her table. Once the food was on the table, Loona was putting some slices of pizza onto Eliza's plate after she grabbed her slices. Eric must have smelt the cheese pizza because putting his fingers to his mouth while Loona lowered her ears against her head. he whistled for Eliza to come back to the booth for food.
Running feet could be heard pattering against the carpet of the restaurant floor towards the table with the two adults awaiting the little demon with the food. Before Loona could dig in the minute Snow and Eliza were seated. Eliza gently slapped Loona's wrist before speaking.
"Hey! You can't just eat without saying thank you! Don't insult my dad like that!"
Loona just rolled her eyes with a small smile towards Eliza. The hound just found the girl too adorable to get mad at. So, playing along, she spoke after the little girl.
"Thank you, Daddy!"
"Thanks, Snow."
This caused Snow to smile warmly in response before the group began to eat. Out of the corner of Snow's right eye. He could see a demon eyeing up the child sitting with the two adults. He didn't know what the demon was doing exactly. But, he could tell he was up to something. Deciding to ignore it for now in favour of the food that was before him. He bit down on the cheesiest slice of the pizza he had on his plate.
Sometime Later
Snow had gone to the adult's bar area while Loona was left to watch Eliza. Well, she was supervising her while on her phone to anyone who had texted her. But, she did have one eye on the little one that was in the soft play area.
That was when the demon made his move.
Grabbing two beers from the bar before bringing them over to the table they were at after paying for them. Upon his return to the table. Something was wrong when he looked over to the soft play area. Leading to Snow's first question being one filled with worry. Something that struck Loona with the tone he took whenever the father of one was worried about something. Or, in this case, someone.
"Loona. Where's my daughter?"
Loona merely pointed towards the soft play area she'd seen her go to by themselves. When Snow looked over to where Loona had indicated. He spoke with a low tone when he took Loona's phone from her. If Loona listened closely, she would have been able to tell her friend was fuming.
"Wanna change your answer Loona?"
Loona was about to snarl at Snow for calling her a liar. Until she looked towards the play area. The minute she did, her body went numb with dread. Where was Eliza?! She got her answer the minute a crying Eliza could be heard from the back of the restaurant.
"DADDY! LOONA!"
The two's bodies went numb with dread. Eric's mind went further down the rabbit hole when he remembered the demon sat shadily in the corner earlier. It didn't take long for Snow to take charge.
"Call your dad, Moxxie and Millie, Loona!"
Loona didn't get the chance to retort before Snow bolted out towards the exit. A day of fun and father/daughter bonding time had turned into a rescue mission. Today, Loona would learn a valuable lesson.
Don't mess with Snow. Or, his daughter.
Outside
Knocking down the exit door in his mad rush. Eric spotted his daughter getting thrown into a car before it tore off out of the alleyway behind Wacky World. Drawing only Persephone from his back pocket. He tried to shoot out the tyre to the right-hand side. But, he missed all three shots he'd fired. Causing him to yell in frustration and shout.
"ELIZA!"
Luckily, the horn of a van alerted Snow to his colleagues pulling up to where he was. Once the van had pulled up, Blitzo shouts.
"GET IN!"
Eric didn't need to be told twice. Because the moment Blitzo had got the word 'in' out of his mouth. The demon had jumped in through the passenger window in the front next to Loona. Once he was in the van. Blitzo took off with some speed out of the alleyway. They would soon be in hot pursuit of the car that took Eliza from under Snow and Loona's noses.
In The Van
"What the fuck happened!?"
Blitzo yelled at the two while concentrating on his steering and driving. Something Snow was more than happy to explain.
"Some dickhead stole Liz while Loona was watching her. And, whilst I was getting us two some beer from the bar."
Loona, understandably, was shaken up by this ordeal. She had kept one eye on Eliza at all times. Even if she was on her phone. Something Snow was quick to say when he noticed Loona wasn't offering any input.
"Hey! Don't beat yourself up over this, Loona. We'll get my daughter back! Even if the little shit tried playing matchmaker when we barely know each other."
"WHAT!?"
That was Blitzo shouting this in horror before Loona replied to Snow.
"But… I couldn't watch her for five seconds without her getting kidnapped, Snow. I feel really shitty for letting this happen."
"Don't be Loona. Let's just get Liz back. Then, we can let this whole thing blow over and go back to our normal, boring lives!"
Loona nods in response to Snow's answer. The smiles the two shared were broken the minute Millie shouted.
"There's the sedan, sir!"
Sure enough, just as Millie had seen, there was the black sedan just ahead of them. This time, pulling Mistress from his belt. Eric leaned out of the window to make sure he had a clear shot of the car with his daughter being held hostage within.
"Can you get a clear shot Snow?"
"I can if you hold this hunk of junk steady sir!"
Doing as Snow had shouted. Blitzo held the van steady for the demon to get a clear shot off. Except, the driver saw the van coming. So, using his initiative, he slammed the side of his car into the van. Causing Snow to fall backwards onto Loona. While getting up quickly. He didn't realise his hand was on Loona's covered left boob until he heard her yelp in surprise from the sudden pressure on her chest. This made him throw himself back into trying to take out the sedan driver to avoid the embarrassment he'd just caused himself. Leaving Loona a blushing mess when she shouts angrily at Snow.
"WATCH WHERE YOU PUT YOUR HANDS ASSHOLE!"
"Sorry, Loona. I tried to push myself up by using the seat under you!"
"Can you two just focus!"
"SHUT IT MOXXIE!"
Moxxie was taken aback by the two in the front shouting at him before the bullets started firing from Snow and Moxxie's guns at the car beside them. Hot lead was traded between both vehicles. Moxxie managed to land a headshot on the first goon that tried to grab the imp through the window.
Taking a chance on his shot. Eric didn't know how he did it. But, somehow, the world slowed down for him. And, his right eye that wasn't closed had turned a blazing gold in colour with a cross-hair imprinted into the pupil of said eye. Even his thoughts wondered how he'd done it.
'Woah! This is some matrix-level bullshit.'
BANG!
Time resumed from its standstill to see Snow had hit a perfect headshot on the driver of the car. Causing it to swerve out of control and crash into a street light it was close to. Causing a pile-up on the road. And, making Blitzo swerve the van to a halt next to the crashed sedan. It didn't stop Snow from getting out of the van and running to the car with Loona behind him.
The poor sap that had helped kidnapped Eliza had no chance to crawl away when he saw Snow heading towards him. Eliza's dad was seeing nothing but red right now. Kicking the demon square in the face while Moxxie and Millie got Eliza out of the wrecked car. He had the demon at his mercy and he didn't plan on stopping the beating he was about to dish out. With left fist clenched. The angered demon had the goon at his mercy when he shouted at the demon.
"OKAY PRICK! WHO SENT YOU TO KIDNAP MY DAUGHTER!"
"I won't tell you a damn thing! I ain't no snitch!"
Wrong answer.
Eric was now seen raining down shot after shot into the demon's face without any sign of giving to his punches. Eliza was witnessing the whole thing before Millie pulled the little girl into a hug to hide her face from the violence unfolding. Eric wanted this demon to suffer for what he had attempted. At the same time. He wanted the demon to learn the hard way not to put his grubby hands on his daughter ever again. His tactics had worked the moment the goon gives up to save his own skin.
"PENELOPE AND MURRAY!"
Eric's eyes widened in fury when he practically spat out while in fury.
"KEEP TALKING!"
The bloodied and battered demon at Snow's mercy could only try and give him a name whilst trying to save his own skin.
"Murray hired us to kidnap Penelope's daughter back from you. She was going to pay us if we managed to grab her while you and your hellhound were distracted."
That was enough to make Blitzo mad too. Being a father himself. He knew that if you laid your hands on someone's kids. There would be Hell to pay.
The demon's head was nothing but mulch on the ground beneath him where his head used to be from Snow smashing it in with his fists. It only took Eliza to call out with tears in her eyes from where she stood with Millie, Moxxie and Loona.
"Daddy, stop! Please, stop it. He's already dead!"
No one could stop the little girl from running over to her dad. Hugging him tightly with tears fresh in her eyes was what caused Snow to finally be stopped. He was frozen within his daughter's embrace long enough for him to hold her arm gently around his neck. Feeling his daughter's tears fall onto the back of his neck. It allowed him to cry into her forearm. He never wanted his daughter to see him lose his mind trying to defend her. But, he had lost control. And, he had made his daughter cry.
Loona was just as shaken as the rest of I.M.P. at what they had witnessed from the male defending his daughter. But, it earned him a new level of respect from his boss for being a dedicated father.
Somewhere In Heaven
A subordinate is seen running into the office of a female assassin when we cut to them at this moment in time. In his hand, we see a file they were given by one of the higher-ups in Heaven's High Seraph. Standing before the angel he'd been looking for. He speaks.
"Azrael, ma'am. I must speak with you. This is an urgent matter that requires your immediate attention!"
The female, who we know as Azrael, is seen seated at her desk whilst the lower-ranked angel is standing before her. Acknowledging the lower-ranked subordinate of hers. She responds.
"Speak."
Placing the file down on his boss's desk. He replies to Azrael before him.
"Our higher-ups have discovered a high activity of killings on Earth. They thought this matter should be brought to you to deal with."
Azrael nods. Grabbing the file thrown before her. She was seen sipping her coffee before she came across a picture of a certain male she hadn't seen in eternity.
SMASH
There went Azrael's mug against the wall behind her subordinate. Fuming and, with anger in her eyes. She says with venom in his voice.
"So, he's finally resurfaced after all these years?!"
The male nods. Using the remote she has with her and, points to the window with the device. A projection shows up and, with it, an image of the culprit that was mentioned in the file appeared on the screen. Among them, Azrael holds a hand out to indicate for the man to pause the images.
"Ma'am?"
The male questions his boss who, by this point, is gritting her teeth in silent fury. The image that had shown up. It was of the faces she didn't want to see appear in front of her. The image in question? It was the one of the male with the snow-white hair that struck her the hardest.
'Damn it.'
That was the thought that was running through Azrael's head. As she stared at the image before her. She remembered the story of the male on the screen. He had gone to Hell after he had committed countless sins. The abomination God wanted dead. And, here he was, clearly not dead and, he was working with low-class demons.
"Inform my commander that I am to make haste to Hell. They need to know the abomination has resurfaced again. Am I understood?"
The secretary nods before walking away with some speed. Leaving Azrael with the projection on the screen of Snow. The female says lowly to herself before we fade to black to end the chapter.
"So, you've resurfaced… Lazarus Snow."