Spring break ended quickly and his father had hired Vortex as his personal bodyguard, much to Seren's delight. Seren found himself growing quite fond of the I.M.P employees as he spent more and more time with them over the past 4 months, not that he'd ever let his mother find out. She would scream at his father for corrupting him by having him associate with plebeians below his status, such as imps. At least he knew she would approve of his hellhound bodyguard. She'd honestly most likely think of Vortex as nothing more than an accessory or pet for her son. Spring had finally ended and it was now the end of July. He both looked forward to and dreaded his birthday on July 31 as he knew that once his mother returned from her vacation things would begin to escalate between his parents.
He entered I.M.P headquarters with Vortex by his side right as the building began to shake. Vortex immediately picked him up in case they needed to run and Loona awoke from her nap.
"Guys… do you feel that?" Loona asked as she looked around the room in concern.
"Oh, shit! Is that a Hell Shake?" Blitzo asked.
"That's possible…" Moxxie said slowly.
"Alright! Don't panic, Moxxie!" Millie yelled at her husband.
"I'm not 'panicking'…" Moxxie told her, using quotation mark signs with his fingers as he used to word panicking, "because Hell Quakes don't happen."
Loona began shaking him, "Stop getting hysterical, fattie!"
She then smacked him into a wall which was quickly broken by arms formed as a wrecking ball. The arms quickly came apart and a caped sinner entered the room. Vortex moved in front of Seren protectively, growling.
"Do not be afraid." The sinner told them.
Blitzo just looked at him, "Please tell me you've got that insurance thing…"
"Who are you and what do you want?" Millie asked with a scowl as she lifted her battle ax within view.
"I am Loopty Goopty, dastardly inventor of all things loopy and loopish!" He replied.
"Could have just used the door, dude. Doesn't need to be this whole thing." Loona said before she glanced down at her phone.
"I am eccentric and must therefore do eccentric shit." Loopty replied as he did a strange wiggled dance.
Blitzo sniffed the sinner and recoiled in disgust, "Ugh! This old fuck reeks of the living world. Did you just die?"
"Y e s! Moments ago, in fact. Which is what brought me h e r e." Loopty explained with exaggerated motions.
"Did Blitzo just smell that sinner's butt?" Seren asked Vortex.
Vortex looked at the unfolding scene before them in confusion and disgust, "That's what it looked like…"
"Just saying, the front door would have gotten you here fine." Loona told him without glancing up from her phone.
"Shut up, dear furry." Loopty told Loona before he pulled out a photo for them to see, "This is the man I'm going to need you to kill."
"Not even a shit's length of time in Hell and already plotting revenge. I can respect a man with that sort of passion! The name's Blitzo, the 'o' is silent."
"What 'o'?" Loopty asked with a confused expression.
"Aw, thank you. Now, what's the 'T' sis?"
"The 'T'?" Loopty asked, even more confused than before.
"Guys, help." Moxxie pleaded from underneath the rubble still burying him.
"Yeah, why are we killing this guy? I mean, what did he do to you?"
"Losing… oxygen…" Moxxie croaked.
"He was… my business partner! You see, I was not always an old man! My partner Lyle and I ran Lyle-Loopty Robotics technological empire. Earlier today we were testing a new machine intended to stop or reverse the aging process. It could have saved all three trillionaires! Unfortunately, we neglected to test the machine on the poor like we usually do. We were too sure of our own genius! But the machine was accidentally set forward. By the time we managed to get out, it was too late! At least… for me… Now that evil son of a bitch is going to take over the empire we built together! Without me to share it with, he'll make all the goddamn money in the world and become the fourth trillionaire and get all the credit!"
"Yeah… that's not really evil." Blitzo said once Loopty had finished speaking.
"It's evil towards me." Loopty replied.
"Everything… is going… dark…" Moxxie gasped out as he used his arm to try and get someone's attention.
"Now get your crimson asses up above and send that heartless, no-good son of a bitch to Hell where he belongs!"
"Y-you do know, poopy…" Blitzo said.
"L o o p t y." Loopty growled.
"Of course, of course. If we do kill him though and he ends up down here… you will be stuck with him… forever." Blitzo explained nervously.
"Oh, trust me." Loopy smirked as he brought out his weapons, "I'm counting on it."
"That's kind of hot…" Moxxie wheezed out, causing everyone to finally notice him still buried under the rubble.
Moxxie was quickly saved and the details of the assassination were given to them by Loopty. Moxxie, Millie, and Blitzo all dressed in elaborate disguises complete with wigs while both Vortex and Seren transformed into their human forms. They then all went to the human world and decided to get on a tour bus that would take them to their targets home. Soon enough, the tour bus stopped in front of a large, extravagant mansion.
"Gee… wonder whose house this is…" Moxxie said sarcastically as he looked at the home through a pair of binoculars.
"And to your right is the home of famous inventor Lyle Lipton." Their tour guide said with practiced ease.
The tourists all 'oohed' before taking out their phones and snapping multiple pictures.
"Let's do it gang!" Blitzo said with a malicious grin, throwing off his sunglasses.
The three imps quickly pulled out their weapons and leapt off the bus, landing perfectly onto the ground.
"Let's kill this rich guy!" Millie said excitedly.
"Come on, princeling. No lagging behind!" Blitzo called out over his shoulder as the three imps ran towards the mansion.
"And here you'll find three tacky stalkers about to attempt a murder." Their tour guide continued with a smile, "Things like this can happen to famous people all the time."
Tourists continued to take pictures, completely unconcerned that Lyle Lipton would probably be killed soon.
Seren sighed, "Wow. Humans are really stupid, aren't they? Let's go, Tex."
Vortex quickly picked up his charge and leapt out of the bus with ease. He then quickly ran so they could catch up to the imps as their bus left to continue their tour.