"I love you", Serena spouted out from her place with Stanton on the Holiday Inn floor. His landlord had banned him from the castle he had rented out and they had to reside in the hotel just down the street. She didn't even know that they had Holiday Inns in Nefandus.

"I love you too"

"I love you more"

"No!" Stanton was getting agitated. "I love you more"

"No, me!"

"I love you infinity!"

"You're not playing fair!"

"Fine"

"Fine!"

They both went and sulked in the opposite corners of the room, but not after tripping over the cloth they had been wrapped up in and falling on their faces. Serena sighed. This was not turning out the way she expected. She turned to him. "I'm sorry"

"I'm sorry too"

"I'm more sorry"

"No! I am!"

"I'm sorry infinity!'

"I KNOW YOU ARE!"

"Fine"

"Fine!"

They sat in complete silence for a while.

"…… I'm ordering Chinese"

"You do that".

Serena groaned and walked off towards the phone before realizing that she didn't know of any Chinese food places in Nefandus. "Um… Stanton?"

Suddenly, the bell rung. "I'll get it!" she groaned, glad to have company. She opened the door to reveal a cloud of darkness hovering over the welcome mat that she had purchased at Target.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" She screamed before running to Stanton. "There's a… there's a…"

"What?" he asked.

"A m- monster"

"Don't tell me you're delusional too", he gave his trademark cynical smirk before pushing pass her and heading for the door. "Your majesty", he gasped when he got there.

The Atrox took a thunderous breath, flashed it's ever glowing eyes of evil and took a seat beside the trembling Serena on a cushion. "Whatcha doin?"

"Nothin. Chillin at the Holiday Inn" Stanton shrugged. "Is there something you need?"

"Yes", he grinned malignantly. "I have a mission for you".

Serena's eyes grew worried. She was just supposed to be hanging out with the Atrox. She wasn't really supposed to go on missions. "What kind of mission?" She asked.

"I have finally sited the location… of the earrings! Mwahahahahahahahaha!"

They both stared at the blob of darkness like it was crazy. Stanton eventually spoke up.

"My Lord, are you sure that you know what your-"

"Are you questioning me?!"

"No, but-"

"Britany Speers has my earrings!"

"WHAT?!" The lovers cried in unison.

"Yes, and I want you two to return them to me"

"But-"

"No buts! Now I want those earrings in my hand by next week. Is that understood?!"

"Wait!" Serena interrupted, realizing something. "We don't know what they look like".

The Atrox's eyes lit up. "They are soooooo KA HUUUUUTE!" Serena stared in disbelief as the Atrox went on about the earrings: Size, shape, color, and how they fit its ears "just right". When it had finally calmed down about the earrings, they offered it some leftover hotdogs and it ended up taking the entire bag.

"Well?" Stanton asked with a smirk. "Where do we find our pop diva?"

"I don't know", she shrugged. "I don't even listen to country music".

"Pop music"

"Isn't that what I said?"

"Well, there's only one place we can look". And with that, our villains headed off to the local Atrox- Mart.