Cody was happy to he at the arcade again and he was playing Guitar Warrior once again, getting some more attention from it.
Octavia was just as amazed by this as everyone else. Like the first time, there were some demons catching this on their phones to tape it on video.
Cody was playing and playing for hours until his fingers, hands, and even arms were getting sore. "Whew. That was fun." he said to himself before feeling cramps in both his hands. "Ah! ow ow ow ow ow!" he said as he was shaking his hands from the soreness. "God i need a break from this."
He went with his friends to one of the catering tables and Moxxie got him two large cups with just ice cubes in them to help relieve the soreness in his hands and fingers.
"Are your hands alright, Cody?" asked Millie
"They'll be fine. Oh that hits the spot." Cody just relaxed his hands in the extra large cups. It was almost like his hands were about to come to life like Coraline, but he knew it wouldn't happen. At least his hands weren't being lodged by needles or splinters.
From the looks of it, he needed to take a break from using his hands fod at least an hour. "It's nothing to worry about." said Octavia. "Just stretch your hands and fingers a little more to ease the sore feeling."
"Got it."
"So we're still up for Stylish Occult, right?" asked the Goetia princess.
"Totally." said Loona. She turned to Cody and said: "You did really good, Cody. If you need a pill for your arms, let me know."
"Oh look at you." said Moxxie. "You being ao motherly and all."
Loona just growled and scowled at the male imp. "Just say that again if you want to have your head ripped off like Ozzy and you being a bat."
Moxxie just gulped and asked Millie: "Is that possible?"
"From the looks of how small you are, and how tall she looks, it's absolutely certain." Octavia pointed.
"Oh relax Moxxie." said Millie. "If she tries to bite off your pretty little head, then she will have to get through me."
Moxxie smiled with flattery, and felt more lucky to have a beautiful and very faithful wife like Millie here.
"Come on guys." said Cody. "Do i have to seperate you guys?"
"Relax" Loona said. "You know i wouldn't try to kill him."
"So what's it like in this store?" asked Cody to Octavia curiously.
"It's like one of those cool shops... what is that store called with the hats and band shirts?"
"Hot Topic?"
"Yes! like that, but cooler."
"How cooler?" asked the kid
"You'll see when we get there."
They sat in the table for about ten minutes and they all went off to Stylish Occult, and like many buildings, looked evil and disturbing. Alas, Cody was ok with going inside as long as he was with his own friends.
Once they all set foot inside, there were many shirts, necklaces, wrist bands, shoes, hats, and other cool clothing, and accessories and trinkets.
"Whoa. Look at this place." said Cody.
"You might want to stay close to me, kid." Loona said. "You might find some stuff in here too... intense."
"Intense?"
"Yep. It's bad enough you read the original Fox and the Hound, but I don't want you to see any more scary things like that."
"Wait. The original story?" asked Octavia. "I know what you're talking about. But that's not a children's novel."
"Yeah. I got that already." said Cody. "But I'm fine. You guys don't worry about me. Remember when I told you about that Agony game?"
"Right." Moxxie said.
They all took a look around the place, and Cody was looking at some of the shirts. It did had some shirts from bands on Earth, but there were some bands here in Hell as well. Wet Dream, Squirters, even Verosika Mayday shirts were in here.
Just looking at that cunt, even on the shirt made him angry just remembering how she kidnapped him for her own selfish needs. He wished, deep down, that Zakk Wylde, Kerry King, Peter Steele (if he was still alive), Glenn Danzig, or any other rock or metal musician would just rip her in half, or break her neck in a very painful matter.
Alas, it wouldn't be that simple. He just decided to forget about her and move on to something else. After all, just thinking about something angry for so long would only make the person unhappy if they hold onto their anger long enough. He browsed more shirts and some of them were obscene beyond obscene.
For instance, there was a shirt that was colored black and had words imprinted in blood titled: "Mutilated pussy".
Just looking at the name would make it extreme, and very obscene. Another shirt was titled "Jizz N Shit" on it, and another band named "Rape of Mary", and it made Cody think if the shirt was referring to Mary as the mother herself.
He was thinking of how his own grandparents would react to him wearing shirts like this, and it would probably make them die of heart attacks or shock. At first; Cody thought it would be funny at first, but it might make his parents go to a funny farm or a Wacky shack or a mental rehabilitation center for people not in their right minds.
"Why don't i look at some of the hats." said Cody.
Loona looked at the shirts herself, and said: "That's fine."
She picked up a "Mutilated Pussy" shirt and wondered if there was a women-size one for this.
Some of the taxidermy Cody was looking at was messed up and unearthly to his eyes. For instance, there was a Hellish fish in a glass case with hundreds of teeth the size of a small perch or a pacu. It also uad red eyes with cat-like slits on it and spikes on it's back, and instead of scales, it was made of stone or charcoal. Cody looked at the name labeled at fhe bottom entitled: "Hellish Fire puffer."
Another kind of beast that was apparently native to Hell was: some kind of carnivore that looked similar to a wolf. Except it looked so much different than a wolf thsy showed bones piercing the sides of his body and having a dog-like face with skeletal features along with curvy claws thay could tear through concrete or pavement.
Looking at the label for this one, he read out: Lesser Hellhound.
It fascinated him to see that there were more than one kinds of hellhounds down here. It made him think of Cerberus from Greek mythology.
He wondered if he might encounter these kind of beasts down here. After all, Hell is very unpredictable.
"Cody?" said Octavia's voice, making him startled and turn around, pulling out his cross.
Octavia, like Verosika and her crew, looked shocked and scared to see something so holy pulled out like that. "Sweet Satan! Too holy for me."
"Oh. Sorry Octavia." Cody put it away. "Just scared me for a second."
"No, no, it's alright. I was only wondering if there was something you would like to purchase." Octavia noted. "I'll be more than happy to pay for a shirt or a wristband. Anything you want."
"Thanks." said Cody. "But I think I'm good.
"Ooh! look Moxxie!" Millie squealed with joy. "Mutilated Pussy! you love that band!"
"I didn't know they had these shirts." Moxxie pointed. "Satan, I love these guys."
"Why not buy it?" said Millie. "Octavia says she will buy it for ya."
"Sure. I forgot about that, honey. I wonder how Cody's doing."
"Oh, he's in good paws with Loona. And honestly Mox, you were right."
"About Loona being motherly?"
"Or sisterly." Millie pointed. "I mean, look at those two. Isn't it too precious?" she clutched her hands at seeing Loona and Cody together and looking at the lesser Hellhound taxidermy.
"I know. Loona can deny it all she wants." Moxxie looked smug. "But she is just so attached to him. I know she loves him. Hoenstly..." Moxxie put his right finger under his chin. "It looks so adorable."
"What about that Verosika pestering hom again?"
"bah, if she triea to do that, they will have tl go through us first." he was holding his wife's hands, making her extremely flattered and she hugged him close to her.
"Oh Moxxie."
"as long as that cunt's fans don't turn into an angry mob and try to kill us." Moxxie pointed
"Bullshit." Millie doubted. "Angry mob, schmangry mob. There is nothing that can stop little ole me."
"Yep, that's my Millie." Moxxie smiled.
Meanwhile, back wwith Cody and Loona, they were looking at the lesser Hellhound thing, and Loona made a mild look of disgust. "Ugh, yep. These guys don't think like we do."
"So they are Hellhounds?" Cody asked
"Yes and no." Loona narrowed her eyes. "They're kinda like normal Hellhounds, but a little more... feral or primal or primitive."
"Oh. Have you seen these?"
"I have. A couple of times. "They live in the wild areas of the Wrath ring, or something. Weird thing is, over the centuries; we regular Hellhounds tried to make peace with them, but those guys right here,' she pointed her left finger at the taxidermy statue, "they just continue to be wild animals."
"Oh."
Something caught Cody's brain, and he pulled out that BLS ring from the arcade before
"Loona," said Cody. "I wanted to give you something?"
Loona looked at him with mild surprise. No one has ever given her a gift before (other than Blitzo that is, and none of those gifts really interest her that much.)
"Your ring you won at the arcade?" said Loona.
"Uh-huh. You've been so nice to me over the last couple of days since you saved me from the fire, and taking me in down here and all. I just wanted to give you something to show you thanks for helping me and... being my friend."
Looking a little surprised, the female hellhound smiled gratefully, and she was absolutely touched by this act of kindness from this kid. "Cody, you don't have to do that."
"but I want you to have it." Cody insisted. "Especially since you saving me a couple times count as being a friend."
"Oh, come here, Cody." Loona said, pulling him over for a hug. The kid was very touched by the hug, and Loona didn't even care about some people looking at her and Cody. "Thanks." Cody gave her the ring and she gently got the ring from him, putting it in her pocket.
There was nothing to buy for the kid at the Stylish Occult place, but he had fun there either way. While playing some video games, the doorbell rang and Blitzo went to answer it while Cody had to pee.
Blitzo looked happy, but then looked bitter and unhappy to see a familiar face that was not very friendly. "Ugh, the queen of all sluts." he rolled his eyes whole sticking her tongue out. "If you would like to smell like cow shit, there's a farm many miles from here. You can roll around in the dung there."
It was Verosika Mayday again, crossing her arms and looking angry at his ex-boyfriend's usual insults. "Grrr, i should have a mind to make you eat dog shit, Blitzo!" then she calmed herself down and took a breath. "But that's not why i'm here."
"Blitzo, have you seen my-" Loona was just looking for her phone and as soon as she saw Verosika, a look of oure hatred appeared on her face, and her teeth barred. "Just what i needed. A walking tampon. Should i bite her titties off?"
Verosika looked scared and covered her busty breasts to protect them.
"It's ok, Loony." Blitzo said. "I got this." he turned back to his ex-girlfriend before asking: "what do you want, bitch?"
"Look," Verosika sounded calm. "I just want to talk to him and try to apologize."
"He says he doesn't want to see you." Loona put her hands on her waist.
"I am not going to kidnap him. I promise." she called out to the right side: "bring it in, boys!"
Josh, Ace, and Kat brought in a large pink cake the size of a wedding cake. "Ta-da!" her boys sang.
"A cake?" Blitzo said, "really? a fucking cake?"
"An apology cake, you shit-stain." Verosika corrected rudely. "I wanted to givd this to Cody to show how sorry i am for what happened the first time we met."
Cody was about to step back into the living room and caught sight of Verosika, and hid in the bathroom so she wouldn't see him, for he still wanted no part of her right now.
"Well he's... dead." Blitzo lied to her. "Loona ate her.
"WHAT?!" Loona exclaimed angrily, looking quite appalled. "I i mean, yeah. i was bored with him and i just horked him down."
"Oh come on." Verosika obviously didn't look very convinced. "Bitch please! Loona, i know you love him so much."
"OK, fine." said Blitzo.
"Yeah... i would never eat him. Especially after all he's been through." deep down, she hoped Cody didn't here that, and she didn't want tk shatter his little heart.
"Look, i am not a very evil demon." Verosika explained. "Besides, Blitzo started it by being a fucking horrible boyfriend."
"That is not the issue here!" Blitzo said. "He still hates you with a passion!"
"Well that's why I brought him this cake."
"How do we know it's not poisoned or a trick to have him all to yourself?" Loona pointed.
"Come on, if it was poisoned, I would want it for Blitzo to taste."
"Right... hey!"
"I even wrote an apology insignia on the cake. If you see him again," she looked guilty again and looked down on the floor. "I'll see you guys later." she and her posse walked away from the flat.
As she was out of sight, Loona called out: "OK, she's gone Cody! you can come out now!"
"Thanks." Cody got out of the bathroom. "That was close."
"Glad to help you out, kiddo." Blitzo smiled, patting the kid's back in a friendly, yet rough manner.
"Is that a cake?" asked Cody, looking at the delicious parfait.
"yeah, Verosika wanted to give it to you as an apology gift" Loona used the exclamation gestures with her fingers before continuing "but it could be a trick and maybe poisonous."
Cody looked at the apology insignia and read out:
Dear Cody
I am very sorry about what happened before and I know what I did before was... inexcusable, but I really, really care about you. Not like a pet, or a prized possession, but as you. This cake is for you and don't worry: it's not poisoned at all and it's just for you to eat. I hope you enjoy it and I really want us to be friends. Please give it consideration
-Love and hearts, Verosika Mayday
