On Thursday at Casper High, Danny was eating lunch with his friends as they talked about Halloween that was coming up this weekend.
"I heard Paulina is going to throw a costume party at her place," said Tucker.
"You know, we're probably not going to be invited to the party, right?" said Danny.
"Maybe, but think of this as being a rare moment when she does invite us to the party. Danny, there are going to be a lot of girls with some great creatures that would show off some great features, if you know what I mean. " Sam then elbowed Tucker in the arm. "Ouch."
"Please, we don't need to go to that shallow princess party. We can have our own fun. Like I got this great costume from this website," said Sam.
"Yeah, well, I'm getting mine today. What about you, Danny?" said Tucker.
"Haven't gotten one yet," said Danny.
"What, you have to get one before all the good ones run out, or you'll be left wearing some lame costume."
"Yeah, I'm really not in the Halloween spirit this year, guys. I'm just thinking about sleeping through it."
"Is this because of your job?" asked Sam.
"A little," Danny said as he took a bite out of his hotdog.
"What's with you and this job, because I never heard about a job that has a boss calling you out of the blue to come to work?"
"Let's just say my boss is very ambitious about his company, among other things."
"Like what?" said Tucker.
"You don't want to know."
On the other hand, Sam does want to know what's going on in Danny's life that he won't tell her or Tucker about. Because of the fact that he'd been bailing on them for job halftime, they hung out, and her curiosity about the receptionist having Danny's phone, which she was going to put on the back burner.
"Can you at least try to get a costume and hang out with us on Halloween?" asked Sam.
Danny responds, "I'll try Sam."
"Oh, by the way, Danny, can I borrow your cool jacket for a day?" said Tucker.
"Why?"
"I think it'll give me a better chance with this girl in my algebra class," he smirked.
"Um, no."
After school, Danny wanted to go to a costume shop to grab a good costume, but then his phone rang, and he saw it was Loona. He answered it.
"Hello," said Danny,
"Hey Danny, you have come in to work on this one special," said Loona.
"How is this special compared to the other jobs?"
"You've got to see this for yourself now. I'm going back to my nap, "Loona, hang up.
Danny rushed to the usual spot where the portal would be when he accidentally bumped into Valerie, making her drop a bag she was holding on the ground.
"Watch where you are going, dick." Valerie inquired.
"My bad," said Danny. He picked up the bag and saw it was party stuff, and he thought it was for Paulina's party.
"What is even the rush?"
"I have to go to my job, so goodbye!" Danny left before Valerie could say a word.
"Must be one hell of a job then," Valerie thought.
Once Danny got to hell and arrived at I.M.P. headquarters, he saw two things that raised many questions in his head. The first was a large hole in the meeting room, and the second was his boss and coworkers wearing disguises.
"Why are you guys wearing those clothes?" Danny asked.
"Because we're going to murder some old rich fuck," explained Blitzo.
"So, do I have to change back to my regular form then?"
"I don't think it would be wise because you don't want anyone seeing you near the crime scene," said Moxxie.
"Good point."
Millie grabbed some clothes off the meeting table and threw them at Danny, who caught them.
"Now, we'll fill you in on who we're killing. It's time to head topside. "
The crew arrived in California. They took a tour bus to get to the target house. Danny learns the target was Lyle Lipton, and his former business partner, Loopty Doopty, wants him dead because he doesn't get the benefit of having a trillion dollars from their company. He heard about the two from his friend Sam, who hated them for destroying the environment with their factories.
Once the tour bus reached the Lyle mansion, the four sneaked off the tour bus, and we were prepared to kill the man. They looked through the window to see an old puggy man with circular glasses sitting in his bed with an IV hooked up to his arm and looking at a photo.
"Wow, that machine did a number on him," said Moxxie.
"Yeah, it's kind of sad," said Danny.
Then they see the old man begin to try to kill himself.
"Oh, fantastic! He's gonna do our job!" said Blitzo.
The man began to make himself a noose with the IV.
"Shouldn't we help him make the noose?" said Moxxie.
"I mean, if he wants to die, I don't think we should help Moxxie," said Danny.
"Man, I thought I was going to use these," said Millie, putting away her two large blades.
Lyle was about to put on the noose when suddenly the noose turned bright, and a blast of light came out, knocking the imps on their backs. They go back to the window to see their worst enemies' angles.
"Are those angles?" asked Danny.
"Yes, and they are-" Moxxie.
The angel that looked like a human child named Colitis tells Lyle, "We are CHERUB,"
A blue angel sheep named Collin says, "We're here to convince you not to kill yourself."
"Oh fuck that," said Blitzo, smashing through the window.
Danny, Millie, and Moxxie walked into the house through the backdoor and saw that Blitzo was still on the floor.
"Lyle Lipton, it's our humble opinion that you should continue to commit suicide," said Moxxie.
"Um yeah, what did he say?" said Danny.
"He can't," says the angel girl, holding a wad of has so much wealth to spread throughout the world," throwing the money in the air.
"Nnooo," said Lyle,
"He could help repair hospitals and schools," said Collin.
"Why don't you let me die?"
Blitzo goes to Lyle's bedside. "Oh, it sounds like you need help offin 'yourself there, buddy. Moxxie what do you got for this fella?"
Moxxie tosses different weapons to Blitzo and Lyle. "I have some assault weapons, a crossbow, a hunting bow, a Tommy gun, an old-fashioned shotgun, revolvers in three colors, chainsaws, and katanas."
"Woah," said Danny,
"Yeah, Moxxie is great at knowing all types of weapons," said Mille.
"Please, he's classier about that," said Collin.
Danny saw that Lyle was putting a gun in his mouth and looked back at the angel, "Are you sure about that?"
Collin quickly grabbed the gun away from the old man and said, "There is plenty of reason to live, sir."
"Are you kidding? Do you smell and look at him? "said Millie.
"Please, every age has its beauty," said Cletus.
"And we'll show him," said Keenie.
"Yeah!" said Cletus, Keenie, and Collin.
"Noo," said Blitz, Millie, and Moxxie.
Danny was going to say something, but he felt a sharp pain in his head for a second, but it went away. Millie notices it.
"Are you alright, Danny?" Millie asked.
"Yeah, I'm okay," said Danny.
Throughout the day, the imps and angels were battling for the life of Lyle, while Danny experienced a few more sharp pains in his head. First, showing the beauty of nature, like bunnies and deer roaming around the forest, but hungry wolves started to kill and eat them. A bear appeared to kill the wolves as well. Next was a shopping mall where angels showed Lyle kids sitting on Santa's lap. Danny finds it weird since it's October. He notices a costume shop he sneaks into while Blitzo ruins the wholesomeness of Santa. He snags a steampunk costume as the imps and angels leave the mall, with kids running around screaming, "Santa Evil!"
Next was a place called "Lover Lookout," where teenagers were in their cars making out. Angel showed Lyle what love is. Still, Blitzo used a megaphone to ask the teenagers if they would fuck Lye, and all of them drove away. The last attempt for CHERUB was to show Lyle an opera.
"So how do we ruin this one?" said Millie.
"We can't. There is nothing wrong with opera. That's a fact," said Moxxie.
Blitzo shook his butt in front of Moxxie's face in disagreement, "unless we ruin it."
"This has to be good," Danny said sarcastically before getting another headache, making him fall to his knee, and his eyes bleed for a moment. "Oh shit."
"Danny?" said Moxxie and Millie.
Millie and Moxxie check on Danny while Blitzo tries to ruin the play, but the angel has had enough.
"That's it! I have had it! You three monsters have messed with us enough! "said Cletus.
"D'oh, we're just trying to do our j-j-job!" said Collin.
"So are we," said Millie, helping Danny on his feet.
"Enough!" Cletus yelled. He and the other angels summoned golden crossbows and aimed at the imps, "We are savin' that shitty old man's life, whether he wants it or not!"
"Doesn't he have a choice?" said Danny.
"Shut up. It's better for him to live than to die," said Collin.
"Besides, you all are such disgusting, loathsome beasts! Your kind is nothing but dirt that shitty dead people tread on! And now, you're trying to meddle in the lives of humans? "said Keenie.
Millie grabbed Keenie by the necklace. "So are you! So why don't you shut your trap, you judgmental, cotton candy, tit-havin' BITCH?!" She snapped it.
"You filthy demon crap," Keenie yelled as she threw Millie to the ground.
The fight ensues as the angels and the imps fight all around the opera. Danny wanted to help, but the pain in his head made him fall to the ground again, and it got worse, but it stopped for a moment when he heard a voice and radio static.
"You know, you could be so much better. Danny boy, even with your ice power and flight, you're still on the weak side. Maybe this new nightmare power can help with that," said the voice
Cletus sees Danny on the ground, "die demon scum,"
He shoots an arrow, but an orange demonic shield comes out of nowhere and blocks it. Danny got back on his feet, but his eye was now orange, and his iris was red.
"Time to go back to heaven, you hypocrite angels," said Danny.
The demonic shield was replaced with multiple red daggers that had eyes on the blade's center. He sent them toward Cletus, who tried not to avoid them. Then an orange battle-ax with a demon skull at the bottom of the ax popped into Danny's hands, and he went after the angel.
Blitz notices Danny while dodging Collin's arrows. He shouted, "Holy shit, you got yourself some cool powers!"
Meanwhile, Lyle stood up on his bed and smiled, "It's all starting to make sense now. Life is worth living because we only get one shot. We must cherish it. If creatures far beyond this living world are going through these lengths for my life, then certainly it's worth living! Killing myself is not the answer. Plus, I'm still rich! I can just buy all the things! I NO LONGER CRAVE DEATH! "
Lyle started to throw out the money into the crowd. But his new hold on life would be cut short when Danny dodged an arrow from Cletus that cut a rope to a piano, and it swung into the crowd and crushed Lyle.
"Well, well. Would you look at that? You 'did our job' for us. Heh!" said Moxxie while tied up to Millie, who flipped off the angels.
"Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my Gooood!" said Collin.
Keenie smacked Collin, "Get hold of yourself, do not use the lord in vain."
"This isn't over," said Cletus.
The three angels were about to fly into a heavenly portal, but they got closed off by an angel that looked like a deer.
"Sorry you can't get into heaven since you killed a human," said the deer angel, who chuckled.
"But it wasn't our fault; it was these imps," Cletus said, pointing to them, who had vanished.
Thus, the three angels couldn't enter heaven ever again.
The next night was Halloween. Sam wore a wicked witch costume, and Tucker wore a Black Panther costume and walked around the neighborhood.
"Where is Danny?" said Sam
"I don't know, I guess he's staying tonight," said Tucker.
"I wouldn't be so sure," Sam and Tucker got spooked as Danny appeared behind them in his steampunk costume that came with a top hat.
"Jesus Danny, you almost gave me a heart attack," said Tucker.
"Sorry, I wanted to scare you guys a bit," said Danny.
"Well, good job, jerk," said Sam, lightly hitting Danny on the shoulder.
"So why did you decide to come out?" said Tucker.
"I needed something to clear my mind from work yesterday." said Danny.
"What happened?" asked Sam.
"A lot of nonsense, that's all," Danny grinned, "now let's have a great Halloween."
He walked away, leaving Sam and Tucker to shrug their shoulders as they followed him.
Unknown to him, a shadowy figure with a monocle and strange ears in an alleyway watched him laugh with radio static behind him.
(Author note: oh yes, be prepared for this meet up)