Charlie's interview had gone much less violently this time around, even managing to entice Tom Trench to the idea. It helped that Katie Killjoy was still recovering from the 1st interview. "Well, Charlie, this hotel doesn't seem like a completely bad idea! I might even give it a visit myself!" "Fingers crossed, Mr. Trench!" replied Charlie with a smile.
"Now, Ms. Morningstar, before we go off air, I have one more question. Who's that big guy you've had following you and your girlfriend around?" "Oh, Krieg? He's been helping me and Vaggie run the hotel! Also, he might be from the world of the living." "Ms. Morningstar, you realize almost everyone here is from the living world, right?" "Well, according to him, he didn't die, he just wound up falling through a portal to here." As if on cue, Krieg cut himself on his arm to prove his humanity. As red dripped from the wound, almost everyone in the studio stood in shock. "Charlie, you might wanna get that guy away from here as fast as possible." warned Tom. On TV sets across the Pride Ring, the words "GENUINE LIVE HUMAN! BOUNTY: 1,000,000,000!" flashed on screen.
The trio promptly ran out of the studio and into the limo. Krieg pushed the regular driver aside and took the wheel. As they roared down the highway, the three were pursued by an amount of armed vehicles comparable to your standard Mongolian horde. Which is to say, an absolute shit-ton.
The limo was doing a surprisingly good job at outrunning the others that were after them, until a certain van from earlier proceeded to t-bone it off the freeway. The limo crashed onto the road below. Krieg emerged from the wreckage. "WHO IS NOT SPEWING LIFE-JUICE!?" Charlie managed to crawl from the limo's burning chassis, with Vaggie in tow. "We're alive. I think Vaggie might have sprained something, but she'll make it." They were then met with the barrels of numerous weapons held by the IMP.
Alright, sweet-cheeks." said Blitzo, holding a sniper rifle. "Hand over the human or I'm gonna blow holes in all of you big enough to put my dick in! And I don't mean to brag, but..." "Sir, must you always find an excuse to bring up your genitalia whenever you talk!?" "Can it, Moxxie! As I was saying, give us the human, or y'know, cock-holes. Your choice." As Blitzo readied his rifle, Krieg came running and punted him several feet. He turned to Charlie and Vaggie. "GO! RETREAT TO THE REDEMPTION TOWER! I WILL MINCE THESE MIDGETS!!" Charlie nodded as she and Vaggie began making their escape. Krieg turned to face the imps and the hellhound. As he pulled out his axe, he had but one thing to say to them: "WHO WANTS THE FIRST SLICE!?"
