The next day, Verosika once again headed over the Blaze of Glory. She'd been working on a way to buy Benny out of his debt, all so that she could get a favor out of him which she believed could not be denied. Little did she know how impossible getting Benny out of his debt would be, as she came through the double doors of the place and met with a waiter in front of her.
"I'm here to speak with a Mr. Benny Rorschach." She said in a settled, almost flirtatious tone.
Unfortunately, the waiter replied "Sorry, but the boss is out. Said he had to take care of some business with a few rival competitors."
"What?" Verosika asked. "Do you have any idea where?"
"Nope. He stomped out before we could ask. He seemed pretty mad after another demon came to talk to him about something."
Unsatisfied, Verosika stomped out of the place herself, going back in her limo as the rest of the crew looked at her, waiting for an answer?"
"Well?" Ace, spoke up.
"He wasn't there."
"What do you mean he wasn't there?" Milky asked. "This is his place, ain't it?"
"He went off to deal with some business else where." Verosika explained. "He could be anywhere around this city by now."
But then, Vortex said "Not a problem." As he opened a window and took a whiff at the air. Then, stepping back in, he gave the crew a location "Club Pluto, northeast of here."
"Why would he go to a club rivaling his?" Kat asked, to which Verosika stared out a window, looking out at the city as the limo drove across a bridge.
"Business..." She answers. "He has to take care of business."
At Club Pluto, the imp without depth perception walked out the front doors of the rival business, with the proprietor, none the less. An incubus with pitch black skin, golden eyes and hair, wearing a tuxedo to rival Benny's. Having already finished the business he needed to talk to, the two shake hands.
"I'm glad we managed to make this proposal." Benny said to the incubus, to which the demon replies "I almost backed out, given that I'm spoken for."
Benny scoffed "Just get your girl ready and I'll get some fresh ones ready to serve at your club."
"Right." Says the incubus, and Benny was about to walk away when Club Pluto's proprietor was still clutching his hand. "But don't try to double-cross me, Rorschach. Otherwise, I won't hesitate to let my dogs loose."
"Please. I stay true to my word."
"That's a first...for an imp." The Incubus comments.
Then Benny pulls his hand away and begins to walk, saying "I'll take that as a compliment."
Walking down the sidewalk, he was making his way back home, fully aware of the limo slowly making his way towards him.
"...Been stalking me, Ms. Mayday?"
A window lowered to reveal the succubus and her crew with their shifty smiles, looking at the imp, who doesn't even look their way.
"We just require another moment of your time." She says to Benny, but he's still not moving his head.
"It's been a long day, Ma'am. I already took care of my monetary problems. I just wanna head back to my apartment and die."
"Hold on, Benny." Verosika says as both the imp and the limo come to a stop at a four-way intersection. "I have a proposition for you. One sure to clear your debt with this Sammy guy."
"Samael." Benny corrected. "And whatever you're offering, is probably not gonna be enough. My debt just got raised."
"Raised? By how much?"
"...50 Million."
Verosika went wide-eyed after hear that. She didn't even have half of that money, and of course, she didn't know much about this Samael character either. But, he was making it clear that he didn't wanna let a demon like Benny off so easily.
"J-Just hear me out, Benny." She began to say. "You're a reasonable guy. I can see that already. But what you deserve is better than what's given to you."
"Well, there's nothing that you could given me that I want."
Sighing, Verosika was running low on patience as she decides to step out of the limo and face the imp.
"Look. I know you want out of this city. I know you want to see your brother. You made that clear to me last time. I can make that possible. If you would just stop for a second and listen to me."
Benny held a scowl on his face as he said "You can't buy me out, Verosika, because I'm not even for sale. Don't think I don't know what you're planning, I've been offered the same thing many times. And something tells me my brother's the last person you wanna see right now." He points to the crossed out love tattoo on her arm. "Don't think I don't know how to read."
Looking at the tattoo for a second, she turns to Benny and says "I'm offering you an easy way out of this, and you're spitting it back in my fucking face."
"A succubus is the last person I'd turn to if I wanted to get out of the city." Benny said in a low tone.
"...You're just like you're brother." Verosika growled. "Ungrateful, un-loyal, selfish little-"
As she goes on, Benny looks back for a second and his only working eye widened as he suddenly grabs hold of Verosika and pushes her against a wall, just as a rocket passed by.
"What the hell?!" Verosika exclaims as the rocket that just flew by their heads blows up a traffic light. She looks to see a group of demons, one of them discarding the rocket launcher they just fired, walking towards them. In the limo, the crew could see the demon thugs coming from a distance.
"...Get out of here, Mayday." Benny says, to which Verosika replies "The hell, I will! When someone tries to kill me-"
"They're after me, not you!" The imp yelled as he practically launches Verosika back inside her limo, which soon speeds off. Leaving him to deal with the demons who walk towards him.
"You were supposed to die when that rocket exploded." The head demon, being a hellhound said. Benny merely asked "Who are you clowns working for?"
The demons laughed as another spoke up, this one being a cat-like demon "Our boss you threw out of your place like three times already. He's been real impatient with you."
"You're Valentino's goons?" Benny asked. "Clearly, your boss didn't get the memo about Overlord Sinners in Limbo City. They're NOT welcomed."
"Says who? You?"
Benny replied "Says Samael, the Blood Prince. So, if you wanna take it out on the left hand of God, let me know how that works out."
He turned around and started to leave, but not before a demon brought out a thief's knife and charged at the imp. But before the knife could be lunged into Benny's shoulder, he elbowed the demon grabbed him by the arm and flipped him over his shoulder.
"The fuck?" The hellhound said in surprise. "I thought Valentino said he don't fight!"
"Not at my club, dumbass." Rorschach corrected "But seeing as how now, I'm no manager and you ain't no patronage, well...I've been itching for some blood on my hands for a while."
"Oh, so you can fight, huh?" a tall, muscular demon said. "Well, the lot of good that's gonna do you. Cuz we're gonna kick your ass!"
"Got anything original to say?" The Rorschach demon then got into a fighting stance as Valentino's Loyalists surrounded him. He started with the one in front of him, sending agile punches to take him down, no problem. When one guy tried to get him from behind, Rorschach kicked him hard and roundhouse kicked him against a wall, cracking his spine and ribs. The next one at his left, he swept him by the feet and kicked him in the stomach, sending him rolling in the streets for a car to run him down. Last but not least, the hellhound who charges at the imp, get a heal in his face as Rorschach drop kicks him and send him in face, then sends him back on feet with a bicycle kick, and one last charged punched send him back a block away.
"Tell your boss...stay the hell out of Limbo City." Benny said. He stood still, catching his breath, that he had yet to notice one demon behind, struggling to rise up as it pointed a gun at him. But no shots were fired when a pointed cane had suddenly gone through the demon's neck. Turning around, Benny another demon walking towards, non-hostile though. It was an incubus with pink skin, long, flowing white hair, dark eyes with glowing red pupils, sharp horns sticking out of his head, dressed in black leather pants, leather bra with gold accessories, and his feet were like that of bird with sharp talons. He pulled the cane out of the bleeding demon's neck as the two faced each other.
"Hello Benny." The incubus says in a raspy voice.
"Tod Vigue." Benny said back to him.
"Virtue." The demon correct. "It's Tod Virtue."
"Yeah, whatever asshole. Samael call you to pick me up? I ain't got the money yet; you just raised the debt price this afternoon."
"Samael wishes to see you for something else. He says it's worthy of your caliber." The incubus now known as Tod Virtue replies "I am also aware these are Valentino's men. We'll talk about it when we get there."
The Imp had nothing left to say as he knew there was no backing out as he followed the Incubus.
Back to Verosika and her crew, they at their recording studio, still trying to get over what just happened.
"I hope that Benny is okay." Josh said.
"I'm sure he's fine." said Kiki. "He managed to hold his own against a drunk at his own club, and he did it without lifting a finger."
"So what now, boss?" Kat asked. "We gonna keep trying to sway that guy over to our side?"
Verosika drank from her flask, facing away from her crew as she faced away from her crew as she said "He did save my life today. I'm sure as hell not giving up easily. But I think it's time to pay another visit to another certain imp."
"You mean we're gonna go see your ex again?" Vortex asked. To which Verosika replied "Oh yeah. I can't wait to rub it in Blitzo's face when I tell him that we found his long lost brother."
Ace faced the crew as he said "I don't think we're gonna like we're this goes."