And the next two-parter is here! Also one of my favorite episodes starring the devil.
To Roadkill and how I'm going to end it. Well, I'd have to watch the whole third season again since I watched the first and second the most.
But both suggestions are good and I could incorporate them. Unfortunately, not all fan episodes can be included in the story but would probably have a chance to appear in a sequel. If of course there is interest.
Until then
In the library the devil sat and read his book to distract himself from the last failure to get Alicia. His thoughts were still with her, but as soon as he thought of her, the faces of the two cups appeared in his mind. He therefore decided to really work on his temperament so that Alicia would decide for him after all. So he took a book from the shelf, on the cover of which was written "Controlling your RAGE" in golden letters and decorations. He wasn't sure, but he opened the book anyway and went to the last chapter where he had last read. "Hmm" he said and was about to turn to the next page when suddenly the thought came back to him that made him angry again. So instead of turning the page, he snarled and tore the pages out of the book while anger continued to take control inside him.
Yes, he was not in a good mood, you could say that. Even when the door opened and Henchman and Amnon came in with a serving table he was still angry. Amnon noticed it and took some distance while Henchman remained relaxed as he always did when the devil was angry. "Hi! Looking great, boss," he said with a grin on his face. "M-m-m-morning B-b-boss" Amnon said with a trembling voice. "Your fur's almost all grown back" Henchman said when he noticed this. But the devil gave him only a growl in reply. Amnon whimpered when he heard the growl and hid behind Henchman and the serving table. He noticed that the boss was in a bad mood and decided to change his mind when he looked at the serving table, where there was a teacup with a saucer and a teapot.
"Oh! Looks like someone needs his calming tea poured in his favorite Cup" at the word cup, the devil stopped tearing pages from the book and was momentarily dazed. "Cup?" he said, looking at the cup in which Henchman had just poured fresh tea. The devil didn't know why, but the cup suddenly took the shape of Cuphead grinning mischievously at him. "Hey dummy I still have my Soul, and Alicia is still not married to you!" he said as he began to taunt him further. The devil growled as the cup now took the form of Cuppy who glared angrily at the devil "Give it up! Alicia is already taken and happy with someone else!" he said. This made the devil even angrier. He took a big pull and roared diabolically as he took his trident. A jet of flame was fired at the serving table behind which Amnon had been hiding, now that it was completely gone. The cup was also gone and the teapot was only in pieces. The contents that were still in it now flowed out onto the carpet. Both demons looked both confused and frightened.
The devil only now realized what he had done and was not pleased about it. "That's it!" he said and thundered his trident into the ground while he decided once and for all to bring Alicia to him. He knew that the cups were in his way. "I'm throwing everything I've got at the two cups" he walked past Henchman and Amnon. "Head and Cuppy," Henchman and Amnon corrected him. The devil fell silent for a moment to swallow his anger. "Thank you, Henchman and Amnon" he said and turned to the two. He had to somehow separate Alicia from the two cups. But how? Suddenly a flyer flew in his face for a festival that was going on. The front page advertised the two hay mazes in a big way. One was for the younger visitors and the other rather for the somewhat older ones. He had to grin and couldn't help but laugh. But it was not a happy laugh but a diabolical one. Amnon and Henchman knew what that meant as they dodged the red lightning that appeared from the devil's laughter and almost caught them both.
"Henchman what's wrong with the boss?" asked Amnon as he clung to him, shaking like a leaf. "I don't know myself," replied Henchman as he and Amnon twitched. Lightning struck next to them before the two broke free from the embrace as lightning nearly struck them. They both stood up and suddenly heard a melody and looked at the devil who was bobbing up and down with his right foot. It wasn't hard to figure out that the devil was about to start singing.
In the dark of the night I was tossing and turning
the devil went out of the library while Henchman and Amnon followed him. Neither of them knew what he was up to, but it couldn't mean anything good. At least for the two cups and Alicia.
And the dream I had was as good as can be. It pleased me out of my wits. A corpse falling to bits! Then I opened my eyes. And the dream was, Alicia
As they walked down the hallway, the devil dropped and was just pieces bouncing back and forth before they reassembled and the devil returned to normal. That Amnon was disturbed was seen by Henchman who also looked nervous.
I was once the most powerful and feared being in all the Inkwell Isle's. When the Cups mocked me they mad a mistake.
He stood up and took his trident in his hand which appeared next to him. His gaze wandered to a wall mirror to which he went. It showed both Alicia and both Cupheads, Mugman and Blood.
My curse will made each of them pay! But one little Human girl will be spared!
One after the other disappeared as the devil snapped his fingers. Alicia was very frightened by this before the devil reached into the mirror with his hand and pulled her chin towards him while she looked at him fearfully.
Little Alicia, beware. The Devil's awake!
The room darkened as the devil took his hand out of the mirror and he chanted louder and louder. Around him now stood all the Imps who sang along.
In the dark of the night We will find her. In the dark of the night just before dawn!
The devil proudly stomped around while the Imps sang and were everywhere. They peeked out of holes and appeared behind stalactites. Some of them couldn't help themselves and grabbed Henchman and Amnon by the hands and feet to dance with them or something? It's hard to say, but neither of them was enthusiastic about it.
The Wedding will be sweet. When the curse is complete! In the dark of the night
The devil joined in the song again as he walked to the wall mirror while the Imps stood around him.
She'll be mine!
Now only the devil and Alicia were visible in the mirror. She was still scared and did not know why she was here. But the devil didn't care, he held her tightly and tenderly caressed her cheek before turning her head in his direction, ready to kiss her.
I can feel that my power are slowly returning. Tie my sash and a dash of cologne for that smell
However, she resisted and tried to turn away from him. But the devil was clever and used his powers to make Alicia obey him or rather just be faithful to him. She stopped and her eyes lit up yellow as she stopped and the devil appeared here to caress her. She did nothing against it because she was under his control.
As the Cupes fall into pieces. I'll see her crawl into my place! Privetiki, Alicia, My Queen. Farewell, Cuphead and Cuppy
The reflection showed Cuppy and Cuphead standing in front of Alicia and looking at him angrily before they were hit by a green beam and broke into pieces like porcelain in front of Alicia's eyes so that Alicia was no longer protected by them. This delighted the devil who now knew how to get rid of the two cups and bring Alicia to him. His gaze fell on Henchman and Amnon who were now lying on the floor, dazed from all the dancing. "Now bring me my finest demons!" he ordered the two. Both nodded and immediately disappeared while the devil continued to sing.
In the dark of the night terror will strike them! (Devil:)Terror's the least I can do! In the dark of the night evil will brew.
He walked down a spiral staircase while the Imps followed him, were in front of him or flew near him.
Soon she will feel that her nightmares are real. In the dark of the night. She'll be mine!
A small glass ball appeared in his hand. It was the same one he liked to spy on her with. He knew that she had nightmares all the time. And that pleased him very much.
In the dark of the night. Evil will find her! (Devil:) Find her! Ooh! In the dark of the night terror comes true. (Devil:) Doom them!
He continued down the spiral staircase while continuing to watch her in the glass sphere. The thought of having her with him pleased him as much as seeing both Cupheads in shambles.
My dear, here's a sign. It's the end of the line!
The glass ball now showed Alicia trying to run away from him. But she had come to a dead end and saw how the devil's shadow completely covered her. She turned around and was frightened when she saw that there was no way out for her. She now belonged to him and there was nothing she could do about it.
In the dark of the night
In the dark of the night
In the dark of the night
Sang the Imps as suddenly the ground shook and they saw several large figures approaching the devil. That the Imps were afraid was clear. Therefore they fled.
Come my demons! Rise for your master. Let your evil shine. Find her now! Yes, fly ever faster!
The devil saw the figures and Henchman and Amnon coming out from behind them. Both knew that the devil used these demons only for certain things. But that he wants to use them for Alicia and the two cups was a bit exaggerated.
In the dark of the night
In the dark of the night
In the dark of the night
The characters were now still singing along with the last part. The deep voices could be heard. Amnon twitched and jumped in the arms of Henchman who was also afraid when he heard these voices.
She'll be mine!
Sang the devil as the figures lined up behind the devil while Henchman and Amnon stood next to him. The devil was pleased.
Alicia was less enthusiastic. She was bored and lay sideways on her bed while she saw everything upside down with her head. The reason was more or less that they had no more chores since Cuphead had already done them all. Well, almost all of them. In the living room where he was, he swept away dirt and grime with a broom and whistled a happy song. But Alicia was not the only one, Cuppy and Blood were bored as well. "Can't the month go by any faster?" asked Alicia as she got up and walked out of the guest room. She saw how Cuphead continued to work diligently. But not only she saw him, she also saw Mugsy coming out of the closet under the stairs, wearing a horse mask? Halloween is not for two weeks, Mugsy. Not only she was confused but also Cuphead. "Huh?" he said.
"Ha!" Mugman said as if he was trying to scare Alicia and Cuphead. But it did not work out as he had imagined. "Uh...Mugsy what are you doing?" Alicia asked him. The others also came out of the guest room and saw the horse mask. "Neigh" said Mugman only which confused the others even more. "What...what are you wearing?" Cuphead asked him. "I made it. It's just like that horse head that scared you when we were little" he explained. But Alicia, Blood and Cuppy were only confused. "What horse head?" asked Cuphead who didn't really remember that either. "The one from the hay maze, remember?" said Mugman, but Cuphead just looked at him confused. "You froze in terror?" Mugman shoved the mask in his face, which did not please Cuphead. Not because of the mask, but because of the statement that he was afraid of a herbivore. "I have never frozen in terror!".
But Mugman remembered it clearly. "Sure you did" he said and took out of his pocket a newspaper with a picture of the hay maze. A new one was also being built, but it was for adults. So the three cups couldn't go in there. "I remembered when I saw this flier" Cuphead looked closer and the memory came back to him. Both of them were still small and at the age of six or eight when they went through the labyrinth. Cuphead went ahead and wanted to prove to his brother that he was not afraid of anything. "This place is a widdle spooky!" said the young Mugman looking around while Cuphead bravely walked on. "Ah, I ain't too worried about it" he said as they turned the corner. They both continued walking when suddenly a horse mask appeared in front of them. At this sight Cuphead was so frightened that he turned to stone, which confused his brother. "Cuphead? Cuphead!" said Mugman, but his brother did not answer him. Even when he waved his hand in front of his eyes, he still remained petrified.
"Never happened" Cuphead said confidently. But Mugman and the others disagreed. "I ain't afraid of no hay maze horse head!" he said. "Oh really Cuphead?" Alicia asked him with a smug smile. "Isn't that what you said when you went down to the basement, that you weren't afraid?" Blood asked him. Yes, Alicia remembered it clearly. He should get some empty glasses. Of course, the basement was dark and the only light switch was at the bottom of the stairs. The only thing the four heard afterwards was a loud scream from Cuphead who ran out of the basement with the glasses. Just the thought of it made her laugh. This in turn did not really please Cuphead who took the flyer from his brother's hand while he walked past the others. "Come on. I'll prove it to ya!" he said and went out the door while the others followed him. "I'll get my coat" Mugman said as he went to the coat rack and grabbed his coat. Alicia also put on her thick jacket that Sally had given her. It was also drawn and was very long. To be more precise, it was not a jacket but rather a mixture of a coat and a jacket. From the guest room she picked up her shoulder bag and saw how the three cups were dressed. Only Blood wore nothing because his fur was thick enough and he did not freeze.
Cuphead opened the door and went outside first. The others followed him. "You'll see that I won't be afraid of this stupid maze," he said, but Mugman disagreed. "Too bad we can't go into the other maze yet" Cuphead said sadly. Yes, the other one had more to offer, was bigger and had more variety every year. But there was one hitch. You couldn't go into the maze until you were eighteen. You couldn't go into the maze with an escort because there were too many problems. But Alicia and Blood could and so they decided to go into this one as well. Not to show off but rather to talk to each other. Blood was a bit worried about Alicia. Not only that the devil is chasing her and wants to marry her. No, but also because of the nightmares she had lately. Instead of getting better, they were getting worse.
In Inkwell Hell, the finest demons stood before the devil and showed how dangerous they were with their appearance. This pleased the devil very much when he stood in front of them and was happy like a child who just got a scoop of ice cream. Well, or in his case, he would get his dearest Alicia back and the souls of the two cups. A few of the demons resembled animals like gorillas with sharp teeth or a cobra. Others were just a ball of tentacles or something else. Anyway, Amnon didn't seem to be pleased by the sight and hid behind the devil. "Ooh!" said the devil delightedly when he saw the demons. "Now these are some world-class demons!" that the devil was seen over it one however Henchman and Amnon held themselves with their joy rather in borders. Especially when a demon stared at them threateningly, Henchman swallowed nervously.
"Ooh! This one has razor-sharp talons. Oh, and this one has three heads!" said the devil as he pointed to an eagle-like demon and one with three heads before his attention fell on another demon he was walking towards. "Ah! And oh, hey, hey. Look at the muscles on this guy" he said, touching the muscles of the gorilla demon before turning his attention to the whole group. "So I assume you're all wondering why I summoned you here today!" the demons pursued him with their eyes and remained silent while the devil continued to speak. "Let me tell you about these two cups-" "Head and Cuppy" Henchman and Amnon interrupted him while the devil briefly calmed down "Thank you, Henchman and Amnon" he exhaled and was no longer angry but in love as he continued. "and my love, my honey cake my trident my..." The demons looked at each other in confusion before realizing that the devil was staring at them. "My sweetheart Alicia," he finished the sentence.
"Let me tell you about my sweetheart Alicia and why she means so much to me" said the devil as he held a poster with a photo of her and showed it to the demons. "She's mine after she signs the marriage proposal and just needs to marry me so she can officially become queen!" this delighted the demons who nodded. "But unfortunately there is a problem. She is always accompanied by three cups and a wolf which doesn't allow me to bring her here" just thinking about it made him angry. "Never before have I been subjected to such criminal disrespect by a mortal" that he meant Cuphead and Cuppy was clear when he explained to the demons how their souls actually belonged to him. "One, has lost at Soul Ball, but his dumb brother grabbed his soul and stuffed it back in, which is completely unethical after I stole it fair and square" he said in an annoyed voice.
But he knew that it was not over yet and breathed in and out again with relief before he continued talking. "And then they destroyed the whole carnival!" he took another strong pull "Then he and the other cup goes on Roll the Dice, which is impossible to lose" Amnon saw the devil start to burn slightly and decided to hide behind a rock. "Well one won but the other..." he took another big pull. "He couldn't name Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. I mean, who can't name Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star? Henchman now also saw the flames and also hid behind the rocks behind which Amnon also hid. Just in time, because barely a second later the devil was on fire and the demons behind him were just piles of ash. The devil saw it and was shocked, as were Henchman and Amnon. "I came too late, didn't I?" said a female voice. All three turned around and saw Lilith landing next to the devil.
Lilith was also one of the Finest Demons and had received the invitation too late. But on the other hand, she was glad to have come later than to be reduced to ashes. But what did not please the devil were the rivals of Alicia that Lilith had brought with her. These were now also the Finest Demons, since the best were unfortunately processed to ashes. Suddenly the group heard singing coming from a corridor. Daiyu rolled his eyes in annoyance. She knew who was coming. "Oh, look who it is" she said annoyed when King Dice entered the room. "Number one here. Fashionably late and fashionably fashionable, as per usu-" He stopped talking when he saw the pile of ashes in front of him. "What did you do?" he asked, startled. But the devil did not answer him. "Bring me my second-finest Demons!".
Arriving at the festival, Alicia already saw the two mazes. "This is gonna be good" said Mugman with a plastic cup in his hand from which he drank apple juice. Cuphead, however, was not thrilled and looked around bored before they saw the entrance to the first maze. "Uh-huh" said Alicia who was less than thrilled. Once because she could hardly sleep properly and because Blood still wanted to talk to her. "Tickets, please" said the salesman in front of the entrance to the other maze that Alicia and Blood wanted to enter. She gave them the two tickets and went in first followed by Blood. But as soon as they were inside they heard behind them how the salesman stopped someone from going into the labyrinth. "Sorry kid, but you're not old enough for the maze here" both young adults turned around and saw Cuppy looking annoyed at the salesman. "Don't worry Cuppy, nothing will happen to me" she said to calm him down. Cuppy nodded and followed Cuphead and Mugman into the other maze.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" asked Alicia as she walks alongside Blood. He was about to say something when a staff member dressed as a zombie came out of an opening in the outer wall of the maze. Alicia flinched a bit and clutched Blood's arm, but he steadied her before they continued. "About the devil thing," he said. Alicia guessed that he wanted to talk about it. While Blood tried to explain to her that he would like to protect her, the Second Finest Demons appeared in front of the Devil, who explained to them why they had been summoned here, as he did to the others. "I mean who can't name Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star? Hmm?" the devil asked the demons who shrugged their shoulders. But that was not the only thing that bothered him. "And then the two had these...these...these sweater".
Lilith knew which one he meant. She also reacted like him to the sweater and was glad that he was far away from her. But the question remained where exactly was this one? "It was invisible and impenetrable and dumb, and I couldn't just take the souls out of their bodies and eat them before their very eyes!" Amnon realized that the devil was about to go berserk again. So he and the others hid behind the rocks to avoid being caught by the flames. "Old Scratch's raging anger blows in 3, 2,..." Barely a second later, Second Finest Demons were also ash heaps. The devil noticed when he saw them "Third-finest!" he shouted while Lilith just shook her head. "Hoo boy!" Lilith said in an exasperated tone.
"These are my finest demons?" the devil asked Henchman when he saw the next ones. "Uh, well, now, yeah" replied Henchman as the devil looked at his demons. These were not great compared to the others. His gaze fell on the cyclops who wore an eye patch. "A cyclops with an eye patch. And how does that work exactly?" he asked the latter. The latter roared and went blindly in one direction while thundering against a stalactite. "Ah. It doesn't." Scorpina saw a small round bird-like demon standing next to the biggest one, looking stupidly around. "Aww, the little guy's so cute. He can't be that bad" Vespae looked at her and smack her from the back of her head "Zip it, Scorpina!" she said as she rubbed the spot where Vespae caught her. The devil also saw the little one but his reaction was different from Scorpina's "Ew! And what's this thing?" he asked, disgusted.
This one only made chirping noises. "Is that all you do?" the devil asked him. But the little demon showed him what he could do when he turned to the demon next to him and burped at him with green flames. The fish-like demon turned to ashes, which fascinated Caterina. She looked at Scorpina with a smug grin "You were saying?". Scorpina who was still shocked by the thing with the fish demon looked at her. "Okay, cute but kinda dangerous. But still cute" she said proudly. But the devil was anything but and had to restrain his rage so that he did not kill these demons.
"I am so angry right now. I want to obliterate all of you," Silk and the others looked at him frightened and kept some distance from him. "But I cannot even begin to imagine the fourth-finest demons" Amnon stretched out his finger what the devil saw. The devil looked at him annoyed, "Uh, or as they're now known, the second-finest", "Thank you Amnon!" the devil growled, which made the Husky Demon whimper and fall into Henchman's arms. The devil held the Wanted posters of Cuphead, Cuppy and Alicia in his hand while pointing to the two cups. "Look. Both Cups ar e no longer wearing the prptective sweater. So-", "Which is in an undisclosed location" Henchman interrupted him, which did not please the devil, so he looked at him. "Uh, Thank you Henchman" he said to himself. "Just bring them to me and I'll rip out the cups' souls. But I want my bride especially brought to me alive and incompletely unharmed".
The demons didn't really respond to his command and just looked around the area. The Cyclops showed him his back. "Bring them back, you live" he said, but the demons said nothing and just coughed. The devil was not amused and changed his tone. "Fail and Alicia is harmed in anyway, I destroy you!" when they heard this the demons went on their way while the devil shouted "Release the demons!". A gate opened from which the demons ran and flew. Only Silk and the others remained. "You will help the others and get the souls of the two cups understood?" said the devil in a threatening voice as he stared at Silk. They nodded and also went out with Lilith to get the souls of the two cups. Only King Dice remained, which the devil noticed.
"Big D, Big D. It is a pleasure to watch you in action" the devil looked at him. For him, he had a special mission. "Nobody works a room like you", "Dice, I have a special job for you" said the devil, which pleased King Dice. "Since I'm afraid my demons will have trouble bringing my sweetheart to me, I want you to bring her to me" his pupils thinned "intact and without any scratches understood!" Dice nodded and ran after the demons while the devil grinned diabolically. "Oh my love you will be with me soon" he said while laughing diabolically.
Song: In the Dark of the Night from Anastasia (1997)