A few minutes later Blitzø woke up and saw that he was tied up and sitting on a chair in a dark room.
"W-what the? Where the fuck am I" he asked.
"You're someone no one can hear you, Blitzø" said Nightfright.
He stepped into the light and Blitzø's eyes widened.
"Y-your N-N…" Nightfright cut him off.
"I think the name you're looking for is Nightfright" he said.
"W-what am I doing here" Blitzø asked him.
"That dragon that crashed the concert? That was me" he replied.
"What" Blitzø uttered.
"Oh yeah, you were knocked out cold during my fun little rampage. My wife found and you and took you here. Our base of operations, just outside of Pentagram City" said Nightfright.
"What do you want" Blitzø asked him.
"Not much now anyway. I pretty much got all the information out of you. About I.M.P. and what you were doing in the Living World, your "deal" with Stolas Goetia, all of it" he replied.
Blitzø went from scared and worried to shocked and angry.
"Hey! I didn't give you permission to look in my head" he said.
"I didn't! I just mind controlled you and you told me everything" said Nightfright.
Blitzø was shocked.
"Yeah, me and my wife know all of it now, Blitzø. It would be a real shame if Lucifer and Lilith ever found out" said Nightfright.
"Y-your not gonna tell them! If you could, you'd already done it by now" said Blitzø.
He smiled and had his tongue out while Nightfright just grinned.
"How do you know I haven't already" he asked him.
Blitzø then got worried and started to beg.
"Please tell me you didn't" said Blitzø.
"I haven't. Don't worry, Blitzø. You'll have your freedom back soon, but first I'll let you talk to yourself for a bit" said Nightfright.
With that he grinned and backed away into the darkness.
"Let me talk to myself? What the fuck does that mean" Blitzø asked.
"It means that you and me and are about to have a long talk, Blitzø" said someone in his voice.
That's when Shadow stepped into the light. Blitzø's eyes grew wide and his jaw dropped.
"What's wrong? Do I look and sound familiar to you" Shadow asked him.
"B-but…but that's…that's impossible" he replied.
"It very much is possible. Tell me, Blitzø. How does it feel coming face to face with your doppelganger" Shadow asked him.
"W-what…what even are you? You don't look like any imp I've ever met or seen" he replied.
Shadow then explained to Blitzø how he was created from his negative emotions and that he not only looks and sounds like him, but has all of his memories as well.
"So you're basically an evil clone of me" Blitzø asked him.
"Not evil, different" he replied.
"What do you want" Blitzø asked him.
"Nothing much really. Just for you and I to sit down and have a long talk" he replied.
Blitzø was silent.
"You know you can trust me, Blitzø. Since I have all your memories, I'm technically you. And you know you can trust yourself" said Shadow.
"What do you want to talk about" Blitzø asked him.
"I'm going to help you, Blitzø. Talk to you and help you deal with your problems" he replied.
"Why exactly are you doing this" Blitzø asked him.
"Cause if you don't stop and actually deal with these problems. They're only going to get worse" he replied.
Blitzø was silent.
"First things first, I'll untie you. Don't try to run away, it's pointless. This entire base is surrounded by Living Nightmares that'll kill you on sight if they saw you" said Shadow.
Blitzø was silent as Shadow untied. Sure enough, Blitzø didn't try to escape and instead remained in his seat.
"OK, first let's start off with obvious problems and then we'll move down to the lesser problems in your life. Your employees, more specifically Moxxie, and your daughter" said Shadow.
"First things first, I'll untie you. Don't try to run, it's pointless. This entire base is surrounded by living nightmares that'll kill you on sight if they saw you" said Shadow.
"What about them" Blitzø asked him.
"Don't play dumb, Blitzø. You and I both know the last thing Moxxie and Loona said to you before everything went down" he replied.
Blitzø looked down, not wanting to acknowledge it. Shadow just rolled his eyes and sighed.
"Blitzø, I'm trying to help you out. The past can hurt, but the way I see it - you can either run from your problems until they catch up with you again or you can learn from them and deal with them" said Shadow.
Blitzø hated to admit it, but his doppelganger was right. He can't run away from his problems forever. He has to learn from them and deal with them at some point.
"You're right. I can't ignore it, no matter how hard I try" said Blitzø.
"Yeah, you have to learn to face your problems" said Shadow.
"Go on" Blitzø uttered.
"Now tell me, what are going to do" Shadow asked him.
Blitzø took a deep breath and exhaled.
"The first thing I'm going to do is give Moxxie and Loona a piece of my mind and the second is I'm going to get violent if they try something or berate me again" he said.
"No, not that. That's not the best way to go about that. As of now, anyway" said Shadow.
"What do you mean" Blitzø asked him.
"After what happened today, they probably assume the worst and think you're dead" he replied.
"So what? If they try to hug me or ask me where I was I just ignore them" Blitzø asked him.
"They'll know where you are. If you and I both know Verosika, she'll let it slip to them that you're alive and here" he replied.
"Good point. OK, what next" Blitzø asked him.
"Next is if someone tries to one up you and get some kind of reaction out of you, don't react. Just ignore them and do something else instead. Sigh, brush them off, roll your eyes at them, that kind of stuff" he replied.
"Hmm…you know what? That's not a bad idea at all" said Blitzø.
"Exactly! So if Verosika and her posse try to get some kind of reaction out of you, don't give them the satisfaction" said Shadow.
"Right! What next" Blitzø asked him.
"Next is the last and most simplest thing – treat someone they way they treat you" he replied.
"Can you explain how to do that" Blitzø asked him.
"It's quite simple: if someone is nice towards you, be nice to them in return. If someone is being mean and rude towards you, you be rude and mean in return" he replied.
"Got it" said Blitzø.
"And that's about it, Blitzø. I'm sure you'll figure out how to treat your "family" based on how they treat you" said Shadow.
"Yeah, I definitely will. Thanks Shadow" said Blitzø.
"It's not a problem, Blitzø. Oh and don't worry about I.M.P. being discovered. Lucifer would actually love it if he found out" said Shadow.
"Wait, really" Blitzø asked him.
That's when Nightfright and Scarlett stepped into the light.
"Yeah, Lucifer would adore the idea of your business" said Nightfright.
"Wow, I…I don't know what to say" said Blitzø.
"Wait, Blitzø it's just you? Don't you have any family" Scarlett asked him.
"I don't, unfortunately. I used to" he replied.
Blitzø then went on to tell them what happened in his life. That his mother was gone, his sister was in rehab and what his father did to him and made him do when he was younger.
"That's just…cruel and heartless" Scarlett growled.
Nightfright's eyes were glowing blood red with anger and his fists were clenched and glowing red and black until he took a deep breath and exhaled, calming down.
"Sorry about that. It's just…things like that make my blood boil" he said.
"Honestly, how heartless can someone be" Scarlett asked.
"Clearly you both haven't met my dad" Blitzø replied.
"Where exactly is your dad, Blitzø? Just say the word and I can make sure doesn't bother you ever again" Nightfright asked him.
"No, don't" he replied.
"Don't? Blitzø, you can't just let him get away with all that" said Nightfright.
"Believe me, he's not even worth a quarter. Never was and never will be" said Blitzø.
"That's it! That's how you do it" said Shadow.
Nightfright looked at Shadow, who winked at him with smile before he looked back at Blitzø.
"I'll talk to Lucifer about I.M.P. Blitzø. And don't worry, I guarantee you he'll love it" said Nightfright.
"Wow, thanks. You know Nightfright, you're not such a bad guy after all" said Blitzø.
"Hey, I'm bad when I need to be. I'm not always bad like everyone thinks" said Nightfright.
With that they got up and headed outside.