Everyone was finally back on earth, and after everything they have been through, sleep was on most of their minds, but Blitzo felt wired. His mind was racing from everything that happened to him in the past few days, and Barbie was at the forefront. Her demeanor made it clear she was absolutely not ready to talk to him, so he had to spend a night of fitful sleep until morning, when he could finally do the one thing that always calmed his mind: exercise. He started his routines and was in the middle of it when Barbie of all people stumbled in. She had the signs of withdrawal all over her face, and Seeing that in his sister was like a steak knife to the heart. "It looks worse than it really is, I just have to take my meds." Blitzo was not convinced, but he did not say anything at the time because he could see she wasn't proud of how her life had gone up until now.
Blitzo finished up and showered, and met Barbie in the living room. She was unenthusiastically eating a piece of toast, and Blitzo could not think of what to say to save his life. Finally, she broke the awkward silence. "Thanks for the rescue, Blitzo." She said, "Though I want to know what the fuck those things that kidnapped me where." Blitzo let out a chuckle at that, "I know as much as you, Barbie, but I was never one for potentially existential questions about non-human lifeforms and parallel universities or literal hells. But what I really want to talk to you about is how things went the last time we talked, I know it wasn't-" Barbie cut him off and screamed her response. "YOU ABANDONED ME! You left me in that dying shithole of a neighborhood and that rat bastard of a dad!" "I was just on deployment, I came back as soon as I could!" Blitzo responded, tears already in his eyes. "But you left me when I needed you! I'm addicted to heroin and pretty much broke! I thought you said we were in this together?"
Both of the siblings looked at each other and finally hugged each other, sobbing until they finally began to calm down. "I'm so sorry I wasn't there, I will never let it happen again." "No, Blitzo. I should be the one to apologize, you were actually making a life for yourself, while all I could do was fuck everthing up." "Hey, don't talk about yourself like that, you'll get back on track, and I will be there for you." "Okay, wow. That was an academy awards moment if ever I saw one." Loona said. Blitzo and Barbie nearly jumped out of their skins when they heard her. "Loony, how long were you listening?" "Right around the part when the shouting started." Loona added with a smirk. "Uh, Blitzo? Who the hell is this?" Barbie asked in confusion. "She is my adopted daughter Loona. I never got the chance to introduce you, so Loona, this is your aunt Barbie." Hearing she was an aunt made Barbie feel like she just aged a full decade. But it was kinda cool at the same time.
"Hi, so you're what, sixteen?" Barbie asked "Yeah" "Huh, good for you adopting an older kid, Blitzo." Barbie said with a small smile, the first one since she got here. Blitzo felt like his family was finally whole again, when his phone rang. It was Moxxie, so it meant that there were new clients, and as much money as he makes he spends a lot so he had to take this. "Your timing sucks, Moxxie." Blitzo said. "Good to hear you're ready, sir." Moxxie answered with a touch of irony. "Our next client wants us to bring in an owner of a trendy nightclub called Ozzie's, he's been bringing in so many party drugs that the FDA can't really look the other way anymore but too many rich and famous jackasses are around to do a conventional raid." Blitzo had heard of the club, and even thought of taking Stolas on a date there before he heard more about it's less than legal operations. Still this was all more or less par for the course in his business, but what Moxxie said next made him pay a lot more attention.
"A secondary target is one of his underlings named Fizz, he acts as a go-between for suppliers and buyers of high grade narcotics. The FDA really wants him so they can get names out of him." Blitzo was too stunned to respond. Where Barbie mistakenly felt that Blitzo abandoned her, Fizz had really abandoned them. He took advantage of her addiction to start his rise in the food chain of the underworld, and he looked everywhere on his own before he had to give up the chase and start the company. "Uh, sir?" Moxxie asked as Blitzo was caught up in his memories. "Well Christ on a stick, I guess there is a god."