New Employ

4. Loo Loo Land

Disclaimer: I do not own Helluva Boss


A couple weeks pass for the crew of IMP incorporated. Since the time of the drug lord contract the employees of IMP were able to settle into a relatively nice rhythm of how things went for all of them, including their newest employee.

Ajax after proving himself to the others has been able to relax more with his fellow employees of hell. In fact with Loona's help he was able to learn a bit more about the grimoire they have and the spells it has mostly of those involving transportation to earth and hell and back. Because he can now more easily make his way to earth and hell, he decided to help out around the office by fixing up the state of their armory. According to Moxxie, he has always tried to get everything organized but Blitzø has a tendency to sometimes just throw things around once they are done with a mission. The Imp was happy to have someone else so knowledgeable of guns to help him out in fixing the place up a bit and organize their hardware. They did take some precautions and were careful with some of the equipment, as Ajax pointed out he wasn't too privy to a stray grenade getting its pin pulled while they were moving stuff around.

Thankfully while they were moving around and cataloging all their gear, nothing haphazardly happened to them or their equipment and were able to organize everything relatively well. Still they made sure to leave the door open so the second they heard anything that resembled the sound of the pin being pulled or dropped, they would immediately bolt out of the room and take cover. They didn't have to bolt out of the room and were able to tidy the armory up some. Ajax even decided to take some weapons he had in one of his homes to add to the IMPs armory, for additional choices to use in their future missions. It's not like he's going to use them at the moment so might as well have them in a ready to use location.

"Thanks again for your help." Moxxie thanks Ajax as they begin walking away from armory. Some more checkups and cataloguing to make sure everything is properly in place. With how sometimes their boss can be a mess at times, they need to make sure everything is still in place for fear of an accident happening. "I have to admit its kind of refreshing to have someone around who knows his stuff about firearms."

"The others don't share your passion?" Ajax replies with a question while they walk as he rubs his hands clean of oil with a rag.

"Not exactly." Moxxie mutters in slight disappointment. "Millie, while she'll use a gun every now and then, has a much more preference to blades and melee weapons. I'm usually the one that gets the right weapons for her and I to use. Loona doesn't go on missions so no weapons for her to use, and sir… while he's good and I've seen him use tons of guns with expert precision and tact, he doesn't really get the absolute finer points of using and maintaining a gun." Moxxie accentuates the statements with hand motions before he sighs. "Mostly he likes using that musket pistol of his. I still prefer the modern firearms." He adds with a smile and a hand wave to his chest. "Versatile, wide array of weapons, and you don't have to spend a minute to reload the weapon."

"Haha, that's true. I guess he just has a fondness for the classics for weapons." Ajax surmises for Blitzø and his use of a blackpowder weapon. Ajax may be old but he wasn't old enough to use those weapons on a regular basis. He does however remember reading up and examining pictures of the devastation those types of weapons inflicted on people's bodies when they were in use.

"About as good a guess as any—"

*Crack*

They both stop and flinch a little at the loud snapping motion that can be heard nearby. They both glance to their right and see the door leading to their bosses room. Some shuffling noises can be heard, making the two outside to look at each other.

"M&M GET IN HERE!" The loud sound of their bosses voice can be heard amplified by a megaphone inside the building so its even worse. "WE'RE GOING TO LOO LOO LAND!"

Moxxie walks up to the door and pokes his head in while Ajax tries to stop the ringing in his ears. "Loo Loo Land?" Moxxie questions his boss.

*Crash*

Ajax flinches as Millie appears out of nowhere, headbutts the window to the door with a smile on her face. "Loo Loo Land!" She shouts in giddy happiness.

"LOO LOO LAND!"

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Ajax looks back down the hallway where Loona was napping, and no doubt very pissed at the loud megaphone that was used indoor.

"What the hell is Loo Loo Land?" Ajax mutters to himself in confusion before walking closer to the door and listening in.

"Get your guns you two and get some snazzy suits because we got a trip and a protection detail to be." Blitzø states with a smile and sure look about him.

"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEH!" Millie squeals happily and speeds off like a bat out of… well you get the idea. Ajax watches the almost smoke trail she leaves as he goes to the door next to Moxxie.

"Sir, what's this about a protection detail and why are we going to a theme park?"

"Easy Mox! Stolas just called and wants to have trip with his daughter to that gaudy freakshow of a playplace and wants to hire us as his bodyguards while they go about and have some fun." Blitzø nonchalantly states as he opens a drawer in his desk and fishes out his flintlock pistol.

"But sir! We're assassins! Not bodyguards." Moxxie proceeds to remind him of the original job setting for IMP.

"When royalty promises us mucho dinero," Blitzø states as he slides up next to Moxxie, pistol in one hand and placing his other arm around Moxxie's shoulder and holding him close. "We're going to be whatever the fuck they want now lets move!" He shouts as he practically drags the imp with him. "You two Jaxxie! Your meat shield job position will be perfect for protecting our client." He calls back one last time before he disappears around a corner, the sound of rummaging can be heard as they get the equipment they need.

"…" Ajax stands there still confused on what's going on exactly. "… Who's Stolas?" He calls out as a question as he walks to catch up to the others.


"So let me get this straight: even though this isn't what we advertise we do, we have been hired to essentially be secret service bodyguards for what happens to be a high-up in the ladder member of Hell Royalty, and his daughter, who is also the heir to the Goetia family dynasty."

"Pretty much, yeah." Moxxie confirms the quick explanation Ajax made of the information he was told.

"Huh, well fancy that we're protecting royalty." Ajax mutters as he adjusts the collar of his suit. Apparently IMP has several outfits they keep in storage for special assassination occasions and such. Millie and Ajax were the ones to mostly have new wardrobe changes. Millie is wearing the top part of a black suit jacket but still has her ripped pants. They didn't have a suit in Ajax's size but he did have a similar suit tailor made for him years back for any occasion that calls for it for him to wear a suit and tie getup. So it was a simple matter of portaling to one of his homes, grabbing his suit and getting back to Hell. It's a little tight in some areas but nothing that'll prevent him from acting to the full extent of his abilities. He modified it to be able to carry a pistol and a knife in a sheathe inside so he can be discretely armed just in case. All of them are wearing black sunglasses to complete the sort of professional looks they all have. The only one of them not there is Loona as stated by the others that she's technically not part of the assassination section of the company and is mostly the secretary of the company. Blitzø also made it very clear that he didn't want to put his precious pumpkin in any unnecessary danger.

He got elbowed hard in the chest because of that by his daughter. Doubled over in pain and lack of air.

Back to the matter at hand, Ajax doesn't need to be as discrete in this case though as he spots the pistols in the holsters on their hips Millie and Moxxie are wearing, along with the sniper rifle that Blitzø decided to carry as his primary weapon. This being Hell no one will bat an eye to people holding and wielding firearms in a public space. 'It's like open carry in Texas.' So Ajax just has the 1911 black and red Hell pistol on a holster on his hip, along with the Hell knife that Millie let him keep after he saved them on one of his ankles in a sheathe.

Currently they are driving what is essentially the company car: an old black or dark grey and red minivan with windows all around it and the company logo spraypainted on the side of the van. Millie is enjoying the ride as she looks out the window in the backseat, alongside Ajax, while Blitzø is driving and Moxxie is in the passenger seat. The middle seats are reserved for the clients they are going to protect so all members of IMP can cover and protect them from the front and back.

"Safe to say I've had more than my fair share of protection details," Ajax mutters as he quickly checks over his pistol one last time, pulling the slide back to make sure it's working, and checking the magazine to make sure it's fully loaded. "But I will admit this is my first time actually protecting someone from a royal family. Go figure." He holsters his pistol.

"Ah don't worry. We'll pop that cherry of yours right quick," Ajax and Moxxie groan at the words picked by their boss. "Juuuuuust as soon as we get through this gate." A look out the windshield shows that they are stopped right in front of a large ornate metal gate with an intercom nearby on the driver door. "Hey yo! Anybody there? Buzz us in already." Blitzø eloquently and loudly demands to the intercom.

A small static sound can be heard before someone answers. "I'm sorry but this is private property. You are not allowed on the premises."

"Yeah yeah whatever we're here to pick up some people already so buzz us in so we can get going already."

"I am sorry but I'm afraid I don't have you scheduled to enter here—"

"Oh my fuuuuuck." Blitzø groans quietly as he wipes his hand on his face roughly in annoyance.

"So I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask to you vacate the entrance and be on your way."

"Oh for the love of- Listen fruitcake we need—"

"Oh give me that." Another voice be heard from intercom, making Blitzø stop midway from the start of his rant as some small scuffling sounds can be heard. "Well hello there." Ajax quirks an eyebrow at the voices attempt at being, suave, seductive, and smooth. "Is that my big strong bodyguard here to see to me and my daughters protection?" This is just raising more and more questions for Ajax at what is going on exactly. He looks at Millie to his left who doesn't really say anything but just smiles and shrugs.

Blitzø groans before putting on a strained smile. "Yeah Stolas. It's us. Open the gate already so we can get this show on the road already."

"…"

*BZZZT*

The loud sound of a buzzer goes off and the gates begins to roll open. "Thank you."

"I'll be seeing you soooon." The sultry voice continues. As the van pulls forward their boss groans as he hits his head on the steering wheel but keep the drive smooth and steady as they drive up to the giant mansions steps. The slightly tinted windows in the back make it so Ajax can't see exactly who it is they are picking up but he sees one figure tall, feathery, and the other smaller but feathery still. "Hello Blitzy!" The taller one can be heard calling out.

"Fuck." Blitzø groans and look out the passenger door as Moxxie gets out. "Yeah yeah we're here Stolas. Go ahead and get in so we can get going."

"But of course! But first let me introduce you all to my dear daughter Octavia. Say hello to our protection sweetheart." The taller one, Stolas, places a hand on his daughter daughters shoulder as he gestures with the other. Moxxie goes ahead and opens the side door and reveals the middle seats to them.

"Mm." Octavia hums but doesn't say anything else, no acknowledgement, no greetings, just murmurs and steps up to the van and inside. Ajax doesn't really get a complete look at the girl as she steps in, just that she's a sort of owl-like demon creature with gray and white feathers. She has a sort of hat on but he can't tell exactly from where he is. She shimmies in and sits on the far left seat, staring out the window as the royal father goes in next. He was definitely a tall one standing outside the vehicle and he must crouch and lean his head a little down in order to properly sit inside.

Once Moxxie closes the side door, he gets back into the passenger seat and closes the door. Blitzø adjust the mirror to look into the back. "Alright everyone strapped in? I DON'T want anyone cracking their skulls before we even make it to our destination."

"Here sweetheart. Let me get that for—"

*Click*

Stolas goes to put his daughters seatbelt on but she quickly grabs the seatbelt and clicks is closed on her, not even looking as she continues to stare out the window. Stolas doesn't seem perturbed by this as he goes ahead and tries to click on his seatbelt. He has to struggle a little due to his larger frame but manages to do it without getting tangled up. "We're ready back here my dear Blitzy." Stolas say in a sort… fawning tone.

Blitzø himself groans and shifts the car into gear before driving off. The gate is barely open before Blitzø barrels on through, coming way too close for comfort with the metals almost sheering the paint off the sides. Ajax grunts and has to hold on a little as his boss takes a very rough turn down the road. He scowls at the rough movements but the rest of the occupants don't seem that bothered by it, mostly Millie and Moxxie. Guess they're used to their boss driving like a maniac. Ajax also likes to question the sort of nickname Stolas gave to his boss but probably not the best time to ask in the middle of the van with everyone here.

Ajax shakes his head at the craziness and confusion of the situation and leans back on the window. It's not even a minute later before he feels eyes on him. A quick turn of his head and he spots the red eyes of the daughter Octavia glancing at him. For a split second her eyes widen and she quickly looks back out her window.

"Hmmm." Ajax hums in curiosity. For now though, he just waits for them to get to their destination.


Some time passes and it isn't long until they finally make it to their destination:

Loo Loo Land.

A veritable amusement park carnival of sorts located in the Greed ring of Hell. They park the van in front of the place and everyone begins to disembark. Moxxie and Blitzø get out with Moxxie walking over and opening the side door for their clients to exit. Stolas is the first to exit and makes a bee-line for a souvenir stand nearby. His daughter Octavia exits the van as well but she takes one look at her father, who bought an absurd amount of Loo Loo land merchandise clothing, and has a look of disgust about her, and intense embarrassment about her. With them out, it's now Ajax and Millie's turn to exit the vehicle.

Pushing the seats down the smaller of the two easily bounds out of the vehicle, using her athleticism to make it out easily. Ajax isn't as nimble though and he struggles a little in getting out. He may be an effective killing machine with years of experience under his belt, but he's still pushing past sixty with the wear and tear on his body to match. He groans a little at able to stretch his legs again and takes a look at his clients now that they are out in the open.

Stolas is an anthropomorphic owl demon. He is tall and slender, with a white, heart-shaped facial disk and small black beak, resembling that of an owl. He has two pairs of almond-shaped red eyes, one set atop the other, with no visible irises or pupils. He has gray-blue feathers, which gradients to dark gray-blue on his head and long, plume-like tail. He has a lighter gray-blue puff of fur on his chest.

His limbs are long, thin, and black, and his feet are tipped with owl claws. His ensemble at the moment seems to be more themed towards the amusement park they are in.

The daughter, Octavia, is an adolescent avian demon. She is lanky and unkempt looks about her, with a coat of gray feathers. Her eyes are pink with bright white pupils with light purple eyeshadow to go with her long eyelashes. Below each of her eyes are two tear-like streak has her father's white, mask-like face but her eyes and shaggy hair feathers are different compared to her fathers, no doubt a trait she picked up from her mother.

For clothing, Octavia wears a black feathery shawl around her shoulders over a glittery pink dress with light yellow stars on it, a black beanie hat with a pale yellow tiara design on it on her head, a pink choker around her neck, black leggings, and black heeled boots.

From what Ajax can tell, she really doesn't look like she wants to be there as looks almost mortified by her father, who right now he dons an apple-themed hat with a white shirt to match with its red apple design on the front with red waves on the ends of the shirt and the sleeves and red shorts. He gestures toward the park gate. Octavia groans and pulls her hat low over her face. They begin making their way through the gate of the place with Ajax and Blitzø sticking to the father-daughter duo, both of them with their weapons out, with Millie and Moxxie bringing up the rear, with the former ecstatic about being there.

"Now, remember: this is work and work only." Blitzø warns the royal figurehead. "Me and my crew are not here to satisfy your perverted bird needs, alright?"

"Hey… Dad… Do we have to—?" Octavia begins to say to her father before Blitzø interrupts her.

"Okay, yeah. Hold on right there, sweetie." He whirls right back on the giant royal owl. "If you try fuckin' my little ass in that park, I swear to—"

"You are so cute when you are serious!" Stolas goes ahead and cutely taps his nose in a playful way.

Ajax is still confused by the whole display and it doesn't take a genius to put the pieces together… but he still has to ask. "Hey Millie, Moxxie? Are those two…?" He doesn't really say it but sort of implies with a wave of his hand to the two of them. "An item?"

"Yep." Millie bluntly states with a smile, still mesmerized by the location they are in.

"Oh yeah. It's been going on for awhile." Moxxie uncomfortably states.

"Ugh." Octavia was near them and was able to hear what they said. "I'm literally gonna be sick." Of course she could also be disgusted at the lovey-doveyness her father is showing to Blitzø.

"Oh, crumbs! I knew today would be a lot! What do you need? Anti-acids? Ibuprofen? Morphine?" Ajax finds himself suitably impressed at the quickness and prepared state his smaller fellow employee is at the amount of pill bottles and even hypodermic needles he has equipped. Although he's unsure of the validity of the morphine as he's never see the drug glow green before.

"That was figurative, old man." Octavia however doesn't care for any of those as she shuffles off.

Moxxie is embarrassed by the whole thing. "Oh, right." He chuckles sheepishly as he discards the needles into a nearby baby carriage, where a baby imp happily reaches out to play with its dangerous new 'toys.'

Normally Ajax would be a little concerned but both the mother and baby don't rightly care at the sharp instruments. Regardless he focuses on his charges and keeps step with them.

"But… she said it was literal."

"She's a teenager Mox." Ajax offers him a comforting shoulder pat. "They say that a lot but really they are kidding." He whispers to the imp. Moxxie still looks a little dejected by the whole thing but nods anyway. Soon his attention is focused back on his wife as she seems to revel in the location they are in.

"Wooooow! I haven't been to this place since I was a tot!" Millie excitedly states.

*CRASH*

Suddenly a large letter falls off the sign of a nearby ride, crushing a teenaged imp underneath it. Ajax moves closer to Stolas and Octavia to be careful of anymore hazards.

He doesn't pay attention to the married couple talking about the park and focuses more on keeping an eye out on the place. He does notice more than a few denizens of Hell looking at him weirdly but that's to be expected since he is most likely the only living human there.

Still that doesn't matter to hum as he focuses on who he's supposed to prote—

"Look! Via! It's Loo Loo!" Stolas proceeds to gasp and point to some mascot for his daughter, Ajax from his thoughts. The mascot in question is a large red and green apple, with red green jester shoes, a black top hat with a red strip, red gloved hands, a large wide smile stitched into the mascots face with a missing gap tooth. Ajax is immediately on edge at the mascot as he notices a worried and almost fearful look on Moxxie's face but Millie still seems excited. He holds his gun in hand tightly just in case, minding the trigger as he does.

"I have a question." Octavia decides to ask the mascot a question.

"Well, ask away, little girlie! A-hyuk a-hyuk a-hyuk!" Loo Loo boisterously and loudly says.

"Is it true this park is just a really shameless spin-off of Lucifer's far more popular Lu Lu World?" Octavia questions to him with a cheeky smirk to the guy.

Loo Loo freezes and what follows is a long beat of silence from the mascot. "…No?" He awkwardly states but it comes off more as a question than an answer.

"This place reeks of insecure corporate shame." Octavia claims as fact, which isn't far off considering the place. Stolas though simply chuckles nervously as he leads his daughter away.

"Why don't we go check out the rides?" He proposes the idea for his daughter.

The rest of the group stay their for a second and Loo Loo decides to make a comment.

"That chick's creepy, huh?"

"Eh, wait till her dad tries to diddle your holes." Now this gets a reaction from Ajax as this gets all the confirmation he needs to know that Blitzø and Stolas are at that sort of relationship. His boss decides to walk off after that comment.

"What's that mean?" Loo Loo asks Millie and Moxxie.

"Don't talk to me! I know you're a pervert under there!" Moxxie accuses the mascot and leaves, leading Millie off with him.

This makes Loo Loo hang his body dejectedly. "Yeah…" He looks at Ajax who is staring at the mascot. "Weird place for a disguise like that dude." He comments to him with a cross of his arms.

Ajax raises an eyebrow at the person but pays it no mind and catches up with the others. He catches up to them to see the couple staring at some merchandise in a giftshop. A quick look at the prices and Ajax is both confused but not that all surprised at the steep prices. Each cup has a price of 29 souls per, which he's just going to assume translates equally to dollars.

"The prices do seem rather criminal. I mean, that much for a novelty cup that you use one time?" Even Moxxie is surprised by the prices.

"'Cause, it's Loo Loo Land!" Millie is just happy to be there.

Blitzø however takes the opportunity as he walks up, having loaded up on merch, including a novelty cup, as well as a hat with attached can holders and straws.

"Listen to your hoe, Mox." Their boss nudges him with his cup before taking a swig of it again. The human is pretty sure he smells alcohol as the beverage. "How 'bout me and Jackie boy here take the first watch while you two have a little… fun?" He smoothly takes off his glasses and winks to the couple. Again, doesn't take a genius to know what he's implying for the couple.

"OOOOOH! We gotta do my favorite ride!"

"Oh, yeah? Wh- which one?" Moxxie nervously asks as his wife pulls him along. It's short walk to the ride in question. They head for the ride known as 'The Lawsuit' with a lone imp rider in a roller coaster plunging downwards in a sheer 90-degree drop at incredible speed while also on fire and with its rider hanging on for dear life. The coaster violently plunges into a tunnel in the ground. "Oh, crumbs!"

They leave Millie and the now scared Moxxie to the rides and make tracks to catch up to their clients. "How are we going to play this?" Ajax asks, fully on alert and ready in case anyone makes a move or an attempt on the lives of the royal family members now that they are down two members.

"Play? Oh easy as can be my newest employee." Blitzø states with a smile and places his rifle on his shoulder while he tosses his cup, which smacks an imp in the back of the head and lands in a nearby trashcan. This makes the imp whirl around on the closest imp and shove them. What follows next is the two brawling each other as they tackle to the ground. "Since I have this big strong sniper rifle here I'll take up whatever high ground positions I can find while you stick close with your one teeny pistol and protect Stolas and his little girl from any stray rounds okay? Okay!" Ajax doesn't even have the time to reply or give his own opinion on the plan before his boss zips away and is already taking up positions on the game stands with his rifle aiming this way and that.

Ajax grumbles as he adjusts his glasses and pulls up his pistol close to his chest. He speed walks forward, mindful of his trigger discipline, and matches the steps of the family duo. While he's focusing his attention up and around, Stolas lets out a small moment of surprise as Ajax steps close to them. "Oh! Uhh, hello. It's um… what are you…?"

"You hired him to protect you dad." Octavia answers with an eyeroll.

"Him?!" Stolas asks aghast and in surprise. "But where's my dear Blitzy?" He asks the human almost desperately.

*Bang*

A gunshot rings out. An Imp that was planning to dash out and attack the group falls over dead at their side. Ajax doesn't flinch at the shot or the body as he simply steps over it, keeping pace with the others.

"He's around."

Octavia just blows a strand of hair out of her face as she steps over the body.

"Oh, well alright then." Stola mutters, daintily stepping over the body, now more relaxed knowing his knight in shining high caliber weapons is keeping an eye on them. "You know, I've never seen you around before. Are you new to my Blitzy's company?"

"Yes sir. Just started within the month." Ajax quickly informs him. He takes note of a small group of Imps nearby behind some booths, being no less subtly with the ropes, knives, and pitchforks at the ready. They quickly scatter as Blitzø pops in from above and aims down at them. Ajax snaps his head to the side in the opposite direction, staring directly at the eyes of one more Imp in another ambush group. A blood lust death glare is let loose from the grizzled soldier as the Imp freezes, a look and feeling of fear washes over him, making him drop his knife and run off. The others look at their fleeing friend before looking back at Ajax, only to see him aiming at them. This gets them to scatter. "I will say its quite an interesting job."

"Yes my Blitzy has quite the… charm to him." Stolas shivers a little at that. Octavia silently groans at her fathers obsession, Ajax gets an uneasy look about him, and he's pretty sure he hears Blitzø smacking his head against a wall or something.

"They both need to get a room." Octavia mutters.

"Hey, I am not a day-hooker!" Blitzø calls out from the roof of a nearby booth near them. A woman walking nearby with her baby glares at Blitzo from below him before continuing on in a huff. "What? I just said I'm not one, prude!" He glares down at her as he flips her off.

Ajax sighs and runs his hand through his hair.

Stolas then gives a curious look to the human as he looks at him carefully. "Although I must say that I do find your getup somewhat… interesting to say the least." Stolas says, commenting on Ajax's look.

Ajax looks down at his suit and pulls the collar a little. 'What's wrong with my clothes? A suit can't be the worst thing to see someone wearing. What's with everyone?'

"Oh! Look, Via!" Stolas suddenly gasps out, pointing excitedly at a large circus tent. At the front theirs a demon mother who is struggling to pull her crying son into the tent. "You used to cry such tears of joy at this show!"

"Oh, no…" Ajax was able to catch the almost panicked voice of Octavia as she stares at the tent. Blitzø also comes up next to her but he's not less in a pissed off mood as he stares at the tent too.

"I hate that fucking clown." Pretty much in almost perfect sync the both of them voice their displeasure of a certain clown.

Something tells Ajax that they haven't exactly had fond memories of the theme park in the past.

"Oh, Blitzy~!" Stolas calls out. Both assassins turn to see that their contractor has been absconded by another group of imp kidnappers. Stolas' arms are bound and his head is covered by a cloth sack, and the imps are pointing various weapons at him. One has even stolen Stolas' wallet. "I need my bodyguard, please!"

One imp jumps, to try and skewer Stolas with a pitchfork. Blitzo quickly brings his rifle to bear.

*Boom*

Shooting the imp in the torso, splattering Stolas's head with blood.

*Bang*Bang*Bang*

With expert precision Ajax lets loose several rounds and headshots all the rest of the imps. They fall over with Stolas landing on top of them.

Needing to get out of the open after capping several imps easily, they all head inside the tent.

Octavia enters the big top and finds a seat with Ajax following her. Blitzo carries Stolas in, head still covered in the blood-soaked sack, sets him down, and walks off to take position. Ajax looks at Stolas as he makes no move to remove the sack despite having his bonds removed. Octavia annoyedly rips it off her father's head. The royal father is completely unperturbed by the fact he was almost killed, captured, and just downright in danger only moments ago, considering the small smile he has.

"Hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyyy, Implings!" A loud and robotic voice can be heard from the center of the tent. A large robot resembling that of a harlequin with red, white, yellow, and black coloring. His limbs appear to be more like tentacled smooth and fluid limbs than proper jointed limbs. He speaks with a stutter and often Ajax spots sparks coming off the machine quite regularly. "It's me, the Robotic Fizzarolli! Shipped from Big Ozzie's factory to bring you a wonderful show celebrating Loo Loo Land, spelled with Os, to avoid lawsuits! H-H-H-H-H-Hit it!"

The curtains near the robot open to reveal Robo Fizz's band, FizzaRolli 'n Friends, composed of various hideously decrepit animatronics, including one named Big Woobly on guitar. What follows next is there big musical number.

"Loo Loo Land, Loo Loo Land!

Everybody sing along with the Loo Loo band!"

Robo Fizz goes around pointing and gesturing at various demons in the audience. Stolas looks excited when Robo Fizz gets to him, but this is short-lived as Ajax and Blitzø pop up, guns at the ready. Ajax has his pistol close to the royal family members and at the ready but not pointing but the Imp though points his rifle at Robo Fizz in obvious distate, who dashes back to the stage with the platform beginning the rise up in time with the music.

"Ev'ry boy, ev'ry girl, ev'ry woman, ev'ry man loves Loo Loo Laaand!

Loo Loo Land, Loo Loo Land!

Everything is beautiful at Loo Loo Land

Ugly children holdin' hands in Loo Loo Laaand!"

Robo Fizz grabs various Imp children out of the audience and wraps them up in a big hug, before jumping up and tossing them away. Most of the children slam into the bleachers, while one soars behind them.

"Everybody's friendly,

And nobody is mean

No copyright infringement's ever seeen!"

Several things happen.

Robo Fizz hugs Big Woobly so hard that its neck breaks a bit more than it already had been.

It dashes over to the two-headed, banjo-playing bear animatronic and slaps it in the back. The animatronic then squirts a stream of oil from its bigger head at the face of an Imp in the bleachers attempting to drown out the song with music from his phone.

It then proceeds to dump a gasoline canister onto a large stack of cease-and-desist papers, lights a match, and throws the match and the canister at the stack, setting the whole thing ablaze. Ajax is already looking at the entrance the group came in from in case the place immediately begins to catch fire.

Robo Fizz and backup singer continue singing.

"I have a dream...

(He has a dream)

I'm here to tell...

(He's here to tell)

About a magical, fantastic place called Loo Loo Laaaaand!"

Ajax glances away to see Octavia is sitting and absorbing the musical with disgusted boredom while her father is gleefully clapping to the music, while Octavia has thrown her head back in torment, banging her fist on the seat next to her. Blitzø is still glaring at the robot with obvious disdain.

"-body sing along with the Loo Loo band! Ev'ry boy, ev'ry girl, ev'ry woman, ev'ry man loves Loo Loo Laaaaaaand!"

The show ends with a small pyrotechnic display as Robo Fizz cackles maniacally. The bear animatronic faceplants onto the stage and falls to pieces.

Stolas claps and cheers even harder when the shows is done. "Ah hohohoho ho ho ho ho ho, how delightful!"

Behind Stolas, two imps armed with kris daggers rise from beneath the seats ready to stab Stolas. One has the top of his head is quickly blown apart by a shot from Blitzo, who has taken up a position in the gallery behind the back row of seats. The second is grabbed by Ajax, where he quickly breaks the imps wrist and making him drop his knife. Before he can scream he slams the butt of his pistol into the imps chin and forces him down.

*CRACK*

The back of the imps neck hits the top of the backseat of the chair behind Stolas, severing his spine and instantly killing imp and letting the body fall limply next to his headshot partner. The attacks weren't exactly subtle as Imps scream in absolute fear and run away around them.

"Oh, my! What aim you have, Blitzy." Stolas flirtatiously and shamelessly says to Blitzø. Ajax sighs at him as he holds his pistol tightly for more attacks.

"Ugh! I can't do this anymore!" Octavia has just had it with her father and shouts in frustration before she stands up angrily.

"Wait- Uh-… Octavia!" Stolas calls out to his daughter, who storms off without a word. Stolas follows behind her as Blitzø cycles his rifle and Ajax quickly takes off after their charges.

"Mua ha ha ha ha hoho-oh! Is that Blitzo my sensors spot up the-e-e-ere?" Ajax stops at the entrance of the tent as the robot calls out his boss, making Blitzø stop from chasing after their charges. "I bet the kiddies are still running away from you, huh? Ha ha ha!"

"The 'o' is silent now!"

"Boss!" Ajax calls out from the entrance of the tent.

"Go! I got something I need to take care of." Blitzø orders Ajax to do before glaring at the robot.

Ajax groans at the distraction for his boss but needs to focus on the clients. He runs out, gun in hand and immediately looks for his charges. "Oh come on now. Where the hell are they?" Ajax grunts as his looking around doesn't see bear any results. He heads off in a general direction, keeping his head on a swivel. "Come to think of it where the fuck is Millie and Moxxie?!"

Things are starting to get worse and worse by the second.

"Ohhhh, FUCK MEEEEEEE…!" Ajax looks up and sees his boss flying high into the air and yelling as he does.

Case in point.

"What in the actual fuck?" The human curses and groans at the deteriorating situation for the group.

"Octavia!"

Focus on the client. Ajax sprints in the direction he heard Stolas' voice. As he passes by a few stands, he hears a gunshot go off. The worst creeps into his mind until he spots Moxxie and Millie standing at the entrance of some ride, smoking coming from Millie's barrel, before they jump in.

Ajax is about to charge in until something catches his eye at the side. To make matters even worse, a green fire has started to break out and is quickly igniting pretty much everything nearby and spreading quite rapidly. "Oh for the love of—" With another frustrated grunt he beelines it to Moxxie and Millie.

As soon as he makes it to the entrance he finds himself in a fairly darkened inside of the ride and a small slide heading down to the imps. "Millie! Moxxie!" Ajax calls out and slides down to them.

"Hey sweetie!" Millie replies with a smile and hugging some… thing? "You having fun here?" She asks with a smile.

"Uhh sure, whatever." Ajax replies a little sarcastically but this only makes Millie happy at the answer. "Listen, I heard Stolas over in this direction and a gunshot. What happened?" He asks as he looks down at the body of the dead imp with a bullet hole in its head.

"Stolas was here. About to be captured or killed like usual but he took off down one of the tunnels in this tunnel." Moxxie quickly explains. Once he does a giant swinging pendulum appears and cuts through the air in one of the tunnels. "How did this place pass regulations?!" He asks incredulously, no doubt surprised at the amount of near death defying rides this theme park is loaded with. The ride Millie dragged him to has left a permanent scar on his being.

Before anymore can be said an explosion goes off behind them outside. "Okay what the fuck is Blitzø doing out there?" Ajax grunts out.

"Something stupid, like always." Moxxie answers with a groan, pulling the slide back on his pistol before grabbing it with both hands. "Stolas went down that tunnel over there with his daughter. Go make sure they're safe and get them out of here. We'll go make sure our boss doesn't die." He scampers up the way to the door.

"Wait, are you sure?" Ajax asks quickly before they are completely gone.

"Yeah! Don't worry! We're used to this stuff." Millie joyfully states, pistol in one hand and thing in the other.

"She means the stuff that usually lands sir in hot water most of the time." Moxxie pokes his head back in to comment before going.

Ajax stands there for a second staring at where they were before he sighs. "Quite the job huh, you." He comments and refers to himself. Looking towards the tunnel Moxxie pointed to, he takes off to look for his charges.


After leaving his bodyguards behind, Stolas makes haste to find his daughter inside the funhouse they are in. After dodging several more pendulums around he spots his daughter. It's a moment of relief he has before the sounds of his daughter crying fills him with intense worry. She is not good at all and is deeply saddened by something that Stolas is unsure of. His daughter is sitting in some apple-themed rail car.

"Octavia…" Not really feeling… festive of the place anymore, Stolas discards the Loo Loo Land hat, which for some reason in response to his emotional state has gone from a goofy grin to a sad frown. Stolas walks over and sits next to Octavia, having to scrunch his body up a little to fit into the ride. "I take it you are… not having fun." He surmises.

"I didn't even want to come here!" Octavia wipes her eyes and cries in frustration at having been brought there.

Stolas sighs and looks down. "I'm sorry, sweetie. I… I thought you loved it here." He surmises about her.

Octavia sniffs as looks down even more in sadness. "When I was a kid and my parents didn't hate each other… and my dad didn't flirt with some… weird red dickhead the entire time." She bitterly states.

"I'm sorry, Via. I'm sorry for… everything… happening right now. I know it's… a lot. I, uh- I should have listened." He grunts in frustration at how bad things are going for them. This was supposed to be a good day and a fun time for him and his daughter. Now it's gone so wrong.

Fresh tears fall from Octavia's eyes. "I just want to go home… but home doesn't even feel like home anymore… You ruined it." She sadly states.

Stolas sighs. "You need to understand… your mother and I… I just-… I felt-… She's always been… I haven't been- Ha-… We weren't in… I'm sorry, I- I- I don't have the words." Stolas slumps in defeat. He could try to explain to her exactly why they fight. Why they dislike or hate each other. Why they are constantly at each other's throats. Why they never truly loved each other.

… Why Octavia was born in the first place.

But that would destroy his daughter and her perception of her mother. As much as he dislikes Stella, he refuses to hurt his daughter in that way.

Octavia sniffles at the lack of proper answer from her father. "Are you gonna run off with him? And leave me behind? Go away where… I can't find you?" She asks through her sniffling, dreading the answer that her father would give.

Stolas rears his head to her in shock and emphatically speaks. "What?! No! No, no, never. I'd never do that. Never." Stolas sighs as the ordeal of everything begins to wear on him. "I think it's time to leave this place. You were right. You are too old for it, anyway." He resigns them to finally leave the park. He picks up and carries Octavia out of the Fun House.

Problem is, another imp has decided to go try his hand at killing or kidnapping a royal figurehead. The reputation anyone would get for doing so would soar to astronomical heights. Kidnapping and ransoming would allow whoever to practically retire for the rest of their life. The imp grins maniacally in the space above the drop-ceiling, looking down on Stolas. The imp drops down and flicks open a switchblade. He dashes forward with the knife held in the reverse grip. He jumps into the air as Stolas begins to turn around.

*CRHK*

Stolas stops his petrification stare as a blur comes out and grabs the imp in mid-air. Stolas and Octavia look with wide-eyes as one of their bodyguards, the human looking one, has caught the imp and currently has him in a chokehold. With his right arm holding the imps wrist holding his knife, Ajax's left arm is wrapped tightly around his neck and flexing hard. The small stature of the imp allows the grizzled human to almost effortlessly hold it in the air. With an impassive but slightly strained face Ajax barely struggles to hold the imp in his grasp as the little demon squeals with barely any breath.

*CRACK*

With a violent twist of his arm, the imp falls limp, all struggles ceasing. Ajax lets the body go as it falls to the ground like a sack of rocks. Ajax stares at the two of the royals in front of him, a critical looks on his face now that he has them. "…Next time, don't go running off." He then pulls out his pistol and whirls around to the presence behind him.

He looks confused as he sees the imp that was going to attack him frozen in mid-air with his knife held up and ready. To his surprise he watches as the imp slowly begins to turn to stone right before his eyes like the imp was looking at medusa. A few seconds later and the imp is fully encased in stone and drops to the ground. He stays staring at the imp for another second before turns back to Stolas and his daughter. The owl father demon has his eyes glowing red with intensity before he blinks, they go back to normal, and he smiles. "Don't worry. I can take care of myself and my daughter."

And so for Ajax, he just found out that his charge is not as much of a pushover as he was led to believe. "Hmm… alright then." He nods and kicks backwards, the statue falling back and getting smacked away by a swinging pendulum. "C'mon, we've been here long enough. If you both are good I recommend we get out of here." He pulls out his pistol and begins walking down the tunnel they came from.

"Good." Octavia hops down from her fathers arms and follows their bodyguard. "I've had enough of this place."

"Hm, yes quite." Stolas dutifully follows after them. The two royals take note that the pendulums they passed earlier in the tunnels have actually stopped swinging. Apparently their bodyguard took the extra mile to make sure their path back was free of any hazards. Now that they have a moment of quiet Stolas looks at the human with a look of curiosity. "You know I do find it interesting you've elected to wear a human disguise down here in hell. No one really opts to do so, not even the sinners that are eventually sent down here."

"That's because I'm not a demon in a human disguise. I'm still a living human."

"You are?" Octavia asks in slight curiosity as she looks at Ajax. She had a weird feeling when she first noticed Ajax in the van with them and his strange appearance. Of course when he noticed she was staring at him she decided to cool since he was the person that was supposed to protect her and her father. No need to piss off your protection.

Stolas on the other hand…

"Wait, YOUR WHAT?!" Is a bit louder in his question. He zips forward, ruffling Octavia's attire a little, much to her annoyance as she adjusts her hat, and watches as her father gives Ajax a close examination.

"Hey! Wha-?! What are you doing?!"

A very close examination. Stolas is grabbing onto Ajax's arms extending them real quick before letting go as the human tries to shake him off. He pinches his skin, pulling on his hair, pulling on his clothes even. He zips back and forth around the human, almost curling his body this way and that to get better angles on the human.

"You are a human!" Stolas declares as he pulls back with surprise.

Ajax lets out a growl at the manhandling as he fixes his ruffled clothes and hair. Dark thoughts enter his mind and finds that his client is lucky he's contracted to keep him safe. "Yes, I am human. We already established."

"I don't think you understand. You are a human."

"…" Ajax looks at him confused.

"… Down here."

"…"

"… In Hell."

"…"

"And still ALIVE!"

"…" This time Ajax glances over to Octavia for hopefully some clarification.

She simply shrugs in equal confusion.

"Unless they are dead and turned into a sinner, humans are not allowed down here!" Stolas shouts in his face in worry.

"Well I've been down here and working for them for over a week now and so far besides the looks I've been getting here, I haven't exactly been hunted down or anything of the likes here so if you don't mind, I think I would prefer to get us out of here and out of danger." Ajax doesn't want to hear it nor get distracted anymore than they already have so he starts walking to the entrance.

"Fine with me." Octavia is cool with it and follows him.

Stolas sputters in surprise and astonishment and goes after them. "Wha- We can't just ignore this! Things could get really really REALLY in trouble for the lot of us if the wrong people knew you were down here!" Ajax sighs at Stolas' yelling as they come up to the entrance they came in from. "Besides what other sort of danger could there be that you and my Blitzy can't possibly take care of?" He asks, being utterly sure that they can't argue against him.

"…"

"…"

What he wasn't expecting to get though was both his daughter and his bodyguard staring out the entrance with their mouths slightly agape in surprise. "Hello?" He asks in confusion at their focus elsewhere as he waves a hand in front of his daughters face.

Octavia responds by grabbing his chin with one hand and turning his head to see what they are seeing.

Chaos.

The whole park has devolved into complete anarchy with tents torn apart, screams, and fire emblazing everything.

"Oh… that might be a problem." Stolas mutters at how quickly everything went so bad so quickly.

"No plan survives first contact, but this is just fucking stupid." Ajax mutters in frustration at how things devolved so fast. He saw the fire before but he wasn't expecting everything to go up in the less than five minutes he was inside the funhouse to get his charges.

A loud sound of crashing can be heard and they glance to see the Robo Fizz from earlier laughing and spinning, chasing Blitzø while Millie and Moxxie chase after it, shooting as they do.

"Guess we have deal with that at the moment." Ajax shrugs before stepping into the doorway. Stolas is about to step forward but Ajax holds up his hand to stop him. "Hold it there. You're not coming out here. Let us deal with this then we can escort you out of here safely."

"Oh come now." Stolas replies with skepticism in his voice. "You can't expect me and my daughter to stay here while I let you and my Blitzy fight that abomination." Blitzø appears near the fighting, trying to reload his flintlock, before he has to dodge out of the way of a laughing rolling robot. "Besides you saw what I was able to do back in there," He thumbs the entrance behind them back into the fun house. "I only hired you as a formality and to be closer to Blitzy. Just let me at that thing and I'll—"

Before Stolas can step past Ajax, the human surprises the owl but stepping back in front of him and effortlessly pushes him back into the fun house. Stolas is surprised at the action for a moment, including Octavia a little, and he's about to get firm with the human… but he soon finds himself staring up at the hardened red eyes of the human glaring down at him. As much as how powerful that Stolas himself, just the action and the intimidation that the human is emanating is something he's never seen or felt before in any human he's ever met.

"The answer is no sir. Your not fighting when its our job to protect the both of you. Now stay here while we deal with this nuisance."

This begins to irk Stolas as he glares at Ajax.

"Now wait just a moment! I hired YOU! Which means you have to do what I say as your employer! Now get out of the way and let me end this so we can get out of this death trap of a theme park!" Stolas is back on his feet and staring down at the human with glowing red eyes.

The human though, is not in the least bit intimidated by the action as he steps up to Stolas and staring up at him without a single care of being intimidated by the royal owl.

"… Wrong." The word surprises Stolas that his glare breaks for a second, a bit of confusion coming forth off him. "You hired US to protect you. That means our job is to protect you and your daughter by any means necessary…" He gets right up to the demons face where they are barely an inch away. "And if that means I have to knock you on your ass and drag you out of here tied up like a fucking turkey on Thanksgiving while my comrades are fighting for their lives then I will do just that."

"…"

Stolas has no retort to that, having never been threatened in such a way.

"… Whoa." Octavia mutters in impressed awe.

"Now step back," He pushes Stolas back with one hand, making the owl demon stumble back before his daughter grabs him and keeps him from falling over, "Hunker down," They both stare at the human as he looks at them firmly, "And wait here…" He turns around and looks out into the carnage.

*Pop*

A quick twist of his wrists and his bones pop.

"We'll be back."

With that said, he walks forward towards the others before begins sprinting.

The father/daughter duo stare after the human for a moment.

"Damn dad. You sure picked our bodyguards huh?" Octavia chuckles at what she just saw. She's never seen her father be a pushover, except when it comes to a certain imp that ploughs him on the regular, but what she saw was no less interesting.

"Yes… I guess I did." Stolas replies with a soft chuckle himself.


The theme park is in massive chaos. Many of the stands and rides are broken, torn apart, and just downright turned to ash with the green fire burning everything down and spreading like crazy. Most of the employees and park attendants have either fled or have died in the chaos. The place is all but abandoned… except for a select few.

Moxxie opens fire, expending all the rounds in his pistol and quickly goes to reload but he has to jump out of the way just as he's about to reload.

Robo Fizz spins where Moxxie was and stops, extending one of his clawed hands and prepared to skewer Moxxie while he's on the ground.

"RAAAAAAHH!" Millie comes out from behind and latches onto the back of the robot. She places her gun point blank onto the side of the robots head and fires as many rounds as she can and into its head.

Robo Fizz yells in pain at the impacts against his head. He twists and turns all around as he tries to get the imp off his back before he slams her backwards onto the wooden side of a stall. Millie shouts in pain as the air is knocked out of her and she falls limp.

"Millie!" Her husband shouts in worry before he pulls up his gun, having finished reloading and and opens fire again. Robo Fizz grunts at the bullets and he's about to attack Moxxie but as soon as the imp runs out of ammo again, a bigger round impacts him in the side. He grunts again before whirling around and grabbing Blitzø by the neck, his flintlock smoking as he tries to pry the hands from his neck. Moxxie takes the moment to grab his wife and move her away.

"Well this has been fun Blitzo but I think I'm getting sick and tired of this dance number we've been having."

*SHING*

For his free hand Robo Fizz extends the claws. "How about we start to final number?" He asks with a sadistic grin.

"Nnngh… Oh fuck me." Blitzø groans from the tightness in his through before sighing and defeat. He closes his eyes as Robo Fizz gets ready to—

*BANG*BANG*BANG*BANG*

Several rounds come from the side, all of them placed right at the joints on Robo Fizz's arm holding Blitzø. Sparks fly out as they mess up its control of the limb and forces it to let go of the imp and recoil his arm in pain. "Arh! Who the fu-?! Argh!" The robot is about to complain and tear into the person who stopped him until the several more rounds are sent at him, all aimed at either his eyes, neck, or any other joints on his body. This causes him to scream out in pain some more and causing even more sparks to fly out as his body begins to go out of control. When he barely manages to turn to the direction of the bullets, he's suddenly tackled and pushed away through a large tarp of a tent, tearing through it.

"Arh!" Ajax grunts as he lands on the ground and rolls away from his target. He groans as he falls but quickly pushes himself back to his feet. It takes him as second to realize where the robot is and that's mostly because of the loud cursing and fumbling of a large torn sheet of fabric that's covered the robot in the roll around.

As Ajax goes to reload he quickly takes stock of the new area he's in. He is in a large tent slightly smaller than the main attraction one they were in earlier but this one looks to be focused more as a warehouse setting than anything else. Wires go about, large stacks of wooden and cardboard crates and boxes can be seen all about.

"Who turned out the lights?! What the fucks going on?! Where are you?!" Ajax turns back towards the cursing as the robot begins to tear his claws through the fabric in anger.

Without much choice Ajax decides on a hastily made and not all that thought out plan. He chambers a round into his gun and runs to a nearby stack of crates.

"RAAAAAAHHH!" Just as he makes it Robo Fizz yells out loudly as he tears the fabric off him and throws it away.

*Bang*

"Argh!" He shouts as a bullet impacts the side of his face and he grips it in anger.

"Hey scrapheap!" He whirls about on the direction of the voice, this time another gunshot goes off and Robo Fizz dodges the bullet. He stares angrily at Ajax in anger as the human holds his smoking gun in hand. "Come at me!" Ajax issues his challenge.

"Ohhh ho ho ho hooo! I'm going to enjoy eviscerating you!" Robo Fizz yells and immediately begins spinning towards Ajax. The human doesn't look at all concerned by the impending wheel of death as he brings his leg up, revealing his Hell knife in hand, and kicking the bottom crate. The wood splinters and breaks, the wood having been weakened along the cuts he hastily made. Once he kicks it he takes off down another row of stacked crates.

Robo Fizz barrels forward and crashes through the falling stack of crates. He breaks through them easily enough and continues forward after his new annoying target.

As they go through the warehouse, it's very apparent that the fire has already started to makes it way into the place. Ajax swipes his knife left and right, cutting large swatches through the crates and boxes and breaking them, making the stacks fall behind him and into the path of the robot. Many of them break apart easily enough under the machines rampage but a few hit it just right that it starts to wobble a little. Ajax also slices through various cables and wires, tangling for a second into the robots frame and even making him cry out a little at the shocks he gets. It doesn't last long though and only seems to annoy him just a bit.

Ajax grunts at the movements of his opponent and finds himself stopped next to a large brick wall with some wires going into a large fuse box and a window heading into the building. The tent structure is attached to the side of the wall and is still catching on fire, meaning he can't cut his way out without getting lit on fire. He manages to break another stack of crates, the last stack he can use, before finding a large oil drum of fuel next to the stack. He grabs the drum, hits the plug off and tips it over, pouring its contents onto the ground. Pulling up his pistol he fires a few rounds into the puddle and around it, making sure he hits as many sparks onto the fuel as he can. When it catches on fire, he starts sprinting away just as Robo Fizz smashes through the crates and just about hits the barrel.

*BOOOM*

A large explosion goes off, a fireball going off and almost singing the back of the human. Instead of getting burned Ajax gets sent flying forward and slams into the brick wall. Not enough to injure him but it wasn't comfortable hitting the bricked up wall. He slides down the wall and lands in a pile of spare folded up tents. It's not a smooth landing but better than landing on the concrete ground.

"Ahhh… fuck…" Ajax groans at the rough treatment. He rubs his head and tries to prop himself up.

"I'll go ahead and say…" He looks up at the robotic voice, a grim thought going through his head as the silhouette of his chaser slowly walks out of the fire. He's charred up, scorch marks adorning the frame and licks of fire still clinging to it. "You led me on quite the chase."

"Fucking goddamnit." Ajax groans as he sits up, his back against the wall as the robot makes its way to him.

"But now I'm really fucking done with your bullshit and how much you've interrupted my fun with BlitzO," Ajax grimaces at the robots emphasis on his bosses names lettering, "I am going to have so much fun stringing your guts all over my body." He menacingly states, a large grin with sharpened teeth, blazing eyes and spark coming off his body from multiple sections, some of them even landing on Ajax, just barely making him grimace. "Don't know who or what your hiding for with that stupid disguise, but I'm going to enjoy finding out what type of demon you are and making sure no one will ever be able to recognize you!" He accentuates this by extending his sharpened claws above his head and rears back.

Ajax doesn't show fear, or concern, he just sighs as only on thought goes through his head:

'Huh, I wonder… if I die down here do I just wake up in my new demonic sinner form? Do I stop at purgatory and get sorted to where I need to go? I should probably ask how things transition from Earth to down here.'

"HRaah!"

*Shick*

"AAARRRHhh!" Robo Fizz shouts in pain as Millie comes up from behind and low, shoving a metal rebar through a gap in its frame and lodging the metal in. The metal bar stays stuck in as he swings around to backhand or claw off the imps head but Millie is one step ahead as she rolls under the swing and sprints away.

*BANG*

"GAH What the fuck?!" Robo Fizz yells again as a bullet impacts the part he was just stabbed in, contorting his body harshly and more sparks to shoot out as he looks where the shooter is. A barely seen glint of a scope can be seen on the other side of the tent warehouse on a large stack of crates. Moxxie is prone on the stack of crates, the high height allowing him clear unobstructed view of his target, Blitzø's rifle in his hands. He fires again just as Robo Fizz glares angrily at him, the crosshair lined up on the left eye of the robot. "AAAAAAAAHHHH!" Robo Fizz screams bloody murder in a distorted robot screeching yell as a shower of sparks even more so than before spews from his eye. He looks even more pissed off than before as when he takes his claws away to reveal his eye has been shattered and now is just a mess of wires and broken metal. "You piece of fucking- Nrah!" In the middle of the robots yelling he stabs his right claw into a crate and launches it towards Moxxie. The Imp's eyes widen before he presses himself lower onto his vantage point. The crate flung at him barely passes over him, briefly brushing his hair, and tears through the tent and creates a large hole. Moxxie looks up at the hole before looking at the robot, who is prepared to chase after the white haired imp.

"Hey fuck face!" Robo Fizz whirls about at the familiar voice.

*BANG*

Another gunshot goes off, but this time the bullet misses and impacts the wall close to Ajax.

Blitzø stands there, his flintlock in hand with the barrel smoking, an impassive and cool look about him.
"HA! You missed Blitzy! Just like you always do!" Despite the anger, the rage, and the damage done to his body, Robo Fizz can't help but gloat as his claws extend out menacingly, ready to decorate his burning theme back with the entrails of the ones that were attacking him.

"… Hm." Blitzø smirks as he lets his arm fall, a wide smile on his lips. "But I didn't miss."

This makes Robo Fizz even angrier as he takes a step forward. "Fuck…" He stops at the humans voice behind him. He whirls around with his claws extended. He looks down to see a sparking wire cable in Ajax's hand.

The wire that was shot off the fuse box.

"…YOOUUU!" He wasn't fast enough though as Ajax thrusts the wire into the metal rod stuck in Robo Fizz's body.

"ZZRRAAAAZZZGGHHHZZZZAAAAHHHZZZZ!" This time Robo Fizz's screams includes the sparking and convulsing of thousands of volts of electricity being sent directly into his body. Now his voice is even more distorted, tearing apart at the seams as his systems begins to overload, more sparks and even bits of flame shooting out from various parts of his body. Ajax rolls away from the convulsing machine. It tries desperately to lunge at Ajax and Blitzø.

"HEEEYAA!"

*CRASH*

Millie comes out from the side with a large plank of wood that was torn off from the broken crates nearby. She smacks the machine in the side of the head and makes it stumble back. With the improvised weapon being made of wood she doesn't have to worry about getting electrocuted but it breaks apart.

Several more gunshots ring out. Moxxie lets loose with more rounds and impacts the robot, making it convulse more as all senses begin to go haywire or outright shutdown for the robot. When it stops stumbling back and Moxxie stops firing, Ajax sprints forward as the robot grabs the cable and gets ready to tear it out. Robo Fizz doesn't get the chance to as Ajax drop kicks him hard in the chest. He flails his arms as he stumbles backwards before tearing through the tent. Ajax groans as he pushes himself back to his feet but Blitzø is already walking past him, peering outside the torn hole before he smiles with a wide teeth filled grin. "Well now this is just too perfect."

Once Ajax gets up, he follows his boss as the imp steps out through the hole. Ajax gets a clear view of what's going on. When Robo Fizz stumbled out, he tripped over and landed inside the stand of one of those water gun balloon popping games. His boss steps up to one of the guns as he cracks his fingers and grabs it.

Meanwhile Robo Fizz is still screaming in a broken robotic voice. Soon the electricity begins to fade off and the contorting movements begin to lessen as he starts to growl in anger, trying to snuff out his painful yells to more anger focused ones. "ZZZYOOOUUUUZZZ ZZZFUUUUCKKKKKINNNGZZZ ZZZZSHIIII—"

"Yeah yeah whatever don't give a fuck." Blitzø nonchalantly states as he grabs one of the attached water guns with a grin. "Now I've never said this before but…" He aims directly at Robo Fizz. "Don't swallow."

And just like that he sprays a stream of water at the robot. A good bit of the water enters Robo Fizz's mouth before the rest begins to splatter on his body. The added water only exacerbates the electric shock going through his body, making the robot screaming even louder and fire begins to appear on parts of his body. Blitzø aims a little lower and aims for the cable jammed into the metal pipe in his side. Getting into the circuitry directly, slams cover the robots arms, a fire breaks out where he's standing, and the broken eye socket erupts with a spark of fire while flames shoot out of his mouth.

They look cool if the group wasn't getting deafened by the screams. Ajax and Millie step out the hole to see what's going on as they hold a hand to one of their ears while Blitzø smiles with triumphant at the state the robot is in. Moxxie peaks out from the hole in the tent where his vantage point is at.

"Now that's a beautiful sight." Blitzø says with a grin as he enjoys the sight of the robot's destruction. Millie smiles too at the thing that nearly knocked her out earlier but Ajax isn't enjoying the sight. He's focused on something else.

"Boss, we need to move."

"In a minute I want to savor this."

"No. We need to get out of here now."

"Guuuuuhh!" Blitzø groans as he tosses the water gun down and whirls on Ajax. "Look damnit, that thing nearly ran my ass over several times when we were fighting it so I'm going to enjoy…" His rant fades away as he notices the human is staring not at him but at the ground. Both imps look down and notices the electric cable seems to be vibrating and jumping a little as electricity sparks through the cable. Following the cable back to the fuse box shows the fuse box itself seems to be sparking… as well as the half dozen other wires that seem to be attached to it as well. Whatever is shorting out the wires, it's slowly spreading throughout the other wires that are spread throughout the entire theme park. "… Oh fuck."

"RUN!" Ajax shouts. No one argues with him as they begin sprinting their way out of the theme park. Moxxie jumps out through the hole in the tent and lands next to the others before sprinting along with them.

"Where's the exit to this place?!" Moxxie asks hysterically as he looks around at the spreading fire of the place.

"I still remember! It's over this way!" Millie answers and points ahead of them.

"Great! Wait! Where's birdbrain and his daughter?!" Blitzø loudly questions all of a sudden. As much as it would be a good idea for them to get out of the place, theirs no way they can leave their charges insde the crumbling location.

Ajax whistles loudly with his fingers as they pass through a large open section of the park. He spots the funhouse and Stolas and Octavia poke their heads out. "C'MON! WE'RE LEAVING!" He shouts as loud as he can as they pass by.

"C'mon sweetie!" Stolas picks up his daughter and begins sprinting with them.

"Wha- Daaaad! I can run myself you know." Octavia is a little embarrassed by it but still holds onto him as they all sprint for the exit.

"What happened?!" Stolas asks in surprise as other parts of the theme park begins to short out and explode around them.

"Things started exploding a little more than we first thought!" Blitzø replies in concern as he covers his face from a burst of fire to his side.

"A LITTLE?!" Stolas asks incredulously and loudly.

"Focus!" Millie shouts, getting them to focus on the fact they need to get out of there. "Theirs the entrance!"

"But what's with the fucking crowd?!" Blitzø asks out loud. In front of them at the entrance there is in fact a large crowd of people frantically trying to push their way through a locked gate. "Fucking hell this is not what we need!" What makes this worse is theirs a generator near their exit with a jerrycan next to it and one of the destabilizing wires is heading straight for it. Ajax pulls out his pistol and aims forward as they continue to run. "HEY JACKASSES GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Blitzø shouts as loud as he can.

The crowd of people turn to the yelling.

*Bang*Bang*Bang*

The crowd of people split up yelling as Ajax shoots some rounds at their feet until they clear from the gate. He lets loose the last of the ammo in his gun until he blows away the lock on the gate. With it unlocked, Ajax pushes forward and spartan kicks the gate open with a yell. "C'mon! C'mon! Move it people!" Ajax begins yelling and signaling everyone to get moving. The crowd of people, some adults, parents and children, immediately funnel through the gate and past Ajax. Stolas with his daughter and the others are the last ones to get through. Just as they do, Ajax looks at the cable just as it makes it to the generator, making the machine go haywire and starts shorting out wildly. "Oh fuck." He mutters before slamming the gate closed and sprinting away. The others are already at the van with the side door open but the human won't make it in time. "Take cover!" He shouts as he rolls over the hood of a nearby car and lands on the ground and covers his head.

The imps quickly shove Stolas and Octavia, amidst the fathers yell for his lover before they slam the door closed just in time.

*BOOOOM*

An explosion goes off near them, as well as several more other explosions and screams going on in the park. Ajax grunts as the shockwave passes over him and slams into the imps, knocking them into the side of their van and slumping to the ground.

"Guys!" Ajax pushes himself up and sprints for the van.

Just as he makes it to them does Stolas pushes open the door and looks down in surprise and worry at the imps. "Oh Blitzø!" Ajax is quick to check them for any serious injuries.

"Are they okay?" Octavia asks as she leans out past her father a little.

Ajax doesn't reply at first, instead checking them for any wounds or broken bones, then quickly checks their pulse for each of them. He sighs in relief. "They're okay. They just got knocked out."

"Oh thank Lucifer." Stolas breathes a breath of air in relief.

"That's good but I think we need to get out of here soon before the police get here."

Ajax is about to question the idea that they have police down in Hell but does to opt to get the hell out dodge. Someone owned the park and someone is going to be pissed so no need to implicate themselves. "Damnit! Alright fine." Ajax grunts and pulls the middle seat down.

"Oof!" Almost crushing Stolas a little as he gets smothered by the seat. Ajax quickly picks up Moxxie and Millie and places them in the backseats of the van and connects their seatbelts.

Stolas breathes in deeply once Ajax pushes the seat back up. "Strap in. I'm getting us out of here." He informs his charges and places Blitzø in the passenger seat and goes around to the driver seat. He gets in to see Stolas putting his seatbelt on and rifling through Blitzø's pockets.

"DAAAD! Is now really the time for you to be molesting your boy—" Octavia begins to shout at her father until he pulls out what he was looking for: the car keys. "…toy." Her yells turn to embarrassed silence.

"I do have some restraint sweetie." Stolas smugly looks at his daughter before Ajax swipes the keys.

"Good work. Now get your own seatbelt on. We're out of here." Without wasting any time he quickly plugs in the keys and turns them. Just as Stolas finishes putting on his seatbelt does Ajax gun-it. Stolas lets out a small yelp as their tires peel out and are forced back in their seats. Ajax is out of the parking lot as several other cars begin making their way out as well, although more than a couple cars actually clip a curb or crash into each other and flip over but that's not any concern for him.

His concern is making sure they are gone.


Some police cars speed by down a street. As soon as they pass lights flare up inside an alleyway. A black van slowly drives out and heads in the opposite direction of the cops.

"Alright we're good." Octavia sighs as she rests in her seat.

"Wonderful. Looks like no one knows we were there." Stolas sighs as well in relief.

"Just keep things nice, slow and calm. We're almost to our headquarters." True to Ajax's word, they drive around a corner and their building is insight. They waste no time in pulling into the parking lot. "Alright, let's head inside and unwind a bit. I gotta make sure these three are okay." He informs his charges and steps out.

"Okay good. Now theirs three of them so should each of us grab on—?" Stolas begins to propose an idea until he and Octavia watch Ajax slump Blitzø over his shoulder, and grabs Moxxie and Millie from the backseat and holds them under his arms.

"Ngh… let's go." He grunts and walks towards the building.

"… Oh my." Stolas mutters as he and his daughter follow along. They follow along silently as Ajax steps into the building and in an elevator. Once they are in he hits the button and takes them to IMP's office level. From there it's a short walk that leads to their office door. Stolas was nice enough to turn the handle for Ajax as he steps up to the door.

Ajax immediately spots the Hellhound Loon sitting at her desk and watch a news story on her computer. "Oh your back. Is the job done? We get paid alre—?" She interrupts herself as she looks up and sees the unconscious imps all over Ajax's person. "… Okay, what the fuck happened?"

Ajax goes to speak as he moves to the couch to place the unconscious trio. "We—"

"We bring you this breaking news report! Loo Loo Land has been destroyed!" Everyone freezes as they hear the voice on the computer. Stolas and Ajax move look at the computer screen, as does Loona, but Octavia simply stands near the door and sighs as she remembers the mess they left behind. A female imp news anchor at the location of the theme park continues the report. "Yes you heard me! I am here at the somewhat popular Loo Loo Land that is in no way a shameless spin-off to Lucifers Lu Lu World and the place is almost completely destroyed. Tents and rides have melted and ripped apart from fires and stampeding crowds, with explosions having gone off that have rendered the place almost completely inoperable. Firemen are still trying to quell the flames but many are wondering what could have caused this shoddily made park to be destroyed in such a manner. Some speculate that the cut corners made to keep the place running finally made it all deteriorate enough for it to destroy itself. Others suspect foul play and that someone or something intestinally destroyed this—!"

*Click*

Both Stolas and Loona blink their eyes as the screen shuts off. They turn to Ajax, who turned off the computer, still holding the imps on his person. "… It blew up." He answers with a straight face and resumes going back to the couch and carefully tips Blitzø off his shoulder, who falls onto his ass in a heap on one side of the couch while Ajax takes care to place Millie and Moxxie down on the other side.

"That theme park you went to blew up?" Loona asks incredulously before sighing as she pinches the bridge of her nose. "Of course it did. Why am I not surprised."

Ajax ignores her and focuses on making sure the others are okay. "Well, it looks like they are alright, just got knocked out. Now that we're not in a hurry, no cuts, no broken bones, just some bruises and some intense headaches when they wake up." Stolas steps up next to Blitzø and looks at him in worry. "In any case, we still have the whole day so if theirs anyplace you two want to go, we can head down to the van to get going." Ajax immediately looks at Stolas as he goes to speak. "And you had contracted us for the day. Since my partners are currently indisposed, I'll be going to make sure you two are kept safe."

Stolas' means of denying, withers away ins his mouth before he think for a second. He then looks to his daughter who is still standing next to the door. "Well, Octavia do you have an idea of where to go?"

The owlet gets a thoughtful look on her face before she gets an idea. "Oh, can we go to Stylish Occult? They sell weird taxidermy there." She states excitedly.

"Hmmm, okayyyyy…" Stolas reluctantly says, unsure about the whole thing. He looks at Blitzø and gets a smile on his face. "Well then, I'm sure our bodyguard will be able to do wonders in protecting you Octavia. I think I'll stay here and… make sure our other bodyguards are okay." He then proceeds to not so subtly caress Blitzø's face. "After all they did get injured saving us and I think it would do well to make sure someone—Arhh owowow!" What happens is Octavia wastes no time in walking over to her father and grabs him by one of the feathers on his head and roughly pulls him back.

"No dad. Your not going to molest him while he's asleep." She annoyingly states as she drags him back.

"Oh come on! I mean it's not the worst thing we've done to each other! Why I remember one time—"

"NOPE!"

"OW!" She yanks even harder, throwing him off-balance and stumbling out the door with his daughter.

Ajax chuckles a little at the antic before nodding and he follows after the two but stops for a second to talk to Loona from the doorway. "You should probably grab a medical kit to make sure they don't have any concussions." He steps through the door.

"We don't have one."

"… What?" Ajax stops just outside the door and pokes his head back in. "What do you mean?

"I mean," Loona sighs deeply before staring back at Ajax. "We don't have any medical supplies in stock. What little we had we used on you when you were shot and we never bothered to restock as we barely have anything at the time. Fatty took nearly all of what we had left when you guys left. Didn't think you were hard of hearing already old man." She chuckles.

Ajax groans real quick and pinches the bridge of his nose before he begins to think. "… We can't have that. We need to have some on hand just in case." He mutters to himself before resigning to restock their supplies when the job is done. "Alright, I have some surplus medical equipment stashed back on earth. I can get some from storage and stock up the office here. Anything in particular you want me to get?"

"You got the cure for Syphilis?"

Ajax quirks his eyebrow at Loona as she answers, though from the bored look and the fact she's surfing on her phone without looking at him he's not sure if she's serious or not. Regardless he shrugs his shoulder and jogs to catch up to his charges.

A minute later and the three are inside the van ready to get going. Stolas grumbles in middle seat while Octavia smirks in the passenger seat and Ajax is still their driver. As he pulls out of the parking lot and heads down the road, he sighs and smirks as he remembers barely over an hour ago he was practically fighting for his life.

'Heh… just like old times.'

He kicks the van into high gear and gets his clients to their destination.

And there you have it. Getting into the shows episodes and I think things went alright writing this out. While it was fun in the episode seeing Millie and Moxxie bring in a mechanical dinosaur to eat the homicidal animatronic, I wanted to go a bit more exciting with the defeat of that thing and kind of made things more interesting and a little creative when it came to destroying the animatronic.

I think things did pretty good with the fight, especially with the cooperation and sort of tag-team system that the Imps were doing when they were fighting. I like how this chapter turned out all things considered.

ThunderBasilisk: Thank you very much. I'm glad you liked it.

Pyrojack25: It's as he said in his quote for Loona, he is an old man in a profession where men usually die young. He may be old, he may be getting up in his years but that is a resume of experience you do not want to mess with and shows he is quite the force to be reckoned with. As things progress will we get a little more of a glimpse into more of his skillsets.

Mason Eagan: Safe to say with the amount of firefights and battles he's been in, he's going to be underestimated multiple times when hanging with the imp Hell crew, both by humans and other hell denizens.

Dingo: Yes. I won't beat around the bush and I do plan for my OC and Loona to become a thing. How they go about it however will be a little different that I won't reveal just yet. Sorry if its not to your liking.

I saw this story is coming along nicely with everything. Unfortunately I only have one more chapter left in stock so once that's uploaded and I finish uploading some other stuff I have for Amphibia and Ratch and Clank, I should get back to working on a few of my other stories in the meantime with it. Thank you all for your support and taking a liking to this series as have I. Slowly things are getting there and going crazy for both Ajax and the rest of the IMP crew. It's going to be fun that's for sure. Go ahead and favorite, follow, review, whatever you wish. Thank you all, have fun reading, but most of all, have a great day each and every one of you.