It has been a week since Eddie joined I.M.P. Eddie found the workplace to be very chill and relaxed.
CRASH!
Well. Most of the time.
"Sir, please! Would you calm down and stay put?" Moxxie pleaded to his boss who was currently swinging around the room in a black suit using a tendril tied to the ceiling.
"You can't tell me what to do, Mox! I can do whatever the fuck I want!" Blitzo yelled as he kept swinging and hopping around the place.
"Sir, you're acting very irrationally wild today. Well, even more so than usual!" Moxxie said to his boss.
Ever since, the two got captured by those humans, Blitzo was overtaken by some weird black goo that had somehow enhanced his abilities, coating him in inky black suit with white veins and a large white emblem on his forehead.
Moxxie couldn't help but notice the change in Blitzo's nature ever since he got that suit. He had acted more aggressively, was a bit ruder and cruder and was generally wilder than he ever was before.
"I still don't know what has gotten into, Blitz!" Moxxie exclaimed to his wife who sat next to him at the desk.
"Maybe, it has to do with that weird black stuff that latched onto him." Millie replied.
"What even is that thing?" Moxxie said. "It just appeared out of nowhere and gave Blitz all these weird powers! Just looking at it gives me the creeps."
Blitzo, however couldn't care less about what Moxxie and Millie are talking about and just continued to enjoy his newfound strength. Blitzo then extended his arm and a tendril shot out to grab a beer bottle from the desk Loona was at.
"Hey!" Loona shouted.
Blitzo then chugged down on the bottle then smashed it over his head. "You guys have no idea how good this feels! This rush is fucking incredible!"
"Yeah, you've been telling us this for the past week now." Eddie commented. "I think we get it at this point."
Blitzo scoffed. "You guys are just jealous that I got this cool as fuck suit and y'all didn't!"
Then, the door was being knocked down. The black suit immediately retracted into Blitzo's coat and he sighed.
"Come in!" Moxxie yelled out.
And into the room, came a Sinner who looked like a lumberjack with the way he dressed and looked. "Is this I.M.P.?" The Sinner asked in a deep voice.
"Indeedy-Roonie, it is!" Blitzo walked over to the Sinner to shake his hand. "Name's Blitzo, the 'O' is silent! So, whaddya need?"
"Well, there's one thing I need y'all to do."
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Later, that day. A portal opens up in the I.M.P. office and a tree falls through it. Along with a couple of decapitated heads and blood. Moxxie pops up from the tree, holding a chainsaw with a psychopathic grin on his face.
Blitzo then swings in, covered in his black suit which retracted into his coat. "Woo, that was a fuck ton of lumberjacks!"
Followed behind him were Eddie and Millie who were covered in blood. "Damn, I need to wash this jacket now." Eddie remarked.
Millie, however, yelled in excitement. "I'm still so jazzed up!"
"Well you better stay jazzed, babe! Because, guess where I'm taking you tonight?"
"Don't you dare finish a filthy pun in my presence Moxxie. Besides, drinks are on me tonight. Let's hit up the new dive down the street." Blitzo quipped.
"Actually, sir, it's our one-year marriage anniversary. So, I'm taking Millie toOzzie's in theLust Ring!"
Millie then gasps in excitement with sparkles in her eyes. "Ozzie's?!Noway!That place is always booked!"
"Yeah, well I've been planning it for quite a while."
Millie happily jumps onto Moxxie to give him one big hug and a couple of smooches to the face. Then on the lips. Which quickly turned into a heated make out session between the two.
Eddie sees this and quickly averts his eyes with a light blush while Blitzo rolls his eyes. "Ugh, can you two not?"
The two stop kissing and Moxxie looks clearly dazed and smitten "I'm sorry, sir. Maybe another time?"
"No, it's fine! I can come with the two of you, help you celebrate your boring as fuck monogamy."
"Uh, no. The reservation is for us."
Blitzo nods. "Uh, huh."
Moxxie glares at his boss. "Just us."
Blitzo nods. "Mhm."
"Withoutyouthere.Explicitlywithout you there."
"I'll wear something nice. It's a big deal after all." Blitzo says as he walks over and hugs the married couple. "See you lovebugs later!" Blitzo then proceeds to leave the room while whistling a totally innocent tune.
Moxxie growls at his annoying boss but Millie comforts him. "Relax, sweetie, don't let him get to you today. Let's just go home and… clean this blood off." Millie says as she makes a seductive purring noise which entices her husband. Then they both run off to have a little fun with each other.
Eddie watches the two leave then turns to Loona. "Know what that was about?"
"How and why should I know?"
"Fair point."
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Blitzo can be seen rummaging through his closet, looking for clothes that he can use to torment- I mean, accompany Moxxie and Millie on their date night. "Fuck, is there anything in this piece of shit I can wear?"
Then an idea pops up and Blitzo smirks. He walks over to the mirror. "Hey, bud. Think you can give me some cool ass clothes?" And right on cue, the black goo materializes and covers Blitzo's entire body except his head. Then, to Blitzo's surprise, the black goo turns into a sick ass black biker jacket with dark jeans and boots and a red turtleneck. Suffice to say, the Imp was more than pleased.
"Oh, you know exactly what I wanted! This is why I fucking love you!"
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In the Lust Ring, everybody was lining up at the front of a very large place. This place was none other than Ozzie's and right on time, Moxxie and Millie arrive and head on in. Blitzo follows them but is immediately apprehended by the bouncer.
"Woah there, buddy. Got a reservation?" The bouncer asks.
"Oh, yeah. I'm with those two."
"This club is for couples only. No date, no reservation, no entry."
Shit. Blitzo didn't think this through. He needed to think of something! "You know, you have really nice eyes... Daddy?"
But it didn't work and instead, Blitzo was thrown right into a dumpster. He climbs out of it and flips the bouncer off. "You fucking prude!" He yells and growls. His jacket trembled a bit. He then sighs. "Calm down." He tells it.
Blitzo groans and lays down on a trash bag. A place for couples, eh? Well, there is only one person who would act as a couple with him. Even if it meant they get to have rigorous amounts of sex. Blitzo smirks and pulls out his phone.
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Blitzo and Stolas enter the large dining area. "Oh, MY! Oh, no; No, but, yes!" Stolas gushes about the area.
The two then approached an empty table and sat on their chairs, Blitzo being hoisted up by stacked books. "Oh, Blitz, how romantic is this? What made you choose such a place to bring me?"
Meanwhile, Blitzo pulls out a pair of binoculars and began looking for Moxxie and Millie. "Oh, it just sounded like- I just thought we'd have a blast here, you know?" He says as he spies on the other patrons who are, more or less, getting frisky at the tables. Eventually, Blitzo finally spots his employees. "Gotcha!"
"Oh, Blitz. What are you looking at?"
"I'm looking at nothing; how about that?"
Stolas gulped nervously and spoke up. "So, Blitzo, how was your day?"
"Huh? Oh, good I guess. We killed a bunch of beardos."
"THAT sounds fun!Howdid you kill them?"
"How? I mean, there were a lot of them, so... Bullets?"
Stolas sighs. "Right, ri-"
"But we didn't kill all of them with bullets."
Stolas looks at him questioningly. "What?"
"I killed some of them with our bare hands... Feeling their skulls crack in our palms. Their blood splashing on our suit... Gives us one helluva thrill..." Blitzo explains in gorey detail which disturbed the prince a bit.
"Blitz? You okay?"
"What? O-Oh. Yeah, I'm fine. I guess." Blitzo quickly snaps out of his daze and looks at Stolas. "What was it you were gonna say again?"
"Oh, right! Um. So, what made you decide to ask me out after all this time?"
Blitzo stares at Stolas and his brain shut down momentarily. "Uhhhh…" But before he could say anything, music began playing and a voice was heard from the stage.
"Ladies and gentlemen! I see some sexy faces around here tonight! Welcome, welcome, to Ozzie's: Lust Ring's number one place for all kinds of sick twisted fantasies. Put on display for all you 'Sleaze' and 'Sleazettes'. The gin joint of Asmodeus himself! C'mon, give him some LOVE!"
Blitzo sees the clown on stage and his eyes widened. He really didn't expect to see him in this ring of all rings. He internally panicked. "Oh, no fucking way. Not HIM!" He said as he hid his face behind a menu.
"I am the one and only Fizzarolli! Some of you may recognize this dashing clown face from my numerous toy-botic replicas across the rings of Hell. Gloriously designed by the big man himself and ribbed for your pleasure tonight." Fizz said, revealing and showcasing his mechanical limbs to the audience.
Fizz then clears his throat and pointed at a Succubus who was at the bar in the room. "We have a great lineup for you tonight:Verosika Mayday, Wet Dream and The Squirterz!"
Meanwhile, Stolas was attentively staring at Blitzo who was trying to hide his presence from the clown on stage. This worried the Prince and intended to ask what was wrong to the Imp in front of him. "Blitzy?" Stolas called out but Blitzo ignored him. He tried again, "Blitz?" Still nothing.
This was rather odd behavior coming from the Imp, Stolas thought in his head. Maybe, he'll have to ask him later, the show was about to begin anyway.
"So, without wasting any more time, our little opening act is a fresh one! Coming at us from a little Imp from theWrath Ring, give it up for Moxxie... with no creative stage name whatsoever."
Hearing Moxxie's name made Blitzo wide eyed and exit from his confinements of the menu and stared attentively at the stage. From there, he could see his employee take the stage with a guitar in his arms.
Moxxie cleared his throat. "Hello, everyone. This song is for my beautiful wife, a surprise for our first anniversary." The Imp smiles at his wife with pure love in his eyes. "I love you, Millie."
From that point, Moxxie began to sing his song. His love and praise to his wife and his wife only. Although the sappiness and wholesomeness of the song made the audience bewildered and expected something more raunchy. From the sidelines, Fizz and a large cloaked figure shared a glance.
Blitzo observed his employee sing and chuckled to himself. "Damn, Mox. Way to go for being the most boring performer in the Lust Ring!" He whispered.
Then the unexpected happened. Amidst the wholesomeness and fluff of the song, came two figures hiding in the large cloud of smoke and then those two figures were revealed to be the clown Fizz and the imposing King of Lust himself: Asmodeus.
Asmodeus and Fizz then take the time to completely hijack Moxxie's song and mock his boring as fuck performance. Then came the comment of Moxxie not being able to please his wife during intercourse, that was Blitzo's cue to butt in as usual.
"Hey, now. I've watched those two pork many times and, honestly, they make missionary look relatively exciting." Blitzo remarked with an amused shrug.
Fizz's face and demeanor dropped upon seeing the familiar face in the area. "Is that Blitzo? So, you're showing your face!? Hey, everybody! This guy's a total disgrace! Some nerve you've got to comment on a relationship! Last I checked, your love life was a pile of shit!"
Fizz taunted Blitzo and stretched his legs towards his face but something odd briefly happened. The clown could've sworn he heard Blitzo's jacket... Growling?
However, that had to wait as Verosika appears behind the two, a spotlight shone on her as she began to sing. "Oh, Blitzo? I used to date him."
"Oh, Verosika. You're here." Blitzo deadpanned with a distinctive growl in his voice.
"I'd stroke him, I'd fellate him! Yeah, but when it was my turn... He did no reciprocatin'!" Verosika says and then shoves Blitzo onto the floor. "A selfish Imp in the sheets and just as bad in the streets! A reckless, heartbreaking frea-" Verosika was then cut off when something very weird happened.
Blitzo's eyes snapped open and in an instant, a large black tendril shot out from Blitzo's back and wrapped around Verosika, lifting her up in the air.
"Woah, what the fuck!?"
"The fuck is going on!?"
"Hey, put her down!"
Several demons all yelled at the Imp for this sudden act but Blitzo ignored all of their calls. The Imp simply glared at the Succubus and stared at her eyes. Verosika tried to free herself from his grasp but it was just no use. She was stuck. All Verosika could do was struggle and stare at her ex's eyes. His weirdly white eyes.
Blitzo growled and spoke in a uncharacteristically deep tone. "Do not. Call us. A freak." The tendril began to tighten even more around Verosika's body like a Python does with its prey.
"Sir! What are you doing!?" Blitzo could hear Moxxie calling out to him from behind but even he ignored it.
"Blitzy?" Stolas only spoke softly and with concern. Blitzo then turned his head to the owl Prince. They both looked at each other for a bit, Blitzo breathing heavily before sighing and letting go of the Succubus.
The black tendril retracting back into Blitzo's jacket. Blitzo looked at Verosika who was slowly crawling away from him with huge eyes that had fear in them. She was actually afraid of him.
The Imp then took a look around the room and saw all the eyes were locked on him. Many of the patrons were giving him weird looks with emotions that ranged from bewilderment, anger and fear. They were all afraid of him. Of them.
Blitzo huffed and yelled out. "The fuck are you all looking at!?" He then proceeds to exit the room. He glances at Stolas. "Let's go. We're done here."
"Oh. Of course." Was all Stolas could say as he left the establishment with the Imp. This was... Concerning. Stolas was still taken aback from what had transpired back there. What was that black thing that came out of the Imp? Why did his eyes turn white? There were so many questions in his head right now.
Eventually, the two were now in the I.M.P. van with Blitzo driving. The ride was quiet. Too quiet. Stolas was almost scared to say something but he decided to anyways. "Thank you, for… inviting me out tonight. Despite everything that's happened, I enjoyed spending time with you."
Silence.
Stolas was met with more silence from the Imp. It was starting to creep him out at this point. "Are you okay...? You seem very troubled?"
"...They shouldn't have messed with us. But who needs them anyway. We have the cool new suit..."
"What?"
More silence.
The Imp decided not to answer Stolas' question and just kept on driving. With no other choice but to wait, Stolas just sat there until they arrived at his castle.
Stolas exits the van and then turns around to look into the window. "You know, I have some more wine in the house. Octavia's with her mother this weekend. So, we could-"
"I'mnotfucking you tonight, okay?" Blitzo said bluntly. "I'm exhausted."
"We could talk, or... watch a movie, or... maybe cuddle?"
"Stolas, don't act like what we have is anything butyouwantingmeto fuck you, okay? You make that really clear all the time. Besides, I have other matters to attend to."
Stolas looks down on the ground sadly. "I see... Goodnight, Blitz."
And with that, Blitzo drives off leaving Stolas to sit down on the steps and sigh.
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Blitzo arrives in his apartment and sighs and stretches. He walks over to Loona's room and notices a note that said that Loona was over at a party Tex invited her to. Blitzo rolled his eyes and threw the paper away and flopped onto the couch.
The Imp pulled out his phone and began scrolling through his gallery. Seeing pictures of the past until eventually, he sees an old photo of himself, his sister and his mother which made Blitzo burst into tears and put down his phone.
Blitzo silently cried on the couch and started breathing heavily. After a while, Blitzo stood up from the couch, his eyes a puffy red and walked over to the mirror. He talks to it.
"I'm not alone... Right?" He asked it. No response. "...Right?" He asked again, his voice breaking a bit. Then his clothes began to tremble a bit... Was that a sign? Probably. But he wasn't sure.
What he was sure was that he knew that the black goo wouldn't leave him... Blitzo smiled a bit. Guess he wasn't truly alone after all.
To be continued...