Deadly Quest
Chapter 8 Addiction
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Cuphead, Mugman, and Ms. Chalice made their way to the Devil's Casino. They soon arrived at the building and saw that it looked incredibly worn down and decrepit. Apparently the Devil had vacated the property and the building itself had been abandoned. There were no longer any colorful lights or welcome signs on the casino, the windows were either broken or boarded up, the colors of the building were faded, and the door handles to one of the front doors was missing. A couple of worn down toons were outside fidgeting and smoking cigarettes, while another couple drank beer from some bottles covered by paper bags. The trio of heroes made their way to the front doors and went inside.
The inside of the casino was surprisingly much cleaner and nice then the outside. Sure it wasn't as clean and as well kept as when the Devil and King Dice ran it, but it was still nice. The lights still had power, but none of the slot machines appeared to be working. Toons were smoking, drinking, eating, playing cards, playing dice, and doing drugs by stabbing syringes into their arms. A toon spider dressed as a waiter approached the trio of heroes and spoke.
"Welcome. Welcome. Would you three care for anything to eat or drink. We got a lot of tasty food including milkshakes."
"Milkshakes!" Said Cuphead and Mugman said excitedly.
"I can go for a milkshake." Said Ms. Chalice.
"Three milkshakes coming right up!" Said the spider before scuttling off.
Some time later the spider returned with three chocolate milkshakes and gave it to the heroes. Cuphead and Mugman grabbed theirs and Ms. Chalice's milkshake. Mugman drank his milkshake first before eating a Astral Cookie to allow Ms. Chalice to become solid and drink her milkshake. The milkshakes were very good and the trio of heroes felt a little funny after finishing them off.
"So where's the guy called Maxxx at?" Asked Cuphead.
"He's where the former owner of this place used to be." Said the spider.
"Thanks." Said Mugman.
The trio began to head to the Devil's old throne room, but as they walked and floated they all began to feel a little weird. The lights were suddenly too bright, the noise from the toons was too loud, Cuphead felt hot, Mugman felt cold, and Ms. Chalice began to hallucinate that her clothed were sprouting eyes and teeth.
"Those milkshakes pack a real punch. Especially with all the drugs in them." Chuckled the spider.
The trio enter the Devil's throne room and found the Sorrow sitting on a beat up and torn chair. Maxxx physically resembled an office worker toon, wearing an untucked white collared button-up shirt with dark grey dress pants. His head was formed by a black semi-solid mass that wore simple, smiling mask, with red glowing the eyes and mouth. A full syringe protrudes from Maxxx's side.
"It's over Maxxx!" Yelled Mugman as he shivered and hovered in the air as a ghost.
"Yeah! We're going to stop you! Boy is it hot in here or is that just me?" Said Cuphead as he sweated and fanned himself with his hand.
"Guys, I think my clothes are trying to eat me! I need to take them off!" Yelled Ms. Chalice before she began to furiously take off her clothes, until she was completely naked.
"It's too hot in here!" Said Cuphead before stripping down to his underwear.
"Y'alllllll having a gooodddd timeeee?" Asked Maxxx as he stood up from his chair.
"Not really." Shivered Mugman.
"The drugssss are affecting you differentlyyyy." Said Maxxx.
"Drugs?" Asked Cuphead.
"There must have been drugs in the milkshakes we had!" Said Mugman.
"You fiend!" Yelled Ms. Chalice.
"Drugssss are greattttt!" Said Maxxx before pumping the syringe in his side and he used his powers to rain down several bolts of red energy that were shaped like syringes down on the trio.
Cuphead and Ms. Chalice ran about and dodged, but one of the syringes struck Ms. Chalice in the rear and she danced around as her body was struck with electrical energy. Maxxx laughed as he summoned two floating red clawed hands that grabbed Cuphead and Ms. Chalice, slammed them together, and then into a wall. Cuphead was hurt and a little embarrassed to be on top of his naked friend. Ms. Chalice groaned before she changed back into a ghost that was now naked and Mugman became solid. Ms. Chalice's clothes repaid solid. Mugman quickly gathered up all the discarded clothes and put them on his cold body. He along with Cuphead began to shoot at Maxxx aiming for both his head and syringe.
Maxxx got annoyed by this, so he made his head really big and began to inhale in attempt to bring his enemies to his mouth full of sharp teeth and crush them. The force of the suction yanked Cuphead's underwear off leaving him naked and embarrassed. Mugman kept fire at Maxxx along with Cuphead after he got over his embarrassment. Cuphead then used the Energy Beam and shot it into Maxxx's mouth filling him up like a balloon. Maxxx then began to spew the energy and flew around the area like a out of control deflated ballon. Mugman changed into a Giant Ghost and delivered a solid punch to Maxxx's face knocking him to the ground in a heap. The battle was over.
Mugman pulled out a badge and tossed in onto Maxxx. Maxxx vanished and found himself in a board room meeting room wearing a muzzle and straightjacket along with the other defeated Sorrows. The drugs then began to wear off on our heroes and the drugs vanished from the casino. Both Cuphead and Ms. Chalice were embarrassed by their nakedness, but Mugman kept a straight face as he returned the clothes to his brother and helped Ms. Chalice to become solid to reclaim her clothes. It was another victory for the heroes.
To be continued.
