Millie always saw herself as a simple woman who loved simple things, fighting, killing, and sharp things, but she never considered herself a theatre fan. Before she thought the theatre was stupid and the only people who enjoyed watching plays and operas were wimps and pussys but that was before she met Moxxie. Now Moxxie was a huge fan of the theatre, plays, Operas, and anything under the sun, when he first took her to see a play, she figured she would hate it but much to her surprise she loved it she loved every moment of it. Honestly, this was one of the things that made her fall for Moxxie, she loved how different he was from most other Imps, he was sweet, compassionate, generous, and was always able to make her smile, but what she loved about him was that he was always able to get her to try something new and different.

The play that Millie and Moxxie were currently watching was a production of Romeo and Juliet (one of Moxxie's favorites) performed at a local theatre by an acting troupe Moxxie greatly enjoyed. Looking to her left Millie saw her husband engrossed in the play casually stuffing popcorn into his mouth, Millie reached over and took the popcorn from Moxxie, but he was too focused on the stage he still made the eating motions with his hand and mouth, Millie giggled he always got like this when watching a play.

Suddenly the actress playing Juliet a gorgeous Imp woman (hybrid? Millie thought she saw some succubus features in her) walked onto the stage and began reciting her lines.

"Romeo, oh Romeo where for art thou Romeo?" she said her voice was beautiful and she didn't stumble or stutter in the delivery of the verses. Just then someone from the crowd got up.

"He's hiding behind a bush you dumb slut!" he yelled his voice thick and slurred he had too much to drink. The woman playing Juliet briefly turned her head the look she sent the drunk sent shivers down Millie's spine, she had seen some intimidating looks before but that one, this woman was dangerous.

"This whole play is so fucking stupid I can't believe I spent ten fricking souls on this sh-" Suddenly a loud bang rang through the theatre, the drunk went quiet and then collapsed to the floor blood pouring out of a wound in the back of his head.

Looking to her left Millie saw her husband standing in the aisle, gun in hand, an annoyed look on his face. Millie was not surprised in the slightest by this reaction this wasn't even the first time Moxxie had killed someone for making too much noise or disturbing the show. The woman playing Juliet eyed Moxxie for a split second a smile forming on her lips and sent him a different look than what she sent the loudmouth but a dangerous look, nonetheless.

After the show

Moxxie stood in the lobby waiting for Millie who was currently using the bathroom from what Moxxie saw the line was pretty long, so he pulled out his phone and began scrolling through Sinstagram.

"Excuse me?" a melodious voice said, a voice Moxxie immediately recognized, looking up from his phone he saw a gorgeous Imp/succubus hybrid standing before him, sending him a smile.

"Ohh Ms. Knox it's an honor, what do you need?" Moxxie asked the actress, worried that she was mad for shooting that loudmouth who was interrupting her performance.

"Look if this is about shooting that guy, I'd like to say I'm sorry I didn't mean to-" Moxxie stopped his apology when he noticed her giggle and wave her hand in a dismissive gesture.

"Oh, don't worry I'm not mad I'm here to thank you for killing that Philistine," she explained her cheerful smile disappeared and a look of anger appeared on her beautiful face, Moxxie wasn't gonna lie it scared him a little.

"I can't stand when people do not appreciate the marvels and subtly of the theatre, I especially can't stand being interrupted," she explained her voice filled with bile and hate, but the look of anger disappeared just as quickly as it appeared and was replaced by a warm smile.

"Anyway, thanks again for silencing that worthless fool," she said warmly Moxxie sighed in relief and nodded in deference.

"No problem, I'm a huge fan of yours and enjoy watching your shows Ms. Knox," Moxxie chirped,

"Ohh call me Ellie, and I've noticed, you come to our shows at least once a week, it's good to see someone appreciates the theatre," Ellie explained kneeling to get at eye level with Moxxie, by doing so Moxxie was able to get a peak down the Juliet costume she was still wearing and blushed.

"Ohh well thank you," Moxxie said trying not to look at her boobs hoping she wouldn't notice, Ellie did notice though not that it bothered her.

"I was wondering if maybe you'd like to get more involved in the theatre?" she asked her voice taking on a flirtier tone, Moxxie didn't notice though as at that moment, Millie showed up and kissed Moxxie on the cheek.

"Hey, Hun you ready to go?" she asked happily grabbing her husband's hand. The smile on Ellie's face fell at the sight of Moxxie and Millie being affectionate.

"Oh, Ellie this is my wife, Millie, Millie this is Ellie the woman who played Juliet," Moxxie explained gesturing to the actress. Millie looked at Ellie, the frown on her face immediately shifted into a smile, but the smile didn't reach her eyes which had that dangerous look in it.

"Hello nice to meet you," she said in a cheerful tone, but the dangerous glint didn't fade.

"Likewise, ma'am," Millie said nervously, the look in her eye made her uncomfortable, it reminded her of the look Dante would give people when he was about to slit their throat.

Grabbing Moxxie's hand she pulled him out of the theatre and back to their apartment, Ellie watched them leave the dangerous glint never faltering.

Two days later

Ellie sat atop a building across from Millie and Moxxie's apartment looking into their living room via binoculars, she watched as the two sat on their couch watching TV. The sight of these two together made Ellie sick to her stomach. She had no idea what Moxxie saw in that worthless little slut, Moxxie was cute, refined, and had a strong appreciation for the arts, she should know Moxxie has been coming to watch her performances for years if that's not a sign of excellent taste then she didn't know what was. But his wife this Millie she was nothing more than some stupid Wrath Ring bumpkin this unrefined, inbred slut had no right to Moxxie how dare this filthy Wrathian steal away her man.

"I have to find a way to get him away from her," she muttered to herself, it was for his own good, Moxxie deserves someone better than some worthless hick.

It was at that moment Ellie noticed something climbing up the side of Moxxie's building, looking closer with her binoculars Ellie saw it was a male Imp with very large horns. She watched as this Imp quickly climbed up the side of the building and stopped right at Moxxie's apartment window. Ellie panicked and assumed that this strange Imp was some burglar trying to break in and hurt her precious Moxxie, thinking quickly Ellie looked around and saw a couple of empty beer cans. Grabbing one she quickly threw it at the Imp, but it fell short, angry she picked up another one and threw it this time it made its mark and hit the Imp square in the head. Cursing the Imp turned around and saw Ellie sitting on the adjacent rooftop, but before he could do anything the window of Moxxie's apartment opened, Moxxie stuck his head out saw the Imp, and with an annoyed expression pried his fingers off the railing causing him to fall to the street below.

The next day, IMP

"I'm telling you Moxxie someone was fucking spying on you!" Blitz shouted at him employee.

"You mean other than you?" Moxxie asked sarcastically, clearly not believing his boss's statement.

"Yes! Christ on a stick Moxx I saw them myself they were atop the roof of the building across from yours!" he shouted, Moxxie just rolled his eyes.

"Look sir I'm not gonna fall for this trick again," Moxxie said crossing his arms, this isn't the first time Blitz lied about a stalker or a killer to get into their apartment and get into bed with them.

"Look Moxxie this time I'm serious!" Blitz shouted, waving his arms around.

Outside the building

Dante headed to the front door of the office, a coffee in each hand, a latte for Loona, and a cappuccino for himself. As Dante touched the door, he felt a chill run up his spine, he was being watched. Swiftly turning around Dante scanned the area taking note of everything he saw. While scanning the rooftops Dante thought he saw a shadow move across one of the rooftops, Dante quickly headed inside the building and to IMP's floor.

IMP office

"Look Moxxie I know this sounds like a scheme but I'm serious someone is spying on you!" Blitz said waving his arms around annoyed that Moxxie wasn't taking him seriously.

"Sweety maybe we should listen to him," Millie said putting a hand on Moxxie's arm, Moxxie turned to face his wife a look of utter confusion on his face.

"What, you don't seriously believe him do you?" Moxxie asked her, Millie looked down at the ground, last night she felt a strange presence like someone was watching her, she didn't know why but she knew that there were eyes on them.

Millie tried to tell Moxxie this but before she could open her mouth Dante barged into the office placed two cups of coffee down on Loona's desk and before rushing back to the front door, closed it and locked it.

"Dante, what are you doing?" Blitz asked his younger employee, but Dante just ignored him and proceeded to go through the office closing and locking all the windows and closing all the blinds.

"Dante what the fuck is going on?!" Blitz asked after Dante had finished his preparations.

"Someone is watching us," he explained pulling out a gun and peeking through the blinds.

"Wait what?" Moxxie asked surprised.

"Hah, I fucking told you Moxxie!" Blitz said smugly, but while Blitz was gloating, Millie suddenly went pale, Dante had good keen instincts, finer than hers if he felt someone was watching them then someone was definitely watching them.

"Wait who the fuck is watching us?" Moxxie asked, not sure why anyone would spy on them.

"Not sure I didn't get a good look, but I saw someone on the roof of a building across the road, I'm not sure why they were there but they moved when I started looking around so they're definitely trying to spy," Dante explained continuing to peek out the blinds and scanned the roofs.

"Maybe it's some pissed-off customer?" Loona stated not sure who else would try to spy on them, maybe Blitz and the others fucked up on a job and now they wanted revenge.

"Don't know but let's go find out Dante, Loona you come with me to find this fuck, M&M you stay here and make sure no fuckers break in," Blitz said gesturing to Dante and Loona before pointing at Millie and Moxxie.

Millie nodded in understanding, drawing her axe a determined look across her face. Moxxie drew a pistol, loaded it, and cocked it, but unlike his face, Moxxie's look was more nervous and apprehensive.

Blitz was right, someone was spying on them last night, this greatly upset Moxxie, he had no idea why someone would be spying on him and his wife, they were no one special, they weren't rich or famous. What worried Moxxie was that this was some kind of deranged stalker who had dark designs on Millie, now while he knew that his wife could defend herself with ease the idea that she could be in any danger made his blood run cold.

Outside, on a rooftop across from the IMP office,

Ellie scowled in frustration as she saw that the blinds of IMP's windows were still closed blocking her view of her beloved's beautiful form. Ellie couldn't fathom why in Hell someone as amazing and classy as Moxxie would waste his time in a run-down little company like IMP, he was far too good for it. She was certain that bottom-heavy whore Millie had something to do with that she was holding Moxxie back, she needed to remove her post haste.

Ellie's attention was drawn away from the window by some movement from below, looking down at the road Ellie saw three of Moxxie's coworkers looking up and down the road and scanning the surrounding rooftops. It didn't take Ellie long to realize they were looking for her, so hoping to avoid being detected and letting that slut Millie know she was watching her, and her husband Millie quickly backed up her things, flapped her wings, and took off through the air away from IMP.

Don't worry my love, I will be back soon, the hybrid thought to herself as she flew through the sky as she planned her next move.

Two weeks later

Ellie walked down the road at a slow and steady pace several paces behind Millie and Moxxie who walked down the street hand in hand. The sight of this made Ellie's blood boil she just couldn't understand why Moxxie was wasting his time with this worthless bumpkin when he could be with her. This is why she needed to get rid of her for Moxxie's own good.

That is why she's been following them for two weeks now trying to find some proof that Millie was mistreating Moxxie or going behind his back, she had to be cheating on him, Ellie thought to herself this Millie woman was obviously a whore that's probably why their boss was trying to sneak in she's probably having an affair with him. But unfortunately, no matter how hard she tried she could not find any clear evidence to give to Moxxie Millie covered her tracks too well. But no matter the circumstances Ellie was determined to free Moxxie from this loveless marriage so that he could be with his true love, her.

Maybe I should just kill Millie? Ellie thought to herself, she did have a very large knife in her purse and Millie didn't seem that tough to her. It was at that moment two thugs holding knives stepped out of an alleyway and blocked Millie and Moxxie's path.

"Give us your cash and no one gets hurt," the thug on the left said holding up his knife for dramatic effect. Millie and Moxxie were unphased however they simply turned to look at each other.

"You want to handle this or me?" he asked nonchalantly, Millie thought about it for a moment before answering.

"Nah I'll take care of this," she said cheerfully before pulling an axe out of nowhere and proceeding to rush toward the assailants. In a blur of motion Millie proceeded to slice off the right thug's legs before taking off his head and then proceeding to use said severed head to bash in the left thug's skull. Ellie watched in awe at the sight before her, Millie had proceeded to butcher two thugs in less than a minute and carried an ax on her somewhere.

Never mind, she thought to herself she would have to find some other way to get rid of Millie.

Two days later M&M's apartment,

Ellie sat on a rooftop across from Moxxie's apartment building, looking through the front door of the building with a pair of high-powered binoculars. She watched as Moxxie descended the stairs to the main lobby and headed toward the building's mailbox. Pulling out a key Moxxie stuck it in mailbox five, turned it, then opened it and pulled out a stack of letters. Shuffling through the stack Moxxie's attention was drawn to a bright pink envelope with a heart on it. Curious Moxxie tore open the letter and proceeded to read it.

Ellie smiled at the sight, the letter Moxxie was currently reading was written by her. Ellie wrote the letter and made it look like it was a love letter to Millie from her secret lover, a wicked smile overtook her lips as she watched Moxxie become more and more focused as he read the letter his grip the paper tightening.

Suddenly Moxxie dropped the letter and ran straight up the stairs towards his apartment. Ellie let out a triumphant laugh, she knew this would work soon Moxxie would confront Millie on her "affair" and throw her out on her fat ass.

And then I will swoop in and help mend his broken heart, Ellie thought, happily imagining the scene. Moxxie cries in her arms telling her about Millie's "betrayal" She comforts him and later reveals her love for him then they get married and have five kids named, Juliet, Hermia, Helena, Titania, and Margaret.

Ellie pulled herself out of her fantasy and focused her attention on Moxxie's apartment. Looking through their window with her binoculars she saw Moxxie enter the apartment with a stern look on his face. Marching up to Millie who had a coffee mug in her hand Moxxie proceeded to slap it out of her hand but what came next surprised Ellie.

Instead of screaming or yelling at Millie for her betrayal and adultery Moxxie instead grabbed his wife and pulled her into a passionate kiss.

"What the fuck?" Ellie said to herself as she watched as the make-out session between Moxxie, and his wife quickly turned into intense lovemaking. After watching for an appropriate amount of time Ellie flew down from the roof where she was sitting and discreetly headed for the apartment.

Walking into the lobby she found the letter she had written and picked it up.

This letter should have convinced Moxxie that Millie was cheating, what the hell went wrong? Ellie thought to herself but upon reading the letter she quickly saw her mistake.

The letter said "to my dearest Moxxie," it was supposed to say "to my dearest Millie," Ellie was having some difficulty writing out this love note. Hence, she thought of Moxxie and used him as inspiration, and in her love-induced haze she must have written Moxxie's name by mistake.

Slapping her forehead in frustration, Ellie shredded the note and left the building; she would have to try a different method to break them up.

Three days later

Moxxie was busy making the bed, it was a Sunday which was a laundry day for the Knowlastn ames and it was Moxxie's turn to do the laundry. He had already washed all of his and Millie's clothes and was now putting new sheets and blankets on the bed. As he was putting the sheets onto the mattress he looked down and saw a piece of black fabric poking out from under the bed.

Huh did I miss something? Moxxie asked himself thinking it was some article of clothing he forgot to wash.

Kneeling down Moxxie picked up the clothing in question and examined it, it was a pair of boxers very large boxers way too big to fit him and Millie didn't wear boxers. Looking closer Moxxie saw a name written on the label, Big Max. Moxxie suddenly felt a sickening feeling rising in his gut as he looked down at the underpants, but his attention was pulled away by a loud slam. Leaving the bedroom Moxxie walked out into the living room where he saw Millie standing in there sending him a cold look.

"Want to explain what this is!?" she asked angrily holding up a pair of bright pink panties.

"I've never seen those before," Moxxie replied eyeing the panties, the look Millie sent him made it clear she didn't believe him.

"Ohh yeah, then why did I find them in the backseat of the car hmm?" Millie questioned throwing the panties to the ground.

"I don't know how about you explain why I found these boxers that belong to some asshole named Max hmm?" Moxxie said holding up the boxers in his hand before throwing them to the ground.

The two demons glared at each other for several minutes neither saying a word before they eventually began making out. The two lovers mashed their mouths together, tongues intertwining, hands exploring their whole bodies as they fell to the floor.

"Ohh come on!" Ellie shouted as she watched the two go at it, frustrated that another plan had failed.

The next day

Blitz sat at his desk going through some paperwork, when suddenly he heard his office door open. Looking up, he was suddenly hit in the face by a pair of panties and boxers.

"Nice try sir," Moxxie said deadpanned taking Millie's hand and walking out of the office hand in hand.

This wasn't the first time Blitz had done something like this whether it was to create some drama like in a soap opera or a half-baked scheme to get in bed with them but just like all the others this plan failed miserably.

One week later,

Moxxie walked into the coffee shop, stopping for a moment to take in the sweet aroma of freshly brewed coffee. As Moxxie approached the front counter the young Imp woman noticed his and let out a groan.

"Hello Mary," Moxxie said politely to the young lady.

"Hey Boxxie, the usual," she said trying very hard to sound polite.

"It's Moxxie, and yes please thank you," Moxxie said turning away Moxxie sat down at an open table by the window and pulled out a book.

Dante only got a few pages through when he suddenly heard an effeminate voice call his name, looking up from his book to his surprise he saw a tall, statuesque Imp/Succubus hybrid in a lovely black dress that showed a tasteful amount of legs and cleavage.

"Ellie! I didn't know you came to this cafe?" Moxxie asked surprised to see the best actress in Imp City at the same coffee shop as him.

"I don't usually but I saw some good reviews for this place and decided to try it," Ellie explained casually, in reality, she knew Moxxie liked this cafe and had been going for three days hoping to bump into him.

"May I sit with you?" she asked, Moxxie smiled and gestured to the opposite seat with a smile, Ellie sat down with a smile on her face.

Several minutes passed with not a word being said between them, and Moxxie began to feel uncomfortable especially since Ellie kept staring at him which just made it worse.

"Uh, Ms. Knox why do you keep staring at me?" Moxxie asked, unable to handle the discomfort anymore. Ellie was taken out of her thoughts by Moxxie's comment.

"Ohh sorry it's just you're so handsome I can't help but stare," she explained, Moxxie blushed at the statement, no one outside of Millie has called him handsome before.

"Oh, thank you I'm flattered," he said nervously looking away, Ellie couldn't help but smile at how adorable Moxxie looked when he was flustered.

"I've always thought that way about you Moxxie, ever since I first saw you, I have found you to be one of the most beautiful men in Hell," Ellie explained batting her eyes at him, Moxxie once again blushed.

"Oh stop," Moxxie said looking away and rubbing the back of his head.

"It's true I have always thought very highly of you, from the way you dress to your hair, to your adorable freckles, yet none of that compares to your excellent taste in the arts and theatre," Ellie gushed, while Moxxie was flattered by this these compliments he was starting to feel a little uncomfortable. Suddenly Ellie reached forward and grabbed both of his hands.

"I've been wanting to tell you this for a long time, I don't just admire you, I… I love you; I've always loved you from the first time I laid eyes on you," Ellie said a blush dusting her gorgeous face.

Any happy feelings Moxxie felt at that moment suddenly vanished as what Ellie said to him began to sink in. She was in love with him, this woman who he barely knew, who he'd only seen a handful of times on stage at a local theatre is in love with him. Now Moxxie may not have been the smartest demon in Hell, but he knew red flags when he saw them (he could thank Chaz for that) and this lady was waving some huge red flags.

This is a joke; I mean it has to be? Moxxie asked himself hoping that Ellie was just pulling his leg.

"Hehe good one Ms. Knox you almost had me there," Moxxie said laughing nervously trying to pull his hands away, but Ellie just gripped them tighter.

"I'm not joking, I meant what I said, I love you Moxxie, I've been in love with you since I first laid eyes on you, like how Romeo felt when he first laid eyes upon fair Juliet," she explained squeezing Moxxie's hands tighter, much to his discomfort.

"Look I'm flattered, I really am but, I'm already married remember? I introduced you to my wife at your last performance?" Moxxie explained, wondering if maybe she had forgotten Millie. At the mention of Millie, the look on Ellie's face suddenly became dark and hateful.

"That bumpkin, the little trollop, why in Hell do you waste your time with such an unrefined lady?" she asked, her voice filled with resentment and disgust. Hearing Ellie talk that way about Millie caused what little happiness Moxxie felt to quickly evaporate and be replaced with anger.

"Excuse me but while she may not be as "refined" as you or me she is still an amazing and kind woman," Moxxie stated yanking his hands free, and glaring at the actress sitting across from him.

"But why would someone as brilliant and cultured as yourself waste your time with some low-down Wrath Ring trash when he could be with someone who is cultured, brilliant and has an appreciation for theatre like me?" Ellie asked gesturing to herself.

"Because that "low-down Wrath Ring trash" as you so kindly called her happens to be the kindest, sweetest, most gentle demon in all of Hell and I am more than happy to be with her and no one else!" Moxxie shouted, starting to get angry, but unfortunately, Ellie would not give up.

"But I'm so much better for you Moxxie my darling, please leave that fat assed whore and run away with me!" she shouted starting to sound desperate and a little angry too, at that point Moxxie decided he had had enough.

"Listen here, I love my wife and I have no intentions of leaving her, especially not for a rude, creepy, stalker like yourself, and I swear to Satan if you insult my wife one more time, I will fucking kill you," Moxxie said in a very cold angry tone of voice.

At that moment the barista at the counter called Moxxie's order, getting up from his seat Moxxie grabbed his drink and then walked out of the shop not even sparing Ellie a second glance. Ellie watched Moxxie leave the cafe and walk down the street a dangerous look in her eye as she did so.

One week later,

Moxxie walked down the street stopping every five steps to look around, it's been a week since his fateful encounter with Ellie, Moxxie has felt nervous and on edge. Now Moxxie hadn't seen the actress since her confession, but he just couldn't shake the feeling that she was still around watching him. Moxxie stopped looked around then continued walking home. Moxxie shook his head trying to forget about Ellie, but it was hard. He was surprised someone like her would have any interest in a simple little Imp like him.

I mean seriously she is way out of my league; I could see her taking an interest in a guy like Dante but not me, Moxxie thought to himself as he pondered why Ellie had taken such a keen interest in him, he then remembered Millie's reaction when he told her what happened.

To say she was angry would have been an understatement, she was furious, Millie wanted to track Ellie down and skin her alive for trying to steal her man. And while the idea of seeing Millie brutally murder someone was extremely hot, he chose instead to calm her down, while he didn't particularly like Ellie for what she said about Millie he felt that there was no need to butcher her, she was just confused. Moxxie shook his head, he needed to stop obsessing over Ellie, she was gone he didn't need to worry about her anymore. Moxxie saw his apartment coming into view and sighed, he was almost home. As he headed towards his building, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his neck, feeling around his neck he felt something sticking out, removing it he looked at his hand and saw a dart, suddenly he started feeling woozy.

"Oh fuck," Moxxie muttered before falling to the ground, suddenly a black van drove up and the back door opened, and two sharks came out. The sharks grabbed Moxxie and tossed him into the back of the van then drove off.

Two hours later,

Consciousness slowly returned to Moxxie as he opened his eyes, he saw he was in a large warehouse filled with shark demons. He tried to move his limbs but found he couldn't. Looking around he realized that he was tied down to a table, he tried to yell out for help but found he was also gagged. Hearing the clicking of heels against concrete, moving his head in the direction of the sound he saw none other than Ellie herself, dressed in what looked like a fusion of funeral garb and her Juliet dress, and flanking her on both sides where two sharks.

"Ah you're finally awake my darling," Ellie said coldly looking down at Moxxie with a sad sadistic smile on her face. Moxxie tried to ask her what was going on, but the gag got in the way, but despite that, she seemed to get the general idea of what he was asking.

"Ohh this, I'm sorry my love but when you broke my heart like how Demetrius broke Helena's I realized that I could not live without you, and since I can't live without you, I decided that no one can as well," she stated pulling out a very large carving knife.

"For you see my love what I shall do is, using this dagger that is within my hand I shall cut out thy heart and consume it then upon completing this task I will plunge this blade into my own heart like Juliet did when she looked upon poor Romeo's corpse," she explained in a voice filled with both passion and heartache, Moxxie would have been moved if he wasn't so scared.

"Wath abat thmmm?" Moxxie asked through the gag, looking at the two shark demons at her sides.

"Ohh them well you see their boss is a big theatre fan, so I offered him season passes to the theatre I work at for his help with this, good to know some people appreciate the arts around here," she explained, Moxxie begrudgingly nodded his head in agreement, that begrudging agreement quickly turned to terror as he saw Ellie lift the knife.

"Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. Oh, happy dagger, This is thy sheath; there rust, and let us both die," she said using an altered version of Juliet's final line.

Ok I know she's about to kill me and all but Satan fucking dammit she is an amazing actor, Moxxie thought to himself in awe at the way she delivered the line.

Ellie held the knife over Moxxie's chest but before she could plunge the blade into his chest Moxxie noticed a small red dot reflect off the blade. There was suddenly a loud bang, and the knife was knocked out of her hand. The bang was then followed by the sound of shattering glass, Moxxie turned his head and saw Blitz, Loona, and Dante standing together headed by a very pissed-off Moxxie.

"Get the fuck away from my husband, now!" Millie said her voice filled with cold fury; her anger was so intense that several sharks stepped back in fear.

"Kills these fools, send them to oblivion!" Ellie shouted in fury holding her injured hand. At that moment the rest of the sharks pulled out a variety of guns and other blunt and/or bladed weapons and charged forward.

It was then that IMP sprang into action, Loona rushed forward tearing out the throats of several sharks and throwing their corpses at several of the other thugs, Blitz armed with two automatic pistols began spraying into a crowd of sharks gunning all of them down in seconds, Dante hung back armed with a rifle he took out several gangsters with precise headshots. But those three paled in comparison to Millie, Millie was like a force of nature she moved through the warehouse so swiftly that she appeared as nothing more than a red and black blur slicing through mook after mook, most didn't even know what was happening they just saw the blur then suddenly they were disemboweled or had their throats slit.

Millie stopped her rampage right in front of the table Moxxie was tied to, she quickly cut the ropes keeping Moxxie tied down, and proceeded to remove the gag that was in his mouth.

"You ok Hun?" she asked, her voice filled with fear.

"That was so hot," Moxxie said turned on by the carnage and bloodshed she had just wrought. A sultry smile came upon Millie's face, and she proceeded to pull Moxxie into a passionate kiss. As they made out a thug snuck up behind them and tried to hit them with a chainsaw but a bullet to the head quickly took him down.

The two stopped kissing and looked at the thug's body then in the direction of the bullet and saw an exacerbated Dante holding a smoking rifle.

"Maybe wait until we're out of danger before you start fucking," he said sarcastically, Moxxie and Millie looked at each other embarrassed.

Remembering something Millie reached behind her back and pulled out a pistol and a large knife handing both to Moxxie who took them with glee. With a sadistic smile on his face, Moxxie raised his pistol and fired three shots, hitting three thugs in the head. He then rushed forward climbed up the back of an enormous Shark and proceeded to stab him several times in the neck.

Ellie watched in horror as Moxxie and his coworkers brutally massacred her henchmen, realizing that the Sharks were not gonna win this fight and that once they were all dead IMP would come after her. Realizing that if she stayed, she would die Ellie turned around and quickly escaped the warehouse through a backdoor, as she did, she took another look and made eye contact with the one Imp, the male with black hair and black eyes. The look he sent her made her blood run cold, closing the door, Ellie quickly stretched her wings and flew away.

When the last of the Sharks were dead the members of IMP all gathered around Moxxie to make sure he was alright, Millie moved in a circle studying her husband for any signs of distress or any cuts or bruises.

"You sure you're ok Moxx, she didn't do anything to you did she?" Millie asked, her voice filled with worry for her husband.

"I'm fine Millie other than some lingering trauma I'm relatively unscathed," Moxxie explained putting a hand on Millie's shoulder, suddenly Blitz walked up and put an arm around Moxxie's shoulder.

"Damn Moxxie I didn't know you were such a stud, I guess more ladies liked tiny dicks than I thought," Blitz said a smile on his face, Moxxie scowled at his boss.

"A lot more like colossal fatasses too apparently," Loona said with a laugh only to receive a punch in the arm from Dante.

"Oww, what the fuck?" Loona asked rubbing the spot he punched her, glaring at her boyfriend.

"Be nice," he stated not intimidated at all, walking up to Moxxie the taller demon knelt down so he could be at eye level with Moxxie.

"Are you sure you're alright comrade, you can be honest with us," Dante asked his voice filled with concern, Moxxie was flattered, he didn't think Dante actually cared about him, he was always so distant.

"Thank you for your concern but I'm alright I just want to go home and get some sleep," Moxxie stated realizing how late it was getting.

"Yeah, I could use a nap too," Blitz said heading towards the door Moxxie followed but was quickly scooped up by Millie who proceeded to carry him out of the warehouse bridal style.

Loona was about to follow but stopped when she noticed that Dante was still crouching down.

"Yo Dante you coming?" she asked the Imp, looking over his shoulder, she saw that he had a sketchbook and was in the middle of drawing a portrait, though it was still too early to tell who he was drawing.

"Hello Hell to Dante, aren't you coming or not?" she asked knocking her knuckles against his head, but he didn't budge. Shrugging Loona turned around and headed out of the warehouse to the IMP van where the others were waiting.

"There you are Loonie, wait where's Dante?" Blitz asked confused noticing his daughter's boyfriend wasn't beside her.

"He's busy drawing," she said casually as if that explained everything.

"Oh uh… ok," Blitz said with a shrug before climbing into the van.

After about twenty minutes Dante finished drawing, he looked at the final project and smiled. Pulling out his phone and called a special associate.

"Hey Margo, there is someone I need you to find as soon as possible, I'll send over a picture but make finding her a top priority understood?" Dante asked sternly, looking down at the portrait of Ellie he had drawn.

"You're not getting away that easily, Puta," he said to himself voice dripping with hate.

Two days later,

Ellie walked down the street with a bag of supplies in her hand, she had on an oversized black hoodie and sunglasses, normally she'd wear something more appealing something that brought out her innate beauty and charm but for now, she had to stay hidden. After the failed attempt to die with her beloved Moxxie Ellie knew that he and his coworkers would be looking for her. She had to stay hidden had to lay low as they say until Moxxie dropped his guard. Yes, she was going to try again, Ellie loved Moxxie, she could not live without him and if she couldn't have him then nobody could.

As Ellie walked down the street she noticed a drunken Imp ambling down the sidewalk toward her, taking a closer look Ellie realized she knew this drunk. His name was Craiggory, he was a stagehand at the theatre and a very lousy one at that, his sets were always falling apart.

Panicking, Ellie quickly pulled down her hood to better hide her face and increased her speed. As she passed Craiggory she let out a relieved sigh.

Good, he didn't recognize me-, her thoughts were interrupted by a blow to the back of her head that quickly sent her into darkness.

Ellie awoke sometime later; her head was throbbing, and her vision was bleary. As her senses slowly returned to her, she realized that she was tied up, her hands and feet were bound along with her wings. Not only that, but she also had a piece of duct tape over her mouth, as her vision slowly returned, she saw three individuals standing in front of her. Two of them she recognized one was Craiggory who was talking to the tall black-haired Imp from IMP Dante she believed he was called. The other demon was one Ellie did not recognize they were an Imp woman, with short hair in a black suit with a red tie.

"So, I brought you the slut, so where's my money?" Craiggory asked, holding out his hand greedily.

"Well first we gotta confirm her identity," the woman said, only for Dante to cut her off take a quick look at Ellie then turn back to the woman.

"That's her," he said curtly.

"Are you sure master?" the woman asked, holding up a piece of paper and looking at it then Ellie then back at the paper.

"sì, certo, dai I suoi soldi a quel bastardo," he said in Italian gesturing to Craiggory. Shrugging the woman reached into her pocket and pulled out a roll of money and handed it to Craiggory.

Smiling Craiggory quickly stuffed the money into his pocket and left the room, with the stagehand gone Dante and the lady quickly turned their attention to Ellie.

"Hello Ms. Knox, good to see you again," Dante said with a smile as he knelt down in front of Ellie. Reaching forward he grabbed the edge of the tape over her mouth and quickly ripped it off, Ellie cringed in pain.

"What's going on where am I why did you bring me here?" Ellie asked, confused, as to why she was tied up and at Dante's mercy.

"Why, because you tried to kill my coworker, that's why," Dante explained as if it was the most obvious thing in all of Hell, and frankly it kinda was.

"But why have Craiggory kidnap me?" she asked, confused as to why she was tied up but she had a good idea of what was going to happen.

"Cause I wanted to bring you here," he stated again as if it was simple, this time though Ellie didn't get it. Sending the male Imp, a confused look Dante decided to explain.

"See look you tried to kill Moxxie, who is both a comrade and a valued and useful asset to IMP, so I put out a bounty on you, five thousand souls to bring you here," he said with a smile gesturing to the room they were in.

"Why what do you plan on doing to me?" she asked fear beginning to creep into her voice.

"I'm going to kill you," he said with a sadistic smile on his face. Ellie went pale, all the color draining from her face, with Dante's look sending shivers down her spine.

"I- I don't believe you, if you wanted me dead then you would have just slit my throat or shot me while I was unconscious," Ellie stated trying to hide her fear and failing miserably. There was no way that Dante just wanted her dead, he had to be planning something, and that would give her an avenue for an escape.

"Your right I could have done that, but I decided that as an accomplished actress, I thought you'd like to go out with a bit of a show, so that's why I brought her," Dante explained gesturing to the Imp woman from before.

"Allow me to introduce you to Margo the Gonfaloniere of this district and future leader of Imp City," Dante explained putting a hand on her shoulder.

"You're too kind Master," she said with a blush, Dante just rolled his eyes and continued.

"You see Margo here has recently put up a set of Gallows in the neighborhood and she hasn't had a proper execution with them in a while isn't that right Margo?" Dante asked his voice taking on a malevolent pitch.

"That's right ever since you drove out most of the freaks and perverts, we haven't had a good hanging in a while," she replied her tone matching his.

"She'd make a great addition swinging from the ropes, wouldn't she?" Dante asked.

"Oh absolutely," Margo replied a smile on her face. Ellie had just about had enough at this point.

"Now listen here you vile miscreants I don't know who you think you are but if you think you can just string me up like some common hoodlum then you sorely-" Suddenly Dante reached forward and grabbed her tongue pulling it out of her mouth he proceeded to pull out a knife and swiftly sliced off the appendage.

"AAAAHHHH!" Ellie shouted reeling back in utter pain as her mouth quickly filled with blood, Dante looked at the wet piece of muscle before tossing it to the floor.

"Cut off her horns and clip her wings, we'll hang her tomorrow morning," Dante said to Margo who nodded in understanding.

"Futf wuu!" Ellie shouted large globs of blood spilling out of her mouth and onto her clothing. The two demons ignored her and proceeded to walk out of the room locking the door as they left.

Ellie slumped against the wall, tired, weak, and in terrible pain, she was done, she lost she was going to die. Even if she did escape, she couldn't go back to acting without her tongue to form the lines and besides what else would she do she had nothing not without Moxxie. Ellie's thoughts quickly diverted to the adorable little thespian as she slowly cried herself to sleep.

The next morning.

Millie and Moxxie walked down through Dante's neighborhood they were called here by Dante who they were going to meet for a special surprise. Moxxie didn't really want to be here, he still felt a bit shaky from Ellie's attempt on his life, but Dante was very insistent. He still couldn't believe that Ellie turned out to be a crazy stalker she seemed like such a nice kind woman, Moxxie shuttered thinking back to the day in the warehouse.

While Moxxie may have been surprised by Ellie's true nature, Millie certainly was not. Millie knew from the start that something was wrong with her, just the way she moved about, the fakeness to her voice when she tried to act nice or friendly, and the dark look in her eyes. Ellie was pure evil she saw it but unfortunately, Moxxie was a trusting soul, so it was hard for him to see that sometimes.

"So do you know why Dante wanted us to come to his neighborhood?" Moxxie asked his wife, not sure why this surprise involved them going all the way to some random spot in his part of the city.

"No clue but hey you gotta admit this part of town is pretty nice," Millie said gesturing to the surrounding area.

Moxxie looked around and realized that Millie was right, this part of town was nicer than the rest, it was still rundown and shitty but less so than other parts. The roads had fewer potholes, and it was cleaner with less litter, not only that but they had been walking through this neighborhood for twenty minutes and hadn't gotten robbed once. Moxxie hated to admit it, but he was a little jealous of Dante for living in such a nice area. They continued walking before spotting Dante, Blitz, and Loona standing in front of a coffee shop, seeing the couple Dante smiled and waved them over.

"Hey Millie, Moxxie, qui!" he said with a smile, the couple quickly rushed over to meet with their coworkers.

"Alright now that everyone's here what's this fucking surprise you made us get up at the asscrack of dawn for?" Blitz asked yawning.

"Sir it's ten thirty," Moxxie replied deadpanned.

"Moxxie any time before noon is the asscrack of dawn for me," Blitz explained.

"Amen, to that," Loona agreed, Moxxie rolled his eyes.

Suddenly the sound of bells began ringing through the air, and the demons on the streets began rushing to an open lot down the road.

"Ah, time for the surprise follow me!" Dante shouted excitedly walking towards the lot with the others following him except Loona, who recognized the bells and the lot.

"Ohh Satan please don't let it be another hanging," she muttered to herself, refusing to enter the lot, Blitz turned back and noticed his adopted daughter's discomfort.

"What's wrong Loonie?" Blitz asked, his voice filled with concern.

"I want to go home," she said bluntly, trying to hide how uncomfortable she was.

"What but what about the surprise?" Blitz asked pointing back at the lot, he had woken up before noon for this, so he wanted to see what was so fucking important.

"I don't give a fuck about so stupid surprise can we please just leave… please," Loona asked almost begging, Blitz was taken aback by this he had never seen her like this before, but if his baby was uncomfortable then he wasn't gonna force her to stay.

"Alright if you don't want to stay and see what Dante's planning then I won't make you come on sweetie," Blitz started heading down the road with Loona in toe.

"Thank you," she mumbled relieved at not having to watch another hanging.

Back at the lot,

Dante, Millie, and Moxxie stood at the front of the crowd that stood before a large set of Gallows, Moxxie was confused at why Dante had brought them here but soon his attention was drawn to the far side of the Gallows. He saw an Imp woman in a black suit with a red tie climb up a set of stairs and make her way to the center of the stage.

"Ladies, Gentlemen, and Nonbinaries welcome all of you, today we will witness the execution of one of the most egregious beings in the Pride Ring!" the woman yelled to the crowd to break out in cheer.

'You brought us to an execution Dante?" Moxxie asked surprised that his younger coworker would bring them here.

"Awesome I love me a good execution now normally I prefer a good decapitation or feeding to beasts, but hangings are fun to watch too!" Millie stated gleefully getting excited about the show.

"Ohh this isn't any execution, you two," Dante said a smile on his face, Moxxie looked at him perplexed.

"Just watch," Dante replied to the look pointing at the stage.

"Now let's bring out the condemned!" the woman shouted, bringing the crowd into an uproar, looking to the far side of the Gallows, and what, or more specifically who he saw made Moxxie's jaw drop in shock.

Walking up the stage, hands tied behind her back was none other than Ellie Knox herself, looking worse for wear. For one her usually long beautiful hair was dirty and matted, her gorgeous face was drenched in blood, her horns were missing, and her face was covered in cuts and bruises.

Being led to the center of the stage, one of the guards escorting Ellie walked her over to one of the trap doors grabbed one of the nooses hanging from the main beam and put it around her neck.

"This here is none other than Eleanor Knox many of you probably know her as she is a renowned actress here in Imp City but what many of you do not know is that Ms. Knox is a vile, evil being," the woman said, disgust and malice starting to seep into her voice.

"This woman is a degenerate psychopath who after being rejected by a man, she kidnapped him and attempted to kill him out of a selfish sense of entitlement. Well, I say that we are not going to tolerate this kind of behavior in our City isn't that right?!" she shouted towards the crowd who all yelled out in agreement.

Moxxie turned to look at Dante who was watching the show with a sort of sadistic glee, the look on his face disturbed him it reminded Moxxie of his father Crimson. He quickly turned his attention back to the Gallows only to regret the decision immediately as once he did he made eye contact with Ellie. When he looked into her eyes, Moxxie did not see the murderous stalker who tried to carve out and eat his heart instead he saw a woman who was scared, terrified, and begging for help. Suddenly the guard who escorted Ellie up the platform put a black hood over her head breaking the eye contact they were sharing.

"Now let her reap what she sowed!" the woman in the suit yelled gesturing to an Imp wearing a hood who nodded his head and pulled a lever to his left.

Suddenly the trap door beneath Ellie fell away and Ellie dropped as she did the rope around her neck tightened and the recoil broke her neck with a loud snap. The crowd cheered in delight at the scene they had just witnessed.

"Hah, that never gets old!" Dante shouted laughing with joy as he watched Ellie's body swing.

"Take that you stupid, whore!" Millie shouted happy to see the lady who tried to kill her husband dead and convulsing.

While Millie and Dante were enjoying the show Moxxie felt differently, while yes, he hated Ellie for what she tried to do to him and what she said about Millie, he didn't think she deserved to die like this. He wanted her dead, yeah but he would have killed her humanely like a bullet to the head, or a slit throat. But this seeing her beaten and bloody then watching her neck snap and seeing her body twitch and convulse it just felt like overkill. Moxxie looked away from the corpse of Ellie Knox and suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder, he turned his head and saw Millie looking at him with concern.

"You ok Hun?" she asked, her voice tender and filled with concern. Moxxie gulped and nodded his head.

"Yeah, it's just… I'm ready to go," he said trying not to show his discomfort. Taking his hand Millie led him out of the lot and back to where they had parked.

I just want to go home and put this whole fucking nightmare behind me, Moxxie thought to himself as he walked away not looking back at the corpse of Ellie Knox.

END

Alright, another chapter down I hope you guys don't mind that I shifted this chapter's focus away from Dante and towards some of the other characters. The next few chapters are going to focus on events from previous Helluva Boss episodes like Exes and Oohs and Western Energy, anyway I hope you all enjoyed and don't be afraid to tell me what you think.

Thanks for reading ;)