This is a fanfiction based on Helluva Boss, Hazbin Hotel, and the fanfiction Loona the Caretaker. All OC rights belong to their original creators and owners. The characters of Loona the Caretaker belong to MetalBrony823. Slade OC belongs to Blurey08. Kyorichi OC belongs to ninjashin11, and the characters of Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel belong to VivziePop. I own nothing. This is pure fanfiction just for fun.
Chapter 16
"Wait, what?!" Loona exclaimed.
Cody put her in the orb of light with the others. Loona pounded her fists, trying to get out, but it was unbreakable.
"What are you doing, Cody?!" Loona demanded with a pensive look.
Everyone got close to the orb wall to look at Cody.
"Loona . . . you and everyone have always been there for me. You've protected me. You took care of me. You loved me. You're everything I ever needed when I was alone and lost," Cody explained.
"What are you saying?!" Blitzo demanded.
Cody placed his hand on the orb wall over Loona's hand, "Now, it's my turn to protect you."
"No! Screw that! Let's run! Don't fight them, Cody!" Crymini shouted.
Cody shook his head, "No. No running and no hiding. I'll be okay. Besides—"
Cody pulled out Death's scythe.
"—I got this. This'll kill any demon, including Overlords. Just sit back and let me handle this."
Cody sent the orb to the rooftop of the I.M.P. building while he flew down to ground level towards Sonato.
"Come back!" Loona exclaimed.
Sonato growled and began transforming into his complete demon form. Cody crashed on the asphalt road doing a superhero landing, roughly making all the cars and vehicles shake. All the civilian demons nearby recorded the battle with I.M.P. against Sonato's men and were now recording and live-streaming Cody. He was live and viral throughout the whole Hell Internet. As Loona watched from the edge of the rooftop building, barely acknowledging her arm was bleeding, Blitzo tore a piece of his shirt to cover it and stop it.
Sonato's complete demon form was genuinely monstrous, like Valentino. Rows of sharp teeth merged from his large beak, six black eyes emerged, his wings grew big, and he had sharp claws like bats and talons. A large tail appeared as well, and it was as beastly as his body with rows of sharp spikes, and the whole thing was on fire. Sonato roared an ungodly scream while expanding his wings.
Before Cody had his powers, this sight alone would have terrified him, but now he didn't even blink. Sonato glared at Cody before producing a full-power sonic scream. The sonic scream was so powerful that it cracked and shook the asphalt and concrete sidewalks while shattering all the glass windows. Any unfortunate civilian demon in the sonic scream's path met a bloody death. On the other hand, Cody stood his ground, using his magic to summon an unbreakable shield. He survived, but while he wasn't looking, Sonato flew up and shot red, orange, and yellow fire energy beams out of his eyes.
Cody dodged the beams and shot a more giant, more powerful white and black energy beam of light and darkness. Sonato narrowly escaped it. As he flew around, he shot a dozen balls of energy that exploded upon impact. With a mere hit of his fist, the explosive spheres of power bounced off of Cody's hand with ease. Sonato flew behind the buildings to lose himself and be out of sight. Cody looked around but couldn't find him. It was quiet as a graveyard. The civilian demons also looked around, with their smartphones still recording.
"Where did he go?!" a female Imp woman asked.
"I don't know! I can't see him!" a skinny male Baphomet demon responded.
"Hey! You people need to get out of here! It's not safe!" Cody warned while waving his hand.
"Look out! Behind you!" a male teen Imp alerted while pointing.
Sonato flew fast from behind Cody with his sharp talons poised for the kill, but Cody sensed him coming. Without even looking, Cody summoned a giant dark strong arm reaching up from the ground to grab Sonato. The dark magic arm gripped Sonato tightly, and he struggled to escape. Cody used dark magic to bring Sonato close to him, and Cody slowly turned around to face him. With his left hand manipulating the dark energy, he used his right to summon a sphere of light lightning surrounded by dark energy. It zapped and rumbled violently in Cody's hand, but he held it like it was nothing.
"This is it. This is how it ends. Lights out," Cody stated very clearly.
"Wait! I challenge you to a fucking . . . challenge! God fucking damn it, why did I say that twice?" Sonato spoke.
Cody powered down his power sphere, "A challenge?"
"Yes! Your power is greater than mine, but are you a better musician?! That is where I challenge you, sir! A battle of music! Are you a man of honor?!"
Cody stared at him.
"Don't fucking listen to him, Cody!" Loona yelled.
"Just kill the fucking bastard!" Blitzo added.
Cody was silent for a while and then spoke, "All right, I'll kill at your own game."
The dark magic disappeared. Sonato grinned devilishly as he reverted to his usual self and summoned a red and black electric guitar. It was glowing red like his magic as he started playing. Cody called his double-neck guitar, which gleamed black and white as he played. As Sonato played, the lit-up musical notes transformed into gargoyle-like creatures made of red light with glowing red eyes. When Cody played his guitar, the white light energy formed into a giant King Kong monster similar in appearance to the gargoyles but with white light. More and more appeared as he kept playing his guitar until a whole army appeared.
The light creatures charged at each other and battled in fierce melee. It was like watching a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but the two controlled them with their guitars. Sonato's music was not to Cody's and I.M.P.'s liking as it sounded a lot like pop rock. At first, Sonato laughed as the gargoyles were overwhelming Cody's King Kong but then were broken away as Cody's giant gorilla sent them flying in a twister of hard fists. Sonato's smile vanished as he played faster and unevenly toned to make more gargoyles. Cody's guitar theme was 'Cheat on The Church' by Graveyard BBQ, and it worked beautifully in Cody's favor as his King Kong was tearing and smashing Sonato's gargoyles.
Sonato's back was against the wall as he was sweating pinballs, slipping on his notes. As Cody kept on rocking, I.M.P. was watching and listening. Loopty, Lipton, and Blitzo were mashing a mosh pit together, and Crymini was trying really hard to resist. Loona and the others looked at them with this look that said, 'Really? Just really?'
Cody finally beat all of Sonato's musical creatures, and then four big lightning arms grabbed Sonato by his arms and legs. Cody played a tremendous finish with his guitar as the white lightning sank into Sonato, making the veins and cracks in his body glow as he was screaming bloody murder. Then, like Shao Khan after getting defeated, Sonato exploded in a blaze of light, and his ashes slowly faded away into nothing.
Cody's friends up on the rooftop breathed a heavy sigh of relief. They wanted to cheer, but they were physically and emotionally exhausted. However, the fight wasn't over because a large horde of bat demons was in the sky flying towards Cody. They were all huge and monstrous, with big sharp claws on their wings and long fangs. Their fur and faces were black, while their wings and eyes were blood red. They had intimidating talons, almost like eagle talons. Most looked the same, but many others varied. Some were larger, and some had more enormous claws or horns.
Their Overlord leader was the biggest, three times as big as Vortex. He had six eyes, his two big ones with one above and below each big eye. He had two small black horns sticking out of his forehead and two larger ones out of the side of his head. He had a white and black striped horn sticking out of his nose with ring piercings. His fur was black and faded to red at the ends of the hair on his chest. His great red bat wings were on fire with claws like bowie knives. The leader was snarling a growl as he glared at Cody. He landed on the ground while his bat legion flew in a ring circle in the sky.
"Cody!" he yelled.
"Zagan," Cody replied, glaring back.
"You murderous little bastard! You killed Sonato!"
"And I'll kill you too if you don't clear off."
"He was my boyfriend! I'll kill you! I'll drink and bathe in your blood as my horde eats your corpse!"
Millie groaned in disgust, "That psycho bird was his boyfriend? Yeesh."
"Yeah, my condolences," Moxxie nodded.
"I know Hollywood marriages that were less freaky. Hell, I'll fucked less creepy than him," Blitzo added.
"Bat and a parrot do not go well together," Kimi said.
"Nope," Shadow agreed while shaking his head.
Zagan's eyes glowed red as he growled with his teeth out.
"Who do you think you are? You think you can come here and kill us like we're nothing?! We've ruled here for centuries! Long before you came! Long after you're gone! Don't think you'll defeat us so easily!" Zagan stated.
Cody stretched his wings and then held out his hand. A ball of light emerged, and it extended into the form of a giant sword. The light energy hummed and buzzed before making a loud, deafening sound like hard metal that got hit by a sledgehammer as the sword appeared. It echoed throughout the city, and everyone gazed upon Cody's Blue Diamond Sword. Loona and the others were impressed and wide-eyed as their jaws dropped at the sight of Cody's weapon. It was enormous. It was like the Dragonslayer Sword from Berserk, but instead of the blade narrowing as it went to the tip, it was straight and even, like a giant Roman Gladius blade. The blade was white stainless steel with a light blue shade, and the handguard had a big light blue diamond crystal with the tip pointing towards the blade's center. The other crystal was at the end of the handle. It looked like it weighed a ton, but in Cody's hands, it was a paperweight.
Cody stated very calmly but firmly, "Then I will do it—"
The blade of his sword lit brightly with white and light blue flames.
"—the hard way."
"Holy crumbs," Moxxie uttered.
"Sweet mother of bloody Satan," Millie added.
"Now that's a sword," Shadow pointed.
"Most impressive," Loopty said, twirling his mustache.
"No kidding," Lipton agreed.
"That sword could cut the Moon in half," Vortex stated.
"He's gonna cut them in half," Crymini smiled.
"Loona? You all right?" Blitzo asked, tugging her arm.
Loona was silent for a while before she looked at Blitzo.
She nodded, "Yeah, I'm a little freaked out at how powerful Cody is, and I just . . . really want this to end."
"It will be. Right now, just trust Cody. He's got this. He killed Valentino, and that was before he had training. He just killed Sonato without breaking a sweat. Killing these rats with wings will be a piece of cake for Cody," Vortex assured.
"I actually agree with Tex. Cody has become very powerful. I'm really starting to believe that he's the son of Azrael," Moxxie sided.
"Yeah, it's the Overlords who should be afraid," Millie said.
"I don't care if he's the lost son of King Arthur. I want my Cody and this fight to be over right now!" Loona stated.
"And you'll get him back. Right now, be patient, sweetie. Cody's taking out the trash, and by trash, I mean by pieces of shit that need to get whacked!" Blitzo said confidently.
With Cody's free hand, he summoned five portals facing different directions that blasted giant energy beams that obliterated hundreds of bat demons in the sky. The light from the rays was brighter than a flash of lightning. Cody quickly kicked Zagan in the chest hard, and he crashed into a box truck, and that box flew into a shop. Then Cody flew into the sky towards the horde of bat demons. The bat demons saw him coming and charged at him.
Each swing of Cody's Blue Diamond Sword killed ten to fifteen enemies, cutting them in half or pieces. The white and blue flame from Cody's sword engulfed their body parts, and the fire burned away the chopped-up pieces before they even had a chance to hit the ground. The bat demons tried to surround Cody, but he was too fast for them. They tried attacking from behind with claws or fangs, but Cody blocked or parried with his sword. Then many shot red fireballs at him, but Cody dodged or deflected them. The stars exploded in the air as they missed or deflected. Cody's eyes glowed brighter along with his outer energy flame as he roared to power up his energy and magic. He summoned his giant dark arms to punch the bigger bat demons or to grab multiple enemies and throw them far away, crashing into a building or the ground.
Cody spun in a twister, shooting white explosive energy balls. They exploded upon impact at each bat demon. Then giant zaps of lightning hit and killed large numbers of them. Then the shop that Zagan crashed into erupted in an incendiary explosion as he flew up toward Cody. As he skyrocketed up, he shot multiple giant fireballs at Cody. Cody used his dark-light magic to shield himself. After they exploded and Cody was fine, Zagan attacked, slashing his claws and talons against Cody's sword.
Then Zagan grew a pair of arms under his wings and summoned a giant demonic cutlass sword. It was extensive with a black and red blade, the loop guard was gold, and it had a strange skull with horns, and the blade glowed with a red flame. It was like a mid-level swordsman going up against Sephiroth. Zagan roared a battle cry before attacking Cody. He swung his sword, clanging and clashing against Cody's Blue Diamond Sword. Zagan swung hard and fast to try and hit Cody, but the light-dark angel blocked, parried, and dodged each attack. It was utterly useless.
Zagan's bat legion tried to help their master by charging at Cody, but with one hand, he shot a dark magic sphere in at them. That sphere glowed a strange dim light, which sucked the surrounding bat demons into a vortex in a split second. They barely had any time to scream before it exploded, killing them. More giant and powerful bat demons used their magic to summon their berserk phase, making their backs and eyes glow purple. They all lunged at Cody, but he summoned his giant dark arms to grab and crush them to pieces before throwing them. Cody used his powers to kill the last bat demon legion with white lightning. Now it was just him and the bat demon Overlord Zagan.
"No! You bastard!" Zagan screamed.
Cody and Zagan charged at each other in the sky, and Loona and her friends watched anxiously, waiting to see the end. Cody held his Blue Diamond Sword in one hand and Death's Scythe in the other. Zagan tried to slice Cody, but Cody deflected his sword with his leaving Zagan wide open for Death's Scythe. Cody sliced right through him, Zagan was cut in half, and his body was engulfed in red flames before fading into dust with the wind.
It was over. Cody had won. His weapons vanished, and he stood hovering high in the sky, taking deep breaths. Then he turned around to face his friends at the rooftop of the I.M.P. building. He extended his wings while raising his arms with his winds, and the red sky cleared for waves of white broken light rays to shine down. Every demon in the area was in awe as they looked at their hands and arms as they bathed in the beautiful white light, including Loona's friends. At first, everyone was afraid because Heaven's light burns demons like sunlight burns vampires, but when the light touched them, it didn't burn.
"It-it doesn't hurt," Moxxie said, moving his hand.
"It feels like sunlight. Warm," Millie added, smiling.
Loona looked at her hands and arms in the light before glancing at the others. Then they turned their attention to Cody as he slowly descended toward them. Loona's eyes glistened as Cody floated down, and she held her arms out for him. It was as if God had sent them a dark angel—a fighting guardian. Loona looked into Cody's eyes as they held each other. Cody smiled gently as she held his face while rubbing her thumb on his smooth cheek.
"Cody," Loona breathed.
"I'm here, Loona. I'm here. It's okay," Cody said.
"You . . . you look amazing."
"I thought you guys would like my new look."
Loona shed some tears before hugging him close. Everyone joined in on the hug, and Cody wrapped them with his enormous black feathered wings. Millie and Kimi smelled Cody's wings before rubbing their faces on them.
"Oh golly, they smell so good!" Millie praised.
"And they feel so nice," Kimi purred.
"Oh yeah, these are wonderful," Moxxie added, rubbing his face on Cody's wings.
Crymini buried herself in Cody's feathers and said with pure delight, "Ahh . . . good angel boy."
Cody smiled and blushed at the kind treatment he was receiving.
"I gotta hand it to ya, kid. That was frigging awesome!" Vortex said.
"Fuck yeah! Did you see him? He was all like (mimicking explosion sounds), and Zagan was like, 'You won't defeat us so easily,' and Cody was so fucking cool and like, 'Then I'll do it the hard way.' God damn, that was so badass!" Blitzo hollered.
"Downright glorious! That was exactly what we were hoping to get from Cody!" Loopty clapped.
"Damn right! Those Overlords and the VVV Legion really got something to fear now!" Lipton added.
However, the sounds of explosions and gunfire in the distance interrupted their victorious happy reunion as it came closer.
"What the fuck is that?" Blitzo asked, looking.
"Militia and followers of the VVV. They're coming here," Cody answered.
"What?" Loona asked.
"They must have seen the fight on a live stream. Which means the Free Demon Union will also come here to fight their enemy.
"Oh, crumbs. This place is going to get crazy. We gotta get out of here," Moxxie stated.
"Loona, did you come here in your new car?" Cody asked.
"Yeah, it's parked in the parking lot next to Blitzo's van," Loona answered.
"Crymini, you brought your bike?"
"I did," Crymini answered.
"Okay, everyone, get in your rides. We're getting out of Dodge! Go!" Cody said.
Blitzo and M&M ran to get the van started. Shadow and Kimi went to get their van started, and Crymini got her motorcycle.
"Loopty! Lipton! Do you want to come with us?" Cody asked.
"Oh no, we'll be fine back at our lab. Besides, we need to make more weapons to help take down the VVV," Lipton answered.
"Thank you for making the weapons and gadgets. How can I repay you?"
"Win the War! Kill those no good heartless sons of bitch Overlords!" Loopty said loud and clear.
Cody and Lipton shook their forearms.
"Our labs are at your disposal. Whatever you need, give us a call," Lipton said.
"Thank you. Be safe," Cody said as they left.
Cody descended to the parking lot with Loona and Vortex in his arms. He powered down into his usual self and got in Loona's car with Vortex, and she got the top cover on. He sat in the passenger seat while Vortex sat in the back. Civilian demons were screaming and running away in panic as the gunfire and explosions grew louder and more rapid. Millie and Moxxie were with Blitzo in his van. Crymini got on her motorcycle. Shadow and Kimi were in their van, which looked similar to Blitzo's but had a different paint job of ninjas and cowboys. The interior was really neat and custom-made by the couple themselves. Speakers on all four corners of the top, carpet floor, LED changing lights, gun locker, and posters of rock bands with Cody's band, of course.
Cody summoned a portal out in the road, and everyone drove into it, escaping the chaos only moments away from I.M.P.'s doorstep. Blitzo looked at the side view mirror and growled before letting out a heavy sigh knowing that the I.M.P. would probably get destroyed in the aftermath of the battle. Moxxie put his hand on his boss's shoulder for comfort and support, letting him know that it'll work out. Blitzo looked over his shoulder and saw M&M giving him a gentle smile. Shadow and Kimi held hands. Loona looked at her boy Cody, and he kissed her hand. Loona smiled and leaned over to kiss his face.
They were safe, for now.
