So what is your way of getting to the wedding on time?" Alastor asked Angel.
"Don't worry, our ride should be here any minute." His friend repiled.
Angel whistled loudly and on cue Vaggie stepped up.
"She's our ride?" Alastor asked confused.
"Oh did you forget that I can grow to the size of Godzilla?" She said.
Then without a word, Vaggie started to grow and transform into a giant moth. Angel quickly quickly spun out a web, lassosed it on to Vaggie's side, and both he and Alastor climbed up the web line and onto Vaggie's back.
"I'd say that sweet wings here would make a very fast means on transportation." Angel said.
"But are you sure she'll be fast enough to make it on time?" Alastor asked.
"She'll make it. We've sent up a little diversion to keep the nuptials at bay until you arrive."
"Really? Oh Angel I owe you big for this."
"Nah, consider this even for when you saved my life. Now hold on tight, she hasn't had a chance to install seat belts."
And so holding on for dear life, they flew through the clouds over the green land, on a direct path to the Fourth Kingdom.
The imps and Captain Pentious made their way over to the courthouse. There two security guards were standing outside the doors.
"Okay how are we going to get past them?" Blitzo asked.
"Leave that to me." Millie said with an excited grin.
"Not to be rude Madame." Pentious said. "But there's two of them and only one of you, not to mention you're a little shorter than they are."
"Oh trust me, I'm a lot tougher than I look. The only reason Vox's men were able to take me is because he had my husband held hostage in dudgeon. I didn't want to risk his safety. But now he's here with me which means."
She cracked her knuckles.
"It's payback time." She started to roll up the skirt of her dress. "Yoo-hoo!"
The guards heard her call and turned to look at the corner on the left. They saw a woman's leg stricking out from said corner. A leg that was small but slim, shapely, and wearing a garter. The two security guards whistled and lecherously approached that leg. But as soon as they were close, she kicked them both in their jaws and pulled a rope from her garter. In no less than five minutes, she wrestled and hogtied both security guards then locked them in a nearby portapotty.
"Impressive." Pentious said.
"And hot." Moxxie said getting turned on. "God I love it when she goes into badass mode."
"Simmer down Moxxie, we have a wedding to stall." Blitzo said.
Inside the courthouse, Vox and Charlie stood before the judge as he officiated the ceremony.
"People of the Fourth Kingdom." The Judge intoned. "We gather here today to bear witness to the union of our new king and queen."
Charlie glanced nervously at the window. Sunset was only an hour away and she still had not been kissed. If said kiss didn't come soon enough, she would transform in front of all these people.
"Excuse me." She politely interrupted the judge. "Could we just skip to the 'I dos'?"
Vox chuckled indulgently at his bride's eagerness.
"Ha, ha, go on." He said grinning and motioning the judge to speed up.
"As you wish my lord." The judge said. "Do you Lord Vox take this woman to be your awfully wedded wife?"
Vox gave him a death glare while pointing over to another window where a disintegrating machine was.
"Oh pardon me." The Judge laughed nervously, understanding the threat. "I meant, your lawfully wedded wife?"
"I do." Vox answered impatiently.
The judge then turned to Charlie.
"And do you Princess Charlotte, take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband?"
This was it. The moment she had been waiting for all her life. All she had to do was say "I do" and she would be kissed, the curse would be broken, she'd finally have her happily ever after. You'd think that she would have said "I do" quicker then Vox had. But when she opened her mouth, all that could come out was,
"I...I...I..."
The wedding guests leaned in with interest, curious about the bride's answer. Most curious of all was King Gabriel. He's wasn't only curious but concerned, did his niece not want to marry this man?
"I...I...I." She continued to stutter. She couldn't understand why she was hesitating like this. But the reason for her hesitation was because inside, her heart and mind were fighting each other. Her mind willing her to say those two words and her heart willing her not to.
Vox was getting more impatient and his loving fiance facade was starting to peel off.
"Just say I do!" He commanded her in a harsh whisper. "This is what you always wanted right? Just say those words and stop embarrassing me!"
But that only made her more hesitant.
"I..."
"Wait! Stop the wedding!"
Suddenly the doors of the courthouse were opened dramatically and in walked Blitzo and Moxxie.
"Whoever you are wait your turn." The judge said. "I haven't gotten to the objections yet."
"With all due respect your honor, we are objecting prematurely." Blitzo said.
Vox looked ready to strangle the two imps.
"What are you two freaks doing here?!" He demanded. "And how did you get past security?"
"We're sorry to interrupt your honor." Moxxie said ignoring Vox's questions. "But we can't let this wedding continue until we discuss a very important matter with the groom."
"Is that matter how you wish to be eliminated?" Vox asked.
"What?!" Charlie gasped.
"No." Moxxie answered not at all intimidated. "Your reasons for marrying this lovely young woman. As a happily married man, I feel it is my duty to not let any wedding take place unless it's for the only reason that matters."
"He's talking about the L word people." Blitzo said.
The judge gave a disgusted look.
"Lust."
"No not lust!" Blitzo said. "If marraige was about lust I would have married my ex girlfriend! No we're talking about love."
"True love." Moxxie said. "Real, pure, wholsome, passionate love. You see we believe that no one should get married unless they are so madly in love that they can't bear to live without each other. Can I get an amen?"
"Amen!" The wedding guests cheered.
"This is not church!" Vox said. "Religion is banned here."
"It is?" Charlie asked.
"Well even if you're not religious, some of these scriptures have excellent tips on what love and marriage is all about." Moxxie pulled a bible from his jacket. "Now let's see, where is that verse I marked?"
Moxxie flipped through the pages until he found one that was mark.
"Ah here we go. 1 Corinthians 13." He then proceeded to read. "If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing."
"This is stupid! Somebody shoot these two!" Vox ordered.
"Shoot them?" Charlie said horrified.
Vox quickly changed his demeanor when he realized that at this point Charlie could easily back out and ruin his entire plan.
"Oh I didn't really mean that my pretty." Vox said in his false, sweet, tongue. "I'm just very eager for us to be married and I don't want any delays."
"But how can you marry this woman if you don't understand what it really means to marry?" Blitzo asked. "That's why you have to listen to this verse. Moxxie continue."
"Thank you. Blitz." Moxxie said. "If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs."
Vox facepalmed upon realizing how long this was going to take and he made an internal note to make imps the first mythical creatures he would execute once he was king. Provided of course, a certain Wendigo didn't show up on time to prevent his royal wedding.