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The Lust Ring
Striker was chuckling to himself. He had traveled to the Lust Ring and snuck into Asmodeus's sex toy factory easily enough. The guards were easy enough to slip by, there were a few pairs that were too busy having sex to notice his infiltration; although this is the Lust Ring so he wasn't too surprised. He found a door marked Mr. Fizzaroli "What a pretentious asshole" Striker thought. He picked the lock and slipped inside.
He found Fizzeroli with his back to the door typing away on a computer "This would be too easy." Striker pulled out his knife and was about to hold it to Fizzarolli's neck when he felt something coil around his foot. Fizzarolli had seen him enter through the reflection in the screen guard and immediately had his guard up. He recognized this as the famous gun for hire and smiled. Striker was responsible for locking him and Blitzo in a cage. While he had started to mend his relationship with Blitzo because of that encounter, he was still toyed with. Striker and Crimson had humiliated him, he couldn't take revenge on Crimson so Striker would have to do.
He had been training extensively with Blitzo over the years, he had learned to fight and defend himself. He would no longer have to rely on others to save him. This was his fight. He decided to uncoil his arm and greet his guest "Hello Striker, what brings you here this evening?" Striker was a little unnerved that his presence had been detected but kept his smirk in place as he pulled out his pistol "Mammon has paid me a lot of money for your return, you cheap porcelain doll. Are you going to come quietly or do I have to make a mess?"
Fizzarolli just sighed and chuckled a little bit "Don't you get tired of being the royals little errand boy? You kill at the drop of a hat and you will take on any job that pays you enough all in some desperate bid to topple the powerful. All you will ever be is a tool. You will always be an entertaining tool for them to use, you will be discarded once the novelty has worn off." Striker was gritting his teeth. How did this little Imp know his desires and ambitions, how did he know his hidden fears? Striker lashed out "At least I am not a royals plaything. They only look upon you and think of how you can pleasure them. Your life is not your own. This love you share with Asmodeus won't last long, mark my words."
Fizzarolli laughed like his robotic counterparts stating "At least someone loves me, does anyone love you…Striker!?" (Think robotic Fizzarolli's conversation with Blitzo in Loo Loo Land) Striker yelled and tried to shoot Fizzarolli but Fizz's robotic arms stretched out and wrapped around Striker's arms and upper body. He started to squeeze Striker's arm until he was forced to let go. As soon as Striker dropped the pistol Fizz spun him around like a top before slamming him into a wall. Fizzarolli smirked down and said "Blitzo taught me that." Striker growled in anger before using his tail to wrap around Fizz and pushed him through the glass door of his office. Just as Striker was about to find a knife Fizzarolli jumped up and bit his tail causing Striker to wail in pain. Striker finally located his knife and feinted to the right while he thrust his blade into Fizzarolli's ribcage.
Fizzarolli was in tremendous pain but he couldn't let Striker win. As Striker tried to look for his pistol Fizz reached up and twisted the knife out of his left hand he broke his arm in two. Both demons were horribly injured but Fizzarolli knew there was a way to make sure Striker had no option left except surrender. He picked up the knife as Striker clutched his arm in pain. Striker frantically turned around and found his pistol. He dived for it and turned toward Fizzaroli screaming "If I can't bring you back alive, I'll bring you back dead!!!"
Before Striker could get a shot off Fizzarolli threw the knife and it lodged into Striker's bicep. Striker grinned in pain "An admirable last attempt but hopeless." After a few seconds Striker found he couldn't pull the trigger no matter how hard he tried. Fizzarolli slowly got up and limped toward him "Wondering why nothing is happening? See when I threw that knife and hit your bicep I also severed your median nerve. You couldn't pull that trigger if you wanted to."
Striker growled but knew he had to abandon this mission before the King of Lust returned. He headbutted Fizzarolli back and swept his legs out from under him. He heard security coming and had no choice except to dive out of the window into a warehouse below. He had to scrap this mission for now but he swore to get his revenge.
Asmodeus arrived in a burst of flame, 5 minutes after Striker's escape . He rushed over to Fizzarolli and slowly cradled him. Asmodeus slowly cupped Fizz's cheek asking "What the hell happened Fizz?"
Fizzarolli just smiled saying "You should see the other guy. It was a well known gun for hire named Striker. He is an Imp with a hatred for the royals. He plans to slowly but surely put a Holy bullet in all the royals, apparently his aspirations are to kill the immortal. This was not one of those times however, he was sent to bring me back to Mammon. Apparently he didn't appreciate my two minutes' notice and wanted to force me back to his stage. I know you want to keep me safe Oz and I always laugh it off like it's no big deal; This time I will take your advice. Mammon will not quit after this, this failure will only encourage him more. What is our next course of action Ozzie?"
Asmodeus waited until Fizzarolli was done before replying in a sickly sweet tone "You will rest in our penthouse until you have recovered sweetie; I will GO TO THE GREED RING MYSELF AND BURN MAMMON AND HIS POSSESSIONS IN THE DEPTHS OF PURGATORY!!!" Asmodeus yelled in anger before disappearing into a ball of red and blue flames.
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