As Lincoln was playing video games in the living room, like he would normally do, and Lucy was right next to him with a large, unusually big grin on her face. Lincoln felt like he was being watched (and he was), and peeked over the comic book to see Lucy with her rather scary smile, making him yelp and almost fall off the sofa. "Lucy, what are you-?"

"Lincoln," Lucy began to speak, "please, please, please let me meet king Lucifer. Please with lots of blood orange juice on top? I'll do your homework for the rest of your life."

At first, Lincoln sounded pleased of someone doing his homework for the rest of his grade school days. But he immediately shook his head side to side, knowing it wouldn't be right, and he said: "Lucy, i know you want to meet Hell's king, but i've seen how dangerous Hell can be, and unpredictable. I was even a hostage from a dangerous and sleazy mob boss that happens to be Moxxie's own dad. It might not be North Korea or Eritrea, but it's still... not very safe for people like you.'

"Who do you even think you're talking to?" Lucy raised an eyebrow (even though her hair covers her own eyes). "You know that I cna handle anything in Hell, and we have been through many crazy situations and shenanigans before."

"yeah but He'll is much worse than many stuff we go through. And besides, Charlie said she is going to talk to her dad about you meeting him. But... I don't know if he would want to meet you."

"Nonsense." Lucy said. "He will love me. I know he will. The evil dark lord at least treats his followers with compassion if they are loyal to him enough."

After enough begging from his gothic sister, Lincoln took a small breath of defeat and replied: "ok ok ok. Fine, you've convinced me, Lucy. If you really want to meet King Lucifer, then I guess i'll introduce you to him."

Lucy let out a monotonous squeal of joy from herself and hugged Lincoln tightly with enormous gratitude. "Thank you! Thank you, thank you, thank you, Lincoln. How can I ever repay you for making my lifelong dream come true?"

"Wait, I thought being a vampire was your lifelong dream." Lincoln pointed.

"Well, ok my second lifelong dream. But still, this is one of my biggest dreams." Lucy let go of him.

"But you have to stay close to me and not wander around the streets. If anything bad happened to you in Hell, mom and dad will bury me alive."

"Don't worry, Lincoln." Lucy reassured him. "I'll stay close to you. If anything did happen, then i will just tell mom and dad that it was my fault, and not yours."

Lincoln smiled gratefully at Lucy's integrity. "Thanks Lucy. But let's see what Charlie says."

"I hope it doesn't take too long." the goth girl pointed. "Lord Lucifer must be dying to see me, after all the seances i have created with my friends, he has to be expecting me. You can never go wrong with a seance."

"Even if Hell might not have tormented souls?" Lincoln asked her

"Nonsense. It's still a place where bad souls go to when they die. So there has to be torment somehow. And you even mentioned that you saw some death and violence in Hell."

"Huh, good point." Lincoln narrowed his eyes, sounding uncomfortable at those instances he witnessed many gory things down there. "But i'm sure it won't take too long on what the king will say."

"Good." Lucy smiled.

Suddenly, a mysterious portal appeared in the entryway between the living room and the dinning room. A very familiar face that Lincoln and Lucy recognized popped out of the wormhole. "W'sup, kids?" said Loona with her usual, blank look on her wolf-like face.

"Hey Loona." Lincoln greeted her warmly.

"So Lincoln, wanna hit somewhere nice and relaxing?"

"Where?"

"At a sauna." the female hellhound answered.

"A sauna?" Lincoln looked a little baffled. "Isn't that for girls?"

"No, it can be for everyone. It's mostly used to relieve any stress that fucking drives people crazy." Loona pointed. "and uh..." she pulled him away from Lucy, out of her earshot. "You said that your sisters drive you crazy a lot of times, so i'm helping you get rid of the usual stress that they put on you."

"Oh." Lincoln realized. "Lucy was just bugging me that she wanted to meet King Lucifer so badly, so I had to give in."

"Ah. Wait, she wants to meet the king?"

"Yep. She's a goth girl at heart and loves anything to do with him or the devil."

Loona let out a small chuckle. "Figures."

"And get this: Niffty, the housekeeper from the Happy Hotel was watching me sleep in my room." The female hellhound looked quite baffled hearing that. "Yeah, she was right on top of me as i was waking up, and her creepy, one-eyed smile was right in front of my face."

Then Loona began to laugh a little. "Sorry, i shouldn't laugh." she said. "But that does sound like a stress factor.

"OK. Let me get my swimsuit."

"Sure thing, Lincoln."

The sauna down in Hell was very peculiar and different than a sauna a human can find on Earth. There were many similarities that were comparable to the ones on Earth, like the massages, and steam rooms and jacuzzis, but there were also hot tubs that had lava instead of water. Lincoln knows to stay away from those things, unless he wanted to turned into a charred human being like the poor, unfortunate souls in Pompeii.

"Here we are, kid." Loona sang flatly. "Let me change into my swimsuit." she went to a nearby bathroom to change, and Lincoln went up to the counter, and a male fish demon was manning the place.

"Hey, you're that human boy i've heard about." said the demon.

"Yes."

"Heard that beautiful singing voice of yours. How did you get a voice like that?"

"Just lucky, I guess." then the sound of a sudden thumping was heard, and Lincoln heard it coming from outside, then a certain face he met yesterday came through the entrance and she had to duck herself down to squeeze past the door because of her large size. It was Zeezi, the large and spunky raptor-like demon that Lincoln met before. She was wearing a green, two-piece swimsuit than

Zeezi gasped like she saw an adorable puppy below her, and said: "Lincoln! Never thought I'd see you here, baby."

"Hi Zeezi. I didn't expect to see you here either." Lincoln admitted.

"Not that I'm not happy to see you, but what brings you here?"

"Ok, dork. I'm ready to-whoa." Loona was wearing her black two-piece swimsuit and looked surprised to see Zeezi.

"Oh, you're his hellhound friend. Loona right?"

"uhhhh. Yeah." Was all the female hellhound said. "Nice to see you again... milady. Didn't expect to see you here."

"You kidding? Being an overlord of Hell is a stressful job, and I always come here every once in a while to unwind all of that fucking tension. You guys gonna relax here too?"

"Yep, I need a break from my sisters." Said Lincoln.

"Well then, I can get y'all in here for free." She went up to the man at the front counter and said: "hey Silas, the usual shit, and this time, I brought friends."

"Of course." Said the demon. "You all have permission to get inside without paying a single penny."

"Awesome." Loona said. The three of them entered the sauna and it looked nice, and there was a rather large jacuzzi and that almost looks like a community bath like there would be in Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome.

"Let's take a dip at my favorite spot." Zeezi suggested as she gently picked up Lincoln and he found himself ridding on her shoulders.

When the three of them made it to the hot tub, the raptor demon put Lincoln back down and the joy was the first to take a dip in the hot tub. "Ah, that feels so good." Lincoln lowered his body into the water until only his head was showing.

Then Loona was the second to come in, and then Zeezi.

So how are things, Lincoln?" Asked Zeezi

"Like i said, I need a little break from my sisters right now."

"Eh, I know that feeling." Zeezi chuckled. "We love our family, but we need a break from them once in a while. And I think Loona brought you to the right place to unwind. Nothing clears a mind or destroys any fucking stress better than a hot tub, baby."

"I'll say." Loona sighed."

"So how did you two meet? A human and a demon meeting like this."

"She saved my life from a bunch of armed muggers." Lincoln said.

"I... I couldn't let those crazy fuckers kill him." Loona said.

"good on ya." Zeezi smiled. "How can anyone try and kill such a cute face like this one?"

Loona smirked and said: "looks like your harem is getting bigger, Lincoln."

"What?" Lincoln exclaimed, blushing at what his hellhound friend joked. "Harem, but I'm too young, uh...

Both ladies laughed at his adorable reaction. "Come on, it's just a joke." She rubbed his back. "Lighthen up"

Meanwhile, Clyde was enjoying a little hot tub time with Octavia at her and Stolas' chateau in the backyard, and both of them were in paradise. "Don't you have a jacuzzi at home, Clyde?" Said Octavia. "I was sure I saw that when I stayed with you for a few days."

"Yeah, but I wanted to try your hot tub." Clyde replied. "Try new things."

"Oh. I understand, sweetie."

Their little time together was interrupted when Stella and Andrealphus came up to them. "Oh no, here comes your evil mom." Stolas whispered.

"It's ok. Just be cool."

"Pardon the intrusion." said Stella. "But, Clyde, can I have a word with you?"

"You're not going to keep me away from your daughter again, are you?" Asked the boy,

"No, no, no, of course not. Nothing like that." Stella reassured him. "It is only a quick word."

"It will not take too long. I promise." Said Andrealphus.

"OK. I'll be right back, Octavia."

"Sure thing, Clyde."

Octavia's mother and uncle escorted Clyde to the large fountain, and Stella said: "listen Clyde, I understand that you and my daughter are really... hitting it off."

"We are. Why?"

"Because I feel like I should make sure you can understand the conditions of being friends with my own daughter." She knelt down on one knee and placed her right to right hand on Clyde's naked chest, gently. Stella also began chanting and repeating some words in an ancient language flatly like she was creating some kind of spell. Some yellow light appeared inbetween the chest and the hand, and two, golden spectral shackles appeared around Clyde's wrists and cuffed together with a loud, metallic "Cling!" Was heard, and a spectral chain appeared, holding the cuffs in place, then they were gone, leaving Clyde's hands free.

"What... what was that?" Asked Clyde. "Am I under arrest?"

"No, don't be ridiculous." Stella said. "I have bestowed on you, the 'Friendship Pact' between you and Via. Break her heart, or hurt her in any way, the spell would bring dire consequences on you. Deadly consequences

Clyde's eyes widened and his heart sank to his feet. "You cursed me?"

"Not really cursed." Said Andrealphus. "

More like enhanced you and Via's friendship. Although I believe this is still a little too irrational, but alas, this is my sister."

"What the fuck does that mean?" Stella sounded offended.

"Nothing." Andrealphus rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Look i highly doubt you will break her heart Clyde, i know how much she likes and cares about you. Now i have to get my darling sister out of here before Stolas sees her and has a fit."

"Well i wanted to punch him in the face with this." Stella whined, pulling out a large metal glove with spikes on the knuckles. "And i wanted to make him bleed."

"Stella," said Andrelaphus in a flat yet stern voice. "Lets. Go. NOW!"

"Aww." Stella complained before leaving with her big brother.

"Clyde?" Octavia called. "Is everything alright?"

"Just fine, Octavia! I'm coming back" he called back to her, returning to the jacuzzi. "Sorry about that. Your mom and uncle just wanted to have a talk with me."

"Oh no, please don't tell me they were trying to keep me away from you again. I made it quite clear to my mum. There is nothing she can do or say that will separate us."

"No, no, she wasn't going to keep me away from you." Clyde reassured her

"Oh... then what did she want from you?"

"Just wanted to have a talk with me, that's all. To check on you."

"That mum." Octavia rolled her eyes. "If she tries to hurt you, let me or my dad know, and we'll tell her to fuck off, ok sweetie?"

"Of course."

"I'll never let her separate us no matter what."

While very touched by this, Clyde, deep down, was worried about that little oath that Stella had implanted on his body, and probably his heart. But he decided to just shrug it off for his friends' sake. After all, he cared about Octavia a really great deal.