Back in Limbo City, Millie and Moxxie had just dropped off Benny back at his place of business, the Blaze of Glory Cabaret. He was back in his tuxedo, ready for another day of running the place while he left the two to head back to their own line work...especially when it came to dealing with their boss, his brother. Adjusting his bowtie, he gave them a few words of advice.
"Stay off the high roads." He said. "And I mean it. Driving one of Vigue's marked vehicles will give the wrong kind of attention if you're not on the right roads."
"What? Are gangs that big of a problem here?" Millie asked.
"Spend a couple of years working under a modern-day crime lord, and you'll understand."
Moxxie replied "Been there already. But thanks anyway. We'll let you know if we come across any info that might help you on your little mission."
"Just watch your backs, and...take care of my brother, will ya?" He asked with genuine care.
Millie gave him a salute and said "Gotcha covered on that. See ya later on Benny."
And with that, they took off as Benny headed back into the Cabaret. As they drove through the streets of the city of Pagans, they could see that it was very modern in design with a Victorian-style touch in architecture. But more importantly, did they spot the numerous amount of cameras around every corner, block after block. They could tell that this city was meant to be like a prison if everyone in it was being watched 24-7, 365, and from every angle as shown here. It actually sent a shiver down Moxxie's spine, the thought of anybody living here. He's been in prison before, and still hasn't exactly gotten used to Blitzø stalking him and his wife.
"I'm starting to think that Benny may have it more rough here than I previously thought." He said, peering out the window while Millie drove. "He seems to have a nice job right now, but beyond that, he has to have eyes watching everywhere he goes in this city."
While looking at the road, Millie replied to Moxxie "Hopefully, when he finishes the job, he'll be able to get out of this place then."
"You really think he'll actually do it? You think he'll kill Stella?"
"He's got nothing to lose. " Millie explained. "And besides, he's already torn through the Goetia pantheon, just looking for her. He ripped her brother apart just to get her location."
The memory of that made Moxxie chuckle. "Yeah. Even I was satisfied by that."
And then, with a sultry look on her face, Millie turned to look at Moxxie, who was still looking out the window. Reaching him out to him, she took him by the chin and had him look her in the eyes.
"Well, maybe when we get back, after work, I'll satisfy you in another way." She said in a seductive tone. Moxxie smiled at his wife, and despite the fact that they were driving, the two felt the need to share a kiss at this moment...Unfortunately for them, the moment was ruined when an explosion occurred at the front right wheel of the car. Turns out they weren't paying well enough attention to Benny's warning about the high roads in Limbo; they were rigged with mines for marked vehicles. Moxxie and Millie just had to wind up finding themselves in gang territory. And they're not too fond of rides belonging to Todd Virtue. The car they were in flew off the road, landing hard and began rolling heavily on the ground before coming to a stop...upside down, of course, and thankfully did not explode as the windshields were broken through and the two imps crawled out of the wrecked car. As Moxxie achingly got out, he was, unfortunately, the first to be grabbed hold of and hoisted up to where he was met to face with another imp, taller than him or Millie, having spikey black hair on his head and was wearing black clothes with a leather jacket. On his sleeve appeared to be the symbol of the gang this demon was affiliated with; in the form of a red and black crest that showed the head of a horse and a sword behind the crest.
Moxxie found himself pinned to the side of the vehicle, held up from his shirt by the imp who was aiming, what can be best described, as a four-barrel shotgun at the smaller Imp's chest.
"I thought we made it clear to Virtue that we want none of him around. And that includes his wheels."
Struggling to try and get out of his grip, Moxxie panicking said "W-We don't work for Todd Virtue!"
The imp pointed to the car and said "Don't you think we recognize one of his own cars? You got a heck of a nerve driving into our territory."
"Rash! We need a little help here!" Another voice called out.
The imp now known as Rash looked over to where his friend was calling, dropping Moxxie as he went over to the other side of the car. There, he could see that three of his crew, one incubus, one moth, and another imp, all male, were having some trouble with Millie. They were keeping her distance because she was acting like a wild animal ready to tear them apart with her claws and teeth.
"She's a feisty one!" Another biker demon called out as they were holding makeshift weapons, swinging at her if she got too close. Rash sighed as he raised his hand, and another biker came in and handed him a long tazing stick. Without warning, did he advance on Millie and stabbed her with it, causing her to get electrocuted until she passed out.
"See, now that wasn't too bad, was it?" He said before some shots were coming from behind and the bikers turned to see Moxxie, having climbed up the downed vehicle and dropped in front of them, duel pistols in hand.
"You hurt my wife, I'm gonna fuck you guys up myself!" He said, about to storm the bikers all on his own...that is until the incubus biker threw a set of glaives at the imp, which ended up pinning him against the car a second time as the bikers stared down at him as he lost all the confidence and determination he just had.
"Wife, huh?" The incubus said looking at both imps. "You know, I could respect a guy who would go far for the love of his life. Too bad it's not under better circumstances."
Then the Imp, Rash, got close to Moxxie again, meeting him at eye level as pulled out a cigarette, lit it, and smoked it in Moxxie's face.
"Now...I'm gonna ask again...Why did Virtue bother to send one of his cars into our turf?"
But that is when the moth biker went over to get a look at Moxxie himself, tilting his head at the sight of the imp.
"Hey, don't this guy kinda look like Moto?"
Rash faced his comrade before looking back at Moxxie, who was confused by what he meant by that. Rash took a step back and examined Moxxie himself, having a confused look on his face as he continued to smoke his cigarette.
"I guess he...sort of does. But what does it matter?"
"Didn't the big man's lady say anything about having another kid?" the moth biker asked.
Now Moxxie was confused by what they were talking about. Did they have someone in their gang that looked like him? Not that some demons looked alike, but their boss'...lady? What could that mean?
Looking at the two imps he just pinned, Rash tosses his downed cigarette and turns to the rest of his crew.
"...Let's bring them in, I guess." He said to the others, walking past the other imp, who was shorter than him, had curly goat horns with a five o'clock shadow, and called out to him "Court."
Without a word, the second biker imp, known as Court, walked over to Moxxie, pulling out a Benelli M3 shotgun before sending the stock of it into Moxxie's face, making the poor imp's world go black.
Sometime later, Moxxie was coming too and felt like he was sitting on some old couch. There were voices in front of him, he recognized the voice of Rash and his moth comrade, and as his eyes started to adjust, he saw that they were talking to some other demon, a tall one from the looks of it. Likely to be their boss as he was taller than everyone there, being a lesser demon, having satyr-like legs, folded wings on his back, and wearing a Fringe Hide Leather Brando Tasseled Jacket with spiked studs on the shoulders, very retro. Looking up, Moxxie could see that he had a muzzled head with a patch of black hair with horns...well, they were more like antlers, considering how grown in size and spiky they were, looking like front, downward-facing forks. He was looking down at Moxxie with a scowl on his face, and the little imp never felt smaller than he was before.
"We found him when he hit one of our mines on the road near the black street." Rash said.
The Moth biker then asked, "Think they're Virtue's spies?"
"FOR THE LAST TIME, WE WERE JUST BORROWING IT!" Hearing Millie's voice made Moxxie turn to see his wife, and while he was free from any bonds, she was chained to a chair. He was about to race over to free her, but that is when he froze at the sound of a gun clicking by his head. He turned to see that another biker, one that had his head whole head covered in bandages was holding him at gunpoint.
"You'll forgive us for tying up your woman." the big demon said. "But she was pretty feisty getting brought in. But if what she says is true, we can let the two of you go."
Without hesitation, Moxxie immediately said "It IS true, sir! Todd Virtue loaned us the car when we were helping out a certain acquaintance of his and...a sibling to our boss."
"Is that right?" Then, the big demon turned back to Rash, who started to have a face of fear as his boss was looking at him with an angered glare. Next thing the biker knew, a giant fist was slammed onto him, and he ended up flying into a wall, getting knocked unconscious and barely breathing.
"I thought I made it clear not to bring anyone here unless you had solid evidence they were working with those chumps." The big demon said before looking back at Moxxie. "Now...what am I to do with you?"
"Look, we're not here for any trouble, I swear!" Moxxie said, holding his hands up in defense.
The Moth Biker stepped forward and said "I did say he kinda looked like Moto. Part of the reason we brought him in was to confirm that."
The Big demon looked back to the Moth, and then back to Moxxie, who was still confused about looking like someone who was part of their crew. Stepping back a bit, the Big demon fluttered his wings a bit and held a scowl as he kept his gaze on Moxxie.
"...Moto!" He called out. "Get it here!"
That is when Moxxie and Millie took notice of the garage door in the far back of the room opening up and coming out of the shadowy area inside was someone who the sight of made them gasp. He was almost a spitting image of Moxxie aside from a few differences; having black hair instead of white, and his horns, unlike Moxxie's whose were curved backward, his were curved forward. There were no freckles on his cheeks; instead, he had black markings on the edges of his face and his forehead a small tattoo of a three-bladed kurumaken on the left side of his neck, a long red tail with a single fit at the end and he seemed to be an inch taller. He was dressed in a biker's attire, a zipped-up leather jacket with a hood over a pale white t-shirt, black pants, and gloves that fully covered his hands. This must've been Moto, who also held a permanent scowl on his face as when he came up to see Moxxie with his own eyes, his expression was a mixture of surprise and, confusion and annoyance.
"...What is this? A joke?" He spoke in a raspy voice as he stared at Moxxie, who was still shocked by the appearance of this imp.
The Big Imp took a step forward and said "I don't know what it is either, son. But it looks like you two share a face."
Not liking the sound of that, Moto went and got in Moxxie's face.
"Who are you?" He asked. "Why you look like me?"
Moxxie still couldn't talk. The shock may have been wearing off, but the vibe he was getting off of Moto was the same as when he had to deal with his father, deathly terrifying. Fortunately, Millie was still there to break the tension and silence.
"Wow, Mox. He sure does look like you. It's almost like you have a twin brother too." That made the two male imps look at her with mixed expressions. But Moto soon turned back to see meet Moxxie in the eyes.
"I ask again. Who are you?"
"Hey, boss! I got them right here!" Call out another voice before someone came...wheeling in with a laptop, to say the least. It was another member of the biker gang, a sinner who's skin was as pale as a zombie, but that was the least worrisome detail about him; his face had two stitched scars going down both his cheeks, and even around his neck. He was also wearing a kind of cybernetic headgear that seemed to be surgically attached, it made him look like a Frankenstein monster. Speaking of which, when he wheeled himself into the room, he quite literally...wheeled himself in, as his lower body was replaced with some kind of...bionic wheelchair. Now Moxxie and Millie, they've seen sinners come in all shapes and sizes before, but something told them that this guy wasn't like this before. Either way, they didn't want to think about it too much as what he said got their attention, showing off the laptop to his boss.
"Moxxie and Millie Knowlastname...seriously? That's your last name" He asked them, and the two shrugged. "Anyway, they work for the Immediate Murder Professionals. An Assassination Company in Imp City, run a certain...sappy imp by the name of Blitzo Buckzo.
"The 'O' in his last name is silent." Moxxie & Millie said at the same time, showing some respect for their boss' preferred pronoun. Moxxie also exclaimed "And he's not a sap!"
"Yeah, tell that to his profiles." The Big Demon said as he looked at the laptop. But there was something that his attention from all that info. "That last name of yours...I think I've heard it before."
"You have?" Moxxie asked, thinking that his demon may have encountered his father before.
The Moth Demon came by and said "Boss. Wasn't that the former last name of your Old Lady?"
"...Mother?" Moto said, but this conversation was leaving the "M's" confused.
"Yeah...It was...Hmm..." The Big Demon got to thinking before looking back at Moxxie again. "...What was your daddy's name?"
"...Crimson?"
"Crimson...could this guy be the one she-" He stopped himself, thinking about it a lot, but Moxxie was still at a lost at what was going on.
"Look, sir...we really didn't mean to intrude upon your gang's territory. We were just trying to get back to Imp City, and to our boss. He's gonna be calling by now if we don't show. So, if you could be please just-"
Speaking of the devil (no pun intended), a phone began to ring, Moxxie's phone to be exact. The Moth Biker picked it up and showed that it was Blitzø who was calling. The Big Demon nodded and the Moth tossed it over to Moxxie, who barely caught it before he hesitantly answered it.
"Hello?"
"MOXXIE! WHERE THE F*CK ARE YOU?! YOU AND MILLIE HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND FOR A DAY AND A HALF ALREADY!" Blitzø's loud voice could be screaming through the phone, everybody could hear it.
Looking down at his watch, Moxxie slowly leaned back into the phone and answered "Sir, it was our day off yesterday and our shift doesn't start for another three hours."
"Mox, I don't like the kind of boss who has to excuse every little screw-up my employees have done. For once, we got some work to do, and I want to get all of this done, on time, so we can get paid. I do NOT want to screw this up and need all hands on deck!"
"Well, sir, I-"
"Look! Just tell me where you are and I'll pick you and Millie up right away!"
Moxxie wasn't entirely sure if he should say where he was. But upon looking at his wife, who gave him a nod, Moxxie decided to confess
"W-We're...We're in Limbo City, sir...Sir?"
"...You're in...Limbo City?" Blitzø sounded like he was panicking, and this left Moxxie a bit concerned.
"...Yes? Sir? Is something wrong?" Moxxie asked.
The phone remained silent for a moment before Blitzø then said "...You know what, Moxxie? You're on your own. I'll see you...whenever...in case you ever make it back...sorry...okaybye."
And then he hung up. It was a bit of a surprise to Moxxie and Millie since they'd never heard him sound so...scared before.
"What was that all about?" Millie asked. "He sounded scared about this place."
"Everybody's scared about this place." The Big Demon commented. "Your boss is wise to stay away. Out of all the rings, in Limbo city, you know nothing of Hell."
Moxxie and Millie looked at each other, spooked by that little line.
"We actually trademarked that here." The Moth Biker said. "It's on a traffic outside the city."
Just outside the city's limits, a Traffic Sign read in big works "LIMBO CITY: WHERE YOU KNOW NOTHING HELL"
"Back to that other thing that was on my mind," the Big Demon began to say while putting his hand on Moto's shoulder "I want you and my boy here to meet someone very special to me and him."
The mummy biker who kept his gun pointed at Moxxie's head finally backed off as Moxxie was allowed to get back on his feet. He could see that he and Moto were almost the same height, Moto being just a millimeter taller. Gesturing his head over to the garage door, Moto began to lead Moxxie out of the room, the latter of the two hesitantly following behind. But his wie began to struggle against her bonds again, even trying to hop on her chair to where the two were going.
"Hey! Wait! Moxxie, I'm comin' with!" She said through hops before she accidentally hopped a bit much and it caused her to fall on the floor. Moxxie was about to help her, but Moto took him by the shoulder as the other bikers beat him to it.
"You're staying right here, sweetheart." The Big Demon said to the female imp before turning back to her husband. "This is for you two alone. We won't harm her, but if either of you try anything, then she won't be comfortable."
Feeling like he had no choice in the matter, Moxxie looked towards Millie and said "I will be back soon, Millie. Try and stay calm until then."
And with that, the two semi-identical left the room, leaving Millie with the rest of the Bikers. She shifted a little in her chair and waved her hands a little against the chains, looking around the room in awkward silence before she said "Nice place you got here."
"Keep quiet. If you're a good girl, maybe we'll take the chains off."
Groaning, Millie knew that she was gonna be here for a while...