A few days later, Fizz walked into IMP, after receiving a phone call from Blitz. He didn't know what the issue was, but Blitz sounded serious.
"Hello? Blitz? Loona?" Fizzarolli asked as he walked into the office.
He heard movement from Blitz's office, then a thud, then Blitz swearing, before the door opened.
"Fizz, glad you came!" Blitz said, cleaning his shirt off. "First, I would like to say, sorry the vase you got me got broken. Secondly, someone sent an assassin after me."
"The vase bro- What do you mean an assassin was sent after you?!" Fizz asked in shock.
"I mean some guy in dark clothes came in, tried to kill me, we fought, and I ended up smashing the vase against him when he tried to choke me to death." Blitz said simply.
Fizz grabbed Blitz by his jacket and shook him.
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE VASE!" Fizz said, "ARE YOU OKAY!?"
"I'm fine, guy was a rookie." Blitz said.
"He managed to stab dad and give him a concussion." Loona said from her desk.
"Again, a rookie." Blitz said as Fizz let go of his jacket.
"Rookie or not, more might come for you, Blitz. I don't see how I can help if this is why you called me, you know I'm not a fighter." Fizz said.
"You're not, but, you and Oz have connections. We need help trying to find anything that can track back to the buyer." Blitz said.
"Like what? If he was a past customer or purchased as Asmodian crystal?" Fizz asked.
"Something like that, yeah. I can guess Oz's sex toy operation keeps files on their customers. Even if they're one time customers, right?" Blitz asked.
Yeah, we like to keep things organized." Fizz said, nodding.
"I figured and if you want to see his face, we still have the body in the back." Blitz said.
"…You were going to chop it up and dump it somewhere, weren't you?" Fizz asked blankly.
"Yeah. That's about it." Blitz said with a grin.
"Of course." Fizz said as he rolled his eyes.
The two brother imps walked to the back room of IMP, full of various wooden tools, hazmat suits, and cleaning supplies they needed to chop up bodies and dispose of them in a ditch somewhere.
"…It scares me how often dedicated you are to this line of work." Fizz said to him.
"Hey, I just like to be thorough and ready." Blitz said as he pointed to the assassin's corpse on a table. "Such as for guys like that."
"Yeah." Fizz said, looking over the body. "Uh, I'm going to call Ozzie, because I have no idea how to get that to the Lust ring without raising suspicion."
"I can help." Blitz said.
"NOT the assassin way." Fizz said blankly, pulling out his phone.
A quick speed dial and pause before he spoke into the phone.
"Hey, Babe, think you can come over here?" Fizz asked, "There's been a... issue that could use your help."
"What kind of issue, honey cake?" Ozzie asked from the other end.
"Well, and I need you to believe me on this, a POTENTIAL past customer has tried to kill Blitz and ended up being killed himself." Fizz said
"... I... see." Asmodeus said slowly.
"Yeah, I know it's a lot to take in, sweetie." Fizz said, scratching his head.
"I'll be there soon." Asmodeus quickly sald.
"What? You're coming here?" Fizz asked in surprise.
"It's easy then trying to get that body to Lust, isn't it?" Asmodeus asked.
"Yeah. I guess." Fizz said.
"Just have the body ready. I can at least be able to recognize it by the face at least, hopefully it's not fucked up too much." Asmodeus said.
'Thankfull its not.' Fizz thought, glancing at the body again.
"Alright, I'll be waiting with Blitz and his crew." Fizz said as he hung up and rubbed his head. "Not how I expected today to go."
"Me either but that's life in hell, unpredictable." Blitz said, walking out of the room and coming back to Fizz with two drinks. "Some coffee while you wait?"
"Thanks." Fizz said, taking a cup.
"So, how was the honeymoon?" Blitz asked, making small talk.
"Wonderful and that's all I'm saying." Fizz replied.
"Oh come on, Fizz! You still haven't told me who's the top!" Blitz said, nudging his brother.
"And I never will." Fizz said, grinning.
"Oh come on, buddy! Tell me! I already know a demon like Asmodeus is HUGE but what are his tastes? His favorite positions? Tell me!" Blitz said, almost begging.
"See that's the thing, you're assuming he doesn't enjoy EVERYTHING." Fizz said, with a smile.
'I mean he IS the Sin of Lust, Ozzie enjoys doing and taking just about everything sexual.' Fizz thought with a blush on his face.
-Some Time Later-
A portal opened in the lobby and Asmodeus stepped through.
"Well, I hear this place has been a bit of a rough house." Asmodeus said, looking at Blitz, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, no need to worry about me." Blitz said.
"No, you're wrong. I do need to worry." Asmodeus said, "You and Fizzy are basically brothers in all but blood, and since Fizzy is my dear husband now, that make you family as well. I care about my family."
'Especially since Fizz told me how Barbie feels about Blitz.' Asmodeus thought.
"Oh! Well, thanks. It means a lot to hear that from you." Blitz said.
"I'm only speaking the truth." Asmodeus said, "Now, about this body."
"It's in the back. Better to keep it from prying eyes, it's bad for business." Blitz said as he waved his hand around.
Blitz walked to the back room, with Asmodeus following him in a smaller form.
"You know, I will never get used to seeing you small ." Blitz commented, glancing at Asmodeus in smaller size.
"It does feel a bit strange to me as well." Asmodeus said.
'Being in smaller buildings is always a hassle when you're a Sin. I don't see how Bee can stand being so small all the time?' He thought.
Once in the backroom, Asmodeus saw the body.
"Damn, you sure beat him up good." Asmodeus said, looking over the corpse.
"If you talking about his missing tongue, that was done before he attacked me. Nobody wanted him to talk about what happened here or if he failed." Blitz said
"Well then, it's likely that this isn't the first time someone has hired someone to take care of someone they don't like." Asmodeus said.
"Like I told Fizz, this is the assasination business. It's not pretty." Blitz said as Asmodeus looked over the face of the corpse.
He hummed as he pulled out his phone, going through the records of his sex toy operation to find a customer that matched this man's facial features.
"Hm... I'm not seeing anyone that matches his description." Asmodeus said, shaking his head. "I might be able to call Belphegor to do an autopsy and see if she can find anything that could at least pinpoint which ring he's from. That might narrow down a search radius."
"She can do an autopsy?" Blitz asked.
"She might seem drugged out of it and sleepy all the time but she IS the most skilled medical and surgical demon in all of hell." Asmodeus said.
"Okay, that's a fair point." Blitz said.
'I guess chopping up and ditching the body is pointless now.' Blitz thought.
"I'll go call her." Asmodeus said.
"Fizz is in the break room if you want to see him." Blitz added.
"Thanks." Asmodeus said, pulling out his phone as he walked to the break room.
Heading back to his office, Blitz fell back into his chair.
"It's not even 9 and I'm ready for this day to be over." Blitz said.
His intercom came on, making him groan as that meant their first client of the day was here
"Alright... just think about the money." Blitz said, taking deep breath.
He got up from his desk and went out to the lobby, seeing Moxxie speaking with the client.
"Alright, Mox, this the new client?" Blitz asked.
"Yes, sir. This is her." Moxxie said before introducing the client to Blitz. "Ms. Rita, this is my boss and owner of IMP, Blitz."
"Nice to meet you, what prick needs to be killed?" Blitz asked, quickly shaking hands with the woman.
"Oh you won't believe it! It was totally crazy!" The sinner woman said.
"Oh, now this I gotta hear." Blitz said, leaning against Loona's desk. "Proceed."
"It was crazy! I was just sleeping and enjoying my night at a somewhat nice hotel when I heard this eerie noise." The woman said as Millie brought her some tea. "Oh, Thank you."
"I thought tea could help calm your nerves." Millie said.
"It really will. Now back to my story, I got up to find out what it was and suddenly... wham! My head gets cut off!" Rita said, slicing a hand below her head. "And the last thing I see is someone standing over my bed!"
"That would explain how your head is sort of floating right now." Blitz said, gesturing to her head.
"Right? It's completely crazy! I don't even understand how I can eat, drink, or breath right now!" Rita said before sipping some tea and "swallowing."
"It's hell magic. It doesn't always make sense. Anyway, where is hotel that you were killed exactly?" Blitz asked.
"It was called the One Star Wo-"
"Wonder." Blitz said, remembering that hotel. "Yeah, I've overheard a couple of sinners talking about dying there... huh..."
"Something wrong, Sir?" Moxxie asked.
"I think... I might know what might be doing it, but I can't be certain." Blitz said.
"Does that mean you won't take my case?" The woman asked.
"Oh no, we will. I'll just need to get some "out of office" help for this one." Blitz said.
"Who?" The floating head woman asked, tilting her head.
"When there's a problem with a hotel, you call someone that runs it to fix it." Blitz said, "Is Fizz still here? I need him to make a call for me."