Helluva Boss: The Half Blooded Imp

by Amano404

Meet Buddy, he is an imp-succubus with a rough past but has a heart of gold. Upon finding out that he doesn't live far from his half brother, Moxxie, the hybrid goes to find him. He even becomes an intern at I.M.P. in order to join his family. Combine this with his fire powers and forging a connection with a princess, life has a got a whole new meaning for Buddy! OC x Octavia

3. Loo Loo Land

One night in the ring of Pride... Inside a dingy motel room, a young boy rests on a couch with blanket over his small body. He has wings on his lower back and a long tail for his small body. His hair is white with a heart shape in the front and transitions into his white and black striped horns, dark red skin with white heart shaped markings on his cheeks. He has yellow sclera and black eyes, multiple white dot and heart markings littering his elbows, knees and tail. He has a dark red bandage on his nose and tail, a white and black t shirt with a black upside down heart on it, red shirts and black shoes that have dark red hooves at the ends.

He stands up on the couch, revealing his sharp teeth, "Moooooooom! I can't sleep!" He hops onto the armrest when he got no answer, "Mom!"

However... There was no response from the other room in the motel.

Which simply made the boy pout and lay back down on the couch. He wrapped the blanket around himself, trying to fall asleep on the springy cushions...

...

In the present, Buddy is shook awake from his dreams by Millie. He tosses the blanket off of himself to stretch, revealing that he is already in his uniform.

The woman waved her hand in front of his face, "Come on, sleepyhead! We got a job to get to!"

The hybrid reaches for his phone to pull it into his pocket, "Okay, I'm comin'! I'm comin'!" The phone is black and shiny, like it is brand new.

Moxxie turned the doorknob, standing in the doorway, "Did you pack your gun?"

Buddy scratched his chin with a raised eyebrow, "You mean the one you gave me to borrow?" He opens his coat to reveal a black pistol in a holster on his belt with a black knife next to it, "Yeah! I got the knife Millie gave me too."

The older brother nodded before walking out the door, "Good, now come on! We'll get breakfast on the way!" He gestured for the two to follow him.

Buddy smiles, happily locking the door behind him before following the two smaller imps down the street...

...

Once again, years ago, on the other side of the ring... Inside a large mansion, two bird demons are asleep in the master bedroom. One bird demon had black feathers all over his body expect his face, which held white feathers and red eyes. While the other had familiar looking white feathers. A young child's frightened voice can be heard from outside the room...

"Mummy! Daddyyyy!"

The young man was roused from his sleep. He turns to his wife, who has most of the blanket. He mumbles sleepily, "Mmmph. Via's calling us, Stella..."

His wife responds back with a sleepy and annoyed mumble, "You get up, Stolas."

The owl demon, now named Stolas. sighs and gets out of bed, putting on a robe before he walks out. He enters the girl's room, where he sees that she is hiding beneath her blankets.

She is a tiny owl demon with pink eyes, black feathers and a face full of white feathers. She has a black marking on her white beak. She is wearing dark pink sleeveless shirt with long light pink sleeves underneath and light pink pants.

The father tilts his head, "Via? What troubles you, my owlette?"

The small child sobs before climbing down from her bed, "Daddy! Daddy!" She runs into her father's arms and he hoists her up to comfort her. She continues to cry in his arms, "I had a dream! A really bad dream!"

Stolas yawns and wipes away tear, correcting her, "A nightmare."

Octavia still sobs, "I was looking all over the palace and... I couldn't find you anywhere! You weren't there!"

The father rubs the girl on the back comfortingly, "There there, Via, it's okay. You're okay."

He then summons his grimoire to him out of thin air while he walks Octavia back to bed, "When you're scared and you don't know where I am, you must remember..."

The man's grimoire floats over to him and flips it open telekinetically...

He smiles down at her, "No matter what happens to me, I will never be far away... From my special little starfire..."

Stolas then begins singing a lullaby, "It always seems more quiet... In the dark..."

He then opens a portal above himself and Octavia. She looks up in awe of the beauty of space through the portal. Her father continues to sing, "It always feels so stark... How silence grows under the moon..."

The father and young daughter float up through the portal and into the cosmos, landing on a barren moon.

"Constellations gone so soon...

I used to think that I was bold..."

He walks across the moon, leaving footprints in the dust, "I used to think love would be fun...

Now, all my stories have been told. Except for one..."

The man looks down at young Octavia and she looks back with her large, curious eyes. Her gaze shifts to a pink glow to her side.

"As the stars start to align...

I hope you take it as a sign that you'll be okay...

A meteor begins its descent towards a giant, pink colored star.

"Everything will be okay..."

The meteor makes contact with the pink star and begins to sink beneath the molten surface.

"And if the Seven Rings collapse..."

Multiple planetary bodies begin gravitating toward the pink star, including the moon that Stolas and Octavia are currently sitting on. It eventually shatters into pieces while the star's gravity pulls on it.

"Although, the day could be my last. You will be okay..."

The young Octavia yawns and falls asleep against her father's chest.

Stolas sings quieter for her, "When I'm gone, you'll be okay..."

Distant planetary bodies fly through the cosmos, pulled in by the pink star's incredible gravitational pull. They disintegrate upon impact and causes the star to explode in a powerful supernova just when the portal closes behind Stolas...

This makes the father sing louder, "And when creation goes to die...

You can find me in the sky...

Upon the last day..."

Stolas then drapes his sleeping daughter in her blanket after putting her in her bed, "And you will be okay..."

His lullaby finished, Stolas leaves as his young daughter settles to sleep, content...

...

Now... Several years later, a teenage Octavia is jolted from her slumber by objects being smashed and her parents screaming at each other. She shakes her head, far less content. She is wearing a long black pajama shirt with a pink star on the chest and black pajama pants.

Her mother can be heard screaming from the kitchen, "I can't believe you slept with an imp! In OUR F-CKING BED!"

Still in her room, Octavia gives a long groan. She is clearly annoyed at being disturbed from her slumber. She gets up and quickly changes into her usual outfit. Which was a black beanie with a golden tiara, her pink long-sleeved shirt with a black cardigan over it, black leggings and black boots. She is also wearing purple eyeshadow on her eyelids.

Stolas yells back at his wife, "It was unexpected! I didn't have time to go to a motel!"

The owl demoness still screams at her husband, "A motel?! Like a f-cking PLEBEIAN?!"

Octavia grabs her phone and puts in earbuds, playing the song 'My World Is Burning Down Around Me' to tune out the screaming. She strides down the halls of the Goetia estate, stepping over the smashed remains of a plant thrown in her path. She pours herself a cup of coffee before sitting down at the table.

In the kitchen, Stella continues yelling at the other grown owl demon, "You want to f-ck this one TOO?!" She grabs an imp servant and violently tosses him in her husband's direction. She was wearing her usual white dress.

Stolas shakes his head before dodging the servant, "No! Of course not!" Meanwhile he was wearing just a red robe loosely over his body.

The woman in white balls her fists with another screech, "You are a godd-mn embarrassment! I'm not spending another moment looking at your pathetic, IMP-SUCKING FACE!" She storms out of the room, shouting angrily the entire time while continuing smashing more potted plants.

Stolas sighs in exhaustion before he notices his daughter has entered the kitchen, "Good mooorning, Octavia! Did you sleep well, my owlette?"

Octavia rolls her eyes, "Was that a serious question?"

Her father opens the refrigerator to retrieve a massive chunk of zebra meat with a smile, "What's that you're listening to?"

The girl speaks in a monotone voice, "This song is called 'My World is Burning Down Around Me'." She shrugs her shoulders, "It's by 'F-ck You Dad.'"

The man looks down with a frown, thinking the name of the band his daughter mentioned is a hurtful remark.]

The owlette frowns at him, "It's a band."

Stolas smiles bemusedly, "Ohhhh! How charming..." He tosses the zebra meat to feed it to a massive potted plant situated in a small alcove off the kitchen. He then pets it before it falls dormant, closing its three eyes.

Octavia shrugs her shoulders, "So, you two done screaming for the day?" She then sips her coffee.

Her father looks at the doorway with a frown, "Umm..."

They both then hear Stella let out another scream of anger and another potted plant is heard shattering in the distance.

Stolas shrugs his shoulders at his daughter, "You know what I haven't done in a long, loooong time? I haven't taken you to your favorite place in all of Hell! Why don't we go to Loo Loo Land?"

The owlette narrows her eyes at him, "I'm not five anymore."

The taller owl demon smiles, not hearing the disapproval in her voice, "You always were so happy when I took you to Loo Loo Land! What do you say we go there again! Have a day, just the two of us?"

Octavia simply blinks, "I'd... Rather kill myself."

Stolas smiles, still not noticing what she is saying, "There we go! Anything but staying in this house! Now, I'll arrange our security!" He picks up a phone carried on a platter by his now beaten up servant.

The girl raises an eyebrow at him, "Security for a theme park?"

Stolas shrugs his shoulders while picking up the phone, "We are rich and we're hot! People want our money and our bodies!"

The owl girl grabs a box of cereal on the table and begins shoveling handfuls into her mouth. She mutters under her breath, "Our money, maybe.

Her father holds the phone up to his ear with a smile, "Speak for yourself, princess. Now... I'm calling the only man who can f*** me!"

Octavia immediately drops the handful of cereal, stunned and disgusted, "...What?"

The male owl's eyes widen and he starts backpedaling, "Who can protect me! Us! Being part of the Goetia family is rather valuable, you know!"

The owlette groans and pulls her beanie down over her eyes...

...

Now at I.M.P Headquarters, Blitzo is in his office holding up crude representations of Millie and Moxxie made out of office supplies that he puppets around and speaks with. Between them is a framed photo of Blitzo with a robe pulled down off his shoulders seductively and a flower between his teeth. The text reads '#1 Bitch' with 'BOSS' written in red over it.]

Blitzo speaks while impersonating Millie, "Oh, Blitzo! You're such a good boss!" He then starts impersonating Moxxie, "Yeah, I really want you, sir." He then impersonates Millie again, "Me, too!" He then speaks like himself, "Let's three-way!"

However, before he can continue... His phone starts ringing out of nowhere.

The boss narrows his eyes at the device, "WHAT?!"

Stolas flirts with him over the phone, "Why, hello, my big-d-cked Blitzy!"

Both the man's lover and daughter spit their coffee out of their mouths in sheer surprise at the same time.

'Blitzy' slams his mug onto his desk, "What-"

Octavia slams her own mug on the dining room table, "The-"

The imp still shouts, "F-CK-"

The owl girl yells at the only other person in the room, "Dad?!"

Stolas puts his hands up while looking at his daughter, "Language, everyone!" He then speaks into the phone, "I have a special request!"

Blitzo shakes his head, "Aw... Look, I just had a chemical peel. So you'll have to find someone else's face to plant that feathered ass."

The prince still smiles while speaking over the phone, "It's for my daughter."

The imp shrugs his shoulders, "Ah. Well, make sure she washes it."

Stola gasps, taken aback, "No! No, no-no-no. I'm taking my daughter to Loo Loo Land and I was hoping you brave little Imps would accompany us!"

Blitzo narrows his eyes while shaking his head, "We're assassins, not bodyguards, 'kay? Don't invite us to sh-t unless someone's gonna die!"

The owl demon smiles flirtatiously, "I'll pay you..."

The man with stripes horns raises an eyebrow when he hears this, "Pay me what?

Stolas smile changes into a sly one, "Moneyyyy~!"

Blitzo's eyes briefly turn into dollar bills with a large smile on his face, "Done!" He then hangs up and accidentally slams his phone down on the desk hard enough to smash it to pieces.

He frowns before pulling out a megaphone, "M n' M, get in here! We're goin' to Loo Loo Land! ...Wait, Bud too! We'll bring Buddy on this one!" He then mumbles, "Aw sh-t there's a B in there now... Would it be MBM? Eh, I'll workshop it later."

Moxxie opens the door to respond, "Loo Loo Land?" His younger brother stands behind him in the doorway.

Millie excitedly smashes her head straight through the office door's glass, "Loo Loo Land?!"

The boss shouts excitedly, "Loo Loo Land!"

Loona then shouts from her desk in the office, "SHUT THE F-CK UP!"

Buddy whispers while standing behind his brother, "...What's a Loo Loo Land?"

...

Now at the many mentioned Loo Loo Land. A van with an I.M.P decal spray painted on the side pulls into the rather empty parking lot. Moxxie exits the van and opens the side door for Millie and Buddy, all wearing sunglasses. A very cramped Stolas extracts himself with a giddy giggle. His daughter exits the van far less excitedly, especially with a grown.

The owl demon dons an apple-themed hat on his head and gestures toward the park gate. Octavia groans and pulls her hat low over her face in embarrassment.

Blitzo shakes his head at the taller man, "Now, remember! This is work and work only. Me and my crew are not here to satisfy your perverted bird needs, okay?"

Octavia groans in disgust, "Hey... Dad... Do we have to-"

The boss imp waved his hand at the girl, "Okay, yeah. Hold on right there, sweetie. Go talk to Bud or something." He turns to the royal avian, "If you try f-ckin' my little ass in that park, I swear to-"

Stolas attempts to pinch the smaller man's cheek, "You are so cute when you are serious!"

Buddy grimaces tilting his head next to the princess, "Does he normally do this?"

Octavia shakes her head before hugging herself, "Unfortunately. I'm literally gonna be sick."

Moxxie speaks up next to her, "Oh, crumbs! I knew today would be a lot! What do you need?" He fishes around in a fanny pack and throws out several pill bottles while he lists off what he has, "Anti-acids? Ibuprofen?"

He points at his younger brother, "Buddy! You better catch her if she faints!"

This makes the hybrid panic, waving his hands before eventually keeping them open in front of himself, "I! Uh! Sure thing!"

The older brother shows Octavia several hypodermic needles of a glowing, green substance, "Uh, morphine?"

Octavia turns away from the taller brother, "Do not." She then rolls her eyes at the smaller imp before walking away, "And that was figurative, old man."

Moxxie chuckles sheepishly, "Oh, right..." He chuckles sheepishly while he discards the needles into a nearby baby carriage, where a baby imp happily reaches out to play with the objects. He murmurs before walking away with his wife and brother, "But she said it was literal..."

Buddy shakes his head at his brother, "Eh, don't take it personally, Mox." He then whispers, "She seems kinda pissed off anyway."

Millie jumps up and down in excitement, "Wooooow! I haven't been to this place since I was a tot!" She elbows her husband's brother in the arm, "Have you really never been here before, Bud?"

A large letter falls off a sign of the nearby ride, crushing a nearby teenaged imp that was standing on the ground.

Buddy quickly bumped into Millie's side to make sure not get crushed, "I... Don't remember my mom ever bringing me here so no. Never."

The woman imp quickly hugs the taller imp and let him go, "Aw well! You're gonna love it, I promise! It hasn't changed a bit. Ohhh! LOOK! It's Big Woobly!"

She then gestures toward a hideously malformed animatronic dinosaur... Which opens its mouth and lets out a terrifying, demonic shriek.

Moxxie steps behind his wife, "That is... Deeply upsetting."

The hybrid speaks up with a frown, "Not to mention disturbing!"

Millie put her hands on her hips with a smile, "Oh, come on! It's fun! You've never been here either, Mox?"

Her husband quickly shakes his head, "No! Theme parks always disturbed me, especially the mascots..."

The park's mascot, which is a giant walking apple, appears out of nowhere behind the small imp, "Well, hey there!"

The white haired imp jumps back in terror, "AAAAAH!"

The mascot waved his arms in the air, "I'm Loo Loo! Welcome to Loo Loo Land! If y'all get hurt here, just try and sue us!"

Stolas gasps at the giant apple, "Look! Via! It's Loo Loo!"

Octavia folds her arms with a frown, "I have a question."

Loo Loo lets out a laugh, "Well, ask away, little girlie! A-hyuk a-hyuk a-hyuk!"

The female owl tilts her head at the mascot, "Is it true this park is just a really shameless spin-off of Lucifer's far more popular Lu Lu World?

The giant apple lowers it's arms, "No?"

Octavia rolls her eyes, "This place reeks of insecure corporate shame."

Stolas chuckles nervously while he leads his daughter away, "Why don't we go check out the rides?"

Loo Loo looks at the hybrid while the two walked away, "That chick's creepy, huh?"

Buddy's eyes are shown to be wide, though he shook his head to regain focus, "...Creepy in a cute way."

The mascot simply stands there, "What."

The hybrid looked back at him, "What." He shrugs his shoulders, "I like someone who sees through things like that! You know what, I don't need to explain myself to you!" He then walks away in embarrassment.

Blitzo then speaks up, nudging the mascot, "Eh, wait till her dad tries to diddle your holes."

The intern grimaces to shout but freezes in place, "Ew! What?!"

Loo Loo turns to Millie and Moxxie, "What's that mean?"

The husband shouts at him, "Don't talk to me! I know you're a pervert under there!" He then leaves, leading Millie and Buddy off with him.

The mascot hangs his body dejectedly, "Yeah..."

The trio head down a pathway, taking a good look around the place... With one brother being noticeably more nervous than the other...

Moxxie starts sweating profusely before stopping to catch his composure, "You really like this place, huh?"

Millie raises her hands in excitement, "I love this place! My parents would bring me and my siblings here when they could swing it! Money-wise!"

Buddy smiles with a shrug of his shoulders, "Aw, that sounds oddly sweet."

The small man looks over to see a worker leading a wheelbarrow piled to the brim with money into a nearby giftshop. The two approach the window, where novelty cups and stuffed apples are for sale. The cups appear to cost 29 souls per unit.

He raises an eyebrow at this, "Yeaaaah... The prices do seem rather criminal. I mean, that much for a novelty cup that you use one time?"

The intern shrugged his shoulders, "Well, you can still use it when you're at home."

Millie interrupted him with a smile, "'Cause, it's Loo Loo Land!"

The hybrid shrugged once again, "Or because it's Loo Loo Land. That works too, I guess."

Blitzo then walks up to them with a lot of merch all over himself. This includes a novelty cup in his hands and a hat with attached can holders and straws on his head.

He nudges Moxxie with his cup, "Yeah! Listen to your h/e, Mox."

He then takes a swig from his novelty cup, "How 'bout I take the first watch while you two have a little..." He takes off his sunglasses and winks at them, "Fun?"

Millie gasps in excitement at this, "OOOOOH! Buddy too! ...Not like that, Blitz." She jumps up and down before grabbing both their hands, "Come on, guys! We gotta do my favorite ride!"

The white haired imp gulps in fear, "Oh, yeah? You're coming too, Buddy. We're going Wh-which one?

They spot a lone imp who is shown riding a roller coaster named 'The Lawsuit' that suddenly plunges off a sheer 90-degree drop at incredible speed while also on fire and with its rider hanging on for dear life. The coaster violently plunges into a tunnel in the ground...

Moxxie grabs his brother tightly, "Oh, crumbs!"

...After the ride, Moxxie vomiting into a trash can after having left the ride. Millie pats him on the back while Buddy rubs his forehead in pain. A vomit-covered family walks by the three in the background, glaring disapprovingly at Moxxie. A massive dragon-like creature from the nearby petting zoo looms overhead, also glaring at the smallest imp.

In another part of the park, Stolas and Octavia walk along the path, with Blitzo takes up positions all around them with his rifle. A group of imps creep up behind the booths, ropes, knives, and pitchforks at the ready. They quickly scatter when Blitzo looks in their direction.

Stolas touches Blitzo's horn* with a smile, "You know, it's quite thrilling to see you on the job, Blitzy!"

Blitzo rolls his eyes while looking away from him, "Save it, bitch. I'm working!"

The owl's daughter folds her arms at this display, "You both need to get a room."

The imp freezes with a frown, "Hey, I am not a day-hooker!"

A woman walking nearby with her baby glares at Blitzo before continuing on in a huff.

This makes the boss narrow his eyes at her, "What? I just said I'm not one, prude!" He then flips her off.

Stolas then gasps, "Oh! Look, Via!" He points excitedly at the circus tent. A demon mother is struggling to pull her crying son into the tent.

But the father ignores this, "You used to cry such tears of joy at this show!"

Octavia stops with a panicked tone, "Oh, no..."

She then remembers when a young girl being pushed against the stage by an excited crowd of imp children. The robot on stage sparks and cackles maniacally leering over Octavia, who soon breaks into tears. A younger Blitzo is seen in the background tending to a food cart, dressed and painted as a clown with a scowl on his face.

Now back to the present...

Both Blitzo and Octavia speak at the same time, "I hate that f-cking clown."

They both look to Stolas, who has been captured and hoisted aloft by the crew of imps from earlier. Stolas's arms are bound and his head is covered by a cloth sack, and the imps are pointing various weapons at him. One has even stolen the man's wallet.

However, the prince simply smiled underneath the cloth sack, "Oh, Blitzy! I need my bodyguard, please!"

One imp jumps to try and skewer Stolas with a pitchfork.

But Blitzo quickly brings his rifle to shoot the imp in the torso, splattering Stolas's head with blood. The other imps quickly scatter. away from the scene.

Octavia enters the big top and finds a seat with a frown. Blitzo carries Stolas in, with his head still covered in the blood-soaked sack. Blitzo sets him down and walks away from them.

Stolas makes no move to remove the sack, until Octavia rips it off her father's head in annoyance.

The robot on the stage starts glitching and sparking, "Hey hey hey hey heyyyy, Implings! It's me, the Robotic Fizzarolli! Shipped from Big Ozzie's factory to bring you a wonderful show celebrating Loo Loo Land, spelled with O's, to avoid lawsuits! H-H-H-H-H-Hit it!"

The stage lights turn on and point at the robot while he begins to dance and sing a song, "Loo Loo Land, Loo Loo Land!"

The curtains open to reveal Robo Fizz's band, called 'FizzaRolli 'n Friends', composed of various hideously decrepit animatronics, including one named 'Big Woobly' on guitar.

The robot continues, "Everybody sing along with the Loo Loo band!"

It goes around pointing and gesturing at various demons in the audience. Stolas looks excited when the robot gets to him but this is short-lived while Blitzo pops up and points his rifle at it.

The robot dashes back to the stage, "Every boy, every girl, every woman, every man loves Loo Loo Laaand!"

Platforms in the stage rise up in time with the music while it continues, "Loo Loo Land, Loo Loo Land!

Everything is beautiful at Loo Loo Land!

Ugly children holdin' hands in Loo Loo Laaand!"

The robot grabs various imp children out of the audience and wraps them up in a big hug, before jumping up and tossing them away. Most of the children slam into the bleachers, while one soars behind them.

"Everybody's friendly!"

It hugs Big Woobly so hard that its neck breaks a bit more than it already had been, "And nobody is mean!"

Robo Fizz dashes over to the two-headed, banjo-playing bear animatronic and slaps it in the back. The animatronic then squirts a stream of oil from its bigger head at the face of an imp in the bleachers attempting to drown out the song with music from his phone.

"No copyright infringement's ever seeeeeen!"

It dumps a gasoline canister onto a large stack of cease-and-desist papers and lights a match. It throws the match and the canister at the stack, setting the whole thing ablaze,

"I have a dream..."

Another sings backup for him, "He has a dream!"

The robot continues to sing, "I'm here to tell..."

Once again the back up singer speaks up, "He's here to tell!"

The robot continues, "About a magical, fantastic place called Loo Loo Laaaaand!"

Octavia is sitting and absorbing the musical with disgusted boredom...

...

Outside, Moxxie, Millie and Buddy walk along a row of game booths...

The woman holds both the boys' hands, "Oh, this is gonna be so excitin'! Buddy, you are gonna love it here! We're gonna have some good ol' family fun! Just the three of us!"

Buddy follows the short imp awkwardly with his long legs, "Really? Aren't we supposed to-"

But then suddenly, they hear one of the vendors call for them. Which promptly made Millie gleefully yank the boys over towards the booth.

The carnie imp gave them all a smile, "Hello, hello! Step right up and win a thing!"

Millie gasps in excitement, "Oh, look, Moxxie! A THING!"

The 'thing' in question is some sort of purple stuffed penguin creature with horns, wearing pink overalls. The stuffed animal is labeled with a tag that reads 'THING?'

Moxxie looks at the toy with a smug smile, "Oh, you like that thing?"

The wife jumps up and down excitedly, "YEEEEESSS! I don't really know what that thing is but I want that thing!"

The husband keeps his smug smile towards the toy, "Ahhh... Finally, something I can handle."

The hybrid scratches his chin in confusion, "Wait, we're actually going to play around?"

Millie pats the younger demon on the arm, "Awww, Buddy! It's not every day we get to spend time together at Loo Loo Land! Besides Blitz's said he's got it!"

Moxxie smiles at his brother, "Yeah! You can just relax for your first mission!" He then takes out some money and hands it to the carnie in front of them, "Okay! One game, puh-lease!"

The demon rolls his eyes and uses his tail to hand Moxxie a pistol with a cork projectile in the muzzle.

He does not even line up the shot, instead looking to his wife and brother while he effortlessly hits the target right in the bullseye.

Unbeknownst to Moxxie, the target barely moves.

He makes a 'ricochet' noise with his mouth and blows the black powder smoke clear of the gun, pleased with his marksmanship.

The carnie demon smiles smugly, "Ohhhh! Strike one, little man!"

The white haired imp raised his eyebrows in surprise, "But I hit it!"

The man at the booth shrugged his shoulders, "Hmmm, I don't know what to tell ya, buddy. The target, see? It didn't go down. So yeah! No go, bro."

Buddy tapped his brother on the back, "Uh... Mox?"

Moxxie shoves his hand in front of his brother's face without looking at him, "Not now, Buddy! Go back to relaxing." He growls in anger and fishes another bill out of his pocket. He then grabs the pistol and fires another cork, hitting the target dead-center.

But the target does not budge...

The white haired demon slaps the pistol in annoyance, "The Heaven's wrong with this thing?!"

The carnie imp rolls his eyes at him, "Oh, man. A real shame, I tell ya!" He then mocks him by pretending to cry.

Moxxie hisses in anger before slapping another bill on the counter, "Another!"

Buddy slumps down to sit on the ground, facing away from the booth. He starts rubbing his eyebrows in annoyance.

...

Back to the Robo Fizz's show... Stolas is gleefully clapping to the music, while Octavia has thrown her head back in annoyance, banging her fist on the seat next to her.

The robot begins to end his song, "'body sing along with the Loo Loo band! Every boy, every girl, every woman, every man loves Loo Loo Laaaaaaand!"

The show ends with a small pyrotechnic display while the Robo Fizz cackles maniacally. The bear animatronic nearby faceplants onto the stage and falls to pieces.

Stolas claps and cheers even harder, "Ah hohohoho ho ho ho ho ho, how delightful!"

Behind the royal, an imp armed with a kris dagger rises from beneath the seats ready to stab him but the top of his head is quickly blown apart by a shot from Blitzo. He is shown to have taken up a position in the gallery behind the back row of seats while some imps scream in absolute fear and run away.

Stolas smiles flirtatiously, turning his attention towards the imp, "Oh, my! What aim you have, Blitzy."

Octavia stands up with a furious look on her face, "Ugh! I can't do this anymore!"

The royal owl widens his eyes in concern, "Wait! Uh... Octavia!"

The girl then storms off with Stolas following behind.

Meanwhile, Blitzo cycles his rifle and prepares to give chase after his charges... However, he stops when he hears a voice.

The robot onstage stares right at him, "Mua ha ha ha ha hoho-oh! Is that Blitz-o my sensors spot up the-e-e-ere? I bet the kiddies are still running away from you, huh?" He then laughs wholeheartedly.

The tall imp folds his arms, "The 'o' is silent now!"

The robot shrugs it's shoulders, "A-A-Awwwww, just like your audience always was when you to-told your lazy jokes here!" He laughs yet again.

Blitzo removes his visors and throws them on the ground before he continues his argument with Robo Fizz, "Bitch, I make more money killing people than you do being a cheap-ass robo ripoff of an overrated sellout JESTER!"

The Robo Fizz begins to glitch out, "Oohoohoo! Someone's salty! Real or not, though, people lo-o-ove me! Does anybody love you..." His voice then deepens to a demonic tone, "BLITZ-O?"

The assassin frowns, "No." He then smiles before picking up his rifle, "But I'm really good with guns now! Dance, bitch!"

He then slams a new magazine into his rifle, switches it to full-auto and fires shots on Robo Fizz, who cartwheels out of the way. Robo Fizz rapidly spins like a wheel rolling up the stair to where Blitzo is. He coils himself around Blitzo like a snake before using his own momentum to launch Blitzo through the top of the tent.

The imp screams while in the air, "Ohhhh, F-CK MEEEEEEE!"

Outside, Wally Wackford rolls a cart of lit torches in by the tent, "Torches, I say, I say! Get your inconvenient torches here!"

However, Blitzo lands on the cart which ends up scattering the torches. And all the lit wooden objects light the big top on fire.

The imp with white hair rubs his arm in pain, "Owww! I say, OWWWW!"

The green fire very rapidly spreads to all corners of the park. Burning and melting all of the animatronics while they flee the tent.

Robo Fizz cackles and spins his head with demonic glee at the destruction...

...

Elsewhere, the carnie imp at the shooting gallery holds 600 souls of Moxxie's money, with Moxxie himself glaring at him with seething anger.

Buddy looks to his side in boredom, "I thought we were supposed to be doing our job?" He notices the familiar bird girl run ahead of her father, "Uh... Actually, you guys have fun... I'll be right back."

The imp at the stand shrugs his shoulders, "Wow! Man, you're really starting to make this sad. Even your kid didn't want to see you fail anymore! Y'know, if you suck, you suck! Guess you won't win your honey here a prize..."

Millie put her hands on her hips, "Uh, first of all, he's not his kid. He's his brother." She grabs the pistol from her husband, "But here, Let me try!"

She fires a cork at a target, which misses by a few feet.

But the carnie imp grins mischievously and presses on a foot pedal in the booth. This makes the target fall down.

He offers the woman a smile, "Ohhhh, look at that! Lucky shot, baby!"

Moxxie's eyes widen in anger, "Are you kidding me?! You... You charlatan!"

The imp at the stands waves him off, "Hey, uh, get lost, pipsqueak. I'm talkin' to the lady..." He then leans toward Millie and makes a seductive purring sound at her.

Millie immediately recoils in disgust. In the background, Blitzo and Robo Fizz continue to do battle against each other as the fires spread.

Blitzo is thrown up into the air by Robo Fizz and comes down through the roof of the shooting gallery, crushing the carnie Imp under him.

This makes the other imp scream out in pain, "OWWWW! Oof! Auuugh!"

The white haired imp jumps back in surprise, "Sir?!"

The boss's head moves round in a dazed manner, "Ohhhh... Hey, guys! You should probably go, uh, make sure Stolas is okay. I've... Got some unfinished business to take care of."

He then shakes his head and really looks at the two of them, "Wait, where's Buddy?! How'd he slip away from you guys, he's like twelve f-cking feet tall!" He then shakes his head, "Argh, you know what! Never mind that! Just go!"

He draws his flintlock pistol, cocks it and ten fires at the now burning Robo Fizz. The impact of the bullet spins the robot's head around, but when he spins his head back... He is revealed to be unharmed by the shot, having caught the bullet in his teeth. He then spits the bullet out with a smile.

Blitzo tilts his head with a smile, "Oh, what a mouth!" He then immediately grimaces when he realizes what he just said.

The Robo Fizz coils himself up into his rolling form again, charging straight at Blitzo. He leaps out of the way right when his enemy hit the booth, destroying it in a large explosion. Several pieces of shrapnel and burning prizes shoot in all direction, even the 'things' Moxxie was trying to win got it's head cut off.

The piece of stuffed animal strikes a young imp boy in the head, knocking him unconscious the second a photographer takes a picture of him and his family.

The father of the family raises his arms before shouting in anger, "Goddammit, Nathan! You ruined another bloody photo! Why were you even born?!"

Elsewhere, Stolas is still running after his daughter... He shouts around the circus, "Octavia?"

The girl's voice is heard from another building, "Just leave me alone!

The father shouts again once he sees her, "Octavia!"

Octavia rushes into a building called the 'Fun House.'

Inside, Stolas is confronted with a surreal room of eyes, tubes, spikes, mirrors, and disembodied hands... He goes further into the room, looking around for where his daughter could have gone.

A shadow then appears behind Stolas and jumps upon his back, stopping his movement...

...

Meanwhile, inside the 'Fun House', Octavia sits there in one of the carriages. She sobs into her knees, trying to wipe her tears with her sleeve.

She hears a few footsteps, prompting her to look up but not at the figure, "Not now, Dad!"

Buddy rubs the back of her neck while looking to the side awkwardly, "Uh... I'm not..."

Octavia looked up at the male next to her, "Oh! Um, I'm sorry... What's your name?"

The hybrid stood up straight, showing off his full height, "It's Buddy, your bodyguard intern for the day! May I ask your name, ma'am? Just to be sure."

The girl stuck out her tongue, disgusted, "Ew, please don't call me 'ma'am'. You're the one who's older than me... My name is Octavia."

Buddy laughs, slouching back down to his usual height with a smile, "Haha, noted! But only by like... A year!" He then rubbed the back of his neck, "So... Uh, you seemed kinda upset. But uh, we don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. I just wanted to make sure you were okay." He blinked when she didn't respond, "...Are you okay?"

Octavia blinked at him, "I'm sorry, forgive my staring. I just have never seen an imp of your stature before."

The winged demon shrugged his shoulders, "Oh, that's 'cause I'm not just an imp. My mom was a succubus. That makes me both."

The owlette tilted her head at him, "Really? I've never met a hybrid before..." She spoke in a much quieter tone, "...Fascinating."

Buddy's eyes widened upon hearing this, "Well... No one's ever called me that before." He offers his hand to her to take, "Are you feeling better? We could-"

But then suddenly before she could take his hand, an incredibly imp armed with a knife jumps on top of the carriage. He was a simple looking creature with spiky white hair, an underbite, yellow sclera, a small goatee and bright red skin. His horns were slightly curvy and they were white with small black stripes. He was wearing a purple wife beater, gray jeans with no shoes.

He dangles the knife in his hand with a menacing smile, "Sorry to interrupt you and your... Whatever he is, girl, but uh, I got a job to do"

He then leapt into the air with the knife to stab the princess.

Instead, he felt himself stop in the air. He opened his eyes to see that the hybrid holding him by the back of his shirt like he was a cat. He still waves his arms and legs in attempt to get away.

Buddy lifts the imp higher in the air, away from the princess, "Really? That was your plan? I'm right here!"

The hybrid then tosses the smaller creature down a nearby corridor. He then turned to Octavia, "You stay here, Octavia. I'll take care of this guy."

The princess waved her hand with a surprised look on her face, "Oh! Uh, please, go ahead."

And with that, Buddy sprinted off after the smaller imp in the corridor... Slipping further into the darkness...

...

Back at the entrance, an imp is revealed to be on the royal bird's back. Stolas rolls with his eyes at his situation, "Umm, I think I'm supposed to be bodyguarded right now!"

The imp covers Stolas's mouth with his shirt sleeve but is suddenly shot in the head and falls to the ground.

Both Moxxie and Millie are revealed to be in the entryway with the woman holding a smoking pistol.

Stolas wipes the imp's blood off of his sleeve, "Ugh, that's better! Where is Blitzy? He's my knight in shining armor, not you littler ones!"

The girl imp relaxes her shoulders, "He's uhhhh... Busy."

Moxxie opens his fanny pack, revealing to have taken one of the plushies from the stand, "Being a fool."

The royal owl tilts his head at them, "What kind of fool?"

The husband gives the toy to his wife and smiles when she hugs it, "The 'everything is now on fire' kind."

Disinterested, Stolas leaves the imps, effortlessly dodging between two swinging pendulums... He then heads down a tunnel into an adjoining room. There, he sees Octavia riding in circles in apple-themed rail cars, nervously clutching the bar in front of her.

The father discards the Loo Loo Land hat, "Octavia..." He then frowns, "I take it you are... Not having fun."

The girl folds her arms with a frown, "I didn't even want to come here! And now Buddy's fighting some creep who wanted to kill me!"

Stolas tilted his head at her, "Who's Buddy?" He shakes his head, "Er! At least he's doing his job..." He then puts his attention fully on his daughter, "I'm sorry, sweetie. I... I thought you loved it here."

Octavia begins to sniffle, "When I was a kid and my parents didn't hate each other... And my dad didn't flirt with some... Weird red d-ckhead the entire time."

The man's frown continues to grow, "I'm sorry, Via. I'm sorry for... Everything... Happening right now. I know it's... A lot. I, uh... I should have listened.

The owlette begins to cry, "I just want to go home... But home doesn't even feel like home anymore... You ruined it!"

The father moves to sit next to his daughter on the ride, "You need to understand... Your mother and I... I just... I felt... She's always been... I haven't been... Ha-We weren't in... I'm sorry, I-I-I don't have the words."

The daughter continues to cry into her knees, "...Are you gonna run off with him? And leave me behind? Go away where... I can't find you?

Stolas quickly shakes his head, "What? No! No, no, never! I'd never do that. Never." He then stands up from the ride, "I think it's time to leave this place. You were right. You are too old for it, anyway."

Octavia gives him a tiny smile, "...Okay, Dad..."

...

Meanwhile, Buddy stalks into the corridor. Slipping past the neon colored attractions in the dark...

He passed by a hall of comedically large angels with spears, shuddering at the sight of them, "Ugh... Okay, can't use my fire in here. I could hurt Octavia if I heat up the place too fast. Especially with those feathers."

The hybrid took another look around, "If I was a tiny would-be-assassin, where would I be hiding?"

Buddy felt a punch to his face, which made him shake his head to regain his focus. He attempted to grab the small imp, but he quickly jumped away.

The tiny assassin ran away from the intern, "You winged freak! Why are you trying to stop me?!"

The hybrid shouted back while looking around, "Because it's my job!"

However, he lost sight of the imp. Causing his eyes to move frantically in the dark. His eyes glow a soft yellow...

But then he heard the demon's voice and a few foot steps...

"You think you can kill me, boy?! I'm the one who's gonna topple the hierarchy by killin' that bird and his kid! I-"

Suddenly, a gunshot rang out. The smaller imp looked down to see his foot had been shot, making him scream in pain at the sight of the large hole. He bounces on his other foot, clutching his injury.

Buddy held the smoking gun with narrowed eyes towards the would-be-killer, "See, I totally agree with that. Imps get treated like garbage and I mean, look at me! Hybrids get sh-t from both sides of the family! Buuuuuuut I got a job to do! And I can't let you kill my new friend in there!"

The small demon fell onto the ground, still clutching his foot in pain, "Pffft, you think she's your friend? You're just her bodyguard! And once you're done, she'll just throw you aw-"

But before the imp could continue, another gunshot rang out in the air. He then slumped over with a blank look on his face, his forehead having a large gunshot wound.

With that, Buddy fixed his coat and sprinted back to the front of the ride...

...

Outside the Fun House, Stolas is carrying his daughter while an imp grins maniacally in the space above the drop-ceiling, looking down on them. The imp drops down and flicks open a switchblade.

The father immediately turns around, eyes glowing brightly which immediately turns the imp to stone. The small statue is then knocked over by a certain hybrid rushing to them.

Buddy puts his hands on his knees while trying to catch his breath, "Are you... Are you guys okay?"

Stolas held his daughter firmly, "Oh yes, we're completely fine. Uh... Hybrid boy."

Octavia still smiled at her father while she bumped her elbow into his chest, "Dad, his name is Buddy."

The tall owl demon corrected himself with a shrug, "Yes, Buddy." The feathers on his body became ruffled when a large sign collapsed next to them, "Something tells me that THAT is an issue, however."

The hybrid shouts in sheer confusion, "WHAT DID I JUST WALK OUT TO?!"

The park has been reduced to pandemonium while dusk falls. Millie attempts to shoot at Robo Fizz, who rolls around wildly after her. The robot is then caught by the draconic creature and swallowed whole, while Moxxie rides on its back.

Stolas and Octavia then start to leave the park gates together...

The father still holds his daughter, "So, what would you like to do now?"

The girl rubs her fingers together with a smile, "Oh, can we go to Stylish Occult? They sell weird taxidermy there..."

The male owl hums reluctantly, "Hmmm, okayyyyy...

The owlette chuckles at him, "Thanks, Dad. You're okay... Sometimes."

Stolas smiles at his daughter, "Thank you, Via. Thank you..."

A massive explosion rocks the park which sends all the employees of I.M.P. hurtling through the air, smoking and screaming.

Buddy backs up with his arms open, "I gotcha! I gotcha!"

However, all three land on top of the intern. Effectively knocking him out on the ground in front of Stolas and Octavia.

Moxxie shook his head, "Way to ruin another good thing, sir!"

Blitzo pumped his fist in the air, "Worth it! That sl/tty toy clown had... It... Comin'!" He then falls unconscious, with his head landing on the ground.

And with everyone knocked out... A stray dog grabs Millie by the hair and drags her off to the side...

...

Way back when she was still a small child... While at one of Loo Loo Land's famous shows with Robo Fizz, Octavia begins to cry upon being shoved to the front of the crowd. She tries to push back against the crowd but it is no use. Her little eyes quickly dart from side to side, looking to get away from the scary robot.

The small owlette saw a hole in the circus tent and ran for it, heading outside. She covered her eyes while she cried...

Which lead her straight into another young child...

The boy looked to be slightly older than her, with imp-like skin and succubus wings. He picked himself up to rub the bandage on his nose, "Hey! That hurt!" He blinked when he heard her sniffle with no response, "Uh... Hey? Are you okay?"

The girl looked down with an angry, tearful frown, "No! I'm not okay! The stupid robot is scary and..." She picked up her head to see that she was outside near a tree, "And now I don't know where my daddy is..."

She noticed the other child was swiveling his head around, "What are you doing?"

The hybrid stopped his head's bobbing with a final spin, "I'm looking for your daddy! Don't worry, I'm looking for my mom too! We're playing hide and seek and she's really good at it!" The hybrid extended his hand to the girl, "And I'm pretty good at seeking! Come on! I can help you find him!"

The young owlette slowly took a hold of his hand. A smile growing on her face when the boy pulled her away from the tent, running off to find the girl's father.

...

Now inside the van, being driven by their boss... Millie shook the young man by the arm, "Buddy... Hey Buddy! Wake up, sugarcube!"

The hybrid shook his head while he woke up, "Huh? What happened?" He felt his brother asleep on his other arm.

The black haired imp gave him a smile before bumping her elbow into his arm, "Ya hit the back of your head when you tried to catch us! Couldn't get you to wake up for squat!"

Blitzo rolled his eyes while driving on the road, "Yeah, next time, get knocked out in the van! Carrying you was a godd-mn hassle! You're not light like the bird princess!"

Millie let out a laugh, waving her boss off, "So... Did you have fun at Loo Loo Land?"

The hybrid slowly shrugged his shoulders, "Huh... Yeah, yeah, I think I did." With that, Buddy smiled while looking outside the window. Already excited at the thought of meeting the owl princess again...