Feeling a little guilty about whag happened before, Stolas didn't mean to make Cody act out all of his hateful, negative emotions like that. No, he wad only eager to see Cody's abilities to use his dual axes. Looking out the window of his balcony, Stolas didn't even know Octavia went up to him from behind. "Are you alright, dad?"
"What have i done, Via? I felt like i have stabbed a puppy to death in cold blood."
"Dad, come on. It's ok. You didn't hurt Cody. We know you were just trying to help out." She gently held her father's right to reassure him. "Besides, Loona can help him out like she would normally do."
"Right. I hope Loona is not so infuriated with me."
"Don't be silly." Octavia nodded her head. "She knows how to handle Cody."
"What can i do to make it up to him?" Stoals asked his daughter. "If i could bring back Boulder and his cohorts, then i most certainly would."
"Come on, dad. You're being too hard." Via urged. "Cody can never hate you."
Just then, a new idea came to Stolas's head and snapped his finger with a bright smile. "You know what, Via, i can redo that demonstration all over again and this time, there will be no heartbreak or trauma resurfacing."
"What are you going to conjure this time."
"That... i don't know. But what i do know is that: i will figure a perfect target practice for him to use his axes against. But you should get some sleep, sweetie. You'll need your strength for tomorrow."
The Next Morning
Back in the courtyard of Stolas' chateau, everyone was back, and I.M.P included this time. Cody was wielding his double axes again, and looked a little nervous.
"Don't worry, Cody." said Stolas. "I will make sure not to use a Belmont dummy this time."
"I'm ok. Really." Cody urged. "Bring on whatever you can put against me."
"Delightful. But first," Stolas gently put a finger on the top of the boy's head, leaving him in some kind of trance with his eyes glowing red for a moment. When the owl demon lifted the finger off, the human boy regained his composure. "My apologies for that, i was only looking inside one of your darkest fears to see what would be a good target."
Snapping his fingers, Stolas conjured something really freaky. A large, terrible, gaunt grasshopper the soze of the human being, letting out a few yells, growls, and screams. It was Thumper from the Bug's Life movie, the grasshopper that acts like a rabid dog.
"Oh no." Cody breathed. "Not him."
"The fuck is that?" said Loona, looking completely weirded out by Thumper.
"Yeah he looks so fucking ugly." Millie said
"Is that guy high or on crack," said Moxxie
"Yeah, he looks fucking crazy. Was he raised by wolves and... look at him!" Blitzo pointed.
"That's thumper." Cody said. "This freak scared me when i was very little. What's even wrong with him?" a cold feeling and a look of dread coursed his small body. Thumper began screaming some more and his screams sounded like ones that a chimpanzee or a baboon would emit.
"Remember Cody," said Stolas, "This is only an illusion in physical form. Face your fear."
Just looking at this illusion of Thumper despite not seeing the second ever Pixar film in a while, made Cody's spine shiver. In the small crowd, Loona was panicking on the inside. This freak look like he can maul someone to pieces at any given moment. "I hope you know what you're doing, Stolas." Loona said to the Goetia prince.
"Of course." said Stolas. "I always know what i'm doing. Have I ever let anyone down before?" Everyone else looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "What?"
Nevertheless, Cody managed to dodge a few swipes from Thumper and when the crazed locust tried to grab him with his four arms, Cody managed to do a dodge roll under Thumper's legs, making the crazed lunatic give a growl in frustration. When he tried swiping and kicking Cody again, the kid dodged more and more until finally, he used one of his axes to cut off Thumper's upper left hand, making him yelp and pain. Green blood was pouring out of the wound like a small waterfall, but it didn't stop Thumper from trying to maul Cody again. The boy was careful to watch the crazy grasshopper's movements and when anothet false move was made, Cody managed to cut off the lower right hand of Thumper, making him howl in pain even more.
At last, the bloodthirsty lunatic was in pain to try and make another move against Cody, and the boy cut off the remaining hands, and formed his weapons yo create his super-ax before slicing off the wings
Cody was panting and his friends were shouting in triumph over Cody's skills with his weapons. "You're not so scary anymore." The boy said to thumper.
All the crazy grasshopper did was roar back at him in pure hatred. His look turned from anger to horror as soon as Cody decapitated him on the spot, with his head flying off and landing in Moxxie's arms, making him scream in horror as he yanked the disembodied head off of him, then landed in Moe's hands, making him yell as well. Then it turned into a comedic moment between the Three Stooges as they kept in accidentally threw it to one another over and over again. Until finally, the head, and the rest of Thumper's body disappeared in purple-black smoke.
The others went to go congratulate the kid in his triumph."that was sick, Cody." Tex gently picked up up and put him on his left shoulder.
"Cody, that was awesome!" Said Loona.
"Good riddance to that fucking weirdo." Barbie pointed.
"Looks like i'm not the freaky weirdo anymore, eh Barb?" Blitzo said.
"I did it." Cody smiled. "I know it wasn't real, but i did it."
"You conquered one of your fears." said Crystal. "We're very proud of you." It was decided that they all get some ice cream as a celebration.
The next day after schoolCody didn't have any homework, except for one assignment, which was write an essay on the Titanic and how it wasn't as indestructible as its builders thought it would be.
It amazed Cody that the legendary cruise ship was still to the bottom of the ocean to this day. That vessel sunk over a hundred and twelve years ago when it hit that very iceberg a century ago. As he was writing down his essay, he was halfway done, and Loona was there to help him out with trying to finalize the essay for any errors or typos.
Suddenly, a knock on the door was heard and, having the urge to pee form the hibiscus juice he drank before, Cody was the one to answer it. It was a rather obese kind of demon with green and yellow colors with yellowish-green eyes, a jester hat and some robes on him.
"Ah, here's the kid of the hour." Said the fat demon in an Australian accent. "Cody Laurent in the fucking flesh." Then he set foot in the threshold without permission from either Loona or Blitzo. "I've wanted to meet ya for a long time, sport."
"Who... are you?" Asked Cody
"Well, i'm Mammon. King of the Greed Ring."
"Wait..." Cody remembered. "Fizz told me about you."
"Oh. I see. He told you shitty things about me." Mammon frowned.
"And Asmodeaus too." The kid pointed
"Well, i can assure you that all they told you about me is not true." Mammon lifted the fridge above him to gobble as much food as he can.
"Wait that's..." Cody tried to stop him, but it was too late. Mammon already scarfed down a lot of food down his throat and out the fridge down. "...our food." Cody sighed.
"That hits the spot, hehe." The boorish king of Greed let out a loud burp in response.
"Look, what do you want from me?" Cody looked nervous
"Right, well, you may not believe me if i tell you," Mammon pulled the boy close to him with his right arms. "But this is the luckiest day of your mortal life." He gave an unctious smile. "How would you like to have this deal of a lifetime? Make you famous and rich beyond any fucker's wildest dreams?"
"Cody who's at the-" Loona came out of her bedroom before looking st Mammon. "Oh no, what are you doing here?"
"Ah, you must be Toona." Said Mammon
"It's Loona." The hellhound snarled
"Whatever." Mammon rolled his eyes
"Hey what's going- you?!" Blitzo recognized Mammon too. "The fuck are you doing here?"
"Relax Blitzo. I just have a great career opportunity for Cody here."
"The O is silent, you greedy asswipe." Blitzo scowled.
"What do you mean career opportunity?" Cody looked confused
"Well, here's how i am explaining. You're quite famous down here in hell right?" Mammon said. "and i have seen you perform at Lord Lucifer's party on TV before. Quite the beautiful pipes in your throat, eh sport? So how would you like to get paid for it? Get your own album and sell it to the public and make big bucks from it under me? You can even have your own robot replicas and be adored by lots of fans for generations to come."
"A lot of money?" Cody looked surprised
"Yeah, you got a good taste in music and you can sing a rock or metal album under me. With me, your dreams can come true before you can say: Judas."
"Don't listen to him, Cody." Loona said. "Mammon is not the king of Greed for nothing. "As much as i hate Bee, This guy is worse."
"Hey! I am way better than cotton-candy addicted, teet-sucking cunt!" Mammon said in anger.
"Whoa whoa whoa, there's a kid here, man." Said Blitzo
"Right, right. Sorry for being rude." Mammon cleared his throat, "come on, kiddo. You can put your pipes to good use under me. Lots of money, lots of girls, everything you can ever want."
"Well... it sounds nice." Cody admitted. "Getting whatever you want."
"Trust me Cody, he's not worth it." said Loona
"Yeah, i have seen what he can do. Mammon is very manipulative and does anything to get what he wants. He treated Fizz in a very terrible way. Even saying that Fizz was the son he never wanted."
"You're making it up." said Mammon. Back to Cody, he pointed. "look, in all fairness, if Fizzarolli was unhappy, he brought it on himself. But you do not know what's on the other end of the rainbow, sport?"
"Look, it does sound nice but, no thank you." Cody said. "Your highness, i want to he in charge of myself."
"Ah, an individualist" Mammon sounded amused. "I like that. Well I understand. But you are turning down a lot of money and wealth here, Cody. Think about it. And, my offer still stands. If you ever change your mind, look me up." Then he gave the boy a few pats on the head before heading out the door. "Au revoir, motherfuckers." He called out.
"Cody, you're not buying all of his bullshit are you?" Said Blitzo.
"No, no. I know he treated Fizz so badly. I would never work with that guy."
Loona smiled. "that's my little bro." Then she hugged him. "I'm proud of you, Cody. So come on, let's finish that essay."
The boy smiled. "Sure."
in his bedroom, Loona pointed out a few errors that Cody just promptly corrected to perfect it. "Well, looks like it's ready. And, you did a good job killing that crazy grasshopper creep."
"Thanks. I'm not afraid of Thumper anymore."
"Cool. Well i'm going to take a shower. Wait for me to get out and we can watch a movie together, ok?"
"Got it, Loona."