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Yet another morning has come for the Knolastname family... Going through their routine once more, with Buddy locking the apartment door behind him before following his older brother and his wife. Millie bumped her husband's shoulder, talking about something like waking up earlier in order to have more time for coffee in the morning.

But eventually, down the street, they saw a white limo with a wheel completely detached and resting on the street. They could hear the bird demon yell at the imp driving the vehicle. A familiar looking owl girl was sitting next to the loud one, trying to ignore her mother while listening to some metal music.

Buddy stopped near the limousine upon recognizing the white exterior. He waved to the two imps with a smile, "Hang on, I'll catch up with you guys later! Tell Bossman I'll be a little late, okay?"

Moxxie nodded his head at his brother, "Okay but be careful!"

Millie waved at the hybrid with a smile, "We'll see you at work, Buddy!"

After the two smaller imps left, Buddy knocked on the window of the limo. He smiles confidently at the girl inside, "Hey, Octavia! What are you guys doing near here?"

Upon recognizing his voice, her face did lighten up a tad, "Buddy!"

However, her mother quickly interrupted her once she saw the hybrid, "Oh look, the mechanic is finally here!"

Buddy tilted his head at the girl, "Mechanic?"

Octavia sighed while rubbing the back of her neck, "I... Um, sorry about her. She's a bit...Overzealous when it comes to others. I guess she thinks you're the mechanic the driver called an hour ago." She looked at her friend awkwardly, "Can you please just roll with it?"

Buddy shrugged his shoulders with a smile, "Sure, I don't see why not." He turned to the broken part of the vehicle, "Don't worry, girls, I got this!"

He then strutted over to the separated wheel of the limo...

...Only to realize that he had no clue what he was doing while picking up the wheel. He turned it in his hands, "Aw come on, it shouldn't be THAT hard... It's just a limo. Hmmm... Aha!"

He then snaps his fingers, pulling up a small flame to rest on his finger. Unknown to him, Octavia's eyes widened at the flame.

The hybrid then pushes the wheel closer to the axis of the car and brings his fire closer to the metal. He begins to weld the two pieces together, his tongue sticking out of his mouth with his effort.

He then gets up and faces the girl with his hands on his hips, "Okay, ladies! Your carriage, er, limo has been fixed!"

Stella smiles while handing her daughter a stack of money, "Oh goodie! You sure know how to do your job, don't you? Octavia, darling, give this to the tall imp and we'll be on our way."

Octavia had shoved the large wad of cash into his hands, "If um... It wouldn't be too much trouble... Would you like to hang out with me sometime?"

Buddy raises an eyebrow at her before smiling, "Hm? Oh uh, sure!" He looked down the street, "Okay, I won't keep you here any longer. Have a good day, Octavia!"

The girl poked her head out while the limo started to move, "Sure thing! You too, Buddy!"

...

Eventually, the hybrid made it to the office. With the familiar Hellhound looking up from her phone, "There you are! Thought you were skipping out today or something." She almost immediately opened the portal for the hybrid.

Buddy dusts off his suit, "I know, I know! I got a little sidetracked, that's all!" He was about to step into the portal, "Wait, aren't you coming?"

The wolf folds her arms with a frown, "Not after the sh-tshow that happened last time! Give me a break, Buddy. Damn." She then waves her hand dismissively, "Now go, you can still catch them if you hurry."

The hybrid scratches the back of his head, "Oh uh, okay! Guess I wouldn't want to keep them waiting! Totally understandable, have fun in the office completely alone!"

With a wave goodbye, Buddy lands on Earth through the portal. He peers through the open field for the crew, only to see them running towards what looks to be a large mansion. He summons a flame in his hand before focusing on it, letting it fly around his body. His form shifts to resemble his human form, albeit with half his face still resembling his demon form. But most of the other side of his body resembles a human. He jumps next to his brother in order to spook him.

Moxxie jumps a little but recognizes the hybrid, "Still haven't gotten the hang of human form?"

Buddy shakes his head, "Nope, I'm close though!" He then raises his human looking eyebrow, "...Killing a rich capitalist?"

The smaller brother smiles evilly, "You bet we are!"

Blitzo shushes the two, "Ey, come on! Save the brother whatever sh-t for later!" He and Millie then dash over to the window, while Moxxie slides on his back. Moxxie peers through the window, followed by his bigger but younger brother.

Moxxie's eyes widen upon seeing the inside of the mansion, "Wow..."

Buddy, Millie and Blitzo then join him in looking through the window...

The interior of the room shows an old man lying on his bed, with an IV bag attached to him. A heart rate monitor sits on a shelf next to the IV bag, which is labeled 'Lyle Lipton.' A TV screen and video player sit at the other side of his bed, connected to the bed itself. He is holding a framed picture in his hands, looking at it sadly.

Moxxie frowns at the sight, "That machine really did a number on him."

Inside, Lyle kisses the picture with his hands trembling, "Goodbye... My one true love." He runs a finger down the picture lovingly before putting the frame down, revealing that the picture is actually a stock image of dollar bills with a 'Free Stock Photos' watermark over it.
He then grabs the tube from his IV bag and begins tying it, "All the riches of the world can't fill the emptiness I'm feeling now that my sh--ty old body can't do anything of value..."

Buddy tilts his head while outside the window, "Uhh... What's the protocol for this, Bossman?"

Blitzo waves his hand, "Oh, no protocol! This is fantastic! He's gonna do our job for us!"

Lyle finishes making a noose out of the tube, pulling the knot tight.

Moxxie shrugs his shoulders, "Should we go in there and make sure it's all tight for him?"

The old man is about to put the makeshift noose over his head while the assassins watch with soda and popcorn. The noose glows white and a ripple of force knocks the crew back.

Lyle's eyes adjusts to the light and sees four Cherubs floating down gracefully within three rays of light. One is a purple lamb with white freckles on his face and is wearing a long-sleeved light blue turtleneck with a periwinkle-and-white-striped bowtie. The one in the middle resembles a cartoonish human baby with ginger and is wearing a pair of coral overalls over a light yellow shirt with a white peter-pan collar, and periwinkle flats. The girl is a yellow sheep wearing a yellow dress with a pink hem and a large bow on the front, along with white frilly gloves and a pair of bloomers underneath her dress. The last is a golden lion with a brown mane, white hearts patterns on inside of his ears and is wearing a light blue long sleeved shirt, a periwinkle bowtie and dark blue overalls. He and the human baby looking one are the smallest of the group. All have golden halos and white dove wings. He gasps, "Oh lord, I'm being haunted by ugly orphan children now!"

All four assassins groan before they start recovering from the sudden blast of light. The blast is revealed to have burnt away Buddy's human form, turning him back into his demon form.

Buddy scratches his chin upon seeing the quartet, "Who are those guys?"

Moxxie's eyes widen upon seeing the opposing group, "Oh, no! Buddy, those are..."

The one resembling a baby smiles with his arms raised, "Cherubs, Mr. Lyle!"

Lyle picks up the cane next to his bed to start swinging it at the flying animals, "I hate filthy, stinking orphan children!"

The lamb dodges the cane, ""We're here to convince you not to kill yourself, sir. To grant you a blessing, on behalf of those in Heaven... Benefited by your amazing... Technological advances."

Blitzo narrows his eyes while looking through the window, "Oh, HELL NO!" He rolls up his sleeve, hoisting his flintlock pistol at the same time. He then marches in through the window, smashing the glass instantly, "Don't listen-"
Misjudging where the floor is in relation to the window, he face-plants onto the floor with multiple glass shards sticking out of him.

Buddy shakes his head before carefully stepping inside through the broken window. He starts to pluck the glass shards from his boss's body, "I gotcha, Bossman."

Moxxie enters through a door to the side of the window, "Lyle Lipton, it is our-" He glances at his brother and boss before looking back at Lyle, "...Humble opinion that you should continue the process to commit die."

Millie peeks her head next to her husband's with a smile, "I mean, what do you expect to do with all this money now you're old... And gross?"

The sheep gasps, "Is that a serious question?" She adjusts Lyle's bedsheets, revealing his wallet full of dollar bills. She lets her boss grab the wallet, "He can help spread his wealth around with the people of the world! And do so much good with it! And be so fulfilled!"
She then flies around, grabbing Lyle's wallet from the baby Cherub and happily throws the man's dollar bills in the air.

Lyle frowns at the two, "Nooooo!"

The lamb ruffles the top of the lion's mane, "He could pay for new hospitals and schools!"

The old grips his blanket, "Why won't you let me die?"

Blitzo appears beside him, "Oh, sounds like ya need help offin' yourself there, buddy!" His intern picked his head up at the name, which made him shake his head, "No, not you, Buddy." He then raises and lowers his shoulder towards his emplo, "Moxxie, what do we got for this fella?

Moxxie reaches into his coat and tosses a variety of weapons to Blitzo and Lyle, "I have some assault weapons, crossbow, hunting bow, Tommy gun, old-fashioned shotgun, revolvers in three colors, chainsaws, katanas-" They each catch an assault rifle, Blitzo also catching a crossbow with his tail.

The lamb shakes his head at the imp, He's classier than that!

Lyle points the assault rifle into his own mouth...

But then the lamb grabs a hold of the gun, "There are still plenty of reasons to live, Mr. Lyle!" He turns his head to politely asks for help, "Reese!"

The lion flies over to grab the rifle next older Cherub, "Coming! I got it, Collin!"

Millie puts her hands on her hips, "Yeah, right. Smells like he ain't been out of bed in months!" She sniffs Lyle before becoming visibly ill, and covers her mouth. She then holds Moxxie by the shoulder while she vomits on the floor. Moxxie pats his wife on the back.

The baby cherub does a flip in the air, "Life can be beautiful at any age!"

The yellow lamb pulls all three of her coworkers closer, "Cletus, Collin, Reese! We'll show him!"

The boy Cherubs all cheer, "Yeah!"

But Blitzo, Buddy, Moxxie, and Millie all yell, "NOOOOO!"

...

The four cherubs roll Lyle in his bed outside to a hill overlooking a forest and a lake.

Cletus gestures to the greenery, "Look around, Lyle. God's gift of nature is a wonder to behold, regardless of age! *winks* Or wealth!

Collin swings his arms to show off the lake, "If you were to end your life, you'd be missing aaaaaall of this!"

Blitzo appears in a tiger costume, "Mm-hm. You're gonna buy that load of sh-t from a baby and the sheep it f--ks?" He then does a suggestive gesture with his fingers, indicating sex.

Collin blankly stares in disbelief while Cletus gives a disappointed look. Reese covers his ears before looking at Cletus, "Boss, what's a f--k?"

Keenie covers her mouth and gasps, "That is so inappropriate!" She covers the eyes of the young lion, "Reese, honey, don't look! Just ignore him."

Millie, Moxxie and Buddy then all appear in cat costumes. The woman is in a pink cat costume while the man is in a tuxedo cat costume. The hybrid is in a lynx costume.

Millie flips a double bird with her hands, "Oh, kiss our ass, prude! What? Are you his momma or somethin'?"

Buddy's shoulders slump, "...I don't sound like that, do I?"

Moxxie puts his hand on his shoulder, "No, no you don't... Kinda."

Collin puts his hand on the lion's shoulder, "Hey! My brother is not anything like you!"

The older male imp raises an eyebrow at him, "...Brother?"

Reese smiles while flapping his wings happily, "Collin's my older half brother! My mom married his dad and now I'm interning at the same company with him!"

Buddy frowns while flapping his succubus wings in anger, "Aw come on!"

Blitzo shakes his head at the group. He then shoves Lyle aside in the face and sits next to him on the bed, "Aaaanyway, take it from me, a fellow genius. Nature is no picnic up close." He grabs a pair of binoculars out of nowhere to hand to the old man. Lyle looks through the binoculars and sees an adorable group of bunnies and squirrels together. The critters are suddenly torn apart and eaten by a pack of hungry wolves.]

Lyle gasps while looking through the binoculars, Ohhhh, noooo!

The flying lamb tries to tug his binoculars away from the human, "S-Stop looking!"

The old man holds onto the binoculars, "I CAN'T stop! I've never wanted to die more than I do now!"

A bear slashes one of the wolves to the ground. It raises a paw to attack but is then crushed by a falling tree, which was cut down by a beefy logger with a chainsaw.
A beehive lands on the man's head and he screams, flailing his head to get the hive off while also throwing his chainsaw into the air. The chainsaw comes back down, cutting both of the man's arms off and causing him to scream harder, before his body is skewered from behind by the antlers of a charging stag while lighting flashes dramatically.

Collin rubs the side of his head, "...I miss hanging out with Viola. This was my day off..."

Everyone freezes in horror however Blitzo is revealed to be faking it when he grins smugly.

Cletus frowns nervously, "Uh... Let's go check out someplace else!"

Millie and Moxxie fist bump with the paws of their cat costumes squeaking. Buddy pumped his own fist on his side.

...

Meanwhile, back at the office... Loona relaxed back in her chair with her phone in her hands. She scrolled on her phone with her thumb, "And now to doom scroll until they get back!"

Until suddenly, the door had opened.

The wolf shook her head with a grunt, "Hey, they're not here! Come back later!"

Suddenly, she heard what could only be the voice of children. Three different children to be precise. They seem to resemble crows.

A bird girl with ink black feathers and a pink frilly dress pointed at the wolf, "Oh! Look, Tenor! There's a Hellhound behind the desk!"

The smallest bird boy, dressed in a yellow court uniform jacket and white pants, smiled widely at Loona, "Ooooooh! She's pretty!"

The taller bird boy in the blue court uniform jacket jumped on her desk to speak to her directly, "Yeah, she is! Hey, lady! Have you seen another Hellhound around here? She's got brown fur and she's shorter than you!" He looks behind himself to see his siblings looking through a shelf, "We're playing hide and seek!"

The other boy picks up a nearby trash can before turning it upside down, spilling the contents. The girl starts pulling out several books out of the shelf.

Loona blinked at the eldest boy, "Huh?" She then turned her attention to all the children when the boy hopped back onto the floor to join them, "Hey! F--king brats! Look at this mess Buddy is going to have to clean up when he gets back!"

Right after her shout, a Hellhound with brown fur burst through the door on all four of her limbs. The underside of her fur was pure white with white eyes, the sclera was red. She had a metal collar around her neck, a white long-sleeved shirt and black overalls with a golden bow attached to the back. Her tail was long and white while the fur on her ears was rather long. She sniffed the floor before spotting the children making a mess.

The smaller Hellhound quickly grabbed the oldest boy by the arm, "I'm sorry! I am so sorry about this! They ran off when I wasn't looking for a second!" She then tilted her head upon seeing the other hound, "Wait... Loona, is that you?" Her long tail even began to wag.

The wolf hound's eyes widened upon recognizing the other, "Oh sh-t! Mellz?" She actually had a smile on her face, "Holy sh-t, that is you! I haven't seen you since..."

Mellz grabbed younger boy by the back of his jacket with her other hand, "The pound, haha! I know..." She then quickly let go, "Oh shoot! I'm not supposed to scuff that up!"

Loona shrugged her shoulders at her friend, "Sooooo, this what you've been doing all this time?"

The brown Hellhound quickly gave her her attention, "Oh uh yeah! I've, uh, been these kids' governess since I was adopted."

The taller hound's eyes widened at the news, "A governess! Well, don't you have a fancy title!"

Mellz shook her head with a frown, "Oh trust me, it's not actually all that glamorous. It's really just a fancy word for 'nanny.'" She quickly grabbed the girl by the back of her dress, with the child giggling. The shorter hound's ears dropped at the sound, "I take it you can see that they can be... A bit of a handful."

The eldest boy smiles giddily from behind his nanny, "Yeah! Mummy said she wanted a nice purse dog and Daddy said that he wanted a governess for all of us so they got Mellina!"

Mellz rubbed the back of her neck awkwardly, "They said they liked my 'unique pelt.'"

Loona tilted her head upon sitting on the ground, "Mellina? You changed your name?"

The smaller hound waved her hand, "Eh, not really. Their dad kinda changed it for me, said he didn't like how it sounded." She rolled her shoulders, a stress line obvious under one of her eyes, "But I don't mind all that much. It's not that big of a deal! You can still call me 'Mellz' if you want."
She gestured to each child from oldest to youngest, who smiled back at her, "These kids are Forte, Lyric and Tenor Ars Goetia."

The wolf smiled for a little bit, pointing at each of the kids, "Pffft, okay if you say so... Wow, Goetia babies. Okay, let me guess... The heir, the spare and the girl."

Lyric gasped before putting her hands on her hips, "Hey! Why was I the only one who was singled out?"

The taller hound let out a laugh, "Because it was funny." But then her ears suddenly jerked upwards and then flattened against her head when she saw the metal collar around her friend's neck, "Mellz, the f--k is that?"

Her friend's hand quickly came up to cover the collar, "I um..."

Loona stood over her friend, "No, don't try and hide that sh-t from me. Mellz..."

Mellz puts her hand down with her ears pinned to her head, "It's a... Shock collar." She then waved her hands in front of herself, "B-but they really don't use it that much! Honest!"

The taller Hellhound sighs in response, "Mellz..." She then puts her hands on the shock collar and starts to pull at it.

The brown hound tries to jump back but ends up not going anywhere, "Loona, what are you doing?!"

The wolf shrugged her shoulders while pulling at the device, "Trying to get this sh-t off you, duh! Hold still!" She digs her claws underneath the metal collar, making the red button glow.

The smaller Hellhound's eyes widen in realization, "Wait, that's really not a good-"

Suddenly, a blue electric shock ran through the smaller hound's body. She fell on the floor when Loona let her go, feeling pain course through her veins... The kids immediately hid behind the taller Hellhound, trying to ignore the sounds of pain coming from their nanny. When she stopped, she suddenly took a deep breath of air.

All the three children quickly run to her once they knew it was over, "Mellina!" "Mellina, are you okay?!" "Does it still hurt?!"

Mellz rubs her neck, still feeling a small static shock run through her fur, "No, no, I'm fine. It's okay now."

Loona hesitantly moves closer to her friend, "Mellz, I didn't mean..."

The smaller hound shakes her head, "Loona, really, it's okay! I should have warned you sooner! It... Does that if I try to take it off..." She then stands up upon seeing her friend's upset face, "I... Uh, I'm sorry. Come on, kids. Forte, Lyric, Tenor... It's time to go."

The kids begin to follow behind her, all with frowns on their faces. Lyric tugs at her dress, "Aw..." Forte stands up straight while walking out of the room, "Okay, Mellina..." Tenor waves to Loona before going through the door, "Bye bye, wolfie!"

Half of Loona's arm had flown through the wall, leaving a large hole in it's wake...

"...Sh-t."

...

Now back on Earth, in a shopping mall. Lyle is pushed through the door hard enough to destroy both it and part of the wall surrounding it when his bed made contact with it.
The old man gasps, "Oh, Lord! Where are we now?! Let me perish!"

Keenie shakes her head, "We're here to show you another thing life is worth living for!"

Reese extends his arms while flying next to her, "Childhood wonderment!"

Both Cherubs motion to a crowd of kids cheering by a sitting Santa Claus. One kid wears a 'Craft Mine' shirt while another eats a booger.

Lyle stares at the children, "Why... Look at those sweet, disease-ridden vermin. T-their joy comes from innocence, unspoiled by the burdens of adulthood... And their middle-class existence! Such simple joy they have. It is inspiring. Thank you for showing me this."

Blitzo yells from the other side of the mall, "Hey, dipsh-t!" He, Buddy and Millie are dressed as elves, while a grumpy Moxxie wears a Rudolph costume. They stand by Santa with a kid in his lap.

The boss of the imps grabs Santa's beard, "Wanna see whose lap you're sittin' on?" He then rips off the man's costume, 'Santa' is revealed to be an ugly, sweaty gnome wearing a "#Cuties" shirt and underwear, making a grunting noise. The kids all scream and run in terror. Lyle sobs like a baby as Collin and Keenie cover his eyes. A concerned Cletus pushes the bed away.

A boy runs away from the scene, "Santa's EVIL!"

Reese helps his boss push the bed, "Aw come on, it's my first day..."

...

Now in the woods, Lyle is next to a crude wooden sign reading 'LOVERS' LOOKOUT', a cartoon heart replacing the 'O' in 'LOVERS'. A small note underneath it reads 'I guess...'

The old man makes a disgusted face, "Egh! This place reeks of TEENAGERS!"

Cletus smiles at the man, "Lovers' Lookout, sir! We're here to remind you about possibly life's greatest joy of all!"

Lyle holds up creepy, trembling grabby hands, "Money!"

Collin smiles at the man, "No! Love!"

The old man shakes his head, "I've never been in love before. I imagine it's quite nice!"

The sheep continues to smile, "It's not too late, sir! You can still find-" He stops when they hear a loud coughing noise...

...They all turn to see the imps and the halfling arrive wearing wigs and dresses.

Blitzo has his hands on his hips, "HA! Nice try, ugly. Not even the half succubus here wants to have a turn with you."

Buddy makes a gagging noise, "Ew, Bossman!" He then shakes his head, "And I will say, this is NOT an appropriate place for 'love' in particular."

The boss nods his head at his intern and pulls out a megaphone, "Hey, horny lovers! Which one of you would F--K this old man?!"

All the cars speed away in an instant once. Lyle deflates, dejected.

Collin gets into Blitzo's face with a frown, "You know, you three are so utterly c-c-cruel! We're just trying to give hope to someone in need!"

Moxxie pushes his boss out of the way to get into the Cherub's face. He throws his hands around for emphasis, "Oh... and you three are so superior to us just because WE want some selfish, greedy, authoritarian capitalist to keel over DEAD!"

Buddy nods his head, "He's got a point!" Millie nods next to him with her arms folded.

Blitzo walks up to Moxxie with a spray bottle labeled 'P/SS', adjusts the nozzle, "You're makin' things too real now, Moxxie." He then sprays it into Moxxie's face, causing him to flinch away and hiss.

Reese flies next to the hybrid, "...I still want to know. What IS a f--k?!"

Buddy groans before rubbing his eyebrows in frustration, "You're f--king kidding me..."

...

Meanwhile in Hell, Octavia stands in front of her father's phone. The one in the kitchen that he used to call Blitzo to guard the family for their Loo Loo Land outing. She sighs upon picking up the phone number, "Okay... Just got to hope he doesn't mind that I'm calling right now..."

She pressed a button on the phone to redial the last number used for calls. Which was the boss imp's number. She played with the wire connected to the phone while waiting for the call to go through.

Back at the office, Loona nearly ripped the door off the hinges to get to her adopted father's phone. She yanked the phone up to her ear, "What?! He's not even here. Who's calling on this phone?!"

Octavia's voice is heard from the other side of the line. She jumped back in surprise before speaking softly into the receiver, "Oh... Um, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bother you. Are you okay?"

Loona rubs her eyebrows, "I... Ugh... Yeah, it's fine. I just... I got a lot on my mind right now. What do you want?"

The owlette plays with her fingers nervously, "Oh um! I wanted to speak to um... Buddy, if that is okay?"

The hellhound shakes her head while drooping one ear down in confusion, "Buddy? What do you need him for? Gotta special request for him to guard you or something?"

Octavia begins to speak more confidently, "Yes! Well um no, actually. I kinda... Forgot to give him my number earlier and we wanted to hang out..." She looked down at her phone, "Would it be okay if I leave my number with you to give to him?

The wolf shrugs her shoulders, "...I mean, I can just give you his number."

The owl widened her eyes in surprise, "What?! Doesn't that violate some sort of privacy rule that companies have?"

Loona lets out a chuckle, "Psssh yeah buuuuuut I give his number to random people all the time. It's hilarious to see him answer the calls and wonder how they even got his number. He ALWAYS picks up for some reason. Okay, here it's..."

Octavia smiles on her side of the line, "Wow...Thank you very much! I really appreciate you helping me."

The wolf shrugs her shoulders cooly, "Eh, don't mention it. Now get off the line before I kick you off."

The owlette lets out a laugh before hanging up her father's phone, "Haha okay! Please have a nice day!"

...

Back on Earth, inside of an auditorium. A woman dressed like a Viking sings opera on stage while wearing a fake unicorn on her lower torso. A well-dressed man plays a grand piano behind her. Reese's eyes begin to droop upon hearing the music. The Cherubs and the audience are also well-dressed, though Lyle only wears a bowtie over his simple, sweat-stained hospital gown.

Cletus gestures to the stage, "Behold! The wonder of art and music! Somethin' always there to comfort... Entertain... And live for!"

Up above the stage, the four assassins look down from a catwalk near the ceiling. Blitzo wags his tail in interest...

Millie tilts her head at the scene below, "So... How do we make this bad?"

Moxxie shakes his head, "We can't. There's literally nothing bad about opera. That's fact!"

Buddy smirks at his brother, "Yes we can! Besides, I'd argue metal is better."

The smaller imp put his hands on his hips, "Oh, we are NOT having this conversation again! Opera is the best!"

Blitzo then shakes his tail in Moxxie's face, "Unless we ruin it somehow!"
With a mischievous grin, the boss grabs the spotlight and moves it away from the singer. The singer pauses and follows the light to resume her song. Blitzo moves the spotlight again and the singer again pauses to follow it.

Lyle shakes his head while watching from the crowd, "She's not very good."

Blitzo chuckles softly and moves the light faster and faster around the stage as Lyle and the Cherubs narrow their eyes in suspicion. Blitzo wiggles the spotlight around aggressively, then gasps as he accidentally breaks it off entirely. The woman sings a final high note before the light crushes her on stage, smashing her to pieces and splattering blood all over the stage. The audience, Lyle, and the cherubs scream, while the pianist nervously tries to keep playing, his face drenched in sweat.

Buddy shrugs his shoulders at his boss, "Well, at least we made it bad!" He laughs when his brother frowns at him.

The four Cherubs fly angrily up toward the assassins.

Cletus shouts at the opposing group, "THAT'S IT! I HAVE HAD IT! You three monsters have messed with us enough!"

Collin folds his arms in anger, "D'ooh, we're just trying to do our j-j-job!"

Moxxie tightens his fists at his sides, "Well, so are we!"

Cletus waves his arms in the air, "EEENNNOOOUGH!"

All the Cherubs summon golden crossbows and aim them at the crew. Their leader shouts yet again, "We are saving that sh--ty old man's life, whether he wants it or not!"

Blitzo tilts his head for emphasis, "Well, someone wants that f--ker dead, m'kay? And he paid in advance, and I spent it all on this..." She reaches into his coat and pulls out a jewel-encrusted green horse figure wearing sunglasses and a 'MARE-AJUANA' cap, "...So he's gotta go!"

Buddy rubs his eyebrows, "...We REALLY have to talk about your spending habits, Bossman."

Reese smiles at the figure, "While I am still angry that you guys are ruining my first ever mission, I do think that is a cute horsie though!"

The hybrid shouts at the lion Cherub, "Oh, will you just shut the f--k UP?!"

Keenie flies into Buddy's face after Reese flinches from the shout, "You quiet that mouth of yours, hybrid! You all are such disgusting, loathsome beasts! Your kind is nothing but dirt that sh--ty dead people tread on! And now, you're trying to meddle with the lives of HUMANS?!"

Millie pushes Buddy aside to get into the girl Cherub's face, "So are you! So why don't you shut your trap, you judgmental..." She pulls Keenie by her necklace and snaps it back, "Cotton candy, t/t-havin' B-TCH?!"

The sheep then shouts in anger, "FILTHY DEMON CR-P!" She then tackles Millie to the ground.

Intense opera music plays while the fight scene begins. Keenie and Millie roll over in a fight. Cletus and Collin shoot golden arrows at Blitzo and Moxxie who run away, drawing their guns in the process. Reese stumbles upon firing his crossbow, nearly hitting Buddy in the head. Buddy lunges at him while taking a knife out of his inside pocket. Millie and Keenie roll off the catwalk. Moxxie sees them and jumps off of the catwalk, grabbing and swinging on a rope. He aims his pistol at Keenie, who is still fighting with Millie as they fall. Millie and Keenie exchange punches to the face. Moxxie aims up and fires at a rope which releases a sandbag. The sandbag slams into Keenie, separating her and Millie, and Moxxie swings over and catches Millie as Cletus and Collin chase them down, firing their crossbows. Reese flies away while Buddy chases him from the catwalk. Millie grabs Moxxie's face and they stare into each other's eyes with lustful grins. They make out as they swing above the stage, Millie pulling two machine guns out of Moxxie's coat and firing as they spin rapidly. Blitzo climbs onto a catwalk and spots Millie's bra and Moxxie's bowtie fly past him. Buddy covers his eyes upon seeing the sight. The bullets hit and kill various audience members in the first two rows, but they all miss Lyle.

Reese wipes sweat off of his forehead. He flaps his wings to get away from the hybrid, "Aha! You can't get me up here!"

Buddy flaps his own wings to lift himself into the air, "You're not the only one with wings, pussycat!" He holds the knife up while chasing the lion in the air.

The hybrid then suddenly heard his phone ring in his pocket, vibrating with much force. He dug his hand into his pocket to pick it up, revealing that his phone is now covered in a black otter box. But the phone nearly hopped out of his hands. He makes several swipes at it in order to keep it in his hands. He holds the device up to his ear while still flying in the air, "Hello! You've reached Buddy Knolastname!"

Octavia's voice is heard from the other side of the line, "Buddy! Hello! I'm sorry, are you busy?"

Buddy raises an eyebrow, "Octavia? Oh, hey! You found my number! Well, I'm a little busy dealing with this one lion dude but you can talk to me! Did you need something?"

The owlette shakes her head, "Oh um! No, I was just wondering if..."

The white haired halfling still flies through the air after the lion, "Wondering if what?"

The black feathered owl plays with her fingers nervously on her side of the line, "Would you, perhaps... I don't know... Accompany me to Stylish Occults one of these days? You don't have to guard me or anything, I mean! Unless you want to! I can pay you, if you want."

Buddy widens his eyes in surprise, "Oh! Well, do you want it to be like a hang out? Like friends do?"

Octavia nods her head, "Um... Yes!"

The hybrid smiles while he responds, "Sure! I'll take you there later after work today if you want!" He then tilts his head, "...Does that sound cool to you?"

The owlette plays with her hands, now with a smile, "Yes! Um, very cool! Thank you so much for accepting my invitation."

Buddy laughs while still flying, "Haha, okay! Sounds good! Buh bye now, gotta kick this cat's a-s!"

Octavia stops playing with her fingers, "Goodbye and good luck to you!" After hanging up the phone, the girl turned to pump her first, "Yes! Excellent job, Octavia! Oh boy, my first hangout with a friend! This should be fun!"

Back in the crowd, Lyle blinks in realization, "It's all starting to make sense now! Life is worth living because we only get one! We must cherish it! If creatures far beyond this living world are going through these lengths over my life, then certainly it's worth living! Killing myself is not the answer! Plus... I'm still rich! I can just buy all the things!" He pulls out two large wads of cash in triumph, "I NO LONGER CRAVE DEATH!"

The audience all clap happily for Lyle. Millie and Moxxie, who are still spinning while firing their guns and being chased by Collin and Keenie, accidentally shoot a woman in the audience in the eye, killing her instantly.

Buddy pounces at the lion Cherub with the knife in his mouth but misses. He takes the knife out of his mouth while he starts to fly again, "Almost got you that time, pussycat!"

This makes Reese turn to shoot wildly at the hybrid, nearly hitting his wing, "Just leave me alone, you big bully!"

Blitzo runs along the metal scaffolding with his flintlock pistol. He jumps onto a bit of scaffolding holding a few spotlights attached to the ceiling with a rope. He and Cletus point their weapons at each other. However, both end up dodging Reese's loose shots.
Both bosses shout at the intern pair, "Hey watch it! You can kill somebody!"

Blitzo then turns to attempt to fire but finds his gun empty, looking at it in shock. With a wide-eyed glance at Cletus, the tall imp throws the flintlock at Cletus' face.

The baby Cherub rubs his face in pain, "Oof! You f--ker!"

Momentarily blinded, Cletus recklessly fires an arrow, severing the rope holding up the scaffolding Blitzo is standing on and that Moxxie and Millie are swinging from. Buddy still chases Reese while they both fly underneath the scaffolding. The three Imps all fall with the metal scaffolding while is smashes onto the floor of the stage, narrowly missing the pianist and cartoonishly bending a board so it holds up the piano at an angle. Though it does pin Buddy's leg down when it lands.

The pianist is startled and stops playing, then straightens his bow tie, drops his stool down onto the stage, and uses it to drop down from the bent floorboard. The board then sends the piano flying through the air, breaking in the process. Blitzo, Moxxie, Millie, Buddy, Cletus, Collin, Reese and Keenie follow the piano with their eyes as it falls.
Lyle turns to see the piano flying straight towards him, screaming like a girl and scrambling out of his bed into a seat. Unfortunately for him, the piano suddenly shifts to his new location and crushes both him and a few corpses haphazardly shot and killed by the imp couple.

Buddy and the rest of the group are tied up, with the hybrid rubbing his hurt leg with his other leg. However, they all grin smugly.

Moxxie smiles while he sits tied up to Millie, "Well, well... Would'ya looook at that? You... Did our job... For us. Heh!"

The hybrid lets out a laugh with a smile, "Ahaha! What kind of performance was that?" He then flinches from the pain from his leg, "Ow!" Millie smirks and gives the cherubs two middle fingers with her arms still tied.

Meanhwile, the Cherubs all stare at Lyle's death in utter shock.

Reese gasps in realization, "Holy F--K! He's DEAD!"

Collin gasps in horror, "Ohhhh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my Gooood!

Keenie grabs Collin by the shirt and slaps him across the face a few times, "Get a hold of yourself, Collin! And do NOT use the Lord's name in VAIN!"

Cletus yells angrily while pulling at his hair, "THIS... ISN'T OVER!" He pulls the young lion with him.

Blitzo, Buddy, Moxxie, and Millie smirk as Keenie creates a portal to Heaven and the Cherubs fly through, only to be mysteriously repelled back.

The baby Cherub balls his fists, "WHAT THE?!"

A group of Cherubs descend from the clouds. The group composed of two bees, two sheep and Deerie, the leader.
The deer conjures up reading glasses and a clipboard, "Mmm, yeah, no, sorry, Cletus, but I'm afraid your actions resulted in the death of a human. I'm afraid you can't re-enter Heaven. Yeaaaah, noooo..."

All three Cherubs gasp, "WHAT?!"

Deerie shakes her head condescendingly, "Yeaaaah, mmmmm, sorry! Yeaaaah, no..."

Collin frowns while holding his brother, "Is there... Anything we can do?"

Deerie files her hoof with a nailfile, "Yeaaaah, nooo!" She then chuckles, "Noooo, no, no, no." She says 'no' while pointing her hooves at all four of them.

Keenie shakes her head quickly, "B-but, we didn't mean to! We'd never! It was all-" She points to the spot where I.M.P. was, only to find them gone. All four cherubs stare wide-eyed, Keenie's pointing hand trembling, whist the sound of a horrified woman screaming plays in the background.

Reese quickly falls to his knees while still flying, "But it's my first day! I'm only an intern!"

Deerie pokes his forehead with her hoove, "Noooooo, no no no!" She then shrugs her shoulders, "Anyway, sorry, guys. But those are the rules! Yeaaaaah. Byeeeeee!" She then waves happily before she and the group vanish through the portal.

Cletus tries to fly towards the portal, "Wait! But-"

But it closes before he could get there, which then makes the lead cherub break down and cry...

...

Now with everyone back in the office, Loona is relaxing back in her chair with an annoyed frown on her face.

Blitzo claps his hands together with a smile, "Welp, the old man wanted to live again and we didn't kill him, so we failed! Thanks to those f--kin' cherubs, he's probably up in Heaven now, so... It's a shame. All our client wanted was eternal revenge on his business partner. And now the two are forever separated and now we gotta face the fire of f--in' up."

Moxxie shakes his head, "Sir... When are you going to tell the client?"

The imp holds up his phone and points at it, "Oh, I already sent him a text and... We're in good hands, 'cause texts don't make people angry!"
On his phone, it shows that Loopty Goopty is called 'Lupis' in his contacts. The text from Loopty reads 'U fail, U die.', followed with Blitzo replying 'sorry' surrounded by emojis, with 'saxophone emoji' actually typed a line below.

Buddy shakes his head, "Bossman, I don't think that's how that works..." Moxxie looks worriedly to the wall behind him. He quickly scurries up onto his brother's shoulder while a metal escalator proceeds to crash into the office.

The client descendes down the escalator, "BLIIIIIITZO!"

Blitzo sweats worriedly, "Loofaaaaa! We can explain everything. I was-"

Another metal escalator crashes through the wall and nearly squashes the pair of brothers. The two scurry away to hide behind Millie. Lyle, now a mechanical demon with piano keys for teeth and a rolling ball in place of legs, arrives with a grin.

Both Blitzo and Millie shout in confusion, "Lyle Lipton?!" The country imp continues, "I don't understand. We thought you went to Heaven?"

Lyle shakes his head, "Heaven?! You don't make millions in technological advances in robotics by NOT experimenting on the poor!" He then laughs evilly.

Loopty smiles before placing his hand on the man's shoulder, "Oh, you no-good, HEARTLESS son of a B-TCH!" He then turns to Blitzo, "Thank you for reuniting me with my best friend!"

Lyle smiles back at his friend, "The only question now is what do two old genius robotic inventors do now that we're in Hell?"

Another tall imp, Wally Wackford, crashes through the ceiling, "Did someone say, I say, inventors?! Name's Wally Wackford, and I am lookin' for creative new people to exploit!" He realizes what he said and twirls his mustache, "I mean, employyyyy!"

The boss shouts in anger, "Everyone, STOP F--CKING UP MY WALLS! Buddy's gonna have to fix all this sh-t!

Buddy groans while putting his brother down from his shoulders, "Aw what! But I can't fix a whole wall!"

Blitzo hums at him, "Oh come on, you're the intern here, Buddy! No complaints!" he then shakes his head at the three non employees, "First we deal with Heaven's table-scraps, now this?"

Wally starts to chuckle, "I guess... You can say, you say, you have a... Holey operation here, Blitzo!" He then slaps his knee and laughs. Loopty scratches his neck awkwardly at the scene.

The long horned imp frowns at the group, clearly unamused, "Get out."

However, Wally continues laughing and doubles over onto the floor. Lyle and Loopty glance at each other awkwardly. The imp continues to laugh, "Oh! I say, oh!"

The boss yells in frustration, "No, I'm serious. Get the F--K OUT!

Loopty, Lyle, and Wally all look at Blitzo, shocked and surprised by his sudden rage. But then the three quickly left the room in order to

Loona then enters the room with a shrug, "Are you guys finally done? Buddy, I got a hole in the lobby for you to fix."

Buddy rubs his eyebrows, "Man! The lobby too? What is with today?" He walks into the lobby and his eyes widened upon spotting the hole, "Woah! What happened?! Did you get into a fight or something?"

The hellhound shakes her head at him, "Oh f--k off and fix it, Buddy!"

The hybrid jumps away from her, "Woah! Uh... Okay... That seemed odd." He then whispered to his brother, "But uh... I'm still not a contractor..." His eyes then widened upon looking up at the clock, "WAIT! What time is it?! I gotta go!"

The half succubus hastily picked up a picture from another wall to cover up the large hole, "I'll fix it later! Promise!"

...

Soon enough, Buddy found his way to the 'Stylish Occults' building... He spotted the owl girl standing near the entrance, "I'm here!" He then dusted off his suit upon getting closer to her, "I'm here! Phew... I'm sorry! Were you waiting long?"

Octavia quickly shook her head, "No! No, it's okay! I just got here a few minutes ago."

The hybrid let out a sigh, "Phew, that's great. Uh... Come on, you can show me around."

The girl smiled at her friend, "Oh, I'd love to!" She then opened the door, "Come in, come in!"

The pair walked into the store, with Octavia greeting the cashier behind the counter. An imp woman with tattoos littering her arms smiled at the duo.

The owlette gazed around, showing off various creatures to her new friend. A squirrel with horns, a beaver with sharp teeth, a raccoon with spikes littering it's back... She poked at one with beaver teeth, her finger pushing into the fur to how how soft the animal was now that it was stuffed. Buddy nodded his head while listening to her, even poking the creature himself...

Eventually, the imp behind the counter brought out a dead rat and placed it on the table. She narrowed her eyes while getting her tools out, which involved a knife, a pair of scissors, etc...

Octavia's eyes widened upon seeing the imp pick up the knife, "Oh, come here! She's gonna start the process! The first cut is the fun part!"

Right after she said that, the imp behind the counter took a knife out from the group of cutlery. She then slowly dug the knife into the creature's chest, slicing it open for the pair to gaze at. Buddy's eyes widened at the sight of the knife cutting into the animal...

However, despite the freaked out face, Buddy did smile at the scene. Slowly but surely, he smiled at his new friend's interest...