(Intro starts, Ready to Play by Club Player)

This is a dream world, we're living in.

Junior is seen sitting on a couch in the IMP break room, polishing his guns.

Every move feels like a beginning.

Junior is then seen sitting in the meeting room with the others, sharpening his scythe with with a sharpening stone.

I can't believe my eyes.

Blitzo is standing before them with his hands behind his back.

I'm feeling so alive.

Blitzo slams an order form and a photo of the target on the table.

All the colors in overdrive.

Everyone looks at the photo and Junior smirks a bit.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Game time, game time.

Junior stand up and twirls his scythe in his hands.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Aim high, aim high.

Millie and Moxie stand up, ready for action while Loona lazily gets up and rolls her eyes.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Game time, game time.

Loona sends a look to Junior, sending a small smirk at him while Blitzo comes to Junior with a smile on his face.

Power up, here we go.

Junior lifts his scythe before swinging it, opening a portal to the mortal realm.

Are you ready to play?!

The group stands before a castle in London, England.

Are you ready to play?!

The group charges into the castle though a back door, leaving a two dead guards on the floor.

Get ready. The world's at your finger tips. There's nothing like this.

They make it to the master bedroom and see group of guards before them.

Are you ready to play?!

The guards point their weapons to Junior and the others, ready to kill them to defend their king/queen.

The future's today!

IMP gets ready to fight, Moxie pulling out a shot gun, Millie pulling out a mace, Blitzo pulling out a flintlock gun and dagger, and Loona growls and bares her fangs.

Get ready. The world's at your finger tips.

Junior smirks at the guards before pulling out one of his guns.

Are you ready to play?

Junior shoots the bullet at the screen in a flash of light.

(End of Intro)

10:25am.

Normally a work day would start by assembling at the office and waiting for the next assassination job to come in front a client or Blitzo, but today was different. Instead of doing their job, the group was told that they would be taking a few days off for an event in the Wrath Ring. Junior was there once for his mom's 36th birthday, but now they were going for the Harvest Moon Festival. Junior offered to pay for a place to stay but Millie stopped that idea when she said they would be staying at her parents' farm right in the town where the Harvest Moon Festival was. The van pulls up to Rough N' Tumbleweed Ranch, where they are met by two imps. One was a burly male imp with white hair and a matching mustache with black and white curved horns and white marks on his left shoulder, probably a tattoo. He wore a sleeveless black vest over a brown top, a black belt with silver buckle, and grey pants with black boots. 

The one next to him was a female imp that had a striking resemblance to Millie. Though she was covered with more white spots than Millie, along with more wild hair. She wore a white shirt with rolled up sleeves, gardening gloves on her hands, faded blue jeans, no shoes which revealed her red hooves, and a crimson ascot around her neck. 

Millie ran out of the van, wearing a new outfit to match the town setting in the form of a rip red open vest, black tube top, and black shorts with tears in them.

"Mama! Daddy!" Millie said in glee while running to her parents.

Millie's father caught Millie in a hug and spun her around before putting her between him and her mother.

"YEEHAW! It's great to see you again, Millie! How you been my deadly little pumpkin spice?" he asked as he tussled Millie's hair.

"I've been doing good, pa. And again, thanks for letting us stay for the harvest festival." Millie said to her father and mother.

"It's no trouble, sweetie. We know "freelance" don't make as much as it used to." Millie's mother said with air quotes.

"We're doing just fine, ma. Better even thanks to our newest employee and friend." Millie said to her mother.

"And who would that be?" her mother asked curiously.

Smirking at her mother, Millie just jerked her thumb to van as everyone got out in clothes to match the area. For Junior, he was wearing a black flannel plaid shirt, a black undershirt with a hood, blue jeans, and his normal black boots.

"Ma, Pa, say hello to the heir to the Grim Reaper, Grim Junior." Millie said as Junior nodded to them.

"Hello, ma'am. Sir." Junior said to them.

"Lord reaper!" They said with respect with deep bows before standing up straight.

"Lord Reaper, I cannot say enough how much of an honor it is to have you staying with us for the festival! I'm Millie's mother, Lin, and this is my husband Joe." Lin, Millie's mother, said as she introduced her and Joe.

"Nice to meet the parents of one of the best people I know." Junior said as he shook hands with them.

"Darn tootin!" Millie said as she hugged Junior before going to her husband, who was struggling with the luggage and wearing a light gray dress shirt with a gray vest, grayish-blue jeans, and red-highlight black imp boots a. "And you remember, Moxxie?"

Millie pushed Moxxie to them as they had a look of disappointment towards their son in law.

"Greetings, Lin. Joe. How have things been? Nothing too bad I assume, even with the usual Pyro-nado sometimes, I assume." Moxxie said to them.

"We lost one of her farmhands just last week to one. Damn terrors." Joe bitterly said, hating losing a good man to one of those flame tornadoes.

"Oh!" Moxxie said, embarrassed. "I'm so sorry, sir."

"Hey! I'm the Sir here, fucko!" Blitzo shouted from behind.

Turning back to the van, everyone saw he and Loona were standing beside the van. Blitzo was wearing a dress shirt with rolled up sleeves, a cowskin vest, and his normal pants and boots with suspenders. Loona was currently on her phone while wearing a black tank top, red flannel shirt with torn off sleeves, and dark shorts with red edges.

"Oh yeah. Can't forgot to introduce you to our boss, Blitz, and his hellhound." Millie said with a smile.

"Hey, I'm not just some hellhound!" Loona said as she put her hands on her hips.

"Yeah, she's daughter!" Blitzo said as he hugged Loona closely, making her blush.

"And my girlfriend." Junior said as he walked up to Loona and kiss her right check, making her blush harder.

"Howdy." Lin and Joe said with smiles.

Loona nodded back and pulled out her phone as they walked over to Joe and Lin, with Blitzo pushing Moxxie to the fence post!

"Ow!" Moxxie said in pain.

"Nice to meet the sperm and egg factory that popped out one of my best employees! You raised a sturdy bitch!" Blitzo said as he raised his fist to them.

"Did you really have to call Millie a bitch, Blitz?" Junior asked as he turned to Blitzo.

"It's was a compliment, Junior. You soul reaping bastard." Blitzo said with a thumbs up.

"Hehehehe." Joe chuckled as he looked lovingly at his wife before shaking hands with Blitzoø. "That we did Blitz, nice name by the way."

"Yeah, reminds me of war." Lin said fondly as she held her chest.

"Yeah, nothing like a little war to make a strong man!" Joe said as he flexed his right biceps.

"I think you'd get along nicely with my mom." Junior said as he crossed his arms.

"The Reaper's wife?" Joe asked.

"Yeah. I have seen her rip off king of Olympus' head with one bare hand while immediately crushing his nuts with her other barehand." Junior said with a small shiver.

It was an impressive but scary feat.

"Oh damn! That's brutal!" Blitzo said as he held his crotch and winced in phantom pain.

"Hahaha! Now that is amazing!" Lin said with admiration for Mandy. "That's the way a warrior woman should battle!"

After recovering from the push from his boss, Moxxie came over and decided to give his input.

"You know, more battles were won with technological warfare. I've researched the weaponry used in these battles excessively and it's inspiring. For example, the Wrath Ring is known for having the biggest deposit of left behind Holynium than anywhere in Hell and the guns forged by it changed the landscape of Hell's combative..." he said, giving his extensive knowledge of tactical warfare until he saw their reactions.

Joe and Lin look at him confused, Blitz just stares at him, Junior looked at him with interest and gestured for him to continue while Millie was signaling him to stop.

"I mean...war is fun!" he said dumbly to try and save face while Junior just shook his head.

'I really wanted to hear more about those fire arms.' he thought.

"Guns get the job done. . But a man ain't nothing if he ain't willing to fight up close and personal with bare hands." Joe said as he lifted his hands and shut them into fists.

Blitzo made fun of Moxxie some more after this as Junior groaned, but thought back to when he had to fight with his hands and his scythe.

'It's been a long time since I fought with my fists. And it did feel good beating HIM with my scythe and my bare, boney hands.' Junior thought as he looked over his hands, thinking back to the wounds he got from the fight.

"Speaking of hands, you all should our newest farm hand." Joe said before turning and shouting to his left. "HEY STRIKER!"

With a few whip cracks heard, a massive black horse with four eyes and a flaming mane stopped in front of the group and neighed deeply. The rider was an imp around the same height, maybe even taller than Blitz. He had faded red skin, bright yellow eyes with gold rings in them, a small black mustache on his lip, and white hair with upward pointing black and white striped horns. His tail had 3 black stripes at the base, with 6 spines lined up on them, and one on his tail fork. This imp wore a brown sun hat and cowboy boots, along with a light red scarf around his neck. He also had a black shirt having a dark navy vest, on top is a light gray jacket having black cuffs, his pants which are also light gray are shown to be ripped by his thighs, and was holding a straw of wheat in his mouth.

"Well, howdy! Welcome to Rough N' Tumbleweed Ranch, the gnarliest ranch this side of Ornerington." Striker said as he smile, showing a gold tooth in his mouth.

Though they had never met until now, Junior just got a bad feeling from this imp. An almost familiar feeling he got from HIM whenever that red fuck smile sadistically, which was all the time until Junior killed him. Striker is giving off this exact same feeling, the same chill of malice.

'Better keep a close eye on him.' Junior thought as Striker got off his horse and walked up to Millie.

"Well, if I had to guess, you must be the famous Mildred that Joe and Lin talk about. Heard a lot of good things about you little lady." he said as he shook hands with Millie, who giggled at his charm. "What are y'all doing all the way out here? Freelance finally gone dry?"

"Oh. Freelance isn't free, it's. . nevermind. We're doing very well thanks to our dear friend." Millie said as she gestured to Junior, who stood from a distance from Striker.

"Well, I'll be. Is that the grim reaper?" Striker asked as he took the straw out of his mouth.

"Maybe." Junior said with a shrug.

"Well it's truly an honor to meet you and you don't have to wear that hoodie, you don't gotta hid yourself here." Striker said as he held his hand out to Junior.

"Thanks for the advice but I prefer to keep it on, it's a family thing." Junior said as he shook hands with Striker. "Anyway, we're just gonna be here for the festival. Our boss's associate invited us."

"Plus he's his boyfriend!~" Millie said as she held her hands together.

"Millie, I am not above hitting a woman in front of her mama and daddy." Blitzo warned her for the teasing.

"You hit her, I chop your dick off. We're her parent's guests." Junior said to Blitzo.

Flinching from the threat Junior gave him, Blitzo put his hands up while Loona chuckled at him.

"Boss huh? So you must be the hotshot imp that started up his own killing business?" Striker asked as he turned to Blitzo

"Yeah, that's me. Name's Blitz. I thought if you're good at something, you should probably capitalize on it." He said with his confidence back.

"Not many Imps got what it takes to start their own business. That's mighty impressive, Blitz." Striker said with a finger bang and a wink.

"Well, yeah. I-I guess is impressive ain't it." Blitzo stammered as he shook hands with Striker, surprised he would be so impressed.

"So how did you manage to con that fancy blue blood to get you to the surface if you don't mind me asking?" Striker asked as Blitzo grew nervous again.

"Oh well you see it's complicated but don't worry about it. Let's just say we came to an agreement that...works yet fucks both of over in a certain way." Blitzo said as his employees held back their laughter as they knew the REAL deal between their boss and Stolas.

"You know, you boys should enter the harvest pain games." Joe said as he pointed to Striker, Blitzo, and Junior.

"Pain games?" Junior asked with a raised 'brow.'

"Games? What games? I'm in!" Blitzo said with excitement as he marched up to Joe.

"It's a competition we hold every harvest festival to see how the roughest, toughest bastard in all of the Wrath Ring." Lin said with excitement while Millie pouted.

"Wish I could play." Millie said as she looked away.

"Now Millie, you know you get too competitive. The last time you played in the pain games, there were 15 funerals afterwards." Lin said as she walked to her daughter.

"I only cause 9 of those! Why does Sallie May still get to compete?!" Millie said as she crossed her arms and scrunched her face up in a bigger pout.

"Because your sister doesn't have a head count around the neighberhood." Lin said to Millie, who scoffed at this.

"Yes she does!" Millie complained as her sister and little brother walked behind them, the former holding a rope and bag while the latter dragged a dead corpse.

Sally May is a rather tall Imp, roughly around the same height as Blitzo. She has a white streak over the eye that shows and long dark hair like her sister covering the other, though she has a splotch of white hair coming from beneath her red bandanna. Her horns are designed with thick white stripes like her father's. She wears tan short shorts and matching heeled boots, along with ripped black leggings and a black crop top with various tears in them.

(Fun fact: Male imps have horns horns with thick white lines while female imps have thin white lines, meaning Sally May is transgender.)

"Doesn't count if they don't find the bodies!" Sally May sung to her sister as Millie growled at her.

"Hmm. . not that it's my place but mom actually praises that Minnie and I have collected quite the head count before joining I.M.P." Junior said to her to try and cheer her up. "Be proud of it, it shows how strong you are."

"Lucky!" Millie said as she went back to pouting.

"Sorry, baby, but you can still root for your sister and brothers. And you boss and lord reaper too." Lin said as she turned to Junior. "If that's alright with you to participate."

"It's fine by me. I am interested in these games, they might be fun." Junior said with a shrug.

"You know, she can also cheer for me." Moxxie said with a "cool" smile as he got his mother-in law's attention.

"AHAHAHAHAHAHA! Joe laughed loudly, slapping his knee before looking at Moxxie, who was serious. "Wait, you're serious boy?"

"Yeah, why not me?" Moxxie asked before Lin elbowed him in the ribs.

The hit caused Moxxie to recoil and cough as he held his ribs.

"Sorry boys, but I doubt a sensitive thespian type like yourself would last very long in the games." Joe said as he walked up to Moxxie.

"What? I was born here too." Moxxie said before using an accent, "I have some fight in me."

"Fight huh? Well if you got some fight in you, how bout you rough up that hellhog for dinner?" Striker asked as he jerked his thumb to a hellhog.

A burly looking pig with black tusks, black horns, and strange red eyes covering what appears to be a shell body.

"Hmm, piece of cake. This will be quick." Moxxie said as he reached to pull out a gun before Striker stopped him.

"Uh Uh, little man. You gotta use these." Striker said as he gave Moxxie a red knife and a lasso. "Bullets can pierce its shell, you gotta get on it and pry yourself an opening."

"Oh! Hehehe, thanks." Moxxie said as he walked to the pig.

Watching as Blitzo gave him a terrible pep talk, Junior couldn't help but get a bad feeling from this. Something wasn't right and that feeling only increased when Moxxie managed to get a hold of the pig with the rope and tried to stab it but he couldn't pierce the shell. The hellhog didn't like this as it began bucking wildly as a Moxxie held on for dear life.

"This is beautiful." Loona said as she began recording the show.

"You got this, Mox!" Blitzø cheered before whispering to Loona. "Send me a copy of this."

This wasn't looking good and it was only going to get worse as Striker looked like he was going to cut in.

"MOXXIE!" Junior shouted, causing Striker to pause as everyone turned to him. "FLIP IT OVER! GO FOR THE SOFT UNDERBELLY!"

Flipping the hog onto its back, Moxxie rose up and slam the knife into its chest through the heart as the hellhog squirmed as it slowly died.

"I...I did it! I killed it!" Moxxie said with a smile as Millie cheered for him and Junior nodded with a smile.

"Nice job, buddy." Junior said as Striker scoffed at it.

"Yeah, with your help. Nice eye, kid." Striker said as he hopped over the fence and went to the hellhog, picking it up. "This little imp wouldn't have had a chance without your advice."

Smirking down to Moxxie and ruining his victory, Striker moved back to the edge of the fence and gazed at Junior.

"Had to help your buddy, huh?" He asked him.

"Yeah, I did. It's what friends do. Got a problem with that?" Junior said as he narrowed his eyes at him.

"Not at all, just seems like a waste of time if he can't do I something like this himself." Striker said back before looking to Blitzo. "Hey boss man, wanna help the men skin this beast for dinner?"

"Oh hell yeah! I am down to skin the manly meat with the manliest of men." Blitzo said as he stretched his suspenders a bit.

"That's what she said." Loona said while looking at her phone.

"She said? Wait, what bitch is talking about me, huh?!" Blitzo as the group made their way into the farm house.

Lagging behind the group, Junior focused his gaze on Striker and narrowed his eyes at him. This feeling didn't stop about the rattle snap like imp and it wasn't going to anytime soon. Good think he can summon his guns or scythe anytime he wished if this shifty looking bastard tried something.

'I'm keeping an eye on you, you rattlesnake imp. Try anything and you're dead.' Junior thought as he followed the group into the house for dinner.

-Timeskip, 2 hours later.-

In the town square, a crowd of imps gather around a stage in the festival grounds as Wally Wackford speaks into a mic on stage as two guests were sitting under a tent.

"Welcome, I say welcome all to the Wrath Ring's Annual Harvest Moon Festival and to her annual Pain Games! To kick things off, we have the great Prince Stolas Goetia and Princess Chi of Aku City here to usher in these Pain Games!" Wally said to the crowd.

"Chi?" Junior said in surprise, among the crowd for the games and watched as Stolas and his old friend walked to the microphone.

The Grim Family had meet the Goetia family long ago, so it had been some time since Junior had seen Stolas. He was an anthropomorphic owl demon. He is tall, with an owlish beak and two pairs of narrow red eyes with no visible irises or pupils. He has blue and dark blue feathers with white and gray accents. He has a tail of blue feathers with darker blue tips that reach his feet, and a lighter gray-blue puff of fur on his chest. From the neck up, his feathers fade from blue to darker blue, and his face stands out in a white heart shape. His arms and legs are black, and instead of shoes, his limbs are tipped with owl claws. He is often seen wearing a feathery top hat with a regal gold crown on its front. He also wears a red tunic with six golden buttons, gray trousers, and a plush burgundy surcoat with a white fur collar and puffed striped sleeves.

Meanwhile with Chi, Junior saw that she had grown into a lovely young woman with an hourglass figure to match his mother's. Her red hair now reached her ass and now had a pink flower in the side. Her clothes were a black coat over a pink dress with a ribbon around her neck and beige sandals. 

(Add black coat.)

A casual look for an event such as this but Junior remembers that Chi didn't care much about what others think, she was always confident with her body and looks. It was nice to see her after so long and see she looked well.

"How kind, Mr. Wackford." he said as as he took the microphone from Wally. "Greetings, tiny demons of Wrath. I and my associate welcome you to the celebration of the spoils from your labor that continue to feed the denizens of Hell. I'm happy to kick off these games to challenge the toughest imps to prove their skill and dominance."

Handing the microphone to Chi, the woman of a geisha face and charcoal skin spoke in a soothing voice.

"Good luck to all of you and may the best of the best win." Chi said as she looked over the crowd before seeing a familiar face in the audience, causing her to gasp a bit before smirking. "But I have a feeling that some of you will do MUCH better than others."

Junior just chuckled as that was obviously directed at him as everyone got ready for the games to begin. while the crowd watching from the stands waited in anticipation. A gun shot into the air to give the signal as the crowd of imps took off running with Moxxie being slowly overwhelmed and run over. A wall climb over a moat was first as Striker climbed up the fastest until Blitzo came and jumped over him. Striker smirked at the challenge as he jumped to catch up. Moxxie was having a difficult time trying to climb it and almost falling off into the moat until Junior grabbed him by the tail and jumped over the moat.

"Stay sharp, Mox!" Junior said as he ran, putting Moxxie down to run himself. "I can't always have your back!"

"I know and thanks!" Moxxie said as he pulled ahead of Junior.

The next game was hog tying duals and Blitzo lost to Striker, blushing in embarrassment as Striker hit on some female imps. Moxxie was cornered by a large imp while Junior was facing off against two speedy imps but managed to out maneuver them.

The third game was team tug of war over a moat; Junior, Striker, Blitzo, and Moxxie were facing off against against 4 other imps. Junior's group won easily but he had to save Moxxie against from being knocked into a moat.

The final game was mud wrestling as Blitzo and Striker were evenly match, Junior used some roman wrestling moves on his opponent, but Moxxie was overwhelmed by a group of imps dogpiling him. He was imbedded into the mud before they got off him but as they did, a demon shark came on land and dived at Moxxie with an elbow drop!

"MOTHERFU-" Moxxie screamed before Junior jumped, tackled the shark in the air and shifted to suplex the shark into the mud!

Once the games ended, Wally Wackford jumped onto the stage with Stolas and Chi watching from their tent.

"I say, I say! We have a new, unexpected winner for the Pain Games! Let's all give a warm, ravenous hand for our winner, Grim Junior!" Wally called out as he gestured to the left side of the stage, where Junior was standing with his hood still up.

'I really didn't expect to win but, I'll still accept the win.' he thought as he walked onto the stage, seeing Stolas clapping for him and Chi smiling at him with a nod.

As Junior received his award, the three imps of I.M.P. were in the stands with Millie treated some of Moxxie's wounds while Blitzo was eating some cheese on a stick.

"Good for Junior, he really worked hard for that reward." Millie said with a smile.

"Yeah, he does. Even after helping me most of the time, he still won." Moxxie said with a smile, having less wounds than he should've if Junior didn't save him a few times. "And at least Striker didn't win."

"Whoo! That's my man!" Loona cheered as she stood up from her seat.

Chi chuckled from the cheer as she gave Junior his medal, glancing towards Loona from the stage.

"I see you found a new sleeping partner." Chi said to him.

"Yeah, I have." Junior said back with a nod, smiling friendly at Chi. "What about you? You found someone new since we ending things?"

Junior and Chi had a little history, dated a few years ago before they decided to end things respectively. True, they decided to stay friends, but a small part wanted them to work things out. Sad it wasn't meant to be.

"A boyfriend and girlfriend here and there, not a permanent one but I'll keep looking." Chi said before giving him a kiss on the cheek. "For old times sake."

This surprised Junior, got hoots and hollers from the crowd, and a growl from Loona at how much they were reacting. It only came to an end when Striker came up to the stage with a black guitar in his hands.

"In honor of the champion here, I'd like to dedicate this song I just wrote to him." he said as Moxxie groaned loudly, yet another thing Striker was good at.

Junior hugged Chi before he headed off stage, feeling Chi slip a note into his hand.

"Ask if your girlfriend is interested in a threesome." Chi whispered to him, a flame for Junior still in her heart.

Junior chuckled at bit as he walked off to sit with I.M.P., slipping the note in his pocket.

"Same old Chi." he said to himself as Striker began his song for Junior.

"Sweet victory, I smell the smell. From up in stinkin' Heaven to the rugged rocks of Hell." Striker sang as the crowd went wild, mostly the female imps as Junior sat with his friends. "Sweet Victory."

"What was that?" Loona asked with a frown.

"Nothing, just a little rewards from an old friend." Junior said as he put his arm around Loona, holding her close. "Don't worry about it, I'm with you and only you."

This helped calm Loona as they continued to embrace, ignoring the song until Striker looked towards the group.

"And guys like Moxxie, go fuck yourself!" he said, making the imp that tried his best cry in anger and leave. "Did you hear something? It was just the wind."

After his song finished, everyone cheered for Striker as Junior just shook his head at him. He didn't need a song to commemorate his win and he didn't need this jackass insulting his friends in front of him. After making their way back to the farm house, Junior decided to help Millie's family with loading some jack-o-lanterns into a truck. They said he didn't need to help but he insisted, he was happy to help them if he could. Meanwhile with Moxxie, he was currently upstairs in the house. He was originally going to sulk in Millie's old room until a light from Striker's room caught his attention. Letting his curiosity get the best of him, Moxxie entered the room and saw an open case on the rattle imp's bed. The sight of what lied inside the case mad Moxxie gasp as it was a rare black and white firearm with a red lens scope that glowed with holy light.

"Oh sweet crumbs! A genuine carmine crafted blessing tipped rifle!" Moxxie said as he dragged his hand across it. "How- how in the fuck did Striker get a gun this dangerous?"

"Why don't you ask me yourself?" a voice said, making Moxxie turn around to see Striker leaning against the doo with a straw grass in his mouth.

"AHH!" Moxxie screamed before composing himself. "Striker! Wh-why do you have this-this gun? You are aware this kind of weapon in capable of-"

"Killing demon royalty?" Strike answered the smaller imp.

"Yes, that." Moxxie said as Striker smirked at him.

"I know." He said before tossing his straw grass away, before shutting his door. "That's kind of the point."

"Okay. Well I'm...relatively concerned to why you have this but I'm also glad my instant dislike of you has been validat-" Moxxie was cut off as Striker wrapped his tail around his neck and threw him into the wall.

Striker chuckled before walking over to Moxxie and choking him, grinning maliciously as Moxxie squirmed under his grip. Thinking fast, Moxxie kicked a desk and knocked over lamp onto Striker. The sound and pain was enough to notify someone and let Moxxie try to escape until Strike caught him again, this time from behind so Moxxie couldn't escape.

"Hmph, pathetic." Striker said as he watched Moxxie slowly stop resisting, dying in his arms, until a sharp pain pierces his back! "AAAAAH!"

Moxxie was conscious enough to see that one who caused that pain was his wife as Millie kept stabbing Striker in the back until he slammed her into the wall to break her stabbing arm.

"Huh?" Junior let out as he looked towards the house, pausing from the scream as he was about to pick up another jack-o-lantern. "What was that?"

Looking towards Millie's family, Junior excused himself as he went to investigate the noise and headed for the front door. He placed his hand on the door before his foot stepped in something, looking down to see some black blood on the floor and by his knowledge, only imps had black blood!

'Something isn't right!' Junior thought as he looked to see a trail of blood leading around the house, following it to see Striker walking away from the cellar with a smug look on his face.

Junior waited around the corner to make sure he was gone before heading over the cellar doors and finding it locked with chains.

"Striker, what have you done?" Junior asked before he summoned his scythe and slice the chains apart.

Throwing the doors open, Junior saw Moxxie and Millie in the cellar with the female having her leg in a bear trap!

"Junior!" they called out as he rushed to them.

"What happened?" He asked them.

"Striker happened! I saw something strange coming form his room and I went to investigate. Turns out he's got a blessing tipped rifle that can kill royal demons!" Moxxie said as Millie and Junior looked shocked.

"Kill royals?!" Junior said before gasping. "Stolas and Chi! He's going to use it on them! We have to stop him!"

"You two better get going! I'll be fine!" Millie said as she began to pry open the bear trap holding her leg.

"Millie, at least let me fix you up. I know healing magic!" Junior said to her.

"Just go! OR else our benefactor and your friend at gonna die!" Millie shouted at them, saying they were more important then her injuries right now!

Junior and Moxxie ran back into the house to Striker's room as Junior made them both invisible, this would help them get the drop on the bastard imp. The duo arrived at the room to see Blitzo holding a gun to Striker from behind, stopping him from shooting the holy rifle!

'Blitz!' They thought in relief as they watched Striker set the rifle aside and try to convince Blitzo to join him.

"Blitz, come on. You know compared to the rest of our kind, we're are far superior. And we both know you're so above sucking on a disgusting rich pompous Goetia in exchange sneaking topside for pocket change and work for bitter sinners. They don't care about who you are and you've got so much more potential." Striker said as Blitzo looked like he was falling for his words, hesitating to shoot Striker. "Why bother working for them when you could be slaying overlords, showing them just how strong an imp can be! Why struggle to run a business that is rigged against ya when you could partner up with me and kill the un-killable?"

As Striker had Blitzo backed into a corner, Junior and Moxxie kept quiet as they were visible again and entered the room. They caught Blitzo's gaze and motioned for him to be quiet while they got ready to surprise him.

"How about we start by killing the fucking bird that treats you like a plaything?" Striker asked Blitzo as he smiled down at him.

"Ooooh, that sounds fucking good." Blitzo said, sounding convinced to Striker.

"We could be kings among imps." Striker said as he leaned closer to Blitzo.

"Wow, that is the best damn pitch I've heard in a long time." Blitzo said as Striker pushed his gun away.

"I've been workshopping it for a while." Striker said.

"Well, you got me convinced. Let's do it." Blitzo said as he smiled evilly, making Striker happy until a few clicks were heard.

Turning around, Striker growled as he saw Moxxie holding the holy rifle and Junior with his own guns out! Both aiming at Striker!

"Took you long enough, guys! HAHAHAHAHA!" Blitzo said, dropping that act that he'd join Striker! "Wow, you should've seen your dipshit face!"

Acting fast and not going down easy, Striker forced Blitzo to shoot at them with his gun! Both of them blocked the bullets with their guns as Blitzo grew angry.

"Oh you did not just shoot at my employees!" he said before biting Striker, making him scream before elbowing him away!

Blitzo tried got another punch but Striker caught his arm and pushed him to Moxxie while Junior began shooting at him, making the taller imp run around the room.

"I knew you couldn't be trusted!" Junior shouted at him as he followed the imp, who reached into his coat and pulled out another gun and fired it at Junior.

Junior dodge the shots until they hit his guns, making him drop them. Looking down, Junior saw the bullets graces and trenched along the barrels, ruining the guns!

"Hehehe. Sorry boy, but those peashooters ain't of use anymore." Strike said, showing the gun was a carmine crafted blessing tipped six shooter! "Looks like this is the end, Lord Reaper."

"Think again, you bastard!" Blitzo called out as he slammed a lamp into Striker, making him drop the gun.

Junior used this and got into a fist fight with Striker, taking and giving punches until pulling him close and kneeing him in the chin to Blitzo as he punched him to knock him to Moxxie! The small imp used the rifle to bat Striker before Junior kicked him into a corner! The trio surrounded him as Moxxie aimed the blessed rifle, Junior picked up the blessed pistol, and Blitzo aimed his own gun at Striker.

"Any last word, Striker?" Junior said as he checked the blessed pistol, 2 shots left, before aiming it at Striker.

"Just a few." he said before turning to Blitzo. "You're wasting so much potential by relying on these-"

A shot hit the wall as Striker flinched and looked to who fired, Moxxie.

"You gonna finish that fucking sentence, par'ner?" Moxxie asked with an accent at the end.

"No, I suppose not." Striker said as he shut his eyes, smirking before through down a flash bomb to blind them! "Maybe next time boys!"

The rattle snake imp ran towards the window and jumped out to escape but gasped as a green portal opened and brought him back into the room! The one who cast it was Junior as he had his scythe out and ready to swing, the only one unaffected by the flash since he didn't have any eyes!

"There's not gonna be a next time, you damn snake!" Junior said before swinging and slicing Striker's head off, making his body fall limp to the ground as the head rolled with black blood pooling on the floor.

"Holy fuck." Blitzo said with a surprised look, never seen Junior use his scythe before.

"Yeah." Moxxie said as Junior put his scythe away and checked out the blessed pistol in his hand.

'Nice craftsmanship, and it looks pretty durable too. Plus, with the blessed tip, any bullet is holified and useful against all species. Might keep this for while.' Junior thought as he reached into Striker's corpse and took the holster, before looking to Moxxie. 'And the blessed rifle too.'

Putting the holster on his belt, Junior put the blessed six shooter in it before he took the blessed rifle from Moxxie.

"Um, Junior? What are you going to do with those gun? They're extremely dangerous." Moxxie told him.

"Keep them, of course. These things are too dangerous to be left alone here. Plus, they'll be good replacements until I get my guns repair themselves." Junior said as he put the rifle in it's case and picked it up from Striker's bed.

"Fix themselves?" Blitzo and Moxxie asked in confusion.

"My parents put an enhancement on them so they always repair themselves if they get broken but it's pretty slow and it always depends on the damage." Junior said as he pointed to his guns on the floor, showing that they were making small chinks for the metal being reshaped. "Damage like that, it should take about about 2-3 days."

"Oh, well that's helpful. Think you can do that for our guns?" Moxxie asked.

"Yeah, sure. I can get it from them." Junior said as he snapped his fingers, making a portal to dispose of Striker's body, head, and black blood into the depths of hell.

With the threat to Stolas and Chi gone, the trio walked out of the house and headed their separate ways. Blitzo to find Striker's horse and admire it, Moxxie to go check on his wife, and Junior to find Loona to relax for the remainder of the festival. A few minutes of searching, Junior found Loona and saw she was...talking to Chi.

'I have a feeling I know what they're talking about but I need to confirm it.' Junior thought as he walked up to them, both blessed weapons on his person.

"Junior! We were just talking about you!" Chi said with a smirk as she and Loona turned to him.

"Really? What's the topic?" Junior asked them.

"Two words." Loona said while holding up two fingers before pulling up a third finger. "Three-way."

"Huh?" Junior questioned.

"A three way. You, me, and Chi." Loona said as she pointed to Chi. "She told me all about your time together and how things ended, though she has been missing you. So after giving you the note, she came to me just in case you forgot to give it to me."

"And you're okay with it?" Junior asked.

"Of course. I know I seem jealous and overprotective sometimes but I do love you and I can trust the people that you trust." Loona said as she looked over Chi again. "Plus, she is pretty hot. You've certainly got a type."

"A sexy, rebellious daddy's girl." Chi said with a giggle as Junior blushed under his hood.

They were right, he did have a thing for girls that rebel yet are still loyal to their fathers.

"Okay. So when and where?" Junior asked them, knowing that neither of them would take "no" for an answer.

"A few days from now, you're apartment." Chi said with her arms crossed.

"Consider it done." Junior said as Loona hugged him from the right and kissed his cheek, making him chuckle a bit.

The next day, the Harvest Moon Festival came to an end as the I.M.P. group was packing their things into the van while Millie was having her injuries from Striker rebandaged.

"I can't believe you let him get the drop on you." Lin said to her daughter, already been told the story from Junior and Moxxie.

"It ain't my fault I was seeing red! He tried to kill my husband! And he was slippery, ma!" Millie said as she gripped her hands.

"No excuses, young lady. You're better than that, Mildred!" Lin said as she pointed to her daughter with Joe nodding in agreement.

"That enough!" Moxxie said as he shut his suitcase, making them all turn to him as Moxxie walked up to Lin and Joe. "She protected me from that psycho and maybe I'm not some strong, dim dickhead; Millie's strength is enough for both of us! What right do you two have to get on her case about being hurt when it was your own fault for hiring Striker in the first place?! If you ask me, you two are the ones to blame, not Millie."

This surprised Lin, Joe, and Millie greatly as Millie smiled brightly at her husband and gave him two thumbs up! He finally asserted himself to his in-laws and they actually looked impressed he had the guts to tell it to them straight.

"Aw, look at little Moxxie! All grown up with his big boy pants!" Blitzo teased but Moxxie still stood firm with his arms crossed.

Joe walked up to his son-in-law and stared him down before shutting his eyes, nodding to Moxxie as a show of respect before he and Lin went back into the house.

"He nodded to you! He acknowledged your opinion, Mox!" Millie said as she stood up, using crutches to walk until her leg was healed.

"Is that progress?" he asked Millie.

"It's an entire step! Maybe two of them, hon!" Millie said, getting a bit smile from Moxxie as they got into the van.

Meanwhile in the back seat, Loona noticed the serious look on Junior's skull as he thought in silence.

"He babe, whatcha thinking about?" Loona asked as she got his attention.

"Why he did it." Junior answered her.

"Who?" Loona asked.

"Striker, why did he want to kill Stolas and Chi? Could he have been hired to do so and if he was, who hired him?" Junior asked as put his and Loona's suitcases in the van, though he kept the blessed weapons on his person.

"That is a good question. Chi seems like a cool girl, who'd want to kill her?" Loona asked as she looked through her phone, checking for Chi's number since they exchanged them. "That owl fuck on the other hand, he cheating on his wife with Blitz. Maybe that's it but it sounds too petty though."

"Hmm. . Most likely." Junior hummed with a nod.

The rest of the group got into the van and began heading back to the Pride Ring, where their business is located. Meanwhile in another part of hell, a phone call was being made to someone as they answered it.

"What? He's still alive but Striker is dead?!" This person asked, female and angry that the assassin they hired was dead! "Who did it then?!"

"One of the few beings you can't challenge. The Reaper's son." the person on the other end of the phone said.

"The Reaper's son?" she repeated as her anger died down.

"Yes ma'am." they said to her.

That would prove a problem in the future if his family found out or if Junior himself found out.

"...Thank you for letting me know. You'll get you payment later this week." the woman said as she hung up the phone. "Grim Junior, it's...nice to know you're well but I HATE that you were in the wrong place at the wrong time."

A knock on the door came as the woman turned to it.

"Mistress Stella. Dinner is ready." the person said through the door.

"I'll be right there, thank you." Stella said as she made her way to the dining hall.

Stella was a tall, white avian demon with curvaceous proportions. Stella has long, hair-like feathers that fade to grey at the tips and a large gray stripe on her head. She has a short pink beak, and long curved eyelashes. She has pink markings underneath her eyes, which themselves have red sclera with light pupils. She wears a white dress with puffed sleeves and feather trimming, along with black accents. She is seen wearing a crown, and has painted nails underneath her black gloves.

The one who hired the rattle imp to kill Stolas was his own wife, Stella Goetia. She had made it well known that she hated that her husband was fucking an imp and ruining their family name! She had to get rid of him and this hitman was her chance but Stella didn't take into account that an ally family's heir was working for the imp Stolas was fucking.

"Grim Junior, why would you demean yourself to work for a company like that?" Stella asked herself as she walked to dinner.

Junior's weapons:

1. Two guns, long and silver WWI era guns with engraved frames. (Alucard's guns from Hellsing)

2. A scythe with a long black handle with cross a the top and a black blade attach to one of the smaller ends. (Spirit Scythe from Soul Eater)

3. A carmine crafted blessing tipped sniper rifle.

4. A carmine crafted blessing tipped six bullet pistol.