Ch. 5: He against HIM

(Short Instrumental)

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.

(Stop music at 1:04)

(End of Intro)

"Are you crazy, sir?!" Moxxie screamed at Blitzo as he took the request from him, holding it up next to his face and pointing to it. "You want us to try and kill someone like HIM?!"

Anyone who was anyone knew that HIM was a whole different level of Overlord, not in terms of power but in terms of insanity! He was devious, he was cunning, and he didn't give a fuck who you were or what you could do, HIM would use you like a tool and toss you aside when you least expect it.

"As far as I know, yes. It can't be that hard, can it?" Blitzo said with a shrug, not really caring about the threat level of the job.

"You say that, but you didn't grow up dealing with him." Junior said, looking annoyed, as everyone turned to him.

"What do you mean, Junior?" Millie asked with a raised eye brow.

"I mean this guy has been a pain in my family's ass since I was 12." Junior said as he crossed his arms, recalling the first memories he could find that associated with the red bastard. "He was behind a plot to get the secrets of a Reaper's powers when I was visiting my uncle, he almost got my sister killed, and then I found out he's been watching us for a while before telling me to join him!"

"Wow, sounds like a real creep." Loona said with wide eyes.

"You have no idea." Junior said with a groan. "It was like he was obsessed with me."

Even when Junior seemed to move on with his life, HIM just keeps finding a way back in. He just never thought it would come to this.

"Obsession aside, don you think this would be this be perfect opportunity to get revenge on him?" Blitzo questioned as he punched his fist into his palm. "You can finally get him that creep back and out of your life for good!"

"Hmmm, maybe but he's as crafty as he is sinister." Junior said as he held up his left hand. "One wrong move or one moment of hesitation, and you're dead."

Junior closed his hand into a fist before looking away from their faces. Junior really didn't want to think about it when the people he cared about came to mind as well. Not Blitzo, not Moxxie, tot Millie, and especially, not Loona. The hellhound seemed to sense his distress and quickly held his hand in comfort.

"Don't worry about it, Junior. You're the best one out of all of us here. If you as me, that red fuck will be worm chow by the time you come back." Loona encouraged with a kind smile.

"Thanks for the support, Loona but-Wait when I come back?" Junior asked her as he turned to the others. "Are you saying that I qam going solo on this job?"

"Well, yeah. It says so on the request." Loona said as she looked back to the request sheet. "It say "One man assassination for the the killer on hand." And that's you, big boy."

"She's right, it's right here in black and white." Moxxie said as he looked over the request and saw it.

"And they paid in advance, so it's more of a personal for you now." Blitzo said as he used his uninjured hand to pull out an envelope with a fat stack of cash from I.M.P. "Plus, this can go for your's and Looney's wedding. I'm not going to seem like the cheap in law to your parents."

While Junior was suspicious about that part of the request, it did put him at ease a bit. It would make sure his friends and his lover would be safe from this mission, plus he did have information on HIM that they didn't so that could work for him as well.

"Well, alright then, I guess I'll prepare and head off." Junior said as he turned to Loona, giving her a quick kiss. "For luck."

Loona giggled as Junior checked over everything he needs for this job. His guns were cleaned, cocked, and some special sleeves of bullets he saved for special occasions; and his scythe was as sharp as ever.

"Okay, time to go." Junior said as he twirled his scythe and sliced the air, opening a portal to HIM's domain of hell, The Land of Tainted Souls. "I'll be back, I promise."

Junior jumped through the portal and looked back to the group for a moment, waving to them. As the portal began to close, Loona tried her best to give Junior a confident smile as a vote of confidence but it didn't take much for Junior to look past it and see she was genuinely worried about him.

'Please, comeback to me.' her eyes said as Junior felt a new spark of resolve light in his chest.

'I will.' Junior thought as the portal closed, feeling more determined to come back alive and to come back to her. 'It's time to end this once and for all, you red faced fuck.'

Once he dealt with HIM, Junior is going to feel a 6 year weight taken off his shoulder once he killed this bastard and no one would miss him, literally no one. Not even his own daughter and personal friend Mimi. As he was setting off on foot, Junior looked around the landscape of HIM's realm and couldn't help but chuckle at the irony of it. The Land of Tainted Soul was exactly what people would expect when they went to Hell; blazing fire pits all around, steams of hot brimstone flowing, and strangely shaped demons all around.

'I guess that last part is accurate enough, minus the furries.' Junior thought with a bit of humor as continued on.

It didn't distract Junior as he was able to find HIM's home in about a half hour, though HIM didn't really have a full home since it was half house and half open fields of hell. Junior took a deep breath and pulled out his guns, nice and ready when he came face to face with HIM's red face. He walked into the "home" and searched around for the target with caution and silence.

'This is it, this is where it all ends for us.' Junior thought as he made his way to what he could assume was the living room of the house, being the closest room.

And there he was, the red faced sadistic man known as HIM. He was sitting in a chair while in a sort of living room, the same room he remembered all those years ago when he tried to "recruit" Junior to his side.

'Time to put these memories to rest.' Junior thought as he pointed his guns towards the red skinned man, slowly walking towards the chair with silent footsteps.

"Hello, Junior. It's been quite some time hasn't it?" HIM asked Junior, not even turning around to know he was there.

"Not long enough." Junior said as he narrowed his eye sockets at HIM as the shades wearing man stood up from the chair and looked at Junior.

"Oh my, what lovely guns you have. I wonder what special surprise is hidden within them?" HIM asked as he "cutely" tilted his head.

"Well, since you're so keen on talking like we're actually friends, there are a few things special about them." Junior said as he kept his guns aimed the the crazy voice man. "These guns were gifts from my parents, specialized to pack a lot of power in their shots, and the bullets are soaked in holy water."

Junior shot at HIM with rapid fire as the red man dodged, jumping into the air to dodge and flipping over Junior before landing right behind him. The two stood back to back in stillness as they calculated their next move.

"Hehehehehe. Was that suppose to scare me?" HIM asked with a tease in his voice, mocking Junior's aim.

"No, not scare you. It was suppose to kill you!" Junior said as he quickly jumped away and shot at HIM again, making HIM dodge again before Junior aimed ahead of where he was dodging. "Like this!"

Another bullet flew as HIM's head reeled back as his body flipped in the air and slammed into the ground, kicking up a dust cloud from the impact. Junior didn't lower his guns as he slowly made his way to check to see if HIM was really dead, knowing if he wasn't he would pay for it with a deadly sneak attack. His suspicions were proved right as HIM suddenly rose from the ground and tried to cut him with his right claw, Junior quickly blocked this strike with one of his guns before shooting him in the knee and kicking him against the wall.

"I knew you wouldn't go done that easy." Junior muttered as HIM was on his left knee with smoke coming out of his mouth before he spitting something out.

Junior saw that it was the bullet that he aimed for HIM's head, covered in saliva and blood.

'HIM's reaction time is quicker than I thought.' Junior thought as he saw HIM dig the bullet out of his left knee and toss it away.

"Okay, now I'm anger." HIM said as his voice went deep and threatening, standing up as his knee slowly healed.

"Join the club, I've been angry at you for the last 6 years." Junior said as he pointed his guns at Him, cocked and ready to kill the son of a bitch. "Time to end this feud between us, once and for all."

The duo stood with silence for a moment before they charged at each other, clashing gun against claw as their final battle was upon them.

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