Today is finally the day they've been waiting for. The Harvest Moon Festival. Wally Wackford stands on stage with a microphone and speaks dramatically.

"Welcome, I say-a, welcome-a... all to Wrath-a Ring's-a annual-a Harvest-a Moon-a... a-Festival! To kick things up, we have the great prince Stolas-a, here to usher in this here Pain Games!"

Stolas takes the microphone from Wally Wackford with a chuckle.

"How kind, Wackford. Greetings, tiny... Wrath Ring Imps! I hereby welcome you all to another year of celebrating the spoils of your labor that continue to feed the citizens of Hell!"

A crowd of Imps glare at him and boos are heard. Hearing that made Danika concerned on what was that about. She received the same gesture when she tried to make friends with them.

"I'm happy to kick off the start of these games that will challenge the toughest Imps to show their skill in dominance. Good luck to you all! Especially that sexy little one and my brave darling daughter there... Yoo-hoo! Blitzy! Danny!!" Stolas waved at them while Blitz glares and Danika gets embarrassed as she covered her face.

"Ugh. Fuck me." Blitz groaned, glancing away.

"Dad...!" Danika whined, making Striker glancing at them with amusement.

A gun goes off and the games begin. Moxxie gets trampled with a yelp as the other imps race down the trail. Striker climbs up a wooden ramp structure while Blitz leaps down ahead of him. But Danika easily triple flip over both Striker and Blitz and run ahead. Moxxie tries to catch up. He claws at the structure and falls into a small puddle. He gets chewed up and thrashed by a monstrous black and white shark. In the next shot, Striker grins smugly at Blitz who has his legs, arms and horns tied behind him. A muscular Imp holds a rope and grins at a scared Moxxie. Danika easily took down the imps that attempt to attack her while using a rope as a whip to whack them away before capturing them. Striker, Blitz, Danika, and Moxxie team up in a tug of war match. Moxxie falls into the water and the shark attacks him again. Then they get to the wrestling match in the mud between Blitz, Danika, and Striker. Danika had her legs wrapped around Blitz to choke him as he struggled to get out of her grip.

"You know...! You should... *cough* really let your ol' good boss win!" Blitz suggested.

"Nope. Can't let you win that easily!" Danika said.

Stolas watches them in awe through his telescope goggles.

"Go, Blitzy! Go, Danika!!" he cheered for them.

Striker gets up from the mud after Blitz tackled him down before Danika attacked Blitz. He charges them and Danika noticed and lets go of Blitz and jumped towards Striker. The two tumble and wrestle for a moment as mud splashes all over before Blitz joined in as the trio roll around. Grunts and punches could be heard. The trio are now in a headlock as they struggled to squeeze each other.

"This could all be avoided if you let me win...!" Danika wheezed out.

"Never! Not if you let me win!" Blitz wheezed through his grin.

"No... It's me that's gonna win!" Striker said.

The trio kept on going until they eventually collapsed, shocking Stolas and Wally. Meanwhile, a group of imps do a football huddle on top of Moxxie before getting off of him. Then the shark leaps over the fence and begins to elbow drop Moxxie.

"MOTHERFUC--!!"

After the games, they are back to the stage as Wally Wackford announced once more.

"I say, I say, for the first year ever, we have a tie for winner of the Harvest Moon Pain Games!"

Stolas takes the microphone from Wally Wackford.

"The winners are... Striker, aaaaand my darlings Blitzy and Danika!"

Stolas walks onto the stage and does a pose as the crowd cheers as Striker walks up to the stage.

"Just say my name RIGHT! Fuckin' dick." Blitz glared.

"Really, Dad?" Danika asked in embarrassment.

Blitz walks onto the stage in frustration with Danika following as Stolas hugs her with such proudness as he shower her amounts of love and support for doing such a good job at the Pain Game. Moxxie and Millie watch from the wooden bleachers.

"Alright. So, he has the "physical advantage". I'm better at other things, like singing!" Moxxie said, referring to Striker.

"I'd like to take this opportunity to sing a I wrote just now, about me winnin'." Striker said, pulling out a guitar and strumming it.

"Oh, WHAT THE FUCK?!" Moxxie yelled in disbelief and frustration.

https://youtu.be/QUw-2oaZLKg

Sweet victory
I smell the smell

Danika was surprised at how good he's singing as she watches from the side of the stage. Striker kicks a squealing in the face, sending her back to a group of imps who then maul her. He glances at stunned Danika and gives her a wink, making her blush a bit.

From up in stinkin' Heaven
To the rugged rocks of Hell

Sweet victory
With everything I do
With every talent
I'm so much more talented than you

Blitz arrives with a slice of cheese on a stick and sits next to Moxxie and Millie in the bleachers. He eats the cheese.

"Isn't this guy great?" Blitz asked through his mouth full.

Every time I try
I push it and succeed

"False!" Moxxie answered with a glare.

"It's gonna be nice workin' with him."

Blitz pours hot sauce on his cheese and takes another bite.

"Working with him...? WHAT?!" Moxxie exclaimed in shock.

Every first attempt of
Every single deed

"Yeaaaah! I asked him if he wants to join I.M.P." Blitz said with a smile.

"You asked... But..."

Moxxie looks visibly hurt as Blitzo looks at him in confusion.

Me! I'm totally the best!

"Mox, I think you've had enough, for now. Let's head back to the house and get you clean." Millie comforted her husband.

The super cool me, handsome guy
(Cough) Moxxie, go fuck yourself!

Moxxie tears up and leaves with Millie as Striker finishes his song.

Did you hear something?
It was just the wind...

The crowd cheers.

"Thank you. You're too kind." Striker said.

Hearing that made Danika frown at how he just insulted Moxxie through his song and does not like it. Striker gets off the stage and notices Danika.

"I take it you like my song?" he asked with a grin.

"At first, until you just insulted Moxxie. That's very uncalled for. He may not look like one of you guys but he's special." Danika said.

"Come on, Danika. He's weak, and you know that."

"Looks can be deceiving, you know."

"Really?"

Suddenly, they heard a phone ringing and Striker pulled something out of his pocket to reveal his flip phone.

"I'll be right with you." Striker said to her before answering. "Hello?"

Striker then headed to the back of the stage to have a talk on the phone. But for some reason, Danika couldn't help but feel something wasn't right as she squints at Striker's departure. She quietly follows after him and hides behind the barrel to listen as Striker talks to someone on the phone.

"Yeah, yeah. The Harvest Moon Festival will start soon. Yeah, he's here."

Danika wondered who he's talking to. But what he said next completely made her froze.

"Don't worry about it. No one will know once I kill that blue blood Stolas. It'll be quick." Striker said with a sickening grin. "Hehe.. Understood, ma'am."

With that, he hang up. Danika couldn't believe it. She thought he's a nice guy to hang out with only to find out he's a hitman and he's planning to kill her dad! But who hired him to kill him? It doesn't matter. She needs to stop him. She glances at the flip phone he's holding and he places it back inside the pocket. Maybe she could get an information from that phone. Striker goes out and Danika quickly rushed over to the spot she's standing on and pretended to wait until she sees him.

"Sorry about the wait. Just a friend of mine calling." Striker said.

"No problem..." Danika said through her fake smile.

Just then, an older imp comes up to the stage with a DJ instruments and plays tango music, much to the Wrath civilians' dismay. Everyone was dancing until he changed the Western music that was playing to tango.

"Ugh! How lame! Like anyone knows how to dance to this." Blitz groaned. "That song is too cheesy!"

"I do." Danika and Striker said unison before looking at each other in surprise. "Me too."

The two move in the middle of the circle of the dancefloor.

"I learned it from watching one of those... celebrity dancing shows." Danika said, holding out her hand. "Want to?"

Smirking, Striker takes her hand.

"Sure, darlin'."

They begin to dance in the middle of the dancefloor as their rhythm quicken with each step they make. Danika found herself dancing by his side and taking his hand as they both lift their own leg to appear that they're kicking before continuing dancing. During the dance as Striker spins her around and Danika leans down to his back and grabs his flip phone from his pocket before he spins her back up to face her. Though Striker immediately felt his phone is missing and looks at Danika as she hides is behind his back. Striker closed the distance between her as Danika struggled to get out of his grip when he spins her again and moves her arm to take back his phone. The two backed away a bit before walking across each other.

The crowd including Blitz and Stolas began to form around the two as they watch the two tango in amazement, not knowing they were actually fighting each other.

"You're an assassin!" Danika glared at him.

"So are you!" Striker retarded, glaring back and grabbing her arm. "I'm taking you in."

"Nope, I'm taking you in."

Danika grips his wrist and twists it and puts his arm behind his back.

"Even though I don't know where in actually is." she said before grabbing his phone.

The two struggled to take a lead through tango, neither willing to yield. The dance became a fierce battle of wills, the movement blending together like fire and darkness.

"I can't blow my cover." Striker said, gripping her hands and snatching his phone back before smirking. "But I can dip you."

Striker then dips her and grabs her legs from under and picks her up and spins her around for a moment. Then he dips her once more and leaves the dance with Danika in his arms as soon as the music is finished. Everyone clapped at their performance, including Stolas and Blitz.

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Volcanos with fiery spheres floating above them are revealed. Blitz lies down on the ground and looks admiringly at Bombproof and Seraphina as Bombproof feasts on an animal carcass while Seraphina feasts on the bucket full of apples. Millie beams beside her parents as her brothers load up jack-o-lanterns into a truck. Millie waves at them and runs off. Inside the cottage, Moxxie glumly walks up some stairs. Moxxie notices light shining through the bottom of a door.

"Well, that's troubling."

Moxxie opens the door and peers around. He notices the light coming from a box. He walks over and sees a rifle with glowing designs in an open gun case.

"Oh, my crumbles!"

He runs his hand along the side of the rifle.

"A genuine carmine crafted blessing-tipped rifle! How... How in the fuck did he get one o' these?!"

A loud banging was heard and he turned to see the closet making that noise. Confused, he walked over to it cautiously and opened to find a tied up and gagged Danika. She muffled out something through the cloth covering her mouth as Moxxie quickly removed it.

"Danika? What's going on?"

"It's Striker! He's going to kill dad!"

"What? What do you mean?" Moxxie asked in shock.

Striker leans against the door frame behind him.

"Why don't you ask me, little dude?"

Moxxie turned to him in horror while Danika glared.

"Crap!" she cursed.

"Shit! W-Why do you have this... mister?! Especially kidnapping Danika! You are aware this kind of weapon can kill--"

"...demon royalty?" Striker finished, holding up his wheat stalk from his mouth.

"Yes. That." Moxxie said warily.

"No shit." Striker said, flicking his wheat stalk away. "That's kinda the point. And Danika nearly blew up my plan."

Striker runs his claws along the door. He closes the door and advances menacingly toward Moxxie with a grin. Seeing that, Danika pulled out her small dagger that she hid it in her sleeve and started cutting off the rope.

"Okay. Well I'm- I'm relatively concerned by your possession of this... I'm also glad my instant dislike of you has been vali-"

Striker grabs Moxxie by the throat with his tail.

"-DATED!"

Striker wraps his tail around Moxxie's neck. He tosses Moxxie hard against the wall. He chokes Moxxie on the floor as Moxxie hisses and tries to claw at him. Striker holds him down with his body weight. Moxxie glances over to see a lamp on a table. He kicks the table and the lamp crashes into Striker. Millie hears the crash from outside. Moxxie stands up and races toward the door. He pulls the door open but Striker roughly pulls him back by his tail. Striker covers Moxxie's mouth and begins to strangle him. Striker chuckles evilly as Moxxie begins to lose consciousness.

"Pathetic." he said with a smirk.

Millie appears behind Striker and stabs him in the back with a knife. Moxxie collapses to the floor. A feral, enraged Millie stabs Striker repeatedly in the back. She leaps onto his back and holds the knife at his neck, but he breaks from her hold and stops her at the last moment. Striker then slams Millie off against the wall, breaking her arm. A now-bleeding Millie collapses next to Moxxie, clutching her broken arm. Moxxie reaches his hand towards Millie.

"Millie..." he called out weakly.

Striker grabs both of them by their hair and goes to Danika only to find her gone. He looked over at the window to see her running out, making him curse knowing he needs to act fast and he tosses Moxxie and Millie into a cellar. Millie cries out as her foot gets caught in a bear trap.

"I'd kill y'all, but I feel like there's more leverage with your rodeo clown of a boss if I don't! Especially with Danika. Plus, you little things ain't worth the cleanup."

Moxxie runs up the stairs, but Striker closes the cellar doors. 

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Stolas magically flips through the grimoire as he faces the imp crowd on stage.

"My dear commoners of the Ring of Wrath! I, Stolas of the Ars Goetia, hereby curse this year's harvest with the glow of the true Harvest Moon!"

The clouds swirl as Stolas creates a portal. The portal reveals a glowing orange full moon in the sky. The crowd oohs in wonder. Striker chuckles darkly as he aims the rifle at Stolas' forehead. A click is heard behind him. Danika aims her pistol at him.

"I don't think so, Striker!"

Striker turns around with a grin.

"Danikaaa! I thought you're at the ceremony to warn your adoptive daddy."

"I would've but then you would be able to kill him before I could reach him since you're the best shooter for an assassin. I might as well stop you here and there."

Striker stands up.

"Smart woman. And now you seem disappointed in me."

"I thought the guy I knew was cool to hang out with until I found out your true color of what you're truly here for. So yeah, I am." Danika said, glaring.

"Danika, come on. You know, the two of us are superior than most of our kind. And you were so above livin' with a disgusting, rich, pompous Goetia, only to sneak topside for scraps and work for bitter sinners, who could care less who you are, when you could be slaying Overlords."

Striker walks around Danika. Danika's eyes move and he appears conflicted. She aims her gun as Striker moves in the shadows.

"Why struggle to run a business that is rigged against you? When you could partner up with me and kill... the unkillable?"

Striker pins a frightened Danika against the wall.

"Starting with the one that barely gives you attention."

Hearing that made Danika glare even harder.

"No. You were wrong about everything. My dad is not like that. I don't know what you have against royals or overlords, but you have no right to tell me what I am and what I should do. I have a choice and I choose Stolas who I will gladly call him my dad."

Striker glares at her.

"Shame. Then you too will die."

Before he could attack, Danika ducks and side kicks him in the stomach. He goes flying and slams his back against the windowsill. He gets up and pulls out his knife. Danika places her gun in her holster and pulls out her own knife and the two get into their fighting position. They both jump at the same time and hit each other's knife and land. They clash again and block each attack from each other until Danika tries to kick him only for him to duck and backflip to see her attempt to stab him again. Striker reaches for his rifle only for Danika to throw her knife towards him, making him dodge as it stabs against the wall. Glaring, Striker holds the knife with his tail and jumps towards her with his fist raised. Danika quickly jump away from the punch and block another and block the kick from him.

But she didn't get to duck from another kick as he hits her by the side of her head. She falls down but she quickly saves herself by placing her hands on the ground and pushes her back up. Striker holds out his claws and swings it at Danika who ducks and it only cuts out small bits of her hair before rolling down to block another swing. Danika runs over to the door only to dodge to the side as Striker scratches the door. She blocks his punch and goes to punch him only to see the tail holding the knife pointing straight towards her face. Danika ducks on time but it ended up cutting off the chain of her key necklace as it went flying towards the ground. Danika gasps in horror as her expression shaken with beads of sweat on her face.

Her owl transformation wears off as the purple magic spins around her body before disappearing to reveal herself as a human, shocking Striker.

"What the hell?... You're a human?" Striker said in disbelief.

Danika says nothing and rushes over to her necklace and holds it close to her.

"Y-Yeah... I am."

Staring at her for a moment as he looked at her up and down before laughing.

"No way! You mean to tell me that you're a human this whole time?! Now it makes sense. No wonder you're so different. Let me guess, Stolas knows about that?"

She said nothing, which gave him an answer as he smirks menacingly at her.

"Ain't that just perfect?"

He starts moving towards her, making her back away until her back hit against the wall. She immediately pull out her gun again towards Striker.

"Stay back."

But Striker moves Danika's gun away.

"I wonder what other secrets you and Stolas are hiding."

"I'm hiding nothing." she said, trying to sound brave.

"You sure about that?" Striker grinned, but hears another click. "Huh?"

Blitz and Moxxie appears behind him with Blitz holding his pistol and Moxxie holding Striker's rifle. Danika quickly managed to fix her necklace and transform back into an owl demon.

"Took ya guys long enough!" Danika said.

"We heard noises and I can't believe that I asked you to join the I.M.P. You fuckin' dickhead!" Blitz said, glaring at Striker.

Danika hears something and looks down to see Striker holding the knife in his tail from behind.

"Shit..."

Striker points Danika's pistol at Blitz and Moxxie. Blitz dodges it and Moxxie blocks the bullet with the rifle side.

"Oh, you daddy fucker!" Blitz glared.

Danika headbutts Striker, making him grunt in pain.

The fight begins as Blitz elbows Striker in the face. They exchange blows, and Striker slams Blitzo into Moxxie, both of them falling to the floor. Danika punches Striker in the face and they exchange blows until he grabs her by the neck and flips her to the ground with Blitz and Moxxie. Moxxie sees the rifle on the floor and reaches for it. Striker pins Moxxie's arm down with his boot.

"AAAGH!" Moxxie yelled in pain.

"You dumb fucks lost the upper hand fast, huh?" Striker asked, picking up his rifle.

"HA! You seem to have forgotten something, fucko!"

Blitz whistles for Loona. Outside, Loona hears it whilst using her phone and she groans. After whistling, Blitz realized that Loona is not coming, making Danika and Moxxie deadpan while Striker smirk.

"Ugh, fuckin' damn it, Loona."

"It's a damn shame, Danika. We might actually've made a good team... Ah well." Striker shrugged.

"Like hell I will." Danika glared.

"Yeah! In your wet dreams, you honky-tonk GOAAAAT!"

Blitz swings his foot under Striker and trips him. Blitz kicks Striker away, causing him to drop his rifle, which Moxxie grabs. Danika races toward Striker and knock his head with a lamp. Blitz lands punches at his face and swipes his tail at him. Blitzo uses his tail to toss Striker to the side and Danika gives him a roundhouse kick to the side. Moxxie fires a warning shot near Striker's head. Blitz, Danika, and Moxxie close in on Striker and Blitz and Danika pulls out their pistol. Striker faces Danika and Blitz.

"I still think it's embarrassing. You two're wastin' a lot of potential relyin' on a weak little--"

Moxxie fires a shot near Striker.

"You gonna finish that fucking sentence... pard'ner?" Moxxie asked.

"Vermin." Striker finished with a sneer.

"Who's weak now, BITCH--?!"

Moxxie gets slammed by the door as Loona kicks it open to enter the room.

"'Kay, I'm here." Loona said, turning to Striker.

Striker narrows his eyes and uses the distraction to kick Blitzo's and Danika's gun out of their hand. He shoves Danika aside and heads toward the open window not before facing her once more.

"Maybe you'll get me next time... Danika."

Striker escapes through the window. Danika points her pistol outside, looking at the celebration in worry. Once she realized that he's gone, Danika slammed the wall with her fist.

"Damn it!!"

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The next day at the ranch, Lin bandages up Millie's arm as she sits with her foot in a cast. Moxxie struggles to fit clothes in a suitcase while Danika closes the suitcases and luggages and places them inside the van. Danika didn't tell her dad about the attempted assassination and didn't want to worry him. She'll find that Striker and kill him before he does.

"I can't believe you let him trap you, Millie! Haven't we taught you better?" Lin scolded her daughter.

"I was seein' red, Ma! And he was slippery!" Millie defended.

"Excuses! You're better than that, Mildred!" Lin glared.

Moxxie closes the trunk and marches over to Millie's parents.

"Y'know, she protected me. And maybe I'm not a strong beefy dickhead," he said in a drawl voice before speaking normally. "but Millie has the strength enough for both of us!"

Lin and Joe were shocked by Moxxie telling them off while Millie smiles and gives him thumbs up.

"You two are getting on her case about being hurt by a psychopath you hired?! Shaaaaame on you!"

"Aw, Moxxie, look at you! Speechin' like a big boy with his big paaaants!" Blitz said with a coo.

Joe glares at Moxxie, who flinches, and curtly nods and leaves with Lin.

"Wooow! He nodded! He's never acknowledged your input before!"

Millie stands up on crutches and walks away.

"Soooo, is that progress?" Moxxie asked.

"It is." Danika said, looking down.

Blitz notices her down expression and places his hand on her shoulder.

"Hey, don't let him get to you. You're stronger than you think. We'll get him."

Hearing that made her look up to him and smile.

"Thanks, Blitz."

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Meanwhile, there's a motel with a sign that reads "Hideaway Motel Vacancy. The Guy That Tried 2 Kill U Def Isn't Here." Striker is on a bed, talking on the phone.

"Huh... I failed to kill the target at the festival. But don't worry, ma'am... It won't happen again."

Stella drums her fingers on the table impatiently before slamming them against it.

"It better not! I want this cheating prick dead! I don't care who you have to go through, MAKE IT HAPPEN!" she shouted in anger.

Stella is sitting at a dinner table with Stolas, who is reading a book called "Imps in the Sheets", and Octavia and Danika. Stolas pauses from eating to look at his wife in concern while Octavia bops her head to music with her earphones on tapping on the wine glass with her fork. Danika is busy eating and drinking while feeding Aiden who's in a high chair. Danika had also brought in Seraphina, who's in a fancy stable that Stolas helped her make for her horse and eating hay and apples.

"Understood." Striker said through the phone.

Stella then hangs up the phone. Striker twirls the angelic gun in his hand.

"I'll get him next time."

Striker chuckles evilly as he turns off the light. His yellow eyes glow in the darkness to rattlesnake hisses. His mind goes to Danika's reveal of her being a human, knowing he'll look more into her once he sees her again.