{ Chapter 14: Truth Seekers Pt. 2 }
Danika finds herself in a dark chasm full of rocky walls. She looks around, wondering where she is.
"Hello?" she called out.
Suddenly, she heard footsteps and looked up to see Vortex and Beezlebub.
"Vortex? Bee? What's going on? Where are—?"
Danika was about to reach out to them only for Vortex to slap her hand away from him, shocking her.
"Stay away, human." Vortex growled.
Her heart dropped in horror and realized that she's not in her owl disguise.
"Your magic spells and power are all lies. You're a phony." he continued.
"I thought you're my friend, but it turns out you're just a pathetic little human." Bee said, glaring at her.
Danika couldn't believe that this is happening and tried to reach out to them again.
"Th-That's...!"
"You're a liar. I hate you." Bee continued.
"Don't ever approach us again. Traitor." Vortex warned before he and Bee walked away.
"Wai... Wait... You're wro..." Danika tried to explain, getting up. "You're wrong...!"
"How are we wrong?"
She turned around to see Striker.
"Striker...?"
"I knew there's something off about you, but to think you lied all along. I've misjudged you." Striker glowered before walking away.
Danika couldn't believe that this is happening.
"It's only natural."
She looked to see Blitz leaning against the rocky wall with his arms crossed.
"It's impossible for humans and demons to coexist." he said, looking up at her with a glare. "You... Don't belong in Hell."
Danika's face couldn't look more horrified and saddened than ever.
"We thought we knew you."
She turned to see Moxxie, Millie, and Loona glaring at her.
"And to think that you're cool." Loona said.
"You don't deserve to be part of us." Millie said, turning away.
"If you ever come near us, we'll kill you." Moxxie warned, holding out his gun.
Danika then see Stolas and Octavia.
"Danika." Stolas called out.
"Danika." Octavia called out.
This made Danika smile, thinking they still love her.
"Dad. Octavia."
"It's okay. Don't worry. Come here." Stolas assured her, holding out his arms.
Danika reaches her hands out towards his.
"Dad... I..."
Suddenly, Stolas's body darkens and he transforms into a full demon.
"I will make sure to return you to your parents once they come." he said in a dark tone.
Two figures of Danika's smiling parents appear from the red mist.
"Danika~! Danika!"
"Come, time for you to go home quickly." Octavia said without remorse.
"To where you belong, Danika." Stolas added before they disappeared into smoke.
Danika was frozen in terror as the entire room starts spinning.
"Come, Danika... Come home with us..." Danika's parents said creepily.
Danika immediately ran away, not wanting to do with them. She looked around rapidly for any place to hide until she found a nearest cave and hid there, panting heavily. She takes a deep breath while looking out the opening of the cave.
"...There's no way." she gritted her teeth. "There's no way... they would ever say things like that. Those were just illusions. It must be. It definitely is... An illusion!"
She clenched her fist as she started tearing up.
"But... will they ever accept me as a human? It's bad enough Striker knows, but what about everyone that I've met?... What would they say? I really... don't want to be alone..."
Danika closes her eyes and starts singing.
https://youtu.be/rM48wJ126dU
... If time came to an end today
And we left too many things to say
If we could turn it back
What would we want to change
And now's the time to take a chance
Come on, we gotta make a stand
What have we got to lose
The choice is in our hands
... And we can find a way
To do anything, if we try to
Danika recall the time she always gets by, even when alone. It's normal for her to be left behind. And she never really had a hard time. She knew falling into despair is useless. It won't fill her stomach, after all. So, it's not a good thing.
... Live like there's no tomorrow
'Cause all we have is here, right now
Love like it's all that we know
The only chance that we ever found
Believe in what we feel inside
Believe and it will never die
Don't ever let this life pass us by
Live like there's no tomorrow
... If there never was a night, a day
And memories could fade away
Then there'd be
Nothing left, but the dreams we made
Take a leap in faith and hope you fly
Feel what it's like to be alive
Give it all that we've got
And lay it all on the line
But now, Danika made so many precious friends, including her very own family. She found warm, wonderful place where she belong. She slowly stands up and faces the hideous monster that had given her illusion. Danika knew now that she can never back down as she was taught by Blitz when he first hired her.
... And we can find a way
To do anything, if we try to
... Live like there's no tomorrow
'Cause all we have is here, right now
Love like it's all that we know
The only chance that we ever found
Believe in what we feel inside
Believe and it will never die
Don't ever let this life pass us by
Live like there's no tomorrow
... Be here by my side
We'll do this together
Just you and me
Nothing is impossible
Nothing is impossible
... Live like there's no tomorrow
'Cause all we have is here, right now
Love like it's all that we know
The only chance that we ever found
Believe in what we feel inside
Believe and it will never die
Don't ever let this life pass us by
Live like there's no tomorrow, oh
With a determined glare, Danika wield out her dual sword. She's no longer afraid of her selfish parents. She's afraid of being separated from everyone. She then charged towards the monster with her swords raised and in a quick move, she slashes the monster before coming to the other side of the monster. The monster froze for a moment before disappearing as it let out a pained roar.
... Live like there's no tomorrow
'Cause all we have is here, right now
Love like it's all the we know
The only chance that we ever found
Believe in what we feel inside
Believe and it will never die
"I will live on in this Hell." Danika declared.
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Meanwhile, a musical trill and the sound of wind are heard. Moxxie stands up, the ropes falling away from him, and he walks forwards into purple fog. As he walks into the fog, the art style subtly shifts into something more Disney-esque and Moxxie's outfit changes into something classically appropriate. Organ music begins to play as Moxxie looks around in confusion.
"Blitz?" he called out, coughing. "I- I can't see you! God, this smells awful! What's that music? Is that you? Is this a prank? Because I swear to Satan-!"
Moxxie's rant is interrupted by a figure behind him standing at an organ at the top of a staircase that slowly pans into view. The other figure appears to be Blitz dressed like similarly to Erik the Phantom from "The Phantom of the Opera". He is wearing a black cloak with a wide fringed collar as well as a mask over his right eye, turning it entirely red and imitates the white blotch normally seen on his face. The symbol on his forehead has also changed into a broken heart.
"IT IS NO PRANK, BITCH!" Blitz said in a deeper octave than normal.
"Heyyyyyy! Why do you sound like that?" Moxxie questioned.
"Because YOU, my precious little bitch boy-" Hallucination Blitz started.
"Stop it, sir!" Moxxie demanded.
"-are tripping BAAAAALLLLS!"
The shiny organ pipes act as a spotlight and points at Moxxie, who flinches. He then grabs a candelabra and ascends the stairs, beginning to talk-sing.
No, what? How could this be?
I've never tried acid, shrooms, or DMT!
It's a bad trip. Oy gevalt!
Of course, Blitz, this would be your fault!
Close up on hallucination Blitz's gloved fingers as he plays the organ. Back to Moxxie, who starts singing normally.
My lungs are full of honesty
Would you promise me
That you won't judge?
Yes, biiitch!
Not trying to divulge too much
But, I'm in too deep
So first of all, FUCK YOU!
Moxxie points accusingly at hallucination Blitz, who appears shocked.
Whaaaat?!
Moxxie starts talk-singing.
This is just typical
Well, two can play at this game of dismay
'Cuz if you're here causing frustration
I'm torturing you in your hallucination!
Moxxie's coattails transition the scene to inside Blitz's hallucination, where he finds himself sitting on a chair in a strange, formless wasteland made of ink. Stalactites made of ink drip in the foreground. Blitz's art style has shifted to be similar to early animation, presumably rubber hose. He is also now wearing a clown outfit and the symbol on his forehead, as in Moxxie's hallucination, is now a broken heart. Four globs of ink in pink, black, brown and red float around him in swirling motions.
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Blitz stands up, almost falling over backwards from the softer terrain. The red glob becomes a six-eyed monster and screeches at Blitzo, dripping a bunch inky sludge on him. He looks at his hands, now coated in the red ink. He sniffs and licks at it before the ink monster comes up behind him screaming. Frightened, Blitz stumbles and falls backward into the black ink ground. The ink monster lands and morphs into a version of Moxxie drawn a la the plan segment from "Spring Broken" that speaks in a British accent with old-timey audio quality. All the while, gloomy rock music plays in the background.
"I simply follow your orders! It isn't my fault that your orders are as nonsensical as a sun tanning bed left out on the cold, rainy porch of a fresh April shower!" Doodle Moxxie said.
"Why are you talking like that? What the fuck does that even mean?!" Blitz questioned.
The doodle Moxxie begins shifting between doodle and real Moxxie, his audio changing back and forth accordingly.
"I am simply speaking Satan's plain English! Perhaps you should crack open a dictionary some time! And then maybe you can understand half of the frivolous things I carry on and on about on my many rants about--"
The music gets louder while being accompanied by a high-pitched tone, drowning out doodle Moxxie's words. Blitz looks up at the three other ink glob creatures circling around them.
"SHUT UP!" he shouted to the doodle Moxxie.
Back to Moxxie's hallucination.
Why do you hurt me so?
I knoooow!
Why must you push your friends away?
I push my friends awaaaaay
Both begin talk-singing.
Why does it seem like a recurring thing
That you alienate with your toxic routine?
I don't know, eventually everyone goes!
Cuz you're thoughtless and cruel, and you'll end up alone!
Cuts to a close-up of the hallucination Blitz's mask covered eye looking back at Moxxie, seemingly shocked by Moxxie's accusations.
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Back to Blitz's hallucination again. He is now standing motionless while the remaining ink creatures swirl and drip in the air above him.
"Admit it, my dear boss; you don't know what you are doing half the time... and you depend on me and the missus to manage your foolish flights of fancy!" Doodle Moxxie said.
"I don't need you! I can do this shit on my own SO easily!" Blitz glared.
The brown ink creature grabs him by the neck and throws him on the ground. It then morphs into Striker, who speaks with Blitz's voice in a Southern drawl.
"But, ya don't wanna do things alone, Blitzo!" Hallucination Striker smirked.
More brown sludge grabs Blitz and tosses him up into the air, then the grey ink creature morphs into a rubber hose version of Fizzarolli, who also has his voice.
"You tried the solo act, it didn't work out so well!" Hallucination Fizzarolli said before distorted laughing.
Hallucination Fizz winds him up and throws him to the ground. Blitz coughs as the pink ink creature lands on the ground, morphing into a hallucination of Verosika and taunting Blitz in his voice as well while crawling towards him seductively.
"Yet you still shove away anyone who gets too close until they," Hallucination Verosika said before her voice gradually becomes warped and distorted. "resent you for being a selfish, shitty, shit fuck!"
Blitz sees a staircase forming from the ink behind him. He pulls hallucination Verosika's hands away from his face and scrambles to it. The stairs transform into pristine white stairs with golden railings. Blitz runs up the ink-covered stairs as shiny, glowing white feathers fall onto the stairs and dissolve the ink away. Blitz trips on some residual ink and looks up, seeing Stolas sitting on a throne at the top the stairs getting fanned by two Blitz silhouettes.
"Are you afraid to love people, Blitzy?" Hallucination Stolas asked through voice-over.
The fans flap and transition into a close-up of Stolas, who grins at Blitz. Blitz begins to climb the stairs on his hands and knees. Two of the glowing feathers fly onto his wrists and turn into golden shackles, while his clown costume turns into his normal suit with a flash of light.
"I believe your subconscious is trying to tell you that you simply cannot fathom proper intimacy, but... also crave it as well. It's rather unfortunate, sir, considering it's often how you treat those who stand by you... such as myself." Doodle Moxxie said.
As hallucination doodle Moxxie is talking, Blitz is almost to the top when another feather slaps onto his throat, turning into a golden shackle attached to golden chains while also cleaning the ink off his face and returning him fully to his normal art style. Stolas pulls on the chains, pulling Blitz close to him and grinning mischievously. To the bottom of the stairs where the Striker, Fizz and Verosika hallucinations are gathered around doodle Moxxie as he monologues. They then turn back into inky sludge again and flu off. Doodle Moxxie then turns into a semi-normal Moxxie, looking quite feminine while wearing a purple dress and holding a fan in one hand. His audio quality also returns to normal.
"Are you worried I may have enough of it one day as well?" Hallucination Moxxie asked.
"STOP... FUCKING TALKING, ALL OF YOU!!" Blitz yelled.
Hallucination Moxxie gets angry and closes his fan as he dissolves into gold dust and blows away.
Back to the D.H.O.R.K.S. interrogation room where Blitz and Moxxie are drooling, locked in their respective trips. Agents One and Two look at them from behind the glass, drinking soda and eating popcorn.
Meanwhile, Loona and Millie managed to find Danika, who woke up from the green gas, and freed her. Danika smiled, happy to see them again as she was given back her weapons before the girls started killing off more agents to find Blitz and Moxxie.
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Back to Blitz's hallucination, where Stolas turns into gold dust and blows away. His throne and its feathered surroundings also meet the same fate. The unseen hallucinations begin taunting Blitz.
"You're going to die aloooo-one!" Stolas taunted in a sing-song tone.
"You're gonna die alone, Blitzo!" Hallucination Fizzarolli taunted before laughing.
[In the sky above, all of the ink creatures swirl together. The gold dust that was once Stolas and his throne ascend and join the multicolored vortex above. Blitz is surrounded by a tornado of golden feathers, which surround and stick to him. The hallucinations keep repeating, "You're gonna die alone, Blitzo!". Blitz is covered in feathers until his arms are bound together and his mouth is covered. He opens his mouth in a silent scream, tearing the feathers away.
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Back to Moxxie's hallucination.
Why, Moxxie, why?
Have you held your true feelings inside?
Moxxie sets candelabra down on a table.
I am scared of rejection...
Why, Moxxie why
Do you have Millie put it in your butt?
It gives me an erectio- Hey!
No need to hide
We accept your true feelings, so promise me
Moxxie begins walking towards the stairs.
That I can do
Both Moxxie and hallucination Blitz start harmonizing.
To be true
Hallucination Blitz continues singing.
The world is your anus, so peg it with honesty!
This made Moxxie groan.
Ohhhh...
Moxxie walks up to hallucination Blitz and joins him in playing the organ.
I've been a jackass, it's true
You've been a jackass, it's true
But soon as we're back as ourselves
Both of them harmonize again.
I will be a better friend
than I was before
Be better at speaking my mind~
And
They harmonize once again as they end their song.
Together, we can begin to become...
Fine
The two hallucinations finally end as Moxxie and hallucination Blitz smile at each other.
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Back to Millie, Danika, and Loona walking up to a three-by-four 12-digit keypad. Millie walks closer and sees that the 1 button is the only one that shows any wear, while the other buttons are untouched.
"Try 1." Millie said.
Loona presses 1 five times. The door slides open, revealing a reception desk. The girls look to each other in affirmation and run inside. Millie vaults over the desk as the door slams shut behind them.
Back to the camera feed watching Blitz and Moxxie. Now that their respective trips have worn off, they slowly wake up. Blitz glances up to see that the truth gas is no longer being pumped into the room. Both are silent for a moment.
"Do you remember what you said to me after my first day with the company?" Moxxie asked.
"...Not really." Blitz answered.
"I remember. You told me I did a good job and that you were proud to work with me. I feel like you wanted to say something more judgmental, but... you said that because I needed it... And it helped." Moxxie said, looking down.
"Look, I'm hard on you, because I know what you're capable of, Mox. You care too much about what everyone thinks except for... me, because, y'know, my opinion is correct, but just... keep doing a good job. 'Kay? You shoot 'n kill good, you escape things easy... you can be strategic and cold-blooded when you need to, aaaand don't expect any more compliments; I'm maxed out." Blitz said.
"Thank you, sir."
"You know my name... Use it."
"Thanks, Blitz."
Blitz and Moxxie suddenly look up as they hear a muffled pounding coming from the ceiling. Millie crashes through the ceiling, landing with a superhero pose.
"THERE'S my Millie!" Moxxie said excitedly.
Millie runs over to Moxxie and Blitz and begins to untie them.
"Impressive work, Mills! How'd you get here all by yourself?" Blitz complimented.
Millie and Moxxie have a tender reunion but are rudely interrupted when Loona smashes through the one-way window using Agent Two as a makeshift battering ram as Danika comes in after holding Agent One by the throat.
"LOONIE?!" Blitz exclaimed in shock.
"No time! We gotta go now!" Danika said.
"Get your asses out here before MORE FUCKERS SHOW UP!" Loona shouted.
Loona throws Agent Two at Agent One after Danika released him and making him stand behind her. She crouches, wolf ears sprouting from her head, and leaps, having instantly reverted to her Hellhound form as she lands. A wolf howl sound effect plays as she lands. She drops her backpack and Blitz and Moxxie grin maniacally at each other. Moxxie pulls out twin submachine guns while Blitz brandishes his trusty flintlock pistol, flicking the hammer. Agent One weakly presses a button, setting off an alarm. The I.M.P group turn as a few disposable mooks drop from the ceiling holding Japanese weapons, before even more cartoonishly slide in from the sides and encircle them. The I.M.P. group hold fighting poses, ready for a smackdown.
"Ooookay, I've had one too many emotions for today! Guys..." Blitz said, turning to Moxxie. "Let's FUCK these FUCKERS UP!!"
Moxxie give an evil, toothy smile and nods.
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