Danika enters the room and fixes her determined gaze on the mirror.

"Dad, I know this is shocking, but I'm planning on taking a job at IMP. "But Danny, please understand that it's not safe, bleh bleh bleh." Thank you for taking me in, Dad. However, as an adult woman, I wanted to express my gratitude by earning money so that I wouldn't have to worry about bills or other things."

Danika was pacing her room and ranting out loud what she was going to say. She had no idea that Octavia was curiously listening in on her from the door and was taken aback.

"Hmm. A job?" Octavia questioned.

Before she knew it, they were at the dinner table, where Octavia sat on one side and Danika, disguised as an owl, sat across from Stolas, who appears excited.

"Oh, Danika! I have so much fun planned! Whoo-hoo! But first, we go catch some scorpions together, just the three of us, yes, Dead-ums?" Stolas cooed.

Danika smiles a bit before getting serious.

"Dad, please let me speak. There's something we have to talk about."

"You want to go out and get a job. You can." Stolas stated, knowing this would happen.

Danika turns to him with a smirk.

"Aha! I knew you were gonna say that. But, Dad, I appreciate your help and support, you know that I know about the whole princess and stuff of-- Wait, what?" Danika stopped, realizing what he just said.

"Yeah, what?" Octavia asked, raising her eyebrow.

"I said you can go." Stolas smiled.

"You're just playing with me." Danika deadpanned, crossing her arms.

"No, no, no, no. You're old enough to drive a hearse now, you're old enough to make your own choices. You can go. Just don't come home late."

"Holy Rabies. Holy Rabies!"

Leaping from her seat, Danika gave Octavia and Stolas hugs before sprinting to her room to gather her belongings and the completed application.

"Don't worry. I'll let you know how my job went. Thanks again."

Then she called for a vehicle and departed the mansion, bidding them farewell. She is picked up by the taxi and taken to Imp City. Octavia turns to Stolas after Danika leaves to ask him why he let her go, only to watch him cry like a baby.

"Waaah! My girl is already grown up and I haven't even got to take her to a nice tea party I planned!"

Octavia smiles and rolls her eyes, knowing that Danika will persist through all of Hell.

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Danika looks out her window and was amazed at the sight before her.

The city is filled with grey buildings with some yellow windows, as well as sometimes having pink windows. Some building can also be dark red sometimes as well. Her eyes then catches an I.M.P. Headquarters, which is depicted as a black and dark gray building with black and white horns build onto it, as well as having some black window panes and antennas attacked on it.

The Imp City sign is shown to have an eye symbol as an icon; one sign is red with a white rim outside it with the icon being white and black and partially peeking like a sun, along with there being a spointed billboard shown to be white with a black rim and having a red pentagram, and an icon with a full black outlining of a sun with the inside having an eye with a yellow sclera and red iris on it and having some black and white horns on it.

There is shown to also be some sort of spiked dark grey, black, gold, and red building with what seems to be an observatory that has a red lens and has a black pupil peeking out of it, as well as having one larger dark red spike at the back of it. There is also a blank billboard on one of the buildings.

After a while, they stopped in front of the I.M.P. Headquarters. Danika gives the taxi driver her money before it leaves. For a brief period, she appears anxious as she stands in front of the structure. There's no going back once she steps inside. Breathing deeply, she opens the door and enters the headquarters. After surveying the area, she pulls out her paper, which shows its location and number inside the structure. After that, she approaches the elevator and presses the button just before the doors closed in front of her. She gets up to the floor and exits the elevator, instantly recognizing the I.M.P. sign on the door. Danika then gives the door a knock.

"Get in!"

She then opens the door and sees sitting on a desk is a very lanky demon with a pointed tail that, on the contrary, a large, pointed head with curly horns. His sclera are yellow with red irises.

He has crimson skin with white spots that are scars from circus fire covering his right eye and the tip of his tail, black and white striped horns with a small black horn between them, and subtle black markings around his eyes and tail. A heart-shaped skull symbol is located on his forehead. He wears a torn black collared coat with red buttons, black boots, and large black gloves with yellow eyes. He also has a red skull around his neck.

"Hello, I'm Blitz, the "o" is silent, which you already know. This is Moxxie and Millie, and my daughter Loona." Blitz introduced. "How can I help you with your killing? Who did you want dead?"

Beside him, where she can guess is Moxxie, an imp with red skin and white freckles on his cheeks. His white pointy hair leads up to his curvy black and white striped horns.

He also has yellow sclera with black slit pupils. He has a long red thin tail with a quadrilateral barb at the end, as well as lanky digitigrade legs ending in what appears to be cloven red hooves, reminiscent of artiodactyls.

Moxxie's usual outfit consists of a large red bow-tie, a white shirt under a high-collared, navy-black tailcoat with white cuffs, white inner lining, and two red buttons on the front. He also dons a set of black fingerless gloves, complete with simple black pants with holes for his hooves.

Then there's Millie, she is a red demon with a long, demonic tail with white markings. She has eyes made up of yellow sclera and black pupils. Her hair is short dark purple. She has long black eyelashes that extend past the sides of her hair. She has two black horns with three thin white stripes and grayish black hair with a white spot in the center, and a fringe that covers the middle of her right horn.

She wears black lipstick, wears a simple black choker, a cold shoulder black blouse with gold buttons where the straps at the top meet the torso, ripped black pants, black fingerless gloves, and black footwear that does not cover the tips of her hoof-like feet. Millie also has a black heart-shaped tattoo on her left shoulder and two white spots on the inside and outside of each of her elbows.

Then lastly there's Loona, a hellhound with a wolf-like appearance. She has a pointed, dog-like muzzle with sharp and pointy teeth, and a dark grey nose. Her eyes have red sclera with white irises, and she wears grey eye shadow and black winged eyeliner for makeup. She also has a piercing on her right eyebrow with a black hoop for jewelry.

Her fur is white with grey encircling her face, grey patches on her shoulders, and long, voluminous silver hair swept to the side to reveal her dark grey ears - the left of which is pierced with two small, black hoop earrings, while the right is ragged. She has a large, dark grey bushy tail with white on the underside.

Her outfit features a large, spiked black choker around her neck. Her tattered grey, off-the-shoulder crop-top is held up at the neckline by a series of crisscross spaghetti-straps that form an inverted pentagram. She wears black shorts that are tattered at the hems, with a white crescent moon detail on the right side. Loona accessorizes with black fingerless gloves and thigh-high black toeless stockings, with her black claws protruding due to her digitigrade stance.

"Hello, I'm Danika. Danika Nightingale. And actually, I'm here for an interview. I saw you're in need for hire from the flyer and I made an appointment with you, Blitz." Danika said, waving at them before handing out an application.

Blitz was taken aback, as were Millie and Moxxie. He scans the application, then turns to face Danika.

"Follow me."

He walks her into a room with a large table and numerous seats, and before he shuts the door, he leaves the sign "Meeting in progress" on it. The light is shining on Blitz, who is seated across from Danika, in the darkened room. After perusing the documents, he looks at her with a serious expression.

"So, what are you good at?" he asked.

Given that she had done such terrible things for her immature parents, Danika is ashamed. Now that she's in Hell, this might make it easier for her to find employment.

"Well, I had overwhelming crisis evasion capability when I was a teenager. I now have a very strong sense of danger. Any threat, no matter how small, will be immediately avoided by my body. I can even use my opponent's movements against them to make up for my nonexistent offensive prowess. I can even deflect their blows with their strength." she explained.

"Oh, really? How can you do that?" Blitz asked, looking impressed.

"It's... kinda a long story." Danika said, looking away. "I have taken a very high-risk-part-time jobs like stealing or avoiding cops, and I even help sell illegal drugs."

"Oh, shit! And you once never got caught?"

"Nope."

"Hmm... Interesting. What else are you good at?"

"My survival mode is high." Danika brought up with a small frown. "I spent fourteen years living in the forest by coercion. I've gone through a lot, and no matter where I lived, I had to struggle to survive. My superior instincts tell me that the best course of action in perilous circumstances is to survive and triumph over all obstacles."

Her abilities more than shocked Blitz, who also wondered about her early years. He then asked her a couple more questions, and the more she responded, the more he seemed interested in her abilities.

"On to the important question, why do you want to work here?"

Danika thinks for a moment and then lets it all out.

"I wanted to prove to these people that I believed to be my friends or people I could trust that treating me like a piece of trash or using me as their servant was wrong. When they cross me, especially after they sell me out, I want to show them what happens! I always end up doing nothing when I try to do something for people to like me! I'll make sure they pay for their crimes and deeds, which are completely repulsive and nasty, as well as what they did to me! As long as I show them who's in charge, I don't give a damn if they're dead or not!"

And finally, after all that yelling, Danika stops and inhales deeply. That was just what she needed to release all the emotions she had been holding inside. A hush fell, and she raised her head to observe Blitz in disbelief. When Danika learns what has transpired, she feels ashamed and believes that her speech was excessive. She didn't anticipate his grinning, though.

"Hired."

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...

...

"What?" Danika questioned in shock.

"You heard me. You're hired." he said without hesitation.

"Really?" she asked, looking happy.

"Yep. Let's see what you're capable of. Training starts tomorrow. Don't be late." Blitz said, getting up and left the room.

After a minute, Danika sits there and smiles, realizing that everything has changed.

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The next day, Blitz, Moxxie, and Millie are standing in the forest as Danika returns to her human realm. She spots certain targets and weaponry. Blitz approaches her and looks at Danika.

"While I can impressed with your capabilities, we've got to put it to a test. For danger lurks around every corner of this world. Stay on your toes! Trust no one! Ah! Look over there!"

Blitz points something behind Danika.

"Ah! What is it? Danger?" she yelped, looking back.

Blitz hits her on the head, making her grunt in pain.

"I said trust no one! Now, follow me, and we will begin the next lesson."

He leads her to the wooden stands full of weapons.

"Your next lesson is to pick your weapon. Find one that resonates with you." Blitz said.

"These weapons are very unique. There are many different kinds for you to use for example—" Moxxie started to explain when he was interrupted.

"No one wants to hear your long boring explanation about guns, idiot! They're just guns!" Blitz shouted with a glare. "We're here to train her, not bore her."

"Right. Sorry, sir." Moxxie frowned.

Danika looks around the weapons and sees a stack of three swords.

"Hmm."

She reaches for a sword, but Blitz suddenly pops up from behind the stack.

"No! Wrong!" he shouted.

Danika jumped in surprise.

"What? How so?"

"From what I have seen, you do not have the dexterity to wield a sword. Pick something else."

Danika hesitates and looks around the weapons. She then spots the two pistols and picks them up.

"Ah. Good choice. These are Devil's Grip Pistols." Blitz nodded.

"Cool." Danika smiled. "So, what's the next lesson?"

It then leads to a tire-running course. Danika moves gracefully through the tires.

"Wonderful, Danika! Knees higher!"

The next lesson is monkey bars. Danika swings through the bars without a problem.

"Nice work! Keep up! Better than Moxxie, I could say since he wines the most." Blitz grinned.

"Hey!" Moxxie exclaimed in disbelief.

"Relax, don't let him get to you." Millie assured him. "But that owl girl got a good deal."

The next lesson is wall climbing.

"That's it, Danika! Feel the stone beneath your hands, the strong breeze in your hair. Much like the breeze on a fast-moving train." Blitz cheered her on.

She rises to the top quite rapidly thanks to his encouragement. Danika is a little too tired from her exercise. The next activity is gun shooting, where she tried her hardest to aim well with Moxxie's assistance because, from what she's heard, he is an expert.

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The next day, Millie is sparring with Danika with a sword as Blitz believed she's more than ready to learn to use. And the sword Danika picked is Death Stalker Twin Swords as she's right now learning to use one. Blitz and Moxxie are watching them while eating.

"Parry, swing! Imagine I'm a fearsome assassin. Or perhaps, a meddlesome train conductor or a crazy psychopath." Millie encouraged her.

"You're too fast." Danika shouted, blocking her hit.

"Indeed. But when you find yourself outmatched, think outside the box." Millie explained.

Suddenly, the sunlight reflects off of Millie's blade towards Danika's eyes. She squints them before they could blind her and gasps in realization. Danika holds out her sword blade towards the light and it blinds Millie.

"Gah!" she cried out.

As soon as Millie is blind, Danika knocks Millie's sword out of her grasp with a war cry and Millie's sword spins in the air for a time. And with that, she catches it and aims both of her blades at Millie's throat. Laughing, Millie smiles.

"Excellent! You've improved so much." she said, winking at her.

"Yeah. Getting better than I expected." Blitz nodded.

Danika chuckles.

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In a forest, Danika is shown on a run, does some pull-ups and ends up facing some mannequins resembling humans. She smashes the mannequins and then looks at the other two as they remind her of her own selfish parents.

"We love you, Danika."

"Be a good girl and do the job for us."

"You like helping us, right? Please cook something for us."

"Mom and Dad need to be taken care of."

In rage, Danika grunts and kicks the mannequins, then draws her sword and slashes them in half. Panting, she goes to sheath her sword when a couple of bounty hunters, Moxxie and Millie, jump out of the shadows to attack, and Danika quickly counterattacks. Millie tries to attack Danika with her ax, but it knocks her back and then kicks Moxxie just as he is about to attack her. Then there's Blitz as he goes to shoot her when she quickly throws her sword towards the gun, knocking it out of his grasp before kicking him down, pulling out her own gun and points it at his face. Blitz grins up at her.

"You're ready." he said.

Smiling, Danika helps him up just as Moxxie and Millie get up.

"Thank you, sir." she said.

"No problem. Now, to the most important part of your final test, your first mission."

He reached into his pocket and threw something to her, which Danika caught it and noticed was a file. She opened it and there is a photo of the mafia group and their boss within.

"To test all of your skills you've learned, our new client request us to kill these bozos for killing him for secretly he never did along with destroying his life. Promised us with good amount of money. I want you to do this on your own to prove yourself worthy if you ever want to keep this job with the skills we've taught you. So, you in? Because this is a dangerous mission you'll ever face."

Danika looks at a file for a moment, then her expression turns dark and she gives her boss a sneering glare. She clicks her gun after taking it out.

"I'm in, sir."