{ Chapter 6: Loo Loo Land }
The next morning, Danika wakes up and looks around. She smiles, feeling relaxed and happy for the first time. She gets up from her bed and heads down towards the kitchen where she sees the imp waitress and waiter doing the cooking. Danika walks over and gestures that she can help. They were surprised at first, but they let her join the cooking as they start making breakfast for the royals before they wake up, including for herself. She looks at the cookbook and starts following the recipe carefully with the help of the imps.
She takes out the stuff she needs as she pours one cup of lemon juice and zest, one cup of sugar, one cup of water, one bottle of red wine, one and a half cups of bourbon, and skull shaped ice cubes into a big fancy glass pitcher before mixing them. Then she pours them into each cups while adding skull shaped ice cubes as she gives some to the imps, who were thankful. To make it more fancy, she sliced four blood lemon into rounds. Remove visible seeds and place them in a single layer in a shallow plastic container.
Then there goes to cooking as she starts cooking and flipping the pancakes. Then stakes them up on a plate before adding worms on it. They're not actual worms, they're just a cut meat that look like worms. Danika then pours syrup on it and add nice square butter on top for each. Then she brings out a pot and pours water in it before placing the eggs inside and boiling it for 14 minutes. She prepares an ice water bath until the minutes are up and transfer them to the bath to let it cool down. Once cooled, she peeled the eggs, cut them in half, and separate the egg whites onto a plate and yolks into a bowl. Mash and stir the yolk with the rest of the filling ingredients: mayonnaise, mustard, pickle relish, salt and pepper. Then cooked the bacon until golden and crispy. Once done, she crumble the bacon into bits. Then scoop the filling into the egg whites and sprinkle a generous amount of bacon bits and chives on top. Finally, she finished up by cooking more bacon as she staked them in one big plate.
Danika then sets them up on a table where they will be eating and smiles in satisfaction, wiping off the sweat from her forehead. So far she made good amount of breakfast she's proud of as she made:
Demon-ade
Worm Cakes
Bacon Deviled Eggs
Big Monster Bacons
She was about to wake up her family when she heard a loud smashing objects, causing her to flinch. She rushes over to the kitchen to see her parents screaming at each other.
"I can't believe you slept with an imp, in OUR FUCKING BED!" Stella yelled angrily, throwing and breaking the potted plants.
"It was unexpected! I didn't have time to go to a motel!" Stolas defended himself.
"A motel?! Like a fucking PLEBEIAN?!"
Screaming in anger, she grabs and smashes the potted plant into the hallway where Octavia was just walking in as she walks past them towards a worried Danika.
"You want to fuck this one, TOO?!"
Stella grabs an imp servant and violently tosses him in Stolas' direction, which he dodges.
"No! Of course not!" Stolas said.
"You are a goddamn embarrassment! I'm not spending another moment looking at your pathetic, IMP-SUCKING FACE!!"
Stella storms out of the room, shouting angrily the entire time, and smashing more potted plants. Stolas sighs in exhausted exasperation before he notices his daughter has entered the kitchen to a dining table where Danika is waiting. Danika makes Octavia a plate and pours her a Demon-ade into a cup and hands them to her. Octavia looks surprised at the feast and faces Danika.
"Did you do all of this?"
"Yep. With a little help from the imps." Danika happily nodded.
Octavia cuts a slice of the worm cake and takes a bite. Her eyes widens in shock before she immediately starts finishing up her worm cakes before taking a sip of the Demon-ade. She enjoys it and begins to chugging. Danika smiles that she's enjoying them as she too eats her breakfast not before making a plate for Stolas since Stella won't be joining them for a while. Stolas smiles at the scene and approaches them.
"Good mooorning, Octavia, Danika! Did you sleep well, my owlets?" he greeted them.
Octavia finishes half of her demon-ade and places a cup down, glaring back at her father.
"Was that a serious question?" she asked coldly before eating her bacon deviled eggs.
Stolas frowns while Danika gets uncomfortable and smile awkwardly.
"I sleep good, dad. And I made you a plate and a drink." Danika replied, biting her bacon.
Stolas opens the refrigerator to retrieve a massive chunk of zebra meat.
"Mm-hmm... Thanks, Danika. And what's that you're listening to, Octavia?"
Danika too was curious on what song Octavia is listening to, hearing a loud music from her earphones.
"This song is called "My World is Burning Down Around Me"." Octavia replied. "It's by Fuck You Dad."
Danika flinches and Stolas looks down, thinking the name of the band his daughter mentioned is a hurtful remark.
"It's a band." Octavia finished.
"Ohhhh! How charming..." Stolas said bemusedly.
"Nice... band name..." Danika smiled awkwardly, stuffing some bacon deviled eggs into her mouth.
Stolas grabs the zebra meat and feeds it to a massive potted plant situated in a small alcove off the kitchen as he pets it. Sated, it falls dormant, closing its three eyes.
"So, you two done screaming for the day?" Octavia asked, wiping her beak with a napkin before finishing her demon-ade.
"Umm..." Stolas started.
Stella lets out another scream of anger and another potted plant is heard shattering in the distance. He flinches before smiling at his daughters.
"You know what I haven't done in a long, loooong time? I haven't taken you to your favorite place in all of Hell! Why don't we go to Loo Loo Land?" Stolas suggested. "You should come too, Danika!"
"Loo Loo Land?" Danika tilted her head.
"I'm not five anymore." Octavia glared, not in the mood to go there.
"You always were so happy when I took you to Loo Loo Land! What do you say we go there again, have a day, just the three of us? You're going to love it there, Danika." Stolas said, gesturing to the picture frame on the wall that takes place in Loo Loo Land with himself, Stella, and little Octavia.
"I'd... rather kill myself." Octavia deadpanned, chewing on her bacon.
"There we go! Anything but staying in this house. Now, I'll arrange our security."
Stolas picks up a phone carried on a platter by his now bruised and battered servant.
"Security for a theme park?" Octavia questioned.
"Uh, you know I'm the security here. I can take care of myself and you guys." Danika said.
"I know, Danika. But we are rich, and we're hot. People want our money and our bodies!" Stolas explained.
Octavia finishes up her breakfast and gestures to Danika for more bacons, which she happily gives her some more on her plate. Octavia then eats them again while Danika gives herself some more of those bacon deviled eggs.
"Our money, maybe." Octavia said under her breath and to Danika.
"Yeah, mostly money." Danika said, looking at herself.
"Speak for yourself, princesses. Now... I'm calling the only man who can f*** me!"
Danika froze in realization on who he's talking about as she stops halfway from eating her bacon deviled eggs while Octavia drops a handful of bacon back onto her plate, disgusted.
"What...?" Octavia voiced quietly.
"You don't mean my boss, right?" Danika gulped.
Stolas immediately backpedaled to not gross his daughters out.
"Who can protect me! Us! And yes, my little star. Being part of the Goetia family is rather valuable, you know."
Octavia groans and pulls her beanie down over her eyes. Danika cringes and shoves a mouthful of her food into her mouth again to distract herself.
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Cut to I.M.P. Headquarters, where Blitzo is busy doing very important work in his office, involving crude representations of Millie and Moxxie made out of office supplies that he puppets around and speaks with. Between them is a framed photo of Blitzo with a robe pulled down off his shoulders seductively and a flower between his teeth. The text reads "#1 Bitch" with "BOSS" written in red over it. He starts impersonating Millie.
"Oh, Blitzo! You're such a good boss!" Blitz then impersonate Moxxie. "Yeah, I really want you, sir." he impersonates Millie again. "Me, too!" then he speaks normally to himself. "Let's three-way!"
Blitz lowers his "employees" below his desk to crotch level, looking momentarily pleasured before being interrupted by the ringing of his Hellphone.
"WHAT?!" he answered back angrily, taking a sip of his coffee.
"Why, hello, my big-dicked Blitzy." Stolas greeted lustfully.
Both Blitz, Danika, and Octavia spit out their coffee/demon-ade in sheer surprise. Blitz slams his "BOSS BITCH" mug onto his desk.
"What--" Blitz started.
"the--" Octavia added.
"FUCK--" Danika added.
"Dad?!" Octavia and Danika said in unison.
"Language, everyone!" Stolas scolded before speaking normally into the phone. "I have a special request~"
"Aw... Look, I just had a chemical peel. So, you'll have to find someone else's face to plant that feathered ass." Blitz glared into the phone.
"It's for my daughters." Stolas said.
"Ah. Well, make sure they wash it." Blitz stated, placing a mini-crown on his head.
Stolas gets taken aback and immediately fixes his words.
"No! No, no-no-no. I'm taking my daughters to Loo Loo Land, and I was hoping you brave little Imps would accompany us!"
"We're assassins, not bodyguards, 'kay? Besides, you've got Danika who can take care of you. Don't invite us to shit unless someone's gonna die." Blitz said.
"I'll pay you~" Stolas smiled seductively.
"Pay me what?" Blitz asked.
"Moneyyyy~"
"Done!"
After Blitz hung up, Stolas turns to Danika and Octavia happily.
"They're in! Now let's get ready!"
"Breakfast, first." Danika said, showing out his plate.
"Oh, right. Sure. Can't leave with an empty stomach."
Stolas sits down with them and eats his breakfast. His eyes widens in surprise until they sparkled.
"Wow! This is delicious! Did you cook this?"
"Yep. Since my parents aren't cookers and that they're lazy, I have to cook if I'm going to survive."
"It's a good thing I adopted you. But you didn't have to."
"Well, I wanted to. Just to show how thankful I am for having a good real family and for taking me in."
Stolas and Octavia stares at her for a moment before smiling.
"You're welcome." Stolas said, eating his bacon.
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In front of Loo Loo Land, a van with an I.M.P decal spray painted on the side pulls into the rather empty parking lot. Moxxie exits the van and opens the side door. A very cramped Stolas extracts himself excitedly. Octavia exits the van far less excitedly with Owl Demon Disguised Danika following behind looking unsure. Stolas dons an apple-themed hat and gestures toward the park gate. Octavia groans and pulls her hat low over her face. Danika smiles awkwardly at her dad as they started heading inside.
"Now, remember: this is work and work only. Me and my crew are not here to satisfy your perverted bird needs, alright?" Blitz said firmly.
Octavia looks around the place disgustedly.
"Hey... Dad... Do we have to--?"
Blitz gently cuts her off.
"Okay, yeah. Hold on right there, sweetie."he said and turned to Stolas angrily. "If you try fuckin' my little ass in that park, I swear to--"
Stolas leans down to his level and pokes his face affectionately.
"You are so cute when you are serious!" he cooed.
"Ehh..." Danika groaned uncomfortably.
"I'm literally gonna be sick." Octavia deadpanned.
"Oh, crumbs! I knew today would be a lot! What do you need?"
Moxxie fishes around in a fanny pack and throws out several pill bottles as he lists off his inventory.
"Anti-acids? Ibuprofen?"
Moxxie shows Octavia several hypodermic needles of a glowing, acid green substance.
"Morphine?"
"Uh, Moxxie? That was figurative, not literally. Literally is just something we teenagers like to say." Danika explained.
"Yeah, old man." Octavia said rudely to him.
"Oh, right."
Moxxie chuckles sheepishly as he discards the needles into a nearby baby carriage, where a baby imp happily reaches out to play with its dangerous new "toys."
"But she said it was literal." he said under his breath.
"Wooooow! I haven't been to this place since I was a tot!" Millie said excitedly.
A large letter falls off the sign of a nearby ride, crushing the teenaged imp underneath.
"It hasn't changed a bit. Ohhh! LOOK! It's Big Woobly!"
Millie gestures toward a hideously malformed animatronic dinosaur, which opens its mouth and lets out a terrifying, demonic shriek. Danika gets creeped out at the sight and walks close to Octavia.
"That is... deeply upsetting." Moxxie frowned.
"Oh, come on! It's fun! You've never been here?" Millie grinned.
"No. Theme parks always disturbed me, especially the mascots."
The park's mascot, Loo Loo appears out of nowhere behind Moxxie.
"Well, hey there!" he greeted.
Moxxie jumps back onto Millie in terror.
"AAAAAH!!"
"I'm Loo Loo! Welcome to Loo Loo Land! If y'all get hurt here, just try and sue us!" Loo Loo said.
Stolas gasps and places his hand on Octavia's back, pointing at him.
"Look! Via! It's Loo Loo!" he said.
"Hey, I have a question." Danika raised a hand.
"Well, ask away, little girlie! A-hyuk a-hyuk a-hyuk!" Loo Loo said, eye socket popping out.
"Is it true this park is just a really shameless spin-off of Lucifer's far more popular Lu Lu World?"
Long story short, Octavia explain that information to Danika throughout the drive.
"No?" Loo Loo replied in beat.
"This place reeks of insecure corporate shame." Octavia glared daggers.
Stolas chuckles nervously as he leads Danika and Octavia away.
"Why don't we go check out the rides?" Stolas suggested.
"Those chicks are creepy, huh?" Loo Loo said.
"Eh, wait till their dad tries to diddle your holes." Blitz stated, walking past him.
Loo Loo turns to Millie and Moxxie.
"What's that mean?"
"Don't talk to me! I know you're a pervert under there!" Moxxie snapped, pointing at him.
He then leaves, leading Millie off with him. Loo Loo hangs his body dejectedly.
"Yeah..."
Moxxie and Millie head down a pathway, and Moxxie, sweating profusely, stops to catch his composure.
"You really like this place, huh?" Moxxie asked.
"I love this place! My parents would bring me and my siblings here when they could swing it. Money-wise." Millie explained, looking fond.
Moxxie looks over to see a worker wheeling a wheelbarrow piled to the brim with money into a nearby giftshop. The two approach the window, where novelty cups and stuffed apples are for sale. The cups appear to cost at least 29 souls per.
"Yeaaaah. The prices do seem rather criminal. I mean, that much for a novelty cup that you use one time?"
"'Cause, it's Loo Loo Land!" Millie cheered.
Blitz walks up, having loaded up on merch, including a novelty cup, as well as a hat with attached can holders and straws. He nudges Moxxie with his cup.
"Listen to your hoe, Mox."
Blitz takes a swig from his novelty cup.
"How 'bout I take the first watch while you two have a little fun?"he suggested, taking off his sunglasses and winking.
In excitement, Millie carries Moxxie up above her head and runs off.
"OOOOOH! We gotta do my favorite ride!" she said.
"Oh, yeah? Wh- which one?" Moxxie asked.
He then sees a shot of a lone imp riding a roller coaster named "The Lawsuit" that suddenly plunges off a sheer 90-degree drop at incredible speed while also on fire and with its rider hanging on for dear life. The coaster violently plunges into a tunnel in the ground.
"Oh, crumbs!" he cried out, terrified.
Moment later, Moxxie is vomiting into a trash can after having left the ride. A vomit-covered family walks by in the background, glaring disapprovingly at Moxxie. A massive dragon-like creature from the nearby petting zoo looms overhead, also glaring at Moxxie.
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In another part of the park, Stolas, Danika, and Octavia walk along the path, as Blitz takes up positions all around them with his rifle, on the lookout for any danger. A group of imps creep up behind the booths, ropes, knives, and pitchforks at the ready. They quickly scatter as Blitz looks in their direction. Stolas leans back and strokes Blitz's horn.
"You know, it's quite thrilling to see you on the job, Blitzy." he cooed.
"Save it, bitch. I'm working." Blitz glared, not in the mood for this.
"You both need to get a room." Octavia said in disgust.
"Hey, I am not a day-hooker!"
A woman walking nearby with her baby glares at Blitz before continuing on in a huff.
"What? I just said I'm not one, prude!" Blitz defended himself and flipped her off.
Danika looks around, not sure about this theme park. She then spots a big plate full of noodles and other stuff added on it like fishes, lobsters, and others.
She approaches the laughing two imps and a hellhound.
"Pardon me." she excused herself.
They stopped laughing and turned to her. Danika pointed to the big food, much to Stolas, Octavia, and Blitz's shock.
"I'd like that." she said.
The hellhound points at her mockingly, making her sweatdrop.
"You're actually going to try to eat that? Huh?"
He then started laughing, not noticing Danika started to get already until he heard a loud ruckus and looked over and froze along with everyone else. Danika just finished eating the noodles within a second as she placed the plate down with a sigh. Stolas, Octavia, and Blitz gaped with their jaw dropped along with everyone else.
"Thanks for the meal." Danika said, bowing to them before walking away with a bliss.
Without a word, Stolas, Octavia, and Blitz stiffly followed after her. The two imps and a hellhound pointed at Danika's retreating figure with fright.
"S-Sir, we don't have any more ingredients!" one of the imps said.
"S-She's a monster! A demon!" a second imp added.
The food stands soon broke down after.
"You're really... something, Danika." Stolas said awkwardly.
"Are you sure you're normal?" Octavia asked.
"Yeah, you ate a whole lot like an alligator." Blitz commented.
"I'm fine. I just love eating all kinds of food." Danika smiled.
She noticed a game with plushies hanging. Curious, Danika approaches the stand and the imp doing the game notices her and greets her.
"Hello, step right up and win a Fizzarolli doll."
Danika looks at the doll that appears to be a clown. To be honest, she finds it cute.
"How do I win?" she asked.
"All you gotta do to win it is knock down that little spaceship there."
The vendor points to the smallest of the spaceship targets.
"It's easy!" he laughed.
Finding it fair, Danika hands a dollar bill on the table. The vendor takes it, slurps on his drink, and presses a button that opens the curtains and readies the cork guns. She sits down and takes aim. When the sign says "LET'S GO!", she immediately opens fire and hits the spaceship right in the middle without missing it. She hits it so hard, it breaks through the wall, creating a hole. The timer runs out and the sign says "WINNER!". Speechless, the imp vendor hands her a Fizzarolli doll.
"Thanks for the game. It's fun." Danika bowed before walking away with her prize.
The vendor keeps staring at the hole she made, thinking what just happened. Danika tried out other games and won some plush prizes for Octavia, which she appreciates it. The four kept going on until Stolas gasps at something ahead.
"Oh! Look, Via!"
Stolas points excitedly at the circus tent. A demon mother is struggling to pull her crying son into the tent. This made Danika concern of what's inside that tent.
"You used to cry such tears of joy at this show!" Stolas said.
Octavia looks panicked.
"Oh, no..."
Flashback to Octavia as a young girl, as she is pushed against the stage by an excited crowd of imp children, as Robo Fizz sparks and cackles maniacally leering over Octavia, who soon breaks into tears. A younger Blitz is seen in the background tending to a food cart, dressed and painted as a clown, scowling.
"I hate that fucking clown." Blitz & Octavia said in unison with annoyance.
"How bad are we talking about?" Danika asked.
"Believe me. You do not want to go in there. It'll ruin you." Octavia said darkly.
"Trust me. I've been there." Blitz said.
"Oh, Blitzy~ I need my bodyguard, please!" Stolas called out, unconcerned.
Turning, Danika gasps to see Stolas, who has been captured and hoisted aloft by the crew of imps from earlier. Stolas' arms are bound and his head is covered by a cloth sack, and the imps are pointing various weapons at him. One has stolen Stolas' wallet.
One imp jumps, to try and skewer Stolas with a pitchfork. Danika quickly takes Blitz's rifle to bear, shooting the imp in the torso, splattering Stolas's head with blood. The other imps quickly scatter.
Octavia enters the big top and finds a seat. Danika sits next to her. Blitz carries Stolas in, head still covered in the blood-soaked sack, sets him down, and walks off to take position. Stolas makes no move to remove the sack, until Octavia annoyedly rips it off her father's head.
"You okay, dad?" Danika asked with concern.
"I'm fine, Dan." Stolas smiled.
The curtains open to reveal a Robo Fizz that resembles the doll except it's glitching and sparking.
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"Hey-hey-hey-hey-heyyyy, Implings! It's me, the Robotic Fizzarolli! Shipped from Big Ozzie's factory to bring you a wonderful show celebrating Loo Loo Land, spelled with Os, to avoid lawsuits! H-H-H-H-H-Hit it!" Robo Fizz introduced.
Stage lights turn on and point at Robo Fizz as he begins to dance and sing a song of the same name of the park.
♫ Loo Loo Land, Loo Loo Land! ♫
The curtains open to reveal Robo Fizz's band, FizzaRolli 'n Friends, composed of various hideously decrepit animatronics, including Big Woobly on guitar.
♫ Everybody sing along with the Loo Loo band ♫
Robo Fizz goes around pointing and gesturing at various demons in the audience. Stolas looks excited when Robo Fizz gets to him, but this is short-lived as Blitz pops up and points his rifle at Robo Fizz, who dashes back to the stage.
♫ Ev'ry boy, ev'ry girl, ev'ry woman, ev'ry man loves Loo Loo Laaand! ♫
Platforms in the stage rise up in time with the music.
♫ Loo Loo Land, Loo Loo Land! ♫
♫ Everything is beautiful at Loo Loo Land ♫
♫ Ugly children holdin' hands in Loo Loo Laaand! ♫
Robo Fizz grabs various Imp children out of the audience and wraps them up in a big hug, before jumping up and tossing them away. Most of the children slam into the bleachers, while one soars behind them. Danika doesn't like where this is going nor the song.
♫ Everybody's friendly, ♫
Robo Fizz hugs Big Woobly so hard that its neck breaks a bit more than it already had been.
♫ And nobody is mean ♫
Robo Fizz dashes over to the two-headed, banjo-playing bear animatronic and slaps it in the back. The animatronic then squirts a stream of oil from its bigger head at the face of an Imp in the bleachers attempting to drown out the song with music from his phone.
♫ No copyright infringement's ever seeen ♫
Robo Fizz dumps a gasoline canister onto a large stack of cease-and-desist papers, lights a match, and throws the match and the canister at the stack, setting the whole thing ablaze.
♫ I have a dream... ♫
♫ (He has a dream) ♫
♫ I'm here to tell... ♫
♫ (He's here to tell) ♫
♫ About a magical, fantastic place called Loo Loo Laaaaand! ♫
Octavia is sitting and absorbing the musical with disgusted boredom. Danika covers her ears, not liking this music and uncomfortable. The show keeps going on and Stolas is gleefully clapping to the music, while Octavia has thrown her head back in torment, banging her fist on the seat next to her.
♫ --body sing along with the Loo Loo band! Ev'ry boy, ev'ry girl, ev'ry woman, ev'ry man loves Loo Loo Laaaaaaand! ♫
The show ends with a small pyrotechnic display as Robo Fizz cackles maniacally. The bear animatronic faceplants onto the stage and falls to pieces. Stolas claps and cheers even harder.
"Ah hohohoho ho ho ho ho ho, how delightful!"
Behind Stolas, an imp armed with a kris dagger rises from beneath the seats ready to stab Stolas, but the top of his head is quickly blown apart by a shot from Blitz, who has taken up a position in the gallery behind the back row of seats while Imps scream in absolute fear and run away.
"Oh, my! What aim you have, Blitzy." Stolas said flirtatiously.
Octavia gets furious that her dad is still flirting with Blitz.
"Ugh! I can't do this anymore!"
Octavia stands up and Danika and Stolas gets concerned.
"Wait- Uh-... Octavia!"
"Octavia, wait!"
Octavia storms off, with Stolas and Danika following behind as Blitz cycles his rifle, and prepares to give chase after his charges when Robo Fizz starts to mock him, stopping him from going after the Goetias.
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Danika caught up with Octavia and kept calling after her. Stolas is behind her, trying to catch up.
"Octavia, please slow down! Let's talk about this!"
"There's nothing to talk about! Just leave me alone!"
Octavia runs into a building called the "Fun House." Danika easily goes through the course and kept looking for her until she finally found her riding in apple-themed rail cars, crying.
"Octavia?"
Concerned, Danika approaches her and sits down in the rail car next to her.
"I'm guessing you don't like it here as much as I do."
"...At least, you agreed that this theme park sucks. I didn't want to be here either way. But it's just... it's my dad. He gives more attention to that imp boss of yours. Does he... not love me anymore?"
"Are you nuts? Of course he loves you as much as he loves me. He would never ignore any of us." Danika said firmly.
"How would you know?"
"Because he wouldn't be chasing after you right now. That just proves he does care."
On cue, Stolas eventually found them and notices Octavia's state.
"Octavia..."
Stolas discards the Loo Loo Land hat, which in response to his emotional state has gone from a goofy grin to a sad frown. He sits right beside them.
"I take it you are... not having fun." Stolas said.
"I didn't even want to come here!" Octavia cried.
Danika comforts her by rubbing her back.
"I'm sorry, sweetie. I... I thought you and Danika loved it here." Stolas apologized, looking guilty.
"When I was a kid and my parents didn't hate each other... and my dad didn't flirt with some... weird red dickhead the entire time." Octavia said, sniffling.
"I'm sorry, Via. I'm sorry for... everything... happening right now. I know it's... a lot. I, uh-- I should have listened." he said.
"I just want to go home... but home doesn't even feel like home anymore... You ruined it."
"You need to understand... your mother and I... I just-... I felt-... She's always been... I haven't been- Ha-... We weren't in... I'm sorry, I- I- I don't have the words."
Danika could only guess Stolas and Stella's relationship is not as healthy as they think.
"Are you gonna run off with him? And leave us behind? Go away where... I can't find you?" Octavia asked.
"What? No! No, no, never. I'd never do that. Never. I already made a promise that I will take care of your sister. Right, Danika?" Stolas said, pulling Octavia and Danika close to him.
"I know you mean well, dad. You're... the only one that treats me like one of your own." Danika said, leaning against him.
"I think it's time to leave this place. You were right. You two are too old for it, anyway."
Stolas carries Octavia out of the Fun House as Danika walks besides them. He offered her for a carry, which she politely declined and can walk by herself. An imp grins maniacally in the space above the drop-ceiling, looking down on Stolas. The imp drops down and flicks open a switchblade. Stolas immediately turns around, eyes glowing brightly. The Imp immediately turns to stone and is knocked over by a pendulum. Outside, the park has been reduced to pandemonium as dusk falls. Millie attempts to shoot at Robo Fizz, who rolls around wildly. The robot is caught by the draconic creature from before, and swallowed whole, as Moxxie rides on its back. Stolas, Danika, and Octavia leave the park gates.
"So, what would you like to do now?" he asked the girls.
"Oh, can we go to Stylish Occult? They sell weird taxidermy there." Octavia asked.
"Sound interesting." Danika agreed.
"Hmmm, okayyyyy..." Stolas said reluctantly.
Octavia and Danika chuckles.
"Thanks, dad. You're okay, sometimes." Octavia said.
"Thank you, Via. Thank you." Stolas said, placing his forehead against her.
Octavia turns to Danika.
"Thanks for being there for me. I really need it."
"Anything for my sister." Danika smiled warmly at her.
A massive explosion rocks the park, sending the employees of I.M.P. hurtling through the air, smoking and screaming. All three land in front of Stolas, Danika, and Octavia.
"Way to ruin another good thing, sir!" Moxxie glared.
Blitz lifts his face up and points up.
"Worth it! That slutty toy clown had. It. Comin'!" he said painfully.
Moxxie and Blitzo fall unconscious. A stray Quieve grabs Millie by the hair and drags her away.
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