WARNING: The following contains graphic violence, strong language, sexual themes, super depressing feels, as well as rampant demon horniness... so yes, it's intended for mature audiences.

VIEWER/READER DISCRETION IS ADVISED!

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3rd Person POV

*SHNG!*

*CRSH!*

"OOF! Shite!" Ayden cursed to herself as the target she scratched blew up too early and she found herself on her back with more scorch marks on her clothes from the ash and smoke before she stood back up and brushed herself off while complaining, "Still too soon!"

"You sure you don't wanna do this over at Stolas's?" Moxxie questioned from where he stood by the door to the roof.

Their new mini training area was put together by Millie and Ayden so the former could have a place to blow off steam outside of work and so the latter could have a place to train when Stolas or Via weren't around, such as today,

"Nah, Stolas and Via a'e spendin' some time togethe' today and I don' wanna ba'ge in on'em." Ayden responded to Moxxie's question as she grabbed another trash can lid to replace the one she tried to blow up with a scratch.

She had been experimenting with her powers once she found out her hellfire powers were still in her and she could still do all the things she could do before but she was trying new things; like controlling when combustion would happen on a scratch attack but after trying to get it down for the past few hours, she was getting irritable.

"Alright then.." Moxxie spoke, noticing the small dark circles starting to form under Ayden's eyes and remembering how he'd woken up to her giving a startled shout in the middle of the night.

However, when he'd asked her about it earlier, she'd brushed it off as being nothing to worry about but that did nothing for Millie's persistent questioning at breakfast that drove her to train up on the roof for some space.

Before Moxxie could ask another question, his phone beeped and he looked at it before telling Ayden, "Millie and I'll be back later after Jin's appointment."

"You su'e ya both gonna be 'ight takin' Jin ta get thei'..." Ayden looked around before whispering behind her paw, "S-h-o-t-s..."

"You did fine when you had to get them."

"You fo'gettin' how much I freaked out?" Ayden questioned critically with an eyebrow raised.

A quick flashback reveals Ayden, still in her demon cat form, hiding on top of the supply shelves of the doctor's office, quaking in place with her paws over her eyes while whimpering as the same doctor who gave Loona her shots was trying to coax her down, promising some hellfish treats.

"MMmm!" Ayden shook her head stubbornly until the doctor decided to try something else; a laser pointer...

From outside the office in the waiting room, Millie, Moxxie, and Blitzø were seen sitting in chairs waiting for Ayden to be done, not noticing that the silhouettes on the doctor's door were reflecting the doctor running around with Ayden chasing after him because of the laser pointer before Blitzø asked in a mild tone,

"How'd ya think it's going in there?"

*MMRROOOOW!*

"YAAAAAAH!"

Ayden's yowl was heard before the doctor's scream but the imps, minus Moxxie, barely flinched as Millie spoke up,

"I'd say it's going alright."

Back to the present, Moxxie relented,

"Alright you were a bit... difficult," Ayden made a feline noise of annoyance at that before Moxxie continued, "Which is why you should come with us so they can have their sister with them."

"No way, I'm not goin' back to that nuthouse 'nless I'm dyin'."

A slight flinch from Moxxie made Ayden wilt a little before asking,

"Still too soon?"

"Yeah just a little bit..." Moxxie admitted before his phone beeped again and he told her, "Alright, we're heading out. Try not to burn this place down after we just fully moved in."

"Yeh yeh..." Ayden waved him off as she finally attached the trash can lid to the dummy she was using and went to stand back as Moxxie left.

After a few seconds of readying herself, she charged,

"YAH!"

*SHNG!*

She scratched the lid, her scratch marks leaving ember-filled burning lines in the metal as she concentrated on not letting it explode yet with her digits ready to snap to catalyze it,

'Wait... wait...'

She could feel the energy building up in the scratches, her digits pressed about to snap when-

*MEOW!* *MEOW!* *MEOW!*

"AH!" Ayden was startled by her phone ringing at full volume in her pocket and the lid blew up sending hot pieces of shrapnel flying everywhere, one of them even cutting the line to one of the hanging plants Moxxie insisted on adding to the area, causing it to almost fall onto Ayden's head if she hadn't rolled out of the way from where she'd fallen onto her backside.

*KRSH!*

The pot shattered before Ayden grimaced at the mess around her before finally answering Blitzø's call with a deadpan tone,

"Yeh...?"

*Hey Triple A hope I didn't interrupt anything important!*

Ayden looked around at the ruined training area before snarking,

"Nope, nothin' 'mportant at aalllll..."

*Good, didn't think so.*

Ayden slapped a paw to her forehead in irritation before Blitzø told her,

*So listen, Ozzie asked if we could help with security for Fizz for the clown pageant over in Greed today.*

"Can't you handle it alone?" Ayden asked before he told her,

*I mean obviously but, for some reason, he asked for you to come with us too.*

"Why?" Ayden questioned as she started kicking pieces of rubble and shrapnel to make a pile by the ruined dummy.

*Fuck if I know Kid, I'd ask if you're comin' or what but it's pretty much decided at this point.*

Ayden huffed through her nose as she begrudgingly agreed, "Fine... but I'm not wea'ing a suit o' that stupid bell!"

*Fucking fine... You still have the sunglasses right?*

"Yeh?"

*Wear those at least and ditch the red.*

"Ok..." Ayden raised a brow at not being able to wear her signature colors before asking, "Need me ta meet ya somwhe'e?"

*Yeah where I dropped you and Fizz off last time outside Ozzie's place. Half an hour.*

"Got it."

*CLICK*

Ayden hung up before sighing as she figured,

"Guess I shoul' clean up 'round 'ere fi'st..."

As she cleaned though, she had a sneaking suspicion about why Asmodeus had wanted her to come along and figured she needed to come up with her cover story as to why she had her own portal, hellfire powers, and her connection to Stolas since she couldn't mentioned their power lessons and training.

"OK." She started to devise as she finished sweeping up and trashing the rubble pile and went back to her room to change into a clean outfit that wasn't stained with soot, "I know Stolas from bein' Via's bodyguard,"

She pulled on a dark green sleeveless crop top with a black planet on the front and off-shoulder arm straps, a sleeveless blue vest, high-waisted dark gray shorts with red pockets, silver zippers, flared legs, and suspenders hanging from the sides, pulled some poison green toe-less with gray splatter pattern stockings on.

After grabbing her sunglasses from her dresser set to hook onto the edge of her pocket where she also stashed her Aroace bracelet, she didn't notice she'd left her phone behind in her room as she continued,

"My 'powe's' a'e actually special 'ffects I maste'ed so people don' fuck wi'h me,"

She was grabbing her satchel from the rack by the front door and lacing her Glock holster on as she was about to finish devising her cover,

"And my po'tal's from...?"

Before pausing as she was about to draw said portal since she was drawing a blank on how she could spin that before shrugging and saying,

"I'll jus' say my mum's a succub's who I 'borrow' her gem from... she pre'y much is one..."

She grumbled the last part in a bitter tone as she finished the portal leading to the outside of Asmodeus's tower and stepped through to promptly throw up lava into the alley nearby.

She was spitting out the remaining molten liquid from her mouth before she heard a limo approach and the back door opened to reveal Asmodeus, Fizz, and Blitzø sitting in the back as Asmodeus greeted her,

"So this is the famous hellcat human hybrid with hellfire abilities I've been hearing about."

With a feline noise of annoyance, Ayden shot a mad look at Blitzø who grinned nervously while holding his arms up in a half-shrug before she rolled her eyes and got into the limo to sit across from the three of them before the limo took off for the Ring Elevator.

During the ride, the four sat in awkward silence as Ayden glared at them all with her arms crossed before Blitzø spoke up,

"Soooo... now that the cat's outta the bag heh-"

"Which wasn't you' secret ta tell..." Ayden snapped at him before adding with a hiss, "I had it cove'ed."

"Look Kid-" Asmodeus started to say only to get cut off,

"Ayden." She corrected him, "Only my friends can call me that."

"Ayden," Asmodeus sounded like he was really trying not to snap back before saying, "If you're wondering whether I'll report you or not, I'm not."

"Uh huh su'e..." Ayden snarked before questioning rudely, "An' I shoul' believe ya why?"

"Uh guys?" Blitzø tried to cut in but Fizz butted in over him,

"Hey watch the tone kid!"

"You don't get ta call me that eithe'," Ayden pointed at Fizz with her claws starting to unsheath, "Jus' cause we had a sha'ed life 'n death 'xperience doe'n't mean we'e best friends."

"You all might wanna roll the windows down right about now." Blitzø spoke up bluntly making Fizz question,

"Why?"

*HLP!*

Ayden's face turned slightly flushed as she held back a retch as she realized they were in the Ring Elevator going up to the Greed Ring so she hurried over to the window to open it and let out the lava puke,

*BLEH!*

"Ugh!"

"Ewww!"

"That's why."

Fizz and Asmodeus both grimace while Blitzø spoke plainly as Ayden finished spitting to snap while rolling the window back up,

"Not. a. wo'd."

"I'm guessing that that's cause of the half human in you..." Asmodeus noted and Ayden gave him an irritated deadpan glare for the violation of the "not a word" demand.

She didn't respond before the limo was seen nearing the pageant venue and Blitzø asked her with a wry smirk,

"Let's just get through this without starting too many fights alright Furball?"

"Al-right..." Ayden relented with a grumble and a slight pout, disappointed she wouldn't get to punch out her frustrations as much as she'd hoped.

Just then, the limo driver announced they were reaching their destination and she pulled her sunglasses on and unclipped the strap to her Glock as the vehicle came to a stop and the door opened to let Fizz somersault out with a joyful,

"Hup-hup-Hey!"

Asmodeus shapeshifted into a less recognizable form to wave to the crowd, Blitzø fell out to faceplant on the ground with a shout,

"Fuck!"

And Ayden stepped out behind her boss, rolling her eyes both at Blitzø's tendency to faceplant every other day and the fact that Asmodeus's low-key form reminded her a lot of a certain moth Overlord with whom she had bad memories associated with...

As Fizz and Asmodeus walked down the red carpet with Ayden following slightly behind, Blitzø was able to get up and brush himself off while pulling his gun out as he noted,

"Wow, I have not been to a clown event in years."

"Can you remind me why you're both here, again?" Fizz questioned with an annoyed tone making Ayden snark,

"'Ey I di'n't wanna be 'ere anymore than you want me ta be 'ere."

"I uuuh-invited them." Asmodeus reasoned before continuing, "To help you, with extra security. You know your fans. Since I can't be with you, I felt they'd be the next best thing."

"They'd be the next best thing?" Fizz questioned skeptically.

"Well, they kept you safe when I wasn't able to, so I trust that."

Some imp kids were cheering to the side when Blitzø got up in their faces with his gun and a suspicious look on his face making them until Ayden slapped the back of his head to make him stop making him poke her face and she hissed back before the two engaged in a harsh poke war that threatened to escalate to punches.

Asmodeus chuckled nervously seeing the dubious facial expression deepen on Fizz's face as he bluntly stated,

"Mmm-hmm. L'il sus, babe..."

Before walking ahead leaving Asmodeus to make a "cut it out" expression at Blitzø and Ayden, the two begrudgingly stopped before Asmodeus and Blitzø shared some kind of knowing glance with the former motioning to Fizz with his eyes and the latter nodding in confirmation.

"Wha's goin' on?" Ayden asked suspiciously catching the exchange but Blitzø waved her off saying,

"I got it covered, just stay as backup for now."

Ayden frowned before giving a small nod of confirmation and Blitzø hurried ahead to get to Fizz but Asmodeus hung back a bit to talk to her saying,

"Look, I get you don't 100% like or trust me and Fizz and that's fine, but just please help keep an eye out for Fizz."

Ayden gave him an unreadable expression before she nodded slightly as she told him,

"I will..." Before pointing in his face to assert, "Not fer you."

He gave her an understanding nod before disappearing in a swirl of blue flames with a little cyan feather left to float down as he told her before fully disappearing,

"In case you need to find me."

Ayden caught the feather before shrugging and sniffing it, her eyes lighting up bluish pink as she got Asmodeus's scent from it before tossing it away just as the ground started to shake and she hurried to catch up with Blitzø and Fizz when a giant explosion of confetti and neon light dollar signs formed to manifest the King of Greed; Mammon.

"Aaay, there he is!" Mammon shouted before grabbing Fizz's face by the jaw and shaking him around as he asked him, "Now, how's my bright, shiny, brand baby doing? Ready to reclaim your win another year? Yeah?"

"You know it, Mammon sir." Fizz answered eagerly but also slightly muffled from the way his face was being held and squished.

"Goooood. Cause, you know, I saw your competition, and it's pretty stiff, right? You are gonna have to try extra hard like fixin' that posture." Mammon spoke passive-aggressively and Fizz straightened up before he continued demeaning him, "Not gonna lie, you're looking a bit chungo, yeah?"

Mammon patted Fizz's stomach to emphasize his point and Blitzø and Ayden both watched in disgusted disbelief while removing their sunglasses as Mammon kept going,

"Maybe lose a few so we don't gotta make any more adjustments to the Fizzies. People like 'em skinny as FUCK."

"Oh-right, sir. Of course! I'll work on that..." Fizz spoke awkwardly before hunching over a bit dejectedly.

"What?!" Blitzø cut in with an appalled tone as he and Ayden approached the two, Fizz looking nervous from the way he started shaking every few seconds and looking between the two groups nervously.

"Oh? And who're these dumpster-divers ya got here with ya?" Mammon demanded to know before elbowing Fizz as he pointed to Ayden with his scepter and insulted, "Heh least yer not as pudgy as that one."

"Hrrrr..." Ayden growled as she struggled to keep her claws sheathed with her paws clenching into fists at her sides before, thankfully, Blitzø stepped in front of her to tell of Mammon in a matter-of-fact tone,

"Hi, yes. Nice to meet you, I'm the one who saw through your fake-ass bullshit from the day I had to spend all my savings on the shit-covered, dick show you called a performance. Thanks for that, by the way."

"Hahaha-ignore him, sir. He's uh-he's like this all the time. He thinks he's funny." Fizz tried to divert his boss's anger, "whispering" the last part even though Blitzø could still hear him, evident by how he stated,

"Offended."

"Riiight, yeah." Mammon spoke with a fake smile on his face before he switched to an angrily annoyed tone, "You can shut your cunt-ass mouth, boy."

Before turning to Ayden to tell her in a patronizing tone,

"And seats for sheilas with no hope of achieving their dreams are thataway!"

"Piss off ya oversized Chrissie tree creepy crawle'!" Ayden snapped having heard enough from the Sin and the others seemed to tense, waiting for him to blow his top but he just laughed jovially before announcing, still with that obvious hint of condescension in his voice,

"HAHAAA! Always nice to meet a fellow waaaay Down Under Aussie."

Mammon had pulled Ayden into a one-armed hug with his two left arms while his right ones ruffled her hair and pulled her ears harshly and pinched and stretched her cheek making her growl, about to bite his hands off before he tossed her aside to announce,

"Now! Time's money so I'll see you on stage!" He directed the emphasis to Fizz before telling him, "And don't forget to fuckin' smile Fizzarolli."

At his command, Fizz gave a big, nervous-looking smile while saluting just as Mammon finished with,

"The smile is the face people like to seeee froooom you!"

Before he disappeared in a puff of green smoke, confetti, and neon dollar signs making Blitzo snark,

"Wow, that guy sucks so hard."

"No kiddin'..." Ayden mumbled as she straightened her outfit and sunglasses from getting spun and tossed around like a doll before Fizz told them both in a frustrated tone,

"Look, Blitzø, Ayden, I don't know why Ozz brought you both here, but can you both at least not talk back to my boss?! I need this gig!"

"Why? Don't you have the world's best sugar daddy?" Blitzø pointed out.

"I just need it, okay?!" Fizz retorted before sighing to himself, "Smile inside and out."

Walking further down the red carpet leaving Blitzø and Ayden behind for the former to question,

"The fuck ya think that's about?"

"I've got some ideas..." Ayden spoke cryptically, Blitzø waiting a few seconds to see if she'd continue before asking expectedly,

"Well...?"

"I guess we'll wait 'n see." Ayden shrugged as she walked off leaving Blitzø to roll his eyes and follow.

Up ahead, Fizz was asked by a fan from the crowd,

"Ready for another win, Fizz?"

"Oh, pfft." Fizz waved a hand before starting to answer confidently, "Well, I don't wanna assume, but, as always, I have an act that's without a doubt gonna-"

"-fucking lose!"

Before he was cut off by two feminine voices speaking in unison and turned to see a fish-like demoness flipping her hair-like fins before splitting and posing to reveal them as the Glam Sisters.

As the crowd cheered loudly for the newcomers, Fizz spoke nervously still trying to maintain his upbeat attitude,

"Oooh, fun. You gals gonna be competing as well? That's really nice."

"You can shut up now you fugly imp." Glitz snapped, interrupting him before the two started striking different poses as Glam asserted snobbishly,

"Yeah, see we didn't come to chat, we came to win."

"Wow, what attractive attitudes you got." Fizz tried to compliment them but Glitz just boasted,

"Like we care what your opinion is Fizza- uh..."

Stopping to think of an insult before Glam cut in with,

"-fraudy!"

"Shut up, I was thinking of one!" Glitz snapped annoyed as Glam sassed back,

"Should've been faster."

"Whore!"

"Slow-ass, bitch."

"You know, it's pretty telling that you snatches can't even keep your stupid mirror schtick together. It ain't cute." Blitzø argued as he and Ayden came up to Fizz's side to back him up.

"We don't need to." Glitz retorted back as Glam added,

"We put our energy towards our performance."

"And winning Mammon's favor."

"Oh, well. I look forward to seeing what you do, and may the best clown w-" Fizz tried to keep the good sportsmanship smile on his face but the Glam Sisters cut him off to brag,

"We plan to."

"HAHA!"

Glam laughed haughtily while Glitz flipped off Fizz, both of them walking past the three before Fizz could finish his sentence with,

"-win."

"Aw, man. I didn't a rat's ass about this competition. But, Christ on a stick Fizz, pile drive those sluts."

"And if that doe'n't' wo'k... I've been wantin' some grilled sushi..." Ayden threatened lowly, discreetly lighting a small fire in her paw before crushing it to extinguish it.

"You're a disturbing kid..." Fizz stated bluntly making Ayden shrug with no arguments against that.

A short while later, the competition was getting underway with Ayden and Blitzø staying in the backstage area to keep watch while, up on the stage, all the contestants including Fizz and the Glam Sisters were lined up as the announcer declared,

*We've certainly got some quality up here tonight, folks. Will Mr. Ten Years Running come out on top? Or is it time for fresh meat?*

For the first event, Fizz performed his juggling act on a unicycle but ended up with the balls bouncing off of his head when he got distracted,

♫ Juggling, it's objectively cool ♫

♫ Our returning champ is nobody's fool ♫

♫ But, what's this? ♫

The Glam sisters above him are on a tightwire with Glitz sitting on a unicycle pedaling while holding up Glam, who is upside down and juggling the balls with her feet.

Glam lets the balls fall, landing on Glitz's knee as she balances them perfectly before Glam goes into an aerial split,

♫ The twins bring it up to the wire ♫

The twins are then lit on fire as they glare smugly down at Fizz,

♫ Also, they're on fire ♫

♫ That's points for style (Points for style) ♫

♫ The crowd goes wild (Crowd goes wild) ♫

The scoreboard changes, putting Glitz and Glam in the lead with 123 points while Fizz trails behind with 115 points,

♫ It's the pie gag and the twins want a taste, ♫

Glitz and Glam smile to the audience as they pick up a pie with one hand and hold each other's free hand, poised to hit each other in the face before-

♫ But, what's this? ♫

Fizz appears between them to take the hit before they glare angrily as he sits down in a nearby chair and then poses as a pile of pies drops on top of him.

♫ It's Fizz in the face ♫

♫ He takes the cake and he eats it, too ♫

He kicks a leg upward and the residue of the pie lands on the girls' heads while he flashes a smile at the crowd, winning their praise.

♫ He's hungry to win, and he's covered in goo ♫

♫ That's points for cream the crowd screams ♫

The scoreboard changes again, putting Fizz in the lead with 375 and Glitz and Glam behind him with 327 points.

♫ Ba-ba-balloons, he's pumping them out ♫

Fizz blows up several balloons and then twists them together to make an image of Mammon's head,

♫ From where I'm sittin' you can hear the crowd- ♫

But the Glam Sisters appear, holding a crown made out of balloons,

♫ Not give a shit cause the twins are here ♫

Glitz and Glam place their crown on top of Fizz's Mammon face, stunning him while Mammon laughs, impressed with the action from where he's sitting with his two Robo Fizzies,

♫ They're full of sin and they're here to win ♫

The scoreboard changes, once again, this time tying Fizz and the Glam Sisters for first place with 666 points each.

♫ Holy, moly! Things are not looking good for Fizzarolli ♫

Glitz and Glam grin maliciously as they glare at a nervously sweating Fizz, who was starting to realize he might actually be in trouble.

Shortly after, the crowd cheers as Mammon appears on stage to announce,

"And now you cunts, we're down to our clowny finalists!"

Introducing,

"My very own pride and joy, the marketable son I never had, Fizzarolli!"

Grabbing Fizz to stroke his face and tightly hug him close as he gave a nervous smile before tossing him aside to announce,

"And the surprisingly funny women act that made me reflect on my earlier statements: The Glam Sisters!"

The twins posed in front of Mammon with boastful smirks but Fizz forced a smile onto his face for the audience before he was pulled back over so his boss could declare,

"Now, we're gonna have a quick meet 'n greet with our finalists..."

During the Meet 'n Greet, Mammon stayed towards the entrance taking sacks of money from people as entrance fees to see the Glam Sisters and Fizz.

Ayden stayed in the rafters while Blitzø had chosen to attach himself to a grappling line and was keeping a watch out from his upside-down position.

The Glam Sisters were soaking in all the attention they could from their fans but a shuffling noise amid the cheers made Ayden's ear twitch and she crawled on a beam to follow Fizz from above as he hid behind a cardboard cutout of himself to ask Mammon in a stuttering voice,

"Hey, Mammon, uh-I may not be uh- i-in the right headspace to interact with the fans right now. Is it okay if I maybe skip the whole thing?"

"Psh, of course not." Mammon blatantly stated as he continued to collect money from fans trying to get in but Fizz still wasn't up for it as he tried to protest,

"I just really don't think that I'm really-"

Before he was picked up by the face by Mammon, cutting off his explanations as he argued,

"Aaaw, come on, Fizzie, my boy. Don't you wanna do this for your fans? Listen to them!"

He pulls him over to show him the crowd of rabid fans waiting at the entrance to meet with Fiz, including a giant hairless dog demon practically roaring in excitement and making Ayden poof up like a scared cat as Mammon continued to guilt-trip Fizz,

"They're dying to meet you! Dying to see your little Fizzie face! You gotta make a good impression, mate. The better the impression, the more they'll want a piece of you they can take home and fuck! Don't you want that, Fizzie? To be fucked?!"

"Uhhh... I mean, no, not really, actually..." Fizz admitted truthfully with some stammering before Mammon spoke in a faux apologetic tone,

"Fizzie, I-I'm not gonna lie, I want that."

He held Fizz close as he tried to "reason,"

"So, come on, just do this one thing for me."

The way he said that rubbed Ayden the wrong way and she narrowed her eyes at him before Fizz spoke muffled from between Mammon's hands,

"Okay, sir."

"Aw, you're a bloody legend, Fizzie! They're gonna wanna fuck you," Mammom hugged Fizz tightly again before putting him down to pinch his cheek and demean, "Like you're fucking my heart with joooy right now! Now get out there and make me proud, you stupid, little cunt."

Mammon disappeared in a burst of more green smoke, confetti, and neon dollar signs making Fizz cough before Ayden jumped down just as Blitzo spoke up from where he was still hanging upside down,

"Wow, Fizz, you let him talk to you like that? You got some kinda secret kink I should know about or something?"

He started struggling to get upright while Ayden noted with annoyed criticism,

"Yeah I mean I know we Aussies like ta use 'cunt' as endea'ment sometimes but that seems ta be the last thing on that dickwad's mind."

"It's just how he is." Fizz sighed as he crossed his arms and turned away from them before Blitzø started struggling to right himself again as he told him,

"I mean shit, if he talked to me that way-"

"Ugh, it's fine." Fizz groaned before going to meet with his fans with that forced smile on his face that made Ayden frown after him before Blitzø asked,

"Little help here?"

"Su'e." Ayden got her claws out and jumped up to slash at the rope, leaving some ember-filled scratch marks as she landed in a crouch on the ground and concentrated hard on not letting them ignite yet.

"Ya missed..." Blitzø deadpanned before Ayden smirked with her digits raised to snap as she questioned,

"Did I?"

*CLICK!*

*Fwoosh!*

The scratches let off a small flare of flames and made the rope snap and drop Blitzø on the ground landing in a faceplant before Ayden went to help him up as he asked,

"When'd ya learn to do that?"

"Was practicin' ea'lie' but hadn't gotten it down til now." Ayden admitted with a bit of a snippy tone at the hinted accusation.

"Impressive." Blitzø complimented as he brushed himself off.

"Well y'know I flame ta please." Ayden joked with a smile.

"Oh boooo!" Blitzø "booed" her lame fire pun and she narrowly avoided his attempt to grab her in a headlock to noogie by jumping back onto the beams to resume watching over Fizz and Blitzø did the same from another beam nearby.

As they both watched over Fizz, Ayden's heart warmed a bit when she saw him signing with a little imp boy with broken horns and Blitzø seemed to sympathize as he watched the interaction with her before Fizz announced to the crowd,

"I hope you're excited for the biiig finale!"

"Boo! Boo! Sellout piece of shit!"

Aydeb's ears twitched as she heard the faint sounds of someone booing while the crowd looked equally confused before Fizz gestured for the little boy to head back into the crowd as he questioned nervously,

"Uh-wh-c-come again?"

"Ughh, your act is such fucking trash; always has been."

An imp man climbs up above the crowd toward the back wearing a stained green shirt, black pants, and looking like he hasn't seen natural light or a bar of soap in years as he continued to yell at Fizz,

"Except now, I have to see your smug face plastered on everything, everywhere! And, you can read all about it on my review blog: fuckfizzbutnotinasexyway.compainer.com.org.gov."

"Who the fuck's this now?" Ayden muttered to herself as the imp fell back into the crowd while Fizz tried to remain calm as he told the crowd,

"Hah, well. Anyway, folks, heh-"

But the creepy imp appeared again, crawling his way through the crowd on the floor as he continued to rant,

"You're not even a clown anymore. All you do is work at that overpriced, sleaze joint, and then every year, you come back here to put us through the same tired, old routine."

At this point, Ayden was more than ready to jump down and stop the guy but looked to Blitzø for a signal to go as he observed the ongoing situation through his sniper scope.

*Fweet!*

Ayden put her digits to her mouth to whistle, catching Blitzø's attention and made an urgent expression that read 'go now?' and he looked back down as Creepzo kept yelling,

"Is there a single, original idea in that head?"

Seeing his friend literally being backed into a wall as Creepzo towered over him making him nervously laugh that bordered on panic,

"I uh-uh-uuuh-heheheheh..."

"You fucking suck, and so do your products. Your sexbots can't even get me off right, you know-"

'That's it!' Ayden thought as she jumped down after Blitzø who aimed his rifle right into Creepzo's face while she stood behind him in front of Fizz in a protective stance with an arm out to block anyone from getting past her as she growled protectively.

But the threat of getting shot did nothing to shut Creepzo up as he continued ranting,

"What? Still think you're too good to even talk to me? Still gotta get this chump and now a little girl to stand in for you?" Ayden bared her fangs and her tail whipped around in agitation before he continued passionately with, "You really are fucking pathetic. To think, what we could've been together if you hadn't been too up your own ass to listen-"

Luckily, Blitzø shoved his rifle further into Creepzo's face as he threatened,

"Yeah, one more word out of you, Twat-stain, Imma blow your head clean open in front of all these fucking kids."

"H-aaa-h...!"

Ayden's ear twitched as she heard the shaky breathing that was verging on the edge of hyperventilating from Fizz, who she saw tugging at his ruff, and was about to reach out to him to help him since she had some experience in avoiding and preventing anxiety attacks but hers and Blitzø's concern turned right back to rage as Creepzo laughed in an unhinged manner,

"HAHAHAHAHAHA-"

*PSH!*

*WHAP!*

Blitzø slammed the hilt of his gun into his face, knocking him in Ayden's direction and she jumped to spin-kick him in the torso to make him fall backward away from Fizz.

"You're not done with me, Fizzarolli." Creepzo spoke menacingly even with his face bloodied and bruised while holding a hand to his contusing ribs as he retreated... for now...

"HAAAH!" Ayden hissed after him before noticing Blitzø having to catch Fizz when he almost fell to the ground as he asked him,

"Hey, hey-Woah, woah, you good?"

Just as she was about to share a breathing exercise with Fizz to help him calm down though, some green lighting sparked in the air making Fizz let out a shocked noise.

More green smoke exploded behind them making Blitzø grab onto Fizz protectively with Ayden standing ready to attack when Mammon appeared, tossed Blitzø aside away from Fizz, and harshly shoved Ayden away as she fell on her butt on the ground a little ways from him and Fizz to where she still saw him looking over Fizz while asking in concern,

"Yeah, mate? You alright, Fizzie?"

Fizz looked up at Mammon with a panicked look on his face, but when Mammon glared at him threateningly Fizz completely switched faces to try and look more calm as he tried to brush it off with,

"Yeah- yeah, yeah, I'm fine. I'm-I'm fine, yeah, heh."

Mammon glared at Fizz for a few more seconds before putting on an expression of faux care as he suggested,

"Tell you what; I'll let the hotties go on before ya, give ya some time to get your shit together."

But Ayden saw and heard Mammon grab onto Fizz's face to threaten menacingly as extra glowing eyes opened up on his forehead,

"Get your shit together, Fizzie. You're a bloody legend."

A chill was sent down Ayden's spine as the demonic tone wove its way into Mammon's voice before she all at once saw herself in Fizz's place in front of Ade, Hannah and her group, and, now, Den with her eyes shrinking to pinpricks that only returned to normal when Mammon yelled out enthusiastically,

"You're a bloody legend, ya bitch!"

Twirling Fizz around to send him in the direction of the backstage entrance leaving him to try and catch his breath since he was still shaken up from the whole experience when Blitzø managed to get back up and go over to him to tell him in assurance,

"Oh, shit. That guy got to you, didn't he? You know you don't have to-"

"I do, Blitzø. I do." Fizz interjected as he started walking over to the stage with Blitzø rushing after him as he argued,

"Fucking hell, Fizz this is stupid. That clown shit is not this important."

"This job is! Without it I'll lose-" Fizz started to assert when two voices chorused mockingly from behind him,

"~Everything!~"

Glitz and Glam appeared in front of the backstage door before laughing evilly and they stepped through into the darkness, their eyes shining before fading into the shadows leaving Fizz feeling even more rattled than before.

"Seriously that guy is a fucking dick, and he's using you for everything, cause you're likable, and he's a fucking trash fire." Blitzø continued to try to talk his friend out of this situation but Fizz just kept trying to justify it with,

"No, he's not! He's just trying to make me good enough."

"Good enough for what?"

"Ta make'im ev'n mo'e rich and powe'ful since he can't do it 'imself?" Ayden rebuked as she stood behind them at the base of the stairs with her arms crossed.

"Neither of you would get it..." Fizz told them tiredly as he reached the door and didn't turn back to look at them.

"Oh really?" Ayden challenged as she climbed the stairs and gently pushed past Blitzø to speak angrily with each step she took closer to Fizz,

"Ya think I don't know what's it like to do everything someone tells ya ta do, no matte' how horrible o' violatin' it is, cause ya feel like eithe' ya don't have a choice or that you owe that person that much for keepin' ya safe and feelin' like yer wanted an' needed when everyone else has tu'ned thei' backs on ya, leavin' ya alone?!"

Ayden reached the top of the stairs when she stopped to look at the ground with her paws clenching at her sides and tears welling in her eyes as her tone changed to one of bitter resentment,

"...and no matte' how ha'd ya try ta tell yerself that it's 'fine' cause ya know things could be much wo'se.. the'e's always that voice in the back o' yer mind tellin' ya that they'e jus'... tryin' ta help ya in thei' own way... and that maybe ya don't dese've their help... o' thei' love... fer doubtin'em..."

Blitzø and Fizz both looked at her as if in a new light before she harshly sniffed and wiped both her eyes with a single paw swipe as she declared,

"But you have a choice, you've got o'hers who ca'e 'bout you 'nuff ta not letcha do this alone, you have a way out, yer jus' too sca'ed ta take it!"

She was roughly poking Fizz in the chest by the end of her tirade and he slapped her paw away to retort back dismissively,

"That's not what's happening here... I just need to do this.. for me."

Before he walked through the doorway leaving Ayden behind with Blitzø as the former gritted her fangs in angry resentment and the latter looked at her in concern as he tried to ask her while reaching for her shoulder,

"Denny, are you-?"

Only to have his hand rest on air as Ayden walked forward to gripe bitterly,

"I'm fine... let's jus' get this ove' wi'h..."

Meanwhile, out on the stage, the area was being prepped for the first performance and the audience was settling down in their seats as the lights dimmed down.

On stage, pop music started to play as a spotlight shone on a column of cascading water where Glitz's silhouette is seen inside before she cut through the water with her hand to begin singing while dancing,

♫ Get ready for the new look ♫

♫ New rhythm and a new hook ♫

♫ Not here to cuddle more like leave you in a puddle ♫

Glitz's arms move from two to four as Glam appears from behind her in unison.

♫ Little double trouble got ya boy shook ♫

♫ Ha, ha, here's the sitch' ♫

The two of them started rapping,

♫ Feed sin with ya taxes ♫

♫ Greedy greed wins where the cash is ♫

♫ Wanna sell my funny, slutty body to the masses ♫

♫ Feelin' lonely on a Saturday night ♫

♫ Well, money can't buy happiness ♫

♫ But, it can rent you paradise ♫

The spotlight changes to neon lights as the twins begin to float above the stage, rotating in a circle formation with droplets of water floating around them,

♫ Give in to temptation ♫

♫ Take your time I'll be patient ♫

♫ Be my little piggy let me scratch your dirty itch ♫

The Glam Sisters sprout wings from their back, performing aerobatic moves as they continue singing while Fizz watches, afraid that they may actually win the pageant,

♫ I'm a klown, bitch ♫

♫ Fix up your frown, bitch ♫

♫ Gimme the crown, bitch ♫

♫ You hear that sound ♫

♫ You're goin' down ♫

Fizz tearfully runs away from backstage, passing Blitz and Ayden while, on stage, the twins hold each other as they lean back as water pours on them and they lean upright again, flipping their fin hair for the audience and smiling.

♫ Cause I'm a klown, bitch ♫

With a confirmatory nod from Blitzø, Ayden started sniffing to track Asmodeus, eventually finding him as he asked,

"Hey what's going on?"

"Fizz needs ya, he's in his dressin' room."

"On it." Asmodeus dissipated into more blue flames leaving Ayden alone as she started to head back.

"Hold it right there." A gentle but firm grab on her arm made her stop to see Blitzø standing there with a serious expression on his face as he asked her, "You wanna tell me what all that was about before?"

"No not really..." Ayden pulled her arm from his grip and was about to keep walking when he got in front of her to assert sternly,

"C'mon Furball, I think we're past the whole 'playing it off like something's not bothering you' shit show."

Ayden wouldn't meet his eyes as she stared at the floor with a despondent sulking look so Blitzø took his sunglasses off to put in his pocket and slung his gun to his back as he asked carefully,

"Do you see me like the rest of them?"

The question made Ayden look at him with a look of disbelief as she asked,

"What?"

"Why else do you constantly feel the need to prove yourself to me after all the shitty things you've been through?"

"That's not-no that-you'e not-!" Ayden hurriedly tried to disagree but Blitzø just waved her off as he started to say while self-deprecating,

"Nah I mean I get it, I've been kind of a dickhead since you joined the company and-"

Ayden eyes widened with her pupils shrinking down as she appallingly looked at Blitzø, the rest of his words blurring out and her eyes welled up before she cut him off to declare,

"You' the best boss!"

Making Blitzø stop and look at her in surprise as she continued to elaborate while keeping her eyes on the ground,

"Ya gave me a big chance and it gave me everythin' and ever'one I love now and so su'e sometimes I feel like I gotta work ha'd ta show I'm wo'th it but..."

Ayden looked back up at Blitzø with a bit of a defeated look as she admitted,

"'T's only cause I neve' had anyone believe in me so much right off the bat and... sometimes I still feel like I di'n't dese've it... o' anythin' good that came outta it..."

*WHAP!*

"Ah! What the-?!" Ayden rubbed the sore spot on the back of her head from where Blitzø had firmly smacked her upside her head before telling her,

"You clueless clod! You really think you owe me something?"

Blitzø poked Ayden's nose when he emphasized that but she didn't snap at his finger and instead just looked at him in confused disbelief before he continued,

"The only one you owe something to is yourself. Yeah sure me and the team, mostly me if we're being really honest here," Ayden smirked ruefully at that, "helped ya outta that hole, literally and emotionally, but you gave all of us so much right back."

Ayden's welling eyes started spilling over even as she tried to wipe them away as her breathing turned slightly shaky.

"Aww Kid..." Blitzø pulled her into a hug that she returned almost immediately, some more tears streaming down her face as he spoke fondly, "We really are two messed up dumbasses aren't we?"

"But I think we'e gettin' bette'... a li'le bit at least..."

After a few more seconds in their hug, Blitzø pulled away to ask with a cheeky grin,

"So if M&M are your parents but Loonie's like your sister, does that make me like your second dad?"

Ayden chuckled a bit while wiping her eyes before pretending to think as she answered,

"Ehh you'e mo'e like the fun uncle my dad doe'n't want me around cause he says you'e a 'bad influence' but we hang anyway and get into all so'ts o' shite behind his back."

"Pfft hahaha!"

"Hehehe!"

Ayden stopped laughing when her ear twitched and she heard the sound of someone stomping in the direction of Fizz's dressing room before the telltale sound of a metal knife being pulled out of a sheath was heard so she exclaimed,

"Shite! They need us!"

Ayden took off running while Blitzø followed close behind, both of their sunglasses back on, before they arrived outside Fizz's dressing room where the door was open and they could hear Creepzo yelling,

"You're gonna listen to me now, BITCH!"

*KRSH!*

*PEW!*

Before Blitzø managed to get his gun out to blow Creepzo's head off right after Ayden managed to lasso her chain around his torso to stop his charge midway.

When they looked inside the room from the doorway, they saw Fizz and Asmodeus holding hands with the former's leg kicked back in the stereotypical position while kissing so Blitzø questioned critically,

"Oh, so you two are an item?"

His glare intensified before it switched to a nonchalant expression as he polished his gun and snarked while putting his sunglasses back on,

"Well, congratulations, you fucking hypocrites."

"'Bout time ya figu'ed it out..." Ayden commented as she wound her chain back up, grimacing at the imp blood that still stained some of the chain length.

"You've known?!"

"Cou'se..." She deadpanned as if it wasn't already obvious as she wiped the chain clean and wound it back up to stow in her satchel.

"What?!"

"Since when?!"

Fizz and Asmodeus questioned one after the other and Ayden shrugged before answering,

"Since I saw the video of what happened at the club that night. I mean c'mon it was pre'y obvious you two we'e kooky fer each othe'."

"And you still gave us shit about it?" Asmodeus questioned with an unamused expression making Ayden shrug and respond,

"Yeh?"

"I don't know whether to be impressed with or pissed at you."

"I'd say a fai' mix o' both." Ayden admitted before her ear twitched and she tilted her head toward the stage area as she heard the music stop so she asked, "Dontcha have a pe'fo'mance ta give now Fizz?"

"I don't know if I can go back out there after all this..." Fizz admitted and Asmodeus pulled him in closer for a comforting hug while stroking his face with his thumb before Ayden thought for a bit and stated with a confident smile,

"Well ya know what they say; don' go out wi'h a whimpe', go out with a bang."

Making Fizz perk up a bit as he thought for a second and told them all boldly,

"I think it's time Mammon got a loooong overdue bullshit awakening."

"Whaddya have in mind Fizz?" Blitzø asked enthusiastically with a slightly crazed grin on his face.

"Hey Kid?"

"Hmm?"

"How are you with fireworks?"

Ayden put a paw on her hip and jutted it out to the side sassily before she smirked in an "I got this shit handled" way.

Out on stage, Mammon had been searching for Fizz since the audience was getting worried and losing interest in the show when he didn't show up on his cue before he announced,

"Uuuh- D-Don't worry, folks. I-I'm sure Fizzarolli will be out soon with a grand fucking performance."

Right before an explosion of blue smoke went off behind him, making the audience cheer, and Mammon smirked before he disappeared and reappeared back in his webbed seat with his two Robo Fizzies.

When the smoke cleared, it revealed Fizz sitting in the shadows of an office set where he sat at a desk and the only light shining was from a cigarette he took a drag from to blow smoke into the air just as the music started and he sang,

♫ I have wasted time. ♫

♫ I have seen my use. ♫

He stands up and walks across the set, passing by four photos showing Mammon's abuse toward Fizz; being forced to juggle numerous dangerous objects while Mammon kept throwing him more, Mammon publicly criticizing Fizz for being "too fat" on a giant scale with measuring tapes in both set of arms, yelling at Fizz while holding up a sign that read "Dance Clown Boy!!" while Fizz danced exhaustively, and a knife-throwing act where Fizz is smiling nervously while Mammon threw knives at him blindfolded,

♫ I have packaged and sold every part of me! ♫

♫ Suffered a lifetime of abuse. ♫

He staggered around as he grabbed a bottle of booze to try and drink from only to find it already empty as he continued to sing,

♫ I have lost myself. ♫

He threw the bottle away and fell to his knees toward Mammon's spot in the audience,

♫ I have worshiped at your feet. ♫

He then picks himself back up and gestures toward the Glam Sisters, who are watching from behind the curtain near where Ayden is,

♫ And here I am standing on top of the world with some bitches to defeat. ♫

The spotlight shines on the sisters and they flip Fizz off before closing the curtain behind them just as an upbeat turn begins to play as the initial set is removed from the stage,

♫ I've played the game, I've won it all. ♫

As he walks forward, Fizz gestures to the cheering crowd, cringing as he saw a hellhound lower his Fizzie to give him a blowjob,

♫ They've screamed my name, they bought the doll. ♫

♫ I've seized the day, now I've got one thing left to say-ay-ay, ♫

Fizz looks down at his shirt and rips the sleeves off of it revealing his prosthetic arms,

♫ Fuck you! ♫

The stage lights up as pyro effects spell "Fuck You" overhead in front of some fireworks going off courtesy of Ayden,

♫ Here's my two minutes notice, fuck you! ♫

Fizz hops onto a ball, rolling across the stage, and bounces it into the air to flip off Mammon again, landing on a second ball as he balanced and rolled around on the two,

♫ Time to quit and smell the roses. ♫

He pulls a giant bouquet of flowers out of his shirt and tosses it to the audience,

♫ Say goodbye, ♫

A few fans ran away to avoid being crushed underneath it before Fizz leaped off the balls and landed back on the stage with a middle finger raised at Mammon again.

♫ While I look you in the eye and say, fuck you! ♫

With Mammon, he sat back in his web munching on popcorn as he questioned haughtily,

"Interesting song. I wonder what fuckin' this is about."

♫ Fuckity, fuckity, fuckity fuckity you! ♫

Right before two small portals opened up slightly behind him as Asmodeus peeked through his pink flame one to "whisper" in Mammon's ear,

"It's about you."

"Pbbbt!" Ayden blew a raspberry through her small one while double flipping him off before the two of them disappeared just as Mammon looked behind him to question confused,

"Wait, what?"

Before going back to eating his popcorn as they all kept watching Fizz's performance,

♫ Fuck you! ♫

Fizz continues his performance with a light show, displaying more on how Mammon had been treating him starting with him by dragged by chains around his wrists as a silhouette of Mammon was seen yelling at him and slapping him to the ground,

♫ I have taken shit. ♫

♫ ~"Oooooooh"~ ♫

A choir of silhouettes vocalized before Fizz is seen being crushed under the foot of a giant silhouette Mammon,

♫ Been crushed under your heel. ♫

But Mammon merely spits out his popcorn and laughs, not understanding the meaning of the message as Fizz is then pulled up by wires on his cufflinks to act as a marionette being forced to dance and spin him around until he is disoriented,

♫ I have suffered for profit and suckered for fame, made a fortune you could steal. ♫

A visual of Mammon encircling and snuffing out a bright light above his head before Fizz rips the cufflinks off of his wrists and lands back on the stage,

♫ I've had enough, I've hit the wall. ♫

He abruptly gets a phone call from Mammon (nicknamed "Master") with the two options being "Pick Up" and "Pick Up Ya Cunt" but ignores the call and tosses the phone behind him,

♫ I'm tired of taking your calls. ♫

Fizz lights a match on his arm and air writes "Fuck You" with the flames above him,

♫ It ends today, ♫

♫ Now, there's just one last thing to say-ay-ay, ♫

♫ Fuck you! ♫

Asmodeus sets a baton on fire using his breath and tosses it to Fizz and he twirls the baton around while flipping off Mammon again before he tosses the baton into the air and spins around,

♫ I wish I'd said it sooner, fuck you! ♫

Before ripping off the bottom of his shirt to show off his scarred midriff and poses seductively and catches the baton with his mouth, catching Asmodeus off guard,

♫ Cut you off, just like a tumor! ♫

He spins the baton and flips off Mammon once more, emphasizing his wish for his death and he pretended to slit his throat and die,

♫ Hope you die, ♫

He turns his rear to the camera and pats it as the camera zooms in,

♫ Kiss my ass goodbye, you cuck, fuck you! ♫

Asmodeus smiles fondly at Fizz before he suddenly looks down and covers his lower half with the curtain while grinning sheepishly just as Fizz jumps into the audience to amp up the crowd,

♫ Have you ever felt sick and tired of doing the same shit everyday with your anger brewin' ♫

♫ Eatin' shit for a boss that you're sick of obeyin' ♫

♫ If you ever felt the same let me hear ya say it! ♫

Fizz jumps back on stage and guides the audience to sing with him along with Ayden, who was seen clapping her paws in the air and singing along in the background.

♫ Did you really think I was gonna stay? ♫

♫ Spending life bent over with your fist in my "a." ♫

Some of the crowd stopped singing and looked confused as Fizz ran up a lit set of steps onto a coffin prop at the top and stood at the edge before falling inside while in a coffin pose.

♫ Slander me, say I'll never work in this town, ♫

♫ If I stick around I'll be six more feet under the ground! ♫

Fizz sprang up out of the coffin prop with another large firework going off behind him and swung around on the trapeze ropes above the stage while the audience sang along with Fizz,

♫ (Fuck you!) ♫

♫ Wo-oh-oh! ♫

♫ (Here's my two minute's notice, fuck you!) ♫

♫ Suck it, greedy bastard! ♫

♫ You're a fucking ass clown! ♫

♫ (Time to quit and smell the roses!) ♫

♫ Say goodbye, too late to apologize! ♫

While he was swinging around, Fizz grimaced when he saw the hellhound from before humping his leg but he is promptly shot by Blitzø, from the roof of the stage as they flash smiles at each other,

♫ So, thiiiiiis is iiiiiiit! ♫

Fizz landed back on the steps and pushed the coffin prop over before he called out Mammon,

♫ Mammon, you sad sack of shit, ♫

The audience stopped singing along and looked up at Mammon, who finally got the message, and surged with electricity in anger as Fizz finished out the song,

♫ Fuck yooouuuu! ♫

Signs rise behind Fizz with different ways to say and spell out "Fuck You" along with the audience chanting the words and more fireworks from Ayden burst behind them,

♫ You bitch! ♫

♫ Yeah! ♫

The crowd erupts with applause, with some whoops and jumping cheers from Ayden in the back, while Mammon angrily pushed over the Robo Fizzie who was applauding its real-life counterpart before grabbing the bag of popcorn from the second Robo Fizzie to eat while scowling.

Fizz looked over at Asmodeus, who gave him an encouraging thumbs-up before disappearing back behind the curtain, as he started walking toward the audience announcing into a microphone,

"Thank you all so much. You know, it's always been one of the greatest thrills of my life performing. And I'm so glad to bring you all one last show."

As he speaks, he looks to see the young imp from earlier waving to him and he signs "Thank you" to him, which makes him smile before Fizz announces,

"Cuz' now... I quit!"

Dropping the microphone to the ground, the audience gasped in shock and confusion while Mammon spit out chewed-up popcorn onto one of his Robo Fizzies as he exclaimed,

"WHAT?!"

Disappearing in a burst of green smoke before reappearing in front of Fizz as he's trying to walk off stage to threatened with his scepter to his throat,

"QUIT?! You miserable piece of shit! What do you mean quit?!"

But Fizz just calmly pushed the scepter away before telling him straight up,

"I mean, I quit." Walking around him to say, "I'm done. G'day, mate!"

Ayden grinned at Fizz's Australian accent while double-flipping him off with his stretched-out arms before she cheered while jumping up,

"Good on ya Fizz!"

But just as Fizz resumed walking away from his former boss, Ayden's excitement died down when her fur started to prickle with the amount of electricity crackling up from Mammon as he growled in fury with his extra eyes appearing before a wave of green smoke burst out from where he'd been standing.

Some cracking sounds made Ayden's ear twitch before she reacted instinctively, shouting to Fizz as she ran on all fours out from behind the curtain,

"Watch it!"

Swiping the air with both arms to send out an x-shaped arc of flames that hit the giant spider leg that appeared from out of the smoke and would've hit Fizz if the flames hadn't made it recoil.

"Haaaah!" Ayden hissed as she stayed in her defensive stance in front of Fizz before Mammon's booming voice shouted,

"STAY OUTTA THIS YA LITTLE CUNT!"

*PFWO!*

"Yah!" Ayden was smacked back in the side by another giant spider leg that sent her flying through the stage curtains, ripping some of it from the force of impact and she landed backstage among the boxes of tools and props, slightly wrapped in the curtain, landing among some crates of juggling pins as she growled at the same time Asmodeus hissed,

"Cheapshot..."

"Oh, that motherfucker..."

Meanwhile, back on stage, the green smoke started to part to reveal the spider legs poking out from a giant nasty green cocoon that split apart to let Mammon snarl at Fizz,

"YOU FUCKING UNGRATEFUL LITTLE SHIT!"

From the cocoon, Mammon burst out in his full spider-like demon form as he angrily roared while getting right in Fizz's face, who stood his ground with a scowl on his face,

"I GAVE YOU EVERYTHING! YOU ARE PRACTICALLY IN MY IMAGE! I RAISED YOU LIKE THE SON I DIDN'T WANT!"

Mammon pointed at Fizz towards the end of his yelling but Fizz just slapped his finger away while narrowing his eyes at the Sin who glared back before he noticed a shift in the ambiance as the seal on the curtain flashed and changed for a split second just before Asmodeus appeared in his full demon form as well with a burst of blue flames slightly tinged with reddish-orange as he yelled,

"YOU'D BETTER BACK THE FUCK UP, MAM!"

"Unholy shite..." Ayden watched in awe as she managed to pick herself up from the rubble and could feel the hellfire power radiating off of Asmodeus but also felt kind of drained for some reason, keeping her from fully healing her mild injuries as she swayed a bit on her paws and had to take a knee while Mammon had started belittling his fellow Sin,

"~Ha-ha, hooo. Look who's acting like a big fuckin' hero.~"

Before getting right in his face with a finger to his chin as he mildly threatened,

"~Careful what you say, Ozzie. Wouldn't want your little secret getting out, would we?~"

He pointed down to Fizz and he and Asmodeus looked concerned for a few seconds before the latter shouted while butting his head against Mammon's and his flames blazed brighter,

"I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!"

"Ozz?" Fizz questioned while looking back at his partner with an unsure look on his face before Mammon continued to try and intimidate them while gesturing to the audience behind him,

"Because if you let him quit, I could tell everyone here that-"

"WHAT? THAT I LOVE HIM? WELL, I DO!"

Right after he announced it, demons in the audience started shouting excitedly,

"I fucking knew it!"

"I knew it!"

"I knew it!"

While pulling out their phones as they texted, posted, shared, and memed everywhere and everyone they could reach about Fizz and Asmodeus's confirmed relationship; something that took bargaining power away from Mammon as he started blankly scratching his head in confused embarrassment,

"Oh... uh, shit, ah, you dirty bitch."

Before he slithered around the two of them as he whispered in Asmodeus's ear,

"You are gonna regret revealing that, Ozz..."

Before chuckling as he crawled up to Fizz's face, snorted green smoke at him as Fizz scowled back defensively, and laughed maniacally before-

"HAHAHAHAHA-!"

*FWOOSH!*

Mammon imploded in a massive green smoke cloud, the shockwave destabilizing the entire circus tent area, making people scream as they were blown away from the force, and crumbling rubble flew everywhere making it hard to see.

When the smoke started to clear, Ayden found herself lying face-down on the ground having been thrown back from the shockwave as well before she pulled herself to her paws again, her powers returning from the way a green fire from nearby started to heal her wounds so she could fully stand as she saw that Mammon was gone, leaving Asmodeus, still in his full demon form, hunched over before he rose back up revealing he had protected Fizz in his giant hands.

Once they saw the danger had passed, they started hugging and cooing to each other which made Ayden feel simultaneously happy for them and somewhat... jealous...?

"So, does that mean we win?" Glitz's voice was heard from nearby and Ayden peeked around the pillar she was standing next to to see the Glam Sisters lying on the ground on top of each other as they smirked at each other over confidently,

"Ooops..." Ayden feigned stumbling so she could hip-bump the unstable pillar she was standing next to making it fall on top of the twins as they shouted in pain from being crushed,

"ACK!"

As she smirked triumphantly, her ear twitched as she heard some debris shuffling around and she turned to see Blitzø dodge some rubble to get to her as he asked with a hint of worry in his voice,

"You all good Triple A?"

"A li'le dusty and sta'vin' but o'her than that, doin' good." Ayden confirmed as she brushed some dust off her shorts making Blitzø chuckle,

"Heh, good, now c'mon let's blow this cocksicle joint."

"Bleh..." Ayden gagged, not quite seriously but also not fully joking, before there was a flash of light and-

*Fwoosh...!*

"Agreed, let's get outta here." Asmodeus stated as he was back to his normal size and, still carrying Fizz with him, led the others back to the limo.

Once they were on their way out of the Ring, Fizz and Asmodeus were still cuddling and cooing with each other before they noticed that Blitzø had chosen to sit next to them despite being squished between them and the car door as he asked with a cheeky grin on his face,

"So, uhm, who tops?"

Fizz groaned in annoyed disbelief while Asmodeus grinned suggestively at him before Ayden slapped a paw to her forehead as she spoke up,

"This tu'ns into a threesome, I'm jumpin' out..."

"OK seriously what is your deal?" Fizz questioned critically, making Ayden ask back blankly,

"Whaddya mean?"

"I mean Blitzø gave us the basics; you're a hellcat human hybrid with hellfire abilities, I already know you have your own portal and siblings trapped in a hellcat form you can't turn into anymore for some reason-"

"Sounds like ya pre'y much know everythin' 'bout me then." Ayden shrugged nonchalantly and Fizz scrunched up his face in annoyed frustration making Asmodeus gently place his hands on his shoulder to calm him down,

"Froggy..."

"Oh come on Ozz! Another hellfire user who's a hybrid with her own portal and you don't wanna know more about her?"

"Of course I do but you know timing and patience are key for things like this and ~thiiiiis...~"

The two of them started nuzzling and smooching again, edging to French kissing before they noticed Ayden wrinkling her nose in discomfort so Asmodeus apologized,

"Sorry sorry I get this probably isn't your kinda thing since you're Aroace."

This made Ayden look at him with an eyebrow raised in suspicion as she asked,

"Ya got some kinda 'desire radar' o' somethin'?"

"No, I can see your bracelet sticking out of your pocket." He blatantly noted and, sure enough, when Ayden looked at her side, her Aroace bracelet was sticking out before responding in a mild tone,

"Oh... Y'know I'm su'prised mo'e people don't notice that."

"In any case, you don't seem like that much of a troublemaker to where I'd have to be concerned, so..."

"Yeah no it's her old man you'd have to worry about." Blitzø brought up when he trailed off before Ayden kicked his shin and hissed,

"Blitzø!"

"Hey watch the boots!" Blitzø kicked back.

"Hey hey woah!" Asmodeus put a hand between the two of them before they could fight again as he assured them, "Like I said; your business is your business, so long as you're not causing trouble to where the Bigger Man starts getting involved, I'll stay outta it. Deal?"

"De-eal..." Ayden grumbled before the limo jolted a bit, signaling they entered the Ring Elevator, and retched making her hurry to open the window to stick her head out and puke,

*HLEGH!*

After spitting and rolling the window back up, Fizz asked,

"That ever hurt?"

"No... 't's jus' real annoying..." Ayden answered in bored annoyance as she wiped the corner of her mouth and wiped it off on her shorts as the limo exited the Elevator and started driving through Pride to drop Blitzø and Ayden off at their homes.

There were a few minutes of silence before Fizz broke it with,

"Can I just ask one question?"

"'Pends." Ayden answered with a blank expression on her face before he asked,

"How many nicknames do you have? Blitzø called you like four of them just today."

Ayden smirked lightly at that being Fizz's one question before she answered,

"I got a couple'a them. What can I say? I'm a lot of different things to a lot of different people but I'm always just gonna be me at the end o' the day..."

"And that would be...?"

"ALINTA AYDEN ALLEN!"

"Oh shite...!" Ayden winced as she looked out the limo window and saw 1. They were right outside her apartment, and 2. Millie was standing in the open doorway, her arms crossed and frowning in angry disappointment while Moxxie stood behind her in a less angry fashion but still with a high level of disappointment on his face.

"What? You out past curfew or something?" Fizz asked and Ayden admitted while her ears folded down and her tail wrapped itself around her leg in shame,

"No... I di'n't tell'em I was goin' out... and I left my phone in my room so I haven't been answerin' thei' million texts o' calls..."

"Yeah you're screwed."

"Any chance ya can wi'h me ta sha'e blame?" Ayden asked Blitzø.

"HA! Not a fucking chance." Blitzø laughed before ruffling her hair into her face as he added, "Good luck Triple A."

After scowling at him, she exited the limo before it sped off leaving Ayden standing there with a guilty look still on her face as she started to defend herself,

"B'fo'e ya get pissed-"

"Inside now!" Millie hissed, barely suppressed from shouting, while pointing to the door and Ayden obeyed, quickly scurrying inside as the door was slammed shut behind her.

Once they were all inside, Ayden saw that Jin was splayed out tiredly on the couch with a giant cone on their head with some bandages around their right front paw and left back paw.

"The fuck happened?" Ayden gently picked them up and they just hung there limply with their head lolling back before they mewled,

'So... many... needles...'

"How many?"

"Only three." Moxxie answered tiredly making Ayden raise an eyebrow and question confused,

"Wait whe'e'd the third one go-oh..."

As soon as the question was voiced, she winced in realization and gently hugged Jin closer while patting their back, being extra careful not to stroke too close to their hindquarters.

"Nevermind mind them! Where did you go?!" Millie spoke up strongly, still on the verge of full-on shouting, before listing off, "We come home, find the trainin' area lookin' like a bomb went off, no you or even a note, and we hafta wait for hours to hear back from ya with no clue as to where ya went or what ya did!"

"I got called in for a job, it was nothin' big." Ayden explained in a 'not a big deal' tone but Moxxie protested while waving her phone around,

"Ayden we get it didn't seem like a lot but you still went out by yourself without letting us know where you were gonna be or what you were gonna do."

"What? D'ya not trust me ta be out on my own 'nymo'e?" Ayden questioned in an accusing tone as she crossed her arms as best she could with Jin still in them.

"It's not that we don't trust you, we don't trust this world."

"Yeh ya don't trust me ta be able ta handle myself 'gainst the wo'ld!"

"This is Hell, literally!" Millie argued loudly before Moxxie added,

"You know exactly how dangerous it can be on the best of days!"

"I don't need ya both babysittin' my ass 'very fuckin' day jus' cause yer both sca'ed ta lose me again!"

As soon as those words left her mouth, shocked looks appeared on everyone's faces before Millie shook it off with,

"You are grounded, young lady!"

"Ya can't ground me!" Ayden protested, voice veering back to anger.

"Go to your room!" Millie and Moxxie both shouted in unison while pointing to her door.

"Fine!" She snapped back before stomping to her room, still with Jin in her arms, before slamming the door shut behind her and plopping Jin on one of her star pillows before face-planting next to them to scream into another pillow while punching and kicking the bed in frustration.

A tail brush against her arm connected Jin to her as they asked groggily,

'If you're gonna throw a temper tantrum, can ya at least keep it down...?'

At that, Ayden propped herself up on her elbows as she had an offended look on her face before retorting,

"I'm not throwin' a 'teme' tantrum!'"

'Oh really Fuzzball?'

'You're screaming, punching, and kicking after fighting with your parent figures and getting into trouble, sounds like a temper tantrum to me...'

"Fine! OK! I'm mad 'lright?!" Ayden threw herself onto her back as she ranted while throwing her fists up and her tail whipped around, "I jus' don't get why they gotta make a bit deal outta it, I've been on my own b'fo'e and su'e it wasn't 'xactly fun times all 'round but I managed! Now alluva sudden it's not enough if I'm not callin' them every fuckin' five seconds ta let'em know I'm still breathin' and kickin and it's so-so arrrgh!"

Ayden punctuated her rant with a frustrated yell/growl as she covered her face with her paws before uncovering to question with a bit of confusion in her voice,

"So why'm I also excited?!"

'Cause it's the first time you've gotten in trouble for something normal like sneaking out?'

"I di'n't 'sneak out!'" Ayden argued defensively and Jin raised an eye ridge before asking,

'Did you leave home without telling them?'

"Well yeh...?"

'Did you stay out for hours without your phone because you left it behind so they weren't able to reach you?'

"'T's not like I wanted ta leave my phone behind, I jus' fo'got it."

'Is that so...?'

"Yes! I jus'-aaargh!" Ayden threw herself back onto her back, huffing impatiently.

*Ting...*

With the last rays of daylight fading to darkness from outside, the four-point-star-shaped mini glow-in-the-dark crystals she was recently given from Via and were attached to her ceiling to mimic the stars in the Living World, including an Aries constellation started to glow and twinkle semi-brightly, casting a feeling of nostalgia and peace over her.

After taking a deep breath, Ayden questioned in a calmer tone, "Is this what it feels like ta be no'mal...?"

'I'm guessing yes?'

'We wouldn't really know much about it either, remember?'

"Doe'n't feel too bad... Don't wanna make a habit o' it though..." Ayden admitted as she looked down guiltily, "I do feel kinda bad fer yellin' at them an' makin'em worry... they jus' wanna protect me... guess I can't be too mad at that... I jus' wish they'd give me a li'le mo'e space, I'm ba'ely gettin' used ta not being alone and homeless even 'fter all these months..."

'Just give them and yourself some time to cool down... you can apologize and talk with them in the morning...'

"Sounds like a plan... yaaaaah..." Ayden yawned while stretching out before curling up on her side with Jin snuggling into the niche in her stomach, being mindful of their cone after bumping Ayden's elbow making her gently push them away with a playful whine, and the two started purring as they fell asleep.

Later that night, Millie and Moxxie quietly opened the door to Ayden's room, only to find her and her sibling(s) asleep so they both smiled ruefully with Millie carefully pulling the Glock out of her holster so she wouldn't roll over onto it and Moxxie grabbing a blanket to drape over the two of them before he left Ayden's phone on her nightstand by the bed next to her Glock.

As they walked out of the room, Millie told her husband,

"Y'know we're still gonna have ta talk punishment for makin' us worry...?"

"Yeah... but I have a feeling I already know what she was up to..."

The door closed with a soft click before Ayden's phone vibrated with new messages received after all of Millie and Moxxie's calls and texts,

*BVV-VVV!*

*Hey it's Fizz and Ozzie*

*Think you can stop by for a meeting tomorrow?*

AN- Finally caught up! And Happy New Year's Eve (for those in the same time zone as me or relatively close)!

Some references and notes for this chapter:

There's a little Wizards of Waverly Place reference for all you fellow OG Disney Channel watchers ^^Yes the "Chrissie Tree Creepy Crawle'" burn from Ayden references how most people think of Mammon as looking like a Christmas tree so I thought it'd be fun to include that in Australian slang here XD With all the new outfit changes Ayden goes through every other episode now, I've been drawing references and have been considering either posting them individually over on Deviant Art or by Season (so far), which would you all be interested in seeing?

Now that I'm all caught up on Season 2 and there are still about 4 months until the Full Moon episode, I'm going to be focusing more on the short story requests I've gotten in the last few months starting with the request from help_me_make_constellations from AO3 for an Ayden, Remi, and Alex hangout : D

Also! With Season 1 of Hazbin Hotel coming out in less than a month already, I've already had some interest expressed in seeing Ayden's involvement in that and I was thinking either I could do like an AU separate story of her involvement in Hazbin Hotel or, if I get inspired enough from the show, I might create a completely new OC and write about their involvement in the show instead. What do you all think?

Other than that, I'm so happy a lot of you are reading and enjoying my fanfic and hope you stick around as I continue with it while improvising, adjusting, and retconning with the new episodes coming out ^^

Until the next year, Bye!