Chapter 6: Meeting the I.M.P Team
Later that evening, Moxxie, Millie, Drew, and Berry are waiting as they watch Blitz say goodbye to his Uncle Matt, Aunt Lillie, and his cousin: Tim, Candy, and Andy and all his friends and family figures from the circus. Everyone at the circus has given Blitz some presents, gifts, and even some of their personal things for Blitz to take to remind him of their time in the circus. Since Mimmy is coming, he also makes sure there is stuff for her as well. Once that's done, everyone in the circus, including the animals are going to say goodbye to Blitz.
Matt hugs Blitz and says, "And remember Blitz, you'll always be a part of this family."
"Thanks Matt," Blitz says, hugging Matt.
Then Pashmina the elephant rubs Blitz's back as Miki Monkey climbs on Blitz's shoulders and hugs him.
"I know guys, I'm going to miss you too," Blitz says.
Then Snowdrop the horse rubs her muzzle against Blitz's cheek and he pets and brushes her mane a bit. Even Shanti the Tiger rubs her head against his leg. The tiger also gives Mommy a gentle lick goodbye.
After the embrace, Blitz takes the luggage he has and begins to depart. Mimmy climbs on to Blitz's shoulder as she lets out a "Meow."
Moxxie, Millie, Drew, and Berry walk to Blitz and a portal opens up in front of them. Each one walks through the portal, Drew and Millie help Blitz with his luggage. Now it's Blitz's turn to walk through the portal. Before he walks through the portal, he turns to his family with tears falling from his face. He then waves goodbye. Everyone in the circus says and waves goodbye, not a single eye is dry. Blitz then turns to the group as Millie reaches her hand out to him. Blitz then takes Millie's hand and they walk through the portal together. Soon, the portal closes behind them. Everyone in the circus misses Blitz, but hopes for his happiness in the other world with his kind.
After going through the portal, Blitz looks around to find himself in what looks like a lounge. He turns his head to see a gray colored desk with light gray zig-zags on the sides, with a strange symbol with wings on it. There is a computer with a keyboard and mouse, a telephone that has the shape of a bone on it. On the wall behind it is a clock with dark gray spikes around it. Next to the desk is a large office printer that also counts as a scanner, copier, and fax machine. The walls are a bit of a light red or maroon color with a white door with a skull shaped door knob. On the other side of the room is a large sofa, along with a few chairs. There is also a large fish tank full of unusual looking eels. Mimmy jumps off Blitz's shoulder and begins looking around the room.
Millie happily says, "Welcome to the I.M.P Headquarters, Blitz."
"It looks kind of nice," Blitz says.
"Glad you like it," Millie says with a smile.
Berry looks around, "Hmm, I wonder where the others are?"
"Well, Sarge said that they'll be here soon," Moxxie says.
Just then, the door opens and a group of demons begins to walk inside. At the moment, Moxxie, Millie, Drew, and Berry quickly stand in front of Blitz.
The first demon is an Imp and is actually a little taller than Blitz. He also has long curved black and white horns, but not as long as Blitz, and has spikes on the back of his head, back, and his tail. He also has a white blotch on his left side while has a white scar over his right eye, and has greenish yellow eyes. He also appears to be wearing a black suit with a red shirt, and a black tie with black dressed boots. He is also holding a sword in his hand.
Next to the Imp is a tall wolf-like being, and from the appearance, the wolf demon is a girl. She has a dog-like muzzle, sharp and pointy teeth and a dark gray nose, red sclera with white irises, white fur with gray patches on her shoulders, a big white and gray bushy tail and voluminous white hair swept to the side to reveal her ear. Her outfit features a black choker that has white spikes. Her gray, off the shoulder crop top has strings shaped like a star to resemble an inverted pentagram to hold it up. Loona wears fingerless gloves and shorts with a crescent moon on the right side and both her top and shorts are slightly torn at the edges. She also wears black toeless stockings and is barefoot, due to her digitigrade stance. She has a piercing on her right eyebrow and two piercings in her left ear - in addition, her right ear is torn.
Next to walk in is a male cat-like demon. He has orange or marmalade fur, he also has a little white on some areas, including under his pink nose and whiskers, and is about the same size as Loona. He also has a skinny tail, and has white on his paws that look like gloves. He also has yellow cat-like eyes. He is wearing a navy blue boiler suit with white shirt under it. a brown belt with tool pouches around his waist, and there are also tools inside it. He is also wearing black boots, and a red cat backwards.
And last, a chameleon-like demon. His body is turquoise with some green shades on his back, and has black colored hands. He also has green eyes with black pupils in the center. He also has a long tail that is able to curl up into a spiral. He's wearing a military-like shirt with blotches of nato green, trident green, bronze green, and nato matt black, and bronze green, and brown thick cargo boots.
"Hi guys, glad you can make it," Millie says.
"Yeah. Well, you told us it was very urgent for us to come," The cat demon says.
Then the Imp calmly asks, "So..." Then crosses his arms, "What exactly have you four been up to. First I got a call from Moxxie saying that you had something important to deal with in the human world. Then I got a call again explaining that we needed to come to the office."
"We apologize sir, but we have a very good reason for it," Moxxie apologizes.
"And that will be?" The wolf-girl questions.
Berry soon says, "We have someone we want you to meet."
"Really, who?" The chameleon demon asks.
With that, the two Imps and Succubi move aside to reveal Blitz with his suitcase and backpack and other stuff. The group becomes a bit confused to see him.
"Oh great. You have brought a complete stranger into the office," The chameleon demon says with a chuckle.
"Randall?" The tall Imp sternly says.
"Sorry," The chameleon demon, Randall, replies and rolls his eyes.
Blitz shyly waves his hand and says, "Um, hello. I'm... I'm Blitzo. Blitzo Abercombie, but you can call me Blitz. It's uh, nice to meet you."
"Blitz huh. That's a good name. I'm Razor. I'm one of weaponist of the company, but also an inventor and mechanic," The cat demon, Razor, says.
"That's pretty cool," Blitz says.
"Thanks. I can show you some of the weapons I've been working on," Razor says.
Suddenly, he hears a "Meow."
And looks down to see the little little Calico kitten. The kitten looks at Razor with curious eyes and "Meow." Again.
"Oh. Who's this?" Razor asks.
"This is Mimmy. My pet kitten," Blitz says.
The chameleon chuckles with a grin, "Cute little kitten."
Then introduces himself, "The name's Randall. I'm the stealth of the team."
"He can also be a bit mischievous sometimes," Moxxie says, rolling his eyes.
"Come on Moxxie, so I like playing a few pranks on everyone, especially you," Randall says and chuckles.
"And always follow us and try to find some excuse to hang out with us," Moxxie sternly says.
"Retard say what?" Randall questions.
"What?!" Moxxie questions, annoyed.
Sarge walks to Blitz and offers his hand for a shake, "I'm Sarge.I'm Sarge. I'm the founder and CEO of the company, I.M.P."
"It's nice to meet you too," Blitz says and shakes Sarge's hand.
Then turns to Loona, "And this is my adopted daughter, Loona."
"Hey," Loona says.
"Hello," Blitz says. "So you're adopted huh. I was actually adopted too."
"Yeah," Loona replies, not very interested.
Suddenly, Loona feels something touching her tail, and quickly looks down, "Hey!"
Sarge and Blitz look down to see Mimmy is playing with the end of Loona's tail.
Randall grins, "Looks like someone has found a new toy."
"New toy my ass," Loona says, annoyed.
Loona grabs Mimmy with one claw and picks her up.
Then presents her to Blitz, "This is yours I believe."
"Yeah. Sorry about that. Mimmy was just playing. She probably thinks your tail looks like her little bushy tail toy," Blitz says and takes the kitten.
"Normally I would be fuckin annoyed by it. No one touches my tail! However, since it's just a little kitten, I'm letting it slide," Loona says.
"I see," Blitz replies.
Then asks, "So Loona, what do you do?"
"Yeah. I'm Loona. I'm also the receptionist, and also bookkeeper," Loona calmly says.
"Bookkeeper?" Blitz says, confused.
"Yeah. I'm in charge of the book that is our ticket to the human world," Loona says.
Then show them the book, "And here it is."
Blitz looks at the book to see the book. The book has a navy blue cover with gold reflective pages separated by a dark burgundy ribbon, and has golden borders with a large red gem on the center of its spine. The front cover is emblazoned with a moon encircling a seal of some kind, along with four stars which resemble upside down crosses.
"The book looks very nice," Blitz says.
"Yeah, but it's also powerful," Moxxie says.
Then Blitz turns to Loona, "And it's nice to meet you."
Loona arches her eyebrow and leans to Blitz. With that, she begins to smell Blitz with a curious look.
"Um what? Is there something wrong?" Blitz asks, nervously.
"Not wrong, just weird," Loona replies, arching an eyebrow, "You seem to have a strong smell of the living world. Are you a sinner or something?"
"Uh, what?" Blitz says, confused.
"Actually Loona, we found him in the living world. 'Alive,'" Berry says.
This catches the others by surprise.
"You're shittin' us, right?" The Chameleon asks.
"Uh, no. We're very serious. Blitz was found, adopted, and grew up with a human family who are in charge of a traveling circus. We discussed the situation with his relatives and Blitz will be living with us for now on," Moxxie explains.
"Well no wonder you decided to go to the human world when it's not a working shift," Razor says.
Sarge walks over to Blitz and observes him. He sees the clothes and his luggage. He even looks at Blitz directly at the face to see his appearance.
"Hmm, I see. You dressed like a human being, but you're one of us. Quite interesting," Sarge says, calmly but still has a stern expression.
"Um yeah," Blitz replies.
Millie then gets between them and says, "Oh don't worry, our boss can be a serious demon from time to time, but he doesn't mean any harm."
Sarge sighs and says, "Millie, you know you shouldn't say those things about me. You know how serious and dangerous I can be."
"I know, but you still have a soft side to you. You've been taking care of Loona since you adopted her as a three year old Hellhound pup," Millie says.
Loona calmly smiles and says, "Yeah. That's pretty true."
"Well, you can have a soft side too, Loona," Randall mutters with a grin.
Loona glares at Randall, "I heard that."
"Alright alright," Randall says, holding his hands in defense.
Randall then leans to Blitz and says, "So Blitz, you're from the human world, huh? That's actually very impressive, to be living in the human world all your life without running into trouble and such."
"Uh yeah. Moxxie explained to me that besides those who were given permission and assignments on earth, no other demon is supposed to be there. And those who are without permission were taken back to Hell. Moxxie believes that the reason why I haven't been found was because my family travels a lot, since we live in a circus," Blitz says.
"That's pretty cool," Randall says.
Then Razor asks, "So Blitz, what do you do at the circus?
Blitz begins to say, "Let's see, during the shows I'm a tightrope walker, knife juggler and knife thrower, and even perform as an acrobat or a trapeze artist from time to time. I've also done balancing acts like on a unicycle and a big ball. Of course, I help take care of the animals as well."
"Sounds cool. Looks like we got a skillful gymnast," Razor says.
Randall then holds a knife and apple, "I like to see that skill myself."
Then passes Blitz the knife, "Here you go."
"Uh, thanks," Blitz says, taking the knife.
Randall then grabs an apple from his pocket and holds it in the air.
"See if you can throw the knife at the apple," Randall says.
"Um okay," Blitz replies.
He then throws the knife at the apple and it skewers it with no trouble and it falls to the ground.
Randall whistles, "Alright, I'm impressed."
"Nice one, B," Millie happily says.
"Damn, that was impressive," Razor says, giving Blitz a thumbs up.
Blitz blushes and says, "Thanks."
Then Blitz turns to the others, "So uh, what's this company you're doing?"
"Oh right, we haven't explained it to you," Millie says.
Then happily says, "Blitz, let us formally introduce you to our company I.M.P. also known as the Immediate Murder Professionals,"
"Murder? So uh, you actually kill people?" Blitz asks, arching an eyebrow.
"In a way, yeah. At first, we worked to assassinate the demons and sinners and such. And recently, we've been starting to take down humans from the human world. Of course, it's mainly sinners who have some unfinished business, and the humans we take down are mostly, nasty," Drew explains.
"Exactly. Humans are usually full of secret nasties. It's why so many of them end up here," Millie says.
"And it's tough when the humans and demons we try to kill also try to kill us back, and many of them are not even close to normal. Corrupted doctors, Satan worshipers, psychos and all that shit," Berry says.
"That's rough," Blitz replies.
"But don't worry. As we know, not all humans are like that. Your family is a good example that not all humans are nasty and crazy," Berry says with a smile.
"Well, glad to know my family and friends won't end up on your death list," Blitz says.
Then sighs, "I do wish you could have met my parents and my brother and sister. I think you would have liked them a lot."
"The way you explained about your family, you all seem like a good family. And again, sorry about the incident a few years ago," Moxxie says.
"It's okay. It was hard, but I was able to go through with it," Blitz says.
"What do you mean?" Razor asks.
Blitz sadly sighs, "There was an incident at the circus when I was 16, and I lost my parents and my brother and sister."
"Shit, sorry to hear that," Randall replies, feeling sorry for Blitz.
Then pats Blitz on the back a bit rough, "But you seem to have a good head on your shoulders, and you look like you've been doing great."
"Thanks. I guess," Blitz replies.
Sarge then looks at his phone and says, "Well, it's the last job for the day, so we can call it a night. I'll let the client know that you took care of the targets."
"Sure Sarge," Millie says.
Razor then asks, "But where's Blitz going to stay? I'm assuming he doesn't have anywhere to stay."
"Don't worry, Blitz is going to stay with me and Moxxie at our place," Millie happily says.
"That's good to know," Razor says.
Then Millie turns to Sarge, "We'll see you on Monday."
After work ends for the day, Moxxie, Millie, Blitz, and little Mimmy are in the black car, Moxxie is driving, heading back to their place. Soon enough, the car parks at the back of a small rectangular building with a few windows.
Millie happily says, "Here we are, home sweet home."
Blitz looks and says, "It looks kind of nice."
"Glad you like it," Millie says.
Blitz, Moxxie, and Milie leave the car and gather Blitz's belongings and with Moxxie unlocking the door with his key, they walk inside the house. Blitz also picks up little Mimmy in her carrier and takes her in the house.
Blitz looks around to see the place is kind of small for a house, but is roomy. He sees a kitchen that has a fridge, a sink, and a stove and small oven. Next to it is a small dining area, a living room with a T.V set, a sofa and a small couch. There is a small table in front of the sofa, and a small table with a lamp. There is also a door that is open and has a small closet with a few things like coats, shoes, boots, and such.
"Welcome to our home Blitz. The living room is there. The kitchen is over there along with the table. There is also the closet where you can put your jackets and such," Millie says.
She then walks to another door and opens it to reveal a small restroom with a sink, and a cabinet with small towels, toilet paper and such.
"This is one of the restrooms, and our bedrooms are upstairs," Millie says.
The three then walk up the stairs. Once they arrive, Millie walks to the room on her left and opens it to reveal another bathroom that also has a bathtub, shower, and curtains.
"Here's the restroom, the towels are in the cabinet, the essentials will be put in some of the draws and on the shelf close by," Millie says.
Then Moxxie walks down to the other hall to see two doors. He then opens the bedroom on the left. Blitz looks inside to see a large queen sized bed that has a few pillows and blankets and sheets, big enough to fit two people with two small pieces of furniture and a closed door close by.
"This is the room Millie and I sleep in," Moxxie says.
He then walks to the room across the hall, "And this is the room you and Mimmy will be staying in.
Moxxie opens the door and walks inside with one of Blitz's suitcases. Blitz brings the other suitcases along with his backpack inside the room. The room is small and it has a twin XL bed. It has two begs and a few blankets on it. There is also a closet door as well.
Blitz says, "Thank you."
"You're welcome Blitz. Make yourself at home," Moxxie says.
Moxxie then leaves the room and says, "I'll let you settle in while I go make dinner for us."
"Okay," Blitz says.
Then Millie walks in, "I'll give you a hand, if you like."
"That's okay. I think I'm good," Blitz says.
"Okay. If you need us, we'll be down stairs," Millie says.
Blitz nods his head in reply.
With that, Moxxie and Millie leave the room so Blitz can get settled.
Blitz places the pet carrier down, opens it, and Mimmy comes out. Mimmy quickly comes out of the carrier as she looks around the room.
Mimmy lets out a "Meow." and hops on the bed, and begins to take her cat nap.
Blitz chuckles and says, "Well Mimmy, you enjoy your nap and I'll put our things away."
And with that, Blitz then begins to unpack his clothes and other belongings out of the suitcases and backpacks, and put them away. He organizes his clothes, hats, shoes, and other clothing in the closet and the large furniture in the room. Then places a few of his belongings from his friends and family from the circus, some jewelry like bracelets, wristbands, and necklaces, stuffed animals, a few mugs, books, including his photo albums. He also places Mimmy things in some draws and places in the room: like her toys, her food, play area, and other essentials for a kitten to feel at him. Lastly he places his baby blanket along with his favorite stuffed horse on the bed. He then places the photograph of him and his family, parents, brother and sister, and his aunt, uncle, and cousin. Once he has all his things in their place, he puts his suitcases and backpack in the closet.
Blitz sighs with a smile and decides to sit down on his new bed next to his stuffed horse. He then picks up the picture of his family and sadly sighs. He still misses his family since the incident, and is going to miss his aunt, uncle, and cousin, along with all his friends from the circus.
Then sadly says, "Mom. Dad. Malcolm, Marina. I really miss you."
Then hugs the photograph in sadness.
Sometime later, Blitz has been reading one of his books as Mimmy continues to sleep on the bed, until he hears Moxxie calling out, "Blitz, dinner's ready!"
"Coming!" Blitz calls out.
Blitz then places his book on the bed and leaves the room to go down stairs for dinner. A short time later, Blitz is down stairs with Moxxie and Millie at the dinner table to have dinner. Moxxie has made some vegetable soup for dinner. The three have their dinner.
"The soup tastes really good," Blitz says.
"Thank you, Blitz," Moxxie says.
Then Millie, "And we have a lot of plans for tomorrow."
"Plans?" Bitz says, confused.
"Yeah. We don't have work tomorrow, so we're going to have the others come over to visit tomorrow," Millie says.
"That's good to hear," Blitz says.
"Yeah, but it's best to be prepared for some of Randall's pranks or his other weird antics," Moxxie says, annoyed.
"Pranks?" Blitz says, confused.
"You'll find out soon enough. For now, let's finish having dinner and then we can get to sleep after the long day we had," Moxxie says.
"Meow," Mimmy calls out.
Then Blitz looks down to see Mimmy staring at him.
"Hey Mimmy, do you want something to eat?" Blitz replies.
"Meow," Mimmy meows.
Blitz turns to the pair, "I'll be right back. Mimmy is probably hungry."
Blitz walks upstairs and comes back down with the small pet bowl of dry cat food. Mimmy begins eating her food soon after. With that, the three continue to have their dinner and have a good chat. Almost like a family of three, with a little pet.
Later in the night, well, as night as night can be in Hell. Blitz has already taken a bath, dressed in his pajamas, and walks inside the bedroom to get some sleep. And Mimmy is already fast asleep for the night on the bed. Blitz climbs into the bed and tucks himself in. He then turns to the picture of his family.
Blitz sighs, "I guess this is going to be the start of my new life. I do hope I can do it."
He yawns and hugs his little toy, "I guess I'll have to wait and see."
Feeling tired, Blitz decides to get some sleep for the night. And starting tomorrow, his new life in Hell officially begins.
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