Helluva Distraction

Chapter 28

"Shit shit shit" you flung off of Blitz and began throwing your clothes back onto your body, you turned around to find Blitz doing the same. You ran toward the door as you tugged on your shorts, buttoning them quickly while looking through the peep hole. It was the M&M's and Loona. You exhaled deeply and took a glance back at Blitz who had just finished buttoning his shirt. You unlocked the door and flung it open, hoping your appearances weren't too disheveled.

"It's not just you, Y/N," Moxxie stated as he and the others walked into the apartment. You shut the door behind him and locked it tightly.

"What do you mean?" Blitz asked.

"It's fucking Striker, and he's after all of us."

The words hung in the air for a moment, your mind raced as you wondered who this Striker was and how they knew him.

"Are you fucking shitting me right now?!" Blitz yelled.

"Nope. We snuck into the store, had a good look around and saw nothing. On our way back here, boom! We got shot at. It was fucking Striker!" Millie exclaimed as she jumped up and sat on the kitchen counter.

"Does he know where we are?" You asked, concern in your voice.

"No, we got away before he could see where we were headed, lost him in an alleyway" Loona explained.

"Why...why is he coming after us? What does he want?" You asked.

"He's a shifty assassin, used to be a farm hand for Millie's dad. We went to visit and he tried to kill us, he's a piece of shit!" Moxxie yelled. Millie pulled him into her on the counter, rubbing his head and shushing him.

"Oh sweetheart, try to relax! You're gonna have a panic attack."

"Was he being paid to kill you guys?" You asked.

"No, he was being paid to kill Stolas" Blitz added.

"By who?" You questioned.

"Not sure."

"Then why was he trying to kill you guys then?" You asked.

"We got in the way" Moxxie commented as Millie continued calming him.

"So...maybe he went after you guys because he thinks you're getting in the way again?" You offered.

"No, he scoped us out, we're apart of this deal" Loona explained.

"Who would want us dead?" You asked.

"Maybe the same person who would want Stolas dead..." Loona added.

"So we've just gotta figure out who put a hit on Stolas and we can go from there?" You offered.

"It's the best bet that we've got. I'll call him, if that's okay with you?" Blitz asked you gently, setting his hand on your leg.

"Y-yeah, yeah, that's fine" you answered back awkwardly.

"Do you have hickies on your neck?" Loona asked mildly, pointing at Blitz's neck. He grabbed his phone from his pocket and shooed her away with his free hand, "so the conversation went good then?" Loona directed her attention to you, a smile sprawled on her face.

You felt yourself getting red, you crossed your arms and answered, "uh, yeah, yeah everything is good."

"Hey Stolas...yeah yeah, I just have a quick question. Well ya see I have a fucking hit man chasing me and my employees around the fucking town and I'm pretty sure he's after you, too." Blitz walked into your empty bedroom.

"The solution is pretty simple, y'all. We just gotta kill the bastard and we'll be golden!" Millie smiled widely, her hands gesturing around the room.

"Do you recall what happened last time? It isn't that simple" Moxxie replied.

"Well if we know that he's coming for all of us, we can prepare. It's all of us against one of him. You guys are assassins for fuck sake, so let's do this shit" you said, pulling your pocket knife, screw driver, and switchblade out of your pocket, "only problem is that this is all I have."

"If we can get to IMP without running into him we'll be good, tons of supplies there" Millie smiled, snuggling into Moxxie's arm.

"He'll come right to IMP, that's the first place he's gonna go look," Blitz commented as he returned back into the room, "pretty sure the birds main bitch called in this hit, it was fucking Stella."

"Okay so...we stay here? No one knows me other than you guys and nobody knows that I stay here...so maybe this is the safest place?" You offered.

"You might be right...but how are we gonna get enough weapons?" Millie asked.

"Well...we use the book, try to find a spell that will let us travel with a portal to IMP? Head in, grab some weapons, and head right back? As long as he's not at IMP yet we should be fine" Blitz suggested. Loona pulled out the grimoire from her bag, setting it on the counter.

"Sounds good to me, do ya mind if I borrow these?" Millie asked, reaching toward your switch blade and pocket knife.

"No problem" you replied.

Loona began to flip through the book and scour the pages, her eyes flinging around the words before frantically stopping and pointing at one section.

"Got it," she smiled, "alright, get ready."

She began to read through an unfamiliar spell, a portal cracked through the wall revealing the inside of IMP through it. Blitz cocked and pointed his pistol through the portal, Moxxie and Millie were at his side with your knives, guarding and prepared as they followed his lead through the portal.

You gulped, your hands clasped as you watched them sweeping through the offices. Your heart began to thunder in your chest until you heard Blitz's relieved voice, "nobody, lets get passing this shit through."

Blitz put his gun back in his holster, the M&M's both tucked their weapons in their pockets. The trio began passing you and Loona different weapons through the portal, guns, grenades, amo, knives, axes. You and Loona continued to grab the weapons and gently set them against the back wall of your apartment.

"Alright, that's it" Blitz announced as he made his way back through the wall, Millie and Moxxie trailing behind him. Loona began to read from the book once more, shutting the portal within seconds.

"Okay so we have weapons, now what's the plan?" Moxxie asked.

"Well, there's really two options. We hunt him or let him continue to hunt us" Millie exclaimed.

"Fuck" you whispered under your breath.

"What's wrong?" Blitz asked.

"I...I have a delivery coming in about an hour, I bought a lot of stuff for this place today...he's been following me all day, what if he tracks that delivery? It'll lead him right to us," a knot formed in your stomach.

"Fuck! You're just now thinking of this? After we loaded all these weapons into here?!" Moxxie exclaimed, dropping his head into his hands in frustration.

"No no no, wait a second there tight ass, this could work, this could be good" Blitz tapped on his chin.

"Good? How!" You whimpered.

"He's walking himself right into a death trap" A wicked smile spread across Millie's face.