The Human Hearted Imp

Chapter 78: Meeting Barbie Wire

While the events in Hell have been taking place, Moxie, Millie, and Randall are still in the living world. Mainly because Moxxie wants to do a good job with this assignment and continue investigating and eliminating suspects, but Millie and Randall know the real culprit, and Moxxie is being too stubborn.

On Tuesday:

Moxxie is climbing up the tree to get a better view of the camp. Moxxie then brings out his binoculars to see the cabin. But just then, a volleyball hits him in the face, causing Moxxie to lose his balance and falls off the tree.

In the short distance, Millie, Randall, and the campers have been playing volleyball when they see Moxxie fall off the tree and crash to the ground.

On Wednesday:

Millie, Randall, and some of the campers are canoeing in the lake. Meanwhile, Moxxie surfaces with goggles and a snorkel, and slowly swings on over to the boat house. However, a fresh water demon shark suddenly surfaces and chomps Moxxie whole into its jaw and viciously shakes him like a chew toy.

On Thursday:

Millie is doing archery with the campers. One of the campers has an apple on the top of his head as Millie is blindfolded with a bow and arrow. She shoots the arrow and makes a bullseye on the apple. The campers cheer while Millie peek over to see her shot.

Meanwhile, Moxie is in the bushes with his binoculars when the arrow with an apple Millie shoots comes over his head. He quickly ducks his head, and it misses. However, it reveals a giant bear with an arrow that had the apple pierced in its left eye towers over the bush with an angry expression at Moxxie. He was petrified for a brief second before he was about to get mauled by the bear. Moxxie runs away and the bear chases him.

On Friday:

The Lifeguard dude gives Millie a flier with her picture on it, showing that she has a performance tonight. After that, Millie runs over to Moxxie to tell him the exciting news.

And yet, Moxxie who is now an outcast with him being kicked graffiti said : "Bitch" spray-painted on it. Moxxie emerges with vines painfully wrapped around him, his shoe missing, and is looking angrier by the day. He throws the binoculars down and tries to get the vine off him before a swarm of crows swoops in and attacks him, pecking his face before they dispersed. He sits down by his campfire that was burned out and stretches his digitigrade feet before Millie arrives.

She shouts with excitement, "MOX! MOX! You'll never believe it! They want me to perform on stage tonight for the local news! Those videos have made me some kind of human celebrity!"

And just like that, Moxxie has reached his limits and begins shouting in frustration, " All week it's been 'Oh look at Millerd! Isn't HE great?' 'Oh, look how talented Millerd is!' We have a job to do, and you're off dancing for views! Why does it matter SO MUCH how these yokels feel about you?"

Millie soon loses her shine and feels disappointed and upset, "It doesn't. It matters how I feel about myself. And for one, I feel like..." and tears form from her face, "like I'm important. Like I'm someone to be proud of..." Millie wipes her face and shoves the paper on Moxxie's chest, "And I had hoped that my husband would be there to support me half as much as I've supported him this week!" and turns her back against her husband.

"Millie, I didn't mean-" Moxxie tries to speak up in remorse.

But Millie angrily says, "SAVE IT, MOX!" causing him to go silent.

Then Millie says, unable to hold her hurt and frustration, "You could have finished that job any time if you had just listened to me, but you wanted to do things your way." Then turns to Moxxie, "So, fine. Finish the job, go home if you want to -" and steps towards Moxxie, causing him to strip over the stake, "But, I'm gonna have my moment, WITH OR WITHOUT YOU!" Then she throws the pamphlet away as she runs off in tears.