Loona the Caretaker

Mercenaries

Tommy suddenly got a phone call from a family member. "Boulder?" he said. "Is that you?"

"Tommy!" Boulder said. "Good to talk to you again, buddy! How's my soldier nephew?"

"It has been a long time, uncle Boulder." Tommy smiled. "Now's not a good time. I'm kinda in the middle of a very important situation."

"If it's the whole 'Jim Jones' thinking that Cody is Satan's own son, then i agree."

Cody's brother looked surprised to hear that. "Wait," he paused. "You know about all of this too?"

"Yep. Cody and his friends told me about what is going on up here on Earth. And his demon friends seem pretty badass." Once again, Tommy looked surprised to hear of this, knowing that Hell is supposed to be kept secret from the rest of the world.

"How do you know about that?"

"because Cody told them about everything, Tom." said Loona. "And Boulder is your family, too."

"True." said Tommy before getting back to his badass uncle. "So we already know about what Belmont is doing right now. Gathering followers, and turning most of the town against Cody with the help of some evil angels. "Called the Exorcists or something."

"Yes, but let me finish, buddy." Boulder pointed. "A rich couple is with Belmont and those angels and offering something to them, like... a big fat check entitled ten million dollars."

"What? Who are they?" asked Tommy.

"I'm starting to regret giving Bruce that Lobotomy." said the rich woman

"Bah, we wanted a daughter anyway, so go figure." said the rich man. "No matter, if what you say about Laurent being the Antichrist, then we can give you everything we can to get rid of the apocalypse." Handing over the check, Belmont looked pleased. Turns out that these rich people were Bruce' parents that made him get the lobotomy when Loona scared him and his friends away. Some parents they were. Yes, they sounded like they didn't give a second thought before giving their own son a lobotomy. They seemed to be in front of the new congregation in the park and Boulder was just passing by with his buddies.

"Bless you." said Belmont before shaking the parents' hands. "bless you both for your generous offer. But what can ten million dollars do against the Antichrist?"

"let's just say..." Bruce' mom said. "That against Earth's ultimate enemy, you'll need a little extra protection against the demons."

Belmont knew what they were talking about now. "Perfect!" he exclaimed.

Boulder and his friends realized that these rich people were giving Mr. Belmont some kind of "cash allowance" to get some kind of professional help against Cody and his demon friends. Now things are truly going from bad to worse this time. "Oh shit." muttered Boulder under his breath. "I think we are really screwed this time, boys."

"I hate to say it, but you're right." said Nacho. "If that preacher can hire a bunch of mercenaries to do his dirty work for him, then we might as well say our prayers."

"Guys?" said Tommy on the other line. "What's going on?"

"Sorry Tom, we were looking at what Belmont was doing next." Boulder said

"What's going on?"

"Let's just say... that annoying preacher got a little bit more help on his side." said Buffalo.

"What do you mean?" asked Tommy.

"What he means is that Jim Jones over there got lucky and we got unlucky." Boulder pointed. "In other words, the richest family in town gave him a big check for him to hire even more powerful help with him."

Tommy's heart sank. "Richest family. Is the lady wearing a dead mink around her neck and the man wearing a black tie?"

"Yes."

"Shit. That's Mortimer and Patricia. The snobbiest people in town. Their son is a bully that likes to pick on my little brother before he got a lobotomy."

"That explains everything." said the uncle. "Because they just give Belmont exactly ten million dollars in a check."

"Ten million? Gah. What do they want?:

"I don't know, Tom. They are just paying Belmont. Fucking greedy capitalists."

"Thanks for the tip." said Tommy. "So, is there a place we can meet you?"

"Well, you can meet us at our old abandoned hideout." said the uncle. "We can talk there. No one's been there for years since we decided to hit the road on the country."

"Sounds good enough. But we'll need disguises to get around Belmont's followers." Said Tommy."

"Ok, we'll meet you on the outskirts of town and you can follow us to the old warehouse."

"Ok uncle Boulder. See you there."

As Tommy hung up, he bent down and looked nervous about what he was about to say to his little brother. "What's going on, Tommy?"

"Well, don't panic or anything, but... Bruce' parents got to give Mr Belmont a cash allowance to buy his own personal security force."

Cody looked shocked and then fainted on his back. Loona and Tommy began fanning him and tried giving him some air.

"Andrealphus enters the room." Called a familiar elegant voice.

"Oh that's all we need right now." Stolas rolled his eyes with his arms crossed. "Now is not a good time, you snobbish son of a bitch."

"Don't be rude. I just wanted to return the vacuum cleaner you lend-" he noticed Cody still faint on the floor. "What happened?! What did he eat?"

"Nothing." Said Octavia. "That crazy man on Earth has gathered more followers against Cody."

"You mean the Antichrist thing?" Asked Andrealphus.

"Look, this is really none of your business." said Blitzo. "Last thing we need is a rich asshole like you to fuck it up."

"Look, I know that I have tried to have Stolas executed and tried to sue him, but I do understand that Cody had no part in my dear sister' death... much."

"You really want to help us?" Moxxie looked a little suspicious."

"Cody is my niece' friend, and if she is happy, then I am happy. Octavia is still family after all."