Helluva Mate

14

"Gee! I wonder whose house this is." Moxxie commented, sarcasm in his voice

The Imps were dressed in disguises, wearing wigs and other clothes in order to prevent humans from seeing what they really were, even though Blitzø's horns protruded from his pink and blue clown wig, his face also painted in pink to hide the white scars. Ebony was in her human disguise, knowing she would have to look through the grimoire in order to see if she can conjure up some human disguises for the others.

"And to your right is the home of famous inventor, Lyle Lipton!" a male tour guide informed

The crowd seemed to be in awe at the sight of the mansion, Blitzø removing the sunglasses from his eyes as he stood,

"Let’s do it, gang!" He smiled

All three Imps pulled out their weapons: Blitzø's flintlock pistol, Moxxie's assault rifle and Millie's two sharp swords, no weapon for Ebony as they jumped from the tour bus and over the tall fence, landing on their feet,

"Let’s kill this rich guy!" Millie smiled, the four of them racing toward the windows

"And here you’ll find three tacky stalkers about to attempt a murder!" The tour guide said  "End what seems to be an escort! Things like this could happen to famous people all the time!"

The tourists snapped pictures with their phone's, Ebony coming to a stop, growling lowly as she turned around, raising her own phone and taking a picture of the tour guide, sending it to Papa, who would have a field day with this one. She didn't often go to him to solve her problems, she could normally handing things on her own, but she knew he loved terrorizing humans every now and then. Blitzø, Ebony and Millie dash over to the window, while Moxxie slides on his back, the well disguised demon looking through the large window, joined by a sock puppet cat on her mates tail.

"Wow . ." She commented, causing the other three to join her in looking through the window "That machine really did a number on him."

Lyle Lipton was lying on his bed, an IV bag attached to him, a heart rate monitor sitting on a shelf next to the IV bag. A TV screen and video player sat at the other side of his bed, connected to the bed itself, the older man holding a framed picture in his hands, looking at it sadly, kissing the picture,

"Goodbye . . my one true love." He said, running his finger down the glass part of the frame

The picture in the frame is shown to consist of a stock image of dollar bills with a Free Stock Photos watermark over it. Lyle put the frame down, grabbing the tube from his IV bag and begins tying it,

"All the riches of the world can’t fill the emptiness I’m feeling now that my shitty old body can’t do anything of value." He said

"Oh, fantastic!" Blitzø smiled "He’s gonna do our job for us!"

Lyle finishes making a noose out of the tube, pulling the knot tight,

"Should we go in there and tie it for him?" Moxxie asked

The human was about to put the makeshift noose over his head as the Imps watch with drinks and popcorn, only to have the noose glow white and a concussive force knocks the Imps back. Blitzø’s cat sock is blown away by the blast, making him sad for a brief moment before quickly helping Ebony to her feet. Lyle adjusts to the light and sees the three Cherubs floating down gracefully in three rays of light,

"Oh lord, I’m being haunted by ugly orphan children now!" He exclaimed

"Who the fuck are they?" Blitzø asked

"Oh, shit-fuck." Ebony muttered

"Cherubs, Mr. Lyle!" Cletus smiled

"I hate filthy, stinking orphan children!" Lyle replied