The Impish Mage Season 1

Chapter 20: Murder Family, Next Hellish Move

Flashback:

Zak is in the office, talking to Mrs. Mayberry.

Mrs. Mayberry is a demon who seems to be a bit like a human woman, but has a devilish figure. She has violet skin, pointed ears, red eyes with yellow pupils, sharp yellow teeth, a long tail, with goat-like traits like horns and dark purple hooves. She has messy white hair with black, scrunchy scarf like a headband. She is wearing a dark pink shirt with noticeable stitches and an upside down red tear drop jewel on her chest with a yellow tip, black torn skirt, red earrings, and pink glasses.

Mrs. Mayberry finishes her story, "You do everything right in life. Play by all the rules and still get sent down here with all the Hitlers and Epsteins of the world. After one measly massacre propelled by blind rage. So that's why I'm here. To get my revenge."

"I see," Zak says, "However, It appears that you've managed to kill those responsible for your downfall and your marriage fell apart. Unless, one of them happened to survive,".

"That's correct," Mrs. Mayberry says, then clenches her fist, " That whore survived. Now they all call her a hero. Between the talk shows and the donation bullshit, she made so much goddamn cash. Getting shot was the best thing to happen to her!" Mrs. Mayberry says, angrily.

She then slams her fist on the desk, causing it to crack, and shouts that echoes, "She is not a hero!" and leans to Zak with her face turning red with rage.

"Alright alright, but calm down. Just tell me about your target and where we can find her, and my team and I can take care of the rest," Zak says.

Mayberry soon calms down and says, "Of course."

In the lobby, Moxxie is black and red crossbow in his hands. In front of him is a picture of a smiling family: a father, a mother, a baby and two children. His arms are shaking as the pointer hovers away from the possible target.

Then Millie "Moxxie, stop shaking. "You're gonna shoot our boss' wife!"

Laying down on the couch is Zoey who is holding the picture up with one hand and is holding her hellphone on the other.

"Doing okay there, mom?" Ash asks.

"Doing okay sweetie, I just don't know how long I have to lay here," Zoey says.

Then Millie says to her husband, "Just take a deep breath..."

She takes a deep breath and says, "And let it out."

"But, it's a family. Under what circumstances would we ever need to kill a human family?" Moxxie dejects.

"I mean, if that's what the client wants," Millie says, shrugging her shoulders.

"Maybe like a shitty dad, " Moxxie says.

Then says in somewhat of an Italian accent, "Or a mob family. That's understandable."

Then says in his normal voice, "But to eradicate an entire innocent—seemingly in this instance—upper middle class family bloodline?"

Still laying down, Zoey says, "Well Mox, you don't know if they're innocent or not," and sits up. She then points to each person in the photo, "This kid probably sets dogs on fire... Maybe this girl gets off to bullying Australian kids online... And this guy... this guy definitely watches."

"Watch what mom?" Ash asks.

"You don't wanna know, kid. Trust me," Wesley says, doing some paperwork.

"Exactly. Humans are full of secret nasties. It's why so many of them end up here," Millie says.

"But—" Moxxie says, about to protest.