Acheron Part 4
Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel (c) Vivziepop
A sterile room of white with a trio of lights focused on a chair with an agent strapped in an industrial chair with titanium restraints, robotic arms come down from the ceiling, mostly scanners and monitors but one has a syringe filled with fluid, it injects into the agents arm, as the machine pulls away the agent begins to convulse here and there as he grunts but soon he begins to scream in pain as his muscles start to go into overdrive, performing movements they were not meant to do, blood vessels begin to break and his bones begin to fracture before the body tries to heals itself only to be broken further and starting the process anew, after about ten seconds the agent body completely tears itself apart and the only sound coming from the room in a pure flat-line. Behind the protective two-way mirror, Agent's One and Two look at the scene with boredom and despair with Two giving a heavy sigh and One cleaning is glasses in frustration.
Two looks at the data "No matter how many we prepare and try the serum on them, the result is always the same, a gruesome death after the injection has taken place."
One places his glasses back on "There is something we are probably missing, even with the most powerful steroids and genetic therapy options it doesn't work.", a thought hits One and pulls up the file on the human working with the demons "Maybe we are going about this the wrong way, the one we have given the code name Azazel may very well be the missing link."
Two puts on a thinking expression "We don't have any genetic samples from him to test on."
One begins to examine the serums make up alongside a human helix "Given that he's been exposed to the environment they are from, it maybe possible that their world has been effecting him in someway to where we can get the results we want."
Agent Two isn't too sure about this theory as there is nothing backing it up, but they are almost out of the serum and as far fetched as it does sound, it may be the only way to show what it can really do. Capturing their target won't be easy but it can be done, with their new funding they have a lot more spending power and have upgraded to more modern gear, some from the parent agency but most from a private source... some company known as "E" with untraceable deposits and even more so equipment appearing out of no where. The two agents realizing they'll need more proper equipment contact E and begin to formulate a plan, having faced the creatures before this is going to get interesting really fast and very expensive.
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Loona is gazing down at the human in her arms, her bare fur touching his uncovered skin, while not having sex the two decided to rest unclothed as the hellhound wanted to know how it felt and how he would receive her texture, his head resting on her breasts as he embraces her, now it is certain, they are covered in each others scent and the lupine takes the joyous thought in stride, she remembers when she first laid with him and how it made him comfortable, with no barrier he looks like he's practically in heaven which for her is ironic. Loona cradles the back of his head with her right as her left is wrapped on his back, taking in the embrace he has her in as his hands are going over her shoulder blades.
Loona gives a loving lick to the top of his head 'I remember how afraid you were to even look at me, I smelled your fear and how you wanted to run. Before you knew it you were in the wolves den... literally... you left the door open so that I could hear what was going on in case anything happened, I don't know anyone who would have done that.', she lifts her left leg and places it around him 'Here you are, a human that comes up only to my bust and you aren't terrified of me even though I can completely overtake you. I'm not sure when we'll actually mate but I can see you aren't in a hurry either, I guess that's a talk for another time. Even though I badly want you, I think it might be best if we hold off for now.', she puts on a devilish smirk 'But that doesn't mean I can't tease you a little.' and she begins rubbing herself against him.
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I feel something wet rubbing against my tummy, something wet and warm, I slowly open my eyes and see I am where I was when I feel asleep, Loona giving a mischievous smirk as she's grinding me and I feel my cheeks burn like a fire as I realize...
Loona gives a light laugh "Morning babe, enjoyed the wake up call?"
I look down then slowly back up at her "You minx of a hellhound." with a smirk of my own "Trying to get me going just for fun?"
The hellhound deepens her smirk "Did it wor..."
"What do you think?!" really starting to feel it.
Loona starts to laugh and after a moment I join in on it too, I know from her it's all in good fun, I have learned how Loona's humor is, it's an acquired taste here and there but overall I enjoy it. But I decide to get back at her, I lightly spank her butt which causes her to yelp in surprise.... just glancing at her shows i got her engine running.
I put my finger at the edge of her nose "Down girl." with a playful tone.
Loona blinks for a moment before giving a nod "Good play."
We both get ourselves ready for the day ahead and I'm excited as the party is tonight and after some cloth shopping I got my outfit planned out... with the right amount of black and blue plus a few things I decided to install in a few places. Before long Moxxie and I are hanging in the armory as we have a contract coming that requires we double and triple check our gear, Mox is looking over what I assume is a modified .50 cal and a couple double barrels and as for me I'm cleaning my mg42.
I glance to the imp "What's the scoop on this one?"
Mox locks the barrel in place "You and I are the only ones on this one, we're crashing a funeral and making it look like a hit, per the clients request.", he looks to me "Which reminds me, I think it might be best if you use a caliber that the opposing guys use on this, take the m240 instead."
I blink for a moment before giving a nod "Alright the fn mag will do just fine. I just need to make sure this girl checks out first." being a little clever with the firearms name.
Moxxie and I finish getting our gear together, thanks to the pocket watch I am packing enough bullets for my machine gun to rifle a small army, in terms of sidearms and based on Moxxie's recommendations I decide on a pair of m9 handgun and something special for a fallback that I wanna test out. Loona, Blitz and Millie are standing in the lobby and the hellhound begins to read the spell.
The tall imp looks to me "Alright Adam, you are taking the lead on this one, according to our client the target is some old guy in a wheel chair and he'll be wearing a flashy coat. The client also specified there can be no witnesses of any kind as he wants to spark something big, given how broad that hit list actually is, are you up for it?"
I understand what he's saying perfectly, they have learned my moral compass from working alongside them and they have noticed me hesitate here and there due to wanting to avoid collateral damage, in the end I crank the machine guns charging handle and give a nod... not to sound cold but I have to think of it as just another job and this time all lives are valid targets. Millie and Loona are giving me unsure looks as the former crosses her arms, heck even Blitz and Moxxie have some of that mixed into their features.
Loona finishes in opening the portal and Mox and I head out, ready to tackle the job head on. We arrive at some kind of clearing in the middle of a meadow, up ahead we see what looks like a church the size of a mansion, black vehicles are littered in a parking lot which range from sedans to trucks, suv's and vans, I look to Mox who's looking around through the scope of his gun and he gives the all clear. We sneak through the grass and observe the area, guards in tux are moving around, armed with m4a1's, mp5's, ithica 37's and a pick up baring an m2 machine gun with a gun shield. I notice a guy moving about in a motorized wheel chair wearing some purple garbs with leopard spots... there's our target, Mox and I flank around until we find a way in and our search takes us where the body is all prepared for it's special day, the open casket showing a guy in his 40's with shades that rival the night sky in darkness with a pendant carrying a huge chunk of diamond.
I feel a smirk form as I eye my machine gun, I take his necklace which earns a raised eyebrow from Mox and I lengthen the feed for my mag.
The imp lowers his gun "What are you thinking?" looking almost scared to ask.
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Millie is humming a tune while filing her nails and Loona is reading some text on her phone, the group she's in sharing their thoughts about the party and their excitement of meeting the sole human in Hell. Millie gets a buzz on her cell, she checks and see's it's her mom and she puts on an excited look.
Loona looks to her "What's happanin Mil's?"
The imp squees "Ma and Pa are going to be in town to take care of some business and are wonderin if I can meet up with them!"
The hellhound rolls her eyes as the imp sends a quick reply to her mom, Loona begins to lazily look over the schedule for a few other clients, with Blitz having gone on a solo job for another client she is enjoying the quiet with Millie, the imp sharpening her axe as she and the hellhound will be going on the next hunt.
Millie smirks at Loona, wanting to see if anything crazy has happened between the hellhound and human yet, given that none of the guys were around it was the perfect time for some girl talk. The imp quietly makes her way to Loona, flashing a smile full of anticipation, eventually the hound notices her and shrugs.
The imp playfully swings her tail "How's it going Loona? I haven't heard you yell all day, I take it you and Adam helped each other out?"
Loona raises an eyebrow "I didn't fuck him if that's what your asking." knowing what she's talking about.
Millie blinks at first, but she gives a lazy shrug "Heh, you just have a little more spring in yer step, I figured you two had crossed that bridge."
The hellhound puts her phone down "We did cuddle in the buff and aside from some teasing nothing happend. Neither of us knows what to really expect so we're taking it slow at the moment."
The imp gives a nod "It's a big step for any couple, so some fear is natural."
Loona sighs "It's not just that." earning a surprised look from the imp "You see, I'm a little nervous to mate with him because I'm worried about hurting him.", she shows her claws "These aren't for show you know?"
Millie puts on a supportive smile "Hon, that's so sweet, your afraid of hurting your man. Adam is a dear and he is a little soft, but if he wasn't sure do you think he would want to be with you? He has seen what you can do with those chompers and those claws, he knows how much power you have hon... ah think he is unsure as you kind of put it, but I don't think he's afraid of your teeth or claws, or your physical strength.", the imp takes her friend by the hand "Sex is one of those things no one is really sure about, at least at first. Guys talk a good game sometimes but they are nervous about it like us, the key thing is for the both of you to talk and listen to each other."
Loona takes Millie's words in and she knows the imp is speaking the truth, by smelling Adam she can read that he was uncertain before he even could speak a word, looking back at when the both of them were cuddling, he looked happy just by being with her. She begins to reflect on her time back at the adoption center, how rabid she was when she had to fend for herself and felt alone, she hated it when Blitz took her in and babied her even though his intentions were always good... hell they still are. When it comes to the human, she feels from him someone who wants to be there for her, not out of pity but out of wanting to understand and to show that he cares. For the hellhound, she admits that she still has trouble showing how she feels but she is getting better at it and being with him has given her a way to show she can be positive and vent a little less harsh, especially since Adam let's her come to him and he's not in her face all the time unlike Blitz.
The hellhound looks to her "In your opinion... when is the best time to talk about it?" with an unsure gaze.
Millie lightly shakes her head "That's something the both of you need to figure out on your own, but when either one of you is ready then one of you will let the other know and go from there."
Loona gives a nod and thanks Millie, to which the imp gives a nod and says she's always there to talk.
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In the darkness, I'm clutching the mag as I control my breathing, waiting for the moment to strike. I can hear the muffled sounds of the priest talking with music from a piano, hearing Mox on my radio counting down from ten starts my adrenaline to flow as I become eager to unload the armor-piercing rounds. Finally Mox gives me the go-ahead, with a solid punch I get the lid of the coffins of, quickly sitting up as the room goes silent and a second later I open fire, the 7.62mm rounds flood the room in spray and pray, a few guys flank around with shotguns but Moxxie takes care of them no problem and before I know it I've used up two-hundred bullets. I quickly leave the casket and reload the weapon, I look to Mox and give him some signals to flank ahead, he gives me a nod and skitters the ceiling to the next room and I follow suite on the ground. The handles on the double door explode, I quickly dive back and land with my weapon aimed at the doors and I gun down the three who come in. I can hear Moxxie taking shots and a lot of assault rifles going off, I look around and I don't see the target, so I quickly run out to try to find him. Aside from a few guards here and there the resistance is very light and eventually I make it to what looks like a small chapel and I see him in front of a cross of stone with his voice saying something in latin if I had to guess with a guard on either side of him.
The guy stops praying as the guards ready their guns, he turns around "Bravo, you make our hitmen look like knock offs by comparison. Hiding in a coffin and then unloading an entire belt, now that is something." slowly clapping his hands.
I sigh "There is no where to run, we can either do this the easy way or the hard way."
The guys gives me a smirk "How about, my way?"
I glance and see a radio on his lap, that pick up comes through the wall, I quickly open fire as the m2 tries to swing around, I toss a few grenades and after the explosions I hear a loud bang. The weapons fire calms down and I slowly approach the truck, the tires are flat and there's a big hole in the gun shield, Mox lands next to me, switching out his rifle for a pair of uzi machine pistols, we movie around and see the wheelchair guy on the ground with his guards blown to bits, he looks to me and I fire a ten round burst.
Moxxie gives a nod "Not a bad idea, Blitz is gonna get a laugh out of this."
I check my ammo belt "How many of them are left?"
The imp's eyes tick back and forth "Hmm, I disabled the vehicles so we don't have to worry about anyone getting to far and I counted 46 more that we have to take out."
I take the ammo box off "Then let's get back at it."
We storm the guys outside, the fn mag turning the wrecked vehicles into swiss cheese as Mox leaps about with his uzi's blazing, the m240 makes short work of the vehicles with a few catching fire as fluids pour out everywhere. Eventually I run out of ammunition for the machine gun... all one thousand rounds, so I have it go into the watch, I go to grab my sidearms but this guy with a crowbar comes at me so whip out my surprise, a pair of loud clangs takes the air as the guy stops in his tracks, he looks to hus crowbar and sees it's locked in place by my new pair of sickles.
I give him a smirk "Surprise!" and I tear his throat open with the pointed edges.
After a quick cleaning of the sickles I get my pistols out and resume firing, the 9mm rounds finding their marks most of the time. Soon the last gunmen goes down and the lot goes completely silent, I decide to really make this a field of twisted metal so I ask Mox what he has for timed explosives and if he had enough to basically level the parking lot. Mox gives me a nod and we wire every car with some c4.... save for the pick up in the church as we run out and we set the timer to go off in five minutes, we contact Loona, the portal opens and we step through.
Millie looks at us "Welcome back boys, how'd it go?"
Moxxie pulls out one of his uzi's and ejects the magazine "It went well, Adam handled the situation with flying colors."
Just as the portal fishes closing the explosives trigger which causes the ladies to jump, the two blink for a few seconds before slowly looking to me as I open the fn mag's cover.
After a quick scan of the guns mechanisms I look over to them "Blitz did say the client wanted to start something big, so I went the extra mile." and with a quick flick the cover closes.
Moxxie gives a nod "And seeing you work on your close combat was a nice change of pace, I am curious though, why sickles?"
"Mostly intimidation, it may be a little esoteric to some but it'll give me an edge once I learn how to use them a little better."
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A few hours later back on Earth, the scene of Moxxie and Adam's destruction is front page news, guys in the same suits of the guards are there but unarmed as police, FBI and agents from the D.H.O.R.K.S. are going about while the news stations are getting their word in. Agent One notices the only vehicle to survive was the truck and comes to the conclusion that they simply ran out of explosives and that there are no 7.97x57mm casings... but with the amount of spent ammunition and no sign of backpacks or any big ways to carry the rounds it is certainly their handiwork. There is no way a human can carry all this ammunition without being crushed from the weight let alone moving, when learning of a potential turf war between the two local mobs being brought to his attention it would explain the different bullets. A loud rumbling sound catches their attention, everyone turn around and sees a convoy of white vehicles, three humvees, two m2a1 bradley infantry fighting vehicles, one m1a2 abrams tank and in the middle a 1953 rolls-royce phantom iv rides, all vehicles also are marked by a black "E" on the sides as well as tops of the turrets and upper glacis of the armored vehicles.
The sheer firepower puts everyone on edge, but those of D.H.O.R.K.S. are put into panic mode as the convoy gets closer, the vehicles eventually stop and soldiers come running out wearing some kind of composite armor, their weapons being the steyr aug, m2000 sniper rifles, aa-12 shotguns and rpg-7, panzerfaust 3 and sfim-92 stinger launchers. One of the soldiers opens up the rear passenger door, a man wearing a long white jacket and navy blue dress paints steps out, his eyes a glimmering gold as he adjusts his top hat of matching white. He moves towards Agent One as two soldiers join him, a helicopter comes into view in the same colors as the other machines, an ah-64 apache.
One finds the words to speak "I see you are with "E", our investor?"
The guy gives a smirk "What gave it away? I am agent Alpha, I am here to personally see what has taken place here. Is it the trouble makers you have been dealing with?"
One gives a nod "We suspect so, it looks like they were trying to trigger a mob war but we aren't sure why."
Alpha begins to walk around "You still don't understand your prey, if you take a closer look of those they have attacked you will see a similar theme. Martha who was the victim of an attempted murder-suicide where she was caught by a Mrs. Mayberry for cheating with her husband where Mayberry killed herself only for Martha and her family to be terminated soon after for example. Or how about that fellow in the purple suit, a mob boss who had just killed his brother because he wanted to keep the family fortune for himself."
One raises an eyebrow as he removes his sun glasses "Are you saying they are hitmen carrying out vendettas and blood feuds for revenge?"
The white coat gives a nod "That is correct, so you cant track them as they go back to where they come from... Hell. And the human in their ranks is what has caught our attention the most." stopping his motion as he gazes to the church.
One looks over Alpha and all the stuff he's brought, there is no nationality among Alpha's ranks and there are no markings of country or allegiance, he gets nervous but he decides to ask the question "Also, I and the agency are curious, what is the name of your organization?"
Alpha gives a chuckle "We are known as the Exorcists."
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I'm going over my outfit in the mirror, I'm wearing a light leather jacket with blue patches on the shoulders and back, black leather pants with blue stripes down the sides and deep blue steel-toed shoes, I test the button hidden on my right wrist and the inside glows a blue neon, I turn it off and head out of the bathroom where Loona is waiting for me, I do a quick pose "What do ya think?"
The hellhound gives a smirk "Nice rocker vibe, how's the lighting working?"
I do a quick demonstration "It's working amazing." with a smirk of my own crossing my features.
Loona gives a nods "Ready for a change of scenery?" as she gets her purse.
I straighten my jacket "Right behind ya." excited for the party.
To be continued...