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A quick yank on the charging handle and the mg42 is now ready for action, the target is coming into range as I overlook a dirt road, for the past few weeks Moxxie has been training me with my firearms while Loona has been helping me with close combat techniques, the others are close by but I need to do this effectively on my own as this is my final test before I am officially employed. To the left I see headlights, a 1930's coup turned hot rod with a v10 giving more fums then a cow, it gets close as I ready to open fire and then... I hold the trigger down and armor piercing rounds stream out, riddling the entire car with bullet holes in seconds, the custom mach crashes into a tree as I cease fire, I quickly leave my firing position and run over to the car, firing the remainder of the belt in the process. I employ the strap on the machine gun and ready a p38, I rip open the driver door as I train the gun on the target... only to find there isn't much left of him. The sight makes me gag as I had never seen anything like it in person and the smell is horrid, I put my pistol away and give a signal that the target is dead, the others come my way with Blitzo clapping his hands.

The tall imp slunks around the car turned swiss cheese "Excellent work Adam, you are now officially on the payroll." his eyes gaining a shine as he looks at the corpse.

I give a nod "Thanks boss." with an accomplished smile as I find the dead guys wallet and take the cash inside it, shoving it in my pocket.

Millie puts on a giddy look "Adding insult to injury an takin the money too."

I shrug "I'll need it if I am going to have any infiltration roles, besides this punk won't need it anymore." tossing the wallet back into the vehicle.

Moxxie and Loona just stand there with smiles of pride, it may have been an easy mission but they had done their job well. With the mission accomplished we head back through a portal to Hell where I get my pay plus a small commission, I put the looted money in a safe with the sign 'Job Money Only' and go about cleaning the mg42. Feeling the power of the buzz saw was really something, twelve hundred rounds a minute and enough flying metal to take down a platoon in a few seconds... a fine piece of machinery indeed. I finish working the with weapon and meet the others in the conference room, there is already talk of another job coming up later that day one where they want to see how my sniping is, something I am still working on here and there but I can do it well enough... I just ask which of my snipers would be required and Blitz simply tells me either one works.

The information of the hit talks about the client having once been part of some religious, redneck community but he was burned for being a 'false shepard' and now he wants us to get rid of the flock for turning on him. Given how this sounds I decide to use something that is more flexible then the kar98k and more punch then the mp3008, so I apply a scope to the fg42 and a fold-able bi-pod while switching it to semi-auto mode, if need be with a quick flip of the switch it'll be full-auto once more. A pair of p38's and some grenades later and I have my kit planed out, this way I can go from sniping to full assault if need be.

Moxxie gets quite a few firearms ready "Now, we should be able to handle it without needing you to get into the crossfire but you never know." with a know it all tone.

With a roll of my eyes "We are tackling the most armed civilians in the United States, add the fanaticism and you got quite a situation... you can't have too much firepower when it comes to dealing with them." loading a twenty round magazine into the battle rifle and racking the bolt "In other words, be ready for anything."

We go through the portal with the imps in one team and Loona and I making up another, the sun doing down as the twilight creeps in, I begin to crawl as we get closer, a quick look through the scope and I see the others making their way around as I look over the area, a set of five buildings with a watch tower and a boat dock, I only see a few walking around on patrol with two snipers in the tower, just shotguns and bolt-action rifles and no sign of automatic weapons, easy prey. I relay what I see to Blitzo as I continue to look around, he tells me to take care of the snipers then just shoot whatever, with a couple trigger pulls the snipers are down and the others stop, looking for the source of the rounds.... the other side ofthe complex suddenly begins to explode and the imps are going to town with guns, swords and axes, with a few well placed shots I bring more of them down. A humvee comes smashing out of one of the buildings towards Loona and I and it's armed with...

"M60!!!" as I get behind a nearby rock with Loona getting behind a tree while the belt-fed gun unleashes it's bite, I look to the hellhound "I'll draw it's fire, can you get behind and shred them?!"

Loona gives a toothy grin "I'll enjoy shoving it up there."

I blink at the innuendo but I nod as I switch the gun to full-auto and she runs into the woods, I leap out and fire in bursts at the armed vehicle, but the thing has improvised armor and my gun is doing nothing, the m60 returns fire just when I run out, I retreat and quickly reload, suddenly the fire from the machine gun goes straight into the air as I hear screaming and the twisting of metal. I quickly look through my scope to see Loona chewing and clawing through the vehicle, crimson flowing everywhere as the thing shakes apart, the m60 still shooting into the sky as the guy screams in pain for help, my jaw drops at the sight as now I just feel sick. The hellhound emerges from the vehicle, taking the m60 with her as she licks her gore covered teeth, I decide to leave my position and run towards the canine, another humvee comes around the corner but this one has an improvised flamethrower, I quickly look over the vehicle and I see the fuel canister, I unload the whole magazine, hoping to ignite the propellant and with the last round the vehicle becomes engulfed in flame, a guy comes at me with an axe, with a quick draw I fire a few rounds from a p38, Loona fires the last of the m60's belt and begins to use it as a club, I put the pistol away and give a quick reload for the battle rifle and fold the bi-pod up.

Loona smashes another guy over the head with the machine gun, it's cover and external parts finally falling off as the stock shoots away "They don't give up, that's for sure." as she looks to be enjoying herself.

I look around a corner and spray down a few of them "Yeah, lucky us." sarcastically.

Seeing the demons in action is really something, Moxxie is shooting everything up with submachine guns and shotguns with the occasional sidearm, Millie shredding everything with a large battle axe and Blitzo is just using a combination of the two combat styles, it's mesmerizing and theatrical to watch them just go at it, Loona rampaging throughout the buildings like she did with the humvee... it's terrifying and captivating at the same time. I make it to the middle structure which looks like a converted church, this guy wearing a priest uniform and holding a thompson m1a1 fires at me and I return fire with the fg42, we both miss but he retreats into the building. I reload and run into the building, I smash my way through the door, he turns to me as he looks to be trying to reload the smg, I fire a quick spray with a few rounds hitting his shoulder and he crashes against a wooden cross, dropping the thompson and a fresh magazine, I sling the battle rifle over my back and pick up what he dropped.

The guy looks to me "What do you gain from working with demons? You bare pentagrams and kill in their name. When they are done using you they'll consume your flesh, they'll gorge on your bones, may the Lord have mercy on your soul you fool!" trying to stop the bleeding.

I reload the classic submachine gun as I give a smirk "There is no 'Lord' to grant mercy in the first place you deranged psycho! I joined because it was the only way I can actually live, of course you would never understand that, besides the demons aren't so bad once you get to know them, as they gave me the chance I needed."

The man becomes taken aback "But I need to know... why do this?"

I aim the thompson at him as I go all Godfather "It's just business my friend...", I unload the whole magazine into him "Juuuuuust business." ejecting the mag at the end with a simple click, the empty magazine clattering on the hardwood floor.

I look to the wooden cross, I give a scoff and leave the building with my new trophy and we soon find ourselves back in Hell. From the carnage and action I throw up for a minute or two as the aftershock finally sets in, I finally get my weapons cleaned and I decide to bring the thomspon home and hang it up on the wall with some help from Loona, she raises an eyebrow at me and asks if I'm alright, to which I simply reply I think I am going through some aftershock or something. She simply gives me a nod as if in understanding, we have our dinner like last night, trying to clear my mind as I become intrigued by the news once more... what happens next takes me by surprise, the hellhound picks me up a little and brings me on top of her with my back facing her as she completely lays on the couch, wrapping her arms around me as she keeps her gaze on the television, I blink as I look to her, I put on a tired smile as I cover her hands with mine.

'It's strange, she's never like this around the others, I guess I'm a special case in some regards but I'm not too sure.', I lay my head against her "Thank you Loona."

Those eyes glance to me "I've seen that look in humans before, it's a heavy fatigue that can be dangerous if left alone. Until it passes you can faint pretty easily, as while you have the training you didn't put it to real use up until a few hours ago.", those eyes goes back to the tv "Until it does I am keeping an eye on you and keeping you close." with that typical bored tone I've gotten use to.

I'm not sure if it's out of pity or whatever, but I do like the attention she's giving me, I don't give a yawn but my eyes eventually close and I just go out.

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The hellhound feels the human go limp, she glances to see he's out like a light, that pale face showing a lot of tired signs as he gives a light snore, Loona gives him a sniff and she doesn't smell that fear anymore that he once had, that he's relaxed and truly calm. Her gaze goes to those pentagrams, watching him put those in place was disturbing as his personality didn't hint of any such action, matter of fact everyone shared that concern. But what is interesting is the type of pentagram with symbols and flames surrounding it, such a symbol would protect him from possession no questions asked and it would act as a ward in a few other cases... where did he learn such a symbol? Humans weren't educated at all in the occult at least to that extent all that often and removing his prints was really telling, that he really just wanted to disappear. Now, if he were to die in the human world, unless they did a dental or dna scan he would simply die without a name, a John Doe to pass into oblivion and the darkness of time. It was something she and the imps talked about, most humans wanted to try to leave some mark on history and had dreams of ambition, so that when others comes they can look back see their accomplishments, but it seemed he was going to leave his mark elsewhere, he was now planning to leave it with them and the denizens of Hell.

Loona feels the humans hands 'I don't think I'll ever fully understand you humans, but you seem to be alright.', she turns the tv off via remote and the nearby light, doubting he would wake up anytime soon and she eventually falls asleep.

Millie and Moxxie are tuning in for a some television with the latter tuning his guitar, a quick news report comes on with talk about the I.M.P. organization and how it now has a human of all things working with them, various new sinner demons give their testimonies that they had contacted the companies boss only to say he is an invalid target as he has protection and is employed by the organization, talks of him storming the compound along with the team earn quite a few gazes from passerby's... day one and already their new friend has made a ton of enemies. One demon even stated that he had inquired why the human was doing such a thing and working with demons and killing his own kind with the human stating this was just business, to which he speculates he was simply saying he was doing his job.

Moxxie blinks "Wow, that was fast." his full attention going towards the screen.

Millie looks to her husband "It was speculated that should Adam kill anyone they would more then likely seek us out, only a handful of the group we took out are reporting on this as they fought against him and a few saw him fight alongside us. They are learning Adam is by their hands completely untouchable."

The male imp sighs "Yeah, but it's not them I am worried about... I wonder how far Stolas's protection will go." putting a hand on his head as he begins to really think about the situation.

"I'm sure everything will be fine." as Millie returns her attention to the tv and relaxes.

Over in Pentagram City, a few sets of eyes are drawn to the reports, the first is a slender demon with pale skin and rosy cheeks with a red tux looks infatuated, the second bare grey-lavender coloration, her only eye a mix of ivory and pink and wearing a stylish blouse, skirt and bow-tie with a look of pure confusion... the third is far more off putting, a permanent sharp smile is affixed to his features, red eyes that can rival the freshest of spilled crimson with antlers and ears similar to a deers, complete with a red pin-striped attire based on clothing from the 20's and 30's, his slender build helping in sheer uncanny valley, his smirk slowly becoming sinister as he gives a raised brow.

The first demon speaks "A human... in Hell?" as she rubs her chin.

The third gives a chuckle, his voice sounding like an old radio "My, what twist indeed... not since the flu after the first world war have I seen such a turn of events." holding what looks like a microphone to his face while tilting his head.

The second looks to him "Alastor! Don't you dare think of some twisted game, this is serious and very delicate." crossing her arms, she looks to the first "Charlie, do you know what this means?"

Charlie sigh "I do Vaggie..." as she puts her head down, suddenly she puts on a beaming smile "He could be a real help in helping us in what we are trying to do!" with an excited tone.

Vaggie face palms "I don't think he would be interested in help our efforts to rehabilitate demons."

Alastor swings his microphone like a cane "This young chap may be what you need, I'll just snap my fingers and he'll be right over for an interview." his fingers quickly coming together.

Charlie looks to him "No wait!" which gets his full attention "I don't want to give him the wrong impression about us. I say we go pay I.M.P. a visit and see how he is.", she claps her hands together as she squees "A new perspective is always nice."

The lavender being gives a scoff "Buuuuuut... he's working with I.M.P. as another assassin and has already killed people... he may already be past redemption himself." while crossing her arms.

The radio demon wages a finger at her "Young lass, true he may have already done such action, but he isn't dead yet and redemption may still be possible." looking purely amused.

"I know what you are up to, you are trying bend both your words and ours to make it seem like that is a possibility!" as Vaggie practically gets in his face.

Charlie examines their words and the news reports, she wants to at least meet this human for herself, she has a lot of questions but maybe she can earn a new friend and given that he is working with demons he might offer some insight. Thinking of what her parents might be thinking, she decides to make the call, she gets the voicemail for the I.M.P. and leaves a message, stating that she would like to meet this human and ask some questions and leaving her confidentials. Vaggie isn't too sure about it and Alastor just adds emphasis to the grin of his, thinking if this new human can be useful cog or something of the like as he adjusts his monocle.

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Coming to the office today is interesting as I find myself sitting across from three demons I have never seen before, the air feels different in the conference room with these three around and the others look a little nervous, reason why I have no idea. But Blitzo did inform me that they are here to see me as they had some questions for me specifically, given what I heard from Moxxie and Millie about the news report I can only imagine.

I finally decide to speak up "It's nice to meet all of you, I am Adam, the newest member of I.M.P. and this human you have been hearing about." putting on a friendly face.

The pale demon smiles "I am Charlie and these are my partners, Vaggie and Alastor." indicating to both as she speaks "A pleasure to meet you, as I am sure you are aware, we just have a few questions to ask."

Alastor raises a microphone "Yes, we are all ears lad, always good to get the excluisve scoop!"

I blink 'I don't know what's creepier... the smile or the voice.' taking in Alastor's appearance.

I tell them how I ended up in Hell and how I got employed as per their questions, Charlie keeps her sparkling personality up while Vaggie becomes more engaged with surprised blinks while Alastor keeps that microphone pointed towards me and maintaining his... visage. As for my associates they keep around me with Loona and Moxxie being the closest, with my answers for the pentagrams on my hands and removing of my prints getting their attention instantly, how I just wanted to restart and to try to get a second chance.

Charlie closes her eyes for a moment as she nods, those eyes look to me "I can understand that, you see at the hotel we are running it is actually meant for trying to rehabilitate demons and to try to pass into Heaven. It hasn't gotten the... best attention, but we aren't letting that get us down as we do have a client who is trying to go through with it."

Moxxie raises a hand "I am sorry, but that is impossible as the reason why people end up here is for what they did in life."

The radio demon gives a laugh "I said the same thing and I do whole heartedly agree chap."

Charlie sighs "I was wondering, what is it like working with demons as a human? It may help us and give some confidence." those eyes gaining a ray of hope towards the end.

I just feel the whole room stare at me now "I know I can't say it for all humans or demons... but the demons here are my friends. They could have killed me after I crashed through the portal but they didn't and they listened to what I had to say, so they offered me a job and I took it. I know how it sounds, but I now actually look forward to getting up and having a purpose.", I look to my workmates "And having some friends I can depend on.", I look back to the trio "It may sound crazy, but now I have reason to live."

Everyone puts on a range of looks, but Charlie is by far the most gleaming with Millie being a close second, Alastor simply looks amused and everyone else looks to be a mix of surprise and some joy. Charlie acknowledges my words with a thank you and requests if she can feel my hand, I decide to agree to it so she comes over and starts to feel it, her skin feels smooth like mine and fairly warm as in imagine being out on a hot summer day and feeling that sensation here and there, her rose perfume giving a hint of freshness to boot, it goes with her marionette look very well actually. She finds feeling my skin fairly interesting as it doesn't feel tough and the scar tissue feeling rough...

Alastor wave his hand "It's interesting to see the daughter of Lucifer himself interacting with a human." those eyes gaining a twitch.

I freeze at that moment, I glance to Charlie "You are... Lucifer's daughter?" my voice gaining a bit of a pitch on the last word.

The demon gives a nervous giggle "Yeah, but it's fine. He's not as bad as many make him out to be and I follow my own path to where he doesn't really interfere, no need to be nervous."

'The actual heiress of Hell... the core princess of demonic royalty?' as I break into a cold sweat.

Charlie stops feeling my hand, she joyfully takes a step back, I decide to show her some respect given the new information, I stand and quickly kneel and lower my head, I can just feel everyones gaze, I still remember meeting Stolas and how I just froze in his presence, he knew I didn't mean any disrespect, but this is Lucifer's daughter... so it might be a good idea.

I hear Alastor "My, the gent showing a lady her regal status... quite entertaining.", followed by Charlie "Alastor!", a sigh from her comes "Adam, it's okay, please rise.", I stand up to see Charlie giving me that warm look and she states "I appreciate the show of respect, but it wasn't really necessary. I do understand why you did it though, most wouldn't really pay much mind."

I raise an eyebrow in surprise at that but I decide not to press, Charlie gives me a business card and plus Blitzo presents me with a new smartphone which earns a twitch from Alastor, with Charle saying of I ever need place to stay or want to do volunteer work I'm more then welcome to, or if I ever just want to hang out I'm more then welcome too.... with the radio demon telling me they'll be in touch. Millie helps me set up my phone, blue case and all with a black pentagram on the back and I get all my contacts sorted out, given how much attention the company has gotten from my actions more contracts are coming through the door much to everyone's delight. Despite all the celebrating, I can't help but think Charlie and her partners wanted to inquire more detail, I guess that's for another time.... but that Alastor fellow, for some reason I have a real bad feeling about him.

Loona looks to me as I ready my bolt action for the next mission "Adam, just a heads up. Alastor is a powerful overlord and one of the most dangerous beings you can possibly encounter in Hell, either try to avoid him or stay on his good side."

I give a nod in understanding the hellhound, to be honest I'm probably going to have nightmares about that ghoulish smirk for weeks "I hear ya, despite his demeanor... he seemed pretty off." as I load a stripper clip.

Moxxie comes into the room with a pair of ump45's "All set?"

I pop the bolt into place which sends the clip away "Ready for action!" with a smirk.

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Alastor approaches Stolas's palace, the owl materializes as Alastor gets far too close to the gates, the two beings staring each other.

Stolas adjusts his bow tie "To what do I owe your appearance, hmm?"

"My classy goetian chap, I would have sent a telegram, but I think an in person talk would be more... productive." the radio demon adding a sinister touch to his teeth.

The owl crosses his arms "Keep in mind Alastor, we are on equal footing and this is my part of the domain, you will watch yourself!" those quad eyes giving a glare.

Alastor gives an amused laugh while twirling his cane "Of course I will, only if you tune in, for this segment is infomercial free." he adjusts himself "So the human is under your protection and court, that medallion you provided is sharp indeed, that means more then likely you own his soul." those crimson eyes gaining a fresh batch of red.

Stolas scoffs "No, I don't as his soul is his own.", he steps towards Alastor "And it will stay that way, I know how crooked your deals are as you destroyed and overthrew your rivals, there is a reason why I have eyes all over Hell to keep track of where you are!"

A laugh escapes the radio demon "For a lusty owl you come off pretty hard, I was only curious." putting on a smirk of radiant charm.

The owl states "Sure you were." with a couple of raised eyebrows.

Alastor snaps his fingers and disappears in a puff of crimson smoke, Stolas is no fool and knows Alastor is already up to something... he just can't tell what his game is yet as it's far too soon to tell.

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With another day having come and gone, I decide to try my best to cook dinner for Loona and to give her a break, thankfully the ingredients and food are similar to those in the human world as I make up bacon and cheese potatoes with some veggies, nothing too fancy at the moment but I'll get better as time goes on. Living with the hellhound herself has been pretty good, though she can have quite a mean streak, watching the banter between her and Moxxie can be entertaining at times but it's mostly painful to listen to, but like I said, what's weird is that when we are by ourselves she's far less aggressive but then again I do my best to stay on her good side... the last thing I need are those teeth going into my neck.

Loona looks to me from across the table "Adam, I was wondering if you would be interested in going to a party?" with her tone a having a hint of nervousness to it.

I blink "What kind of party?"

The hellhound becomes a little more awkward "Well, technically it's for hellhounds only, but I did talk to my friend Vortex and he said that if you want to come you can. Hopefully we can get you some more friends to hang out with, you may not be old enough to drink but don't let that get in the way of having some fun."

I think for a few moments as I've never been to a party before as they were never really my thing, but I think it might be time to see if I can enjoy it, besides Loona is inviting me and I don't want to seem rude or anything "I would be happy to go, is there a dress code or anything?"

The hellhound gives a laugh "Not really, just wear what you want.... though we may need to find you something a little more cut out for it as all you have are your work clothes. No worries I'll help you shop around, besides the party is this weekend anyway so we've got plenty of time.", she pulls her phone out "I just gotta let Vortex know that your coming." as she begins to type with her face gaining some gleam in her eyes.

I raise an eyebrow at the sight 'Why are you acting so strange Loona?' as I take a bite of my dinner.

We finish up and we find ourselves watching the evening tv as was the regular occurrence, though Loona seems a little distant and reclusive, almost as if she's trying to process something that's on her mind. As for me I decide to just try to focus on the news, the turf wars are stabilizing and new boundaries are being set, eventually Charlie comes on and talks about her interview with me which earns quite a few remarks but she keeps to her story and the news demons become surprised at her explanation which earns quite a laugh from me. It's all starting to feel normal now, I finally have a routine and it's all starting to come together as things for me are finally stabilizing, Loona gives a me a glance with a smile attached.

The hellhound pulls out her phone "It's nice to see you are no longer such a sad sack, I was wondering when you would gain some more steam." as she types something on her screen.

I give a nervous chuckle "Yeah, I'm not really depressed anymore. I never thought being a hit-man would give such results." as I stretch out my arms.

Loona puts her phone down "Just be careful we have encountered quite a few crazies that have actually nearly done us in."

I become surprised "Like who?"

To be continued...