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Episode 11: C.H.E.R.U.B

I never got to show you all Evangeline's fall angel look so here she is. The last episode for season two of Helluva Boss was released and Oh my god! That had to be the best finale I have ever seen! I'm not spoiling it but let's just say that there are a lot of surprises! I know how I'm gonna end my 25 Days of Hellmas now! Stay tuned for the big finale for that book; if you haven't read it yet, I insist you check it out.

Blitz: So now we get to the cherubs and how we kicked their asses.

Fizzarolli: I find that hard to believe.

Moxxie: We did.

Barbie: And hey, I'm in this one too so now I get to kick from angelic ass! (looks at Asmodeus, Bee, and Evangeline.) No offense.

Evangeline: None taken. They deserve it.

(The scene opened to Evangeline in her small, cluttered office, surrounded by stacks of files and paperwork. The room is brightly lit with a golden hue, but Evangeline's tired expression contrasts with the cheerful decor. She organizes files methodically, sighing occasionally as cherubs pass by her office door without acknowledgment.)

EVANGELINE: (to herself, softly) Another day of cleaning up their messes... Please, Lord, if you're listening... let something change.

(She takes a deep breath, brushes back a stray lock of her snow-white hair, and returns to filing. Moments later, Deerie, a perky and overly polished cherub, bursts into the room, holding a folder.)

DEERIE: Evangeline! I have a new case for you to sort out.

(Deerie hands over the file, not waiting for Evangeline's response. Evangeline takes it and flips through the pages, her magenta eyes scanning the details.)

EVANGELINE: (frowning) Deerie, is this a joke? I've never heard of a human... rapidly aging like this.

Millie: Honey, all humans are weird.

Evangeline: I began to realize that.

Fizzarolli: I mean, I have heard of crazier sinner's deaths but someone rapidly aging? That's a new one.

DEERIE: (grinning but insincere) Oh, it's no joke, sweetie. This one's a special case. His name's Lyle Lipton. Wealthy inventor. Brilliant mind. Made some big strides in technology.

(Evangeline narrows her eyes at the file, spotting a few unsettling details. She furrows her brow as she reads.)

EVANGELINE: He survived a tragic accident... but his business partner didn't. And..." (she flips the page) They experimented on innocent people?! Deerie, this doesn't sound like someone who deserves a blessing.

Moxxie: See?! She gets it!

Blitz: Dial it down, Mox.

(Deerie's grin falters slightly but maintains her cheery demeanor.)

DEERIE: Well, that's not for us to decide, is it? Cletus and his team are already planning to head topside to grant him his blessing. Just stick to sorting files, Evangeline.

(Deerie snatches the file back before Evangeline can respond and struts out of the room. Evangeline sits back in her chair, her expression troubled.)

Evangeline rolled her eyes.

Vortex: Yikes.

Barbie: I think I'm in the mood for deer hunting.

RavenDragon: Better not let Alastor hear that.

Alastor appeared beside her.

Alastor: You called?
RavenDragon: Out Alastor!

Alastor left.

RavenDragon: Ay, ay, ay.

EVANGELINE: (to herself, whispering) This doesn't feel right... not at all.

(Evangeline cautiously peeks out of her office door and sees Deerie speaking to Cletus, Collin, and Keenie at the end of the hall. She listens in from a distance, her wings tucked tightly against her back to avoid detection.)

CLETUS: Alright, team, this is a big one. Lyle Lipton. A blessing like this could bring the company some serious prestige. Let's make sure we nail it.

KEENIE: (with a smirk) Don't worry, Cletus. This one's a cakewalk. Rich guy, with a tragic backstory, and a brilliant mind. It's perfect for PR.

(Evangeline clenches her fists, her unease growing. As the group disperses, she steps back into her office, pacing.)

EVANGELINE: (to herself) Why won't they listen? Can't they see his heart is corrupted?

Asmodeus: A lot of angels are like that.

(She glances at her desk, where a small golden key sits—the key to opening a portal to the human world. She hesitates, her fingers hovering over it.)

EVANGELINE: (whispering) Maybe... maybe I can make a difference. Even if no one else will.

(Determined, Evangeline grabs the key and takes a deep breath. She whispers a quick prayer as golden light begins to glow around her hands.)

EVANGELINE: (closing her eyes) Please, Lord, guide me. Help me do what's right.

(The light forms into a swirling portal. Evangeline steps through, leaving her small office behind.)

Blitz: Oh, a rebel angel.

Evangeline: I just couldn't stand by.

(The scene changed to I.M.P., Loona and Blitz were still ignoring each other. Blitz promised Stolas that he would talk to Loona soon. Since Stolas had the day off, he watched the twins while Barbie, Blitz, and Loona were at work. Millie had just turned on the TV playing the commercial for the C.H.E.R.U.Bs. Getting annoyed by the too-cheerful jingle, Blitz pulled out his gun and shot the TV, making it explode.)

MILLIE: Nice one, B!

BARBIE: You had to blow up the TV?

BLITZ: What? It was annoying. Gimme another, Mox.

Octavia: I'm guessing the C.H.E.R.U.B.s have a commercial?

Evangeline: Yeah. It is kind of annoying.

Blitz: See? Miss Pinky over there gets it.

Evangeline: I have a name.

Fizzarolli: Just go with it.

(Moxxie nervously sweeps away the flaming debris and puts another old-fashioned TV onto the stand. He turns it on with a scared look on his face. The 666 news logo appears. Blitz pours gunpowder into his flintlock.)

Blitz: Eh, nah. Not feelin' it. Next!

(Moxxie switches the channel. A demonically dressed Betty Boop appears in black and white, dancing erotically with prominent, bouncing breasts, holding a pitchfork. Moxxie flinches in anticipation. Blitz, Barbie, and Millie look bored.)

BLITZ: Keep going.

(Moxxie switches the channel again. Wally Wackford appears on the screen dressed in white with a black top hat and a cane.)

WALLY WACKFORD: I say, I say, are you lookin' to get work making crazy contraptions and goofy gadgets?

(Wally whacks his cane on the wall at either side of him, producing the graphics for "CRAZY CONTRAPTIONS" and "GOOFY GADGETS" as he speaks.)

WALLY WACKFORD: WELL, call me at Wacky Wally Wackford's Wacky Idea Factory,

(The Wacky Wally Wackford's Wacky Idea "Factory" ™ title appears against a similar circular background of classic old cartoons. The panel with the title then falls over forwards, landing)

WALLY WACKFORD: where you make the things and I make the money!

(Wally moves close to the screen with a pleading look.)

WALLY WACKFORD: Please! I'm very desperate!

Moxxie: Wasn't that the guy we saw in Loo Loo Land?

Fizzarolli: He's a regular at Ozzie's.

BLITZ: Bingo!

(Blitz shoots and explodes the TV again, scattering debris.)

MILLIE: WOO! You're on a roll, sir!

(The camera pans over to Loona, who snores and drools while sleeping in a chair. She has one foot up on the table and twitches in her sleep. A plastic cup with her name written on it and filled with water sits on the table next to her foot. She is awoken by a rumbling that knocks her cup over, spilling its contents.)

LOONA: Guys... do you feel that?

BLITZ: Oh, shit! Is that a hellshake?

BARBIE: Of all the days.

MOXXIE: That's possible?

MILLIE: Alright! Don't panic, Moxxie!

(Moxxie's tail stiffens from being startled by Millie's sudden outburst. She then grabs his arms in an attempt to "calm" him.)

MOXXIE: I'm not *holds up finger quotes* "panicking," because hellquakes don't happen.

(Loona roughly grabs hold of Moxxie and shakes him.)

LOONA: STOP GETTING HYSTERICAL, FATTY!

Moxxie: I'm not hysterical!

Fizzarolli: Also I'm sure Hellquakes aren't a thing.

Evangeline: You sure?

Bee: Honey, me and Ozzie have been around since the start of Hell and there haven't been any hellquakes.

(Loona slaps Moxxie in the face, sending him flying against the wall and slightly dazing him. He is then knocked down further by what appears to be a wrecking ball made of black tubes Part of the wall crumbles on top of Moxxie, crushing him. As the dust clears, the wrecking ball untangles into multiple robotic tentacles. A supervillain-esque demon uses two of them to hoist himself into the room through the hole, covering himself with his cape. Loona growls while on all fours.)

LOOPTY GOOPTY: Do not be afraid!

(The man grins and extends his robotic tentacles.)

BARBIE: Please tell me you got that insurance thing.

IMillie takes out her black axe.)

Millie: Who are you, and what do you want?!

Sallie May: Tear him to pieces sis!

Millie: Aww!

(Loopty Goopty extends a tentacle into a loop-de-loop and slides along it to the other side of the room.)

LOOPTY: I am Loopty Goopty! (singsong voice) Dastardly inventor of all things loopy and loopiiiiiish!

LOONA: Coulda just used the door, dude. Doesn't need to be this whole thing.

LOOPTY: I am eccentric and must therefore do eccentric SHIT!

(Loopty Goopty does a wavy dance. Blitz sniffs him and flinches.)

BLITZ: Ugh! This old fuck reeks of the living world. Did you just die?

LOOPTY: YEEEEES! (waves his arms around) Moments ago, in fact! Which is what brought me HEEEERE!

Fizzarolli: I kind of like this guy.

Blitz: Because you have the same extendable arms as him.

Barbie: He's not wrong.

(Loona just casually taps on her phone.)

LOONA: Just sayin'... the front door would've gotten you here fine.

LOOPTY: (appears before her) Shut up, dear furry!

(Loopty holds up an old photo of an old bald man in a bed. Blitz takes the photo from him.)

LOOPTY: (singsong voice) This is the man I'm gonna need you to kiiiill!

BLITZ: Not even a shit's length of time in Hell and already plotting revenge. I can respect a man with that sort of passion! I'm Blitzo, the "O" is silent.

(Loona walks away as Blitz walks over to Loopty and shakes his hand.)

LOOPTY: (confused) What "o"?

Blitz: At least someone gets it.

BLITZ: Aww, thank you. (shakes hips) Now, what's the tea, sis?

LOOPTY: (even more confused) The tea?!

(Moxxie's arm appears as he struggles under the weight of the debris.)

MOXXIE: (pained) Guys, help!

Joe: Um, you forgot about...?

Millie: Yeah, not the best moment.

BARBIE: (sighs) Who is this man and what did he do to you?

(Moxxie's arm inches back and he squeals in pain.)

MOXXIE: (under his breath) LOSING... OX--!

LOOPTY: He was... my business partner! You see, I was not always an old man!

Evangeline: And cue the dramatic flashback.

Fizzarolli: How do you know that it's gonna be dramatic?

(An old film montage in brown shades depicts Loopty's early life.)

LOOPTY: My partner Lyle and I ran Lyle-Loopty Robotics, a technological empire!

(Lyle and Loopty pose with capes and spiral glasses on top of a tall building labeled "Lyle-Loopty Robotics". The building is surrounded by factories and columns spewing smoke. A line of text fades into view at the bottom of the screen reads "very dramatic re-enactment from earlier that day", with a question mark at the end joining it seconds after.)

Evangeline: Just a hunch.

LOOPTY: Earlier today, we were testing a new machine intended to stop, or reverse, the aging process!

(The clips show Loopty putting wires together and Lyle tightening a bolt with a wrench. The two stand by a large white machine labeled "De-age-ifier." Loopty is briefly seen slapping Lyle on the ass.)

LOOPTY: It could've saved all three trillionaires!

Spiroz: I don't think trillionaires is a word.

Helia: It is.

(Cuts to the interior of the De-age-ifier machine. The handle twists and the door swings open. Cuts back to Lyle and Loopty. Lyle puts on his goggles and the two-step into the machine.)

LOOPTY: Unfortunately, we neglected to test the machine on the poor, like we usually do. We were too sure of our own genius! But the machine was accidentally set FORWARD!

(The two men stroll into the chamber and close the metal door. A lever next to the door labeled "YOUNG" and "OLD" is set to "OLD" at the bottom.)

LOOPTY: By the time we managed to get out... it was too late! At least... for me!

(The two men struggle to open the door, pounding on it. Both of them rapidly shrivel up and age. Loopty stares in horror at his shriveling hands. Lyle grows old and fat and slides to the floor. Loopty clutches at his chest as he suffers a heart attack, then falls dead to the ground, his leg twitching. A man opens the door, sees the two men, and motions for doctors to come in. They put a stethoscope over Loopty's heart, and they shake their heads somberly. A woman puts an oxygen mask over Lyle's nose and mouth. Loopty's body is zipped shut in a body bag.)

LOOPTY: Now, that evil son of a bitch is going to take over the empire WE BUILT TOGETHER! Without me to share it with, he'll make all the goddamn money in the world and become the fourth trillionaire... and get ALL the credit!

(The scene cuts to Lyle laughing evilly as piles of money rain down on him.)

Fizzarolli: Uh....

Barbie: Yeah....

Verosika: That doesn't seem so evil.

Evangeline: Maybe he just misses his partner and best friend?

(The scene cuts back to I.M.P office)

BLITZ: Ehhh, that's not really evil.

LOOPTY: It's evil towards meeee!

Blitz: It's not but it's what the client wanted.

(Cuts to Moxxie, still stuck under the rubble. He weakly reaches his hand out for help.)

MOXXIE: (strained) Everything... is going... dark--

LOOPTY: Now, get your crimson asses up above and send that heartless, no-good son of a bitch to Hell, where he belongs!

BARBIE: You do realize that if we kill him and he ends up down here, y'know, you will be stuck with him. Forever.

LOOPTY: Oh, trust me...

(Loopty summons an array of weapons from his back on a series of mechanical armatures: a pistol, a rifle, a missile launcher, and a circular saw blade.)

LOOPTY: I'm counting on it.

MOXXIE: (strained, gives a thumbs up) That's kinda hot!

(Everyone glances at Moxxie.)

Stolas: He's not wrong there.

Helia: What...

Octavia: The...

Spiroz: Fuck?!

Stolas: Language, everyone.

(The scene cuts to Moxxie, Millie, Blitz, and Barbie now in the human world on a tour bus wearing wigs and disguises. Barbie mostly used her human disguise to blend in while Blitz and the others wore fake disguises. The tour bus stopped at Lyle Lipton's house.)

Fizzarolli: Is this guy complicating for something?

Asmodeus snickered.

MOXXIE: (sarcastic) Gee! I wonder whose house this is.

TOUR GUIDE: And to your right is the home of famous inventor, Lyle Lipton!

(The crowd "oohs" and takes pictures with their cell phones. Blitz removes his sunglasses, wearing a clown wig.)

BLITZ: Let's do it, gang!

(All four Imps pull out their weapons: Blitzo a flintlock pistol, Moxxie an assault rifle, Barbie with a spiked bat and Millie two sharp swords. The Imps jump over a fence and land in poses.)

MILLIE: Let's kill this rich guy!

(The Imps race over toward the windows.)

TOUR GUIDE: Here you'll find three tacky stalkers about to attempt a murder! Things like this could happen to famous people all the time!

(People snap pictures.)

Heila: Are all humans this...?

Loona: Dumb? Yeah, they are.

(Blitz Barbie and Millie dash over to the window, while Moxxie slides on his back. Moxxie peers through the window, joined by the sock puppet cat on Blitz's tail.)

MOXXIE: Wow...

(Millie, Barbie, and Blitz then join him in looking through the window. Cuts to the interior of the room. Lyle Lipton is lying on his bed, an IV bag attached to him. A heart rate monitor sits on a shelf next to the IV bag. A TV screen and video player sit on the other side of his bed, connected to the bed itself. Lyle is holding a framed picture in his hands, looking at it sadly.)

MOXXIE: That machine really did a number on him.

Barbie: Yikes!

Verosika: Wow.

Bee: Now that's just sad.

(Lyle kisses the picture, his hands trembling.)

LYLE: Goodbye... my one true love.

(Lyle runs a finger down the picture lovingly. The picture in the frame consists of a stock image of dollar bills with a "Free Stock Photos" watermark over it. Lyle then puts the frame down, grabs the tube from his IV bag, and begins tying it.)

LYLE: 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.

BLITZ: Oh, fantastic! He's gonna do our job for us!

(Before Lyle could finish the knot, Evangeline appeared in his room and hovered in front of him.)

EVANGELINE: Excuse me? Mr. Lyle, sir?

(Lyle looked up and then started to adjust his glasses to get a better look.)

EVANGELINE: Sorry about the sudden entrance. My name is Evangeline and I'm a cherub. I wanna help you.

BLITZ: What the fuck?

BARBIE: Is that a...?

(The noose glows white and a concussive force knocks the Imps back. Blitzo's cat sock is blown away by the blast, making him sad. Evangeline hid under the bed. Lyle adjusts to the light and sees the three Cherubs floating down gracefully in three rays of light.)

Moxxie: So that's how we met Evie here.

Evangeline: Yep.

LYLE: Oh lord, I'm being haunted by ugly orphan children now!

(Cuts to Blitzo and Moxxie recovering from the sudden blast of light. Moxxie rubs his head.)

BLITZ: Who the fuck are they?

MOXXIE: Oh, no! Sir, those are...

CLETUS: Cherubs, Mr. Lyle!

LYLE: I hate filthy, stinking orphan children!

COLLIN: We're here to convince you not to kill yourself, sir. To grant you a blessing, on behalf of those in Heaven... benefited by your amazing... technological advances.

Verosika: Must not be a long list of people.

Vortex snickers.

BLITZ: (angry) Oh, HEEEELL no!

(An angry Blitzo rolls up his sleeve, hoisting his flintlock pistol at the same time. He then marches in through the window, smashing the glass instantly.)

BLITZ: Don't listen--

(Misjudging where the floor is to the window, Blitzo face-plants onto the floor, multiple glass shards sticking out of him. Moxxie enters through a door to the side, Millie and Barbie peeking in.)

MOXXIE: Lyle Lipton, it is our... (Moxxie glances at Blitzo before looking back at Lyle.) ...humble opinion that you should continue the process to commit die.

MILLIE: I mean, what do you expect to do with all this money now you're old... and gross?

KEENIE: Is that a serious question?

(Keenie adjusts Lyle's bedsheets, revealing his wallet full of dollar bills. Cletus grabs the wallet.)

KEENIE: He can help spread his wealth around with the people of the world! And do so much good with it! And be so fulfilled!

(Keenie flies around, grabs Lyle's wallet from Cletus, and happily throws Lyle's dollar bills in the air.)

LYLE: No!

COLLIN: He could pay for new hospitals and schools!

LYLE: (grips his blanket) Why won't you let me die?

Fizzarolli: And I thought Mammon was greedy.

Asmodeus: Babe, he's the king of Greed. But I see your point.

(Blitz appears beside him.)

BLITZ: Oh, sounds like ya need help offin' yourself there, buddy. Moxxie, what do we got for this fella?

(Moxxie reaches into his coat and tosses a variety of weapons to Blitz and Lyle. They each catch an assault rifle, Blitz also catching a crossbow with his tail.)

MOXXIE: I have some assault weapons, crossbow, hunting bow, Tommy gun, old-fashioned shotgun, revolvers in three colors, chainsaws, katanas–

Sallie May: How do you fit all that in your coat?

Moxxie: What? I come prepared.

COLLIN: He's classier than that!

(Lyle points the assault rifle into his mouth before Collin takes it from him.)

Fizzarolli: Yeah sure. Classy. And I'm a prince.

Blitz: A clown prince.

Fizzarolli: Hey!

COLLIN: There are still plenty of reasons to live, Mr. Lyle!

MILLIE: Yeah, right. Smells like he ain't been out of bed in months!

(Millie sniffs Lyle. She becomes visibly ill, covering her mouth, and holds Moxxie by the shoulder as she vomits on the floor. Moxxie pats her on the back. Evangeline was watching everyone until she felt a tug on her leg. Blitz pulled her out from under the bed.)

BLITZ: This one yours?

(Evangeline looks up, startled, and sees Blitz standing over her, gripping her leg. She instinctively shudders, Before she can react further, the cherubs start to speak.)

KEENIE: (scoffing) She's not supposed to be here. Just a secretary.

(Evangeline gathers herself, quickly standing and brushing herself off. She's shaking, but stands firm.)

EVANGELINE: (earnestly) Please, just listen. Maybe let these imps have Lyle. His heart's full of greed just like his partner, and I know that his best friend, his partner, is waiting for him in Hell.

Barbie: See. They should have listened.

(Moxxie, who had been quietly observing the interaction, steps forward with a questioning expression.)

MOXXIE: (raising an eyebrow) How do you know about our client?

(Evangeline looks up at him, her voice soft yet confident.)

EVANGELINE: (sighs, but determined) I'm a special kind of cherub. I can tell if a human soul is good or bad based on their actions, their heart... But I've never been out in the field before. I'm always stuck behind a desk, organizing files.

CLETUS: (cutting her off, condescending) Because your place is in C.H.E.R.U.B as our secretary. Know your place, Evangeline.

(Evangeline flinches at his words, but doesn't back down.)

EVANGELINE: (quietly) You can keep treating me like an errand girl, but I know what's right.

(Cletus, Keenie, and Collin suddenly rush to drag Lyle out of the house, ignoring Evangeline's protests. Blitz and his crew start to chase after them, leaving Evangeline standing in the silence of the room. The anger and sadness boil over inside her. The door slams behind her as she stands alone.)

Evangeline looked upset.

Stolas: Are you alright?

Evangeline: Yeah. It just hurts.

(Evangeline watches them go, tears starting to spill from her eyes. Keenie's cruel words echo in her mind. The frustration and pain become too much. Her body trembles, but her voice remains strong.)

EVANGELINE:

Written in stone,

Every rule, every word,

Centuries-old and unbending...

(Her voice becomes more powerful as she belts out the lyrics, determination growing within her.)

EVANGELINE:

Stay in your place,

Better seen and not heard,

But now that story is ending!

(She wipes away her tears and gets to her feet, no longer letting the tears fall. A newfound fire ignites in her chest.)

EVANGELINE:

'Cause I...

I cannot start to crumble,

So come on and try,

Try to shut me and cut me down!

I won't be silenced,

You can't keep me quiet,

Won't tremble when you try it,

All I know is I won't go speechless...

Bee: Whoo! Yeah girl!

Verosika: Sing it!

(The sound of the storm builds in the background as if mirroring Evangeline's inner strength. The determination in her eyes grows as she paces the room.)

EVANGELINE:

Let the storm in,

I cannot be broken,

No, I won't live unspoken,

'Cause I know that I won't go speechless...

(Evangeline clenches her fists. She's had enough of being pushed around. This is her chance to prove herself. She followed the cherubs and imps throughout the day.)

EVANGELINE:

Try to lock me in this cage,

I won't just lay me down and die,

I will take these broken wings,

And watch me burn across the sky!

(Her wings unfurl, the light from them shimmering like stars. The storm she feels within her is reflected in the air around her, swirling and crackling with power.)

Barbie: Now I really like her.

Octavia: Same here!

EVANGELINE:

And it echoes saying—

I won't be silenced,

No, you will not see me tremble when you try it,

All I know is I won't go speechless!

(She takes a deep breath, feeling the weight of her decision. She followed the others from the meadow to a human mall to a place called Lover's Lookout. She watched as the imps stopped all of the cherubs' attempts.)

EVANGELINE:

'Cause I'll breathe

When they try to suffocate me,

Don't you underestimate me,

'Cause I know that I won't go speechless...

All I know is I won't go speechless!

Fizzarolli: You got guts, girl.

Evangeline: Thank you Mister Fizzarolli.

Fizzarolli: You can call me Fizz.

(The scene changed to the inside of an auditorium. A woman dressed as a Viking sings opera on stage while wearing a fake unicorn on her lower torso. A well-dressed man plays a grand piano behind her. The cherubs and the audience are also well-dressed, though Lyle only wears a bowtie over his simple, sweat-stained hospital gown.)

CLETUS: Behold! The wonder of art and music! Somethin' always there to comfort... entertain... and live for!

(Up above the stage, the four Imps look down from a catwalk near the ceiling. Blitz wags his butt and tail like a cat.)

MILLIE: So... how do we make this bad?

MOXXIE: We can't. There's literally nothing bad about opera. That's fact.

BARBIE: It's just weird screaming. How is it not bad?

BLITZ: (shaking his butt in Moxxie's face) Unless we ruin it somehow!

(With a mischievous grin, Blitz grabs the spotlight and moves it away from the singer. The singer pauses and follows the light, resuming her song. Blitz moves the spotlight again, and the singer again pauses to follow it.)

LYLE: She's not very good.

(Blitz chuckles softly and moves the light faster and faster around the stage as Lyle and the cherubs narrow their eyes in suspicion. Blitz wiggles the spotlight around aggressively, then gasps as he accidentally breaks it off entirely. The woman sings a final high note before the light crushes her on stage, smashing her to pieces and splattering blood all over the stage. The audience, Lyle, and the cherubs scream, while the pianist nervously tries to keep playing, his face drenched in sweat.)

Stolas: Um...

Vortex: Well...

Spiroz: That's one way to ruin it.

BLITZ: Well, at least we made it bad.

(The three cherubs fly angrily up toward the Imps.)

CLETUS: THAT'S IT! I HAVE HAD IT! You four monsters have messed with us enough!

COLLIN: D'ooh, we're just trying to do our j-j-job!

MOXXIE: Well, so are we!

CLETUS: EEENNNOOOUGH!

(The Cherubs summon golden crossbows and aim them at the imps.)

CLETUS: We are saving that shitty old man's life, whether he wants it or not!

Spiroz: Wow. Even the all-powerful angels can snap. (laughs)

Helia: (groans) Stop. You're giving me a headache.

Spiroz: What? I'm just saying, that cherubs, can snap if you push them over the edge.

Blitz: Ha! Good one Spiro!

Helia: Make it stop!

Fizzarolli: Sweetie if we could stop him then we would have gotten Blitz to stop his jokes.

(Evangeline stepped in between the imps and the cherubs.)

EVANGELINE: Enough, Cletus! Not every soul can be saved. Let Lyle make the choice.

CLETUS: Why could you just...?!

EVANGELINE: Just what? Stay in my place?! Well, I'm done! I'm done being overlooked, overworked, and unappreciated! You three never listen to me! Well, guess what?! I'm done with Cherub!

(The three angels gasped in horror.)

Fizzarolli: Wow! You just decided to quit?

Evangeline: Yeah. I hit my breaking point with them and I wanted out of that toxic workplace. Which is ironic because I'm from Heaven and we're suppose to be perfect.

BLITZ: Well, someone wants that fucker dead, m'kay? And he paid in advance, and I spent it all on this...

(Blitz reaches into his coat and pulls out a jewel-encrusted green horse figure wearing sunglasses and a "MARE-AJUANA" cap.)

BLITZ: ...so he's gotta go!

Barbie: Really Blitz?

Blitz: What?!

Evangeline: Has he always had this...?

Fizzarolli: Obsession with horses. Yep, ever since we were kids.

Moxxie: That explains so much.

(Keenie flies into Blitzo's face.)

KEENIE: You all are such disgusting, loathsome beasts! Your kind is nothing but dirt that shitty dead people tread on! And now, you're trying to meddle with the lives of HUMANS?!

MILLIE: (pushes Blitzo aside) So are you! So why don't you shut your trap, you judgmental, (pulls Keenie by her necklace and snaps it back) cotton candy, tit-havin' BITCH?!

Sallie May: Whoo! Say it sister!

Bee: Oh now I like this gal.

Lin: That's my girl!

Joe: (laughs) Nice one.

Evangeline: Nice to see Keenie being put in her place.

(Intense opera music plays as the fight scene begins. Keenie and Millie roll over in a cat fight. Cletus and Collin shoot golden arrows at Barbie, Blitz, and Moxxie, and the three of them run across the catwalk. Blitz and Moxxie bring out their weapons. Millie and Keenie roll off the catwalk. Moxxie sees them and jumps off of the catwalk, grabbing and swinging on a rope. He aims his pistol at Keenie, who is still fighting with Millie as they fall. Millie and Keenie exchange punches to the face. Moxxie aims up and fires at a rope which releases a sandbag. The sandbag slams into Keenie, separating her and Millie, and Moxxie swings over and catches Millie as Cletus and Collin chase them down, firing their crossbows. Millie grabs Moxxie's face and they stare into each other's eyes with lustful grins. They make out as they swing above the stage, Millie pulling two machine guns out of Moxxie's coat and firing as they spin rapidly. Blitz and Barbie climbs onto a catwalk and spots Millie's bra and Moxxie's bow tie fly past them. The bullets hit and kill various audience members in the first two rows, but they all miss Lyle.)

Asmodeus: I'm not complaining about the lust between you two.

Moxxie and Millie blushed.

(Evangeline flew down next to Lyle.)

EVANGELINE: Mr. Lyle, I am so sorry about all this.

LYLE: It's fine. It's all starting to make sense now! Life is worth living because we only get one! We must cherish it! If creatures far beyond this living world are going through these lengths over my life, then certainly it's worth living! Killing myself is not the answer! Plus... I'm still rich! I can just buy all the things! (pulls out two wads of cash in triumph) I NO LONGER CRAVE DEATH!

(The audience claps happily for Lyle. Millie and Moxxie, spinning while firing their guns and being chased by Collin and Keenie, accidentally shoot a woman in the audience in the eye, killing her instantly.)

EVANGELINE: I'm happy for you Mr. Lyle.

(Blitz and Barbie run along the metal scaffolding with his flintlock pistol. They jump onto a bit of scaffolding holing some spotlights attached to the ceiling with a rope. Blitz and Cletus point their weapons at each other. Blitz attempts to fire but finds his gun empty, looking at it in shock.)

BARBIE: You're out of ammo!?

BLITZ: I know!

(Evangeline saw that Cletus was about to shot Blitz and Barbie. She flew up to the scaffolding and elbowed Cletus, making him recklessly fire an arrow, severing the rope holding up the scaffolding Blitz and Barbie were standing on and that Moxxie and Millie are swinging from. The four Imps all fall with the metal scaffolding as is smashes onto the floor of the stage, narrowly missing the pianist and cartoonishly bending a board so it holds up the piano at an angle.)

Blitz: Not bad, for a Cherub.

Evangeline: Thanks.

(The pianist is startled and stops playing, then straightens his bow tie, drops his stool down onto the stage, and uses it to drop down from the bent floorboard. The board then sends the piano flying through the air, breaking in the process. Blitz, Moxxie, Millie, Barbie, Cletus, Collin, Evangeline, and Keenie follow the piano with their eyes as it falls. Lyle turns to see the piano flying straight towards him, screaming like a girl and scrambling out of his bed into a seat. Unfortunately for him, the piano suddenly shifts to his new location and crushes both him and a few corpses haphazardly shot and killed by Moxxie and Millie.)

Fizzarolli: Well, that's one way to kill an old rich fuck.

Blitz: Meh. We've done worse.

(Moxxie grins as he sits tied up to Millie. Blitz, Barbie and the couple grin smugly.)

MOXXIE: Well, well. Would'ya looook at that? You... did our job... for us. Heh!

(Millie smirks and gives the cherubs two middle fingers. Evangeline flew down next to the imps.)

EVANGELINE: Actually... He would have died anyway without any of our interference. He would have passed on from his old age.

BLITZ: You sure your a cherub?

(The cherubs staring at Lyle's unfortunate death in utter shock. Collin gasps in horror.)

COLLIN: Ohhhh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my Gooood!

(Keenie grabs Collin by the shirt and slaps him across the face a few times.)

KEENIE: Get a hold of yourself, Collin! And do NOT use the Lord's name in VAIN!

CLETUS: (angrily) THIS... IS ALL YOUR FAULT, EVANGELINE!

EVANGELINE: (Turns around to the other cherubs) You know what, Cletus? I've done everything for you three and C.H.E.R.U.B but no one ever saw me. Every time I gave you the files on the souls you claimed that "deserve" blessings, you never once listened to me! I told you before that Lyle Lipton didn't deserve the blessing because of all the things he's done to the poor by experimenting on them with his partner! It's done Cletus, his soul would land in Hell and there's nothing you can do about it!

Moxxie: Wow. You have guts.

Evangeline: You spend years doing everything for C.H.E.R.U.B, you get a lot of anger built up.

Blitz: And that's usually like plugging a rock in a volcano. Eventually, it's gonna blow.

Stolas: That's... actually accurate.

Blitz: What? I can be smart.

Fizzarolli: Sometimes.

Verosika: Rarely.

KEENIE: You wanna stay with them? FINE!! You deserve to rot in Hell like the ungrateful bitch you are!

(Evangeline snapped and punched Keenie right in the face. Next, she took her halo and broke it in half over her knee and tossed it into Cletus's hands.)

Bee: Girl, you got some fire in you.

Evangeline: Thank you, your highness.

Bee: Just call me Bee, honey.

Asmodeus: And you can call me Ozzie.

Evangeline: Of course.

EVANGELINE: You pricks deserve each other. (She looked at Collin with a look of sadness.) Goodbye. (She then flew back down to the four imps.)

(Blitz, Moxxie, Barbieand Millie smirk as Keenie creates a portal to Heaven and the cherubs fly through, only to be mysteriously repelled back.)

CLETUS: WHAT THE?!

(A group of cherubs descends, composed of two bees, two sheep and Deerie, the leader. The deer conjures up reading glasses and a clipboard.)

DEERIE: Mmm, yeah, no, sorry, Cletus, but I'm afraid your actions resulted in the death of a human. I'm afraid you can't re-enter Heaven. Yeaaaah, noooo...

CLETUS/COLLIN/KEENIE: WHAT?!?!

(Evangeline helped the imps out of the scaffolding and ropes. She left with them to Hell.)

Millie: So now you're one of us.

Evangeline: Yep. And I don't regret it.

(The scene changed back to the office of I.M.P.)

BLITZ: Welp, the old man wanted to live again and we didn't kill him, so we failed. Thanks to those fuckin' cherubs, he's probably up in Heaven now, so... It's a shame. All our client wanted was eternal revenge on his business partner. And now the two are forever separated, and now we gotta face the fire of fuckin' up.

EVANGELINE: Oh. You didn't fuck up.

BLITZ: Huh? But you and the other cherubs...

EVANGELINE: Mr. Blitz, I overheard your co worker calling Lyle a selfish, greedy, authoritarian capitalist. And from his file he experimented on the poor, you really think a soul like his belongs in Heaven. Even if he lived, he would have resumed his experiments.

(Moxxie looks worriedly to the wall behind him. He quickly scurries out of the way as a metal escalator proceeds to crash into the office.)

LOOPTY: (descending the escalator) BLIIIIIITZ!

BLITZ: (worried) Loofaaaaa! We can explain everything. I was--...

(Another metal escalator crashes through the wall and thankfully, Evangeline moved Moxxie out oas Lyle, now a mechanical demon with piano keys for teeth and a rolling ball in place of legs, arrives with a grin.)

Evangeline: See. Case in point.

Blitz: Ok now I see why the other cherubs never listen to you.

BLITZ/BARBIE/MILLIE: (confused) Lyle Lipton?!

MILLIE: I don't understand. We thought you went to Heaven.

LYLE: Heaven?! You don't make millions in technological advances in robotics by NOT experimenting on the poor! (laughs)

LOOPTY: Oh, you no-good, HEARTLESS son of a BITCH! (turns to Blitz) Thank you for reuniting me with my best friend!

BLITZ: Actually you have this cherub to thank. Oh and sorry you got booted out of Heaven.

EVANGELINE: It's fine. Heaven's not as perfect as you think. But now that I'm fallen, I'm not sure what to do.

MILLIE: You could join us. We could use an extra set of hands.

EVANGELINE: You aren't gonna make me do all the paperwork for you?

BLITZ: Nah. That's Moxxie's job.

Moxxie: Hey!

EVANGELINE: I guess... Why not?

MOXXIE: You? You want to kill people?

EVANGELINE: Maybe not kill. But I could help with seeing if the clients are telling the truth. I mean, from what you guys have been doing, it seems you only go after the worst kinds of people. So think of me as your soul guide to see if the pay out is good or bad.

LOONA: If it means she gets to lighten up my work load then I'm fine with it.

BLITZ: I have done worse. You know what? Welcome aboard, Evie!

EVANGELINE: (gasps) Thank you, Mr. Blitz.

BLITZ: You can just call me Blitz. The O is silent. And you already know my sister Barbie Wire, my co workers, M & M. And that's my daughter Loonie.

LOONA: Adopted. And it's Loona.

EVANGELINE: It's wonderful to finally meet you all.

MILLIE: Oh and Evie. Moxxie and I have a spare bedroom. You can stay with us.

EVANGELINE: Are you sure, I wouldn't want to be a burden.

MOXXIE: You won't. Besides, we hardly use that room anyway.

EVANGELINE: Thank you.

RavenDragon: That's the end of the episode. Oh and I almost forgot.

RavenDragon snapped her fingers and the theater was covered in Christmas decorations, even the lobby was transformed into a Christmas Wonderland. There were even some holiday-themed drinks and treats. She even changed into her holiday-themed dress.

Moxxie: It's Sinmas already?!

Stolas: Sinmas?

RavenDragon: Here on earth we call it Christmas. And it's a holiday where people have hot coco, decorate the house with decorations, trim the tree with your friends and family. And the best part is giving each other presents and have fun with friends and family.

Stolas: Via and I... We've never celebrated this holiday.

RavenDragon: Well now you can. And on Christmas Eve, there will be a Winter dance called the Yule Ball.

Loona: A dance? Boring.

RavenDragon: Lucifer and the others will be there.

Asmodeus: I think I can suck up one ball.

Fizzarolli: Aww, Ozzie.

RavenDragon: It's a big Christmas dance—something I like hosting for all of my friends from every multiverse.

Evangeline: Sounds magical!

Millie: Does that mean we have to dress all fancy like?

RavenDragon: Well, yes but I'll make sure it's something comfortable for you guys. But I will not have you behaving like a babbling bumbling band of baboons!

Fred and George Weasly appeared behind RavenDragon.

Fred: You sound like Professor Mcgonagall, right George?

George: Right Fred.

RavenDragon: (jumps in fright) Seriously you two?! I said in the other theater that you two don't pop up unexpectedly!

Fred/George: Where's the fun in that?

RavenDragon: Oy vey. Just because I gave you two permission to come by does not mean you can pop in all willy nilly!

Stolas: You know those two?

RavenDragon: Everyone meet Fred and George Weasley, the joker twins.

Fizzarolli: I like these two. They're fun.

Fred: Thank you kindly.

George: We happen to own a joke shop in Diagon Alley.

Fred/George: The Weasley Brothers Joke Shop for all your pranking needs!

Fizzarolli: Pranks, huh?

Blitz: Oh brother.

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