Loona's Love Life. Chapter 13
#13 of Loona's Love Life.
Loona's Love Life.
Chapter 13: Practice Makes Perfect.
June, 21, 2021.
"Ok gang let's go over this from the top once more." Blitz ordered as he, Alex, Loona, Millie, Moxxie, and Stolas got back into there positions. Once they were all set up and ready to go Blitz gave the signal.
"Ok, Alex remember your the bait," Alex acted casual as he sat down at the La, Cannibal Cafe.
"Moxxie, your overwatch." Moxxie tapped his earpiece once.
"Millie your our muscle when the bitch is weakened." Millie drew her ax and gave it an experimental swing.
"Loona your our tracker, wherever she goes you follow." Loona gave him a nod as she blended in with a crowd of customers. Blitz then looked over to Stolas.
"And you are our ace in the hole." Stolas let out a chuckle.
"Oh, ho, ho speaking of holes." He snaked a finger around Blitz's chest bringing it down south. Blitz rolled his eyes.
"Focus bird brain we need to kill this slut, then we can fuck." Stolas gave him a small pout but kept his hands to himself. Blitz looked over his notes.
"Ok, thanks to Stolas's generous donation of his staff we actually have some volunteers for testing." Sure enough, the prince's staff all lined up in the restaurant. Blitz stood at attention and cleared his throat and pulled out a megaphone.
"Ok folks, you sorry pieces of shit have been chosen to be our guinea pigs. So that means that we are going to drill you into the ground until we can execute this kill perfectly!" All of the staff began to sweat as they saw Blitz and the crew geared up for war.
"Now let's start our first exercise!" Everyone took their place and with the blow of a whistle the training began.
July, 1, 2021.
A little under two weeks had passed since Alex had started his training for his first hit. He shivered at the very thought of taking another's life, but he honestly felt like he had no other choice in the matter, Sophia was determined to have things her way consequences be damned. Blitz had taken to letting Alex stay at the office, he was never left alone with the staff taking turns spending the night with him. Tonight he was joined by Blitz and Loona, the former was talking business with Stolas, finalizing their plans for the next few days, the latter was watching Alex as he practiced his quick draw.
"gun in holster, hand at your side, deep breath in, exhale, pull leather, cock hammer, rotate, lock wrist in place, fire." In practiced, smooth motion, Alex did just that, letting a round rip down the gun range at I.M.P. headquarters. His accuracy was steadily improving, he managed to hit his target within the one foot diameter kill area marked on the shooting paper. Moxxie let out a clap as he regarded Alex's skills with awe.
"You have got to show me how to do that!" He quipped as Alex reholstered the gun with a smirk.
"Trust me i'm not even all that good Mox, compared to the people who's spent their whole life doing this, I'm an armature."
"Yeah well fuck those guys, they aren't here right now, you are," The voice caught both men off guard, Moxxie whipping around to the doorway to see Loona stride in, a smile adorning her features. Alex meanwhile tried to regain his focus as he reloaded his revolver. Moxxie just let out a breath and continued to watch as Alex reloaded his gun, Loona made her way over and sat down next to him.
"So out of curiosity, why are you here this late? Moxxie asked, still feeling a little awkward at trying to make small talk with the usually temperamental hellhound. Loona just shrugged.
"To tell the truth, couldn't really sleep." She took a deep breath and let it out slowly closing her eyes.
"We're about to go up against someone that can kill you with a single thought," She pulled out her phone and showed Moxxie the human news about a rash of murder's in her local area as well as from the hotel resort.
"Oh, crumbs." His face went pink as he followed her logic.
"Then how do we kill her first?" He asked as Alex got through fiddling with his gun, he then walked over to them and glanced at a briefcase he'd lugged out of I.M.P's armory.
"Well for starter's we could try using that." He opened the briefcase to reveal a rifle, one that Moxxie was intimately familiar with.
"Ah, yeah, that just might do the trick." He then walked over and saw that the Angel Tech Revolver was in the case as well.
"I guess you'll be using that?" He asked as Alex just shook his head.
"Honestly I'm not too sure of my skill's enough to trust myself with that powerful of a weapon." He held up his revolver for comparison.
"This is a single action army, chambered in 45 Long Colt, shooting a 185 grain critical defense round." He then held up the AT Revolver.
"I have no idea what this thing is chambered nor what the bullet weight is that it's firing but," He aimed at his shooting paper cocked the hammer back, and fired off a round. The recoil was immense and the pressure wave from the blast nearly knocked Alex on his ass. Loona thankfully had caught him before that could happen. She helped steady him as he set the gun down.
"As you can see that thing isn't meant for human use." He thought about it.
"And honestly, I'd think it'd be closest to a 500 magnum but again, I don't know all that much about Angel Tech." Loona looked at the gun and scooped it up. Looking at Alex she simply smirked.
"Mind if I give it a shot?" she asked as Alex just gave her a wave.
"Go right on ahead." He stepped aside and let Loona take his place, she cocked the hammer back on the gun, took aim, and fired. The recoil was nothing to sneeze at, for a human, but for her, she barely felt it as the gun remained steady and on target after her first shot. She looked at it and then at Alex, smirking the whole time.
"Can you teach me how to fast draw as well?" Alex was stunned for a few reasons, mostly the way that Loona tanked the immense recoil of that hand cannon, but now here she was wanting to learn from him as well. He looked at the clock and then to a calendar they had set up on a nearby wall.
"We have four days left before we take our target out." He then gave it some serious thought.
"We won't have a whole lot of time, and to be honest what I'm going to teach you guys is just going to have to be a basic watered down version of this." he gestured to his sidearm. Moxxie and Loona both shook their heads.
"That's not going to be an issue, we'll make do with what you can teach us," Moxxie smiled.
"Besides we do have years of other training to fall back on."
"Speak for yourself." Loona quipped.
"Blitz wouldn't let me handle a gun until recently." She rolled her eyes. Alex just chuckled.
"Well you are daddy's little girl." He cued, as Loona just gave him the finger, the smirk on her face saying it all.
"Oh really, when and where then?" He fired back. Loona's face went bright red as Moxxie busted a gut laughing. It took a while but Loona regained her composure, although a slight sadness had crept into her voice.
"Ha! Like you could handle a night with me." She smirked as Alex just chuckled.
"I'd give it my best," Moxxie meanwhile just sat back and smiled.
"So when's the wedding?" He interrupted causing both adults to shut up and blush like crazy. Alex just cleared his throat and gave off a nervous chuckle.
"So uh, shall we get started?" He asked as Loona nodded.
"Yeah that sounds great." Moxxie snickered to himself as he two got settled in for a class on human based gunfighting.
July, 3, 2021.
"Good shot placement Moxxie, Loona nice solid grip. Keep it up you two this is our last day of training." Alex tried keeping their spirits up, and luckily Millie and Blitz were both here to pep their friends and family up as well.
"Go on honey! Shoot that tacky asshole, in.. it's... ass" Blitz fumbled as he tried to think of something clever. Millie meanwhile gave her husband encouraging cheers from the sidelines.
Both Moxxie and Loona just grimaced, kept their concentration, and let rounds rip through the air, The Angel Tech 500, thundering out a blazing retort drowned out even Moxxies rapid fire with his Glock 17. When they were done with their current round of ammunition Alex called for a ceasefire. The two trainees holstered their guns took off their safety glasses and ear protection and gave Alex their undivided attention.
"All in all, great work." He smiled as the two beamed with pride.
"You guys have made some excellent progress for only three days worth of work, now this isn't going to be that big of a game changer for our current mission, but it's a start." He smiled as the two nodded.
"Honestly there's not much more I can teach you that will really come in handy or be applicable to us as of right now." He sighed as he sat down. He lost himself in thought for a little while, the weight of the events of the next few day's weighing him down. He felt a hand on his shoulder and was brought back to Hell by Blitz, who flashed him a smirk as the others all gathered around him.
"Don't sweat it, kid, we're all going to take this bitch down, together." Everyone gathered around and gave a big group hug, with Alex at the center he felt like he was inside of an oven, but it felt soothing, comforting, safe.
They all came out of the huddle feeling better, Blitz's phone lighting up however drew them all right back into the moment.
"Yeah? Ok, we'll be there in an hour." He looked at them all and smiled.
"Time to put Operation: Kill The Bitch! into action folks. Stolas wants us over at his place so that he can use the grimoire and give us the legal standing we need just in case things go sideways." They all got their gear packed and ready to go, as they did so Loona felt her nerves acting up a bit as she walked over to Alex, her mind racing as she thought about what she was going to say next.
"H-hey." She said letting out a nervous giggle as Alex grabbed his weapon and holstered it. He looked her way and gave her a smile.
"Hey fuzzball." His nickname made Loona's heart beat a little faster and she fought to keep her emotions in check.
"Um, so, uh, I know that tomorrow is going to be our big day and all." She thought about what she was saying and winced at how it sounded.
"Uh, not like we won't make it out alive and all that, just um." She stammered as her face got more red. She looked around and thankfully the others had left, Alex meanwhile was both nervous and curious.
"Uh, yeah were going to have the day after off," He began to have an inkling of where this conversation was going and he wasn't sure if he liked it or not.
"Yeah," Loona took a deep breath and then looked Alex straight in the eyes.
"So um, do you want to hang out? Just the two of us?" She asked her blush staying glued to her face while Alex was processing. He shook his head and then looked horrified,
"No, Um Yes!" he corrected, feeling like an idiot.
"Yes! I'd love to you, hang out, that is, with you," He looked down feeling like a grade A idiot, however, Loona's let out a huff as she rubbed the back of her head.
"Cool, ok, It's a date..." She fell silent as the words left her lips, her blush coming back in full force.
"Uh, awesome!" Alex gave her a thumbs up and a toothy grin. Just then however, the armory door burst open.
"Come on love birds, we don't have all day!" Blitz shouted at them as he grabbed an extra set of ammunition for his flintlock, and left. Alex and Loona stood there feeling rather at a loss for words.
"So, uh, we shouldn't keep everyone waiting." Alex remarked as Loona nodded.
"Yeah, see you outside." she said leaving the room, with what Alex swore was a little more sway to her hips. Alex shook his head and asked God for forgiveness, he then grabbed his extra ammunition and locked the Armory door as he left.
An hour later and the members of I.M.P. were sat down in Stolas's war room. Alex marveled at the architecture and various doodads from different human eras scattered all around the room. Once everyone was inside of the room Stolas cleared his throat.
"Lady's and gentlemen." He gave them all a bow and then sat down at the head of the table before them.
"It is truly an honor to have you all here tonight." He clasped his hands together as everyone took a seat, Moxxie and Millie taking up one side of the six person table while Alex and Loona took up the other side, leaving Blitz with the seat at the opposite end from Stolas.
"Now let's get down to business." Stolas used his magic to open a window into earth. Alex's heart sank as he saw Sophia through the window, huddled into a ball and crying her eyes out on her bed. He went to reach out for her but thought better of it, shaking his head he retracted his hand and sat there mulling over the events that lead to this moment. He felt a hand rest on his and looked over to see Loona giving him a soft smile.
"This is not your fault." She said seemingly reading his mind. Alex gave her a look of uncertainty, meanwhile, Stolas gave them both a look of curiosity but got himself back on track.
"This is our target." he looked round to see everyone present giving the window their full attention. Sophia herself looked even more disheveled than the last time Alex had seen her. Looking closer however he saw wisps of purple smoke wafting off of her body.
"That doesn't look good." His comment brought everyone's eye to him, he sighed but pointed out the strange phenomena.
"Either she's gotten way stronger or she's become possessed by a demon." He looked at everyone else around the table.
"Either way that's not good for anyone involved." They all gave the window a look of concern.
"Nothing we can really do about that now." Blitz piped up. He then sighed.
"We have all of the tools we need to get to her and put her down for good, so I say we jump on it as soon as possible. So here's the plan one more time." The group then went over the plan meticulously, thoroughly, and at extended length. When all was said and done they all let out a collective breath.
"Everyone clear about their role?" He asked getting around of nods from all present.
"Good, now let's get some sleep, we have a big day tomorrow." Stolas got up and clapped his hands, at once his butlers were at his side.
"Please escort our guests to their rooms." his servants did as they were told. Blitz was lead to his own room, while Moxxie and Millie were given their own room, lastly, Alex was given a room next to theirs and Loona across from his.
"The master gives his regards." An imp told each of them as they settled into their rooms for the night, each of them in their own way.
"So Blitzy, penny for your thought's" Stolas asked as Blitz just lay in their bed.
"Yeah, actually, why are you going to such lengths to help us?" Stolas let out a chuckle as he sank beneath the blankets.
"To be honest, I'm protecting my investment, your little human friend is quite the talk of hell." Blitz's eyes went wide.
"How so?" He asked feeling very nervous now. Stolas just smiled.
"Well he's gotten the attention of some very powerful people, both here in Hell as well as in Heaven." Blitz went pale but kept his fear in check.
"What kind of powerful people are we talking about here?" Stolas smirked as he began to whisper into Blitz's ear causing Blitz's mouth to become limp and hang open, which gave the horny bird the perfect opportunity he needed to put it to good use.
Meanwhile Moxxie and Millie were discussing the plan.
"So you'll think she'll take the bait?" Millie asked as Moxxie gave her shoulders a rub down to help keep her relaxed. He thought about it and shrugged.
"Honestly I hope she does, if not then we'll have to fall back on plan B." As he continued to help relieve his wives stress he failed to notice his phone had turned itself on.
In the next room over Alex was sound asleep when a light knock on his door woke him up. He groggily looked around and then gave a stretch.
"One sec," He got out of bed and went over to his door opening it a tad. Seeing a crimson eye staring back at him made him chuckle as he opened his door all the way.
"So I take it you couldn't sleep?" Loona just nodded and stood there.
"Is it ok if I come in?" She asked feeling sheepish. Alex gave a nod and opened the door letting her inside. Loona stepped into the room and closed the door behind her. Alex made his way back over to his bed and Loona followed, the moonlight drifting through the room illuminating Loona's nude figure and making Alex's brain race with shallow thoughts.
"Well, you're more than welcome to spend the night here." He said gesturing to his bed.
"I didn't plan on asking permission, but thanks anyway for giving it to me." Loona went over to his bed and got herself nice and comfy, while Alex was seriously debating with himself about what he was going to do. Finally, he settled on just sleeping in a nearby chair. Loona noticed this and rolled her eyes, a smirk adorning her face. She got up and went over to Alex who froze when he saw her fully naked form looming over him. He looked at her dead in the eyes, while Loona stood there contemplating what she was going to do next.
"Fuck it." she thought as Alex began to blabber.
"Um, can I help-" His sentence was cut off as Loona gently took his cheek in her hand and gave him a kiss. It was smooth, passionate, and full of pent up emotions that she'd been dying to set free for some time now. Alex meanwhile melted into the display of affection, not sure of how else to react, other than wrap Loona in a tight embrace as the kiss continued. They stayed like that for some time, until inevitably they both needed to breathe. When they did finally release the other, they were both panting, sweating, and grinning like fools.
"So I take it that's a yes to my help?" Alex asked as Loona let out a genuine giggle.
"Oh trust me, there are going to be a few more ways for you to help me." She smirked as she grabbed his hand and lead him to the bed. Alex was defiantly getting nervous now and Loona could sense it, She grinned as they both climbed into bed and Loona wrapped her arms around Alex, keeping him close to her and safe.
"However we can take this slow, no need to rush," She informed him setting his mind at ease. Together the two drifted off to sleep, and with his last bit of consciousness slipping away Alex could have sworn he heard Loona say three words he never thought he'd hear.
"I love you."