One Helluva Time

Chapter 24- The Moth That Got Too Close

Valentino whipped around, terrified, the look brought a smile to Elliot's face. He willed the knife to disappear and crossed his arms. Slowly, Valentino calmed down and spoke.

Valentino: "You're that new overlord, ain't cha?"

Elliot made a "tch" sound while pointing at Valentino.

Elliot: "Bingo. Do you know why I'm here?"

Valentino: "I assume because of my... services."

Elliot slowly shook his head with a small chuckle.

Elliot: "Nope. Do you remember a message from an 'Elliot?' Ring any bells?"

Valentino looked terrified once again, he reached under his desk and hit a small button.

Valentino: "That was you?"

Elliot: "Goddamn, you are on fire tonight!"

Valentino: "So wait, why exactly are you here?"

Valentino was trying his best to stall, in order to give his security time.

Elliot: "That's very simple actually. Revenge. You had people attack my friends and the love of my life. None of them were hurt too badly, but I can't let that slide. Ever since that day I've been waiting, planning my revenge. Now, it's finally the day."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door flew open. There were several demons, Valentino's security. Each of them pointed their rifles are Elliot, who held his hands up. Then, he whipped around and threw multiple knives. Every single knife hit it's mark, the security's necks. All of them fell to the ground at the same time, dead.

Elliot: "Wow, I thought you had some decency. You really are a fucking rat huh?"

Elliot yelled as he pushed Valentino with a bit of telekinesis. After he hit the floor, Valentino began to crawl backwards on his ass.

Elliot: "Oh, before we begin, I have a small surprise."

He snapped his fingers and the large TV on their right turned on. It revealed Katie Killjoy from 666 News.

Katie: "Oh! Here we have a new transmission from the new overlord himself. Let's see what it is, shall we?"

The TV showed no other than the camera footage of Val's bedroom. With Elliot standing over the moth demon.

Elliot: "Let's get this show on the road."

He stepped towards Val and stomped on one of his four arms, to which he screamed in pain. Elliot grabbed Val's head, picked him up, and threw him down on the desk. The desk broke and Val grabbed a tommy gun from under the rubble. He fired two short bursts, and only one hit Elliot in the shoulder. Val thought he had the upper hand, and he became cocky. But Elliot summoned a long chain, threw it, and pulled Val in front of him. Then he began to strangle him for a couple seconds, just before he passed out Elliot let go.

Elliot: "I need more ideas."

Elliot got to thinking while Val massaged his throat, and tried to escape. However, Elliot put his foot on Val's leg, preventing escape. Suddenly, Elliot snapped his fingers.

Elliot: "I just got one!"

Again, Elliot summoned some chains, then tied Val up spread eagle. Once that was done he summoned a switchblade, placed it on one of Val's arms, and began to skin him. Val screamed in pain, and every time he did, Elliot just slapped him across the face. Soon Elliot became bored with that too, so he got rid of the knife. While using Val as a punching bag he tried to think of more ideas. Then, Val spoke up.

Valentino: "Please. Please just stop. I'll give you anything and everything you want! My best hookers? 29 percent of my profits? 35? 50?"

Elliot: "I have no need for that. All I want is revenge."

Valentino: "Please. I'll leave your family and friends alone, I promise. I can protect you!"

Elliot: "Oh, I'd love to take that offer. But we both know that if you were a man of your word, you wouldn't be an overlord in the first place."

Then, again, Elliot got an idea and decided to take a page out of the viking's book. A blood eagle. He summoned a sword and got behind Val. The moth demon began to panic, looking around.

Valentino: "W-w-w-what are you d-doing!?"

Elliot: "Oh, you'll see."

As soon as he said that, Elliot put the tip of the sword just under Val's collarbone. The demon whimpered, and Elliot pulled down. Screams filled the entire mansion, but they fell upon deaf ears. Once Val's spine was exposed, Elliot pulled the skin back to reveal the ribs. Grabbing them, he pulled both sides of the rib cage up as if they were wings. Soon, Val's throat was sore from screaming and crying.

Elliot: "This. You brought this upon yourself. I do hope you realize that."

Elliot walked in front of Val and looked at what he did, while the demon was still screaming, his voice hoarse. Finally, Elliot decided to put him out of his misery and plunged the blade into his skull. After willing the sword to disappear, he spoke to the camera.

Elliot: "Vox, Velvet, you two are next. Vox, you have 2 days. Velvet, 4. If either of you attack me or my friends before then, your death will be even more painful than his. See you soon."

With that, he shot the camera, destroying it. While walking out of the mansion he set it on fire. Once it was all burnt to the ground, he began his trek back home. During his walk he thought of what took place, he hadn't an ounce of guilt in his mind. He felt what he did was right, and that is was for the betterment of Hell. Now that Val wasn't running the porn industry anymore, hopefully demons would find actual jobs. Though, he had no control over that, nor did he care all that much. After opening his houses door, he was met with Loona. As soon as he walked through, she jumped into his arms. Elliot caught her bridal style and she kissed his cheek.

Loona: "I saw what you did on TV."

Elliot: "Oh... you did?"

Loona: "Mmhmm."

Loona snuggled up to his chest as he carried her into the living room and sat down. Her laying down in his lap, stroking his hair.

Elliot: "And?"

Loona: "If we're being honest here, I thought it was kinda hot."

Elliot: "Huh?"

Loona: "Yep! Seeing my boyfriend using his new powers on some shitbag got me awfully... excited."

Loona looked him in the eyes with a lustful smirk and began to slowly move her finger towards his crotch. He kissed her which she melted into, and it felt just like their first, pure bliss. After a couple of minutes they pulled away, a thin strand of spit between their mouths. Elliot wiped it away with the back of his hand.

Elliot: "Whadda say we take this to the bedroom?"

Elliot winked and she very quickly nodded. Once again picking her up, he carried her upstairs.

~~~To Be Continued~~~