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It’s been 3 days since anyone has seen Blitz. His iced coffee is now practically bean water. Loona sighs at her desk and checks her texts. She’s used to Blitz texting and calling her at least ten times to tell her every detail of how long he’ll be gone and when he’ll be back. So wherever he is, he doesn’t have a phone? He did just get a new one after well-breaking the last ten he had. The asshat probably broke it again. But still it wasn’t like him to not tell her where he was. Even on multi-day benders. A whine escapes her and she groans and keeps reading her magazine.
Moxxie waltzes into the office, holding Millie’s hand.
“Morning si-OH WHAT THE f*ck!” Moxxie yells, “He’s still not here???”
“He hasn’t even been home” Loona replies to Moxxie’s outrage. Moxxie takes a deep breath and composes himself.
“Well-we’re sh*t outta luck on hits until he’s found”.
“Yeah I’m gettin’ worried. He hasn’t texted you?” Millie asks Loona.
Loona shakes her head, “Not even a call”. Millie’s eyes widen and she grabs Moxxie by the shoulders, “What if he’s in trouble baby?!” she worries. Moxxie scoffs and hugs her.
“Blitz? In trouble? He’s probably off f*cking the prince for multiple days straight. Like that’s more important than our BUSINESS!” he rolls his eyes.
Millie looks at him with a side eye, “I mean-till he got the crystal wasn’t that the whole reason we got ta keep the business?”
Moxxie stutters, “Y-yeah well-It’s Blitz. He’s probably fine”.
“I dunno”, says Loona.
“Why do you say that?” Moxxie asks.
“Cause Octavia just texted me saying she came back from her friend’s and her dad isn’t at his palace either” she shows them the phone.
Millie’s eyes go wide, “I told you!” she points at Moxxie.
He groans and tilts his head back, “Yeah yeah, fine. We’ll go find them”.
Loona smirks, “Alright I’ll tell Via to hang tight”.
-1 Day Before, on Earth-
Stolas changes them both back into their human forms as he finally memorized that spell, and takes Blitz’s hands.
“Darling it’s...okay that you can’t control the crystal. We will figure it out I promise” he looks Blitz in the eyes.
“No it’s not! You need to get back to your daughter, so do I, we miss our natural forms and I f*cked something up like I always do” he crosses his arms and turns away.
“Dear..”
“I mean why don’t you use the necklace since you’re so good at magic!” He struggles as he pulls the crystal necklace over his head and hands it to Stolas”
Stolas sighs, “I can’t, it’s registered in your name. You have to use it” he says sincerely, handing it back.
Blitz growls and takes it from him sharply, then throws it.
“What the hell!” Stolas runs and stops it mid air with his levitation, putting it around his neck for now.
“That was reckless” his voice turns stern, “You could have jeopardized our whole lives back in hell with that! We could have been stuck here!”.
“And what if I wanted to!” Blitz yells, turning around. Stolas puts his hand to his chest and holds onto the crystal, staring at Blitz.
“What?” he asks.
Blitz has tears in his eyes now and he feels so stupid. Why would the bird ever want to live happily ever after with him? Run away from their problems with him?
“What’s going on Blitz, talk to me” Stolas pleads.
“I just thought-I love being this-” he gestures to Stolas and himself, “That maybe we could just stay like this. Here. Just-Via is almost 18 and can portal anyway and Loona doesn’t need me and M&M could find better jobs and well-Fizz has been doing just fine without me for 15 years. It could have just been us..” he trails off and wipes his eyes. Stolas feels frozen. He can’t seem to move his legs to go comfort his imp. He truly believed that no one needed him? That he wanted to run away from his home just to feel like himself? Then Stolas realizes that he’s also crying.
“Oh-dear Blitz don’t take this as me being sad I-I’m not” he wipes the tears, “I just didn’t know you felt so low of yourself”.
“Then you still have a lot to learn about me birdbrain” he makes a weak smile. He whispers now, “To think you’d want to spend forever with me anyway…” but Stolas hears it and finally his feet can move again, and he’s pulling his boyfriend into his chest.
“You have to stop doing that”
Blitz’s reply is muffled in Stolas’s chest, “Mmwhat”
“Telling yourself that I won’t go to the ends of the cosmos to be with you, darling” he pulls his chin up and kisses him on the forehead.
“It’s just really really REALLY hard to believe that” he admits. Stolas picks him up in his arms and Blitz groans at how short and light he is in Stolas’s arms, even in human form.
“Then I won’t stop showing you” he replies, giving him tickling pecks on the neck.
“Stooools no stop” he waves his hands at him.
“As long as you realize that we can’t run from our problems dear. They just catch up to you. In this world or the next. We have to face them together” Stolas says confidently.
“You’re cheesy” Blitz groans, “Uggghhh but you’re right”.
“Wow you said I was right about something!” He practically hoots in delight.
“Hey! Don’t get used to it” he points at him. Stolas giggles and Blitz puts his arms around Stolas’s neck.
“I do have a confession”
“Oh? Do tell”.
“I am actually bad at using the crystal. I wasn’t faking it, I just feel really sh*tty for being bad at it” he rubs the back of his neck.
“Yes, yes I know that you’re bad at it. But we can practice” he assures him.
“But I dun wannnaaaa” he kicks his feet.
“You’ll never get better if you don’t. Oooh think of me as your arcane teacher!”
Blitz snorts, “I can get into that roleplay”.
Stolas laughs, “Then lets find a real hotel this time”.
-1 Week Later, Hell: Imp City-
“UGH! Where are they!” yells Via and throws the pillows on the waiting area couch of the I.M.P office. Loona looks on and sighs, offering her a soda. She squeezes it, practically freezing it with magic into a slushie and Loona takes it back, putting a straw in.
“You good?” she asks as she sips her new slushie.
“No, I am not good. I have to cover for my dad because if my mum catches me at the palace, ALONE, she is certain to get full custody. And I cannot have that. All my friends are near this city. I can’t live at Uncle Andrealphus’s Palace with her. It’s cold and brutal. I hate it-AAAHHH!” she screams and a little bit of purple fire shoots from her eyes.
“Woah there, chill out little chick. M&M will find them”. She tries to reassure her but Via’s pacing the floor, almost making a dent. Loona kind of wonders what her eldritch form would take.
“Pardon that I’m not very confident considering it’s been a week! What if I never see my dad again?!” her eyes well up and Loona’s eyes widen and she goes over and holds her shoulder.
“Hey, they’ll be back with both our bozos. I promise”.
~Meanwhile, In Lust~
“I f*cking give up, they have to be somewhere on Earth and I don’t know where to even START looking there”
“You’re doin’ the right thing baby” she assures Moxxie as he jumps up and pushes the doorbell of the King of Lust’s tower. Fizzarolli answers the door and looks down at them. “Oh uh, hi” he waves awkwardly. Moxxie just says two words “It’s Blitz”, and they’re inside.
“So what kind of f*ckery is he in this time” Fizz asks.
“We were hopin’ you could figure out where e’ is?” asks Millie.
“Just where he is? Like you haven’t seen him?” asks Fizz back. Moxxie and Millie run to keep up with Fizz in the halls. His robotic limbs didn’t make it easy. Moxxie catches his breath and steadies himself on Millie’s shoulder.
“Haven’t-seen em in a week…think he’s stuck on earth”. They finally end up in Ozzie’s study and m&m sit on a couch. Fizz starts a fire in the fireplace.
“Why would he be stuck? He has the crystal right?” he asks, puzzled.
Millie pipes up, “Well-see he didn’t really know how to use it. So uh-WE might have suggested he go ask Stolas for advice?” Fizz turns around to look at them and narrows his eyes.
“Stolas. For an Asmodean Crystal?” he questions, gesturing to his home.
“We see our folly...sir” Moxxie says, “Can you help us find him?”.
“Oh, sucking up I see-with the ‘sir’” Fizz giggles.
“No I just-ugh you are just like Blitz” Moxxie groans.
“And I take that personally” Fizz retorts, “But yeah we track everyone with those crystals. I can just bring up the map and find em”.
“Really?!” Millie exclaims.
Fizz smiles, “Oh yeah” he takes a remote and flips a switch and a large map turns around on the wall, pinpointing exactly where Blitz is. “A remote town somewhere in OH-HI-HO. Sounds like my kinda place” Fizz chuckles.
“So you can bring him back?” Moxxie asks.
Fizz frowns, “Oh. Uh-no”.
“No?!”
“I can only see where he is. He can only use the crystal. He’s gotta figure out how to use it, or be trapped forever-ever-ever” he waves his arms for dramatic effect, “But he’s Blitz! I’m sure he’ll be fine. And at least you know where he is”
“Tell that to both their daughters” Mox shoots back then bites his tongue, “I’m sorry. Thank you, really. We gotta go”. He takes Millie’s hand and they walk the long way back out of the King’s palace.
“Tell Blitz he owes me a vodka cran!” Fizz yells as they walk away.
