Helluva Deal

154. Breakout Session

"HM!" Stolas doesn't care about his father's hand on his arm or the fact that he's still silenced. He's in his demon form within the blink of an eye and next to his partner, before his hands also slip off the desk and he collapses completely on the ground.

He was even faster than Vassago, who also jumped up to catch him, once he realized what was going on.

"Blitz! Blitz talk to me!" Stolas, back in his normal form, doesn't even realize that he broke the silencing spell somehow. He's cupping the imp's cheek finding it cold and sweaty, and then looks him over.

"Huh. Another one of his manipulative-uhmpf!" Andrealphus tumbles back and stares at Octavia, who just appeared right in front of him and kicked him right into the guts.

Her eyes are burning and her voice is truly demonic, "ONE more word!"

Andrealphus stares at her shocked for a moment, just like all present demons, but then he snarls, "You have no idea who you're messing with, GIRL!"

"I do. The asshole that is talking bullshit about my TRUE parents' love!"

"Octavia," Honos looks at her with a strict gaze, "The rules apply to you, too. You have to..."

"Via!" calls Stolas in this moment in a trembling voice, "He's bleeding! Something isn't right!"

Octavia immediately hurries over and crouches down next to the couple, noticing the black puddle slowly spreading beneath the unconscious imp.

"That's...not his water, is it?"

Stolas hastily shakes his head, tears spilling everywhere and his pupils huge, "We have to get him to..."

In this moment, a portal opens in the middle of the room.

Ozzie and Bee step through and the King of Lust is next to the friends within a blink, looking the imp over while asking, "Stolas, what about your shared heartbeat?"

"Too fast," the owl-demon is trembling violently and still holding on to the imp's cheek and one of his hands, "And he's cold and sweaty. Ozzie, please..."

"It's okay. We'll get him out of here immediately."

"All right, Guys, I gotta say you REALLY fucked this trial up already and it has just started!" Bee, who's hovering close to where they opened the portal, looks at the gathered Goetias, including the judge and Andrealphus, "So we'll simply pretend this bullshit hasn't happened and put this on hold, until this imp, you are currently trying to blame for something, just because neither of you understands it, is able to talk and walk again! Because it's fucking illegal to have trials about a person who isn't even responsive anymore!"

"This is an imp," Andrealphus' voice is mocking, "Or in other words – a lower life form."

"Who is manipulating a Goetia into loving him. Yeah, we all heard this ridiculous statement live on TV," Bee glares at him, then at the judge, "Andrealphus has been talking for minutes now and you forbid Stolas and Blitz to defend themselves in any way. I've heard you are a fair judge, Honos, but THIS is ridiculous!" she points at Paimon, who's meanwhile also gone over to his son and the others, "If you don't want to listen to their or Asmodeus' or mine statement about this imp and the situation, fine. But you CAN'T allow yourself not to listen to HIM! HE knows his son. HE was present when something happened that had Blitz ending up in the hospital not even three months ago! Let him tell this story! Or else, this trial is the biggest scam in the entire history of the Goetia Ars and YOU, Honos, will stand for that because I will fucking drag you in front of a DEADLY SIN trial for not fulfilling your fucking duty!"

Honos stares at her, his usually set face displaying his uneasiness.

"He won't stop bleeding, Oz!" Stolas is sobbing lowly.