Surprisingly well at first, until Grant and Roxie arrive

"Alright, everyone!" Terpischore called out to her cast. "Tonight will either break us or make us! Let's hope the former. When those curtains open, everyone break a leg. Any questions?"

"Yeah," an actor said, "who were those naked people who -"

"Oh, yes!" Terpischore interrupted, "See, Heather, Jenny, and Frank unfortunately couldn't make it tonight. Those three are our new understudies."

"What about Chelsea, Emily, and Greg? Weren't they -"

"Emily and Greg are at a wedding in Peru, and Heather had to go to the hospital after her wife went into labor." Terpischore interrupted, "Now, are there any other questions? No? Good."

As the rest of the cast and crew got to their places, Terpischore sighed as she turned around. The Muse then saw a door open as Lucy, Kyle, and Hailey walk out of the dressing room. Lucy and Kyle were dressed in shiny, skimpy underwear, compared to Hailey dressed in a long red cocktail dress with long white gloves.

"So, the girls are going to show up soon for The Ritual to get underway." Lucy stated, looking down at the shiny white bra and panties she was wearing.

"Sooner than you think, Luce!"

The four turned around to see the other demon lords and their significant others standing by the backdoor. Kyle raised an eyebrow as he saw the Egyptian man and woman standing next to Ozzie, sighing as he saw the woman's cat ears and tail and the man's jackal ears and tail.

"Don't tell me: Anubis and..." Kyle said, "Sekhmet? Mafdet?"

"Bast, actually." Bast replied with a laugh, "Though my sisters will definitely be glad mortals know about them. But, by my father Ra, will Ptah be jealous."

"I thought you didn't like talking about your ex-husband?" Lucy asked.

"... Wait, the jackal man isn't your husband?" Hailey asked as Buddy came up to the three.

"No, we ended it around The Fourth Dynasty." Bast explained, "It was a mutual breakup, but the writing was on the wall: He and Sekhmet had a much stronger love than we had. Humorously, Anubis here went through the same with his wife, Anput."

Anubis silently nodded in response.

"And, uh, speaking of exes..." Bee drawled, glaring at Lilith. "What the Sam Hill are you doing here, Bitch?"

"Easy, Bee!" Satie said as she stepped in front of The Mother of All Demons. "Lilith's changed now. She's not the same as she was before."

"Well... I still don't trust her." Bee commented as Q placed a hand on her shoulder. "But if you do..."

"Hey now! Everyone does deserve a second chance. And I'd know, given my profession." Uriel commented.

"Hey, Uriel." Charity greeted, "Haven't seen you since our wedding. Glad to see you again."

"Yeah, heard you and Levi got back together." Mammo said as she leaned against her wife, "What's new?"

"Oh, not much..." Uriel said slyly before showing off the pearl. "Just got engaged."

"Oh my Dad!" Lucy gasped as the other Demon Lords gasped in a mixture of happiness and excitement, The Devil running forward and hugging the archangel and Levi. "Congratulations!"

"I... Am... So... Happy... For... Y-"

"Excuse me, I hate to interrupt, but I can't explain to my staff where you all came from." Terpischore said, "I have a door that leads to under the stage where you can have your little... Er, fun, while Lucy and Kyle have their fun onstage. Now, you all ca- Aergia?!"

"Hey, T." Aergia greeted, completely naked with an equally naked Belle in her arms.

"One of the gods from my pantheon is going to be having sex under my stage..." Terpischore sighed, shaking her head. "How can this get any more awkward?"

"Uh, T? Cally's here." Thalia said, poking her head around the corner. "The others are with her, but -"

"Oh, joy." Terpischore said sarcastically. Turning to the others she said, "Excuse me, I need to talk with my sisters. The door to the stairs that lead to under the stage is on the left."

"About that, T. She's brought -"

"Yes, yes. I know." Terpischore interrupted as she walked off towards the lobby. "She told me that she was bringing her new boyfriend to the show."

"Yeah, but her boyfriend is -" Thalia called out, sighing as Terpischore walked out of ear shot. "I guess she'll see for herself..."

"Did you hear all those names?!" Roxie asked in shock, turning to Grant as the two hid up in the rafters. "You don't think those are..."

"Given everything else we ran into tonight, it wouldn't surprise me." Grant said as he watched the group of demon lords and their significant others walk towards the stairwell that led under the stage. Looking up, he glared at Hailey and Buddy. "What does surprise me, is that those two had demons right in front of them and did nothing. I mean, they're morons, but this is an entirely new level of stupid for Hailey!"

"Yeah. Same for Buddy!"

"Well, the show sounds like its about to start." Grant said as the orchestra began to tune up. "Let's take out that Devil before -"

"Ya'll break a leg out there, Darlin'!" Buddy said to Hailey as he gave the woman a kiss and walked off to the side of the stage.

"Hailey is gonna be the opening act?!" Roxie asked with a laugh, "Oh, this I have gotta see!"

"Yeah, me too." Grant said as he watched on with Roxie. "That idiot's gonna make a complete ass out of herself."

"Calliope! Girls!" Terpischore greeted her sisters as she entered the balcony. "And I see you brought -" her eyes widened in horror, "MOMOS?!?"

"Hello, T. Good to finally meet you." Momos said as he straightened his tie.

"Y-you're dating... Dating Momos?!" Terpischore stammered to her sister, gulping nervously. "T-The god of criticism?!"

"Well, if this salute to musical theatre is as perfect as you claim," Calliope said as the other sisters giggled, "then you wouldn't mind the top critic in the city being in the audience. Right?"

"... Not at all." Terpischore squeaked nervously as she sat down next to her other sisters. "Euterpe is in charge of the music, and Thalia and Melpomene are giving the directions while I'm here."

"Just so you know..." Momos said as he pulled out his laptop and placed it on his lap, "This review of mine can either make or break you."

"Oh, trust me. I know..."

"Hey... Since when is Gypsy Rose Lee buff?" Clio asked in confusion as the curtain opened.

Terpischore whimpered as she bit her lip, praying that things would go well as the audience chuckled at Hailey...

Until Hailey opened her mouth.

"Let me entertain you. Let me make you smile." Hailey sang as the entire audience went wide eyed at the muscular woman's angelic voice. "Let me do a few tricks, some old and then some new tricks; I'm very versatile..."

"... What..."

"... The..."

"... Fuck?" Both Roxie and Grant asked simultaneously, turning to each other in shock.

"Starting off big with this show, huh?" Levi said with a laugh as she looked up at the stage, shaking her head as Mammo and Bee set up the circle of the demon lord amulets.

"Crikey! I had no idea that sheila could sing like that." Ozzie commented.

"Smart and talented. That Buddy guy is one lucky son of a bitch." Lilith said with a laugh of her own.

"Um... 'Smart'?"

"Well, it all happened a few hours ago..."

"So, we just have to wait until this and eight more acts before we preform this ritual?" Kyle asked for clarification as he and Lucy sat in the dressing room.

"Yep." Lucy replied, not looking at Kyle as she tugged at her hair.

"Are you okay?" Kyle asked.

"Oh, I'm good. Really good! I mean, what's to be nervous about? I'm only losing my virginity on the first date, in front of a live studio audience, while expected to sing a song from a cult classic Eighties rock musical and be on the look out for Grant and Roxie. Nothing nerve racking there!"

"Hey." Kyle said as he held Lucy closely. "It's going to be okay. Hell, I'm nervous myself, too. Especially since -"

"You're afraid you won't last long?" Lucy asked, causing Kyle to blush hard and stare at her with wide eyes. "We went to The Fate sisters when we were trying to find out where Roxie and Grant took you, and one of them gave a little too much information."

"Oh..."

"Hey! Kyle, look at me." Lucy said as she held Kyle's chin and stared into his eyes. "I won't care if you only last two seconds inside me. Just as long as it's you who's inside me."

"But when my -"

"I'm not like that horrid, shallow bitch, Kyle." Lucy said, shaking her head as she gave Kyle a kiss on the lips. "I'm not going to dump you because of something you can't control."

"Thanks, Lucy..."

"And besides," Lucy said playfully, "you can still keep going until I get off and get my powers back. Then, when we get back to my place, you can make it up to me by making me orgasm as many times as you did."

"Whoa! This is getting hot as hell for a first date!" Kyle chuckled.

"Uh, duh. The Devil?"

Kyle and Lucy laughed as they sat back in the dressing room, waiting for the finale to come...

"An ecdysiast is one who, or that which," Hailey teased playfully as she slowly peeled her gloves off while finishing up the act, "sheds it's skin. In vulgar parlance, a stripper."

Sashaying over to the left side of the stage, Hailey gave a coy smile as she said, "But I'm not a stripper."

Turning her back to the audience, Hailey unzipped the dress before opening it wide and exclaiming, "At these prices?! I'm an ecdysiast!"

The audience went wild as Hailey quickly grabbed the side of the curtain and covered herself with it, letting the dress pool at her feet as she spun back around to face the crow and side stepped across the stage.

"And if you're real good, I'll make you feel good; I want your spirits to climb!" She belted as she seductively side stepped to the middle of the stage as the curtains closed. "Let me entertain you, and we'll have a real good time, yes, sir! We'll... Have..." As the curtains closed, Hailey popped out to a roaring crowd in a sequin thong and pasties as she belted, "A real good time!"

The crowd roared with applause as Hailey took a bow and bolted back through the curtain, a stunned Terpischore up in the balcony.

"She actually did it..." Terpischore whispered.

"Well, the first act is always the toughest to follow." Momos said smugly, yet impressed, as the audience began to calm down and another actress introduced the second act. "And the night is still young..."

"Wowee! Dang, Hailey!" Buddy exclaimed as he scooped up Hailey and twirled her around, the two laughing as they walked over to the back exit door. As Hailey grabbed a robe, Buddy asked, "How come ya'll never told anybody you sing like an angel?"

"Was I real that good?" Hailey asked with a blush.

"'Good'? Nuh uh!" Buddy said as the next act went on, an actress singing 'Bring On The Men'. "A little songbird sings good. A saloon gal sings good. You, Darlin', have a voice sweeter than mah Mama's homemade honey pineapple pie!"

"Aww, thanks." Hailey said bashfully. "Y'know, I... Actually wanted to be a singer growing up. But every talent show I signed up for told me I was awful at it."

"Ha! Them yahoos must have cotton in their ears if they actually think that!"

"Thanks, Hun." Hailey said as she gave Buddy a kiss. She then chuckled as she commented, "I just hope Lucy appreciates me doing that little strip show just so she can pull off this ritual. I might do it for you in private, but I ain't stripping down and singing in public for any friend!"

"Well, we'll make sure that that's the last thing she hears before we stuff and mount her, you no good traitors!"

Buddy and Hailey went wide eyed as they turned to see Grant and Roxie standing next to them, the former aiming his shotgun at them.

"Hey guys, whatcha doing here?" Roxie asked sarcastically. "Moonlighting for half-baked musicals? What's the title of this one: 'Betraying Humanity' or 'Singing & Dancing With The Devil in The Pale Moonlight'?"

"Pew! You guys reek!" Buddy coughed.

"Yeah, getting sprayed five times by four giant skunks will do that to you!" Grant spat, cocking his shotgun.

"Look, guys!" Hailey said as she held up her hands, "I know it sounds crazy, but we were wrong about The Devil. She's not a bad person when you get to know her!"

"The Devil is not a bad person? The Devil is not a bad -" Grant asked, completely dumbfounded. "I know you idiots hate using that fleshy thing inside your skulls, but have you gone completely nuts?! I mean, do you even hear yourself right now?!?"

"And even then, have you seriously forgotten what profession we're in?!" Roxie exclaimed. "We're demon hunters from The Organization!"

"Well maybe we don't wanna be a part of your organization anymore!" Buddy spat as he held on to Hailey.

"Yeah! And maybe we don't want to be demon hunters anymore!" Hailey added, putting her hands on her hips. "Ever think about that, Chumps?!"

"Well, if you two aren't with us, your against us!" Grant spat.

"Oh yeah, City Boy?!" Buddy growled, "If you two even think about touching either Lucy or Kyle, Ah'm gonna be on ya'll like ugly on an ape!"

"Buddy's right! The only way you two are getting anywhere near them is through us!"

Grant and Roxie blinked for a few seconds before Grant merely aimed his shotgun at them once more. "Fine by me! The Organization isn't going to care if two low ranking hunters disappeared. There more likely to question how Roxie and I ended up a couple than what happened to a woman who can't even tie her own shoes right or a country bumpkin. But first, what is this Ritual that The Devil tricked that guy into?"

"... Wait. Ya'll are a -" Buddy began, shaking his head before Grant pointed the gun at him. "Nevermind. First, we ain't talkin' on that! Second, Lucy never tricked nobody to do nothin'! Kyle wanted to do this on his own! We ain't lettin' you two go anywhere near their hides! And since even we know you two wouldn't stoop so low as to shoot someone in your way, there ain't nothin' you two can do to stop us!"

The back exit was thrown open as Buddy and Hailey, now clad in thier cotton briefs and thong and pasties respectfully, were tossed out onto the concrete before looking up at a smugly smirking Roxie; the skunked woman now dressed in Hailey's robe as Grant stood next to her dressed in Buddy's shirt.

"Oh, and just so we're clear, Grant and I aren't inviting enemies of the human race to our wedding." Roxie giggled before Grant threw Buddy's overalls at the fat farmer's head. "Byee!"

And with that, Roxie slammed the door shut as Hailey raced forward and pounded on the door in a mixture of anger and fear. "No! No! No! No!" Hailey yelled before groaning as Buddy handed her his overalls. "Great! What are we gonna do now...?"

"So, when do you think The Devil is gonna be on?" Grant asked.

"Only one way to find out." Roxie replied as they climbed into the rafters again, looking down as the actresses below finished up their rendition of 'Take Me as I Am', thus completing the third act as the audience loudly cheered. "And the second she does... It's curtains for her."

"Did you just make a pun?"

"I prefer to call it a quip, whatcha think?"

"Don't quit your day job, Sweetie." Grant teased playfully as he ruffled Roxie's hair.

"Oh, shut up." Roxie said with a laugh, playfully punching Grant in the arm before the two returned their attention to the stage.

"Well, just six more acts to go..." Lucy gulped nervously.

"It'll be fine." Kyle said, hugging Lucy. Looking around, he raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Where's Buddy and Hailey?"

"Well," Lucy said with a sly smile, "I think those two are probably finding a nice place to be alone to do their own ritual."

"Lucy has no idea what kind of danger she's in!" Hailey yelled as she and Buddy made it to the van, now dressed in Buddy's overalls. Looking around to see the shotgun shells were gone as well. "And Grant loaded that thing! There's no way Lucy is getting out of this alive!"

"Easy, Darlin'. We'll find a way to save 'em!" Buddy assured his girlfriend.

"How?!"

"May I be of service?"

Buddy and Hailey turned around and jumped to see a thin and curvy Norse woman with long black hair and green eyes dressed in a long green gown having appeared from out of nowhere.

"I do apologize for the scare..." The Woman said with mischievous grin, "It's just that you mortals are just too easy to frighten."

"Look, Lady!" Hailey snapped, "We don't have time for -"

"I know, I know." The Woman said, "The Devil and her new boy toy are in danger, and you need to save them from two other demon hunters. I actually have a small debt to pay to Lucy for helping my father keep the end of the world of the agenda after my brainless oaf of a blood brother and my daughter had a little argument. Heh. I swear, that girl can be nothing but an overgrown teenager sometimes! I mean, once I caught her making out with Apopsis, and -"

"Excuse me, I hate to interrupt story time, but... Who are you?" Hailey asked in confusion.

"Yeah, and how in tarnation can ya help us out?" Buddy asked.

"Oh, silly me. Sorry for rambling, I rarely get a chance to talk about my children." The Woman apologized as she held out her hand, "I'm Loki. And I have a plan to help you out and help Lucy continue her ritual."