"Ah, I hadn't realized they were engaged," Luna said.

"Oh, they aren't," said Zip.  "Like I said, nothing official.  Why?  Got your eye on one of 'em?"

"Oh, sorry, um, it's how the cult raised me," Luna said. "Hiding all the darkness by making it Colt called 'a fifties sitcom'."

"Ah," said the dog.  "Well, you might be able to change things up around here.  It ought to be interesting, either way..."

"So, um, I'm sorry if this is an awkward question, but can I pet you?" Luna asked.

Zip stared at her for a long moment.

"...fine," he sighed.  "But be sure to get behind the ears."

Luna did as she was told.

He clearly enjoyed this a great deal, and showed no sign whatsoever of any willingness to stop being petted.

Luna kept petting him.

"How did you get the superspeed and ability to speak?"

"Crazy villain was trying an experiment to transfer animal powers into his kid," Zip said.  "I feel bad for that poor kid.  And most of the animals.  I guess he misswired the whole thing."

"Ah. That is certainly more normal," Luna said.

"More normal than what?" said Zip, leaning hard into the scratching.

"Than me. Being the daughter of a demon lord," Luna said.

"I always knew something was up with those fifties sitcoms," said Zip.  "But seriously, I bet most people would say you were more normal than me.  Don't sweat it."

"Thank you, but I haven't really interacted with anyone outside the cult," Luna said. "Until you all saved me."

"Might want to get out more," he said, but there was suddenly an alarm sounding!

"What is that?" Luna asked.

"It means something big is going down," said Zip.  "Something dangerous.  We're all getting called out for it."

He went to a monitor-- it showed laser blasts shooting down from the sky!  That was bad enough, but they'd hit some buildings in an industrial park, and something was emerging from them-- four giant, shifting creations of strange chemicals that were rampaging, destroying buildings as they went!

"Oh no! We'd better go help!" Luna said.

"That's the plan," said Zip.  "Do you have transportation?"

"I can fly and teleport," Luna said.

"And can you find that place?" Zip asked.

"I'm sure I can," Luna said. "I'll see you there."

She stepped into a dark corner and teleported there.

Back at the clubhouse, Flare continued to attempt to drag Colt and Luna towards the showers, unconcerned with the details of the situation.  Perhaps fortunately, with two hands dragging them, she wasn't able to strip as yet.

"I-I can't do this!" Luna said, struggling now.