Episode 19: Overlord Overload
The next day in the Hazbin Hotel Phoenix is sitting on the couch with Roy as she reads him. It's actually a very interesting book that both siblings don't look like they won't be stopping anytime soon. However, their quality time has been interrupted when they hear static sounds.
Followed by the voice of a radio, "Hello dear Amara, and her little brother, Roy. What are you doing on this fine day?
"Uh, reading a book to my brother," Amara says.
"It is rather interesting to see you reading a book to a young Imp. Considering that you have put on a destructive performance just yesterday," Alastor says.
"Uh yeah. I don't see the problem. I may be able to fight, but I don't go all crazy and get myself into fights," Amara calmly says.
"Well, it sure was a surprise that you had different personalities," Alastor says.
He then leans to the young Imp, "And how is this little brother of yours doing."
Amara hugs Roy and keeps him a short distance.
"Yeah. He's doing fine, but I still am not comfortable about you being close to him, especially to a child," Amara says.
Alastor laughs, "Ha ha ha! My dear, I'm not the type of demons to harm children! I may have killed in my living life, but I do not cause harm to children. That is, if the young boy behaves himself."
Amara shows a displeased expression. She then lifts the book up towards Alastor, and calmly smacks him on his forehead.
"If you do anything to my little brother, you'll regret it," Amara calmly says.
Alastor doesn't say a word and begins to make odd static noises.
He chuckles as he moves the book away, "My dear, if I want to do anything to that young boy…"
Then demonically says, "I would have done so already."
Then walks away, humming a tune.
"Radio Talk Show Shit Lord…" Amara mutters, irritated.
Roy asks, "Are you okay, sis?"
Amara sighs and says, "I'm okay. I'm just a little on edge with this guy."
Then mutters, "I just hope I don't have to deal with him any more than I have to."
A little time later, the entire I.M.P crew along with Stolas, Charlie and everyone else in the hotel are in the dining room simply relaxing before they have to leave. They plan on heading back to Imp City later today so they can go to work and such. Amara and Roy are with Charlie and Vaggie.
"So you'll have to go back to Imp City, soon?" Charlie asks.
"Yeah. We still got work to do and It would be nice to be back home after the little incident," Amara says.
"You sure you want to return home after what happened? I mean, it will appear that this Orpheus is after you and will do anything to capture you," Charlie says.
"Don't worry. I was able to escape before, and I was able to escape again," Amara says.
"Maybe…" Charlie says, concerned.
Confused, Amara asks, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing… it's nothing, but um, I need to talk… Niffty. Yeah. I do need to talk to Niffty about activities for the hotel," Charlie says.
"Okay," Amara says, confused.
Charlie then walks away and heads to Niffty who is at the other side of the room.
Amara turns to Vaggie, "Does she seem a bit… off to you?
Vaggie shrugs her shoulders in reply.
"She did seem nervous about something," Roy replies.
Just then, a familiar presence appears behind Amara. She turns around to see Alastor, the Radio Demon. Roy leans to Amara, looking nervous. Vaggie holds a scowl look on her face.
"Hello ladies and young lad. How are you doing?" Alastor replies.
"Doing fine, Alastor. And you?" Amara calmly relies.
"Why my dear, I am doing quite well myself. However, I do like to talk to you a little bit," Alastor says, and takes a seat next to Amara.
"What will that be?" Amara calmly asks.
"Well, about you of course. Seeing your display yesterday and to learn a bit more about you," Alastor says.
Vaggie whispers to Amara, "Whatever you do, do not tell him too much, and do not make a deal with this creep."
"I don't even plan on it," Amara whispers.
Amara then turns to Alastor, "And as for talking about myself, I think you already heard about myself. What else is there you want to know?"
"Hmm, well my dear. I'm still rather intrigued to see a demon like yourself with such skill and power to be associating with low class demons," Alastor says, holding a somewhat sinister look on his face.
He then leans towards Amara, making her feel uneasy. Vaggie prepares to stab him with her spear if she needs to while Roy is clutching on to Amara very tightly.
"As I said before, you have quite a unique skill and power. And from what I've been hearing, you also have a lot of talent. It makes me wonder why you associate yourself with Imps, and how you come to be raised by them in the Wrath Ring, " Alastor says, and a strange aura appears around him.
He then gently places his hand under Amara's chin and lifts it up for her to face him. That causes Amara's nervousness and anxiety to increase.
Then continues, "A young Owl demon raised by low class Imps in the Ring of Wrath, had a tragic loss of a family, while protecting the only sibling she had, she yet continues to grow, and face challenges. And when you moved, you still tried to be strong and become a performer, then work for a company that was started by Imps. And now has to be put in all kinds of danger and scars in your life. You are quite a Diamond in the Rough, and I'm sure you will be very entertaining. I still like you to show me what you can really do. Show me your power. Your potential…"
Soon, Amara reaches her limits. She pushes Alastor away by his chest with both her arms.
Then she moves her hand across her body as she screams, "LEAVE ME ALOOOOOOOONE!"
Then swift her arm to the other side as she creates a powerful wind that sends Alastor flying. In fact, that causes everyone to be knocked off their feet by the wind, and the tables and chairs to scatter. Soon, something zips out of the dining room and leaves through the lobby door of the hotel and slams it. When the wind stops, everyone is now on the floor, feeling dizzy, and the table, chairs, and other items in the room have been shattered, knocked down, scattered.
Husk lifts himself from behind the bar and asks, "What. The. FUCK. Was that? It felt like I was hit in a fuckin hurricane."
Charlie hurries to see Vaggie as she moves the table that is on top of her.
"Are you alright, Vaggie?" Charlie asks.
"I'm okay, but… wow. I didn't think Amara was this powerful," Vaggie says.
Blitz and Stolas help each other up as they have been knocked down.
Blitz turns to them and says, "No shit. She did the same things to those sinners who attacked her and Octavia. That girl always seems to get like this when she gets angry or upset."
"I guess it wouldn't be surprising, she is uh… well… special is all," Stolas says, sounding concerned.
"Special huh," Blitz says, narrowing his eyes.
Moxie helps Millie up and asks, "Are you alright, Millie?"
"I'm fine, Moxxie. I was a bit surprised," Millie says.
"Wowie! Talk about a whirlwind!" Nifty says, amazed.
Charlie looks around and asks, "Hey, where's Alastor?"
Husk points to the pile of tables and chairs, "Thinks that's him over there."
Charlie and Vaggie look to see the plle, as well as a familiar shoe that has a deer print on it.
Charlie walks over and asks, "Alastor. Are you okay?"
Alastor is able to push the table and chairs that have landed on him, stands up and dust himself.
"I'm quite alright my dear. However, our little birdie definitely has strong abilities. However, the action she performed on me was highly unnecessary," Alastor says, and despite the smile, he looks displeased.
Vaggie angrily says, "It's because you fuckin scared her to death! She couldn't help but react to it! Even if it wasn't a good way to go about it, I doubt she's okay with you being this close to her and talking like she's your latest entertainment!"
Stolas notices, "Speaking of Amara, where did she go?"
Everyone looks around to notice someone is missing, more like someones.
"Amara's gone!" Millie says, shocked.
Then Blitz says, "Roy's not here either."
Unknown to everyone, Amara has left the hotel as fast as she can with Roy held tightly in her arms. Alastor really frightened her that she actually attacked him with her wind powers. After knowing they're far from the hotel, she and Roy are walking down the street of Pentagram City.
Roy asks, "Amara, are you going to be okay?"
"I don't know. What Alastor did really scared me. It really freaked me out. I just can't believe I did that to the Radio Demon of all demons," Amara says.
She sighs and says, "There's no way Alastor is going to let this go."
"So what do we do now?" Roy asks.
"I don't feel comfortable going back to the hotel, so we can explore around a bit," Amara says.
Then holds on to the bag she has bought with Charlie and the others, "It's a good thing I brought this."
"Hey Amara, can we eat now? I'm hungry?" Roy asks.
"Sure. Let's go find a place to eat. Hopefully it's somewhere quiet," Amara says.
Not long, Amara and Roy are able to find a coffee shop and decide to eat there. There are many tables, but not that many demons or sinners there. There is a register that has pastry and sandwiches, and such on the counter along with two employees.
The two are at a small table and are having food and drinks. Amara has cappuccino and a glazed donut. Roy has some hot chocolate and a croissant. Amara is glad to have some peace and quiet, and to spend some quality time together.
Roy looks to see a small stage that has a stool, a microphone on a stand, and a special next to it, and lights shining from the catwalk.
"I wonder what's going on there?" Roy wonders.
"I'm not sure. Maybe they're doing a kind of show or something?" Amara says.
"You're half right," Someone answers.
The two siblings turn to see a black cat sinner dressed in a uniform for the coffee shop, and has black hair and green eyes.
"The stage is used for the employees to perform at most, but sometimes we allow the customers to do their own performance. Today is when the audience can climb on stage and perform. So far, no one seems interested today," The feline employee says.
"My sister is kind of a performer. She can sing, dance, play guitar, and perform magic. She even wrote some of her own songs," Roy says.
Then turns to his sister, "You want to have a go, sis?"
"Hmmm…" Amara thinks.
Then says, "I don't see why not."
Then turns to the employee, "Do you have a guitar here?"
"Yeah. I think we have a few in the closet close by. I'll ask the manager to see if you can use it," The employee says.
"Okay," Amara replies.
The feline employee leaves to go talk to the manager.
Amara turns to Roy and asks, "Uh Roy, are you sure about this?"
"Why not? You love to sing and play the guitar. I thought maybe it can help take your mind off of what happened," Roy says.
"Thanks Roy, maybe it's what I need," Amara replies.
Roy smiles and is glad to see his sister starting to smile after the little incident.
Somewhere in the city, the I.M.P crew, including Stolas, are in the company van trying to find the siblings.
Millie calls out, "Amara!"
"Roy!" Loona calls out.
"Amara! Roy! Where are you?!" Moxie calls out.
"Where the fuck could they have gone off to?!" Loona mutters to herself.
"I hope they're okay," Millie says, worried.
"Me too. It's all that fuckin Radio Demon's fault for scaring the shit out of her. Now we gotta find her and her brother," Blitz says, annoyed.
"I do hope they're alright. Pentagram City is a rather ruthless place," Stolas says.
"I'm sure they'll be fine as long as they don't draw too much attention to themselves," Blitz says.
Back at the coffee shop, the feline employee is able to get a wooden guitar and allows Amara to use it for her performance. Amara walks on the stage and sits on the stool as she puts the guitar at front. She adjusts the microphone and turns to the small audience in the shop. Roy happily waves his hand to see his sister. Amara can't help but wave back. Amara then places her hat down on the ground and begins to play the guitar, catching the sinners' attention. Soon, Amara begins to sing a song she has written a long time ago.
Amara:
It's all right, yeah
I'm walking right beside you
Hearing the music begins to catch the demons' attention, even some who are walking by and entering the coffee shop.
Amara:
I feel the way, feel the way that you do, too
Oh, I can't lie, sometimes
Some of the sinners begin to enter the shop and sit at their seats for the performance. There is one slim female doll demon who has big pigtails, brings out her hellphone and begins to record Amara's performance.
Amara:
Everything feels like it's just too much
But you gotta let it in, even if it's tough
Know it gets better, know it gets better
Push through the weather, weather
Amara continues to play, giving her heart out, and some of the memories of her life flows in her mind.
Then Amara strums her guitar to a louder tone.
Amara:
Let it ra-a-a-ain
Let it ra-a-a-ain
Don't be afraid of what's coming down
Sometimes it hurts, you'll figure it out
Let it ra-a-a-ain (ra-a-a-ain)
As she plays the music, more demons and sinners listen to Amara singing and playing her guitar.
Then begins to play it with a gentle tone.
Amara:
Let it rain, it's okay
There's beauty in the breakdown
There's sun behind those gray clouds
You know, I can't lie, it's all right
Amara then gets off the stool and walks towards the edge of the small stage.
Amara:
Everything feels like it's just too much
But you gotta let it in, even if it's tough
Know it gets better, know it gets better
We push through the weather, weather
Let it ra-a-a-ain
(There's beauty, there's beauty in the breakdown)
Let it ra-a-a-ain
Don't be afraid of what's coming down
Sometimes it hurts, you'll figure it out
Let it ra-a-a-ain
(There's beauty, there's beauty in the breakdown)
Let it rain, let it ra-a-a-ain…
Amara strums the last Melody from the guitar and comes to a stop. When she finishes playing, she notices everyone is staring at her. In a few seconds, everyone begins to clap and cheer for Amara's playing. Amara blushes a bit and smiles to see the demons like her music. They continue to clap, cheer, whistle, and some even shout 'encore.' Even Roy is clapping and cheering for his big sister, which makes Amara very happy. Amara stands up and bows her head and walks off the stage and onto the table where Roy is sitting.
"You were awesome sis," Roy happily says.
"Thanks Roy. That actually feels really good," Amara says.
"Wow. You're really good," A happy girl's voice answers.
The siblings turn their heads to see a slim female doll demon with slightly grey-brown skin. She has white irises and red sclera and seems to be wearing white clown eyeliner with burgundy eyeshadow. She also has velvet, maroon, and white hair tied into pigtails with black and white lace hair ties holding her hair up. The demon is wearing a black, velvet, and white tea-length dress with short puffed sleeves including various heart designs and velvet lace at the bottom, fingerless white and velvet striped evening gloves and black tights or stockings. Her shoes are velvet flats with white pom poms on the top.
"Uh… hello…" Amara says.
The demon happily shakes Amara's claws as she happily says as she talks kind of fast, "Hi I'm Velvet, you probably heard of me, it's very cool to meet you. I was walking by and heard you play your music, you're really good with the guitar and you have an amazing singing voice. Do you work here, because I think you can perform with a bigger audience. Of course this place does have its charm. So who's the little Imp he is so cute and adorable, I just want to hug him forever? Hey, do you have a Voxagram, Voxtube, Voxbook, or any social media, I would love to follow you and you can follow mine. By the way, I also recognize you from the news the other day, you were fighting Sir Pentious with Cherri Bomb and Angel Dust. Are you friends with Angel? I'm actually friends with his boss, Valentino, you might have heard of him. He runs the Porn Studios, I'm sure you probably watch some of the movies he makes. Still, I never met a demon born in the Wrath Ring before, it was also shown on the news when you talk to Angel and Cherri. Hey, how about you come with me to the studios to meet him and Vox. I'm sure you can do better than this place."
Then grabs Amara's wrist along with Roy's, "Well, let's get going! You know what they say, 'Time waits for no man, or no demon in this case.' Either way, let's go. Porn Studios we go!"
"Hold on a minute! Roy can't go to a Porn Studio. He's too young, and that place is so inappropriate for him. And me for that matter," Amara says.
"Oh, right," Velvet says.
She then looks around and notices the Lamia demon, and Velvet calls out, "Hey you!"
The Lamia demon, Amara recognizes her to be Suu slither over.
"Amara, what are you doing here?" Suu asks.
"Well, uh, it's a bit hard to explain," Amara answers.
But Velvet says, "Oh, you two know each other. Talk about good timing. Listen…"
"We need you to watch this cute little Imp here. This talented girl thinks it wouldn't be a good idea to bring him to the Porn Studio, so can you watch him for a little while," Velvet adds, and hands Roy to Suu.
Then Velvet happily says, "Thank a million. Just take the cutie somewhere fun if he gets bored. See you later."
Then Velvet zips away, taking Amara with her. Suu and Roy blink with confused expressions.
Suu turns to Roy, "So, you're Amara's brother?"
"Yes," Roy says.
"And I'm assuming you know Blitz, right?" Suu asks.
"Yep. Millie, Moxxie, Loona, and Stolas too. We're staying at the Hazbin Hotel," Roy says.
"You don't say," Suu says.
She turns her head around and gasps to see who is heading this way. She sees Blitz, and the others from I.M.P. To her surprise, Stolas, Princess, Charlie, and the others are with them
Blitz looks around, "Where the fuck can they be? We looked all over the place."
"They have to be here somewhere. I mean, how hard is it to find a teenage owl and a young western styled Imp," Loona replies.
Charlie says in concern, "I do hope they're okay. They haven't been here that long, and they could get lost."
"Well, if it wasn't for a certain Radio Talking Bastard, we wouldn't have to worry about it," Vaggie says, glaring at Alastor.
Alastor turns to Vaggie, and asks, "Who, moi?"
"Yeah you! It's your fuckin fault for scaring Amara off, and probably think it's best to get herself and Roy safe distance from you!" Blitz says.
"I don't see what the problem is. The young girl simply overreacted and used her powers. I must admit, she sure has immense power for a young demon. Probably have more power and abilities than a normal Hellborn," Alastor says.
Blitz mutters, "Creepy deer."
"Alright, let's calm down and not create any tension. We just need to find Amara and Roy before things get a bit troubling," Charlie says.
"How else can the situation get troubling?" Moxxie wonders, confused.
"Hey guys!" Someone calls out.
Everyone turns their heads to see Roy walking over to them with the Lamia demon, Suu.
"Roy! You're okay!" Moxxie says, a little surprised.
Vaggie asks, "But wait, where's Amara?"
Blitz walks over, "And how did you meet up with our previous client?"
"Hi Blitz, I know it's sudden, but I actually saw Amara and young Roy with Velvet at the Coffee shop close by," Suu says.
Haering the name, Moxxie says, feeling concerned, "Oh crumbs!"
"What in fuck was Amara doing with her?!" Blitz exclaims.
"I think it has something to do with Amara's performance. I saw her playing a guitar and singing on stage, she must have saw her on the stage. I admit, she plays the guitar well," Suu says.
"Well now we know where she is, we need to get there," Blitz says.
But Suu says, "Wait, Velvet and Amara already left, but I know where Velvet is taking her."
"Where?" Charlie asks.
"To meet Valentino and Vox, so you can guess where they're heading," Suu says.
Husk facepalms his forehead and says, "Shit, that means Velvet took that owl kid to the Porn Studios."
"Then we need to get there, fast," Charlie says.
Seeing the kind of danger Amara could be in, they decide to head to the porn studios.
Meanwhile, Velvet has already taken Amara to the front of the Porn Studios. Amara is really uncomfortable about being there.
The studio is a large building with approximately seven floors. It features the motif of a woman's parted lips between its signage, as well as three decorative pink 'X's across its center. Along with a large, neon decoration of an imp adult actress, who is holding a neon sign reading "hot girls" in a cursive font. Her tail curves around the building and points back at the Porn Studios header signage. On top of the building is a pole, with four string lights connecting the pole to the edges of the roof. The windows are tinted pink, and the build around the windows is a deep mahogany-pink.
"Okay, I'm starting to feel uneasy about being here," Amara says.
"Come on girl, we just got here. Besides, I'm sure Val and Vox will be happy to meet you," Velvet says.
Then drags Amara inside, feeling like she's going to pull her arm off.
Amara screams, "Where are you taking me?!"
"To meet Val and Vox of course. I'm sure you'll be happy to see them. And I'm sure they'll be happy to see you," Velvet happily says.
Velvet then zips to the elevator, presses the button on it, and it gives up the floors with the two girls in it. Amara feels dizzy from being dragged to the studio. Once the elevator goes up to a specific floor, Velvet then grabs Amara's wrist again and drags her down the hall at top speed. Then stops in front of a specific door, which is a large red door.
Velvet turns to Amara, "Now, you wait right here. And I'll see if Val and Vox aren't too busy to see you."
Then Velvet walks inside the office with a grin and closes the door.
Dizzy, Amara says, "Where does that girl get her energy from?"
"Amara?" A familiar voice says, confused.
Amara shakes her head and turns to see Angel Dust walking towards her.
"Angel? What are you doing here?" Amara says, confused.
"What am I doing here?! I should be asking you that?! I don't think this is really your thing?" Angel asks, confused.
Amara groaned with frustration, "It's not. You can thank the wacky doll demon chick with two different colored hair black, white, and red colored dress who practically dragged me here after I had a performance at a coffee shop and dumped my little brother to another demon who was actually a former client. She practically dragged me so long and hard I thought my arm was going to be pulled out."
Angel blinks with a confused expression and asks, "Uh, that chick was Velvet, wasn't it?"
"Yes. She wants me to meet your boss and Vox," Amara says.
Angel groans and says, "Oh god."
Then turns to Amara with a serious look, "We need to get you out of here! I know you can handle yourself, but you do not want to mix up with those two. Velvet, Vox, and my boss are Overlords, like Smiles, and well, you don't want to do anything to rub them the wrong way."
"I've already regretted getting dragged here by her," Amara says.
"Let's just get you out of here and you go back to the hotel before Velvet gets back," Angel says.
But it's too late, the doors open and Velvet happily comes out, "Hi again girl. I talked to my friends and they said that they like to see you."
Then turns to Amara, "Oh hi Angel, I see you've already seen your bird friend here."
"Yeah. I don't think I've been properly introduced, but my name is Amara and I'm afraid that I've got to get going," Amara says.
But Velvet grabs Amara's wrist, "Come one, I'm sure you have a lot of time on your claws. See you later Angel."
Then Velvet drags Amara into the office and closes the door.
Angel groans and picks out his hellphone, "I better call Charlie and let her know what's going on."
Angel then finds Charlie's number and begins to call her.
In the office, Amara's arm feels sore because it's been pulled and dragged by her.
Amara pulls her arm away, "Can you stop that?! Are you trying to pull my arm off?!"
"No, but how else am I supposed to get you in here?" Velvet says.
Amara says in her thoughts, "How about just asking before dragging me to a Porn Studio and making me leave my brother at a coffee shop with a previous client?"
Velvet turns away from Amara and happily waves as she calls out, "Hi Vox. Val. I brought someone over."
Amara turns her head to see two demons sitting on a large couch. There is a male slim, technology-themed demon maybe a little shorter than Angel Dust. He wears a striped tuxedo, a black and red striped shirt, a red bow tie, a whiteish blue undershirt, and a black top hat with a red broadcast symbol, a blue radio wave, and his antennas out of it. He has a flat screen TV for a head, his eyes are red with light blue pupils, his left eye has a jagged pupil, he has light blue teeth and has what appears to be blood flowing from the left side of his mouth.
The other is also male, but is also a slender moth demon with muted blue skin, hot pink eyes, a mouth full of sharp hot pink teeth with one gold tooth similar to Angel Dust, and like a few feet taller than the TV demon. He has black hands that slightly go lighter at the tips and the wrists, black and white striped fur-lined red coat with his own creamy white fur making up the 'collar' with hearts implanted in it, and plain white fur cuffs, and has zebra print beneath. He also wears a matching top hat, with two antennae, the left having a feather with a zebra print and the right looking damaged, while his eyes are covered by pink and gold heart sunglasses, and he sports long black boots with stiletto heels. He is also holding a cigarette in his hand that has red smoke seeping out of it.
Amara is used to being around demons and meeting sinner clients, but these two are on a different level, and the atmosphere is making her feel on edge. Deep down, she wants to get out of here as soon as possible. Sadly, Velvet's friends notice her.
"Hello Velvet, I see you brought your little friend here. Quite a pretty little bird, isn't she?" The moth demon says.
Hearing his statement sends shivers down Amara's spine.
"Come on Amara, let's go introduce you to the others," Velvet says.
Once again, she grabs Amara's wrist and drags her to the couch and the girls sits down. Velvet is sitting next to the Tv demon, Amara; however, she's unlucky enough to sit close to the tall moth demon. She's picking up very bad vibes from him.
Velvet happily says, "Amara, these are friends. The TV demon is Vox and the tall moth demon is Valentino and wonders of this building."
"Uh it's nice, nice to meet you. My name is Amara…" Amara says, trying to remain calm, and concerned about giving them more information that she likes to share.
"A pleasure," The TV demon, Vox says.
"Charmed," The moth demon, Valentino says.
"Uh yeah…" Amara says, feeling skeptical.
Velvet says, "Aw don't be shy, Amara. You should tell us about yourself. They probably know a bit about you since I posted the video I recorded of your performance on Voxagram."
"You what?!" Amara exclaims in shock.
Then turns to Velvet, "Velvet, this isn't something you do on your own?"
"Oh, the video already has likes already and good comments, ain't that worth something," Velvet says with a grin.
Amara groans and mutters, "This chick is too much."
"Yeah. Velvet can be a bit much from time to time," Vox says.
"A bit. Even Millie wasn't this hyper and well, crazy," Amara says, in thought.
"Am not!" Velvet whines.
"Yes You are. You always act like a child. I wouldn't be surprised that you've dragged this kid all the way here," Vox sternly says.
"Come on Voxxy, she sang so great and she played the guitar so well. I thought it would be great to bring her here to check her out," Velvet says.
"Like you've done with your other lame obsessions," Vox says, rolling his eyes.
"I'm just about ready to simply get up and leave before my brain splits open," Amara says in thought.
Suddenly, she feels a hand under her chin, making her turn her head and chin lift up to see Valentino with a grin on his face, and the glowing pink eyes behind the sunglasses.
"Um, what are you doing?" Amara asks, feeling alerted.
"No need to feel nervous, I just want to have a look at you," Valentino says.
He then uses one of his four arms to remove Amara's hat and places it on the table. Seeing her face, Valentino looks at her carefully, and simply grins as he wraps his lower arm around Amara's waist and his other hand to grab her wrist.
"Hmm, you're quite a pretty little birdie," Valentino says.
He lets go of Amara's chin, allowing her to move back again, but unable to do so. Val then takes a drag of his cigarette and then blows red smoke at Amara's face. Amara begins coughing as she covers her mouth with her free hand.
"Now then, how about you tell me a little bit about yourself," Val says.
Amara coughs the smoke that seems to have gone in her mouth. The smoke smells sweet and yet, it also seems to smell odd.
"Well, I uh, well, I actually worked for I.M.P. I'm not sure if you… ever heard of it…" Amara says and continues coughing out the smoke.
Velvet says, "I heard about it. I saw that you managed to get access to the surface. That is so cool."
"Um yeah. It's kind of cool," Amara says.
"Hmm, so then your Imp boss manages to get the book from Prince Stolas, huh," Val says, and has his amm wrapped around Amara's waist and places his hand on her hip.
Then asks, "I'm curious on how he managed to get that book of his."
Amara feels shivers through her spine as he feels Val has his hand gently move down her side.
Amara grits her beak and says in her thought, "Endure it, Amara! Endure it! You've met with sinners before and this one is no different! You've had to deal with so many demons at your work, you can handle it!"
Amara tries to remain calm and says, "Uh yeah. I'm afraid I'm not able to tell you. I feel that well, this isn't something I can spread around."
"Aw, come on little bird," Val says.
Then places his hand on Amara's cheek and has her facing him, You don't have to keep your little negotiation a secret, especially from me."
Soon, Amara expresses her rage in her thoughts, "If this guy wasn't an overlord and Angel Dust's boss, I swear I'm going to kill this creep!"
Outside of the Porn Studios, the Hazbin Hotel crew and the I.M.P employees are outside of the studios.
"This is where Amara is," Millie asks.
"Yeah. Angel even called me and said he saw her before Velvet dragged her away," Charlie says.
"Shit. How are we supposed to get Amara out of there? She's probably with Valentino and Vox by now," Blitz says.
"Well, we could just simply ask them to let Amara go and we don't have trouble," Charlie says.
"No way in hell they'll agree to it," Husk says.
Blitz then brings out his megaphone, "We can always do this the hard way."
But Moxxie takes the megaphone, "How about we don't do something that will draw too much attention to us?"
"This could get us killed if Valentino sends his security after us," Suu says, worried.
"Well we can't just leave Amara in that place," Blitz says.
Just then, Stolas steps forward with a serious expression on his face, "Do not worry, I'll go fetch her."
The group turns to see Stolas walking towards the studio.
"Uh Stolas, are you sure about this? Charlie asks.
"Everything will be fine, Charlie. No need to fret," Stolas says, sounding very serious.
Then walks to the Studio without turning his head around.
Vaggie turns to Charlie and asks, "Stolas seems very serious about this Charlie, so I think it will be best to leave it to him."
"I have to agree," Charlie says.
Back in the studio, Amara doesn't know what to do. She feels that her world is spinning, and the red smoke Val has blown at her face isn't making it easy for her. Amara knows that she needs to get out of here before those three do something she doesn't even want to think about.
Amars sighs and says, "Listen, I… I think I better get going. I'm… I'm sure my colleague is working where I am and I really need to pick up my younger brother." Then stands up from the seat, leaving Valentino's hold on her.
"It's been nice having this little chat…" Amara says, beginning to step back.
But Val then grabs Amara's arm with his lower arms and pulls her close to him. He then places his upper hand on Amara's back.
Vox grins and says, "Sorry kid, but it looks like you won't be leaving anytime soon."
"Yeah. And I'm sure Val won't let you leave until he gets an answer. Plus, we're curious about you working with a group of Imps," Velvet says.
Amara then begins to struggle to break out of Valentino's grip, but it's surprisingly tight for her to release. Val then drags his cigarette and blows more red smoke at Amara's face.
"Try not to struggle, little bird. You wouldn't want to have that face of yours bruised," Valentino says.
Amara continues coughing as her vision becomes hazy, and feels like she's feeling dazed. Suddenly, the red smoke wraps itself around Amara's neck and seems to form a hand and the finger lifts Amara's head up to face Valentino.
"Now then, maybe you can tell me a bit more about this little 'business' you're working at, especially about that little book of yours," Val says, and slides his finger on Amara's back.
Amara begins blushing and feels uncomfortable, but also feels a bit at ease.
Amara reluctantly answers, "I uh, I'm afraid I can't give you all that information. I… I really need to get going."
"Hmm, you sure are quite stubborn, but I know how to get an answer, whether you want to or not," Valentino says.
Amara continues to struggle as she softly says, "Stop. Please stop."
Valentino then leans his head towards the left side of Amara's head, "Stop, I haven't even started yet."
Val then opens his mouth a little as Amara feels the hot breath. Then shivers to feel his west tongue close to her neck. To her, it is a terrible reminder of Mirage being this close to her before biting her neck.
"Stop. Please stop," Amara says, feeling petrified.
She soon regains her strength and screams, "No! Stop!" And pushes Valentino away from her as she drops to the ground.
Amara sits up and touches the side where Valentino is leaning to. The three demons become stunned to see Amara react like this. Amara's body is shaking as she clutches the left side of her neck. The terrible memories of Mirage biting her neck, struggling aa she panics for him to stop.
Confused, Velvet asks, "What the fuck was that about?"
"Hmm, I'm not sure, but I might know how to fix it," Valentino says.
Valentino then blows more smoke and it travels down to Amara and feels like it's coiling around her. Amara coughs when it goes at her face, but ends up inhaling it. Soon, Amara stops shaking and feels rather at ease, but still shows anxiety.
In her mind, Amara says, "I… I can't move. I'm feeling dizzy. I… I need to get away, but why can I move? I feel like I'm going to collapse. I want to get out of this place! I want to get back to my apartment and my work! Blitz! Millie! Moxxie! Loona! Stolas! ROY!"
Valentino then picks up Amara in a bridal style. Then places her on the couch.
Her voice screams out in her thought, "Somebody help me!"
"There we go. Now then, how about we continue our little conversation," Valentino says.
Before he can ask, he and his college suddenly hear the knock on the door.
"Who could that be?" Velvet wonders.
"Let's find out," Valentino says.
He walks over to the door and opens it to see Stolas.
"Well well, if it isn't the Great Prince himself. Very rare for you to decide visiting here. What brings you to Pentagram City?" Valentino says with a smirk on his face.
Stolas crosses his arms and firmly says, "Sadly however, I'm here on official business, where is she?"
"Who?" Valentino questions.
"A young owl girl around seventeen years old with white feathers and has a brown hat. I was told that she was with you," Stolas firmly says.
"Ah, you must mean our little guest," Valentino says, and turns to see Amara sitting on the couch.
Then says, "The little bird had a long day, and will have some rest."
Stolas walks inside the office and to where Amara is sitting and almost like she's asleep. Stolas looks at her and she seems fine, but can sense some fear.
Stolas turns to Valentino, "Did you do anything to her?"
"Nothing too effective. We were having a little conversation about her work place. The one you've allowed to have that book of yours," Valentino says.
Stolas sternly says, "What I do with them is not any of your business. Now if you will excuse me," He then picks up Amara and holds her in his arms, "It's time to get Amara back home now." He then walks towards the door, not paying any mind to the moth and his friends.
"Of course, but I do hope she will stop by sometime too. I love to continue with our conversation. Hope to see you some the next time you're in the city," Valentino says with a smirk on his face.
"We shall see," Stolas says, and leaves the office and Valentino closes the door behind him.
Stolas groans in frustration and mutters, "I'd soon be eating my own tailfeather than having myself and my little Star Ruby associate with a pest like him." and walks away.
He soon has a groan and looks down to see Amara looking at him.
"St-Stolas?" Amara says, confused.
"Yes Amara, do not worry, you're okay now," Stolas says.
Suddenly, Amara wraps her arms around Stolas' neck and places her hand on his shoulder. She is shaking a bit and it's clear that her experience isn't a good one.
Stolas then rubs her back and gently says, "It's okay. You're safe now. There… I think it's time we leave here."
Sometime later, after getting everyone back to the hotel and Amara has regained consciousness, the I.M.P Crew along with Stolas are ready to head back to Imp City. After saying their goodbyes and the crew are in the van, Blitz then drives the car away from the hotel and heads back to Imp City. Stolas is sitting at the back with Amara and Roy. From the long day, they're both fast asleep by now. Stolas smiles and rubs her head gently, relaxing her.
He then softly says, "Sleep well, my little Star Ruby, you've been through so much already. I'll do what I can to make sure you're safe."
Stolas then closes his eyes and soon falls asleep as well.
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