Neither men moved from their positions, their silence speaking volumes. Time could've stopped in this moment with how still the air was, a thick tension filling the area.

For once in his life, Vox was rendered speechless. All his memories that had been accidentally removed had been returned to him. Not only that, but Alastor was right there in an angelified state just like him. All the things he had done not only as himself, but as Vincent had come flooding back to him.

"Vox...is that really you?" Al asked, still unable to believe his eyes.

He nodded,"The one and only. Looks like my hunch that my memories would get restored after the blast was correct. Though I didn't expect the screen to return. Can't say I missed this part of me too much..." He touched his face, still not used to having a flat screen again.

Vox slowly regained his footing and approached Alastor, looking him up and down. All the deer aesthetics had been removed and to be frank, Vox had kind of forgotten that Alastor used to be human like he had been and only after all the black and red aesthetics had been removed did he really see that. Without all the glamour and deer features, Alastor looked no different than the average person on the street.

"You know, you don't really look like Bambi anymore, do you, Al?"

"I suppose I don't…" Al admitted, rubbing the back of his head awkwardly. His current aesthetic had made his clothes look rather out of place and he couldn't help but feel rather embarrassed over his new appearance.

"Need a hand?"

"Err...sure…" He took his hand and stood up, still looking at Vox in disbelief,"I can't believe it's really you…"

"Neither can I honestly…" Vox paused when he heard someone running towards them,"Huh? You hear that? What's that noise? GRAH!"

The next thing Vox knew, Vol was hugging him tightly and refused to let go. Vox blanked before looking down and saying,"Uh...hey there, Vol. It's been a long time since we've seen each other like this...Did ya miss me, kid? Kid?" Vox then noticed Vol was clinging to his chest and mumbling something,"Hey, Vol? Did you hear me?"

Vol then looked up at him before asking,"So you're really back huh, Vox? You remember everything, right?"

Vox nodded,"Yeah. It's all back…"

"Good, good…" Vol said softly,"In that case, I just want you and All to know something real quick…"

"Uh, what is it?" Al asked.

"Oh nothing, I just want to make myself clear," He replied before grabbing by the collars,"Do not EVER pull that shit again, understand?"

Vox stared at him,"Don't pull what? What are you talking about?"

"You know what I mean. You two ALWAYS, no matter which timeline it is, seek me out and put yourselves in danger for my sake. I understand you two REALLY love me and all, but I'd appreciate it if YOU STOPPED DOING THAT."

"But Vol, we just wanted to hel-"

"I know, I'm well aware of this. It's just every time you help me, someone gets hurt, or even 'better'! Someone DIES! I'm just sick and tired of people constantly throwing themselves into danger for me over and over again!"

"Vol, calm down, it's not like we got hurt. We just had a little shift in appearance!" Al assured, sweat dripping down his face.

"It doesn't matter, you just got lucky it didn't backfire on you two. Who's to say that it won't happen again? Because every time it looks like things have cooled down, BAM! Something bad happens and we're back to this downward spiral of events! I'm just sick of people I care about getting hurt because of me and I don't want you two trying this shit again or else you won't like what happens!"

Vox put his hands up and comforted him,"Hey hey, there's no need to get upset, Vol. I get it, you're still traumatized and I'm certain Al and I jumping into a beam of light triggered your fear of losing us. But don't worry, we're not dying anytime soon. Trust me, this is our last rodeo for a while, nothing bad is gonna happen anymore. I promise Vol, Al and I aren't going anywhere…"

"Yeah, we're not going away anytime soon, Vol. We're going to be here for you and nothing, not even forces from Heaven and Hell will stop us…"

"You better. I'm sick and tired of people dying for me, it got old and I don't want to lose anyone ever again…"

He was trying to sound threatening towards them but neither Al or Vox found themselves fearing him. Not only was Vol visibly worn out, but he was emotionally tired as well and they didn't want to put him through any more trauma than he already had. His eyes were heavy and his tone was barely above a whisper, clinging to them as if they were the only things keeping him from falling over right then and there.

"Vox?" Velvet called out,"Are you-"

"Yeah, I'm back. For real this time. No missing memories or anything," He answered as he held Vol close to his chest,"Everything is back to normal. For the most part anyway…"

"About fucking time," She heaved,"I'm so sick of this neverending conflict shit! At the very least things are finally cooling down now that Micheal isn't possessed anymore. Maybe we'll actually catch a break this time…"

"Ha!" Al chuckled,"Us catching breaks! What a comical idea! Comical as it is preposterous might I add!"

Velvet narrowed her eyes,"You know, I'd expect being an angel to change you a bit honestly...You don't seem too different despite the change in appearance…"

"Gabriel may have taken away my demon form but they cannot take away my sense of humor so easily! I doubt even someone as strong as they are can rob something like that away from me…"

Just then, Gabriel approached them, staggering onward with a slight limp, clutching the center of their chest as dried blood weighed on their outfit. They stared at Lucifer and asked,"Did I do it? Is the darkness gone?"

"Yeah, Asmodeus is gone this time. He's not coming back to bother us he's definitely caused a lot of damage to Micheal's mind. Hopefully it's nothing too irreparable. Though we'll only know when he wakes up…"

They then knelt down and and caressed Micheal's cheek gently."He looks so peacefully doesn't he?"

"Mhm…"

Vol peered over their shoulder, tensing when he noticed Micheal moving,"Too bad he's about to wake up. Probably won't be so peaceful once he comes around..."

Everyone braced themselves for the worst when Micheal's eyes peaked open, his eyes having since returned to their natural black color, the gold haze that once corrupted his eyes had vanished from sight.``Uh….W-What? Where am I? What happened to me?"

"Welcome back, Micheal. Can't believe I'm saying this but I've never been more relieved to see you again in your natural state…"

"What? What are you talking about? Why do I feel so awful? It's like I've been hit with a truck…"

"Oh you can thank Gabriel for that, they blasted you in order to cleanse your soul. Asmodeus kind of fucked with your mind and you tried to take over Heaven and planned on taking over the other realms. Do you remember doing any of that?"

Micheal paused before it all came flooding back to him, eyes widening as he recalled certain events.``Oh...Oh god…Gabriel, Lucifer, I'm so sorry. I attacked you two...and in your case, Gabriel, I stabbed you right in the chest…"

"It's alright, it's healed.." They winced in pain,"Mostly anyway. It'll heal on its own…"

Micheal saw Vol and immediately became hostile,"You! Why I oughta slaughter you for what you did! How dare you stand there and pretend to look innocent after you pulled! You deserve nothing but death for what you did!"

"What the fuck is he talking about?" Velvet asked,"Vol, what'd you do!?"

"Uh...well you see, I may or may not have intentionally shot his not-official girlfriend/wife…"

Everyone just stared at him in disbelief, even Lucifer was in shock,"You did WHAT!? Why would you shoot her!? Ada wasn't a threat! Why would you shoot her on purpose?"

"I swear, there was a good reason for this."

"Like!?" Vox asked,"Seriously Vol, you better have a good excuse for this because this is pretty hard to defend!"

"Yes, do say it because I have the feeling the moment Micheal recovers he's going to have a bone to pick with you," Al urged,"And I doubt we'll be able to save you if he does try…"

"Well first of all, Ada gave me permission to do that. I know it may sound hard to believe, but she had the feeling that Lucifer and Gabriel wouldn't be able to handle Micheal and that he'd break through Heaven's gates so to prevent that, she told me to shoot her so that Micheal would direct his ire at me. As you can tell, this plan worked a bit too well as we had underestimated just how angry Micheal would get…"

"You've got to be kidding!" Micheal hissed, gathering the strength to stand up on his own, ignoring Gabriel and Lucifer's attempts to help support him,"This sounds like some convenient coverup for your actions! Are you trying to weasel your way out by making up a story about how Ada WANTED you to shoot her? Because it's not working! I know your game and I'm not falling for it!"

"I swear, that's how it happened!"

"Lies!" He shot back, getting in Vol's face,"You've got some nerve to try and play this off in such a manner! If only I wasn't so exhausted, else I'd throttle you where you stand for lying to my face!"

"But he's not lying," Ada said from behind, causing everyone to freeze up,"I did give him permission to shoot me…"

"Ada?" Micheal's voice became raspy,"Y-You're alive!"

She rolled her eyes,"Obviously I'm alive. I wouldn't be standing here if I wasn't-Ack!" She was suddenly taken off guard when Micheal embraced her, carrying her up in the air and spinning her around with energy that nobody knew he still possessed."AAAAHHHH!"

"Ada, my love! I can't believe it! You're actually alive! I've missed you so much! I swear it felt so awful without you, it was like a part of me had died when you perished. I'm so glad that you're still with us!"

She weakly smiled,"Micheal, I appreciate the sentiments but don't you think you're overreacting just a bit? You thought I was dead for less than thirty minutes…"

Literally. It wasn't even thirty whole minutes and Micheal was acting like she had been dead for over a century.

"Overreacting? Ada, I thought you DIED! That your soul stopped existing forever! That I'd never be able to hold you again, to be by your side. But now that I know it's not true, I feel at peace…" He then paused, noticing something on Ada's hand,"Ada, what's that mark on your hand? I don't believe that was there before ..."

She tensed,"Oh this? This was the symbol that I carved into my hand for the ritual."

"The what now?"

"How do you think I made myself look like I got shot? Vol and I used the Grimoire that you dropped on the ground to cast an illusion spell so that it looked like I got hit by the bullet Vol had when in actuality it was just a puppet. It was surprisingly simple, only real pain was getting the blood to create a clone of me but other than that it wasn't too costly compared to the other spells…"

"So in other words, you faked your death to piss Micheal off so that he'd try killing Vol instead of invading Heaven, therefore giving us the chance we needed to come up with a plan to free him?"

"Pretty much."

"Damn, that's the most convoluted shit I've ever heard," Lucifer admitted,"But still smart at the same time. Gotta hand it to you there, if you hadn't pulled that stunt back there it's likely Micheal would've broken through Heaven's barrier and did who knows what else in his fucked up state. That intelligence of yours reminds me precisely why I hired you in the first place because you faking your death is the only reason Micheal didn't invade Heaven and fuck everything up for everyone. You two gave us the opening we needed to put down the threat, thanks for that one, both of you." Lucifer then placed a hand on Vol's shoulder,"Nice work, fusion. You saved us all…"

Vol blinked, visibly taken off guard by the display of gratitude. Considering it was Lucifer thanking him, it did make him somewhat uncomfortable despite it being a different version of him.'Oh god the literal Devil is thanking me...At least he's being genuine I think and he doesn't want me dead so I'll take it…'

"Wait a minute, where's Samuel?" Micheal asked in panic,"Where is he!? Did you two put him somewhere?"

"I have him," Lilith said, making her presence known as she carried Samuel in her arms.

"When did you get here?" Lucifer asked,"Didn't I tell you to stay home? You haven't fully recovered yet!"

"Do you think that's going to stop me from getting my child back? Thankfully he was already with Ada the whole time so I took him off her hands. Good thing the situation was already resolved by the time I got here, otherwise it'd get a bit ugly…"

"Can I hold him?" Micheal asked weakly, stretching his arms in an attempt to grab his son.

Lilith looked apprehensive, clutching her son to her chest protectively.

"Lilith, come on. There's no need to be so protective. Micheal isn't going to hurt him. He's not possessed anymore and even when he was, he didn't hurt him."

"Yes, but I still want to hold my child closely, especially after this whole incident occurred…"

"Lilith-"

"It's fine, brother. I understand her apprehension towards me. I can't really blame her honestly…" He admitted, looking downwards,"I can't blame anyone for not trusting me after this. I'm just a monster. I should've fought back harder and yet I wasn't able to see I was being controlled until it was too late.."

"Hey, it wasn't really your fault, there was no way you could've predicted that asshole trying to take over your body. He fucked with your mind, we all know you would've never done this shit if you weren't possessed. It hardly matters anyway, everyone here has done something fucked up before, nobody is going to judge you for getting mind-fucked," Lucifer stated, though this did little to put Micheal at ease.

"So...what now?" Micheal asked,"I doubt I'm going back to Heaven anytime soon after this...Guess I'll just be here for the rest of my life with no real purpose…"

"Actually, brother, if you're willing we could rule Hell together like I suggested earlier. The offer is still on the table," He held out his hand,"If you join me, we can rule together as a family, all of us will be together and be recognized as forces to not be reckoned with. What do you say, brother?"

Micheal looked at Lucifer's hand hesitantly, he wasn't too keen on ruling Hell but it wasn't like he had much of a future at this rate. He figured any hope of ruling Heaven was out of the question and Lucifer was offering him a position of power and one where they had equal standing. He'd be foolish not to take it…

Micheal reached out, preparing to accept Lucifer's hand until Gabriel intervened,"No. That's not happening."

"What?" Lucifer asked,"You can't just make a decision for Micheal, Gabriel. If Micheal wants to rule alongside me then it's a mutual agreement. Let Micheal be an adult and make his own decision."

"I'm sorry, but I cannot stand here while you try to corrupt Micheal! You may think you're slick, but I know your game brother, always tempting those to your side when they're vulnerable. Do you think you can fool me into thinking you're not taking advantage of Micheal?" They hissed.

"I'm hardly taking advantage of him, I'm just offering a chance of prosperity in his time of need. It's not Micheal has anywhere else to go and I doubt you're going to let him rule Heaven after this so why interfere?"

"Because I'm looking out for his well-being! I know what you're trying to do, Lucifer! Your silver tongue may work on some people but it doesn't work on me! You're just trying to tempt Micheal over to your side so you can have another powerful ally on your side. You were always bitter Micheal didn't choose to side with you during the Fall and now you're trying to get him to your side while he's weak!"

Lucifer scoffed,"Even if I was, what the hell is the problem with that? Micheal's already proven himself to be able to handle my affairs, there's no harm in allowing him to rule alongside me. At least I'm giving him something he wants and at the end of the day, it's Micheal's choice where he wants to go. You cannot make him choose. And if you truly care about Micheal, why don't you ask him his opinion on the matter?"

"Micheal," They started,"Please don't tell me you're actually considering this. You know what Lucifer wants out of you. His intentions are clear, you'd have to be a fool to not know what he's planning…"

"And?" Micheal inquired,"What about it?"

"What do you mean, what about it!? You can't seriously think joining Lucifer is a good idea! You know what he's after!"

"I know, but still, what about it? What reason would I have to stay in Heaven? I have loved ones who are in Hell and since I won't be able to rule up there, I'll at least be able to do so down here. This Kingdom is a far cry from perfect but it's at least something I can rule..."

"Micheal...no..You can't do this…" Gabriel pulled on his sleeve,"You can't just leave us like he did! We need you up there!"

"Do you? I mean, you seemed like you guys were handling things up there without me. It's not like my absence would kill anyone…"

"From the inside it would…Please Micheal, if you leave...it'll be disastrous. We'll never recover. It's already bad enough Lucifer fell, we won't be able to handle it if you side with him. We love you and we made a terrible mistake leaving you here, don't do this to us…"

Micheal narrowed his eyes,"If I return to Heaven, it'll be on my terms. Whether you and the others agree is up to you but if I'm not satisfied, I suppose I'll let Lucifer accommodate me into the royal hierarchy…"

"What do you want?" They asked.

"I want to rule Heaven again, as well as having my son be able to accompany me in the process…"

"That can be arranged...Is that all?"

"No, because I want Ada to come with me to Heaven…"

"What? But she's a demon, she can't come into Heaven! Demons aren't allowed to be in Heaven, you know that!"

"Then no deal. I won't go back to Heaven if my demands aren't met. Which is fine, I can just start over in Hell. I'm certain Lucifer will accommodate me for my needs…"

Gabriel tensed,"Wait! Let's not be too hasty about this...surely we can talk about this, right?"

"I made my terms clear, if those demands aren't met I shall live out the rest of eternity in Hell to serve alongside Lucifer as a family…"

They flinched before sighing,"Fine. Have it your way. Your demon girlfriend can come if she desires to…"

"Ada? Do you wish to accompany me to Heaven? Because I'll gladly stay with you in Hell if that's what you want…"

She froze up, she didn't have any real desire to leave Hell but she knew depriving Micheal from going to Heaven would just cause unnecessary tensions."I wouldn't mind going, though I'm sort of bound to the contract your brother has so I'm not certain if I'd be able to go…"

"Brother, can you release Ada from her contract?"

"I can, though are you certain you wish to take her to Heaven? I know for a fact she prefers it down here…"

"I know, but Gabriel wants me back as much as possible and if she's willing to come, I'd rather not have anything coming between us in that case…"

"Are you certain you wish to do that? It'd be easier just to stay in Hell and live here…"

"Tempting, but Gabriel is rather adamant about me returning to Heaven and I'd rather not upset them any further. As generous as your offer is, I don't want to risk making things worse in Heaven than they already are…"

"Suit yourself, I am a bit disappointed you wouldn't join me but I guess Gabriel's whining did work out in their favor and-"

"DAD!" Charlie shouted from a distance, the princess running in their direction with Vaggie following after,"What's going on over here!?"

"Nothing Charlie. We were just...sorting out any remaining issues we had…"

The princess's eyes then scanned the area, her eyes locking on Vox when she saw him, her body freezing up. It was like she was seeing a ghost and her heart stopped beating for a good five seconds.

"Uh, princess? Are you alright? "He asked wearily,"You're not blinking and it's freaking me out-WOAH!" Without warning, Charlie lunged at him and tackled him to the ground in a bear-hug and refusing to let go.

"VOX! YOU'RE ALIVE! I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! I'M SO HAPPY! THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER! YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HAPPY I AM TO SEE YOU!"

He weakly smiled at her, patting the smaller woman on the head,"You too, Charlie...Been a while since you've seen me like this..Can't say I ever expected to see your face again.."

"I'm so glad that you're back! Though you're a bit more...angel-like than I remember…" She said, looking at his wings and halo. Despite being in his TV Form, he lacked any semblance of red, his design firmly placed with grey and blues.

"If you're surprised by my appearance you should look at Bambi, he doesn't even look like a deer anymore…"

"Wait really? Oh...wow…Al you look…"

"Different? Thanks, I noticed…"

Vaggie jaw dropped,"Holy shit, all the red and black aesthetic just vanished. What the hell happened to you two?"

"You can thank Gabriel for blasting us!" Alastor chuckled,"You see Micheal was being a bit uncooperative and Lucifer was struggling so we decided to help him out in any way we can. We weren't exactly certain what would happen if we were hit but we figured that we'd pull through somehow. As you can see, this is the end result.."

"Did it hurt?" Charlie asked.

"Not really, I wasn't in any actual pain but it did feel like something was stripped from me once I got hit. I do feel a tad bit different inside. I don't know what they did but something inside me changed and I don't feel the same anymore…"

"Well as long as you're not in pain, it probably is a good thing!" Charlie assured.

"So where are the others?"

"Probably tending to their wounds. We should go check on them," Alastor said.

Everyone went off to go search for the other Hazbins. It didn't take long to find them, as Husk licked the blood off his claws while Niffty was cleaning off her knife with a cloth.

"Bleh, their blood tastes stale...Then again, they're made of magic so I guess they don't taste good…."

"But it certainly is sticky, I've been scrubbing for five minutes and it still won't come off…"

"Husker! Niffty! We're here!"

"Al?"

They both turned and looked up, Alastor running up towards them happily. Husk became apprehensive when he saw Micheal in the corner, immediately becoming hostile only for Alastor to explain the situation had been resolved.

"Are you sure he's not dangerous?"

"Trust me, the threat Micheal poses is no longer an issue…."

"So are you just stuck with those wings and halo? It doesn't really suit you. Is this your new style now?"

"I don't think I can change back to my demon form if that's what you're wondering, darling," Al admitted,"I'm not sure what's going on with Vox, but even his TV Form is angelfied so I don't think we can ever truly return to the forms you are accustomed to."

"Well that's gonna take some getting used to…"

Everyone then jumped when they heard Vanny's voice shout from afar,"VOX!"

Vox turned and saw Vanny running towards him. At first, he and the others were relieved to see her...at least until they got a closer look, their faces morphing from pleasant surprise to horror."Oh my god, Vanny...what happened to you!?"

"Huh? What do you mean, what happened to mean? Nothing happened!"

"Don't 'nothing happened' to me! Your arm is MISSING!" Vox shouted, pointing at the bandaged stump where her left arm used to be…

"Oh that? One of Micheal's soldiers cut my arm off! But don't worry, Arackniss and Angel helped me bandage it up!"

As she said this, Arackniss and Angel showed up with nervous looks on their faces, Angel waving as he said,"Sup Vox, long time no see. We're sorry about her arm but there wasn't anything we could do outside of bandaging it up."

"And it's not going to regenerate," Arackniss said,"Her arms gone for good. Holy weapons are one of the few things we sinners can't recover from. She just got lucky they didn't get her in the chest or else she'd be double-dead…"

Vox scowled,"Just great, that's just what we needed! There's got to be a way to fix this!"

"A robotic arm?" Alastor suggested,"That's what we did with Husker in the other timeline. Maybe we can just give her a cyber arm…"

Vanny suddenly snapped,"I don't want a cyber arm! It'll ruin my style!"

"Who cares!?" Vox hissed,"Vanny, this is about practicality, not vanity!"

"But I don't want it!" She huffed,"I'd rather have this cool battle scar than have a stupid robo arm that ruins my look!

If Vox had hair in his TV Form he probably would've ripped it out with how infuriated he was. It was like he was talking to a literal child who refused to solve the problem because they thought they looked cooler without it.

Vol then put a hand on his shoulder,"Relax. Surely we can find another alternative that Vanny agrees with. Besides, this probably isn't the place to discuss this type of thing. A destroyed city isn't exactly a good place for a conversation like this…"

"Then where should we go?"

Before anyone could say anything, Charlie reached into her pocket when she heard her phone ringing. She picked it up and asked,"Hello?"

She fell silent as the person on the other end began to speak with her before ultimately nodding her head and ending with,"Yeah...Yeah. I understand. Sounds great, I'm glad to hear that. Goodbye."

"Who was that?" Lilith inquired.

"Oh those were the guys who Vox paid to rebuild the hotel before he 'died'. They said they finished rebuilding, meaning it's OK for us to go back and it's not too far from here! What do you say we pay the place a visit?"

Everyone looked at each other before nodding their heads. They were all exhausted and whatever took less time to travel was good for them. Some rest wouldn't hurt and it'd be easier to talk in a calm environment than a destroyed one…

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Enigmus-288: Gabriel's magic more or less fixed what went wrong with them, basically restoring Vox's memories and turning Vincent and him into the same person. And things are calming down so yeah.

Mitsuru6: Don't worry, Vox and Vincent basically just became the same person so all the memories are there, meaning no inconveniences with memories and stuff. Also the reason he's in his TV form is to clarify that Vox is 's fine, he just freaked out that he thought his parents would die again because legit every time Vox and Al put themselves in danger they have this tendency of dying and Vol feared history would repeat itself.