Aria huddled in the darkness, crying silently for fear of being heard by Andrew as she tried to process what had just happened to her. The rage of the water demon burned across her entire mind and body as she shook and struggled to quiet her sobs as the dread of ever facing him again almost sent her into a full blown panic attack. The darkness didn't last very long as a more low lit room eventually appeared around her as an old timey, New York style bar revealed itself in noir colors as she realized her demonic disguise was back, along with the flapper dress Alastor had picked out for her. As she stood up from her huddled position and looked around quickly for fear of being caught unawares by Andrew, she realized she was the only one there. She was the perfect picture of the stinted beauty left to drink alone at a pristine bar even bereft of the comfort of a bartender.
"Alone...at least I'm alone," Aria whispered to herself in relief as she hesitantly sat on a bar stool and picked up the drink that appeared in front of her cautiously as she brought it to her nose and sniffed.
The glass in front of her was filled with the sweet smell of apple juice, making her face turn sour at the memory that came with it. She put down the glass and pushed it away from her as she put her hands on her face and breathed in a shuddering breath. There were still two desire simulations to go.
"Ha! Left alone to drink your woes away, huh, Princess?" Angel said with a laugh and a cocky grin on his face as he strode into the bar from off the street outside looking like himself in that pink suit number he wore the day she met him.
"Go away, Angel Dust," Aria said irritably in a sad and defensive tone as she looked straight ahead and stared at the row of bottles behind the bar without looking at them as she wondered where Andrew had gotten to, leaving her feeling cold all over. "I'm not in the mood. Go distract Andrew and have your fun. That way I don't have to see him as you go through your desire simulation."
"Ya had a falling out already, bitch? Hahaha! Ya should've just given him what he wanted and let him bang ya good and hard!" Angel laughed at her, but his laughter died down as he saw Aria's face scrunch up in terror and tears as she turned her face away so he couldn't see her cry, but as Angel looked, he saw tears drip down one of her cheeks and onto the wooden bar next to her unfinished glass. "Hey! What's with the water works? He call you fat or something?"
"No! He just...Andrew just...," Aria tried to say, but it caught in her throat as she was being ripped apart over and over again in her mind as her breathing turned shallow and ragged as more tears streamed down her cheeks.
"What the fuck happened?" Angel asked like he wasn't sure if he wanted to hear it or not as Aria suddenly heard the eerie sound of Andrew laughing as she whipped her head around to see him walk in through the doorway wearing his normal, white shirt and slacks as Aria heard the screech of his sharp tail dragging on the ground, making Aria suddenly go ashen gray with dread.
"Oh good! I found you," Andrew said with a wicked glint in his glowing, red glasses and freckles as a glowing, red smile appeared before he lunged for Aria with impossible speed!
"HELP!" Aria screamed as she scrambled away from Andrew, expecting to feel her skin get peeled off as everything inside her screamed to activate any of her angelic powers, but all she got was a bar stool in her back and cut on her cheek from Andrew's tail before Aria saw Angel grapple with Andrew before pinning him hard on the ground.
"HEY! Get off me, Angel! I have an angel to k-kill and it isn't you, so LAY OFF!" Andrew yelled loudly on the ground as Angel kept Andrew pinned to the floor with several of his arms as Angel pulled out a Tommy gun and a revolver, but Andrew's tail flicked out at blinding speed, knocking the guns out of his hands before Andrew threw him off of him!
"What the fuck is wrong with you!?" Angel asked in utter bewilderment as he used his arms to catch his fall as Andrew lunged for Aria, but she was ready as she climbed onto her stool and dove behind the bar, giving Angel just enough time to right himself and grab one of Andrew's legs before he pulled hard and threw the water demon into the far wall across the room!
"Gasp! Ha...ha...What the...What the f-fuck is wrong with you!?" Andrew asked Angel angrily after he fought to get breath back in his lungs after he fell out of the wall that now had an Andrew impression in it as the water demon raised his tail up to eye level as his glowing, red glasses and freckles glared at Angel before he lunged at him at full speed while Angel picked up his guns and tried to shoot him! "She's a f-fucking angel! Help me kill her!"
"Oh geez. Is that what this is about?" Angel asked in exasperation as he rolled his eyes like it was the stupidest thing he'd ever heard as he twisted around Andrew before he could do anything as the spider grabbed the fish demon's tail and shot off a ton of rounds at the base of it, making Andrew scream out in horror as he saw his severed tail twitching in Angel's grip before he threw it on the ground! "You're a fucking idiot if ya believe that kind of bullshit!"
"FUCKING ASSHOLE!" Andrew snarled as he went full on demon as his extra row of teeth appeared along with a new tail that emerged from the stump of his last one as his long claws grabbed one of Angel's wrists as his jaw sprang wide!
Andrew succeeded in biting into Angel's captured arm as it ripped clean off, making Angel scream out in rage and pain before he turned two Tommy guns and two pistols on Andrew as he succeeded in hitting him, making him scream out in agony! They disconnected and reconnected throughout the bar, upturning tables, smashing chairs, and breaking the long mirror that lined the wall in front of the bar. Angel succeeded in shooting out one of Andrew's eyes as Andrew used his speed to cut another arm off of Angel Dust!
"No wonder your name is Angel!" Andrew hissed out in disgust as he threw a broken chair at Angel to block his view of him as he went to stab Angel in the chest with his tail, but Angel saw it as he pushed the broken chair back hard enough to make Andrew have to swerve out of the way, making him miss Angel by mere inches! "You're an angel lover! A race traitor!"
"Nah, I'm just not stupid enough to fall for such an obvious, fucking bluff!" Angel said with a grin as he cartwheeled away from another lunge from Andrew as he let his guns sing, making bullets fly into Andrew, who grimaced as a few hit their mark as he rolled away! "I can't believe you attacked her for saying that! What do you think she was going to say to make that stupid shadow demon shut up? 'Pretty please just stop?' Man, you're fucking stupid! She lied to get the guy out of the simulator! Plain and simple!"
"The shadow man c-couldn't touch her or me!" Andrew countered as he barrelled into Angel, forcing his arms wide as Andrew grabbed two of Angel's arms while he used his tail to knock the guns out of his two remaining hands, but it didn't stop the spider demon from using his other two hands to beat at him as Andrew tried to reason with him! "How d-did she do that? Ow! What d-does it mean that she's unknown? Ow! I'm telling you that she is what she said she is and she's p-pitting us against each other! Ouch! Stop it! G-give me your word that you'll help me kill her and I'll get out of your way!"
"I need her alive, or are ya already done pretending that ya gave a flying fuck for my sister or me?" Angel asked with an angry grimace as he threw a punch at Andrew's head, knocking his face back as Angel used two hands to really club Andrew hard enough to stun him, making him let go.
Aria saw her chance as she dove out of her hiding place to grab one of Angel's guns, intending to keep it out of Andrew's reach or throwing it away, but the moment Andrew was knocked back by Angel, the water demon saw her. Squeaking out in terror, she kicked the gun across the room and ran as she tried to leave the bar by the front door, but Andrew's tail twisted around her ankle and pulled, bringing her down hard! The wind was knocked right out of her as her chest landed hard on the wooden floor, making her struggle to just breathe as tears of pain coursed down her cheeks! She was too slow as Andrew landed on her back and flipped her over, grabbing her throat and beginning to choke her as she saw him bring up his tail to prepare to slice it down on her as a blood-red grin glowed wickedly on Andrew's face!
Andrew's tail sliced off her right hand as she threw up her arms in front of her to protect her head before a barrage of bullets ripped through Andrew, tearing and blasting off flesh! Andrew grimaced in pain and rage as he let go of her and tried to get out of the way, but Aria saw his tail in front of her as he turned and thought to grab it with her good hand, preventing him from fleeing as Aria saw Angel Dust loom over Andrew as he kept up the barrage! Angel's eyes blazed red with rage on his face as a cry of outrage escaped him before he succumbed to Angel's bullet barrage as Andrew's body fell near her, but Angel continued the onslaught. The sound of Tommy guns roaring didn't cease until Andrew was nothing but a bloody, red smear on the bar-room floor right next to her.
"Huh. I didn't enjoy that as much as I thought I would," Angel said with a shrug before he put his guns away as he calmly walked over to her and then stepped over her body to retrieve his last firearm. "There ya are, my sweet pistol! Oh, and this is yours, Princess."
Angel threw her own hand at her, making her gasp out in horror until it hit her and then vanished. Staring at where the hand had been and wondering where it had gone, to her shock, it had appeared back on her severed wrist. It was as though she'd never lost it as she heard something heavy clank into the corner of the room, followed by the sound of heavy chains scraping against the wooden, bar room floor.
"Let m-me out!" Andrew's voice screamed as his voice carried over the room as the sound of heavy chains and something sharp clanged and scraped against metal, making Aria shiver where she sat, wondering if she'd be attacked again, but when the water demon didn't come any closer, Aria dared to look at Angel with hope.
"Ha! Sometimes I fucking love this machine!" Angel said with a satisfied smirk as he stood over her and looked away from her to the hidden corner of the bar beyond her view and then looked back at her as he cocked his head to one side as he nodded towards the hidden corner of the bar. "Hey, Princess! Look! Look what I did to that stupid fish face! Ya gotta see it!"
"You f-fucking angel lover! When I get out of here, I'll-Mmm!" Andrew started, but Aria watched as Angel quickly walked beyond her view and then she heard something muffle Andrew's threats like something had been stuffed into his mouth, gagging him as Aria tentatively stood up and looked over to where Andrew's voice was coming from and stared.
Chained from head to foot in a steel cage in the corner of the bar was Andrew with what looked like a pink sock stuck in his mouth. Even his tail was chained up as Andrew tried to go full demon, again, but the transformation didn't do anything but add another chain to his extra tail, weighing him down. He pulled, scrapped, and struggled against the restraints, but as far as Aria could tell, Andrew wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.
"Ha! I knew it! You're in my desire simulation now, bitch, so sit tight and get comfy! This is going to be fun!" Angel Dust said with glee as he smirked as several different death traps suddenly appeared around Andrew, making the water demon sweat as he realized he was at the mercy of the sexy, pink spider. "Hmm...killing ya with my guns wasn't very satisfying, so maybe watching ya boil alive and eating ya would be more enjoyable! I really doubt you'd be all that appetizing, though, given how you eat! Yuck! I could also just watch you be fed to the pit of demonic alligators and watch them tear you apart! That'd be over really quick, though, and that'd be no fun. Oh, I know! Let's go full on humiliation by dressing you up in frilly, pink things like my own personal man-doll! Hell ya! Now that sounds like the funnest thing and the most damaging to your fucking ego! Here we go!"
"Mmm! Mmm!" Andrew cried out in muffled sounds of consternation and horror, but Angel only smirked as Andrew's wardrobe changed into a frilly tutu with matching ballet slippers and a frilly hat with puff balls as make-up appeared on his blue face, which blushed purple very quickly!
"Ah, yeah! Now that's a satisfying punishment to watch!" Angel said with a smirk as he snapped his fingers as drinks filled and frothed and shook and stirred around the bar, making Aria look around in bewilderment as a full tray of cocktails, beers, and wines floated over to a table that repaired itself near Angel Dust, who quickly took a drink and started to really enjoy himself! "Wine, torture, and comeuppance! It's going to be a fucking good simulation!"
"Uh...Thank you," Aria said awkwardly as she slowly made her way over to Angel as he finished a drink and started on another one. "I'm sorry it turned out this way."
"Are ya kidding!? This is great!" Angel Dust said with a grin on his face as Andrew's outfit changed to a pink princess gown with extra ruffles, a tiara, puffy sleeves, and an uncomfortably tiny waist that looked very uncomfortable for Andrew. "You gave me the chance to see what killing him would feel like without the blind blood rage getting in the way. I mean, I really wanted to gut him over and over again, but...that was before I knew the truth about him. Turns out, he's just some insecure, bullheaded nerd-bitch, but I don't blame him for hating angels. Ya really shouldn't use that line too often, Princess. You're bluff might've worked on that prick, Damian, but Andrew's going after ya because he's stupid enough to think your bluff for real! You've got balls to use that line around Hell, Princess, or the lack thereof, but whatever! Just tell Andrew ya ain't an angel and we can let him out and have some real fun, again, if ya know what I mean."
"...I can't," Aria answered simply as she walked away from Angel and chose to sit in a chair near the door that led out into the busy streets of old time New York she'd never witness again.
"Why the fuck not? It ain't real, so tell him, already! The joke's getting old!" Angel said dismissively with a wave of two hands as he finished another drink and picked up another.
"It's not a joke, Angel," Aria said bitterly as she wished she could lie, but she'd have to live with the guilt and she knew she wouldn't last long with telling lies here in the simulator, since she knew it would just make things worse. "I am an angel. The thing is that Hell is so full of false propaganda that Andrew won't even listen to me!"
"Okay, okay, fine! If pretending to be the most unstoppable force to ever burn through Hell gets ya off, then who am I to judge? Just don't come crying to me when you ultimately get shot for shooting your mouth off like that," Angel said with a shrug as he took his time with a pina colada and sighed with satisfaction as he enjoyed his drink. "Man, that hits the spot! I can never get over the fact that I can enjoy cold drinks here in the simulator! It was one of the first things I got to experience when I got plugged in the first time! Hell, it's the only cold drink I've actually gotten to have here in Hell! It's practically impossible to have anything below lukewarm here unless you're part of the elite. Fucking the elite doesn't get you cold drinks, though. Believe me, I've learned that one the hard way."
"It doesn't matter," Aria said hopelessly as she felt her happiness and hope start to drain out of her as she sat in her small corner and waited for Angel's desire simulation to be over and done with. "I should've known finding someone with any ounce of decency and compassion left here in Hell was a fool's errand. I just...I wanted...sniff!"
"Aw, shit! Hey! What's with the water works, again? Are ya a crying drunk or something?" Angel asked as he rolled his eyes like he couldn't stand to hear her cry, let alone see her doing it like it was the biggest inconvenience for him. "Just keep it down, Princess, until my desires are fulfilled this round! Sheesh! What's a guy gotta do to have some good, hard penis in here instead of the two fucking pussies I have to deal with!?"
As if on cue, Aria felt herself suddenly feel very warm and tingly all over. Dread set in as Aria quickly looked at her hands and chest as she realized with horror that her body began to change. Her chest disappeared as pecs replaced them, while she felt very weird as things shifted outwards from her nether regions. As the transformation completed, Aria just stood there, blushing and speechless as she was now a he in every way. It didn't help that Aria was still wearing her flapper dress, making her feel positively naked, now, as Angel just stared at Aria and then broke down laughing!
"Ahahaha! Oh, oh that is good!" Angel guffawed as he stood up and started walking towards Aria with an expression like it was suddenly Christmas as Aria rushed to the door of the bar to escape, but found to her horror that it was locked! "What was that about not being able to change into a man, hmm? Ah, yeah! Ya clean up good, there, my little Prince!"
"No...this isn't...I'm not...this isn't happening!" Aria shouted awkwardly in a deeper tone as she fumbled and tore at the door, but it wouldn't budge! "Damn it! Why is this happening!? It shouldn't be possible, unless..."
"Unless what?" Angel said as he loomed behind Aria as she looked up at the window in the door she was failing to pull open to see Angel's eyes and smile glow a devilish red in the reflection.
"Unless no other viable sex is available," Aria stated breathlessly in fear as she whirled around to face Angel, since she didn't want the only hole she had to be exposed to him.
"Heh, ya got that right! Ya still look a bit girly in the face, but the bobbed haircut helps! I wondered why ya suddenly changed your hairstyle," Angel said conversationally, but his tone was deeper and heavier as Aria gulped and gasped as her flapper skirt tented, making her blush scarlet in confusion, since she didn't want this to happen! "Was it to impress me, or make yourself more attractive so I'd fuck with ya? From where I'm standing, you're really glad I'm giving you some attention. Perhaps we should take it a step further!"
Angel reached out to stroke her member through her skirt, making her gasp and moan suddenly as she grabbed his hand hard to stop him!
"Stop it!" Aria cried out in a tone so foreign to her ears, but there was a new mix of fear that gave her the courage to try and push Angel's hand away as she remembered her very recent rape. "I'm...gulp...I'm not going to get raped again! Andrew..."
Aria couldn't finish the sentence. Two tears ran down her cheeks as they trickled down a foriegn chin she wore with peach fuzz growing on it. It felt so strange to feel her rugged body and the long member Angel still held onto as she felt the urge for sex become incredibly strong and desirable and terrible all at once! Aria physically shook as she tried to resist the urge Angel aroused, but it was almost more than she could bear! She had to try, though, as she made herself remember her horrific rape, giving her the strength to awaken her anger. She was done being someone's plaything. She was a man, now, and with that thought, she pried Angel's hand off her dick and pushed him away.
"I said stop it!" Aria said more firmly as her manly tone didn't leave any question to how she felt as she looked up into Angel's eyes with anger and determination in her face as she trembled in front of him. "If you want someone to fuck, then make up with Andrew. I'll have no part in it!"
Her voice cracked on the last sentence, making her face change from anger to shock as she felt the horrible emotions of heartache, loneliness, and longing break over her, making her shake her head as she turned her face away from Angel in shame. She wanted, no, needed to be loved, but this wasn't love and she knew it! Angel just wanted her for her body as she put a hand to her face to hide more tears that rolled down her cheek, but she knew Angel had seen it in the corner of her eye from his reaction.
"Ya know, there ain't no shame in wanting me, baby," Angel cooed as he slid three hands over her manly chest, but she pushed him away violently as everything inside of her broke!
"Leave me alone!" Aria shouted in a voice that wasn't hers as the vulnerability and powerlessness she felt grew too much for her as she sat down where she was and huddled away from Angel, hating herself and wishing she was back in her husband's arms as she sobbed uncontrollably while hiding her manly face in her arms. "I don't want you! I want my h-husband! I want to go home! I don't want to be used anymore! You just want to use me! That's all I am to you! To everyone here! I'm just a quick fix! A fuck to hide from this loveless world or some sort of pawn! That's what Hell is! Loveless and cruel and manipulative! I hate this! Father, why!? Why did you do this to me!?"
Angel was about to say something, but stopped as Aria made herself as small as possible as she turned her back to him and cried. The silence in the bar seemed deafening to Aria as she sobbed, making her eventually calm down as she grew embarrassed at how loud she was being as she hiccuped and sniffed. Even Andrew had stopped struggling as his chains quieted to soft, shifting noises as a long sigh finally escaped Angel Dust.
"Hey...um...fuck, I'm no good at this," Angel said awkwardly as he crouched down to her level, making her look into the window door to see Angel's face turn soft and embarrassed as he rubbed the back of his head, while he hesitated to touch her as he reached out a hand to her, then thought better of it as he sighed, again and growled. "Ugh! Look! I'm not going to fuck you, okay? I might be a lot of things, but I'm not a fucking rapist! I don't have sex with people who don't want it, okay? It's no fun trying to have sex with someone who's crying the whole time. Besides...I know how that feels."
Aria slowly turned around to look at him as she dared to hope that he was being sincere. Sure enough, Angel was ruffling the back of his head, while another hand rubbed one of his arms awkwardly as Aria realized Angel was choosing to be vulnerable in front of her as he looked away in embarrassment. Hope turned to relief as the love of his kindness towards her filled her heart as she broke down crying as she moved to hug him as she cried in his chest! Angel stiffened as a few hands grabbed her shoulders and back to try and pull her off him, but the pulling was hesitant in the jerky motion of someone not knowing what the hell they were supposed to do.
"Hey! What the fuck!? I tell ya that I'm not going to fuck with ya and ya suddenly embrace me! I'm getting mixed signals here!" Angel cried out in bewilderment as he succeeded in getting her to let go, since there were too many hands insisting that she do so as Angel pried her off of him.
"Sorry! I'm sorry!" Aria answered quickly in her boyish, deep tone as she sniffed and laughed weakly at the situation as she struggled to get a hold of herself, but the unexpected kindness from Angel had been something that she'd needed desperately, so her emotional response had been a tad over-dramatic. "I'm just...so happy you don't want to hurt me! Sniff...it was just so..awful with Andrew. He...he cut me open like a Christmas ham, fucking me while pieces of me were cut off, and then...he...gulp...he cut my head off...at the end..."
Angel didn't say anything for a while, but his hands gripped her hard, making Aria cry out in pain as she looked up at him to see what his reaction was. Sure enough, he was pissed as his eyes and down turned scowl filled with sharp teeth glowed red as he let go of her and turned around. The rattling of Andrew's chains filled the room as though he were trying to get out as the pinging sound of something sharp stabbing at metal rang wildly in the air!
"Ya fucking psycho," Angel said coldly as his shoes tapped loudly on the hard, wood floor as he slowly made his way over to Andrew's cage as Aria quickly stood up to see what was going to happen. "I'm such an idiot! There had to be a reason ya made out big with that shadow man, but no! My fucking feelings got in the way of my better judgement, and here ya are, screwing around with people's feelings, again, and then killing them, just like you did that night when so many died! I'd fill ya full of lead again, but I already did that, so let's spice it up a little!"
To Aria's surprise, a chain attached to the top of the cage suspended it up near the ceiling as a pool of acid suddenly appeared just under the cage. Aria watched with dread as she saw where the chain ended up as a lever appeared near Angel Dust, making the sexy spider grin maliciously as he sauntered over to it and grinned devilishly at Andrew. Aria realized very quickly what was about to happen as she began to book it! She couldn't just stand there and watch as her stomach grew sick at the endless cycle of rage and pain that was becoming a real problem in the simulations as Aria found her new, male body was spry and strong as she picked up speed easily!
"You're a fish demon, right? Well, have a nice swim!" Angel said with a grin that would haunt Aria's nightmares forever as he pulled the lever down, sending Andrew to his doom!
Rushing past Angel and taking him by surprise, Aria forced the lever back up, stopping the descent as the cage clanged to a stop and hung above the acid pool by mere inches!
"What the fuck, bitch!?" Angel cried out in consternation as he tried to force the lever down, but Aria fought with her entire body to hold it up, making Angel look at her like she was nuts! "What are ya stopping me for!?"
"Because this is wrong!" Aria said in angry irritation as she struggled against Angel's grip on the lever as she glared at him.
"What he did to ya was wrong! He deserves to be melted and then some!" Angel insisted angrily as he gained some leverage on the lever, making the cage drop a smidge as Aria fought against her hatred for Andrew and herself as she pushed back!
"You're right and I hate that you're right and I want him to suffer, but I could never live with myself if I stood by and watched it happen!" Aria shouted angrily in that stupid, low tone as she succeeded in keeping the cage from going any lower as she screamed out in utter frustration! "Argh! It's not fair, but I can't let this keep happening over and over again, no matter how much I want Andrew to fucking learn something!"
"It won't kill him!" Angel insisted as he glared at Aria through gritted teeth as he put another pair of hands on top of hers to pry her off, but she kicked Angel in the shin, making him cry out in pain as he let go of her to nurse his bruised leg! "Ow! The fuck was that for!?"
"For being an idiot! I'm sorry, but you're being so stupid right now!" Aria shouted as tears ran down her cheeks as she felt so angry as she forced the lever all the way up, making the cage crank up slowly as Angel swore at her for it. "We don't have time for this! I didn't actually die, either, when Andrew raped me and cut me open, but that's not the damn point! I'm not going to be guilty by letting you melt him just because we can do it, so stop it! Just stop it, both of you!"
There was a moment of silence before Angel pushed her as hard as he could with his entire body, landing on top of her as he locked her hands above her head! Before she could scream at him, he punched her in the face before he pulled the lever all the way down! Aria struggled and screamed as Angel pummeled her stomach this time, knocking the wind out of her as the telltale splash of something heavy landed in the acid. Muffled screams of Andrew soon followed, but the weight of the cage drew him down under the surface, silencing his screams of agony as bubbles sizzled and frothed as Aria was forced to witness Andrew melt right before her eyes.