"Are you sure there's not a better to deal with this?"

"Well, there are some counter drugs, but...nevermind. The electricity will stop the plaga from growing. Now keep shocking him."

Luis was talking to Millie, who was holding a taser, right next to her out cold husband, who was strapped onto a bed, in one of the room of the Happy Hotel, that just went through what would be considerably more horrifying than the yearly purges this Hell goes through. And during that time, Moxxie was infected with the plaga from the demon Majini. At Luis' order to keep Moxxie from fully being taken over by the Plaga, Millie was forced to electrocute him hourly. Unfortunately, Moxxie was starting to smell like roasted barbecue.

(MOXXIE MOANING UNCOMFORTABLY)

The rest of the Hotel Gang and their new allies were busy recovering from the wave of infected demons they just went through, treating any inflicted wounds and fixing whatever they can make the place safe and secure again. The only one who was taking it the hardest was Charlie, who was in pain, seeing her business in shambles. On the bright side, she a bunch of new friends/clients were willing to repair the damages, along with the fastest maid in the world who knows how to get the job done.

"There!" Nifty said. "Every floor cleaned up in under 5 minutes!"

"Nifty, dear. I believe you missed a spot on the fifth floor." Alastor said, pointing upward.

"ON IT." She said, zooming upstairs.

"You really don't know that, do you?" Vaggie asked Alastor, to which he answered. "Nope!"

The co-manager of the hotel sighed as she knew there no real cooperation with that guy. Meanwhile, the S.T.A.R.S. members that were able to recover quickly, except for Edward, were getting better acquainted with the hotel as they finished looking around with Charlie's help.

"And that, just about wraps it up." she tells them. "I just wished I could've showed you guys before all...this happened."

"Well, at least the place is now safe and secure." Enrico told her, trying to be positive.

To which Forest added, "Yeah. This place would make a good base of operations for us."

"...And, when that's over and done with, you'll fully become our clients and try to seek redemption?" Charlie asked.

"Definitely."

"You guys must be kidding yourselves." Angel said, walking up to the team. "You don't really believe in that redemption crap, do you?"

"I don't know about you, freakshow, but I never planned on being here." Forest said angrily to the spider demon.

"Pretty sure no one else did, birdy." Angel replied. "But come on, being in Hell ain't so bad. It has its perks."

"It look having to work for an asshole of a boss and getting abused 24/7?"

The question made Angel stop dead in his tracks, as he then asked "H-How do you know about that?

"You're Angel Dust." Joseph then says. "Who doesn't know about you? Or that shit-stain, Valentino, you work for?"

"We just fought Valentino a day ago." Richard pointed out. "Did that slip your mind?"

After what happened, all Angel wanted was to forget about Valentino completely as he answered "Yeah, actually. I wanted to forget about that."

"You can do whatever you want." Joseph said. "But we've all done good in our lives, and we're still doing good now. I think we've rightfully earned a place in Heaven."

"Then why are still here?" Loona said, leaning against a wall.

"You tell me." Joseph told her. "And try to mind your own business."

That made Loona growl, but Joseph wasn't really intimidated as he's already seen jaws and teeth of zombie dogs in life. Loona didn't want to admit it, but to her, Joseph was cute. Sure, he was no Vortex, but the kid held his own against a horde of zombies on the way here and a mob of infected that recently invaded. She would at least try to get on his good side. Then, they hear sparks coming from the room Millie and Moxxie were from as the ball-n-chain of the couple came out with a smoking taser.

"Uh...I burnt out another one of these, and...my husband can't really take anymore. I think the skin on his chest is starting to peel off."

After hearing that, Blitzø decides to snap at Luis, grabbing hold of him by the vest as he slams against the wall.

"Alright, faggot. You better tell me where this counter drug you talked about is so that I can cure Moxxie, or I'm gonna-"

Then Luis slapped Blitzø across the face, surprising the imp as he shakes him off. Luis wasn't looking too happy with Blitzø or his crew either, fighting the urge to draw his Red 9 at them.

"You imbéciles left me hanging from the top of your car when we arrived here!" the Spaniard shouted at Blitzø, poking his chest as the imp backed up, realizing that Luis was one of the many people who towered over him. "All that tasing is just prolonging his fate. I give him a few hours before the plaga takes over."

"Well then, tell us where to find this drug so that we can save him!" Millie yelled at him.

"It's not that simple." Luis said. "The drug doesn't exist here in hell. He made sure of that."

"Who's he?"

"...Osmund Saddler."

Everyone just looked so confused as they had no idea who Luis was talking about.

"Uh...who now?" Blitzø asked.

Sighing, Luis explained. "He's the reason I'm here. Saddler was the founder and leader of a cult and paramilitary organization known as Los Illuminados."

"...The Enlightened?" Vaggie asked.

"Yes." Luis continued. "The cult revolved around the parasite the imp is infected with. And...I was part of it. That was until I managed to escape and tried to make things right by handing over a sample of a plaga egg to those who would end Saddler's plan...That's when I found myself dying by his hand and I end up waking up here 16 years ago."

"Damn, that's tough." Brad said.

Millie, now feeling discouraged, asked "So, there's no way of saving Moxxie?"

Luis thought about it before snapping his fingers and then answering "There might be one way. UV radiation therapy is also known for destroying the plaga. All we need is the proper equipment, and I'm going to assume Saddler might have it.

"Why would a guy who has control over the parasite also have the equipment that can destroy it?" Steve asked, peering his head out from another room.

"We used it as a failsafe, in case went awry on our end." Luis answered. "My friends back in the land of the living must've used it to cure themselves before going after Saddler, which explains how he got here."

"Alright. And where is this Saddler asshole?" Blitzø asked.

Luis was a little hesitant before answer "He's….back in the other city."

"Imp City?!" Blitzø asked before getting pissed off. "Are you fucking kidding me?! We were literally just there!"

"To be fair. We were escaping at the time, and I just found out that I was infected an hour ago."

They turned to see that Moxxie was up and out of bed, with his shirt open, revealing his burnt flesh from all the tasing he just went through. He was balancing himself against the doorframe as Millie went by his side.

"Moxxie, you shouldn't be out of bed."

"I'm fine." He said in a low voice. "Just a little dizzy."

Blitzø asked "Even after all that shock therapy Millie gave you, that's all?"

"Yeah. Can't explaining, but...I don't really feel that much in pain."

"Look at his wounds." Luis said as everyone looked to see Moxxie's burnt chest fading and returning back to normal. "They're healing themselves. A little benefit for plaga infected. The parasite won't let the host die without sustaining too much damage."

"I don't really have much time, do I?" Moxxie asked.

"If you want to be cured, you'll have to head back to the other city now."

"How?" asked Blitzø. "We don't have a car or any other way of heading back."

"I think I can help you out with that." Enrico said. "Our pilot, Kevin, has a chopper. He can get you close enough to Imp City and you guys can make the rest of the way there."

"That works."

While Enrico radioed in on Kevin to come to the Hotel, the rest of his team, along with Steve, pondered on their next course of action.

"So what are the rest of his gonna do?" Steve asked.

"While we can take the time to recover..." Richard began to say. "We still have no way of tracking down Wesker or anybody else he might possibly be working with."

Kenneth added "We've been down here for 20 years, and it still feels like we barely know our way around this place."

"It may not be much help, but while I was in Imp City, I discovered where the plaga originated from." Luis explained. "Saddler using the sewer system to spread the parasite through the city. Wesker must've been doing the same with the virus that spread over this one."

"...That would also explain what happened in Raccoon City." Brad said in monotone.

"Still, that doesn't narrow down to a specific location." said Kenneth. "People are always dumping shit into the sewers...literally."

"Well, it couldn't have been from Imp City either, since Saddler had no taste in zombies." Luis said.

Vaggie then impatiently asked. "So then, where is this shit coming from then?"

"What? Kevin where are you right now?" Enrico said as he tried to hear their pilot's voice over the radio. The signal was getting scrambled, and it was shifting from Kevin's voice to static.

"Chopper's been shot-*static*-barely holding her togeth-*static*-I-I-I see the hotel-*static*-flying there right now."

Enrico then turned to his crew and said "Forest! Get eyes on Kevin right now!"

Taking Edward's rifle, Forest rushed towards a window and looked through the scoop. He could see Kevin's helicopter, but the bad news was that it was on fire and looking like it was gonna crash.

"He's coming in hot!" Forest said. "Looks like he's gonna at the front door!"

"Oh come on!" Nifty yelled. "That's the fourth time today!"

Then, what sounded like the grinding of metal against ground can be heard as everyone rushed down to go look for themselves. Upon deconstructing the barricade around the entrance, for the third time, they look to see a flaming helicopter having landing in front of the entrance. At least the chopper had landed safely on its landing gear, although, it looked like it could explode at any second now. Just then, the door to the pilot seat was kicked open and the I.M.P group had pointed their guns at who was climbing out. But Enrico had stopped them from fire.

"No, wait! It's Kevin."

The second Doberman Hellhound had climbed out of the chopper with a Desert Eagle Magnum in one hand and SMG in the other. Putting his magnum in a holster, he walked over and greeted his fellow S.T.A.R.S members.

"Captain." He said plainly.

Enrico then asked "What happened, Kevin?"

"Demons had came to the garage." He explained. "They didn't look like zombies though, they were way uglier. I had to get out of there. But they shot at the chopper with with flaming crossbows."

"Yep, that sounds about right." Luis said under his breath.

"Think it can be repaired?" Enrico asked. "We need it for something."

Kevin answered "Might take a while." And then, the chopper blew up behind him. He looked back at the smoldering wreckage before awkwardly saying "Okay...a longer while."

"Well, so much for that." Loona said. "Nice knowing ya, Mox."

"We gotta find some way back to Imp City soon." The imp said. "I'm not letting this thing kill me."

"I saw some vehicles looking like they belonged in the military." Kevin said. "Not too far from here."

"That'll work." Blitzø had said in a serious tone. "M&M, get your stuff. We're leaving, ASAP."

"Let's do it." said Millie as she head back with Moxxie to get their equipment.

"Let me know how things turn out." Loona said as she headed back inside.

Blitzø could tell she didn't want to come along with, and normally, he'd be fine with leaving her behind. But given recent events, he had mixed feeling about leaving her here.

"She'll be safe here." Charlie told Blitzø.

"But I'm not signing up for that redemption bullshit!" Loona yelled from in the hotel.

That made Vaggie growl a little bit as she and Charlie walked back inside. Before they headed out, Blitzø grabbed hold of Luis in anger and pointed his flintlock at his face.

"You're coming with us! If there's anybody who knows this stuff better than anyone, it's you. Either you you help Moxxie or I blow your damn head off."

"...I've already been shot at, had axes thrown at my face, impaled and so on." Luis said, not looking threatened at all by Blitzø's threats. "There's nothing you can do to hurt me now."

With an evil smile growing on his face, Blitzø told him "...Try me."

"Sir, come on!" Moxxie told his boss as he and Millie walked out of the hotel. "Let's not kill each other on the way there."

Luis shook Blitzø off and the two glared at each other while walking off.

"Luis." Enrico said, getting Luis' attention as he holds up a radio and throws it towards him. Luis catches it as Enrico told him "Stay in radio contact. Just in case."

Luis nods as he catches up with the I.M.P.s. As everyone else heads back in, a car drives towards the hotel. A female sinner who ore the attire of a school teacher, having a dark pink shirt with noticeable stitches and an upside-down red teardrop jewel on her chest with yellow on the tip which use to be green when she is human. She also wears a black torn skirt, red earrings, and pink glasses. She was covered in blood and had a shotgun in her hands as she rushes towards the entrance with Enrico standing by it.

"Hi. Is this the Happy Hotel." She said in a calm yet panicky voice.

Enrico answers "Yes. You're in the right place, ma'am."

"Oh, thank god." She said, walking in. "I wanted to come sooner, but then, there were zombies and other psychotic demons I had fight my way through. You would not believe that day I had."

"Oh, I think I would." Enrico said. "You want I should go get the manager?"

"That'd be great, Mr..."

"Enrico Marini. You?"

"You can just call me Mayberry."