Chapter 9

As the light dies down Angel and Alastor are quick to try and see what has happened to their son and to say they are stunned is to say hell is corrupt.

Harry lays on the ground though he looked nothing like what he once did, he no longer looked like a gorgon. The only scales left on his body focused around his eyes which remand closed and slightly covered by his hair.

Which had gained a red and pink strip like pattern and a set of antlers and deer ears atop his head even more impressive then Alastor's.

He had gained at least a foot in height and a new set of arms below his normal ones which showed easily since his clothes had disappeared. His skin had gained a slight reddish tint to it on top of his normally pale complexion in his human form.

Alastor snaps his fingers and a blanket appears in his arms which he goes to try and cover Harry in but before he even reaches him Vanna jumps out from inside Harry and covers him.

Harry's usual outfit appears with some changes incorporating some items from his parents. A vest and set of gloves appear.

He also lost some of his chains and his pants had changed adding large cargo pockets to the sides and that was on top of the fact it was all now in pinks and reds to match his new hair color.

Soon Harry's eyelids flutter open and his bright emerald eyes open and yet another change can be seen with his sclera being black and his emerald had flecks of red in them.

With a groan Harry begins to sit up and Angel quickly rushes over to help him and make sure he is ok.

"W-what happened and why do I hurt all over?"

Angel simply continues to hug Harry seemingly assuring himself that Harry is alright and in one piece. Charlie joins Angel in the hug shedding small tears at the close call that had been avoided, Alastor vanishes the blanket and placed his hand on Harry's head before speaking.

"You gave us quite the fright their my young lad, you almost died because you used up your magic trying to save all of us from the creatures that infested the hotel."

Harry is shocked at this news and if not for the way his mother was acting he would think his dad was pulling his leg.

He quickly returns the hug and tries to express as much love as he can to try and calm Angel down and show he was completely fine. Slowly Angel began to calm down while Vaggie pulls Charlie away into their own private hug to let the odd family have their moment.

The entire time Nifty is busy trying to clean all the blood and gore from Harry's rampage busying herself with the mess and leaving the touching moment behind.

Slowly the hug starts to separate but Angel and Alastor's hands keep in contact with Harry seemingly making sure he doesn't disappear.

After a few more moments Angel gets a really good look at his son and is quick to start gushing over his new looks. "Ahhh look at you my handsome little man, now you really take after us your so much more adorable now."

Harry pouts at his mothers words, what was wrong with how he looked before, he though he looked pretty cool.

Alastor continues to just smile at his wife's antics with out realizing what he has begun to refer Angel as just glad to see them both happy if a little worse for wear.

Angel at this point was completely ignoring his injuries to focus on his son but Alastor was slowly beginning the process of healing Angel while they focused on Harry. But even all this excitement can't help the crash from the adrenaline leaving their bodies, Angel begins to sway on his feet while Harry groggily begins to run at his eyes.

Alastor being the only one who was truly unaffected by the whole event quickly swept them off their feet and started leading them all to bed.

Once at his and Angels shared room he quickly deposited the slumbering forms of his wife and son before quickly joining them himself.

Unseen by anyone in the room, a small tendril of shadow quickly makes its way to the door and squeezes its way out from under it before heading towards a nearby window. It silently opens it and exits the hotel heading far towards a location that only Alastor knew of.

A short while later

A misshapen castle loomed over a cliff face seemingly hanging on by sheer will, crumbling and falling apart at the seems.

It's sole occupant a true copy of his home. He was small barely three feet tall. With a small hunched back and odd limp to his walk.

His hands and feet replaced with metal limbs his brain exposed to the open air and his skin a rotten almost molten green color with large bulging pink eyes. This misbegotten creature was Ulmar the mad scientist of the underworld as many claimed him to be, who willfully experiments on himself as much as others.

He stood before a new contraption of his a rather small a delicate looking thing so unlike the creature working on it.

He was so engrossed with his work he didn't notice the movement behind him until a hand had already grabbed him by his throat and lifted him from his workbench.

A screech of fear issues forth from his throat before a hand clamps over his mouth silencing it quickly will a tall hooded figure draws Ulmar close to it. A raspy voice sounds from seemingly all around the room directed towards the small creature cowering in this things grasp.

"Ulmar you dare attack my host, my proxy in this abominable realm, you dare strike out against me after all I have given you."

Anger radiates off the creature holding Ulmar in such intensity that it is almost a physical thing smacking into Ulmar mind.

"I gave you test subjects, I gave you a laboratory, I gave you power and recognition and this is how you repay me, with treachery?!"

Ulmar shakes his head frantically and raises his hands to the hooded figures hands trying to pull it away from his mouth and neck. He screams his words into the figures hands hoping it will understand, hoping it will let him plead his case but the figure seems to not care for excuses.

"I will show you what disloyalty brings you little scientist, I will repay your disloyalty a thousand fold for what you nearly cost me."

Ulmar shakes and retches in the figures hand trying to break free, trying to plead his case but nothing seems to get through.

But just before the figure can make good on its promise a sound echos forth from its robes, a organ played in the classical sound of Nosferatu. The figure removes its hand from Ulmar's throat leaving him dangling by the hand holding his jaw while pulling out a small flip phone.

With a casual air he opens it and process to answer it, Ulmar dimly tries to break free while watching the figure listen to who ever is on the other side of the line.

But Ulmar begins to stop struggling as he watches the figure slowly shift from anger to a twisted and sick form of joy, or whatever come close to joy for such a being.

Almost with contempt for him the figure throws Ulmar to the side as if he was little more then trash beneath his attention. With an almost hissing purr the figure seems to answer whoever has called them with a simple. "I will be there shortly have them waiting for me." And the swiftly end the call.

"You are fortunate this day Ulmar, other more fruitful business has come up, so I shall let you live for now."

Ulmar quickly scrambles to his knees and prostrate's himself before the figure and in a high shrieking voice with gratefulness and sniveling he says.

"Thank you my lord you bless me, and I swear on my life I will devote all my brilliance and resources to protecting your host. Even more then what he has with the radio demon as his guard none in hell will be able to touch him after I'm done."

The groveling seemed to amuse the figure before it turned sharply and disappeared but not with out leaving a simple message for Ulmar.

"I'm sure you will, I'm sure you will."

Ulmar waits a few minutes before raising himself from the ground a dark and vile expression spread across his face. He quickly heads off to his storage his previous experiment left forgotten for now. After all until he could complete it he had to Liston to that thing so might as well do as it said, but all that would do was make it easier when it came time to get rid of the figure and its host.

Hope you enjoyed that chapter, also have any of you guessed who the figure is yet, anyway please leave a comment and review and I hope you have a nice day.