Chapter 3: Now that's Entertainment

With the snap of Alastor's fingers, fire ignites from the old fireplace that has a board nailed to it and made it as new. Then a mysterious figure appears from the fireplace covered in soot. Alastor walks over and picks the soot covered demon by the back of the shirt. Suddenly, a large eye opens to reveal an orange and hot pink sclera with a light yellow iris. The four demons look at the thing with confused expressions.

With a poof, the soot pops off to reveal the demon is a girl with pink dots on both sides of her mouth. She wears a white shirt with pink dots, a dark pink scarf, a pink skirt with a poodle design and yellow dots, and small dark pink limbs.

"This little darling is Niffty!" Alastor introduces the new demon then drops her to the ground.

The demon girl, Niffty quickly gets up and waves with a smile, "Hi, I'm Niffty!"

"It's nice to meet you! It's been a while since I've made new friends!" Niffty adds, eyeballing the four demons.

She soon notices, "Why're you all women?"

She quickly lifts Charlie up as if she calls out, "Are there any men here?!"

Vaggie quickly takes out her harpoon, thinking she might hurt Charlie.

But Niffty puts Charlie back on the ground, "I'm sorry, that's rude.

Then Niffty begins to look around the hotel, "Oooh man, this place is filthy! It really needs a lady's touch!"

"Which is weird because you're all ladies, no offense," She adds as she grabs a Spider and crushes it with her hand

Then quickly brings out a feather duster, "Oh my gosh, this is awful!

Then begins to tidy up the hotel, ""Nope! Nope! Nope! Nope!"

She soon spots a roach and pins it with a needle, "Nope!"

Crystal says in her thoughts, "That girl is one big ball of energy. Wonder how long it will take until she realizes Angel Dust is actually a boy."

Suddenly, another light appears making everyone turn their heads to see another demon.

They hear someone says, "Hah!"

Just then, white claws place cards on the table, "Read 'em and weep, boys."

The other demon is a cat with taupe color fur with white on his face, torso, and upper arms. He also has long red eye brows, with dark red vertical stripes near the top, black hearts above the eyebrows, and brown eyes with orange irises, a red, black, and white striped tail, red with black stripes and card suits marking on the wings, He wears a black top hat with a red hat band a gold hat decoration, and red bowtie.

"Full Ho-" The demon says.

But suddenly a demonic illusion and voices distort his surroundings.

He soon notices where he is at, "-tel? What the fuck is this?"

He soon notices Alastor and points his whtie claw at him, "You!"

"Ah, Husker, my good friend! Glad you could make it!" Alastor says, unphased and places his hand on the cat's shoulder.

The demon Husk angrily pushes the Radio Demons' hand away, "Don't you "Husker" me, you son of a bitch! I was about to win the whole damn pot!"

Soon, the pot that is on the table disappears.

"Good to see you too!" Alastor says with a grin.

Husk facepalm angrily, "What the hell do you want with me this time...?"

Alastor wraps his arm around Husk's shoulders, "My friend, I am doing some charity work so I took it upon myself to volunteer your services! I hope that's okay!"

"Are you shittin' me?!" Husk asks, annoyed.

Alstor thinks for a second, "Hmm…"

Then answers, "No, I don't think so!"

Hus then shoves Alastor away from him in a fit of anger, "You thought it'd be some kind of big fucking riot just to pull me out of nowhere?! You think I'm some kind of fucking clown?!"

Alastor grins and says, "Maybe!"

"I ain't doing no fucking charity job," Husk says, bitterly

Alastor then appears behind him and wraps his arm around him again, "Well, I figured you would be the perfect face to man the front desk of this fine establishment!"

Suddenly, a bar of some kind appears somewhere in the hotel.

"With your charming smile," Alastor says, pulling Husk's lips into a smile, but Husk frowns again.

And continues, "And welcoming energy, this job was made for you! Don't worry my friend.

Alastor then walks to the bar and says, "I can make this more welcoming! ...If you wish."

Alastor then uses his magic to make a bottle of Cheap Booze appear. Husk stares at the booze for a second.

Then walks over to confront Alastor, "What? You think you can buy me with a wink, and some cheap booze?!" Then grabs the booze.

He looks at it for a second and says, " *...Well, you can!"

And begins to drink the booze and stands at the counter. Angel and the girls stare at the new demon while Vaggie has a problem with it.

She quickly says, "Hey, hey! Hey, hey, hey! No! No bar, no alcohol! This is supposed to be a place that discourages sin! Not some kind of mouth, brothel, man cave!"

Angel grabs Vaggie and shouts, "SHUT UP! SHUT! UP! We are keeping this!" Then points to Husk.

Angel then leans towards the counter and begins to flirt with Husk, "Hey~"

"Go fuck yourself," Husk says, turning his head away.

"Only if you watch me!" Angel says, holding his face and tries to seduce him.

Charlie walks comes to the counter and happily says with glee, "Oh my gosh! Welcome to The Happy Hotel! You are going to love it here!"

She shows a big smile on her face and offers a handshake.

Husk however, reaches for his Booze and says, "I lost the ability to love years ago." Then continues to drink his booze.

"That cat' doesn't seem to be in a good mood," Crystal mutters.

Suddenly, Alastor walks to Charlie and asks, "So, whaddaya think?"

"This is amazing!" Charlie happily says, rubbing her cheeks with excitement.

Vaggie has her arms crossed and mutters, "It's... okay."

Alastor laughs and pulls the two girls into a hug, "This is going to be very entertaining!"

Vaggie shoves herself away from Alastor's embrace. Alastor adjusts his monocle and summons a small flame from his hand in front of Charlie. Suddenly a along begins to appear, and Alastor tosses the flare in the air and shoves Vaggie away. Suddenly, Alastor's attire changes completely and begins to sing a song.

Alastor:

You have a dream

Alastor twirls Charlie around.

Alastor:

You wish to tell

Then changes her attire to a twenties style. Charlie seems happy to see her new outfit.

Alastor:

And it's just laughable

Vaggie is furious at the Radio Demon that her face is turning red and about ready to kill him.

Alastor:

But hey kid, what the hell!

The Radio Demon then picks Charlie up and tosses her in the air. Suddenly, the scenery changes color. And she seems to be enjoying the musical number.

Alastor:

'Cause you're one of a kind

A charming demon belle!

He and Charlie dance, and slide down the stairs.

Alastor:

Now let's give these burning fools a place to dwell

Alastor snaps his fingers to perform his magic. As Angel and Crystal are trying to restrain Vaggie from being violent, the three notice their clothes change to outfits of a 1920's club. Niffty is interested and Husk doesn't seem phased.

Alastor:

(Take it, boys!)

With another snap of his fingers, a voodoo like shadow comes out and plays trumpets and a drum set. Charlie snaps her fingers to the beat with a smile on her face. Vaggie tries to talk to her about her concern, but Alastor drags her to the others.

Suddenly, spirits of some kind appear, and shout, "Boo!"

Alastor:

Inside of every demon is a lost cause

Alastor appears at the desk bar where Angel Dust and Husk are. He places a white hat on Angel's head, and plucks a hair from Husk's eyebrows. Angel snaps his fingers with a smile, but annoyed, he shows his middle finger when he's not at the scene.

Alastor:

But we'll dress 'em up for now with just a smile!

Ghosts:

(With a smile!)

He then places a feather hat and a boa on Vaggie, and puts a fedora on Crystal's head. He then slaps Vaggie's back, making her come in rage. Then she tosses the stuff to the ground. She would have destroyed Alastor if Crystal hasn't grab her by the shoulders

Alastor:

And we'll chlorinate this cesspool

With some old redemption flair

Alastor continues to dance, and kicks a skull out of the way. Then twirls his cane as he dances around

Alastor:

And show these simpletons some proper class and style

Shadow

(What's in style?)

He then dances towards the fireplace. With a wave from his can, he summons more shadows to come out. One of them has the same resemblance to him.

Alastor:

(Oh!)

He snaps his fingers and the shadow disappears

Alastor:

Here below the ground

I'm sure your plan is sound!

After that, he dances with Charlie and presses his hands against her cheeks. He then takes Charlie's and whisks her away before Vaggie has a say in it. Crystal simply stares at the event looking confused.

Alastor:

They'll spend a little time

He then spins himself and Charlie around and lets the hybrid girl go.

Alastor:

Down at this Hazbin Ho-

Before he can finish his song, an explosion occurs at the door. Crystal quickly grabs Niffty and pulls her out of the way before the door can ram into her.

Niffty turns to Crystal with a smile, "Thank you."

"You're welcome," Crystal says.

Everyone looks outside to see what is going on, and soon see a damaged airship that is very familiar to Angel

The one making an appearance from the aircraft is Sir Pentious. The snake demon that attacked Crystal earlier.

He then shouts in eagerness, "Hah! Well, well, well. Look who it is harboring the striped freak! We meet yet again, Alastor!"

"Do I know you?" Alastor deflates.

The snake demon's ego deflates a little

He angrily says, "Oh, yes you do!"

He then returns to his seat and spreads his hood open, "And this time, I have the element of-"

"SURPRISE!" And pulls the switch.

Just then, a large power cannon lowers down from the ship and begins to activate to fire at the group.

The snake demon says in triumph, "Ahaha! I'm so evil!"

Before the snake demon can fire, Alastor then snaps his fingers and a vortex appears from under the airship. Black tentacles appear from the hole and grab hold of the airship. One of the tentacles pulls the cannon off and throws it into another abyss that has appeared.

In the airship, the Egg Bois and their boss are being rocked around. The airship leans to one side causing everyone inside to fall in that direction. Two of the Egg Bois hit the wall and break into pieces.

Sir Pentious falls to the wall as he screams, "Oh, that hurt!"

Then a tentacle grabs his face. Then begins to fly him to the wall and then drag him on the floor. Then it makes a loop and crushes the snake demon. The Egg Bois are either broken to pieces or panicking in fear. Outside, the tentacles still grab hold of the airship. Alastor's eyes seem static as he moves his fingers to conjure his magic. Then changes back to their normal like stage. He then clutches his hand causing it to glow. The tentacles consume the airship and cause a massive explosion. In a matter of seconds, the airship and the demons inside are blown to bits. Alastor shows is grinning menacingly in satisfaction as everyone else looks at him in shock and horror. Crystal also begins to learn how Alastor is one of the most powerful demons in Hell

Alastor breaks the tension with a big smile and says, ...Well, I'm starved! Who wants some Jambalaya?"

Then begins to walk back to the hotel as if nothing happens, "My mother once showed me a wonderful recipe for Jambalaya. In fact, it nearly killed her! Hahaha!

Niffy soon begins to follow him back to the hotel. Husk and Angel do the same. Angel then blows Husk a kiss much to his anger.

"You could say the kick was right out of Hell! Ohoho, I'm on a roll!" Alastor adds.

Charlie smiles with glee and to Vaggie, who calmly smiles back. Charlie then walks back with the others and Vaggie and Crystal join them. Crystal notices that the name of the Hotel has been changed from the Happy Hotel to the Hazbin Hotel.

Crystal thinks, "That Alastor doesn't mess around. But then again, that guy has strange vibes. I'll have to keep a close eye on him. However, the minute he decides to give us problems, he's out of here."

Later in the evening, well, what appears to be evening from the time. However, it's hard to tell because of the red sky. In the hotel, Charlie and Vaggie are helping Crystal go over some arrangements for her stay and applications.

After thinking and such, Crystal decides, "I'm going to give your Rehabilitation a try."

"Really?" Charlie asks with glee.

"Yeah. I know it seems strange, but I thought maybe I can try to turn my life around," Crystal says.

"How so?" Vaggie asks.

Crystal says, "Well, back when I was alive, I used to get very sick and I was placed in the hospital. When I finally got out when I was eight, my father decided to train me to become an assassin like the rest of my family and my family before me. Of course, our family only goes after those who are corrupted. You know, use their influence and power against innocent people. Of course, my family and I also steal, imbecile, and other ways to help the poor. I suppose we're like Robin Hood or something. Even though I've done it for a long time and know the good we do for the people, I still feel guilty about having to kill them.

"You do, huh," Charlie replies.

"Lots of sinner don't care if people die, but glad to know that you do," Vaggie says.

"True, but I feel that people who are that corrupt should be punished one way or another. Not saying they deserve to die, but what they've done was very wrong," Crystal says.

"Hmm, I think I understand," Vaggie says.

"True. My mom doesn't like it. Mostly because she believes that we can pass judgement, that only the spirits could. You know like God and the Devil," Crystal says.

"Besides being an assassin, what else do you do?" Charlie asks.

"Well. Back at home and when I got out of the hospital, I lived the life of a normal girl. I go to school, hang out with my friends, and such. I always helped my mom around the house, like cooking, cleaning, and helping take care of my little brothers and sisters," Crystal says.

"Anything else?" Vaggie asks.

"Well. Back at school, I help my classmates with their school work. I'm also part of a volunteer work to clean the beach and help out at the Community Center. I babysit my friends, siblings, and other little kids. I like to draw so I draw during my pass time, and play video games. I also like dancing too and I teach my siblings how to dance too. Despite my family having a few assassins, we're also a happy and ordinary family," Crystal says.

"I have to say, for someone who is being a sinner, you're actually a very good girl," Vaggie says.

Suddenly, Charlie says, "And I just remember, you must be the 'complicated case,' my mom and dad told me about."

"Complicated case?" A familiar voice says.

The girls turn their heads to see Angel Dust walking into the room.

"Angel?! Were you eavesdropping?" Charlie asks, disapproves.

"Sorry, but I can't help but over here about this girl's case. For someone who kills, you feel guilty about it. If I were you, I wouldn't be guilty, especially about the people you have to kill. If they're as corrupt as you say they are," Angel says.

Vaggie angrily scolds, "Angel, don't tell her that!"

"Calm your tits, babe! I was jokin'... well most of it. Besides, you didn't seem that guilty when dealing with those Egg Bois at the Turf War," Angel says.

"That's because those jerks were attacking me. Plus, that snake demon tried to tie me with a chain and who knows what else. My dad always told me that I can't let myself be pushed around and that I need to defend myself if anyone gives me a hard time," Crystal says.

"That's true. But work of advise kid, you're going to have to kill if you want to survive here. It's not like your life on earth. There are many bad ass demons who won't hesitate to kill, or to beat you," Angel says.

Vaggie mutters, "He's right, much as I hate to admit."

"Okay, but on to the subject, what do you mean about me being a complicated case?" Crystal asks.

"Well. I remember my mom telling me about it. Turns out that you're practically balanced. The deeds you make seems to have a balance. As a result, my father, Lucifer who is the ruler of Hell and God, didn't know what to do about you. At the end, they decide you should be sent to Hell as a fallen angel," Charlie says.

"That's a lot to take in, but it does seem understandable. I'm an assassin, yet I'm also a caring and hard working person. I guess they weren't sure what to do with me at first," Crystal says.

"True, but I believe that you can be better, so I'm glad you decided to take part in my project. Who knows, you might actually be able to be happy in Heaven," Charlie says.

"Thanks. And even if there's a possibility that I can't get to Heaven, I'm going to do what I can to live here. Like my mom always says is to make the best of the situation you're in. Plus, is to never give up no matter what life throws at you," Crystal says.

Angel laughs and places his hand on Crystal's shoulder, "I like your spirit. I think you'll fit right in."

"I have to agree," Vaggie says.

"And you just need to be yourself, but try not to do so much killing here," Charlie says.

"No promises on that after what Angel said, but I'll try. Besides, I don't need a gun to defend myself. I can defend myself no matter what demon dares to attack," Crystal says.

"Well then. We'll sign you up, get you a room, and we can get started," Charlie says.

Crystal simply smiles about trying out Charlie's project. She isn't sure if Charlie's Rehabilitation will work, but she will do what she can to make a life in Hell for herself, and with her new friends.