Chapter 5: Work and Chats
After getting the message on his phone, Angel has to leave for a while, much to his frustration. The last thing he wants to do right now is to go back there, but he knows he has. He then talks to Charlie and Vaggie about it.
"I see, you have to go to work at the… Porn Studio?" Charlie replies with a nervous smile.
She sadly sighs and says, "Agan."
"Yeah. I got a message saying that I need to go there for a shoot and I'm probably going to be back here late again," Angel says.
"You don't plan on having Crystal come with you?" Vaggie asks, concern.
"No. Are you fuckin nuts?" Angel says, sounding annoyed.
"Well excuse me that I don't want Crystal to get raped… by some perverted demon, especially at your job!" Vaggie angrily says.
"Now now, Vaggie. Angel said that he isn't taking Crystal there," Vaggie says.
"That's why I came to you. I want you two to keep an eye on her oh, and I need you two to make sure Nuggs is okay," Angel says.
"Sure Angel. We'll keep an eye on them," Charlie says.
Vaggie then asks, "I'm actually surprised you're not taking her. I figure you would."
"Nope. There is no reason why she's going there. I'm not sure if it's even a good idea for her to," Angel says.
"Why do you say that? I know she is planning on redemption, and…." Charlie says.
"Cause, I think she's too good. From what I come to understand, she acts like she shouldn't even be in Hell to begin with, but because of her life of being an assassin, she is. I… I don't want her to get in trouble, some of the clients can be nasty," Angel says.
He then looks away in concern, "And well… I don't want her to… you know."
"You don't want her to be involved with your boss, do you?" Vaggie suspects.
"You got that right," Angel says
Charlie happily says, "Aw Angel, I think it's sweet. You're doing this to protect Crystal. Good for you. I think you're on your way to redemption."
"Uh… I'm not sure… I just think she shouldn't be… exposed to that… even if she saw it with her brother, she blushes like crazy when she explains it," Angel says, sounding uneasy.
Confused, Vaggie asks, "That's a bit surprising, that you cared for anyone. Well, except for your pet pig… and your friend, Cherri Bomb."
Then shows a calm smile, "I actually think it's a good thing."
"Yeah. Yeah. I need to get going. If Crystal wakes up, tell her where I went off to and make sure she doesn't get into trouble," Angel says.
"Okay, bye," Charlie says.
"Yeah," Angel says as he walks out the door.
He leaves through the door and closes it behind him.
Vaggie arches her eyebrow, "Hmm."
"What is it, Vaggie?" Charlie asks.
"I don't know. Have you notice something, odd with Angel just now?" Vaggie replies.
"Other than the fact that he and Crystal are already bonding. I think it's sweet. Crystal just arrived the other day and she's already bonding with us, especially Angel," Charlie happily says.
"That's true, but that's not what I mean. I don't know, it seems he sounded… I don't know, frustrated about leaving for work. He usually don't give a care, but now, he didn't seem to happy about it," Vaggie says.
Charlie places her hand on her chin, "I suppose, but maybe he's just tired or something. Anyway, we promised Angel to keep an eye on Nuggs and Crystal."
"Nuggs I get, but why Crystal? She's a grown woman around twenty years old," Vaggie says, places her hand under her chin.
"Oh, let's not worry about it. All we have to do is make sure Little Nuggy's is doing fine and make sure Crystal stays in the hotel. Try to relax Vaggie, everything will be okay," Charlie says.
Sometime later, Angel who is sitting in a taxi arrives at his destination, The Porn Studio. He then leaves the taxi and begins to walk into the building. Truth is, he is usually annoyed when he has to come here for work, but he feels extra frustrated and annoyed. He smells the aroma of alcohol, smoke, and sex. He is used to it, but isn't paying attention to it as of now.
He continues to walk inside as he is deep in his thoughts, "Urgh, I can't believe I have to work late again. At least, I was able to hang out with Crystal and got her back to the hotel, or Vaggie will have my butt about it. I do hope Crystal is doing alright. Sure it's only her second day, but she can't get herself into trouble while I'm gone."
He then shakes his head, "I can't think about that right… I have work to do and if Val sees I have my head in the clouds, he might."
Suddenly, he ends up bumping into someone. He steps back to see a four armed eleven foot tall demon wearing a red coat with a white collar and cuffs that have red hearts on it. He ends up facing a purple demon wearing yellow heart sunglasses with red shades with red eyes behind them. His boss, Valentino looks down at him with a big grin on his face.
"Well well, it's about time you arrive Angel," The demon says.
"Yeah. I came here as soon as I got your message," Angel says, trying not to act annoyed.
Valentino shows an evil grin and says, "Good. Now we must get going. We have a long day of filming today."
"Yeah," Angel says, sounding reluctant.
Angel then begins to head off to begin his work, as much as he's not happy about being here.
Angel thinks to himself, "The sooner finish filming the sooner I'll get back to the hotel. I know I shouldn't worry, but hope the kid is doing okay."
Then realizes in his thoughts, "Why am I still thinking about her? She's way younger than me and just arrived here not long ago. I need a drink after this and collect my thoughts.
Time has gone by and Crystal has awakened from her sleep in the bed. She sits up and lets out a yawn.
She rubs her eyes and says, "Man, I must have been tired. I wonder if this is hard for anyone who first set foot in Hell."
Crystal then leaves the room as she takes her new bag. She walks down stairs to the dining room to see Husk sitting at the bar.
"Hey Husk," Crystal says.
"Hey, so you're finally awake," Husk says.
"Yeah. I was very tired, but I'm up now," Crystal says.
She walks to the bar and sits on the chair, "So Husk, are you some kind of cat with wings or something?"
"You could say that," Husk says. Then continues to drink his Booze.
Crystal sighs and says to herself, "I'll get myself something to eat."
Crystal then leaves the bar and to the kitchen to get herself something to eat.
Suddenly, she hears Charlie's voice, "Hi Crystal."
Crystal turns her head to see Charlie walking to her.
"Hey Charlie, how are things doing?" Crystal replies with a smile.
"Doing fine. So what are you doing?" Charlie says with glee.
"I plan to get myself something to eat. By the way, have you seen Angel,?" Crystal replies.
"Right. Angel has to go to work for a filming shoot so he'll be back late tonight," Charlie says.
"I see. Angel told me he worked at a Porn Studio as a famous celebrity. I guess he's working on another film," Crystal says.
"That sounds about right," Vaggie mutters.
Crystal then asks, "So since I know I'll be working here, maybe you can tell me what I need to do?"
"Thought you never ask. You can start by helping Niffty with some of the cleaning for the Hotel," Charlie says.
"Sure," Crystal calmly says with a smile.
Suddenly, Nifty dashes over with a big sharp teeth smile on her face, "Great. This place is really filthy, and I really like to have a hand."
"Um, okay," Crystal says with a sheepish smile.
Soon, Crystal and Niffty begin to take care of some of the cleaning. They dust, broom, mop, and clear out dust, grime, and anything that makes parts of the hotel dirty. Surprising Crystal, Niffty is a fast cleaner for someone of her size. Crystal is able to clean some of the tables, chairs, and other places, but Niffty is proven to be a faster cleaner than she is.
Sometime later, Crystal sighs as she and Niffty look at the now tidy up lobby and dining room.
"We sure got this place cleaned up in a hurry," Crystal says.
"Yes. And I'm glad i have you to help Crysty," Niffty happily says.
Crystal says with a confused face, "Huh, Crysty?"
"I gotta get going. I need to get some clean towels. See you," Niffty happily says, then zips off like in the matter of seconds.
"That was fast," Crystal says.
Crystal sighs and says, "I was planning to get something to eat so might as well now."
Crystal then walks to the kitchen and fixes herself something to eat. She then eats her food and cleans up the dishes she uses for it. After having dinner, Crystal decides to see if there's anything else she can do. Crystal looks around the lobby to see many different pictures of Charlie and her family. Crystal then looks at a family portrait of her mother and father.
"It's so amazing how much Charlie looks like her parents. Although, she does mostly take after her father. It's still… shocking to know that someone as sweet and kind as Charlie can be the daughter of the ruler of Hell himself," Crystal says in thought.
Crystal then walks away as she thinks, "I wonder how Charlie decided to come up with the idea to rehabilitate de…"
Suddenly, she ends up bumping into someone and falls to the ground on her bottom.
She then heard a familiar radio voice, "My aren't you a little clumsy."
Crystal looks up to see the Radio Demon, Alastor.
"Sorry about that. I wasn't watching where I was going," Crystal says.
"It's okay Crystal, correct?" Alastor replies.
"Yes. That's me. So Alastor, were you by chance a Radio Host in the 1920s or something? You dressed like someone in that time period and your voice sounds like a radio. Not to mention, you know about the Stock Market Crash as if you were there yourself. I only learned about it in history class," Crystal asks.
"You are correct, my dear. You sure know your history," Alastor says.
"Yeah. Angel explained to me that many demons and sinners who lived here died and ended up here at different time periods, and that any demon or uh, sinners can have different abilities as well. I have to wonder… well… Vaggie told me that you somehow have a lot of power when you first came here and uh…" Crystal says.
"You wonder how I was able to obtain it. I believe that just the way it is. There are some demons that gained that kind of power when they first came, others have to develop over time. I'm sure that you have abilities or other kinds of powers. However, it depends what you've done during your past life," Alastor says.
"I guess that makes sense," Crystal says.
He then smiles and says, "I just have this kind of power. I'll see you around."
Then he walks away as he hums a tune, leaving Crystal dumbfounded.
Crystal sighs and says in her thoughts, "I don't think I'll ever understand that guy."
Late in the night and everyone else is already sleeping for the night. Since Crystal is sleeping a lot of the day, she decides to walk down the halls to keep herself entertained and now is heading back to her room. Suddenly, she hears the sound of something scratching. Crystal looks around and turns her head to a room close by.
"Hmm, what's in this room?" Crystal asks herself.
Crystal walks over to the room and reaches for the door knob. She then hears scratching coming from it again. She has her hand on the door knob and opens the door. She looks inside to see a large room. She turns on the light to reveal a large bed and a large table with two light up mirrors and a chair, like it's seen in a dressing room. On the desk has a blonde wig on a wig head, a pink fuzzy boa, and other stuff.
Crystal wonders, "Hmm, I wonder who's room is this? And what was making that noise?"
Crystal then feels something nudging against her leg. She looks down to see what is making the sound. It's a small pink pig with various darker pink and black spots on its body, black eyes, pink and black spikes along its body, and a curly tail with a quadrilateral barb at the end.
Crystal smiles and says, "Aww. Hello little guy."
Crystal then kneels down the pig as it walks closer to her.
"Hello. My name is Crystal. Aren't you a cute little guy," Crystal says and holds her hand out.
The pig sniffs Crystal's hand, and then wiggles his tail with glee. Then snuggles against Crystal's hand. Crystal soon begins to yawn and is starting to feel tired.
"You sure are cute, I wonder who's your owner and what's your name little guy," Crystal says.
"His name is Fat Nuggets. He's a cute little guy," A familiar voice says.
Crystal turns her head to see Angel Dust standing behind her.
"Hi Angel, I guess you're done with work for the night," Crystal says.
Angel yawns and says, "Yeah. And I could really use some sleep after the work I did."
"You do look tired. You must have worked a lot," Crystal says.
"You have no idea," Angel says.
"Well, I think I'm going to bed for the night. I took a nap a while ago, and I'm tired of staying up late," Crystal says.
"Sure. Night kid," Angel says.
"Night," Crystal says.
Crystal then walks down the hall a little and walks into her room to sleep for the night. Angel Dust can't help, but to show a calm smile on his face. Then walks into his room to sleep for the night. In her room, Crystal is already sleeping in her bed as well with a smile on her face.
