Chapter 9: Spiders United Trouble Brewing
Somewhere in Pentagram City, Charlie and Vaggie are riding in the limo to find Crystal. So far, the girls haven't seen her. They try to ask around, but the Demons either say they haven't seen her, ignore them, or tell them to back off. Charlie and Vaggie are very worried because Crystal hasn't been found.
Vaggie groans with frustration, "How can one spider demon with silver color hair can be so hard to find. Not to mention she is white with blue patterns and such, she'll stick out like a sore thumb."
"I know Vaggie. I fear something may have happened to her," Charlie says.
"Yeah. But still, Angel does seem extra worried for her. He decided to try finishing her alone and already contacted Cherri to help with the search. Apparently, she just finished a Turf War with Sir Pentious," Vaggie says.
"Yeah. Angel does seem to trust Crystal, but when he hasn't come back he was worried and planned on searching for her himself," Charlie says.
"True, but I find it weird. I mean, Crystal is a girl and doesn't really hang out with them unless they have cash," Vaggie says.
"Well, Cherri Bomb is an exception and he kind of accepted us," Charlie says.
"That's true, but I'm just a little surprised how close she and Angel are, despite them not knowing each other much," Vaggie says.
"I think it's kind of sweet, and maybe this is what Angel needs, to have another friend," Charlie says with a smile.
"Let's just hope Angel doesn't try to have sex with her," Vaggie mutters.
"I doubt he'll do that. But it won't matter unless we find her," Charlie says.
"You're right. I just hope we find her before something happens," Vaggiew says, and begins to show concern.
Meanwhile, in the building, Crystal is sitting hiding behind the crates and the support beams. She feels her body shaking as she covers her mouth with her first pair of hands while her lower arms continue to hold the gun she has taken in her hand.
"I need to remain hidden. If it is the client the shark demons as talking about, then I'm not dealing with an ordinary demon. I let my guard down thinking I'm just dealing with those sinners, but the Octopus Boss caught me. I won't let my guard down this time," Crystal thinks.
She then prepares the gun, "If I need to defend myself and get out. Then I'll have to create a distraction for me to escape.
She soon doesn't hear the footsteps anymore, which makes her deeply concerned. Crystal turns her head and takes a peek to see nobody's around. She continues to have a strong grip on the gun she is holding. Suddenly, a pink glove reaches out and is placed on Crystal's shoulder, making her yelp in fright. She turns her head to reveal a familiar white and pink color spider demon: Angel Dust.
Crystal sighs in relief, "Angel, it's you."
"Yeah. Sorry about that. Didn't mean to scare you," Angel says.
"I'm just glad that you found me. I was… worried you might be someone else," Crystal says.
"Well it isn't. What the heck happened? You've been gone all afternoon, and I was worried. Even the girls have been worried so we all set out to find you," Angel says.
Crystal begins to feel remorse, "Sorry about that. I was trying to reach Cherri which I suspect was in the middle of a battle due to the explosions. Still, I bump into these guys and suspect that they're doing some drug deal. They decide to take me too so they can sell me to their buyer. I let my guard down thinking it was just them, but their boss captured me and agreed to the idea."
"Holy shit," Angel says, sounding surprised.
"Well, I was able to make a third pair of arms, able to break free, and give those creeps a good pounding. And I guess that the Boss leader is still alive and tried to kill me," Crystal says.
"That explains the noise I heard. When I was looking for you, I heard a large racket from this building and decided to check it out. I then shot this Boss on the spot," Angel says.
Angel sighs, "But what matters now is that you're okay and you don't look worse for wear."
"Thanks," Crystal says.
Crystal then looks at her clothes to see that it is dirty, and some of the sleeves on her shirt and her pants have tears on it. She even notices her hair is a mess.
"I look awful," Crystal calmly says.
"Eh, I had to deal with this sort of thing a lot. Anyway, it's best that we get out of here before this client of theirs arrives and notice us," Angel says.
"You're right. I don't want to be a pretty face in his collection, since I suspect that he's one of the Overlords Charlie and Vaggie told me about," Crystal says.
Confused, Angel asks, "Who is this client that these overgrown seafood were hoping to sell the drugs to? And you for that matter?"
Crystal then begins to think, "Well… Like I said I suspect that he's an Overlord and they told me his name, and they only mention his name once to me. What was it? Val.. Val… Valentine?"
"Valentine?" Angel says, confused.
Then he realizes in shock, "Valentino?!"
Suddenly, they hear what sounds like a car coming to a stop.
Angel places his hand on his forehead with a groan, "Eugh… god…"
"I… I think their client's here," Crystal says in concern.
"I think it is. And if he sees us, we're fuckin toast," Angel says.
"We need to remain here until they're gone," Crystal says.
Angel nods his head and both he and Crystal hide behind the crates and beams with their backs against one of the crates. They both decide to remain quiet until what demon has arrived decides to leave. Coming from the entrance, red smoke begins to enter the building and some of it reaches Angel and Crystal. Angel and Crystal quickly cover her mouth to prevent coughing from the red smoke.
Crystal thinks, "What is that smell? It… it suffocating."
For some reason, the smoke doesn't feel… normal to Crystal. Then again, she was barely in Hell for very long, so there's still a lot that is new to her. Angel then places his hand over Crystal and gives it a sturdy grip. Crystal turns her head to see Angel holding her hand and is looking serious.
Crystal begins to wonder, "Could Angel… Know this Demon."
Suddenly, they hear footsteps entering the building and the two Spider Demons remain silent and have their mouths covered. Angel turns his head and looks to see someone entering the building. Crystal is curious as well and tries to take a peek as well.
To Crystal's shock, she sees a muted blue skin demon walking in and is very tall, around ten or eleven feet tall. With red eyes covered by pink and gold heart shaped glasses four arms, antennae on his head. We hear a red coat with white fur lines, cuffs on his wrist, and a large amount of fur on the collar decorated with red hearts, black hands and long black boots. He wears a top hat with a zebra striped feather on it.
Crystal and Angel duck back and remain hidden. Crystal worries about this demon. Since he's an Overlord, she's not sure if she stands a chance against him, not sure if Angel can either.
Entering the building, the Overlord, Valentino looks around to see the condition of the room. He is holding a cigar that is emitting red smoke, The Boss leader is shot down and the rest are tied up by threads to the support beams or hanging on top of the ceiling in strange types of ropes. And a few boxes are close to the table that has been knocked to the ground.
"Hmm. This is an interesting development," The Overlord says.
The Overlord walks over to two of the sinners that are tied up. He sees the loose threads and gently picks them up with his hand. He soon becomes interested to see the threads tying up the demons. Valentino then has his employees take the boxes of drugs and take them back to the studio.
Just then, the shark demon groans as he begins to regain consciousness.
"Who… wha… how?" The Shark demon says, groaning and feels the pain.
The shark demon looks down and his eyes widens to notice him being tied up.
"Wha… what the fuck is this?" The Shark demon panics and tries to break out of the restraint.
The Overlord walks over to him and says, "That is what I like to know."
The Shark demon looks forward and petrifies in fear to see Valentino looking at him with an evil smile revealing his sharp teeth and a gold tooth.
"Tell me something, what has happened? I'm here to finalize the deal and yet, I came to see a disaster struck you" Valentino questions.
The Shark demon remembers and grits his teeth in anger, "That Fuckin' Spider brat!"
"Spider you say?" The Overlord asks, becoming interested.
"Yeah. Caught this girl spider with blue eyes and silver hair. And I'm guessing she did this to us. When I get my hands on that little shrimpy spider…" The Shark Demon angrily says and grits his teeth in anger.
"Hmm. Quite interesting, and I assume she is long gone by now. And assuming she has caused the ruckus," Valentino says with a grin.
He then reaches into his coat and brings out what looks like a pink gun.
The Overlord says, "However, I got some in tell that you plan to lay a little trap so you can keep the profits and since you fail on that…"
He then points the gun at the shark demon. Angel and Crystal remain hidden enough to hear a gunshot and then with more gunshots. Crystal is too stunned to look, but suspects the Overlord killed the shark and possibly the rest of the gang.
They soon hear Valentino says, "Now that has been taken care of, I believe I should keep an eye out on this young demon girl with the silver hair. She might prove to be… useful…"
Still hidden, Angel and Crystal soon hear the demon leaving the building and the sound of the car driving away. Knowing the Overlord is long gone, Angel Dust and Silver Crystal sigh in relief, glad that they haven't been spotted. Then they leave their hiding spot and look to see the vehicle far down the street.
"That was really way too close," Crystal whispers.
"Yeah. But I don't think he noticed us," Angel says.
Then brings out his cellphone and begins to text a message, "I'll let Charlie know where we are and where we're meeting her. I think it will be best for us to get out of here before anything else happens."
"Agree," Crystal says.
Angel and Crystal begin to leave the building and head off to somewhere where Charlie and Vaggie can pick them up. As they leave, Angel and Crystal can see that the demons Crystal has defeated are now dead. However, Crystal is now concerned that this Overlord Valentino, has now taken an interest in her, especially for the mess she has caused here.
Still in the limo and searching from their end, Charlie and Vaggie feel that they might not be able to find her. Suddenly, Charlie hears her phone ringing. She looks at her phone to see a message on it. When she looks at her phone, Charlie becomes relieved.
Charlie turns to Vaggie, "Good news, Angel was able to find her and it appears she's safe."
Vaggie sighs, "That's a relief. Where are they? What happened?"
"Angel said that they'll be in front of the strip club where he and Cherri hang out at. From what I understand, Crystal was caught in a Drug Deal and a bit of a fight, but she's okay, just tired," Charlie says.
"At least we can count on Angel for this, and the club he told is is close to where we're at now," Vaggie says.
"Then let's hurry," Charlie says.
Meanwhile, Angel Dust and Silver Crystal are at the Strip Club. They wait in front of the Strip Club waiting patiently for Charlie and Vaggie to arrive.
Crystal sighs, "What an afternoon? First I let my guard down and got caught into a Drug Deal, and then we already got caught by an Overlord."
"Yeah. I'm just glad he didn't see us," Angel says.
"Yeah. But it scares me to hear that he plans on keeping an eye out for me. Saying that I'll be useful. I don't even want to think what he might make me do if he found me," Crystal says.
Angel says, "You really don't want to know."
"Angel Dust, do you… do you know him?" Crustal asks.
Angel sighs and says, "I do know him. His name is Valentino who is the owner of the Porn Studios. He's also my boss."
"Your boss?" Crystal asks, surprised.
Then quickly asks, "Wait, he owns a Porn Studio?"
"Yep," Angel answers.
"No wonder they said that he'll be interested in me. They expect Valentino to buy me and be a part of his staff," Crystal says, sounding irritated.
She groans, "Oh man! If they expect me that I will go along in being a part of a Porn Studio and expect me to be actress to have sex… they're completely cracked!"
"Sounds like you're not taking this well," Angel says.
"I do not want to be an Adult Entertainer!" Crystal yells.
Angel places his hands on Crystal's shoulders, "And you won't. I don't want you to have anything to do with the kind of life I got myself into. Valentino is very ruthless with his staff…"
Then sadly sighs, "Including me. I may be a famous Pron Star, but I'm also Valentino's favorite toy to do what he wants."
Seeing the concern on Angel's face, Crystal is starting to learn there is more to Angel Dust than what he shows. She realizes that deep down, Angel has been experiencing something that he can't or will not say out loud.
Soon, Charlie and Vaggie are able to pick them up and take them back to the hotel. Charlie and Vaggie are relieved that Crystal is okay, but concerned when Angel tells them that Valentino has been told about Crystal and becomes interested in her. And also know that Crystal could be in danger if Valentino finds her, and they don't want to think of what he might do if he gets his hands on her.
Later in the night, Crystal is laying down in her room. As she remains in her room, taking her back, changing to her pajamas, Crystal can't stop thinking about Angel's connection with Valentino.
Crystal thinks, "Angel… Why can't I stop thinking about what happened. The way Angel gripped my hand and became shocked when he realizes who the Overlord is, he turned serious and deeply concerned. And… and what he said about him being Valentino's toy, it must mean that… Angel must have been through a lot being under his employment. The way Angel was concerned about me and didn't want me to have anything to do with him and his studio, he…. He doesn't want me to go through the same situation he has gone through. And deep in his eyes… I can tell that Angel must be in deep pain."
Crystal turns her head and says to herself, "Angel, I… I wish there's a way for me to help you. I hope that I can learn more about you, and maybe… I might be able to help you with your problem."
