Chapter 19: Black Onyx

One afternoon in Pentagram City, Silver Crystal is walking with her pet pig Sapphire. She could use a little rest and some time with Sapphire, especially after the little fiasco from earlier. At the Hazbin Hotel, everyone had a bit of a rough morning.

Flashback: Early This Morning.

At the Hazbin Hotel, everyone is fast asleep. Inside one of the rooms, Crystal along with Sapphire are fast asleep in their bed. Suddenly, they wake up to a large crashing sound. Crystal quickly sits up in shock as they wake up, and Sapphire becomes frightened and hides under the blanket.

"What in the world was that?" Crystal asks in shock.

Suddenly, she hears Vaggie screaming, "ANGEL, WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU!"

Curious, Crystal gets out of the bed and puts on her robe. She and Sapphire then walk out of the room to check out what's going on. They walk down the stairs to see Vaggie and Angel Dust down the stairs and look like they're getting into a nasty fight.

"I was working. You know I was having a late night shift," Angel says.

"Like what, having sex with some sluts or something?" Vaggie interrogates.

"I had a late filming session you fuckin' banshee!" Angel shouts.

"You know you're supposed to be at the hotel with the Rehabilitation program!" Vaggie angrily says.

Then Angel angrily says, "Well sorry that I have a tight schedule at work, and I also have other shit to do."

Angel Dust and Vaggie continue to argue as Crystal and Sapphire watch. Soon, Charlie walks down the stairs in her pajamas and slippers, feeling tired.

Charlie yawns and says, "Morning."

"Morning Charlie," Crystal says.

"So what's going on?" Charlie asks.

"Angel and Vaggie are fighting again," Crystal says.

Charlie sighs, "This is the fifteenth time this week that they got into an argument or a fight."

"No kidding. From what Angel tells me, they've been fighting ever since they met," Crystal replies.

Suddenly, they hear thumping sounds and loom to see the two are rolling on the floor as they are getting into a physical, aggressive, fight. Charlie, Crystal, and Sapphire watch as the two fight. Sapphire shakes in fear and hides behind Crystal.

Crystal eyes turns to Charlie's, "We should stop them."

"We really should," Charlie says.

Crystal and Charlie hurry to the pair and try to break up the fight. Charlie grabs Vaggie and Crystal grabs Angel. With that, the two pull Vaggie and Angel apart as the two.

"Come on you guys, cut it out!" Crystal says.

"Come on Vaggie," Charlie says.

"Well tell Angel that he need to stop with his stupid bullshit at night!" Vaggie angrily says.

"If you had a shit with my work, then talk to my boss!" Angel angrily says.

And with that, the two break free from Crystal and Charlie's restraints and begin to go at it. And with that, Vaggie and Angel are now beating the crap out of each other. Charlie and Crystal stand back in shock to see the two are in an extreme physical fight.

Charlie calls out, "Guys, calm down!"

"Come on guys, you gotta calm down! You're going to wake up everyone in the hotel!" Crystal says.

Just then, the two begin to throw all kinds of objects at them, such as chairs, bottles, and other stuff. Suddenly, they hear footsteps and turn to see Niffty, Husk, and Lilac walking down stairs to see the fiasco.

"What the fuck is going on here?" Husk questions, and lets out a yawn.

"Oooooooh, those two are making a mess," Niffty says.

Lilac turns to Charlie and Crystal, "What's going on?"

"Angel got back after doing a late not job and Vaggie has been giving Angel a hard time. And then, it turned into a fist fight with objects being thrown at each other," Crystal says.

Husk then notices and becomes angry, "And it looks like they're going to throw my boozes!"

Charlie and the others look and become shocked to see the bottles of alcohol and booze being thrown all over the place. Everyone quickly dodge out of the way as they try to not get hit. However, one of them flies so fast and hard that it hits Crystal right in her forehead and knocks her to the ground, making everyone gasp in shock, and Angel and Vaggie stop fighting in shock.

"Crystal!" Charlie panics and kneels down to her.

Lilac follows after her and asks, "Are you okay?"

"Hang in there, Crystal! Crystal!" Charlie calls out, very worried.

Crystal feels dizzy after getting smacked in the head with the bottle and now has a big bruise on her forehead.

"My oh my, look at all the mess you two have caused," Alastor says.

Everyone turns their head to see Alastor walking down the stairs to see the mess.

Flashback Ends:

And here she is, walking in the city with Sapphire by herself. Charlie allows Crystal to go out by herself to spend time with Sapphire while She and Alastor are giving Angel and Vaggie a serious talk.

Crystal lets out a sigh and says, "Can't believe those two are really going at it."

She stops walking and lifts her hat and bangs to see the bad bruise she got on her forehead, "Especially when I got this."

"I wish that those two could just get along for one day, or at least an hour," Crystal says.

She then feels something brushing against her leg. Crystal looks down to see Sapphire trying to comfort her.

"Thanks Sapphire. I do feel a little better. I just wish there's another way to get those two to get along," Crystal says.

Sapphire oinks with a reply.

Crystal picks up Sapphire and snuggles her, "Come on Sapphire, I think there's a park close by."

Crystal places Sapphire down and the two walk to the park together. Crystal and Sapphire look around and Crystal is a little surprised to see the park looks a lot like a normal park. There are trees, bushes, light posts, benches, and other details that the park has.

"Hmm, it looks a lot like the park back home," Crystal says.

Sapphire walks to the grass and begins to rub her back on the grass with a smile. Crystal giggles in reply.

"Crystal, is that you?" A voice speaks up.

Crystal softly gasps to hear a very familiar voice.

She turns her head to see a rather tall spider-like demon, and judging by his appearance, the demon is male. He is taller than Crystal, maybe almost as tall as Angel Dust. He has black fur all over his body. He has the same blue color eyes as Crystal, and has small blue spots under his eyes to look like extra eyes. He also has black onyx colored hair that is brushed back. The spider demon is wearing a black leather jacket with a gray t-shirt, dark jeans, and black color boots. He has two long legs, and six arms that are wearing red colored gloves.

"Uh, who… who are you…?" Crystal asks.

The spider demon chuckles as he rubs the back of his head, "Yeah. I wouldn't be surprised that you don't recognize me right away, Silver Crystal."

Crystal becomes shocked as this demon knows her name when she's an assassin. She looks at the spider demon from head to toe, and notices the blue colors in his eyes. The eyes are very familiar.

Seeing the look in their eyes, Crystal's eyes wide open in shock, and softly asks, "Onyx."

The Spider demon chuckles with a grin, revealing his white teeth and says, "That's right. Black Onyx in the flesh. Your older brother."

"It is you!" Crystal says in happiness and tears.

Then hugs her older brother, "Oh Onyx! I miss you so much!"

"I miss you too, sis," Onyx says, hugging his sister back."

Crystal looks at Onyx and asks, "Onyx, what happened? Are you alright? Were you able to get away? How are you? How is dad? And our siblings? And why are you here?"

"Whoa sis, one question at a time," Onyx says, calming her down.

"Oh right," Crystal says, calming down.

"To answer your questions, I was able to get away after doing the job and rushed you to the hospital. Sadly, you died in the hospital two days later. We were able to do well with the business. Dad ended up retiring and our oldest brother took it okay and we're all doing fine. I've been doing okay, but sadly, my cancer finally got to me," Onyx explains.

"Oh no!" Crystal says, sadly.

"Yeah. I actually died a week ago, and have been wandering around. Then I saw you," Onyx explains.

"Onyx, I'm… I'm so sorry to hear it. I know you were fine to go on your missions, but you've been trying to fight it for years to get better," Crystal sadly says.

Onyx pats her on the head, "Hey, don't worry. What matters is that we're finally together, and we have nothing to worry about."

"Yeah. I'm just glad that you're okay. Now that we're together," Crystal says.

Just then, they both hear oinking and they both look down to see Sapphire staring up to see the new spider.

"Who's this little girl? She's cute," Onyx asks, kneeling down to the pig and pets her.

"That's Sapphire. She's my new little friend," Crystal says.

Then kneels down and pets Sapphire, "She's very cute, isn't she?"

"Yeah. She's very cute," Onyx says.

He then turns to Crystal and asks, "So what have you been doing since you've been down here?"

Just then, Onyx notices something under her hair.

"Uh, what's this?" Onyx asks, confused.

"Well uh…." Crystal replies, a little nervous.

She then removes her bang to reveal the bruise on her head.

"What happened to your forehead?" Onyx asks, concerned.

"Well, it's a long story. You wanna go get something to eat, and we can talk?" Crystal replies.

"Sure," Onyx answers.

"Sounds good. I know this cafe that has some good food," Crystal says.

Back at the Hotel, Charlie has finished giving Angel and Vaggie a stern talking and have them clean up the mess they have made. Luckily, they've been able to clean up the mess. The glass that has been broken is in the trash, the tables and chairs are set. And they have to pay for Husk for breaking his booze bottles.

Charlie sighs as she rubs her neck, "My throat is a little sore."

"I'm surprised you were able to talk this long," Lilac says.

Vaggie sighs and says, "Sorry about the mess Charlie."

"I know you didn't mean too, but you should try to calm down and not let what Angel says get to you," Charlie says.

Then sternly turns her head, "Is there something you like to say, Angel?"

Angel sighs as he lies on the couch and says, "Fine, I'm sorry for getting angry and all that shit."

"Not much of an apology," Husk mutters.

"Oh fuck off, Husk," Angel says, rolling his eyes.

Then Vaggie says, "Don't forget that we also owe Crystal an apologize."

"I know," Angel says, and feels apologetic.

Then says,"I feel bad that our fight has Crystal hurt on her noggin. Glad to hear she's okay."

"She's going to be fine. Although, she has a bad bruise on her head, so I'm glad that I suggested that she can go out for some air," Charlie says.

Angel then stands up and grabs his phone, "I think I'm going to go find her. Gotta see if she's okay, and apologize."

"That's good to hear. A good way to redemption is to take responsibility for your actions. And I'm sure Crystal will forgive you," Angel says.

"Yeah. I just hope she can forgive me, not that I'm worried about it," Angel says.

He then walks out of the hotel and closes the door. He then heads off to find Crystal to apologize and see if she's doing okay in person.

At a cafe in Pentagram City, Crystal and Onyx are having lunch as Crystal explains to Onyx what she's been doing in Hell, and how she ends up with a bad bruise on her forehead. Sapphire is also having her food next to the table. There is a small plate full of food like eggs, fruits, and vegetables, along with a bowl of water.

"Wow. Sounds like you have a hell of a time with those guys," Onyx says.

"Yeah. I know Angel and Vaggie didn't mean to, but they really took their fight to another level. From what Angel explained to me, they've been like this ever since they met," Crystal says.

"Well, I'm glad that you were able to make a few friends. I'm surprised that you made friends with the Princess of this place," Onyx says.

"Yeah. I have to admit, I was very confused and nervous about being here, especially since Hell is kind of different than what I suspected," Crystal says.

"I know. I was surprised to learn that this is Hell, where a bunch of demons live. It seems a lot like earth, but a little more…" Onyx says.

"Destructive, chaotic, have a lot of stuff illegal that are in a way legal," Crystal replies.

Onyx chuckles and says, "That's one way of looking at it."

"Yeah. Still, in Hell, it's a really hard to go anywhere without running into strippers, thugs, gangsters, prostitutes, thieves, serial killers, and a lot more you can name. I guess that's what happens when you cram so many souls in one place," Crystal says.

"Yeah. I've recently heard about the Extermination. Glad to hear that it happened after you ended up," Onyx says.

"Yeah. Lucky me," Crystal says.

Then asks, "So what you've been doing down here?"

"You know me, been traveling around the city, gathering information, stealing some people's wallets and cash from their pockets," Onyx says, and smirks at the last part.

Crystal rolls her eyes, "Oh course you did. You can be a bit of a delinquent sometimes."

"Yeah," Onyx says, and lets out a chuckle.

Then Crystal asks, "So Onyx, did you have any place to stay?"

"Actually, no. I just stay in an abandoned building. It's not much, but I managed. Thinking of getting a job though," Onyx says.

Crystal calmly smiles and says, "Don't worry, I know where you can get some work. Let's finish lunch and I'll show you."

"Sure," Onyx says.

Then says, "By the way, there is something I should mention."

"What's that?" Crystal asks.

Just then, they hear someone angrily shout, "Well well, there you are! I was wondering where you went off you, fuckin' bug!"

Crystal and Onyx turn around to see three demons. One of them is a muscular dark blue male wolf demon with a white mohawk, and a black leather jacket with a white t-shirt. A lanky gray male cat demon with an eye patch, and dark green jumpsuit. The last one is a female fox-like demon with earrings. She is also wearing a sleeveless red dress with a black upside down pentagram on it. And they give them evil grins on their faces.

Sapphire becomes scared that she jumps onto Crystal's lap. Crystal tries to comfort her, but she is shaking with fear.

The wolf cracks his knuckles and says, "I was wondering where you went off to! It's time to make you pay making a fuckin' fool out of us!"

Crystal is getting a bad feeling about this, and seeing those demons can be trouble.