Author's Note: I know the Satan in this story is actually Lucifer since the two are different characters in this universe. I just didn't know that before I began writing this story and changing it now might confuse people. Sorry! Satan will be referred to as Lucifer from now on.

The limo ride was unbearable, particularly for Sir Pentious who could feel Charlie's angry aura from the other side of the limo.

The snake demon regretted ever opening his big mouth and talking about Delilah like some ill-mannered vagrant. He looked out the window to avoid having to look at Charlie.

Toulouse sat next to him watching Austen play cards on the floor with Razzle, who had stayed in the back compartment of the car to protect Charlie while Dazzle drove the limo.

"Do you have 5's?" Austen asked.

Razzle responded only by shaking his head.

"Can you talk?" Austen asked scratching his head with one hand while holding his playing cards with the other.

Razzle growled causing Austen to shake fearfully.

"Razzle, it's fine," Charlie said.

Razzle calmed down and continued the game while Sir Pentious continued rubbing his temples in frustration.

"Why don't you talk to her, boss?" Toulouse suddenly whispered.

Sir Pentious looked at him in surprise and whispered back, "What should I say?"

"I'll talk first," Toulouse whispered back.

"No, Toulouse, wait…" Sir Pentious replied in a panic.

"So, Charlie, how do you know Delilah?" Toulouse blurted out before Sir Pentious could stop him.

Charlie froze for a moment unsure how to respond to this sudden question from Toulouse, but then she responded, "Delilah was my nanny. She took care of me when my father and my mother weren't around. She was always so kind to me. She was one of my inspirations for opening the Happy Hotel."

"That's really swell…" Toulouse replied with a sincere smile before receiving a message from the hive mind that caused him to freeze in place along with Austen.

"Hello?" Charlie asked in concern. "Are you alright?"

Sir Pentious glanced and said, "No need to worry, princess. Toulouse and his clones share a hive mind. This happens whenever they share messages with each other."

Toulouse began blinking again and shook his head vigorously. Austen did the same.

"Is there a problem?" Sir Pentious asked.

"No," Toulouse replied nervously. "We're here!"

The limo pulled into the courtyard of the manor, and the six demons exited the car.

Sir Pentious slithered to the door and opened it allowing everyone to walk in silently before he slithered in behind them.

"Well, Charlie, welcome to my home," Sir Pentious said shutting the door behind him as he noticed a crowd of Egg Bois approaching them.

"Hey, boss!" the Egg Bois all said in unison.

"Hello, Bois," Sir Pentious replied. "Thryce, are there any new developments?"

"Uh, we have some problems, boss," Thryce replied stepping out from the group. "Lucifer has taken back your territory, and so we've lost a good bit of your finances for future projects."

"Dammit," Sir Pentious said rubbing his brow in frustration.

"Wait," Charlie said suspiciously. "I thought you wanted to be rehabilitated."

"I do," Sir Pentious said covering his tracks. "But I still need to make money. At least, my businesses are still running..."

"Yeah…" Charlie said. "Anyway, where is Delilah?"

"Charlie!" Delilah squealed joyfully as she literally flew into Charlie's arms. "Oh, Charlie! It's been so long! I've missed you so much!"

"It's only been a few months, Delilah," Charlie said hugging Delilah back. "But you're right. It has felt like forever."

"How are you, dear?" Delilah asked finally letting go of her embrace to hold Charlie's hands.

"I should be asking you that, Delilah," Charlie said in concern. "My Dad said he sold you. Why did he do that? What did he do to you?"

"You know how your father is, Charlie," Delilah lied sadly. "I displeased him, so he took out his wrath by doing unspeakable things…"

"It's my fault," Charlie said with tears forming at the corner of her eyes. "He's angry at me, so he's taking it out on you."

"No, dear," Delilah said wiping the tears of her child from her eyes. "Don't blame yourself. Remember what I've always told you. Your father hates goodness, and you're too good for this place. It's his problem, not yours. And to answer your question, I am doing better. Sir Pentious treats me very well. He let me make this outfit."

Delilah posed in the black blouse and black skirt ensemble she presented to Sir Pentious the day before.

"Oh, Delilah," Charlie said. "That outfit looks beautiful on you."

Sir Pentious blushed deeply and looked away so that Delilah wouldn't catch him staring.

"Anyway," Sir Pentious interrupted. "We're here because Charlie's father broke her hotel's elevator. I have fixed the mechanisms, but the elevator needs a new box and I have one that might fit the hotel's measurements. Lucifer told Charlie about your new employment situation, so she wanted to visit to make sure you were being treated fairly."

"That's awfully good of you, Sir Pentious," Delilah said with a smirk.

"Yes, I know," Sir Pentious said. "Now, if you'll excuse me…"

"Hold on," Delilah said. "The Egg Bois have prepared a surprise for you."

"What?" Sir Pentious asked as five of the Egg Bois arranged themselves in a line in front of him.

The four of them hummed in harmony to tune themselves for a moment before the first one began singing in acapella, "Congratulations, boss, on not focusing on your rep…"

"Swallowing your pride was the first step…" the second one sang.

"Now all you need to do to have a chance at redemption," the third one sang.

"Is to let go of your unhealthy obsession…" the fourth one sang.

"For a certain pale succubus…" the fifth one sang before Sir Pentious cut him off.

"OKAY, THAT'S ENOUGH!" Sir Pentious yelled as he signaled for his minions not to mention Charlie's mother.

The Egg Bois nodded understanding his meaning as Delilah stood there with a stunned expression and Charlie applauded.

Sir Pentious clinched his teeth angrily as Charlie finished applauding and said, "I didn't know you wrote poetry, Sir Pentious. You and your minions are so talented. Why don't you let them finish?"

"There are some poems I never attended for anyone to read," Sir Pentious said nervously.

"Hey! Look, boss!" Toulouse said holding a cassette tape. "It looks like the other Egg Bois recorded a copy already…Hey!"

Sir Pentious snatched the cassette tape out of his hand, put it in his mouth, and bit it in half.

"Alright, Bois, we're here to deconstruct the elevator and move it to the Hazbin Hotel," Sir Pentious yelled spreading his frill. "Anymore singing and you'll get no dessert for two months! Now, get to work!"

All of the Egg Bois scrambled to get to work, except for Toulouse who was sweeping the broken cassette into a dust pan and one minion who lingered behind and began to sing, "For a certain pale…"

"GET OUT!" Sir Pentious yelled barely able to conceal his embarrassment as that minion rushed down the hall to catch up with the others.

"Sir Pentious?" Charlie asked confused at his sudden outburst of emotion.

"I apologize for that, your highness," Sir Pentious said to Charlie before turning to Delilah. "Delilah, I don't recall ever asking you to teach my minions how to sing acapella."

"All the work in the house was done for the time being, so I thought I'd give them something else to do besides stare at me," Delilah said with a smirk. "I told them to write a song congratulating him, but I didn't think they'd write that. Though I did let them borrow your journal for inspiration…"

Sir Pentious facepalmed in frustration and said, "Fine, but in the future, I must ask that you not let them read my personal journals."

"Fair enough," Delilah replied.

"And speaking of the future, Delilah, Lucifer has taken back my territory cutting off many of my finances as a result," Sir Pentious said crossing his arms. "So, your payment for the next quarter is going to be late."

"Not to worry," Delilah said with a smile. "I'll be fine as long as I have a roof over my head and food to eat. Besides, your first payment is more than enough to keep me satisfied for the time being."

"Good," Sir Pentious said turning away with Toulouse following close behind him. "We have to go make sure the Egg Bois don't scratch up my elevator. You two ladies can make yourselves at home, but please stay out of my private quarters."

Sir Pentious slithered away down the hall without waiting for a response.

As soon as Sir Pentious and Toulouse left, Delilah turned to Charlie and asked, "Charlie, dear, did Sir Pentious really offer to fix the elevator of his own volition? I have none him for only about a day, and I can tell that's unlikely for him."

"Well…" Charlie said nervously. "I may have kinda forced him…"

"Charlie, what did I tell you about forcing people to change?" Delilah chided with a raised eyebrow; a facial expression that always made Charlie rethink her actions when she was a child.

"Delilah, he said some awful things about you," Charlie replied. "He talked about wanting to do things to you as if you were still a prostitute. I couldn't take it. Then when I yelled at him, Sir Pentious said he'd do anything to earn my forgiveness, so I took him up on his offer."

"Oh, Charlie," Delilah said with a smile as the pair began walking down the hall. "You have always been so protective of me and I appreciate that, but you know your emotions can get the better of you."

"I know," Charlie said anxiously stopping in front of Delilah. "But Delilah, tell me the truth. Has Sir Pentious hurt you at all? Please tell me."

"Not at all," Delilah replied. "Sir Pentious has hardly touched me since I arrived. Compared to your father, he's been quite the gentleman."

"Alright, but Delilah, you don't have to stay here," Charlie pleaded. "Why don't you come live with me? Now that Dad has dismissed you, you don't have to serve anyone anymore. You've had to endure so much for me. Please."

Delilah looked at Charlie's pleading eyes sadly longing to tell her the truth. She was the only person she hated lying to.

Delilah cupped Charlie's face in her hands and said, "My dear, I would, but I have a debt to pay to Sir Pentious that I can't escape. It would hurt you more if I tried to move in with you. Trust me. I'll be fine."

Delilah then gave Charlie a tender kiss on the cheek and let her embrace her in a tight hug.

"Remember, Charlie," Delilah said rubbing Charlie's back. "You must be strong now. Don't let demons push you and tell you what you can or cannot do."

"Okay…huh?" Charlie said just as she noticed the opening in Delilah's blouse and saw the scratches between her wings.

In an instant, Charlie's horns formed and her eyes turned red.

Delilah quickly noticed as Charlie let go and asked, "Charlie, what's the matter? What's wrong?"

Just then, Sir Pentious re-entered the hall with a messenger bag of blueprints and announced, "Alright, your majesty, Toulouse and I have gathered the blueprints and the Egg Bois are loading the parts for the elevator box into a trailer attached to the back of the limo now. We are ready to…"

The snake demon noticed Charlie's angry form. Toulouse began backing away.

"Your highness?" Sir Pentious asked in a near panic. "What is the matter with…?"

Charlie snapped. In a second, she grabbed the snake demon by the tail and slammed him on the floor of the hallway.

In the next second, Sir Pentious wrapped his tail around Charlie's legs to restrain her and yelled, "Your majesty, calm yourself! What is going on?!"

The Goat Bois rushed over from where they were hanging out by the front door and jumped on Sir Pentious to protect Charlie.

"Get off me!" Sir Pentious yelled tossing the minions off while trying to hold Charlie's hands back from punching him.

"Leave our boss alone!" Toulouse begged in a panic.

"CHARLIE?!" Delilah yelled finally getting over her shock. "What has gotten into you?!"

"THIS SNAKE IS A GODDAMN LIAR!" Charlie shrieked with angry tears rolling down her cheek. "I SAW THE SCRATCHES ON YOUR BACK, DELILAH! I KNOW THIS MOTHERFUCKER HURT YOU!"

"NO, HE DIDN'T!" Delilah shrieked louder. "YOUR FATHER DID!"

"What?" Charlie asked reverting back to her original form and ceasing her wrestling match with Sir Pentious.

"Your father wanted to punish me for standing up to him when his demands were unreasonable," Delilah said. "When I found out, I tried to run away. But he caught up with me, then he scratched me, beat me, and sold me to Sir Pentious."

"It's true," Sir Pentious said nervously raising himself up from the ground. "He brought Delilah to my mansion and sold her to me in exchange for territory. When I saw Delilah and the shape she was in, I couldn't say no. I hired her simply to look after my home. Nothing else. I promise."

"Sir Pentious is telling the truth," Delilah lied. "He has been good to me so far. He has not touched me once without my consent."

"Oh, my God," Charlie said embarrassedly backing away from the snake demon. "I am so sorry. I don't know what came over me. I thought that you had…"

"Don't worry about it, Charlie," Sir Pentious reassured. "Anyone could have made that mistake. Anyways, everything is ready for transport. We can return to the Hotel when you're ready."

"Okay," Charlie said. "Let's go."

Charlie looked at Delilah sadly.

Noticing her sadness, Sir Pentious thoughtfully turned to Delilah and asked, "Delilah, dear, would you like to join us? I'm sure you'd love to see the hotel you told me about."

"Really?!" Delilah and Charlie both asked at once.

"Yes, of course," Sir Pentious said. "You are not a slave here, Delilah. You are my employee. As long as you perform your duties here, you can see Charlie as often as you wish."

Charlie's lips curled in a large smile as she excitedly ran up to Sir Pentious, gave him a hug, and said, "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I knew you had good in you! I just knew it! Oh…"

Charlie let go of Sir Pentious, awkwardly backed away, and said, "Sorry about that. Uh, let's get back to the hotel…"

Charlie walked away with her Goat Bois following close behind her. Toulouse and Austen grinned at each other and followed Charlie back to the limo. The other Egg Bois followed after them to squeeze themselves into the trailer leaving Delilah alone with Sir Pentious.

"That was an awfully kind thing of you to do, Sir Pentious," Delilah said with a smile.

"Don't mention it," Sir Pentious said in a huff. "I had to do something to get the princess off my back. I hope you're happy. Now, you have a little more room to roam until Lucifer takes you as his wife."

"Don't try to hide it," Delilah said with a grin as she headed for the door. "You did that out of the kindness of your heart."

"I did not!" Sir Pentious retorted as he began slithering behind her.