Hello everyone! I am back with another chapter! I am sooo sorry for the long wait. As you all know, romance is NOT my forte!
But I'm really trying to get this fic out for you. Decayted and I have offically connected over Social Media messaging and we'll offically co-writing this together!
I hope this chapter makes up for it!
Now, with that out of the way, let's get to the next chapter!
Chapter 11: Harrowing Heeds at the Hotel
As the three Overlords made their way to the hotel, they could only hope that Alastor's... father? Sperm donor? Whatever Adam was to the stag, he needed to be there. He had to know where Elli was! And if he wasn't, they had to figure out where he had gone! The deer-demon was more concerned. His mother was a Fallen Angel. Literally. Just because she's been there for a few months around a good few people, didn't mean that all of Hell was like that! It was still Hell! Harsh, unforgiven, sinister, and he couldn't allow her to get into a situation where she was killed!
Once inside, the three stumble upon Sir Pentious in the hall.
"Serpent!" Alastor adressed the snake.
"It's Sir Pentious." The snake corrected. "How do you not still recognize me? We're enemies!"
The stag hummed as he looked him over.
"Nope. Still don't know you."
The cobra gave an irritated hiss.
"I was just here several days ago!"
"Whatever." The stag dismissed him. "Have you seen Adam?"
"The Angel?"
The angel, he was thinking off was Adam Eden. The first man that God created. The snake didn't know anyone else by the name of Adam. Especially since the last time he was at the hotel, he had gotten into a discussion with Elli over meeting Adam and Eve when she was still in Heaven.
"No, my father."
"Your father is an angel?"
The cobra tilted his head. He was greatly confused. Fromw what he recalled, Elli had said that Adam and Eve were very much in love. How could the angel have impregnanted the doe-demon when she was alive? At this point, the deer was getting truly pissed at the snake daftness. Luckily Vox clarified.
"No! Adam is Al's HUMAN father!"
"'Ohhhh. What does he look like?" After a quick description, Sir Pentious' face lit up. "Oh, him! He gave me the most beautiful necklace for Ms. Lablanc!"
"He what?" Alastor asked/growled in a deep voice.
"He didnt tell you?"
"Since... when?"
The snake was now scared to answer but against his own common sense...
"He gave me that necklace around a few days ago."
Vox and Velvet exchanged a look between each other. That was not good. Adam had to have given the cobra the necklace for a reason. There was no way that it some ordinary necklace. Not with all the weird magical items and stuff that was prominent in Hell.
"What did this necklace look like?" The doll Overlord asked, ready to type in the description on her phone.
"Why it was silver, with an amethyst stone. It was quite lovely! I thought about gifting it to my darling Nissy, but he doesn't wear jewelry."
She quickly put in the description, adding the world "Magic" in front of it. Several pictures and websites popped up. She quickly turned her phone so he could look at the pictures.
"Do any of these look like the necklace he gave you?"
After a bit of scrolling, the elder demon smile.
"Oh yes! It looks just like this!" He handed her the phone back, pointing at the picture. "This one here!"
Vox frowned as he looked over Velvet's shoulder. Most magical jewelry meant bad news. If it was enchanted, then they needed to figure out what the spell was. And how to break it. He hoped that it wasn't a love spell. Because if Adam was using it to get Elli's heart...
Fuck it. He'd fried the motherfucker for trying to manipulate her into loving him.
The bastard.
Suddenly, Vox's phone started to ring. He pulls out his phone. A text message from Valentino? What could he possibly want-
His eyes widened like dinner plates.
"OH MY GOD!"
"Is it mother?" Alastor asked.
While he didn't like that she had one of Vox's cellular devices, he had to admit, at this current time, it would be useful.
"No, Vark is dying!"
"What do you mean he's dying?!" Velvet asked, panicked.
Vark couldn't die! He was best land-shark-dog that they ever had! Granted he was the only one that they had, but the point still stand! Vark was too wholesome and adorable to die! Instead of answering, Vox turns tail to leave.
"'I have to go!"
"What do you mean you have to go!? My mother is more important than some guilded mutt!" Alastor yelled after him.
Velvet gives a little "Uh oh" as Vox eerily turned around. Electricity was starting to spark, and his screen was glitching. He gave a murdereous look at the stag. While normally he would've sent a blast of electricty at him, now was not the time for it. He took a deep breath to calm down.
"Vark means as much to me as your mother does to you, Alastor. She wouldn't let me live it down if I let Vark suffer!"
"This counteracts everything!"
Velvet gets between the two fellow Overlords.
"Okay, enough. Vox, you go and see if Vark is okay. Me and Al will take it from here."
Vox gave a small smile at her. He went and gave her a small hug.
"Thanks dollface. I'll be back as soon as Vark is okay."
With that, he left. Alastor tapped his foot angrily. He glared down at the doll demon.
"You do realize we're now one man short now?"
Velvet looks at the Radio demon. She hummed thoughtfully, then took notice of the Victorian serpent that was still standing there. An idea instantly flashed through her mind. She grinned and gestured towards him.
"No, we don't! This Pentious guy will help us!"
"I will?" Pentious echoed with confusion. He then realized that meant he would be hanging out with two Overlords, one of them being Velvet, one of the other V's, he couldn't pass this opportunity! "I mean, of course, I'll help!" He paused, unsure what they needed help with " ...With what exactly?"
"Finding my mother!"
The Radio Overlord was really getting irritated at him.
"Oh right, of course! Lead the way!"
Outside, a good group of 20 or so demons were approaching the hotel. The main leader of the group stopped. He turned towards his buddies, smile at them. In front of them was the Princess' worthless excuse of a rehabilitation hotel. And inside, was their prize. The Radio Demon. Valentino had promised them a hefty award if they could cause enough damage to the deer. And they were all eager to their slimy paws on the cash.
"Alright guys, you heard the boss! Time to tear this shit up! Make sure we get proof so the rat-bastard doesn't skim out on us!"
Once he was satisfied with all of his goons' responses, he motioned towards the building.
"Alright boys, attack!"
One of the goons pulls the pin of a hand grenade and threw it into one of the windows. The grenade flew right back out the same window, over their heads and exploded.
"What the fuck?"
The door to the hotel opened. Out came their target. The Radio Demon. Said demon greeted them with an insincere smile.
"Well, This is most inconvient. My mother is missing, that good-for-nothing TV run off, and now unsavory types trying to ravish the hotel. But it's nothing I can handle!"
He raised his hand and snapped his fingers to deal with this mess swiftly. But nothing happened.
"What?'. Alastor snapped his fingers repeatedly but nothing happened. "Why can't I use my magic?"
One of the goons laughed viciously.
"Did you think we didn't come unprepared?" He brandished a strange-looking badge. "This here cancels out your voodoo magic. And we all got one. So no-one is gonna save you n-"
Before he could finish, a knife hit him in the jugular. He fell down as he choked on his own blood. The goons looked to where it came from. Next to Alastor stood Velvet who had a naughty smile on her face.
"You do know that those things don't protect you from physical harm, right?"
The goons were shocked by this oversight. One of them stepped up.
"O- oh yeah? So what, there's only two of you and more of us!"
A laser beam hit him and disintegrated him on the spot. Sir Pentious has appeared, with a smoking laser gun.
"Actually, there's three of us. But I know what makes this fair'" He snapped his fingers and yelled "EGG BOIS!"
The Eggboi's popped up in at least a dozen. Outnumbering the goons. But the goons didn't cower.
"ATTACK!"
The goons charged at them. Sir Pentious turned to Velvet.
"Ladies first?"
Velvet pulled out another knife and a potion.
"Why thank you!"
The two overlords let out a battle cry and charged. The Eggbois didn't know what was going on. They shrugged their shoulders, pulled out their weapons, and followed their leader into battle. What followed was a massacre. The Eggbois overwhelmed the goons with their numbers. Sir Pentious used his more advanced weaponry to crush his enemies. Velvet relied on her agility and various potions and knife to ambush her opponents and strike. All the while Alastor just stood there. Partly bumped out since he was supposed to do the massacre. But he couldn't do anything when the enemies used something to nullify his power. But it was entertaining nonetheless. He even conjured up a flip-chair to watch the show.
This was going to be entertaining!
Vox did his best to get home as fast he could. His poor baby! His precious shark-puppy must be so miserable! He hoped that Val was just overexaggerating! He wouldn't know what to do if Vark died on him! He hated to leave Alastor and Velvet on their own, but right now, his pet needed him! And he was sure that Elli would understand! Once he saw his house in view, he picked up his space.
He burst through the door, frantically looking around.
"Vark!? Val!?"
As he moved further into the house, he managed to come up to his office. He heard whimpering on the other side of the door. His senses were alerted. He quickly grabbed the knob.
"Vark! Val! I'm home! I'm here!"
He threw the door open. The moment he stepped in, he noticed Valentino sitting his office chair. Vark was sitting next to him. Enjoying the pets that the moth Overlord was giving him.
"Val? What...? Is Vark- He looks..." The TV-demon was confused at the scene in front of him. "What's going on here!?"
"Hmm? Oh. Vark just got into the trash again. Stupid mutt. He's alright now. But it's good that you're here, I've been needing to talk to you."
"About what?"
"Well, I've heard Bambi's distress call. Something about her mom missing. I knew how important she is to you so I looked around. But you're not gonna like it"
The moth pulled out a folder and gave it to Vox. Vox opened the folder and his mouth dropped. Pictures of Eli and that bastard Adam. Laughing, hugging. Kissing.
"What the hell is this?!"
Val shrugged his shoulder.
"I don't know. The guy I send simply took the pictures and got out. I thought I best informed you."
A thousand thoughts went through Vox's mind. This has to be a trick. Because NO WAY in hell that Eli would be back with the very guy that raped her! But then she noticed something. Eli seemed to have a necklace on her. The same necklace Adam gave to Pentious to give to Eli. But where could he- A thought occured to him. Those magic necklaces weren't exactly cheap. Especially for a sinner who just got here. You had to have connection and money to get them. And who would have money, connections and a motive to give Adam that necklace, then his very ex? He needed to test something.
"So... this is... legit?"
"From the horse's mouth."
Vox frowned as he looked over the photo.
"I'm noticing she has a beautiful necklace on. Looks like something Velvet would love. Might look good on you as well. Purple compliments your skintone."
"Aww thanks."
"I mean it. Matter of fact, I'm suprised you haven't bought a whole collection of them. A bit uncharacteristic if you ask me."
The moth leaned forward.
"What that's supposed to mean?"
Vox casually shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm just saying. With some shiny jewelery, people may forget the person wearing it, is an A-class A-hole. Seems Adam has just a BIT more class."
The moth stood up to full lenght. Vark scurried away as the dog sensed a dangerous tone-shift.
"BITCH I HAVE MORE CLASS THEN THIS PIECE OF SHIT! I SHOULD KNOW CAUSE I BOUGHT IT!"
After his outburst, there was a tense silence. Valentino internally panicked as he just gave himself away. Vox smiled. In a straining matter as he curled his fists. Electricity coursing thorugh.
"Oh really? Then how did Adam get it?"
Rather then answering, Valentino reached for something in his coat. And threw it at Vox. Vox caught the object without a sweat.
"I believe I have my ans-"
The object in his hand exploded with a strange energy. Vox screamed out as he feels it going through his body. After a few seconds, his sceen goes black. And he fell down, knocked out. Valentino walked over to his body. He grabbed a cigarette and lit it up. He blew out some smoke.
"I almost forgot how you can piss me off." He nuffed then threw his cigarette in the trashcan. "I should've known that you would've figured it out. That's my bad." He then grabbed Vox's body and carried it as he leaves the room. "But doesn't matter now, does it? Not when you're hit with a pocket sized EMP."
It seems he had to go with Plan B. Guess that old school dungeon finally comes in handy. He'll have his Voxy back. No matter the cost.
There's the chapter everyone!
Can Alastor, Sir Pentious and Velvet protect the hotel?
Can Vox escape from Valentino?
Will they manage to rescue Elli in time before the spell wears off?
So many questions! With Decayted and I offically being able to message and co-write together, we'll be sure to get these chapters out much quicker than before!
So thank you for reading, and we'll see you in the next one!