A/N: Please don't be surprised that I posted not one but five chapters to almost finish this story.
The next morning, by the time Axel, Charlie, and her group exited the Happy/ Hazbin Hotel yet Husk willingly declare himself to stay inside just to watch over everything, with everyone aware that he'll be drunk and sleeping all day, the entire Pride Ring rang the air with the sounds of cheering, cawing, or growling in the different kinds of demons, the sounds of car engines roaring and heavy artillery shooting until normal humans can go deaf by the loud volume for the sadistic people's excitement for this year's Hell Race. According to the others telling him yesterday, with Charlie and Vaggie again repeating to help him learn and remember since he is a lucky newcomer in Hell, which helps Axel so much with their help and humane kindness unlike Angel and Alastor, this entire Hell ring is a giant racetrack for these three days of violent car beatdowns and shootings. During the walk, Axel looked around the streets the group continue walking through this fine morning that it's filled with energetic and pleased Sinner Demons even those that could Hell born Demons are present with anticipation for the promising race they shall see, with Axel noting that the roads have been mysteriously clean instead of the faintly littered ones Axel remembered when he arrived yesterday, especially the one where he fought and killed the Exterminator Angel before the group resume walking and follow where the other demons are heading, although Axel may have spotted some of the people are staring at him and Charlie's group with a mixture of apprehension, suspicion, disgust, and anger.
Maybe it could be because he still has his holy weapon around his body and back while Vaggie is also holding hers with one hand and holding Charlie's hand with her other. Maybe they may have heard of his fight with the angel? Maybe it could be because of Alastor joining them with his sadistically poised smile glued to his face since Vaggie told him before they left the Hotel that he is one of Hell's powerful Overlords, yet he is still under Charlie and her family in the hierarchy. Could the reason be any or those that he thought, or it's something else?
Since the Hell Race won't start in another couple of hours or less, Axel and the Happy/ Hazbin Hotel's group finally arrived alongside the other denizen where they see they found themselves in the largest grass park at the centre of the Pride Ring where a large wooden stage has been set and thirteen familiar-looking cars of different eras or years are parked, with the exterior of each car covered with an unexpectedly and exaggerated amount of heavy artillery such as machine guns, cannons, and other guns that also belongs to different years, on the roof and hood and even at the side of the doors. Okay, Axel can believe that the Hell Race does sound familiar to him back when he was alive, just from seeing the sight of the weaponised cars for the race.
But still, Axel cannot help but be astonished or impressed that all their efforts have done so much for a brutal race even for Hell. And since he is a former street racer, Axel does have some longing to drive around the streets as fast as to his heart's content. As much as he wished he could do it again, even if he could ask one of the workers if he could try the Hell Race for once, Axel must be wise and refrain himself from doing so for good reasons, with the main reason answered by itself when Axel felt two pairs of hands holding his arms and stopped himself from walking to see Charlie holding his right arm and Vaggie holding his left, both having a worried scowl on their faces.
"Axel? Do you promise that you won't even think of joining the Hell Race?" Charlie asked with a worried scowl once she and Vaggie removed their hands off his arms for the three to converse while Angel and Alastor must've run off somewhere with the former still being close to them while inspecting his bemusement of one of the cars for the race, alongside a few other Sinner Demons.
"Don't worry, Charlie, Vaggie. I promise that I won't join at all. We're simply here to watch the twelve racers kill themselves so that we won't be involved. But I promise that I'll behave for the Hotel's sake. You guys can trust me." Axel reassured with a kind smile as he sees Charlie and Vaggie staring at him with their apprehension slowly reduced and the former looked at her girlfriend with a hopeful smile while nodding at her, bringing Vaggie to slowly smile back at her before turning her head to face Axel with the same smile.
"Okay, hun. You're right; Axel can be trusted." Vaggie nodded. "Thanks, Axel. You're much better and nicer than Angel…unless he's not acting like a sober slut or drunk." As if she is unaware or does but rather ignore him, Axel and Charlie noticed Angel swiftly whirl around and immediately zoom and loom behind Vaggie with a displeased grimace for her sarcastic remark of him just when Axel, Charlie, Vaggie, and Angel heard a smooth and deep male voice musing with an amused chuckle heading to their direction from behind Axel.
"What a sweet sight to see, ladies…gag me."
Slowly turning around from seeing Charlie blinking her eyes at what's behind him in surprise and Vaggie immediately holding her holy spear for combat by her face scrunching in anger and suspicion, Axel glance at the source of the voice to be a man and his six ladies walking towards them with the former having a confident or arrogant smirk on his face. But seeing them immediately caught Axel's shock to gasp and blink his eyes in disbelief as soon as the group now stood in front of Axel's without fear of Vaggie's spear aiming at either of them in determination to strike at them if they touch her friends.
Unlike him and the other demons, who may have noticed them but surprising to Axel, ignore them to continue waiting and doing who knows what for the Hell Race to start, Axel was befuddled to realize that the new group in front of him looks exactly like humans. The sole man is tall and handsome, possibly in his 20s with short blond hair bearing a tuft of hair sticking up on the crown of his head, dark blue eyes and wearing a burgundy blazer with gold embroidery on the right with matching pants and black dress shoes. Underneath his open blazer is a white dress shirt that is not fully buttoned with just one button short to show a slight view of his chest. The girls of his group, on the other hand, wore strangely and possibly revealing attires that show their chests, except for one, that caught Axel to find himself blushing with horror from realizing he was staring at them before he quickly looks away to hide his red-flushing face, unable to ignore the man chuckling his cruel amusement for his reaction.
The voluptuous woman at the man's side has long, wavy purple hair waving all the way down her back and matching eyes with the exact purple lipstick, her right eye is covered by the right side of her bangs, while the left side of her hair falls near the top of her skirt. She also wears a dress consisting of a navy-blue tunic top that reveals almost all her large breasts with gold accents and a pale blue skirt with open sides, black shoes and matching thigh-high stockings with garter belts. The top is held by a gold choker with blue and red jewels. Over her dress is a white overcoat with black and gold accents and matching pauldrons, a black headband with a red-orange jewel over her forehead and she is wielding a staff-like sceptre in her hands.
Behind them from Axel and his friends' right to left, the other four women of the group consisted of a young woman with light brown hair and green eyes, dressed in silver armor with black accents that are possibly a hybrid between a European Knight by the chest plate, gauntlets and greaves and a Japanese Samurai by the hip plates and shoulder guards, and a headband across her hair and forehead. She also carries a broadsword and a dagger, both held with brown belts slung across her hip. The broadsword is slung on her left hip, features a red jewel on the pommel and has bandages across the handle for grip. The dagger behind her right hip has a gold hilt with bandages on the handle…
A tall young woman with long black or dark blue hair with a hairstyle of five thin ponytails going around her head and held up by a golden hair accessory on top, and brown eyes. She wears a white top with black accents and a diamond-shaped hole on the chest area, red shorts, and armoured, knee-high boots with matching gauntlets. On her back holds a giant sword with a black blade and silver edges, and a black hilt with a red handle….
A voluptuous woman with short, light brown hair with three red highlights, grey eyes and wears a plain white mask covering covers the right side of her face. Her outfit consists of a slightly open black jacket with wide shoulders, a wide collar, three leather straps on both her arms and the jacket is cut off at her midriff. Her matching black jeans have a section of her right pant leg cut off, revealing some of her thighs and rear end, also had three leather straps on her calves below the ankles, and two extra straps on her right pant leg. Finally, a pair of black fighting gloves and boots for her hands and feet…
A well-endowed young woman who appears to be Chinese with shoulder-length black hair and blue-green eyes, her hair is tied with two buns on both sides of her head while the front has a slight-V shaped bang across her forehead and she wears a navy-blue dress he recognized as a qipao with gold accents and opened at the chest area, black armguards, a white sash around her stomach, and black, low-heeled shoes. When he first noticed her, Axel stared in surprise that she reminds him of that video game character he remembered herself as Chun-Li….
And finally, a tall but teenage girl with blue, shoulder-length hair with matching eyes, appears to have a boyish look and wears a sort of girl's uniform consisting of a white long-sleeved, button-down shirt in which her sleeves are rolled up past her elbows with vertical linings, a black ribbon on the collar, a black shoulder cape and matching button-down corset, and a magenta skirt with white accents.
"W-wait, a minute…" Trying to find the urge to not stare at the man's harem and their voluptuous breasts, luckily the high school student is dressed modestly, Axel hastily turns to face the human-looking man before him with a startled expression while feeling Charlie's hands soothingly rub his back in concern. From the corners of his eyes, Axel could've sworn that Angel Dust is staring at this taller man with a seductive smirk showing his sharp teeth. "You're…You're a human? What are you doing- I mean- how are you and your friends alive in Hell?"
"Lord Riser, it seems that this confused Sinner Demon is the one we saw at the Triple 6 news last night. The one who killed the Fallen Angel right after he showed up in Hell. His smell of the living world and the holy weapon around his body can confirm." The violet-haired woman pondered the man, strangely called Riser, with a calm and seductive-like smile as the blonde man close his eyes with a chortle.
"Ah, thank you, Yubelluna." Riser thanked the woman before opening his eyes to glance at Axel, Charlie, Vaggie, and Angel Dust with a faintly cold smirk directed at the former, increasing Vaggie's suspicion in her sneer. "Mr Angel Killer. I understand your puzzlement at me and my peerage's appearances for you to mistake us as Humans. But as you can see that the Demons of this Hell are not making a comment about us, we are not humans but rather Devils from the Underworld. Ah, and apologies for not introducing myself. You better remember Riser Phenex as the first Purebreed Devil you meet in Hell."
Axel raised an eyebrow with a perplexed reaction gawking his mouth open. These guys are Devils? But…aren't Devils like demons?
"Um, Axel. I know what you're thinking, but Demons and Devils are very different." Charlie admitted with a slightly apprehensive smile on her face as the large, extended group sees Axel first stare at his friends before moving his head towards Riser's group with a dumbfounded reaction. "Really?"
"Yes." Yubelluna, who could be Riser's girlfriend, softly agreed with the other girls behind them nodding their agreement.
"Let Riser tell you the difference between Devils and demons, kid." Riser elucidated, ignoring Axel's friends staring at him with confusion for referring to himself in the third person. "Pure breed Devils, such as Riser, resemble humans while certain humans can be reincarnated into Devils and keep their human bodies, like my peerage and little Tsubara Yura over there..." Riser nodded at the girl wearing the school uniform, who silently wave at them with a kind smile when she was introduced as Tsubara Yura before Riser glanced back at Axel to resume explaining. "…Sinner Demons such as these other dullards here - not saying about your friends, Princess Charlie - are humans who have sinned and died, while Hellborn Demons like your royal friend are born in Hell. Does that answer your mental question?" Riser's peerage and Charlie's friends look at Axel looking down and ponder for the knowledge he just received before he glanced back at Riser with a soft grin.
"I guess so. Thanks, Riser. I'll make sure to follow that when I meet new Demons and Devils while I'm here. Just call me Axel if you want to be friends." Riser was immediately startled by Axel's acknowledgment and kindness towards him as the first impression, attracting everyone and ignoring the other demons walking past them although a few of them may have been spying over their conversation with mixed reactions, before Riser's mouth curled into a faintly but genuine smile.
"Riser's not expecting that someone who recently died would still treat others with the kindness they kept when they are alive…but Riser does find it touching and rare even to someone like you. Normally, I don't say this, but Riser hopes that you continue to be yourself, especially when interacting with me and my peerage." Riser admitted with his girls staring at him in surprise as if their leader or pimp had never acted kind before, but Axel nodded his response with his smile just as everyone watched Angel Dust walking past Axel and loom over Riser, his seductive smirk widening with a lick of his tongue around his lips.
"Hey, hot stuff. What do you say, after today's race, you and I get down for a fun time as my treat? I can make you hotter than before." Angel flirted while attempting to rest his under…. fluffy chest or something on Riser's head as Charlie and Axel stared at the taller demon in disbelief while Vaggie shook her head with a disappointed facepalm for his attempts to seduce men, even human-looking Devils until Riser's girls and the outsider stared at the blonde man glaring at Angel Dust with a confident smirk and half-narrowed eyes.
"Flattered, for not expecting to be flirted by the famous porn star of Hell. You have good tastes, sir..." Riser exclaimed as he raised his right arm with his hand clenching his fingers into a fist and immediately bursts and conjure flames that cover his entire hand, close enough to not burn Angel Dust but enough to send him flinching and back away from Riser holding his fire-covered fist while allowing Yubelluna to wrap her arms around his left arm. "But Riser has my girls, so Riser's afraid that I'm taken. But it is appreciated if we just get along well…"
First watching Angel slowly backing away from the revealed fire-using devil in fear but pouting for his rejection, surprised to meet someone else also using fire since he still can't believe that HE can use fire during his fight, Axel muse of what he believed he recalled that Riser's last name is Phenex which he could've sworn which sounds like…ah. Axel took note of Riser's last name and slowly extinguished the flames off his hand with a few shakes. Although yet to confirm, Axel can presume that Riser might be a phoenix devil.
"I say, I say! I found whom I'm looking for!" Axel and his friends heard a Southern voice loudly call out with excitement from beside the group and Riser's harem who turned to their sides and see a carny-like Imp demon immediately standing in front of them from out of nowhere but looking at Axel with a smile. He has muted crimson skin, curled black and white horns, a pointed tail, white hair, and black eyes bearing yellow sclera, a long, thin, and curly black moustache, wearing a white shirt under a grey vest and has a black bow tie, white pants with grey stripes, black boots, and a top hat with a pale lavender grey stripe on his head. "Names Wally Wackford, of the Wacky Wally Wackford's Wacky Idea, and this year's host of the Hell Race. I say, I say that I've seen you, fine sir, from the 666 news as the Angel Killer! Are you interested to join our Hell Race as our last-minute racer? We're short, I say, short on one and having you who showed up in Hell with an amazing feat you had will make this year the greatest Hell Race, ever!" Wally's loud invitation, unfortunately to Axel, Charlie, and Vaggie, attracted the other demons and Devils to stop their sights and notice their appearances with Vaggie holding onto Charlie in a one-arm embrace while pointing her holy spear at either of the Sinner Demons slowly go closer to them with emotions of surprise, amazement, astonishment, suspicion, and others when they remark their thoughts of Axel at first before the gossips extend to both Charlie and Vaggie.
"Wait, he's the one who killed that Heaven Angel bitch?"
"Then, he's lucky to get that holy spear?"
"Hey, kid. How about you sell your weapon to us? We'll get a good price for it."
"Isn't that Luci's kid?"
"Don't tell me that she's planning to ask the new guy to join her fucking hotel?"
"I fucking hope not."
"New or not, it'll be fun to see him die in the first race."
"Yeah! Join the fucking Hell Race, man!"
"How about we watch the Princess and her gay girlfriend become the Navigators?" Axel felt himself increasing angry when he is forced to listen to the other Sinner demons now agreeing to speak ill of Charlie's hotel and demanding him to be the last Hell Racer, with a glance at Charlie and Vaggie looking away with the former almost crying in sorrow while the latter snarl her vehemence and almost ready herself to attack the rude group just when everyone heard a loud scoff closer to them.
"Don't make us laugh. Das Gör, thinking he can beat us?" A German-accented voice scorned in revulsion as Axel, Charlie, Vaggie, Angel Dust, Wally, and Riser's group turn towards the source and see a group of four demons walking towards them with the audience backing away from seeing their cruel sneers facing Axel, feeling tensed but still angry for what his friends were given. Even Angel seems displeased and disgusted to not even think of flirting with them for their appearance and personality. The one who must've spoken with his accent must be the tall demon with grey skin, yellow eyes, a shaved head with a Swastika tattoo on it and a short white moustache. He wears a sleeveless black vest over a dark blue short-sleeved shirt, grey pants, and black boots.
"Pah! Even if he made himself famous just by killing that Exterminator Angel on the news, there's no way he'll beat us experts in the race WE are so good at. Isn't that right, Billy?" The tall and slim, yet muscular demon with white skin, red Mohawk-styled hair, and green eyes and wears blue coveralls, grey fingerless gloves, and black boots laughed with a nudge of his elbow tapping on the demon beside him by the forearm, receiving a furious sneer from the same demon who jerked his arm away from the crude demon.
"It's Wild Bill, to you, bastard!" This one is a tall and muscular-looking demon with grey skin who looks like he's the same height as Angel Dust but possesses a serpentine or lizard-like face, bright red eyes with yellow rings, a small black moustache and cobalt grey hair, and his tail has multiple sharp spines lined up on it. Dressed like a stereotypical cowboy, this one wears a large black Cowboy hat, and a dark red bandana around his neck, a grey turtleneck shirt accompanied by a dark grey vest and a light grey jacket with dark grey cuffs and black tassels, black fingerless gloves, brown pants ripped by the thighs, and black leather cowboy boots.
"To be honest, Riser is hoping that you'll join the Hell Race." Riser turned his attention and boring sneer from the rude demons who could be this year's Hell Racers, towards Axel when the taller man admits with a curious scowl. "I'm assisting with the race by giving Karlamine, Isabela, Siris, Xuelan, and Miss Tsubara as the Navigators, while Yubelluna and I will help with our surprise of a role only for this year."
"Navigators? Don't you mean, bitches for us to fuck?" The large muscular demon derided with a perverted glower, looking at Riser's girls to see Karlamine, Isabela, Siris, and Xuelan immediately sneer their offensive rage at him while Riser's eyes widened in anger with a grunt and Axel gasped in both shock and anger, finding himself baffled but angry about these racers. rivalling the Hellhound Axel met on his first day in height, this rude racer has dark grey skin, also a Mohawk hairstyle but short and black, glowing yellow eyes, white tattoos of "BK" on his right bicep and a "Jack" playing card on his left arm. He wears a sleeveless denim vest over top of a white short-sleeved shirt, a black belt with a silver buckle, grey pants, and brown boots.
BK…Axel noticed, with his anger slowly reduced and replace with a tinge of fear when he secretly glares at the badmouthed demon. He couldn't be…could it?
"Bastard!" Riser yelled, not stopping his girls from pulling out their weapons and fists as the one named Isabela cracked her knuckles that will be stained with red, bringing the audience to cheer for not only the Hell Race, but a pre-show brawl between the Devils and the racers also ready to fight them. "Hope you're ready to be covered in red and black for talking ill of us, and Lord Riser!" Even if he has no part of this, Axel must do something to keep everything in control.
"Woah, Woah, Woah! Calm down, guys!" Axel tried to run between Riser's group and the racers ready for a brawl only to stare at him in their befuddlement at seeing the one Sinner Demon the latter group was trying to belittle is attempting to calm them down and stop fighting. It's as if despite just dying in Hell, this one is still acting like a human…which sickens them. As for Riser's group, they first stare at Axel for a few minutes before Riser glared his anger at some of the racers and relax with a silent command of waving his hand at his girls to stand down, collecting their attention to immediately follow suit.
"Axel, wait!" Charlie and Vaggie hurriedly pull Axel away from the brawl that has yet to start when Wally also stops it from happening by frantically waving his arms in disbelief. "I say, I say, yes wait, Axel! After all, …the Hell Race is about to start, so you, the Princess, and her girlfriend must be ready to be our 13th racer and the two Navigators. Let's, I say, get to it, everyone!"
Without even allowing Axel, Charlie, and Vaggie to speak when they realize in horror that Wally is happily persistent in making not just the former the last racer but also forcing the two girls into Navigators, the other Sinner Demons wasted no time roughly pushing Axel, Charlie, and Vaggie through the park without listening to their pleas and stopping them from escaping while Angel, who hasn't said a single word when the turmoil started, initially surprised and concern of watching his friends being taken away to join the Hell Race against their wills…only to calm down with a bored scowl and shrug his shoulders. "Meh."
After another couple of minutes are wasted, every one of the Pride Ring circled around the stage where Wally, the 13 Hell Racers and Navigators, stood and show themselves while another smaller group of demons and Devils, with Riser, Yubelluna, two familiar demons that Axel also noticed earlier but unable to call them out in shock and relief of seeing them again when they also noticed him with one of them smiling his appreciation, and two unfamiliar demons riding on their shocking steeds stood at the side, waiting for them to be introduced.
"I say, I say, welcome ladies and gentlemen to this year's Hell Race! I'm Wally Wackford and I'll be your host for these three days!" Wally announced through his microphone, with most of the Pride Ring cheering for their festivities. "As we all know the drill for years, we wouldn't need to repeat what our favourite event is all about, now would we? Well, I say, I say that new demons are wusses for not knowing so I'll say it right now so listen up; Thirteen lucky racers must race each other around the Pride Ring with our special armed race cars for the first two days focusing on killing each other as much as they can with the ammunition picked from the cars they choose before they can race each other for the first prize at the final day. And that first prize for the winner is… wealth as well as the power and freedom to leave the Pride Ring and get the chance to travel into the other Rings of Hell! What a prize that those itching to get out of this mad town! I know everyone's wondering about some of the Devils of the Underworld joining us, but that will be our surprise once our proud racers are called. And now, I say, without further ado; Let me introduce you to our thirteen racers for the first race!" Wally then moves to the German Sinner Demon and Hell Racer.
"Our first racer; a former member of World War II's Nazi, leader of Pride ring's Aryan Brotherhood Gang, and murderer of 11 Hell Racers from before; Helmut!" Beside Helmut who could be his Navigator, a succubus with pink skin, long white hair, and wearing a black and white dress with a long scarf noticed Wally is scooting closer to her with a flirtatious smile. "…And joining him as Navigator, is the lovely Verosika Mayday!" The men of the audience immediately cooed and catcalled this Verosika as she smirked her seductive amusement at the imp host closing his eyes and quickly puckering his lips at her for a kiss, with the taller succubus leaning her face closer to him to return his kiss…only to stomp her hand against his face and push him away for the proud succubus to start posing like a proud model and made the male audience members howling in excitement, to Helmut and some of the Navigators who aren't succubi's revulsion.
Even Wally is enjoying the sight, despite being rejected from trying to get a kiss when he happily whistled in delight before he scrambled onto his feet and hurriedly slid toward the other contestants. "Woo-hoo! I say I say, what a fine bitch!"
"Former stunt driver who killed himself with four people, injuring dozens in the same traffic collision, and kill off 12 of the dead racers as of now; I say, I say, give it up for Hazard! His Navigator, whom we know that tried to kill a wench who made our lucky girl's husband cheat on her on his birthday; is Mrs Mayberry!" Besides the red Mohawk haired demon, Hazard, as his Navigator, Mrs Mayberry is a demon goat-like woman with violet skin and horns, pointed ears, red eyes with yellow pupils, lavender hooves, messy white hair with a black headband and wears a dark pink, stitched, shirt with an upside-down red and yellow-tipped teardrop jewel on her chest with yellow on the tip, a torn black skirt, red earrings, and pink glasses. When Wally dared mentioned a glimpse of her past, everyone noticed Mrs Mayberry glared at him with fury in her now-glowing red eyes, baring her sharp teeth, and her hair suddenly waving around her head with magic, alarming Wally in fright and hastily ran to the other racer beside her and Hazard.
"A Wild West outlaw with crimes of armed robbery, theft, murder, rape, mutilation, you people know the drill, hanged his death to kill off only three Hell Racers in his debut; I say, I say yee-haw to Wild Bill!" Like Helmut, Wild Bill said nothing and glare his repulsion at his Navigator. A short and chubby succubus with muted red skin, black hair with matching horns on her head, and dressed in a sleeveless shirt baring her shoulders, collarbone, and midriff with only a sleeve for her left arm, blue shorts with ripped ends, and black boots.
"Once a teenage soldier from the Bloods street gang with multiple crimes until dead by the needle as an adult, building his gang of gangbangers sinners right here in the Pride Ring, and killed only nine Hell Racers; Herrreeee's the Blood Killer; Black Jack!" The black Mohawk-styled man, Black Jack, ignores his Navigator, who is Riser's knight with light brown hair, silver armour, and two swords with her, Karlamine sneering her disgust at him.
A tall sinner with red skin, covered in black skeleton bone tattoos, a shaved head with orange fire for hair, yellow eyes and sharp white teeth, and wears a white shirt unearth a black jacket, black pants and brown boots is then introduced. "Head of the Black Skeleton cartel in the US, Colombia, Mexico and Canada, running drugs, guns and human trafficking for years until arrested and electrocuted to death. With the bloody count of 43 kills and 10 in the Hell Race; El Diablo!" And his Navigator, whomever her name is, is the girlfriend of the Princess herself!" Beside him, Vaggie looked away from the audience and her 'partner', tightening her grip on the holy spear with a disgusted sneer.
"Our other racer, a leading member of the Hellhound pack who steals and sells cars in the Greed Ring and rumoured to smuggle Blessed Angelic Weapons for Overlords of Pride, killed 29 outside but none in the Hell Race; here's our Hellhound, T-Bone!" Unlike the Hellhound Axel met, this T-Bone is a Hellhound but has a Pitbull Terrier-like appearance with brown and black fur, a pointed, dog-like muzzle with sharp and pointy teeth, a dark grey nose, and red eyes, and wears a ripped brown jacket, black t-short and ripped grey jeans. The succubus serving as his Navigator has slightly dark red skin with matching horns almost hidden by her auburn brown afro hair, a slight sleeveless shirt with a skull design and black straps on each shoulder, her blue shorts almost slip down her hips, waist-length fishnet stockings or leggings, and high heeled boots.
Even though the two are a few feet apart, this succubus's tail is trying to reach closer to the other succubus also trying to reach her tail at hers, this one has bright red skin and horns with black tips, sandy blonde hair tied in a short ponytail, wearing muted blue overalls with red markings on her breasts and black bra, bangles around her right arm, a tattoo on her left leg, and high heels just when Wally introduced the yet-to-be-named racer. "From Afghanistan where he joined the Tali…Al Qa…ah, what the hell, some Islamic terrorist group until he off himself, and the 37 deaths he killed sadly did not surpass a single death he should've done in every Hell's Race, I say, I say it's Abdul Fattah!" This Abdul Fattah has dark grey skin, yellow eyes and two cow-like horns coming from the sides of his head. He wears a brown, orange and black shemagh scarf wrapped around his neck and a white knitted Kufi hat, he also wears a white shirt with a purple and brown vest, brown harem pants and black shoes.
"Over here, a hitman for the Southern California crime family who turned on him in court and died, and unfortunately kill 4 in the previous Hell Race, is our Hawk!" a tall and slender anthropomorphic hawk demon with red, black and white feathers which the red feathers on his head are styled into a red Mohawk, yellow eyes, a black beak, long, thin and black limbs with talon feet, and wears denim jeans, a black shirt, grey fingerless gloves and a bandana around his neck was introduced with a calm scowl. The succubus Navigator beside him has long dark blue hair with light ends, bright red skin with black tips at her horns and tail, black earrings resembling upside-down crosses, red eyes with the yellow sclera, a fishnets shirt showing her body and heart-shaped markings on her breasts, dark purple skirt, and black boots with her right past her thighs while her left boot is knee-lengthened.
"Our other racer, a tenth-generation yakuza member and former owner of Kawakami industries with a reputation in the criminal underworld, only to be assassinated by a rival Yakuza clan assassin, rebuilt his families' empire and won two Hell Races with eight Hell Racers killed; here's Daiyamondo Bakku!" Wally stood and introduced the Sinner Demon with an extremely muscular build, grey skin, black shoulder-length hair in a bob cut, red eyes, and white sharp teeth, wearing a black tank top, grey pants, and black sneaker shoes and fingerless gloves. His Navigator, from Riser's peerage, is the Chinese, Chun-Li-like cosplayer, Xuelan.
"Like the name, I say, I say, implies; He's mad enough to kill 6 people while driving in his Mustang for the adrenaline until died by police gunfire, and killed 9 Hell Racers before. Give it up, for Mad Max!" a tall muscular build with grey skin, yellow eyes, sharp yellow teeth, long grey hair with blonde and white accents and wears a black leather jacket with spiked shoulder pads, a red shirt, black pants and grey boots was introduced, with his Navigator beside him is Isabella.
"A serial killer who abducts and slaughters drug addicts, homeless people, runaways, prostitutes, and so on like hell in an old mental hospital and severs limbs through his special buzzsaw over 69 victims – I say, I say ooh la la! And only killed 2 Hell Racers; it's Sawblade!" A large and grotesque overweight demon with light grey leathery skin with scars all over his arms, wears black leather gloves, brown stained overalls with rolled-up sleeves, steampunk goggles, black boots and, as his name implies, a buzzsaw blade embedded in his skull, glanced at everyone with a cruel sneer. As his Navigator is one of Riser's girls with black/ dark blue hair and the giant sword on her back, Siris stares at the 'partner' with repulsion.
"Scythe! A serial killer of a small Louisiana town, who abducted 3 specific races of women and brutally mutilated them with blades, including his namesake as his personal favourite torture tool; 14 women before arrested and injected to death by the FBI, but no deaths in the Hell Race as of now." The Sinner Demon with pale blue skin, orange eyes, grey hair, sharp white teeth, scythe blade-like claws for fingers and wears a brown jacket overtop a white tank top, dark grey trousers, and brown shoes glanced around the audience with a calm but menacing scowl. Unlike Riser's other girls of his group, Scythe's Navigator is Tsubara Yura.
"And finally, a newcomer who, I say, I say, happily joined us in Hell yesterday, killed an Exterminator Angel with proof by his new holy spear, and even join us as our last-minute thirteenth racer with the one none other than 'our' Princess of Hell as his Navigator…Axel!"
"I say, I say, let us meet our new helpers for only this Hell Race, who we shall call them as… Sabotagers!" Using the wide gap between the audience and the stage, the first of these Sabotagers to present themselves is a dark grey horse with black stripes on his body and a flaming mane and tail, two pairs of orange glowing eyes, a set of glowing fangs, orange horseshoes and its neck and belly appear to look like lava. Its rider smirking his cruel enjoyment at the racers and audience is a fairly tall Imp, who looks similar to Wild Bill by having a serpentine/ lizard-face but has a large gold tooth in his sharp-toothed mouth, pale red skin, bright yellow eyes with green rings, a small black moustache, ivory white hair with a pair of black and white-striped horns pointing upward, four black stripes at the base of his tail, with eight spines lined up on them, also dressed as a southern cowboy. But unlike Wild Bill, this imp has a large grey sun hat, dark purple-like and red-tipped cowboy boots, a light red bandana around his neck, a black turtleneck shirt accompanied by a dark grey vest and a light grey jacket with dark grey cuffs and black tassels below, black fingerless gloves and ivory white pants that are ripped by the thighs.
"Winner of the previous Harvest Moon Pain Games from the Wrath Ring, give it up, for Striker!" Wally introduced the cowboy imp holding onto himself from its demonic horse standing on its hind legs to neigh in the air before landing on all fours, attracting the audience to cheer, clapped, and even whistle with infatuation and happiness yet Axel noticed from looking at his competitors that Wild Bill stared at Striker in wrath.
As soon as Striker's horse hurriedly galloped away to the side, a slightly giant, Jackson Chameleon-like demon jumped from its last position and stood in front with a demonic-like noise from its open mouth, showing itself with bright emerald green skin bearing black blob-like stripes all over its body, two large, black horns on its forehead between its rotating eyes while a third horn is on its nose, hunching over in a slouch, a pair of its front legs like a praying mantis's but larger and coloured yellow, black spikes sprouting out of its back excluding the back of its neck, a giant, spiral tail, and three claws on its hind feet. On the back of its neck, as its rider, is a faceless humanoid demon, with grey skin, short copper brown hair with light greenish-yellow strands under a brown hat, wearing a white buttoned shirt with the sleeves rolling up to his forearms, dirty blue jeans, and brown boots, and holding his sniper rifle over his right shoulder. "A special kind of demon, riding its giant chameleon also considered to be a Sabotager, and shoot everything until dead, I say, I say Jackson Kills and Crikee!"
Jackson Kill's, ironically also named, Jackson Chameleon steed Crikee leapt away and landed closer to Striker and his horse who swiftly move to the side, with Axel and Charlie watching both the Sabotagor riders glaring at each other as the cowboy imp sneered at the faceless human-looking demon seemingly not showing anything yet Axel jokingly presume that Jackson is also sneering back at him until Striker grinned with a cruel smile and nod at Jackson who also curtly nodded back at him. Axel and Charlie could only guess and hope that those two either have a sort of friendship or truce.
"From the fiery Underworld as part of the proud phoenix Devils, winner of 9 Rating Games out of 13, the seller of the famous Phoenix tears…" Wally announced as Riser and Yubelluna stood in front of the audience with the men whistling at the latter with lust, with Axel could've sworn he heard Wally whispering with a jealous pout 'I say, I say, would've helped if I ask him for money…' before he reclaimed his excitement when he raised his free hand and point at Riser and Yubelluna's backs. "And kind enough to give us some of the beautiful girls of his peerage as our Navigators for our racers, Riser Phenex and his Queen, Yubelluna!"
Immediately, Riser's back glowed bright orange and yellow with a large pair of fiery wings bursts and materialized behind him just as everyone watch Riser and Yubelluna jumping away from their spot in a farther bounce and the former hover on top of the other Sabotagers with his fire wings while Yubelluna surprising can fly and float beside her revealed partner and King without wings, possibly using magic just as Axel and Charlie looked at the last two Sabotagers now standing in front of the stage, again collecting the former's bewilderment to see them again since yesterday.
"And now, our last two Sabotagers, who we also watched them assisting our fine Hell Racer to kill that Exterminator Angel yesterday in the news; the strong Hellhound Mutt Dogman and his beautiful Incubus of a mate, Rose!" Wally introduced with the audience clapping and cheering their amazement at them with the Hellhound, Mutt Dogman crossing his arms with his right forearm bandaged from where he was hit by the holy spear Axel now owns and looks away with a bored sneer while Rose the Incubus wave his hand at everyone with a seductively kind smile.
'Mutt Dogman, and Rose…' Axel mentally noted, feeling happy to see those two again and glad that they were alive from the brutal fight. 'I hope they won't kill me for what happened yesterday.'
"And now that everyone is introduced: I say, I say…let the Hell Race begins!" Wally concluded with crude happiness as Axel and Charlie stare at almost every one of the audience members cheering louder than earlier with the two seeing Angel Dust, Nifty, and Alastor among the crowd with the former holding both his upper and lower arms with a soft but subtly sad or displeased glower on his face.
"Axel, I'm scared. I hate the Hell Race, and I don't want us dead…" Axel heard Charlie whispering to his ear in fear and sadness for what they are forced into, as the former slowly grasps her hand with his in a gentle grasp, silently reassuring her that everything will be fine even in a hellish event, and he'll try to do anything to protect themselves.
If he must become a street racer again just to protect Charlie from both her death and embarrassment by the other demons mocking her and the hotel…then so be it.
A/N:
. Although everything is Nitro's idea, the Sabotagers is mine to not make this almost EXACTLY like the Death Race series.
. The characters Jackson Kills and Crikee are for my upcoming Redemons/ Infernal World animated project.
- Although Crikee is considered a Sabotagor, I don't believe I could call Striker's horse Bombproof one.
. The character Abdul-Fattah was originally supposed to be called Hammer Jack and was supposed to be a different character with a different history.
