A/N: On behalf of both me and Nitro, I apologize if there are some offensive words/stuff placed in this chapter or different parts of the story. This is not on purpose on our part.
"Racers get into their respective cars and Sabotagers, ready for your job for today with the best you can! The race will start in 15 minutes! Since there's a Racer, Navigator, and Sabotager of different sides with a Holy Weapon; I say, I say let's make it fair and let them use it only a few times per round." Wally's voice announced through the Hell-speakers with the audience heading to the stands or standing close to the gates and barricades, watching over the racers, Navigators, and Sabotagers heading to the thirteen armed cars parked behind a painted starting and finish line with the first twelve cars parked in a row of two while the thirteenth car is positioned behind the last two cars.
As someone who knows a lot of cars and their types, Axel can see that Black Jack's racecar is a 2012 Dodge Ram 3500 Dually Truck, Wild Bill's a 1970 Dodge Charger R/T, Abdul-Fattah's car is a 1989 BMW 735i, T-Bone's a 1999 Nissan Skyline, Scythe uses a 1995 Mitsubishi Eclipse, Hazard excitedly picks a 2006 Ford Mustang GT by the sadistic grin, El Diablo and Vaggie are using a 1966 Buick Riviera, Helmut seemingly reluctant to use his 1971 Plymouth GTX, Hawk has a 1989 Jaguar XJS, Saw-Blade picks a 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport, Mad Max uses a 1965 Ford Mustang, and Daiyamondo Bakku uses a 1973 AMC JavelinA. The only car that has yet to have a racer, therefore automatically his's for the three-day race unless he and/ or Charlie will, unfortunately, die during the first race, is a 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at the far end of the row which Axel and Charlie hurriedly jog towards the race car while trying to ignore any of the other racers spying on them.
Though not good with weapons but having heard and study a bit of it during his youth, Axel could guess that his race car has been equipped with twin 50-caliber Browning M2HB machine guns hood-mounted on the passenger side of the Camaro, an M134 Minigun fitted with both an ammunition drum and a belt on the roof and an M240C machine gun mounted to the left side of its roof. As much as he wants to be fair, Axel can understand that none of these racers will appreciate good sportsmanship since this is a combat race in Hell.
And Axel can see that Charlie is both terrified and saddened by the forced situation the two and Vaggie are reluctantly doing when she stood beside him and sadly look around the race with her hands holding around her arms and try not to show her tears by lowering her head and staring at her feet and the road.
"Hey, Striker!" Axel heard an Australian male voice calling out a bit farther from him and his new weaponized race car when he peek over his car's cannons on the roof and managed to see a glimpse of the two Sabotagers using a demon horse and demon chameleon as their steeds, with the speaker must be from Jackson Kills since Spiker didn't move his mouth but the latter glance at the faceless human hunter-like demon when he led his Jackson Chameleon demon closer to the cowboy imp, his voice expresses excitement when he spoke towards the imp curious of the interaction. "Since ya look like a fine killer even with that Blessed Gun of ya, how 'bout a short bet to see how many of those fucks you 'n your horse can kill against me 'n Crikee for today and tomorrow's races?" A strange noise of a roar was released from Crikee opening its mouth in front of Striker and his horse who almost ran away with a startled neigh before Striker stroked his hand at one side of his horse's neck to calm him down.
"A bet like that, huh?" Striker mused with his lips slowly shifting from a frown to an intrigued grin, looking at Jackson and Crikee from top to bottom. "That sounds pleasant to hear, for a hitman like me. And I can tell you like that sort of thing too, even with a fitting good name like yours, Kills?"
"Are you fuckin' me, mate!?" Jackson joked with an excited grin. "I have a sniper rifle and balls of steel, of course, I love this! Good thing I was given that name, man." First spying on the slightly loud conversation without them noticing the peeping tom, with Striker listening at the Australian demon with amusement on his smirk, Axel turn his attention away and almost got into the Chevrolet Camaro race car, admiring the artillery.
"I envy those two. Why can't the other racers can get along with each other for good sportsmanship?" Axel joked with a faint grin although he looks at Charlie still in melancholy but watching Vaggie getting into the passenger seat of El Diablo's car with the racer heading inside, with the two noticing how angered and hesitant their friend is feeling when she grips on her Holy Spear. But Axel is aware that Charlie will be sadder about separating her from Vaggie as well as seeing the others that will die during the race. "Hey, Charlie?" Axel called, attracting Charlie who flinched in surprise and hastily glance at him in surprise, her red and yellow eyes almost shed tears. "I'm sorry that we're forced to be here."
"O-Oh, you don't need to apologise!" Charlie reassured, wiping the little tears off her eyes when she tenderly smiled her sadness at him. "I'm just...upset that my people enjoy something as sadistic as this, even by forcing you to become the last racer. I'm sorry, Axel."
"Hey." Axel quietly spoke with a smile, grasping his hands on her shoulder while the two almost didn't notice that the other racers are about to get inside their cars for the race to start. "How about...we'll think something positive and tries to survive this round for today?" First pondering about the suggestion, Charlie's eyes slowly had a spark of hope when she nodded with her smile also brightening to have her optimism back, bringing Axel to smile back that he slightly cheer Charlie up from moping. Hurriedly, Axel and Charlie took their seats at the driver and passenger seats with them grabbing the seatbelts and listening to the sounds of the engine roaring louder and almost deafening the entire area alongside the entire Hell cheering for the Hell Race's performances.
Walking from the sides to stand in front of the first two cars, a winged demon woman lifted her wings that is painted white and black checkered, serving as a flag-waver, as the traffic light above her head flashed from red to yellow for the thirteen race cars to increase the acceleration with Axel making sure he won't stomp his foot harder until he knows that the engine will not explode at the start of the race, until the light flashed green. At the same time, the winged demon woman swings her wings and jumped off the ground once she was almost run over by the other cars speeding off from their positions and proceeding through the Pride Ring's road for the race, leaving the wing-waver flying on the air and the audiences howling their excitement for the race.
"And off, they go!" Wally announced through his microphone and boomed through the speakers. "I say, I say, this will be a fun race, folks!"
Getting the feel of driving both an unfamiliar car, albeit a and racing again as it's been a while since his last race, Axel stamped his foot on the accelerator pedal and increase the tenacity of the car's engine to speed through the road passing by the shops and building, alongside the other racers viciously rushing faster than his Chevrolet Camaro but he sees that his car is quickly going from last place to 11th or 10th place.
"Charlie, can you tell me what I must do while driving in here?" Axel asked as he kept his attention on the road and the other racers speeding up at the right speed without creating a ruckus although Axel hurriedly reduce the speed when seeing that one of the race cars purposely try to ram him from in front, with Charlie gripping her hands on the seatbelt and slinking against the back of her seat, staring at the outside in distraught from the fast speed before he listens to Charlie explaining while trying to calm down but still terrified.
"A-A-Ah! D-During the Hell race, you must make sure that you must find a checkpoint that allows you to use your weapons on the other racers. B-But I don't know anything about the Sabotagers but I could guess from what I heard from the workers that they're going to sabotage the environment so must be careful…AXEL, LOOK OUT!" Immediately, Charlie looked in front at the windshield and scream her horror when Axel followed her direction and hurriedly twist the steering wheel, tilting the car to the side and avoid getting hit by the Ford Mustang car that instantly reverses and would've hit the Chevrolet Camaro if not for Charlie's calling.
"What are you doing!? You're going to get us killed early in the race, you asshole!" Mrs Mayberry yelled her ferocity at Hazard laughing at himself with his sadistic happiness when he continues to recklessly move his Ford Mustang GT left to right in case of knocking the other cars over the road just like how he killed those other losers when he was alive and taking part of the previous Hell Races, to the ire of his previous Navigators only to get themselves killed either way. As long as he does it without care for anyone's lives whether they are humans, demons, devils, or whatever the hell they are, Hazard will do anything to be the winner and get that wealth and freedom from the Sinner Demons' restriction in the Pride Ring. So many other rings to race and kill to his sadistically fun heart's content.
'Where is it?' Hazard wondered as he continues to ignore the boring bitch beside him reprimanding him for his actions, looking for the checkpoint allowing him to use his car's ammunition although he managed to see, to Hazard's exasperated disappointment, that this year's racers are smart enough to drive forward, reverse, or around him and avoid getting run over from him and proceeding forward. Even that new loser, Axel and his royal bitch of a Navigator somehow managed to realise his plan to follow suit and drove past him to be in sixth place. Hazard will make sure that not even those losers will kill and over-race him.
"There's the checkpoint!" As soon as he and the other racers wildly took a turn and drive past the giant and disgusting-looking building called Porn Studios, Wild Bill heard his disgustingly short, fat, and dark Navigator succubus, who loudly introduce herself as Milky when she attempted to seduce him earlier, calling him up and point a finger in front of them to see that, around 100 kilometres away from their current location and slowly growing closer when they speed their cars, is a large sign hanging on a rope on the air and flashing a bright glow of orange light showing a symbol of a sniper rifle and machine gun formed into an X, as one of the checkpoints to allow the racers to use their respective artillery.
"Shut up, you disgusting pig! I can see it in front!" Wild Bill yelled in anger despite being aware that the succubus is trying to help him since he is never the type to accept anyone's help, especially one from a different race.
"What!? You're such an asshole!" Milky snapped in anger although her voice prompt Wild Bill to glare back in ferocity, too agitated of his 'partner' to keep his attention on the road. "I told you to shut your filthy mouth! Or I'll shoot it off, you swine!" Instead of either getting back to drive towards the weapon checkpoint or wanting to strangle the demon with his bare hands, Wild Bill heard a few gunshots shooting in the air, startling both to realise that none of the racers have yet to get into the checkpoint. But instead of demanding who is shooting at them, all the tires of Wild Bill's Dodge Charger R/T immediately popped and forced the entire vehicle to swerve and jerk no matter how Wild Bill try to get his balance back...only for something large like a boulder to knock the entire car over the road and the other cars to be sent flying on the air, forcing Milky to scream her horror while Wild Bill froze in baffled anger just when the car was hit into something when it landed on the road, heavy yellow, red, and orange flames viciously blinded the two before an earsplitting explosion was the last thing they heard along with feeling scorching heat that could even burn demons all over them...until it's nothing but black and silence.
"Ooh! And Wild Bill was knocked over the road and landed on top of Hawk, by none other than our famous Sabotager Striker, eliminating both racers from the first race! I say I say that the end of the first two racers of the Hell Race, folks!" Wally broadcasted with the gigantic Jumbo screen at the centre of the Pentagram park replayed the scene of Striker's horse sprinting on the pavement and fast enough to join the other racers with the cowboy shooting two or three of his Heaven-blessed gun at the road which bursts Wild Bill's car before the demon horse swiftly race towards the affected car and ram its entire body at the side of the car, knocking it from the road and landed on top of a Jaguar XJS, both tumbling against each other until the two cars exploded in a massive explosion while the other cars of the now eleven racers sped past the flame-filled area emitting from the explosion. Instead of being traumatised from watching the explosion and deaths happening live, the demonic audiences cheered and howled their fascination and excitement of seeing the first of the many deaths to come...since this is Hell.
[Dead/ Retired: Wild Bill/ Milky, and Hawk/ Kiki]
"We got 'em, now, Bombproof!" Striker grinned with his demon horse, Bombproof, neighing its agreement before it continues galloping through the road with Striker using the tip of its tail to spank at one side of Bombproof's rear to kick its hoofed legs and increase its speed. At least the cowboy imposter and his Navigator are dead when Striker shoot a few of his Heaven bullets at the road closer to the other racers' tires, before Bombproof successfully knocks that car over without even waiting for its owner's commands. Even if they haven't spoken to each other, Striker can see that Wild Bill or whatever he is was agitated with him just because they look similar. They can only be one cowboy demon alive.
Now, how about Kills and his Crikee?
"The artillery's on!" Vaggie inspected once she watched El Diablo's Buick Riviera speed past the checkpoint alongside the other remaining racers, the heavy sounds of clocking and vibrating noises of the two Breda-SAFAT Machine Guns on top of the roof and the SIG MG 710-3 at both sides of the car that immediately clanked all over the vehicle alerted the two that the guns' restraints are off…just as some of the racers beat them to it when the air broke into nothing but countless bullets shooting through nothing or the side of the cars when El Diablo and Vaggie almost duck from the loud bullets hitting and bouncing away from the side of the cars, luckily none of the bulletproof weapons was hit even when the two can hear the deafening sounds of someone laughing maniacally from outside.
"Mierda bastardos!" Vaggie and, to her surprise, El Diablo cursed the same thing in anger.
"STOP IT, YOU JACKASS!" Mrs Mayberry yelled and try to hold onto her seat and seatbelt when she wasn't expecting her awful driver to twist the driving wheel to the side and laugh at his heartless happiness of forcefully spinning his race car yet somehow proceeding forward and through the racetrack instead of flying off the road and hit a building, shooting all of the ammunition from his pair of AA-52 machine guns mounted onto the hood and an M249 Machine Gun with a turret shield on the roof for defensive purposes, even with those weapons must be used by the navigator guns all over his Mustang like a cocoon of guns. It's just like how he normally races in this fun race every year. Driving and Shooting bullets. That's what every race should be. It's such a shame that every Navigator he's been having from his first Hell Race until now are annoying as ever for keep saying that he mustn't lose control and drive properly. And this year's is just like the rest of those wenches.
It only took a couple of minutes of reckless driving and shooting for Hazard to hear no bullets and explosions of other weaponised cars, but rather clicking noises and not a single bullet flew out of his car. "What the hell!? Are they all out!?" Hazard complained in baffled rage. There's no way that his ammunition's dry! He's still far from the other weapons' checkpoint and now he's in almost second to last place with Helmut's behind him.
"That's because you wasted all of those bullets in your dumb plan!" Hazard grit his teeth in exasperation for the Navigator beside him complaining of his brilliant action for his driving and shooting...although he wasn't expecting the purple-skinned demon woman to hurriedly reach her hands to the wheel and try to turn it to the other side, swerving the car to the other direction and would've been proceeding through the road if not for Hazard trying to pull the steering wheel back to spin his circles again, forcing both driver and Navigator in a violent tug on grabbing the steering wheel and send the car swerving side to side. "Get your woman hands off my baby, bitch!" Hazard yelled.
"The dummkopf is distracted. Aim the Maschinegewehr 34s!" Helmut commanded Verosika as the two watch the Mustang car in front of them violently moving left and right from the racer and Navigator fighting for the wheel, with the proud Nazi soldier ignoring the filthy succubus releasing a scoff from her boring sneer before she reach to one of the buttons and controls connecting to the two belt-fed guns at the hood of the car, while the GE M134 Minigun mounted at the rear remain inactive since no one is behind them. Despite their temporary affiliation, Helmut made it clear that he won't treat each other the same as allies as he only threatens this she-devil to torture her if she doesn't cooperate and ignore her seductive attempts and furious complaints toward the other. Hurriedly tapping the buttons, Verosika had the MG 34s move and turn to face the struggling car with the barrels pointing down under the car.
"Fire!" Trying to ignore Helmut's order booming inside the car, Verosika pressed the button and multiple, large bullets were instantly shot simultaneously at the ground and bounced upwards in the underside of the car...immediately sending Hazard's Mustang flying upwards while tumbling in circles on the air, the underside and engine exploded by the bullets shooting through a possible vital point of a car and prompt Helmut to kick the gas and drove past Hazard's now and slowly burning car, a scream was released from the inside.
"Boss, now!" Witnessing the German racer's car shooting the trigger-happy maniac's car up and out of the race, Rose notified Mutt as he rode on his Hellhound partner's back while the latter ran on all fours through the road and initially behind the Plymouth GTX when it happened before Mutt Dogman swiftly leapt off the road and soar towards the burning car. As soon as Mutt managed to grab the back of the car with his claws, Rose instantly jumped off of Mutt's back and slam himself at the top of the car before both used their strength to forcefully use gravity to throw Hazard's car back onto the ground...but with a heavy slam that knocks some of the car's pieces and paintings off, also bursting the tires off of its hinges as Rose jumped off the car and got himself caught by Mutt holding him in an embrace before he ran away, initially on his two legs before he ran on fours with Rose quickly climb onto his partner's back, all leaving the burning car that instantly exploded into a massive geyser of flames and silence now fills the air instead of another scream from the now-dead racer and Navigator.
[Dead/ Retired: Hazard & Mrs Mayberry]
"Three racers down, Axel. And we just hit the last checkpoint." Charlie informed in dread as Axel also witnessed Hazard's disastrous accident while noticing that the remaining cars' arsenals are back active after a temporarily offline state, yet they can still kill each other by ramming into other cars until then. After the now ten cars took a turn to the right and lead to more streets and buildings, Charlie and Axel can still hear bullets shooting in the distance and closer to them from Striker with his holy bullets at the ground to pop any of the other cars' tires while riding Bombproof as the two would often disappear from running through alleyways before emerging for the Hell horse to jump across the road without hitting any of the cars before repeating the same tactic at a different pavement, and vice versa. Similarly following him but also different, Charlie and Axel can look out from the windows on the former's side and see Jackson's Chameleon demon racing alongside them by running on the buildings without falling off the walls, breaking glass windows in the process, while its owner happily shoots bullets off of his sniper rifle with one hand to hit any of the cars from above and holding onto one of Crikee's horns with the other to not fall off his pet's neck.
"Do Hell Races have Sabotagers doing this sort of thing?!" Axel asked in both dread and anger as he managed to notice Saw-Blade's car was about to hit him from reversing to him, attracting Axel to twist the steering wheel to his left and hit the gas to both dodges the Ford Gran Torino Sports car that ends up hitting Scythe's Mitsubishi Eclipse and got himself in 5th or 6th place.
"No! It was only racers killing each other, but this is the first time this race has ever had outside help. I hope it's the only time this will happen..." Charlie responded in sadness, initially collecting Axel's attention to glance back at the demon princess before backing to the road when he drove past T-Bone's Nissan Skyline to be in 4th place. Suddenly, just as he was about to switch on the bullets since he was holding out after passing the first checkpoint, Axel and Charlie heard a slow but loud noise of a larger vehicle hurriedly getting in their way, astonishing the two with the latter staring at the driver in worry until Axel slowly look at the rearview mirror and spot the source...to his dismay. "Really?!" Axel complained.
"It's a road roller, beeyatch!" Riser screamed in excitement as Axel, some of the other racers, Navigators, and Sabotagers managed to witness the shocking sight of Riser riding a wild and yellow road roller through the race at fast speed while he raise his arms in an archer pose and release the fire he made onto the ground while Yubelluna raises and swing her arm and hand holding her sceptre that glows bright purple and release large projectiles of magic towards different parts of the road and the buildings, forcing everyone to hurriedly back to the side while continuing with the race.
However, one BMW 735i was too late not realise that the road roller is rapidly looming towards it from behind. The sounds of screaming, large pieces of car pieces crushing alongside sounds of bones attracted even Riser and Yubelluna who managed to witness and back away in revulsion of a sudden bloody body piece flying towards and past them before flying away towards somewhere behind the moving road roller.
"I say, I say, that Abdul-Fattah and his Navigator are now Hell-pancakes, thanks to Riser Phenex and his Queen! That is NOT what we're expecting for this year's race, folks!" Wally declared after witnessing the sight of the unexpected steamroller flattening the unfortunate car in the middle of the road, amazing the audience to cheer once again.
[Dead/ Retired: Abdul-Fattah and Apple]
"Noooo! Apple!" Witnessing her girlfriend and her brutish 'partner' crushed by the steamroller, Coco cried in horror and distraught but a large hand forcefully slapped her in the face from the furious T-Bone.
"Can you shut the fuck up about your dead girlfriend?! I'll fuck you up once we're done with this race! This is as good as mine!" T-Bone reprimanded the now crying succubus and swiftly sped the car to the side and successfully slam the side against another car he knows that is El Diablo, holding himself in the line but switching his attention between focusing on the road where they can see they have arrived closer to both the starting and finishing line of the race and snarling his anger at T-Bone for the stunt.
"Oi, puta! Kill that Gillipolas with your Holy weapon!" El Diablo barked without looking at Vaggie gritting her teeth at such wrath for being called a bitch but instead of punching the driver right when they're close on who'll be the first to win the first round, Vaggie reluctantly gripped her hands on her Blessed Spear and quickly jabbed the holy blade through T-Bone's window, using her strength to impale and shatter the glass window into tiny pieces that splintered through T-Bone's head and skin, but the holy blade furiously stabbing through his heart forced T-Bone to scream just as El Diablo quickly pull Vaggie to sit back inside the car by grabbing her in the back of her shirt and skirt with his right hand and his left hand twist the steering wheel to drive to the left, away from T-Bone's car.
The moment he removed his hand off Vaggie, El Diablo pressed the button and controlled all of his car's four MG42 machine guns mounted onto the hood and four FN P90 submachine guns are mounted in the grill now aimed at T-Bone's car, leaving the trunk's three Browning M1919A4 Machine Guns inactive before all the bullets are now shooting through the inside and outside of the Nissan Skyline without stop. It didn't take twenty bullets for the entire car to explode from inside and immediately incinerated the two people inside as their car swerve and move to be initially facing horizontally before the audience watch the now-destroyed Javelin car bounce backwards in wild speed and didn't hit one of the now eight cars that finally reach past the finish line with El Diablo finishing first, then it was Mad Max in second, Scythe as third, Axel in luckily fourth, Daiyamondo Bakku as fifth, Saw-Blade in sixth, Black Jack in seventh, and Helmut as eighth and last place.
[Dead/ Retired: T-Bone & Coco]
"I say, I say, and that's the end of the first round of the Hell Race! And our new stud has become the star by being in the top five in his first race!" Wally Wackford happily declared towards the cheering audience as the alive racers and their Navigators exited from their race cars while the Sabotagers have joined their sides with Riser and Yubelluna luckily flew off from the road roller they parked on the grass park and stood beside Rose, Jackson, Striker, and their steeds with the former being his boyfriend than a demonic animal.
"Axel! Axel! Axel!" The moment they crawl out of the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, Axel and Charlie glanced around and react in the surprise of being greeted with excited cheering and chants of the former's name by the majority of the Pride Ring although the latter hurriedly made herself happy when she turned her attention and face the disbelieved Axel staring at the audience with a happy smile. "Axel! You did it! You saved us from dying in the first round!" Charlie remarked.
"Dammit, my girls are dead!" Verosika Mayday complained in anger when she and Helmut exited the Plymouth GTX with the former sneering her wrath at the other racers and Navigators who might be responsible for her female members' death, although her fury grew until she is infuriated from receiving a cold order from the angry German soldier, glaring dark daggers at the Gör with his two concubines including the one serving El Diablo as his Navigator. "Quiet, you schlampe! How dare that little brat win against me..."
"Hey, you! Newbie!" Axel, Charlie, and Vaggie heard a woman's voice calling and heading in their direction when they follow a source and see a woman and man running toward them. As soon as they caught the two, Axel heard a stifled gasp from the two girls when he initially noticed Charlie looking away in horror and guilt while Vaggie point her Holy Spear at them until the couple stood in front of them, with Axel noticing that Vaggie is furious at the woman than the man.
The tall, slim, pale-skinned demon woman has short, light blonde hair that shapes like a fan and swept to the side bangs for her large, round head, rose-red eyes with small, white pupils, a long neck and thin torso, and wears a short, rose-red dress with a low-cut sweetheart neckline, long-sleeves, and shoulder pads. Axel doesn't know why but he could've sworn he heard some cracking sounds whenever this woman moves a bit. Joining her side is a man with his head, face, and neck in a gas mask that is surprisingly expressional, with ashy blonde hair and wears a grey suit with matching pants, a white collared shirt, black gloves or hands, a red tie, and a red pocket square. Immediately after their arrival, Axel, Charlie, and Vaggie noticed that the jumbo screens are now showing their appearances for them to notice floating Hell Cameras are now pointing in their direction above and behind their heads.
"You're the one who showed up in Hell yesterday, killed an Exterminator Angel, and now the lucky newbie who will proceed to the second round of the Hell Race! I'm Katie Killjoy of the 666 News, and I want to interview you about your achievements since you arrived." The female news reporter, Katie Killjoy, speaks with a smile that Axel knows it's dangerous even before he had to watch the woman boldly and heartlessly push Charlie and Vaggie flying away with just a hand, almost bringing Axel to hurriedly run after them only to be held back by Katie roughly grabbing his face with a hand, hissing in pain from the strong grip and fingernails that could pierce through his cheeks. "So, newbie, how does it feel to race through the Hell Race and end up going up and alive for the second round?"
As soon as Katie removed her hand from his face, wanting to punch her in the face for what he saw and heard of her true self from the others, Axel managed to compose himself and respond with a smile, twitching to turn into a cold sneer. "Well, Miss Killjoy, as a former street racer in my past life, I am a bit confident of being back racing...but not expecting to race through a piece of Hell and almost getting killed by raging racers and crazy strong demons."
"Ooh, and that's the beauty of the Hell Race." Katie Killjoy commented with a smile before it widens to a sickening grin when she continued 'interviewing' him. "But...do you know that your Navigator and the one you met yesterday is none other than the Princess of Hell?"
"Yes, and she was kind to take me to her hotel, which I'm not surprised that not many here approve for its purpose." Axel confidently nodded with a shrug of shoulders as he can see he must've struck a nerve when he noticed a few twitches on the corners of Killjoy's lips in her smile that'll break.
"That is right. And you don't believe like us that the so-called Princess's plan of redeeming demons to Heaven, do you, Axel?" Katie questioned with a hiss seeping out when mentioning the Happy/ Hazbin Hotel. Knowing what to say that'll anger her, for Charlie's sake, Axel closes his smile and give her his best smile.
"Whether her plans will work or not, it won't hurt for me to try it out, especially since I was told by her friends of how you treated her during her interview in your show. I hope that answers your question...Killjoy." Immediately after emphasising his disdain by calling her last name, Axel tried his best to be unfazed by Katie's face instantly showing an extra pair of eyes that glows bright eyes alongside her original pair of eyes at the same time; two extra pairs of arms also like a praying mantis sprouted out and below her usual pair of arms, and her mouth flared sharp teeth in ferocity for Axel's remark. But instead of a straight physical attack on him, Axel noticed her almost forgotten and terrified co-host nervously poke a finger at his partner's hip which managed to grab the furious demoness's attention to now glare her wrath at the frightened masked co-host, until the two notice the man fidgeting his arm to point a finger upwards and made Axel and Killjoy looking up at where the cameras are still showing, with the jumbo screens now revealing the agitated news reporter in her demon form. Realising that she is being recorded live, Axel back away and watched Katie Killjoy hurriedly revert to her normal form and stood in front of the camera slowly lowered to show her and her partner, an angry smile still plastered on her face for his remarks.
"And there you have it, Pentagram City, the few words of the new racer. And now, we shall interview with the other racers..." Axel scoffed and watch Katie Killjoy resuming her news show for a few seconds, noticing the woman has a tint of breaking character from her temper, before Axel slowly turn around and now walk towards where Charlie, Vaggie, and the other guys are.
'Charlie, Vaggie…guys.' Axel mentally told himself as he watch Charlie and Vaggie hugging each other with the former crying tears of relief while the latter stroke her girlfriend's head with a sad but tender smile, feeling relieved that the three managed to survive the first race only to grow saddened for a few things that might happen in the second or third race other than their potential deaths; either the three of them will be fatally injured, El Diablo or the other racers will try to take advantage of them, or something else that he can't even think of that worry him to decide with a soft sneer.
'If I win, I'll use the wealth of the prize to help with the Hotel. And even if I won't reach first place, I'll make sure that you two will survive the Hell race.'
A/N:
. Initially, I wanted to add an argument between Katie Killjoy and Axel in the previous, for the former's mistreatment of Charlie in the pilot, but I don't know how to make it in that scene so I put it here instead.
- I had to make a Jojo reference with the steamroller since both DIO and Riser are voiced by the same Japanese voice actor.