Steve, Brad and Arackniss had managed to make it back to the hotel in one piece...or as much in pieces as they were, given the encounter with each other, and with one of the Ashford's mutations. They were talking with each other to lighten, and a topic that was brought up by the black-furred spider was his own brother.

"So Tony actually managed to put the hurt on his own boss?" Arackniss asked.

"Yeah. Seemed to have just about been aiming for every weak point the moth had on him." Brad answered. "Never seen such brutality."

Arackniss replied "Wouldn't surprise me. That lustful, dick-flashing, moth bitch has had a ass-kicking coming for a long time. It had been on my mind for a while, but I would've done him myself one day...for Anthony's sake."

"All so that you could've dragged him back into being a gangster, I'm guessing?" Steve asked

"It would've been a better for him than what that shithead had done to him." Arackniss complained. "I've seen my brother having a fake-ass smile whenever he's on screen, the shitty jobs he did for Valentino. I never fucking understood why my brother took the life he had before for granted. We were doing just fine before we came down here! If he wasn't such a dumbass, maybe he would've lived longer!"

But then, Steve asked "Didn't you guys live around the 1940s?"

"Yeah...not the best time to live." Brad added.

"Shut up. At least I didn't overdose to get here."

Steve and Brad looked at each other for a second before they headed inside.

"We're back!" Steve yelled out, but there was nobody in the lobby besides Husk. "Well, don't ask if we're okay all at once."

"Everyone else is busy." Husk said as he's slump at his bar. "Charlie had managed to get everyone a room and even managed to make them comply with some of the rules she has."

"Half of those guys were succubi." Brad mentioned. "How the hell did she pull that off?"

"She's the princess of hell. She can do...almost anything." Husk before taking a sip from a bottle. "Anyone, who's the guy?"

"This is Arackniss." Steve answered. "Apparently, he's Angel's brother."

"Angel never mentioned having a brother."

Arackniss replied "No surprise there. It's just like him to not talk about me or the rest of his family." He then sat down at the bar. "How about you give me a drink and I'll fill you in on Angel's dark past?"

"Now this, I gotta hear." Husk smirked as he tossed Arackniss a bottle. Steve and Brad settled down on the coach and Brad could see Steve glaring at Arackniss, who managed to make Husk laugh with what he was saying.

"You alright, Steve?"

"I'm just still not happy with that guy. He tried to kill us before, and now we let him into our safe place?" Steve asked

"That's understandable, but we all managed to explain ourselves, got on the right foot and now everything seems alright." Brad said. "Just give the guy a chance. I'm sure you'll warm up to each other."

"Yeah, right."

"Ah, I remember that when I showed up, I too was given the stinkeye."

The two immediately turn their heads to see the Radio Demon, Alastor, standing by them. Because he's been neglected in this story for several chapter already.

"Where the hell did you come from?!" Steve yelled.

"New Orleans. Such a nice place, don't ya know." Alastor joked. "I managed to catch a glimpse of your encounter with that giant maggot that managed to destroy another street downtown. As well as when you met up with the dear sibling of the effeminate fellow I have to constantly avoid."

"So...you were spying on us?" Brad asked.

Alastor replied "Think of it more as 'entertainment in the form of other's wildest adventures'. I have to get my entertainment from somewhere, since this place seemed to be drying up faster than a shriveled corpse."

"Don't pretend I didn't hear that, Alastor." Charlie said, coming down a flight of stairs, with her hands at her hips and looking all sassy. But then, she turns her attention over towards Steve and Brad, and smiled. "Glad to see that you two are okay."

"Yeah, it feels good to be back here." Steve said before pointing towards Arackniss. "Also, we...brought him along."

Charlie turned over to the black spider demon and smiled, happy to see another 'supposedly' new asset to her hotel as walks over to introduce herself.

"Hello." She said, greeting Arackniss.

"Ah, the princess of hell herself." The spider said. "It's a pleasure."

"Let me be the one to welcome you to the Happy Hotel. We're currently using it as a safe haven for survivors."

Arackniss replied "I heard. And as much as I could appreciate that, I can't stay for long. I gotta get back out there. I'm only here to see my brother."

"Your brother?" Charlie asked, confused. But then it hit her. "Wait, you're Angel Dust's brother?"

"Yep." Arackniss answered. "Is he here? I wanna say here."

And then, Charlie pulled out a radio and spoke into it, saying "Vaggie, can you bring Angel down here. There's someone who would like to see him." And with that, they wait. "...So, how did you meet Steve and Brad?"

"Oh, he took pot shots at us with a sniper rifle." Steve said, bluntly.

"What?!"

And then, Angel come down and he had a dramatic shocked look on his face.

"Are you freaking kidding me?" Angel said before turning toward Brad and Steve. "You guys managed to find my brother and bring him back here? Alive?!"

"Yeah, it's so fucking nice to see you too, Tony." Arackniss said, getting up from his seat to confront his sibling.

Angel took a sniff of air before 'phew'-ing it out "Damn, Niss. You oughta take a bath to clean up your smelly, chainsmoking ass."

"Tell that to the jizz leaking your ass, you two-dollar-back-alley-crack-whore!"

Everybody accounted for looked from left to right at the two spider siblings as they went at each other, with Angel saying "Keep talking like that and I'll send you back to Pops in used condom-turned-body-bag, since an actual one would be too big for ya!"

"Why don't you shut up and go wash the dick taste outta yer mouth before I go and fuck up your other eye!"

"Whatevah, Tiny. Run on home to daddy and tell 'im I said 'Fuck you'!"

And they went on like that for like 3 minutes. Some of their insults even transitioned over to Italian. And when it finally cooled down, Steve talked to Charlie about what else he encountered out there.

"I ran into another monster from my past." He explained. "A Gulp Worm. A mutant beast created by the Ashfords."

"The same family who are responsible for your death?" Charlie asked.

"Yep."

Arackniss added "That fancy-pants asshole was the one who destroyed the entire family. He's the one who took over our territory...and he's the one who killed Pops."

That caught Angel of course.

"W-Whoa, whoa, wait a minute. Pops is dead?! I don't believe it..."

"Sorry Angel." Steve said. "Alfred Ashford was the one who killed him."

"...And Molly?" Angel asked his brother.

"Couldn't find her when things went to shit." Arackniss answered. "I've been trying to find her ever since."

Then Angel stomped over to Arackniss, grabbed him by the shirt and said "How could you not protect her, you asshole?!"

"Angel, don't." Steve ordered. "Nobody could've saw this coming. But, now that I know that Ashford's here in the city, I can track his ass down and kill him."

Steve was about to head out there door, when Arackniss suddenly went after him.

"Hold on, kid. If you're going after him, than I'm coming with. I have every right to kill that sonofabitch as much as you!"

"That shithead put me through hell before I could get my hands on him. I'm not letting him go again, and I'm sure as hell not gonna let anybody get in my way!"

But then, Charlie intervened before they could kill each other, saying "Why don't...you both go working together instead of competing against each other?"

Both looked towards the Princess of Hell in confusingly before glaring back at each other.

"Just don't get in my way, kid." Arackniss said.

"Then, remember who's side you're on, Punk." Steve replied, as the two butted heads.

"Okay..." Charlie said, pulling them apart again. "Now, have you any idea where Alfred Ashford might be?"

"I believe I can help with that." Alastor said, getting their attention. "I've seen a rather wealthy looking fellow moving a few most peculiar objects across town. This 'Alfred Ashford', as you call him, he wouldn't happen to be dressed as an English Earl? Green skin? Holding a rifle?"

"Yep. That just about sums him up." Steve stated.

"Yes. Well, you may find him travel southeast from this establishment."

"...The Entertainment District?" Arackniss questioned. "What would be of use to him down there?"

"Knowing Ashford, he'd only be after something that was really worth a damn. Something for an uptight bastard like him."

Charlie thought about it for a second before it hit her on the head.

"Prince Stolas' Manor..." She said. "It's right next to the District!"

"Who's Prince Stolas?" Angel asked.

"Angel...you need a history lesson." Husk commented as he took another sip from his drink.

But then Steve said "Nevermind who he is. Just what makes him so important?"

"Aside from being one of my father's right hand men, he's also the keeper to the Ars Goetia Grimoire." Charlie explained. "A book which hold a collection of mystic arts. My father never told me too much about it, but I know enough to say that shouldn't fall into the hands of Ashford."

"All the more reason why we need to go Now." Steve said as he went towards the door, looking back at Arackniss "You coming, spider boy?"

But then Angel joked "Oh, I'd love too, Steve. But I can only take enough excitement in a week."

"He was talking to me, Anthony." And then Arackniss followed Steve out there door. Brad was about to follow them, but Charlie stopped him.

"You're gonna have to stay back for now, Brad." Charlie told him. "Enrico and Kevin on working on getting a helicopter, and they're gonna need your help as an emergency pilot."

"So, it looks like I'm back on skywatch duty then." Brad said before turning to Steve. "Good look out there."

And with that, Steve and Arackniss were out the door. Alastor held his smile as he saw the two leave.

"Can't wait to see what other entertaining adventures those two will get into."

Somewhere out on the road, the former 7th Earl, Alfred Ashford was in an armored vehicle driven by his loyalists. And by loyalists, he meant parasitic infected demons who are practically brain dead at this point, and will only follow the simplest of commands. So it was a miracle how he trusted one of them to drive to their destination. Alfred himself was dressed in the same uniform he wore in his final days on earth, but his skin was green and insect like, just as his sister's was, and his eyes were yellow as well. He was soon to meet up with Alexia herself as he recently heard that her part of their mission was completed.

He picked up a radio and talked into it, saying "Dear Sister, have you gotten hold of the target?" After some silence, he got a response.

"The Ars Goetia Manor now belongs to us." Alexia's voice can be heard from the radio. "I have taken hold of the Prince's Wife and the others will soon fall to our undead."

"And has the Grimoire been found yet?" Alfred asked.

Alexia replied "Sadly, no. I have yet to locate it anywhere around the manor. I may have to the birds to sing when I get the chance."

"I'm on my way there now. Do wait for me, Big sister."

"Don't keep me waiting, dear brother." Alexia said as they ended their call and Alfred ordered his minion to head straight to the target location. Little did they know that the Grimoire was back with a certain Hellhound at the Hazbin Hotel. Not that it mattered, since the hotel was soon to be one of their targets anyway...

Back in Imp City, or rather the sewers below it, the I.M.P and Luis were slowly navigating through the tunnels as they tried to find where all the Ganados went. And after only five minutes of being here, have the been attack by even more grotesque creatures which Luis recognized from his time on Salazar's Island. They were called Novistadors, which Luis explained the pros and cons of.

"The stronger ones are able to camouflage themselves by turning invisible while the weaker ones can merely fly." He said as they took out another swarm of them.

"Yeah, that would've been good to know five minutes ago when I felt something up my back." Blitzø said he shot another Novistador when he saw it twitch.

Before they could continue, Moxxie suddenly collapsed. Millie went to his husband's side as he looked down at his wrist...spikes were coming out of it.

"Moxxie?" Millie asked worringly. But then Moxxie suddenly shoved her off.

"I'm fine! Don't touch me!" And with that, he suddenly ran off, deeper into the tunnels.

"Moxxie, wait!" Millie said, running after him. They all chased after Moxxie, who looked like he wasn't gonna stop any time soon as he went left, right, left, right all around the tunnels. Little did they know that another creature was stalking them down in the sewers. Another poor soul who suffered from the plaga parasite? Or perhaps mutated demon with an axe to grind with a certain imp? Not that it mattered right now as they chased Moxxie across a bridge over a giant hole where a lot of sewer water was heading down into. They had failed to notice that there was a figure right behind them, holding a fireman's axe which they were aiming towards the supports of the bridge. By the time they caught up to Moxxie, they were already tearing apart that first side of the bridge. Do to his connection with the Plaga, Moxxie did notice of the creature as he suddenly stopped and turned around.

"Moxxie?"

"GET OFF THE BRIDGE NOW!"

But it was too late. The side of the bridge that they just crossed had fallen apart and they were barely able to make it across. Luis and Millie had made it with Moxxie, but Blitzø wasn't so lucky. He held onto the bridge that was hanging on from it's remaining supports, but would soon give in. His employees tried to reach down for him, But Blitzø wasn't close enough to reach them.

"Sir, take my hand!" Moxxie yelled out as he tried to reach for Blitzø. But the boss could see Moxxie's condition was worsening by the second, with the veins rising up his head and the spikes growing out of his arm. He did what any other good boss could do.

"Worry about yourself, Mox!" He told him. "You need to be cured as soon as possible!"

This caught them off guard as Millie yelled out "Blitzø, we're not leaving your here!"

Blitzø replied "Don't worry about me!" Then he looked down at the abyss below him before looking back at his teammates. "I'll...I'll catch up to you! I promise..."

"Sir, no!"

But they couldn't stop him from letting go and falling into the darkness below. They all watched as Blitzø disappeared, deeper into the sewers. The two imps were processing the fact that they made have just lost Blitzø for good. But Luis wasn't looking as distraught as the two, as he says to them...

"I'm not worried." Then the two look at him confusingly. "If he's able to handle his own against the Ganados, I'm sure we'll see him again. Until then...we must keep moving."

Moxxie and Millie looked down once more at the hole their boss just fell into before agreeing with Luis that they must press on. However, they creature that destroyed the bridge was going down into the abyss. It was bound to have its way with Blitzø in more ways than one...