Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Bee in the Bonnet. Enjoy the 5300-Word chapter. I do not own Hazbin Hotel, Viziepop, and a few others do.
Bee found amusement in what she was watching from Vio as of the time when it came down to it now and for a good reason.
Vio took a giant bite out of the hamburger which she had seen him tear through 2 now, she could tell Vio was not hungry. No, he was STARVED of senses, he did not see it as food so much as a thing to wolf down because the Angels had denied him the taste of real food for a LONG time.
Vio looked up, ketchup around his mouth as if he had been coated in blood. Which, to be fair? He would be soon if they went into the war that was coming.
"I do not think you have had real grub a day in your damn life… You tore through 2 plates in 3 minutes." Bee said, taking a bite of pizza which left cheese torn from her fanged teeth.
Vio snorted before Bee snapped her fingers and a napkin dabbed at his chin. The former angel fell into his seat, the 2 plates forgotten.
Granted, Bee had eaten just as much. She looked at the 3 entire pizza boxes which were stacked atop one another. She could tell that both had waited WAY too long to get food, even if she supposed that as princess. Food was no real issue.
The two leaned back in their chairs, too stuffed full of food to even dream of moving around much now. it was clear to Bee that Vio was VERY eager for more food though as he looked around the plate for a fry that had survived the carnage he wrought upon his food.
"See? Little Chicken Wing has not eaten good grub in a LONG time, has he? Real food is not something they give angels, is it?" Bee asked as Vio grunted before plopping down in his seat.
Bee's eyes shone with undisguised amusement. She was not trying to tease him so much as to indulge the fact he had finally been free of the angels and now he was proceeding to pretend that he was still one.
To her? Unacceptable. She knew something had to be done to figure it all out and she was more than up to the challenge, even if it was not much at the time being, it would be easier said than done now.
Well, it was time to get down to brass tacks anyway. They had business to discuss and for now? That business was helping her kill the lieutenant who was keeping her from her queen status.
Then? It would not be long before Zagan came knocking and she had a plan to kill the King, finally giving her the power and status of a deadly sin, ending it all now and for good reason.
She had been able to think and figure out a way to take down the demon who had been hounding them this damn far.
"Why? Why do you plan to poison this guy? I know demons, most are not easy to kill, and the more power they have? The harder they are to kill." Vio muttered.
"The harder it is to kill them? The more arrogant they are." Bee stated.
"Yeah, and?" Bee heard.
"So? So, this guy is throwing a giant pity party over the king not loving him up." Bee stated with a smirk. "What better time to whack him than when his guard is down? Without Ose? Zargan only has a few other henchmen… And I can even murder Ose." Bee said, stealing the last fry from Vio.
"Give me that fry, Bee…" Vio said as Bee giggled.
"Or what? Hmm? You work for me and you know I get a reward for helping you come out of that shell." Bee stated.
Before she could say more, Vio leaped at her, knocking both the demon princess and the fallen angel to the ground with him trying his best to grab it from her clawed fingers.
It was only after he blinked, realizing that he had straddled the woman that he was able to realize what he had done as he looked at Bee. He blinked again at her who was still in awe of the fact Vio had done it to begin with, blinking as she realized Vio was atop her and eating the fry.
"Uh…." Vio muttered before Bee asked.
"Hey, if you wanted it SO BAD, you could have just asked, babe," Bee said with a smirk as Vio felt his face flush red with embarrassment as he shot up and then fell back into his seat.
"Not a damn word…" Vio hissed as Bee rolled her eyes and looped an arm around him. "What are you doing?" Vio asked with annoyance more than embarrassment.
"Well, you got guts and I like that so what I am doing is taking a pic of me and my favorite employee enjoying a business dinner," Bee said as she snapped a picture with her phone.
Vio who was still reeling from before just dropped right into his insanity now when it was all said and done. He of all people was just amused when it came down to it.
Vio was too thrown off for now when it was all over. She of all people was just amusing him for now.
Bee was amusing to him; he could not blame them for now. They just had a certain effect on Each other. Something about it was just too amusing for them to care, much less act upon when push came to shove.
Odd? Sure, but it was not any damn different than it could have been. They pushed through it like any mortal wound would have been pushed through… Granted, there was more to their antics but they found it amusing.
Vio simply pondered what was going on and then guessed what was happening next. Well, he knew that part. The bigger question was HOW it would be carried out and the means which would be used.
Such a task he was interested in. Bee had to have dwelt on such a simple plan.
"1? Where are you going to find poison on short notice? 2? You want to fight this guy at his party… Where he has the most power on hand?" Vio asked.
"The first is easy… Second? Ose is a loser. He is just a knight, small in the Goetia and small potatoes compared to Zagan." Bee stated as she rolled her eyes.
"Still has PLENTY of henchmen, he is still a demon lord. Zagan is not going to take it lying down that we are making him look bad." Vio said to which Bee shrugged.
"Power plays happen often enough that the upper dregs of society do not care. If they still rule the rest of Hell? We could destroy the entire damn ring for all they care." Bee said before she leaned back in her seat.
"You still plan to have me fight this guy in broad daylight." Bee heard to which she shook her head.
"No, I plan for us to get into his party since Ose wants to kill ME and you stab him in the back while he's puking his guts out over the toilet," Bee stated before she hummed, snapping her fingers for more food.
"Won't most of them go after you then?" Vio said as Bee shrugged.
"I'm a big girl, V. I can handle any of Zagan and Ose's henchmen," Bee said, poking at him with a finger as she looked to the side.
"We still are dealing with the fact I cannot assassinate someone without a special weapon. You seem to forget demon lords cannot be killed without blessed weapons, some fancy power, or something." Vio stated to which Bee hummed.
"That is fine. We go down to the Greed Ring, and visit a black market." Bee responded, watching as more food was put down on the table.
"This place… Of course, the underworld has a black market for angel weapons, all we do is leave them down here when we are done. None of us care much about our weapons." Vio muttered, rubbing his temples.
Bee could guess that Vio was attempting to guess how well to do this. Bee had money and through a few allies, she would continue to make money. A few were willing to aid in her rise to power, knowing that they could profit if she was able to win and if not? Well, they would get SOMETHING out of the deal before moving on.
Still? She did have money and power, she was still a demon princess and about to be queen, perhaps not a sin JUST YET, but she knew baby steps were better than nothing.
To be fair? There were PLENTY of other ways to get there and this was just one little thing when it came down the line.
"You plan to go to a party, have EVERY jackass who wants to shank you in a dirty bathroom find you… While I sneak in and kill Ose while he is busy thinking, he has you." Vio stated to which Bee shrugged. "Ok, that is damn smart but even a weak demon lord is not that helpless. I cannot just fight him and all his security alone." Vio stated, glaring at Bee.
"What, you think I can't kill some of those jackasses myself?" Bee asked, raising an eyebrow. "I get I need backup, being a princess and all that crap… But you know something, cream puff? I can still murder a b**** when I need to." Bee stated to which Vio held up his hands.
"Only asking," Vio said before he looked at the hot food in front of them. "We… Do not have to talk about the sense thing and the French fry, right?" Vio asked to which Bee giggled.
"Oh, no. I am NEVER going to let you get off the hook with that. I am tempted to put one in my teeth and see how much you want food…" Bee said, her mouth open in an obvious smirk.
Vio sighed and just fell limp in his chair, knowing Bee could have made that sound WAY worse and was either not doing it for amusement or to screw him over further.
(20 minutes later)
Vio stood next to Bee as they rode another elevator down. Granted? Going from ring to ring was EASY given Bee's magic and their ability to fly, but she wanted to take a walk around the underworld.
Vio rubbed at his temples, curious and incapable of doing more than being bored. Why? Because he knew damn well, they had work to do.
He leaned on the side of the elevator, his wings spread out as he sighed and then thought of the fact he NEEDED to be here.
"I smell garbage, a lot of garbage," Vio stated to which Bee shrugged.
"Mammon has a thousand different factories here. They never stop, V… That smell is not going to get any better or any worse." Bee said before she covered her nose.
Both stepped out into the street and Vio instantly started scanning the streets, sizing up every single person and who he could and would kill if they had to. Granted? That was a LOT of different people but Vio was not willing to half-ass things when it came to fighting.
Such was life and it was clear even if he had his way? They had a LOT of different things going on when push came to shove.
Granted, these problems were merely going to get worse and he hated saying granted mentally so many damn times but it was clear without a shadow of a damn doubt these problems would come tumbling down either way.
The fallen angel simply thought of it now as a needed strike to push them further and further.
He followed Bee, choking on fumes that seemed to choke the skies, blacking it all out like he was living in the middle of a tea kettle.
He paused, thinking for now as he clicked his fingers before he thought once more. Bee seemed to be clicking her fingers, snapping her fingers as if she were dancing to her concert.
Bee kept Vio close to her as she sighed, thinking of her next move. Granted? They had a LOT more fighting to do before she was on the throne.
But? On another note? It seemed Vio was starting to come out of his shell.
She could guess that Vio was not used to the freedom and ability to indulge himself in such a thing, guessing that due to the fact, that he wolfed down fries and bits of his burger. That Vio had NEVER been allowed to crawl out of his shell, never gotten to enjoy life and all its pleasures.
Well, screw them because she was going to make sure that he was allowed to enjoy himself and find out who he was before she cared for now.
Bee guided Vio through the masses of people, making sure none of them saw him for more than a few seconds, and not even one had the damn chance to look at Vio enough for them to notice.
She ran with him, vanishing into several dirty allies with him at her heels. She knew him and he knew her, he trusted her which was more than most could claim in that situation, could trust her with something beyond all chaos like this… Something which needed to be done about that.
"I cannot run as fast as you can, Bee. you know that." Vio stated to which Bee shrugged.
"Well, we cannot fly around here otherwise YOU are going to be screwed by the guys in charge of hell… Because they do not like angels buzzing around outside the extermination." Bee muttered as Vio sighed.
He looked at his wings which were folded into pounces. She could tell Vio of all people was trying his hardest to focus on these sorts of issues, all of it was odder and odder with each little push.
Vio sighed before leaning on the wall, a small smirk on his face as he looked at her.
"So, does this guy work for you as well or not?" Bee heard before she looked to the side and then thought of it all when it came crashing down to it.
Bee seemed to think of it more and more with amusement as she thought of it all now and for good reason, it was too odd, much too odd when push came to shove.
This sort of thing was becoming harder and harder and was growing more and harder for him not to laugh at his mind, it was far too much fun for him to relax now, and for good reason.
Granted? This reason was insane compared to now… He watched as Bee looked around the underworld, too exhausted to be able to think much less act… Within reason, she held up her hands.
Bee hummed and then thought of it once more. She smirked before she looked to the side as she looked upwards and into the sky.
"Where is this black market? You know these things AREN'T being done on the up and up… Meaning people will want to KILL US if we head to them." Vio stated to which Bee hummed.
"1? We have plenty of security, nobody is going to screw with a royal unless they want a war," Bee stated before she looked at Vio. "2? I have you as backup, I can handle most of them if someone gets past you. I will have you deal with them." Bee said as Vio sighed before he thought of it.
Bee watched as Vio sighed before he looked to the side as she cracked her fingers, looking to the side with it all coming crashing down.
She and he slowly began to walk through the streets, Bee watched as Vio pulled up his hood to hide his horns and broken halo.
Vio looked at Bee as she nodded before they continued walking through the streets, the smell of oil and fire seemed to light the air and it was clear SOMETHING had occurred here and now. Well, it appeared more and more that neither of them was obviously on the issue.
Bee sighed as she led him further and further into the Greed Ring. The two continued to pass dozens of demons, most of them glaring at Bee as Vio frowned, angry at the idea of having to fight all the demons and devils around them.
"Bee, there are dozens of demons around us… With knives and guns." Vio hissed as Bee held up her hands.
"Relax," Bee said before a pair of Imps stepped in front of them.
Vio cursed, looking at the scarred demons, the pair of which held knives… And another 5 held guns behind them. Vio looked at them before a beefy hellhound stepped in front of them, the man clearly from a gang by the scars on his arms and such.
Vio sighed to himself before he looked at Bee before she thought of it when all of them were done and dusted.
She and he were surrounded and he looked at her, watching as she smirked, her four arms held up before she thought of what was to be done.
"Hey, can I help you?" Bee asked as she twirled around, smirking at the guys behind them. "Cool guns, going to point out little bullet guns don't hurt," Bee stated before Vio frowned, thinking of a few ideas as to HOW it would go.
He knew that she wanted to fight… Both wanted to fight and BOTH were EAGER too.
He sighed despite how eager he was to fight… Or rather, BECAUSE of it now.
Bee looked as if she was to go crazy with a terrible blood lust which would scare even an exorcist like him when it came down to it. he looked at her with concern more than he had for himself, guessing that she was just as eager to fight as… Well, anyone.
Was she feeding off their energy or something because she looked ready to burst?
"Bee?" Vio asked before Bee looked to the side. "What is the move? I do not think I can take them all." Vio said before he sighed.
"Well, I kinda want to kick some ass…. It is not like I have not been in a fight before." Bee said before she slammed into the Hellhound.
Considering Bee was a princess? Something that MASSIVELY outranked a mere hellhound in terms of power? It was surprising they were not knocked out in one hit. Then again? If Bee wanted to kill him? She would have done so easily.
The Hellhound slammed into a car crumpling it is side like it was a soda can. She looked at him before she smirked, too easily thrown off by this all to take it with the seriousness it should have endured.
Bee seemed to be amused more than tired, she was amused, to be honest… A soldier like him? A hellhound like him trying to rob a princess like her? even without Vio? She was not in any real danger.
"Please tell me your stupid plan wasn't to show up, wave some fancy toy around, and then rob me like you think a PRINCESS is going to bow to some thug with a gun?" Bee asked to which they nodded.
Bee was tired, but for a different reason than she wanted to be. This dude vexed her but she could guess that he was not able to think of it all.
"Lady, you are the one who went into Crimson's turf. I did not think anyone had the guts to do that…. Or the lack of brains." Bee heard as she looked behind her.
Vio tossed one of the imps to the side before another leaped on him and tried to stab him while the Fallen Angel tossed him off to the side with annoyance.
"I do not have time to deal with you," Vio muttered before he looked to the side, grunting from another stab to his ankle as he cursed, staggering back.
Vio looked over at Bee, his face hidden slightly by the hood as he sighed, angry more and more with each passing moment.
Bee growled as she looked to the side and she thought of it all now. Bee growled as she turned to him, ready to go through the entire group.
"Well, your little buddy doesn't seem that hard to beat." The Hellhound said before lunging at Bee who flew off, her wings spreading as she growled.
"My little friend is worth more to me than your entire damn gang, chum… Might want to call them off before I f*** them all up… And not in a fun way." Bee hissed, energy dripping from her mouth.
She looked at Vio who seized the knife from one of the Imps and stabbed them in the eye, tossing them away as he tore it free, an angry and blood-driven look in his eyes as he looked all around.
Bee could see the desire to go crazy in his eyes… He wanted to fight… Which made her blink long enough for the hellhound the punch her.
Bee staggered back, her stomach hurting for a moment before she composed herself and kicked the Hellhound into another car, sending him crashing through it like tin foil.
Vio looked up, barely catching another Imp as he went to stab the angel, he blinked as he looked over at her, curious as to HOW it would have gone and just HOW it would have been done and dusted… Too much had been done to fix it. Something which vexed him.
Bee came slamming into the two as their rifles went sliding around the ground. She looked ticked like she was ready to spill blood ALL OVER the ground.
Bee looked at him, her eyes blazing red with hatred, energy which would and probably COULD cut him in half if she wished.
Bee watched as Vio kicked up the fallen rifle, wielding it with a precision only a trained killer would.
"The broad has an angel!? What the Satan is a halo harpy doing down here!?" One of the imps asked.
Vio blinked and looked behind him, his wings had torn free from his jacket during the fight, glowing the same pitch black with angry red across it as before.
He looked at Bee, energy glowing across her body as Vio hummed.
"Who's Crimson?" Vio asked as Bee shrugged, her eyes glowing and looking more and more insect-like than before.
She did not like it now… Something about it all seemed to blow past her in real-time.
Vio aimed his rifle at them as the imp and the hellhound circled them, the hellhound sporting nasty bruises to their chest and face.
"I would be more worried about her than me… She bites." Vio snarked as Bee grinned, exposing dozens of razor-sharp teeth. "Bee, what are we doing? There is more of them coming…" Vio muttered as he sighed, angry at the fight that needed to be done.
Bee looked around. There were MORE of them, yeah, but she could fight. This was more of a damn party than anything and she knew it more than anything.
"Bee," Vio asked, his voice softer than before. "What do you want to do? We must make a move, are we fighting or are we running?" Vio asked with a raised eyebrow.
She was silent, pausing for a moment before she smirked and then looked to the side, eager to get into the fight… Much too eager to do this, she knew a LOT about it all, and this? This was going to be FUN.
Very damn fun that bothered him more than any damn bullet or any damn stab wound. Why? Because he could damn well tell that they had run their course… And that SOMETHING… Was going to happen.
Bee turned to watch the remaining Imp pick up his gun only for a string of honey-like energy to grip him, snapping their next like a wishbone as she tossed him into another demon.
There was a sound of gunfire as Vio sniped another of the Imps, another of the group tossing themselves at Vio who backhanded them with his wing, sending them skidding past Bee who kicked the last Imp into a brick wall.
"Remind me why you need a bodyguard when you have so much power?" Vio asked before the sound of gunfire made him look up at a trio of demons with guns.
Vio cursed and ducked behind a car, Bee flying over to join him as Vio cursed.
"You sons of B****s are dead!" He heard before shooting the demon in the skull, causing them to slam into the ground.
"Seriously, who the HELL is Crimson?" Vio asked as he checked how much ammo he had left. "Bee, I only have like 5 bullets left… Ugh, what the actual ****!?" Vio muttered, shaking his head as he turned.
There was another shot as he shot another of the Imps, them crashing to the ground before a searing pain shot up his arm, Vio fell over, grunting.
"Vio!" Bee yelled before she gripped the car and tore it off the ground, tossing it on top of the two Imps.
The Fallen Angel winced before Bee looped an arm around him.
More Imps and Shark-like demons started to pick their way towards them as Vio winced, goldish blood coming from his arm as he bled down it.
Vio cursed, his arm clearly in pain as he tried to fly off but could not escape Bee's grasp as she lifted off and then flew into the air, both fleeing through the sky and into another part of the Greed Ring.
"Damn it… Uh… Hang on." Bee said as she looked around and then watched as Vio hummed, grasping his arm, and tying part of his jacket around it which closed off the wound.
He whimpered as he did so but forced a smirk on his face.
"So? Never a dull day, huh?" Vio asked before he sighed, pausing to himself as he roped the rifle around his back. "Ok… I think I am going, probably going to have to go visit a doctor again but that is not here or there." Vio muttered to which Bee bopped him upside the head.
"Don't die on me, jackass…" Bee stated before she heard a buzzing on the wall.
She looked to the side, something about it all seemed to be enough to crush them to dust… Something about it all came crashing to the ground.
She looked at him, more enraged with worry than actual anger. Perhaps he was a special part of her mind now and for good reason.
"Bee, why the hell are there news reports of you guys fighting people in the Greed Ring?" Belle asked as Bee snorted.
"Well, some jackasses tried to rob us so… Not our fault." Bee muttered as Belle sighed.
"Can you not cause a cluster f*** for one day, Bee? I thought you were going there to buy weapons for a fight." Belle asked.
Bee looked over at Vio who shrugged, pausing to himself as he waved, gaining a giant glare from the princess as Bee sighed.
"Belle? I am going to bring Vio back to you in two hours… V got shot." Bee stated.
"Course he did. You had to go pick a fight with the first crime lord you bumped into." Bee heard as she looked to the side.
Bee frowned, thinking of what to do next… Something about it all came crashing down to the ground, an idea which bothered her as she sighed, thinking of her ideas.
Bee did not at all know what was going on now or for good reason, nothing about it all came crashing down to it once more… An idea that bothered her.
Bee was eager to think of how to take this man down. She wanted Ose gone but she was too eager to fight, she wanted to fight and she knew damn well that she could not have let it come crashing down.
"I suggest you get the damn weapons you want then go home. I can deal with this but it is the LAST favor I do for you right now; I do not have time to keep protecting you…. When you are Queen? You are going to owe me." Belle stated.
Bee sighed and rubbed at her temples as Vio chuckled, making the girl angry at him. The Fallen Angel paused, too tired to do much due to his wound, too exhausted to find much comfort from it.
Vio leaned on the wall, his wound as golden and bloody as before. She did not even know what to do or even say now that this was going on.
Bee sighed before she looked to the side as she cracked her fingers and then thought of it all.
Bee hummed and rubbed at her temples before she looked to the side, too interested in it all when push came to shove… Something about this all was vexing but she wished to think of what was going on now.
Bee frowned, her arms folded across her chest as her fur puffed up, the girl too exhausted to do much more.
"Fine, but I'm bringing Vio to the damn hospital when this is done, he was shot in the damn arm." He heard.
Vio simply shook his head before he looked to the side, his monochrome eyes widening and then closing as he looked at Bee. The angel was just too tired to question her flaws and what she had asked.
Bee was not stupid, they had work to deal with and what needed to happen was simple, all of it came to an end.
Bee found herself sighing as she realized just how silly it had been now when push came down to it at the time being… Something about it all made him smirk despite the pain that was visible in his arms. The angry scarring of his wings only made him slide down it, looking at her with interest.
Fascination from it all seemed to be reaching him… And it got to him in all sheer measure, he was tired… Very tired and he felt ready to collapse.
He simply hummed, too bored, too hurt… He looked at her, trying to force a smile that was all too fake, all too real when it was coming to her and him.
"Bee? Let us go get those damn guns…" Vio said, pressing a hand to the wall as he sighed, cursing himself before he sighed, ready to puke.
Bee could only curse, tired… She wanted to help him but she was far too easily scared, she did not want to think of it now and for good reason…. She seemed to be able to relax.
She was angry… But at herself as well.
Author Notes
Phew. Another chapter is done! A few things.
No Crimson is not an enemy in the story because Bee would crush him, sin or not.
Nothing about Vio is meant to promote gluttony or any negative things… I am trying to show character growth and how sense-starved Vio is due to being an angel.
Yes, I do have more teasing like that planned. I have Vio as the straight man to Bee's wacky girl.
The next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will show Vio and Bee bonding a bit more before the fight with Ose and some of Vio's past as well as maybe some of Bee's. Until the 900–6500-word chapter, Lighting Wolf out!