27 Days Left Until Extermination...

Alastor lowered Lucifer down until he was on his feet. The king laughed and walked away, leaving the room. Alastor growled angrily and slammed his hand against the wall, making a huge hole as he did. His shadow looked at him, worried.

What are we going to do? His shadow asked him. Alastor looked back to Anna, lying on the bed.

"There's nothing that we can do. If we go against him, he'll destroy the only thing that can save Anna." Alastor told it. "I'm not going to let her die." He walked out of the room, looking back one last time at Anna before leaving. As he closed the door, Alastor turned to his shadow.

"Get the others and go round up everyone. But, leave the princess to me." His shadow smirked evilly and nodded then took off to get more shadows.

The other hotel staff were in the ballroom, looking around for evidence. Husk and Angel were on one side, searching while Niffty, Vaggie, and Charlie were on the other side. The other guest were told to wait in another room until everything was cleared up.

A couple of shadows appeared behind Husk and Angel, as they rose out from the floor, while the other group didn't notice. They lunged at the two, covering their mouths, so they couldn't alert them, and dragged them down into the floor disappearing.

"Hey, you two find anything over there?" Charlie called out. She raised on eye, confused, after receiving no response from either one of them.

"Husk? Angel?" She, Vaggie and Niffty looked over to see that they were gone.

"Where did they go?" Niffty asked.

"Probably out smoking a joint or-you know what, I don't even want to know!" Vaggie growled, angrily. "Those two lazy bums completely left us!"

"There's something strange going on here," Charlie murmured. A shadow appeared behind Niffty and grabbed her, before she could warn Charlie or Vaggie.

"Niffty did you find anything?" the princess, again, received no response. Vaggie and her both looked and saw that she was gone as well.

"What the hell is going on here?" Vaggie hissed.

"I don't know but I'm getting to the bottom of it." Charlie frowned.

In another room, Husk, Angel, and Niffty were bound and tied up as the shadows watched them as they tried to break free. The door opened and the three of them looked to see Alastor walking in.

"Alastor? What are you doing?" Niffty questioned.

"Al, what the hell?" Angel demanded. "Why are you doing this?!"

"You better have a good fucking reason for doing this!" Husk spatted out. Alastor snapped his fingers and summoned a couple of gags to cover their mouths. He turned to his shadows, who were waiting.

"Good work! Now, there's only Miss Vagatha and Charlie to take care of!" he congratulated them then looked back towards Husk, Angel and Niffty. "Watch these three while I'm gone." His shadows smiled evilly and turned their attention towards them. Angel had managed to get his gag off, just as Alastor was about to leave.

"Hey, asshole!" Angel shouted. "I don't know what know what the hell is going on, but if Anna saw you doing this-" In a flash, Angel was knocked down as Alastor stepped on his chest, baring his heel into it. Angel yelled in pain. He could feel Alastor's shoe digging deeper into his wound. Alastor gripped his staff tightly in his hand as he gritted his teeth tighter into a strained smile.

"I am only doing this for everyone's own good!" He leaned in closer to the spider demon and slapped him. "So for once in your life, shut your mouth!" Alastor stood up and walked away with his hands behind his back, leaving the three with his shadows.

Back in the ballroom, Charlie and Vaggie were still looking around but also wondering where everyone went as well. The two heard the door open and saw Alastor walk in.

"Hey, Al!" Charlie called out to him. "How's Anna?" Her eyes widen when she saw him make a fireball and threw it at her. Vaggie pushed her out of the way, just in time. But, the blast also singed the ends of her hair as well.

"Alastor!?" Charlie questioned, confused. "Why are you attacking us?!"

"I can't believe you! After everything, you still betrayed us!" Vaggie shouted, furiously. "I knew that we shouldn't have trusted you!" Alastor smile grew larger, but also more strained. He gripped his staff and slammed it on the floor, making several tentacles come out. They lunged towards Charlie and Vaggie, attacking. Charlie blasted a few with several fireballs while Vaggie sliced a couple with her angel spear. But, a tentacle managed to get past Vaggie and strike at her from behind. It began wrapping her, getting tighter and tighter.

"Vaggie!" Charlie shouted. She quickly turned to Alastor.

"Let her go!" she demanded. Alastor hummed to himself.

"Hmm," he thought for a moment before grinning. "No!" He clenched his hand, making the tentacle wrap Vaggie tighter. Vaggie groaned, painfully.

"H-Hun..." she called out weakly. Charlie's eye's widen before everything in the room went red. Horns began to grow on the top of her head as she glared dangerously at Alastor.

"I said, let her go!" she roared.

Then to Alastor's surprise, Charlie had appeared behind him as she teleported and tackled him to the floor. The tentacle that was wrapped around Vaggie loosened and released her. She knocked Alastor's staff from his hands as it slide across the floor. Alastor tried to pushed her off of him but Charlie held him down as she slammed him to the floor. Her claws buried deeper into his skin.

"Why did you do this?!" she shouted, angrily. Alastor didn't answer her. She slammed his face to the floor again. "Answer me!"

Again, Alastor didn't answer. Charlie frowned. If she kept this up, she was going to kill him. Why was he acting like this? He doing fine until Anna got sick. Then her eyes widen in surprise and she gasped as she got off of him, not before grabbing his staff, so he couldn't get it back.

"Is this about Anna?" she asked. Alastor stared at her with wide eyes and a frozen smile.

"You know, something don't you?" she asked. "If you do, then tell me!" Alastor clenched his fists as he kneeled on the floor, refusing to look at the princess.

"I had no other choice. Anna would die if I didn't," he told her.

"What do you mean?" Charlie asked, wondering what he meant.

"It was your father. He sent his snake after Anna and poisoned her." Her eyes widen in shock. Her father did this?!

"He agreed to give me the cure in exchange that I stop your hotel program. We both made a deal in the very beginning to put an end to it before anyone got redeemed. But, seeing that it's possible to be able to redeem yourself, I didn't want to go through with it anymore and he knew it. He used her against me."

"Then why didn't you ask for our help?" Charlie questioned.

"I never had to ask for help before. Before, other demons would flee at the mere sight of me. I got used to it. But, that was after..."

"After you met Anna." Charlie made a small smile. Alastor sighed, smiling to himself and nodded.

"Yes."

"Well, you have our attention now," Charlie told him, helping Vaggie up. "What can we do?"

"If he finds out that I told you, your father will destroy the only thing that can help Anna."

"Well, figure something out," Charlie replied. "But, after you release the others as well. Wherever you got them stashed at."

Everyone was in the ballroom as Alastor released them. Charlie and Vaggie explained to them, as well to Lilith on what had happened.

"Mom, there's something that you should know about dad," she told her.

"What is it?" Lilith asked.

"He's the one who made Anna sick," Charlie told her. "he used his snake to poison her." Lilith's eyes widen.

"He what?" she answered in disbelief.

"And that's not all, Dad's been planning behind our backs." Charlie explained more to her. "He's been trying to sabotage my hotel's program. What are we going to do?" Charlie asked. Lilith smiled.

"Leave him to me,"

And just like he was summoned, Lucifer walked into the room as everyone saw him come in. He had a big grin on his face when he saw Lilith. She motioned him to come over.

"Darling, can you come here for a moment? I need to speak with you,"

"Coming, apple pie," he answered his wife and walked over to her. "Do you need something?" Lilith smiled as she pulled him closer to her as she began to rub his cheeks.

"Nothing," she told him. "I just wanted to tell you how handsome you were." Lucifer smiled, but jumped when Lilith slapped her hands on his butt, gripping it tightly. She began to roam her hands to his sides before fishing them into his suit pockets, pulling out the vial with the antidote. Lucifer's eyes widen. Lilith tossed it over to Charlie, who caught it as she did.

"Shit." he cursed.

"Oh shit, indeed." Lilith told him, demanding on answer. "What have you done?"

"I don't know what you're talking about," he told her, ignoring her question.

"Don't lie to me!" Lilith shouted. "Charlotte has told me everything! From the point where you tried to sabotage our daughter's hotel program to where you poisoned that human woman. What were you thinking?!" Lucifer cringed.

"I did it for our safety," he replied.

"No, you only did it for yourself! You and your damn pride!" Lilith hissed, furiously. "Now, here's what you are going to do, you and I are going to have a very, very, looong chat about what you've done! And you're going to spend the next few days outside!"

"But, honey fangs-"

"Don't honey fangs me! By the time I get home, I want your stuff packed up and gone!" she screamed as she walked away as he chased after her.

"Lilith!" he called out. "I'm sorry!"

Charlie turned to Alastor.

"Now, next get this to Anna," she told him.

Everyone quickly went to the were Anna was to find Baxter trying to stabilize her. Her skin was turning more grey. Charlie quickly walked over and handed him the cure. He gave it to her and slowly and steady, Anna's heart rate and blood pressure were turning to normal. But, her skin was still grey in color. She groaned and slowly opened her eyes to see everyone around her.

"What happened?" She asked.

"It's a long story," Alastor told her, as he had a relieved smile on his face, holding her hand. "What matters now is that you're okay." Anna smiled.

"Baxter?" Charlie asked. Everyone looked to see the fish scientist going through a transformation. His eyes were turning back to human shape with brown irises. His skin was was turning more lighter in color to more translucent and healthier. However, he still had some fish-like qualities.

"Honey?" Niffty called out.

He had redeemed himself.

"I don't believe it," he muttered, still in shock.

"Look at you!" Niffty admired him "You're radiant!

"Baxter! You did it!" Charlie cheered.