Hello once again, mortals and sinners! AT LONG LAST, to quote Shang Tsung from the 1995 Mortal Kombat movie, IT HAS BEGUN! You have no idea how long I've waited for this. Helluva Boss may have been the appetizer, but we all knew that Hazbin Hotel is the real entree. The real main course.
It pleases me to say, from the bottom of my heart to Vivziepop. I thank her for accompolishing this goal.
Through all the drama, the controversies, the toxic fandoms, all of it, I just hope that all of this was worth it in the end.
It pleases me to finally be doing this fanfic. Fun fact, the name Meliora is named after one of the Ghost albums. But it is Latin for the pursuit of something better. I think it's fitting considering Charlie's goals. Didn't expect to learn Latin there, did ya?
Now there will be six original characters in this story and a character from a fanfic as well as a guest character.
And that is all. The doors to the hotel is finally open...time to check in!
Chapter 1: That's Entertainment!
Once upon a time, there was a glowing city protected by golden gates known as Heaven. It was ruled by beings of pure light. Angels that worshipped good and shielded all from evil.
Lucifer was one of these angels. He was a dreamer with fantastical ideas for all of Creation, but he was seen as a troublemaker by the Elders of Heaven, for they felt his way of thinking was dangerous to the order of their world.
So he watched as the angels began to expand the universe in their ways.
From the dust of Earth, they created Adam and Lilith, equals as the first of mankind, but despite this, Adam demanded control and Lilith refused to submit to his will. She fled the garden.
Drawn in by her fierce independence, Lucifer found her and the two rebellious dreamers fell deeply in love. Together, they wished to share the magic of free will with humanity, offering the Fruit of Knowledge to Adam's new bride, Eve, who gladly accepted.
But this gift came with a curse for with this single act of disobedience, evil finally found it's way into Earth, with it a new realm of darkness and sin. And the order Heaven had worked to maintain was shattered.
As punishment for their reckless act, Heaven cast Lucifer and his love into the dark pit he had created, never allowing him to see the good that came from humanity. Only the cruel and the wicked. Ashamed, Lucifer lost his will to dream, but Lilith thrived, empowering demonkind with her voice and her songs and as the numbers of Hell grew, so did its power.
Threatened by this, Heaven made a truly heartless decision that every year, they would send down an army: an Extermination, to ensure Hell and it's Sinners could never rise against them.
But Lilith's hope remained and her dream was passed down to their precious daughter, the princess of Hell...
Charlie: At the end of the rainbow, there's happiness.
And, to find it, how often I've tried. But, my life, is a race. Just a wild goose chase.
And, my dreams, have all been denied. / Why have I always been a failure?
What can the reason be? / I wonder if the world's to blame.
I wonder if it could be me.
Pentagram City...
The street corners, alleyways, and walls of buildings were splattered with gore, blood, corpses, and dismembered limbs that were the result of a recent Extermination. There was graffiti and signs such as, "Fuck you! Heaven!", and "Your Days are Numbered" that can be seen throughout the city.
?: I'm always chasing rainbows. / Watching clouds drifting by.
The one singing steps out of the balcony
?: My schemes are just like all my dreams. / Ending in the sky.
The woman was heading towards a balcony, looking sullen due to what has happened.
This demonic woman was Charlie Morningstar, the princess of Hell. She leaned towards the balcony and released fireworks from her fingertips, signalling the end of the Extermination throughout Hell.
Charlie: Some fellows look and find the sunshine.
I always look and find the rain. Some fellows make a winning sometime.
I never even make a gain. / Believe me.
As she sang her heart out, many demons began opening windows and checking if the coast was clear. Some demons that were inside opened the curtains to see the fireworks that showed that the Extermination had ended.
Some demons even began to go about their business with some even collecting corpses and other things.
Charlie looked back at the clock tower as it resets the timer for next year's cleanse. In tears, she continued singing.
Charlie: I'm always chasing rainbows.
Waiting to find a little bluebird... in vain.
Afterwards...
Outside Pentagram City, inside a strange house constructed from all the scraps and made into building parts and then painted to make it look nice, a demon woke up from a goofy cuckoo clock.
After a healthy dose of cereal and some cleaning, the demon walks out of the house. This demon resembled what appeared to be a cartoon character. He appeared to look like an anthropomorphic cat without a shirt but wore overalls, white gloves, had a tail, pie eyes, rabbit ears, wore pants with a stitch on the right leg pant, and was barefeet.
The demon smiled and began making his way into town, whistling a catchy tune, which appeared to be Steamboat Willie
The demon's name was Fleischer. This Sinner demon was at one point, during his life, alive a cartoonist. He was a cartoonist on the brink of national success, having put out concepts for upcoming cartoons. However, his ego got the better of him, which would then become a death sentence.
After having pitched the idea for a new cartoon, one of the coworkers had him murdered by having his head dunked into a tank of ink, drowning him.
Upon dropping down to Hell on a sort of island, he found out his appearance had changed. And upon seeing what appeared to be small demons, they nearly got the chomp on him...only for after the bite...the pain wasn't painful.
Heck, he was sliced in half, but found out it was more comedic. This is when he found out that he had toon force powers, which is based on his profession, sins, and his death.
Upon beating the islander imps silly like a cartoon character from the 1920s, Fleischer used his toon physics to build a boat. However, a storm had washed him ashore. It was then he found Pentagram City.
Upon exploring the town, he found that some citizens consisted of imps, hellhounds, sinners, succubi, and demons. He found out that Hell was alot different from all the stuff the Bible had mentioned.
Fleischer then found that the city often had been in turf wars and exterminations. He gathered scraps and built a house that became his personal shelter.
Of course, the toon pranked people out of their money. Fleischer also learned that money in Hell are called Souls.
As he walked into town, he went to a cafe and got himself some frozen coffee. As the toon demon began sipping his coffee and wondering what prank he'll pull, he saw groups of demons crowding around a store in which a TV was shown broadcasting a newscast, which is titled 666 New, shown from the logo.
It then showed two newscasters. One was a demon who was a typical newscaster woman. The second had a gas mask. Now live on TV, they began to present themselves.
"Good afternoon, I'm Katie Killjoy," Katie introduced.
"And I'm Tom Trench," Tom introduced himself, "Chaos out at Pentagram City today as a turf war is raging on the west side! Between notable kingpin, Sir Pentious, and self-proclaimed spunky powerhouse, Cherri Bomb!"
This got Fleischer excited. Ooh, another turf war? This outta be exciting, he thought.
As Tom presented the happenings, two pictures of the individuals were shown. The first was Sir Pentious. The toon demon saw that Sir Pentious looked like a snake demon. At least, a cobra, with his hood having many eyes. And his shirt showing music band on it.
Is this guy for real, Fleischer thought.
But the next picture shown was of Cherri Bomb. The demon was surprised. Whoa, she looks scary and cool, he thought excitedly.
"That's right, Tom! After the recent Extermination, many areas are now up for grabs!" Katie reported, "Demons all over Hell are already duking it out to gain new territory!"
A live clip was being shown of the demons duking it out. Cherri was first seen. The toon demon's mouth dropped, quite literally. And suddenly, his eyes popped out, and his heart thrusted from the inside in his chest, which resembled a cartoon heart shape.
Then his head turned into a wolf and howled like one and then whistled. In Fleischer's mind, she looked hot.
After composing himself, he saw that Cherri was fighting egg-like demons, which appeared to be minions of Sir Pentious. Now that Fleischer saw the real one, he couldn't help but chuckle. He looked like something out of a cartoon, where he'd be the typical comedic villain type. Mustache twirlers to be precise.
Fleischer was impressed when he saw Cherri split an egg demon apart, closes a bomb around it, and then threw it in Sir Pentiou's face. Wasting no time, the toon demon decided to want in on the action.
With his legs spinning like a wheel, he dashed off. His hat nearly fell and he used his arms to grab it. As he dashed to the west side, the newscast continued. He'd be unaware of what could be fate decided to meet two worlds. When he would then meet Charlie.
"Those two seem to be really going at it, huh?" Tom asked.
"Looks like they're fighting tooth and nail for that hot spot!" Katie said, proceeding to fish out a tooth and nail from her mug and then swallowing it.
Tom looked over at the live broadcast focusing on Cherri, "And I'd sure like to nail her hot spot! Hoohoo!" he said, wiggling his eyebrows.
"Haha, you are a limp-dick jackass, Tom! Or should I say," Katie proceeded to pour hot coffee onto Tom's crotch, "no dick?" she taunted.
Tom curled over in pain from the heat of the coffee, "Ugh...not again!" he cried.
As Tom is heard whimpering in the background, Katie continued, this time showing a picture of Charlie.
"Coming up next, we have an exclusive interview with the daughter of Hell's own head honcho who's here to discuss her brand new passion project! All that and more, after the break!" she announced, literally crushing her mug for emphasis and then turning to Tom who was still in pain, "Suck it up, you little bi-!"
It then cut to commercial.
In the west side of Pentagram City, Fleischer saw ruins and craters. It seems this was due to the battle still going on. But, he decided to stay on guard. He looked around more and had his back turned.
It was then he bumped into an unexpected source and he screamed comedically. So did the demon he bumped into. It was then Fleischer asked, "Wait. Why are we screaming?" he asked.
The demon he bumped into a slender and tall demon. He had white fur and amop of fluffy white hair that extended from both the front and back of his head, with splotches of light-pink across it. He had a distinctive and focal light-pink heart pattern on the back of his head.
The toon demon saw that the demon had a gold tooth and his left eye was black. Both eyes had pink irises. The demon also had four arms, almost like a spider. He was dressed in a long light pink suit-blazer with the chest area exposing his fluffy chest along with a bow tie.
It had white stripes down the length, a reddish-grey miniskirt, and long thigh high heeled boots. And also he had gloves on his upperarms and his lower arms didnt. He also had a choker.
"Wrong turn, buddy? Not that I mind if it's just us two~" he asked. The way he talked had a thick New York accent.
"That depends. I'm just heading to the west side of course. I just found an admirer," Fleischer declared proudly.
"I just hope it's not who I thinkin' it is," he said.
This confused the toon demon, "Uh, what?"
"Well, I was just about to join my girl buddy against that snake bastard," the spider demon told him.
"I see. Well, if it's a whoopin he a-wantin', he's getting one," Fleischer said, using his physics to turn his arms muscular and flexing them before turning to normal.
The spider demon laughed, "A demon of action? I can respect that. The name's Angel Dust, baby!" Angel introduced himself.
"Right back at ya, pal! My name is Fleischer!" Fleischer introduced himself, speaking in a falsetto voice.
"You sure are a strange fellow. But I think we'll get along nicely," Angel chuckled.
An explosion is heard from a distance, "Well enough stalling! Let's haul ass!" Fleischer suggested, dashing toward the source.
Angel followed along, taking out what appeared to be Thompson machine guns.
Cherri Bomb was demolishing several of the egg demons after having destroyed Sir Pentious' blimp. Both her and the slithery kingpin had been going at it for awhile. Suddenly, gunshots were heard as the egg demons were splattered.
And then, an anvil fell and squashed several of them. Angel and Fleischer arrived on the scene, with Angel's first response is stepping on one of the egg demons and throwing a grenade over at Sir Pentious.
"Bombs...they are a staple of the golden age," Fleischer critqiued.
"What's this? A new player? Who's this little fellow?" Cherri asked curiously.
"Howdy doodly, greetings one and all, I am Fleischer," Fleischer greeted in his falsetto voice before clearing his throat before speaking normally, "Think of that as my way of greeting. Chaos and pranks are my forte and I just couldn't resist."
Cherri looked at Angel for a moment.
From the wreckage, Sir Pentious got out of the rubble as more of his egg demons came on the attack. The snake kingpin eyed Fleischer. Oh great! Another one?! He thought.
"Alright, Fleischer! Prove to me that size does not matter, and we'll consider you pals," Cherri said.
"Right back at ya, pal!" Fleischer chirped, using his toon physics to take out a mallet and smacking several of the egg demons before hiding behind cover with the two.
Cherri then took out what looked like a bazooka and fired a rocket at the egg horde, "Heyyy, thanks for the backup, Angie!" she cheered before firing another rocket.
Angel Dust laughed, "You kiddin'? This is the best action I've seen in ages!" he said, putting his upper hands behind his back.
"Where've you been, anyway? I thought you up and died or some shit," she asked, pulling the pin on her cherry bomb.
"Oh, I wish!" Angel groaned, lighting a bomb and handing it to her, "I've been staying at this crappy hotel on the other side of town. Some broads are lettin' me stay rent-free if I play nice,"
The three covered their heads as an explosion set off behind them. They grinned as they jumped into the battlefield.
"A hotel? In Hell?" Fleischer asked before taking out a stick of dynamite, which surprised Cherri. Angel lit it and threw it at the egg demons, creating an explosion.
Holy shit, he can manifest bombs too, Cherri thought.
The spider demon continued to shoot down the egg demons with his Thompson, "Y'know, no fights, no pranks, no "problematic language"... Her words, not mine," he added. He stepped on a broken tile, which launched one of the egg demons in the air and then the demon shot it from behind him.
"These crazy bitches are no fun! I've been clean for two weeks!" he sighed as egg yolk splattered everywhere.
Cherri was in disbelief, "Ho-ly shit!" she uttered smiling.
Angel looked at the leftover smudge of yolk that was all over him on his finger, "Well sorta clean," he described before using a bat to kill an egg demon, "Just clean as you can get from a shitload of Bolivian marching powder!"
Just then, Sir Pentious wrapped the spider demon and threw him onto the ground.
Fleischer went after them.
"Ohh~ Harder, daddy!~" he teased, raising his left eyebrow.
Sir Pentious seemed to have been taking it seriously, "Son?" he gasped.
Angel lowered his eyebrow and looked at him in confusion before Cherri kicked Sir Pentious to the side.
"Watch this!" Fleischer instructed.
Sir Pentious got up and before he could strike, he saw a gift wrapped in front of him. Angel and Cherri were confused but watched. The toon demon looked at them and winked before handing it to the snake kingpin.
"A gift for me?" the snake demon complimented. But when he opened the present, a boxing glove came and hit him in the face, followed by a cartoon sound effect.
Fleischer cackled out loud. Cherri and Angel laughed too, finding it hilarious, "I love this guy!" Angel laughed.
Sir Pentious growled and hissed, his hood flaring open, "You whores have no classss! In war, The side remembered is the side with the most ssstyle!" he lectured, adjusting his tie.
"Or the side that ain't dead!" Cherri commented, decapitating an egg demon splitting it from top to bottom.
Angel Dust stood up and removed the chains that was wrapped around him, "Speakin' a style, is your hat like, alive or something?" he asked.
"Oh! Well, that's none of your GOD DAMN BUSSSSINESS! Now, is it?" Sir Pentious hissed.
"Hah, would that make your hat the top and you the bottom?" Angel teased.
Fleischer cackled out loud at the remarked, "No wait wait wait, I got one! This guy has eggs for minions that I bet if the snake fell over, he'd fall into a million pieces like Humpty Dumpty so much so that all the king's horses and all the king's men could never put him back together again! Whatcha' think?"
Angel and Cherri were breathless from laughing.
An egg demon acknowledged the roast and joke, and cupped his hand, "Oooooh!"
Enraged, Sir Pentious threw a pebble at his minion, "I'm going to blow you to bitssss!" he snarled, hissing.
Angel eyed him up and down, "Hm, kinky!" he commented.
The cobra kingpin flared his hood again, "Oh, not like that! Pervert!" he shouted angrily, pointing at the spider demon and knocking an Egg Boi over.
Angel noticed another one of the eggs with a tentacle launcher. He pushed Cherri and his new friend aside and got tangled up in the tentacles. All four of his arms caught.
"Not so cocky now, are we?!" Sir Pentious boasted.
Angel was unamused, "Y'know, you really gotta watch what comes outta ya mouth. I've been making these sex jokes the whole TIME!" he yelped when the launcher yanked his arms and Sir Pentious revealed a driller.
"And it's obvious ya ain't catchin' on," he deadpanned, forming a third pair of arms with a Thompson, "I mean, it's just sad!" he added, shooting the snake away and then flipping him off.
Sir Pentious was then approached by Fleischer, who was doing a wind up punch, "As for who I am, I am who I am and that's all who I fucking am!" he declared before punching the snake multiple times.
"So, think you're gonna get in a lotta trouble for this?" Cherri asked Angel.
"Eh," Angel shrugged, retracting his third pair of arms, "what's one little brawl gonna cause?"
"Glad you haven't changed! You know you're my favorite guy to party with!" Cherri cheered, slugging him playfully on the shoulder.
"You know it, sugar tits!" Angel concurred.
"And you, I see potential for you. Your abilities are a treat!" Cherri complimented.
Fleischer tipped his hat, "Why thank you!"
Cherri then took out another bomb, "You ready to finish this?" she asked.
"Born ready, baby!" Angel answered.
"Hot dog!" Fleischer agreed in his falsetto voice.
Angel, Cherri, and Fleischer, now a trio of friends, launched at Sir Pentious and his army as they prepared another clash.
Elsewhere in Pentagram City...
A gunfight was taking place under what seemed to be a goldmine. Explosions rang out. A group of imps was exchanging fire at several shark demons as another group of imps were running away.
"They keep on coming!" said one imp.
"They're relentless! They're gonna kill us all before we reach our destination!" screamed another imp.
"There's too many of them!" shouted another imp.
The one running while the imps took the fire wore a shirt and scarf and had white hair like most male imps. His name was Edwin. He heard rumors of a hero who was sealed underneath Pentagram City and came with a search party to find that hero. Unfortunately, he didn't count on an Overlord guarding the place.
More of the imps were getting gunned down as more shark demons came in and slaughtered them.
"Stop them!" the Overlord ordered. The Overlord resembled that of a mole.
Several lizard demons were unleashed. The imps began firing at the lizards, but their bullets were unaffected and were promptly devoured.
Edwin and three other imps ran with him. They then saw a door and attempted to open it, "Shit! We're locked out!" Edwin cried.
"Stand back! I got this!" one imp commanded. He then shot at the knob, which then allowed the door to be opened.
The other three got into the room, "Get a move on! I'll stall 'em!" shouted the imp as he opened fire.
The three imps ran into the room and into a hall...and then stopped as Edwin gasped in wonder. The imps saw right in front of them was an Exorcist that appeared to be crucified on a cross and was asleep. The Exorcist wore a tunic, turncoat, and a cape of a crusader which had a cross symbol on it. He also had what appeared to be white hands that sparkled like ice.
Edwin went over slowly to touch it, "I can't believe it. We found him...We found Pilas!"
But as Edwin neared his hand, he received a nasty shock.
"Edwin!" cried his guardman.
"Are you okay?" asked the other imp that looked like a wizard
"I'm okay. But I think it's sealed in a barrier. A holy barrier," Edwin commented, holding his hand.
One of the imps seemed to examine it, "You're right. It's a holy barrier. I bet that's why he's unable to wake up. I wonder what we should do."
They had no time to think as a scream of agony was heard. They turned around to see the guardman shredded with bullets as he bled black blood and fell over dead. Shark demons came over.
"Shit! We're cornered! We have to evacuate now!" the guardman screamed, riddling several shark demons with bullets before one shot nailed him in the head, killing him.
Edwin screamed in fright. The wizard imp took on a brave face and got in front. The shark demons just laughed. The wizard imp said an incantation and set the shark demons on fire. Unfortunately, one demon who was on fire, managed to shoot the imp in the chest.
"No!" Edwin screamed.
The wizard imp panted hard. He then looked at Edwin, "Edwin...I...I won't last much longer...only I can undo the Nephilim seal..."
"But...but if you do...you'll die. You're already on the verge of death's door!" Edwin cried.
"I know...but...I've lived a good life...right now...Hell cannot keep living in fear of...Adam's Extermination force...And you won't last for long either. I'm giving...you a head start," the wizard imp said.
"Knock it off! There's gotta be another way," Edwin wailed.
"It's been an honor helping you find Pilas...let him be your guide..." the wizard imp comforted. He limped over to the slumbering Exorcist and began saying the incantation. With that said and done, the seal was undone and then the wizard imp collapsed and died. This causes tremors around them as a holy light erupted around them.
Now freed from the restraints and the cross, Pilas reawakened and stepped out, looking around.
"He's...finally awake...I hope he's what they say he is and not like the others..." Edwin said.
Pilas looked at Edwin, who backed away.
"Why do you look frightened?" he asked.
"You mean...you're not gonna kill me?" Edwin asked nervously.
"You haven't given me a reason to do that. So why would I?" Pilas said.
Edwin sighed with relief. He wasn't like Adam. Pilas extended his hand to reach out to the imp, who promptly took it.
"Now let's get out of here before-" Edwin didn't have time to finish as the mole Overlord came into view with other shark demons.
"THE FUCK?! IT'S OUT!" The mole Overlord cried.
The shark demons drew their guns. Pilas grabbed one of the shark demons and used him as a shield against the firing squad like a kaiju wading through buildings before throwing the bullet ridden corpse like a bowling ball.
One demon tried to ambush the angel, but he saw it coming and punched him in the gut, causing him to gasp for breath before collapsing.
Pilas then removed his LED helmet, showing his icy white hair and his angelic face. He then stuffed the helmet on a shark's head and then twisted it's neck.
Edwin stuck close to the angel, "There are so many in the mine. We're going to have to fight our way out," he said.
Pilas looked around and saw a handgun. He picked it up and scrounged around for ammo, "Stick with me," he instructed.
(Walk This Way - Aerosmith)
Edwin followed Pilas through the mine. They saw many shark demons lying in wait to ambush the freed angel. The angel twirled his gun and looked around and grabbed an ambushing shark and got behind it to use as a demon shield as gunfire sounded, riddling the shark demon with bullets. Pilas fired as he shielded himself with the demon, gunning a few in the head.
Edwin hid behind a door and waited for Pilas to be done killing the demons.
The angel grabbed a chair and smacked several of the demons away and then shot a demon in the chest. Pilas was then pinned by a shark. Thinking fast, the angel ripped a tooth off the shark and then stabbed it in the eye, causing pain to the demon. Pilas then kicked it away. He then performed an uppercut and riddled the demon with bullets til he ran out of ammo. He looked around for anymore.
Edwin came out and then looked around. The two walked around. The imp didn't realize that a ceiling trap was activated. Pilas saw this and darted towards him, tackling him to the ground before the trap skewered the imp.
"Shit...thank you. I almost got shish-kebobed," Edwin chuckled nervously.
Edwin sees a door in front of them. "This must be the way out of here," he noted. He opened the door and headed inside. The angel followed him. But they found that the place caved in. The mole Overlord must have caused a cave in to prevent them from escaping.
"Fuck...just great. The exit is blocked. What should we do?" the imp wondered, groaning.
It was then Pilas heard what sounded like a machine from outside the entrance, "Look out!" Pilas shouted.
Suddenly, a pincer bursted from the rocks blocking the exit and grabbed Edwin, "Ah!"
Pilas dashed after it and found that the mole demon was piloting a tripod-esque mech. A look of maniacal glee on his face, "Wretched fools! Did you think I was gonna let you go scot free?"
One pincer arm had Edwin in his pincers. Pilas reloaded his gun and fired at the mech's legs, but the metal was made of some material. He aimed the gun at the cockpit that the Overlord was in, but the mole saw this and used Edwin as a shield.
The angel dodged the mech's many turrets and pincer arms as he tried to get a single aim on the cockpit. But it was no use.
The angel sweated.
"What's wrong? Not willing to shoot your friend? Aren't you supposed to be one of those Exorcists that partake in the Exterminations? Why are you even with a little runt like him?" the mole demon taunted.
Pilas then saw a cattle prod from one of the shark demon corpses. It was then he had an idea. He grabbed it and then turned on the device. The mole Overlord just laughed, "Really? A cattle prod? What do you expect to do with that?"
"This," Pilas said plainly before plunging the circuit into the coil of the tentacles and then activating the prod, short circuiting the mech, causing the mech to release Edwin. The angel dashed and caught the imp before he made contact with the ground.
"What the fuck?! NOOOOOOOOO!" the mole Overlord screamed as the cockpit began to spark and explode. The mech began to tumble down.
Holding on to Edwin, Pilas dashed away as the mech came tumbling down. He then dove forward and slid forward as the mech crashed behind them inches from them. The mole Overlord groaned and then fell unconscious.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Pilas set Edwin down, "You defeated an Overlord. We were right. You are Pilas, the Exorcist that decided to turn against Heaven during an Extermination and made a brave stand against the Exorcists," Edwin crowed.
Pilas looked at the imp, "Pilas...? Is that my name?" he asked. The angel thought and thought. He placed a hand on his forehead, "Ugh...I can't remember anything?" he groaned.
"Just relax. It seems you have a bit of amnesia from being in slumber after being crucified under Pentagram City. You see, you're in Hell," Edwin answered.
"Hell?" the angel asked. He looked around, "Doesn't look like Hell to me if there's buildings here," he stated.
"Well it is. And you're talking to an imp too. Which by the way, thanks for saving me. My name is Edwin. I am a delivery boy for weapons for an Overlord. One who is alot nicer than that guy there," Edwin introduced himself.
Both the angel and imp shook hands.
"I suppose we should get a move on before he wakes up," Pilas suggested.
"Will do. But first, demons could recognize you. We'll need to disguise you. And also," Edwin went over to a corpse which had blood on it and coated the cross on his outfit, "There. It's to hide it. Demons get frightened easily of Exorcists."
"So...why did you free me?" Pilas asked.
"We live in fear of the Exterminations. And one of the angels leads them. Two of them lead the Exterminations. We live in fear of them. That's why we went looking for you. Because we hope that you'd help defend us Hellborns from them," Edwin explained.
"Makes sense. And you said that I fought them bravely," the angel said.
"That's right. Me and my friends witnessed how you fought Adam, Lute, and another angel. Even if you lost, we saw that you seem to notice that you didn't want to kill us," Edwin said.
"Well...I'll do it. I'll protect you if that's what I must. Maybe I'll remember something along the way," Pilas said.
Edwin rummaged through the carcasses and found a cloak and hat, "Put these on, this will disguise you til we get to the hideout," he instructed.
Pilas put them on. With that done, the two began to leave the area.
Meanwhile...
Fleischer was going in the direction a limo was that came to a tall building at the back of Pentagram City. Earlier, he and Cherri Bomb hit it off. He could feel a kindred spirit from her. Mostly because since he looked like a toon, bombs were a common element in old cartoons.
As he walked there, he ran into a tall individual, "Oops. Excuse me," Fleischer said politely.
The tall demon in general was a slim, dapper demon with beige colored skin, red hair which was styled like that of a deer, dark red eyes, and yellow teeth. He was dressed in a red pinstripe coat with a black bowtie, with the bottom of the dress ragged. He also wore a monocle on his right eye. He carried a cane that had a sentient vintage style microphone attached to it.
Something about the demon put Fleischer on edge. Almost as if the demon was a warning sign.
"Oh, pardon me," the demon spoke. The way he talked was like that of a radio. An old styled radio.
The toon demon saw that he was also headed in the same direction he was going, "Wait. Are you going in the same direction I'm going as well?" he asked.
The tall demon smiled. Though he seemed to keep the smile, "Why yes I am. I take it you're doing the same as well?"
"Yep yep yep," Fleischer said.
The two decided to go along. From a distance, the toon demon saw the sign on top. It read, Happy Hotel.
"The Happy Hotel? I never heard of it," Fleischer wondered.
He wonder why the tall demon was going there. The two demons saw a demon enter back into the hotel. Fleischer wondered who that was. They walked over and the tall demon knocked on the door. It took a few minutes before finally the door opened. Fleischer stood behind the tall demon. He peeked to see the one answering the door was a demon with long, blonde hair and pink highlights, which was tied into a twice-banded low ponytail. Her face was white with red, rosy cheeks and black lips. And her eyes were yellow with red irises.
She looked at the demon in surprise.
"Hel-" the demon spoke before she slammed the door in front of him. And then opened it again, "-lo!" he finished before the door slammed in front of him once more. Fleischer could hear voices inside the hotel.
"Hey, Vaggie?" the demon choked out.
"Whaaaat?" someone inside, presumed to be Vaggie, groaned in annoyance.
"The Radio Demon is at the door!" she stammered.
"What?!" Vaggie cried out.
"Uh...who?" said another voice. Fleischer could've sworn that was Angel Dust.
Angel? Fleischer thought
"What should I do?!" the demon panicked.
"Uh, well - Don't let him in!" Vaggie urged.
It was then that the demon opened the door for the Radio Demon.
"Radio Demon?" Fleischer wondered.
"May I speak now?" the Radio Demon asked.
"You may..." the demon said.
The Radio Demon reached a hand out for her and introduced himself, "
"Alastor! Pleasure to be meeting you, sweetheart! Quite a pleasure!" he introduced himself, grabbing the demon's arm and pulling her towards him before letting himself in, "Excuse my sudden visit, but I saw your fiasco on a picture show, and I just couldn't resist! What a performance! Why, I haven't been that entertained since the stock market crash of 1929!" Alastor laughed, "Sooo many orphans..."
Fleischer walked in too, "So this is a hotel?" he asked.
Vaggie held a harpoon towards Alastor's chest, "Stop right there!" she ordered. Vaggie was a demon that appeared to be moth-themed with gray lavender skin. She had knee-length grayish-white hair with long, jagged-styled bangs, with stripes at the ends that are the same color as her skin. Her right eye was light pink and her iris was ivory white and she had a gray eyepatch that had a red-pink X shape. On her head was a red-pink bow tie.
"Cabron hijo de perra! (Bastard son of a bitch!)" Vaggie cursed, "I know your game and I'm not gonna let you hurt anyone here, you pompous cheesy talk show shitlord!"
Alastor casually moved the harpoon away with his finger, "Dear, if I wanted to hurt anyone here..." he then changed. His smile became wider and his eyes became that similar to radio dials, "I would've done so already,"
Around the area, reality distorted similar to radio static as symbols floated around. The demon and Vaggie stared at Alastor in fear. Fleischer was shivering in fright. This guy is scary, he thought.
Alastor snapped back to reality, "No! I'm here because I want to help!" he announced.
The demon looked confused, "Say what, now?" she asked.
"Help!" the Radio Demon repeated, laughing, "Hello? Is this on? Testing, testing!"
Alastor tapped on his mic on his cane, "Well, I heard you loud and clear!" the mic spoke.
"Um, you want to help? With...?" she started before Alastor teleported behind her and Vaggie with his shadow, "This ridiculous thing you're trying to do! This hotel! I want to help you run it."
"Buuut... why? And second, who's the toon demon?" she asked.
"What? Did you bring a slave here too?" Vaggie asked.
"Oh me? Well then, ladies and gentledemons, allow me to introduce myself!" Fleischer said eagerly. He spun around like a tornado and appeared in a tuxedo and a tophat, "Hi-dee-ho! My name is Fleischer!" he introduced himself in his falsetto voice.
"Fleischer?!" Angel said excitedly, running up to him and shaking his hand.
"I didn't expect you to be here," Fleischer responded.
The demon went up to him, "A potential demon hoping to be rehabilitated?" she asked.
"Uh what?" the toon demon asked confused, tilting his head.
"Oh sorry...my name is Charlie Morningstar. That's Vaggie and my client Angel Dust. Though I see you two already know each other," Charlie said excitedly.
"We actually just met. On that same battlefield no less," Fleischer answered, speaking normally.
"Ugh, great. Another bad influence," Vaggie groaned.
"Hey! I resent that! I just said we just met! Don't be so judgmental, lady!" Fleischer shot back.
Vaggie glared at Fleischer.
"Anyway, why does anyone do anything? Sheer, absolute boredom! I've lacked inspiration for decade. My work became mundan, lacking focus, aimless!" Alastor emphasized, shoving Vaggie aside, "I've come to crave a new form of entertainment! Hahaha!"
"Does getting into a fistfight with a reporter count as entertainment?" Charlie asked awkwardly.
"Hahaha! It's the purest kind, my dear: Reality! True passion! After all, the world is a stage and the stage is a world of entertainment." Alastor bantered.
"So, does this mean you think it's possible to rehabilitate a demon?" Charlie asked hopefully.
Alastor just laughed and waved his hand dismissively, "Of course not! That's wacky nonsense! Redemption, oh the non-existent humanity! No, no, no, no. I don't think there's anything left that could save such loathsome sinners!" he said, shaking his head back and forth and looking over to Vaggie. She looked offended. Angel just shrugged and Fleischer put his hands on his chin as if he was thinking.
"The chance given was the life they lived before, the punishment is this!" Alastor reckoned, "There is no undoing what is done!"
"So, then. Why do you wanna help me if you don't believe in my cause?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah. Why help?" Fleischer chimed in.
Alastor grinned, "Consider it an investment in ongoing entertainment for myself!" he announced, pulling Charlie close to him and twirling her. She had a pouty face.
"I want to watch the scum of the world struggle to climb up the hill of betterment," Alastor said as radio sounds were heard before he began going creepy again, "only to repeatedly trip and tumble down to the fiery pit of failure!"
"Riiiight," Charlie said unsure, removing his hand from her.
"Yes, indeedy! I see big things coming your way and who better to help you than I?" Alastor cheered, grabbing Charlie by the waist and leading her elsewhere to discuss something.
Fleischer, Angel, and Vaggie watched.
"That guy seems all screwy," Fleischer commented.
"Uh, so...uh, what's the deal with Smilers over there?" Angel asked.
"Wait, you two have never heard of him before? You've been here longer than me! And Fleischer is new here" Vaggie exclaimed.
Angel shrugged cluelessly.
"This is my first time meeting him so I don't know a thing about him," Fleischer shrugged also.
"The Radio Demon. One of the most powerful beings Hell has ever seen?" Vaggie quizzed.
Angel shrugged a second time, "Eh, not big on politics."
"But I'd like to know," Fleischer said, somehow having a bowl of popcorn.
Vaggie groaned. But she would cut the toon demon some slack. She began to tell the tale of Alastor.
"Decades ago, Alastor manifested in Hell, seemingly overnight. He began to topple Overlords who have been dominant for centuries. That kind of raw power had never been harnessed by a mortal soul before. Then, he broadcast his carnage all throughout Hell just so everyone could witness his ability. Sinners started calling him "The Radio Demon" (as lazy as that is). Many have speculated what unimaginable force enabled him to rival our world's most ancient and destructive evils. But one thing's for sure: He's an unpredictable source of danger, a wicked spirit of mystery, and a violent monster of chaos, the likes of which we can't risk getting involved with unless we want to end up erased!"
"Ya done?" Angel asked impatiently. He laughed dryly, "He looks like a strawberry pimp."
Fleischer, on the other hand, was in a blanket, shivering in fright, "Z-Z-Zoinks..."
"Well, I don't trust him!" Vaggie said, crossing her arms.
"To be fair, do you trust any man? Any men? Men?" Angel said.
Vaggie had a straight face before walking over to Charlie and grabbed her by the shoulder, "Charlie, listen to me. You can't believe this creep! He isn't just a happy face! He's a deal-maker! Pure evil! He can't be redeemed!...And is most likely looking for a way to destroy everything we're trying to do!" Vaggie said.
Charlie realized that Vaggie could be right. But she had to try. She sighed, "I...we don't know that! Look, I know he's bad, and I know he probably doesn't wanna change, but the whole point of this is to give people a chance!" she reminded.
Alastor was seen inspecting a portrait of a royal family. Fleischer joined in. He saw that Charlie was in the portrait. But he wondered what those other two people were. Were they her mom and dad?
"To have faith things will be better! How can I turn someone away? I can't. It goes against everything I'm trying to do. Everything I believe in," Charlie continued as she put her hands on Vaggie's shoulders, "Just... trust me. I can take care of myself!"
"Charlie, whatever you do, do not make a deal with him!" Vaggie pleaded.
The princess smiled, "Don't worry, I picked up one thing from my dad! "You don't take shit from other demons!" Charlie assured, imitating her father's voice.
She walked over to Alastor, "Okay, so, Al. You're sketchy as fuck and you clearly see what I'm trying to do here as a joke."
As Charlie looked away, glowing red symbols appeared beside the Radio Demon and instantly disappeared after Charlie turned back to Alastor.
"But, I don't. I think everyone deserves a chance to prove they can be better. So, I'm taking your offer to help. On the condition that there be no...tricks or voodoo strings attached," Charlie offered, making gestures with her hands for emphasis.
After rolling her eyes at the statement, he twirled his mic staff and presented his hands for a handshake, "So, it's a deal, then?" he asked as green energy bursted through the hotel.
Both Angel, Vaggie, and Fleischer shielded their eyes.
But Charlie refused the handshake, "Nope! No shaking! No deals! I... hmm... As princess of Hell and heir to the throne, I, uh, hereby order that you help with this hotel. For as long as you desire."
Charlie looked over to Vaggie for approval. Vaggie looked away.
"Sound fair?" the princess asked.
Alastor rubbed his chin, "Hmm...fair enough!" he agreed. He retracted his cane.
Charlie sighed with relief, "Cool beans," she said, giving two thumbs up.
Alastor began to hum as he looked around. He stopped dead in front of Vaggie, who was looking down and wondering if Charlie is making a wise choice to work at the hotel. He grabbed her face and tickled the underside of her chin, "Smile, my dear! You know you're never fully dressed without one!" he teased.
Vaggie only glared at the Radio Demon. She'd be keeping a close eye on him if he tried anything funny.
Alastor walked away and still hummed as Vaggie narrowed her eyes at him.
"So where is your hotel staff?" the Radio Demon asked.
"Yeah, now that he mentioned it, this place could use some tidying up for if others decide to come here...A big if that is," Fleischer chimed in.
"Uh, well-" Charlie started.
Alastor adjusted his monocle and looked at Vaggie who was still glaring at him.
He laughed, "Ohohoho, you're going to need more than that," Al advised, walking over to Angel, "And what can you do, my effeminate fellow?"
"I can suck your dick!" Angel said.
Alastor was taken aback and tried to process what he was offered, mic feedback sounding in the background.
"HAH! No," Alastor refused, walking away.
"Your loss," Angle scoffed.
"And what about you, Felix 2.0?" Alastor asked Fleischer.
"I don't know yet," the toon demon admitted. As Alastor walked away, he began to think about it. Would working at the Happy Hotel work out?
"Well, this just won't do!" Alastor announced, taking out his mic cane again, "I suppose I can cash in a few favors to liven things up."
The Radio Demon snapped his finger and a new fireplace materialized in place of the hotel's worn down one as he approached it. It was then a small mysterious figure dropped in the fireplace, covered in soot. Alastor picked up the figure. The figure opened her one eye and stared at the four behind him.
The figure then poofed off the soot to reveal a little girl with the design of a maiden.
"Oh my..." Fleischer stammered.
"This little darling is Nifty!" Alastor introduced the demon.
Nifty dropped to the floor. Fleischer was surprised that Nifty was unaffected by the fire.
"Hi, I'm Niffty! It's nice to meet you! It's been a while since I've made new friends!" Nifty introduced herself, eyeing the four, "Why are you all women?"
Nifty ran quickly and lifted Charlie with little to no effort, "Are there any men here?!" she asked, putting Charlie down, "I'm sorry that's rude."
Nifty looked around the run down place, "Oooh, man! This place is filthy! It really needs a lady's touch! Which is weird because you're all ladies, no offense."
Nifty grabbed a spider and crushed it.
Fleischer was gonna say something, but he decided to let her work. Maybe later he'll say something.
"Oh, my gosh! This is awful!" Nifty said, speeding around and cleaning throughout the hotel. She even spotted a cockroach and stabbed it with a sewing pin.
The five stared at Nifty as a new voice coming from an unknown source was heard.
"Hah! Read 'em and weep, boys! Full Ho-tel? What the fuck is this?" the cat demon demanded, looking around. He spotted Alastor, making an angry purr as he pointed at the Radio Demon, "You!"
"Ah, Husker, my good friend! Glad you could make it!" Alastor greeted him nonchalantly.
"Don't you "Husker" me, you son of a bitch! I was about to win the whole damn pot!" the cat demon snarled. The jackpot disappeared.
"Good to see you too!" Alastor said.
The demon facepalmed angrily, "What the hell do you want with me this time...?" he demanded.
"My friend, I am doing some charity work so I took it upon myself to volunteer your services! I hope that's okay!" Alastor responded, wrapping an arm around Husker.
"Are you shittin' me?!" the cat demon growled.
"Hmm... No, I don't think so!" Alastor dismissed.
Husker shoved Alastor off, "You thought it'd be some kind of big fucking riot just to pull me out of nowhere?! You think I'm some kind of fucking clown?!" he hollered.
Alastor grined as if he's about to laugh, "Maybe!"
"I ain't doing no fucking charity job," Husker said defiantly.
Alastor teleported behind him from his shadow, "Well, I figured you would be the perfect face to man the front desk of this fine establishment!" he gestured toward a bar that he made from his magic and raised Husker's mouth in a forced smile which dropped, "With your charming smile and welcoming energy, this job was made for you! Don't worry my friend," Alastor walked over to the bar and revealed the soles of his shoes with deer prints, "I can make this more welcoming! ...If you wish.
Alastor materialized a bottle of booze.
Husker stared at the booze for a second, "What? You think you can buy me with a wink and some cheap booze?!" the cat demon stormed, snatching the booze and looking at it, "...Well, you can!" he then downed the booze.
Vaggie took offense to this idea, "Hey, hey! Hey, hey, hey! No! No bar, no alcohol! This is supposed to be a place that discourages sin! Not some kind of mouth…brothel…man cave!" she condemned.
Angel launched himself at Vaggie and pinned her down, "SHUT UP! SHUT! UP! We are keeping this!" he said, pointing at the bar with all his fingers.
He then started flirting with Husker, "Hey~"
"Go fuck yourself," Husk rebuked.
Angel held the cat's face, "Only if you watch me!"
Husker growled. Charlie came to the counter, "Oh, my gosh! Welcome to The Happy Hotel! You are going to love it here!" she cheered, trying to go for a handshake.
Husker only reached for his booze, "I lost the ability to love years ago," he said stonily as he downed his booze.
"So you're called Husker," Fleischer said, before speaking in his falsetto voice, "Hi-de-ho! My name is Fleischer!"
"It's Husk," he corrected.
"Bet you've been swinging you sinner from shooting craps," Fleischer teased.
Husk growled.
"So, whaddaya think?" Alastor asked.
"This is amazing!" Charlie exulted, rubbing her cheeks excitedly.
"It's...okay," Vaggie said plainly.
Alastor reeled the two towards him, "Hahaha! This is going to be very entertaining," he declared.
"Uh-oh! I sense a musical number!" Fleischer cheered.
Alastor then let go of Vaggie and summoned a fireball, launching it to the hotel ceiling just so he could distract Charlie fast enough to shove Vaggie aside. He then dressed himself in a tux and matching top hat. He then dressed Charlie up.
Alastor: You have a dream!
You wish to tell!
And it's just laughable
But, hey, kid, what the hell?
The area began changing to neon colors as Alastor caught Charlie by the hand as they began tap dancing. Fleischer joined in.
Alastor: Cause you're one-of-a-kind! A charming demon belle!
Now, let's give these burning fools a place to dwell!
Take it, boys!
As he dressed the group up, shadow demons appear from the floorboards and began playing instruments. Vaggie tried to speak to Charlie who was having fun, but the Radio Demon pulled her with him and the others as the shadow demons surrounded them and scaring them.
Fleischer was also having too much fun, adding a bit of cartoon slapstick humor to the musical.
Alastor: Haha! Inside of every demon is a lost cause!
But we'll dress 'em up for now, with just a smile!
Shadow Demons: With a smile!
Alastor: And we'll chlorinate this cesspool with some old redemption flair!
And show these simpletons some proper class and style!
Shadow Demons: Class and style!
Alastor: Oh! Here below the ground, I'm sure your plan is sound!
They'll spend a little time, down at this Hazbin Ho-
Suddenly, the hotel door exploded and knocked Nifty away offscreen as the group looked outside. Alastor tilted his head. Fleischer looked and gasped with his eyes echoing into six. Sir Pentious was in his war ship, which looked worse for wear.
"What's that bozo doing here?" Fleischer cried.
"Hah! Well, well, well. Look who it is harboring the striped freak! We meet yet again, Alastor!" Sir Pentious said.
"Do I know you?" Alastor asked plainly.
Sir Pentious deflated, before going back to his villainous bravado, "Oh, yes you do!" he said before going back inside, "And this time, I have the element of - SURPRISE! Ahaha! I'm so evil!"
Sir Pentious pulled a lever and a cannon retracted from beneath the warship.
Fleischer went over to deal with the gazooka, but Alastor held his hand before snapping his finger. An otherworldly portal opened beneath the ship and tentacles and shadow demons emerged from it. The tentacle tore the cannon off and threw it away into another portal where it exploded. From inside the warship, Sir Pentious and his Egg Bois tumbled around before the snake kingpin was grabbed by the tentacle and being crushed as the eggs screamed and ran around in panic. Alastor's eyes were flashing like static before returning to normal as he began to crush his hand. A few drops of blood dripped from his hand as the blimp exploded.
Alastor stood there, grinning menacingly at what he had just done in satisfaction for a moment as the others looked at him in shock, horror, awe, and/or both.
The Radio Demon then resumed as if nothing happened.
"...Well, I'm starved! Who wants some Jambalaya? My mother once showed me a wonderful recipe for Jambalaya. In fact, it nearly killed her! Hahaha! You could say the kick was right out of Hell! Ohoho, I'm on a roll! Yes, sir! This is the start of some real changes down here!" Alastor said, heading back inside the hotel with everyone following.
As Charlie and Vaggie were the last to follow, Fleischer caught up to them.
"Wait!" he shouted.
"Oh it's you," Vaggie said.
"So...are you here to get rehabilitated?" Charlie asked hopefully.
"No..." Fleischer said plainly.
Vaggie scrunched her face and Charlie deflated.
"But...I want to ask if I can work at your hotel," Fleischer offered.
Just like that, Charlie was happy.
"Well...I guess it's not too bad," Vaggie said, shrugging her shoulder.
Charlie squealed, "You're hired!"
The princess shook the toon demon's hand, "But what can you do? We already have a bartender and maid."
"Why simple. Watch this," Fleischer said, walking to Vaggie, "Hey, Vaggie?"
"What?" the demon asked.
Fleischer took out a present from behind him and handed it to her, "Oh thank you. Uh...what's in it?" Vaggie asked.
"Just open it," the toon demon said, hiding a mischievous look on his face.
Vaggie opened the present...and it exploded in her face, covering her in soot. Fleischer began laughing. Vaggie began growling before realizing it was funny and began laughing. Charlie joined in too.
"Slapstick humor! Alastor maybe the entertainer, but I can provide another form of it through slapstick. It's the finest form of comedy available, immortalized in cartoons no less. Bombs, anvils, traps, ooh. I love em all," Fleischer offered.
Vaggie then began to breathe, "Okay...okay. Just tone it down a peg, okay?" she said.
Fleischer smiled. Him working at the hotel known to rehabilitate sinners could be his biggest adventure yet. The three demons ran to catch up to the group.
"The game is set! Now..." Alastor said as he used his magic to change the sign of Happy Hotel to Hazbin Hotel, "...stay tuned. Hahaha..."
Sometime later, Sir Pentious, having survived the beating handed to him by Alastor, climbed out of the crater along with an Egg Boi, "Now, will you shoot me with your ray gun?" it asked.
Sir Pentious collapsed from exhaustion.
Later...
A samurai looking oni was walking through Pentagram City and then he saw it...the Happy Hotel...but the sign said Hazbin Hotel instead. Nonetheless, it seemed to be the right location. He took a snapshot with his hellphone and called.
"Sensei...you know that hotel you told me about?...I found it," he said.
Outside of Pentagram City...
All was quiet...until a pentagram portal opened...and out of it came nine individuals. The one leading was a Pope-like figure but his face had the makeup that was like a skull. He then shifted from Pope outfit to a black tuxedo. Behind him were imps that had a steampunk aesthetic and were based off elements. Whatever their motive was is unknown...
AND CUT...
That's a wrap folks for now! I'm looking forward to the adventures Fleischer and Pilas are gonna have plus two others. As you can see, the last one is no doubt our guest characters...Papa Emeritus IV and his Nameless Ghouls of Ghost, which are headcanoned as a sorcerer and a group of imps respectively.
Now...as for the oni...I'll let you guys take a wild guess.
Though before I sign off, the Queen Bee oneshot is still being worked on. I just wanted to get this started with the show already at it's hype at the moment. So don't worry. It'll be done when I can.
And that's it. The show has finally begun. I want to take a moment and say this if Vivziepop were reading this...Viv...thank you. Even if the fandom is toxic, guess that makes me the diamond in the rough who has waited for this moment. Bravo to you and as Shang Tsung would say, to you and all those reading this story...
Have a nice day...
Keep on rocking, folks.