This is the 24th chapter.
Now before I could begin, I'm letting you all know that this is going to be a crossover after hearing the new episodes of Hazbin Hotel arrived. So, this story is going to be a crossover between Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel. However, it's going to be on hold until the new episodes pops up.
Thanks for the support and for your patience.
I don't own the series of Helluva Boss or the series of Hazbin Hotel.
Overture
The scene begins with a depiction of the universe where Heaven lies in the sky with its golden gates shining. Charlie Morningstar begins to tell a story of how the universe was created by beings called Angels, and as the narration goes on, the images shows the silhouette of her father, Lucifer Morningstar, creating fireworks, which draws the ire wrath of the angels for his behavior. The angels then created the place called Earth where they create the first humans, Adam and Lilith. Lilith rejected Adam and flees from the garden where she meet Lucifer, and fell in love. They came to Eve, Adam's new bride, to offer her an apple from a tree to bring free will to humanity, but the Earth was shattered by darkness that was unleashed by them. The angels banished Lucifer and Eve from Heaven and Earth, and into the depths of pit black and darkness realm called Hell. While Lucifer stagnated, Lilith thrived and brought Hell to new heights, leading the angels to start the yearly Extermination, as population control for the overpopulated demons and sinners.
"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 its way into the Earth. With it, a new realm of darkness and sin. And the order Heaven 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 sen an army, an Extermination, to ensure Hell and its sinner could never rise against them. But Lilith's hope remained. And her dream was passed down to their prescious daughter, the Princess of Hell."
As Charlie finishes narrating, she closes the book titled 'The Story of Hell' and looks out of Pentagram City.
"Don't worry, Mom. I'll make you proud." Charlie said somberly as she looks out the window to Pentagram City bruning to the ground, Vaggie comes into the room along with Octvia, Antauri, and Felicia Foxhound.
Apparently, both Antauri and Felicia were informed by Stolas and Stella about the Hazbin Hotel weren't having much progress because of the Exterminators. Which they're gonna have to give Charlie a helping hand at the hotel and hoping that she'll accepts the help. Blitzo protests and wanted Antauri to help out kill the humans from Earth, but Stolas insists that the white hellhound needs to gain new experience on something what he wants when he's older which he made a valid point. And with that settled, Antauri and Felicia decided to head for the Hazbin Hotel to see if Charlie and Vaggie is hiring right now.
"Charlie?" Vaggie called her.
The key Charlie is holding transforms into KeeKee who scampers away, and she turns to Vaggie in surprise.
"Aah! Oh, shit. Did you hear that?" Charlie asks.
"Uh, yeah. I was right there." Vaggie answered with a smile, points her thumb in a doorway. "Also, I've brought company."
Charlie turns and notice Antarui and Felicia next to her as she smiled with glee.
"Antauri! Felicia!" Charlie squeals, rushing to them as she hugs the two. "It's always wonderful to see you both."
"Yeah, it's good to see you, Charlie." Antauri grunts, trying to breath. "But Charlie...can't breathe..."
"Need...air..." Felicia grunts.
"Um, Charlie, I know you're happy and all but, can you let go? They need to breathe." Vaggie suggests.
"Oh, sorry." Charlie said, letting them go as she chuckled nervously. "I can't help it, I'm just excited!"
Vaggie couldn't help but chuckle at that respond.
"But what are two doing here?" Charlie asks, realizing why they're here.
"Stolas and Stella sent us here to see if you need an extra set of hands." Felicia answered. "And from the looks of the city, that says it much."
"And with the Exterminators making it hard for us to get there, we were able to get here in one piece." Antauri adds.
"Well, I'm glad you two made it. And yeah, we could use some help." Charlie said with relief. "Is Octavia, okay?"
"Why don't you ask me yourself?" Octavia said, revealed herself with a smile on her face.
"Octavia!" Charlie said with glee, ran to her friend as they hug it out.
"Not only that I'm okay, but I also came here to help you run the hotel." Octavia told her. "And I'm old enough to make my own decision and my parents approved it."
Charlie and Vaggie raise their eyebrows in confusion, wondering what she means by her parents' approval.
"You thank Antauri and Felicia, they're able to set things straight with my parents." Octavia said. "But enough about me, are you okay?"
"I'm fine...Just thinking, ya' know? Family stuff." Charlie answered.
"Did you hear from you mom yet?" Vaggie questions when Charlie shook her head in dismay. "Oof...how long has it been now?"
"Not that long, only...seven...years, off doing something important, I'm sure!" Charlie answered, looks out the Pentagram City. "But this kingdom was something she really cared about. Something I care about."
"Well, you two aren't alone." Octavia points out which Vaggie agrees to her statement.
"I just hope that what I'm trying to do here will work." Charlie said.
"And it will, we have faith in you." Antauri told her. "And you've got help."
"Are you sure that I.M.P. and Queen Bee are okay with you two helping out?" Charlie asks, feeling worried for them.
"My sister and Vortex are more worried than Blitz, given how much of an ass he's been acting. And how this could lead us getting more involved with Heaven and potentially pissing off of some Overlords, but they'll understand." Felicia explains.
"Ms. Mayberry knows we need for the actual Hotel thing, so she's staying with Stolas for a bit." Antauri adds. "Plus, we'll be sure to visit them."
KeeKee leaps into Charlie's arms as Vaggie and Octavia stands up.
"Alright, come on." Vaggie said. "Alastor says he has something to show us."
As Vaggie, Octavia, Antauri, and Felicia leaves, a loud bell rings throughout the city, and Charlie turns to the Bell Tower at Heaven Embassy. She looks on with sadness, knowing that it's another year before the Extermination comes again.
The scene turns static before it fixes itself to reveal a sinner stabbing another demon to death with a knife before Alastor caught their attention. As the camera rolls, scene switches from the front of the Hazbin Hotel, to Charlie on camera and waves at it before Angel Dust comes into view, putting two-fingers over the head prank behind her, to the bartender, Husk, who was clearly drunk, passing out on the ground as Niffty, the hotel maid, tries to stab and chase after a bug, and then to Angel Dust, with a support beam falling close to KeeKee, scaring the demon cat before running off, and Angel Dust flipping Alastor off, and then the poor drawing of the hotel before the commercial ends.
"Well, hello there, you wayward Sinner! Do you like blood, violence, and depravity of a sexual nature? Of course you do, that's why you're in Hell! But what would you say if I told you there was a place to stay that had none of that? Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel, a misguided path to redemption! Founded five days ago by Lucifer's delusional daughter, Charolette Morningstar!"
"Come place your fate in her inexperienced hands, as she tries to work through her daddy issues by fixing you! Here we offer fun things, such as somewhat functional staff and 24-hour pest control. Custom rooms, and just look at this tacky parlor! Enjoy riveting conservation with our singular resident. Wow! All this, and more at the Hazbin Hotel! Your last desperate attempt at salvation starts here!"
Alastor turns off the television.
"So, what do you think?" Alastor asks with his usual grin.
On the couch, Charlie, Vaggie, Octavia, Antauri, and Felicia were surprised of the commercial being poorly misleading and very offensive to their nature, that Vaggie throws a fit at Alastor.
"I'm sorry. What the fuck was that?" Vaggie questions with a glare.
"It's-uh-looks great." Antauri said nervously, trying to be nice. "Just, umm-"
"Uh, Yeah. One note, Alastor, I mean, first off, thank you so much for making this seriously amazing, but, um, maybe the tone is a bit off." Charlie cuts in nervously, but Alastor's smile turns to malicious. "We want people to want to come here. This makes it look, um..."
"Bad. The word you're looking for is bad." Octavia said bluntly while Vaggie agrees.
"Funny. I was going for hilarious." Alastor states with a shrug.
"It didn't explain anything about how we're trying to save the demons from extermination, which is the whole fucking point." Vaggie retorted in annoyance.
"Vaggie is right Alastor, the commercial with to let sinners know we are trying to help them." Charlie adds, while agreeing with Vaggie.
"Well, my dear, I haven't been active in hell for some time and everyone remembers me from my radio show, the proper medium to express oneself. But, you insisted on this noisy picture box advertisement." Alastor explains, taps the television twice with his microphone staff. "So, I had a little fun with it."
"Oh, fun? You had a little fun with it?" Vaggie snapped, stands up. "Well, this is not what we want to represent us. When you showed up here a week ago, you told us you would help run this hotel. Instead, you're mocking us. Nobody's gonna wanna come to a place that a powerful overlord like you think is a waste of time."
Angel Dust raises his hand from the couch, catching everyone's attention.
"What?" Vaggie said, not in the mood of his antics.
"If'n you're filming a commercial, can I suggest you take better advantage of the talented celebrity you have right here?" Angel Dust offers, takes a bottle with one arm before pointing all three arms at himself which Vaggie doesn't like the idea.
"Angel, you're a porn star." Vaggie points out in annoyance.
"What?!" Antauri and Felicia exclaims with a few shades of blush.
"A famous porn star, I'll have the horniest sinners knocking these walls down to get in." Angel Dust said, determined.
"We are not filming a porn as a commercial." Vaggie told him. "Not in front of those two."
"Why not? Sex sells don't it? I swear if you film me going at it with Mr. fancy talk creepy voice here, you'd be rolling in participants willing to stay at this tacky hotel." Angel Dust explains when Alastor appears right besides the couch next to him.
"Ha ha. Never going to happen." Alastor said with a laugh, amused.
"And seriously, not in front of those two." Octavia adds with a scowl, gesturing to the two kids blushing very heavily while steam came out of their ears.
"Sorry." Angel Dust apologized nervously.
"Anyway, Angel, I appreciate you wanting to use your special skills to, um, attract folks to the hotel, but I really don't want to exploit you in that way." Charlie points out, trying to be nice.
"Oh, please baby. This body was made to be exploited. I got the arms, I got the stamina, I got the legs. I got the lung capacity." Angel Dust said with a smirk, laughing. "Oh, I got the legs. The gag reflex, the holds, the chest fluff everyone thinks are tits."
Charlie chuckles nervously until her phone rings from Lucifer.
"Hold that thought! I'll be right back." Charlie said as she quickly picks up the phone and left the room.
"I can keep going all night baby!" Angel Dust shouts.
While Angel Dust drinks his beer, Charlie breathes nervously and answers the call.
"Hello? Dad?" Charlie said.
As Charlie takes the phone call, the scene switches to Vaggie, Octavia, Angel Dust, Antauri, and Felicia.
"Hey, I have a question." Angel Dust said. "If freaky face over there is so powerful, then why can't he just make people stay here?"
"Oh, trust me..."
Smiles in a mischievously creepy look with dark magic.
"...I can." Alastor said.
"Why do you think I'm here?" The voice of Husk asks, earned their attention when he's at the bar.
Husk is an anthropomorphic avian cat demon. His look is evocative of a magician, paired with a casino referencing playing-card theme. The sclera of his eyes are black, with yellow irises and slitted pupils. He has long, red eyebrows with black vertical stripes near the tips, and a small black heart above each eyebrow. His fur is taupe-colored, overlayed with white on his face, torso, feet, and upper arms. The insides of his ears are white with a red tip at the point and red heart in the center. A black tuff of fluff protrudes from each, creating the appearance of small hearts. He has a darker shade of taupe encircling his ankles, mimicking spats. His tail is taupe and long, ending with a large spray of 'plume-like' fur or feathers, which are dark pink with black and white stripes. He has yellow-orange hearts underneath the paws on his hands. His wings are large and red, with dark taupe on the undersides. The undersides of his wings are decorated with black stripes which feature red and white roulette wheel dot markings. His outside of his wings are decorated with more black stripes, which wrap around the joints and run around a row of white roulette wheel dots. He wears black pants with black suspenders over his shoulders and a red bowtie. He also wears a black top hat that has a red hatband and golden button-like decoration.
"You actually think I'd be cleaning bottles and listening to you fucks bitch and moan all the time if he wasn't forcing me?" Husk continued with a gruff look on his face, cleaning bottles when Niffty pops up from behind the counter with a hand raised.
Niffty is a small, cyclops-like demon with pointed limbs, white skin, and one large eye. Her eye sported a light-yellow iris, thick fluttery-lashes, and a sclera that is hot-pink with a yellow gradient. Her red-pink hair is kept into a slightly messy bob cut with swirls on each side, and a single light-yellow streak located at the top. Her thin lips are black with sharp light-yellow teeth, and small hot-pink dots each of the corner, which serves as an evocative of dimples. Niffty's attire is that of a black neckerchief around her neck, and a 1950s red-pink maid dress under a white apron white three hot-pink dripping splotches. She also wore long black gloves which covers most of her hands and arms, with matching-colored tights.
"I like being forced." Niffty said with a smile.
"Keep that to yourself, Niff." Husk said with disgust.
"What? You don't love being here with me, Whiskers?" Angel Dust asks seductive.
"Call me Whiskers again and I'll jam that bottle down your throat!" Dusk warns with a threat.
"Kinky." Angel Dust said with a smirk. "Come on, keep talking dirty."
"He meant by killing you, genius." Antauri told him in annoyance.
"Thank you!" Dusk said. "Even the kid gets the idea."
"Angel. Let Husk do his job." Vaggie told him with a sigh, earned his attention. "And, no, we can't force sinners to stay here. They need to choose to."
"I'm choosing to be here and I think it's all stupid." Angel Dust states in annoyance. "We're in hell, toots. That's kind of the end of the road, ain't it?"
"Well, maybe it doesn't have to be." Octavia argued. "Just because nobody has made it out before doesn't mean it's not possible."
Angel Dust places a hands on Vaggie and Octavia's shoulders, giving them a deadpan expression while the two makes the same one.
"Hey, whatever means I can keep crashing here rent-free." Angel Dust told him, much to their annoyance. "Crack is expensive."
The scene comes back to Charlie, and after the phone call, she seemed really happy with the news her father brought to her.
"Yeah, I can totally, yeah. I'll head over there right away. Okay?" Charlie said as she hangs up the phone and gasp in excitement. "Yes...YES!"
Charlie giggles in excitement when she hears about the news until she calls Vaggie, Octavia, Antauri, and Felicia in gibberish, waving very frantically that freaks them out.
"Vaggie! Octavia! Antauri! Felicia! Holy shit!" Charlie called them.
"Ah! What?" Vaggie asks.
"Get over here!" Charlie mumbles excitedly, waves them to come to her for some exciting news.
Vaggie, Octavia, Antauri, and Felicia glance each other, shrugs and comes to Charlie while she's jumping around in a very happy mode. As Angel Dust drinks in the background, Vaggie, Octavia, Antauri, and Felicia meets her behind.
"Okay, what's got you worked up?" Antauri asks curiously.
"Yeah, what's going on?" Felicia adds.
Charlie breathes in and out to calm her nerves so she can explain, but was explaining so fast due to her excitement.
"My dad just called, he said that the leader of the Angel Army wants to meet." Charlie said. "He asked if I could go instead."
Charlie hyperventilates and grabs Vaggie, Octavia, Antauri, and Felicia top get up close. It got them confused, however, since the Angels were already done with their extermination and won't be back for another year.
"But-but, the extermination just happened." Vaggie protests. "What could they want this soon after-"
As Vaggie went on, Charlie was in the mood to get her hotel project to work, and remains hopeful that she starts singing.
"She's gonna sing is she?" Antauri asks in a deadpan look.
"Yep." Felicia replied.
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
I can do this! Somehow, I know it!
I'll get Heaven behind my plans!
"Charlie, hold on..."
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
There's just no way I could blow it.
Not this once-in-a-lifetime chance!
"It's just a meeting." Octavia interjected.
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
To change their minds
And touch their hearts
Or...whatever angels have!
"This could be bad..."
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
Cheer up, Vaggie!
This could be swell!
Something tells me that today will be a happy day in Hell!
"Okay, but just don't...sing to them."
Just before Vaggie could warn her, Angel Dust, Alastor, Niffty, and Keekee were already at the window where they can see Charlie singing out in the destroyed Pentagram City, as Angel Dust turns back to Vaggie, Octavia, Antauri, and Felicia still drinking from a bottle.
"That bitch is halfway down the street!" Angel Dust told them with a smirk.
"Is she-"
"Oh, she's dancin'!" Angel Dust cuts in.
"Ugh, no..." Vaggie groans.
"Well, we better go after her before she does anything stupid." Antauri suggested.
"Hold on! You just got here and you don't know where she is." Vaggie protests.
"Plus, you murder people for a living." Husk adds. "You're an assassin kid."
"One, those people commit crimes and were sent to hell for a reason. Two, I'm a hellhound and I can find her no problem." Antauri points out.
"I'll help out. Like you, I can also sniff her out." Felicia said.
Antauri nods as he and Felicia starts running towards the destroyed Pentagram City.
The scene cuts to Charlie making her way down the street, oblivious to the destruction and bodies of dead demons everywhere as she continues to sing her song.
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
There's a warm, fuzzy feeling.
That wafts through the air.
Every street so revealing. It's hard not to stare!
Charlie comes to a window of a sex dungeon where a hellhound is humping against an imp wearing a sadomasochism mask. They notice her, and Charlie awkwardly flees before continuing to sing.
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
It's a realm so appealing it beats anywhere.
If you don't mind the smell...
Charlie accidentally steps on a dead shark demon that was releasing a very bad smelly fume into her nose. She cautiously avoids the corpse and presses on the street.
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
It's a happy day in Hell!
Charlie waves at a demon who was holding a newspaper before she catches his attention, revealing himself to be a meth addict with a spoon full of meth.
"Hi, mister!" Charlie greets.
"Go fuck yourself!"
One demon opens his window, revealing his apartment on fire.
Demon (Sings):
There's an endless trash fire that's burning my soul!
"Hello!" Charlie shouts.
Demon 2 (Sings):
And a ton of barbed wire to shove in his hole!
"Ah, excuse me!" Charlie said.
Demon 3 (Sings):
Doing what is required, we all have our role.
Sinner (Sings):
I'm not doin' well!
Demons (Sings):
Another shitty day in Hell!
Charlie climbs on the truck of the destroyed car and faces the other direction.
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
If I can show them the dream I've dreamed
That any soul can change!
From the Hazbin Hotel, Vaggie comes into the watchtower, as if she's calling out to her girlfriend.
Vaggie (Sings):
Those angels minds are hard to change.
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
Then they will know everyone can be redeemed.
From the evil to the strange!
Vaggie (Sings):
They're bloodthirsty and deranged!
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
I can hear all their stories.
The lost and displaced.
And I know that they're more of an acquired taste.
But! If I open the door and I give them a place.
At my Hazbin Hotel. It'll be a happy day in Hell!
A truck comes by, and Charlie hitches a ride from behind so she can get around the city such as the porn studios, and the Cannibal Town.
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
From the porn studio.
Where the cinephiles go.
To watch award-winning demon bukkake shows!
To the Cannibal Town. Where they don't wear a frown 'cause.
Charlie was shot in the eye with blood from one of the corpse that the cannibals were eating on.
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
Holy shit! Ew, my gosh! WHY!?
And I don't give a crow that. His brain's got in my eye!
Cause I know I can spare them. From Heaven's genocide!
I can do this, I just know it!
Sinner 2 (Sings):
There's an endless trash fire that's burning my soul.
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
I'll get Heaven behind my plans!
There's just no wayI could blow it.
Sinner 3 (Sings):
I kinda like the barbed wire that's shoved in my hole.
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
Not this once-in-a-lifetime chance!
To change their minds.
Right in the moment, a slug with a trench coat comes into picture, exhibiting his nudist body in front of her, which creeps her out.
Trench coat Demon (Sings):
And touch my parts!
"Uh...No thank you. I'm just gonna..."
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
Fulfill my destiny!
"Your loss, bitch!"
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
I can already tell!
Today is gonna be a fuckin' happy day in Hell!
Charlie has gotten to right where she wants to be: the Heaven Embassy with the watchtower. Then, she turns after hearing a fight as Antauri and Felicia fought off against the sinners throughout the entire song.
"Antauri, Felicia, why are you two here?" Charlie asks, hugs the two tightly.
"Moral support." Antauri answered when he and Felicia strained a smile.
Charlie smiled before opening the door to the embassy.
"Hello!" Charlie said when her voice echoes.
Charlie, Antauri, and Felicia enters through the door and finds the whole embassy deserted. They walk to the front desk to check in.
"Okay, this starts creeping me out." Felicia states.
"I've seen worse." Antauri states.
Charlie, Antauri, and Felicia comes to the front desk with no one but a single bell. She taps the bell to ring it, and at the instant, a golden scroll and feather ink pen floats from above over to them.
"Oh, okay...Also creepy." Charlie muttered, signs in.
While Charlie, Antauri, and Felicia signs the scroll, the scroll and the feather flies up before disappearing. Right then, the twin doors slide open to show them the meeting room, and they enter inside the dark room with no one around.
"Uh...hello? Is anyone here?" Charlie asks.
"There were at least two people." Antauri answered when he and Felicia sniffs the air. "And one of them is covered in blood..."
"Great..." Antauri and Felicia muttered in annoyance.
The lights suddenly switched on, revealing two angels at the end of this room, with one being an exorcist lieutenant, Lute and the big boss leader of the Angel Army, Adam, who's eating a rib in his hand.
Lute appears to have a near identical appearance to other Exorcists. The only visual differences appear to be that her halo and right pupil are black with white glow instead of white, and she has bloodstains on her dress.
Adam is an angel with a humanoid appearance, his face appears similar to other Exorcists, however, with normal looking eyes and golden colored facial expressions. His head also holds a pair of horns similar to an exorcist, albeit longer, smoother, and with a golden ornamental attachment on the tips. He also has a pair of large and golden colored wings on his back. In contrast to other angels that have appeared thus far, his halo is bright gold in appearance. He wears a smooth white and golden cloak that appears to have a large 'A' symbol emblazoned on the front. His visible hands are blck in appearance.
"S'up!" Adam greets, making Charlie, Antauri, and Felicia spooked.
Charlie, Antauri, and Felicia immediately fell down after getting surprised by the sudden appearance of two angels in the room. They get back up and readjust themselves to introduce herself properly.
"Were you just sitting in the dark so you could make a dramatic entrance?" Felicia asks, crossed her arms.
"Yeah, so what? Not that we could properly pull if off thanks to you two." Adam replied, but Antauri and Felicia flips him off.
"Hi, I'm Charlie." Charlie introduces herself. "My dad asked me if I could meet you."
"Yeah, I know." Adam said, but turns to Antauri and Felica. "Just curious, why Dogface Mcgees over here thought they'd be welcome."
"Who are you calling Dogface Mcgee, you overrated High zealous jackass?!" Antauri and Felicia shouts angrily, wanted to kill him.
"Easy, you two. I'll handle this." Charlie assures them, then turns to him while extending her hand. "Anyway, it's nice to meet you."
"Totally. It's nice to meet you, too." Adam said.
Adam reaches over to give Charlie a handshake, and as she was about to shake his hand, her hand slips right through, revealing him to be a hologram, fizzing on and off after being touched, which freaks her out and the two growls.
"Ha! I fucking got you got you. Did you see that?" Adam asks with a laugh, turns to Lute, who nods silently. "Ha. Good shit."
Charlie was trying to get something straight with Adam being a hologram.
"Uh...so, wait. You aren't here?" Charlie inquires.
"No, you think I'd come down there?" Adam rhetorically questions with a laugh. "No, I mean, I love the vibe, totally, I love your tunes. Pretty fucking hardcore, don't get me wrong. But! It's such a bummer, man! Everything down there's just so 'eugh', ya know? Ew."
"Right." Charlie agrees, unamused. "So, I'm happy we've got this opportunity to meet. There's a project that I've been working on that I really want to talk about-"
Adam puts his finger on Charlie's lips to quiet her down for a moment.
"Hey, hey, hey, slow down. We've got time." Adam interrupts. "How about we get to know each other a little. Mmm. How about lunch? You hungry?"
Antauri and Felicia glares at him due to his arrogance and him being a douchebag. Lute gives them a warning look and adjusts her grip on her spear as their attention turns to her, which they flip her off.
Adam takes a plate of ribs he's been eating toward Charlie.
"Here's my personal favorite. You'll love it." Adam offers.
Both Antauri and Felicia give him a deadpan glare as he throws his knife at the ribs, passing through and proving they too are a hologram without Charlie embarrassing herself.
"Ah, major bummer! That would've been fuckin' hilarious!" Adam said with a pout. "Why does your snoot have to ruin things?"
"Because you're being immature and a real jackass, that's why." Antauri told him. "And only an idiot would pull that same trick twice!"
It got Adam annoyed with a snarl.
The scene cuts back to the Hazbin Hotel, where the workers and residents are summoned by Vaggie and Octavia to discuss their poorly misleading commercial. Angel Dust was constantly looking at Husk with seductive gaze while Husk was glaring daggers at him. Vaggie's feet comes into the scene before switching back to in person.
"Okay, so, Charlie, Antauri, and Felicia are dealing with something very important, so while they're gone, we are making a new commercial." Vaggie explains. "One that represents her vision and what we're doing here. So, we need a camera. Alastor?"
Alastor snaps a finger to conjure up a camera for Vaggie; however, the camera is a folding-type old camera from the 1930s with no recording films at that time, which displeases her and Octavia.
"A video camera?" Vaggie and Octavia suggests in annoyance.
Despite his extreme distaste for modern technology, Alastor did what Vaggie and Octavia requested and snaps his finger again to conjure up a video camera that was poorly used with tapes sticked together.
"Alright, let's do this." Vaggie and Octavia said with a smirk.
The camera switched into the camera point of view recording the bar scene with Husk behind the counter reading a script in his claws with Angel at the opposite counter. The camera whirrs back to get a better focus of the two.
"And...Action!" Vaggie said as Husk carefully reads the lines on his script, bringing the script closer to read.
"'Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel. Can I help with anything?'" Husk said, turned to Angel Dust.
"I've been a bad boy, and I need a big, strong daddy to put me in my place...On the path to redemption." Angel Dust said with a seductive smirk, causing Husk to groan with displeasure and read the script again.
"'Well, you come-"
"Oh, yes!" Angel Dust rudely interrupts with a moan.
"...to the right place." Husk finished his sentence in a bored tone which Vaggie and Octavia has had it, stops recording.
"Cut!" Vaggie said. "Okay, Angel, I need you to be less horny if possible."
"And Husk, can you maybe not have a script in front of your face." Octavia adds.
"I ain't no actor! I can't memorize this shit!" Husk remarked angrily.
"Well, we can improv this shit, baby cakes." Angel Dust suggests, gets closer to Husk with a seductive purr.
Husk was getting irritated by Angel Dust and shoves him out of the counter painfully card.
"Whoops." Husk said with a shrug, grabs a bottle and drinks it.
"Husk, come on." Vaggie said in annoyance.
"And Angel, be serious." Octavia adds.
Cutting back to Charlie, Antauri, and Felicia's meeting with, they looked bored, propping herself on her elbows and both Antauri and Felicia snores while listening Adam exaggeratingly boasted himself and his sex life. The scene cuts to Adam.
"So, I was playin' this gig, and for some fuckin' reason, this virtue chick was diggin' on the drummer, and it was all like, 'do you know who I am? I'm fuckin' Adam. I'm the original dick!" Adam told them, pointing to his penis down the table.
"You got that right, asshole." Antauri quietly muttered in annoyance when the scene cuts to Charlie.
"All dicks descended from me. You think you want drummer dick?" Adam rhetorically asks when Lute shakes her head. "No way! I'm the Dick-fuckin' master! So, anyway, then we fucked, and it was awesome. What'd you do this weekend?"
Charlie caught on what Adam said and realizes one thing about the boss.
"Wait, your name is Adam?" Charlie asks. "The first man Adam, that means you...Oh..."
Charlie pieces the puzzle together and was surprised that this is very awkward and disturbingly cringy from hearing the story Adam was proclaiming, realizing that this is the reason why her mother left him, making her wince with gawkiness.
"That explains so much." Charlie said in a low voice.
"Great, we meet the first man ever created, the guy whose partially why I existed, and a real jackass." Antauri said under his breath.
"Quit mumbling to yourself, it's annoying." Adam told him, causing Antauri to flip him off. "But yeah, I fucking rock."
Charlie brushes off the awkwardness from Adam and gets to her subject of matter in hand.
"Well, Adam, sir. Mr. Adam, sir." Charlie said nervously.
"Call me, Dickmaster." Adam suggests with a smirk.
"We're not calling you that." Antauri and Felicia said in annoyance, grossed out.
"Adam." Charlie said, unamused. "You seem like a smart...well, stand up guy."
"Uh-huh." Adam replied, picking his teeth.
"And I know that you are the leader of the angels." Charlie continued. "And you are a big thinker, a revolutionary. A-A genius!"
"I mean, your words, babe." Adam states with a chuckle.
"Who would really love to put his name on something." Charlie said, raising her eyebrow with a smirk.
"Fucking love putting name on shit! Shits the best!" Adam said with a smirk, but Antauri and Felicia couldn't contain themselves and burst out laughing which it got his attention. "What? What's so funny?"
"You do realize what you just said out loud?!" Antauri grunts, trying to contain his laugh.
"Yeah, whatever." Adam said with a shrug.
"It's the solution to our biggest problem!" Charlie told him.
"Oh, Herpes. Yeah, that's a bitch." Adam states with a shrug, raising his eyebrow.
"No! Our...other biggest problem." Charlie points out.
"Oh...uh...ugly people? Math? Global Warming? Nah, wait, that's Earths problem." Adam guessed.
Charlie, Antarui, and Felicia couldn't believe how dumb Adam is about the oblivious fact to their overpopulation and Extermination problem, as Adam tries to make something sense only to him, and stared at him with a deadpan annoyance.
"Umm..."
Cuts back to the hotel, Niffty tries to stab a bug when Vaggie and Octavia stops her.
"Niffty, Niffty." Vaggie said, grabs the pin and gets her to look at her. "Your line is 'We have the cleanest rooms', okay?"
"Got it, I'm ready." Niffty replied.
"Action!" Vaggie said, recording the camera.
Niffty freezes and stares blankly at the camera, leaving Vaggie and Octavia puzzled. Angel Dust also peers in.
"Uhh, cut." Vaggie said, feeling creeped out when Niffty snaps out of it and back to her cheerful self.
"How was that?" Niffty asks.
"Well, Niffty, you actually have to sat the line, so let's roll again." Octavia told her.
"Ok!" Niffty replied, nodding her head.
"Action!" Vaggie said as Niffty stares blankly again.
"You're doing great, Vagina." Angel whispers with a smug.
"Cut!" Vaggie said in annoyance. "Alright, maybe we can try fix it in post."
"Do you even know what that means?" Angel Dust questions skeptically.
"We'll figure it out!" Vaggie and Octavia snaps angrily.
Vaggie and Octavia sits in front of a broken TV room, grunting. Alastor enters the room.
"Seems like you're having a bit of trouble there, hmm?" Alastor said with a smirk.
"Ugh, esta pendeja...why are you even here?" Vaggie questions as Alastor sat on the couch.
"For the entertainment." Alastor answered with a shrug. "I came here because I love seeing wasteful souls struggle to accomplish something meaningful and fall spectacularly, like you two are doing now. Good job!"
"And here is Alastor, the egocentric piece of shit that-"
While Vaggie stands up and points the camera at him, the video camera glitches and causes her to drop it to the floor.
"I wouldn't try that my dear. This face was made for radio." Alastor warns her with a nightmare smile, causing Vaggie and Octavia to scowl.
"Ugh, That's it! I don't care who or what you are!" Octavia snapped, finally had enough. "If you're staying here, you're going to make this work, because it won't be so entertaining to watch over an empty hotel!"
"Fair enough." Alastor replied with a shrug, walking towards the two. "I'll tell you what, let's make a deal."
"You think we're that stupid making a deal with a demon like you?" Vaggie questions with a scoff as she and Octavia sits back on the couch.
"Not for you souls, just a simple deal. I do this for you and you never ask me to engage with this frivolous television technology ever again." Alastor offered. "Or Charlie, Antauri, and Felicia can come back to absolutely nothing, especially after all these two little ones came all this way just for simple help. Your choice."
Vaggie and Octavia felt very guilty, wanted to do something nice for Charlie and after the hark work for nothing.
"Fine." Vaggie complied in reluctance, sighed.
Vaggie picks up the camera and gives it to Alastor, which he evaporates.
"Now then." Alastor said as transform the hotel into the 50s style film crew.
"Alright everyone, let's make a fucking commercial." Vaggie and Octavia said with determined smirk.
Cuts to Charlie, Antauri, and Felicia looking exasperated and bored with another of Adam's sexist rants.
"When you take her out the fifth time and she still expects you to pay the check, but you're like 'Hey, I thought you wanted equality!'" Adam said.
"No, our share problem of overpopulation in Hell." Charlie interjected in annoyance.
"Oh, well that's not a problem. We got that covered." Adam points out, turns to Lute. "Lute, how many demons did you kill this year?"
"Got a good 275 this year, sir." Lute answered simply.
"275? Woah, badass." Adam said, impressed with a smirk. "Awesome job, danger tits. Pound it."
"Uh no, not awesome." Charlie argues. "Those are my people, you know that right?"
"Oh yeah. That must suck for you!" Adam answered with a laugh.
"Yeah, laugh it up, you cuck." Felicia said angrily. "You honestly think it's funny for you come down and terrorize Hell once a year?"
"No, I think it's hilarious!" Adam remarked.
"But these are souls...human souls just the same as the ones you have up in heaven." Charlie said.
"They are not the same." Lute said in a cold tone. "They had their chance and they earned damnation."
"You're wrong." Charlie argues. "Sinners make mistakes, sure, but everyone makes mistakes."
"Angels don't make mistakes." Lute said bluntly.
"Oh, that's rich coming from a hypocrite." Antauri said with a scoff. "What about those Cherubs who accidentally killed an old codger that they were supposed to protect?"
"Cherubs don't count, we just task them with the unimportant stuff." Lute told him. "Angels like us never mistakes."
"You really think that." Charlie and Felicia said skeptically.
"I know that." Lute remarked.
"Yeah, I've never made a mistake in my fuckin' life." Adam adds when Lute approaches Charlie, Antauri, and Felicia.
"The only reason you're still here is because daddy gave you and your hellborn kind a pardon from an exorcist blade. How does that feel, to know how little you matter?" Lute mocks, then turns to Antauri and Felicia. "And you two, you're just common mutts. I don't care what your power status is. Consider yourselves lucky that the extermination already ended...mongrels."
That got Antauri and Felicia angry as they growl at her with flames in their eyes.
"Try it, and we'll promise you it'll be your last, bitch." Antauri snarled.
"Some other time." Lute said with a smug grin before walking back to Adam.
"Oops, almost out of time." Adam warns them. "Guess we should get into it."
"Oh fuck!" Charlie exclaims, rushes to present her plan. "Oh, I've got a lot to get through and not a lot of time and I feel like you weren't hearing me before so here goes."
Charlie Morningstar (Sings):
I know Hell's population is out of control
It's a bad situation
It's taking a toll
If we rehab these Sinners
And cleanse all their souls
At my Hazbin Hotel-
Wait, I'm getting ahead of myself!
Right! Extermination!
I know you guys fly down
Just to kill once a year
And it must be annoying
To schlep all the way here
If they join you in Heaven
That trip disappears!
You can wave that chore farewell!
It'll be a happy day-
Adam (Sings):
Let me stop you right there
Save us all precious time
"Okay..."
Adam (Sings):
If what you're suggesting
Is letting them climb
Up the ladder
Oh, they'd rather cross the Pearly Gates?
"Well, uh-"
Adam (Sings):
Sorry, sweetie
But there's no defyin' their fates!
'Cause Hell is forever
Whether you like it or not
Had their chance to behave better
Now they boil in the pot
'Cause the rules are black and white
There's no use in tryin' to fight it
They're burnin' for their lives
Until we kill 'em again!
"Okay, but-"
Adam (Sings):
Just try to chillax, babe
You're wasting your breath
Did I hear you imply
That they don't deserve death?
Are they Winners?
Are they Sinners?
'Cause it's cut and dry
"Well, actually, if you take a look-"
Adam (Sings):
Fair is fair, an eye for an eye!
And when all's said and done
(Said and done)
There's the question of fun
(Fun)
And for those of us with Divine Ordainment
Extermination is entertainment!
Bow-now-now-nownow
Guitar solo, fuck yeah!
Oh, da-ah-ah now-now-n-now-now-n-now-n-nownownow
Hell is forever
Whether you like it or now
Had their chance to behave better
"Where the Hell did you people come from?!"
Adam (Sings):
Now they boil in the pot
'Cause the rules are black and white
There's no use in tryin' to fight it
They're burnin' for their lives
Until we kill 'em again!
Fuckin' Hell's forever
And it's meant to suck a lot
So give up your dumb endeavor
'Cause you don't have a shot!
Long as I've got your attention!
I guess I should probably mention
That we made the determination
To move up to next Extermination!
"What?!"
Adam (Sings):
Can't wait a whole year
To slaughter those little c*nts
I know it's just been a week
But we'll be back in six months!
During the song, Adam and Lute get in right in their faces and jostle around the room a little. As Adam spins Charlie out of the room, Lute tosses Antauri and Felicia out of the room next to her.
"Ooh, I'm so gonna get her for that!?" Felicia growls angrily.
"Get in line, 'cause I wanna piece of that!" Antauri said when they notice Charlie is abnormally quiet. "Charlie? Are you okay?"
"No." Charlie croaks, sobbing. "I screwed up, I really screwed up."
Both Antauri and Felicia hugged her from behind and she turns, softly cries.
"Hey, it'll be okay." Felicia assures her. "We'll figure something out."
"How? The Extermination is moved up to six months from now." Charlie protests. "If I didn't sing to them, maybe-"
"They were already being a pair of dickheads from the start of this meeting, and six months is still a long time." Antauri cuts in. "We're not out of this yet."
Antauri and Felicia hugs Charlie with comfort as she smiled.
Charlie, Antauri, and Felicia returns to the hotel. Vaggie and Octavia runs to them with a hug.
"How did it go?" Vaggie asks. "Did they listen?"
"Oh, they sure did hear it, but-"
"Oh, come here, we have something exciting to show you." Vaggie said as she leads Charlie to the group while Octavia, Antauri, and Felicia stays behind.
"So, how did it go?" Octavia inquires.
"Not good I'm afraid." Felicia answered sadly.
"Why, what happened?" Octavia asks as Antauri and Felicia gives her an explanation.
While Antauri and Felicia explains to Octavia, Vaggie drags her to the room.
"Alastor pulled some strings and it's about to air." Vaggie told her.
"I pulled a few limbs, too." Alastor states with a chuckle.
"Wait, the commercial?" Charlie asks surprisingly. "You all made a new one?"
"Yeah, one of my better performances if I do say so myself." Angel Dust answered with a smirk.
"That's...that's amazing!" Charlie said, beaming brightly.
"It's starting." Vaggie shushing her as TV starts playing the commercial.
"Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel-"
However, it cuts to the New Report, much to their annoyance.
"Breaking news in Hell today! We have just received word from the Heaven Embassy that the next Extermination is happening sooner than ever before. Do you know what that means, Tom?"
"No, what does that mean, Katie?"
"It means we're all royally fucked!"
Screaming can be heard from Sinners as the time on the Clock Tower reduces to 176 days till the next Extermination.
"Wait, what? Why?" Angel Dusy asks shockingly.
"Is that how it happened?" Octavia inquires, earned a nod from the two.
A drone scours an area until they found a dead Exorcist corpse with its head missing. The drone scans the corpse.
"We found the body, sir. They've never managed to kill one of us before." Lute informed him. "We should just go down there now and destroy them!"
"No, no. We can't risk them catching on." Adam told her. "But, don't worry, when we come back, there won't be a demon left alive to pull a stunt like this again!"
Adam destroys a projector, causing its light to disappear only showing his glowing evil smirk.
That's it for the 24th chapter.