Me: Oh man, I tell ya, as soon as I had this idea and started I just couldn't stop. I just thought about doing a personal story I could make and read for myself, but no, I had to put this story out. It all started when I saw Hazbin Hotel art of the other angels and different gods from the other religions of earth on DeviantArt. Not only that, but with the rise of neopaganism, someone had to put this out. I need to clarify that this isn't a religious bashing story or rewrite of religion in general. I'm a proud Christian of Eastern Orthodox and though I don't like everything about my religion, I'm happy to be apart of the church. Doesn't mean I don't believe in the other religions or science. From my point of view, you have to figure out a way to accept both ways into your life or you're doomed to fail. I believe in both God and evolution.
I'm going to be using the Abrahamic lore, but mainly Judaism since it is the oldest and Mesopotamian. If this story offends you in anyway, you don't have to read it and I am sorry if you are offended. Just take my views with a grain of salt. Please don't leave me reviews that I'm wrong or right and please don't try to have my story deleted because I know for a fact so many other stories have their own version of religions and it wouldn't be fair if every story that offends religion is destroyed. Please.
Phew. With that out of the way I want to start off with that canon has been changed in this story. Like a lot. Everything is going to change to fit in with the other pantheons. As for the other demon lords we have and haven't seen, I'm having two of them be Lucifer's brother and the other four be Lucifer and Lilith's children. Because all of them are suppose to be Lucifer with different names. Like I said before, don't like, don't read, don't review bomb me please.
Thank you.
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Charlie Morningstar could only stare with wide shaking eyes as everything she worked so hard for be destroyed. Everything was going to absolute shit day 1 since years ago when her mother left for unknown reasons... but she knew the reason.
Her father.
Lucifer Morningstar. Satan senior. Dis. Old scratch. The Devil himself.
What he used to be anyway.
When she was born, Charlie remembered hearing stories of her fathers accomplishments, how he sent the snake that forced Adam and Eve to eat the apple, Lilith falling in love with him to be free of Adam's control, how he was unjustly punished and banished from heaven by God almighty for bringing evil to humanity.
Charlie wasn't an idiot, she knew the story her parents told her about the Fall didn't sound right. A part of her always knew they they weren't telling her the whole truth. Humanity was always capable of both good and evil, Heaven just wanted to put the blame on someone. Lucifer was banished for a reason, he had done something evil for it because Charlie knew God, despite what some may say about him, is a good deity. Yet, they still lie to her.
It's what destroyed her family, causing her siblings and uncles to leave home forever.
A family she hasn't seen in almost ten years because of their parents.
When she was born, the whole family did what they could to hide the parentage because of the fallout centuries ago.
Her siblings include from oldest to youngest Satan, Beelzebub, Belphagor, and Asmodeus. Four names and titles that the mortals called Lucifer which he bestowed upon them. Her uncles, Suruel and Ziwa who chose to fight with Lucifer against heaven and would later change their names.
Charlie remembered so many good memories of her family being there for her, all the tea parties with BeeBee, Lucifer teaching her how to ride a bike, Satan standing up for her against bullies, nap times laying on Suruel's big belly, swimming with Ziwa, singing with Asmodeus, tending to flowers in Belphagor's garden and of course being told bedtime stories by her mother.
Her favorite picture which she keeps hidden away from everyone- even Vaggie- showed all of them smiling with real happiness.
And it was snuffed out in one day.
Charlie's ears still ring from the shouting match her family had down in the main living room after Lilith had put her to sleep for the night. Charlie only pretended. She shouldn't have. Charlie spent hours curled up in fear as her once perfect family screamed and cursed at each other. It wasn't until she was older did Charlie understood what the argument was about.
Hell was changing. Once a prison for the wicked and evil who deserved to be punished, cities sprung up fast in just a few years just after the age of exploration with sinners practically taking over. Demons were reduced to indentured servants being somehow outnumbered by mortal souls in a caste system that came to existence. The Goetia, once loyal families of angelic and demonic descent, now squabbling inbred nobles treating their lives like Game of Thrones save for the few first born left that are still loyal to Lucifer such as Shamdon and Bael. And the overlords... Charlie still can't- will never understand how and why her father lets them rule. Their power has absolutely no amount of control in Hell, and yet they're in charge.
During the fight/singing competition with Alastor, Charlie waited every second with bated breath for her father to kill the radio demon with a snap of his fingers. She was beyond shocked Lucifer didn't even maim Alastor. Like he was playing a game. Since when did the Devil of all people fooled around like that!? Not even Stingy Jack got away after tricking Lucifer. Twice!
The fallen angel didn't even do anything after Charlie was embarrassed multiple times on live television... why does Hell have TV!?
'And everyone left,' Charlie thought numbly. 'They all left to try and keep control and order in hell and changed so much. Satan's angry all the time, BeeBee is always partying and drinking, Asmodeus is busy making ridiculous sex toys, Belphagor sleeps all hours of the day and uncle Susuel and uncle Ziwa changed their names and became bastards!'
Mammon and Leviathan of greed and envy with wrath, gluttony, sloth, lust and of course pride. The seven deadly sins the most zealot of humans called them. Sins that don't even exist. Confusing Charlie why humans say to follow any of these sins was a one way ticket to hell. Bullshit!
She hasn't seen or even spoken to any of them since Lilith left her Lucifer 7 years ago. Why? They all knew. The Devil has become a joke.
Hell wasn't the only place that changed because heaven is not like what she hears sinners cry about. White, clouds, pearly gates and shopping, okay, but nothing feels right. It's all disgustingly sweet with too many rules, even by Charlie's standards. Saint Peter the judge is a man child? Was he going through a mid-life crisis? Why are the higher angels not doing their jobs and letting complete strangers handle this meeting? The only ones available being Sera and Emily, daughters of Seraphiel, the original Seraphim.
And now her heart- that was cracking more and more for years now- shattered when she found out her girlfriend of two years, the love of her life filling in a hole left by Seviathan the cunt, was an exterminator!
'Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies.' The word kept repeating over and over again in Charlie's head as more memories come to life.
Alastor the serial cannibal toying with her emotions for his own gains, not to mention those radio shows where he's literally eating a person. Charlie tried to listen to one show and she had to shut it off only 3 minutes in before running to the toilet. 'Why did I listen to a literal monster!?'
Angel Dust the porn star who always insulted her and never tried to change to try to get into heaven to see his sister. Who always flipped her and Vaggie off. A sexist who looks down on everyone, even the princess who gave him a room. 'Using me for free rent... how could I be so stupid!?'
A drunk cat and crazy homicidal cyclops who wreck more than help. 'Alastor only brought those two in to make the hotel fail, I bet my life on it!'
And now the woman she was ready to propose to with a ring and everything waiting in her own hiding place was an exterminator. The very same angels that were only suppose to kill sinners, but instead focused on hell born as well. 'You were going to be my wife, Vaggie. I wanted to spend my eternal life with you.'
It all went tits up when they all saw Angel Dust in the visual hologram going back to Valentino. Charlie could see Husk, Niffty, Pentious and Cherri looking distraught and angry at the sight.
Every five seconds or so a part of Charlie's body twitched. An eye, a finger, a tap of the foot or even her neck. But nobody noticed. Nobody wanted to!
"- no evidence souls in hell can be redeemed." Charlie heard Sera say with iron in her voice.
'No evidence!?' Charlie mentally screamed. 'How can there be evidence when the wrong people are sent to hell!?' She's been keeping track of souls and for almost ten years the wrong people keep coming to hell. Souls are suppose to be sent to purgatory first to be judged and given time to repent or sent to hell to work out their vices, but it's happening to quickly without even a trial for some. Even children!. Charlie heard of a teacher, an amazing smart school teacher who was beloved by her students, was sent to hell for killing her cheating husband after catching him on camera with a fucking cannibal! Charlie thought the teacher was sent to hell for traumatizing the kids, but that can't be right. Nothing about this was right after... after her mother...
"Where is my mother?" Charlie asked in a dead voice, eyes still watching the pristine floor as silence entered the entire court. "She left the same time the exterminations started. She had something to do with this, didn't she?" The first five minutes nobody answered was proof enough for her, but life decided to add salt to the wound.
Charlie heard Sera clear her throat. "I am truly sorry to say, but yes, Charlie. To help control the overpopulation of hell and return to heaven, Lilith made a deal that she would allow portals to open."
"WHAT!" Emily screamed in abject horror as the court erupted into chaos, half already with knowledge of the deal and the other half shouting with indignity at dealing with the first demon.
No one could hear Charlie's heart shattering even further. Except one.
"Charlie!" Vaggie cried out, stepping in front of her beloved and cupping the cheeks. The fallen angel forced the princess to look up and Vaggie controlled herself not to break down on the spot at seeing Charlie's blank face. "Charlie, please look at me. Only at me, no one else. We have to leave. Right now!"
"What a good idea. Best leave now to get ready because your fucking hotel is first!"
Charlie didn't need to look to know it was that sexist control freak, Adam.
Vaggie snarled, wanting nothing more than to tear that bastard apart, but she controlled herself. Charlie came first. "Charlie, we have to-"
Charlie stepped back before Vaggie could finish, staring at who was once the woman she loved... but she didn't see Vaggie. She didn't see anything.
'Am I blind?' Charlie stared down at her shaking hands and could see her vision get blurry. She couldn't breathe!
Panic attack. A big one.
Breathing steadily to control herself before she passed out, Charlie- in a rush of panic and powers she didn't know she had- opened a hell portal. The entire assembly went quiet as the princess jumped through the doorway and it closed, leaving behind a miasma of red.
Vaggie stared, tears cascading from her one eye and down her cheek as all she could do was watch her beloved girlfriend leave her behind. 'Charlie.'
"Everyone out! NOW!" Emily shouted, surprising her sister.
The assembly did as they were told and rushed out like war hounds were on their tails.
Adam smirked, Lute chuckling at his side. "Well that was entertaining. Anyone want some shakes or-" Both exterminators jumped back as a bolt of light struck the ground in front of them.
Emily flew down and glared at them. "I. Said. NOW!" Emily roared, changing to her celestial form, not the biblical version most other angels and herself have taken these past thousand years, but her original form before the birth of Christ. A sight both beautiful and terrifying.
Adam chuckled nervously. "Hehe, right O, my lady." And he flew out followed by an equally terrified Lute.
With them gone, Emily changed back to her humanoid form and landed in front of a traumatized Vaggie and hugged her. "I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry. I didn't know, if I did, I would have-" Emily stopped when Vaggie returned the hug and broke down, bawling into the seraphim's shoulder. Emily cried with the fallen angel as she continued to apologize.
Sera flew down, slowly walking up to her sister. "Emily," She started with a weak voice. "Please, you must understand why this has to be done. The population of hell is getting out of control. Sooner or later the chaos will spill into heaven and..." Sera trailed off when she noticed Emily stopped crying, her body still as she continued to hug a broken Vaggie.
Swallowing, Sera stepped forward, placed a hand on her sisters shoulder, and said, "Em-"
SLAP
Vaggie was snapped out of her funk and stared up in shock as she saw Emily standing with her right hand out, Sera's head turned to the side and a red hand print on her left cheek.
Sera trembled, a hand to her wound as she turned her head and stared down at her enraged sister, Emily panting heavily as her body glowed with magic.
"STOP LYING TO ME!" Emily screamed, forcing Sera to take a step back in shock. "For so many years you've been lying to me about all of this! You knew the exterminations were happening and you did nothing to stop it!"
"I-"
"You knew the queen of hell was here and yet you let her stay because of a deal!? A deal in destroying lives!?"
"Th-that- Emily, they are sinners, they-"
"They're only like that because of your whole fucking family!" Vaggie shouted, finally expressing her anger after being pent up for so long. "Hell's duty is to punish the wicked, and yet I'm seeing people do whatever the fuck they want in that place with no consequences! Porno's, money laundering, hashtag social media, murder, suicide, rape, cannibalism, weapon dealings, wars breaking out for territory like it's the goddamn Dark Ages and those stupid leaders- one of them being your uncle Lucifer- not giving a shit what's going on!"
"What!?" Emily said in shock. "We're related!?"
"That's right, but Charlie didn't know about any of you! She never knew because no one told her! Not even that joker who calls himself a father, and from the sounds of it, nobody told you. Tell me though, Sera lived long enough to know Lucifer, doesn't she?"
Sera could only keep quiet as both angels glared hateful daggers at her.
"I've had enough." Emily said, taking Vaggie's hand into hers. "I'm going with Vaggie to see Charlie and try to fix this mess you helped cause."
Sera blinked. "What?"
"You heard me. I'm going to hell and then I'm coming back to talk with our father, uncles, aunts and even grandfather himself."
Sera paled. "W-wait, Emily! Don't do anything rash-"
"Too fucking late, sister," Emily cursed with so much venom that Sera fell on her ass in complete denial of the change of her sister. "And when they find out, you'll be lucky they won't banish you out of heaven. Either way, I don't ever want to see or speak to you again!" And with that final message, Emily took Vaggie into her arms and flew to the portal room to go back to hell.
After everything finally stopped crashing down on her, Sera curled up and weeped, all alone in the assembly room.
Nobody noticed during the entire court hearing a figure standing outside the door, dressed in a black suit with a hood covering his head. He stared down at his pocket watch in hand and nodded. He snapped it shut and placed it in his chest pocket before walking away. "All according to plan." And then he disappeared in a cloud of shadow.
Watching from a distance was a figure in a black cloak as he watched the whole affair from start to finish. Standing there for a minute more, he opened a portal to another world. He breathed in and then exhaled slowly. "Fine." He said in a Spanish accent as he walked through. "I'll do it myself."
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Appearing in the middle of the city, Charlie did what she could to steady her emotions, her entire body twitching at the strain and stress racking her soul. She took small careful steps, walking through the busy streets, hoping no one would recognize her. She stopped when she saw a tv behind a window in a store.
"And now back to urgent news: we're all gonna die!" Katie Killjoy said in her usual snideful tone laced with terror as Tom Trench cried on the desk. "The exterminations happening even sooner now in one month thanks to our very own fucking useless princess!"
Charlie's pupils dilated as her face was shown, taken during that embarrassing interview months back. For some reason, she starts to hear her father talk.
"Charlie, you're a princess of hell. Eventually, everyone here will look up to you."
One sinner watching turned around and saw the same princess from TV. "Hey, it's her!"
Charlie's breath hitched. 'Nonononononononono.'
"The'll love you just as they love me!"
"You dumb bitch!" A hellhound shouted in her face. "Because of you we'll have to deal with this sooner!"
"Are you sure, dad?"
"Of course I am, my little apple pie."
"What the fuck kind of a ruler are you!?" A demon she recognized as that freakish looking bird woman from the interview was now screaming at her. "You just couldn't leave well enough alone and now we're fucked!"
"What can I do to earn their love?"
"Well, first show them how strong you are."
Charlie cried out as an imp pushed her to the ground.
"Then you have to show them why you are in charge. When that old fart gave me this place as 'punishment', I turned it into a refuge where anyone can do what they want without rules and control."
Various rotten food were thrown at her by people she remembered. That imp once dressed as a gimp, the incubi she saw screwing Angel out in the hallway, that demon driver who got a blowjob for money to buy drugs from the vending machines...
"And finally make sure they can trust you. If-no, when they do, they'll sing for you!"
Charlie couldn't take it anymore and ran, dodging various demons and trying to drown out their insults until she found a secluded alleyway. Finally unable to handle herself, she fell to the dirty floor and hugged her knees, trying to calm herself down. Breathing erratically, she stared at her reflection in a puddle of... piss and saw how messed up she was. Her makeup was running, her eyes were puffy and rotten food was in her once luscious hair.
Worst of all, she saw her.
Charlie saw the change as her more demonic side showed herself, glaring at the princess. "You dumb cunt!" Demon Charlie snarled. "How impressive for a child of the Devil. Being ostracized by her own people and watching her own reflection in a fucking piss puddle!"
"Nononononononono." Charlie muttered to herself. It was always her greatest fear her other half would break free. The half that wants to murder everything alive. "Please no. I can't deal with you right now."
"STOP IGNORING ME!" The other Charlie roared. "Why do you take this shit!? You are the daughter of Lucifer and Lilith! The Morningstar and the first demon! These disgusting pathetic excuses for demonic parasites should be worshipping the ground you walk on. Instead you let them treat you like a tool! You can easily kill them with a flick of your wrist and yet you take it like a whipped pet."
Charlie sobbed. "I- I want to be loved my way. Like my siblings and uncles-"
"Do not say their names!" Original Charlie jumped at the amount of hate demon Charlie spewed. "They abandoned us! Where were they when that bitch Killjoy embarrassed us on live television! Where were they when we needed help with our hotel! Better question, why didn't you call them for help!?"
Original Charlie flinched. "I-I didn't want to bother them. They're lords now. They-"
"BULLSHIT! You don't want to talk to them because you hate them!"
"No!" Charlie protested. "I don't! I love them and-"
"You've barely even seen them since that cunt left us alone with that son of a bitch who dares to call himself a father. I am so tired of you and your attitude. Trying to force this happiness on people who don't deserve it." Demon Charlie sighed. "Forget it. You never listen to me. Do whatever you want. Sooner or later you're going to snap and when that happens you'll finally be the princess of hell. Until then, don't die." And she was gone.
Leaving Charlie alone to cry in a dark and dirty alley all alone.
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It took another hour or so before Charlie finally calmed down enough to walk back to the hotel, making sure to to take the back alleys so no other demon would see her. Her blank face returned full force as she walked slowly like a zombie towards the front entrance. All this time, she kept repeating one word. "Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies. Lies."
She stopped in front of the door when she heard a loud crash followed by shouting.
"Husk, my window!"
"Quite your bitching, shrimp!"
Charlie's head twitched from one side to another until she regained control. She weakly lifted her arm up to grab the door with her shaking hand. It took several tries before she finally mustered the strength to grip the handle. Slowly opening the door, she was greeted with the sight of the back of Alastor and a messed up front lobby with Niffty trying to clean up broken bottles all over the floor, Husk at the bar and Pentious crying on a couch.
And above the Radio Demon was a sign reading 'Well done, Charlie', but it was crossed out with red paint with words written under reading 'Ready for the End'.
The fingers on her left hand twitched out of control for 4 seconds.
"Hello, Charlie!" Alastor greeted gleefully as usual, not turning around yet. "We heard about the new timeline for the next extermination."
"Are you fucking serious?" Husk groaned, face planted on the bar. "Look, it's obvious the hotels a bust. Let's just grab what we can and crash at Charlie's place. Pretty sure her old man can help. Right, kid?"
"Aww." Niffty pouted. "But I wanted to meet those angels! Wanted to see a good man. Preferably someone who could take a good stab!"
Pentious practically bawled into his hands. "Why me, lord? Why me? I should have just ran when..." The snake sinner trailed off when he finally saw Charlie. His eyes widen at the sight of the princess. "Uh, guys?"
"Come now, my good future belt and boots combo! It's not the end just yet." Alastor continued.
Husk rolled his eyes and looked up... he gasped at the sight. "Kid?"
Hearing her friend gasp, Niffty turned and for the first time in a long while, she frowns. "Charlie?"
"I know some people who can help us in our dire time of need."
"Alastor." Pentious called out, trying to get the radio demons attention.
"I know we can definitely get cannibal towns help, provided we offer them angel meat. The stuff's pretty good actually, especially when made into gumbo."
"Alastor, please." Niffty pleaded.
"I also know a couple overlords that can provide us with weapons such as miss Carmine. Oh, I can also blackmail a few fucks who can-"
Finally having enough, Husk threw an empty beer bottle at Alastor's head and shouted, "You motherfucking son of a whore! Turn around!"
Alastor did, midway to transforming with his shadow out, fully prepared to punish Husk... only to stop and turn back when he saw Charlie standing at the entrance, covered in garbage and looking like she lost the will to live. "...miss Charlotte?" Despite the fact he was smiling, it was strained and looked ready to fall.
Husk jumped over the bar and ran to Charlie's side. "Hey, kid. Look at me." But Charlie didn't, just continuing to stare at nothing. Husk snapped his fingers, but Charlie didn't even blink. "Something's wrong."
Alastor stepped forward. "Charlie?" The radio demon waved his hand up and down in front of Charlie's face, but yet again no response. "Niffty, clean up."
The cyclops sinner did as she was told and in seconds Charlie was back to her clean self, but she still didn't move or even speak.
Husk gulped. "Kid, hey, you're starting to freak us out. What happened? Where's Vaggie?"
But Charlie continued to be silent. She then started walking towards the closest room, no strength to make it to the top to her bedroom she shared with Va-
NO
Pentious slithered up. "Your majesty, please say something. You're frightening us!"
Silence.
Niffty ran in front. "Charlie, please talk to us. We're friends."
'Lies.' The princess thought, her eyes turning red for a split second before turning back to yellow as she walked past both sinners.
Just as she reached the door, Alastor appeared next to the princess and grabbed her arm before the hand could reach the knob. "Charlie, we're begging you." Alastor's ever present smile was twitching, eyes showing much concern. "Tell us what happened."
But Charlie didn't. She just carefully removed Alastor's hand from her arm and opened the door slowly. The other residents flinched at the sound of the creaking door. Charlie stepped inside, closed the door, and the residents heard a click, signifying the door locking up.
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Charlie slowly walked towards the bed and sat down, staring out the window at Pentagram city below. She never told anyone this, but she hated the city. Hated everything about it. Lawless, chaotic, everyone doing whatever they wanted without consequences and the people actually preferring this place then peace and order in paradise. Her father authorized the creation of this place for sinners and she hated him for it!
Her breath hitched at the hate she thought of. Her dark side was threatening to come through. "Not again! No, I can't hear you! Please, don't talk to me." She whispered, holding her hands to her ears to block out any noise from her.
"Hello, Charlie."
A voice brought Charlie out of her thoughts. She slowly looked up to see a male figure in a black suit standing at 6 and a half feet tall and with a dark hood obscuring his face from sight.
For a few minutes, neither spoke or moved. Deciding to take a leap of faith, Charlie whispered, "Who are you?"
The stranger tilted his head to the side. "Your father never told you about his family, did he? How disappointing, Helel, or Lucifer as he calls himself nowadays." (1)
Charlie blinks slowly. "Family?"
The stranger nodded, walking up to Charlie and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Yes. I am glad to finally meet my niece. I am just one of the many siblings your father has."
Charlie continued to stare.
The stranger sighs and shakes his head and says to himself, "Truly, Helel? Do you still hate us for what happened?"
"What did happen?" Charlie asked. "I've read the book they made and I know the stories they told me... but a part of me always knew something wasn't right."
The stranger nodded and kneeled down to Charlie's level. "Indeed. The pride of your parents is venomous, isn't it? You see, while heaven isn't right with so many laws, hell is no better. Your father thought he was helping people by allowing them all the freedom they want. But as I'm sure you know, too much freedom can lead to anarchy. Society needs rules to keep order. Something the overlords know and exploit. Another failure your father created. He hasn't changed even after thousands of years. In a way, I respect that."
Charlie swallowed. "If you're his brother, then the other angels...?"
"The Firstborn Angels, Charlie. The greatest, but youngest, of His children."
Charlie felt all air escaping from her lungs. "But that means God is-"
"Your grandfather." The stranger finished for her. "Yes, Charlie. The ancient ichor that flows through your veins is one of the oldest in the world. One of the first pantheons to come into existence. You're more than royalty, child, you're a god."
Charlie blinks. "But there is only one God."
The stranger nodded. "Yes. One in the Abrahamic religions. In Heaven. There are others out there, Charlie. Other gods, other afterlives, other cultures and ways that would seem alien to you. I am here to help you ascend to where you belong. Not here in this rundown hotel trying to show your father you are good at something." Charlie's eyes widen. "I've been watching for years now, my niece. This is no life for a new god such as yourself. Even if heaven would allow sinners to repent, do any of them deserve it? Where is the justice for all the innocents who suffered? Do you truly think monsters like Jefferey Dahmer, Dennis Rader or even Elizabeth Bathory deserve peace?"
Charlie knew those sinners. The cannibal had his own cooking show. BTK is manager of a BDSM shop. As for the most prolific female serial killer in history who brutally murdered hundreds of girls and women in ways that would make even Rob Zombie sick? She was an up and coming overlord. (2)
They were living better lives while their victims were still suffering.
The stranger nodded in satisfaction as the gears were now turning in Charlie's head. "That's right, child. Even if you did succeed, you'd cause more harm than good. What would the victims say if they saw their murderers in heaven with them?"
"They'd hate me." Charlie said numbly, realization hitting her in the heart. "Not just the hundreds, but thousands who knew them... the parents, siblings, children, friends, lovers..."
"Don't forget your... friends." The stranger said the word loosely. Charlie looks up, staring at her uncle at what she assumed was where his eyes are. "Each of them belong in hell for a reason. Angel Dust, real name Anthony Azzarello, was a hitman for his father's crime syndicate in New York during the 1940s before his death. He wasn't sent to hell for being gay, he was sent to hell for killing 11 people to help expand the mafia's territory. Died from a bullet to the left eye from a shootout with police."
Charlie's entire body went numb.
"Niffty, real name Betty Maxwell, sent to hell for murdering her husband. Stabbed him around 50 times. She was actually happy to be sent to hell, preferring to live in a world where no one would question her choice of life. A choice to kill for pleasure. Sentenced to death shortly after being caught."
Charlies body started shaking.
"Husk, real name David Anders, could not handle his daughter going through chemo after being diagnosed with heart cancer and allowed her to die so he could use the money from the life insurance to gamble, trying to earn more money to sate his greed to fill the hole in his heart his daughter left. It was never enough for him. Died from alcohol poisoning only a year after she passed."
Charlie bit her trembling lip.
"Pentious, real name Penn Thatcher, small time scientist trying to create invention to earn his name at the top with other famous inventors. Last invention went up in flames and killed him along with 14 others in his apartment complex. 3 of them children under 10 years old."
Tears started to fall down Charlie's cheeks.
"And finally we come to the true monster. Alastor, real name Keshell Delsabour, known in Louisiana as the Bayou Butcher. Murdered 30 people in less than two years. Killed by police in the beginning of his third year of terror, but that isn't the worst part, no." The stranger shakes his head in true disgust. "Husk is his slave. The poor fool use to be an overlord, but lost his position and his soul to Alastor after losing a card game."
That was it.
Charlie sobbed silently as she tried to come to terms with the fact her plans for repentance for the souls of hell to end the exterminations would never have worked.
The stranger grabbed Charlie in a soft hug and lets her cry on his shoulder. "I know, Charlie. Believe me, I know what it's like to be cheated. To be scorned. To be betrayed. Especially by family. More than even your father. At least he had you, your mother, you uncles and your siblings. I had no one."
"It didn't matter." Charlie cried. "He took us all for granted. When his dream for a 'free hell' fell apart, my bothers and sisters left to get away from him, to try and fix his mistakes, but all they did was become just like him. My mother finally couldn't take it anymore and left, not even giving me a goodbye. Now that smug bastard just hides away in our home, making stupid rubber ducks." She sobbed harder when she remembered Vaggie. She also remembered the ring she had, ready to propose when the princess thought her plan would work. It was suppose to be a celebration. "And now the woman I loved lied to me! She was an exorcist! She murdered people! Why does this keep happening to me!?"
The stranger just chuckled. He wiped the tears from his nieces eyes. "Come now, child. Do you think you are cursed? No. You shouldn't live with this poison. Expunge it from your soul and use the hate and rage as a weapon. Make those fools who spurned you suffer. Punish them."
"That's not me." Charlie defended herself. "I love to sing, dance and help people. I love my friends and family, and they love me... right?"
"You answered your own questions. You love all those things, as does your angelic family, but no one in hell does. To the scum of this chaotic kingdom, they prefer to murder, rape, drink and overdose on drugs they can easily buy from vending machines around every corner. As for your friends and family? They are liars, Charlie."
'Lies. Lies. Lies.' That same word she's been repeating to herself all day was now haunting her. Charlie lets out a shuddered breath. "I don't know how much longer my heart can take this, uncle. I feel like... I feel like I want to die."
"Ah, but you can't die now, Charlie. You have so much responsibilities. With your permission, I can show you the truth your father wants to keep from you. And from there, your true potential will come to fruition. You will live again, Charlie. Better than ever."
Charlie saw her reflection on the dress mirror in the corner. It wasn't her on the mirror, but her darker half. Demon Charlie looked to her double and nodded.
That was all she needed.
"Yes." Charlie said. One word, but it was enough.
The stranger nodded. "Very well." He lifts up his right arm and flex his hand. Much to Charlie's surprise, it started glowing with purple energy. "Fair warning. Once I start, there is no turning back. You will learn everything. Your grandfathers origins, your mother's true name, the truth behind your fathers fall and more. Everything you know now will change forever and for better or worse, you must change as well, Morningstar."
Charlie stared at her uncle for five minutes, silence emanating between the two before she gave an answer.
With eyes hardened from anger and a voice strong in iron, she said the same word one more time. "Yes."
And so the stranger pressed the glowing hand to Charlie's forehead and in seconds everything finally came to light.
And Charlie's world crumbled.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
During all of this, the hotel staff and sole tenant stood outside just staring at the door, waiting to hear something from the room. Crying, screaming, singing, anything! But there was nothing. Just silence. It terrified them so much not to hear anything from the usual carefree happy princess they were so used to.
Alastor's eye twitched as he struggled to keep smiling. "Where is Vaggie?"
"No idea." Pentious said numbly. "She wasn't with Charlie. Why wasn't she-"
Everyone, even Alastor, jumped at the loud sound of the front door slamming open and hearing, "CHARLIE!?"
They ran down the hall and saw both Vaggie and- much to their shock- a six winged angel.
Vaggie panted as she stared down her fr- the tenants of the hotel. "Where's Charlie?!"
"I think the better fucking question is: where were you and what the flying fuck happened up there!?" Husk exclaimed angrily. "The kid came in looking like the walking dead!"
Vaggie flinched and grabbed her hair, ready to pull it out. "I- I- I can't explain it yet! I need to see her first."
Niffty swallowed. "I don't think that's a good idea right now, Vaggie. Charlie looked worse than any bug I killed. She looked like..." Niffty trailed off, turning away from the others to hide her face.
Vaggie's blood went cold. "Like what?"
Pentious shuddered as he hugged himself. "Like the poor girl lost the will to live."
Vaggie staggered where she stood, ready to pass out from the stress of every fucking thing that happened in a short amount of time, but the angel grabbed her by the arms. "Vaggie, calm down. Charlie needs you."
Alastor cleared his throat. "Another thing we've been meaning to ask, but, who is the angel that stands before us and not trying to kill us?"
The angel flushed in embarrassment. "Oh, I'm sorry, my name is Emily. I was there when Charlie and Vaggie came to tell us about the Exterminations."
"Wait, hold on. Tell you?" Husk questioned, fists clenched in anger, his wings flapping erratically. "You didn't know!?"
Emily looked down in shame. "No. No one in heaven knew save for a select few. And I mean few. Including my fucking sister, Sera, head of the Seraphim." She finished with so much venom.
That bombshell had the hotel staff and tenant reeling. Husky, Niffty and Pentious looked ready to break something, Alastor, as usual, just grinned and decided to play his usual game.
"Well, I'm just as surprised as everyone else here that an angel- a seraphim at that- has decided to grace us with her presence after this little miss hap." He stepped forward into Emily's personal space, much to the angels chagrin while Vaggie just stared with half lidded eyes. "You are such a piece of candy, I could just eat you up." Then his face changed to his demonic appearance and he said in his frightening voice, "And maybe I will-"
"Dude, if you do that again, I'm gonna punch you, I'm not kidding!" Emily interrupted, pushing the cannibal back.
Alastor froze in complete shock at what just happened while the other's jaws dropped.
Vaggie smirked. "She's an angel, guys. Pretty sure she can't be scared that easily. Long day, huh?"
Emily scoffed. "Not even close. I've seen The Zodiac, H.H. Holmes and even Jack the Ripper. The wendigo ripoff doesn't even come close to scaring me. And yes, it has been a long day and I've got a raging headache."
"Oooh," Pentious said cheekily as he watched Alastor's left eye twitched in indignation. "Sick burn... the fucks a wendigo?"
His questioned was ignored when Husk asked, "So, again, why are you here and what the shit do you mean no one in heaven knew?"
Emily sighs, "I am so sorry to say this, but the exterminations have been going on behind everyone else's backs. No one knew until Charlie told us."
"Oh, holy shit, so Christianity was wrong about lying being a sin?" Husk said sarcastically. "Were they also wrong about being gay and suicide being an automatic sentence to hell or if you believe in god and even if you murder in his fucking name, you can still get into heaven?"
Emily flushes again and chuckles nervously. "Well, obviously you shouldn't listen so what zealots preach about what they don't understand."
Pentious sighed. "And that's a big reason why my parents never took me to church. That and they only talk about how you're going to hell."
Vaggie looks around and notices one person missing. "Where's Angel?" She said with so much anger in her voice.
The entire room went cold. Husk growled and clenched his fists, Pentious hissed in disgust, Niffty looked down at the floor and scowled while Alastor grits his teeth and takes deep breaths to calm himself.
Vaggie scowls. "During the trial we all saw him with that motherfucker, Valentino. It wasn't a lie, was it?"
"Fucking cunt went back to his favorite cock!" Husk snarled, wings flapping erratically. "Tried to talk him out of it, but surprise surprise, the whore goes back to his master."
Vaggie took a deep inhale through her nose and exhales slowly. "He's done." She said with clarity.
Alastor nodded. "Had his name wiped from the books."
"Then pack his shit."
"Already done." Niffty said, pointing a thumb to the corner where Angel dusts bags were sitting with Fat Nuggets in a cage.
Vaggie frowned at the sight of the pig, the only form of kindness that fucking prick brought to the hotel, but shook her head. "Good. Where's Charlie?"
"Uh, she went to the nearest room." Pentious said worryingly. "It was terrifying the way she just... stared. I think we should tell her father-"
"No!" Vaggie interrupted, much to everyone's surprise. "That clown is just going to make things worse! I'll handle this." She marched straight towards the bedroom followed by the others. She came to a stop when she saw Charlie's guardians/companions, Razzle and Dazzle, standing in front of the doors like the bodyguards they are. "Guys, move. We need to see Charlie."
"..."
Vaggie's eye slowly widens when the two didn't speak. Albeit they never spoke in the first place, but this was too much. They both simply stared with blank looks. Not the usual dumb ones like they do with Lucifer and the others, but utterly blank.
"Something's wrong." Vaggie said nervously.
"Is there a fucking echo in this place?" Husk said just as equally nervous. "We've already figured that shit out, but this is too much."
Pentious gulped. "These two have the same faces like Charlie."
Swallowing, Vaggie slowly reached out a hand towards the knob...
Only to wrench it back when the two tried to bite it.
"The fuck, guys!?" Vaggie shouted, she and the others backing away from the snarling demons.
They were even more shocked when they started glowing with dark purple energy emanating from their bodies.
Emily was the first to realize it. "They've been enthralled! Someone's controlling them!"
Then they heard the screaming.
"AAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!"
"CHARLIE!" Vaggie shouted with fright at the sound of her girlfriend. The way she screamed was unlike anything everyone ever heard. Even Alastor was frightened.
Someone was inside with her!
Realizing the gig was up, Razzle and Dazzle started transforming. Not their dragon forms, thank fuck, but instead transformed into beasts with bodies shaped much like extinct saber tooth cats. They were larger and more muscular than grizzly bears with their horns growing thick and curling like a rams. Their teeth grew large and the oversized jaws looked like they could crush the skull of a rhino easily. And their hoofs and hands turned into massive paws that could decapitate any of them with one swipe.
Husk chuckles nervously. "Oooookaaaayy, really regretting how I treated these two before."
"Madre de dios, hijo de puta!" Vaggie growled in Spanish, summoning her spear. "Whoever this fucking asshole is that's hurting Charlie is going to regret the days he was born and died! We gotta get past Razzle and Dazzle!"
"Yeah!" Alastor, Pentious and Niffty exclaimed at the same time, weapons out and ready.
"Non-lethal!"
"Boo!" The three groaned as they put away their weapons.
Razzle was the first to charge, lowering his massive horns and heading straight towards Husk. The cat sinner hissed, grabbing the demon by the horns and flapping his wings, jumping into the air and letting Razzle smash into the wall, busting in a big hole and sending debris in every direction.
"My hard work!" Niffty screamed in rage. She jumped on top of Razzle and did her best to stay on as the demon bucked around like a bull at a rodeo. "YEE HAW! Get along little doggy!"
"God damn it, Niffty." Vaggie groaned while Emily giggled.
"Help!" Pentious shouted as he slithered as fast as he could with Dazzle hot on his tail in the main lobby.
Thinking fast, Alastor had his shadow wrap tendrils around Dazzle's legs, but the demon was strong and managed to free himself. Now even more angry, Dazzle focused his attention on the radio demon.
Alastor lets out a nervous chuckle, not liking how he was not even in the least bit in control of this entire situation. "Are you sure we can't kill them?" He asked Vaggie.
Vaggie glared at him. "You want to make Charlie even worse than before!?"
"Fuck!" Alastor cursed. Dazzle roared and charged towards Alastor. Though the radio demon was ready, he didn't have to do anything.
"I got him!" Pentious shouted, launching himself towards Dazzle after curling up like a spring. He wrapped himself around Dazzle like the snake he is and both toppled to the ground in front of Alastor.
Alastor blinked. "Well, I'll be literally damned."
"I know, right? Had no idea that would w- AAAAHHH!" Pentious suddenly screamed, moving his head to avoid Dazzle snapping maw.
With Husk, the gambler sinner thought fast at how to handle Razzle. Seeing what Pentious did to Dazzle, the gambler looked around for something to tie up the guardian when he looked up and saw the banner. After looking at it for about two seconds, Husk shrugged, saying, "Fuck it. We were going to get rid of it anyway." And flew up. He ripped the banner free and flew straights towards Razzle who still had Niffty riding on top. "Niffty!"
"Huh?" The cyclops sinner looked up and grinned when she saw Husk with the banner. "Buh bye!" She said to Razzle and jumped off just as Husk flew fast around the demon.
Razzle quickly grew dizzy as Husk was too fast to keep track of and in seconds, Razzle was tied up. Acting fact, Husk and Niffty grabbed the demon beast by the horns and pinned him to the floor.
Back with Pentious, the snake sinner laughed as he moved his head left and right to avoid Dazzles jaws, laughing the whole while. "Missed me! Missed again! Oh, you were closer that time- GHAAK!" The mad scientist went when Dazzle pinned him to the ground with a massive paw on the snakes neck. Pentious could only look up at Dazzles drooling maw and go, "Eep."
Just as Dazzle was about to bite down, Alastor jammed his cane into the beasts mouth. Grunting, the radio turned his head towards Vaggie and said, "Go! We got this!"
"We do?!" Husk shouted as he Niffty used all their strength to keep a struggling Razzle pinned.
Vaggie nodded, grabbed Emily's hand and both ran back towards the room. Vaggie grabbed the door knob...
"AAAAHH!" Vaggie screamed, pulling her hand back. She stared at the burn on her hand. "H-how is that possible?" Regular fire would never have been able to hurt the former exterminator. Shit, hellfire would have hurt, but whatever magic coated the door gave her a third degree burn, her skin blistered and Vaggie swore it looked like it was melting.
Acting fast, Emily placed her hands over Vaggie's and concentrated. The seraphim's hands glowed with light based healing magic and in seconds Vaggie's burn was gone and her hand healed up.
Sighing in relief, Vaggie thanked Emily and glared at the door. "What the fuck kind of magic is this?"
Emily grimaced. "Whatever it is, it's stronger then what we know and much older. Vaggie, we need Lucifer."
Vaggie growled. "No! We don't need that fuck up! Just open the door so I can kill the cunt who's hurting my girlfriend!"
Sighing in frustration, Emily placed her hands in front of the door about a foot away and concentrated. Speaking in a combination of several early languages, the door pulsed as its own purple energy clashed with the seraphim's. Emily groaned. "It's too strong for me. I can't do this alone."
"Fine then!" Vaggie shouted. She used her spear and jammed it into the crack between the doors and pulled. Both attempts at the same time succeeded and the door broke open.
First thing they saw was a shadowy figure standing in front of a kneeling Charlie, the princess sobbing into her hands.
"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM MY GIRLFRIEND!" Vaggie roared with such rage the entire room actually shook a bit.
The stranger though, not even close to being the least bit scared, simply turned his head towards the fallen angel and nodded as if in satisfaction. "Impressive woman you have, Charlie. Loyal, compassionate, strong willed. She'll make a fine queen."
If it was possible, Vaggie's blood was getting even hotter, ready to erupt like a volcano! Roaring again with excess fury, she leapt towards the stranger, spear raised high.
All for nought as the stranger simply teleported away just as the spear was only inches away from his head, now just impaled on the ground where he once stood.
"Remember what I told you, Charlie." His voice echoed throughout the room. "You are destined for a greater life. Be strong."
"¡Hijo de puta! Te cortaré la polla y te la meteré-" (3)
"Vaggie!" Emily shouted, cutting off the ex-exterminator part way from ending her threat.
Vaggie blinks, her anger finally leaving and being replaced with concern. "Charlie!" She ran towards her still kneeling love and grabbed her in a hug. "Thank goodness you're okay!" She looked up and saw Emily on the other side of Charlie's with a hand on the princess's shoulder. "Who was that pendejo?"
Emily could only shake her head. "I don't know. Whoever that was, the power he had... it was so strong. If he wanted to, he would have killed us easily."
"Then why didn't he?" Vaggie asked, checking Charlie's body for any injuries, but found none. "Charlie doesn't have a scratch on her. What did he do to her?"
Emily just shrugged.
Outside, seconds after the stranger left, Razzle and Dazzle stopped struggling. They both blinked, like they were waking up from a long nap.
"Guys?" Husk carefully asked, not relenting his grip. "You okay?"
To answer his question, both bodyguards transformed back into their original forms and stared at the four in confusion.
"What the fuck happened?" Pentious asked, getting up from the floor as he and the others stared at Razzle and Dazzle. "Who did this to you?"
The twins just shrugged.
Alastor narrowed his eyes until realization came to him. "Whoever the smug bastard was that did this must be gone... that means..."
"Charlie!" The staff and only tenant exclaimed at the same time before spinning around and ran to the room.
Razzle and Dazzle were the first, flying faster than the others and made it to the room first. The last four were next, spotting Charlie on the ground with Vaggie and Emily next to the princess with the twins hugging their charge.
They breathed a sigh of relief.
"Oh, thank fuck." Husk said. "You really had us worried there, kid."
Niffty ran up to Charlie and hugged her arm. "We were so scared something happened to you."
Pentious curled himself around the group protectively. "Where's the cunt responsible for this?!" He hissed.
"He left." Vaggie growled. "Ran as soon as he took the chance."
Alastor grinned dangerously. "Not for long. When this is all over, I'll find that soon to be dinner as quickly as I can."
Emily shivered.
Vaggie just nodded, but then noticed that Charlie hadn't spoken or even moved at all the whole conversation. "Charlie? Is everything okay?"
No response.
Dread started to crawl back into everyone's hearts as Charlie just continued to stare at the floor.
Husk nudged the princess. "Charlie?"
No response.
Alastor walked forward and kneeled to Charlie's level. "Charlie... can you hear us?"
No response.
Razzle and Dazzle whimpered, hugging Charlie tighter.
Again, no response.
Swallowing, Vaggie cupped Charlie's chin and slowly forced the princess to look up...
Everyone gasps in shock at the sight.
Charlie's eyes, once yellow with red pupils, were now purple with the pupils slit like a snakes. What's more, despite the blank look, they could see rage and hate building in those eyes.
Looking at everyone one at a time, Charlie gave Vaggie the longest look- frightening the poor fallen angel- and then-
"AAAAAUUUGHHH!"
She screamed again, releasing a pulse of energy that sent everyone flying. Vaggie, Emily, Alastor and Pentious slammed into the walls, Husk flew out the door, Niffty smashed through the window and Razzle and Dazzle went through the ceiling to the room above.
"Charlie!" Vaggie shouted in fright as more purple energy flew around the princess like a tornado.
It didn't last long, but once it was over Charlie fell to the ground and started convulsing.
"NO!" Vaggie screamed. She ran towards her lover and grabbed the princess by the shoulders to try and stop her from flailing about. Charlie was stronger than she looked as Vaggie could barely hold her still. The fallen angel was ready to puke at the sight of Charlie's eyes rolling to the back of her head and her mouth foaming. "Someone help!" Vaggie pleaded to the others, tears falling down her face.
Emily, Pentious and Alastor were first, holding the princess down by her limbs.
"What the fucks going on!?" Alastor shouted.
"I don't know! It's like she's having a stroke or something!" Emily cried, eyes tearing up.
Husk groaned at what used to be the entrance, wings bent at bad angles. "Fucking shit! My wings are broken!" He opened his eyes and was caught off guard. "God fucking dammit!" He cursed. "Get her on the bed! Niffty, get as many pillows as you can!"
"I'm okay!" The cyclops shouted, jumping back inside and quickly wiping the glass off her body before following orders.
Everyone did what the gambler sinner said and put Charlie on the bed.
"Alastor, bind her!" Vaggie ordered.
"Understood!" Alastor willed his shadow to wrap around Charlie, immobilizing her flailing limbs.
Niffty came back only seconds later with over a dozen pillows stacked high into her hands. She ran around, place pillow after pillow around Charlie's body so she couldn't hurt herself. "Finished!" The maid shouted, only to gasp in shock and horror. "Her mouth!"
Everyone stared in equal horror as golden blood leaked from Charlie's lips.
"She's biting her tongue and cheeks!" Vaggie exclaimed. "Jam something in her mouth before she drowns!"
"On it!" Pentious shoved a pillow into Charlie's mouth, only for the princess's jaw strength to be greater than anticipated. The fabric was ripped apart, sending cotton everywhere. Hyperventilating, Pentious looked around the room to see what else he could use to handle Charlie's teeth until he had an idea. A bad one. "Why must I be a hero!?" The snake sinner groaned out. Before anybody could ask or have enough time to react, Pentious jammed his left hand into Charlie's mouth and immediately screamed in pain as the princess's teeth broke through his scales and crushed the bone. "Motherfucking son of a bitch!"
"Have you fucking lost it!?" Husk shouted in shock at the act of courage and stupidity.
"You got a better idea!?" Pentious said through gritted teeth, trying to fight through the excruciating pain.
Emily did! "I've had enough! I'm going to get Lucifer! End of discussion!" She shouted those last words at Vaggie.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck, FUCK! FINE!" Vaggie screamed. "Razzle! Dazzle! Take Emily to Lucifer! Now!"
The twins flew down the hole they made and saluted, both faces hardened with determination. They flew out the window followed by Emily, all three practically streaks of light as they flew as fast as they could.
Watching them leave, Vaggie turned back to Charlie, who was still convulsing. Vaggie sobbed. "Please hurry guys!"
XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Vox stared in disbelief at the entire event that took place in just 20 minutes. "What the fucks going on at that place?"
The princess coming back and covered in garbage? He's seen the videos people had been taking during the event. Most popular video right now on sinstigram, Velvette's on a roll with new hashtags. He can't wait to see it on 666 News tomorrow.
Walking into her shitty hotel like a zombie? Well, that's what happens when a stupid dream falls down the crapper.
The one eyed girlfriend coming back with a six-winged angel?... Yeah, he's going to have to come back to that.
But this? Some shadowy figure, his camera drones not able to see the guys face through the window, had done something to the brat, using some kind of magic that felt... wrong.
Vox shivered as he remembered the sight of that purple energy emanating off the guy and into the princess. Whatever it was, Vox was genuinely terrified. He's never seen that kind of magic before. It wasn't angelic and it most certainly wasn't hellish. Only looking through video, Vox honestly wanted to use it one day especially if it made this entire fiasco.
But the aftermath?
Vox grinned. "I can use this as blackmail maybe. Teach that radio bastard a lesson and get him humiliated by having this broadcasted by every news station throughout the 7 Rings. Maybe use it against even Lucifer? Oh yeah. Bet he can't handle seeing his little girl like this. Hmm, or maybe-"
ZZZZZ
Vox was caught off guard when his video feed- ALL his feed turned static.
"What the fuck?" Vox said. "This can't be right. I just got new ones." He pressed button after button, but nothing happened. He hit the sides, but nothing. He groaned. "Just fucking great. Got to get new TV's, cameras, maybe even drones. Fucking hell, I just-"
LISTEN
Vox blinked. "Huh?" He stared at the message on all his screens, the entire background black with white letters. He rubbed his eyes... as best he can since he doesn't have eyeballs anymore. "Is someone playing a prank on me? Vel, is this your doing? If it is, I swear to go-"
ENOUGH
Vox was hit with telekinetic energy, the magic sending him flying from his chair and pinning him to the wall. "Okay, so not Velvette." He groaned. "Who is this if I may ask?"
SOMEONE WHO CAN MAKE SURE YOU LIVE TO SEE THE NEW WORLD
"Ooh, scary." Vox said sarcastically with a roll of his eyes before using his hypnosis, the overlords left eye swirling. "Listen here, fuckface! I'm motherfucking Vox of VokTek and an overlord of hell! You think a fucking nobody like you can tell me what to do?! Why don't you-"
STOP
Vox felt all the breath leave his lungs. He struggled to breathe as the entire around him went black. Literally black like someone turned off the lights everywhere. Vox looked around, struggling to control his breathing as he felt like he was in an endless abyss. "What the fuck is this!?"
"A demonstration."
Vox jumped back in shock when the same stranger he saw with the princess appeared in front of the overlord out of nowhere. Even though the face couldn't be seen, Vox could feel those eyes one him. Like his entire soul being squeezed like it was trapped in Satans grip and about to be ripped out.
But this was worse. Whoever this guy is, Vox somehow knew deep in his very being this shadowy figure could take on all the overlords at the same time and win. Fuck, this guy could take on Lucifer and win!
The overlord panted heavily trying to control his fear. "I- who the fuck are you!?"
The stranger tilted his head to the side. "Even if I told you, my name would mean nothing to a parasite such as you. You will know me through my actions."
Vox gulped slowly. "And that would be?"
"The start of a new world order."
Vox chuckled nervously. "Yeah, that sounds great. My friends and I would definitely be all for that."
"Good. I would actually like to meet them as well. Gather your companions and meet me at this address at the edge of the city by tomorrow night." The stranger handed Vox a folded piece of paper.
With shaking hands, Vox took the paper and unfolded it. He knew the address. It was just a bunch of abandoned warehouses all but forgotten by the public, both the higher and lower class. Great place for a secret meeting.
Vox saluted. "Right oh. I'll make it there not a second late. Though just one teeny, tiny, little question." The overlord tensed up.
"Yes?"
"What exactly did you do to the princess? I know you found me out thanks to my drones and before they cut, I saw her going through what looked like an aneurism. What was the point of that?"
The stranger chuckled. "What you saw as torture was I awakening Charlie Morningstar's true potential. I'll explain everything tomorrow."
Vox rapidly nodded his head. "That's a great idea. Would you like something to go? Coffee, a dri- AAAHH!" The overlord cried out as the pressure increased, like someone dropped a bulldozer on his chest.
"I don't drink the piss swill that's made here. Never offer me one of those disgusting drinks again." The stranger warned, his body radiating killing intent.
"Yes sir! Of course sir!"
The stranger nodded. "Until tomorrow." And he was gone.
Vox fell to the ground form now that the stranger left and color came back to his world.
Taking deep breaths to calm himself, Vox looked back at his screens and saw that were back to normal, even feed from his camera drones were back online. He could see the princess still convulsing with her friends by her side.
Not wasting another second, Vox grabbed his phone and calls Velvette and Valentino on a three way talk.
"Heh Hey, Vox, Val!" Velvette shouted with her usual enthusiasm, most likely dancing all over her design room. "Did you see the new hashtag I just put up?"
"Vel, Voxy," Valentino purred, sexual noises being heard in the background, a new porno from the sounds of it. "I did see it. #PrincessTrashHeap. Maybe could have named it better, but I love it!"
"Oh, eat a dick Val! I already used up a dozen others. I ran out of ideas."
Vox growled under his breath. 'These two are going to get me killed!' "Vee's, get someplace private and bring up FaceTime. Right now."
"Are you fucking nuts!?" Velvette exclaimed angrily. "I have to get the new swimsuit in stores by 4 or I'll be a laughing stock by those cocksuckers working for Asmodeus!"
"Not to mention my new porno isn't even halfway done yet." Valentino sounded bored and Vox bets the prick was checking his nails. "Angel Dust has a new scene we had to rewrite involving two lone sharks and a donk-"
"NOW!" Vox shouted in his demonic voice, all patience lost.
Seconds later and the other Vee's faces were shown on two of his screens. Valentino looked irritated while Velvette was picking her ear.
"You've gone mental or something!?" Velvette said angrily. "You nearly blew our fucking ear drums out!"
"This better be good, Vox!" Valentino snarled.
"Save the threats. We got trouble." Vox warned sternly, all serious. Both Vel and Val went still, knowing that when Vox was like this, the news wasn't pleasant. "First, you two have to see this."
Velvette and Valentino watched the video Vox had on Charlie and her hotel. From start to finish.
"... What. The. Fuck. Just. Happened?" Velvette spoke up first after several minutes of silence between the three.
"Someone stronger than the Devil just screwed with Lucifer's kid and got away with it." Vox said in dread. "Fuck, I'm willing to bet my entire existence he's the OG Devil."
"He's that strong?" Valentino asked, his voice laced in fear even though the moth sinner was trying to hide it.
Vox nodded, his face scrunched in terror. "And whoever that guy is got through all my security, all my wards, just teleported himself somehow in my own viewing room and threatened to kill me if I didn't listen to him. Stopped me dead in my tracks with just one word. I nearly shat out my heart! That bastard was terrifying!"
"You're kidding?" Valentino said in disbelief.
Vox growled. "I would never kid about something like this! We got a new player in Hell that can and will tip the scales in his favor. The other overlords, the demon lords, even Lucifer himself are small time crooks to this guy. You saw what he did with the princess."
"And he said he was helping her?" Velvette asked, genuinely confused. Vox nodded. "Fuck. If he does that to someone he likes, what's he going to do to us? Especially Val."
"Mierda," Valentino groaned.
Vox's left eye twitched. It was true. If the stranger did care about Charlie but did all of this shit just to help her, he was not going to like hearing what Val did. Fuck, Vox was angry just thinking about it! What was that idiot thinking offering the princess a spot in one of his porno's and fucking. Licked. Her! ARM! If Lucifer hears about that, Val will die slowly followed by Vox and Vel for being associated with him. No telling what this stranger would do to them.
"Still can't believe you did that!" Velvette growled at Valentino. "I mean, fuck her, but she's the fucking princess and daughter of Lucifer. You just couldn't keep that boner of yours under control, could you!?"
"You've known me for how long now?" Valentino asked her in a deadpan tone.
Velvette grits her teeth and flipped the moth off.
"Enough!" Vox exclaimed. "Just make sure to clear your schedules and prepare for tomorrow night. The sooner we get on this guys good side, the better chance we have of still keeping some of our hold and power over hell."
Both Velvette and Valentino nodded and hung up.
Taking a deep breath to calm down, Vox ordered his serve to get him a cup of coffee while he finished whatever business was left. He sighs as he went over reports. "Fuck me." Curiosity getting the better of him, he looked back at the drone camera still watching the hotel. The overlord grinned when he saw Alastor genuinely worried and scared for the princess as she continued to convulse on the bed, now pale with purple veins covering her face. "Aw, not liking your little pet getting hurt? Hahaha! As long as I kill that cunt this will all be worth it!"
After all, he's waited years for an opportunity like this to happen. What's another day or two.
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After finally calming herself down enough, Sera teleported away from the courtroom and went straight to the woman responsible for this mess.
The eldest daughter of Seraphiel landed on the secluded beach that horrible woman chose for herself and made sure to look presentable as best she could. Wiping her eyes of the last tears and quickly using a healing spell to remove the puffiness from under her eyes, Sera looked around and spotted the queen of hell lounging on a golden beach chair wearing a one piece swimsuit with sunglasses and a sun hat.
Sera flew down and stared. "It's done. Our contract is finished."
Lilith's response was to lower her sunglasses and stare at Sera with a look that says she needed more information.
"The entire order of Heaven and Hell is about to be destroyed because your daughter came here to find a way to redeem her people and that idiot Adam told everyone in that room the truth about the exterminations and now everything is going to shit!" Sera didn't know what surprised her more. That she cursed or that the queen of hell just stayed quiet. "After which Emily left for hell and said when she returns she is going to tell the higher orders about this travesty! Our father, uncles, aunts and even grandfather." Sera pinched the bridge of her nose. "I never should have agreed to your deal. What kind of queen abandons her kingdom? What kind of wife abandons her husband? What kind of mother abandons her child!?"
Sera took a deep breath to calm herself. "But right now, none of that matters. Before she left, Charlie looked so distraught I honestly thought she was going to keel over then and there. You need to go home. Your daughter needs you now, more than ever."
But Lilith continued her silence.
Sera blinks. "Did you not hear me? I said your daughter needs you."
Lilith's only response was to push her glasses back up and laid back to continue tanning.
Sera stepped back, her face scrunched up in disgust as multiple eyes opened to reveal anger in all of them. "You heartless bitch! I always knew you were a monster! I'm leaving and when I come back I expect you to be the fuck out of heaven!" Sera waved her hand to open a portal to her father's fortress. Hopefully he can help and underst-
Sera's eyes widen when nothing happened. She waved her hand again and again, but still nothing. The seraphim felt ice invade her body, like her blood was freezing colder then space. Realization came to her as she slowly turned her head to the queen, seeing a small smirk on her face. "What are you doing, Lilith?"
Lilith sighed and stood up. "Oh, Sera. Everything would have been better if you simply kept doing your job and keep silent."
Before she could react, purple chains erupted from the sand and wrapped around the angel like constricting snakes. Sera cried out when she felt the chains wrap around her wings tightly, threatening to break them if she moved too much. Falling to her knees, Sera looked up and stared at Lilith in disbelief. "Why are you doing this?"
Lilith sighs and says... in a deep and masculine voice. "Apologies, niece, but I'm afraid I can't let you end my plans just yet."
Sera's eyes widen in horror, remembering that voice even after so many years. "No... Nonononono! It can't be you!"
"Oh, but it is. You can be so predictable sometimes. I knew you would come to me first before talking to that idiot." The imposter impersonating Lilith cupped Sera's cheek and smiled. "You've become a magnificent angel, Sera. I have no doubt Seraphiel is proud of you. Worry not, Emily will not be hurt. After all, Charlie needs advisors for the new world and you two are perfect for the job."
Sera reared back in disgust and struggled in her bounds. "No! Stay away from my family!"
"Our family, Sera. Pity you won't be around just yet to see the end. I'm going to send you somewhere safe until it's over, but don't worry. You won't be alone. Do say hello to them me, will you?"
A portal opened up under Sera and the angel fell to another world, screaming the whole time.
With her gone, the imposter sat back down on the chair and intended to enjoy the rays of the celestial sun just a little more. With a flick of his wrist, his pocket watch appeared from his personal Hammerspace. Flipping it open, he nodded in satisfaction. "And not a minute more."
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Sera screaming ended when she landed on a... flower bush? "What the...?" She said just before the chains disappeared. She stood up and looked around, completely caught off guard when she saw she was in a luxurious garden with flowers of different kinds. The angel turned around and gasps at the sight of a magnificent mansion that looked like it had over a dozen rooms easily.
"Where did he send me?" Sera asked herself. Looks like even after his betrayal, the traitor still had love somewhere in that evil heart of his. "What did he mean I won't be alone? Hello!" She called out.
Silence was all she heard for a short minute until...
Sera's ears perked up when she heard sobbing. Gasping again, she flapped her wings, but when she tried to fly, she fell to the ground. The seraphim growled, feeling her body completely drained. "Of course he would put anti-magic wards." Getting back up, Sera folded her wings ran through the garden before coming to a stop after what felt like a mile of running. She saw a woman in a chair, face buried in her hands as she cried. Her clothes looked perfect, but from the looks of the wrinkles and stains, she'd been wearing them for a while.
Walking closer, Sera reached out her hand, "Hello. Are you okay?" Her hand touched the woman's shoulder.
The woman shrieked and fell from her chair, scrambling back in fear.
"Wait!" Sera called out. "I'm not going to hurt you!" She stopped the woman from going any further by grabbing her shoulders. Her struggling came to an end. When she looked up, Sera gasps in shock. "... Lilith?"
Me: Whoo, holy crap. All this just came right out of my brain I barely had any time to type this all down quick enough. Enjoy.
1 - Helel is the Hebrew name for Lucifer.
2 - I'm not the only one who finds Charlie's idea of redemption unfair considering how many monsters are in hell.
3 - I'm using google translate. It ain't perfect so please don't judge me.