This is a fanfiction based on Helluva Boss, Hazbin Hotel, and the fanfiction Loona the Caretaker. All OC rights belong to their original creators and owners. The characters of Loona the Caretaker belong to MetalBrony823. Slade OC belongs to Blurey08. Kyorichi OC belongs to ninjashin11, and the characters of Helluva Boss and Hazbin Hotel belong to VivziePop. I own nothing. This is pure fanfiction just for fun.
Chapter 8
Cody silently wept as he lay in bed with Loona holding him close and Octavia rubbing his head in a sisterly manner while whispering comforting words in his ear. The three of them were in Octavia's bedroom while everyone else was in the living room. Crystal and Serena were sitting on the couch resting and drinking water. Vortex was by the windows keeping watch, unsure if anyone would come after them. Blitzo was pacing back and forth frantically talking softly to himself while Millie and Moxxie both sat on another couch looking pensive and worried as did Stolas as he stood by a kitchen counter.
Then the door knocked and Stolas's butler answered it. It was Charlie, Vaggie, Crymini, Shadow, and Kimi. Everyone greeted them with hugs except Blitzo as he was still pacing back and forth.
"Is everyone alright?" Vaggie asked.
Everyone nodded.
Shadow and Kimi went to Vortex by the windows,
"We made sure we weren't followed. Any moment?" Kimi asked.
"No, all clear," Tex answered.
"We'll keep watch. Make sure Valentino's guys don't come here," Shadow said.
"We heard and saw on the news. Where's Cody?" Charlie asked.
"In Via's room," Stolas pointed.
"How is he?"
Everyone was quiet.
"Physically, he's fine. Mentally and emotionally, not at all good," Moxxie answered.
"Oh Satan," Vaggie sighed rubbing her head while looking away.
Charlie turned to Blitzo, "What's the matter with him?"
Millie stood next to Moxxie, "He's worried sick for Cody."
Charlie gave a sympathetic look, "Hey, come on guys. He'll be okay."
"No, not now. He's worried for after."
"What do you mean after?" Crymini asked looking pensive.
Millie and Moxxie looked at each other and couldn't hold back their tears. Millie fell into Moxxie's arms and sobbed while her husband had tears streaming down his face. Charlie, Vaggie, and Crymini didn't know what else to do but wait for them to speak as to why they were crying their eyes out.
"Cody . . . he killed someone. He may be sent down here as a sinner demon," Moxxie sobbed.
"What?" Crymini uttered.
"What? No way," Kimi shook her head.
"No, not Cody," Shadow breathed.
Vaggie turned to Charlie, "No, he-he can't be sent here as a sinner demon. Not Cody. He can't come here, right?"
Charlie glanced at her girlfriend and at everyone else who was staring at her.
"I-uh, I don't-uh," Charlie stuttered.
Blitzo went straight to Charlie.
"Hey Charlie, listen I know as Princess of Hell you have some authority here and your dad is King of Hell. He rules this place. So, do you-you think you can put in a good word with your dear o' dad and say, 'Hey dad, something happened can you bend the rules for one soul? Maybe?' Because you know, this place . . . Hell, there's a reason why people call it Hell. There are some bbbaaaaadddd people down here," Blitzo said.
Charlie felt a hole in her chest looking at Blitzo like this. His eyes were so big and watery. His hands were trembling frantically and his voice was hoarse. Blitzo's employees have never seen their boss like this and who could blame him? Cody was still alive meaning he wasn't in Hell as a sinner. Killing Valentino had Blitzo worried sick that he might end up down here in.
"Blitzo," Charlie spoke.
"This is Cody we're talking about and he's not a bad person. I mean, come on. You know Cody, he's a good boy. He's a good boy. He's a good boy!"
Blitzo couldn't hold back the tears anymore. Millie and Moxxie were the first to help comfort him.
"Blitzo," Millie spoke.
"Sir," Moxxie added.
"He's a good boy! He's a good boy!" Blitzo cried before breaking down in tears, "He doesn't deserve to suffer-r-r-r."
Blitzo fell to his knees sobbing with Millie and Moxxie holding him as they cried as well. Charlie tried so hard to resist her watery works as well, but it was no use. Charlie and Vaggie hugged each other close silently crying. Then the silence was broken by a knocking at the door and it was so sudden that everyone almost jumped.
Stolas's butler glanced at everyone before answering the door, but the person at the door was by far not the kind of person he was expecting. It was a very tall, athletic-toned man with wavy brown hair and a full brown beard. He was wearing a white tunic with a red toga wrapped around him from his waist to his shoulder. The butler shuttered with his eyes wide open. He shivered in fear before bowing in respect and moving out of the way for him to enter. Everyone was as shocked as he was and bowed. Blitzo was the first to approach him.
"Hey sir, nice to you see again," Blitzo spoke.
"Blitzy!" Stolas yelped.
"Listen, um, something happened recently and I don't know if you're fully aware, but uh—"
"Cody and Valentino, I heard," Jesus said.
Blitzo got on his knees and pleaded, "Please, please! Cody's a good kid and his my daughter's boy! Please, he doesn't deserve to suffer! It's Valentino we're talking about! That guy is the worst of the worst. He had it coming! In fact, I'd say he got off easier. He deserved much worse. He was a psychopathic, homicidal, sex-trafficking, rapist for crying out loud!"
Jesus tried, "Blitzo—"
"Punish me! Don't punish Cody! Take me instead!" Blitzo exclaimed with his arms out.
"May I speak please?"
Blitzo nodded.
"I was gonna say that Cody is not going to Hell as a sinner demon," Jesus stated.
Everyone looked at Jesus with a glimmer of hope in their eyes.
"What?" Blitzo asked.
"Say what now?" Crymini added while wiping her eyes.
"He's not going to Hell. It was self-defense. If Cody hadn't killed Valentino, he, Loona, Vortex, Crystal, Serena, and probably everyone else that was there would have been slaughtered by that monster. So, Cody saved them and everyone under Valentino's control contracts is now free. So, that's an added bonus of a good deed," Jesus explained.
"Wait, you mean Cody's gonna be okay? You mean it?" Charlie asked seriously.
Jesus nodded with a smile. Everyone either cheered in delight or let out a big heavy sigh of relief. Blitzo and Stolas held each other with their foreheads touching as they wept happy tears. Millie and Moxxie half laughed and half cried as they hugged. Charlie and Vaggie embraced each other with joy and Crymini went over and hugged the three Hellhounds. Blitzo went to Octavia's room to give them the good news.
Blitzo knocked, "Hey guys! Jesus is here, he says Cody's gonna be okay!"
Octavia raised her head from Cody's ear. She and Loona glanced at each other half puzzled before she walked over to the door.
She opened it, "What?"
Blitzo breathed, "Cody's not going to Hell as a sinner demon. He's gonna be okay."
Octavia let a heavy sigh of relief before she turned to Loona and Cody. Loona let out a soft sigh as she squeezed Cody into a hug. They both sat up straight and Octavia helped dry their eyes. Then they joined everyone in the living room.
Cody approached the three Hellhounds, Crystal, Serena, and Vortex, "Hey guys."
They looked at him.
Cody spoke, "I love you guys. You know that, right? I just don't want you to think that I'm a monster."
The three Hellhounds gave a sympathetic look as they saw Cody's vulnerability. They instantly held Cody in a group as he held them back. Crystal and Serena kissed Cody's head and face. Both Loona's and Cody's eyes were red and puffy from crying. Cody gave a small smile when he saw Jesus. They embraced in a gentle hug before everyone sat down in the living room. Cody sat in between Loona and Octavia across from Jesus. Everyone was either in a chair or standing close by.
While Cody drank some water, Loon cleared her throat, "So, just to be clear. It was self-defense and Cody's not going to be punished for what happened? Not become a sinner demon when he dies? He's gonna okay?"
Jesus tilted his head to the side while looking away, "Well, yes to the sinner demon part, but on whether he's gonna be okay, I don't know about that."
"What does that mean?" Octavia asked seriously.
"Well, Valentino was as vile as they come, yes. However, he was part of the VVV, and both they and Valentino himself have a lot of allies. Now that he's dead, they're gonna come after Cody."
Cody coughed and gagged on the water as it went down the wrong pipe.
"Over. My. Dead. Body," Loona stated loud and clear.
"No doubt, but Loona these are powerful and dangerous Overlords. You'd be surprised what they can do," Vortex said.
"Doesn't mean we just roll over and let them take Cody!" Crymini stated.
"Hell yeah! Bring those bastards on! We can take them!" Millie added.
Jesus raised his hands, "Whoa, whoa, whoa guys. I believe you have the fighting spirit, but you saw what Valentino could do in his full demon form. Do you really want to take your chances with Vox and Velvet in their full demon forms and their allies?"
Everyone was quiet and they felt a hole sink into their chests. He was right. The VVV is among the most powerful Overlords in Hell. They got incredible amounts of wealth, power, and influence. They rule their territories with an iron fist and control demons with pure fear and terror. On top of all that, they have allies. Gangsters, mob bosses, crime lords, and other powerful demon Overlords. News of Cody killing Valentino has reached every ring in Hell by now and every video of that battle has gone viral. Cody was already famous as a human rockstar in Hell, now he's even more famous.
Stolas let out a heavy sigh, "So what do we do?"
"Well, you're not gonna like it, but Cody's powers may be the solution," Jesus started.
"Speaking of powers, where did that come from? How did I do all that? Why do I have powers?" Cody asked desperately.
Jesus glanced at everyone before looking back at Cody and he let out a sigh.
"That's the other thing I'm here to tell you. Before I do let me make something perfectly clear. Cody, you are surrounded by people that love you. Do you understand? Loona, your adoptive mother and legal guardian loves you. Octavia, who is basically your older sister, loves you. Blitzo, Millie, Moxxie—in fact, watch this. Anyone who loves Cody, raise your hand!" Jesus stated raising his hand.
Everyone raised a hand. Loona, Octavia, Charlie, Vaggie, Millie, Moxxie, Stolas, Vortex, and even Shadow and Kimi. Blitzo raised both his hands and then got on his back and raised his legs and tail.
Loona rolled her eyes with a soft smile, "Oh Blitzo."
"With that being said, what I'm about to say isn't going to be easy so I'm just gonna say it. Here goes," Jesus said.
Everyone was silent and had pensive looks on their faces waiting for Jesus to speak.
"While you have your human parents in Heaven, they're not your real parents. You're actually an angel."
"What?" Cody spoke.
"An angel?" Loona added.
"Yes, and not just an angel. You're an archangel because your mother is Ennia you're your father is Azrael," Jesus answered.
Everyone except Cody felt a chill go down their spines and their bodies riddled with goosebumps. Cody looked around at everyone and saw the fear in their eyes as they were still as statues. Loona and Octavia blinked several times in disbelief and Charlie was the first to break the silence.
"Azrael?" Charlie asked.
Jesus nodded, "Yes."
"The Azrael? The Archangel of Death . . . and my dad's best friend?"
Cody's eyes widened, "Wait, what?!"
"Hold up, how is this possible? Where are Cody's wings? His halo? How is he an archangel if he's human too?" Vaggie asked.
Cody sided with her, "Yeah before my house burned down there were baby pictures of me with my parents. I saw the picture of my mom in the hospital after she gave birth to me. My big brother Tommy was a little kid when he held me."
Jesus scratched the back of his head.
"You were born in the human world by your human parents, yes. However, when Ennia was pregnant with you, she transferred your soul out of her and into your human mother making her pregnant. So they are both your parents and not your parents. I know it's very confusing, but it's the truth and it's how you have angelic superpowers. . . far beyond any angel I've ever seen," Jesus explained.
Cody leaned back against the couch in disbelief and utter awe. Does this mean he has two sets of parents? What did all this mean Cody wondered. Why him? Cody took several deep breaths to remain calm as the reality of the truth sank in. The adults all talked more about whether or not any of this made sense. Shadow and Kimi pointed out that it didn't matter. The fact was Cody has powers, Valentino is dead and the Overlords are going to come after. This is real, this is happening, and they needed to act. Cody's only relief was that he had allies and Jesus was on his side.
"Wait, if the Overlords are coming after Cody, won't he be safer on the surface?" Charlie asked.
"If Valentino killed your human parents that means he had access to the surface the same way I.M.P. does with Stolas's grimoire," Jesus answered.
"Why did Valentino kill my parents? Was he just evil or what?" Cody asked.
"That's another truth that I have to tell you, Cody. Your human parents were soul smugglers for sinner demons. Sinner Coyotes as it were."
"Soul smugglers? What?" Loona asked.
"Sinner Coyotes?" Blitzo added.
Jesus leaned forward, "There is corruption up in Heaven. The angels are closing the gates of Heaven and preventing the mass majority of souls from entering inside, only letting in a handful few."
Crymini got up and walked closer. Her eyes were watery, "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait, what are you talking about? What are you saying?"
"I'm saying that there's a certain percent of sinner demons down here that are innocent. As in they didn't do anything wrong, but they were sent down here because they couldn't go to Heaven. Because of this, they end up in Hell even though they didn't do anything evil. That's why there are overpopulation problems here. That's why the exorcist angels come down here every year to kill any demons they can find to reduce the surplus population," Jesus explained.
Crymini started panting like she couldn't breathe. She turned to the Princess of Hell with a pensive look, "Charlie is that true?"
Charlie glanced at her girlfriend Vaggie before looking back at Crymini and everyone else. Vaggie held her tight in encouragement and make Charlie feel safe.
"I-I created the Happy Hotel as an alternative solution so that people down here wouldn't have to be slaughtered every year by the exorcists. A chance for them to redeem themselves so that they can go to Heaven because if you have sinned then in order to go to Heaven you have to redeem yourself. You have to atone for your sins. At some point, everyone in life does something bad but they make up for it by doing something good. That's what makes a good person," Charlie explained.
Vaggie added, "That's one of the main differences between the two realms. Not everyone can go to Heaven, but anyone can go to Hell. There's literally no filter for this place."
Crymini stuttered, "Wh-what about Azrael an-and the Grim Reapers? Don't they know the difference between a good person and a bad—"
Jesus shook his head, "Azrael and the reapers, they just reap the souls into the afterlife. They don't decide which realm the souls go to. It's the angels. All the souls go up there and they decide based on their life decisions and what they did in life to determine whether they deserve to suffer or rest in peace. At least, ideally, that's what it's supposed to be."
Crystal and Serena comforted Crymini, helping her sit down before she would faint. She was the only sinner demon in that room and the truth of all this was filling her with haunting curiosity. Whether or not she deserved to be sent here to suffer.
Cody spoke, "So you're saying there are people here in Hell who didn't do anything bad?"
"Yes, I'm afraid so. The angels at the gates are denying people because they feel they're not worthy," Jesus answered.
Crymini had tears rolling down her face, "Why the hell not? What makes them unworthy?!"
"The world is incredibly different than when I was alive. Times have changed, and people have changed. The vast majority of people live better and more luxuriously than the richest king of a thousand years ago. People today don't know what it's like to fight for their lives, to fight to live. They don't know because they don't have to. Because of this, there are angels in Heaven that are disgusted by what people are nowadays. They feel that they're not worthy of my or God's grace, so they cast them out," Jesus explained.
"They just kick them aside? Like they were nothing? How could they?! How could you?!" Octavia jabbed.
"Via!" Stolas called.
"No, it's alright. That's why I'm here. It's because I found out. They kept this from me," Jesus said.
"So, punish them. Banish them out of Heaven as you did to those cherubs," Blitzo said.
"That's the thing. I don't know which angels are good and which ones are bad. It's like trying to tell the difference between a good cop and a bad rampart cop. They're all in the same uniform, behind the same badge."
Blitzo rolled his eyes, "Goddamn it."
Vortex scoffed, "Of course."
Cody spoke next, "Wait, where do my parents and Valentino come into all this?"
"Because the angels were denying people into Heaven, sinner demons looked for another way in. They warned living people that would believe them about the situation. So people, like your parents Cody, smuggled sinner demons using a ritual for them to crossover. Once they made it to the surface world, an angel would give them their blessing and take them to Heaven," Jesus explained.
"And Valentino?" Loona asked.
"He killed your human parents because they were gonna smuggle his favorite prostitute, Angel Dust."
Charlie and Vaggie's eyes widened, "WHAT?!"
Jesus continued, "Charlie, your theory of sinner demons redeeming themselves is true because Angel Dust and Husk did. When a sinner demon reaches atonement, they return to their human form. However, when Angel and Husk went up to Heaven, they were denied entrance. That's when they reached out to Cody's parents. I think one of the corrupt angels contacted Valentino and that's when he killed them because a Hell-born demon can cross into the human world with no problem, but sinner demons need a blessing permission from either God, me, or an angel. This whole thing is connected somehow. I can't prove it, but I'm going to, and with your help . . . we put an end to this."
Everyone was quiet. Charlie and Vaggie softly spoke to each other. Charlie was both crying and smiling. Happy that her theory was right and that both Angel and Husk achieved atonement. Vaggie wanted to smile, but she was still lingering over the fact that the angels were denying most people at the gates of Heaven letting on a few inside. Some people in that living room stared at Jesus like he was nuts until Cody stood up and walked over to Jesus.
"Just tell me what I need to do," Cody said.
"Cody," Loona breathed.
"First, you need training to control your powers and I know some of you, especially Stolas, are not gonna like this, but I think Cody needs help from Lucifer and Paimon," Jesus said.
Stolas and Blitzo's eyes were wide open and they both yelled, "Are you crazy?!"
"You want Cody to seek help from my father?! King Paimon?! King of the Goetia Family?! How do you know he of all people will help Cody?!" Stolas raised his voice.
"Because Cody is friends with Lucifer and Lilith along with Charlie and his granddaughter Octavia. As powerful as he is, your father won't refuse an order from the ruler of all of Hell and he hates Overlords as much as any demon royalty. Lucifer punishes evil people here in Hell. Do you have any idea what a golden opportunity it would be for him if he could punish corrupt angels? He'll take that in a heartbeat," Jesus explained.
Loona stood up next, "Okay, okay, okay, just what are you proposing?"
"That Cody receives training to control his powers so that he can defend both himself and the rest of you from the demon Overlords. Everyone prepares to fight them and their armies. I investigate which angels are bad and bring them to justice. The point is, Cody is the key to all this. If he can take down Valentino, then he can defeat Vox and Velvet. If they're gone along with all their allies, maybe Hell doesn't have to be such a terrible place."
Stolas sighed, "Alright, it's better if I go there as well . . . to talk to Lucifer and my father."
"Wait! Stolas you have full demon form. When you saved us from the D.H.O.R.K.S. Does Octavia have a full demon form too?" Blitzo asked.
"Not yet. Her powers are still developing."
"Do you think Octavia could go with Cody to learn how to develop her powers too? So that Cody doesn't have to be alone while training?"
Loona and Octavia raised their eyebrows.
"Okay, I'll admit. That actually is a good idea, especially if I can help Cody," Octavia confessed.
"Are you really willing to do that? That would mean a lot," Loona stated.
"Of course."
Vortex's phone binged. Everyone turned to him as he opened up his phone and looked at it.
He turned to everyone else, "That was my girlfriend. We may get a lot more support than we think because the news is loving Cody."
Everyone glanced at each other. Then Stolas snapped his fingers and the butler turned on the big TV and tuned it to the news channel. A female imp newscaster spoke showing footage of demons celebrating which took everyone by surprise.
The newscaster spoke, "The name Cody Laurent was already famous in Hell, but now every demon in every ring knows that name. Cody Laurent is the only live human that resides in Hell. He's performed rock music with his band at Lucifer's palace and recently won the Battle of the Bands. Now Cody Laurent is also the one who killed the infamous and hated Overlord, Valentino. Valentino was a renowned demon pimp, sex trafficker, and owner of Porn Studios who enslaved countless demons for forced prostitution. He met his fatal end at the hands of Cody Laurent in downtown Imp City."
Next to her, they showed pictures of Cody up on stage performing, pictures of Valentino, and footage of him and Cody battling. They also showed pictures of Porn Studios and many demons that were tricked or forced to be prostitutes for Valentino. Cody got goosebumps when they showed some prostitutes, both male and female, bruised from beatings by Valentino. The TV showed recent footage of Porn Studios getting looted and pillaged of anything valuable. Some of the demons looting the place were ones that were forced to work there and they looked very happy that they were free. Most of them spray painted 'fuck you' on the walls and also pissed on the desks.
Then they showed footage of demons cheering and celebrating. They lit bright red flares that let out red smoke as well. Demons, both sinner and Hell-born, were going wild as if their favorite football team won the Superbowl. There were even demons holding cardboard signs that said 'Cody,' as they cheered his name loudly.
"The vast majority in all rings of Hell are rejoicing and celebrating the death of Valentino. Many are praising Cody for his actions of killing the pimp Overlord," the newscaster spoke.
Then it turned to reporters asking local demons their thoughts and they all spoke high praise of Cody. One of them of a big, tall, strong, imp lord in charge of an armed brigade of imps that live out in the wilds of the Wraith Ring. He stated very firmly that Cody did all of Hell a huge favor and that he and his guys were on Cody's side.
Everyone felt a small amount of relief that they were getting an incredible amount of support. Valentino's death was giving everyone some spine, but Cody didn't really know what to feel about all this. He was in fear for both his life and his friends' lives. On top of all that, there's corruption in Heaven. Cody felt lucky that his parents made it up there. He also didn't know how to feel that his real father was Azrael the Archangel of Death which is why he was these powers. Loona stood close to Cody. He looked up at her and she gave him an encouraging nod. Cody nodded back knowing that he has to be brave for her and his friends.
