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 13

Verosika sat by the window smoking a long fancy cigarette looking out at the big Pentagram in the sky in deep thought. Two weeks have passed since the last time she and her crew saw their favorite human Cody. The sounds of gunfire and explosions could be heard in the far distance on the other side of Pentagram City on the outskirts of Blood Town. The dispute between the VVV Legion and the now Free Demon Union had now turned into a full-blown civil war. Hundreds of thousands of demons were engaging in armed conflicts, raids, and full-scale battles.

For years, the demons of Hell have been divided into different groups and sections of beliefs and ideals. Some were independent, others were siding with the VVV Legion or loyal to Lucifer and the Goetia family. The tensions were at their highest peak before Cody lit the powder keg with Valentino's death and it wasn't long until they sprang into action.

"Verosika? You ready?" Kiki asked.

"Just give me a few minutes. Let me finish this smoke," Verosika replied.

Kiki crossed her arms and sat by the window across from her succubus leader.

"You're worried about Cody, aren't you?" Kiki asked.

"Of course, I'm worried about Cody. Especially since that red shitstain cocksucker Blitzo running things. He's gonna get both Cody and Loona killed," Verosika before inhaling her cigarette.

Kiki lit a cigarette herself and inhaled deeply before exhaling a cloud of smoke.

"Right now Cody's with Lucifer and the Fallen Angels. They're training along with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Cody's got some very powerful allies. So, I wouldn't be too worried about it," Kiki explained.

Verosika groaned a sigh, "Yeah, but there are a fuck ton of Overlords that have it out for him and they got dangerous assassins. Anything could still happen to him."

"I know, just have some faith. That's all I'm saying."

Apple walked in with Coco.

"Hey, you two ready? It's about to begin," Coco said.

Verosika took one last inhale of her cigarette before snuffing it out and Kiki was finished with hers as well.

"Yeah, so who are we meeting? The mob boss or that Overlord's right-hand man?" Kiki asked.

"Both, they're at the nightclub now," Apple answered.

"Alright girls, you know how it works. Be charming and curious, not nosey. Get them talkative, but be patient. Someone knows something. Has Milky and the boys found anything at Cody's basement?" Verosika asked as she straightened her clothes.

"I got a text that they finally got the basement doors open. They had to get some tools and equipment to move the rumble and debris out of the way, that's why it took so long," Coco answered looking at her phone.

"I told them the code is probably Cody's birthday, but if not I know a safe cracker," Apple said.

"Good. Alright, sluts, let's do this," Verosika stated shaking her hair.

Meanwhile

Since they didn't know where Vox and Velvet were, it was decided that Cody go back with Loona and his friends. However, before Cody could go, Lucifer and King Paimon wanted him to meet the rest of the Goetia family and demon nobles. Cody and Octavia got ready and dressed for the royal ball. Cody was nervous as hell. The Imp servants had him dressed in a blue and black prince outfit that was a gothic military-style uniform. The jacket was deep blue with buttons and epaulets were black along with the shoulder ribbon around his right shoulder that was linked with one of his chest buttons. On his left side was a shiny silver renaissance-style shoulder cape that had a black sparkling satanic star on it. The cuffs on his shirt were white with shiny silver cufflinks that had little stars on them and he had white formal dress nylon gloves. His pants were blue with black stripes on the side of his legs going down to his shiny black leather shoes. Cody's hair was combined neatly and at the bottom of his neck at his upper chest was a big clear gem above his white jabot neck collar.

He looked at himself in the mirror and glanced at the Imp servants, "How do I look?"

"Marvelous my lord. Downright glorious," the male Imp servant answered with a smile.

"You sure it's not too much? I look like a prince about to go up against Napoleon's entire naval fleet."

"You are going to meet the rest of the Goetia family, including the other Goetia kings and queens. You need to make an impression. So no, this isn't too much."

Cody sighed, "Okay. Thank you. May I see Octavia?"

A female Imp servant answered, "She's just about right. You may see her."

Cody walked across the hall to Via's room. The female Imp servants were prepping her dress. Octavia was in a gorgeous open-shoulder dress blue dress with a navy blue silhouette of night stars over her chest and hips. In the center of her chest was a big clear shiny gem that looked like a star. Around her neck was a choker necklace with a big blue diamond surrounded by a bunch of tiny clear ones. She had long blue floral laced fingerless dress gloves that reached halfway to her biceps like princesses wear. She had her golden crown, a pair of deep blue teardrop earrings, and a beautiful clear diamond bracelet. She turned her head when Cody walked in. Cody was in awe of Via's beauty.

"Oh wow Via, you are beautiful," Cody said wide-eyed.

"Octavia blushed a smile, "You're quite the handsome devil yourself Cody bear."

"Your hair has a few tangles though. Let me brush that."

Cody grabbed a brush and gently brushed Octavia's beautiful long wavy hair. Via relished the smooth feeling of the hair brush straightening her hair. When they finished, they looked at each other in the mirror. They both looked stunning.

Octavia smiled, "We look brilliant." Then she turned to one of the Imp servants and held out her phone, "Can you take a picture of us?"

"Of course, your highness," the female Imp servant replied.

Octavia sat in the chair while Cody gently placed his hands on her shoulders standing behind her to the side. The servant demon took a couple of photos before handing the phone back to Octavia. Then Queen Lilith walked in with Via's father Prince Stolas and her daughter Charlie. They all gasped with a smile at their appearance.

"Oh my. Look at you two. You two look absolutely wonderful!" Prince Stolas praised teary-eyed.

Octavia blushed a smile, "Thanks, Dad."

"You're so pretty, Octavia. Just oh my goodness!" Charlie said with watery eyes and a smile.

"Thank you."

"You look gorgeous Via . . . and you Cody, you're the golden prince, aren't you?" Lilith asked gently gliding her fingers on Cody's cheek.

Cody blushed a smile, "Yeah, I guess."

"Cody, you look so handsome. You're definitely a prince in our eyes," Charlie complimented.

"Thanks, Charlie. Although, I'm a little nervous about this. All those royal demons and nobles, I'll really stick out like a sour thumb," Cody said.

Stolas stepped forward, "Cody, you got nothing to prove out there. Those demons, including the Goetia Kings, they're already intimidated by you."

"And they should be. You're Cody Laurent, the son of Azrael the Archangel of Death and you're the one that killed the demon, Overlord Valentino. You're the Golden Boy and a rockstar. So, just go out there, be polite, and confident, and you'll do fine. We'll be there with you all the way," Queen Lilith assured as she straightened Cody's outfit.

Cody took a deep breath as he inhaled and then exhaled

He turned to the others and nodded, "Okay."

"Hang on," Charlie said before pulling something out of a fancy purse. She puffed some sprays of a very rich and fragrant cologne.

She nodded to the others and they walked out of the room and down the hall to the grand room where everyone was waiting. On the way, several Hellhound bodyguards were standing by at the sides of the hallway. They nodded respectively as Cody and the others passed by them. As they got close to the grand room, the sounds of distant chatter and fine music grew louder.

Then they reached the entrance of the grand room and Queen Lilith nodded to Prince Stolas and he went on ahead while the others waited.

"My lords! My lords! My lords," Stolas called out.

The chatter stopped as well as the music as everyone gave Stolas their attention.

"Thank you for being patient. Now, the moment you all have been waiting for. Our honored guests of the hour have arrived. I give you my daughter, Princess Octavia, and the golden boy of Hell, Cody Laurent!" Stolas declared.

Octavia held Cody's hand as they stepped into the grand room into the light. The sounds of loud clapping echoed in the grand room. Octavia gave a lady-like bow while Cody gave a gentleman's bow. King Lucifer walked up and stood next to them while taking Cody's wrist and raising it up in high praise. The audience then calmed down and the music continued.

Then Lucifer leads Cody and Octavia with Stolas and Lilith following close behind. They approached two Goetia Kings and queens, two lion demons King Purson and Queen Esmeralda, and two bird demons, King Beleth, and Queen Ana-Maria.

King Purson was truly intimidating and frightening. He was a big, tall, and strong demon resembling a male African lion, only his fur was dark grey and his mane was raven black. His eyes were glowing yellow instead of blood red and he had two on his face and one big eye on his forehead. He looked like the Beast from Beauty and the Beast if his head was a lion. Like Stolas, he had a puff of silky chest fluff sticking out from his shirt. He wore a magnificent royal outfit similar to King Paimon's, only his cape was navy blue and faded to a light blue with stars as it went down. Cody and Via recognized him. He was on TV, killing Overlords and demons with the VVV Legion. His wife, Queen Esmeralda was a mountain lion with navy blue fur and glowing white eyes. She was wearing a lovely dress of white, blue, and black colors with a beautiful light blue diamond necklace and pearls.

King Beleth was a hawk demon with a slightly more athletic body than Stolas's, but he had the same four red eyes as he did. His royal outfit was brown and black similar to his feathers. His wife, Queen Ana-Maria, was a red cardinal demon, with her feathers and beck being bright red and her face black like a red cardinal bird. Her eyes were black with white pupils and she had long black hair with red highlights. She looked a lot like Stella, but different and not as skinny. Her dress was similar to Stella's but in pretty black and red colors and on her chest was a fluff of silk cloth made to look like a sparkling red rose. Their eyes were all on Cody and Octavia as they approached them.

"Purson, Esmeralda, Beleth, Ana-Maria. Thank you for coming. Allow me to introduce you to the ones you've been dying to meet. Princess Octavia and the golden boy of Hell, Cody Laurent," Lucifer said with a big grin.

Cody and Octavia respectfully bowed as they returned the same. King Purson was the first to approach them as he spoke.

"So, you're the one everyone's talking about? The boy that killed Valentino?" King Purson asked in a rich deep distinctive British accent.

Cody hesitantly answered, "Uh, yes my king. I am."

"Indeed," King Purson said grimly making Cody nervous. Then he gave Cody a good hard pat on the shoulder, "Jolly good show boy!"

Then he laughed a big holly jolly laugh. Cody and Via sighed in relief.

"That, my boy, was a good fight. Downright smashing! You gave that bloody bastard what for! Oh, I wish I was there to see it in person. Glorious it was," King Purson said.

"As you can probably tell, my husband is a big fan of yours . . . as am I, especially your music," Queen Esmeralda said.

"Same here. Love the Battle of the Bands. Way to rock on," King Beleth said raising his glass.

"Oh yeah, he was the best part of the show," Queen Ana-Maria added.

"Thank you, my dark lords," Cody said.

"Although," Queen Ana-Maria bent down and gently held Cody's chin, "They were not kidding about how cute you are."

Queen Esmeralda bent down and did the same gliding her fingers across Cody's cheek, "I know, right? Look at that face. Hm-mm-mm-mm, dang that face is perfect."

"Tell me about it! I just wanna put him in my coffee and drink him right up."

Cody smiled and blushed at the compliments. Then he held their hands and kissed them very gentleman like.

Queen Ana-Maria stood and approached Octavia, "And look at you. What a lovely skinny girl. Let me look at you."

She held Via's hand and gently made her spin around to look at her from all sides, "Oh yes, this is a princess. Y'all want a princess? This girl right here is a princess. Oh yeah."

Octavia blushed, "Thank you, my queen."

"My daughter is the loveliest there is. She's a true princess of the Goetia Family," Stolas added.

"Dad! You're embarrassing me."

Everyone chuckled. Then they had Cody up on a table so it is easier for everyone to look at him at eye level.

King Purson leaned in close to Cody, "I must say lad, that fight with Val was just what we needed to go to war with the VVV and their allies. My knights and I have already attacked several strongholds of the VVV. Know that you have powerful allies. My knights and soldiers as well as myself are yours. We are with you through and through."

Cody looked at him and said very humbly, "Thank you, my king. That really means a lot."

"It really does. We've seen the news. A lot is happening and there's a lot of demons with Cody and just as many against him," Octavia said.

"Well, both he and you have powerful allies," said an elk demon. They turned to see an elk demon and a grey wolf demon.
"Including us," the wolf demon said.

"Ah, Aim. Dantalion. Cody, Octavia, this is Duke Aim and Duke Dantalion," Lucifer introduced.

Duke Aim was a tall elk demon with red fur, glowing red eyes, and black antlers. He was wearing a red and black suit similar to Alastor's but with more tribal symbols on them. Duke Dantalion was a big and strong grey wolf demon. Not as big as King Purson, but a good second. His fur was black with the ends of his fur silver and his eyes were glowing yellow. His outfit was similar to Cody's but in a different color.

Both Cody and Via bowed respectively, "My dark lords."

"A pleasure to meet you, your majesty," Duke Aim said kissing Octavia's hand.

"And I must say, it truly is an honor to meet the one who killed Valentino. You, young man, are someone very special here," Duke Dantalion said with a smile.

"Thank you, my dark lord. I understand that Valentino was a very horrible person," Cody spoke.

"Oh my boy, you have no idea. He was as bad as they come," King Purson said.

"Horrible. Truly vile in every way," King Beleth added.

"However," Cody spoke and that got everyone's attention, "What I don't understand is how Valentino got to the surface. You see, he's the reason why my human parents are dead."

"He's why you're an orphan? How you're house got on fire and is what Loona, your Hellhound guardian saved you from. Is that right?" Queen Esmeralda asked.

"Yes," Cody answered.

Everyone groaned in disgust.

"So, not only was Val a sex trafficker and a rapist, but he also made children orphans," Duke Aim said.

"What a bloody bastard he was," King Purson said before gulping down his wine.

"Absolutely. He deserved his fate," Queen Ana-Maria said.

"Now, what were you saying Cody? What was confusing?" Stolas asked.

"Yes, what were you saying?" Duke Dantalion questioned.

"Well, he was a sinner demon. He used to be human and sinner demons don't have access to the surface. Not like Hell-born demons," Cody said.

"Not without help from God," King Beleth said.

Cody, Via, and Stolas turned their attention to him.

"I beg your pardon? Help from God?" Octavia asked.
King Beleth finished his glass of champagne, "Yes. Only God and the angels have access to all the realms. Sinner demons don't unless they have help from either God or one of the angels."

"Let's put it this way. Let's say this room is Hell and the surface of Earth is that room on the other side of that door. Us Hell-born demons we have the key and the ability to open the door. Sinner demons need someone to unlock the door and open it for them," Queen Ana-Maria explained.

"Means that Valentino wasn't granted the power to go to the surface and murder your parents. Someone opened the portal for him," Queen Esmeralda said.

Cody glanced at Octavia, Stolas, Lilith, and Lucifer.

"So, that means that an angel or God is also responsible for his parents' death?" Stolas asked.

"Yes, probably an angel. I doubt God would want to do a terrible thing like make Cody an orphan. Which means, his revenge isn't complete," King Purson said.

Cody felt a hole in his chest and his limbs go numb. An angel helped Valentino kill Cody's parents? Who? How? Why?! Cody took several deep breaths.

Octavia held Cody's shoulder, "Cody? Cody, it's okay. Just breathe."

"Hey! Someone get some water over! What do you want kid? Regular or sparkling? Eh, I'll get you both. Get regular and sparkling water!" Lucifer hollered.

Stolas brought a chair for Cody to sit in. Cody sat down and took several deep breaths while the other demon lords looked puzzled and concerned. A few Imp demons arrive with water, antioxidants, Ibuprofen, and morphine. Stolas, Via, and Lilith squinted their eyes at them. Octavia handed Cody some water and he drank the whole bottle.

"Perhaps I said too much?" King Purson spoke.

"No, it's fine. It's just . . . I knew that there was corruption in Heaven, but I didn't think it was something like this. An angel was involved? You gotta be kidding me," Cody breathed.

"I'm sorry my dark lords, but I'm gonna take Cody out to the courtyard to get some fresh air," Lilith said picking up Cody.

"Of course," Queen Ana-Maria said.

"I need to go with them to make sure he's fine," Octavia said following Lilith.

Stolas and Lucifer stayed behind to chat with the Goetia Family members and keep them entertained. Lilith took Cody to the back courtyard and grand garden. It was magnificent in a haunting and scary kind of way. The trees were black with blood-red leaves as were the bushes. Some flowers looked like roses but their peddles were sharp and other flowers looked evil with angry eyes.

Lilith placed Cody down on a bench near the fountain. Cody took several deep breaths to calm his nerves. The whole time Octavia held his hand. After a while, Cody's heart rate slowed to a normal pace. He looked at Lilith and Via, both had deeply worried looks and nodded that he was okay.

"I'm okay," Cody said.

"You sure?" Octavia asked.

"Yes, my queen, it's just . . . I didn't expect that. An angel? Involved with killing my parents? Why?"

"I don't know, but mark my words dear. I'm going to find out. This corruption in Heaven, the VVV, your parents, and the soul smugglers. I will find out what's going on," Lilith stated very clearly.

Then an Imp waiter showed up with a silver platter full of mini slider burgers. They were both cute and tasty looking with cheese, pickles, lettuce, tomato, and a dash of ketchup. They were so small that you could eat them with one bite.

"Would your lordship or her majesties care for mini sliders? Courtesy of the chef," the Imp servant said.

Cody looked at them and was amazed at how yummy they looked, "Ooh. Wait, do the buns—?"

"Do not have any Helloxide in them. We made sure it was safe for your human digestive system, my lord."

"Oh, good," Cody ate and it was delicious, "Hmm, oh these are," Cody ate another, "Yes, these are amazing. My deepest compliments to the chef. Ladies?"

"Actually, yeah. I'd like one," Via said before eating one, "Oh these are good."

Lilith was hesitant before taking one, "Hmm, not bad at all."

There was only a handful and it wasn't long until they finished them. The Imp servant bow respectively before returning inside.

"Well, I don't remember the last time I had something like that," Lilith stated.

"Yeah, it's been a while for me too," Via added.

"I think I'm ready to go inside," Cody stated.

"Are you sure? You don't have to," Octavia said.

"I'm fine. Besides, there are a lot of big-name demons in there wanting to see me. I shouldn't keep them waiting."

"Don't feel like you owe them something. Remember, you didn't ask them to come to see you," Lilith reminded as they walked.

"I know, but we need allies against the VVV . . . and against Heaven's corrupt angels," Cody said.

Lilith sighed, "I hate it when I'm proven right. Okay, just keep doing what you do to make yourself likable and we'll be close by in case something happens."

"Alright, here we go," Via said before opening the doors back inside.

The demon royals and nobles smiled when they laid eyes on Cody and Octavia. What strange paths have led Cody here.