Disaster. No other words can describe this. What had happened had became a pure disaster for Vaggie, Charlie, and Crowley, who had not only failed to get Heaven to give redemption a chance, even though the angels who became aware of the extermination are against it, but Adam is now coming to the Hotel to target it and try and kill everyone here. Vaggie is now with the others, as Niffty then questions her.
"So, like where are your wings?"
Vaggie look at Niffty, as she spoke out.
"Niffty, I don't have--"
Angel Dust then interrupted Vaggie and spoke out a question just to annoy her.
"Did you ever think maybe she's sensitive about her lack of wings, just like her lack of tits?"
Niffty tugs at Vaggie's shirt, as she also spoke out.
"Yeah. Where are your tits?"
Vaggie gets Niffty off of her, as she sighed a bit.
"Haaaa...Any other questions?"
Husk then spoke out, as he has taken a note on something.
"I got one. How come every time Charlie talks to Heaven, we get in deeper and deeper shit?"
Vaggie goes and defend Charlie, as she spoke out.
"It's not her fault. Angels are just--"
Angel Dust then interrupted her, as he made a response of his own.
"Liars?"
Vaggie shook her head, as she spoke out.
"...Difficult. But Charlie's trying her best."
Husk, a little sarcastic at this, spoke back to Vaggie.
"Yeah, well, her best is turning out real well so far."
Angel Dust also spoke out at this after Husk said his part.
"And where is miss fearless leader anyway? Isn't it about time for another "doomed-to-fail" plan?"
Vaggie then spoke out to Angel Dust about Charlie, although she is not truthful about what is going on with her.
"She's upstairs. Coming up with something, I'm sure, in our room. Alone."
Alastor hummed a bit, as he heard the info of what Vaggie said, although he knows that it isn't true.
"Hmm."
Alastor then melts into the shadows, as he goes up to her room in order to take advantage of the situation that is happening with Charlie.
Charlie is shown to be curled in bed, and she is not alone. Crowley is also with her, as he accompanied her in the bed, and Charlie continue to hug him for comfort. Although Crowley is a little bit proud that he was able to get the drop on Adam by insulting and calling him out, as well as calling out on Sera her cowardice and the angels for not saving his brother, Crowley did not feel any better at all, especially with Vaggie's secret being out. Although...even though he knows Vaggie's secret, his feelings for her did not changed, and knows that Vaggie is a good person, because what she did back there, helping him up when he had first fallen to Hell, proves that she's a far bigger and better angel then Adam. But Charlie...she does not seem to notice.
Right now, Crowley is shown to be brushing his hand against her hair, as Charlie held him close to her chest, and although her feelings of sadness is lessened, Charlie still does not feel any better at all. As she continues being distressed, Alastor appeared, and he looks at her and teases with her a bit.
"Oh, Charlie, you look an absolute mess."
Charlie begins to appear annoyed at him suddenly appearing out ok the blue, while Crowley looked unhappy to see him suddenly appear inside of the room, in which Charlie fired at him.
"Ugh, go away, Alastor."
Alastor sits down on her bed while Charlie hides again under the covers with Crowley, as she hugs him tightly, and Alastor, deciding to tease her a bit more, spoke out to him.
"Now, now is that any way to act after picking a fight with all of Heaven and dooming everyone you love?"
Crowley narrowed his eyes at Alastor, as he spoke out.
"You think this is funny, having the Extermination coming to the Hotel's doorstep and everyone getting killed?"
Charlie, who is clearly not in the mood for this, snarled back, as she emerges from the covers.
"I have enough on my mind without hearing your sadistic idea of a joke, asshole."
Charlie wraps herself and Crowley under the covers again, only for Alastor to appear lying beside them, as he then spoke out to them.
"Who's joking?"
Charlie got frightened, and Crowley looked unhappy and irritated, as the both of them jumped and fell off of the bed.
"You have a captive audience downstairs waiting to hear what kind of inspiring performance you have planned next."
Charlie was now leaning against Crowley, who is steadying her a bit and making sure that she does not fall down a bit, as Charlie spoke out.
"Ugh, I can't. How can I face them after failing them all so hard?"
Charlie hid her face in Crowley's chest, as Crowley hissed a bit, as he snarled, as Alastor repositions himself on his stomach and begins kicking his legs in the air, and Crowley spoke out.
"I thought that Heaven would care about the innocent lives, gave a damn about what happens to them, even those that could have had a chance at this happening. But all I had to see what them being self-righteous and self-centered cowards, all because of some rules that make no sense or are unnecessary, not even bothering with my brother."
Charlie then also takes the time to rant a bit, as she spoke out, while also tearing up.
"They came here to be saved and all I gave them was more pain. I'm just as bad as the cruelest Overlord in Hell. And maybe worse. At least they don't go around giving false hope."
Crowley held her, as he spoke out.
"No, don't say that. Heaven's being a huge ass as it is because of how unfair they are. You aren't like that, because that would mean that you're like the abusive moth demon that Angel Dust works. So don't compare yourself with that sort of thing, especially since Heaven's so bias and pathetic in how they treat others. To me, you're a true Angel compared to those falsehood bastards up there. Only Emily is safe in our books."
Charlie looks at Crowley, and nodded her head, and she hugged him tightly, and Alastor spoke out.
"Well, I never expected to see such a miserable display of self-loathing from you."
Crowley turned to look at Alastor and hissed back at him, as he spoke out.
"Alastor, if you are here to mock Charlie all because of something that Heaven's being an ass at, this is the worst time to do it, you asshole."
Charlie nodded, as she sneered back at him.
"All you do is stand there, smiling while you watch us struggle and fail. I don't know how you can enjoy all this suffering so much."
Alastor stands up, wraps his fingers on Charlie's shoulder while chuckling, as he grabs onto both her and Crowley's face, before speaking out.
"Just because you see a smile don't think you know what's going on underneath. A smile is a valuable tool, my dear. It inspires your friends, keeps your enemies guessing, and ensures that no matter what comes your way, you're the one in control."
Crowley sneered a bit, as he spoke out.
"And Heaven is putting us out of control all because of their blind idiocy."
Charlie then goes to the window and bangs her fist onto it, as she spoke out.
"I'm the farthest thing from in control. The person I trust most has been lying to me for years. Heaven refuses to listen. Even if they did, I can't prove the hotel works. Adam has an invincible exorcist Army pointed right at my doorstep and there's nothing I can do about any of it!"
Crowley then hugged her from behind, as if to assure to her that she is not all by herself in this, and Charlie learned her head a bit, at least appreciating the gesture. Alastor, taking advantage of the situation, then spoke out to Charlie in a singsong sort of voice.
"I know something you don't know."
This made Charlie confused, as she turns around to look at Alastor.
"Huh?"
Alastor walks over and grabs Charlie's arms, as he spoke out.
"Those big, scary angels are not quite as indestructible as they seem."
Alastor lets go of Charlie and walks away, as Crowley looked confused at Alastor, already not liking the sound of this, as Charlie spoke out.
"What are you talking about?"
Alastor turns to look at Charlie, as he then spoke out to her.
"Just that you and your little band of misfits might stand more of a chance than you think."
Charlie, now desperate to fight back against the extermination coming at her doorstops, if there is even a chance, spoke out begginglu.
"How? I'll do anything."
Alastor looked amused at this, as he spoke out.
"Anything? Then... let's make a deal."
Alastor held his hand out, and Charlie became hesitant, as Crowley then felt alarmed, as Charlie spoke out to Alastor, concerned.
"You... You want my soul?"
Crowley, deciding to intervene, because of what he assumed from a past experience he had with him before, got between Charlie and Alastor, as he spoke out.
"Oh no no no. No more of that, Alastor! If this deal is what I think it is, the one I had to catch on before, that is not happening!"
This made Alastor intrigued, as he spoke out.
"Oh?"
Crowley glares a bit, with red smoke leaking out of his eyes, as he spoke out to the Radio Demon.
"The last time you tried making 'that' deal with me, I had to put a stop to that one thing you are planning before it can get out of hand! And you made this an extremely messy situation to try and trick me into making a deal involving that! Now you're gonna do the same with Charlie with that!"
Alastor, gawked his head, as he spoke out.
"And what kind of deal is 'that', are you referring to?"
Crowley put a hand on his neck, and a golden glow with a chain-like marking appeared, although only noticeable for Alastor to see, but not Charlie. This made Alastor flinch, and made his eye twitch, as Crowley stopped it, and has a look that screams 'you know exactly what I'm talking about' as Charlie spoke out
"Hang on, Crowley. Let me hear it deal, and if it gives us a chance, I'll take it."
Crowley turned to look at Charlie as if she is crazy, as he spoke out to her.
"Charlie, you can't be serious. What happened to 'You don't take shit from other demons'? You won't even know what this deal will be about!"
Charlie sighed, as she spoke out.
"I know I had said that. But right now this is a desperate situation, and I need to do it. If there is a better alternative, I'd be glad to hear it."
Crowley looked at her, as he sees that Charlie is determined in this. After a minute of looking at her, he then gave in and sighed, and he turns around and spoke out to Alastor.
"Fine, we'll hear what you have to say, Alastor. But you should know this...I don't know what kind of game you are going to play with that deal, but if you dare do something and you turn against us with 'that' deal you're going to have Charlie accept...you will pay dearly. Got it?"
Crowley's voice distorted a bit with his anger, his horns grew a bit, as Occult Symbols appeared around him, and Alastor, although he still kept his smile, narrowed his eyes, as he knows that Crowley is going to watch his moves when he takes the deal. Alastor nodded, as he spoke out.
"As I want to say...All I need from you is one itty-bitty favor. What's a favor between friends?"
Charlie narrowed her eyes at Alastor, as she spoke out sternly.
"I won't hurt anyone for you."
Alastor shrugged without it care, as he spoke out.
"Who's asking! One favor, at a time of my choosing, where you harm no one. In return, I tell you what I know. Do we have a deal?"
Razzle and Dazzle both growl as Charlie puts her hands down to stop them, as Crowley watched his very move, before Charlie decided, she extended her hand out and her horns grew out, her sclera in her eyes becoming red.
"Deal."
As soon as she said that, Charlie and Alastor shake hands, with Alastor's face briefly showing suture marks over his mouth, as if it is keeping his smile on this whole time, resulting in a green demonic, ghost-like aura flash throughout the room, and it was a sight that Crowley had remembered, when he made his deal with Lucifer. Except that in this case, there are green voodoo marks on the walls, as the interior of the building began to crack.
Vaggie, Angel Dust, Sir Pentious and Husk now in the hotel lobby as they observe the flash happen, and it didn't take long for Vaggie to realize what must have happened. Vaggie begins heading to her and Charlie's room, and she looks to see the green glow.
"No. No!"
Vaggie strains and slams the bedroom door open with her spear in hand, and Alastor turns to see Vaggie, as he spoke out.
"Right on cue!"
Vaggie pointing her spear at Alastor, as she threatens him.
"What did you do? Let her go!"
Alastor and Charlie finish their handshake, as Charlie goes to intervene.
"Vaggie, Stop!"
This made Vaggie stop, as she was surprised.
"What?"
Vaggie drops her spear, as Vaggie spoke out in fear of this.
"No, Charlie, please tell me you didn't--"
Charlie then spoke bluntly and coldly to her, clearly still upset with Vaggie with her secret.
"I made a deal with Alastor."
Vaggie has a pleading look on her face, as she spoke out her name.
"Charlie."
Crowley then spoke out in order to clear it up for Vaggie.
"She still has her soul, although I'm not that happy as well with this."
Ignoring Crowley's distaste, Charlie continues on.
"He gave me info that can save the hotel, but we're going to need help. The angels can be defeated, and Carmilla is the key."
This made Vaggie confused.
"What? Carmilla Carmine?"
Charlie then spoke out an answer to Vaggie.
"She killed an exorcist in the last extermination. She knows how they can be harmed."
Vaggie was shocked. She never thought that an Angel being killed, let alone an exorcist, is doable, as she spoke out.
"But... I-- I didn't even know that was possible."
But Charlie fired back at her harshly, her anger tempered with icy-cold frustration at how Vaggie never told her of how she herself is an Angel.
"If you did, would you have told me?"
Vaggie felt her voice falter, guilt clearly present in her tone, as she sees how unusually angry Charlie is with her.
"Charlie, I--"
Charlie, however, is not done yet, as she spoke out a demand to Vaggie.
"I need you to go to her, convince her to teach us. If she can, we might have a chance."
Vaggie, unsure about this, spoke out to her.
"With just the eight of us?"
Charlie, who is now getting a bit frustrated, spoke o to Vaggie.
"No, we're-- ugh, we're going to need numbers too."
Alastor then decided to take the chance to speak out to her.
"And I know just who can help. As long as Charlie can be her normal, charming self."
Charlie, looking annoyed at Alastor, spoke out to him frustratedly.
"What's that you said about smiles?"
Alastor pats Charlie's back, as he then spoke out.
"Good girl."
Vaggie, scared for what will happen to Charlie, as well as feeling bad for what she had done, spoke out.
"Charlie, can we talk about this--"
But Charlie refuted her concerns, as she spoke out coldly again.
"We can talk later. Right now, we have a job to do. You with us?"
Vaggie, feeling frustrated and not wanting to let her down more, sighed very unhappily.
"Haaaa...Ugh."
Crowley looked uncomfortable at the situation, clearly not liking this, especially since Charlie has gotten truly angry with Vaggie before, which was never a sight he had seen before. He doesn't know how he can deal with this. As Crowley looked at the scene before his eyes, a letter fell down from above, which made Crowley look down and he looked perplex at this, as he spoke out.
"What the..."
This made all 3 of them look, and Crowley picked it up, and spoke out.
"Is that...an envelope?"
He then opened the letter, and he read it quietly, and what he saw stunned him.
'Hello,
I know who you are, Hevel. I know of your deal with Lucifer that made you an Overlord, an exceptionally strong one at that, that made you your new identity, as you call yourself as Crowley. But your potential is not realized or known and you are not fully trained. You may have learned what your powers are like, but you have no idea how to properly use them, especially in the Extermination that's coming quickly. I request you meet me at the outskirts of Pentagram City, at the opposite side of the Hazbin Hotel.'
This made Crowley shocked, as if he could not believe his eyes, as Charlie spoke out.
"Crowley, what's wrong?"
Crowley then folds the piece of paper back, as he then spoke out.
"Charlie...I think a change of plans is needed. The person who sent me this letter, who knows who I am, even though I have not met him, and...he wants me to meet him at the outskirts of the city, at the opposite end of the Hazbin Hotel."
This made Charlie's eyes widened, as Alastor spoke out.
"Oh, and who might this person be, Crowley?"
Crowley shrugged, as he spoke out.
"Don't know. There was no name of the person. But he wants to meet me to help me use my powers properly. Charlie...I think I'm gonna need to take the risk in this."
This made Charlie blinked and looked unhappy with a cold look, as he spoke out.
"Geez, now you're gonna go and meet an unknown person, and out yourself in possibly dangerous risk with no way of knowing he's friendly?"
Crowley, not too happy with this, spoke back to Charlie.
"Oh, so it is fine for you to make a deal with the Radio Demon, whose ulterior motives you know nothing about and is likely here to put you into something that would be just as worse as this, yet it is not fine for me to go and find a demon that somehow knows who I am and what I had gone through?"
This made Charlie flinched at the shrill tone in Crowley's voice. Charlie sighed, knowing he's right and what she is saying is a little but hypocritical to an extent, as she spoke out.
"I...I'm sorry, Crowley I..."
But Crowley held his hand out, and spoke out.
"No...no, I'm sorry. That was uncalled for. Look, we need all the help we can get, and this is one of them, with wherever Alastor's gonna take you being the other one. Just...please be careful with whatever you're gonna do, okay?"
Charlie nodded with a sad smile, and she goes to kiss him on the lips, before she and Alastor went, not wanting to waste time. Crowley sighed, shaking his head at this, as Vaggie spoke out.
"Crowley, you...you sure you want to do this? I mean, we have no idea if the demon is friendly or not."
Crowley spoke out.
"I know, Vaggie. But this is something I need to take. Plus, we need every advantage we can get and utilize. And I need one as well. I'm kinda sloppy in fights anyway."
Vaggie grabbed him by the face, a look of worry is present, as she spoke out.
"Crowley...I...I don't if...Crowley, if this demons tries too..."
Crowley looked at her gently, as he stroked Vaggie across the face, as he spoke out to her.
"I'll be okay, Vaggie. I know it's an insanely risky move...but I need to do this. Otherwise, we'll have a less chance of winning. So please...let me do this and take the chance. Don't you trust me?"
Vaggie's eye widened at this, as Crowley, even after knowing that she is a former Exorcist, still has faith in her. It seems he doesn't care, and never once stopped believing in her, Vaggie, after a bit and having a better feeling inside of her heart, smiled and kissed him on the lips, as Crowley was surprised, but he accepted it, as the both of them separate. Vaggie spoke out to Crowley, as she spoke out.
"I do."
Crowley smiled, his face a red a bit, before he then shook his head, and spoke out.
"Well, I'll do my part. It's time you do yours. Good luck out there, Vaggie."
Vaggie nodded, as Crowley teleported away, with a red shine of demonic energy in his place, ready to face whenever type of demon wants him to come along.
Vaggie walks down the stairs, only to be met by a confused Angel Dust, as he then spoke out.
"So-ho, uh...Alastor and Charlie just left like they were runnin' away from their responsibilities. Should we be alarmed?"
Vaggie shook her head, as she spoke out to Angel Dust.
"No. We have a plan, but it includes defending ourselves against the angels."
This made Husk look at her as if she had been told something wrong, as he spoke out.
"Uh- are you fuckin' high?"
Vaggie then spoke out a stern answer, which Charlie informed her of.
"They can be killed-"
All of a sudden, Frank, one of the Egg Boiz, spoke out, although he did get the name wrong.
"Yeah! That knife lady, Camaro Carfight, killed one."
Vaggie was surprised and confused at this, not expecting one of the Egg Boiz to know about, since they are rather dumb, as she spoke out.
"Wait, you knew about this?"
Frank nodded his head, as he spoke out.
"Uh, yeah. I told Boss about it months ago."
Vaggie turns to Sir Pentious, almost as if accusing him of hiding this sort of information.
"He what?"
Sir Pentious, clearly unaware that he was told something thst was genuinely truthful, spoke back to Vaggie.
"What? They say insane shit all the time! how was I supposed to know this one was true?"
As if on cue, one of the Egg Boiz decided to speak out something that does not seem to make sense.
"Bank accounts are a scam created by the shadow government!"
Sir Pentious looks at Vaggie and spoke out his point.
"See?"
Vaggie sighed a bit, as she then spoke out to the group
"Haaa...what's important now is that we're going to have a fight on our hands. Look, this hotel is about to become the most dangerous place in hell, and we...I, can't guarantee your safety anymore. I still believe in Charlie's dream. I know this place can work. But none of you signed up for this. I'm gonna go learn how we can fight back, and when I come home...Well I'll understand if none of you are here."
With that, Vaggie goes and heads out the door, everyone sighing in worry for what she said, as Sir Pentious spoke out at this.
"Well...This is awkward."
Nifty, who seems a bit unhappy herself, spoke out.
"'Kay!"
At Cannibal town, where the cannibal demons began to feed on the flesh of others, Alastor escorts Charlie down the streets as he listens to Charlie, cleaning his monocle in the process, as Charlie began to vent and rant over Vaggie hiding this secret from her.
"Three years! THREE YEARS I've been sharing my life with her, and I tell her EVERYTHING! My hopes, my dreams, my insecurities, my embarrassing habits, what fucking DEODORANT I like, and she keeps something, like this, from ME? Why would she lie for so long? Did she think I wouldn't accept her? What about me—me—says un-understanding? misunderstanding? Dis-under, wait wh-"
She pauses for a moment, looking at their current location, as she realizes that she did not look at where she is at, because she has been busy ranting.
"Where are we?"
Alastor, as if on cue, spoke out the answer to her.
"Cannibal Town! There's a friend of mine I think you should meet."
Charlie was surprised, as she spoke out while looking at the surrounding area.
"In Cannibal Town? But it's, it's...surprisingly nice here."
Alastor has a smile, but this one is of pride, as he spoke out to Charlie.
"Isn't it though? and it's all thanks to a very special someone."
Alastor opens the door for charlie as they enter a place called, Rosie's Emporium, where they meet the Cannibal Overlord herself at her desk speaking to a young woman at the front of a long line, who is a very tall demon with pale gray skin, and a wide mouth with black-colored lips full of sharp light pink teeth, and dusty-pink cheeks. Her eyes are pitch-black with no irises or pupils, and her hair is colored in white. Her outfit seems to be of Victorian era, consisting of a large, pimped-out sun hat that is colored in a pale shade of maroon, with two skulls that are colored in a grayish-pink and red-pink, three dark burgundy flower-like decorations located at the brim, and large plumes which are black and pink-red respectively. In addition, her hat also includes pink frilled-trim around it, along with black lining inside. She also wears a pale-maroon and pale-burgundy dress which includes puffed shoulders, thin pale-maroon swirly-like stripes on the high black collar, black-trimming around the waist and on the long sleeves' ruffled cuffs, and three black stripes and black trim located on the hem. Under her dress, she wears a pair of black kitten-heeled shoes. The overlord, Rosie, is shown to be talking to someone in line.
"Well who hasn't thought about eating their first husband? I certainly would have if he didn't taste so bad! Hehe, I tell ya what, you bring ol' tall dark and armless to me, and I'll straighten him right out, Okay sweetie? Now here's my card a-"
As soon as Rosie gave the card to the demon, she notices a certain old friend, and pushes the crowd out of the way, as excitement is shown to be on her face.
"Oh, my, stars! Do my eyes deceive me? Alastor? Alastor! Where have you been? These halls really lost some of their sparkle without your lively presence and-"
Rosie hugs and swings Alastor a bit, clearly overjoyed to see him, but then notices Charlie, as she spoke out.
"Oh. Who's this ya brought with you? Come now, Alastor, she's much too young for you! Oh I'm just kidding. I know you're an Ace in the hole."
Charlie rolls her eyes for a bit with a smile on her face, and Alastor seems genuinely confused, as he spoke out.
"A what not?"
Rosie then teases a bit with Alastor on his manners.
where are your manners mister? Introduce us why don't you?
Alastor, realizing he forgot his manners in introduction, spoke out.
"Ahh, yes. Charlie, this is Rosie, the most darling, delightful and dangerous Overlord this side of the Pentagram!
Rosie curtsies politely, as she spoke out to Alastor on his flattery.
"Oh! Always such a charmer."
Alastor lishes Charlie up to Rosie, as she introduces the princess to his old friend.
Alastor: And Rosie, it's my pleasure to introduce you to princess Charlie Morningstar. Daughter of Lucifer and heir to the throne of Hell!
Charlie waves nervously, as she greets Rosie.
"How do you do?"
Rosie smiled, as she pushes Charlie to a desk in order to give her something to eat.
"Well well! isn't this a regal surprise! Come in! Come in! Can I offer you somethin' to eat? I'm sure I have a leg around here or somethin'. Oh, what am I thinkin'? Small thing like you? You're probably watchin' your figure! How bout some nice pinkie fingers instead?"
Rosie pokes Charlie's stomach a bit, as then she got out a box of cut off pinkie fingers in little pink wrappers. Charlie was a bit uncomfortable at this, as she spoke out.
"Um...No. no, thank you, though."
Rosie, seeing how polite she is, puts the box of severed ponies away and pats Charlie on the head.
"Oh look at you! So polite! Alastor, you could learn a thing o' two."
Rosie then proceed to take Charlie to a table with two chairs. she sits her down on one of them and she sits on the one across from her. Alastor walks up to Rosie.
"Well, sit down. Sit down. Tell Auntie Rosie what she can do for you. Ya know, Alastor. I got a premo-connect on a guy with about eight blocks of territory and not enough goons to run it. Prime pickin's for a deal to be made, my friend."
Alastor walks up to Charlie, as he then spoke ours
"Appreciate the offer, but we're here on business of another kind."
Rosie then spoke out to Charlie, as she sips her cups of tea.
"Well don't keep me in suspense! I'm a very busy woman.
Charlie began to panic for a bit, as she spoke out.
"Well, as you know...the extermination is coming early. It'll be here in a month, and they're-they're coming for my hotel and my friends first, and I-I-I-I-"
Alastor interiors Charlie and helps finish her sentence.
"We need your help. Well, your cannibals help at least, to fend off the attack."
Rosie puts down the cup and gets up, as she spoke outZ
"Wow! When you ask a favor ya don't start small, do ya, your highness? Oh now, don't fret. I didn't say I wouldn't help. But I assume there's more to this plan than a bunch of unarmed cannibals.
Alastor nodded, as he confirmed this to her.
"Oh, your people will be far from helpless when we're done with them. And by the end, they will be able to eat, their, fill."
Rosie smiled a bit, as she agrees to help out.
"Well, in that case, sure! Why not?"
Charlie, a bit surprised at this, spine out to Rosie.
"Really?"
Rosie nodded her head, as she spoke out.
"What can I say? I like your moxie girl. And old Alastor has never done me wrong before."
Charlie held her hands and smiled gratefully, as she spoke out.
"Oooh! Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
"Unbeknownst to her, trying to get the demons to help her will be tougher then it looks."
Vaggie at Carmilla Carmine's house, and admittedly, she is a bit nervous, as she has never went face to face with Carmilla before. She has heard of her before, sure, but has never met her face to face. Despite their, the situation is dire, and she needs all the help she can get, even if it means regaining Charlie's trust. And so she continues on, as she bangs on the door.
Carmine! Carmine, we need to speak.
Vaggie walks up to the security camera and stares at it, and spoke out to her, and it almost sounds like it is a sort of blackmail in what seems to be a threat, all just to get her attention.
"I know what you did on extermination day. We can talk about it inside, or I can yell about it out here."
The door clanks open, and Vaggie smiled a bit, although she knows better then to get her hopes to high, as she enters through it.
"Fuckin' right you open that door."
Vaggie enters the building, and as soon as she did, the door behind her slams shut, and Vaggie can see only darkness inside of the area that she is in. And after a bit, can only speak out one word.
"Hello?"
A little bit of silence, and then, Carmilla's voice was heard, now sounding threatening to Vaggie.
"You have 2 minutes to convince me not to silence you for good."
A spotlight is turned on revealing Carmilla, looking down at her at the upper floor of the rail, and with her usual cold glare she always has towards others.
"Miss Carmine, I'm here on appointment from the princess to enlist your aid in the defense of hell from the angelic extermination. We know an angel fell at your hands and we need to know how."
Carmilla, however, refuses to answer her reasoning.
"No!"
Vaggie, confused at her response, spoke out.
"What do you mean, no? The princess of hell--"
Carmilla, however, interrupts her, as she begins her countdown
"Means nothing to me. You have to do better than that. 90 seconds."
Vaggie continues on, as she spoke out to Carmilla to try and reason with her.
"With your knowledge, we wouldn't have to helplessly stand by while--"
But Carmilla stops her, as she spoke out her warning in the seconds.
"Clearly I am not the helpless one here. 80 seconds."
Vaggie, confused, spoke back to Carmilla, not understanding her.
"Well, then why? Why wouldn't you use what you know to fight?"
Carmilla then spoke out her reasons why.
"To avoid the very problem you and your little friends are facing right now. I will not invite destruction into my house, on my people."
"You think we asked for this? All Charlie has ever done is try to make things better to help her people who, news flash, include your people too."
Carmilla, however, does not seem to be convinced yet, as she spoke out.
"And how exactly has that worked out for her? 45 seconds."
Vaggie then spoke out to Carmilla, as she refuses to back down from reasoning.
"We didn't pick this fight, but it's here now. And they aren't going to stop with us. You didn't see the look on their leader's face. With us out of the way, it's only a matter of time before they come for the rest of you. They won't stop until all of hell is wiped out, so you can help us make a stand here together, or you can stand alone tomorrow. And what do you think your chances will be then?"
Carmilla, after a second of hearing this, and actually deciding something, spoke out.
"You're out of time."
All of a sudden, and without warning, Carmilla jumps down and kicks Vaggie in the face. Vaggie slides on the floor, as Carmilla spoke out a response to her
"Angels attack quickly, viciously, and without mercy. You'll need to defend better than that."
Crowley is shown to be flying fast over Pentagram City, going in the direction of what seems to be Carmilla's Territory. Of course, Crowley knows better than to stop, as he goes as fast as he can at partial demon form. He narrowed his eyes, as the red smoke from his eyes trailed behind him, before he then goes to one of the rocky spikes that are bent enough for him to land on. He then moves his body a bit and lands on the ground, as he looked up. The wings disappeared from his back and he shrinks back to his usual height. He then walks and looks around, as he spoke out.
"Okay, whoever wrote this should be here somewhere."
Crowley walked and looked around the area, seeing the entire spiky, rocky valley that he is on, before a voice finally spoke out.
"Glad you can make it."
This made Crowley opened his eyes, as he turned around and looks to see a tall demon before him. He looks almost as tall as Adam, at the height of 9'1. He was wearing what seems to be a strange uniform that is similar to that of a Circus Guard, with the suit mostly red, but the shoulder pads are black and torn, and it seems the outfit has a hood of some sort that is over the demon's head and is covering his eyes, who has 3 pairs of raven wings and horns of a bighorn sheep. Crowley stepped back, as he spoke out.
"So...you...you are the demon who wanted to see me, yes?"
The demon nodded his head, as he looked at Crowley, and Crowley felt uneasy at the sight of the demon, feeling that the demon is staring into something deeper then just his meters eyes, as he spoke out.
"You arrived much quicker than expected. That is good. It gives us more time to prepare you."
Crowley shook a bit. For some reason, he feels afraid of this demon, and he can feel his power. It is colossal, and is almost, if not as strong as Adam. He clenched his fist, as he spoke out.
"Okay...so mind telling who you are...if you even have a name?"
The demon shook his head, as he then spoke out.
"Unfortunately, the time for introductions has passed. I would, but I prefer to be on tight schedule, especially since the Extermination is drawing near. I will get straight to the point in this. You need to prepare yourself, especially in how you can use your powers as an Overlord in a proper and efficient way."
Crowley looked at the demon, as he spoke out.
"And how are you gonna make me do that?"
The demon looked at him, as he spoke out.
"Simple. You see, you have all of these powers that you can use, you know that they are destructive, but you have no idea how to use them properly, especially in an emotional way."
This made Crowley confused, as the demon spoke out.
"You see, negative feelings are capable of giving demons power, increasing their physical and magical attributes in, partly responsible to their true demon forms as well, but many of them don't know how to use it properly, as they let their emotions control them, rather then they control their emotions, as well as the fact that they never bothered to use all of the tricks they have in their sleeve, nor do they bother to get creative and push to see how far they can go. And you Crowley, you have the potential to do these...you just don't know how to utilize it yet."
The demon then outstretched his hand, and a sword appeared in his hand, covered in demonic markings of sort, and resembling a longsword of sorts in a way, as the demon spoke out.
"I can teach you how to do this, to use your powers properly, to become one with your emotions and make your feelings of negativity your weapons to use against Adam and his forces."
When he said the name Adam, there was tone of hatred present, yet he still felt calm and composed, which made Crowley unnerved, almost like this demon has prior history with him in the past. But the demon shook his head and spoke out.
"Make a weapon, and do not worry. You can use any sort of weapon you want. But I suggest a sword to be a start."
Crowley nodded his head, as he made a claymore appear out the air and he gripped it in his hand, and then he points it at the demon, rest to fight. The demon, however, looks little unamused at the way Crowley points the sword at him, spoke out.
"Get into a defensive stance. That makes you look vulnerable."
Crowley blinked his eyes, before he then gripped both hands onto the handle of the sword, and raised his sword a bit, and the demon nodded.
"Good. Now...let's begin."
The demon ran forward and swung his sword, as Crowley swung his sword as well, and a loud clang was heard for all of Pentagram City's citizens. The moment that happened, Crowley is pushed back a little bit by the sword, as he goes to charge in at the demon, who casually dodged and trips Crowley, in which he then teleports up above the demon and tries to strike from above, only for the demon to move out of the way and kick him, which hurts a lot, as Crowley slid backwards to the edge.
"O-Ow..."
Crowley cannot help but say, as he shakes a bit and stood up, as the demon spoke out.
"Not very clever, Hevel. Besides...charging in face first without knowing the danger, the same fighting style the exorcists use in an extermination, is a very suicidal tactic, especially if you cannot control your emotions. Doubling that is that since you only using one tactic, but never combining it with the other powers that is used for other tactics, it makes you predictable to most. Keep trying."
Crowley sighed, and he does hesitate for a little bit ok the fight for a little bit, before he then took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, closing his eyes as he calming his mind a bit and tries to be focused in the fight. He then opened his eyes and he stood straight, and held his hand out, which made the demon glow and is launched off of his feet, and Crowley ran forward and tried to slash him, only for the demon to teleport out of the way, and slashed Crowley from behind, which hurt a lot.
"Augh!!!"
Crowley hissed, but quickly turns around and slashed at the demon, although he blocked the attack and is pushed back instead. The demon looks at him, as he spoke out.
"You bared through the pain and instead kept attacking. That's important if you want to keep fighting against the exorcists, especially Adam. But even that isn't enough. Trying defending when I attack."
The demon held the sword in his hand, as he then swung a red slash projectile at Crowley, who then stomped the ground and made the ground rise up to block it. It sort of worked, but the slash exploded and sends him backwards a bit, but not before he returns with a lighting strike from above, which almost hits the demon. The demon stepped backwards, and he held his hand out, making Crowley be surrounded in a red aura and tried to make him crash to the ground, but Crowley teleports in front of him, this time making a spear, as he tries to thrust at the demon, who blocked the attack, before deciding to change it to a halberd and swung at the demon, who blocked it, but this time, Crowley is much more focused and coordinated, as he then summons and launch a fireball at the demon, who got hit with it in the face. He was unharmed, luckily for him, and he smirked at Crowley, as he spoke out.
"Now this is what I want to see. But that's only a start. Keep going. And this try and channel your other powers and conduct it through your weapons. Use your rage and anger to fuel your might.
Crowley looked at the halberd in his hand, and made it disappear, replacing it with a sword, as he then charges at the demon again. He charges in to swing at him, but the demon moved out of the way and easily tripled him, as the halberd clattered onto the ground and disappeared, as the demon spoke out.
"Try harder than that."
Crowley stood up, and he nodded his head, and his tail whipped a bit, making a sort of sound that resembles the crack of a whip, as he made some dual hook swords, as he then attacked again, the demon is ready to fight him.
Back at Cannibal Town with Charlie, she is shown to be watching Rosie, who began to make her announcement with a megaphone of some sort.
"Cannibals and Cannibettes, assemble in the square."
Rosie then turns to look at Charlie and spoke out to her.
"Now, darling, you know I would do anything, anything for my clients, but I can't exactly command all of Cannibal Town to follow someone else into battle. Now, don't get me wrong, they love carnage and bloodshed, but to get this group into line, you got to win 'em over."
Rosie turns back to the crowd and shouts out through her megaphone again in order to get the attention of the other cannibal demons.
"Settle in! Settle in! Important meeting."
The cannibals form a crowd around the stage, and Charlie actually looks a bit nervous, as she spoke out.
"But how do I--"
Rosie looks encouraging at Charlie, as she spoke out to her.
"With sparkle! Razzamatazz! and that oh so appealing moxie of yours."
Alastor looks at Charlie, as he spoke out to her.
"Shouldn't be a problem. It's not like you've ever failed to inspire before."
Charlie groans as she walks on stage, and Rosie goes next to her, and has an uncharacteristic frown on her face, as she spoke out.
"Now, fair warning. This group sticks together. So in order to convince any of them, you'll need to convince all of them. And there's one in particular--"
Alastor, knowing who it is, has a look of disgust on his face, at least with his eyes, as he spoke out.
"Uuuugh, Susan."
Rosie nodded, as she began to find the words to describe her.
"Susan, who's a bit of an... uh--"
Alastor then goes up to take the chance to finish her sentence.
"Ornery old bitch?"
Rosie nodded her head, as she spoke back to Charlie.
"That! She's tough, but win her over and the rest will be easy as pie. Ready?"
Charlie looked unsure, but she still spoke out to the 2 Overlords.
"I guess."
Rosie then resumes speaking through the megaphone, as she calls out to the cannibal demons.
"Everyone, we have a very special, very royal guest this evening! Please put your bloody hands together for Princess Charlie!"
Charlie smiles awkwardly and waves at the crowd, but one of the cannibals, who's elderly with a cane and sounds angry and unfriendly, spoke out.
Booooo! Bring Rosie back!
Charlie, assuming that this is the one cannibal that the 2 Overlords are talking about, spoke out.
"Susan?"
Charlie and Rosie spoke at the same time to confirm it.
"Susan."
Charlie chuckled nervously a bit, realizing that this is going to be a lot harder than expected, as she spoke out.
"Sorry. Uh, okay, uh, my name's Charlie, and..."
Susan and Charlie both speak at the same time, with Susan constantly belittling her and interrupting her at every chance she got.
"Well, I run this hotel with my part... well someone and...Wait, let me start over. Angels are coming to kill us all and we need help defending our realm. So-- we, uh... we need your help-- With your assistance, we can make a stand for--(I...I have a dream) and I--/Booooo! Get off the stage you blue blood bitch! Booo! We don't give a shit about some hotel. Leave before I eat those big ass eyes of yours. Boo! Get off. Where's the showmanship? Where's all the finesse? Fucking mediocre!"
Charlie, finally way past her breaking point, decided that she has had enough and flips her off.
"FUCK YOU, YOU OLD BITCH!!!"
[Cannibal crowd gasps, and Rosie, realizing that Charlie is in a very bad mood of some sort, decided to speak out to the cannibal crowd.
"Okay! We'll be back after a brief intermission."
Rosie moves Charlie away from the stage, in order to give Charlie the time to cool down.
Back with Vaggie, she is shown to be fighting against Carmilla, if this even is a fight. Vaggie is slammed onto a pillar but then starts charging at Carmilla. Carmilla kicks Vaggie onto the floor. Vaggie gets up and starts charging again. But again, Carmilla kicks her onto the floor. Vaggie gets up and just barley points her spear at Carmilla before being kicked onto the floor again]
"Fuck! Ow!"
Vaggie gets up, only to be kicked yet again. She strikes at Carmilla twice but she dodges both times and kicks Vaggie again, as Vaggie spoke out.
"Come on, what is this?"
You want me to teach you how to beat angels? That's what I'm doing.
Vaggie, looking a bit frustrated and confused, spoke out.
"By beating the shit out of me? I'm not used to fighting with long hair."
As Vaggie charged at Carmilla, the latter took her hairnet down, revealing her full hair at lower position, as she spoke out to Vaggie, and said something that surprised her.
"By showing you the flaws in your own fighting style. Yours and all your sisters'."
Vaggie was caught off guard by this, as she spoke out.
"Wait... you know I'm an exorcist? How?"
Carmilla looked annoyed at what is seemingly Vaggie's own idiocy, as she spoke out.
"You have a giant X over your eye and wield an angelic spear. It's not rocket science. Before you found out about me, did you know angels could be harmed?"
Vaggie shook her head, as she spoke out.
"No."
Carmilla goes to kick her again but this time Vaggie dodges. She goes for a knee kick, and it hits Vaggie a little bit, as Carmilla spoke out the flaws of the way Vaggie fights.
"That shows in how you fight. You leave yourself open with every swing. You fight like someone unafraid of harm, and this is what you'll take advantage of. Angels wield no shields, little armor and fight with reckless abandon. Strike them here, here, and here.
Without warning, kicks Vaggie in the face 3 times, each hit harder then the last one, as the third one sends her back, as Vaggie stood up, and spoke out.
"Argh! With what? Some secret weapon of yours?"
Carmilla, briefly smiling in an annoyed way at Vaggie's lack of knowledge, spoke out.
"Stupid girl, are you really so dense you don't realize you're holding the answer?"
Vaggie blinked, and looks at the spear she is holding, and realizes what she meant, as she spoke out to Carmilla.
"Angelic weapons? It's that simple? How has no one else figured this out?"
Carmilla looks at Vaggie in the eyes, as she spoke out.
"Angelic steel isn't common, and those who have it aren't exactly rushing off to test it against exorcists. When my daughters and I were cornered in that last extermination, I tried to buy time for my girls to flee, and well... You don't become an angelic arms dealer without arming yourself first."
She recalled the last extermination, when she was outside with her daughters to try and get away from the angels. But as they are running, they get caught by 3 of them. Carmilla, caring more of her daughters then herself and not wanting to see them die, decided to attack to give her children time to run away, as she dodged one of the exorcists and kicks her in the head, unaware that this very act would change the entire playing field with the decapitating.
Out For Love
Carmilla began to move a bit in a dancing like way, as she dances past Vaggie and begins to sing, while she also jumps up to a rail and began to dance on it.
(I see you're driven by your detestation
Your every step is stoked with animus
You need a different type of motivation
Or there's no way that you can handle this)
Then, she goes to a pillar and begins to dance a bit on it like a pole, before she jumps down on both pillars, before walking towards Vaggie.
(I know you're thirstin' for vengeance, Vaggie
You're out for blood
But you'll only stand a chance if you're out for love)
Vaggie readies her spear, as Carmilla begins her sparring with her, and began to jump and move all over the place, and Vaggie has a hard time reacting, before she has her spear grabbed by Carmilla.
(Out for love~
Love~
Think of who you care about
Protect them and be out)
She then throws Vaggie, who's still holding her spear, as Carmilla kicks, dodges, and dances, as she avoids Vaggie's spear, as Carmilla kicks her.
(For love~
Love~
You're gonna fight without gloves
Long as you're out for love)
As that happened, Carmilla picks up Vaggie and both her and Vaggie began to dance, with Vaggie following her lead a bit, before they stopped and faced each other.
(Fuel yourself with the fear of losin'
That somebody who's your reason to live)
This made Vaggie stop for a bit, and she became hesitant, but a look of determination and understanding is present in her eyes, as she began to move in sync with Carmilla, as both attack, dodge, and swiftly moved with one another together, with Vaggie now moving with equal speed and grace as Carmilla.
(Harnеss your heart and you can't help choosin'
To fight with all you can give)
Then, both Carmilla and Vaggie stand face to face against each other, each of them in a stance.
(I know you'rе thirstin' for vengeance, Vaggie
You're out for blood
But you'll only stand a chance if you're out for love)
Carmilla and Vaggie smiled at each other, as they began to spar again, with the both of them going up the stairs, Carmilla jumping up them by the rails, whine Vaggie readies herself while going up, as she began to leap after her and continues on moving.
(Out for love~
Love~
Think of who you care about
Protect them and be out)
Carmilla and Vaggie did some moves in front of the door, with Vaggie in a piercing position, as Vaggie and Carmilla in a kicking position, as Vaggie swung her spear at Carmilla, who then moved out of the way and does frontflips down the steps, and Vaggie follows behind.
(For love~
Love~
You're gonna fight without gloves
And when that push comes to shove)
Vaggie then goes down the rail of the steps, and Carmilla looked suprised, as Vaggie jumps onto their air, and front flips and turns around, as a miracle happened.
(Yeah, you just might rise above
Long as you're out for love)
As soon as Vaggie jumped into the air, her wings, now in a different color, no longer black, now grey in appearance, are reformed, as she then flies back down, with Carmilla impressed at Vaggie's quick development, as Vaggie flies down, and Carmilla spoke.
"Well, look at that. You might just survive this."
Vaggie looks at Carmilla with a smile on her face, as she spoke out.
"We're going to need more weapons."
Charlie is not having the time of her life now. Scratch that. It is a very distressing situation for her. She had once chance and she blew it, all because Susan kept interrupting her, and she already had a bad day because of Vaggie's secret. Rosie takes Charlie to her room, as Rosie spoke out.
"Alright, what has you so out of sorts, Darlin? Ya clearly got more on your mind than angels."
Charlie sighed for a bit, as she spoke out to Rosie.
"Haaaa...What do you do when someone you love lies to you about who they are?"
Rosie looks at her, and smiled a bit, as she spoke out.
"Romance? My specialty! Come on, dearie. Details, details!"
Charlie then decided to drop a bombshell onto Rosie, which is something she doesn't expect.
"My girlfriend is an Exorcist angel, and she never told me."
Rosie, upon hearing this, gets caught by surprise at this sort of info, as she then spoke out to Charlie.
"Oh, shit! Quite a secret. How does that make you feel?"
Charlie, unsure of herself, and is now such a chaotic, emotional, mess, spoke out.
"Just, angry, because we share everything, because she always supported me, and my ideas, and-and- and now, I don't know whether or not that was just more of the lies! (gasp) Oh no that's a horrible thing to think! Do i think that?! Yes! N-no. Kinda?"
Charlie sits on couch whimpering, as she felt so distressed and unsure of herself, not able to know what she is thinking and feeling. Rosie looks at her, and actually felt bad for her, as she then spoke out to her.
"You said you love this girl?"
Charlie nodded her head, and spoke out.
"Yes. Or well, I...yes, as well as another one, an Overlord who loves us both back."
Rosie nodded her head, as then speaks another question to her.
"Have you ever once doubted that she loved you in return?
As she spoke, Rosie sits down next to Charlie, who shakes her head at the question, and Rosie then spoke out.
"Well, then what's the problem?"
Charlie looks down, and spoke out loudly, clearly in distress.
"She took part in the very thing we've been working so hard to end!"
Rosie looks down at Charlie with a sad, her warm expression on her face, as she spoke out.
"Well, isn't that silly hotel of yours all about redemption?"
Charlie nodded her head and looks at her, as she then spoke out.
"Yes?"
Rosie then looked at Charlie in the eyes, as she then spoke out.
"Perhaps this girl, was trying to redeem herself too."
Charlie looks down, and spoke out in a sad tone.
"She knows better than anyone that i believe in second chances, why not tell me?"
Rosie looks down at her, and she has a sad look on her face for once, as she then spoke out.
"It can be difficult to admit to things you're not proud of, especially if those things hurt the ones you love. She fucked up, sure. She's flawed. But, hey, who down here isn't?"
Charlie looks at Rosie, and actually smiled a bit, as Rosie then told her one piece of advice that she has learned from her time in Hell.
"If there's anything I've learned, it's that words are cheap, but actions, they speak the truth. So, what have her actions said?"
Charlie looks down, and for once, she actually began to stop doubting Vaggie, but she is now beginning to doubt herself.
"That she believes in me, and what we're doing. Right now she's off learning how to protect everything we've worked for. And, I can't even pitch my hotel right!"
Rosie then has a thoughtful expression on her face, as she then spoke out.
"Well how do you normally explain your hotel?"
Charlie looks at Rosie, and sadly spoke out to her.
"By singing. But that never works."
Rosie, however, thinks otherwise, as she has a confident smile on her face, before she spoke out.
"It will work here. Trust me."
Ready for This
Back to the crowd. Charlie and Rosie both walk back up on the stage. Alastor hands Charlie his microphone, and Charlie, this time, goes to sing for the crowd, with every ounce of what she has.
(Have you ever wanted something
That was so clear in your mind that you could taste it?)
Then, Susan spoke out to her.
"Like human flesh?"
Charlie stopped singing for a bit, as she then spoke out.
"Eugh, sort of"
Charlie then continues signing to the crowd.
(It's a feeling like a rumbling in your gut
That you could finally be faced with
A billion needy faces, I guess what I mean to say is
For the first time in my life
I might have to be ready for this
Ready to be the one who's leading from the front
Gotta come into my own
Gotta come into my throne
Gotta take charge and defend my only home
And although I kinda feel unsteady
Now I need to be ready for this)
Charlie then goes to the crowd, and this time goes to sing for them.
(Have you ever felt like you're willing to die
To save the people of your city?)
Susan then interrupts again, this time with another question.
"By die, you mean use my teeth to rip flesh apart?"
Charlie nodded, as she spoke out.
"That's a start!"
Charlie then resumes her singing.
(Cause right now, we need a leader
And it seems to me that
Destiny has picked me to be that
If you'll permit me
So who's with me?)
Charlie starts dancing, as she goes around to as many cannibals, as she continues to sing out to them, while traveling around and even jumping onto a lamppost at one point.
(Wouldn't it be super to see more of Hell?
Join up now if you like travel
Come on boys, hop in the saddle
Lotta sights to see en route to my hotel
Not to mention the camaraderie
Yes siree, you'll form life-changing friendships
With the folks along the way)
Alastor than looks and sings too some cannibal children that are with him.
(And feast on all the angels you can eat!)
This made Charlie weirded out, but she goes along with that
(Okay...)
Then, one of the cannibals spoke out, happy at this.
"Free food? I'm in!"
The cannibal crowd join in on the song and start dancing as well, as they sang along with Charlie.
(It's time now to act
They're on the attack)
Alastor takes his microphone back and Rosie hands Charlie a parade stick, and the cannibals continue singing.
(When they move to strike
We will fight biting back!
We'll follow your lead
We're eager to feed
We'll sharpen our teeth
For the heavenly feast!
From this moment on, you can count on us
To be resolute and ravenous
Our appetites are whet
And we're set to seize the day
So I say, "Oh hey! Come join the flesh buffet!")
Charlie, a little bit weirded out and uneasy, sang out to e crowd.
(Well, that's a little violent
Can we tone it down?)
Rosie the goes up to Charlie, a look of excitement on her face, as she sang along with them.
(Oh, don't be put off by their snarlin'
That's enthusiasm, darlin'!)
Charlie sang back, a little unsure and uncomfortable at this.
(Eh, they just seem a little murdery right now)
But Rosie isn't wavering in what she thinks of them, as she sang once again.
(Don't worry, honey
That's there thing
Keep singing)
Then, Charlie and Rosie both sang together.
(We're super duper grateful
To have you folks aboard)
The Cannibal Crowd then sang together, as excitement is in their voices.
(Can't wait to taste an angel's wings Charlie: (Oh, Lord...)
For the first time in my life)
2 Cannibals grab Charlie and carry her as they all march down the road, and Charlie then sang out at the sky, a look of determination is present.
(Maybe I can be ready for this
can be the marshal leading the parade
I can come into my own
And I think I've always known
My destiny could never be postponed
When Adam brings the battle here
I must appear like I'm ready for this)
Rosie, who sees the sight that is happening before her, now felt very excited, as she sang out happily.z
(They're dancing along
They're singing her song)
Alastor joined in to make Rosie happier than ever before.
(Surprised?
Why, I knew she could do it all along)
Rosie and Alastor then danced for a bit, as they sang together like the good buddies that they are.
(She's bound to pass the test as Princess of Hell
Like her Daddy she is madly power-fell!)
Charlie is shown walking on front of the cannibal crowd, as Alastor sang.
(She's filled with potential that I could guide)
Rosie agrees, as she sang out.
(I concur)
Rosie and Alastor then appears beside Charlie, as they sang together and inspire the crowd more.
(Stick with her, you'll be on the winning side)
The cannibals, hearing this, agree, as they sang and marched with her.
(For the first time in our lives
We know that we are ready for this)
Rosie then sang out to them, wanting to give Heaven something that they'll forever remember.
(We'll show heaven a fight they won't forget)
All of the cannibal demons then began to sang out with Rosie.
(It's time to take a stand.)
Charlie then sang her part, still marching at the front of all of the cannibals..
(It is time to lend a hand! (Cannibals: Huzzah!)
Against the angels and their deadly threat!)
All of the cannibals continue to sing out.
(We cannot take it anymore
The time has come to go to war.)
Susan gives a nod of approval, now getting all of the cannibals to act more then ever.
(Prepare to fight, we're ready for...
THIS!
Charlie then spoke out the last line, as they approach to the hotel, with a look of uncertainty present on her face.
(I really hope that I'm ready for this...)
Back at the gates of the hotel. Charlie is coming from the left with the army of cannibals while Vaggie is coming from the right with multiple crates of weapons, as Vaggie spoke to Charlie.
"Looks like you had a busy day."
Charlie nodded her head, as she spoke out.
"You too."
Vaggie, still feeling a little bit bad of keeping it a secret from her, as she spoke out to apologize.
"Charlie, I--"
Charlie then held her hand out and spoke out to her.
"Hold that thought. Err.. Ah! I got you a souvenir from Cannibal Town."
Charlie pulled out a shrunken head and it to Vaggie. Vaggie gasps and has an apologetic expression. She goes to hug her, as she felt very happy at this.
"Oh, Charlie..."
The both of them walk into the hotel, as they find Angel Dust, Nifty, Sir Pentious, and Husk all working on defenses for the hotel together
"Come along, let's put some effort into these fortifications."
Angel Dust nodded, as he spoke out.
"Yeah, fortify that... Well, look who decided to show up. We thought we were fightin' by ourselves."
Vaggie looked surprised, as she spoke out.
"You're... you're still here?"
Sir Pentious looks at Vaggie and spoke out
"What? Do you think we're a bunch of pusssssies?"
Husk nodded his head, as he spoke out.
"I just got used to you guys. I ain't finding no new drinking buddies."
Niffty smiled and spoke out.
"I've named all the stains on the carpet. That one's Fred."
Vaggie was a bit weirded out, but Charlie realized something.
"Wait, Crowley is not here still."
This made Vaggie suprised and concerned, as she spoke out.
"What? Why isn't he here?"
Alastor then goes to the both of them, as he spoke out.
"Well, perhaps we should go and visit him, shall we?"
Charlie and Vaggie nodded their heads, as Alastor then raised his left and snapped his fingers, as they both teleported elsewhere.
Charlie, Vaggie, and Alastor teleport to the outskirts of Pentagram City, landing onto a curved spiky hill, as Alastor was able to sense him, and they see Crowley and the demon sparring on another one, as he spoke out.
"Keep it up."
Crowley blocked the demon's sword, as he is pushed back, before he swung his sword, and fire covered the blade, which struck and detonated a bit, pushing the demon back, and Crowley pushed him back and swung his sword, and a red slash of demonic magic appeared and speeds towards the demon, who avoids it, but sliced and sheered the spiky rocks off at the tips, which made Crowley surprised at this, as he spoke out.
"Woah...did I do that?"
The demon nodded, as he then began to speak out to him.
"You are beginning to get the hang of it. Your emotions are becoming one with your power. Channeling your negativity is like swinging the sword you are using. After all, they are an extension of you, and to utilize it, you need to channel it into something your powers can use."
Crowley nodded, but he then spoke out, that's always in his mind, and he cannot help but feel like he needs to say it.
"Just...one thing I need to know...how do you know who I really am, and the deal I made with Lucifer?"
The demon, after a bit of silence, spoke out.
"I won't tell you everything but...truth be told...I was watching you longer than Lucifer. I saw your desperation to save your brother, I saw how you wanted to keep him alive, even if it meant you were in his place. You loved your brother...which you are lucky in."
This made Crowley confused, as he spoke out.
"Why say that?"
The demon's look darken a bit more than before, as he spoke out.
"Because back when I was alive, and when I was originally human, I had a younger brother once myself...but I was forced to murder him against my will. Forced to live my entire existence in misery and rage and sadness at the circumstances that happened. For so many countless millennia, since the near beginning of all."
Crowley looked stunned, as the demon froze for a bit, before he charged at Crowley, and swung his sword, as Crowley summoned a katana and clashed blades with it, and the demon spoke again.
"But...it is those feelings that allowed me to make me as powerful, as skilled and as versatile as I am...just as it will be for you. So do not try and hold back your pain for your younger brother. Let the grief, pain, frustration, and rage of the miserable circumstances of what happened to your brother, in which what happens to you later, flow through your weapon...through your magic...just as it does through me."
Give Me a Sign by Breaking Benjamin
The unknown demon and Crowley continues to clash, Charlie, Vaggie and Alastor watched, as Crowley swung his claymore at him, who blocks with his knife, as the demon sung for the memory of his brother.
(Dead star shine
Light up the sky
I'm all out of breath
My walls are closing in)
Crowley was pushed back by his blade, as he then switches to a spear and tries to thrust at him, only for him to swing his sword and knocked the spear, and kicked him back. But Crowley made another spear and jumped into the air, and tried to attack from above. But the demon moved out of the way, and Crowley pierced the ground, which made a red shockwave and some glowing cracks. He then made the spear disappear, and replaces it with what seems to be some sort of hook sword. He swung it and tries to yank the sword out of the demon's hand, but he died up getting thrown himself, as he landed onto the ground.
(Days go by
Give me a sign
Come back to the end
The shepherd of the damned)
Crowley stood back up, as he ran fast towards the demon, and made what seems to be a battle axe, as he swung it and clashed with the demon, who kicked him back, which surprisingly hurts a lot. But Crowley was not going to stay down, as he then made a war hammer to slam it down onto the demon, who jumped out of the way, as the war hammer caused the entire area to shake, but the demon teleports behind him and made a huge gust of wind appear, blowing Crowley off of his feet, but he still goes up to charge in.
As that happens, the demon began to have a flashback of the time that he had with his younger brother.
(I can feel you falling away!
No longer the lost,
No longer the same!)
The background was white, as 2 men at the age of 30 were shown, with one of them, the older brother, holding what seems to be a curved object of some sort. The one holding the object looked distressed, as if he is refusing the brother about something, but then the younger brother whispered something into his ear, which made the older brother's eye widen.
(And I can see you starting to break!)
The older brother once again looked to see the younger brother on the ground, blood coming out of his head, as the older brother looked horrified
(I'll keep you alive
If you show me the way!)
The older brother cradled his to younger brother's body in sadness, as his forehead began to crack, as something began to from on his head. The flashback ends, as the demon and Crowley are shown combating each other still, and the ground beneath them shook.
(Forever and ever
The scars will remain!
I'm falling apart
Leave me here forever in the dark)
Crowley was pushed back by the demon's strikes, as he breathed in a bit, and he closed his eyes, before he decided to sing his part and swung his sword, with ice covering the blade, and he swung it.
(Daylight dies
Blackout the sky
Does anyone care?
Is anybody there?)
The demon snapped his finger and launched Crowley off of his feet, but he then swung a katana and fired shards of ice at him yet again, which made the demon slightly off guard due to how react Crowley decided on this, as he got hit a bit, but it only pushed him a little bit and didn't really hurt him. Still, the demon was impressed.
(Take this life
Empty inside.)
He then held his katana and grabbed at the blade with his free hand.
(I'm already dead,)
He then slid his hand on the blade he is gripping, as blood squirted out, making Charlie and Vaggie gasp,
(I'll rise to fall again!)
He swung it, and a red slash appeared, pushing the demon back more than expected, as Crowley charged at him and clashed blades with him. He then jumped into the air, as he then threw his spear towards the demon, which he then dodged, but it then made a wall of demonic magic, which pushed him a bit and Crowley stomped back down to the ground, as red energy shockwaves appeared and go towards him, and the demon jumped out of the way, which made the demon smile.
(I can feel you falling away!)
Then, another one came down from above, duebti Crowley having made another spear, as the demon got out of the way, and a red geyser of magic erupted from the shard's impact, and pushed him back a bit. He then stomped the ground, and cracks appeared, as corpses of multiple demons rose up, and attacked the demon, who then cuts them down, but looked impressed.
(No longer the lost,)
At the same time, Crowley then has a flashback of his time as a human, when he was still Hevel, cradling the injuries body of his brother, who had multiple metal spikes all over his body, and multiple big open cuts and wounds present, as Hevel looked horrified and distressed, his eyes shook and is tearing up.
(No longer the same!)
Then the scene changes to that of a hospital, as Hevel is shown holding his head in distress and denial, not wanting to believe that his brother is going to possibly die. He then looks at his brother's broken body, as renewed tears are present.
(And I can see you starting to break!)
He then goes to the window, and sees his reflection on it. Then, a look of uncharacteristic rage and agony is present, as he reeled his fist back.
(I'll keep you alive
If you show me the way!)
He then punched the glass window, as it broke. The shards cut his right hand in multiple places, as he slumped and rests his hand onto the flat surface of the now broken glass, and he cried, while his right hand dangled and blood dripped down.
(Forever and ever
The scars will remain!
I'm falling apart)
The blood dripped down and the blood began to move by some unknown force, formed a symbol of some sort, a Sigil of Lucifer, which then glowed a bit.
(Leave me here forever in the dark)
As the flashback ended, Crowley and the demon are shown to have their hands locked a bit, as his eyes glowed and the demon is bombarded with the red shine, as it began to affect him in a way, although it is annoying for him. He then jumped backwards and launched a gust of wind, which pushed him back, but also made the demon explode a bit, and then Crowley swung his sword, making a red energy slash come at him, which the demon blocked, and although he is surprised a little bit, he did smiled as well, as he continues sparring, and this time, both of them are singing at the same time.
(God help me I've come undone
Out of the light of the sun) X2
Crowley jumped into the air, and made blood shards from the corpses, and fired them at the demon, who bats them away with his sword, as Crowley then made the demon blood from the corpses cover his wounds, as they healed instantly. He then rose his hands up, and made an icy tornado surrounding them, but the demon was affected, as he is getting bombarded with the cold wind and fast icy spheres that are spinning in the wind. The demon clapped his hands and the tornado disappears, but Crowley then swung his right hand down, and fireball and brimstone rain down to the ground, as the demon easily avoided that.
Then, Crowley and the demon partially went into their demon forms, both their horns growing larger and longer, although only Crowley grew taller, as the demon remained in his usual size, as well as their claws getting longer and sharper, and their teeth are showing, with the demon's teeth being as white as Crowley's, and some pale skin is shown beneath the hood, although the eyes are still not shown, as they both began to sing at the same time for the rest of the song.
(I can feel you falling away
No longer the lost
No longer the same)
Crowley charged, but the demon, and the ones watching him, are caught by surprise, as Crowley now has a second double. Looking around, he avoided both, as one of them disappeared, while the other slammed his fist down to the ground, and the demon was impressed and intrigued again.
(And I can see you starting to break
I'll keep you alive
If you show me the way)
Crowley and the demon clashed weapons, as Crowley then summoned a Scythe in his hand, as he spun it quickly, clashing with the sword. He then made a sword and slammed it into the ground, which made darkness cover the area and even the demon has some trouble seeing from very far, his eyes now only able to see at close range.
(Forever and ever
The scars will remain)
Then, balls of light fired out from different sides, as the demon slashed and swat the light spheres all over the place, as Crowley then appeared beside him, ready to attack, only for the demon to block his weapon with his sword.
(Give me a sign
There's something buried in the words
Give me a sign
Your tears are adding to the flood) x3
Crowley and the Demon swung their swords in perfect synchronization, with Crowley feeling his power multiplying in strength, his attacks becoming more dangerous and destructive due to his feelings of rage and grief at what happened to his brother, as Crowley blocked the demon's blade, before he counter attacked, and the demon does the same. He then switched to dual khopesh, as he blocked the sword strikes and began to strike back with 2 weapons this time, as the demon blocked it with his sword, before attempting to thrush at Crowley, who then sidestepped out of the way, before the demon goes to grab him. Crowley then locks hands with the demon for a brief bit, before the demon then swung Crowley as far as he could, only for Crowley to teleports back and kick the demon from behind, pushing him forward, as Crowley charged forward and reeled his fist back as he goes to punch the demon, only for the demon to grab him by the fist, and the both of them finished together.
(Forever and ever
The scars will remain)
The demon and Crowley at each other, as Crowley stopped being forceful and stepped back, before he opened his hand to help him up. The demon accepted, and Crowley pulled the demon up, as they both shook their hands in a gesture of respect, and the demon spoke out.
"You did very well, even though I did not use everything I have."
Crowley smiled, as he spoke back to the demon.
"I see, but...thank you. For training me."
The demon smiled, and he closed his eyes and smiled wider, as he spoke out.
"And it seems your loved ones and the Radio Demon have been watching us."
This made Crowley stunned and he turned around, only to see Charlie and Vaggie hug him tightly, as they spoke out.
"Crowley, that was beautiful what you did!"
"Yeah, both the singing and the fight. Even being creative while in the middle of it."
Crowley was surprised, but he smiled and hugged them in return, as Crowley looked at Vaggie, and spoke out.
"Beautiful wings you for here, Vaggie. I love them."
Vaggie smiled with her cheeks red, as Alastor clapped his hands and spoke out.
"I have got to say, that is wonderful entertainment you have done, my good sirs!"
The demon nodded his head, while Crowley rolled his eyes a bit, as the demon then spoke out to him.
"But on this...you have learned to be creative, your skills have developed, especially in just under a day, which is impressive. You are shown to be able to bond against the Extermination with what you have. But be weary...for if you have the nerve to fight against the first man, if he arrives...be prepared for what he has in store for you, and fight smarter when you dare go against him."
Crowley nodded his head, as the demon spoke out.
"Now...it's time to send you all back."
The demon raised his hand, and snapped his fingers, and all 4 of them returned, and sees the Hazbin group together, as well as the cannibal demons joining in, and Crowley smiled, as he spoke out.
"Amazing here, you all."
Charlie smiled, as she spoke out.
"Well, looks like we have a lot of work to do."
Crowley smiled a bit and nodded, along with Vaggie, as they decided to prepare for their fight against the Exorcists, if they dare to come and face the people in the Hazbin Hotel, and here...they will be very ready. Crowley snapped his fingers, and the box that Sir Pentious bought from Carmilla appeared. Now, it is time to prepare for battle.