Hazbin Hotel: Hellish Misfits
Chapter 2: The Three Stoog-ateers and the Maiden
Elsewhere In Hell
Nearby
Lydia slowly began to get up, as she moaned, rubbing her forehead as she felt in great annoying pain on it. But as she got up, she stumbled a bit, as she leaned on a wall. Much like James, she too had changed.
Her whole body was now pale while, with her hair plum purple, but now... she had features of a cat. Her cheeks had a single purple cat claw mark like beauty marks, she had purple cat eyes, her hairstyle was done in a way that gave her three fang bangs atop her head, and two ear bangs curled up to look like fangs too, as well as having fangs and a cat nose. He had a long catlike tail with a teardrop tip with a yellow eye-like jewel in the center, her fingers were now claws, and her toes were three catlike digits. The fur was shown on her arms and legs, as shown when she didn't have stockings anymore or black sleeves at all. Her black dress was now purple, with the back showing a purple furred sexy backside, and the heels and toes were gone, while her black boots remain with three buckles on the side, and her choker was now a cat collar with a golden tag on the front. She was also sporting a gold earring on her left ear, a golden ring around her tail, two gold bands on her right forearm and wrist, while she had a golden bracelet on her left wrist. Her dress, also sported had two straps on her hips, as well as on teh thigh part, as the center of the dress was colored purple too.
'Oh my head,' Lydia thought as she held her head, 'What an insane dream... Then again, some people say it's good luck to have dreams where you die. It felt so real though.' She leaned against the wall and slid down until she was on the ground.
'What time is it anyway,' Lydia thought as she looked around for her cellphone, but her vision was still clearing up from the sleep she just awoken from.
Though if she did see, her phone had changed to a black cellphone to a purple one with pointy cat ears on it. And when it opened, it showed a Penstagram wallpaper with a clock reading that a week had passed, meaning she was out on the ground for that time, and that it was 4 PM.
"What happened last night," Lydia thought out loud as she tried to stand up, "I can't remember anything other than that nightmare. Whatever I did though, I don't want to go through again if I'm going to feel like this."
Her legs felt wobbely as she tried to maintain her balance, but was having trouble. She leaned against the wall and made her way towards what she thought was her bedroom door, but she fell onto the ground when she reached for the door handle.
Only to find it littered with used condoms and half-broken vibrators.
"What is this," Lydia said as she noticed the condition of the floor as her vision began to clear. That's when she saw all the used condoms adn half-broken vibrators. Her eyes shot open as she jumped up.
"What the hell," Lydia quickly exclaimed, "Who's garbage is this?!"
That's when she began to notice that she wasn't in her room.
'This isn't my room,' Lydia thought to herself as she looked around and noticed the changes to her body, 'This isn't mine,' she thought while noticing her new hair style, then her furry arms and hands, 'Those aren't mine!' Finally, she noticed the tail that was growing out of her behind as her eyes widened in horror, 'That's definitely not mine! I need a mirror! RIGHT NOW!'
'Oh shit... The dying dream did happen,' Lydia thought as it all came back to her, 'The dream where I died did happen! That druggedhead driver killed James and me! I'm dead... I'm in Hell... and I'm some kind of skimpy cat girl!' Lydia began to panic as her breathing increased. 'Okay, okay. Keep calm, Lydia Dawnswell. This isn't so bad. I can figure this out...'
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Lydia screamed out in horror at what was happening to her right now as she couldn't hold it in.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
"DAMN ALLEY CAT SLUTS! KEEP IT DOWN!"
Lydia was bombarded with screams from different places who were irritated by her scream.
'Well, there's one common trait between Hell and Earth,' Lydia thought as she tried to calm herself down.
Though one of the kitty girls, well the one in the display that Lydia leaned into pushed herself on it, exposing her bare chest, as she smiled, "Hey, cutie. Wanna play kitty-kitty together?"
Lydia backed away while shaking in fear, "NO THANK YOU! I'M NOT A FURRY," she yelled out as she ran down the alleyway and out of sight.
The cat girl looked at Lydia as she dashed away. "Ah, new arrival. She'll be back," the cat girl said laid back down.
Lydia stumbled back in a mess, as she looked around, seeing a place of depravity and sexual desires. Though considering how pent up she was, her fear was overriding the eagerness to play around. She managed to go into an alleyway, one of the cleaner ones. And then she collasped to the wall, as she slid down, huddled in a fetal position as she looked at her phone. Luckily, the photos were still working, and a few of her and James were saved. At this point, she started to cry as she felt scared without him.
'This can't be real! James and me are dead and in Hell,' Lydia thought as her whole world came crashing down all around her, 'I can't even see my mom who's probably in Heaven. I didn't even get the chance to tell James how I feel! I wish I could just talk to him one more time...'
Tears began to form in her eyes as her the gravity of her situation began to crush her completely. She felt like her new life in Hell meant nothing if her best friend wasn't there with her.
'At least I still have my memories of him,' Lydia thought as she stared at her phone, 'And my pictures of him on my phone...'
Suddenly, her eyes shot open as she sat up.
'Wait a minute... My phone still works like before! Does that mean,' Lydia thought to herself as she went to her home screen and at her speed dial options. There at the top of the list was James' name along with signs that her phone service still worked. Hope began to fill her as she stared at the name, 'Oh please, James. Be alive and have your phone! And preferrable not in a sex bar!'
She pushed the button as she placed the phone next to her ear. It started to ring.
"Yes! Thank you," she exclaimed in joy as she waited for James to pick up.
Earlier
Elsewhere
Cannibal Town
James was rushing through but stumbled, as he was a bit out of breath. A factor in being weakened. But as he did, he looked around as he was in some kind of Victorian era town, with humanoid folk dressed in outfits from the 17th or 19th century. Humanoids but pale with black eyes like they were pits, and very sharp teeth. He stumbled a bit as he looked around, trying to see if there was any vague sight of Lydia. He tried to push on to find her, but held his left arm, as it was still hurting despite a week passing.
He grunted, as he stumbled a bit, catching the eyes of a few of the townsfolk, but pushed on as he didn't notice a spear-wielding girl rushing to get him.
'Oh man! I can't find her anywhere,' James thought in alarm as he continued to search for her, 'She has to be alive! Or Dead or whatever the hell we are now!'
He kept pushing forward while trying to find her as the fear of her being dead and the need to find her kept him going. He came to a stop at a fork in the road. As he was trying to figure out which way to go, he felt a hand on his shoulder causing him to turn around quickly.
"Finally! I've been trying to catch up with you this whole time," Vaggie said in anger, "Do you have any idea how reckless it was to run out like that?!"
"I'm sorry! But I can't just sit still hoping my friend isn't dead or worse," James argued back, "I have to find Lydia and I'm not stopping until I find her! So if you want me to-"
"Hold it hot head," Vaggie said interrupting him, "First off, I get it! You're worried about your friend and you'd do anything to help her! I do the same for Charlie! But you need to use that head of yours! Do you even know where in Hell you are?! Or how to get back to the Hotel?!"
James couldn't argue back as he knew she was right as him just wandering around the entire world of Hell wasn't going to help him find Lydia.
"Charlie has some connections through her dad that could help find your friend," Vaggie explained to him, "I bet she can have your friend found a lot easier than you looking in every corner to find her!"
"So, I just sit around hoping by some miracle that-"
Beep! Beep! Beep! What went off with it was sounding similar to the musical number of Let it Go.
Just as James was talking, Vaggie's phone went off.
"It's Charlie," Vaggie said as she went to answer the phone while grabbing James by his shirt to keep him from leaving as she answered the phone.
"Hi Charlie," Vaggie said, "Not the best time. I just caught him and I'm trying to- Whoa, slow down! Wha- Seriously? Yeah, I know where that is. Okay, we're on our way! Thanks, I'll call you when we find her and our on our way back!"
Vaggie grabbed James's good hand as she pulled him with her, as he asked, "What? What's going on?"
"Lucky for you! She called your phone and Charlie knows where she is," Vaggie explained as she pulled him along, "Now come on!"
"Lydia's alive! I knew it," James yelled out joy as he processed the first part, "Wait, my phone is in Hell and it works!? Does that mean I'm paying for phone charges even after I died?!"
Ten Minutes Earlier
Charlie sat in the bed room as she waited for Vaggie to return with James.
'Poor James,' Charlie thought to herself, 'Not knowing if his friend is still alive... Not that I don't know how that feels.'
Charlie thought about her mother after she disappeared. For the first while, she would drive herself crazy worrying and wondering where her mother was. After a while, she gave up and focused on the hotel instead. She knew her dad and his connections could help her find James' friend, but she felt uneasy calling him.
'I wouldn't want him to go through what I went though,' Charlie thought as she brought up her phone. Just as she was going to through her contact list... ''
'And they say that a hero can save us, I'm not going to stand here and wait!'
Suddenly, the sound of music she had never heard before caught her attention. Then, she noticed a phone on the end of the bed. One that she had never seen before.
'Wait... That must be James' phone,' Charlie thought to herself, 'I should answer that! Maybe it's Vaggie trying to call his phone to see where it is! I can find out if they're alright!'
She stumbled and collapsed off the bed, but quickly recovered, as she answered, the phone, "James, is that you? Listen, I am sooo sorry about locking you in. I understand why you're out there, looking for Lydia, but I was scared with the Exorcists finishing up soon. And you almost getting caught, and taking care of you for a whole week, I... I..."
"Locked up... Taking care for a-a-a-a week?!"
Charlie's eyes widened as she realized that this wasn't James' voice. Instead, it was the voice of a girl who sounded like any bits of hope she had were just torn to shreds.
"Wait, this isn't James," Charlie asked as she didn't recognize the voice, "Hang on, are you Lyd-"
"NOOOOOOOO! He's lost his virginity! And it's been a week," the girl's voice shouted in horror while sounding like she was crying, "Just when I thought this shit of a day couldn't get any worse!"
Charlie's ear rang from the girl's scream and crying before the princess recovered.
"No, no, no! James didn't do anything like that! He was asleep the whole time," Charlie quickly asked as the girl over the phone continued to cry, "Calm down, please! Is this Lydia!?"
"What!? So James wasn't just sleeping around like a man whore," the girl now identified as Lydia asked, "How-How do you know my name?!"
Charlie felt uneasy from how Lydia was talking.
'It's her first day in Hell, she's going through a lot,' Charlie thought while powering through the awkwardness, 'Just go with it.'
"No, of course not," Charlie said, "He was hurt and only woke up today. Now he's looking for you, Lydia! Do you know where you are right now? Are there any landmarks? Are you close to anything that stands out to you?"
"Aside from feeling like I've lost my shit, I'm in some sort of alley with a lot of sex items all over and sex hungry cat girls everywhere," Lydia answered while being a little too truthful right now.
"Oh. Oh! That must be the Lust District," Charlie stated, as she blushed, "Yeah, that sector can get pretty rowdy after a Purging. So be on your guard, I'm gonna call Vaggie, and she and James will find you there, and bring you back home."
"Um, okay," Lydia said.
But Charlie then sounded serious, as she looked serious, as she advised, "But whatever you do: Do not get caught alone, or go into a place called Lilim's Den." She groaned as her eyes widened, "They're insatiable."
Lydia was quiet on the phone as she replied, "Um.. okay, Miss um..."
"Oh, call me Charlie. It's short for Charlotte," Charlie smiled as she introduced herself, "Charlie Morningstar."
"Right, thank you, Charlie," Lydia said as she began to feel at ease, "I'm sorry, I'm a little frazzled right now. I'll stay where I am and out of this Lilim's Den."
"Good because once they smell a Virgin, they go after you like you're holding water," Charlie warned her, as she heard an Eep on the other end. She held for a moment, and then called up Vaggie. She responded, as she smiled, "Vaggie, Good news! Have you found James? Is he okay? Where are you guys?"
"Whoa, slow down," Vaggie said as Charlie was going too fast.
"Oh, sorry," Charlie said as she calmed down, "I have good news. Lydia called James' cellphone and I know where she is right now!"
"Wha- Seriously," Vaggie asked.
"Yes! She's in the Lust District in an alley," Charlie replied, "I'm not sure which alley, but she said there are a lot of condemns, massagers, and cat girls."
"Yeah, I know where that is," Vaggie replied as she recognized that part of the district, "Okay, we're on our way! Thanks, I'll call you when we find her and our on our way back!"
"Okay," Charlie smiled as she said, "I'll call her up and let her know you guys are on the way."
Charlie put Lydia off hold on James' phone, "Lydia, they're on their way," Charlie said with a smile, "Just stay put and out of sight! Oh wait, you might not now what they look like. I'll send you a pic through my phone and show you what my friend looks like!"
However, as she called there was no answer, only a voice message: *Hi, you've reached Lydia Danwswell, please leave a message, and I'll get right back to you*. And then it beeped. Leaving Charlie a bit confused on the matter, as she had spoken with Lydia not too long ago.
"That's not a very good sign," Charlie said nervously as she tried calling Lydia again. Only to receive the voice mail again. She tried a third time with the same results.
Charlie's eyes widened as her pupils shrank as she looked at James phone and then back at her phone as she calmly called Vaggie again.
"Vaggie, hi," Charlie said while trying to sound as calm as she could but failing, "We may have a new problem..."
Meanwhile
Back at the Lust District
Lydia was pushed back to the wall, as she looked in fear of who it was that had canceled the call. Lydia was surrounded by ten, no more or less, humanoid shark demons dressed up like gangsters, all in varying sizes and species. But their ring leader stood out among them.
He appeared as a tall, shark-like demon, having gray-toned skin with a lighter underside; his fins also sported a similar pattern, but had dark green accents and white spots on their ends. He had 3 gills on each side of his body and his sclera were neon blue with white rings. He was missing a tooth on the right side and he had a small scar on his right eye. He had short, evergreen hair that stuck upwards, with dark horns protruding from his head. He also sported sea green teeth and a long tail where that was missing its skin having jagged ends with light tips. He wore a gray striped shirt that was topped by a navy green jacket with white accents and bone designs on its sleeves. His pants were the same color, which were tied by a belt with a bone buckle; his shoes were dark having green tips on the front. He also wore a small, gray fedora on his head.
He smirked at her as he said, "well, well, aren't you a brand new kitty. Fell from grace to end up here, baby?"
Lydia didn't reply as she backed away in fear as she looked for a way out, but she didn't see any openings.
"Don't bother trying," the Shark Demon said with an evil grin, "There's no escaping here, kitty."
"Besides, why run from the Chaz Master," the male shark said, as he pointed downward, "I got the whole 'Package Deal'." The other Shark demons groaned or rolled their eyes back, while Lydia blinked in confusion. Though he smirked, as he dumbfoundedly and arrogantly said, "I got a big dick."
"Seriously, Chazwick, we get it," a hammerhead thug said. "Don't rub it in, man."
"For someone who loves talking about his 'big dick,' you must not win a lot of girls over if you have to kidnap them to get them in bed with you," Lydia replied back as she tried to sound intimidating.
While it didn't intimidate her captives, it did earn a few chuckles from Chazwick's goons while Chazwick look a little annoyed.
'I just have to keep him talking until James finds me,' Lydia thought to herself, 'I just hope it's not too long.'
Lydia tried to fight them, but they were way too strong, as Chaz explained with a smirk, "See, we're in need of some fresh pussy after the latest purge. Needin' some fine ass lovin', and due to the Purge, we're a little short on cash, so.. Bow shik a wowow, here you are."
Lydia felt intense fear go through her as she realized this demon planned to rape her. Her entire body felt like it was shaking with fear as Chaz licked his lips ready to have his way with her by force.
However, he was smacked on the back of hte head, by a double staff blow by Vaggie and James, who had arrived in the nick of time.
Lydia looked up to see James in his new sinner form. Even like that, she would recognize him in a heartbeat.
"James! I'm so glad to see you," Lydia exclaimed in joy at seeing her friend still alive. Even if he was changed physically like she was.
Vaggie blinked, as did James, as he blinked, "Wait, what?"
"You actually recognize him," Vaggie blinked, in surprise herself.
"Huh? Why wouldn't she recognize me," James asked, not knowing the truth.
He shook his head, as he said, "Nevermind, let's get Lydia and bolt."
Vaggie nodded, as she drew out her spear, and the shark men jumped, "Alright, ustedes bastardos con cabeza de pez! Drop the catgirl and back off!"
The shark demons did as they were ordered, as they dropped her suddenly, and the two ran up to get her.
Vaggie thrusted the blunt end of her spear into the gut of the first shark demon and then thrusted the demon in the crotch. The demon howled in pain before Vaggie punched him right in the face knocking the demon out as he fell onto the ground.
Just as the second demon attacked with a large sword, Vaggie quickly dodged, swung her spear across the face of the demon once and then again. As the demon was getting over the shock, Vaggie swung the blunt end of her spear on top of the demon's head knocking him out as well as he collapsed onto the floor.
'Last thing Charlie needs are dead demons to her name,' Vaggie thought to herself. As much as she hated men and wanted to kill the two demons for helping Chazwick rape a girl, she knew it would be bad publicity if Charlie's close killed demons while working at a hotel to redeem demons.
She looked to the two as James helped Lydia back on her feet, "Come on, you two! We need to book it!"
Suddenly, Chazwick came at them with twin bloodstained chainsaws revving as the teeth moved while having a bloodthirsty expression on his face.
"Alright then! If I can't relieve stress by fucking her, I'll do the next best thing," he declared as he put the chainsaws together as sparks formed from the teeth colliding with each other.
While Lydia looked terrified out of her mind while Vaggie looked ready to impale the shark demon, James suddenly laughed. "Wait, wait, wait! I know this ref," James continued with a wide smile before looking in dread, "Yeah, we are screwed... NOT!"
"You've been playing way too much Splatterhouse, James," Lydia said in panicking voice.
"Don't worry, I got this," James said, as he was slowly beginning to reach for the scythe that was collapsed and strapped behind him.
But before he could pull it out, Vaggie smacked him from behind the head, stopping him. He looked to her angry and asked, " what are you doing?! I'm trying to get us out of here!"
"You can't wield that scythe around here! You have no idea the damage you can do with it," Vaggie argued with him.
"I know, I'm just trying to disarm them," James argued.
"By cutting their arms off," Vaggie asked.
"That's not what I had in mind, and you know darn well I'm not the kind of guy who'd do that," James stated.
"I don't even know I can trust you," Vaggie argued.
While the two argued, Lydia then stopped them, as she tapped their shoulders calmly, as the two looked to her, and calmly... well, James asked calmly while Vaggie shot out arguably, "What?/WHAT?!"
She then pointed in front of them, "Those guys." The two looked, and all three saw Chazwick and his gang rushing to them.
"Oh hell," James, Vaggie, and Lydia groaned.
But just as the thugs were about to rush them, someone shouted,
"SNOOTCH TO THE MOTHERFUCKIN' NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCH!"
Everyone looked upward, both friend and foe, and saw three shadow figures falling down and landing gracefully in between. Chazwick blinked, as he asked, "Who the fuck are these twads?"
Suddenly, the trio launched themselves at the Shark Gangsters, and an upward brawl started to happen.
And the shark thugs tried to fight back, but these trio were not giving them a chance to defend or attack. Especially one of them that seemed to attack with martial art moves, some knocking out their teeth. Others got whipped and strangled by a giant snake-like tail, and even slapped their faces comically while got slammed hard in the head. Others were just punched and decked pretty hard by a black and green assailant. A few thugs were thrown back, while working together, the trio wedgied them to embarrassment, as they were thrown off by their underwear. And finally, Chazwick was 'melvined' hard, meaning his underwear was wedgied up so hard, it got stuck in his anal hole. He was the last to get thrown aside. As the thugs recovered, and James, Lydia, and Vaggie watched in astonishment, the thugs were about to attack, utnil the 3rd figure pulled out a lighter reading DIABLO, lit up a cigarette he had in store, meaning to the thugs 'Get Lost'. And they did, as they ran or wobbled their way away.
But not while Chazwick shouted, "I'M GONNA GET YOU TINY LIMP DICKS NEXT TIME!"
Once the fighting was done, the trio stepped out of the shadows to reveal themselves.
The middle guy was a snake humanoid, reminiscent of a rattle snake. His main body was golden yellow and his underbelly was orange, with a red eye pattern on the belly, while on his backside was a darker orange diamond part, with a rattle at the tip of the long tail, and red eyes. He had golden blonde hair that went down to his upper mid back, while tied up in a ponytail, with a few bangs hanging loose at his face. His neck was a bit elongated, along with his arms as well, with his forearms having a single diamond pattern on it. He was wearing a black t-shirt with a red devil symbol on it with white patterns on his shoulders and sleeves ending at his elbows, while wearing a vest with a white hood with the trim looking like micro-sharp teeth, and having a devil symbol on his back as well. He also had a gray sweater shirt wrapped around his waist with the sleeve cuffs and trims having white flame patterns, and also a white beanie cap on his head.
The second one on his left was a humanoid tiger-like being, with white fur all over, and on his forearms two ice blue-looking claw mark stripes, while his face had a single ice blue stripe claw mark under each eye, which his eyes were black and blue, while he had military cut short shaved hair that was ice blue on top, while the sides were white as well as the back, and he had a black cat nose, as well as tiger ears atop his head. He had three toes, and his fingers were ice blue, as well as his left bicep, which almost looked to be made of solid ice, as well as a long tail with black stripes on it, with his tail having a puff ball on it with a snowflake design in it. He wore a turtleneck shirt, missing the sleeves, with a hoodie jacked, with the hood made of fur, the top part being blue, while the bottom being white with an ice blue front, and the left shoulder being a white shoulder guard with a mohawk of three spikes on it and no sleeve, and the right sleeve being black with blue armor plating on the shoulder and outer bicep, and fingerless black gloves with a hand guard looking like an ice blue eye on it. He wore black baggy pants with gray parts on the outside, ice blue knee guards which looked like eyes, with skin-tight leggings going from kneecaps to sneakers, with a blue stripe around the calves, with ice blue and white sneakers, allowing three-toes out, and to finalize it was a belt around his waist with a 2nd one dangling to his right, with a silver and ice blue belt buckle on the left side.
And the final one was on the snake man's right. He was half the snake man's size, but a bit shorter than James, a bit stout in his appearance, but it was hard to tell on how he was dressed. He was a brown humanoid bat-like demon being, with brown fur, his long ears containing the insides of speakers of sorts, and he had black eyes and green irises, with a bat nose, and apparently a steel gray jaw, with brown hair, while wearing a gray baseball cap, he also had black claws for fingers, while his legs seemed pretty decently in shape. He wore a heavy black trench coat going to his calves, with the tail ending in bat-like points, with the front having two triangle coat patterns going down in front with two claws on the front collar, with green shoulders and green cuffs, with the back of the collar of his jacket having brown fur, and two green tails going down, and having a pair of green and black headphones around his neck acting like a hoodie collar, and wore white socks with black and green sneakers, with three long black claws coming out of the shoes.
Though as the gang ran, the snake man shouted back, in a very familiar voice to James and Lydia, "YEAH, WELL GO BACK TO FISSION CITY, YOU STREET SHARK FUCKS!" The trio turned around as the bat man smoked, as the snakeman looked to the duo, "Snoogins. I know they were sharks, but we kicked their asses all Jaws style!"
Vaggie stared at the three of them with a raised eyebrow in confusion. "I'm guessing these three are new arrivals like you two," Vaggie asked James and Lydia, "Is that right?"
The two teens didn't reply causing Vaggie to look at the two of them. What she saw made her jump in surprise. James and Lydia were sending death glares filled with rage at the three new sinners that just took Lydia's captives. For one of the few times in her afterlife, Vaggie could feel chills going down her spine from the explosive aura the two were giving off.
"What the hell is with you two," Vaggie asked in alarm.
"It's them," James said as he clenched his fists in anger.
"There's no doubt," Lydia said as her sharp nails popped out of her hands out of instinct.
"What," Vaggie asked in confusion.
"THEY'RE THE ONES WHO KILLED US," James and Lydia shouted in rage that could be heard throughout all of the Lust District.
The three sinners now identified as the ones that caused the accident that sent the two innocent teens to Hell in the first place saw the two teens launch at them. James armed with his scythe while Lydia ready to claw them to bits. However, they were stopped by Vaggie leaped in front of them and held them back as best as she could.
"Wait a fucking minute you two," Vaggie shouted as she struggled to how the two back.
"OUT OF THE WAY! LET ME AT THEM," James shouted in pure rage and ready to chop the three sinners to bits, "I'LL TEAR THEM LIMB FROM LIMB!"
"No, you're not gonna kill them! Not if I get to them first," Lydia shouted ready to thrash the three of them, "I'm gonna to break every body in their bodies, ripe their limbs off, and beat them until they're blood pulps! AND THEN I'm gonna kill! I'm REALLY going to kill them!"
'Damn! For people who weren't supposed to be sinners, they sure know how to be violent,' Vaggie thought in surprise, 'I'm kind of impressed.'
The three sinners stared in surprise as the two teens looked ready to tear them apart if not for the moth like demon girl. "Hey, we just saved your sorry asses," the humanoid tiger said sounding insulted, "You could show use some gratitude at least!"
"GRATITUDE," James and Lydia shouted as their rage grew even more as Vaggie began to struggle to hold them back.
"It's thanks to you driving while drugged and picking a fight with Death that we're in this mess in the first place," James shouted as his grip on his scythe tightened.
"We weren't even supposed to be here," Lydia yelled as her claws grew longer.
"Well, if we weren't here to save your sorry ass is, and lunchbox's," Dan said, as Bruce looked at him offended that he couldn't defend himself, or he took part in the battle. "Youse all be double dead by now if we didn't come in to save your asses. Especially your girlfriends. Both of them."
All three blinked and confusion as they looked, confused, as Dante asked, " what are you talking about?"
Dan blank is the arts and eyebrows pointing to them as Clint asked, equally confused, "You mean the girl with the eyepatch isn't one of your girls? I thought since she was hanging on with you and this cat girl she was into you. Well, at least Dan thought so."
Dan smirked perverted, as he looked at his boys, " looks like I get a chance for the new girl. Booong."
The moment Dan said that, her grip on James and Lydia loosened as her hands dropped to her side. The only thing stopping James and Lydia from attacking Dan, Bruce, and Clint was the fact that they were caught off guard by Vaggie's enraged expression as her good eye burned with rage.
'So I look like an easy chick, do I,' Vaggie thought as she hated the idea of being seen like by anyone. Especially a man!
"You know what? I changed my mind," Vaggie said as she pulled out her spear, "Let's relieve some stress with these three newbies... Just don't beat them to death. It's no fun if they die right away."
"Wait, aren't we already dead," Dan asked his two friends, "We can't die again, can we?"
"No way. If we can die, then we didn't really die in the first place," Clint said applying his own logic to the situation, "Therefore, we're immortal."
"How about we show you just how immortal you are," Vaggie suggested as she, James, and Lydia looked ready to beat the three to death as explosive red auras surrounded the three angry teens.
But then James calmed down a bit, as he was a bit more confused, as he looked at the three, "Wait. How exactly did you guys end up in this exact area?"
Clint answered, "We didn't actually end up in this area. We actually ended up in one where they were a whole lot of violent degenerates finding each other." He smirks as he answered, "Looking for these guys, I actually took down most of them. What can I say? I'd like a good fight."
James and asked, as he looked a little bit concerned, "These guys were in Angels, where are they?"
Vaggie groaned as she pulled at her face, "Ugh, no."
Dan shook his head, "Now, they were just a bunch of wannabes is much like those shark gangsters and try to gang up on you. Where is the van you guys when we A1 it up in this area when we heard about it."
Lydia and then asked, "Then, where are you guys here?"
damn, really shroud, as he looked at the trio, "Well, we're here to pick up chicks."
All three sweatdropped, and looked flabbergasted, as they all asked together, "What?"
"Well, we heard about the last district, and we decided to come here, to pick up some loose ladies," Dan answered, nonchalantly, as he figured this wasn't a big deal. "I mean, why else would a woman come here and willing to spread it even show the love?"
"So basically, you came here to find women who were easy to get in bed with," Vaggie said while shaking her head in disgust, "Typical men."
Clint nodded, "Yeah, but then, when we saw you guys were in a tight situation, we figured we just try to come in and save the day. You know, kind of a way to say we're sorry for getting you killed." He then looked to Dan, and replied with a sneering tone, "And for letting go of the scythe, which led you guys to getting thrown down here. After we got thrown down here by an angered Death."
Dan looked offended, as he said, "Man, how am I supposed to know that he said, 'don't let go of the scythe'. We were in a battle royale with Death himself. Do you think I can hear and find out the same time?"
"Maybe," Clint said, seemingly annoyed at his friend's stupidity.
"Yeah, not forgiven," Lydia said as she got her claws out, "Time to die!"
However, angelic explosions were heard from over the horizon, as they realized that they were still some angels still flying about. They were going to have to take it somewhere else. Or at least someplace they knew it would be safe.
"Okay, this place isn't safe anymore," Vaggie said as she took charge, "Let's get the hell out of here!"
"Hang on! WHO saved your asses just a few minutes ago," Clint quickly said, "If anything, we should be the ones giving or-"
Before Clint could finish, he found the tip of Vaggie's spear at his throat which shut him up.
"Less barking, more running," Vaggie ordered him, "Got it!"
Clint nodded nervously as he didn't plan to argue with a spear ready to pierce his neck.
All three, minus the silent and still silent Bruce, yelped, "Yes, Ma'am."
Later On
Happy Hotel
Charlie was pacing around back-and-forth, worried frantically about Maggie and the others. Even her familiar, KeeKee, Was following her pace, back-and-forth following her master. Even a little critter, nervous boot for James in particular as well.
"Okay... So it's been a few hours since I called and no one is answering their phones," Charlie said to herself as she tried to calm herself down, "That means they're on their way back, they're busy fighting for their live against other Sinners, Exorcists, both, or they're all dead... It's okay, I'm just assuming the worst. Try to stay positive, Charlie!"
She smiled but it was starting to break from the fear of what might have happened as her lips and eyes twitched. Her hair was also a mess, and her blazer was barely hanging after she tied it around her waist when she felt hot from panicking. She was especially worried about James and Lydia who were still new to Hell and weren't fighters like others. Especially against the invincible Exorcists. Her eyes darted to the left to noticed a flower in a pot. She darted over quickly and grabbed the flower.
"James, Vaggie, and the others are okay! James, Vaggie, and the others are dead," Charlie said as she pulled off petals. She continued until she was at the last petal which made her pupils shrink in fear. "OH NO! THEY ARE DEAD!"
Tears formed in Charlie's eyes from the flower confirming her fear as her make-up began to run. The Princess of Hell dashed to the front doors with the intention of finding her best friend and the new comers to Hell!
"I HAVE TO GET OUT THERE AND FIND-"
She opened the doors quickly only to see James standing in front of her looking surprised by Charlie's tearful expression. An awkward atmosphere surrounded Charlie, James, Lydia, Vaggie, Clint, Bruce, and Dan stared in surprise at Charlie and her stunned expression.
"James! Vaggie," Charlie exclaimed as her scared expression became relieved as tears formed in her eyes. She immediately grabbed James and Vaggie in a massive bear hug surprising all but Vaggie who just smiled nervously.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! I'm so glad that the both of you are alright," Charlie cried out as she hugged the two of them tightly as tears rolled down her eyes, "If-If anything happened to the two of you! I... I don't know WHAT I WOULD'VE DONE!"
Charlie continued to cry as James looked at her in embarrassment as while Vaggie just smiled nervously while hiding a blush.
"There, there," Vaggie said as she pated her friend's shoulder, "It's okay. We're safe and were able to find his friend thanks to you."
"Yeah... Thanks for the help… I'm sorry we made you worry about us," James said while looking a way trying to hide a blush.
Hearing this, Charlie's eyes enlarged as more tears formed. She began to cry even more much to James' surprise.
"Okay... Not the reaction I was expecting,' James thought to himself as he looked over at Vaggie for help.
"She'll stop crying in a bit," Vaggie replied as she wiggled her way out of the hug, "We just have to wait it out."
James began to feel awkward as the emotional princess of Hell continued to cry with her arms wrapped around her. He tried to do the same as Vaggie and slip out, but Charlie wasn't letting go as she continued to cry. After a moment of wiggling, he found himself with Charlie in his arms with her arms around his shoulder as she continued to cry.
"I am stupefied as to how I ended up in this position," James said out loud as Charlie continued to cry buckets.
As Charlie began to calm down, she noticed the other four who she had never seen. The cat girl she assumed was Lydia, but four she had never seen before. Her eyes enlarged in embarrassment and shock. She was so shocked, she didn't realize she was in James' arms right now.
'Oh no! New guests,' she thought in alarm, 'I'm making a poor first impression and I'm a mess!'
"PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR A MOMENT," Charlie shouted as she leaped out of James' arms straight into the hotel and slammed the doors in front of the group.
"Not what I was expecting," James said in surprise, "But at least she's not crying anymore."
"Of course she is," Vaggie replied, "She hates seeing anyone dies."
"Whoa! She's hot," Clint said with an excited slime.
"Too bad, man," Dan said with a sly grin, "I saw her-"
Clint and Dan stopped the moment Vaggie's spear was near Clint's neck again, while Dan's throat was grabbed by Vaggie as she glared at the two. Her glare was so menacing, it looked it was saying 'one more word, and they'll never find your body.'
"Okay, we're shutting up," Clint quickly while Dan nodded in agreement.
Vaggie pulled her spear back and released her grip on Dan's neck.
Suddenly, the door opened revealing a cleaned up Charlie with her make-up, hair, and attire straighten up again.
"Apologies for that and welcome to the Happy Hotel," Charlie said with bright smile as she welcomed her new guests and hoped she left a better impression than earlier.
Lydia blinked, as she recognized the voice, and pointed to her, "Wait. You're the one on the phone?"
Charlie nodded, as she smiled, "Yep, I'm Charlie Morningstar. Owner of the Happy Hotel and your host."
Though the trio blinked, as Dan asked, "Wait. Morningstar? As in Lucifer?"
Vaggie shrugged, "Yeah, she's the Daughter of Lucifer Morningstar. Princess of Hell and heir to the throne."
The trio looked in shock at this, as all three were on their knees, surprising the others, especially Charlie, as Clint kept his head down, as Dan said, "Your Majesty. Princess of Darkness. We are forever your loyal servants in return for shelter."
Charlie sweatdropped at this, feeling a bit awkward on this, as Vaggie groaned, "Great. Devil Worshippers."
"Nah, Clint's respectable to Royalty," Dan explained, as he and Bruce nodded, "We're just a couple of fans to Lucifer's work is all. Namely..." And both he and Bruce stood up, making rock n' roll poses, as they rocked out, "Heavy Metal Rock!"
James sweatdropped, as Charlie looked a bit unnerved, as he commented, "Ah. They're metal head stoners."
Moments Later
Moments later, everyone was sitting down comfortably in the main lobby rest area. Everything's for a little bit cleared up, and Maggie and Lydia were about to kill the three, Charlie decided to invite them all to sit down and discuss on how they all ended up here.
"I see... I understand what happened now," Charlie said as she processed everything she as told. She looked at Clint, Bruce, and Dan with a sincere expression of gratitude, "Thank you for helping James, Vaggie, and Lydia."
Dan and Clint smiled at the sign of appreciation while Bruce remained stoic as always.
"Finally! Someone who shows appreciation," Clint said in satisfaction.
"I don't know if you've missed this important fact, but James and me are in Hell because of these three," Lydia said in anger as she pointed at the three who were the cause of her and her friend's death in the first place.
"I haven't forgotten that," Charlie replied quickly trying to stop the situation from getting worse, "But isn't helping someone when they know they did something wrong the first signs positive character growth and redemption?"
The two blinked at her like she had grown three heads, and drowned, "No."
Charlie felt a knife go through her heart from that one word as she slumped her shoulders down in defeat.
"It's a start though," James said, arching an eyebrow and half smirking. To which Charlie smiled and lit up like a Christmas tree.
Lydia blinked at that as she silently said, "I'm sorry." And then looked to James as she screamed, "WHAT?!"
"Well, this hotel is meant to rehabilitate sinners in order for them to go ascend to Heaven," James replied to Lydia's shock, "Charlie and Vaggie explained it to me before I went looking for you."
"So the Princess of Hell and the Daughter of Lucifer wants sinners to go to Heaven," Clint asked while Dan and Bruce stared in surprise.
"Pretty much," James replied leading to an awkward silence, "It's so sinners aren't caught up in-"
Suddenly, the three burst out laughing as though it was the most hilarious thing they ever heard in their lives. The three literally fell off their chairs laughing.
The four still sitting sweatdropped at this as James shrugged, "Well, I'm sure they've got a lot of success on it." And looked to the two Ashe asked, "Right?"
Charlie looked nervous while trying to maintain positive smile. "Well... It's kind of complicated," Charlie responded embarrassingly.
"It's more like no sinners have ever tried to change," Vaggie answered honestly, "I mean, so far, James is the only one who's stayed longer than a day, and that's because he was out knocked out for a week."
"Well, there must've been others before me," James asked, hoping for at least a little ray of hope in this experiment of theirs.
Charlie continued to smile, but everyone could tell her smile was barely holding as beads of sweat fell down her face.
"Not even one occupant," James asked sadly and in surprise.
"Not one," Vaggie replied, "No one in Hell believes they can go to Heaven after coming down here. Even if it's an attempt to escape the Purge."
James then left a little bit. This hardened, as he asked, "So, you're telling me that there is nobody else besides me who has stayed in this hotel?"
Charlie then thought about it as she wasn't sure that this was gonna be a good answer for them. But she needed to assure James, who seemed really want to be redeemed, and decided to make sure his hopes are up, as she answered, " Weeeeeellll, there is someone…."
SLAM!
"SUP, BITCHES!? I'M BACK!"
Suddenly, the sound of the front doors being slammed opened caught everyone's attention along with a new voice.
Suddenly, the doors to the living quarters slammed open as the owner of the new voice entered the room.
Before the occupants of the room was a male demon standing about 8 feet tall and covered in white fur that gave off the appearance of a humanoid spider with his additional set of arms near the middle of his abdomen. He had a mop of fluffy white hair that from the front and back of his head, with light-pink splotches across it. He had light pink eyelids and color extends up to his eyebrows making it look like he had eyeshadow on. HIs irises were cerise pink like the splotches of pink on his fur. His left eye had a light yellow sclera, ahis left sclera was dark. Under each eye were three cerise-pink dots that resembled additional eyes as well. He had a wide mouth full of sharp pointed white teeth except for one golden fang that sits slightly to the right of the center of his mouth. His was wearing a long light pink suit-blazer with horizontal white stripes down that went down to his waist, a reddish-grey miniskirt, and long reddish-grey thigh-high heeled boots. He also had a reddish-grey bowtie with a cerise pink center with a black chocker along with long cerise pink gloves with white detailing at the cuffs on his upper arms, and long white gloves on his lower arms. The most noticeable feature was his prominent chest. It was made of more fluffy fur, but almost looked like breasts the way the demon wore the blazer.
"Heya, bitches," the spider man smiled, as he struck a pose, " Angel dust is back in the hotel, bitches!"
James blinked as he looked to the girls as the trio stopped laughing to see the new occupant. "Is she the one?"
"Yep," Vaggie groaned. "He is."
All four guys blinked at this is they went wide-eyed, and I'll ask together, "He?" Bruce was wide eyed, as he pointed right at Angel Dust, and silently asked with his face 'that's a guy'?
"Must be a cross dresser," Clint mouthed back to his friend.
Lydia stared in shock at the sight before her. 'First cowboy sharks and now a cross dressing spider,' Lydia thought while staring in silence, 'What next?!'
Angel walked over, and looked at the new faces as he was a bit surprised. But his it with a smirk, as he turned on the charm, "Oh, we got a new faces in the hotel, eh? Good for you, Broads." He looked over to James, as he played with his hair, a bit, and flirted, "Ooooh, you look rather fine dere, red boy." He leaned in closer, as he smirked at a flustered James, as he flirted, playing with his horn, " You know what they say about a guy with one horn. Big horns… big tools."
'IT JUST GOT WOOOOOORRRRRRSE,' Lydia's mentally shouted as her inner self coughed up blood in pain.
At that flirting, both Charlie and Lydia's faces were a little bright red. But whether if it was from jealousy, or anger, only they knew. James gulped, as he tried to pull away from Angel, as he stuttered, "Um, thanks. But I'm…I'm actually straight. Not really into guys."
Angel smirked at this, as he tickled his nose, "Sure, sweetie. That's what they all say at first. But once you go Angel, there ain't no goin' back."
"Alright, that's enough Angel," Vaggie said putting a stop to this, "They're newcomers to Hell, so give them some slack."
"No kidding? Newbies to Hell, you say," Angel Dust replied with a grin as he wrapped upper arm around James' shoulder, "Stick with me, green horn. I'll show you the best places to let loose!"
Suddenly, Lydia has screeched out like a cat would. And she didn't hit send him home, showcasing your closet, and things that she was up on all fours on the couch Klein right at him, but narrowly missing, innocence. She was trying to push him away, like scaring the living daylights out of them. Even the tip of her tail was starting to flare up as she hissed out at the spider guy. This also made everyone jump back in surprise.
"Whoa! Miss Pussy Cat is pissed," Angel said as he jumped on another couched while grinning at her, "I bet she likes it really rough, don't ya?"
James and Charlie pulled Lydia back, as the cat girl still hissed at Angel, "Just try and flirt with him again, you drag queen."
"Challenge accepted," Angel replied with a smile.
"Please tell me you have a better example than him," Lydia asked Charlie in rage at Angel Dust being Charlie's only example of a reformed sinner.
Charlie then stood up as she flashed her smile, and said clapping her hands together, "So, why don't we all go find a room and just get some sleep? Tomorrow is gonna be a big day for all of us, including me and Vaggie."
James arched an eyebrow, as he asked, "Why? What happens tomorrow?"
"Well, tomorrow we announce to all of hell, that we are setting up the happy hotel, or for our wayward sinners, to be redeemed, in order to avoid the extermination for next year," Vaggie answered. And then sternly looked at Angel, as she sneered, "Provided that you don't screw up anything during tomorrow's news broadcast, Angel."
dinner tonight, bro, and ask, pointing at Angel, "Is this guy a troublemaker or something?"
"He's a porn star who can't even get off of drugs easy enough to even take this project. Seriously," Vaggie groaned.
"Hey," Angel said, as he held his hands up," Whatever it takes to live rent free here. Drugs don't exactly come cheaply you know."
"There are drugs in Hell," Clint exclaimed in excitement, "Wow! I thought this place was supposed to be a punishment. But so far, it has the necessities of life!"
'Is this guy serious,' James and Lydia thought to themselves as he almost sounded happy to be in Hell.
"Schinmznooi," Dan exclaimed, as he sat up, looking like a pimp out of hell. "We play our cards right, we can be the Blunt connection around this place and make freaking millions. Bong!"
"Not to mention no rent," Clint added, "This place fucking RULES!"
Vaggie glared at them, "You guys stay here, you're going to earn your keep here. That means trying an attempt to redemption."
Clint and Dan froze from the glare as they nodded in agreement. Bruce remained stoic as ever but he didn't argue back either.
Later that Night
After the whole debacle, everyone was so into a room and began to settle in. James was up on his bed, looking up at the ceiling, wondering whether or not this was a real Internet. The daughter is Lucifer himself, I'd rather nice girl, oddly, was determined to try to redeem sinners in order to ascend to heaven to avoid a year lease termination. He did seem a bit hard to believe, but for some odd reason, she was sincere about it all. He didn't, even since it's a bit of a lie from her at all. She seemed rather genuine, and wanted to help others. It was hard to twinge a bit, when she cried and happiness when she knew that they had come back safe and sound. He sat up on the bed, still dressed in his casual, as he walked out of his room.
He walked down the hall, leading straight to Charlie's room, and then he gently stood there. He was a bit hesitant at first, but then he was about to knock, until he heard Charlie's voice speaking to someone on the phone.
"Hey... Tomorrow's the big day and I'm ready as I'm ever going to be," Charlie said sounding sincere and yet lonely as well, "I was kind of hoping you'd call to give me some tips as well. But I'm still going to do my best. But it would mean a lot if you watched it and let me know what you thought of it."
James could tell she sounded happy and yet she sounded like she was pleading as well.
"Well... you know where I'll be when you want to call. Bye," Charlie hung up before she sat down wrapped her arms around her legs and leaned against the door looked absolutely defeated at the moment.
knock knock
"Charlie," James asked out softly, slightly startling the princess.
"Wha- I mean, yes," Charlie quickly said as she got up while staring at the door with wide eyes, "James, is that you?"
"Yeah," he answered her, being soft and quiet for them both. "Um… you okay?"
"Me?! Yes, of course! Why wouldn't I be," Charlie quickly said trying to sound positive, "I'm just practicing my speech for tomorrow's broadcast. What about you? Are you having trouble sleeping?"
"A bit," he answered leaning on the door, as he sighed, " I guess I just ran a little bit hard to believe that all the situation that I in the others are currently in right now."
"Of course. Anyone would find it hard to believe they die and wake up in Hell," Charlie replied back in sympathy, "Especially in your case when you ended up here by accident. Plus, you did sleep for an entire week, so you're probably far from tired."
James was a bit worried about what he would ask next. But he had to be certain if he was dreaming about it or not. So he hesitantly asked, but I managed to find the courage to ask it at all, "Say, Charlie? Did you… watch over me the entire week? I just have to ask because it felt like you didn't leave my side at all."
Charlie blushed a little from that question as her eyes darted away.
"Oh... Well, maybe," Charlie admitted as she put her index fingers together nervously, "I didn't want you to die on your first day because of the purge and you weren't waking up. There aren't any other employees here either... So I thought I should to make sure nothing happened to you."
James blushed at that as he realized he was card for not just by such a beautiful girl but also a big hearted one. But then he blinked, as he asked, "Wait. You don't have any more staff here?"
"No, not really," Charlie confessed, sheepishly. She felt a bit embarrassed, almost like she was in a bathing suit and he was looking at her, as she answered, "Just me, Vaggie, and Keekee. And also Razzle and Dazzle, but five don't exactly make for a big staff."
James thought on it, as he shrugged, "Well... maybe if you'd like, I could work here while going through redemption."
The moment James said that, Charlie eyes widened as a huge smile formed on her face. Not only was he offering to prove he could be redeemed, but he was offering to help work around the hotel as well That would be wonderful," Charlie exclaimed in joy as she burst through her bedroom door, "Thank you so much!"
Though James blushed, as he saw her in her pajamas and her hair all free. They were full-body pink red pajamas with black trim on the wrists and ankles, while she was barefoot, and her messy. James blushed at seeing just now cute beautiful she was in her pjs.
"Uh... Sure thing," James said while looking away, "Happy to help..."
Charlie blinked at why he was blushing, and looked down at herself... only to see her blouse was a bit undone, as she blushed furiously as she accidentally flashed him.
"AHHH! I'm sorry," Charlie exclaimed as she quickly ran back into her room and shut the door. She covered her mouth in embarrassment as she leaned against the door.
James leaned on the door, as he said, "It's okay. I was more focused that you look a bit attractive when your hair is down..." but then groaned as he held his face, as he said, "Oh dangit, I cannot stop talking when I can't think."
Charlie's eyes widened when he said that. "You... really think so," she asked as she felt really happy hearing that for some reason.
"Sorry if I sound like a creeper," he replied.
"No, no, you don't," Charlie said quickly, "It's just... That's one of the few times I've heard it sound so sincerely."
This made James looked surprised from behind the door as Charlie continued.
"Most of the time, sinners usually compliment to try and get close to my dad," Charlie explained, "They'd act friendly, but most usually want favors from my dad. Other than my parents, and Vaggie, you're the first to compliment me without sounding like you want something in exchange."
James blushed a bit as he softly smiled, as he answered, "Thank you." But then asked, "But how do you know I'm not trying to butter you up to get me to Heaven faster?"
"Well first, you never asked me to talk to my dad about anything," Charlie stated making James shrug in agreement as he didn't dare ask for Lucifer's help, "And because of what I've seen of your character. You ran head first into Hell to find Lydia despite the Exorcists attacking. You put others needs before your own. I've never seen anyone else in Hell do that before."
James shrugged, as he half-joked/half seriously said, "Well, I think since I've heard so many stories on Earth about Lucifer being the Prince of Darkness, I'd be a bit terrified of the guy to ask for anything."
Charlie giggled at that, as she commented, "Still. A good soul in Hell like you, James... in its own, it's a rarity to find in someone. Even in a Sinner like you."
James turned to the door, as he smiled, "Thanks, Charlie." Not far, Lydia was peeking through a crack on the door, as she saw the whole thing happen.
She clawed at her bedroom wall, as he was seething with envy and jealously at this, as she innerly growled, 'Why you...'
She backed away before she could be seen as she put the pillow against her mouth to prevent from being heard screaming if she did so by accident.
'I can't believe this,' Lydia thought to herself as her jealousy continued to rise, 'I finally get the courage to confess to James, we both end up dying, sent to Hell by accident, now this hotel owner has the hots for James, and he seems to feel the same way! What kind of cruel twist of fate is this!? Worst of all, she's literally the Princess of Hell! I'm like a pauper compared to her!'
Lydia couldn't help but feel like her world was being turned upside down because of this as any hope she had was fading. Suddenly, a fire burned within her.
'No! No way I'm giving up,' Charlie thought to herself, 'This is far from over! I can still win James over! I just have to go on the offensive! First thing tomorrow!'
Lydia fell onto her bed with new resolution... Only for tears to form in her eyes as she tossed and turned in bed.
'BUT HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO COMPETE WITH AN ACTUAL PRINCESS,' Lydia thought in dread as she felt like she as now in for the fight of her afterlife.
Elsewhere
Someone else was slowly waking up as they had arrived a week ago. The figure appeared to be a human with his legs and entire left arm, metallic endoskeleton, his right hand though had the fingers endoskeletal with them merging with the flesh, while his privates were... covered, by black tattered pants. His skin was pale chalk gray, while he was missing his right eye, while his left was black with a white iris, and his hair was all white and slicked back, as well as being physically small muscle build. He was the fellow who had tried to pay his way to Death to bring him back to life and failed. Though at the moment, he thought he was in Hell, but he looked around, seeing a designer's station and platform, while he lied on a very comfy couch, and saw outside a crimson dark night sky with a city illuminating in lights, with a red pentagram glowing on the moon, and oddly enough, a white shimmerly cloud-like formation next to it acting like a second moon.
He groaned, as he held his head, "Ugh... where... am I?"
"Well about time you fuckin' woke up, you waste of space," a British voice spoke up, as he looked to his right.
The figure was a slim female demon with cedar-brown skin, and long curly hair kept into pigtails with bangs by black hair ties. Her hair was colored in a desire-red that featured the insides colored in a dark navy-blue, and white swirled-streaks on her pigtails and one on her bangs. Her eyes had white irises, red sclera and slit pupils, and her makeup consisted of burgundy eyeshadow on her eyelids, and black lipstick on her lips with a strip across the center of her mouth, and fangs inside. She wore white skull-shaped earrings, and a sleeveless navy-blue coat with burgundy lining and two desire hearts on the left side of the fur collar, worn over a sleeveless, black turtlenecked crop-top that included two desire hearts on the chest. Her set of loose-pants were colored in navy-blue and desire-red in a striped-pattern, held by a black belt with a white heart-shaped buckle, and heeled black shoes with white poms on the top, black-striped fingerless opera gloves with alternating colors - white for her right glove and desire for her left.
The young man jumped, as he fell down off the couch, as he groaned, standing up, somehow balancing well on the weak-looking limbs he had. He looked to her and asked, "Who... what are you?"
"I'm pissed off is what I am," She said as she jumped off her seat and traversed to him, "Do you have any idea what you were lying on was rich Corinthian? It's worth more than your lotted soul, I imagine."
He blinked, as he asked, "M-My soul?"
"Yeah," she replied, but then looked at him a bit more as she shrugged, "But honestly, what good would a soul as vile as yours be worth for an Overlord like me. Or Vox and Valentino." She then smirked a bit as she said, "Still... no sense in wasting such potential."
Hearing that, the male demon became defensive, "Okay, I don't know what kind of fucked up trick this is," he began to say, "But I'm worth much more than you seem to think! I just need to make a quick call and-"
"Hahahaha! I see you haven't figured it out yet," the female demon replied while laughing, "Anything of value from your previous life means nothing in Hell."
Hearing that, the male looked out the window to see just what she was talking about and then noticed his own appearance and was horrified at what he'd become.
"But if you're worth as much as you say when you were alive," she began to say with a sly grin, "Let's see you prove that while here. This is where you really earn a living green horn."
He arched an eyebrow, as his empty eye socket went along with it, and he asked her, "Who are you?"
"Name's Velvette," Velvette answered, "Not my original name, but here it's a brand new start. I'm the glue that holds the Vs together."
"The Vees," Velvette answered, "Vox, Valentino, and myself. We're basically a triad of Overlords. Demons that rank higher than the other Sinners due to having more power." She then smirked at him, as she was now six inches to him, "Something Vox picked up from you while he was doing his usual media hack."
"Okay... So why help me then," the male asked, "What do you gain from letting me stay here?"
"Shifting the balance of power, my good boy," a new voice spoke as he and Velvette turned to see sparks of power fly out as someone teleported in the room.
He was a tall and slim-figured, technology-themed demon who stood at approximately 7 feet, sported a flat-screen television for a head, with the monitor projecting eyes with red sclera, small cyan pupils and different-colored outlines - black for his right and cyan for his left. The screen also showed a mouth full of sharp, cyan-colored teeth and a long pointed cyan tongue. He appeared to have dark navy-blue skin with sharp, cyan claw-like fingers and wore a navy-blue tuxedo with the jacket sporting red-trimmed cyan lapels, thin cyan stripes and cyan lining, worn over a red-and-black striped waistcoat which itself was worn over a collared white shirt with an upside-down broadcast symbol and a rather large, red bowtie. He also wore heeled dark gray dress shoes with cyan-colored laces and toes, and a black top hat on his head, with red and blue designs reminiscent of a broadcast symbol and radio wave symbol, respectively. He had TV antennae that stuck out the top of the hat, the right one bent into a zigzag.
Velvette smiled at her friend, "Vox, darling."
"Velvette," Vox smiled as he walked over and stood by her, as he smiled, "I trust our hopeful new recruit to the Vees wasn't too much to handle.
"Oh, he's the usual new guy: confused, disoriented and such," Velvette said, as she looked to the new guy, "This, of course, is normal."
As the new demon processed this, he realized that he was really dead now. He was shocked for sure about no longer being on Earth. But he slowly began to realized something else. He was in Hell. The place where those that sinned would end up. Now that he had no chance to go to Heaven, he was free to do whatever he wanted in Hell.
"Just to be clear, I can do whatever I want in Hell," the teen asked Vox and Velvetta, "There are no laws to follow or anyone to stop me?"
"Somewhat," Vox answered, as he smirked, "But us Overlords, who get all the power over others..." His smirk spread as two lines that looked like blood on the left side of hsi mouth showed, as his left eye swirled, "We can fuckin' do what we want so long as we got the power and territory." He then returned to normal, as he smiled, "That good?"
'The one with the most power calls the shot,' the new sinner thought as he grinned at the thought of him being the top dog in Hell, 'I can work with that.' He looked to Vox and Velvet, smirking now. "Sounds great," the sinner said, "So, what's first on the agenda?"
"First..." Vox smiled, "We got you some souls to make you our official 4th member."
"But first first," Velvette said, as she looked away, blushing at him, "We need to go get your tight ass some clothes."
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