This is the 28th chapter. I don't own the series of the Helluva Boss or the series of Hazbin Hotel.
Dad Beat Dad
The scene opens to Vaggie sleeping on in bed. She squirms before waking up, yawning and rubbing her eyes. She turns to the left side. The scene zooms out to reveal Charlie was gone.
"Charlie?" Vaggie said with worry.
It cuts to Charlie panicking and planning out everything with lots of paper with strings attached with everyone else watching her, disturbed by her behavior.
"I'm just not quite understanding why it's not working. Okay, okay, think Charlie. Think, think, think, think, think, think, think, think. Okay, if I do this, it's going to be-I have trust falls every single morning. We can do-"
"Yikes." Angel Dust said, disturbed as Vaggie joins them and looks at Charlie with worry.
"Come on, come on, come on, come on." Charlie said.
"She's been like this since this morning." Octavia explains, feeling worried. "She barely had any sleep."
Vaggie nods with an understanding, turns to Charlie.
"Charlie? Sweetie? You, uh, you good?" Vaggie asks as Charlie looks back with sleep-deprived, insane look in her eyes that red veins were shown in the sclera.
"Nope! No, not really. Ha ha. I've been up all night trying to figure out why the hotel isn't working. We've done trust falls, we're tried sharing our feelings, we only have a couple months left before the angels come." Charlie told her, crushes paper with hand and turns into a demonic form, laughs maniacally before turning back to normal. "And at this rate-"
"Maybe it's time-"
"No!" Charlie refused.
"to ask-"
"DON'T SAY IT!" Charlie pleads, gets up close to Vaggie's face, holding her cheek desperately.
"your dad." Vaggie finished her sentence as Charlie groans, knowing what this means to her. "Charlie, I know you don't want to, but we need ever advantage we can get."
"He let the extermination happen to begin with." Charlie snapped. "They just had a meeting and said, 'Go ahead and kill everyone'."
"Um, you said it, not him." Felicia points out, raising her eyebrow. "And he wants you to go in his place."
"That's it!" Charlie said with a gasp.
"Kill everyone?" Antauri inquires, confused. "I highly doubt that's gonna help."
"No! He could get me a meeting with Heaven!" Charlie told the white hellhound.
"We've already tried that and literally got kicked out of the room." Antauri points out. "At least me and Felicia got tossed out and they just spun you."
"Well, yeah. We tried that with Adam, he was an asshole. But he isn't in charge of all of Heaven." Charlie said. "We could go to the top. There's sure to be some angels who will listen."
Charlie scrolls through her contacts. In her contacts, she has Egg Boiz 1, 2, and 3, before her thumb lingers on top of her 'Dad'. However, she's hesitant to call her dad.
"What's the holdup? You got daddy issues?" Husk questions, causing Antauri, Felicia, Vaggie, and Octavia give him warning glares.
"No, we just have never been close." Charlie retorted. "After he and mom split, he never really wanted to see me. He calls, sometimes, but only if he's bored or like needs me to do something."
Husk was aware that this is just an excuse that Charlie does have issues with her dad and turns to the others.
"Daddy issues." Husk said with a smirk.
"Wait, just to be clear, we're talking about Lucifer? As in the Lucifer who presents the sin of Pride?" Antauri asks nervously.
"That's the one. The ultimate bad boy." Niffty replied.
"And I like to meet the big dick in charge." Angel Dust adds with a smirk, but disturbed as he tosses the knife away from her.
"I bet he's scary." Niffty said with a laugh in excitement like a gremlin.
Scene cuts to Lucifer's house, showing framed photos of his family in a dark spooky room. Lucifer can be heard making snarling noises as he was working on something. As the sentence goes, his room is revealing to be filled with a lot of rubber ducks, and stacks of them filled the boxes and tubs.
Lucifer is a slender-figured fallen angel who sports a close resemblance of his daughter, having her white skin with rosey cheeks, blonde hair with thin light coral streaks to the thicker, paler blonde highlights, and eyes with light yellow sclera and light pupils. He's shorter than his daughter, but not by a large amount. Unlike his daughter, his mouth is full of sharp teeth, his hair is short-cut and has been slicked-back with one tuft sticking out, his pupils are slits like snake, and his cheeks are a paler shade of red. In addition, he also sports sharp eyebrows which are black in color, and his eyelids are colored light purple. His forearms also appear to be dark grey when his sleeves are rolled up. His white and red clothing is somewhat like a circus ringmaster; he wears a wide-brimmed white top hat with a golden snake and a red apple over golden spikes which resembles a crown, and a red-lined and red-trimmed white popped-collared suit with several golden buttons, his coat worn over a light red-and-white striped waistcoat with two golden buttons and a small, accessorized black bowtie. He also wore a set of heeled black knee-high boots, and black leather gloves which covers the majority of his hands. On his left pinkie, he sports a golden ring which is presumably a wedding ring. He carries an apple-topped black cane that matches his hat.
"That's it...Almost there...Now presenting...the magic-tastical back flipping rubber duck! Haha! That spits fire!" Lucifer announces, revealing a rubber duck that shoots flamethrower from its mouth. "Hoo hoo hoo! Hold the applause please, okay. Oh, thank you, thank you. Oh god, who am I kidding? This sucks!"
He throws the rubber duck at his family portrait and looks sad. Suddenly, his ringtone plays as he picks up his phone, and was shocked who was calling him.
"Daughter? Daughter! Daughter calling?! OH! Uhm, uh, uh hello, Charlie. He-ey, hey, hey, Char-Char. No, no! That's not good. Oh, this is the first time she's called to you in years. This has to be perfect." Lucifer said nervously, takes a deep breath before he picks up his phone. "Hey~ bitch!"
Intercut conversation between Lucifer and Charlie during the phone call from the hotel to his house.
"Hi, Dad." Charlie greets with a force smile, but annoyed.
"Hey! How are you?" Lucifer asks with a nervous chuckle. "Oh ho. Where-where are you these days?"
"You know where I am, Dad. I've told you before." Charlie told him.
"You have? Oh, yeah, uh, well, you know, I, uh-"
"I told you when you call me five months ago, or did you listen?" Charlie said in annoyance.
"No, no, no, no. Just, you know, you forgot." Lucifer answered nervously, making an excuse while kicking the rubber duck. "You know, I've just been really busy, you know, with, um, important things."
"Well, I'm actually running a hotel to rehabilitate sinners." Charlie points out. "Maybe you saw our commercial?"
"Oh, sadly, I missed it. Heh heh. You know, I haven't been watching much TV lately. Scrambles the brain." Lucifer said, making silly noises. "But hey! A hotel, fun."
"Listen Dad, I've got kind of a big ask." Charlie said with a sigh.
"Yeah, of course." Lucifer said, coughs and sets down his tea. "Anything in my power is yours for the asking. You just name it~"
"I need to speak to Heaven." Charlie explains. "Well, whoever's in charge up there, above Adam, above anybody. I need to go to the top."
"Oh, no. No~ No, no, no, no, Charlie, no, no, no." Lucifer declines. "That's, uh hah, no."
"Look Dad, I don't ask you for much, I never have, but this, this is really important to me. It's the most important thing I've ever done." Charlie pleads when Vaggie takes her hand and Octavia places her hand on her shoulder. "And I...need you. I need your help."
"I don't know, Charlie." Lucifer said.
"Please! Just some see what I'm trying to do." Charlie pleads. "You'll see why it's a really good idea. And Heaven is bound to agree if I get the chance to talk to them. Please, Dad."
"Wait, you're...inviting me over?! Absolutely! Oh, I'll be there in an hour." Lucifer said excitedly, hangs up. "My daughter wants to see me~ Take that, depression!"
Back at the hotel, Charlie, Vaggie, and Octavia prepare for Lucifer's arrival.
"Welp, we have an hour until he gets here." Charlie said, regained her composure.
"Okay people, Lucifer is on his way." Vaggie said with a serious look as everyone stands at attention, but Husk spills his coffee over himself and Niffty collapses the floor. "So, we are going to get this place presentable and we are going to make an amazing impression. Vamanos!"
Everyone scatters to get the place tidy and ready for Lucifer. Sir Pentious and Niffty bakes cookies, then she starts sweeping and Husk is cleaning up. Alastor walks in and watches Razzle and Dazzle put up a 'Wellcum Daddy' banner up. Antauri called I.M.P., Loona, and Asmodeus while given them an explanation. Felicia calls her sister while telling about it. Octavia called Stolas and Stella, given them an explanation. Angel Dust puts on some makeup before closing the mirror, revealing to be Niffty staring creepily at him, making him recoil back in surprise.
"Okay everyone, it's showtime!" Charlie said with a sigh as she opens the door, revealing to be Lucifer, who's excited to see his daughter.
"Charlie!" Lucifer said with a smile.
"Hey, Da-"
Charlie doesn't get to finish because Lucifer hugs her really tight like a bear. Unknown to them, Stolas opens the portal when he, Stella, I.M.P., and Loona arrived at the hotel along with Queen Bee, Asmodeus, and Fizzarolli. Octavia, Antauri, and Felicia were happy to see them when Millie and Loona rush toward the white hellhound and hugs him while Queen Bee hugs her little sister, and both Stolas and Stella hugs their daughter. Alastor was right behind them, with his wicked smile strained and left eye twitching in anger when he saw Lucifer.
However, it got Razzle and Dazzle's attention when they notice Keenie, revealing the hearts flying around them as they flew towards her which it got her attention. It got Keenie's attention and it got her panicked as she flies away while Razzle and Dazzle chases after her, causing Antauri, Blitzo, and Loona laughing while Collin helps her.
"So, this is the place where Lucifer's girl runs?" Asmodeus asks with a ponder. "Sure could use some serious touch-up, 'cause this place isn't what it used to."
Queen Bee, Stolas, Stella, and Striker looks at the hotel which they can agree on Asmodeus' statement because it's been on a rundown and barely used since Lucifer use to run this place. And now, Charlie is running the hotel, which there's barely any guests living there.
"And this party is like shit because there aren't any assholes livin' here." Blitzo said with a glare, crossed his arms. "Can't believe I wasted my shit on coming here instead of killing people."
"Oh, it's so good to see you." Lucifer said with a laugh.
"It's uh, good to see you too, Dad." Charlie said, strained as Lucifer lets go of her to give her breather, then she clears her throat. "Welcome to Hazbin Hotel!"
Two Egg Boiz pops some party poppers as a warm welcome. Keekee curls up to Lucifer and rubs her face against his legs. Lucifer notices her and goes all enchanted by her cuteness. He knees and rubs her head.
"Oh hewwo Keekee!" Lucifer said with a coo as Razzle and Dazzle flies by and he greets them. "Razzle, Dazzle. Oh, look how much you haven't grown. Still fun sized. You taking care of my wittle girl? You better be. Wow! This place sure looks, uh...uh hah yah uh huh...It's got a lot of character!"
Lucifer finds the bar at the corner and was immediately repulsed by it.
"OH, what in the unholy hell is that?!" Lucifer exclaims when Alastor reappears from the fog and in front of Angel Dust.
"Just some of the renovations we had done." Alastor told him. "Adds a bit of color, don't you think?"
Lucifer looked at him suspiciously, and points his stick at him.
"And you are?" Lucifer asks as Alastor reappears him, catching his attention.
"Alastor. Pleasure to be meeting you, sir. Quite a pleasure." Alastor replied as he shakes Lucifer's cane and wiping his hand in somewhat hidden disgust. "It's nice to finally put a face to the name. You are much shorter in real life."
Alastor makes a hand gesture, indicating the height difference between the Morningstars.
"Who is this? Who is this man? Are you the bellhop?" Lucifer asks, which he's annoyed when Alastor laughed.
"No! I am the host of the hotel." Alastor answered. "You might have heard of me from my radio broadcast."
"Hmm, nope!" Lucifer answered rudely. "I guess that's why Charlie called it the Has-been Hotel."
While Lucifer laughs and playfully elbows Charlie, Alastor didn't that lightly as he laughs.
"It was actually my idea." Alastor retorted.
"Well, it's not very clever." Lucifer said with a laugh, but strained.
"Fuck you." Alastor said with a laugh, but strained as well.
With each sentence, Alastor and Lucifer was getting closer to fighting they are insulting each other before Asmodeus steers the former away while Octavia and Antauri steers the latter away, and Charlie gets in between them.
"Okay! Okay, anyway. Dad, look at this lovely parlor where people can get to know each other and share secrets and stories and intimate feelings!" Charie explains. "Without Alastor, we wouldn't have been able to pretty it up this much."
"Charlie has a very unique vision." Alastor states. "I am happy to fulfill her bizarre requests."
Alastor places his hand on her shoulder. Lucifer is getting grumpy that he's winning over Charlie more than he is, which makes him very angry to the where he growls in frustration.
"Oh, thank you, Alastor." Charlie thanked him with a smile.
"Quite an impressive young lady." Alastor states. "We're all very proud of her."
"Ahem, Charlie! Dear, eheh, why don't you introduce me to OTHER friends?" Lucifer cuts in when he walks right between them before pointing his stick to the others at the table.
Angel Dust tries to get the cookie from Sir Pentious, but he doesn't want him touching the cookies without Lucifer trying them and hides them underneath him. But Asmodeus and Queen Bee approaches him which Lucifer smiles excitedly.
"Lucifer, where have you been? Been a long time since the start of Hell." Asmodeus said, shakes his hand. "Haven't seen you. What have you been up to?"
"Well, you know me, I've been busy...working something-"
"You've been working on rubber ducks again, are you?" Queen Bee interrupts with a question, crossed her arms with a deadpan look which it got Lucifer sweating nervously. "Ugh, Lucifer, you need to get out more! I mean, you've got your daughter into this mess! And you haven't been helping her all day!"
"What?! How did you-"
"Let me rephrase that, you see, we learned the news about the Extermination that's gonna start in months instead of year." Asmodeus cuts in with a glare, gestures his finger. "And, both Felicia and Antauri filled us in about what happened, and we know a certain demon who haven't been helpful to Charlie."
Then, Stolas, Stella, Octavia, I.M.P., Striker, Keenie, Collin, Antauri, Felicia, and Loona looked at Lucifer with a glare on their faces, which apparently the Lord of Lust made a valid point.
"Not to mention, you didn't stop Mammon incorporating your 'Loo Look World' when he made 'Loo Loo Land' in the Greed Ring." Octavia said with a scowl.
"And you let Mammon abuse Fizzie for years!" Asmodeus adds, points Lucifer accusingly. "How are you gonna clean up this mess that you have already made in the first place?!"
Lucifer can tell that they're serious about this situation which he knows that they're right about it, but the main reason is because his ex-wife, Lilith, left him and Charlie, and was alone because her daughter is running the hotel on her own. Charlie then places her hand on his shoulder, which it got her attention.
"We'll worry about it later." Charlie told him as she pulls Vaggie. "This is Vaggie, my girlfriend."
"Oh my golly! You like girls? So do I! We have so much in common! You put her there Maggie." Lucifer said with his expression turn to nervous smile, hugs her tightly. "Hey! Oh yeah. She's so pretty."
"Lovely to meet you, uh, sir." Vaggie said nervously.
"And this is Sir Pentious and Angel Dust, our guest!" Charlie said.
Sir Pentious hears his name being called and stands at attention, making a salute to him.
"Your Majesty!" Sir Pentious said in military tone.
Sir Pentious falls down into the cookies right before Angel Dust takes one for himself.
"Heya short king~" Angel Dust said with a seductive smirk.
"Of course, you already know Antauri and Felicia." Charlie said. "These two are helping me."
"Well, it's nice to meet you both." Lucifer said politely, but earned a growl from Loona and Millie which he backs away.
"And this is Octavia, my best friend." Charlie said. "This her-"
"Charlie, I'll take it from here." Stolas cuts in assuring smile, but turns to Lucifer with a serious look. "Of course, if you're aware, I'm Stolas, the Prince of Ars Goetica, and this is my former wife, Stella. And over here are-"
"I can introduce myself, you bird-dicked asshole." Blitzo said to him rudely, then turns to Lucifer. "I'm Blitz, the 'o' is silent. I'm the boss of I.M.P. This sturdy bitch over there is Millie, this baby-dicked troll next to her is Moxxie. And this western gunslinger from Wrath is Striker. And this is Loonie, my daughter."
"It's Loona, and you only adopt me on paper." Loona corrects him in annoyance.
"Well, nice to meet you all." Lucifer said.
"Husk is our bartender, and Niffty is our housekeeper." Charlie continued.
"Nice to meet you." Husk said with a small smile.
Niffty was super-excited to meet the ultimate bad boy that she scurries over and climbs up on his coat.
"Hello. I clean." Niffty said with a sadistic smile, laughs.
Suddenly, the chandelier falls and produces a huge amount of dust which makes everyone cough. Lucifer and Alastor were at the chandelier when the former knows the latter did that on purpose.
"Alright then." Lucifer said with a laugh.
With one swing of his stick, the fallen chandelier disappears and starts to sing the song, Hell's Greatest Dad to Charlie.
Lucifer (Sings):
Looks like you could use some help
From the big boss of Hell himself
Check your daddy's glowing reviews on Yelp!
Lucifer puppets (Sings):
5 Stars! Flawless! Greater than great!
Lucifer (Sings):
With a punch of a pentagram
A wap! Bam! Boom! Alakazam!
Usually I charge a sacrifical lamb
But you get the family rate!
Lucifer and Charlie (Sings):
'Thanks dad!'
Lucifer (Sings):
Who needs a busboy now that you've got the chef?
Chorus of Lucifer lookalikes (Sings):
Wa-ah-oh
Lucifer (Sings):
Michelin tasting menu free a la carte
I'll rig the game for you because I'm the ref
Champagne fountains, caviar mountains, that's just a start!
Alastor (Sings):
Who's been here since day one?
Who's been faithful as a nun?
Makes you chuckle with an old-timey pun? Your executive producer!
"That's true!"
Alastor (Sings):
I'm your guy! Your day to day
Your chum, your steadfast hotelier
Remember when I fixed that clog today?
"I was stuck, thank you sir!"
"Oh you!"
Alastor (Sings):
I'm truly honored that we've built such a bond
"Awwww!"
Alastor (Sings):
You're like the child that I wish that I had
"Uh, what?"
Alastor (Sings):
I care for you just like a daughter I spawned
"Hold on now!"
Alastor (Sings):
It's a little funny! You could almost call me DAAAAAAAD!
Angered, Lucifer plays the golden fiddle aggressively as he gets closer to Alastor. Suddenly, a piano drops out of the sky and Alastor plays the piano aggressively. Lucifer then plays the accordion horribly out of tune with the song, resulting in a temporary fade to black.
Alastor (Sings):
They say when you're looking for assistance
It's smart to pick the path with least resistance!
Lucifer (Sings):
Others say that in your needy hour
There's no substitute for pure angelic power!
Who just happens to also be your blood!
Alastor (Sings):
Sadly there are times a birth parent is a dud
They say the family you choose is better!
Lucifer (Sings):
What a bunch of losers!
Alastor (Sings):
Can you butt out of my song?
Lucifer (Sings):
Your song?! I started it!
Alastor (Sings):
I'm singing it! I'll finish it!
Lucifer (Sings):
Oh you tacky piece of-
Right before Lucifer and Alastor could get at each other's throats to kill, the front door opens, and Mimzy butts into the song.
Mimzy is a short and plump demon with pale-lilac skin and platinum-blonde hair which has been kept into a 1920s-style bob cut. Her eyes have cerise-colored pupils, black sclera, and thick lashes colored in a very dark shade of magenta. She has sharp pale yellow teeth inside her mouth and dark magenta lips, as well as darker-colored cheeks. She wears a typical 1920s-style flapper dress which are a few shades of magenta with pale yellow detailing, alongside a pair of maroon heels. She accessorizes with a set of magenta opera gloves, and a black pearl necklace with a cerise gem in the middle. She accessorizes with a maroon headband held by an ovel-shaped cerise gem, and has a pair of feathers in two shades of maroon with yellow dots. On the back of her shoulder, she appears to have a cerise Mammon tattoo.
Mimzy (Sings):
It's me! Yes it's me!
I know you were all waiting for me!
I'm here! What a gas!
Took a while but I'm present at last!
It's me! It's me!
Mimzy!
As song ends, everyone in the hotel were perplexed of their new house guest in the front. None of them spoke until Lucifer breaks the ice with a question.
"Who?" Lucifer asks when Antauri, Felicia, Loona, Keenie, and Collin pulled their earplugs out.
"Didn't you just hear me? Why is everybody gawking?" Mimzy asks in annoyance, poses. "Is it cuz I'm adorable?"
"Mimzy!" Alastor said happily, walking towards her.
"Alastor! Sweetie, doll-face, so good to see you! How've you been? Good? Good!" Mimzy said as she and Alastor hug each other. "Listen, I was in the neighborhood. I heard you were staying at this ritzy slob factory, and I figured I'd stop by, say hi! For old times sake."
"Of course, sweetheart!" Alastor replied. "Everyone is welcome here!"
"Yeah, except that dipshit over there." Blitzo muttered, much to Lucifer's annoyance.
"Sir, that's Lucifer, he's the one started Hell." Moxxie told him sternly.
"Mox, shut the fuck up! No one cares!" Blitzo retorted.
"Oh, how nice! So, you two know each other?" Charlie asks with a smile.
"Oh yeah, we go way back, ran in the same circles when we were alive." Mimzy explains. "You know, this one used to frequent the club where I used to perform. He's the only one I knew who could pound whiskey like a sailor then keep up with me on the dance floor!"
"Oh, quite a talent, this gal." Alastor said with a chuckle. "You should have seen her in her hayday!"
"Hey, watch it, tall, dark and creepy! I'm still in my prime!" Mimzy warns him playfully when she spots Lucifer in the open, and was immediately infuriated with the sight of the King of Hell. "Oh, oh my stars! Is that Lucifer? Move it! Pleased to meet ya! Your highness. Alastor, you gotta warn a girl when she's mixed in company."
"Charmed, I'm sure." Lucifer said with a smile.
"As mush as I'd love to catch up, Charlie and I have a tour to continue." Alastor told her.
Lucifer heard this and takes his daughter by the arms before dragging her front.
"I'm sure Charlie can handle showing me around." Lucifer insists when Alastor appears in front of them.
"Nonsense!" Alastor remarked, grabs Charlie and drags her forward. "We started the hotel together, and we'll show it off together. Right, Charlie?"
Alastor stops dragging Charlie so she can be the one to lead the tour for her father, Asmodeus, Queen Bee, the Ars Goetia family, the two Cherubs, Fizzarolli, and I.M.P.
"Oh, right." Charlie replied as she leads with Vaggie, Lucifer, Asmodeus, Queen Bee, Fizzarolli, the Ars Goetia family, the two Cherubs, and I.M.P. following behind, Alastor turns to Mimzy.
"Why don't you let the others help you settle in, and I'll be back before you know it." Alastor suggests.
And with that, Alastor leaves to follow the tour. Mimzy turns to the bar and walks up to get a drink.
"So, where can a girl get a drink around here?" Mimzy demands in a snooty tone.
Husk doesn't like Mimzy's company and groans in irritation as he cleans his glass. Mimzy takes a seat and notices him.
"My, my, is that Husker? Alastor still has you slinging hooch for him, I see." Mimzy said with a chuckle. "Classic! How ya been, fur ball?"
"Good! Until five minutes ago." Husk remarked in annoyance.
"Oh, don't tell me you're not happy to see me! You might hurt my feelings!" Mimzy said with a giggle.
While Husker gets a drink for Mimzy, she turns to Niffty who was looking for the bugs that scattering on the floor.
"Hey Niffty, whatcha been up to, girlie?" Mimzy questions.
"Fighting bugs." Niffty answered simply.
"And uh, how's that going for ya?" Mimzy asks again when Niffty turns to one of the bug she sees.
"They're winning, but not for long." Niffty answered sadistically, pulling out a large knife with an insane smile.
"Uh huh...thanks pussy cat." Mimzy thanked when Husk gives her the drink.
"Oh, fuck you." Husk retorts as he leaves the bar, leaving Angel Dust, Sir Pentious, Antauri, and Felicia takes up a seat right next to her.
"So uh, you and Alastor are like, what? Friends?" Angel Dust inquires curiously, raising his eyebrow.
"Well, that's your word, not mine, but I think it fits." Mimzy told him, but looks at them in a blank look. "Why so surprised?"
"Well, just didn't know he had any of those." Angel Dust points out. "He's been here a while and is still a big, creepy mystery. What's his deal?"
Mimzy begins her tale by making a short flashback story of how Alastor came to be. In the Dark Age of the Industrial Revolution, a shadowy demon is seen holding a drink, which Alastor takes out his hand, in the next scene, demons are seen dismissing him as another sinner, but then, in a dark alley, an unnamed Overlord is cornered by a sinister-looking Alastor, before it cuts to a female overlord, presumably Alastor's next victim. One by one, more overlord demons disappeared, leaving only Alastor to reign supreme over all the others. Then, a radio demon sends neon green signal waves all over Hell.
'Well, you probably heard the stories. He appeared in Hell suddenly, making a splash quicker than anyone had ever seen. At first, people wanted to dismiss him, but soon, overlords started going missing, and not small ones neither. We're talking heavy hitters. No one knew what happened to 'em, until these strange radio broadcasts started going out. All you could hear were screams. Every time an overlord went missing, there'd be a new voice screaming in the broadcast! That's when Alastor revealed himself as the radio demon, and anyone that would mess with him...well, let's just say, his broadcasts never lacked new voices.'
The flashback story ends to the present where Mimzy was concluding her tale of Alastor before getting back to being nonchalant about him.
"That's the story most people know, but underneath it all...he's a total sweetie!" Mimzy said. "Put on some jazz and pour a couple fingers of rye and he becomes a kitten!"
As Mimzy concludes her story, Angel Dust, Sir Pentious, Antauri, and Felicia were spooked by Alastor's dark history in hell while she doesn't seemed bothered by their disturbance.
"Stop with the looks. He hasn't done any of that in a while." Mimzy said, raises her glass. "Can I get another one of these?"
Mimzy realized that Husk is nowhere in the bar or in the lobby, much to her annoyance.
"Oh what the fuck!" Mimzy said.
In the creepy dark hallways, Charlie was showing them around the interiors of the hotel.
"So, once we have the proof that redemption is possible, the whole hotel will be full of demons wanting to check out into heaven!" Charlie explains. "We just need a little time to prove it. The sharing circles haven't been working as fast as I hoped."
While Charlie was in the middle of explaining everything to her father, Husk calls his owner from out of nowhere.
"Hey, boss. Can I have a word?" Husk offers with a scowl.
Alastor stops and twists his head 180 degrees to have his face turn to him before his body rotates.
"What is it?" Alastor questions.
"You and I both know Mimzy only shows up when she needs something." Husk points out. "That bitch is trouble, and who knows what kind of demon she fucked with to come running to you this time?"
"It's nothing I can't handle." Alastor told him. "Don't worry Husker. Who in their right mind would cross me?"
"I mean, you've been gone a while, and it's not like anybody knows why." Husk said, making a valid point.
"They don't need to know, and don't you worry your fuzzy head about it." Alastor said as he rubs Husk's ears which angers him.
"You may own my soul, but I ain't your fucking pet!" Husk growls.
"But you are!" Alastor remarked with a chuckle as he turns around to join back with the tour.
"Big talk for someone who's also on a leash." Husk whispered.
Alastor immediately halts after hearing this, his eyes turned into radio dials. The lights in the hallway flickered from his anger rising. Slowly, Alastor looks over his shoulder to Husk.
"Aha, what did you say?" Alastor asks angrily.
Before Husk could even respond, a green chain pulls his neck before he was forced down. Husk realizes what he's done and tries to come up with an excuse.
"Nothing, I uhm..."
Husk didn't know how to respond as Alastor slowly approaches him with the green chain twirling from his mic-stick. The more he steps closer, the lights flicker on and off from his anger.
"If you ever say that again, I will tear your soul apart and broadcast your screams for every other disrespectful wretch who dares to question me!" Alastor threatened him, which made Husk shiver in fear when he realizes he had crossed too with him.
"Understood." Husk replied quickly with a scared tone.
The lights turn back to normal, and Alastor is back to his old jolly good self.
"Lovely." Alastor said with a chuckle. "Good talk, my good man! Always nice to catch up."
Alastor leaves the shaking Husk on the floor. Husk was too scared to even more, and was left in shivering.
Back to the tour, Vaggie was taking her turn explaining more about the hotel's role to redeeming demons so they can go to Heaven, most notably Angel Dust.
"And we've almost been able to find all of Angel Dust's drug stash...almost." Vaggie finished her sentence.
"Not to mention we got Sit Pentious stop trying to build weapons of mass destruction." Octavia adds.
"So, once that's out of the way, it should be much smooth sailing!" Charlie said.
Asmodeus, Queen Bee, the Ars Goetia family, two Cherubs, Millie, and Moxxie were impressed of the explanation which it wasn't as simple as she thought. Striker and Blitzo may not like the idea of redeeming sinners because most of them are beyond help, but only because they kill people who committed a sin for money and the information of those who wanted revenge. After that, they might get these sinners to the hotel, which it'll be up to them.
"Well that certainly is, uhh...is-is something." Lucifer muttered which apparently, he's not paying attention.
"So, what do you think?" Charlie asks.
"Well, I think it's impressive, but a bit ambitious." Stolas told her with a smile. "And you would definitely pull it off, once you do it the right way."
They, except Striker, Blitzo, and Lucifer, agreed to his statement.
"About what?" Lucifer asks, snapped out of his thought.
"The hotel." Charlie told him.
"Oh! Yes! It does-it does look much better now, doesn't it?" Lucifer said with a chuckle. "You know, but I'm thinking this railing needs work, one good push and you'd just go right over the edge! Whoopie! Bye Bye!"
"Lucifer, will you be serious for once!" Asmodeus said in annoyance. "She's talking about using the hotel to help sinners!"
It got Lucifer realizes what the Lord of Lust is telling him. However, no matter how much Lucifer hates to admit it, he wants Charlie to get one thing straight about what her plans are going.
"Alright, I mean, look, I love that you want to see the best in people, but these sinners, you know, they're just the worst." Lucifer told his daughter, exhales while try to be straight with her. "I, I don't know how much you can realistically expect from them, and Heaven? Hohooo boy, Heaven, is not exactly as carefree as you might think. Yeah, they have rules, lots of rules, and they aren't open-minded as you'd hope."
"These are our people, Dad. I...I have to try." Charlie protests.
"Our 'people' Charle are awful!" Lucifer points out in frustration. "They got gifted free will and look what they did with it! Everything's terrible! I just don't want you to put yourself on the line for people like-"
Lucifer was interrupted when a loud thud shakes the hotel, rocking them on the balcony.
"Holy shit! What the fuck is going on?!" Blitzo shouts.
"Geez! What now?!" Vaggie exclaims.
"Well, like that." Lucifer finished his sentence.
To prove his point, Lucifer gestures to a dozens of loan shark demon mafia on the ground holding a battering ram. The loan shark mafia were armed to the teeth with guns, melee weapons, and a battering ram as they ram the front door open. The leader of the loan shark mafia looks up at the balcony.
"Mimzy! We know you're in there you lousy bitch!"
Inside of the lobby, Mimzy realizes that the loan shark mafia found her and cartoonishly goes down in a sheepish wince, now already busted.
"Oh shit." Mimzy said.
A portal opens up by Lucifer and they return to the lobby as the loan shark mafia continues to ram the front door.
"Que Carajo?! (What the fuck?!)" Vaggie exclaims in Spanish.
"What's going on?!" Charlie demands.
"I maaaaaay be in trouble with some loan sharks." Mimzy confessed. "I may or may not have borrowed 50 grand from-Eep!"
Scared, Mimzy cowers behind the bar counter to hide before peeking up to Charlie and Vaggie.
"You better come out!"
"Which mob boss?!" Antauri growls, grabs Mimzy by the dress.
"Some Imp from the Greed Ring: Crimson." Mimzy answered nervously, causing Blitzo and Antauri's eyes twitching.
"Out of all of those demons, you just go and make a deal with CRIMSON?!" Blitzo shouts furiously. "Fuck me and my little red hole!?"
"I may have also stolen a car...and crashed it...into the loan shark's girlfriend, but that bitch had it coming!" Mimzy continued.
Before Antauri, Felicia, Striker, Blitzo, Fizzarolli, Charlie, and Vaggie could even respond, the windows and the walls were barraged with fireballs from the outside. The windows crashed and the floors are meteor with the fireballs. Charlie and Vaggie screamed as more fireballs came raining on them. Niffty was horrified that the windows were destroyed after cleaning it so long ago. Angel Dust scoots back to his seat after a fireball nearly hits him.
"My windows!" Niffty exclaims.
Sir Pentious realized what was happening while he's still holding his baked cookies.
"Ah! We're under siege!" Sir Pentious shouts in panic, dodges a fireball. "Ah! Take cover!"
Everyone in the hotel scrambles in panic and defense as more fireballs fall down on them. Charlie dodges one of the fireballs close to her. Niffty was nearly crushed by one fireball before Angel Dust picks her up, shocked.
"Look out!" Vaggie shouts.
"What the fuck?!" Angel Dust exclaims.
"Get down!" Keenie shouts as she, Collin, and Fizzarolli starts extinguishing the flames.
Angel Dust throws Niffty out of the way, but she scurries around all over the lobby while Lucifer remains composed, oblivious to their dire situation. The lobby was on fire from the fireballs. Husk tries to put out the fire close to his bar, stomping on it in anger while Mimzy hides behind the counter. Angel Dust runs for cover, and Sir Pentious can be heard screaming as fireballs meteor through the windows when Stolas, Asmodeus, and Queen Bee starts destroying the fireballs. While everyone find some cover, Lucifer gives Charlie a lecture that makes her angry enough to where her left eye twitches.
"You see? This is exactly what I'm talking about, Charlie." Lucifer said. "You build something nice, you invite people in and offer them everything and they just bring in violence and chaos to your doorstep. It doesn't matter how well intentioned you are, they're always going to disappoint you."
Niffty was on the floor recovering the windows that were shattered, unaware that falling debris was about to crush her.
"Niffty! Come along!" Sir Pentious said as he grabs her before the debris nearly crush her. Vaggie appears with her spear ready at arms.
"All of you! Get a safe distance, I'll take care of this." Vaggie said with a scowl.
"Yeah, no can do, 'cuz we've got business with these fuckers ourselves." Blitzo told her when he, his co-workers, and Loona readied their weapons. "We owe them and that asshole Crimson payback!"
"You're not going alone." Alastor said. "It's time I remind everyone why I am here."
Upon saying that sentence, Alastor turns demonic with his eyes turning to a radio dial. Mimzy pops up from the counter.
"Oh, finally! Took you long enough!" Mimzy groans in annoyance, but yelps when she dodges the bullets.
"Shut up bitch!" Striker, Loona, Millie, Blitzo, and Antauri said with a scowl.
Alastor goes into his demonic form as a green aura lights up from the outside. The outside were just about to reload their catapult when they notice the eerie greenish glow before Alastor turns to his sinister demon form.
"A reminder to all, not to mess with the radio demon!" Alastor said with a sinister laugh.
With Alastor now in his demon form, he expands his tentacle tendrils outside where one smashes the catapult, the other killing several of the mafia gangsters. The remaining gangsters panic at the sight of the radio demon's magic.
"Yeah!" Mimzy cheered, but was shot in the head by Blitzo.
"Told ya to shut the fuck up, bitch!" Blitzo said in annoyance.
Alastor's body grows larger and limbs become longer before exiting the front door with a sinister unmoving grin.
"I will devour each and every one of you!" Alastor said.
Alastor, Felicia, and I.M.P. heads out to massacre the mafia for attacking the hotel. As they exit the front door, Octavia, Charlie, and Lucifer come out to watch the bloodbath. Charlie was totally appalled that Alastor is truly terrifying and maliciously monstrous. Lucifer nodded once to make his point. From the back point of view from the scene, Lucifer lectures Charlie about the sinners while Alastor devours and kills the mafia outside, and I.M.P. and Felicia were killing the mafia with knives, firearms, and claws. Body parts spread all over the front door, while Lucifer was oblivious to the mess.
"Mhm, you see?" Lucifer said. "What'd I tell you? Charlie, sinners are violent psychopaths, hell bent on causing as much pain and destruction as they can. There's really no point in trying."
"Dad! Stop! They're defending this hotel!" Charlie snapped, turning to see Alastor, Felicia, and I.M.P. killing the loan shark mafia. "It may be a bit more sadistic than I'd hoped, but they're doing it for me! How come he can have faith in me but my own father can't?"
Nearby, behind the table, Angel Dust, Keenie, Collin, Sir Pentious, and Husk saw the melodrama that was occurring between Lucifer and Charlie.
"Ooh, drama." Angel Dust said.
Queen Bee conjures popcorn to them, while watching the scene unfold. Husk also picks up a handful of popcorn to eat.
Outside, Alastor, Felicia, and I.M.P. finished massacring the mafia as he shrinks back down to his usual self, now satisfied that he's killed a lot of demons.
"Well, that was fun." Alastor said. "Oh, I missed getting to let off steam!"
"Take you don't get out much?" Felicia asks.
"No, but I get out once and awhile." Alastor answered. "Now, where's Mimzy?"
"Oh, that bitch? Yeah, I shot her." Blitzo told him, showing the dead Mimzy. "She just couldn't shut her pussy lips."
"No matter, she deliberately brought danger to this place just to have me clean up her mess. I can't have that here." Alastor told him. "But with her gone, it'll be the least of my troubles."
Husk was rather satisfied that Mimzy is dead before turning back to the melodrama between Charlie and Lucifer, now with a bucket of popcorn of his own. Angel Dust, two Cherubs, Asmodeus, Queen Bee, Fizzarolli, and the Ars Goetia family had theirs, but they also have drinks to go with it. Sir Pentious was holding a TV Guide by Vox.
"This is really getting good." Angel Dust said.
In a heartfelt scene, Lucifer retreats to the lobby while Charlie follows him behind.
"Dad, just...help me." Charlie pleads.
"I...I can't." Lucifer refused.
"Why can't you?" Charlie questions.
"Charlie! You don't understand. Heaven never listens!" Lucifer told her. "They didn't listen to me, they won't listen to you."
"You don't know that!" Charlie said.
"I do!" Lucifer snapped.
With tears filling his eyes, Lucifer begins to express his feelings through a song, More Than Anything.
Lucifer (Sings):
You, didn't know that when
I tried this all before, my dreams were too hard to defend
And in the end
I won't lose it all again. Now you're the only thing worth fighting for
More than anything, more than anything
I'll shelter and adore you more than anything
"Dad, I don't need you to protect me from this."
"I just don't want you to be crushed by them like...like I was."
Charlie (Sings):
Dad...When I was young, I didn't really know you at all
In a flashback scene, a young Charlie saw her father by his workshop who looked all sad and mopey. He notices her and takes her into his lap to show her some magic. A silhouette of Lilith appears before taking Charlie away. Charlie looks at her father sadly while Lucifer gazes at her with sadness too.
Charlie (Sings):
I always felt so small
But I heard your stories and I was enthralled
The tales about your lofty dreams
I listened breathlessly
Imagining it could be me
So in the end, it's the view I had of you, that showed me dreams can be worth fighting for
Flashback ends to the present.
Charlie (Sings):
More than anything, more than anything
I need to save my people more than anything
Lucifer (Sings):
I've been dying to find out who you are
Charlie (Sings):
I've been waiting, wanting the same thing
Lucifer (Sings):
Looks like the apple doesn't fall far
Charlie (Sings):
Took you a while
Lucifer (Sings):
I've missed that smile
Charlie and Lucifer (Sings):
All that I'm hoping
Now that my eyes are open, is that we can start again
Not to be pulled apart again
Cause in the end, you are part of who I am
Lucifer (Sings):
I'll support your dream whatever lies in store
Charlie (Sings):
And who could ask for more?
Lucifer (Sings):
More than anything
Charlie (Sings):
More than anything
Lucifer (Sings):
More than anything
Charlie (Sings):
More than anything
Charlie and Lucifer (Sings):
I'm grateful you're my father/daughter more than anything
More than anything
As the song ends, Lucifer and Charlie returns to the lobby after traveling across dimension to a mystical place. Sir Pentious was teary after seeing the sweet tendered moment between the father and the daughter.
"Aww, that was ssssweet." Sir Pentious said with a hiss, smiled.
Antauri and Felicia nods with an agreement, wiping the tear from their eyes as Millie and Loona hugs the white hellhound while Queen Bee hugs her sister. Asmodeus was also touched with a smile, nuzzles Fizzarolli in the cheek. Both Stolas and Stella glances each other with a smile, then hugs their daughter.
"Ok, I can get you the meeting but once you're in Heaven, I won't be able to go with you." Lucifer said sadly. "Will you be okay?"
"I'll be fine." Charlie answered with a smile.
"That's my girl." Lucifer said with a sigh, but smiled. "Good luck kiddo."
And with that, Lucifer turns into a violet red mist before disappearing away from the lobby. Vaggie comes over to talk to Charlie with uncertainty.
"This next part is going to be scary." Vaggie points out. "You ready."
"I'm ready, cuz you, Octavia, Antauri, and Felicia will be with me." Charlie answered, hugs her.
Vaggie looks reluctant, hoping she doesn't mean physically between in Heaven.
"In spirit, right?" Vaggie asks.
"In Heaven!" Charlie said with a smirk.
Vaggie, Octavia, Antauri, and Felicia's faces winced at the thought of going to Heaven and tells that it wasn't going to be very good thing, especially when their faces said 'Shit!' as the scene ends.
That's it for the 28th chapter.