"Once upon a time, there was a glowing city protected by golden gates, known as Heaven. It was ruled by beings of pure light. Angels that worshipped good and shielded all from evil. Lucifer was one of these angels. He was a dreamer with fantastical ideas for all of creation. But, he was seen as a troublemaker by the elders of Heaven. For they felt his way of thinking was dangerous to the order of their world.
So, he watched as the angels began to expand the universe in their ways. From the dust of Earth, they created Adam and Lilith. Equals as the first of mankind, but despite this, Adam demanded control, and Lilith refused to submit to his will. She fled the Garden. Drawn in by her fierce independence, Lucifer found her and the two rebellious dreamers fell deeply in love. Together, they wished to share the magic of free will with humanity, offering the Fruit of Knowledge to Adam's new bride, Eve, who gladly accepted. But this gift came with a curse. With this single act of disobedience, evil finally found its way into the Earth. With it, a new realm of darkness and sin. And the order Heaven worked to maintain was shattered.
As punishment for their reckless act, Heaven cast Lucifer and his love into the dark pit he had created, never allowing him to see the good that came from humanity, only the cruel and the wicked. Ashamed, Lucifer lost his will to dream. But Lilith thrived, empowering demonkind with her voice and her songs. And as the numbers of Hell grew, so did its power.
Threatened by this, Heaven made a truly heartless decision: Every year, they would send down an army, an Extermination, to ensure Hell and its sinners could never rise against them. But Lilith's hope remained. And her dream was passed down to their precious daughter, the Princess of Hell."
"...However, the Princess of Hell had one little advantage. An ancient being, a madman fell from the sky, inside an old blue box. His name? Well, it's the answer to the oldest question in the universe..."
"...' Doctor Who?' "
It was a "normal" day in Pentagram City, the "capital" of the Ring of Pride, and a blue box was crashing from the sky, with a man holding to it for dear life.
That man was young-looking, probably in his mid-20s. He had long dark brown hair combed to the back, green eyes and a large chin. He was wearing a tattered brown pin-striped suit and a pair of Converse.
Why is he crashing? Well, it has been quite the day for him. The entire humanity has been turned into an exact copy of his best frenemy and his people, whom he thought killed them all during a war, returned, he banished them again and fixed everything and now he's falling into Hell.
That man was the renegade Time Lord known as the Doctor, now in his eleventh incarnation.
The Doctor managed to enter the blue box, the TARDIS, just before it crashed landed.
As the box crashed sideways, the Doctor fell into the swimming pool, located in the library (don't ask questions). He found a rope and started climbing towards the door of the police box. Eventually, he reached the top and left the TARDIS. However, what he saw outside...Confused him.
He landed on a hill with a large pentagram on it. Not too far from it, there was a large city, similar to those you could find in the United States in the late 2010s/early 2020s. However, this place wasn't normal. The sky was crimson red and the city was partially destroyed, as several winged creatures with goat-like horns wearing a grey coloured short dress with a white sash belt, black leggings, white gloves thigh-high heeled boots and thigh-length stockings flew towards a large golden portal.
"What is this place...?" the Doctor thought. "I wasn't that far from the Earth's atmosphere before I regenerated." He turned around and saw a large building on the top of the hill, an amalgamation of several things, like a boat. At the top of the building, there was a shiny insignia, reading:
HAZBIN
HOTEL
"'Hazbin Hotel'...It doesn't look damaged compared to the city. " He thought. "Maybe I could take some information about this place in this hotel, it seems peaceful."
After putting the TARDIS in its correct place, the Doctor headed towards the Hazbin Hotel
He entered inside.
"I'll have the horniest sinners knockin' these walls down to get in!" A male spoke the instant the Doctor arrived.
"Oh-H-Hello." the Doctor waved at the group.
Everyone in the parlour looked at him, a pale blond girl wearing a red suit and black bowtie stood up and, excited, went to shake the Doctor's hand.
"Hi! I'm Charlie!" Charlie introduced herself. "Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel! It's truly a pleasure to finally meet you, our first guest!"
"Oh, nice to meet you too, Charlie, but I wasn't going to check in, actually." said the Doctor. "I'm the Doctor, due to the chaos outside, I thought I could find out about where am I."
"Well, you're in Hell." A grey-skinned girl with long white hair and an X-eyepatch on her left eye explained with a rather snarky tone.
"Oh...Well, that explains the chaos." said the Doctor.
"So...Are you okay? Your clothes are all ragged." Charlie asked.
"Oh well...It's quite the long story." said the Doctor, chuckling.
"Quite the long story, you say?" A radiophonic voice with a Mid-Atlantic accent spoke.
The Doctor turned around and noticed a tall man with pale skin red hair and red eyes, wearing a striped crimson suit and a red bowtie. He was also holding a microphone and had a permanent ear-to-ear smile.
"Oh, hello! Who are you?" the Doctor asked.
"Alastor, pleasure to be meeting you, quite the pleasure!" Alastor introduced himself. "Say, is that blue box yours? I haven't seen one of those things since I was young!"
"Well...Yes, it is." said the Doctor.
Charlie's phone started ringing. "Whoops, excuse me!" She went away and answered the phone.
The Doctor sat down on the couch.
"Hey there, handsome~" A tall spider-like demon came closer to the Doctor with a flirtatious tone.
"Oh, hello." said the Doctor.
"Angel, leave him alone." The grey-skinned girl glared at the spider demon.
"What? I just wanna know him better!" The spider demon, 'Angel', justified himself. He kept flirting with the Time Lord. "You've got quite the big nose, huh? You what they say, big nose..."
"-Big handkerchief?" the Doctor said.
"VAGGIEHOLYSHIT!" Charlie, excited, called for the grey-skinned demon, Vaggie.
"What happened, Charlie?" Vaggie asked.
"Dad just called me, he said the leader of Angel Army wants to meet, he asked me to go in his place!" said Charlie.
While the two talked the Doctor left the hotel and went to the TARDIS.
"Are you sure it's safe?" Vaggie asked. "The Extermination just happened! What would they ever want to talk about?"
The Doctor returned to the hotel after some minutes. He was now wearing a purple frock coat, a black waistcoat, a pair of boots and a purple bowtie. "Went changing my clothes, how do I look?"
Charlie nodded in approval. "You look great! And don't worry, Vaggie, I'm sure everything will be fine!"
"But-"
"I can do this! Somehow, I know it! I'll get Heaven behind my plans!"
"Is...Is she singing? Why is she singing?" the Doctor asked.
"Don't worry, it's normal for her," said Angel.
"To change their minds and touch their hearts Or whatever angels have!"
"Calm down, it's just a meeting," said Vaggie.
"She's good at singing, though." the Doctor thought.
"Cheer up, Vaggie! This could be swell! Something tells me that today will be a happy day in Hell!" Charlie rushed out of the hotel, excited.
"Hope everything goes well." the Doctor commented.
"...Yeah, me too," said Vaggie. She turned to the others. "So, while Charlie goes to talk about important things, we'll reshoot for the commercial."
"Oooh, a commercial?" the Doctor was intrigued. "I love commercials! Can I help you?"
"Sure, why not?" said Vaggie. "We'll do a new commercial that represents Charlie's vision, so we need a camera! Alastor?"
Alastor snapped his fingers and a vintage camera appeared in Vaggie's hands.
"A video camera." Vaggie specified.
Alastor let out an annoyed sigh, snapped his fingers again and a video camera appeared in place of the vintage one.
"Alright, let's do this!" Vaggie said.
The first scene of the commercial was one with Angel and Husk in the Hotel's bar.
"And...Action!"
"Welcome to the Hazbin Hotel. Can I help with anything?" Husk read carefully from the script.
"I've been a baaaad boy, and I need a big, strong daddy to put me in my place..." Angel said seductively. He then suddenly changed his tone "On the path of redemption!"
Husk was not amused. "Then you come-"
"OOOOH YESSS!" Angel moaned loudly.
"...To the right place." Husk finished.
"CUUUT!" said Vaggie. "Angel, I need you to be less horny if possible, and Husk, can you maybe not have a script in front of your face.'
"I ain't no actor! I can't memorise this shit!" Husk objected.
"Well, we could improve this shit, baby cakes~" Angel purred seductively.
Moving on, it was time for the Doctor's scene.
The Time Lord sat on a chair and fixed his bowtie.
"And...ACTION!" Vaggie started recording.
"Considering every sin you've committed, I'm sure you'd like someone to chat, to confess your regrets." said the Doctor. "Well, now you can! Hello, I am the Doctor, and if you come to this hotel, you can talk with me, and I'll do my best to give you advice!"
"CUT! That was really good, Doctor!" said Vaggie, relieved that she finally found someone who could act properly.
"I know I know, took lessons from Marlon Brando, with Shakespeare giving me some help. We imprisoned some witches inside a crystal ball once." said the Doctor. [1]
The residents of the Hotel were confused.
"...Anyway, moving on."
Then, it was the turn of Niffty's scene. She was trying to stab a bug.
"Okay, Niffty, your line is "We have the cleanest rooms", okay?" said Vaggie.
"Okay!" Niffty nodded.
"And...Action!" Vaggie started recording, but in that instant, Niffty...Zoned out. She stared in silence at the camera, completely catatonic.
Needless to say, the Doctor, Vaggie and Angel were creeped out.
"Huh...Cut?" said Vaggie.
"How was it?" Niffty returned to normal as if nothing happened.
"We're...We're redoing it. You didn't say anything." Vaggie explained.
"Okay!"
Vaggie started recording again, and Niffty fell into that catatonic state.
"Huh...Is she okay?" asked the Doctor.
"You're doing great, Vagina." Angel teased Vaggie.
"Maybe I can fix it in post..." said Vaggie.
"Do you even know what that means?" The spider demon raised an eyebrow.
"I'LL FIGURE IT OUT!" Vaggie snapped.
Later, the Doctor explored the hotel and saw a tired Vaggie watching what she filmed for the commercial.
"Something's wrong, Vaggie?" He asked.
"Everything's wrong," said Vaggie. "What we filmed is fucking horrible, you seem the only one that did a decent job."
"Oh, don't say that." the Doctor sat down next to Vaggie. "I'm sure that they tried their best."
"Oh, don't make me laugh. None of them believes in redemption," said Vaggie. "Husk and Niffty were summoned by Alastor, Angel is here because he doesn't have to pay rent and Alastor treats everything as a fucking joke! You are the first one that treats the Hotel seriously!"
"Maybe that's the reason they came here at first, but I think you and Charlie can change their minds. She's a nice girl, I'm sure she'd appreciate your efforts at making this work." the Doctor smiled.
Vaggie smiled softly. "You were right in the commercial. You really are comforting to talk with."
"What can I say, I'm good with words." the Doctor chuckled.
"Indeed you are, Doctor." Alastor appeared out of nowhere.
Vaggie sighed. "Este pendejo...what do you want?"
"About your silly little advertisement...We can make a deal. Not for your soul, of course." Alastor chuckled.
"...Keep going."
"I'll help you with the commercial, and you will never ask me to engage with this frivolous television technology ever again."
"...Deal." said Vaggie.
"Splendid!" Alastor snapped his fingers, and cameras and shadow demons appeared to manage them. Every resident of the Hotel was summoned there, with their outfits magically changing into something more 1920s style (except for the Doctor's, whose outfit remained unchanged).
"Alright, everyone! Let's make a fucking commercial!" Vaggie grinned.
Later, Charlie returned, completely exhausted.
"Charlie!" Vaggie rushed to her and hugged her. "How did they go? Did they listen?"
"W-Well..." Charlie said sheepishly. "They sure did listen but-"
"Come here now, we've got something exciting to show you," Vaggie said.
Everyone was sitting on the couch ready to watch the commercial on TV.
"Alastor pulled some strings, it should be airing by any moment," said Vaggie
"I've pulled some limbs, too!" Alastor laughed.
"Wait...The commercial? You guys did a new one?" asked Charlie.
"Yeah, one of my better performances if I do say so myself," said Angel.
Charlie wept slightly, moved by her friend's action. "It's amazing..."
"There it starts!" the Doctor pointed at the TV.
The commercial started playing...For two seconds before it cut to the News Report.
"Breaking News in Hell today!" The reporter, Katie Killjoy spoke. "We have just received word from the Heaven Embassy that the next Extermination is happening sooner than ever before. Do you know what that means, Tom?"
"No, what does it mean, Katie?" Her co-host, Tom Trench, asked.
"It's that we're royally FUCKED!"
The TV cut to the tower in the middle of the city, with the counter going from "365 days" to "176 days" until the next Extermination.
Everyone in the Hotel was surprised.
"Is that what happens every year here? Is that why Charlie is making this hotel?" the Doctor asked Vaggie.
"Yeah..." Vaggie said.
"...Very well." the Doctor stood up and turned to the blonde demon. "Congratulations, Charlie you've got a new guest."
"H-Huh?" Charlie said, her eyes started sparkling brightly out of happiness. "You'll...You'll stay?!"
"Correct! I'll stay here until I'll make this Extermination stop once and for all!" the Doctor proclaimed. "And I want to take a crack at this 'Redemption' thing, I'd really need it..."
"You want...To stop the Exterminations by yourself?" said Vaggie.
"Yeah, I'm very good at stopping genocides!" said the Doctor. "...And also at committing them. They were accidents, of course...Most of the time."
Charlie hugged the Doctor. "Thank you, Doctor. Thank you."
Not too far from there, a gold-and-white drone wandered through the chaos of Pentagram City, where it located the decapitated corpse of one of those creatures the Doctor had seen before.
But now, it began, the Majestic Tale of a Mad Man with a Box and an Infernal Princess, working together to help Sinners redeem themselves and stop the Extermination of them.
-To Be Continued-
