"And the happy crew are back," Husk said as he spotted Charlie and Vaggie come through the door. Niffty turned her body and saw them as well.

"Heya Charlie and Vaggie. Did you get anyone for the hotel?" Niffty asked.

"I'm guessing by the lack of new faces with them, that's a big fucking no," Husk said throwing out his guess.

"Well, you'd be right," Vaggie answered with a slight shiver as she and Charlie got quite wet from the storm that was still brewing outside.

"Did you both go ahead and ditch legs?" Husk asked as the missing spider demon was very noticeable.

"Oh, so he didn't come back here after all?" Charlie asked. She didn't think that was the case but didn't know where else he could have gone.

"No, Husk and I never saw him come in. We just assumed he was still with the two of you," Niffty said this time.

"So what happened?" Husk asked.

"We really don't know. We were all coming back to the hotel when it started raining. I realized that I hadn't heard Angel say anything in a while. We look back and he's gone," Charlie said with an ashamed look on her face.

"How the fuck did you manage to lose that tall fucker?" Husk asked with a confused look on his face. Angel did really stick out of a crowd.

"I don't know. We didn't expect him to just fucking disappear out of thin air," Vaggie answered.

"I feel like he just up and left, which is what Vaggie thought too. But I also found it odd that the fact that he was literally right next to us and didn't say anything before disappearing is just not sitting right. Something has to be going on, plus I've tried to make contact with him...but got nothing," Charlie said as well.

"Damn, well I hope you two weren't planning on adopting. Yer clearly not parent material," Husk said.

"Shut the fuck up before I skin you into man-sized rug," Vaggie said as she didn't want to hear any sarcastic jokes.

"Fucking try me then if you think you're so confident," Husk said while giving her a glare back.

"Guys, this really isn't the time," Niffty said trying to resolve this conflict peacefully.

"Yes Vaggie, Husk, please listen to Niffty," Charlie said.

"Ho-ho, do my ears deceive me? I do not think they do. Why it sounds like the glorious sounds of utter conflict," Alastor said as he entered the room, clearing in earshot of the commotion.

"Oh great," Vaggie said with a face palm. She knew this situation would get worse with him here.

"Hey, Alastor!" Niffty said as she was the only one to greet him.

"Greetings Niffty. I say, what seems to be the cause of all the ruckus in here?" Alastor asked. Conflict seemed to always attract him.

"Angel went missing while we were out. There's no conflict between all of us," Charlie answered.

"How did he in fact go missing right in front of your very eyes? Last I checked Angel does not have any type of sorcery in his arsenal," Alastor said.

"As I said, they are apparently shit babysitters," Husk added in.

"We were all walking and he was trailing behind. I got distracted that I wasn't paying attention to what Angel was doing behind us. When I finally decided to look back he was gone," Charlie responded to Alastor's original question.

"Angel knows what he is doing. Something probably came up," Niffty said.

"Excellent point Niffty. Do not worry yourself, my dear, I'm sure the fellow will be back, he always comes back," Alastor responded.

Porn Studios

Angel pulled open the door to the back of the studios and headed inside. His clothes were quite wet as the rain didn't seem to let up since he began his journey to the studios. He was well aware that his phone had been blowing up since he began walking here. He knew that was gonna happen. He wasn't quite sure what kind of excuse or story he would tell Charlie and them if they asked. Didn't know if he wanted to tell them the truth or just flat-out lie like before.

"Well, well. Look who's here. Glad you decided to stop by," Vox spoke to Angel as he caught him backstage. He had a big smile projecting from his screen and a full sarcastic tone to go along with it.

"Well thank you. It's always nice to see smiling faces when I arrive," Angel said in a sarcastic tone of his own.

"Of course. I'm sure you can figure out that Val has been waiting for you. I think they put an outfit in your room to put on, so I would hop to it," Vox responded.

"Fine," Angel responded as he began to make the journey towards his room.

"Don't get lost," Vox said in his own sarcastic voice and had a big smile on his screen as he walked the opposite way of Angel.

Angel eventually found his room and closed the door behind him. He saw the costume laid out for him. It looked like a tight black piece of lingerie with a black mystical mask to go with it. "Some kind of theme tonight?" He thought to himself as he held the costume up and turned it back and forth to examine what the front and back looked like. It was a little revealing in the back, but what else was expected. He undid his bowtie and tossed that on a nearby table. Then came the removal of his long pink and white gloves, which he also tossed on the table. Then he began to remove his blazer. Before he got it completely off, he heard a few knocks at the door. He didn't respond as he waited to hear if a voice followed and it didn't. He completely removed his jacket before a few more knocks came, this time with a voice.

"You in their Angel Cakes?" Valentino asked from outside the door.

Angel had to put on a happy face as he tossed his jacket aside and went to answer the door.

"Ah look at you, already taking the initiative to get ready," Valentino said holding one of his cigarettes.

"Y-Yeah, Vox told me that you had something put out for me," Angel responded.

"Good, I'm glad that information spreads quickly. Since you are pretty much halfway done with changing, I don't expect you to take long. When you are done, meet me in my office, and don't linger," Valentino said as he turned around and left Angel to himself.

Angel waited until Valentino was completely gone before closing the door. He took off the rest of his clothes and began to put the costume on. After he got it on, he walked over to the mirror to make sure it looked good. He always cared about his appearance.

...

Hours later, Angel had finally gotten his pass to leave and finally walked his ass back to the hotel. Once again an exhausting night, but it wasn't the worst of nights. The majority of his night consisted of pole dancing and flirting, two things he was always shining in. And he didn't have to choke on Valentino's dick tonight so once again an added bonus. It was probably a good thing he did abandon the girls as if he didn't, a worse night would have been in store for him. But after putting on his regular attire and marching back, he finally made it back to the hotel. Although, he wasn't quite sure what waited for him on the other side. He expected the girls to be waiting for him cause obviously, they would know that he bounced. He stopped once he got to the doors and let out a sigh.

"Well fuck. Here goes," He said to himself. He reached for the doors and opened them. He quietly opened the doors and closed them behind him. He looked into the lobby to see that the coast looked clear where he could get back to his room undetected. He knew tomorrow he was gonna face the fire, but that was tomorrow's problem. Well, the more he thought about it, it already was tomorrow as it was past midnight, so it would just be future Angel's problem. As he tried to walk with light feet, the sounds of his heels made it quite difficult to be quiet as a mouse.

"I should be good right? Yeah, no way Charlie and Vaggie would still be up. Don't take em for all-nighters." He thought to himself as he walked up the staircase to get to the floor where his room was. He got to the right floor and began to walk down the hallway until he heard a voice.

"Angel?" Charlie said from down in the lobby.

"Oh shit. That god damn princess is awake?!" Angel said quietly to himself. "I don't need this right now." He quickly tip-toed to try and get to his room but he didn't think he'd make it before Charlie found him or heard his loud footsteps. "Fuckin heels." He opened the door to the closest room to his left and hurried inside. He gently closed the door and sat down in a chair by the door. Angel let out a small sigh of relief as he felt like he was in the clear for now. He was too tired to bother talking. He then looked up as he heard breathing coming from the bed. This told him that this room was actually occupied considering there was a demon in the bed. Angel stood up and got closer cause it was very dark in the room. He quickly caught the red wings in the bed and put two and two together.

"Oh shit, this is Husk's room? Well, this was room number...huh...I guess it is. Heh, if he catches me, he'll never believe that I actually came in here by mistake." Angel began to look around before thinking some more. "It may be a bit too hot out there as Charlie is definitely on the lookout. She'll probably never think I'll be in here. Guess I'll wait a little bit before making a break for my room." So Angel had made his plan of action and went right back to sit himself down in the chair. He let out another sigh and let himself sink into the chair. He was tired and knew he had to wait for some time, so he did what some people called, "resting his eyes."

Angel seemed to open his eyes as he was now on the floor back in the studios. He saw that Val was towering over him and looked extremely pissed off. "YOU HAVE CROSSED THE LINE FOR THE LAST FUCKING TIME ANGEL. I have had FUCKING enough," Valentino says as he nails Angel across his face. Angel lets out a small groan as he's knocked back to the floor.

"Val please! I'm sorry, I'll, I'll be better!" Angel said pleading for his life.

"NO!" Valentino said as he kicked Angel in his chest and sent him rolling across the floor. Angel was gasping for air as that kick completely knocked the wind out of him. Angel had enough and knew he needed to fight back. He tried to swing a punch at Valentino, but missed him completely. Valentino grabbed him by his coat and slammed him to the floor. "Be better huh? The fact that you tried to HIT me, doesn't really make me believe you." He then picked him up and tossed him across the room. "We do this bullshit every damn night, you NEVER seem to learn. Everyone else seems to be on the same page, except for you Angel Cakes. EVERY FUCKING WEEK YOU DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO DEFY ME TO PISS ME OFF."

Angel couldn't do much now. His whole body felt numb and everything hurt like a motherfucker. He was at the complete mercy of Valentino now and had no idea what Val was about to do next. He was barely able to mutter out a few more words. "Fuck...you...shitbag."

"Oh? Heh, all this isn't worth the headache," Valentino said as he reached into a drawer and pulled out a pair of brass knuckles. "I don't typically use these, too tacky. But I think you will finally and I mean FINALLY learn. If this doesn't work, then what will?" He said with a shrug of his shoulders and a big gold tooth smile on his face. Valentino's rampage was interrupted as a loud bang come from behind him. As the smoke cleared, Angel could see that it was the human. He couldn't believe it. This time, you couldn't even see the human's face as the glass on his helmet was completely dark. Somehow this made him look even scarier.

Angel started to realize something. He realized that this wasn't real. Yeah, this was definitely a dream he was having. He thought that it could be real but the human bursting in out of nowhere seems pretty unrealistic. On top of that, he remembered shutting his eyes but didn't expect to fall asleep. Perhaps he could try to wake himself up. But, he wanted to stay in it a bit longer. Really watch the chaos unfold here.

Valentino took a swing at the human but his arm was caught and swallowed in the human's massive hand. The human maneuvered his body and yanked Valentino by his arm and threw him over his shoulder hard into the ground. Valentino let out a gasp of air as this time, the wind was knocked out of him. The human wasted no time as he marched over to Valentino and grabbed him by his coat and threw him into the wall. Valentino somehow landed on his feet and was met with three straight punches to the dome. Valentino tried to use his claws to gash the Slayer but his arm was caught again. This time his arm was completely ripped off his body which caused Valentino to let out a shriek of pain. Angel couldn't believe how easy it was for the human to rip off a literal limb...or how easy it was for him to do anything. Valentino was a powerful bastard and this human acted like this was completely effortless. What was even more disrespectful was that the human nailed him across the face with his severed arm. The human dropped the arm and extended his blade and sliced Valentino's head off his body. The human slowly raised his arm and retracted the blade on his forearm. Angel watched as the human walked out through the hole he created in the wall, not even batting an eye at what he just did.

Angel couldn't help but smile at Valentino's bloody corpse. He then felt a shaking in his body and didn't think he was doing it. Then a voice filled his ear. Was that the voice of the human? What was it saying?...Wait it's saying his name. Angel...Angel...ANGEL!

Angel snapped awake at the voice in his ears and looked up to see Husk standing over him with his claws on his shoulders. Husk let him go as he could clearly see he was awake.

"H-Husk?" Angel asked as he rubbed his eyes.

"Glad to see your eyesight still fucking works," Husk said with an annoyed look on his face.

"Whatcha doing in my room?" Angel asked as he stretched his limbs.

"Your room? You're in my fucking room," Husk explained as he waved a hand around the room to show off that it was his.

"Oh. So it is," Angel said as he stared around the room and then down at the chair that he was sitting in. Now that it was bright in the room, he could actually see what was in the room as he had never been in Husk's room before. It was nothing like his room in the sense it was very dull. In Angel's room there were lights, mirrors, posters, and a lot of colors. Husk hadn't put anything in his room. The only thing that didn't come with it was the few empty bottles of booze on the floor. This clearly wasn't the way he thought he would have gotten into Husk's room. I think you can figure out what way he had hoped for.

"Wanna explain why you're in here? Don't try to use a bullshit excuse that you slept walked in here," Husk asked demanding an answer.

"Okay, it's coming back to me now. So when I was out with the gals...I sort of snuck away," Angel answered.

"Yeah, I'm aware of that. Charlie was pretty concerned when they came back. They made it sound like you got kidnapped or sum shit," Husk said.

"Yeaaaaaa. So I didn't really wanna deal with that when I came back last night. So I snuck into the first room I saw and it happened to be yours," Angel answered.

"Really. Out of all the rooms, it was mine," Husk said. Angel could see the look on his face said 'I don't believe you.'

"I figured you would think that, NOW I know it may seem the way you and I are thinking. BUT I assure you it isn't. When I came in here I guess I was so tired I passed out," Angel said with a nervous look on his face and a nervous chuckle to go along with it.

Husk let out a small sigh,"Whatever. I'm up as it is." he went over and put on his hat. "So. Do you have any kind of plan to face Charlie? Cause I ain't letting you take shelter in here."

"Good question. I'll think of it as it comes to me," Angel said as he got to his feet.

"Actually, what actually did happen to you?" Husk asked. Husk himself realized that he never asked that question. He was more focused on the fact Angel barged into his room.

"Shit just came up is all," Angel partially answered.

"Uh-huh. Does any of it have to do with that job of yours?" Husk asked.

"Like I said, shit came up," Angel said giving the same answer. But Husk could easily tell that Angel gave him a yes to his question.

"Hm. Well, I'm going out. I expect you to not be in here when I come back," Husk said going to the door.

"Ya sure? I could give you a good surprise when you come back," Angel offered.

"I don't trust you to not go through all my things," Husk said with the door opened.

"Not a no," Angel said with a grin.

"Fuck off," Husk said as he shut the door behind him.

"Still not a no!" Angel yelled so Husk could hear. And Husk did hear.

Angel figured he should leave. He did barge in his room and unexpectedly fell asleep. He thought it was a good idea for him to go back to his room for a minute to freshen up before he faced the storm. He opened the door to Husk's room and tried to proceed onwards but not before Alastor and Niffty came down the hall.

"Ah look at that, he has returned after all!" Alastor said with fake joy as he and Niffty got closer.

"Oh great, it's you. Ya know I still ain't happy about you chucking me through some strange ass portal," Angel said as he had not let that go.

"I wouldn't consider it as a chucking, more of a push in the right direction," Alastor said rephrasing it.

"How the fuck do you consider that a push?" Angel asked.

"It got you to go did it not?" Alastor responded.

"Didn't have much choice then," Angel said.

"Wait a second. Did you just come out of Husk's room?" Niffty asked.

"Uh, yeah," Angel said. He looked over his shoulder to double-check if it was in fact the right room, which felt stupid as Husk was literally in there so no shit it was his room.

"OH MY GOSH! I knew it would happen eventually! You slept with Husk!" Niffty exclaimed.

"Uh, I guess in a weird technical sense yer not wrong," Angel responded.

"I can write a story about this, I need details, what happened? How did you get Husk to do it?" Niffty asked feeling very excited.

"I think it would be better if you asked Husk about that. I think the gals are probably gonna wanna have a chat with me," Angel responded.

"Alrighty, I will," Niffty said as she left them to go to the bar.

"I can assume by the fact that you didn't just go out and say it that you did not pursue the loveless alcohol after all," Alastor said as he wasn't convinced.

"No, afraid not. Accidentally fell asleep in his room as I was trying to avoid attention. So like I told Niffty, you COULD say we slept together," Angel said with a grin.

"I see. Well now that you are in fact safe and sound, do you mind sharing the reason for your disappearance yesterday?" Alastor asked.

"I would not. Besides, it ain't none of ya business what I do, you won't give two shits either way," Angel responded coldly.

"You are probably right! But if you participate in actions that damage the reputation of this establishment...well...then it is my business," Alastor said as his eyes went partially dark and his voice deepened.

"Yeah right, you barging your way into this business suddenly makes it yours? Don't make me fucking laugh," Angel responded.

"I have stuck to my goals and have been doing what needs to be done for this establishment to even work! Maybe you should try doing the same," Alastor said. That response made Angel livid.

"Ya know, maybe I don't give two SHITS about what you think. You're a smart guy, you know what goes on," Angel exclaimed.

"Perhaps I do," Alastor responded.

"Whatever. I got one more headache to deal with, I don't wanna deal with another one," Angel said as he took himself out of this conversation by walking towards the lobby. It was a good start to his morning as he already got annoyed by the good old Radio Demon. He walked into the lobby to see that it was empty at the moment."Well, at least I don't gotta deal with them for a little while longer," He thought to himself as he planted himself down in a barstool. He rested his arm on the counter and was basically waiting for everyone else to arrive. He waited for a bit until Husk stepped behind the bar and pulled him into a conversation.

"So, I could tell you were having a good dream," Husk said bringing up a thought of his from earlier in the day.

"How the hell do you know that?" Angel asked.

"Cause you had a big ass smile on your face when I discovered you were sleeping in my room. Looked fucking weird," Husk said.

"Oh. Well ya ain't wrong. Was an odd dream to say the least," Angel was thinking of just leaving it at that, but he liked talking to Husk and he didn't think Husk would ask so he just told him. "Valentino was kicking the shit outta me for something I did. Then all of a sudden, the human bursted through the wall and mopped the floor with him," Angel said as that smile that Husk saw this morning returned.

"Sounds odd," Husk said.

"Ya, didn't expect that fucking human to appear. He seems to be everywhere nowadays. Kinda odd," Angel said.

"It was your dream, clearly it made you see what you wanted to see," Husk added.

"Yeah. But why wasn't it ME kicking the shit outta my fucking bitch of a boss?" Angel asked Husk and frankly, himself.

"Probably cause that was the most realistic situation. Valentino is too strong for normal demons to handle, but the way that human is and how strong that everyone is making him out to be, he would probably be someone who would actually kill Valentino," Husk replied.

"Well look at you! Smart john you are," Angel said as he now completely agreed with Husk.

"Yeah whatever," Husk said. He didn't think it was that impressive for him to find that.

"So. Think I could use a drink before Charlie and Vaggie get down here. Could use a little buzz," Angel said changing the topic.

"No," Husk said sternly.

"Huh?" Angel said as he didn't expect that response. Husk never told him no. "Fuck ya mean no? You're a bartender."

"Cause Niffty wouldn't stop chewing my ear off cause you said we slept together," Husk said giving him the reason.

"Like I told smiles, we both slept in the same room, so you could say we did sleep together," Angel said.

"You should have said that to Niffty so I didn't have to waste time saying it," Husk responded.

"Where's the fun in that," Angel said. But he heard a very familiar voice all of a sudden.

"Well look who decided to show up," Vaggie said as she and Charlie came in.

Husk leaned in closer so Angel would hear, "I could have given you that drink, but where's the fun in that?" He said, showing his first smile in a while.

"Oh fuck you," Angel said giving him the finger.

Stolas's Palace, Pride Ring

The Morningstar limo came to a nice and easy halt in front of Stolas's large palace. The driver unlocked the doors and out stepped the king himself. He took a moment to look over the palace as it had been a while since Lucifer had been here. It had also been a while since he last spoke to Stolas. He slowly walked towards the front of the limo towards the passenger window in the front of the limo. The driver noticed him standing out there and quickly rolled down the window. Lucifer leaned down to where their eye lines met.

"Keep the car parked here. This won't take long," Lucifer ordered.

"Yes sir," the driver quickly responded to not get on his boss's nerves.

Lucifer planted his cane in the pavement before heading towards the front doors of the palace. He heard the driver roll up the passenger window as he got further and further from the car. Lucifer soon realized that he could have gotten the driver to pull up right in front of the staircase that led into Stolas's home. But it's not like he didn't mind the walk. He looked to his right to see the small fountain in front of the palace. It had been so long that he forgot it was there. "It always was tacky," He thought to himself as he began to walk up the steps. He reached the top and didn't feel like knocking on the doors, he was the king, after all, so he reached down to the golden handle and pulled the door open and proceeded inside. The door closed and the sound seemed louder than usual. The palace seemed quite dead and pretty empty today. No sign of Stolas at the moment. Lucifer decided to walk around for awhile to look at the decor inside of the palace to see if anything had changed since he last visited. It looked relatively similar except for a few missing paintings here and there. Mainly family photos that Lucifer swore were missing.

"Hello? Is someone in here?" Stolas spoke from the other room.

"An old face," Lucifer responded back as he turned around to see Stolas walk in. Stolas was wearing his typical red tunic but without a cape and his hat. He also had on a pair of long tan pants that looked like they were cut off by his long red boots.

"Lucifer?" Stolas said in a very shocked expression as this was unexpected. "My, this is quite an unexpected visit. It has been a long time since I've seen you."

"Yes. Yes it has. Last I was here, your daughter...Octavia, was still a kid. She probably is grown now isn't she?" Lucifer asked.

"Y-Yes! No longer a kid anymore," Stolas responded.

"Is she around? What about Stella? I haven't seen her for some time either," Lucifer asked as he took a glance around the room to see if they were near. His eyesight then brought him back to Stolas who didn't look happy when Lucifer said that.

"They are both gone at the moment," Stolas answered. He used his left arm to rub his other arm. Lucifer caught wind of his peculiar behavior. It brought up some questions.

"Tell me how are things?" Lucifer asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Things are...things are fine. Yes, they are fine," Stolas responded.

"Really...are you sure they're fine? That wasn't a very straight answer," Lucifer asked again.

Stolas let out a small sigh. "Stella and I...have been having a lot of...issues lately. I have kicked her out of the palace. And we are officially getting a divorce."

"Oh. What has caused that downward spiral? That seems really sudden," Lucifer asked.

"A man can only take so much. Stella is not a nice person, the only reason we even got married in the first place was the fact it was arranged. Only reason I stayed with her so long was for my daughter...but I couldn't handle her abuse any longer. It is officially over," Stolas answered.

"Hmph. That does begin to make sense. That would make sense why THAT led to problems. That would also explain why it feels so empty in here," Lucifer said getting his answer. He didn't bother to dig deeper about who in fact was the "someone else" as it didn't make much of a difference to him.

"Yes. It may stay that way for some time," Stolas added before deciding to change the subject. "But as I said before, this is an unexpected visit. Is there something on your mind?"

"Yes, there is indeed! You haven't lost your wits," Lucifer spoke loudly as he now placed both hands on his cane and stared at Stolas. "I'm trying to figure out this little dilemma. And you can make it easier for me to solve."

"Okay. What is the dilemma exactly?" Stolas asked folding his arms. It then felt like a cold chill could be felt down his spine as the tone of the conversation changed.

"Stolas...I am going to ask you some questions. AND I need you to be completely honest with me. Do you understand?" Lucifer asked, although it was more of like he ordered him to be honest.

"Sure. What are the questions?" Stolas asked.

"Well I'm sure even you keep up with what goes on around hell, even being royalty." Lucifer began as he started to slowly pace. "I would assume you know that a HUMAN has found his way into hell. And this human has been making a lot of noise here."

"Yes, I have heard about him. An interesting human to say the least," Stolas said in response.

"Yes. Yes he is. And I know of some of the things you do. Especially with that book of yours. NOW. I must know...did you bring a human into this realm?" Lucifer asked and he was not fucking around with that question.

"Absolutely not. I would never do such a thing," Stolas answered. And it seemed very sincere.

"I figured you wouldn't. With that, a follow-up question. Did you give the book to someone else who may have done it? Or perhaps gave the book for someone to borrow?" Lucifer asked this time.

This one made Stolas feel very uneasy as it sounded like Lucifer knew something that he wasn't supposed to know. He was thinking about coming clean about Blitzo, but Lucifer did seem like he had no idea Stolas had a relationship with an imp so he had to lie. "No. I have not lent the book to anyone else. I have only used the book for my affairs. Besides, I do not even know who that human is."

It didn't take much convincing for Lucifer to be on board. "Alright good. That makes this easier to solve." Lucifer then began to walk past Stolas and back out the way he came.

"Was...was that all you came for?" Stolas asked.

"Afraid it was. I didn't have a lot of time on my hands so I had to make this a quick visit," Lucifer said.

"I see. How come you didn't try calling?" Stolas asked as the intrusion seemed less logical now.

"Because it's so easy to lie over the phone cause no one can see your face. When you're in person you can see signals of when someone is lying. So as I said, that is all for now, farewell Stolas," Lucifer said as he exited out the door. It became a very quick visit as Lucifer intended. Now that Stolas was back on his own, he quickly began to think about the Grimoire. He got off lucky that Lucifer had not asked to see the book right this second as he didn't have it, which would then totally blow his lie. But the thought about someone else bringing the human here got him thinking. REALLY got him thinking. He decided to follow Lucifer's path towards the front door. He opened it to check outside to see that Lucifer had gone and he made COMPLETE sure as he looked around and waited for any sign of him. There was none, so he headed back inside. He then found himself an open space and conjured himself a portal.

The portal brought him to IMP city and to the company of I.M.P. The portal was set in the corner of the room as he hoped that the imps were there and they were. Stolas all found them sitting around a table with the head imp Blitzo standing in front of them.

"Oh...uh...Stolas. What a...what a surprise," Blitzo said in a surprised and confused tone as he didn't expect to see Stolas and definitely didn't expect him to just make a portal into the office.

"H-Hello Blitz, others, are you busy at the moment?" Stolas asked, he honestly forget the names of the others.

"We were getting ready to send another one of those earth fuckers to the grave. The usual shit," Blitzo responded.

"Of course. Well, while I have you all, there is something I need to talk to you about," Stolas spoke.

"Like what?" Millie asked for them all.

"First of all...do you currently have my Grimoire?" Stolas asked.

"Yeah, right here," Loona replied as she held it slightly in the air.

"Alright, now for my questions. I want to make it clear that these are important questions. So I need one hundred percent complete honesty from each and every one of you. Is that clear?" Stolas asked. He basically was reacting the way Lucifer was when they spoke.

"Yes, for fuck sakes we get it. Ask your fucking question," Blitzo answered.

"First, have any of you ever given the book to someone else besides yourselves and I?" Stolas asked first.

"We have not," Moxxie answered.

"Okay. Have any of you brought a human into hell?" Stolas asked second. This was basically the important question.

It was then hard for Stolas to figure out the answer at first as all three imps and hellhound began to converse at the same time. All trying to use their minds as one to figure this out. After a little bit, they were ready to answer. "Oh yeah there was the one. Yeah, just fucking one." Blitzo answered for them.

"OH no, no, no. How could you bring a human into hell?" Stolas asked with a lot of panic in his voice.

"It's not that big of a deal," Loona said.

"Yeah Stolas you need to calm that bird ass of yours down," Blitzo said with a fold of his arms.

"No, it is a big deal! My superiors have been asking about humans into hell and I looked him dead in the eyes and told him no," Stolas said referring to his conversation with the king.

"How could one of your...superiors even find out or suspect that? As far as I am concerned, we did a good job cleaning up the remains," Moxxie responded.

"Yeah, there's no way anyone found out about the kid," Millie said adding her piece to the conversation.

"W-What? Kid? What kid?" Stolas said taken back by that.

"Ehh it's a long story. To make it short, we thought we shot some asshole kid by mistake, BUT it turned out he was the client's target. So we blasted him, cut him up and sent his dirty ass back where he came from. Like Millie said, there's no way anyone find out about that." Blitzo said.

"Wait so...not the human in hell right now?" Stolas asked. Basically for clarification this time.

"That big fucker? Fuck no. I don't even know who that is," Blitzo responded.

"Haven't given that much thought," Loona said as well.

"Besides, what would we have to gain from that?" Moxxie asked. It is something that Stolas thought of and Lucifer as well.

"And that human doesn't look like no joke. Would probably be hard to wrangle him into hell," Millie added.

"Yes. I suppose it would," Stolas said. He was starting to feel less stressed as they most likely didn't bring the human into hell.

"Who knows. Maybe he'll become a potential target," Blitzo said with a shrug of his shoulders.

Elsewhere, in the Pride Ring

The rain stopped after some time, but what didn't stop was the Slayer himself. He didn't mind the rain at all. But the Slayer really decided to take a moment to really think about his situation. There probably was no hope of him getting back to where he once was and he had to think of that being a really possible outcome.

The Slayer stumbled upon a brand new building this time. And this building looked so out of place for hell. Everything in this realm was seemed very red and dull. But this, this was a huge golden building that looked like it belonged somewhere else. Maybe in heaven or something like that. Not this place. The Slayer noticed that this place was packed. There were many lines of demons and each line led up to some type of booth. The Slayer noticed that there seemed to be a lot of security at this place. Armed demons stood by the smaller revolving doors that led into the golden building. He wondered what was in that place, but he didn't think anything in there would be helpful or in his interest. So he decided to go elsewhere.

"ELEVATOR 666 DEPARTING FOR ENVY IN 3 MINUTES!" A loud women's voice said over an intercom.

The Slayer stopped in his tracks after hearing that. Elevator 666? ENVY? The Slayer was pretty certain that Envy is suppose to be one of the seven deadly sins. But what does that mean by departing for envy? The Slayer continued to observe the actions of all the demons. He watched the continuous movement of the lines. Demons going in and out of the many entrances. He watched as one demon was clearly having a dispute with others about something. He then tried to make a break towards the doors but was pounded on by the security workers.

"ELEVATOR FOR ENVY HAS DEPARTED. ELEVATOR 666, DEPARTING FOR WRATH IN TEN MINUTES." Said by the women over the intercom.

The Slayer was really starting to question where this went. Wrath is also a part of the seven deadly sins. Did this...elevator take demons to a sin? It seemed like that was the case. The Slayer questioned whether or not that seemed worth investigating. As said before, the Slayer was not a fan of this realm or anyone in it and did not like large crowds. He was going to side against it, but it wasn't like he was finding any solutions to his problem, and started to accept the fact that he would be stuck here for a long time. It was not impossible that he could be stuck forever. He hoped that wasn't the case. He had no purpose here and nothing to accomplish rather than bashing a few heads of the demons who make a terrible attempt to kill him. So he balled up his fists and began to walk towards the entrance. And the Slayer was not one to wait in a line, time waited for no man, especially this man. So while all the other demons waited in line to buy their tickets to their certain realms, the Slayer just avoided all that and just skipped the line by walking right through it. That of course didn't go unnoticed. One of the demons who worked there confronted the Slayer.

"Hey, you cannot barge through without buying a ticket, surely you can't be that dumb!" The demon said to the Slayer. The Slayer looked down at him before just walking right past him. Basically giving him a "Really?" expression. But this demon was determined.

"HEY, I'm talking to you. You can't just-" He started to say as he got in front of the Slayer again. This time, the Slayer was not so gentle and put his massive hand on the demon's shoulder and tossed him out of the way. The other spectators around all were surprised at how far the demon flew with such an effortless push by the human. A lot of attention came onto the Slayer as he walked down the middle towards the doors. In front of the middle set of doors, two guards stared at the Slayer as he approached. Usually, they were always prepared to stop anyone who entered without proper access...but this man wasn't anyone.

"Oh fuck. It's that damn human," Said by the one on the left.

"Who the fuck does he think he is? He can't just push his way through. Only hellborn can take the elevator," the right one said in a stern tone. He put on a mean face as the Slayer got closer. He then felt the hand of his co-worker touch his shoulder.

"Buddy, I think you should let it go," the left one said.

"Fuck that! He's just a human, I ain't scared," he responded as he approached the Slayer with gun in hand. "HEY, YOU can't take the elevator...unless...you have...proper..clearance." His words started out stern but then began to fade off as the closer and closer the Slayer got, the scarier he looked. This caused the guard's tone to go from stern too scared. Now he was in a stare-off with the Slayer staring down at him. He looked around at the other guards for backup, but he wasn't getting any. Every guard had their guns down to their sides and kept their distance. He then lowered his weapon to the side and slowly backed away to let the Slayer pass. The Slayer looked at him once more before proceeding inside. Both guards, as well as all the other demons around, watched him head inside.

"Hmph. What happened to not being scared? Cause to me, ya looked pretty fuckin' scared," the other guard said.

"Shut the hell up. For a human, he's very good at intimidation," the other responded. "But it don't matter, only hellborn can get through and he ain't no hellborn." They both then watched as the Slayer was denied entry as there was some magic wall that wouldn't let him in. "He's finding that out for himself. Did all this for nothing." But what came next was very unexpected. They watched as the Slayer forced an arm into the barrier and actually was able to make it through. He then forced his other arm through and began to pry the barrier open for him to make it inside. A feat that not even the strongest sinner demons could accomplish.

"That's...that's not possible," said by the guard on the left.

"What should we do?" The right one asked.

"We need to get this too Lucifer!" The left one responded.

Inside, the Slayer walked through the double doors and was now inside. He looked all around in the very bright golden interior of the so-called elevator. The place was quite crowded as it seemed to be a hot spot for these demons to go.

"Woah!" A voice said to the Slayer. He slowly looked down to see a small demon. By the high pitch of the voice, he assumed it was some type of a child demon. "Are you dat human?" The child asked him. The Slayer could tell this child was clearly not immediately intimidated by the Slayer's look, unlike most of the other demons here. The Slayer then slowly looked up at the sound of rushing footsteps.

"Come BACK over here. You stay away from him," A female demon said as she dragged the child away by his arm. The Slayer could hear some dispute conversation between them. Mainly why he couldn't be by the human and all that jazz.

He slowly gaged the entire area, while other demons gaged him. He slowly marched around the waiting area observing all he could see and it wasn't like there was anything big to look at. It was mainly just a lot of demons standing around and waiting for the ring they wanted to go to. The back of the building held the large elevator that actually brought the demons where they wanted to go. The Slayer stared at it from a distance, he saw 7 different colored gems above it. He then looked over his shoulder at a screen that had seven different colored sections saying either Pride, Wrath, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Envy, and Sloth. Pride was red, Wrath was orange, Gluttony is yellow, Greed is green, Lust was blue, Envy is purple, and Sloth is a type of pink. He then looked back at the gems as they matched up in that order. The order of the rainbow. Clever.

The Slayer watched as the big doors opened and a collection of demons piled in. The Slayer was content on just watching...but, maybe it is something worth checking out. Just like what brought him into this place in the first place, he had a feeling he would be here for some time. He had been here for nearly two weeks and this pride ring provided nothing. Maybe one of these other sins could. Probably is a long shot, but he didn't have anything better to do.