Hello everyone! Here is the next chapter!
I got the original idea from a series called "Hazbin Hotel" and was only going to use it as a small base, but it grew and now a lot is taken from Hazbin Hotel, which you will see through this chapter
Hazbin Hotel is an amazing series, that has a lot of adult themes and many recognized the similarities, and there will be more now
Hope you will enjoy it
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They sat and comforted Ace until the next chime came, and when it did, Ace sat more up and did his best to dry his tears. When the last chime came, signaling it was just a minute left, Ace spoke as low as he could to not strain his voice too much. "Slap me." They all blinked, Thatch speaking. "Why would we slap you!" Ace took a breath. "If they find out I did nothing…" Whitebeard got it and Ace looked pleadingly to be slapped, but they didn't want to hurt him. Ace gave an extremely pleading look at Thatch, mouthing 'please', and he could see that it was like inside Thatch's mind, that in that moment, he wasn't looking at Ace, he looked at Virgil, and moved and slapped Ace hard. Ace didn't even flinch, his face barely moving, but the mark was already forming on his cheek.
As Ace had been slapped, Ace looked at Thatch with a tankful look as he also mouthed 'thank you', and Whitebeard felt so bad. They all just tried to do their best for a few seconds, before they left. And as they went out the door, they met the woman from before. "Good. Now, go over to the waiting area there, while I will check Ace." Whitebeard nodded and walked to where they would wait. As they sat down, 2 men and a woman came over to them and said that since they were new ones, they also needed to undergo a search to make sure they didn't steal anything. It was very thorough, and when the woman went over the shoulder of his jacket, he felt relieved when she just went past the small note, she didn't stop or find it.
When the search was done, he heard a whistle and saw the first woman was standing in the doorway to the room they had been in and gave a thumbs up to the woman at the reception desk, who gave a thumbs up back, before he saw the woman speaking and Ace being sent to another room. As it was done, they were told to pay, which they did. When they had, the woman behind the desk said, "We hope to see you again, if you want the same rent next time, try and remember the class and name. Also, a small gift from Virgil. It is free, and has no sexual action, just to show what you're missing out on. That will be 125 million." Whitebeard took what he saw was a small video, before he paid, and they left.
They then walked back to the boat, not stopping to look at the note at all, not before Whitebeard was sure they were safe. As they got to the meeting room, Whitebeard needed to see what this was, took up the video and played it. He saw a man who had a white collar, so he probably was a priest or at least resembled one, who spoke. "Everyone has a soul, child. But at times, it needs help to awaken." Then Ace was in the shot. "But father, I feel soulless. I am afraid I will be damned to Hell. Is there any way you can help me, father?" The 'priest' nodded. "Of course, child. Don't be scared or fight." Ace looked at the 'priest'. "I will never be scared of a messenger of God that takes the time to help me from being damned."
The 'priest' then walked closer to Ace and moved a hand to Ace's neck as he spoke. "Feel this small lump I am pressing on?" Ace gave a nod, which had the man continue. "Your soul is in there, just be still." Then the 'priest' started to press down and thighted his hand as he choked Ace with one hand, and Whitebeard could see Curiel looked bothered before he mumbled that this man obviously knew how to choke as he was cutting off both the windpipe and blood using one hand, and he was pressing against the vocal cords as well. His focus back on the video, he could see Ace started to choke, body shaking a bit, but Ace didn't fight at all, he could see his mouth open as his body tried to breathe, but it was no use, and as he saw Ace's eyes start to roll up as he was passing out, the 'priest' let go and Ace was able to breathe again what he of course did while he looked at the priest with a thankful look. "I felt it, father." Was said in a raspy voice. "I felt God's presence. How can I ever thank you?" The priest smirked, but just before he spoke, the video ended. Whitebeard felt horrified. They needed to help Ace quickly.
Whitebeard then moved and got the small note out, before he opened it carefully. When he had, he read it. It had coordinates to an island, an island name, and a password, before it ended with 'Ask for Azuruko'. Whitebeard showed the note to the others, and they all agreed that they needed to try to do this, find this person, to help save Ace from this horrible life, and most likely fatal fate.
They then found the place on the map, but as they were in the meeting room, one of their video Den Dens came to life with a broadcast, which was odd. It seemed to just be gossip as well. They later on did ask someone on the island about it as they restocked, and they said it was 'Vox' who did them and owned it, apparently a video program on this island and 2 of the closest islands. The constellation of these islands was labeled 'Hell', which fit in a way. Everyone said it was Hell for most, but also good for many, which more proved it was Hell as people benefited from others suffering. They did listen a bit to the program, which was each hour on the mark, and they learned if this video program defamed someone, even with a single comment, you were doomed. It also used some singing to make it more catchy, and had taken down many people, even admirals and such. That meant it was highly influential and they needed to be on the alert. But they would leave soon as they found the best path to the island they needed to go to.
They did when the night came, getting to say a quick goodbye to Ace telling him they would leave now and to keep his hope up. They would have Moby 2 close by, just in case, but they knew if they did anything, Ace would die, and his younger brother would die or be in the same situation as Ace. Ace just nodded and looked exhausted, which made sense. Then they left and they hoped for good weather.
It was a week and a half ride one way, and when they got to the island, they asked around for an Azuruko, but had no luck the first day. On the second day, they got a hint and went based on it to a small house, where they found a pink haired man who was a bit taller than Marco, wore white clothes and had pale skin, and strangely fitting red eyes. He had a cane, but didn't seem to have a limp. They then said who they were and asked if he was Azuruko. The man hummed. "I might be. But I am staying here as this is my place." Whitebeard held a hand out. "Please, we need your help with a man called Virgil." Azuruko sighed. "I can not help. You should leave." Why didn't he want to help?
Marco spoke before Whitebeard could. "No, please, we really need help, yoi. We got a password we don't know where to use." Azuruko looked at Marco. "Which is?" Marco blinked. "Sanetoshi." Azuruko blinked, before he hummed. "What is it you need help with? I will try and help." They all blinked, Marco speaking. "A friend is trapped by one of Virgil's contracts." Azuruko nodded. "Do you have the contract with you by chance?" Marco nodded and handed it over. Azuruko then looked at it and read it over, before he hummed. "I see. This is clearly Virgil's work. I maybe have an idea on how to fix this." Whitebeard blinked, that was very fast. "What?" Azuruko hummed. "Is he still at Hell?" Whitebeard nodded. "Yes." Azuruko nodded. "I will meet you there, I will try to go there fast. But I need to make a quick stop at another place." That sounded like he might have a plan.
Whitebeard nodded. "Okay. But can we get any proof you will join?" Azuruko hummed. "I can give you my word, and a Den Den, but best try not to call me as I will be a bit busy." Whitebeard nodded, that was what they had to go on. They then got the Den Den, before Haruta got the idea to take a picture and she did, so they had something to maybe show Ace. Azuruko said he would be arriving at Hell before two weeks have passed hopefully. Before they also left, Azuruko asked them to tell Ace to work the short shift, so he had more energy and time, which they would.
So when they got to the Moby, they called Moby 2 and asked them to tell Ace to do the short shift, and they would. And when the night came, they got an update that they managed to reach him and that Ace would start on the short shift in 3 days as he was fully booked in the long shift until then. He felt so bad for Ace and it looked like Ace was very popular, which he felt was awful.
Then they started the ride back to the island, and they called in with Moby 2 again, but they had left the island and were now a bit away as they had been targeted by Vox and were now ostracized as some lies had been said, but everyone listened to the show and they couldn't stay there without being possibly killed. And Whitebeard said it was fine, they would hurry.
They had very good weather on the way back, so after 9 days, they could already see the island. They docked before they moved onto 'Hell', heading to the building Ace was in and asked for him, knowing he was soon off as they had docked just before it, when the woman behind the reception said Ace wasn't there right now, he would be in the building next door and that Ace was performing a dance. It also was free to watch, for others to see who they could rent. So they then went to the building. When they got inside, no one was on stage right then, but a man, who seemed to act as a host, got up and spoke loudly. "Next performance is up! And as advertised, this is for every fishman and fishwoman!" People then clapped and cheered, before music started and a silver haired man came onto stage and started to sing in what was most likely fishmen, which was impressive as the silver haired man wasn't a fishman. But then, Ace joined him on stage and started to sing in fishman as well. As they danced together, more dancers joined, both males and females, and fishman and fishwoman. It was impressive.
As they watched, noticing that every dancer and singer had on clothes, although they were sexual, same with the dance, Namur spoke. "This song… is very sexual. I know you don't get it, but it is." Whitebeard could have guessed. When it was over, they all left the stage accompanied with cheering from the crowd, which had many fishman and fishwoman as well. Then someone else came on stage, and no longer interested, Whitebeard looked to the side, seeing Ace and the silver haired man leaving out a side door somewhat behind the curtains, and so they went outside as well and found Ace and the silver-haired man laughing together, while they moved over. The silver-haired man looked at them. "Oh, there are your buddies." Ace turned to look at them and looked to be in a good mood. "It seems so. How fun." Ace seemed to be in a very good mood, which was odd.
They then went back to the boat, not speaking much, but got to know the name of the silver-haired man was Trevor, he seemed nice. But as they got on the boat, Izou, who didn't join them, looked at Ace and blinked. "You seem… in a good mood." Ace shrugged. "Got to make the best of a shitty situation." Trevor hummed. "Yeah. And you had the vacation. That makes the first two weeks back hard, as you've been free. The reason I work the short days, and not full for a vacation. Easier to live in full shit than get a break for a bit, and then get back to shit." Ace nodded. "Yeah, but I love and hate the vacation time. I hate Virgil." Trevor chuckled, before he spoke in a deeper voice, which sounded sort of like virgil. "If I say cum, you say-" Ace finished it. "How many times." Trevor nodded and spoke in the same deep voice. "Good boy." Ace and Trevor laughed, before Ace spoke. "I hate him." Trevor nodded. "Same."
Whitebeard was on his way to speak, when Trevor did as he looked at Ace, speaking in his normal voice. "You want to go first?" Ace gave a breath. "I have to go anyway, why not just do it. I got you after." Trevor nodded. "Yeah, better to get it over with. And I am hungry." Then they moved towards the railing and Thatch spoke up. "What are you talking about? The kitchen is the other way." Trevor hummed. "When you're a sex slave, you have to follow rules, one of which is limited food, but we need to get some things up first." Thatch binked. "Get up…?" Ace nodded. "Yeah, you learn how to do this on demand after a while." Then they reached the railing and Ace leaned on it, Trevor moving to stand beside him, before Ace coughed, before he gagged, and white stuff came up. Ace threw up over the railing, Trevor clapping him on the back, the white mixed with stuff he didn't want to think off and had to look away.
After a bit, Ace stopped and the captain looked back to see Ace wiping his mouth as he looked confused. "That condom is red, I was sure it was blue." Trevor nodded. "It should be blue, you had 'Mr I always use condoms' today." Ace nodded. "Yeah, but that-" Ace was cut off as he suddenly gagged and threw up again, before he gave a "Ah, there it is. Oh right! I had Dolus as well." Trevor hummed. "He sucks." Ace nodded. "Yeah, your turn." Trevor nodded before he did the same, and it was horrible to see how normal this was for them.
They then went to eat and it seemed like Ace and Trevor were very hungry. As they were eating, Ace suddenly stopped mid-chew and looked uncomfortable. Marco looked at Ace. "You okay, yoi?" Ace didn't answer and instead took a sip of his drink, but it didn't seem to help. Ace then looked like he gagged, before he just spit out his food as he gagged again shortly after. Thatch looked shocked. "Is the food bad?!" Ace shook his head as he took a drink. "No, it is just this thing. When you have learned to ignore your gag reflex, it has times when it overreacts like fuck and you gag on random stuff." Trevor nodded. "I once gagged since I drank water. That sucks. Use the tip." Ace shook his head. "No, it won't work this time, I feel it, this one is bad. But I am so damn hungry." Ace then tried to eat a small piece of chocolate, but still gagged a bit before he swallowed it fast.
Izou looked at them. "What tip?" Trevor hummed and lifted his hand, moved his thumb to his palm, before he closed the other fingers around it and pressed. "Do this, press of your thumb like this, it helps with the gag reflex at times." Izou blinked. "Really?" Both Ace and Trevor nodded, Trevor speaking. "It does. Same with ginger. It is a good tip." That was smart, but he felt sad they knew it as they had used it to get used to the lifestyle.
Ace then hummed. "Seems like it passed. Thank God. I need food. Only got 15 cubes today." Thatch blinked. "15 cubes with what?" Ace shook his head as he chewed some beef. "No. 15 ice cubes. You only get ice cubes on some days." Thatch blinked. "Y- you've only eaten 15 ice cubes today! That- that is inhumane!" Ace hummed. "It is very low on the list actually." Thatch shut up and nodded as he looked pitiful while he once more remembered what kind of situation Ace was in.
As they had eaten, Ace gave a breath. "That was good. Food is perfect. But I am back on tomorrow." Trevor looked at Ace. "Ace-" Ace moved a hand up and nodded. "Yes yes, I won't. I will not delve in self-pity before tomorrow. Enjoy today." Trevor nodded. "Good." Then they enjoyed the rest of the evening and Ace seemed to be in a surprisingly good mood. When the next day came, one could see the difference in Ace. He wasn't as happy or relaxed, but seemed to get more anxious and dreadful, which he got, Ace was soon to be expected to show up on duty. They also learned Ace got to know Trevor as they both had the same shift and were also often put together on stage. That made sense, and Trevor could understand Ace better as he was in the same situation.
Whitebeard looked at Ace, who looked to try his best to enjoy the last hour before he needed to go. He really hoped Azuruko would come back here fast as he didn't want to send Ace back into Virgil's hands again, but if he didn't, Ace would die. They just needed to hold out. They had only been back one day, but he hoped Azuruko would come soon, and he had said he would come most likely within today as he had called, if not, it was tomorrow. He had called to ask if Ace had the short shift, which he now did.
Trevor had left a bit ago as he wanted to drop by his house, and when they had just half an hour left, Ace said he should go soon, to get ready. Before he could, Thatch looked at him. "We will get you free." Ace gave a breath. "I… I will be honest, it's already been years, I don't even know if the one that I spoke of in the note can help, but that was the last hope…" Whitebeard got that Ace was scared to hope, but they needed to do all they can. Thatch looked at him. "We got him! He is on his way! Isn't-" Thatch looked over at Haruta. "You snapped a picture, right?" Haruta moved to stand up and leave. "I think I did, I will go look." Then she left and the captain really hoped they could help Ace get free, even Trevor as he was nice and Trevor and Ace seemed close, but they knew what each was going through.
They had also gotten to know more about Trevor. And Trevor had really fallen, from being a high influence with power, to being on a leash that Virgil held. Trevor had a gambling problem, and that's how his path crossed Virgil as he borrowed 10 000 belli, and now that bill was in the billions, and rising. Trevor had realised he was trapped early on, but couldn't do anything as he didn't want to die, and even though this was no life, he had a sister he loved and wouldn't leave alone. So he did his contract with Virgil, which also protected only his body, so Trevor did his best to find loopholes, but there weren't many. Virgil needed to be beaten.
After a minute, Haruta came back and said she couldn't find one were Azuruko was in, and they did their best to enjoy the reminding minutes, before Ace really needed to leave, and Whitebeard knew they would be ready for when Ace was free again in the evening with a good meal and hot shower. As Ace left, Haruta moved over to him when everyone tried their best to go on, and looked at him. "I knew I took a picture that Azuruko was in, but he's not… visible." Whitebeard blinked. "What do you mean?" Haruta took out a picture and he remembered this, Azuruko was in the middle of them as they took a picture, but where Azuruko should be, it looked like it was all a glitch and static, so Azuruko was not visible. That was odd.
Whitebeard looked at Haruta as he gave the picture back. "It was probably just a small glitch in the picture, daughter." Haruta gave a small sound as she took the picture back. "Maybe, but I feel it is odd." Whitebeard looked at Haruta. "Don't overthink it. Hopefully he will show up soon." Haruta nodded and left. Whitebeard really hoped Azuruko would come soon and that he could help free Ace and the others who were trapped. The place Virgil ran was horrible and should be stopped. But he was so powerful and had everyone high up around his finger. And this entire area, the 4 close islands, were a place people often called Hell as things were bad here, and the ones who resided here were bad people even considered demons.
And Virgil was a leader with more people, as Trevor had said, there were 5 leaders, there had been many more years ago, but most were gone. That broadcast every hour didn't help, and if you went against Virgil, or the one who ran the broadcast, which was forced on every Den Den screen, Vox, he would defame you and you couldn't do anything as everyone listened to him. When Azuruko came, they needed to be careful.
It was when the clock was nearing 11am that Claus came out with a Den Den and said it was Azuruko. Whitebeard took the Den Den and went to the meeting room for more privacy as he answered it. "Are you close by, Azuruko ?" The Den Den hummed. "Were you able to get Ace to work the short shift?" Whitebeard nodded. "Yes. He is off at 8:30pm, and back on at 6:30am." The Den Den nodded. "Good. I am not that far away and hopefully things will go as planned. But I need you to do something." Whitebeard nodded. "What?" The Den Den hummed. "I need you to go to Virgil's place and ask to speak with Ace at exactly 12:20pm." Whitebeard nodded. "I can do that. What do I need to tell Ace?" The Den Den hummed. "Simply say I will soon be there." Whitebeard blinked, not sure why, but nodded and said he would. Then the Den Den went back to sleep.
Whitebeard didn't know why he needed to do this, but he felt Azuruko knew what to do and most likely had a reason. He did tell his commanders he would visit Ace at 12:20pm, and that a few could join, which some said yes to. So, when the clock was nearing the time they needed to leave, it was him, as well as Marco, Thatch, Haruta, and Izou, who would join him. When they got to the building and walked inside, he wanted to do this quick as he saw Vox standing there, a bit to the side, speaking with Virgil. He didn't like them at all. He walked to the receptionist and asked to speak with Ace, and the woman hummed as she looked at some papers. "I am sorry, Class 1 rental Ace is busy right now, and not available for a bit over two and a half hours, do you want me to put you down?" Whitebeard was on his way to say yes, as he didn't know what else to do.
But just as he was about to speak, he heard the door open, before he heard his name being said and turned to see Azuruko standing there, looking at him with a collected smile. "Whitebeard, I need you now, if you have the time." Whitebeard nodded and was sure this was more important as Azuruko came here to get him and said to the receptionist that it was okay, he didn't need to be put down to meet with Ace right now. As he left, he saw that Virgil and Vox looked shocked and mad, which he didn't think of much.
As they were all outside, Whitebeard looked at Azuruko. "Did you find something out? Your plan?" Azuruko hummed. "I just started my plan. Do you have a communication room? With what those here call a Tv? A video Den Den and normal Den Den?" Whitebeard blinked, but nodded and said yes, to which Azurukoasked to get shown the way, and they started to make their way back to the boat. As they walked, Marco asked what his plan was, and Azuruko simply said they needed to bring down Virgil from the inside, weaken his reputation, then handle him when he was weak and without support. When Thatch asked how they would do that, Azuruko said he had a plan, and it was in motion. To just trust him.
Then they got to the boat and to the communication room and Haruta looked at Azuruko. "Are you going to call someone?" Azuruko hummed. "No, I am just waiting for the broadcast. We need to start with Vox." Whitebeard blinked and looked at the clock, and saw it was now 12:27pm, the next one was at 1pm. "But there isn't one for over half an hour." As he had spoken, he blinked as all the Video Den Den's came to life, the normal tune playing.
"Welcome to the show!" And when it was done, he blinked as on the screen wasn't the usual host, but it was Vox himself, who started to speak. "Top of the hour! And we're discussing a certain has-been, who has been spotted cavorting around town After a seven-year absence. Did anybody miss him? Did anybody notice? More on tonight's program." As he spoke, a bit behind him was a hand made drawing, not the best one either, of Azuruko.
The scene changed and Vox spoke again. "So, the 'Radio Demon' is back in town. Why is he hanging around? What does that mean for your family? Well handily, I've got good news. He's a loser, a fossil. And I don't mean to sound hostile, but the demon is a coward!" He felt this was just to bash Azuruko , but why? Vox then continued as the scene somewhat changed as he spoke to fit with what he said. "You can take that as gospel. Pulling my viewers? Impossible. I'm visual, he's barely audible. Stop giving him the time of day, don't listen to a word he'd say. I hope he had a nice vacay, but he should've stayed away!"
Vox's voice changed to a more of a singing voice. "While he hid in radio, we've pivoted to video. Now his medium is getting bloody rare. Hell's been better since he split. Where's he been? Who gives a shit?!" It was as if Vox wanted to discredit Azuruko, and based on what he had heard, one broadcast would be enough for that. Azuruko was screwed now, which meant they were screwed as well.
But then he blinked as the normal Den Dens came to life as he heard Azuruko's voice, and turned to see Azuruko speaking into his Cane's head and it sounded on every normal Den Den. "Salutations! Good to be back on the air. Yes, I know it's been a while. Since someone with style treated Hell to a broadcast. Sinners, rejoice!" How did Azuruko dare this? Turning back to the screen when he heard Vox speak, he saw there was a 'radio' on the screen by Vox, so Vox also heard this. "What a dated voice!" Said Vox and he felt that was right as Azuruko's voice sounded a bit different now, somewhat crackling and static, like the connection was bad, but he could still hear the words clearly he felt.
Azuruko spoke again. "Instead of a clout-chasing mediocre video podcast." It was as if Azuruko and Vox were fighting by speaking. Vox gave out a loud "Come on!" Which probably meant for everyone to stop listening to Azuruko. But Azuruko spoke on. "Is Vox insecure, pursuing allure? Flitting between this fad and that, is nothing working?" Vox yelled. "Ignore his chirping!" Azuruko spoke again, sounding as calm and collected as always. "Every day, he's got a new format!" Vox moved to stand as he loudly said "You're looking at the future, he's the shit that comes before that!" He said the last part by pointing at the radio.
Azuruko spoke again, but this time, more in a singing way. "Is Vox as strong as he purports? Or is it based on his support? He'd be powerless without the other Vees." Whitebeard felt shocked, no one dared to even speak of the Vees, and Azuruko just mocked them. The Vees were known for all having a name that starts with V or W, if you were smart, you needed to stay clear of them. Did Azuruko even know who these were? Vox rolled his eyes and said "Oh, please!"
Azuruko spoke again, still sort of signing. "And here's the sugar on the cream. He asked me to join his team!" Whitebeard blinked. What? When? Vox looked shocked as he stuttered out. "H-hold on!" Azuruko sang on and spoke again. "I said no, and now he's pissy. That's the tea!" This had to be before Azuruko left, as Vox had said, that Azuruko had been gone for 7 years. Vox looked furious as he yelled out "You old-timey prick, I'll show you suf-ffering!" Whitebeard blinked because, as Vox spoke, the image and sound glitched. Azuruko spoke. "Uh oh, the TV is buffering!" Whitebeard had a feeling Azuruko was responsible for this, he just didn't know how.
Vox looked ready to kill as he yelled "I'll destroy you, yo-ou lit-tle—" The image and sound glitched more, before it turned off, or more like died. Azuruko then spoke. "I'm afraid you've lost your signal." He said sort of mockingly, and he was sounded on the normal Den Dens, which means he could be heard on the radio Vox had. How did Azuruko do that? It looked like he cut the signal.
Then Azuruko sang again, this time sounding ominous and menacing while still singing. "Let's begin. I'm gonna make you wish that I'd stayed gone, tune on in. When I'm done, your status quo will know its race is run. Oh, this will be fun." It was ended with a laugh, which sounded exactly what you'd imagine when you think of an evil laugh. (This is based on the song Stayed Gone from Hazbin Hotel, watch and listen to it on Youtube, it is so awesome! And if you didn't notice, it has swearing)
Then Azuruko moved his cane down. "There," He started as he sounded normal again. "The war has started." Azuruko then moved towards the door. "Now, if you excuse me, I have a meeting I need to attend. I will be back. Ta ta, for now."
As he was gone, Haruta lifted her hand before she spoke. "Who else felt that was terrifying?" They all nodded, Thatch speaking first. "I'm just glad he's on our team." That was true. Marco spoke next. "Hopefully it stays that way, yoi." Whitebeard did as well. He felt Azuruko was much more than what he believed, and hopefully that was what they needed to do this. But he could only hope.
And that's the chapter! Hope you enjoyed!
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