Chapter 8: Start spreading the news

A/N: I'm sure by the title you can guess what this chapter is about. We're finally getting into the main part of Hazbin Hotel!

Charlie thinks it's a great idea to start promoting the hotel but it backfires on her. Wonder how this is going to affect Jennifer?

Also got Jennifer's disguise outfit up on my DeviantArt page so if you wanna take a look just head over there!

Now let's get on with the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Hazbin Hotel or Helluva boss, I just own Jennifer.

Enjoy!

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The hotel still wasn't looking the best after three weeks of cleaning and remodeling, but it was better than the shit hole it once was.

While it was better looking, it still wasn't guest ready. Which is why Jenny found it odd that Charlie decided to go to the news to promote the hotel.

"It's really hard to get a timeslot for the 666 news. This might be out only chance to promote the hotel. And maybe we'll find investors if we do this!" Charlie said cheerfully.

The three other inhabitants stared at the princess with mixed reactions. Jenny was confusion, Vaggie was hesitant and Angel Dust was bored.

"Charlie, we're nowhere near ready to open the hotel up to the public yet. We haven't fixed all of the rooms yet or gotten much needed supplies" Vaggie said.

"I know, but I really want to get the ball rolling on this! I'm sure if we talk about the hotel and what we need to make it better, someone will be interested and help us out" the princess said.

"This is Hell, bitch. No one does charity work down here" Angel Dust said.

"If no one does charity work then why are you agreeing to help us out?" Jenny retorted.

Angel stuck his tongue out at her and flipped her off.

"None of your business, bitch"

Charlie made a face when she saw she wasn't getting anywhere with them.

"I know it's not the best idea to do this right now, but this is the only chance I can find to get this project moving. I know I'm asking a lot but it'll pay off in the end, I promise. Just please back me up on this?"

The three of them looked at each other then sighed in defeat. How can they say no to such a cinnamon roll like Charlie?

"Fine" they said in unison.

Charlie squealed in delight. Finally they were starting to see the big picture.

"Perfect! Now all we have to do is go to the station and talk about the hotel!"

Angel Dust got up from his seat and put his hands on his hips.

"Sorry Toots, but the only way I'll be on tv is if I'm doing something R rated"

He strode out of the kitchen without even looking back at them.

"I'll be out doing shit if you need me" he called out.

Vaggie swore in Spanish as she glared at Angel's direction.

Jenny looked at the two women. She didn't think her being on the news was a good idea. She was trying to keep a low profile so no one would know a human was in Hell. If she went on the news, someone might notice.

"Sooooo, what am I supposed to do? I really shouldn't be on tv because well..."

She pulled back her sleeve to reveal the skin that wasn't painted in makeup.

"You'll come with Vaggie and I to the station but you'll stay with her while I'll go on" Charlie explained.

"It's not that we don't trust you do be alone in the hotel, but it's just safer this way. And we can try looking for Imp City on the way"

Jenny couldn't pass up this chance now. If she was able to find Blitzo's office on the way, then she could go home!

"Ok, I'm in. Now let's get a speech ready for you. If you wanna promote this hotel, you gotta sound professional"

For the next hour, she helped Charlie prepare a speech that was sure to impress the news anchors...

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….Or so she thought.

When they arrived at the station, they were given the 'delightful' pleasure of meeting Katie Killjoy. She was in the middle of talking about a turf war that was going on right now and didn't hesitate to abuse and mistreat her co-worker Tom Trench.

"Gee, I wonder how she got the name 'Killjoy'?" Jenny said sarcastically.

Charlie walked back and forth, going over the script that Jenny wrote out for her.

"You got this, Charlie. Just look at me and I'll mouth it to you" Vaggie said.

"Oh come on, Vaggie. I know what to say, I just feel like we need to make things sound more exciting" Charlie insisted.

"Hey! I'll have you know I worked my ass off trying to make your speech sound exciting!" Jenny retorted.

"What could possibly make it better?"

Charlie's face lit up at the thought of her idea.

"What about a mus-"

"No musical" Jenny and Vaggie said.

"You're promoting a business, not a play. If you want people to take your project seriously, you need to act professional" Jenny pointed out.

Charlie pouted at being shot down so fast.

"But I'm better at expressing myself and goals thru song!" she insisted.

"Life isn't a musical, hun" Vaggie pointed out.

"Fine" Charlie sighed.

The news was starting to get ready for her bit, so she started to head over to Katie.

"Just follow the script Jenny wrote for you" Vaggie repeated.

"And no singing!"

They watched as Charlie went up to Katie and tried to be friendly, but the host wasn't having it. Jenny frowned when she saw the older woman being rude and nasty to the princess just because she felt like it.

"Why is she being so mean? I thought she would be happy to have the princess of Hell on her show?"

Vaggie made a face as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Charlie...hasn't gotten along with her dad recently" she admitted.

"He doesn't agree with her idea of reforming sinners and won't support her project"

Jenny looked at Charlie sadly. It must have been hard having a parent who didn't support your dreams. Then again, she wouldn't know since she never grew up with them.

They watched as Charlie went up on stage and started talking about the Hotel to the audience. She was starting off being cheerful and optimistic but the more she talked the more she noticed that everyone wasn't buying her idea.

"What a stupid bitch" the cameraman said.

Vaggie got angry and punched him in the face. Jenny looked at Charlie and mouthed 'ignore them' to her. Charlie realized she wasn't' getting anywhere with them and decided to change tactics.

"Maybe I'm not getting thru to you guys"

Vaggie realized what she was about to do and panicked.

"Oh no, she's going to sing"

Charlie got up on the desk and started a little number she made up to promote the hotel. While Jenny thought it was a catchy tune, she knew right away the princess was digging a bigger hole for herself.

"Like I always tell Blitz, you can't use a musical number to get yourself out of trouble" she muttered.

When Charlie finished her song, everyone looked at her in shock then busted out laughing. Katie Killjoy slammed her fist on the desk she was laughing so hard.

"What in the nine circles makes you think a single sinner in Hell would give two shits about being a better person?" Katie cackled.

"You have no proof that this little experiment even works! You want people to be good? Just because?"

Charlie wasn't falling for Katie's insults and made herself look tough.

"Well, we have a patron already who believes in our cause and he's shown incredible progress" she pointed out.

That caught Katie's attention. Who would possibly agree to such a stupid cause?

"Oh? And who might that be?"

"Just someone named Angel Dust" Charlie said casually.

"The porn star?" Tom Trench suddenly asked.

"You fucking would, Tom" Katie hissed thru a fake smile.

"In any case, that's not even an accomplishment. I'm sure you can get that hooker to do anything with enough booger sugar and lube"

"I beg to differ" Charlie countered.

"He's been behaved, clean and out of trouble for three weeks now"

Just then the station got breaking news about the current turf war that was going on in the city. When they showed live footage of the fight, they saw none other than Angel Dust was joining in the fight.

"Fucking damnit!" Vaggie hissed.

"Yeah, we were better off starting with a serial killer" Jenny said dully.

This was horrible timing. Why did Angel have to pull a shitty stunt when Charlie was going out of her way to help him?

Katie looked at Charlie smugly, knowing this was embarrassing for the princess.

"Well it looks like your project is dead on arrival. Tell me, how does it feel to be a total failure?"

She started laughing again. This was the funniest thing she had seen in a long time. Charlie got angry and tried to act tough. She didn't know how to come up with a comeback and decided to take Katies pen.

"Yeah...well... how does it feel that I got your pen? Bitch!"

At being called a bitch, the whole station went quiet. Tom quickly left the desk while people in the audience started to scampering away. Katie's eyes glowed red as she produced a second set of arms.

Charlie realized what she did and paled.

"Oh shit"

Katie screeched and lunged at the princess. The two women fought and wrestled on the desk, pulling hair and punching each other in the face. Someone Tom was set on fire and ran around the station, trying to see if someone would put him out.

Vaggie panicked and tried to rescue her girlfriend, but Jenny stopped her. The woman looked beyond pissed as she watched the scene unfold. She wasn't happy that everyone was treating Charlie like crap but she was pissed off that the princess bit into the bait and acted out.

"Get the limo ready. I'll take care of this" she said seriously.

"The camera's are still on. They might see you" Vaggie pointed out.

"Please, no ones' gonna notice me when this shit show is going on. Just get the limo ready while I deal with these dumbasses"

She went over to the snack bar and grabbed the pitcher of water that was sitting on top. Marching over to the two fighting women, she poured the water on Tom's head as she passed him, never taking her eyes off of Charlie.

She got in front of the camera so it would stop broadcasting the fight to everyone. She made sure her back was facing it just to make sure no one saw her face in case they saw thru her disguise. Looking at the two women fighting, she took in a deep breath.

"ENOUGH!" she yelled at the top of her lungs.

Everyone froze in place, even those watching across the city froze at the sudden newcomer.

Jenny glared at Charlie. The princess actually felt shivers down her spine at the look Jennifer was giving her.

"Charlie" she said thru clenched teeth.

"Get. Up"

Charlie scrambled off the desk and awkwardly stood in front of the human. She felt like she was being scolded by her mother. Jennifer placed her hands on her hips as she tapped her foot in annoyance.

"Are you serious right now? Fighting on live television? You just showed everyone how much of a joke you and your project are"

"But I-"

Jenny held up a hand to silence her.

"I'm not done talking. I told you that you need to take this seriously if you wanted to promote your business and fighting with a news anchor on live television isn't the way to go! I know you're trying to help me, and I'm forever grateful for that but how can I help you when you pull stupid shit like this?"

Charlie bit her lip and looked at the ground. She knew Jenny was right. She made a fool of herself and was sure that her parents had seen the whole thing on television.

Katie smirked, enjoying seeing the princess get scolded like a child.

"What's this? You're even getting chewed out by your staff? How embarrassing"

Jenny turned her attention to her.

"Oh shut up, you STD riddled ass cunt!" she snapped.

Katie looked flabbergasted at the insult. She was about to fight back but Jenny wasn't having any of it.

"Charlie's dreams may seem stupid to you, but at least she's doing something better than being a lonely news anchor who does nothing but talking about the weather and gives lonely guys who watch you something to jerk off to-which might I add is not a compliment considering where we are"

She got up in her face and gave her the same treatment that she gave Charlie.

"If I were you right now, I would be very worried about my life. You may not give two shits about Charlie or that she's the princess of Hell, but I'm sure her father does...especially when he sees that you beat his daughter up on live television"

Katie paled when she saw that the camera's were in fact still rolling. She may have acted tough but she knew she was no match for the King of Hell.

Jenny made the stupid mistake of turning around to face the audience that still stayed in the studio, showing her face to the camera.

Little did she know a few Overlords were watching this hot mess as well- particularly a certain red headed one.

As Alastor saw Jennifer on the television he raised an amused eyebrow.

Jenny glared at the audience. She was pissed off at Charlie but she wasn't going to let people laugh at her.

"As for the rest of you dumbasses: grow up, just grow the fuck up! You may think her idea is stupid but who are the idiots who wound up here when they died? If anything, you guys are the laughing stock of not just here but in Heaven as well. The next time you all feel like shit because of the life choices you made, just remember there was someone who wanted to help"

She turned to Charlie and grabbed her hand.

"Come on, let's go get that stupid spider before he destroys something else"

As she left the screen, Alastor's grin grew wide.

"What an interesting little lamb"

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Moments Earlier

Over at I.M.P headquarters, Luna was staring at her computer screen in boredom. She was watching the news but really wasn't paying attention to what Charlie was saying about the hotel.

The whole office was in a funk. Ever since Jenny went missing, Blitz was staying the human realm longer than he was supposed to so he could find clues about her whereabouts.

While she may not act like it, the hellhound was worried. She knew her adoptive dad tried to put on a brave face and act like everything was fine and dandy but when they were at home, she would see that mask slip off. For the past month, she would stay up late at night hearing him cry quietly, wondering where Jenny went and begging for her to come back. She could see the bags starting to form under his eyes due to staying up late, trying to figure out where to look next.

She acted like she didn't care, but she did. She was worried and wished she could help with the search too.

As she dully looked at the news, Moxxie walked up to her holding a flyer.

"Did you just fax me an ad for weight loss?" he asked.

"No" Luna lied.

Moxxie looked puzzled as he stared at the flyer.

"Why would anyone send me this?"

"Come on" Luna said as she looked up from the screen.

"You know why"

Had Moxxie not interrupted her, she would have seen Jennifer storm onto the news set and invaded her screen.

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After dragging Angel Dust back to the hotel, the four of them dragged their feet inside and slumped over the various pieces of furniture in the lobby.

"I don't see why you three are pissed off at me? You should be happy I promoted the hotel like that" Angel Dust said.

Vaggie growled and went to lunge at him, but Jenny stopped her. She nudged her head towards Charlie, telling her to comfort her girlfriend.

With the moth demon busy with Charlie, Jenny went over to Angel Dust. The porn star dully picked at his nails, not bothered by what he did.

Jenny sat across from him and gave him an annoyed look.

"What are you pissed off about? I didn't do anything to you" Angel said.

"No, but you embarrassed Charlie when she was sticking her neck out for you" Jenny snapped.

Angel was about to defend himself but Jenny held her hand up.

"I heard your excuse in the car and I don't give a shit about it. You knew Charlie was going to be on tv today and you still decided to pull a shitty stunt like that. I get it. Her idea seems crazy and far fetched, but you still decided to be part of it. She's going out of her way to help you out. You don't want to be seen as just a porn star, right?"

Angel opened his mouth to say something, but stopped when he couldn't think of anything to say.

Jenny got up from her seat at gave the spider a tired look.

"If you're not going to take this experiment seriously, stop wasting Charlie's time"

She walked away, leaving the spider demon feeling like crap. He felt a little bad for hurting Charlie's feelings but he felt like absolute garbage for disappointing Jennifer.

Jenny walked over to Charlie when she came back inside. She thought she could get a hold of her mom, but sadly she was busy as usual. Vaggie was right, she should have waited to go on the news to promote the hotel. Now thanks to her little outburst, no one was going to take her mission seriously.

"You doing ok?" Jenny asked.

Charlie frowned and shook her head. Jenny sighed and rubbed her arm.

"I'm sorry for yelling at you at the station. I was just mad at the whole situation"

"No, you were right. I shouldn't have acted up like that and stayed professional" Charlie said.

She slumped to the floor and rest her head against the door.

"Maybe they're right and what I'm doing is a joke"

Jenny slowly lowered herself to the floor and sat next to the princess.

"I don't think so. You're doing something Hell has never seen before. Everyone is so used to the nasty parts of Hell that they've given up on the thought of seeing anything good coming from this place. You're showing them anything is possible"

"The only thing I showed them is getting my ass handed to me by a reporter" Charlie said.

Jenny gave her shoulder a squeeze.

"It was just one hiccup-an embarrassing one, yes. But least you gained something from it"

Charlie looked at her tiredly.

"Like what?"

"You said you hoped investors will be interested in you project. Your pitch didn't go as planned but I'm sure someone will be curious to see what this is about"

No sooner had she said that, someone knocked at the front door.

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A/N: I'm evil for leaving it at a cliffhanger like that. You know who's going to show up next!

Damnit Moxxie! Why did you have to distract Luna? She could have seen Jenny on the news and she could have told Blitz!

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