Chapter 20: Extermination Day
A/N: Hey everyone! Sorry for the late chapter! I was planning on having this out sooner but there was a big incident at my work that I had to help out with last month so that's why I wasn't able to get this out sooner. But thanks to having to hold off, I was able to add more to this chapter so you guys get a nice big juicy chapter.
Just a heads up, you're all going to hate the ending so please don't hurt me….you'll see lol.
Anyway, on to the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Hazbin or Helluva, I just own Jenny.
Enjoy!
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The air felt heavy in Blitzo's apartment. Ever since they found out what happened to Jenny, Blitzo became a vegetable. He wouldn't move from the couch, wouldn't say a word, he didn't even take on any clients for work. He was basically an empty shell.
Loona didn't like seeing this side of her dad. She was used to him being hyper and annoying. Finding out what happened to Jenny took a toll on his mental health. She didn't know what to say to pull him out of this funk-she didn't know if anything would really.
All she knew was that the only person who could turn him back to his normal self was gone and they would never see her again.
Loona looked at Blitzo to see him still in the same spot as he was when they got home a week ago. He just curled himself up into a ball holding his horse plushie and stared at the wall.
She couldn't stand the atmosphere in the room anymore and decided to get some air.
"I'm going out to get a pack of smokes" she said dully.
Blitzo didn't say anything. It was as if he didn't hear her.
Grabbing her keys, Loona left their apartment.
If she had paid more attention to the calendar on the fridge, she would have seen that today marked Extermination Day.
/
Loona didn't pay attention that pretty much all of the stores were closed and locked up. Grabbing the last cigarette in her pack, she lit it up and took a big drag from it. She lazily watched as the smoke wafted away when she blew it out.
What a crappy week it had been.
She wouldn't say it to anyone, but she was devastated about Jenny. Despite being a human, she treated them all with love and respect-something they didn't get here. Being Imps and Hellhounds, they were considered to be lower rank deities in Hell. They were used as servants for the higher up beings. But in Jenny's eyes, they were considered equals. She always thought they were important beings because they originally came from Hell.
"Those princes and lords in Hell wouldn't know what hard work was even if it bit them in the ass. They should be lucky to have you guys around because you actually get shit done. I bet they wouldn't know how to wipe their ass if you weren't there to show them how to do it. You're important Loona and don't you ever forget that."
The hellhound quickly wiped a tear that managed to escape. Why did a simple human leave such an impact on her?
She took another drag from her cigarette. Her body went on alert when all of a sudden, she smelled something. Pulling the cigarette away, she smelled the air and noticed a familiar scent.
A very familiar scent.
"It can't be…."
Dropping the half-lit cigarette, she bolted down the sidewalk to find the owner of that familiar scent.
/
Jenny was about halfway towards Blitzo's office when she stopped. With the adrenaline leaving her body, she suddenly felt numb and scared.
She should have been excited about the fact that she would see Blitzo. Once she was reunited with her best friend, she could return home. That was what she wanted. She could go back to her regular life and start planning her wedding with David.
Everything would be back to normal.
She gripped the front of her hoodie as she looked at her map.
She needed to go home; she didn't belong here. She knew all of that…so why was she suddenly so hesitant to return?
She didn't have anyone to go back to besides David. She didn't have a family waiting for her or friends that would worry about her. She really didn't have anything in the living realm.
But here…here she actually did. Charlie and Vaggie were the first ones who showed her kindness when she ended up in Hell. When they found out she was still a living human, they went out of their way to hide her and help her find Blitzo.
Angel while an annoying prick seemed to have a good heart too. He always put his foot in his mouth when he spoke, but he wanted her to follow her dreams. Even if he was rude about it, he was just trying to push her so she wouldn't regret anything later on.
Husker was rough around the edges, but he was always looking out for her. When Alastor freaked her out or was trying to be scary, he always took her away so she could have a chance to breath.
Niffty was just cheerful and bubbly. She knew a lot about what happened in Pentagram City and gave her advice.
Alastor…well, Alastor was still an ass, but he proved that he could be a gentleman at times. He scared her with showing how dangerous he could be but if he really wanted to hurt her, he would have done it by now. He made sure she ate home cooked meals and talked about classic songs with her. He taught her that while he was crude, there would always be someone worse than him. He taught her it was ok to be tough, but she needed to know her limits-especially in Hell.
Despite being here for only two months, this group of strangers showed her more kindness than anyone back in the living realm. They let her be herself and thought her dream was inspiring instead of stupid.
When she returned home, she would lose all of that.
She crumbled the map in her hand. No, she had to go back. Even though she got along with everyone she knew she didn't belong here. She was a living being, she still had a chance to change her life around. Being down here showed her that.
"Get it together, Jenny. You've wanted this for two months. You can't let anyone change your mind."
"Jenny?!"
Hearing that familiar voice, Jenny whipped her head around to see Loona a few feet behind her. The Hellhound looked stunned when she saw it was in fact her.
"Holy shit, it really is you."
Jenny felt her throat close up with she saw Loona. Her vision blurred as tears pooled up in her eyes. After two months, she finally saw a familiar face.
"LOONA!"
She flung herself at the Hellhound and pulled her into a bone crushing hug. Loona returned the hug and buried her nose into her hair. She was right, she did smell her earlier.
She stepped back to get a better look at the human. Pale white skin, silver hair, lifeless eyes. She really was dead.
"How did you end up here? You should have gone to heaven when you died" she said.
Jenny was confused for a second before she realized what Lonna was saying.
"No, Loonie. I didn't die. Here, look"
She pulled up her sleeve to show her skin that wasn't covered in makeup. Loona's eyes bugged out when she saw that Jenny was actually alive.
"How are you even down here then?!"
Jenny tugged her sleeve down and bit her lip.
"When I got off of work on Halloween, some creepy cult abducted me and used me for their crazy ritual. And since it was Halloween that meant the barrier between the living and the dead was weak, so I was able to slip through without dying…or at least that's what Charlie said"
"Charlie?as in Charlie Morningstar? The princess of Hell?"
"Unless you know another Charlie Morningstar then yes, that Charlie."
Loona dragged her hand across her face. This was turning out to be a weird day.
"Blitz is going to flip out when he learns you were by Lucifer's daughter" she groaned.
Jenny's face perked up when she heard Blitzo's name.
"Is he with you?! I was following this map to his office" she said.
If Loona was here, then that meant Blitzo was too.
"The office has been closed all week. We found clues about you during our latest job, and everyone thinks you're dead. Blitz has been a complete mess this whole time" Loona said somberly.
Jenny felt like a knife was twisted into her heart. She could only imagine what Blitzo's reaction would have been when he learned about what happened to her.
"Oh Blitz" she whispered.
Loona just grabbed her hand and started pulling her along.
"Let's go back to the apartment. You can explain what happened and we'll try to figure out how to fix this- "
"Toots!"
"Kid!"
The girls froze and turned around to see Angel Dust and Husker run up to them. Both guys look winded as if they were running a mile.
"What fuck?! Did you two seriously follow me from the hotel?!" Jenny exclaimed.
Angel wiped the sweat from his face and looked alarmed.
"You can punch me in the dick later. Right now, we need you to get back to the hotel asap" he said shakily.
Loona snarled and pulled Jenny close when she heard that.
"She's not going anywhere with you, creep" she growled.
Husker glared at Loona and thought she was trying to abduct Jenny. Pulling out a switch blade, he held it out ready to fight.
"Get away from her!"
"Me? You get away from her!" Loona snapped.
"What could a Hellhound want with a Sinner?" Angel retorted.
"I could be asking you the same thing, freak. You're obviously trying to recruit her to work with Valentino."
"If anyone's trying to abduct her, it's you bitch" Husker growled.
Jenny could tell that all three of them were about to attack each other and had to intervene.
"Oh, for fucks sake, enough!" she yelled.
"Guys, I know her. Loona is my best friend's daughter. Loona, this is Angel Dust and Husker. They both live at the hotel I'm staying at. I swear, my current group of first graders behave better than the three of you."
The three in question didn't say anything but they reluctantly backed off. As long as Jenny wasn't in danger.
"Ok, so you know this bitch. Just take your little pet with us and get back to the hotel" Angel said.
"Don't you tell her what to do, asshole" Loona snapped.
Husker went over and grabbed Jenny's hand.
"He's serious, kid. We need to get off the street and get inside right now" he said urgently.
"What is up with you two?" Jenny said.
She got her answer when loud alarms rang throughout the whole city. They almost sounded like air riad sirens that were used in the war.
Loona's eyes went back when she looked at the clock tower and realized what time it was.
"Fuck!"
Husker gripped Jenny's arm and pulled both girls with him.
"Hurry!" he shouted.
The four of them quickly ran trough the streets as the sky grew darker.
"What's going on?!" Jenny yelled over the sirens.
"It's Extermination Day!" Angel said.
Jenny paled when she heard that. That was why everything was so quiet.
"Oh crap"
Husker search for a place that they could hide. The exterminators would be here any minute now and they needed to get off the streets before that happened.
"Songbird! Over here!"
The group spotted Lue near an abandoned building and waved them over. Not wasting anytime, they rushed over to him and dove inside the building. Lue quickly closed the door and barricaded it with heavy boxes and furniture.
"Damn, girlie. I knew you were gutsy just not this gutsy."
"I didn't realize it was Extermination Day!" Jenny snapped.
"Great, now you have hobos as friends too?" Angel said sarcastically.
"Will you shut the fuck up? Your voice is annoying" Loona said.
"Hush! If you lot are going to do nothing but bicker, I'll send your asses back outside where the Exterminators will get you" Lue threatened.
That shut everyone up real fast.
"That's what I thought."
Lue peek through one of the cracks in the door to see what was going on. He didn't see anything yet, but he knew danger was close by.
"We should be safe here. Just gotta keep quiet so they won't hear us. You kids better get comfortable cause it's gonna be a long 24 hours."
"You mean we have to stay here until tomorrow?!" Jenny cried.
"Pretty much, Songbird. Those Exterminators take their job seriously. It's not often that they get to venture out of Heaven like this so they're going to milk every second they got while they're down here."
Jenny slumped to the floor and leaned against the stone wall.
"Guess I have no choice then" she sighed.
Loona flopped down beside her and pulled out her phone. She tried to call Blitzo to let her know about Jenny but thanks to this building, she couldn't get a signal.
"Guess that explains why I couldn't get a pack of smokes earlier."
Jenny looked at the Hellhound sadly.
"I'm sorry, Loona. I didn't mean to drag you into this."
Loona shrugged and fiddled with her phone.
"It's not like you dragged me out of my house. Besides I was able to find you, so I guess there's that"
"Hey, where's my apology?" Angel asked.
Jenny looked at the porn star. She was very surprised he ran after her.
"Why did you follow after me? You know I was pissed off with you."
Angel scoffed and put his hands on his hips.
"And let you get stabbed by those pesky angels? You can be mad at me all you like, Toots…but that doesn't mean I'll let you get hurt. You don't deserve that."
Jenny was actually surprised with Angel. She would have expected him to let her fend for herself. Ever since she met him, he was always acting selfish and did what he wanted, whenever he wanted.
Maybe he really did feel bad that he hurt her feelings the other day.
"I told him to go after you otherwise I would have kicked his ass out of the building" Husker said as he took a swig from his flask.
Angel whipped his head around and glared at the cat.
"Shut the fuck up! I'm trying to earn some brownie points here!" he hissed.
Husker just flipped him off.
The sirens suddenly stopped leaving the whole place in utter silence. Lue strained his hearing as if he was trying to listen for something.
Quickly he backed away from the barricade and went to the group.
"Keep your head down and stay quiet. They're here" he ordered.
Jenny was going to ask who was here, but she got her answer right away. The sound of screaming and explosions cut through the stifling silence. Wings could be heard flapping as something zipped by the building. Shortly after that, the sound of flesh being ripped apart and blood splattering followed after.
The Exterminators were on the prowl.
Jenny grabbed onto to Loona and held her close on instinct. She might not have known what was happening out there, but she wouldn't let the Hellhound get hurt.
"Are we safe in here, Lue?" she asked quietly.
Lue nodded as he kept an eye on the barricade.
"We'll be fine. Those angels prefer to attack out in the open. Its too dangerous for them to fight in enclosed areas-risk of getting jumped or having their wings cut off. As long as they don't crash into the building, we'll be safe"
He sat on a crate and kept his eyes on the door.
"You lot get some rest. We'll take turns staying up to keep watch."
"Why do I have to be on guard?" Angel Dust grumbled.
Husker elbowed him in the ribs and glared.
"Shut up"
Jenny turned to Loona and gave her a tired smile.
"You go ahead and sleep, Loonie. I'll keep an eye out for us" she said.
Loona was going to argue saying she wasn't a kid, but the look Jenny gave her made her shut up. Sighing in frustration she propped her head on the human's shoulder and closed her eyes.
Angel yawned and went to sleep on Husker's shoulder, but the cat shoved him away and cussed him out.
It was hard to fall asleep when they could hear Sinners being attacked outside but there wasn't anything they could do about it.
Jenny made herself comfortable and looked at the door. She felt like absolute garbage right about now. She knew it was her fault that they were caught up in this mess. If only she had paid attention to what today was. Now thanks to her selfishness three of her closets' companions were at risk of getting killed again.
Husker draped one of his wings over her like a blanket. He too was staring at the door.
"Good to sleep, kid. I'll make sure our hobo friend doesn't try to pull anything while you girls rest" he said.
"I'm not tir- "
"Just do what I say. I'll wake you up when it's your shift" the cat said.
Jenny knew she wasn't going to win this fight and gave in. Draping the wing over Loona, the human propped her head over the Hellhound's.
"I'm so sorry for dragging you into this" she whispered.
Husker continued to look at the door and raised his wing higher over the sleeping girls.
"You can make it up to me when we get back to the hotel. Now go to sleep"
With nothing else to do, Jenny closed her eyes and fell asleep to the sound of others screaming.
/
Back at the hotel Charlie was pacing back and forth in the lobby. She searched everywhere in the hotel for Jenny, Husker and Angel Dust but they were nowhere to be seen. She knew Alastor was at his radio station cause he always broadcasted what was going on during the Cleanse. The fact that the other three weren't here meant they were somewhere outside.
"Where could she have gone?! Surely, she knew today was Extermination Day!" the princess said frantically.
Vaggie looked at her girlfriend helplessly as she continued pacing.
"She has to be hiding somewhere. I'm sure she realized what was going on when the sirens went off"
Charlie stopped her pacing and grabbed Vaggie by the shoulders.
"We have to go out there and find her! She's probably scared out of her mind over what's going on!"
"Are you crazy?! If we go out there, we're no better than any of those other Sinners. Those angels are not going to care you're the princess" Vaggie said.
"But if those angels find out she's a living human that's going to be bad news for her!" Charlie said.
"They'll make sure she never returns home."
/
It was close to 10 PM when Jenny woke up for her shift of being on watch. The sound of screaming and slashing wasn't as strong was it was earlier in the day, but she could still hear someone being attacked every now and then.
Angel Dust, Husker were sound asleep next to her while Lue continued to stay on watch. He never once took a break while they were hiding. He seemed to have taken everyone's safety very seriously.
"You can take a break now, Lue. I'll stay on watch for a few hours" Jenny offered.
The old musician smiled but shook his head.
"Don't worry your pretty little head over me, songbird. This ain't my first rodeo and it won't be my last."
Jenny sighed and pulled her knees to her chest. The whole concept of this day bothered her. Why should the angels be allowed to attack beings from Hell, but Lucifer couldn't do that to Heaven? It just wasn't fair.
"Why would Lucifer agree to something like this? I thought he would be against anything Heaven wanted to do."
"This is one of those moments where Lucifer didn't have a choice but to agree to this setup" Lue said.
"It was either do what Adam said or prepare for another Holy War. I'm sure you can guess what the better deal was."
"But that still doesn't explain why Heaven thought it was a great idea to kill off a bunch of Sinners because there were too many down here in Hell. Maybe if they weren't so strict with how you can get into Heaven, they wouldn't have that problem.'
Lue cackled at that.
"A whole lot of stuff they do doesn't make sense, girlie. This setup has been going on since the beginning of time that it's just part of routine now. Changing it now would just be as weird as that princess opening up that hotel of hers."
Jenny glared at Lue when he said that.
"Don't make fun of Charlie's dream. It may seem impossible to everyone, but you'll be surprised"
Lue shrugged and just went back to staring at the door. Jenny saw that she wouldn't get any more out of him and slumped back against the wall.
"He sure seems positive" Loona said sarcastically.
Jenny looked at the Hellhound and gave her hand a squeeze.
"Don't worry, Loonie. I won't let those creeps get to you" she promised.
Loona brushed her hand off, not used to positive affection.
"I'll be fine. The Exterminators aren't supposed to attack Hellborn beings. If they do, then Lucifer is allowed to kill some of Heaven's angels. It's part of the deal."
Jenny sighed in frustration.
"This whole world is so messed up. No wonder why Blitz would venture topside all the time" she said quietly.
"Why do you think he created his job in the first place?" Loona said sarcastically.
Jenny checked to make sure Angel and Husker were sound asleep and that Lue was without of earshot from them. With the coast clear, she turned to Loona.
"Do you know what's been going on topside since I went missing?" she whispered.
"How did you guys find out I was gone?"
Loona's ears went back a bit as she thought about how these last two months had been for her and everyone.
"Blitz went to see you the day after your anniversary date with David" she slowly started.
"But he saw right away that you were missing and immediately started searching everywhere for you. We all were. Every time we went on an assignment, we tried looking for clues. It got to the point that he was offering to kill people for free just to give him the excuse to search for more. He wouldn't stop looking for you. And then…last week happened."
"Last week?"
Loona continued to mess around with her phone. She tried to block out the image of Blitzo becoming a vegetable after learning about Jenny's 'death'.
"The three idiots were on an assignment as usual. A school teacher wanted them to kill the woman that was sleeping with her husband. After they were done with the job Moxxie found something at the house…it was photos of you"
"Me?!"
"Yeah. It turns out that crazy bitch was part of a Satanic cult that performed human sacrifices. Everyone put two and two together and realized that the reason we couldn't find you was because you were killed…or at least until now"
Jenny was floored when she heard this.
"You killed those creeps that kidnapped me?" she said shakily.
"If we had known right at the beginning what they did I'm sure Blitz would have done way, way worse things to them" Loona said.
She closed her eyes as she remembered her dad destroying the office when he learned Jenny was 'dead'.
"Everyone has been a wreck since we found out. Bltiz especially"
Jenny's eyes teared up as she heard Loona's tale. She didn't want to imagine what her friends were thinking and feeling when they found out their best friend was dead.
"Oh Blitz" she whispered.
Loona sighed. She hated being all sappy like this. It made her feel weird.
"Once this day is over you need to come back to our apartment. He needs to see you" she pleaded.
Jenny nodded frantically. That's what she was trying to do this whole time since she got here.
"I'm been trying to find you guys this whole time. I was starting to worry that I would never find you all again"
Angel stirred and cracked an eye open.
"Will you two pipe down, some of us are trying to sleep here" he yawned.
Loona glared at the porn star.
"Fuck off, you pink freak" she snapped.
"We're trying to not die out here and your more worried about your beauty sleep?"
Angel was fully awake at this point and sat up with his hands on his hips.
"Hey, it's not my fault we're in this scenario" he said.
Husker, who was awake as well glared at Angel.
"It is too your damn fault. If you hadn't bothered Jen so much we wouldn't be in this fucking mess"
"Oh so now it's official Blame Angel Dust Day? Gee it's so nice to have a holiday named after me" Angel said sarcastically.
Lue whipped around and glared at them all.
"What did I say about being quiet?! If you keep this up I'll-"
BOOM!
The side of the building they were in busted open as something flew into the room. An Exterminator angel shook the debris off of itself and looked up to see the group of Sinners. Jenny felt shivers run down her spine when she saw its creepy mask. The angel tiled its head curiously. It's mask started to glow as it stood up and held up the spear it was holding. Blood and gore dripped off its wings as it approached them.
Lue quickly pulled out his musical instrument and had it turn into a crazy looking weapon. Swinging the blade, he chopped off the angels head, splattering black blood everywhere.
"RUN!" Lue screamed.
The group scrambled out of the hole the angel made and ran down one of the many back allies. They rounded a corner and hid behind a dumpster.
"How are we from the Hotel? Do you think we can make it there?" Jenny panted.
Husker looked at his surroundings trying to figure out where they were.
"If we take the main roads we can but we'll be easy targets if we're out in the open. We can get there from the back allies but it might take us a bit longer"
"Like we have a fucking choice!" Loona said.
"Lead the way, Husk. I'd rather we get back safe than fast at this point" Jenny said.
Husker nodded and ran down the nearest alley.
"Stay close and keep your heads down" he warned.
The four of them hurried down the winding back streets of the city. Whenever they reached an opened area, they search everywhere to make sure the coast was clear before sprinting down another dark alley.
Jenny looked up at the sky to see a few Exterminators flying by. Angel Dust shoved her a little to get her attention.
"Just keep your eyes forward, Toots" he said shakily.
They ran into a opening that lead out to the main streets. Husker went to take a step forward but jumped back when he saw an Exterminator walking past them. Blood dripped from its spear as it searched for a new target. Everyone huddled close, making sure no one was left behind. When the exterminator disappeared from sight did they move again.
"Hurry!" Husker whispered.
They ran past the opened and made it to the other side.
"AH!"
Jenny stopped in her tracks when she heard someone scream. Turning around she saw a lamb looking Sinner had tripped and fell to the ground. That alerted the Exterminator that they past as it started to zero in on the Sinner. Jenny couldn't look away as she saw the poor thing tremble in fear.
"Just leave her, Toots. She's done for" Angel said
Jenny couldn't hear what he was saying. All that she could hear was the poor lamb whimpering.
"P-please, please don't h-hurt me!" she trembled.
At that moment Jenny didn't see the lamb or the Exterminator anymore: she saw herself and the Cultists who tried to kill her.
"Hail Satan! May be bring us honor and glory!"
Without even thinking, Jenny ran out into the open and charged at the Exterminator.
"Jenny no!" Loona screamed.
Grabbing a tipped over garbage can, Jenny threw it and watched as it hit the Exterminator in the head. The angel slowly turned around wondering who would dare to be so reckless. Jenny reached the lamb sinner and tugged her to her feet.
"Come on, get up!" she said urgently.
She shoved the sinner to the alley she just came from.
Just keep running! Don't stop!"
The lamb whimpered but did as she was told and ran to the group.
"Kid!" Husker yelled.
Jenny put on a brave smile for them. She was scared out of her mind but she had to make sure her friends got away safe.
"Just get back to the hotel and find Charlie! I'll stall them so you can get away!" she called out.
Loona went to run after her but Angel held her back.
"We have to hurry"
With that they ran off to get to safety. Jenny turned around to see the Exterminator had wiped off the garbage that got in it's wings. She knew she was an open target. She had no special powers to defend her, no weapon, nothing. She was good as dead. But she wasn't going to let these bastards punish those that were already punished.
"Just so you know, I fight back" she warned as she raised her fists.
The Exterminator chuckled and held up its spear.
"I love dealing with the feisty ones. It's always amusing seeing the look of fear on their faces as I gut them like a pig"
No sooner had it said that, a blur of gray flew by and tackled the angel to the ground. Loona dug her teeth into the angels neck and ripped its throat out.
"Who's gutting who, fucker?" she growled.
"Loonie?!"
The Hellhound wiped the blood off her face and gave Jenny an annoyed look.
"Did you think I was going to let you handle this? Are you fucking high?"
She picked up the spear the Exterminator held and tossed it to Jenny.
"Let's get out of here before more of these fuckers show up"
The two girls ran down the street. It was pointless to hide now that they were out in the open.
"How much longer until this event is even over?!" Jenny said.
Loona looked at the clock tower that was in the center of the city. It was 11:30, almost time for midnight.
"We just gotta hang in there for thirty minutes. Once the clock strikes twelve that means it's over and the Exterminators can't kill anymore"
"Hopefully we reach the hotel before that so we can hide"
They knew they were being followed by a few of the Exterminators by now but they continued running. Once they made it to the Hotel they would be safe.
They past by a radio station where a certain Overload was broadcasting everything that was going on.
/
"I must say it's quite the show out there ladies and gentlemen. It seems like the Exterminators are not being merciful this year. Bodies are being torn left and right. I pity the clean up crew that has to deal with this tomorrow" Alastor laughed as he talked into his microphone.
He always found a sick twisted joy in telling viewers what was happening outside. Maybe it was because he was sick or maybe it was because it reminded him of his days when he was a radio jockey. Either way, Extermination Day was always a busy time for him.
He turned to the window to see what else was happening so he could tell everyone.
"There's only half an hour left before the clock reaches midnight. Those angels are in overtime mode as they try to get their last minute targets in. I don't pity the foolish soul that is out right-"
He cut himself off when he spotted a very familiar figure running past his tower. He had to do a double take to make sure he was seeing things correctly but on closer inspection he saw that it was in fact Jenny running outside. And close behind her were a few Exterminators on her tail.
"I do apologize ladies and gentlemen but we're going to go on a quick commercial break"
He pushed a button on one his machines that played old time jazz songs.
"Damnit all" he grumbled.
He grabbed his staff and left the room, sprinting down the stairs at a quick pace. Shadows appeared behind him as he made it outside.
"I think troublemaker is a better name than firecracker"
/
Jenny didn't need to look behind her to see that a group of Exterminators were hot on her trail. She could feel her lungs burning from all the running she did but she pushed herself to continue on. They were almost at the hotel.
"Hang in there, Loonie. We're almost there!"
An Exterminator zipped past them and landed in front of them. The two skidded to a stop when it aimed its spear at them.
They went to run in a different direction but saw they were surrounded by more Exterminators. Jenny and Loona stood back to back, never taking their eyes off of the angels.
"How much time do we have left?" Jenny whispered.
"Just ten more minutes" Loona replied.
"I don't think we can outrun them at this point so we have to stall them"
The leader of the Exterminator group stepped forward. This one looked different from the other angels. While all of the Exterminators were covered in light gray outfits, this one was covered in black and dark blue.
"I commend you for your bravery. Not everyone would have the guts trying to take on one of us. However your efforts are futile. You cannot run from your fate. You chose to live a life of Sin when you were alive and now you must suffer the consequences"
Jenny glared daggers at the angel.
"You don't know anything about me or how I lived my life" she hissed.
"Of course we do, child. We are all knowing and all seeing. We know you strayed away from the righteous path and lost your way. That's how you ended up here and now you must pay the price"
"Now aren't you a big fat liar. Don't you know lying is considered a Sin?" Jenny taunted.
"I've never done a horrible thing in my life. I've never killed anyone, stolen, lied, cheated, did drugs, etc. I did none of those things and yet I still ended up down here. Not everyone who ends up in Hell are bad people. You may think that but you're wrong!"
She threw the spear she was holding to the ground and stomped over to the angel.
"What gives you the right to harm everyone down here? They paid the price and are stuck down here instead of going to Heaven, why do you need to add salt to their wounds?!"
"This realm is over populated. So much so that there isn't any room left for Sinners to enter this realm. We must-"
"Don't you give me any of that crap!" Jenny shouted.
"Did it ever occur to you guys that maybe the reason Hell had so many inhabitants was because you topside pricks have super strict rules for entering Heaven?!"
Sinners who were hiding nearby slowly poked their heads out to see what was going on. They never saw someone try to back talk the Exterminators. Some had tried fighting them and killed them, but none were brave enough to stand up to them and yell at them.
Loona looked at the clock with worry and saw there was only five minutes left until the clock struck midnight.
Jenny balled her hands into fists as she looked at the angel with pure hatred and disgust.
"Not everyone who ended up here was bad when they were alive. Sometimes they did horrible things because they had no other choice. That lamb you tried to kill earlier might have done something bad but didn't mean it. She could have stolen from someone not because she didn't want to pay but because she couldn't afford to buy medicine for her sick mother. Some random guy you killed might have shot someone but it could have been from self defense because a robber was breaking into his house. That tragic soul who turned to drugs because they wanted to forget all the pain they were feeling and because no one was there to help them. Not everyone is evil and not everyone wants to commit Sins. The world is cruel, evil place and they turned to these methods because no one was there to help them or guide them-something you praise that you do all the time. Guess that only applies to a select few"
The angel's fingers twitched as they gripped their spear tight. Loona saw this and panicked.
"Jenny…" she warned.
The human ignored her and got closer to the angel.
"Just admit it. You're not doing this to keep everything balanced. You're just a bully who wants to throw their weight around and show everyone down here how so much better you are than everyone else"
She got right up into the angel's face at this point.
"Maybe if you had actually done your job and helped people you wouldn't have this over population problem. Looks like Heaven really is slacking off, huh?"
Next thing Jenny knew was she felt a searing pain in her abdomen as blood spilled out her mouth. The head Exterminator drove its spear into Jenny's side with a crazy glint on its masked face.
"I really do detest the younger generation. No manners at all"
"JENNY!" Lonna screamed.
Jenny gagged on the blood that filled her mouth and pressed her hand on the stab wound. The spear didn't go through her whole side but it still hurt like crazy. She gripped the weapon and tried to get the angel to let go. When she put her blood stained hand over the angel's the strangest thing happened. Her hand started to grow hot and burned. The angel let out an inhuman shriek as it yanked its hand back to see that the glove covering its hand was burned off and mangled the skin underneath it. Jenny looked at her bloody hand in wonder then came up with an idea.
Pressing both hands into her wound, she coated them with blood and grabbed the angel's mask. The mask started to melt as it made contact with the blood.
The Angel ripped the mask off its face shoved Jenny away so she wouldn't do any more damage.
Jenny didn't waste any time and flung herself at the next angel that happened to be standing by. Every time she touched them with her bloody hands, she would burn them on contact. Loona had no idea how this was possible but she knew now wasn't the time to figure that out. Following Jenny's example, she dove in and attacked the angel's that were closer to her.
All the Sinner's that were watching were surprised to see a Sinner and a Hellhound take on a group of Exterminators.
The head angel grabbed Jenny by the throat and held her up in the air.
"You foul, little parasite. I will cleanse the earth of your existence"
"Excuse me, dear sir"
The angel turned around to find Alastor standing right behind him.
"Surely you were told that's not how you treat a lady. Honestly what is Heaven teaching you younglings today?"
Dark shadows appeared all over the place. Any angel that didn't get attacked or was injured from the fight were swallowed up and fed to Alastor's familiars. One of the shadows wrapped around Jenny in a protective cocoon and pulled her away from the head angel.
Alastor hummed as he twirled his staff in his fingers.
"My, my; I thought that sharp tongue of yours would get you into trouble but I think you're just a natural trouble maker, Miss. Firecracker" Alastor teased.
"Oh shut up" Jenny snapped weakly.
Alastor ignored her and looked back at the head angel. He made a show of fixing his cufflinks as he eyes glowed red and turned into radio dials.
"It would be a shame to get my suit ruined after I just got it but you were rude enough to make me finish my show early. I hope you're ready to face the consequences"
The angel glared at him as its eyes glowed yellow.
"I will not submit to the likes of you, vermin" it spat.
Alastor sighed and held his staff up.
"Very well then, we'll play it the hard way"
Just then, the clock chimed signaling it to be midnight.
Extermination Day was over.
"Oh would you look at the time! I'm afraid we'll have to do a raincheck" Alastor said.
The Exterminator glared and flared its wings out.
"I will not let you get away" it declared.
Alastor sighed as he looked at his nails.
"While I would love to see how this ends I think it's best that you returned…you wouldn't want to know what happens to stragglers when they're trapped here after Extermination Day"
The angel growled then looked at Jenny.
"The next time I see you, I'll erase you. You better pray that you perish before I get my hands on you"
Alastor got in front of Jenny as a shield.
"You better hurry. Don't want to be the last one here when the gate closes" he warned.
With one last nasty glare, the angel opened up its wings and flew off to the gateway to Heaven.
Everyone who was hiding from the cleanse slowly left their homes and hiding spots. Some were horrified by what they saw while others were curious about what happened just now. A small group started to form around Jenny. They were intrigued by this random Sinner. There were quite a few crazy individuals who tried to stand up to the Exterminators, but they had never seen anyone try to melt them using their blood.
"Hey, isn't that that girl who called out Katie Killjoy on TV?"
"Yeah! I heard her sing on the streets a couple weeks ago."
"Isn't she helping the princess with that weird hotel of hers?"
Jenny could hear them talking about her, but she couldn't at the same time. By this point the whole side of her hoodie was stained with blood and was starting to drip on the floor. She must have lost too much blood when she was fighting.
Her legs gave in, and she fell forward as she passed out.
"Jenny!" Loona cried.
Alastor caught her and picked her up.
"You're quite the enigma, aren't you Miss. Firecracker" he said.
He looked at her face for a moment and raised an eyebrow.
"Hmm?"
Just then, Charlie's limo zipped into the area and screeched to halt in front of them.
"Jenny!"
She fell out the car as Vaggie, Husker and Angel Dust jumped out as well. Alastor quickly yet secretly pulled Jenny's hood over her head.
"Charlie! You sure missed quite the show just now!" he said.
Vaggie panicked when she saw all the blood on Jenny's clothes.
"What happened?!" she yelled.
Loona slowly walked up to the group that had kept Jenny safe this whole time.
"It's a long story"
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Back at Blitzo's apartment the Imp was in hysterics. He had forgotten that it was Extermination Day and let Loona go out while he was being nothing but a zombie.
He was such a shitty father. He let his daughter go out on the most dangerous day of the year all because he still couldn't cope with the fact that Jenny was gone.
Now thanks to his selfish self he probably lost two people he cared about.
His cell phone rang. Looking at who it was, he quickly answered it.
"Loonie! Are you okay, sweetie?! I'm so sorry! I forgot it was Extermination Day!"
"Whatever, just look at the address I sent you and get the fuck down here" Loona said.
Blitzo raised an eyebrow and pulled his phone away to see that Loona sent him directions to some hotel.
"Why do I need to come there? Is that where you were hiding?"
"No, it's where Jenny has been these last two months."
Blitzo thought his heart stopped. Surely, he didn't hear her right.
"W-what?"
Loona sent him another text only this time it was a photo. He opened it up to see Jenny being bandaged up by Charlie and Vaggie. The next text that he got from her made him drop his phone to the floor.
She's alive.
/
"Damn, bitch! Your face is all over the fucking news!" Angel cackled.
He looked over Loona's shoulder to see her scrolling all of the headlines that were posted about yesterday. Some were about how many casualties there were, others about how much property damage was done but aside from those it was all about this one little Sinner who tried to pick a fight with one of the head angels.
Jenny grimaced as she rubbed her side. Charlie went a little overboard on the bandages.
"Could they have picked an uglier image of me?"
"I'm sure we'll find one if we keep scrolling" Angel teased.
Vaggie didn't find any of this funny.
"How could you pick a fight with Lute?! He's Adam's right hand!"
"How was I supposed to know who he was?! The prick wasn't wearing a nametag!" Jenny countered.
Charlie laughed nervously and tried to calm everyone down. She was just as shocked that Jenny fought with Lute of all people but at least she was alright…save for the stabbing part.
"Let's just be glad that the cleanse is over and we're all here safe and sound."
"Speaking of everyone, why did you let this thing into the hotel?" Alastor asked as he pointed to Loona.
Loona snarled in response.
"Piss off, Bambi"
Jenny gave Alastor a tired glare.
"Don't pick on Loona, Al. She's Blitzo's daughter and she's a friend of mine."
"A-and any friend of Jenny's is more than welcome to be here!" Charlie said.
She was relived that Jenny was able to find one of her friends but everyone found it odd that the human knew the Hellhound so well even though said human was 'dead' for two months now. She needed to distract them so they wouldn't ask any questions.
"Jenny's had a long day so why don't we give her some rest so she can re- "
The sound of tires screeching followed by the sound of a car hitting something cut the princess off. Everyone turned to the entrance where they heard someone jump out of their car.
Loona's ears perked.
"Finally" she sighed.
Jenny looked at the Hellhound then back at the entrance. Everyone jumped when they saw this red blur body slam into the door and busted their way inside.
Blitzo breathed heavily as he scanned the group. When he finally spotted Jenny, his eyes teared up.
"JENNY!"
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A/N: Please don't hurt me! I know this cliffhanger is cruel but at least Blitzo and Jenny are reunited!
Lot of crazy stuff happened in this chapter. It seemed like Jenny put herself in the spotlight even further without meaning to.
Why was her blood harming the angels?
Why did Alastor randomly put her hood up?
What was that weapon Lue had?
The more you review the sooner I'll get to the next chapter! Lol. You know you want to see these two reunite.
Enjoy!