Helluva BossHazbin Hotel, What if Chapter 54: Ready As I’ll Ever Be, a Hazbin Hotel + Helluva Boss Crossover fanfic

Vaggie wanted to talk to Charlie, but she took off with Alastor. Vaggie then walked out of the hotel by herself. With the three of them gone, Kara stayed behind to talk to the others in the lobby. "Lucifer, give me strength," Kara muttered to herself.

Kara came down to the lobby of the hotel just as Charlie, Alastor, and Vaggie left. Everyone looked at Kara for answers after seeing Charlie, Vaggie, and Alastor bolt out of the hotel. " So, uh, Alastor, Charlie, and Vags just left like they were runnin' away from their responsibilities. Should we be alarmed?" Angel asked.

"No. We have a plan, but it involves us defending the hotel and ourselves against the angels." Kara stated.

Husk jumped from the couch, "Are you fucking high?!" he shouted.

"Lass, that's a suicidal mission!" Monty exclaimed.

"They can be killed. Carmilla killed one last extermination. Vaggie's going to learn how we can win against them. Charlie and Alastor are gathering up an army." Kara explained.

"And we're supposed to defend the hotel by ourselves?" Andy asked.

"No." Kara answered, "We need allies. Lucky for us, we know a few that might help. I'll go round them up, you guys stay here and fortify the hotel."

"Are you insane?!" Monty exclaimed.

"Look guys, this hotel's about to become the most dangerous place in Hell, and Charlie and Vaggie can't guarantee your safety anymore. I still believe in her dream. I know this place can work but none of you signed up for this. But this is our chance to take a stand." Kara stated.

She then walked out of the hotel, leaving the others with a choice, to stay and defend the hotel or leave. A majority of them wanted to leave the hotel. However, something in Andy just bubbled up and told everyone they couldn't leave the hotel and Charlie. But no one was willing to listen to him. Except for Victoria, she had more confidence than normal after her smackdown with her sister. She wanted to stay and defend the hotel from the angels. Even though she was a demon, for the past year, this had become her home. She was willing to stay and save the hotel along with her friends.

Meanwhile, Kara was in the section of the city where the famous jazz club, Gin and Jazz was. Kara was going to recruit Aasha Kelly to help defend the hotel. She walked inside the club where Aasha was doing her performance. Once her performance was over, Kara went backstage to talk to Aasha. She found Aasha in her dressing room, wiping off her makeup. Aasha turned around to face Kara. "Hey K. What are you doing here? Princess's hotel got too boring?" Aasha asked.

"Ash, I need your help," Kara stated.

Aasha ensured the dressing room door was locked so no one could get in. "Speak." Aasha bluntly said.

"The exorcists are coming for the hotel first. Adam's going to kill every demon after he is done with us." Kara explained.

"Princess Charlie's a hellborn. Isn't there a law about angels not killing hellborn?" Aasha asked.

"Adam doesn't care. He's going to kill Charlie and everyone in the hotel. We have a plan but we need your help. Hell is our home and we need to take a stand against the angels." Kara stated with passion.

Aasha took a moment to think about Kara's offer; then she decided that she was willing to help, not for the idea of redemption but for the thrill of killing exorcists. Kara was willing to take Aasha's answer and offer to help. Kara then left the club and walked to her place only to grab her car and drive to Sir Pentious's place. When she arrived at Pentious's home, she parked her car and knocked on the door. The door was answered by one of Pentious's Egg Bois. "Oh. The Fox Lady!" the Egg Boi shouted.

"Easy little guy. I just came to talk to Pen and Niss." Kara said.

The Egg Boi let her inside and led her to the living room then he disappeared. Kara sat on the couch and waited for Pen and Niss to come in. Jackie ended up coming into the living room with curious eyes as he looked at Kara. She gave Jackie a little wave but he shied away from her. Pentious and Arackniss came into the living room just then. Pentious even had a tray of tea for the three of them to share. Kara wanted to tell Arackniss and Pentious about her plan but seeing Jackie, she didn't want to scare the little guy. Pentious asked the Egg Bois to take Jackie to the other room for a bit so they could talk.

The Egg Bois led Jackie out of the living room but when the Egg Bois left, Jackie stayed behind the wall to listen. "What's going on? Did the princess have any luck with her meeting?" Pentious asked.

"That's what I needed to tell you. Adam and his exorcist are coming for the hotel first on extermination day. After he's done getting rid of us, they'll kill the rest of the sinners in Hell until there is no one left. But we have a plan, and we need you two." Kara explained.

"What's this plan?" Arackniss asked.

"It involves us defending the hotel against the angels. And before you say no..."

"Are you out of your fucking mind?!" Arackniss shouted, "Fighting against exorcists?! You'll get killed within seconds. Anthony..."

"I gave him a choice. Along with the others. Vaggie's going to learn how we can defend ourselves from the angels from Carmilla. We just need more allies." Kara begged.

"Niss..."

"No, Penn. I won't take that chance! I won't do that to Jackie. Penn, if we help them and either one of us or neither of us don't survive this... I can't do that to him."

"Look, Arackniss. I know this is a hard decision. I'll give you guys some time to think it over. But if you choose to help us, you know where we'll be." Kara stated before walking out of the mansion.

Back at the hotel, Victoria was up in her room trying to think over the plan to defend the hotel. If there was even a chance for her to help save Charlie's dream, she wanted to take it. But she didn't want to lose her friends to the angels. Then her mind went to the night she and Husk confessed their feelings for each other. It was magical; like something out of a fairytale. Victoria never thought she would have found love before; even in Hell. And now that she has, she wasn't willing to let it go.

Victoria:

You can push me away, I can take it

I can make you a promise and break it

We know the way it goes by now

Running off just to see if I chase you

I pretend I know how to replace you

Still we get tangled up somehow

Hear it thunder

And I wonder

How long can I hang on?

Victoria had flashes of her memories played with all the time she spent in Hell.

I'm caught in the storm, I'm caught in the rain

I'm caught in the rush that hides this pain

I'm ready to drown, but it's coming down, but I feel so alive

Just let me go, just walk away

If you love someone, you never let them stay

Caught in the storm

As the bars on the bowery are closing

You arrive at the door, standing frozen

You say you thought you'd find me here

Tell me how I begin to forget you

When you keep coming back and I let you

Love me until you disappear

Victoria's memories go back to the time she met Husk, and how she fell for him.

I'm caught in the storm, I'm caught in the rain

I'm caught in the rush that hides this pain

I'm ready to drown, but it's coming down, but I feel so alive

Just let me go, just walk away

If you love someone, you never let them stay

Caught in the storm

Victoria walked to her window balcony.

Let me wash away

You can find me after the flood

Let me wash away

Victoria stepped onto the balcony, looking out at the city.

Caught in the storm, caught in the rain

Caught in the rush that hides this pain

When you love someone you find a way to stay

Caught in the storm, hmm

Victoria was so lost in thought that she didn't hear Husk come into her room. He saw her out of the balcony, looking out at the city, the breeze blew the strands of her hair from her face. Husk tapped her on the shoulder and she snapped out of her daze. "Husk, I thought you were going to leave," Victoria said.

"Well, I know I said that. But I'm not leaving you." Husk said.

"Wait, are you saying...?"

"We're going up against the angels," Husk stated.

Meanwhile, Kara had just left Pentious's house and texted Cherri to help defend the hotel. Cherri answered back with a "fuck yes!" But that's only cause she liked causing chaos with Angel Dust. She needs just one more demon to talk to, Lucifer himself. She drove up to the palace and then she was escorted by an imp to Lucifer's room. She knocked on the door and waited for Lucifer to open the door. When he did, he was surprised to see Kara at his place. He invited her inside and she was surprised to see the piles of rubber ducks laying around the room.

She saw pictures of himself, Lilith, and young Charlie on the walls. Lucifer already knew about the meeting Charlie had with Heaven and how it didn't go so well. But Kara told him about how Adam was going to attack the hotel first on Extermination Day and wipe out all of Hell. Lucifer looked surprised to hear the news. "But I gave all hell-born a pardon from the extermination. They can't kill hell-born along with my daughter." Lucifer claimed.

"Adam doesn't care. He exposed Vaggie as a fallen angel in front of her. He's going to kill Charlie to make an example of anyone who thinks a sinner can get into Heaven. You said you wanted to be there for Charlie, well, she needs you Lucifer." Kara stated.

"I... I can't." Lucifer said, sadly.

"Why not?"

"Kara, I'm the King of Hell. I can't interfere with Extermination Day. I know I regret agreeing to Adam's genocidal plan but I was in a bad place. Do you think I wanted this for Charlie? I was stupid and reckless. And then Lilith left me and I fell into a deeper spiral. I didn't want Charlie to see what a failure I had become." Lucifer explained.

"Your majesty, Charlie knows you are not a failure. You're struggling. Everyone struggles and no one is perfect. You have one last chance to make things right. We're going to go up against the angels. You can join us and help Charlie or you can stay in your duck-filled room and feel sorry for yourself." Kara stated then left.

Kara returned to the hotel just as Charlie was coming from the left with the army of cannibals while Vaggie was coming from the right with multiple crates of weapons. Odette and Clara help out with getting the weapons delivered to the hotel. Charlie gives Vaggie a little present from Cannibal Town as her way of saying she forgives Vaggie. Vaggie hugged Charlie just as she noticed Vaggie's new wings. "The wings are new. They look nice~. Come on, let's go home." Charlie said.

Charlie and Vaggie were surprised to see Kara at the front of the hotel. But not as shocked as the three of them were seeing Pentious's Airship parked on the side. They walked inside to find everyone in the hotel including Aasha, Arackniss, Pentious, and his Egg Bois helping them fortify the hotel for the angels' arrival. "Well, look who decided to show up. We thought we were fightin' by ourselves." Ange stated.

"Kara, what is all this?" Charlie asked, tears filling her eyes with a smile.

"I knew we needed a few allies to help so I got us some. But I thought you guys would have left." Kara said.

"What? Do you think we're a bunch of pusssssies?" Pentious questions.

"I just got used to you guys," Husk says and lets out a scoff, "I ain't finding no new drinking buddies."

"I've named all the stains on the carpet," Nifty says, letting out a giggle and pointing to one of them, "That one's Fred."

With Lucifer, he was held up in his room, drinking from his tea set thinking about what Kara had said. He wanted to be there for Charlie but he was afraid to go against the angels.

Lucifer:

I saw the sun begin to dim

And felt that winter wind blow cold

A man learns who is there for him

When the glitter fades and the walls won't hold

Lucifer put his cup down then he looked up at the portal of himself, Lilith, and Charlie when she was just born.

'Cause from then, rubble, one remains

Can only be what's true

If all was lost, there's more I gained

'Cause it led me back to you

From now on

These eyes will not be blinded by the lights

From now on

What's waited 'til tomorrow starts tonight, tonight

Let this promise in me start

Like an anthem in my heart

From now on

Memories from thousands of years ago popped into Lucifer's head of his time in Heaven.

I drank champagne with kings and queens

The politicians praised my name

But those were someone else's dreams

The pitfalls of the man I became

He remembered how he tried so hard to please his father and the other angels with his ideas.

For years and years, I chased their cheers

A crazy speed of always needin' more

Lucifer looked at the photo of Lilith and Charlie together.

But when I stop and see you here

I remember who all this was for

And from now on

These eyes will not be blinded by the lights

From now on

What's waited 'til tomorrow starts tonight, it starts tonight

And let this promise in me start

Like an anthem in my heart

From now on

Lucifer spread his wings then he flew up out the window, flying above his palace.

From now on

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