Shhhhhhh... Be very very quiet. I'm hunting wabbits.
And by Wabbits I mean Plot bunnies. Seriously I already I have the agressive plot bunny of Hellish Wasteland, now this one comes in. Meanwhile Courier in Night City is wondering where the fuck I am.
Anyway this was an idea that came to me, at one point while reading some other Hazbin Hotel fics, and I'll go into more detail in the end A/N.
Disclaimer: I do not own Cyberpunk or Hazbin Hotel, they are owned by CD Project Red and Vizziepop respectively.
Chapter 1: Never Fade Away
In the alleys of Pride City, it is deserted, or rather almost deserted. There is a lone man was sitting by a wall, playing his electric guitar. He looked very human for a sinner, but that's because this was Johnny Silverhand, and his sinner looked human because it was the embodiment of his greatest sin, stealing V's body.
In reality it's more complicated then that as V willingly gave up his body as he felt Johnny deserved a chance at redemption and V was dead either way.
Still Johnny felt terrible, he had always said the worst thing you could do to a person was strip them of their very identity.
So here he was... in hell, in his Samurai outfit (The Johnny Silverhand clothes, plus black hair), sitting in an alley, alone, playing guitar to himself.
"Cause we lost everything," he sang in his voice that sounded like a fusion of his own and V's, "We had to pay the price."
Walking down the alley was a woman in a red cloak, with blonde hair hanging out. She was drawn to the music and smiled at Johnny. She decided to approach.
"Excuse me do you happen to be Johnny Silverhand?" she asked.
"Yeah? Can I help you?" Johnny asked curiously.
"Well I like that song and I happen to be a fortune teller, perhaps I could tell you your fortune?" the mysterious woman offered.
"You know what sure, I don't have anything better to do," said Johnny choosing to entertain this woman.
The woman's eyes started to glow red, "You are seeking redemtion, but you have lost your way," she said, "But the path to redemtion is simpler than you think you just have to hitch hike."
"That's it?" asked Johnny "Well I supposed I got nothing to lose," he said packing up his guitar and preparing to leave the alleyway, but before he left he turned back to the mystery woman. "One question though, why bother helping me?"
The woman smiled under her cloak, "You could say I'm a fan of yours," she said.
As Johnny left, as soon as he was out of earshot she said "Good luck Johnny Silverhand, and do look out for my daughter at her hotel."
Charlie and Vaggie had just finished talking with the porn star angel dust, Vaggie wasn't sure he would come around, but Charlie had Faith in him. Their Limo was driving along when Charlie suddenly screamed at the driver to stop.
Vaggie was wondering why when she noticed the hitch hiker.
"You need a ride?" Charlie asked.
"A ride would be nice thanks," said the sinner. Vaggie noticed his voice sounded like a fusion of 2 voices. It also sounded somewhat familiar. Come to think of it he even looked somewhat familiar. She'd need to think on that later as he and Charlie decided to talk. Vaggie knew what her girlfriend was thinking. Even though they already had Angel Dust Charlie wanted Johnny Silverhand to join her hotel as another test subject.
That's right, the sinner was THE Johnny Silverhand. Charlie was a fan of his music because it reminded her of her mom, but Vaggie remembered him as the guy who blew up Arasaka tower all those years ago. Although 5 years ago there was a sudden upsurge of the name Johnny Silverhand but that was all unclear.
Charlie started to tell Johnny about her plan to use her hotel to redeem Sinners, which caused Johnny to chuckle.
This pissed Vaggie off, "You think this is a joke?!" she shouted.
"No you misunderstand," said Johnny, "I'm laughing at myself because I now have to put more stock in fortune telling."
Vaggie looked confused, so Johnny continued, "A fortune teller came up to tell me that in order for me to find my path to redemtion, I must hitch hike, lo and behold, I hitch hike and am picked up by people that want to redeem sinners."
"EEEEEEEEEE!" squealed Charlie at hearing that, "It's like fate!"
Vaggie smiled guessing that was worth chuckling about.
"Anyway, I do wish to seek redemption," said Johnny.
"Alright we'll just drop you off at your place for now as the hotel is still being renovated," said Charlie. Then she noticed Johnny flinch.
"Is something wrong?" she asked.
"No it's just... I don't have a place," said Johnny awkwardly.
"Oh then you can stay at our place," said Charlie cheerily causing Vaggie to snap her head to her so hard you'd be surprised she didn't break her neck.
"Wait what?!" shouted Vaggie.
"I'd really rather not impose," said Johnny.
"Nonsense," said Charlie, "We can't have our future guest sleeping on the streets, besides it'll only be a few days."
Vaggie was nearly seething, oh she loved Charlie but WHAT THE FUCK?!
Johnny could tell Vaggie didn't like him, not that he blamed her.
He tried to turn down Charlie's offer to stay at their place, but she had a secret weapon, the puppy eyes. Even Johnny Silverhand was not immune to the puppy eyes.
So they got to Charlie and Vaggie's apartment, and Johnny was insistent on taking the couch. He felt bad enough being here in the first place.
He decided to get some fresh air and look up at the sky.
"You up there V?" he asked nobody, as he wasn't quite sure what became of the captive souls after they destroyed Mikoshi.
"Gotta say I expected you to be smoking or somethig," said a voice behind him. It was Vaggie.
"Got a low opinion of me I say, can't say I blame you, I am quite the piece of shit," said Johnny somberly.
Vaggie was surprised at this, "I didn't realize you had such a low opionion of yourself," she said, "Makes me wonder why you're even here."
"You know, Charlie is the second person to ever believe in me, to believe I could be something more than an angry drug addicted washed up rockstar terrorist," said Johnny, "I fucked up nearly every relationship and friendship I've ever been in... except one."
Vaggie was paying attention now.
"He was the first person to ever believe in me, to think I could be somethin more, I don't want his sacrifice to be for nothing."
"Well Charlie sees good in you so I'll give you a chance, just know I have my eye on you," said Vaggie before heading back inside.
Johnny looked up at the sky again before headin back in himself. Perhaps this hotel idea will work after all.
Alright so in case if it somehow went over people's heads, the mysterious fortuneteller is indeed Lilith. I know it should be obvious, but I know someone in real life that is that dense. He failed to see a twist coming ahead of time despite the fact the author himself said his foreshadowing was, and I quote, as subtle as a beached whale in New York.
Anyway I've read a few fics where Lilith was a rockstar so I decided to incorporate some of that here.
Like in Hellish wasteland I plan to have some familiar faces appear, both ally and foe, even the occasional foe turned ally.
A plot bunny of hellish wasteland appears on one side while a plot bunny of the next chapter appears on the other side. I pull out guns.
NO! BACK! BACK YOU SAVAGES!
Looks at the horizon
OH NO!
A plot bunny of a starfield x hazbin hotel crossover appears
OH MY GOD!
Cue Jo Jo to be continued meme.
Anyway if you have any questions, comments, concerns, suggestions, constructive criticism, or you just wanna say hi, please leave a review,
