Author's note: This chapter will introduce a new origin character, who, you guys will know her when she comes up
Chapter 6:
Caught in the widow's web…
The breakfast rush was well on its way in the hazbin hotel as Husk, Angel Dust and Lute were sitting at a single table together, both the demons sitting on either side of the angel, who was gripping the sides of her head as she was leaning on the table with her elbows, a glass of water and some painkillers in front of her as the tall spider demon was gently rubbing her back.
"There there….i sadly know all too well what it's like….the first time is always the roughest one….." he spoke as he looked down on the angel, her face pale as she sported dark rings under her eyes "Uhg…..i feel like shit….." Lute spoke, her voice hoarse.
It was at this point that Angel hovered his hand near her cheek, as if waiting for her approval. Lute gave him a nod and the ex-pornstar took the cue to gently feel the side of her cheek "Well, the fever-like heat has gone down, so that's good" but as he pulled his hand back, he'd see it was covered in foundation.
Raising his brows, he would dip his finger in the glass of water before grabbing Lute by her chin and wiping at her cheek, causing the fallen angel to blurt out "NO ANGEL WAIT"
"I fuckin knew it!" Angel Dust yelped as he was now able to see Lute's black eye, clear as day "He hit you AGAIN!"
Husk would raise his brow "Wait, wasn't angelic steel the only thing that could hurt you angels?" he said confused, causing Lute's posture to slump "I guess…..that since he owns my soul….he can hurt me…."
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By now, Angel Dust had gone to Charlie and Vaggie's room "…..I'm telling you Charlie, she can't begin to heal properly if she's still under contract with that psycho! Every step she takes, he shoves her back a fucking mile."
Sitting in the windowsill of the giant, eye-shaped window, the princess sighed and nodded "Don't get me wrong Angel, I completely agree with you, but we can't exactly break that contract, a soul contract can only be broken by the one owning the soul, not even my dad can break it, and he is the literal devil"
Vaggie, who was sitting on the bed nearby, piped up "Yea, we were able to get Lute to free Vox and Vallentino 3 years ago because she was cornered and had nowhere to go….I highly doubt Val's going to just release his top money maker without something valuable in return, and even then, there's still no guarantee he will agree"
The princess got up from her spot and began pacing the room in deep thought "Dad wants me to take on a more active leading role as the princess, so I'll be attending the overlord meetings more…but….maybe we, Carmilla, Rosie, Velvette and Ashley can think of something together, right Vaggie?"
Walking over to her partner, the fallen angel would put a hand on the princess' shoulder and gave a half smile "It's worth a shot" before returning her attention to the spider demon "Where's Lute now?"
"My room, sleeping off her nausea, gave her an icepack for her eye and Cherrie is keeping an eye on her" Angel Dust answered.
Vaggie would give the tall ex-pornstar a knowing glance and a smile "You……have grown to care about her, don't you?"
Angel Dust gave a defeated chuckle "Is it really that fucking obvious? First Husky, now you…..yes….i'm not afraid to say, I see her almost like a sister….we've been through the same shit with Val, me 3 years ago and her now….so yea….she's my "sister from another mister" you could say"
Charlie would also shoot the ex-pornstar a glance "We'll see what we can do" to which Angel smiled "Thanks toots….really…."
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Overlord meeting, later that week:
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"And that concludes this meeting for now" the arms dealer Carmilla Carmine spoke as all the present overlords would slowly begin to get up and trickle out of the room, before Charlie would approach a few of them "Rosie, Ashley, Velvette? Can I borrow a moment of your time?"
Carmilla had already been informed before that the princess wanted to speak to her as she once again sat down at the head of the table as the other 3 overlords would turn back around "Oh of course sweety" Rosie would speak up as Velvette also piped up "Sure thing luv" followed by Ashley "Sup?"
As the snamm group once again gathered around the table, Charlie would begin "I guess by now, you all are aware of our new…."controversial" guest in the hotel" before gesturing to the anarchy overlord and her partner "Ashley and Velvette already met her" Rosie chuckled "Well if I am to believe the "juicy" gossip, I'm going to guess it's that former lieutenant"
Carmine raised an eyebrow "You are…entertaining the thought of harboring the warmonger within your walls? An unwise choice in my opinion, princess" to which Vaggie quickly interjected "It's not like that, Carmilla….you didn't see the look in her eyes…." Vaggie spoke as she looked down at her hands.
Seeing this expression on the fallen angel's face, Carmilla would soften "Is it…."that" bad?"
Sighing, Vaggie pulled out her phone "As a fallen angel, she is not restricted to just the pride ring, as you sinners are….which in this case, was a good thing…one time, we had to take her to the sloth ring to get stitches…." As she opened her phone and showed some pictures, causing Carmilla's eyes to widen and Rosie to gasp, covering her mouth.
Velvette just winced as she looked away, being comforted by Ashley, the both of them having already seen the aftermath of how the former lieutenant was treated first hand.
"Vallentino truly is a cruel man" Velvette would mumble out under her breath, before adding "And even worse, I had to be called out of bed in the middle of the night to check on her because apparently, those fuckers reverse-engineered my goddamn love potion"
The angelic arms dealer slotted her hands together as she looked down at the table in thought "So it's all true then…..she shows remorse….but she can't heal as long as…." As she would gesture to the picture on the phone "…."this" is still going on…"
"Indeed" Charlie spoke up "So we got to find a way for Vallentino to release her"
The room would suddenly fall silent as the sound of sharp points hitting the floor could periodically be heard….almost like footsteps…
"My…..apologies….i was late….." a sensual voice would slowly begin to ring through the room as one by one, long, bony, almost dagger like claws began to curl themselves around the door before it slowly opened with a creak…..
"Late? I'm more surprised you ACTUALLY decided to show up for once" Carmilla would sarcastically spit out as a tall, imposing, spindly, yet sensual and curvaceous figure slowly sauntered into the room, it's pointy legs almost stabbing into the floor with every step.
"I never thought she would ever attend the meeting…..she hasn't attended in…well….ever…." Charlie mumbled under her breath, becoming visibly uncomfortable at the sight of the tall figure.
"Who's that?" Vaggie leaned into Charlie as she whispered.
She would quickly get her answer as Rosie shot the tall figure a glance before her face broke open into a large, toothy smile "Oh…my….stars, if it isn't one of my favorite customers" as she got up and greeted the tall woman "Ink, darling, it's so good to see you again, how've you been?"
Flashing a wicked, sharp fanged smile, the tall woman hugged the cannibal overlord "Rosieeeee, my dear, how's things in cannibal town?"
"How come I've never seen her before?" Vaggie asked, to which Carmilla would get up, put her hands behind her back and glare att he tall figure "Because she never bothers to attend…..ever….."
Quickly snapping her neck towards the princess with a cracking sound, Charlie would startle, almost falling backwards in her chair "Oh my, I didn't know I'd find myself in the presence of THE daughter of the devil himself" as she sauntered over to the princess in a sultry way, before gently taking the princess' hand and planting a kiss on the back "Where are my manners, the name is Ink, the man-eater, lady of slaughter and the overlord of senseless murder….it is truly an honor to meet you…"your highness"….."
As she once again flashed a wicked grin, her saliva dripping from the corners of her mouth, it being a deep, dark red, almost resembling fresh blood.
The figure was tall, almost freakishly tall, about 7 to 8 ft, her slender figure was tightly hugged by a black, sequin dress that had a red ribbon tied around her waist, forming an hourglass shape. The dress had a high cut in the side, allowing for ample view of her long, spindly legs that ended in sharp points instead of feet.
Her arms were long and her hands big, slightly bigger then Carmilla's as each of her fingers were long and ended in razor sharp, blade like claws. It was hard to see where the finger ended and the claw began, the long spindly fingers almost reminiscing of the legs of a black widow spider…..
Her neck was long, her face, despite her pointy chin, was rather round, as a wide, black lipped smile spread from ear to ear, her mouth filled with long, sharp fangs as above it, 8 narrow, red glowing eyes peered out from under a straight fringe on black hair, which cascaded down her back, forming a long, black mass so dark, not even light reflected off it, almost looking like black ink or tar, which is probably where she got her name from, tho on top of her head, the hair would seemingly form into 2 rudimentary fox ears…..
An angelic spear was quickly thrust in between the tall, spider like overlord and the princess as Vaggie darted forward "Not a step closer!"
With that same skin crawling bone-crack noise, Ink's head would make a sharp turn into the direction of the former exorcist "Oh my dear….if I wanted to hurt your dear princess….." as she suddenly shot forward, and in a black blur, she would suddenly be standing BEHIND Vaggie, claws wrapped around her throat as she began to whisper into her ear "…..i would have done so already………" before taking a deep sniff "Well well well…..do I smell….angelic blood? I'm in the presence of an exorcist, I see?"
"THAT'S QUITE ENOUGH, INK!" Carmilla would raise her voice, getting the tall, black widow overlord's attention, who quickly darted forward with that same breakneck speed, now towering over the arms dealer, staring her down.
"Aw Carmilla….you're no fun…..fine….i know when I'm not wanted…." She gave a sadistic chortle as she sauntered out of the room again "Oh Rosie, I'll be there to pick up my order tomorrow, make sure it's extra bloody….just the way I like it….." before disappearing again……
It would stay quiet for a little while after the tall, spider like overlkord had left, that was until Ashley would pipe up one last time "……..alright, great talk….." followed by Velvette saying "Babe, what the fuck?"
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Slowly sauntering her way across the streets, most other sinners gave the tall, black widow sinner a wide birth as Ink made her way to an as of yet unknown location.
Periodically, she would stop to stare down unruly sinners, who upon seeing who they were dealing with, would rather jump of a bridge then spend another SECOND in the presence of the tall, spindly woman as she eventually walked into an alleyway.
"So…..it seems your suspicions were correct….my pet…." She hissed gleefully at a obscured figure in the shadows.
"Yea duh, of course, her fucking face is plastered fucking everywhere, I recognize my fucking "top girl" from anywhere, even with the fucking horns and shit" The figure said in an annoyed tone before Ink would place the tip of one of her claws under his chin "Don't…..get…..too cocky with me….little "man-thing"……" as she flexed the fingers of her other hand and a blood red, spectral chain would manifest.
At this….the figure would step out of the shadows…..revealing 2 large, downwards curling horns, a dark grey face with yellow eyes and teeth, bat like wings, dragon like legs and a long, spaded tail. The sinner vaguely resembled the so called "first man" who had been felled nearly 4 years ago, although much more demonic as his chest was littered with small, red X'es
"Or do I have to remind you who owns you…." Ink continued "….Adam….."