Lucia

For the past hour, we've been watching Charlie have a mental breakdown. She didn't take the news of the early extermination too well.

Charlie was frantically muttering, "So, they cut our timetable in half. No worries! It'll be fine, we'll manage. Then, when they cut it in half again, and again, and again, and again, we'll manage." I swear, that girl looked like she hadn't slept. Her eyes were so red, they almost looked like Starscream's.

Vaggie interrupted this. "Charlie, honey, we'll be fine. Don't work yourself to death."

"Vaggie's right," Starscream added, "And once we start pumping Sinners into Heaven, those assholes owe will us an essay's worth of apologies. Especially that fat bastard Adam and his bitch Lute." I'll admit, Starscream had a way with words in savagery.

Charlie seemed to cheer up at Starscream's comment, which was probably his intent. "Yeah, you're right! They cut our time in half, then we work triple time!"

Starscream smiled as he added, "You heard the boss! Everyone, get to working on redemption triple time! Angel Dust, no more drugs! Stinger, cut back on the alcohol! Lucia, hold your trigger finger!"

We all groaned in unison. Starscream being on our asses was one thing, but with his reputation? That was something else entirely.

Angel complained, "Why do we have to do all that shit? And why don't you have to?"

Starscream scoffed. "Please, do you really think my reputation allows me to be redeemed?"

"Now, Starscream," Charlie piped in, "everyone has a chance at redemption, even you!"

Husk scoffed. "Oh really? Did you just so happen to forget he was one of the worst Decepticons?"

"Husk is right. I killed more people than possibly any other Decepticon. Hell, I even killed a man right in front of his daughter!" Starscream added. "If anything, you have better chances with anyone else here than with me."

Charlie sighed. "That is true. But still, could you at least act like you're trying."

"I'll try, but you'll probably redeem everyone else before you make a dent with me." Starscream shrugged.

Charlie just sighed. Starscream did have a point. If anyone here was getting redeemed, it definitely wasn't him.

We just decided to go about our day. Charlie had set up some exercises for us, things like saying no to drugs and apologies. Those didn't seem so bad, so we went with them. Even Starscream tried.

However, our activities were cut short by the sound of an explosion. We looked over to the wall, and a massive hole was blown into it. We also heard a very snake-like voice.

"Come! Face me!" it yelled, hissing at the "face" part.

We all ran outside to see what the fuck was going on. Outside was a massive steampunk hunk of junk. From what I heard, this was that Sir-whatever-his-name-was.

He kept on rambling about fighting Alastor to impress the Vees, despite how dumb that idea was. For one, Alastor kicked his ass the first time he attacked the hotel with almost no effort at all, and judging by what that snake guy was saying, Alastor kicked his ass about 20 times. For two, Starscream, my boss, absolutely wiped the floor with the Vees on his first day in Hell.

Anyway, after a few minutes of his rambling, Alastor summoned a bunch of tentacles, some to grab him and the rest to use like fists to punch his machine. All the while, we were cheering him on.

I yelled, "Yeah! Kick his pansy ass!"

"Um, could you not be so... rough?" Charlie stammered.

Angel refuted, "Nah, the guy looks like he's got way more hits in him."

"Besides, that machine looks durable," Starscream added, "he won't get majorly injured."

All the while, Alastor was maniacally cackling.

Eventually, that snake dude got launched out of his ship and landed on his face in front of Alastor. The Radio Demon twirled his cane and smugly thanked, "Thank you for another forgettable experience!" I had to stifle a laugh.

"Th-thank you..." the snake muttered, "for letting your guard down!" He whipped his tail around to rip off a piece of Alastor's coat. Alastor responded by nuking his ass.

He twirled around. "Looks like I'm due for a visit to the tailor."

"Hold it," Vaggie complained, "you need to fix this wall. It doesn't matter if you care about the hotel, it's your duty to keep it above the water."

Alastor shrugged. "Oh well." He snapped his fingers and summoned a bunch of goons. I guess that was our repair crew. Angel Dust immediately went up to the beefiest one and began flirting, no surprise there.

While that crew was fixing the wall, the rest of us went back inside to resume the exercises. Things went well, with a few hitches. Stinger and Angel Dust kept on leaping at the drug offers and Starscream didn't seem to know what the word "sorry" was.

Again, our exercises were cut short by a television broadcast. That Vox guy went live and began trying to roast Alastor.

"Top of the hour, and we're discussing a certain has-been Who has been spotted cavorting around town (welcome to the show)After a seven-year absence!"

He went on, "Did anybody miss him? (Welcome to the show) Did anybody notice? More on tonight's program!"

"So, the radio demon is back in town, Why is he hanging around? What does that mean for your family?" he transitioned to a talk show.

He elaborated, "Well handily, I've got good news: He's a loser, a fossil and I don't mean to sound hostile; But the demon is a coward!"

"You can take that as gospel! Pulling my viewers? Impossible! I'm visual, he's barely audible. Stop givin' him the time of day; Don't listen to a word he'd say! I hope he had a nice vacay, But he should've stayed away!" he belted.

"While he hid in radio, We pivoted to video! Now his medium is gettin' bloody rare! Hell's been better since he split. Where's he been? Who gives a shit!"

Alasor chimed in, "Salutations! Good to be back on the air!"

He went on, "Yes, I know it's been a while since the someone with style treated hell to a broadcast. Sinners, rejoice!" (Vox: "What a dated voice!") "Instead of a clout-chasin' mediocre video podcast." (Vox: "Come on!")

Alastor jabbed, "Is Vox insecure? Pursuing allure? Flitting between this fad and that, is nothin' working?" (Vox: "Ignore his chirping!") "Every day, he's got a new format!"

Vox yelled, "You're lookin' at the future! He's the shit that comes before that!"

Alastor continued anyways. "Is Vox as strong as he purports; Or is it based on his support? He'd be powerless without the other Vees!" (Vox: "Oh, please!")

Alastor went on, "And here's the sugar on the cream: He asked me to join his team!" (Vox: "Hold on!") "I said no, and now he's pissy, that's the tea!" I had to stifle laughter so I could hear.

Vox sputtered, "You o-o-ld-timey prick, I'll show you suffer-ri-ring!"

Alastor taunted, "Uh oh, the TV is buffering!"

Vox shouted, "I'll destroy you, you little–"

Alastor sang, "I'm afraid you've lost your signal!"

After that roast-fest, Vox had a pissy fit and ended up causing the power in all of Hell to go out. The only reason why the Hotel's power didn't go out was because we were the only ones not on the main grid. So everyone got to hear Alastor's death threats to Vox.

"Let's begin. I'm gonna make you wish that I'd stayed gone! Tune on in~ When I'm done; Your status quo will know its race is run! Oh, this will be fun!"

First the shortened deadline, then that snake dude, and finally Alastor wiping the floor with Vox? This was gonna be an interesting day.

Sorry for this being late, I just had stuff with a play going on. Anyway, I'm going to clarify some stuff.

1. I didn't really explain what all the stuff with the Angel corpse was in the last chapter. Essentially, the tube in the mouth puts nutrients and water into the body, the tube in the butt pulls out waste, the machine on the chest pumps blood and oxygen, and the needle scars on the arms are a result of extracting blood.

2. Unless the chapters have a massive departure from what the show itself did, then they will be short. That's why this one was so short, because the only thing added was Starscream and Lucia's comments. I don't wanna retell the show, but I do want to keep continuity.

3. Starscream is still keeping his being a Cybertronian a secret. He just spun the story about the Cybertron War to be a civil war in Vos, a human kingdom. They still think he's human.