Meanwhile up in the city of Heaven in the high headquarters of the endless city; the new redeemed seraphim Sir Pentious was showing off a small pod like craft painted white with golden lining to Emily the Joybringer. Emil gave an excited squeak and then embraced Sir Pentious. "Well done Sir Pentious! I am so proud of you!" Emily told him as he hugged her back beaming at the praise.
It was at the moment Sera entered the room and smiled at them; "I am judging from your rather excited statement that things are going well here with our new redeemed friend?" Sera asked as Emily flew up to her still beaming with excitement.
"Yes Sera; look... Sir Pentious built this without any weapons or anything like that..." Emily said taking Sera's hand and then dragging her to the craft to show her as Sera inspected it.
"Indeed... No combat capabilities at all... I am pleased with your progress Sir Pentious." Sera replied and Sir Pentious smiled and gave a polite bow to the high Seraphim; things were difficult starting out even after getting over the shock of an actual sinner being redeemed and ending up in Heaven.
He was afraid of the angels, he seemed insistant on still building his weapons even as they kept telling him that he was safe there and there was no one who would do him harm. Well there were Exorcists who were weary of him at best but they were ordered to stand by and let them deal with him...
But now things were looking up as they prepared to present him to Hell and start going over their proposal to help out the daughter of the Morning Star's Hazbin Hotel.
"Sera; I have been wondering... How is Lute? I know she didn't take it well..." Emily decided to ask as Sir Pentious gulped and Sera just frowned as she gave a sad sigh.
"Unfortunately Emily dear... I don't think Lute is taking it better... She hasn't returned yet and I don't know if she has calmed down yet or if it will be soon..." Sera replied as Emily's frown grew and she looked worried.
"Oh... I hope she is alright..." Emily muttered out; showing her kind and worrying heart even with the issues that she has with Lute and what she and the Exorcists had been doing for so long.
"I do as well; I remember how long it took her to calm down and relent after the only other big blow out she had with me... Over taking care of the monsters on Earth..." Sera then said as this caught Sir Pentious' interest.
"She means the likes of vampires, werewolves, witches and those like them..." Emily clarified and Sir Pentious stared but then bursted into laughter as he put his arm around Emily's shoulder.
"Ah yes Ms Emily; your sense of humour is to be admired... Vampires, werewolves... Are you going to say that Dracula and Frankenstein are real as well..." Sir Pentious laughed only for it to die down when he realised that no one else was laughing and Emily was frowning and Sera looked serious. "you're... Not joking are you..." Sir Pentious muttered feeling tense as Sera shook her head.
"I am afraid not Sir Pentious; the monsters on Earth are very much real and under the rule of none other than the vampire formerly known as Vlad the Impaler... Bram Stroker published not a novel but a real collection of letters about an encounter with the Count... They have kept hidden from most of the humans..." Sera replied as Sir Pentious took this in.
"You see Sir Pentious; when Eve eat the Fruit of Knowledge and brought evil and Darkness to Earth... The dark energy not only caused sin to be possible in the humans but brought forth evil energy that gave birth to creatures that you know as vampires and werewolves... Including dark magic harnessed by witches..." Emily said as Sir Pentious shrieked holding his head as Emily looked concerned.
"If that's so then why aren't you angels down there hunting them down..." Sir Pentious asked incredulously as Sera sighed.
Sera then replied "funny enough; that is what the last big argument with Lute was about..."
"Mam; with all due respect... These foul freaks of nature... These beasts are out there on Earth threatening the lives of the humans and yet we are not sent down there to take care of them like we do the sinners every Extermination?" Lute asked Sera aghast as Sera just shook her head.
"Lute; I hear your concerns but this matter has to treated delicately... We can't risk the entire world finding out about the real existence of Heaven and us..." Sera said as Lute looked like Sera had lost her mind.
"Are you serious? Earth belongs to Heaven and so does the humans; who cares if they find out about us? They exist because Adam and Eve were created by you... Plenty prey to the Lord and depend on us and you don't want us to stop the monsters from threatening them?" Lute demanded as Sera gave a sigh.
"Listen Lute... The existence of our species and city... Humans can do stupid things when they don't understand something and they have gone on plenty of wars in the name of the Lord when he never asked them to... They fear what they don't understand and and when that happens innocents suffer... They found out about witches and they persecuted and executed innocent souls while the ones they were after were in hiding... We take care of the big problems discretely and now even the more dangerous monsters are being softer and not as a threat... To be monitored certainly but..." Sera explained but Lute kept on angrily ranting and Sera had to call for Adam and the other Exorcists to escort her out.
"Discretely? So Dracula is real and no longer a threat?" Sir Pentious asked puzzled as Sera shook her head.
"He has grown softer as the years go by nut no less egotistical and may try to be a threat again; we helped out humanity when he was at the height of his power but his legend is overstated... Not like Sarah Ravencroft..." Sera explained as Sir Pentious looked confused. "Quite possibly the most powerful witch to have ever been born... From a small town and managed to find wayward demon princes and tricked them into letting her absorb power and used a grimoire to be more powerful... Heaven had to step in and grant the local Wiccans the power to seal her inside the grimoire that became her spell book..." Sera then explained as Sir Pentious listened.
"So this Ravencroft... How powerful was she?" Sir Pentious asked as Sera looked more serious.
"Imagine the Overlords in Hell put together... All of them together MIGHT stand a chance against her at the height of her powers..." Sera replied and Sir Pentious gulped in fear. "but back to the original discussion... I do hope that Lute can calm down and be more open... But if I am being honest; I don't think that her anger subsided at the moment..." Sera then said as Emily frowned and sighed at that.
"God gave rock and roll to you, gave rock and roll to you... Put it in the soul of everyone!" Lute was rocking singing at a karaoke machine in a diner as Shaggy and Scooby watched from their table eating their food.
"Man Scoob... Isn't Lute so cool... Not afraid of anything, able to just tackle the sort of stuff that we spent years running away from and here she is rocking out to Kiss... I think I'm in love..." Shaggy said in awe as Lute was singing the Kiss cover of the Argent song.