Mammon

Mammon had spent so much time wondering how to endear Adam to himself. He couldn't ask Asmodus no matter how much good advice the sin could give not after the bullshit of Fizz. So he went to the only other sin he knew had good advice: Belzebub. Sure she was with a hellhound which was probably the lowest thing she could date but she had to have some advice that would help. Her bright shiny realm smelled sickenly sweet, and every step he took was threatening to glue his shoes to the sticky ground. She is in the middle of a party when he walks in so he gets sprayed with liquid honey, and puffs of cotton candy.

The new Adambots and Glambots walk around him shoving dogs and imps out of his way as he makes a beeline to his fellow sin. The Adambot is flying a few feet from the floor smiling as it smashes its guitar against the skull of a hound. Ozzie really did a good job in capturing the man's aggression, the glambots don't even need to do anything as they strut by his sides. Most begin to cower away from Mammon hoping they won't be hurt by the sin crashing the party. Seeing her guest shift in mood, Beelzubub takes notice flying down to greet the clown.

"Mon! What are you doing here?" She has an even voice not letting her annoyance show through.

"Bellzy! How ya doing sis? Been forever since we talked." He wraps her into a bone crushing hug. "So here's the thing I need some advice."

She happily squeezes him back before being confused why he would come to her of all people. "You need advice? I can't help you with sales, never was my forte."

"Huh? No it's not about money I'm doing fine with money. It's… about relationships." He fakes a nervous tone knowing Beelzebub is a sucker for the pitiful act.

Her eyes go wide as an excited smile spreads over her face. "Wait. No way! You have a crush on someone?! Who is it?! Common tell me, tell me!"

Not the reaction he expected but he'll take it, rubbing the back of his neck and shifting his eyes to the imps, hounds, and demons staring at them to fake nervousness. "Can we talk in private?"

She looks around following his eyes, taking his hand, she leads him into one of the many empty rooms in her mansion. "Okay, now spill!"

Sitting down on the bed of the guest room he pulls the Adambot to sit on his lap as the glam bots sit beside him. "Well, you remember the first man right?"

"Shut up! Adam, THE ADAM?! Isn't he in like Heaven or something?" Her excitement quickly turns to confusion.

"Heh, he was, until our little niece decided she wanted to make a charity for those sorry sinners and give them hope that they could get into heaven. Adam got pissy then got his ass kicked by Lucifer and I found the sucker before he could get himself genuinely killed." Mammon recounts knowing Bee was too busy with parties to keep up with the other ring's affairs.

She thinks for a second. "Our little Charlie runs a charity? …Wait did Luci get out of his depressive slump?!"

Mammon shrugs. "No bloody idea, but he's out of his tower at least."

"I need to go visit him then." Bee mumbles. "So what do you need my advice on?"

Mammon glares at the floor. "I fucked up, and he wont get over it. I gave him everything he asked for, even spending good money to get on his good side. Hell, I didn't even yell at him when he cut me off in the debut performance even though the cunt would have deserved it."

Bee gives him a blank look like he's said something stupid. "Yeah, that attitude is part of the problem."

Mammon grumbles grip tightening on the Adambot enough to dent its arms. "What do you suggest I do then?"

"Have you tried apologizing? I don't know what you did so I can't give you much advice, but showering someone with useless things isn't going to do much." Bee tries.

Glaring at the floor Mammon stands, heading to the door. "Doubt it'll do much, but thanks for the advice anyway."

Bee's confused as he shoves his way out of her house throughout the party. An apology, how do you apologize for assaulting someone? You can't. So what's the next best thing? Revenge? Possibly, eye of an eye is something he knows Adam is privy to no matter how blind everyone becomes. So maybe he'll let Adam hurt him, only one chance, and one attack devoid of holy weapons. The bigger question is if he really wants Adam's affection, he'd be easier to work with that way but that's an uphill battle and as long as he has the angel he's happy.

Returning to Greed he looks over the recent sales while playing with a few fidget toys. The Glam sisters have a made a fuck ton of money with more meet and greets then Adam's only one. Not that his golden goose isn't still raking in cash in his absence but it is mainly from people booking spots for the upcoming performances Mammon's lined up. Some solo events for him to show off his guitar skills, a Q&A alongside the sisters, a few big performances, and a handful of ads he's gotta be in. Two more days and he'll go get his angel back.

Adam

Adam wakes with a heavy hangover whatever he had yesterday must have been terrible to warrant the pulsing headache he now has. In his arm is the pale skin of an angel, thinking it's Lute he leans down and kisses her neck. Carefully he prys himself away from the angel trying not to wake them. Taking a shower to remove the dried liquids he doesn't want to think about sticking to his skin, then returning more awake then before. He dresses up in the outfit Mammon gave him minus the helmet since hell is ungodly hot and the last thing he wants is the stuffy feeling the mask gives him. Heading down stairs he goes to the kitchen fixing up some eggs for him and his kids. Sure he usually hated cooking but he did it occasionally after a great tour around heaven playing rock music until Sara forced him to stop or a heavy hangover. Fixing up some bacon he hears people come down drawn in by the smell.

"Mmh daddy can cook?" A voice he doesn't quite recognize asks. He figures it's one of his younger kids, he stopped keeping track of names after about thirty or so kids, and it's not like he talks to most of the ones that got into heaven in the first place.

"Just tell me how ya want your eggs, and get your siblings up if they aren't already." He replies as he hears more people walking in.

"Could you scramble my eggs daddy~" Adam lets the weird phrasing roll off him like nothing, to focus on making breakfast.

"Runny for me." A deep voice commands.

Adam snaps his fingers holding his hand out for their plate. "You're lucky I made that first."

A plate is placed in his hands as he places a few eggs onto it. He hands it back with a head pat, their hair is soft almost like cat fur. Making breakfast doesn't take long when he turns around he sees the demons instead of his children. He knew he would after his drowsiness had passed, but it still hurts, he misses his spoiled rotten brats that never let him sleep. Charlie seems excited and Alastor matches her with a smile it feels like they're hiding something from. When everyones done Charlie proudly stands at the end of the table commanding all their attention.

"Everyone, we're going out today! I have a good surprise for everyone." She's beaming which only makes Adam mistrust her more.

He's not given the chance to back out as everyone follows the princess out of the hotel, aside from Alastor who said he'd stay in case someone came by when they were away. Lucky bastard. They make their way through city streets earning hateful looks from all manner of demons. Adam watches Lucifer trip over talking with Charlie like he's never spoken to his own kin in his life, I'd be funny if it wasn't so sad. They arrive at a bar annoyingly named Eden, seriously its like hell is meant to torture him specificly.

Walking in he sees it doesn't look as bad as the outside. Gold vines and red flowers line the wall's decor. The furniture is a more wooden estetic with flowers at each table. The bar has a bejeweled cave-like look with stone shelves and seats adorned with many colored stones. There's also a stage that looks like a tree stump with roots crawling out to the tables and trees covering up the backstage area. The ceiling has a starry night print with a full moon glowing above the stage, looking close to each star is a small light. No Eden but not a bad theme bar even the cracks in the chairs and tables, probably from past bar fights, give the place an oddly homely feel.

There's not many people inside due to the early time of day. Is it day time? He can't tell it's always dark here unlike the eternal day of heaven. The few that are in the bar do a double take when they see both Lucifer and Adam following Charlie as she leads them to a table close to the stage. Husker and Angel Dust go straight to the bar to grab some drinks for whatever the princess has planned.

"So what dumb shit you got planned for us today hellspawn?" Adam says as he lazes into a big chair, it's far from comfortable but he doesn't let it show.

Lucifer gives him a swift kick under the table Adam shouts a curse rubbing his leg and returning the action with a hateful side eye.

Charlie is shaking in excitement at her secret plan only being able to reign it in with the help of Vaggie. "Don't worry it'll be here any moment."

Her ominous words don't have time to linger as the band walk on stage. An albino gecko-like woman sets up near the drums, her ripped up clothes show off her many scars and a few odd tattoos that look like they were made in the ancient days. Her face seems familiar but it's too reptian for him to really care. The bassest is a short raven like man, he's missing a leg but that seems like more of a birth defect than a side effect of hell's residence. He simalary familiar with the way he tunes the bass reminds him of his son Elijah who would steal his guitar to play it when he was slacking on work, oddly Eli was also born without a leg. The one on the piano is another woman, this one a spider. She is covered in gold jewlery, the necklace hanging from her neck makes him pissed because he made the damn thing, it was for his daughter Awan having her name crudely carved from the raw ore. This disgusting sinner wearing his child's gifts is almost enough to make him kill them on the spot.

The last to arrive on stage is the lead guitarist and singer with six horns sprouting from his skull and a satyr-like appearance. The burn scars down his arms and face make it clear who the demon is, Cain the worst of his children. His son gives him an evil smile showing off his razor sharp teeth. Adam's happy he chose to wear his mask on this stupid outing. Looking over at Charlie she's smiling big and broad, if she tracked down his son in some attempt to "fix" their issues he swears he will force hell to freeze over when he gets up to the holy land.

Cain starts rapidly strumming his aggravatingly cool looking guitar, setting up the beat. Leaning into the mic he starts in a low voice. "The summer that I was baptized, my father held me to his side."

Adam rolls his eyes recognizing the song as Bruce Springsteen's "Adam raised a Cain" only halfway through the first verse. Seriously could his son have picked something any less on the fucking nose.

"As they put me to the water, he said how on that day I cried." Cain continued as the beat got heavier, amping up for the pre-chorus.

Bitch never got baptized, it didn't exist when they were alive and if it did he sure as hell would have done it. Adam thinks to himself absently humming the familiar rock tune and cursing himself when he realizes he is tapping his fingers along with the beat.

Moving from his almost quiet low Cain gets louder. "We were prisoners of love, a love in chains."

When he sings the next lines Cain points towards Adam blaming him blatantly. "He was standin' in the door, I was standin' in the rain. With the same hot blood burning in our veins!"

Moving into the chorus he is almost screaming into the mic. "ADAM RAISED A CAIN!" The other singers yell out in unison. "YEAH!"

Adam is silently seething his mask doing little to hide his contempt as they continue to sing a song he once liked because it literally had his name in the title. Midway through the song he stands up walking to the bathroom to keep his calm. He can't tell what his feelings are. One part angry even livid that Charlie brought him here a place laced with numerous insults directed at him hidden in the details. Another part surprised to see Cain and possibly even being recognized by him or maybe that sinner is just some bastard that looks close and he's just going stir crazy. The only other emotion he can pick out of the maelstrom of his mind is… sadness, his little baby is a demon truly a monster, he used to pretend his kid just didn't exist if they weren't in heaven but now he can't.

Closing himself into a stall he ignores the questionable stains, and the crude writings on the walls along with the weird hole cut into the other stall to just sit. Taking off his mask he runs his hands through his hair which sticks together with the sweat he's been enduring from the heat of hell and the cramped area that the bar is. Holding his forehead as he manually breathes in an effort to calm down. Everything here is truly hell, just one terrible thing after another. He just wants to go home and get away from this place, joke around with Lute again and just laze around doing nothing in the cloud paradise of heaven. He contemplates just staying in the stall the entire time or maybe finding an exit and heading back to the hotel but a knock stops his escape plan.

"Adam?" He hears Lucifer looking at the bottom of the door, he can even see the short man's shoes and the edge of his tailcoat.

"What? Can't a guy take a shit in peace?" His voice is exasperated but manages to maintain his normal harsh tone.

"You and I both know angels don't do that, we can't be unclean." Lucifer counters an edge of annoyance peeking through his voice.

Adam curses, opening the door to glare at the fallen angel. "Glad you remember the grossest facts but not the basics of not feeding humans apples."

Lucifer rolls his eyes. "You're never going to let that go are you?"

Adam puts his pretends to contemplate a response. "Let me think… No, nah, still a little mad about it."

Lucifer lets out a sigh pinching the space between his eyes. "I don't want to fight you. I only came here to see if you were doing alright, you didn't look so good when you left."

Adam chuckles. "What did you think I ran in here to cry my little heart out because some tone deaf guitarist decided to sing a song with my name in it, or something? No I'm no crybaby bitch, I'm just sick of all the fucking losers I'm around and needed a break."

Lucifer doesn't look convinced but instead of snark he used compassion. "Look if you want to return to the hotel I'll take you there right now."

Adam blinks momentarily silent. "...Why would I need you to do that? We're here to get drunk aren't we? Let's get drunk." Adam pushes past Lucifer heading back to the table they are all sitting at.

The song that set him off is long done and the band seems to be happily talking with the other hazbins. He rips a drink out of husker hand and chugs it mainly for the burn rather than the buzz. Husker grumbles at him as he tries to keep the other drink in his hand away from Niffty. The guitarist smiles at him like a hunter closing in on prey.

"The fuck you looking at?" Adam growls out, standing tall towering over most but the horned demon is only a few inches smaller than him.

"Awe don't tell me you can't recognize your own kids dad?" He talks in a mocking childish voice not at all intimidated but Adam's stature.

The helmet exaggerates his hateful sneer. "My only children are winners not sinners, goat breath."

"Leave it to you to rewrite history, dad…" The gekco lady says.

"Too bad Lucifer didn't kill you, I would have finally nabbed that guitar of yours." The raven guy comments as said king returns to his daughters side.

"Don't be mean you two, introductions are an order seeing as our dear dad had a hundred of us must be hard to keep track. I'm Cain" The satyr says with a deep bow, before motioning for his siblings to continue.

"Awan." The spider says packing up her keytar and ignoring the conversation.

"Elijiah." The raven continues drawing out his name like it's a curse word.

"Cainan, it's been forever, father." The gekco curtsies a nonexistent dress.

Adam grinds his teeth, he willingly choose to be blind to the obvious signs of his offspring that he had once told his exterminators to avoid but they admit themselves so openly. "Ah so the fuck ups stick together even in death? Didn't think you worthless brats could get any sadder but you still manage to disappoint me."

Adam knows his words are harsh and he doesn't even mean them but at this point he can't even stop his verbal abuse that acts as second nature. Adams' words visibly hurt Cain, his eyes growing wide and sad with his ear falling for a second before he regains composure. His other children are ticked off anger rearing its ugly head, momentarily calmed when Cain holds up a hand to stop their movements.

His voice is steady and apologetic, the same tone he adopted when he was in trouble. "Ah, I see you're not in a good mood today. I just thought we could bond over our shared love of rock music or-"

Adam cuts him off angry and accusatory. "Bond? Oh sure, let me just hand you a rock so we can 'bond' like you and Able did so well over rocks."

Cain lowers his head eyeing the ground, all confidence and cool demeanor has drained from him. "Dad please, I fucked up one time I didnt even realize we could die I was just so angry and-" He moves forward pleading only to freeze with fear at the hate filled look of his father disrupted by a glitch in his mask.

"I thought I told you I don't ever want to see your face again." His ax manifests in his hand as his wings unfurl from under his arms. "And I fucking ment it!"

Adam swings near his son shattering a table, Cain shivers expecting the blow to land on him but not. Adam grabs his vest pulling him close. "This is your only fucking warning." He drops the man before turning and storming out with Lucifer hot on his trail.

"Was that really necessary? I mean he's your son and-" Lucifer says, fighting to keep pace with Adam's long strides.

Abruptly stopping Adam turns to the short king. "When your kid kills their sibling then you can lecture me. Oh wait, that won't happen since you only managed to knock up Lilith the ice bitch one time."

Lucifer stands firm clasping his apple staff to appear as imposing as he can. "You're right I don't know what that's like but you missed him on purpose, you obviously don't want to hurt him or any of your kids. Hell you've been mumbling their names in your sleep. So why do you keep tearing up every olive branch you're given, not just with him, but with the hotel as well."

Adam stills gaze hardening but then he smirks. "Have you ever been abandoned?"

The odd question perplexes Lucifer. "I mean Lilith left me so yeah but what's that got to do with-"

"Yeah Lilith was the first for me too, she left me for you but then you both disappeared. Vanishing along with all the other angels, and I was alone… for months with nothing but the animals that hated to stay still." Adam agrees his words hold a bitter sadness rather than anger.

"Then I woke up missing a rib and Eve was there. Sweet and bright eyed to her new life, it took weeks for me to even touch her since I was too afraid she would just turn to dust if I did." Adams' eyes focus on the snake on Lucifer's hat. "Then she came to me, an apple in hand with a bite already out of it, saying a snake told her she could eat it."

"I could see thunder on the horizon, God had seen her and was going to send her away… I didn't want to be alone again so I bit the apple, choking as knowledge flooded my mind. Then God abandoned me, when he told his angels to chase us out of Eden." Adam looks up to the sky recounting his last day in Eden.

"In life I saw so many of my children die or leave me to make their own lives, but when Eve died I just… I couldn't try anymore. I forced myself through situations in a desperate bid to die hoping to see her again. I finally got my wish when I fell from a cliff trying to find a lost sheep, an avalanche crushed me and I woke up in heaven with no Eve in sight." A frown grows on his face as he remembers his first day in heaven.

"She abandon me the second she ate that fucking apple but I was just to dumb to notice. So I ask, how do you stop being abandoned?" Adam asks.

"You cut them off before they have a chance." Lucifer answers depression giving him far more understanding than he wants to acknowledge.

"Exactly." Adam chimes with a joyless smile.

Lucifer looks at him, seeing the lonely man who hides himself behind a shield of hatred, built over melania. "Then how will you ever be happy? I locked myself away for years denying any chance to see my little girl because I felt like it was all I could do but when she asked for me to help and I listened, really listened, I figured out that the only way to get out of my self imposed isolation was to support her dream."

"I was happy, being an exterminator, and lazing around heaven. Sure Eden would be better but I'm still banned from there." Adam justifies.

"Were you really happy? Or did you just bury yourself in women and violence to numb the pain?" Lucifer knows he hit the mark when Adam refuses to meet his gaze. "I did that the first few years embodying my worst impulses to vent my frustration at heaven for forcing me out."

"Oh yeah, like when you screwed my wives? All you seraphim are the fucking same playing with mortal souls as you please, you taking the only women I loved, Sera forcing me to make a solution for my descendants then blaming me for Emily finding out about it, and Mammon using me like a…" Adam anger fumbles as he catches himself before admitting what Mammon did, men don't get assaulted unless they're weak, he isnt weak.

Lucifer's calm demeanor filters watching Adam stop talking and cross his arms, the king obviously wonders what his fellow sin has put him through but has the decency not to ask the volatile man. "...You're right, we suck." Lucifer admits with a small chuckle trying to brighten the man's dower expression.

"You got that right." Adam smirks allowing himself a laugh.

"Look I'm not saying you have to forgive your son or any of your kids but could you at least give him a chance he obviously still wants your approval probably has for years." Lucifer pleads for Cain knowing that deep down somewhere in Adam he still loves his child no matter what he's done.

Adam turns away from him thinking about it before he lets out a sigh, arms dropping to his sides in defeat. "Not tonight, maybe later but not tonight."

Lucifer smiles knowing Adam is at least willing to try mending one broken bond, maybe that means there's hope that they could be friends again as well. "Do you want me to take you back to the hotel?"

Lucifer creeps up to Adam's side playfully elbowing him, Adam watches him letting a small smile wrap over his face and deciding to joke with the awkward king. "What I really want is to get laid, it'd be a nice stress relief."

Lucifer blinks face turning red as he finds something to say to that, making Adam bite his tongue to stifle a chuckle. "Uh- um well…" He pulls at his bow tie, his attitude shifts drastically as he finds his words. "That could be arranged."

Apparently it was Adams' turn to be at a loss for words. "Wha-?"

Lucifer backs him up against the building hands placed on both sides of him, if lucifer was taller than his hips he might actually look imposing, but as it stands when the king has to look up to show off his devious smirk as he cages Adams legs is too funny it's adorable. "I mean I did say I was going to fuck you… If you want, of course." Lucifer backs up worrying he may tick off Adam again.

Adam bursts out laughing, seeing Lucifer's face redden in embassament. "H-ha-how the hell did you snag my wives with that shit seduction?"

"It's been a while, besides you weren't any better if I recall correctly." Lucifer defends.

Adam initaly was joking about getting laid but if Lucifer is up for why not try and enjoy himself, a small part in his mind shouts. Quickly being drowned out by his brain scream he's not gay. Do seraphim really have genders, he questions? His mind battles with itself for a moment building a silence between the two as Adam struggles with inner turmoil. Eventually his curiosity wins on a condition.

"Do you have any good drinks?" Adam asks.

Lucifer is surprised by his abrupt and frankly random question. "Huh, I mean ya but why?"

"Let's go get some drinks away from all the brats, it's been forever since I had a good drinking partner." Adam smiles, deciding to let his drunk mind decide what he will do. As he walks to the hotel with Lucifer following him.