During the final week before Extermination Day, the training of the Cannibals at the hands of Commander Strax and the Judoons, all while the Doctor prepared several measures against the Exorcists, like covering the zone around the hotel of detonable fuel materials. During those days, more people decided to help them: Buster, Overlord of Animation and old acquaintance of Alastor and the Doctor, and Cherri Bomb, who loves teaming up with Angel.
During the meantime, the Vees observed the training, thrilled to see Alastor getting defeated (well, that's Vox mainly)
So, the night before the final day arrived, the team spent it drinking like a group of friends, with Angel telling the others some fun past adventures he had during his stay in the TARDIS.
"I remember when the Doc and I found a lost baby on the road who had lots of tentacles or sum and I had to take care of him, it was fun!" Angel took a sip from his drink, "With all those tentacles, I'm sure he'd be Casanova with humans when he grows up!"
The others laughed.
"Or that time I've almost turned into a sexy dinosaur..."
Alastor and Niffty observed the scene from the balcony.
"Ah, what a lovely group this one, don't you think, Niffty?" said Alastor.
"I really like them, Alastor! I can make my bug puppet shows and they don't boo at me!" said Niffty.
"Oh well, I admit one could get accustomed..." said Alastor.
Meanwhile, the Doctor left the group and went to the balcony outside to relax. Charlie joined him.
"Quite the silent place here, eh?" said the Doctor.
"Yeah." said Charlie, "Tomorrow the battle will happen, how do you feel?"
"...Honestly, scared." said the Doctor, "Did I explain to you about regeneration?"
Charlie shook her head.
"One of my species - A Time Lord - can heal from fatal injuries via regenerating the cells of our body, changing our appearance and personality for 12 times, 13 lives if you include your original incarnation." said the Doctor.
Charlie was interested. "And which "life" are you now?"
"...Thirteenth." said the Doctor, "I can't regenerate anymore, next time I get killed I'm permanently dead. That's what scares me. I acted cocky before, yes, but that doesn't mean we'll win."
Charlie held his hand. "Well, now you're just like us. Don't worry, I'm sure everything will be fine."
"...Thank you, Charlie." the Doctor smiled, "Thank you for everything."
Charlie left. She looked calm and collected while consoling the Doctor, but the moment she saw the photos of her with her friends on the wall in the hallway she broke down in tears.
"Charlie?" Vaggie noticed her.
"I'm sorry, I-I'm just scared..." Charlie wiped her tears off her face, "What if...What if we lose?"
Vaggie began singing.
"You've, already done so much"
"So many lives you've changed,"
"So many souls you've touched,"
She walked towards Charlie.
"But in the end, if it's only me you've saved..."
"There's something I've been dying to say..." The two sang together.
"More than anything...More than anything..."
"Need you to know that I love you more than anything..."
"More than anything."
The two kissed passionately. The Doctor observed the scene without getting noticed, and smiled as he left.
He retreated to his TARDIS, where he put on some music on his gramophone and read a book. It was an old Gallifreyan lullaby he used to listen to.
Before he read the book, he saw the photo of his granddaughter on the shelf, she was quite pretty, with short dark hair, blue eyes and an infectious smile.
"Susan..." the Doctor thought "Wherever or whenever you are, don't worry: Grandfather is coming."
The next day, everyone was prepared and armed for the battle with modified Angelic weapons.
Meanwhile, in Heaven, Adam, Lute and the Exorcists were ready to commence the assault.
"Extermination Day is here, bitches!" Adam started his speech to his troops,
"Are you ready to kick demon ass?!"
The Exorcists cheered.
"Prepare to kill every Sinner in that shit hotel! We'll show that nerd of a Doctor to not fuck with the Dickmaster and the Exorcists! Let's fuck shit up!"
"ATAAAAAAAAAACK!" He ordered.
"FOWARD!" said Lute.
A portal opened and the Exorcists flew towards it.
"Here they come! Get ready!" said Vaggie.
"Annihilate the Angelic scum! SONTAR-HA!"
On the roof, Alastor and Buster, the bunny-looking Overlord, observed the scene.
"Ready, Buster?" Alastor asked.
"Always ready." Buster, while munching a carrot, snapped his fingers.
At the same time, the Doctor began the broadcast.
Meanwhile, Sera and Emily were in the former's office, to stop Emily from doing anything drastic, much to her sadness.
Until a large sphere appeared in the room.
"What's that?" Emily asked.
"It looks like a spying orb," said Sera, "Why is it here?"
The orb began showing images, first followed by a red-and-white shield with the letters "WB" on it. A looney and fast-paced melody started playing loudly.
Text appeared that read:
William Baxterson Cartoon Studio
Presents
"EXTERMINATION DAY" Starring Her Highness Princess Charlie Morningstar, the Overlord of Radio, and the Doctor!
Dedicated to the High Seraphim of Heaven! Remember:
YOU WANTED THIS.
Sera gulped, realising what they meant.
"Look! It's Charlie and the Doctor!"
"They're broadcasting the assault," said Sera.
Together, Buster and Alastor used their powers to create a force field surrounding the hotel, dragging several Exorcists inside.
"Let the slaughter begin," said Alastor.
What slaughter began. The Sinners gave one hell of a fight to the Exorcists, with the formers massacring the latter.
The Doctor's plan was working, the entire field was surrounded with highly explosive atoms that could be detonated by his sonic screwdriver, allowing him to basically make the Exorcists explode thanks to the atoms nearby.
"So that's how they kill us? With our own weapons? Dude, fuckin' weak!" said Adam.
"Hey! Maybe we can win!" said Charlie, pushing Exorcists away with her shield.
"Focus, Charlie!" the Doctor made explode a couple of Exorcists.
"I had enough," said Adam. He flew towards the field...And destroyed it with one punch.
"Shit..." said Angel.
Adam flew to the roof, where Alastor and Buster were ready to welcome him.
"Adam!" said Alastor, "First Man, next to die!"
"Who are you?" Adam asked.
"Oh, doc, we're just your looney opponents." Buster munched his carrot.
Meanwhile, at the Vees Tower, Vox, Velvette and Valentino were watching the battle, with the TV Demon even eating popcorn.
"Woo hoo! I'm so hard right now!" said Vox, delighted to see Alastor's plan get destroyed, much with the other two Vees' uncomfortness.
"You shouldn't make those comments, Vox, you're making Velvette uncomfortable." A male voice with an English accent spoke.
It was a brown-haired man with brown eyes and a round face, wearing a black lab coat, with boots and leather gloves.
That man was Vladelets, Overlord of Robotics and a recent addition to the Vees.
"Are you still watching that useless hotel?" He asked.
"Yeah! Alastor's gonna get his ass kicked!" said Vox.
Vladelets watched the battle too.
Alastor and Buster dodge Adam's attacks.
"You're slow, ain't ya, doc?" said Buster, jumping here and there, mocking Adam.
"Do you think you two can defeat me?" said Adam, "Mortal souls are no match to me!"
Alastor chuckled. "You should know better than anyone what a soul can accomplish when they become masters of their own fate." One of his shadow monsters punched Adam in the face.
He destroyed the monster. "You think you're tough shit, huh?"
"Surely tougher than you." Buster hit Adam with a comically large hammer, making him become flat. He regained his size quickly.
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Despite Adam being much stronger than the Overlords, Alastor and Buster managed to give him quite the humiliation, especially with the latter's "Looney Tunes physics"-based power.
"I'm gonna wipe that shit-eating grin off your face! 'CAUSE RADIO IS FUCKING DEAD!"
With a swing of his weapon, Adam snapped in half Alastor's microphone.
"What just happened?" Alastor asked without his filter on, returning back to his normal form in sheer confusion. He noticed the damage. "FFFFFFuck."
Adam slashed the Radio Demon on the torso, sending him flying to the other edge of the roof.
"Alastor!" Buster rushed to the rescue.
"YEEEEEEEEES! FUCK YOU, ALASTOR!" Vox cheered. "WOO-HOO! THIS IS BETTER THAN SEX!"
"You're okay, Al?" said Buster.
"Not much..." said Alastor. "I'm afraid I have to end this broadcast..."
Alastor vanished into his shadows.
Buster jumped into a hole created by him, and the text "That's all, Folks!" appeared.
Adam laughed, "Bye, bitch!"
He started flying and causing explosions with his powers. "SUCK MY HOLY LIGHT, FUCKERS!"
Sera and Emily watched the scene, the former with guilt and the latter with horror.
"We can't keep going like this if that bastard keeps shooting at us!" said Vaggie.
"Wasn't Alastor and Buster supposed to deal with Adam?" said Charlie, "Don't tell me..."
An Exorcist managed to pin Charlie to the ground, and before Vaggie could intervene...The Exorcist was hit by a thorn, paralysing her.
The Doctor scanned it with the sonic screwdriver. "A Janis thorn...Leela!"
An "Exorcist" behind them took off her mask, revealing a good-looking young woman with long brown hair and blue eyes. It was Leela, who managed to infiltrate among the enemy lines.
"I have arrived in time," said Leela.
"You know her, Doctor?" Vaggie asked.
"She's a friend. " the Doctor asked. "What are you doing here?"
"I have come to help you in the fight," Leela explained. "And I didn't come alone."
She pointed at the sky. Suddenly, several Exorcists fell to the ground, dead. They were killed at the hands of no other than...The Supreme Inquisitors.
"Shit, the Inquisitors...!" Vaggie was alarmed.
"No, look!" Charlie pointed at the sky.
Among the Inquisitors, there was a familiar man in a familiar uniform. The Doctor immediately recognised him, and shouted excitedly:
"BRIGADIER LETHBRIDGE-STEWART!"
"Protect the hotel at any costs!" the Brigadier ordered, "CHARGE!"
"YES SIR!"
The Inquisitors descended and began attacking the Exorcists. Among the Inquisitors, there were also some former companions of the Doctor, like Jamie.
"Brigadier...YOU TRAITOROUS BASTARD!" Adam's holy light became faster.
The Brigadier attacked Adam, trying to distract him, and unwillingly giving Sir Pentious an idea...A dangerous idea.
Cherri Bomb passed nearby to get a better point to throw her bombs, but Pentious grabbed her.
"I'm trying to fight here! You out of your fucking mind?!" She said.
"Yes."
Pentious kissed her.
"Miss Bomb...I love you." Pentious ran to his zeppelin. "REMEMBER MEEEEEEEE!"
Cherri was stunned, blushing in both surprise and a tad of arousement. "...That was kind of hot."
The zeppelin began flying, ready to shoot Adam with the Death Ray.
However, there was a tiny little flaw in it...It takes a long to charge. So, before he could do anything...Adam vaporised him.
The Hazbin crew watched in horror.
"No..." Charlie cried, falling to her knees. But soon, that despair turned into rage. She called on her Razzle and Dazzle, who flew around her engulfing her in a fire tornado, as it disappeared, Razzle and Dazzle became dragons while Charlie revealed her demonic form. "Let's ride!"
Charlie, Vaggie and the Doctor jumped on the two dragons' back and went to Adam and Lute.
"Get 'em!" said Husk.
"Oh, look who thinks they're badass now!" said Adam.
"The traitor came here to die," said Lute.
The lieutenant sliced Dazzle's wings and then struck with her sword into his heart, causing Vaggie to crash into the hotel.
"Vaggie!" said Charlie.
Adam hit the two, making them fall into the roof.
"Risking your immortal life for Sinners? That's some crazy shit, even for Lucifer's brat!" said Adam.
"Charlie..." the Doctor stood up. "Go help Vaggie, I'll deal with him."
"But-"
"I SAID GO!"
Charlie reluctantly obliged.
The Doctor pulled out his sonic screwdriver.
"You really wanna fight me in that state?" said Adam. "Look, you "fight the evil" during your travels, right? Then, why are you defending Sinners? They're the scum of humanity! You should fight with us!"
"You still don't get it, do you?" said the Doctor. "I wouldn't wish getting exterminated to one, not even to my worst enemy. These people, these Sinners, don't deserve to get brutally massacred, no matter what sin they committed in life. Sure, here in Hell reside the lowest scum in Human history, but what about the others? What about those who have committed a minor sin or were forced to sin? Didn't you think of that? Of course you didn't! You're just a pathetic, misogynistic, psychopathic manchild who thinks the entire universe works in either one way or another like a complete dimwit. You always boast that you're the "First Human", but your humanity has vanished long ago. And despite all the blood you have at your hands...You dare to call yourself an Angel?"
Adam attacked the Doctor.
"Nice words, Doctor! But this time they won't save you!" said Adam.
The Doctor struggled to stand up. Despite his heavy injuries, he refused to surrender.
"Never said I needed to win." said the Doctor. He closed his eyes. "Without hope, without witness...Without reward."
The battle was hard, the Doctor suffered more injuries than gave attacks. But he didn't care, he still fought without rest.
But after a while, Adam, dragged the Doctor to one of the "craters" in the ground.
"This fight was nice, but it's time to die, Doctor!" said Adam.
The Doctor noticed where he landed, and grinned. "Doctor, you say? Doctor...Who?"
The Time Lord detonated the explosive atoms, engulfing him and Adam into the explosion.
Angel saw the explosion happening and realised who it was.
"Doc..." He shed a tear.
At the same time, Charlie and Vaggie, with the surprise intervention of Lucifer, managed to defeated Lute, even accidentally made her lose her left arm.
Charlie, Vaggie and Lucifer went outside.
"We heard an explosion. What happened?" Vaggie asked.
"It's Doc...He..." said Angel.
With those three words, Charlie realised what happened.
"No...Please, not him too...NOT HIM TOO!" She desperately rushed to the source of the noise.
Followed by the others, they saw the heavily injured body of the Doctor, along with Adam, who's now broken mask revealed his face: An average man with brown hair and yellow eyes.
"Now...It's not over yet, Doctor!" Adam struggled to stand up. "I'm fucking Adam! I'm the fucking Man, I started everything on Earth! All of mankind came from these fucking nuts! You all should be worshipping me, you ungrateful, disgusting, fucking LOSERS!"
Adam tried to attack Charlie one last time, but before Lucifer could intervene...
*BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!*
Adam fell to the ground, revealing who shot him in the chest five times: It was the Brigadier.
"Don't say I didn't warn you." He said.
"Doctor!" Charlie rushed to the Doctor's lifeless body, soon followed by the others, including Leela and Jamie. "Wake up! I'm begging you...Wake up!"
Lute rushed to Adam. "Sir! Sir! Stay with me sir! ADAM!"
"It's over. Take your little friends, and GO HOME! Please." said Lucifer.
"...Retreat. All Exorcists fall back." said Lute.
Every Exorcist returned to the portal, Lute did the same after taking Adam's halo. After saluting the Doctor's corpse, the Brigadier, Leela, Jamie and the Inquisitors left.
Then, all the Judoon and Strax vanished into thin air, returning to where they belonged.
"Alastor, Pentious, Doctor...They did it for us...They barely knew us and they sacrificed their lives for us...It's all my fault...My fault! The hotel is destroyed, our friends are dead and it's ALL! MY! FAULT!" Charlie cried.
"Charlie..." Lucifer consoled his daughter. "It's not your fault. They sacrificed themselves because they knew they believed in the right thing. Look at you, you managed to repel an Exermination in 10,000 years! You can do this, Charlie! It's far from being all over!"
Charlie seemed convinced. "You're right...I still have you guys."
"Come on, let's bring the Doc to the TARDIS, that's where he wanna rest." said Angel.
They nodded and brought the Doctor's corpse to the TARDIS.
But right after they left the TARDIS and closed the door, the Doctor's hand started glowing...A blue light?
"Look!" said Vaggie.
Suddenly, a golden light surrounded the TARDIS, making it vanish into thin air.
"...What happened?" said Charlie.
"I dunno...It never happened before..." said Angel.
Despite that, the group started the reconstruction of the Hazbin Hotel, and what the fun they had!
They were determined, they could do this, now they knew it!
Meanwhile, the Vees were celebrating the deaths of Alastor and the Doctor, delighted that they can now plan to take over Hell.
But Vladelets seemed to have other plans in mind...
Weeks later, the works finished! But not before two extra surprises:
Alastor and Buster survived!
So, the new Hazbin Hotel lost two guests, but received two new ones: Buster and Cherri.
Perhaps Charlie was right, there will be a Happy Day in Hell.
On a beach in Heaven, a pale blonde woman wearing sunglasses and a large fedora hat was relaxing. Lute approached her and dropped Adam's halo under her feet.
"Adam is dead. Your deal is done and I'm in charge now." said Lute, "our brat is threatening the very foundation of Heaven. And if you want to stay here, you're going down there and stop that bitch. You understand me...
...Lilith?"
"Doctor..."
"Doctor..."
The Doctor heard voices calling his name.
Those voices were those of every companion he had, from the Hazbin crew to his former ones:
Donna, Martha, Rose, Lucie, Charley, Ace, Mel, Peri, Tegan, Nyssa, Adric, Leela, Sarah, Jo, Liz, Jamie, Zoe, Victoria, Polly, Ben, Steven, Dodo, Katarina, Vicki, Barbara, Ian...
And then...A young voice called for him.
"Grandfather..."
"THE SONTARANS PERVERTING THE COURSE OF HUMAN HISTORY!" the Doctor jumped back to the life. He began imitating the voices of his past incarnations, starting from his fourth incarnation.
"I don't wanna go..." He imitated the Tenth Doctor's voice.
"You were fantastic, absolutely fantastic...And so was I..." He imitated the Ninth Doctor's voice. "So...Was I..."
The Doctor came out of the TARDIS and realised where he was: In a blue-white-golden room, two Angels were in the room, looking at him in confusion...Sera and Emily.
The Doctor fell unconscious as the two Seraphim went to check on him.
"What happened?" said Emily, worried. "Did...Did he regenerate?"
Sera looked at him from afar, the fear she had for him turned into confusion and concern for him, all for one particular detail:
"...Why does he look like a Seraph?"
THE DOCTOR'S TALE WILL CONTINUE IN:
"THE TRIAL OF A BRIGADIER"
EXPECT "BONUS CHAPTERS" IN THE FUTURE
-To Be Continued-