Chapter 26: Apologies

A/N: Hey everyone! What a crazy month it's been for Hazbin Hotel news! First we finally get a release date and then we find out who the cast is going to be for the show! Hope you all made your reservations for the hotel!

It's made me wonder who would play Jenny if she was on the show. I thought Idina Menzel would be a good one since I enjoy her singing. This could be a fun topic to discuss about!

So, let's get on with the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Hazbin Hotel or Helluva Boss; I just own my oc's.

Enjoy!

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Tony was finally free from repairing all of the buildings that got damaged from Extermination Day. Now that the hotel had three new tenants staying with them, Charlie wanted to get a move on with all the repairs so she could finally open the hotel up for good.

But in order to get the repairs done faster, the princess thought it would be better if they got everything Tony needed to finish everything. And since Jenny was itching to do stuff outside of hotel, she was more than happy to get the supplies they needed.

"Is this really necessary?" Jenny asked.

Charlie put on a strained smile. The princess was nervous about her going out into town all by herself since she felt like there were a few Sinners wanting to get her blood. So, for her peace of mind and to give Jenny her freedom, she suggested someone went with her.

And it seemed like she wasn't the only one who thought of that.

Blitzo of course was going with Jenny to help get what they needed but the guys stood near the lobby waiting to go with as well. They had heard about what was going on and had the same mindset as Charlie.

"I don't need you guys to go with. Blitz is more than enough" Jenny reasoned.

"You're a magnet for trouble, kid. If I keep my eyes off you, you're going to get into something" Husker grumbled.

"I thought this would be part of my lessons" Pentious admitted.

"I'm not really here to help, I just wanted to know what was going on here" Angel Dust said.

Jenny held the bridge of her nose and groaned.

"I don't need a babysitter" she said.

"We're not babysitting you, kid. We're just worried" Husker said.

"The city ain't safe even on a regular day"

Jenny was starting to feel drained from all of this. She was able to leave the hotel but she still felt trapped with everyone watching her.

Blitzo picked up on her mood and went into recovery mode.

"You're looking at free manual labor, Jen. We'll get more stuff done by having extra hands. You wouldn't pass that up, would you?" he asked.

Jenny caved in when he said that. Blitz did have a point. And if Blitzo was fine with it, then it wouldn't be bad.

"Fine" she sighed.

Blitz gave Charlie a wink when Jenny wasn't looking. After he heard about what was going on, he was on bodyguard mode. Charlie gave him a grateful smile in return.

"Angel, you're coming with."

"Why the fuck do I have to help?" Angel spat.

"Because you have extra arms which means you can carry extra shit" Jenny said.

"Husker you can stay behind. I think I'll be fine with just these two."

Pentious gave Jenny sad puppy dog eyes when she didn't pick him to go with.

"You don't want my help?" he asked.

Jenny made a face and caved in. Pentious was trying to help and she had a soft spot for the snake.

"Ok, you can come too. It might be a good idea to have your minions bring everything back here anyway."

Pentious's face lit up at that. Now he could spend time with her.

"Let's get everything before Tony gets here."

Alastor appeared from the shadows and stood in front of her.

"Going out are we? Perhaps you'll need some- "

"Bye Charlie!" Jenny said loudly.

She spun around and completely ignored Alastor as she left the hotel. The Overlord's eye twitched in annoyance. She had been giving him the silent treatment ever since she got back at him.

"I told you that she needs her space" Charlie said.

"This has been going on for three weeks now. I believe that's been enough time" Alastor countered.

Husker scoffed.

"You didn't tell her others were out to get her. She has every right to be pissed off at you."

Alastor turned around with narrowed eyes.

"Is it that hard to believe that I was simply looking out for her?" he asked.

"Yes" Husker and Charlie said in unison.

"You don't look out for anyone unless it benefits you" Husker said.

"And you've said you're helping with the hotel simply because you're bored" Charlie said.

Alastor sighed and held up his hands.

"I'll admit I'm selfish and only care about being entertained, but I was trying to keep her safe. I'm a gentleman after all" he said.

"Bullshit" Husker muttered.

Charlie waved Husker away and gave Alastor a serious look. She needed his help with the hotel but she was getting sick of his antics.

"You should have explained what was going on instead of thinking she was a prisoner here. I should have known what was going on cause it's my responsibility to keep everyone safe inside this hotel. Don't assume I know everything that goes on in the Pride Ring because of who my dad is." She said.

The humming noise that came off of Alastor grew a little louder the more annoyed he became. A few things annoyed him and being reprimanded by younger people was one of them.

"Very well. Next time I hear something going on in the city you shall be the first to know" he said tartly.

"Hey Princess, you in?" Tony called out.

It seemed Tony was finally here to see was needed to be finished. Charlie excused herself to let the roach in.

Husker wasn't finished chewing Alastor out.

"You better apologize to the kid" he warned.

"I did apologize after she let her little cronies into my office" Alastor said.

Husker growled as his feathers ruffled.

"That wasn't an apology. She called you out and you just admitted to it" Husker snapped.

Alastor just stared at his claws and examined to see if they were sharp or not.

"I don't need to explain my actions, dear Husker. I didn't want to worry her and made sure things didn't go from bad to worse."

Husker narrowed his eyes when he caught on what the demon was saying.

"You didn't want her to find out who sent those creeps" he slowly said.

Alastor's smile twitched a little.

"Perceptive as ever" he said.

Husker dragged a claw down his face. If Alastor didn't want Jenny to know who wanted her blood then that meant it wasn't some random dealer.

"Does this someone have a name that starts with a V perhaps?" he asked.

Alastor hummed as he pulled something out of his jacket.

"Surprisingly those three had nothing to do with it. However, I was surprised when I found out who sent these goons to try to get Jennifer's blood."

He placed the item on the counter and pushed it towards Husker. The cat raised an eyebrow and picked the item up. When he saw what was on it, his eyes grew wide.

"Why would this fucker want anything from the Pride Ring?" he asked.

Alastor looked at the item with narrowed eyes.

"Very good question"

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"Did we really need all of this crap?" Angel said.

"It was on the list Tony gave Charlie so I'm guessing yeah" Jenny said.

Angel pulled a magazine out of a bag he was carrying.

"How is Horse Monthly supposed to patch up the hotel?"

"That's actually mine" Blitzo said.

He grabbed the magazine and tucked it into his jacket.

"Welp all the boring stuff is done so now we get to do the fun shopping!" he cheered.

"We need to get back to the hotel so Tony can finish repairing stuff, Blitz" Jenny said.

Blitzo scoffed and tugged Jenny down the street.

"He can check things over while he's waiting for his stuff. It's not like he's going to repair everything right away."

"That's actually what he was going to- "

"Come on, Sugar Tits! Let's go see what Pentagram City has to offer!" Blitzo cheered.

He tugged the human along as Angel and Pentious watched them.

"How is she so familiar with this Imp?" the snake demon asked.

"That is the biggest mystery everyone is trying to figure out" Angel muttered.

"Blitz, will you slow down? I feel like you're going to rip my arm out of my socket" Jenny said.

Blitzo slowed down and gave Jenny a meaningful look.

"I know you're not ready to go back to the hotel because of Bambi so why rush going back?" he said.

Jenny bit her lip. It's true that she didn't want to deal with Alastor right now. She was still angry and hurt he kept such a serious thing from her. He might have thought he was trying to help her but he was just causing more harm by keeping her in the dark. It was bad enough Moxxie accidentally kept the fact that someone hired that cult to kidnap her.

"I just can't get over the fact that he would keep quiet about this. I was starting to get on better terms with him and then all of a sudden it was like being back to square one" she said.

"Do you think it's childish of me to still feel angry?"

Blitzo gave her hand a small squeeze. Being her friend for almost 14 years meant he knew the ins and outs of what kind of person Jenny was. She grew up in a dysfunctional way which meant she had to mature and adapt quicker than most people her age. One of those was hating secrets. She didn't like things being kept from her. She had been lied to so many times that if she found out someone was keeping things from her, she would snap. Even if it was for her own good, she would immediately get angry because someone was trying to hide stuff from her and didn't trust her.

"Sinners were out to steal your blood, Jen. That's something you don't keep quiet about" he said.

"I'll give Bambi props for getting rid of those fuckers but he still could have told you what was going on this whole time instead of thinking you were being punished. Fuck, I even let you know if I took a shit in your bathroom before you went in there. What if he didn't catch up to you when we did Operation: Get Bent? What if one of those creepers got to you first? This could have been resolved by just warning you."

Jenny sighed and rubbed her arm.

"Why do they even want my blood anyway? I mean I get it. I burned a couple of angels but that could have been a freak accident. I haven't done that since then so why go after me?"

"I don't know and I honestly don't give a fuck" Blitzo said.

"If someone is trying to hurt you, I'm painting the walls red. Creepy blood or not, I won't let anyone lay a hand on you. Not here and not topside either"

He would do anything for her.

Jenny gave him a small smile. Even though things were getting stressful and scary, she wasn't afraid because she knew she would always have Blitzo by her side.

"Hey lovebirds! Stop canoodling in the street!" Angel yelled.

Jenny and Blitzo glared at Angel as he and Pentious caught up to them.

"We're not lovebirds! We're best friends" Jenny snapped.

"Uh-huh and I'm a virgin" Angel retorted.

Jenny rolled her eyes and put her hands on her hips.

"I'll have you know; Blitz was just trying to cheer me up. It's never a great feeling when you find out creeps are trying to sell parts of you on the Black Market."

"That is true. I lost a couple of minions that way. Never realized I was eating them until I saw their little hats. But they were delicious" Pentious said.

Everyone gave the snake a weird look.

"What?"

Angel shook his head and looked at Jenny.

"If you want to cheer up, I know something that'll make you smile."

"I don't have cash on me for one of your happy endings" Jenny deadpanned.

"Not that kind of cheering up, bitch! Just follow me" Angel snapped.

"Fucking pervert"

He lead them further into the city. Most of the buildings here weren't damaged from Extermination Day but it also seemed like the Exterminators avoided this area all together. They kept walking until they stopped at a large theater.

"Here we are!" Angel said.

Jenny raised an eyebrow as she started at the intimidating building.

"You're taking me to see a play?" she slowly asked.

"No, I brought you here so you could be in one" Angel said.

He pulled one of the flyers off the wall and shoved it in her face.

"A bunch of the actors got erased thanks to those holy fuckers. Since half the crew is gone, they're holding open auditions for their upcoming play. This is the perfect opportunity for you to fulfill your dream, toots."

Jenny sighed and closed her eyes tightly. Why would he not let this go?

"Ang, I told you that-"

"You're singing again?!" Blitzo cried.

He grabbed her and looked hopeful. It crushed him when she pushed away her dreams of becoming an actress. She had worked hard to get in all of her school plays and went to college for it. Why David wouldn't support her dreams but she had to support his was a mystery he wanted to know-mainly so he knew how to hurt David. He would never forgive that prick for destroying her dreams before she could even reach them.

Jenny gulped a little at the crazy look Blitzo was giving her.

"K-kinda? I've mostly sang a few tunes while I was out but nothing serious" she said.

Blitzo's eyes sparkled when he heard that.

"Oh Jenny!"

He pulled her into a bone crushing hug and nuzzled her face.

"I knew you still had it in you! David can go fuck himself if he thinks he can kill your dreams. My little superstar is back!"

Pentious seemed curious about this information.

"You're classically trained?" he asked.

Jenny grumbled as she tried to push Blitzo away but failed to do so. She quickly gave up and just stood there while Blitzo purred like a cat.

"I mostly did plays while I was still in school and when I went to college. Nothing big like being on Broadway or anything like that" she corrected.

Pentious's eyes sparkled with admiration. It seemed he was learning a secret about her every time he was near her. What a truly remarkable individual!

"How wonderful! I would very much like to see you perform!"

"Well, when we get her an audition everyone will see her" Angel said.

"Don't I get a say in this since deals with me?" Jenny argued.

"Nope!" everyone said.

Angel's phone buzzed, signaling someone texted him. Pulling the device out, he saw that Husker texted him.

"Get back to the hotel or I'll tell Charlie where you hid your latest stash of drugs" he read out loud.

He growled and shoved his phone back into his jacket.

"Fucking buzzkill" he grumbled.

"Looks like we'll have to come back here another time, toots. Mr. Grumpy is waiting for us."

"Oh darn" Jenny said sarcastically.

They left the theater. Jenny looked at the flyer in her hand and was tempted to throw the paper away but stopped herself. Biting her lip, she tucked it into her pocket so she could look at it later.

She could keep this as a souvenir. No way she was going to audition for a play in Hell.

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"What century where you going to come back?!" Tony barked.

The tiny roach stood outside tapping his foot in annoyance. Seemed like they took longer than they expected.

"Not our fault we didn't know what type of material you needed. How the fuck was any of us supposed to know what a metric screw was?" Blitzo barked.

Tony raised a burly eyebrow when he saw Blitzo.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Blitz-o"

Blitzo glared at the builder.

"The O is silent jackass."

Tony ignored the outburst and waved his wrench at him.

"Don't think I didn't know that you set one of my buildings on fire a few weeks ago!"

"That was Moxxie this time. Thanks to him I lost my brand-new pet eels."

"Likely story! I oughta skin you for that. I just finished repairing all of the plumbing in that place!"

"Well, you obviously didn't do a great job cause the sprinklers never kicked on."

"Why you!"

Jenny looked at the two with a raised eyebrow.

"Do you know each other?" she asked.

Both guys turned their nasty looks on to her.

"This fucker keeps trashing my buildings! Every time I repair one, he scurries in like a roach and trashes them!"

"Not my fault you do such a crappy job! I could have patched things up with duct tape and it would have be a million times better!" Blitzo said.

"Why I oughta!"

They went back to arguing with each other. Jenny sighed and shook her head. Only Blitzo would make enemies with a contractor.

She just left him alone and went inside.

"Hello, Jennifer! Did you enjoy your time outside?" Alastor said.

Jenny glared at him and walked away. Alastor's grin twitched as he tried to hide how annoyed he was.

"Still giving the silent treatment are we?"

Jenny stayed quiet and gave one of Tony's guys the supplies she brought back.

"I never realized children came in your size" Alastor continued.

The human walked away leaving Alastor alone. Having enough of her antics, he appeared in front of her and blocked her path so she wouldn't leave.

"Just how long are you planning on playing this childish game of yours?" he snapped.

"Depends. What other things are you keeping quite about?" Jenny replied.

Alastor's ears went back slightly.

"As I said before, I was looking out for you. Why is that so hard for you to accept?"

"Because everything that comes out of that mouth of yours is just empty words! You may say that you were watching out for me but your actions speak otherwise" Jenny snapped.

"Instead of explaining why it still wasn't safe outside, you just kept me locked in the hotel without explaining anything. You could have easily said that there was some shady stuff going on around the city and that it wasn't a good idea to venture out yet. I could have easily accepted the fact that someone was after me instead of being in the dark this whole time."

"It was for your own good, dear. I was surprised when I found out who was behind all of this" Alastor said.

"This is Hell, Al. It would be alarming if someone wasn't trying to go after someone. How is this situation any different?" Jenny said.

Alastor gripped his microphone tightly showing he was getting agitated by this conversation.

"Because of whom might be involved in it" was all he said.

Jenny raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"What's so alarming about a Sinner trying to snag another Sinner?" she asked.

"…It wasn't a Sinner" Alastor slowly said.

Jenny was about to ask more but was interrupted as Blitzo and Tony took their fight inside the hotel. Blitzo had his trusty pistol out while Tony swung his wrench at him.

"Hold still so I can shoot you!" Blitzo barked.

Tony scurried all over the place, dodging the Imp's aim. The roach crawled up the wall and flung his wrench at Blitzo's head. Blitzo dodged and growled at the builder. Knowing he wasn't going to get a good shot; he tucked his gun away and decided to go feral on him.

He jumped up and tried smashing Tony into the wall like a bug. Tony flew off the wall and landed near Jenny and Alastor.

"Does the O stand for 'Oh shit, you suck'?" he taunted.

Blitzo glared at Tony and dove for the pesky roach. Tony jumped away at the last second. The Imp realized too late that he was going to crash into the human and demon. As if in slow motion, Jenny's eyes slowly bugged out as her best friend came flying towards her.

"What the fu- "

Blitzo crashed into them, causing all three of them to hit the floor. The imp groaned as he held his head. Whoever he crashed into had a hard head. He felt someone moving under him and realized he was laying on top of someone.

"I'm sorry, Jen. I didn't mean to crash into-"

He froze when he saw that it wasn't Jenny he was on top of but rather Alastor. The demon had dials in his eyes as his smile grew twisted.

Blitzo gulped and tried to jump off but Alastor gripped his jacket tightly.

"Where are you off to in such a hurry?"

The static in his voice was thick, showing how pissed off he was. Symbols appeared around them, signaling Alastor was about to do something horrible to the imp.

"Blitz" Jenny growled.

Both men paused when they heard Jenny's voice. They looked around trying to find out where she was but couldn't see her anywhere.

"Down here"

They quickly looked beneath Alastor to see that Jenny was at the bottom of the pile they were in. The human struggled to get up but couldn't move thanks to all the weight that was on top of her. She glared at the guys and growled.

"Get off of me you assholes!"

Both men quickly jumped up in response. Alastor gave out a hand to help her up but she swatted it away.

"I'll deal with you later" she grumbled.

She glared at Blitzo. He almost knocked off her wig when he crashed into them. If that had happened they would have seen her real hair color and realized something was off about her. The imp actually looked terrified as she slowly walked over to him.

"J-Jen, l-let's talk about this" he stuttered.

"I-it was an accident! I didn't mean it!"

"Oh really?" Jenny asked.

She picked up Tony's discarded wrench as she passed it.

"So, if I were to accidentally throw this at your head, you wouldn't be mad because it was an accident?"

Blitzo screamed when Jenny held the wrench over her head. He bolted up the stairs with the human hot on his trail.

"Where you going, bitch?"

The sound of things crashing and screams could be heard from the lobby.

Alastor was tempted to go after the Imp himself but he changed his mind. Sounded like Jenny was doing a decent job anyway.

He bent down to grab his microphone and raised an eyebrow when he saw a piece of paper. Curiously, he picked it up and saw it was the flyer that mentioned about the open auditions that were being held at the theater in the city.

Looking back up the stairs, he wondered why Jenny had this flyer on her.

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Jenny didn't want to admit it, but she felt a lot better after she gave Blitzo a beatdown. Not because she got revenge for him crushing her underneath Alastor and himself, but because she still had all this pent-up frustration with the Radio Demon.

She felt bad for beating up her best friend as a result of her anger but what kind of best friend would he be if he didn't become her punching bag?

She sighed as she started to get ready for bed. It seemed since she got down here, she was always tired at the end of the day. Then again she was babysitting a bunch of Sinners.

A knock at her door caused her to stop what she was doing. She raised an eyebrow but didn't move from her spot. She started taking the pins out of her wig when the knocking continued.

Growling, she made sure her disguise was still on properly before she headed for the door.

"Do you have any idea what time it is?" she barked.

She opened the door to see Alastor on the other side. The demon saw her eyes narrow and quickly put his hand on the door before she slammed it.

"You keep slamming this door and it's going to come off its hinges" he joked.

Jenny rolled her eyes and glared at him.

"What do you want now?"

Alastor smirked a little when he saw she was going to listen to him.

"About what happened earlier today" he started.

Jenny sighed and held the bridge of her nose.

"I don't want to hear anymore of your excuses. I don't care what your reasoning was behind your actions or that someone creepy is after me. It doesn't change anything" she said.

"Yes, I've realized that you don't take kindly to reasoning after your little interaction with your imp friend" Alastor said dryly.

"But I'm not here to explain my actions. I'm here to apologize."

Jenny scoffed in disgust and shook her head.

"Yeah, your apologies in the past were always empty. Every time you 'apologized' to me it was either because you got chewed out by Charlie or because you wanted to end an argument with me. What difference would this apology make?"

"Because instead of saying it I intend to prove it" Alastor said.

"And to show you that I really mean it this time, I intend to help you with this."

He held up the flyer Jenny dropped earlier in the lobby. The human raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"Say what now?"

"I'm going to help you get an audition" Alastor clarified.

"You dropped this earlier when that imp friend of yours crashed into us."

Jenny's face dropped as she looked at the flyer. She should have tossed it in the trash when they were out.

"This was one of Angel's gimmicks. I wasn't really planning on going to that thing" she said.

"If you weren't planning on going then why did you keep this on you?" Alastor asked.

Jenny bit her lip when she didn't have an answer. Alastor smirked some more when he saw that he was winning.

"I may not know the whole story of why you gave up on this acting dream of yours but there's no point in dwelling on the past. If you want to try this audition then go for it. However, it might look better if you had a few performances under your belt so that's how I'll help you."

Jenny raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"How?"

"I may know a few people who own clubs around here in the city. They usually have live performances certain nights of the week" Alastor said.

"You can perform at these places and get accustomed to being in front of an audience. And when the theater asks if you've done any shows before then you'll have proof. If there's one thing you don't want to be down here, it's being a newbie."

Jenny stared at the flyer then back at Alastor.

"What's the catch?" she had to asked.

Alastor snickered a little. Seemed like she caught on not to make a deal with anyone down here.

Smart girl.

"There's no catch. Like I said I want to show that I'm sorry for my past actions" he said.

He handed her the flyer back.

"You don't have to give me an answer right now. I'll let you think it over for the night."

He walked away as he hummed a jazzy tune.

"Have a good night, Miss. Firecracker."

Jenny raised an eyebrow and shook her head.

"Weirdo"

She shut the door and looked at the flyer in her hands. She should have tossed this in the garbage and forget about Alastor's offer. Her dream of becoming an actress was long gone. She had her chance and she blew it.

She was about to toss the flyer away but gripped it tightly at the last minute.

Was there a possibility that she could live out her dream?

She wouldn't know the answer now. But she would later down the road when she became one of the biggest stars in Hell.

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A/N: Wow, Alastor must really mean he's sorry if he's willing to help someone out without making a deal out of it.

Should Jenny take up his offer? Should she go a different route?

Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!

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