Hazbin Hotel: Hellish Misfits S01

by Stone-Man85

Due to a mishap after their deaths, two of five souls that expired are sent to Hell. Though it is not as what it was seemed, as the world is similar to Earth in some ways. A certain hotel is this only group's sanctuary from a yearly heaven extermination, and will help out the Princess of Hell to show redemption isn't impossible. Rated M for Mature.. much like the shows (AU)

15. Masquerade

Hazbin Hotel: Hellish Misfits

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Chapter 14: Masquerade

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In a dimly lit room, slowly waking up, Angel Dust blinked in a groggy fashion until he got an idea on where he was. He saw the room to where he was, and also noticed a reason why he wasn't moving. He was tied to a simple wooden chair. Trying to budge free, it was of no avail. Though he knew he wasn't alone as he sat under the flickering light above him.

"Finally awake, Angel Dust," a husky voice asked as the figure was in the shadows, glaring at him with glowing red eyes and a shark-toothed grin.

Angel glowered, but eventually regained his confident smile, as he responded, "Yeah, and what's it to ya?"

The captor held out a knife against Angel's face, as they demanded, "I want you to tell me where your boss stashes his vault!"

Unbothered, Angle laughed at this, as he half-smirked at his wannabe interrogator, "It's hilarious you think I'd tell you anything."

The captor then stepped out of the shadows to reveal themselves as an eight-foot gray furred hellhound demon, dressed in a bruise purple gangster suit, X black knuckles, and a gold tooth, while wearing a fedora with horns on it. He grabbed Angel off the ground by the neck, as he huffed, "Fine." He then got into Angel's face, as he smirked, "I guess I'll just have to fuck the information outta ya."

Angel Dust stared defiantly, as he said, "Do your worst..." But then broke down into a seductive smile, "Daddy~"

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The captor ripped his shirt open and engaged in sexual intercourse with Angel, as the latter screamed out, "Ooooooh, Yeahhh, Baby!"

Though in honestly... it was revealed this was a porn film played on the hotel's TV. Everyone was there watching; Sir Pentious, James, and Charlie watched creeped out, Vaggie annoyed, Lydia and Bruce were weirded out by it, though Dan and Niffty were both rather interested. The Professor remained neutral in his expression of the film.

Angel Dust, laying on the couch and smirking, said to them, "You know, this performance won me a 'Sex-x-xi' award!"

Charlie spoke first, "Its, uh... very...honest?...oh." She looked away in worried disgust and nausea.

James looked and cringed at what he saw, as he gently rubbed Charlie's back, while Vaggie held her hands. Though she flinched as she groaned, "Ew!"

Charlie peeked from her fingers back at the TV screen, before turning her head away to avoid watching, with her hand covering her mouth this time.

"Oh, harder, Daddy!" Angel cried out on TV.

James held a hand up to Charlie's eyes, "Okay! Enough of that."

Vaggie tried to help Charlie by covering the side of her face with her own hand, so she didn't have to see the TV screen. She turned her head to Angel Dust with a disapproving and unamused stare, "Angel, what the fuck?"

Angel Dust shrugged as it didn't faze him, "What?! You said was "Show n' Tell" day. I'm showin' you my best film," and then emphasized as he played with his chest fluff like boobs, as he groaned in annoyance, "... and I'm tellin' you that it scored me a win over that bitch, Tiffany Titfucker."

Husk was seen cleaning and wiping a wine glass, though spoke up, as he didn't bother looking at the TV, "Ya know, not a very convincing interrogation scene."

Angel Dust laughed, angrily, as he arched an eyebrow at him, "Alright, dickhead. What makes you think you have any right to insult my work to my fuckin' face?"

Husk arched his own eyebrow, as he shot out, "You really gonna sit there and act like these scripts ain't hot garbage?"

"Honestly, I'm in agreement with Husk," Clint said, as he cringed.

Angel Dust gasped, "Fuck you, guys. This is classy art!" He then gestured with two of his hands at the TV. The co-star slapped Angel's butt, and then bit it.

"OH! FUUUCK!" Angel cried out on TV, as Sir Pentious covered his eyes with his hood. James covered his own eyes with his hoodie. Though Niffty lied on her stomach on the table with a smile, kicking her legs back and forth, while Dan sat with her, eating popcorn, and both continued watching unaffected.

"Art? Ha," the Professor scoffed. "I've seen real art. The art of painting, the art of cooking. Even the Art of War!" He then pointed to the TV as he frowned, "But this hobo porno you're so proud of? I can safely say that this is nothing but a load of, as Husk would say, Hot Garbage."

"Ah, you old timers don't have a taste for the erotica arts," Angel huffed at it.

"What 'Old Timer'? You died in the 1940s," the Professor pointed out as he pointed to him, "You're technically older than me, you hobo-arachnid!" He then propped himself up on the chair by his hands, as he said, "But if you're gonna act like this, then I oughta be the first mature one, and give you a lesson in respect and manners." His back then opened up, as a massive cartoonish bug spray ray gun popped out, as he shouted, "ESPECIALLY SINCE I'M THE ONE THAT CAN VAPORIZE YOU!"

"I have to agree with my Uncle and Husk," James shrugged stated, breaking up the fight before the Hotel gets damaged, again, "I've seen bad B movies better than this." He then looked at his uncle and suggested, "How about you show your item, Uncle. You said you made something that everyone will like."

"Ah yes," the Professor said, as he pulled it out of his jacket, and showcased to what looked like a model of the Death Star, but with purple lights ornamenting it, as he smirked, "Behold! My Doomsphere!"

Vaggie looked at it, as she asked, annoyed, "Is it a weapon?"

Before the Professor could explain, the device shaped like a basketball, labeled the Doomsphere, started to glow red. Everyone freaked out in silence, not knowing something bad was about to happen. And suddenly, the Doomsphere suddenly shot out a laser beam, which ricocheted everywhere.

"Look out," Dan shouted, ducking behind the couch.

They all ducked and covered to avoid the beam. The Professor looked at his invention's switches, as he blinked, "Oops. I must have put Laser Mode by mistake." He then turned it off, and worked on fixing it while taking over while the blast was still going on.

"You crazy old maniac," Vaggie practically screeched, spear in hand.

The laser continued to ricochet all over the place, hitting doorknobs, light bulbs, bottles. Even the chandelier... before passing through Vaggie's hair, just inches from her only remaining eye. Before it hit a glass bottle, which redirected it between Lydia's cat ears, before it continued to go all over.

Husk shook his head, as the shots continued, while he shot out at Angel, "That's bullshit. You get drunk and bitch about them all the time. Everyone likes to bitch to the bartender. I know everything about you and these motherfuckers at this point."

He then gestured to Sir Pentious, "That one. That one is an insecure buffoon whose lonely ass watches you idiots sleep!" Everyone looked at him, as Pentious shrunk down in embarrassment and shame.

Husk then pointed to Charlie, "Princess, is a bleeding heart who wants to solve everybody else's problems 'cept her own."

Charlie nervously smiled, as she scoffed at that, "What?! No, I- what? Pffff, no, no."

Though James and Vaggie just stared at her silently.

Husk then pointed to James, "This guy... he's a bleedin heart do-gooder while also hides his insecurity of never feeling he fits in anywhere." To which James blinked in confusion, but kept quiet to himself,

Husk then pointed to Vaggie, "This one," She turned her attention away from Charlie and scowled at Husk, growling under her breath, "... judges everyone and everything because she hates herself." Vaggie frowned before groaning.

Husk then gestured to Lydia as he said, "This one... is in love with all three of Princess, Imp Boy, and Fiery Moth Demon. She's secretly hatching a harem plan to make this work should Redemption not even come close."

All three looked at Lydia, who blushed in embarrassment, as she looked around.

He then pointed to Bruce, "This guy here's the smartest next to the Professor. And he can talk. He just chooses not to." Then to Clint, "This guy.. he figures cooking keeps him from hurting others, while he and that Hellhound with IMP are shacking up together. Though it's kinda a bad secret as everyone, minus that Blitzo prick, knew about it before that festival in Wrath."

Though everyone knew, Charlie though was looking at Clint with starry eyes, and a gossip smile at him, "Really, Clint? You and Loona…?"

Clint sighed, "Well, I guess the cat's out of the bag, to use a cruel and archaic term."

"Yo, tell me somethin' about me," Dan smirked, wanting to see what the barkeep knew about him.

Husk sighed, as he grumbled out loud for everyone to hear, "You! You masturbate more than anyone here in Hell can actually do."

Everyone looked at him like, 'What the...?', while the girls scooted away, with Vaggie looking at him in disgust, "You are so... unbelievably disgusting."

Dan, who didn't mind, shrugged, "Well, yeah. Everyone knows that..."

"We didn't," James groaned, "But I'm not sure anyone should know."

"What I mean is tell something nobody but me knows," Dan explained.

Husk, not wanting to deal with this anymore, sighed and just said it without hesitation, "When you do IT, you're thinking about guys."

Dan paled at that, while Bruce was pale and wide eyed at this. Dan looked at him seeing him shocked, and shrugged, "Not all the time, man."

Bruce withdrew from Dan as he hid behind Vaggie and Charlie.

Husk then gestured to Niffty who smiled mischievously, "And Niffty?" She blew a kiss, as he looked away, huffing, "Heh... You don't even want to know what her deal is."

Angel laughed and kicked his legs, as he spoke, getting everyone's attention, "Ahahahahaha! You weren't kidding! Oh ho, wow!" Angel laughed in front of Vaggie's face briefly while she stilled frowned from before sitting himself down on the couch's arm. "Kitten's got claws~" Angel gestured claws with his hand while looking to the side at Husk flirtatiously, causing his eyes to widen and his eyebrows to raise at that. Angel placed his hand underneath Husk's chin, turning his head to face him closely as his hand adjusted against his cheek with his other holding the bottom of Husk's hand. He looked him in the eye, and sexily said, "Meow!"

Husk immediately broke away from his grasp and pointed at Angel with his index finger, rather annoyed, causing Angel's eyes to widen and eyebrows to rise in surprise from the sudden move, as Husk shouted, "And you!" He scoffed, as he scowled at Angel, "Don't get me started. I see right through you and all this bullshit and how fake you are."

Most of everyone heard this and stared at Angel Dust surprised looks, the stooges wondering if what Husk said was true about the porn star.

The Professor looked at everyone worried, "I think that's enough show an' tell." he then went to his room to fix his invention to make it non-dangerous or make something everyone would like.

Clint would then get up and say, "I think I should check on how my dinner plans are going..." And left.

Though Angel Dust mockingly said, "Oh no! A fake!?" But then huffed, as he stood up, "Duh, maybe it's why I'm an Actor?" He then got into Husk's face, "Why don't you...?" But then suddenly, Angel's phone went off. "Hold that thought, hello?" Angel answers his phone.

He would hear a familiar voice on the other end, "Angel, where the fuck are you!? We got a shoot and you're not fucking here!"

Angel began to get worried hearing Val's voice "Uh yeah, sorry Val, I was doing something with my friends, and I lost track of time…"

"I DON'T CARE IF YOU DON'T HAVE A WATCH! TIME IS MONEY, AND YOU'RE WASTING MY MONEY NOT BEING HERE," Val shouted, incoherently. Nobody could hear it, but James and Charlie could feel the tension.

"Sorry, Val. I'll be there right now," Angel said scared.

Husk raised a brow looking at Angel, as if that call proved his point.

Angel then hung up and turned to look at everyone.

James blinked, "Uhh, everything okay Angel?"

Angel gulped and answered, "Uh, yeah. it's just Valentino needs me for an emergency shoot and stuff."

"Uh-huh, sure..." Husk said, unconvinced.

Lydia looked at Angel and spoke for everyone when she asked, "Angel, do you have... a pimp?"

"Not exactly..." Angel said before backing to the door, "I gotta go."

"Angel, you can't leave yet!" Charlie said, as she tried to stop him from leaving by taking his hands and gently leading him back to the lobby, "We haven't finished our exercises for the day!"

He managed to pull out of her grip and walked to the door, waving at them with his back turned, as he said, "I'm sure you'll manage without me."

Charlie sprinted back after him and closed the door with her back, trying to block him from leaving, as she panicked, "There isn't much time left for the hotel to prove itself-"

Angel put a hand on her shoulder and assured, "Dollface, it's my job."

Lydia walked over, telling Charlie, "I'd let him go, if there's one thing people like us read about pimps, is that they don't like people messing with their employees work."

"Val isn't a pimp," Angel corrected, but nodded, "But she's right. Look, I know you wanna fix everything, but unless you can fix my boss, there's nothing you can do." He then put his sunglasses back on and exited out of the door.

"But if we don't do this then Heaven's just going to keep on Exterminating... but twice as many..." Charlie said concerned, after Angel left, worrying especially after how she and the others spent almost a month worrying about James when he disappeared.

James slowly got up as he looked to Vaggie. Both silently agreed and walked over at the two disheartened girls.

Charlie groaned, as she slid to the ground, "UGH, why is this so hard?" And then curled her legs to her chest, as she looked to her three friends, asking, "What am I doing wrong?"

Lydia looked at Charlie and said, "Charlie listen, I had a friend who had a pimp and let me tell you it wasn't great for her."

"Yeah well, we have something you didn't have," Vaggie stated as she and James approached.

"I think we should leave Angel do his work. If you get in the way, it could lead to troub- " James said honestly.

Vaggie pressed a finger to his lips to keep him from saying more, as she reminded her best friend, "Charlie, you're the princess of Hell."

Charlie blinked, not getting it, "So?"

Lydia knew what Vaggie was thinking and tried to stop it, "Vaggie, no."

Vaggie ignored her as she pointed out to the princess, "So, you don't really use the power that comes with that, which I lo- …like about you, but maybe you can... I don't know, command a little more... Authority?"

Charlie, however, whined, "But that's so mean...!"

'I'm not gonna like where this is going,' James thought, becoming worried. But then smiled at Charlie, 'But she's super adorable when she pouts like that.'

"Uhh... not to be the limp-dick, but what's the scoochin' point of being a princess if you don't throw your royal weight around," Dan asked, looking at Charlie, confused, "Especially if it helps out a friend."

"Dude, she has a brain made of cotton candy and the mind of a Disney princess, she's only gonna get angel in trouble," Clint spoke out as Quiet Bruce nodded in agreement.

The three of them suddenly felt a very cold chill down their spines and saw Vaggie glaring at them, threatening the most painful, and torturous deaths for saying that about Charlie...

With them shutting up Vaggie turned to Charlie and said, "It's not mean, exactly. It's... uh, aggressive kindness."

"Uh Vaggie, I don't think that will work," James began, concerned.

Charlie, however, thought about it before she spoke, "You're right, Vaggie." Getting up, she spoke her plan, "Okay... I could be so aggressively kind to Angel's boss... That I convince him to let Angel spend more time at the hotel!"

Vaggie nodded, "Yeah. Whatever works, Babe."

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," the Professor suddenly spoke up, sitting in a turn chair. All gave their attention to him, as he turned to them, looking serious, "If Angel's Overlord is who I think it is. Kindness and Aggressiveness, or a mixture of the both, won't sway Valentino to give up his 'Golden Goose'."

"How did he come back," Clint asked Bruce.

"Who," James asked, turning away from Charlie, who… in her inspiration, left to reach the door.

Dan then got him the professor's face, 'You mean the moth man who makes those porno movies?!"

"Valentino," the Professor answered, then explained, "The mastermind of the Porn Industries of the Vees Headquarters. Charming and desirable, like a butterfly, though he may be. But inside, he is abusive. Controlling. And he won't hesitate to seduce you, Princess... as his latest porn star. And trust me, once he gets his claws into a demon, he won't let them go and will use them until they break" He finished with an ominous and terrifying tone.

"I think I remember reading a new paper about that guy. Wasn't he given the chair for abusing a mayor's daughter," Clint asked, confused.

"Unless you were born in the 1970s... I doubt it," the Professor said, as he looked to Charlie, "And Princess or no, you can't go there. You'd be at risk."

Charlie thought about it, "Maybe you're..."

Vaggie glared, at them, "You really think he can make Charlie sign a deal?" She then said, "Look at her, she knows better than to make a deal with that nutjob."

"Yeah, no offense Vaggie," Lydia said, "But uh, this is Charlie we're talking about. She sees the best in people way before she sees the worst in them. And while we all may love that about her, down here in Hell, that's not a good thing to do."

"Believe me, Valentino has gotten straight men to go bisexual and work for him," the Professor said, as he 'wheeled' on over. "He's also the maniac who invented that damn Love Potion. Artificial bullshit." He then pulled out a teddy bear, as he said, "I'll even point out the parts where he touches them on this makeshift anatomically correct doll substitute."

James stopped his uncle from putting more pressure on Charlie, "That won't be needed, Uncle. How about I go with Charlie instead? Just to be safe."

Charlie blushed, as she nodded, smiling, "Oh... okay."

"Aaaaah, to be young again. And also in a relationship," the Professor smiled. But then got serious, as he looked to Charlie, "Just don't let Val..." and pointed to a specific spot on her, "... touch you there."

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Later On

Vee Tower
Porn Studio

Angel was working on the set at the studio. He was crashing on a pink heart-shaped Love Bed, with a love motel scenario scene of sorts with the crew all around him. He smiled, as he started, "Ohhh! Daddy, I..." But then looked a bit confused on what to say next, as he pulled out the script on hand underneath one of the pillows to get a re-read before he scoffed. He sat up, as he saw Valentino in a co-director's chair, alongside the Dark Owl Sinner Demon, Travis, who was the same guy Angel had 'blown' that day. And also worked as a director for the films. He then looked to Val and everyone, as he pointed to the script, "Do you really expect me to memorize this whole script?"

Valentino shrugged, "Just improv it. You think anyone watches for the dialogue?" And pointed to Travis, who nervously smiled and shook his head. He then called out, "And... Action!"

A gang of four heavily-muscled demons with masks on their faces, and fully nude, slammed the door open and entered the room, preparing to initiate the sex scene as raunchy music played. Angel got right into character, "Oh, no. So many burglars..." and sexily spoke up, as he held the blanket to shield him, "...and only one me! Whatever shall I do?" Angel quickly glanced back at the script before hiding it and setting it aside. "I guess I'll have to do..." and dropped the blanket to show off his bod, "... all of you!"

One demon, a minotaur-looking one, grabbed and pinned Angel to the bed. Angel smirked at this, as he played, "Ohh! So, what are you gonna do ta' me..."

But Angel heard the door squeak open, catching his attention. And was shocked as he saw Charlie suddenly enter the studio. His eyes widen in a panic, as he cried out, "CHARLIE?!"

The Minotaur Demon blinked, as he seemed confused, as he said, "Uh, my name's Rocky."

Angel Dust frowned, as he said, "No one gives a shit," and pushed Rocky off of him and the bed, sitting up.

As Charlie walked in, James followed suit, as he arched an eyebrow, "I'm amazed we got in so easily."

Angel then shouted, "James!?"

"Who's James," Valentino asked, but then smirked, as he looked around, "Is he new?"

Angel gulped seeing how Val is on the prowl now even as Charlie stated, "So this is where the magic happens."

James looked around the room and blushes from the naked girls. A pair of succubus wearing only thongs and no bras passed by them, and one winked at him before they walk past him.

"Oh, wow, that is-" Charlie stated seeing the two Succubi and the Female hellhound there.

She then saw a male actor being smeared with oil. Which caused Charlie to blush and gasp in response before say, "Wow, that is alot-"

James blinked, as he saw this, and said, "That seems like overkill to me."

Angel then appeared, putting on a robe and gently took Charlie and James each by their hands, diverting their attention while he still sounded panicked, "What in the ever-loving fuck are you two doing here?!"

Charlie then stood proud and spoke in a cockney accent for affect," I am the Princess of Hell, Angel, and I go where I please." She then whispered softly, as she spoke normally, "I'm here to get you some time off for the hotel." She then looked around, "Now, where's your boss?"

"Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. You are going nowhere near Val-" Angel began before a voice shouted.

"Angel! What is the fucking hold up?!"

"I'm coming!" angel answered

"Not off camera, you're not," that same voice called out.

"Charlie, you and James need to go now," Angel urged instantly and scared.

James arched an eyebrow, as he asked, "Why? Are these guys that thirsty?" He looked around, as he saw the females, mostly a few succubi and Sinner demons eyeing him. He blinked, as he gulped, "Did everyone eat a bag of salt?"

Angel started sweating "No, it's because Val will-!"

"Aaaaaah, what do we have here," Valentino spoke up, as he strode up to the trio. Speak of a literal devil, as it were.

They all turned to him seeing the very tall Moth-man sinner in his fuzzy coat and hat. He really does look like a pimp…

Valentino approached and greeted, "Your majesty, welcome to my humble sex dungeon."

Angel paled, as he saw him coming to them, as he whispered, "Oh, shit."

Valentino walked over to them, and pushed both James and Angel behind him as he bent down and leaned towards Charlie. "What can I do for such a..." and then he took Charlie's left arm and pulled up her suit sleeve as he lecherously licked and slurped Charlie's arm, leaving a trail of his saliva. The scene alone created mixed signals for all parties.

Charlie, was nervous and grossed out, as she whispered a bit of eerie disgust in her voice, "Ah, uh, no, thank you."

Angel looked away, disgusted. Though James looked irked, disgusted, and wanted to deck Val halfway down to the lowest circle of Hell. If it existed at all. It had only been a few days since that kiss, and before with her in bed to try and comfort him. He was still confused on his feelings for her, Lydia, and even Vaggie. But he knew all too well, this guy... was definitely wrong for her.

Valentino, not caring about the discomfort he was giving, simply smiled lecherously to Charlie, " Mm! Lovely specimen!" He stood up, as he put on the charm, "You don't want a role, do you? Because I can make you a star, make us both richer than, well," He then pulled her in close, like dipping her in a dance style, as he finished, "... your papito-?"

James then grabbed his arm" Sir, you're making her uncomforta-"

Though quickly Charlie backed away, shocked and disgusted, quickly going over to James in flash, shocking both Val and James, "Fuck noooo!" Though she quickly reverted professionally, as she cleared up her throat, "Uh, I-I'm sorry. I have come to aggressively, kindly speak with you about Angel."

Valentino cracked his neck and looked at Angel. Angel, however, was shaking his head at the two to make them stop before they make things worse, but stopped when Valentino turned his head.

Seeing this, James started getting worried and tried, "If we're interrupting your shoot, then we can wait for you to finish."

Valentino studied the imp with the princess and remembered what the new guy to the Vee said and smiled, "Well then, make yourselves comfortable, Your Majesty and charming guard, and enjoy the show."

Though Val stopped James, as he sized him up, as he smirked, "Say, fellah. You're not all that bad to look at."

"Eh what," James blinked, as he seemed confused.

Val then attempted to act smooth, as he stated, "Not to mention it seems all the bitches here have their eyes on you." And pointed behind James, as he took a gander.

James would see many of the female actresses showing themselves off and what they had to the imp in question, while flashing him some of their previously covered peaks and valleys.

James wasn't sure on how this would be for him. But then flinched, as he felt someone rubbing up his crotch. He looked down to see Val as he smirked at the awkward boy, "Hmmm, flaccid, you're about 9-10 inches." He smirked, "Oh, you are definitely gonna be popular."

He then laced his arms around the awkward boy, "Say... if the princess is dropping out... then maybe you'd like to take the job? You'd be famous in Hell. Maybe the next Angel Dust?"

James smacked his hand away, flat-out refusing, "I don't swing that way buddy."

Everyone froze hearing the smack and seeing this while they all became afraid of how James did that to their overlord.

Valentino growled a little and smiles again "Alright, but my offer still stands if you change your mind Mr…?"

"Dante." James answered. not really feeling safe around this guy to say his personal name.

"Ooooh, the name rolls well on the tongue for you." Valentino raised a brow and smirked, cracking a joke, "Little small for a crusader, aren't you?"

"And you're a big target," James said, as he had a Killer's Aura about him. Even enough for the other Demons in the room to feel it, "Bigger Targets, Easier to kill."

Valentino stared back as he smirked more forcefully, "Ooo, you got a fire inside you, don't you boy? I'm sure you've been keeping the Princessa warm in the cold nights in her hotel."

The Moth demon stood tall after the intense staring between the two and ordered, "Well, let's take this shit from the top!"

Everyone started getting back to work.

Travis chuckled and shouted through his megaphone, "Action!"

Back on the scene, Angel Dust was being surrounded by Rocky and the others, as he played, "Oh, wow, mister robbers. I sure hope you don't hurt me with those... Big guns of yours."

Rocky also added in, while some noticed the camera dangling into the scene, "Don't move, you spicy little, uuh, cock sleeve or else I'll..." The camera man panned to where the source of this disturbance was at, and saw Charlie whispering to the cameraman about the Hotel. All while James was gently trying to pull her away, but she insisted.

"...We do trust exercises everyday in the morning... " Charlie whispered to the cameraman.

James kept his eye on Charlie and made sure nothing happened.

"CUT!" Valentino shouted, and then looked in their direction, but asked out anyway, while Angel looked nervous on this, "What the fuck is going on here?"

"He needs time to read the script, just give him 5 mins" James said, trying to cover for Charlie, but…

Valentino twitched his eye before glaring in Charlie's direction.

"Ooh, I'm sorry. were we too loud," Charlie asked, asked concerned.

The Moth demon then forced a smile, "Not at all, Princess!" Before glaring at Angel gnashing his teeth as he spat, "It doesn't bother me one bit...!"

"She was just telling him about the Hazbin Hotel, Mr. Valentino," James explained, as he looked at Angel, who was worried and scared at the same time.

"Sir, we're getting some magnetic static in the cameras," one of the technicians implied. "It'll take us twenty minutes to get it cleared up."

"Don't bother, I know someone faster," Val said, as he called up, "HEY, VERGIL! Get your ass in the studio! Our digital equipment is glitching, and we need an expert up here now!"

"This is why I keep telling Vox you need to get with the times and hire digital experts," Vergil spoke up.

"Why do you think we have you here, bitch," Val shot out. Moments of silence, they all heard Velvette scream on the other end. But then Vergil said something, as Val went wide eye, as he screamed, "DID YOU JUST SPELL OUT I'M A BELCHING VAGINA, VERGIL?!"

"Well, how was I supposed to know you could spell? I barely see you read anything at all," Vergil screamed out, "I'm often wondering if your brains aren't in your ball sac between your legs!"

"Just get up here already," Valentino sighed, his patience reaching his limits.

Both James and Charlie looked to each other, while Angel looked nervous on this.

Suddenly, a blue and silver portal opened, as Vergil stepped in, while there were a few blue and black hover drones following him. He looked rather calm despite the screaming storm between the two, as he asked, "So... " he looked around, and asked, "Who's in charge of the tech department in here?"

Everyone, minus the three form the hotel point at the demon up top.

"That's right, and why am I in charge?" Vergil asked and smiles

"Because you're the smartest one here?" One of the demons, lovestruck by Vergil, answered.

Ignoring the demon's infatuation with him, Vergil walked over to him, and asked the Tech Head, with a smile, "Are you in charge here?"

The tech head nodded, "Yes, I a..."

"Nope," Vergil interrupted quickly.

"My–" he started again, but kept getting interrupted.

"Wrong," Vergil said.

"Name–"

"I'm in charge!"

The tech head was getting frustrated at Vergil's interruptions, "Is –"

"Me!" Vergil finished, as he whispered, "I'm in charge."

A drone flew over and showed the picture of Vergil with the other Vees, standing together as equals. Vergil smiled seeing the looks on the demons.

"You see this before? It means I'm Top Banana, in this tower full of Hungry Little Monkeys," Vergil explained.

Though Charlie didn't seem to take this, as she walked over, with James following. Mostly afraid of what she was going to try and do.

"Excuse me," Chalrie spoke up, "But aren't you being a little too harsh on him?"

Vergil looked at Charlie and smiled evilly, "You don't get it, do you ma'am. Allow me to clarify," Vergil said with a smile, as he made zipping noises, weirding everyone out, as he did, as he suddenly spoke in a fast tone, "In a sequentially-ranked hierarchy, based on level of critical importance, the disparity between us is too vast to quantify." He then walked to the area he was called on, as he spoke, "Pagliacci?"

His personal Fizzy drone cart-wheeled over, as he stood in front of Charlie, as he said, "Sir thinks you're basic."

Vergil then brought up his right hand, as his drones went to work, as he typed in commands on his palm keyboard, "I'm initiating a full technical sweep. Must be a disc cleaning or someone downloaded too many Hentai porn ideas. A quick pick and transfer to an external storage hard drive should suffice."

Though he stopped as his back was still on Charlie, "Is she still looking at me?"

"Yes, she is," Pagliacci nodded.

Vergil held his left hand up and his right hand down, as he said, "Tell her to stop, or I'll pull up her search history."

The Fizzy drone then reiterated to Charlie, "If you don't stop looking at Sir, he'll take a closer look at–"

"We all heard him; no one here is deaf," James defended her.

"And tell her that we're busy demon and have things to do. blah-blah-blah. blah-blah-blah. blah-blah-blah." Vergil drolled on.

Valentino would hold up a hand, "Vergie, don't forget we're in the presence of royalty, a little decorum please."

Vergil looks at Charlie "I'm sorry, who are you ma'am and what was that val?"

Val flipped the birdie at him.

Charlie smiled, as she was gonna introduce, "Oh, I'm Char..."

"Oh, that's right. NOBODY CARES!" Vergil shouted out, making Charlie flinch at this.

But then she walked over, frowning, "Now wait just a second. I'm the Princess of..." but in her rush, she tripped over a power cable. And the electricity crackled suddenly.

"Okay. Okay. Ah, ah okay," Charlie said, as she tried reaching to fix it but the cables and wires suddenly caught fire and began to spread as she backed away from it. James ran in to pick her up, as Angel and the four male actors were seen watching, eyes wide. "That's on fire. That-that, that's on fire!" she panicked, as Angel Dust and the crew and actors screamed and fled while Angel remained on the bed, eyes wide, backing up against the pillows, and gulped, "Oh shit.."

Everyone ran away screaming as the room burned down. Charlie and James tried to put out the fire, to no avail. Valentino glared at Angel Dust menacingly, believing he was the cause of this mess. Though Vergil, all the time, was studying Charlie's motives, moves, and overall personality strengths and flaws through this entire time. And he smirked seeing Valentino, seeing an opportunity. Valentino glared back at Vergil.

Charlie stumbled, as she tried to fix all this, "Oh, God. Okay, uh, do you have any-" Charlie grabbed the corner of a furry carpet in an attempt to put out the flames.

But James shouted out, "Wait, Charlie! That fur will-"

Valentino watched everything play out, eyes wide before he gritted his teeth, standing up from his chair in annoyance. While Vergil smirked at all this transpiring.

Charlie, while still in the middle of the fire, cried out, "Can I get a fire extinguisher?" Charlie and James took off their jacket and hoodie, and futilely began to fan swaying them up and down, trying to put out the fire, but still to no avail, as the screamed and running continue. "I am so sorry. I ruined your movie. I ruined your movie." Angel watched everything as he sat on the bed, backed against the pillows, blinking with a mortified expression. His pupils shrinking when he saw Valentino and Vergil's dark figures standing still in the midst of the fire. But mostly at Valentino, as he stood there, glaring at him. All the while Charlie's voice and screams were heard, "Oh, my God. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm s-s-s-s-s-sorry! Noooooo!"

Valentino growled and flapped his wings once, extinguishing the fire in an instant. Angel got off of the bed quickly, reaching underneath, grabbing and putting on his robe, "Oh, fuck, fuck, fuck..."

Charlie was panicking and said, "Oh, my gosh, I am so, so, so, so sorry. I- I can clean this up. I- I can-"

Valentino, despite being enraged, was surprisingly calm and polite to Charlie as he walked up to her. He bent down to her eyelevel, as he smiled, "Don't you worry your pretty blonde head about it. We have people for that." He then turned over to Angel, as his politeness still held out, "Angel... can I see you in your dressing room for a moment?"

Angel winced before complying, running off to Val, leaving a concerned Charlie, who reaches to stop him, but was stopped by James.

Though Vergil walked up, as he asked, "So... how was this helping Angel get more time?"

James blinked before looking at him, "Wai- How the hell do you know?"

Vergil smirked, teasing, "I have eyes everywhere."

James' face hardened even more so as he glared at this new Overlord.

He then looked at Charlie, "SO... why exactly are you here? You obviously don't want to work for Val. I doubt you're a succubus. So, what's the situation?"

James looked at him and answered, "She wanted to ask Valentino to give Angel more time off to spend more time at the hotel."

"Ah, then that's a big no," Vergil answered quickly.

Both blinked, "Wait what?!"

"See, Angel is a star here. The Golden Goose of Val's porn-empire," Vergil calmly explained, as his hands were behind him, "If anyone threatens to steal that, he'll declare war on the Hotel. And honestly, he wouldn't give two shits about the Tower's reputation or the Vees. He's not someone to let go all that money simply to fit your plans. No matter how naive and futile they are, Princess Morningstar."

Charlie began to get angry hearing that, sclera becoming red, and her iris becoming yellow.

"If anything, False Princess... you just guaranteed him making Angel work even harder and longer," Vergil calmly smirked nonchalantly at her.

James grabbed him by the shirt and said, glaring hatefully at Vergil, "Don't ever say that again..."

"Put him down!" A voice shouted, the voice belonged to a tale a tall and bulky built white sinner demon with black and grey streaks with his eyes having white sclera and yellow pupils and sharp grey teeth.

His clothing consisted of a black tactical jacket, white short-sleeve shirt and black pants with grey boots. Overtop of his jacket, he wears an armor plate combat vest which has pouches for holding extra ammunition and a holster which holds a revolver is attached to it, on the thigh of his right leg there is a holster and a sheath on his left.

This was Caine, an Apex mercenary, one of Kruger's lieutenants and Vergil's new bodyguard.

In his hands was a M1911A1 angelic steel handgun being aimed at James, "Put him down now, or I will kill you boy."

James snarled, but complied, as he let Vergil go, but then asked, "You his girlfriend?"

"Ooo..." Someone said hearing that.

"Name's Caine, I'm his bodyguard and the one who'll put you down like a dog if you don't fuck off" Caine threatened not lowering his weapon.

Two imps and a blue Cattle Heeler-like hellhound all wearing similar uniforms as Caine surrounded James and Charlie.

The hellhound aimed a pump-action shotgun that resembled a pistol-gripped Mossberg 590 Cruiser, the first Imp had a angelic steel rifle that looked like a AK-74U and the second Imp had a aimed what looked like a demonic IMI Uzi.

Vergil smirked watching as he said, "So whatcha gonna do now, puppy-princess?"

---

Meanwhile

Angel's Dressing Room

Angel entered the dressing room, worried and scared, as the sound of his door slamming it shut alerted him. He turned and saw Valentino, fuming. The Moth overlord approached Angel menacingly.

Angel turned around with his hands raised up in defense, "Val, I didn't know that-"

Before Angel could continue, Valentino grunted in annoyance as he smacked the back of his hand hard across the side of Angel's face. As a result, giving his right eye a black eye. He stumbled back in pain, holding the side of his face with his hand as he tried to speak again, "Val, I-" But Valentino grabbed the collar part of his robe and held him up close to his face, extremely pissed off.

"You really think you can have Lucifer's little bitch," He seethed, as he threw Angel back, sending him colliding back against a chair that he anxiously shuffled around. He was visibly scared, gasping and panting out of breath, as Valentino now growled, "... fight your battles for you?!"

He walked closer to Angel, who was still trying to explain, "Val, please, I'm sorry... She's-"

"You bring her here to protect you, " Val asked, as he reached his left arm out to Angel with his hand open to touch or possibly grab his chest fluff as Angel backed himself away in the corner of the room in fear, instinctively grabbing his robe to try and cover his chest. "To fuck with me?!"

Red cigar smoke circled around the back Angel's wrists like cuffs, binding them together. Valentino grabbed Angel by the neck and forcefully dragged him back before slamming and pinning him down to the couch, causing Angel to yell in pain, as he pleaded, "Val, stop!"

"You think she can get you out of work," Val asked, his teeth gnashing.

"No! No, that- that- that's not-" Angel pleaded, but Val used his free hand and ran/touched Angel's chest fluff. Angel's voice wavers. "-what I'm trying to do. I- No-"

Val growled and violently threw Angel to the ground, causing him to slide to a stop, gasping and grunting heavily. Even as Val menacingly smirked, "You know she can't do anything. Not even that boy toy she brought over can do anything to stop us."

Valentino manipulated his smoke into a ball before forming it into a chain that wrapped around Angel's neck, lifting his head and body up to read his golden contract that was binding him to Valentino signed with his real name, 'Anthony'. "I own you," Val reminded him. "Or have you forgotten that?"

Angel sniffled and whimpered, reminded of his powerlessness, "No..."

Valentino poofed the contract but still held onto his smoke chain tightly, as he asked, "When I say "come", you say...?"

Angel buckled, as he answered, "Yes, Valentino."

Valentino leaned closer to Angel, putting a hand on his shoulder, "When I say 'You are fucking twenty guys before lunch,' you say?"

Angel's voice deepened and breaking, as he answered, "Yes, Valentino."

"And When I say 'You better get that fucking.." and shouted, grabbing the collar of Angel's robe and held him up to eye level. Angel had a look of pure terror on his face, as he continued, "... BASTARD AND CUNT out of my studio!'-" He then caressed the back of his hand against the side of Angel's face, "...you say?"

Angel sniffled, "Uh, I..."

Val dug his nails/claws into Angel's face, leaning in closer. His voice became much more aggressive. "YOU say?"

Angel held his hands up, as he begged, "Look, V-Val, she and her Imp-boy just get involved in everything. I-I'll tell them both to leave. Just don't hurt them...!"

Val grabbed the collar of Angel's robe again and lifted him up off of the ground. Angel gasped and grunted, as Val seethed, "I have killed bitches for less than this attitude you're giving me. You're lucky you make me money! Now, you're going to go get rid of her and that pathetic weak imp dildo!" Then threw Angel to the ground, who caught himself from the fall. Pointed at him angrily. "... and then you are filming all night! And I don't care if the Princess of Hell beckons you, remember what we can do to you or more specifically them! Get me?!""

Angel nodded, looking fearful, "Yes, Val."

Valentino smiled, "Good."

---

Back to the Studio

The door of Angel's dressing room broke open, as Valentino stepped out with Angel in tow, as he loudly announced, "Alright!" Val threw Angel forward against the bed, and he managed to catch himself, rather weakly, in front of Charlie, who had her suit jacket back on. Even James had his hoodie on, as he saw the whole thing, while Vergil remained stoic, though Caine smirked at Val's strength to keep this ball going. Though Charlie wasn't liking this as her jaw dropped and her eyes widened at what she just witnessed. She turned her head to stare at Valentino, an expression of disbelief and anger on her face, while he ignored her, as he ordered out, "Get your asses back on set, and we are taking this from the top!"

Seeing this, Charlie got angry, prepared to go full demon, even as her tone became more demonic, "What makes you think you can treat him like that?!"

Valentino simply stood there, smug, with his arms crossed as Charlie approached. Though it stopped for the princess, as Angel stood in between them, "Charlie!"

She halted as she looked surprised by this, "Just stop!"

James looked at angel's eye and got angry "Did he...?!"

Charlie looked confused, as she asked, "Angel, what are you talking ab-"

Angel just shot out, "Charlie, take James and leave!"

"But-" she tried to reason with him, but he pulled her to the door with James slowly following behind.

"I didn't want you to come here," Angel angrily shot at her. "I already asked you to leave, and you didn't listen. Yous two made things worse."

Charlie looked to him trying to reason with him, as she said, "Angel, we just wanted to help you…"

"Well, you ain't!" He shot at them both, and pointed to the door, "You actually want to help me?! Get the fuck out of here! Right now, and let me finish my work..."

This time around, Charlie's voice cracked a bit as she looked disheartened, as she tried to apologize, "I... I didn't..." Though Angel's stern face didn't want any of it, as she started to sob, "... mean to!" And looked at the smug Valentino, and the stoic but calm Vergil, and the smirking Mercs. Even the fear-filled staff showed they couldn't side with her to help, "I... I'm..."

But James walked to her as he gently placed a hand on her shoulder to calm her, as she looked to him with tear-filled eyes.

James's face was calm, as he was doing his best to hold it in. He then bowed his head, "We apologize, Angel."

And looked to him, almost like any emotion he had for Angel was out as he said, "You're welcome to come back to the hotel. But you have a lot to earn back after this."

And gently led Charlie out of the studio, as she cried. Though before he followed after, James calmly looked at Val and Vergil, as he said, "I'll be back to talk with all four of you later." And then gently closed the door behind him.

Angel looked at the door and sighed in regret.

Caine walked up behind Vergil and whispered, "Want I could get some of the boys and send a message of respect to them or even just get rid of that Imp boy and naive bitch for good?"

"No, leave them alone. They might be of use to me in the future, also Valentino…" Vergil said, addressing his fellow Overlord.

Val looked to him and smiled, "Ye... "

But then paled as he saw Vergil transforming into his full-demonic form. He looked to be an eight-nine-foot blackened Endo-skeleton lizard-cyborg, with outer armor plating. His hands and feet looked skeletal, but his greaves and forearms were heavily armored. His coat tail was split in four blue tails as his back contained a rocket launcher and a gatling gun on the left and right. His face lost all flesh except for the top of his head to where his nose would be, with black teeth shown for his upper and lower jaw lips. Both eyes were black with blue glowing dots, and his chest revealed a kind of Arc core power system. Suddenly, in a flash, for all to see, he punched Val right into the wall, cracking it. Val slumped to the floor, as Vergil stomped towards him, his breathing sounding like a grilled respirator, as he spoke, with a digital grill to his voice, "YOU FUCKING IDIOT!"

Everyone started getting scared by Vergil's full demon form.

Caine on the other hand just smirked in amusement at seeing Vergil go berserk on Valentino.

Vergil the grabs Valentino by the neck lifts him up high.

"Do you have any idea what you almost did? WHAT YOU COULD HAVE DONE," Vergil roared out. "She may be a naive child with only words backing her up. But she is still the daughter of the Fallen One and Lilith! And we are nowhere near close to going full on war on that!"

He tightens his grip on Val's neck, as if ready to crush his neck.

But he dropped Val, as he reverted back to normal, cleaning his jacket, as he said, "Remember that next time you want to declare War on someone with Angelic Power." He then turned around, as a portal opened, as he stated, "Oh, and if I'm going to get us ready for that Extermination... then please stop stalling the work. Unless you want me to tell Vox and throw you out as a shield against the Exorcists." And walked through it as it closed up.

Caine immediately led his team out of the studio seeing as their employer left.

Everyone looks at Val, he coughs and looks at everyone, "What are you looking at?! Back to work!"

They all went back to work, willing to do anything to keep from their Overlord from taking his anger out on them…

Angel resumed his film with makeup applied to his face to cover his black eye. Valentino, sitting down and returned to normal, called out, "And... action."

Angel Dust started to film porno after porno, intertwined with him performing a pop-music dance sequence.

I'm not above a love to cash in, Another lover underneath those flashin' lights

Another one of those ruthless nights

A bunch of actors appeared to perform a gang bang. Angel winced as he got choked by his co-stars.

Yeah, yeah, yeah

I shoulda' guessed that this would happen, I shoulda' known it when I looked in your red-hot eyes

Angel on his knees prepared to give a blowjob to a fellow demon, while glancing at Valentino smiling.

Spewin' all your red-hot lies

Yeah, yeah, yeah

What's the worst part of this hell? I can only blame myself

The scene then changed to Angel, in a red and black outfit, dancing with Valentino bound by smoke-chains.

'Cause I know you're poison, You're feedin' me poison

Addicted to this feelin', I can't help but swallow

Up your poison

I made my choice, and every night I'm livin' like there's no tomorrow

And then alt shots to where shown of Angel having sex with Valentino and him snorting drugs, lying in a bed of cash with two other demons.

Oh-oh, oh-oh!

Any way you want me, baby. That's the way you got me, I'll be yours

Valentino's nightmarish silhouette appeared in front of Angel in bed.

My story's gonna end with me dead from your poison

Then off to a different porn scene as Angel got fitted in BDSM gear.

I got so good at bein' untrue, I got so good at tellin' you what you wanna hear

Valentino took a cigarette Angel had, and blew the smoke into his face. Angel shook his head to get rid of the smoke, but all he saw was Valentino walking away before a black blindfold was put over his eyes.

I disassociate, disappear

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Having been fully fitted in BDSM gear, Angel got manhandled by his co-stars and had his head forced into an actor's crotch for another blowjob.

So far beyond difficult to resist another gulp

Another cut scene showed Angel dancing a pop-MV choreography, with the BDSM scenes displayed on the LED screens.

Yeah, I know it's poison, You're feedin' me poison

I'm chokin' from the taste and I can't help but swallow

Up your poison, I made my choice, and

Angel was choked, and his blindfold came undone, revealing his fear and pain, while Val stuck out his tongue in arousal. The pop choreography continued with shots of the BDSM scene. Angel was shown struggling and pounding the ground as if trying to resist.

Every night I'm wasted like there's no tomorrow

Angel was shown screaming and crying out in pain.

Oh-oh, oh-oh!

Any way you want me, baby

That's the way you got me, I'll be yours

My story's gonna end with me dead from your poison

Valentino smiled lecherously as he grabbed and dragged Angel away from the stage. Angel appeared scared.

Angel snapped back to reality, exhausted and traumatized. He locked the door and stumbled backward and walked out to the balcony to catch a breath only to see Vox and Valentino below, smiling and shaking hands possibly striking a deal or an agreement to something as Vox side-glanced up at the balcony seeing Angel Dust his smile faltered a bit. Valentino turned his head to also see Angel. They both smiled as Vox's figure disappeared into electricity and left while Valentino turned his back and walked away.

Poison, I'm drownin' in poison

I'm fillin' up my glass but it's always hollow

Full of poison, I'm sick of the poison

Wish I had something to live for tomorrow.

Angel collapsed and cried on the balcony of the porn studio. Unable to escape this cycle. And he pushed away the only two that could help him.

---

Much Time Later

The Hotel

Charlie was on the couch, with KeeKee cuddled to her trying to comfort her, as Daredevil laid on her left, hoping his added presence would help to comfort her. When they got back, Vaggie took notice of it, and tried to talk to her. Though Charlie seemed to be silent and pull away from all this. Then when they were alone, and at the moment on the 2nd floor, watching her from a distance, Vaggie managed to ask James on what had happened. And he had told her the whole thing. And when he finished, Vaggie was fuming at the bit, ready to stomp towards the Vee Tower to give them a piece of her mind.

James stopped her and told her about Vergil's guards and how dangerous it could be should this escalate further. Vaggie listened to him and went back downstairs to help Charlie.

Bruce noticed before approaching Charlie with a friendly smile.

"Bruce, no," James said.

Bruce lightly tapped Charlie's shoulder to get her attention would gesturing for her to follow him.

"Bruce I'm not in the mood," Charlie said.

Bruce tapped her shoulder again.

"What do you want Bruce?" Charlie asked as she was annoyed by the shoulder taps.

She then saw him making a very silly face that was badly drawn of Valentino's face, while making it look like he was more incompetent than he is. And pretending to be Val, Bruce made it look like the guy was so busy to look important that he didn't see a banana peel on the floor and then slipped on it in a comical way.

Charlie started snorting and laughing at what she saw.

Bruce stood and bowed, pleased to see his attempt to help Charlie worked.

James and Vaggie saw that and smiled knowing full well now that they didn't have to worry. Though in James' head something had to be done about the Vees should this get any worse.

The door then opened and everyone turned to Angel coming in, tired.

And when that happened the room got sour all of a sudden. It wasn't Angel that did it. But what had happened in the studio that had caused such a scar on the heiress's heart. She really couldn't do anything that would jeopardize the hotel's goal. Even if she could talk with him as he went to the bar, it would make things worse for him. So, she balled up again looking depressed.

Angel went to the bar and took a seat.

Bruce glared in the direction of Angel Dust. Angel then banged his head on the bar table.

"Trouble at work," A voice asked, coldly. Angel turned to see James looking at him.

James was there too but the one who spoke was Dan hissing venomously at him.

Dan looked at Angel, "Yous look like mountain-high-shit Angel."

Angel looked at James and Dan, he then ignored them and looked at Husk. Ordering, "Eugh, I need a drink. the hardest you can make."

Husk would do his job and commented uncaringly, "You look like shit."

"That's what I said." Dan said

"Pfft. Not possible. Just a long shoot, nothin' new," Angel said, as if it wasn't a big deal. The two guys looked at each other unconvinced while Husk rolled his eyes, poured the drink, and slid a glass to Angel. Angel snatched the drink, as he gulped it down. But he groaned, as he found it dissatisfying, "Ugh." He then looked at Husk, as he groaned, "I said a strong one."

"Excuse me," Husk sighed, as he poured another drink, while stating, "Didn't realize this was a 'drinking to forget' kind of night."

Angel rolled his eyes, as he sighed, "Oh, I forgot. You're the wise old bartender who's seen it all." He then scowled at Husk, as he said, "Get the fuck over yourself and pour me a real drink." He then used the tip of his index finger to flick the glass, as it spilled the contents of the whole cup on the counter.

Husk sighed, as he cleaned and wiped the table, "Look, if you've got a problem, you're not going to find the solution at the bottom of a bottle." Angel rolled his eyes at this, while Husk looked a bit forlorn, "I should know, I've been looking there a long time."

James blinked asking Husk, "How's that any different from since you came here?"

Angel took a deep breath, smoothing his hair back and slipped into his porn star persona. "Oh sure, and where should I look? Hmm?"

He then acted sexily around Husk, "In your bedroom, maybe?" Husk flinched and stiffened at this, while Dan scooted away from this, "Under the covers," Angel shook his shoulders suggestively as Husk cringed back. "Maybe we can go look together."

Husk unknowingly purred as his eye twitched. He held up his hand, gesturing Angel to stop, already feeling annoyed, "Don't. Even start."

"Oh, c'mon," Angel smirked, as he grabbed one of Husk's wings, spreading it out before he wrapped it around himself, "I bet I can make those wings flap!"

"STOP!" Husk shouted, as he pushed Angel off of him back onto the stool as the bottle of alcohol slipped from his grasp and smashed onto the floorboards, spilling. "Fucking Christ!"

Angel scowled right at him, as Husk placed both his hands on the counter, and with everyone hearing him, "You can cut the act already. It's never going to work on me." Rolls eyes. "So all you're doing is makin' an ass out of yourself with this fake bullshit."

That word seemed to set Angel off as his eyes glow violet, even the dots under his eyes were glowing violet, as he shouted, almost going full demon, "Call me fake one more time, motherfucker! I dare you."

Husk leaned close to Angel and used index finger to poke his chest fluff, with a smug smile, "Fake."

"Fuckin' asshole—!" Angel shouted before he bumped his head into the bar ceiling. He then fell back off of the stool and landed on the floor, shouting, "Arrgh! God!"

Unfazed by this outburst, Husk leaned over and asked, "You done?"

Growling angrily, Angel then began to rant, "Ya know what? You and those four pin-heads would be fucking lucky to get a chance to fuck me!" He then threw the bottle at Husk, who simply moved to the side, unamused by the outburst especially as Angel kept on ranting, "Ya know how much I'm worth? You know how many people would kill to have Angel Dust come onto them? Fuck you all. Have fun being a bunch of lonely pieces of shit!"

He then pushed his way past Lydia and Vaggie going to the door.

James watched Angel leave for the exit and said, "Is that you talking Angel or Valentino?"

Angel froze hearing that, "What was that?" The two eyes he had and the spots under his eyes glowed violet again.

"It doesn't take a genius to know that Val has more than a choker chain around your neck," James said, as he walked to him, "It was painfully obvious that Val's abused you emotionally, physically, and spiritually enough that even if he calls you, you'll come running to him. Even today, I noticed you were freaked out more by Val than the fire started." He then stopped at Angel, being six inches, as he said, "What does the contract you have with him state?"

"Kid, don't-" Husk tried to warn James...

Angel would then shout, "What'd a little limp-imp-prick who never had to fuck someone know a fuckin thing about me or my arrangement with Val?" He then cackled, "Oh wait, I forgot you're not supposed to be here, you got here on a 'fluke' because those three retards decided to pick a fight with Death himself instead of sending you up to where those goody-goodies are! Especially with sinorita Gatitosa! But guess what: you're down here! Just like all of us fucking mistakes and useless, especially since you died without knowing where you really belonged!"

Angel then turned slamming the doors so hard that the windows cracked.

James got angry and punched a hole in the wall. Clint sucked in air seeing this, as he spoke up, "Oh boy..."

James took a deep breath, "I'm gonna go for a walk." He then left the hotel.

Everything was quiet until the Professor kicked the basement door opened "Good news every... where is everyone else?"

"Yeah, what happened, Husk?" Vaggie, asked turning to Husk who shrugged, "I just poured the fake a drink."

"Oh, no. He looked really upset," Charlie said worriedly.

Vaggie gave Husk a pointed look. Husk, though, waved it off, dismissively, "It's just Angel. He'll be fine."

Clint nodded, as he overhead it from the kitchen, and shrugged, "Only difference is that Husk managed to hit a nerve."

Charlie though looked worried more, as she looked to James, "I'm not so sure. I really messed up at the studio today and he got... " She sighed, as she hugged herself, "Ugh, it was... It wasn't good, okay?"

The Professor sees this and knows what he must say "I think Angel is going through a midlife crisis from the abuse of Valentino. I suggest looking for him and see if he need someone to talk to. "

Everyone looked at the professor and was weirded out by his answer.

"Gee, sounds like someone should go after him..." Vaggie said, looking at Husk. He seemed unfazed, until she grilled him on it, "Someone named Husk..."

Husk groaned, "Oh, you gotta be fucking kidding me. Why don't you go if you're so worried," Husk asked, not wanting to get involved.

"Because I'm not the one who sent him storming out," Vaggie answered, as she poked at the bar table, glaring at Husk, "You caused it, you drag him back."

James crossed his arms, frowning at her, "And what good is that going to do, Vaggie?"

They all look at James, not realizing he came back.

"If anything, it'll just cause him to push back further in this role he's in. And that will cause him to stay further away from the hotel," James advised calmly. "If anything we just let him blow some steam off." But then looked to Husk, as he smirked, "Although, It wouldn't hurt to help if he had someone keep an eye on him. Someone who knows him better than we do, as he spills his guts drinking."

Everyone turned to Lydia. Lydia made a surprise squeek, "M-m-me? But what if he's in the porn-district?"

The professor pulls out a device from his coat and looks at the screen "He's not, he's at a night club."

There was a stern silence as James asked his uncle, "Unk... how do you know?"

"I put a tracking chip in each of your necks while you were all asleep last night." The professor answered.

James's face scrunched up as he asked him, "You put tracking devices on all of us?"

"You never know when one of us might get kidnapped and need to know where you are, I didn't make them nano-bombs, I'm not Amanda Waller from Suicide Squad," The Professor answered.

They all looked at the professor and wanted to argue with him. but he had a point there.

"The only one I wasn't able to put on is Alastor, Surprise-surprise," The Professor pointed out, angrily that the Radio Demon avoided his attempts to get himself tracked.

Lydia sighed, giving in, "Okay, I'll go with Husk, but you and Vaggie owe me."

Husk groaned following the cat girl out of the hotel.

"Welp, when they get back, I'll show you all my latest creation. And no, it's not a weapon, this time" The Professor said and headed back to the basement where his lab was.

Vaggie glared storming after the professor, "It better not be Old man!" Once Vaggie made it down to the basement, everyone heard her voice echo up, "Huh, this is actually pretty cool. Okay, I'll won't ruin the surprise I guess."

Charlie though took a deep breath, as she said, "Well, then. I will go write 100 Apology letters and work on a lesson plan tomorrow about…" and her eyes sparkled as she finished, "Boundaries."

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Much Time Later

The Black Spot

Lydia was now seen holding the tracker pad and looked at the map. Husk was silent but glaring as he had to go after Angel of all sinners... "Here we are." Lydia said she looks at a seven level building.

Husk sighed, "Finally. let's get the whiny kid and get the fuck outta here."

They both looked at the sign and read the name of the night club.

"The Black Spot? Do pirates come here or something," Lydia asked.

"People have their taste in names," Husk said.

She then hung up closer to Husk seeing some of the other sinners grinning sleazily at her.

Husk growled at them and scared them off. "Someone gotta teach ya how to fight or scare pricks off kid," Husk said.

Angel was sitting down at the bar with a gang of shark demons, snorting drugs. Though appearing as Shark Demons, they were once Loan Sharks in another life. Though metaphorical in life, in the afterlife, they were literally sharks now. Angel snorted the last, as the two kittens entered in. Someone bumped into Husk, making him groan, even while Angel was laughing up a storm with the sharks, as he cried out, laughing, "I'M SO FUCKED UP!"

Husk and Lydia sat at the bar counter, as she shrugged, "Well, at least he's a bit cheered up again. Or acting like he is."

Husk put his money on the counter as he groaned, "Whiskey." The barkeep, whose head was a treasure chest with tentacles coming out of it and a single yellow eye served him. He had a bottle and glass ready.

But Lydia took the bottle, as she explained, "He'll just have the bottle." The barkeep shrugged, and went back to work.

She then looked at Angel worriedly and hoped she could help him.

Husk remained as they both heard Angel speak, "Haha, ya, ya, so I said 'You couldn't afford me in a million afterlives.' I got better options, right boys?"

"You got that right," One of the loan sharks said and the others laugh at Angel's story

Lydia and Husk groaned at the spot Angel was in right and Lydia was more worried.

"Hey baby. Be a doll and bring another one. Daddy's out of juice," Angel asked a sawfish loan shark.

The demon was seen taking his and Angel's empty glasses by the bar counter as he sat down on a stool next to Husk who glared at him in suspicion as the bartender pours the liquor in the two glasses. Husk and Lydia watched before they spotted the shark demon reaching into his suit and take out a bottle that had a crystal heart cork on top. Opening it, he poured some of the contents into Angel's drink making it pink.

Husk's eyes widen and mutter under his breath, "Shit..."

Lydia looked at it and then to Husk, " What is that," she asked Husk.

"Love Potion. That shit's been around since a certain Overlord made it," Husk explained, watching the demon glaring, "It's like slipping someone a mickey but for lust." The old Sinner huffed and set his bottle of whiskey to the side telling Lydia, "Stay here."

"Here you go darling," the sawfish loan shark said and offers the drink to Angel. "Just for you-" the shark demon began. But just as Angel was about to reach for the drink, Husk appeared from behind the demon and grabbed him by the back of his suit, lifting him off of the ground as the drinks spill.

The shark demon was surprised and shouted, "Woah!"

"Nice try, fuckhead." Husk growled before he grabbed the demon and threw him across the room, where he screamed and landed headfirst into a juke box, as an up-temp music plays and the demons nearby avoided behind hit. The other Shark sinners got their guns out aiming them at the the winged cat.

Husk was about to fight them before Lydia ran past him and Angel and did something amazing. She started using karate moves on the Sharks, she disarms them first and then beats the hell out of them.

One of them groaned, "What the... ? Is everyone we make trouble with raised by ninjas?"

"Thank you, James and Vaggie, for hand-to-hand combat training," Lydia smiled, remembering the lessons she learned after James came back from Wrath with them.

Husk would look at the surprised Angel and ordered, "Let's go!" And pulled him along while throwing a hand full of cards at the demons, cutting the barrel of the guns, and cut a net loose from the ceiling, trapping them below.

Lydia then pushed Angel and while Husk pulled him out of the bar.

As they got away, the Shark demons were slowly beginning to get back on their feet, though slowly.

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Moments Later

The duo were pulling a reluctant and stubborn Angel away from the bar. It was actually pretty quickly, as they were half a mile away from the place. Even though he was taller than them, it was evident that Angel wasn't any stronger than what he was in doing so. But that didn't mean he refused to shut up or fight them off, as he cried, "Husk! Lyds! What the fuck are you two doin'? Let go!"

"Saving you, that's what," Lydia said as she kept pushing.

"Well, I didn't ask for it,"Angel groaned, as he tried to fight their hold, "Let go!"

"No! We're taking you back to the Hotel," Husk said, not letting go of Angel Dust

"Get Off!" Angel ordered and made them let go of him.

Husk glared at the spider-pornstar telling him, "That fucker put somethin' in your drink."

"Yeah, and we all know what spiked drinks lead to," Lydia said.

"You don't think I can tell if someone spikes my drink," Angel Dust asked incredulously, before shouting, "I do this all the fuckin' time!"

Husk raised a brow and asked, "You just let people drug you all the time?"

Lydia gave Angel a seriously look, as she asked, "What is wrong with you?"

"You think I asked for this? I didn't ask for any of this," Angel shot out at them.

"You literally just said that you do this all the time, Angel," Lydia said out.

Glaring at her, "I didn't ask for Charlie to save me, I didn't ask for you to save me. And I certainly didn't ask Husk here to save me! I can handle myself," Angel shouted at them.

"Well it looks like you can't," Lydia shouts back.

"Yeah, it looks more like you're self-destructing," Husk agreed before he sighed and offered, "It seems like... I don't know... you might need a bartender to talk to.

"And a friend to talk to as well," Lydia added

Angel scoffed at the both as he said, "Oh, so now you wanna help? After the way you treated me?" He turned around and walked away from them, "Please."

"Maybe people would treat you better if you were real, and not some bullshit version of yourself. always pushin' my boundaries! Lemme tell ya, nobody in that hotel cares who you are because of your job." Husk began to rant at Angel, glaring while the pornstar turned his back to them, "How famous, how hot. So you might as well just... cut the act."

Turning Angel cried out, desperation and panic in his face and voice, "It's not an act!"

That made the two cat-like sinners flinch back and stared at Angel in shock.

Angel sniffled before he began sobbing, arms crossing his chest, "It's who I need to be." Then gesturing to the district they're in, "This is my escape. Where I can forget about it all! How much I hate... everything. A place where I can get high, and not have to think about how much it hurts. And maybe... If I can ruin myself enough in the process... if I end up broken enough, I won't be his favorite toy anymore...and maybe he'll let me go..."

Husk stared and listened, sharing a look at Lydia from what they learned.

Husk stared at Angel with sympathy and pity, then, surprising Lydia who was also with sympathy, walked over and sat down the pavement near him. Taking a deep breath, and sighed, HUsk then revealed, "I'm gonna tell you both something that I never told anyone. So don't go tell your boyfriend, got it, Lydia?"

Lydia nodded before Husk then revealed, "I was an Overlord once, you know."

Angel's and Lydia's eyes widened and looked at Husk.

Husk snorted before he said with an assured smile, remembering how he was back then, "Yeah, and uh... It was nice to have that power. But when you're dealing in souls - while being a gambler, the stakes are pretty high. And losing a few hands can be more than a little dangerous."

He then became hardened in expression before he added, "So when you're down on your luck, you turn to anything to... Keep you afloat. Even making deals with yourself."

As he remembered when he made a deal with Alastor to keep his own power.

Lydia looked to him in surprise, as she asked, "And that's... ? That's how you ended up with Alastor?"

"Unfortunately…" Husk answered, the worst day of his afterlife. Glancing at them he said, "SO I know what's it like to... Regret choices made... And knowin' ya can't take it back."

Lydia looked down, as she sighed, "I feel pain too."

"Yeah, I know about your love life problems, Lyds," Husk said hearing this before.

"Not that. Pain on my family," Lydia said.

It was Angel's and Husk's turn to look at Lydia.

"When my mom died, I was broken. my dad remarried to a woman who doesn't even love me or my dad or my sister, just our money. I was so scared. but then James and a few other like our friend, Veronica came into my life. They helped me and protected me. Know this, Angel. don't push people away, it will only make the pain worse," Lydia said.

Angel looked down sighing hearing that, "You're not alone," Angel said. Angel then looked down and said, "I had a family too... but let's just say I'd give anything to have the family you had before your stepmom."

Husk then looked at them as he got an umbrella and began to sing,

So, things look bad, and your backs against the wall

He then got on the street walking his arms behind his back, stepping on a puddle, your whole existence seems fuckin' hopeless

Going to the entrance of a club Husk then pulled an umbrella out,

You're feelin' filthy as a dive bar bathroom stall

He opened it just as the sinner who came out was about to puke on of the two, after that sinner was done. Husk flexed the umbrella to get the puke off of the umbrella, spinning it like Charlie Chaplin before leaning on it,

Can't face the world sober and dopeless

Angel remained silent before Husk sung more, casually walking past him as the pornstar felt worse,

You've lost your way, you think your life is wrecked

He then spun around back behind Angel and sung becoming smugger,

Well, let me just say you're corr~eee~eect!

"Wait. What?" Angel and Lydia said.

getting in Angel's face Husk then booped him on the nose and sung,

You're a loser, baby

He then pulled back making an L shape with his hand swinging his umbrella and continued to dance,

A loser, goddamn baby

Angel sat there with a dumbstruck expression hearing that wondering how this was supposed to help.

You're a fucked up little whiny bitch

Husk flung insults as he sung at Angel like thing, excluding Lydia as Husk seemed to be focused on the spider-demon next to her, who shouted, "Hey!"

You're a loser, just like me

"Thanks asshole," Angel flipped him off.

Playfully bumping Lydia out of the way, Husk continued on as he sung,

You're a screw's-loose-boozer

Then placed a raised pointer finger up for Angel to see,

An only one-star reviews-er

That made Angel glower more hearing that. Picking Lydia up in a way of dancing with her Husk sung,

You're a power-bottom at rock bottom

He then slid Lydia on Angel's lap and went to lay on his side pointing to Angel,

But you got company

"This supposed to make me feel better," Angel asked.

Walking over Husk continued to sing,

There was a time I thought no one could relate

He then stopped at a window looking inside,

To the gruesome ways in which I'm damaged

He then got off the wall, spinning his umbrella before thrusting it forward, breaking the window, as a demon in the hazmat suit came running out and a green smoke coming from the room he ran from,

But lettin' walls down, it can sometimes set you straight!

And explosion went off behind him from the window, Husk then sat next to the two and finished his verse,

We're all livin' in the same shit-sandwich

Angel and Lydia had enough and joined the song.

Angel sighed, shrugged, I sold my soul... to a psychopathic freak.

Lydia giggled, as she smirked sympathetically to him, Heh. And you think that makes you unique? "Come on, Spider boy." She said, as she picked him up, as she got up on her feet.

We're all losers, baby, Lydia danced with Angel, as she and he got close to Husk, We're losers, it's okay to be a-

Angel stopped as he thought, "Coked up, dick-suckin' hoe?"

Husk leaned in, as he shrugged, "Baby, that's fine by me."

He pulled Lydia away, as Angel smiled out, I'm a loser, honey, A schmoozer and a dummy!

He leaned to the duo, But at least I know I'm not alone

Husk smirked, You're a loser and all three sung out, Just like me!

I got an appetite for gamblin' Husk sung playing with his cards.

I got an appetite for samplin' Angel said as he made a bow and dip move, Every sex toy and drug that I can find.

Lydia spun and posed in the middle, Go ahead, boys. Sing that song, come on!

Angel Dust stood behind signs for someone in his profession, I got no holes left to deflower

Husk stood behind gambling signs, I sold my soul to save my power. Now I'm on that demon's leash...

But both were suddenly lassoed by two black ropes by Lydia as she pulled them to her, as they were tied up, I'm/You're trapped and it gets worse with every hour

And all three plopped down, sitting next to each other, with Husk having an umbrella to shield them from neon light rain.

You're a loser, baby Angel being as Lydia gave a background "Ooooo" like sound effect. Even as the scene looked like the two were on a carriage ride while Lydia was driving the coach.

Husk picked up and sung, A loser, but just maybe if we-

Both the male Sinners continued, Eat shit together, things will end up differently!

Lydia looked disgusted and commented, "Eww."

Angel began humming while Husk sung, It's time to lose your self-loathin'

Excuse yourself, let hope in, baby Lydia added

Play your card, be who you are

The three got close and sung together, A loser, just… like—

The moment between the three of them was ruined as one shouted, "THERE HE IS!"

The Loan Sharks came, and the apparent leader shouted, "AND THEY'RE SINGIN!? GET 'EM!"

The loan sharks pull their guns out and start shooting at them.

The trio took behind what appeared to be a Hell version of a Priass, as the car was acting as their shield, as Lydia asked, "Any ideas?"

"Stay down. I'll deal with this," Husk said getting his card ready and flung them the sinners.

Husk laughed as he pulls out a pair of dice.

"Wait... what are those dice?" Lydia asked, seeing them but got suspicious.

Husk didn't answer, only threw the dice out and the two exploded.

... right in one of the demon's heads, blowing it up from the inside. Lydia blinked, "Whoa. Talk about 'loaded dice'."

Husk smirked, "Told ya kid. This old Cat still has some claws."

A loan shark charged at Husk with a knife. Husk would be grabbed by the demon and held with his knife close to his throat.

"Hey!" Lydia said. before kicking the loan shark in the face and slicing his face with her claws.

However, a cackling midget shark demon shot up behind her, grabbing her behind the neck, as he cackled, "Haha! We got you now!"

Lydia tried to pry him off, as she groaned, "Let me go!"

Husk was about to go after to save her, but a Loan Shark Demon resembling a big brawly bull shark grabbed him from behind, as the cat demon shouted, "You mutherfu...!"

But suddenly, both demons were fired in the heads, making them let go of Husk and Lydia. Angel pulled out his tommy gun and shot the demon in the face shouting, "Eat lead, Sucka!"

Before firing more of his gun at the demon reducing him to a bloody pulp. Husk and Lydia saw Angel's work and helps them up.

"I told ya. I can handle myself baby." Angel said helping them up before he pulled out five more guns, three of which were tommy guns and two were sort of old uzi-like guns.

"How do you have to many guns," Lydia asked as Angel kept shooting.

"Trade secret, Baby," Angel smirked, bouncing his eyebrow, and then fired out, as Husk joined in with his cards and dice. And suddenly, black shadows below the shark demons appeared, creating a black pool beneath their feet. Then suddenly, as they were bombarded by bullets and cards... they were also being assaulted by black shadow cats that shot out, clawing or face hugging them.

Husk saw what Lydia did and said, "Impressive."

Lydia smiled at the praise.

Once they were done the last Loan Shark wheezed weakly, "This did not go as planned -"

Before he dies too, however thanks to them being Sinners they'll be up and about... in a couple of weeks or months.

"Like I said, you don't know me. Sex ain't the only thing I'm good at." Angel said while pushing his hair back a bit and letting it fall.

"Good to know," Husk smirked, as he said, "Because this guy…" pointing to Angel, "He ain't half bad."

Lydia smiled and asked, "Feeling better now, Angel?"

Angel sighs as he admitted, "Loads betta."

"Come on, let's go home, the old man has some new gizmo he wants to show us," Husk said, as the trio headed back to the hotel, while getting the blood and gore off their bodies from the fight.

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Much Later

At the Hotel

Charlie was hard at work coming up with a hundred apology letters while also working up a lesson plan on Boundaries. Though while she was stressing on this, she heard the doors open, with Angel, Husk, and Lydia laughing as Angel was telling them a story about Val. "Seriously," Lydia asked.

Angel nodded, as he chuckled, "Yeah, he had like 3 bills, and it took him 30 minutes to count them."

"Yeesh, his eyes are completely shitty," Lydia giggled, while rubbing her arm, which was bandaged up.

Husk even chuckled, "Hehe, and this is the guy you gotta take orders from?"

"I know, right," Angel chuckled, "What a fucking joke."

Charlie then got up and ran to hug Angel.

"I'm so sorry, Angel," she suddenly apologized, as she went on, "I promise I won't ever, ever, ever, ever-"

"Chalie. it's fine, I get it. thanks... for caring about me." Angel said, assuring Charlie with a friendly smile, and gently patted her on the head.

Charlie blinked at this, until she slowly started tear up in her eyes. And then she unleashed a huge bawling of weeping with tears of joy. Angel picked her up and looked to James, "Ehh, I think this is yours." And then gently handed Charlie to James, who held her bridal style.

James looked to Vaggie and asked, "Bedroom for her?"

"Bedroom," Vaggie nodded, as she looked to Charlie, and said petting her blond head comfortingly, "Okay, missy. Let's get you to bed."

But Charlie, still blubbering, hiccupped, "He-he-he said, he - for-forgave me!" and cried inaudibly, as James smiled at her being happy again, as he and Vaggie walked with her, as she cried out softly, "It's so beautiful, you two..."

James smiled, just as the basement door was kicked opened.

"Wait!" the Professor cried out. They all turned to the professor. "I just made an important invention!" He said as he brings out a black box and connects it to the TV before saying, "Now normally we get all of our televisionalized programs because of Vox and his station, however that also allows him to spy on all those who connect to his network."

"Okay, so what does this do?" James asked.

"This device, after careful study and research upon portals used by the royalty and upper crust of Hell society, allows us to hack into the Human realm and use their cable, wifi, and online streaming for visual entertainment, free of charge." The Professor explained before taking out a remote, "Observe."

He turned and clicked the tv on as it showed them not Voxflix, but Netflix with human shows on the listing. Everyone's jaws dropped in shock and amazement.

"Yes, yes, I know and what's better no one here has to pay for it," The Professor said feeling proud of himself.

"What else can we do on it pray tell? What else did you make with this tech," Lydia in hidden excitement

The professor smiled, "I am so glad you asked, my dear." He then counted off his fingers and said, "This can go into full theater experience, a gaming system, Youtube, and of course virtual reality for personal training."

Everyone, minus Alastor, and Husk stared in amazement by this while James then asked, "How are you paying for all of this?"

"Oh, I just simply hacked the account of the richest person I know on the planet," The Professor answered as if it wasn't that big of a deal.

"Oh okay." James said before blinking and asked, "Wait? Who?"

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On Earth

A groan was heard when a chubby-ish hand grabbed the ringing phone at his bed and the man who answered, spoke, "This better be important, I got a meeting in the morning..."

After hearing it the man shot up his blond hair waving as he shouted, face turning red, "WHAT!?"

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