Chapter 14:

On the run

Everyone in the lobby of the hazbin hotel was staring with wide eyes at the much shorter fox sinner that now stood where the once fearsome spider demoness was.

It wasn't long after the strange shift until suddenly, with a flicker, the lights came back on, giving everyone a better look at the sheer destruction Ink had caused, at which the shorter women, now revealed to be named Vallery, looked upon the ravaged lobby in wide eyed shock.

"Your….your hotel….your lobby….i'm so sorry" she whimpered out. Charlie raised a curious eyebrow "Wait you know this is "my" hotel?" to which the woman nodded "W-well yes….while Ink was in control….i was essentially prisoner of my own body…..an unwilling passenger….."

At this, she would look down at her own feet, a thousand yard stare on her face "I saw….and experienced….everything….but had no way of stopping her…"

She'd be snapped out of these dark thoughts by the feeling of 2 arms wrapping themselves around her "W…w-what are you doing?" Vallery whimpered out.

"Giving you a hug…." Charlie spoke "You…..looked like you needed one…." Tho after, she'd glance over the ruined lobby "Ink….really did a number on my hotel….it's going to take forever to…"

She'd be cut off by the sound of someone cracking their knuckles "Sweety, did you forget about the "PURE ANGELIC POWER" you have at your disposal?" Lucifer spoke, unfurling his wings, proudly putting them on display, as he had summoned several copies of himself to sing along with his statement, causing a chuckle from the princess at his silly antics.

To this, Lucifer approached his daughter and playfully booped her nose "With a bit of angelic magic and demonic sorcery, I'll have this hotel back in tiptop shape before you can say pentagram"

It was Lucifer's time to be interrupted when he heard another throat being cleared, followed by radio static "Don't you mean "We"?" catching everyone by surprise.

"Alastor?" Charlie piped up, eyes wide in surprise, to which the radio demon, now actually using his crutches, gave her that all too familiar smile "I may still be recovering, but that does not mean I'm entirely helpless, my dear" as he'd snap his fingers and several of his black-and-white minions popped into existence "I still have some of my abilities I can use with little strain" as for a second, the radio demon exchanged a glance with the short ruler of hell and gave him a nod of mutual understanding.

Remembering the little talk they had, Lucifer gave a smile "Well, a little help is always appreciated" before he put a hand on his daughter's shoulder "You rest now, ok sweety? You and Vaggie focus on your hotel's new guest here and leave the rest to us"

At this, Vallery visibly got nervous as she took a few steps back "G-GUEST?!" before she suddenly made a run for it.

"VALLERY, WAIT, COME BACK!" Charlie called out, but she was too late as the short fox lady had already vanished through the front entrance.

Exchanging a quick glance with her girlfriend, Charlie spoke "We HAVE to go after her!" as Vaggie gave her a firm nod in agreement, tho to their surprise, it was Carmilla Carmine who stepped closer "I'll accompany the 2 of you as well"

And as the 3 of them took to the streets of pentagram city, Vaggie couldn't help but ask "Not to sound ungrateful, and I appreciate the help, but why join us, Carmilla?"

"It's simple" the tall arms dealer answered "I want to get to the bottom of this mystery"

The trio had gone to great lengths to find the short fox sinner, as they combed the entirety of pentagram city, but to no avail as they kept hitting wall after wall.

Asking around, it seemed plenty of people had seen her running around, describing her to have a panicked expression on her face as Charlie and Vaggie were in the middle of asking a large, lizard like sinner "For the last time, you 2 cunts, that's all I know!"

That was, until he let his gaze scan over their bodies as he gained a creepy smile "Weeeeell….ya know…I could be "convinced" to tell ya…"lovely" ladies more…." As he began to wiggle his eyebrows at them before creepily walking closer.

That was until with a wide eyed, panicked expression, he began to back up against a nearby brick wall as the tall, looming form of Carmilla Carmine strutted closer to him in a threatening way, her face scrunched into a snarl "You better learn some MANNERS, BASTARDO, You're talking to "Charlotte Morningstar" Princess and heir to hell's throne and her consort, show some respect!" Stuttering, the now sweaty, shaky man spoke in a squeaky voice "O-of course miss Carmine, where are my manners…l-last I saw, this lady was r-running to the Vee district" before he dropped to his knees, pleading to the tall overlord "I s-swear, that's a-all I know!"

Arms behind her back, she held her head high, looking down on the pathetic display before her, a stern expression on her face "Good….it seems you know some manners after all….now….BE GONE!"

Nearly kissing the arms dealer's foot, the man bumbled out "O-Of course miss Carmine, a-at once" before jumping back to his feet and booking it into a nearby alleyway.

Giving a subtle smirk, the angelic arms dealer would turn to the princess and her partner as she spoke "Being an overlord comes with its…"advantages"….."

Charlie and Vaggie just stared at her with blank faces, before glancing at each other and deciding to drop it for now as they quickly made their way into the direction of the Vee district.

"I just hope we can catch up to her in time before she gets herself into thouble" Charlie blurted out inbetween panting as Vaggie responded "who knows how long Ink's been keeping her hidden" as the 3 of them ran as fast as their could.

"Considering the fact I've known Ink for almost as long as she's been in hell, not to mention that I've never seen this woman, possibly from the very start" Carmilla responded to the 2 other women as they arrived and began to ask around.

They were just in the middle of interrogating a shady looking sinner when suddenly, their heard cries of distress.

"SHIT!" Vaggie yelped "It's coming from the direction of the Vee tower!"

They would hightail into the direction of the large, flashy building, following the sound, which, to their horror, led them straight to Vallentino's studio.

"P-please, let me go, I don't want any trouble!"

With a swift, strong kick, the doors of his studio shot open, causing the tall moth to startle as there stood the princess of hell, her fallen angel partner and no other then the angelic arms dealer herself.

The second the 3 women laid eyes on the scene, they noticed Val had one of his hands firmly wrapped around Vallery's wrist, seemingly trying to "convince" her into a contract.

Making a split second decision, Charie barked out "VALLERY, THE AMULET, YOU CONTROL HER NOW, USE HER POWERS!"

Seeing the gears in the fox sinner's head turn, Vallentino would look up annoyed and confused "THE FUCK YOU MEAN?!" before suddenly, with a loud "SHING!" sound, he was suddenly staring down a set of long, blade like, razor sharp claws, and As this smaller woman looked at him…..the whisker like markings below her eyes….opened…..and looked at him…

….those eyes…..he recognized those eyes…..

Letting go as if he just stuck his hand in fire, the tall pimp demon fell flat on his ass as he began to pack peddle, eyes wide in shock.

The ret of red eyes would suddenly look up, almost as if staring at the fox demoness with contempt before she willed them to close again and the long claws retracted, once again returning to the more soft, paw like hand from before…

Quickly reacting, Charlie wasted no chance, grabbing the woman by the wrist and pulling her away.

"Come on Vallery, let's get the FUCK out of here!"