The next morning Lincoln was on the couch on his phone while Bun-Bun was playing a game with Razzle and Dazzle (riding Dazzle like a steed as Razzle was being chased by his brother). The party was the previous day and Lincoln saw on Sinstagram and EnVee that it was trending.
He was glad to be interrupted by a call from Sibella; "So Lincoln...How is serving the dark web here in Hell compared to Earth?" Sibella asked Lincoln as he sighed.
"Tending to be away from social media as it's bad enough on Earth but... On the video sharing websites... I should have known that content farm channels would be much worse here than they already are... I wouldn't be surprised if it was a creation of Hell that came to Earth..." Lincoln answered shaking his head.
"They can be a lot to deal with I know... Still as dangerous as they are; physically it's going to be more dangerous outside your comfortable home." Sibella said as Lincoln frowned confused.
"What do you mean?" Lincoln asked as there was a sigh from Sibella on the other end.
"You know Lincoln; Extermination Day." Sibella said as Lincoln just sat there silently trying to remember if anything like that was mentioned to him before. "Lincoln... You know when Angels come to the Pride Ring and... Do you seriously not know?" Sibella asked in disbelief as Lincoln shook his head and then heard talking from the stairs as Angel Dust comes in ans sits himself next to Lincoln with Fat Nuggets in his lap.
"Will talk to you later Sibella..." Lincoln said as Angel Dust grinned at him.
"You're new girlfriend?" Angel Dust asked teasingly as Lincoln sighed looking to him.
"Angel Dust... What's Extermination Day?" Lincoln asked as Angel Dust's face froze and turned to disbelief as they then saw Charlie and Vaggie coming down the stairs.
"You two? You both seriously never told Link about Extermination Day? Were you planning on holding it off until the last minute or give a fake reason why he can't go outside on the day or look through the window?" Angel Dust screamed out still looking in disbelief as Charlie and Vaggie froze as they then stared at him.
"Shit..." Vaggie muttered out as Angel Dust was looking at them judgementally as Lincoln was confused.
"Holding his hand through life in Hell is one thing toots but this... Sometimes you have to give the hard truth to the kid or did you want him forever fucking sheltered in Hell? Unable to protect himself if something does happen unexpectedly?" Angel Dust shouted out as Vaggie looked at him frustrated.
"Vaggie... He's right... We should have told Lincoln sooner..." Charlie said with a sigh as Vaggie sighed as well as they slowly went down to the couch and sat down next to Lincoln. "The story I told you before you went to sleep on your first night here? I didn't share the ending... Basically Heaven started to fear as Hell had an overpopulation of sinners... So... They made a heartless decision... Every year on a date they send angels known as Exorcists to kill whatever sinners they can in the designated time. Don't worry as they are not to target the Hellborn or the royalty... So we will be safe in here..." Charlie said slowly and then put on an assured smile as she put an arm around Lincoln's shocked and shaken form.
"They... Really do that?" Lincoln asked surprised that angels from Heaven would do that.
"Yeah and they don't come back when they do... I have bad experiences with Exterminations..." Vaggie said as Charlie pulled her in as well.
"This is why I was inspired to try the Hotel and rehabilitation... See there's a different alternative to the Ring's overpopulation... Plus I have seen the hidden goodness in sinners that they don't even see themselves..." Charlie said with a happy sigh.
Charlie overlooking the streets of the Pentagram following an Extermination in shocked concern as there was a sinner looking through corpses to loot them. The sinner spots an injured barely alive sinner and then sighs as he then helps him up as Charlie notices with a smile.
Charley was on a trip to Imp City and spots what she recognises as a visiting overlord going past a homeless imp; he walks past but then turns and looks around before giving the imp his coat and then tosses his wallet.
Charlie looks down from the balcony to the streets as the bell rings to begin the Extermination. Sinners run for cover as one was terrified and a door opened and an exasperated sinner shouts out "Get fucking in!" The sinner then runs in.
"Wow..." Lincoln said taking in that maybe there was hope for people that have been damned to Hell after all as Charlie jumped excited.
"That reminds me... I got 666 News to have me as a guest after the Extermination ends... To publicly announce the Happy Hotel and get all the sinners to come here!" Charlie then answered with a wide grin as Vaggie smiled.
"That's great... I can help you practice what to say and get the message across..." Vaggie said as Angel Dust turned to Lincoln.
"Don't worry too much about Extermination Day... Stay inside for the day and don't walk out onto the streets afterwards as trust me... It's a fucking free for all..." Angel Dust assured him as Lincoln then gave a nervous thumbs up.
Lincoln looked tense when the day came and Charlie and Vaggie were closing the blinds on the windows and Vaggie put Lincoln on the couch with the TV on a cartoons channel. "Don't worry Lincoln... Put your mind off it..." Vaggie said assuredly as the front door opened and then there was a bomb being thrown that went off red mist.
"AHHH! We're under attack! Angels!" Lincoln yelled hiding underneath the pillows as there was a smirking rocker type sinner as Angel Dust came up to him.
"So Anthony... This is the safe place that ya got with the Princess?" asked the sinner as she then spotted Lincoln and came up to him dragging him out of the couch. "So you're the half human Prince that fucking made a mess out of Valentino... Saved Anthony's soul and freed the rest of the souls that the bastard had? Have to admit; not what ya expect... But wanted to see ya; since you helped him and because it seems that the bitch has a sot spot for you." she said as Angel Dust came up to her and embraced her.
"Cherri doll! Love seeing you in person again and you haven't been sharing that around the streets huh?" Angel Dust asked sounding serious for a moment as Cherri then grinned.
"Don't worry about it... Ya know there's a power vacuum in the porn industry if you want to take over from your old boss?" Cherri asked as Charlie came out looking at the hole in the ground and quickly fixed it with magic. "The princess and her girlfriend... I'm Cherri Bomb; Anthony here and I go way back. He said that I could crash at your place during the Extermination." Cherri greeted as Vaggie made herself known and crossed her arms.
"Really? That's news to me..." Vaggie said with a look to Angel Dust.
"I was meant to bring it up but she's my friend and isn't this what I'm here for... Being a better person?" Angel Dust asked as Vaggie eyed Cherri.
"The turf boss with an explosions fetish here in the hotel..." Vaggie asked as Charlie went up to her and Lincoln.
"At least give her a chance..." Charlie said as Lincoln smiled.
"I am sure that she will behave yourself." Lincoln said as Cherri showed her hands and then got out a sack of bombs that she put away.
"Fine... Don't make me regret this..." Vaggie conceded with a sigh as Cherry jumped on the couch dragging Lincoln with her causing him to scream.
"I will show ya the cool shows that are on during the Extermination..." Cherri said as she surfed the channels.
"Hold on... You're name is Anthony?" Lincoln asked surprised looking to Angel Dust who gave him a look.
"Don't go spreading it around..." Angel Dust then replied.
He didn't deserve this; he shouldn't be in this place... The people he killed... They weren't important... They deserved what he got and he lived as a normal guy regardless. The bell he was warned meant dead and he couldn't get inside in time before the bell rang and then they came down...
The Exorcists...
Sinners who were religious zealots foolishly thought that they were there to fix the mistake and take them to Heaven but got pierced through it; OJ soon followed and the sinner was corner by one. The sinner thought that he could at least stall his death by trying to fight back and took a photo from the Exorcist.
He looked and saw it looked like a human photo of the new prince of Hell; "Why do you have this?" he asked as the Exorcist pinned him down to the ground with a spear.
"Need to know sinner scum..." retorted the Exorcist who pointed a spear at his neck with him looking nervous.
"If you're looking for him... I know where he is..." the sinner managed to say despite being in terrified panic as the Exorcist scoffed.
"How would you?" the Exorcist asked as the sinner gulped.
"Everyone knows who the kid is... Lucifer's brat has him in her place..." the sinner said as this gave the Exorcist pause.