(On a side note, someone needs to clear up the misunderstanding that the race that the Four Horsemen came from were Nephilim because Nephilim were the name of the hybrid that was born form a union between a human and an angel. The species' true name was Nephalem, as was shown in Diablo which described them as the hybrids of Angel and Demons.

If someone who reads this has a TV Trope account do us all a solid and change it because Nephilim are Angel/Human hybrids and Nephalem are the Angel/Demon hybrids. Don't know why the people who created the Darksiders game named the Angelic/Demonic hybrids Nephilim in the first place. Also, if anyone is wondering what to call the child born between the union of a human and demon, it's called Cambions.)

Hazbin Hotel: Hellish Misfits

Chapter 18: CHERUBs

Few Days Later

The Hazbin Hotel

It was another day at the hotel, though Charlie anxiously awaited for news on the couch, looking at her phone. She had been waiting for her father to call back on a meeting with Heaven, but so far nothing. Though everyone was free to go to and about their daily lives, while trying to make progress. Though at the moment, Clint was being pushed towards the door, very slowly... by James. To which Charlie blinked in surprise at this, as she got up, and looked to them, asking, "Where are you guys going today?"

"I'm trying to get Clint back with IMP," James explained. "It's been a while, and we could use spending money. Since um..." James looked away, as he shrugged, "It's almost Christmas."

Many of the sinners gave a chorus of groans at the mention of the holiday.

James blinked, but then looked in annoyed realization, as he sighed, "Oh. This is Hell. You guys hate that day, right?"

Charlie looked over and said, "It's not that. It's just… you know how Halloween's the time where spirits can go to mingle with mortals on earth? You can say it's heaven's turn for that and if they see any, well... think of it as what Duck and Rabbit cartoon you showed us 3 days ago."

"Daffy and Bugs Bunny," James guessed answered at.

"Yeah that one." Charlie answered, looking down sadly, "All because of how of the Conversion incident 600 years ago from Julian to Gregorian calendars when Demons were spotted by Angels on Earth. It almost led to a war before they were able to make a deal. Halloween for us, Christmas for them."

" And to quote a famous line, Bah Fucking Humbug," Husk said while taking another sip of his bottle.

Lydia popped up behind her, nearly startling her, as she asked, "So Hell can't celebrate Christmas down here? That blows!" She frowned, and puffed up her cheeks, "And I just convinced Summer to go shopping with me.. not in the Sex District."

"More like we're not allowed to go up topside during the holly-jolly season." Angel Dust said, pointing up at the sky were Earth was seen in Hell.

" I still think we should celebrate it," Lydia said with proudness. She actually got snickers from that.

"Well, hopefully, Blitz won't have any jobs today, and we'll come back to celebrate," James assured them. But then arched an eyebrow, "Wow. It's December, and already, it feels natural in the afterlife." He then grabbed Clint's arm and said, pulling, "So come on. it's not like he's gonna kill ya for getting to work."

"Yea...I'm not sure it's such a good idea," Clint gulped. "I mean, I know I'm the fighter. But still... he's a dad himself, albeit on paper. But he's Loona's dad."

"Don't worry about it." James said still pulling.

"I just don't..."

James looked to him, and asked, "You wanna see Loona again. Don't you?"

"Well, yeah," Clint shrugged.

"Then let's go." James said, pulling out his scythe and then used it to cut space to the IMP building.

Clint gulped, as he and James walked through the portal...

Moments Ago

IMP

Loona was doing her darndest to be her usual picky punk self, snarking as she sighed. But her face softened a bit, looking lonely... as she took a gander at her phone. And pics... of her and Clint together. Oddly enough, she was smiling in them, and was cuddling with him. Luckily, Blitz wasn't noticing them, but all the time, he had been like a hawk. Even at their apartment. She couldn't sneak out and every time she tried to text Clint, Blitz always popped up to try and even spy on them. It was getting damn difficult to even get privacy. Loona softened a bit, as she sighed; it may have started with the sex, but beyond that... she felt a genuine attraction to him. And now...

"Whatcha looking at?" Millie said when she sneaked a peak over Loona's shoulder.

Loona quickly put the photos back, as she lied, "A Sinstagram account. It had some choice pics."

Millie teasingly smirked at her.

"You were thinking about that panther boy weren't ya?" Millie said.

"He's not a panther, he's a White Tiger," Loona shot at her annoyed enough to get her tail flared up. But she blushed and went wide eye at this, and looked away, "Oh shit."

" So, you do have a boyfriend~~!" Millie said aloud.

Loona quickly grabbed Millie's mouth, and both ducked under the desk, as she whispered, "Keep yer trap shut, Old lady. The last thing I want is Blitz getting trigger happy."

" Awww, that so cute of you being protective of him." Millie said with a heartwarming smile.

"Not him, you," Loona whispered. "Ever since Blitz found out Clint and I have been going at it like dogs in heat, he's been on the straight warpath. He even threatened Moxxie with shoving a gun up his ass to blow out his prostate."

Millie gasped, "Oh mah stars! Really?"

"Not literally. You know how Blitz is with empty threats," Loona shrugged, but slumped, "But he's in a mood. Been in one since the end of the Harvest Moon Festival."

"Well... Ya can't blame yer pa about that. Ah mean. Did Ah tell ya about how my Pa was about Moxxie?"

"Yeah, definitely saw that," Loona nodded, but then shrugged, "But I was too distracted with Mox getting thrown around, beat up, and mauled by that shark."

Millie gives Loona an angry face for making fun of her husband, "De Point was... bitch. That Daddies are always gonna be protective of their lil girls." Millie said sitting down, "So don't be too hard on 'im for just being a pa."

Loona sighed, as she grumbled, "Where's a good distraction when you need it?"

A literal tear appeared and soon came out not just James but also the feline she had been missing for months. Loona's tail started wagging in joy just for seeing him.

James saw this and said, "Morning, ladies."

"Morning, Jimmy," Millie said with a smile.

"Guess who I managed to bring in..." James smirked, and pulled Clint right in, as he blushed. Though he blushed seeing Loona again. Loona's tail wagged faster than ever and Millie teasingly smirked at it. James caught on and smirked back as he said, "So... while I check in with the boss, why don't you two catch up."

James heard a trill sound and looked at Clint being the source of it as he smiled at Loona.

"Hey, we'll go check on Blitz and Moxxie, see if there's any jobs today," James looked to Millie, "Right?"

"Right" Millie nodded in agreement.

The two walked off, as the Snow Tiger Sinner and the Silver Hellhound were left alone. Despite the size difference, the two looked to each other, blushing. It wasn't the more aggressive lovemaking scenario, as they seemed a bit shy on this matter. But it seemed their absence may have distilled this feeling to them both. Loona's tail was still wagging, though she looked nervous, while Clint was scratching the back of his head, averting his gaze from her just a smidge, still looking at her. The two were silent for a moment, until Clint managed to find his voice again.

"So..." Clint slowly started, and looked to her, asking, "I don't smell any cigarette smoke from you. Cutting down on smoking a bit?"

Loona began to play with her hair, "Yeah, well... I thought it'd be better with something to do than that shit."

"Yeah," Clint replied. He then said, "Couple days ago, Charlie's dad visited the hotel. Says he's planning to get a meeting with Heaven with her, other than Adam."

"Oh shit!" Loona swore, "You actually saw the Big Alpha Lucifer himself?"

" Yeah, and he is tinier and less cooler than the Lucifer from a TV version I watched when I was alive," Clint said.

"They made him cool top side?" Loona asked, arching and eyebrow and smirking.

"Yeah. I was um..." Clint sighed, as he crossed his arms, "Maybe I'm hoping to show you that series later on."

" I'd um... I'd like that," Loona said with a small blush.

Clint then said, "I've been working on my powers while I was... 'asked to leave' after the festival thing. Wanna see?"

"Sure" Loona said while looking curiously.

Clint walked over to her, as he held his left hand out, palm facing up, and brought his right hand to shield it. Behind the hand, it glowed bright blue, as he slowly brought his hand up. And in his palm, was an ice sculpture of Loona, leaning on a rock, her leg brought up, and wearing only a silk robe, with her tail wrapped around her right thigh, and her hair combed to her left. Her eyes closed, as her right hand cupped her cheek. The inside of the mini statue glowed bright blue, some of the magic still residing in it, as Clint said, "The insides' constantly glowing, meaning it'll stay frosty and not melt for a while."

Clint was shocked of how beautiful he made Loona.

Loona stared blushing at that.

"um..."Clint said.

BANG

The two jumped at that, and Clint almost lost the statue, as he fumbled a bit, almost about to let it fall. But Loona raced up, and both caught it together. But both blushed further, as her hands were atop of his, as the looked at each other with the statue in the middle. Though the starry eyed moment was wasted, as Blitz shouted, "Nice one! Get me another one, Moxx!"

Loona growled, "I'm gonna kill him..."

"Get in line..." Clint said growling.

Meeting Room

Blitz was sitting down in his chair, his flintlock gun smoking at the barrel, and having destroyed a TV. It was something of a thing for him; shooting at rotten commercials he didn't like. Possibly as a means to pass the time. And he did it constantly and didn't fear of going to a store to get another TV. He had bought cheap box TVs that were the size of a lunchbox. Moxxie was currently putting up another TV as James and Millie settled in.

"So um, Blitz," James asked. "Any work today?"

"Nope," Blitz answered.

Moxxie nervously swept away the flaming debris and put another old-fashioned TV onto the stand. He turned it on with a scared look on his face. The 666 News logo appeared. Blitz poured gunpowder into his flintlock, "Eh, nah. Not feelin' it. Next!"

Moxxie switched the channel. A demonically dressed Betty Boop appeared in black and white, dancing erotically with prominent, bouncing breasts, holding a pitchfork. Moxxie flinched in anticipation. Blitz and Millie look bored, while James looked confused, "Uh-huh. Keep going, keep goin', keep goin'..."

Moxxie switched the channel again. This time displaying an Imp. He was a carny-like imp with muted crimson skin, curled black and white horns, a triangle-tipped tail, white hair, and black eyes with yellow sclera. He also had a long curly mustache. He wore a white regency shirt, sleeve garters, gray vest, black Kentucky colonel tie, white pants with gray stripes, and black boots, and a top hat with a pale lavender gray stripe. This was Wally Wackford, a scheming Imp, looking to exploi- employ others in his business.

"I say, I say, are you lookin' to get work making crazy contraptions and goofy gadgets," he asked, as he whacked his cane on the wall at either side of him, producing the graphics for "CRAZY CONTRAPTIONS" and "GOOFY GADGETS" as he smiled, "WELL, call me at Wacky Wally Wackford's Wacky Idea Factory," The Wacky Wally Wackford's Wacky Idea "Factory" title appeared against a similar circular background of classic old cartoons. The panel with the title then fell over forwards, landing with a crash, "Where you make the things and I make the money!" Wally moved closer in to the screen, and had a pleading look, "Please! I'm very desperate!"

Blitz smirked, "Bingo!" And shot the TV, making it explode, with the debris scattering.

James though sighed, as he looked to Blitz, "So this is what you're doing today?"

"Well yeah, especially since business has been slower than Wacky's shitty business."

James sighed, "Now what am I gonna do for gift money?"

" Gift money?" The imps said. They all looked at James their eyes demanding answers.

James then sighed and answered, "I'm trying to get some gifts for the Hotel inhabitance, since it's December," He then clarified, "Close to Christmas, on Earth."

"Pfft, Bah Humbug." The imps said.

"Yeah, I figured that would be the same reaction," James replied, as he crossed his arms.

"You must understand, We're demons. We do not celebrate a holiday that our Angelic enemies see as good as Sinsmas for us." Moxxie informed the boy. Though Moxxie wondered aloud, as he asked, "Say, is Clint still not coming in?"

James pointed to Blitz, "Why don't you look at him, and ask yourself why he's not back?"

Blitz growled like a dog from hearing Clint's name.

James sighed, as he asked, "Still angry that Loona was seeing him behind your back?"

"YOU FUCKING DAMN RIGHT I'M PISSED! THAT SINNER CAT THINK'S HE CAN COME IN HERE AND START FILLING MY SWEET MURDER-PRINCESS WITH 'THINGS'!" Blitzo shouted before pressing a button and a cutout, badly drawn, of Clint came out of the wall and he shot it, in a place that no Man should even want damaged... and made both James and Moxxie wince, covering themselves seeing this.

"So... you are still mad," Millie asked, making certain Blitz wasn't going a tad overboard.

Blitz then fired a shotgun at the cutout again, making the legs drop after he completely blasted the pelvic area, showing his answer to Millie.

James gulped, as he asked, "Um.. are you really that dead set on making sure Loona doesn't have any relationships?"

"What the fuck do you know? She's my precious Sweetums," Blitzo asked, glaring at him.

"She's also my and Clint's age... in Hell Years," James answered, though looked up, "Still trying to figure that one out." But shook his head, as he said, "She's in her twenties, so what's the big deal? Pretty sure you had relationships earlier than that."

"Ugh," Moxxie shivered, "TMI, Dante."

"Yeah I'm with Moxxie on that one." Blitz agreed before saying in a 'cutesy voice', poking at his employee's crotch area, "Especially since his baby dick didn't grow till he married Millie."

Moxxie smacked Blitz's hand away from his crotch.

"All I'm saying is... maybe you shouldn't try to get in the way of something that's beyond your control," James suggested, and then looked at the gun, "Or a gun's for that matter."

Blitz looked at the gun and then at James.

Though Moxxie then asked, "Clint's here, isn't he?"

James sighed, as he slouched, "Yeah."

Blitz growled louder and cocked the shotgun.

James paled at what would happen... but suddenly, the office shook. Like the upcoming shock of an earthquake.

Blitz blinked, as he asked, "What is that? Please don't tell me that's a Hellquake."

"That's possible?" Moxxie guessed.

"Well Charlie did make the Hotel Shake before her dad came," James answered while that made everyone in the office froze up.

Millie held Moxxie, as she said, "Okay, Moxxie, don't panic!"

Unfazed, Moxxie said, "I'm not panicking."

Suddenly, Clint burst into the room, as he shouted, "It's either a Hellquake, or someone's trying to blow up...!" But then paled as he saw Blitz, and mumbled, "Oh shit."

"YOU!" Blitz aims the shotgun at Clint. He then aimed it below Clint's crotch area.

However, before Blitz could make the shot, the building shook again. And suddenly, Moxxie was then knocked down by what appeared to be a wrecking ball made of black and red tubes. Part of the wall crumbled on top of Moxxie, crushing him. As the dust cleared, the wrecking ball untangled into multiple robotic tentacles and a supervillain-esque sinner demon used two of them to hoist himself into the room through the hole, covering himself with his cape.

The Sinner Demon was a fairly tall demon that primarily had a red color scheme, with a lighter red face, along with darker red horns and nose, which was prominently long, and a black handlebar mustache. He wore a black top hat with a neon green band on his head and a pair of acid green goggles with dark green swirls in the lenses and a black strap on his face. His outfit consisted of a black jumpsuit with a bright green neck piece, along with a bright green curve shape on his chest and stomach that reached the groin, resembling that of a question mark. He also wore red gloves on his hands, bright green boots, and a blood red cape.

"Do not be afraid," the man grinned, and extended his robotic tentacles.

Everyone was on high alert; Millie took out her black axe, Dante took out his scythe, Loona was on all fours, while Clint formed a dual pair of large ice clubs. But Blitz was more annoyed, as he groaned, pointing at the hole in the wall, "Please tell me you got that insurance thing."

Millie snarled at this, as he demanded, "Who are you, and what do you want?!"

"I am Loopty Goopty~," he spoke in a singsong voice, and extended a tentacle into a loop-de-loop, and slid along it to the other side of the room. "Dastardly inventor of all things loopy and loopiiiiiish!"

James calmed a bit as he arched an eyebrow, "Yeah, we can see that."

Loona came in and said, "Ya could've- Blitz!" Her eccentric adopted father had gotten between her and Clint glaring death threats at him. Groaning Loona and continued, "Ya could've used the door dude... it doesn't have to be a thing..."

She then glared down at the Imp and muttered, "Like what's happening now..."

Loopty shot up in front of Loona, as he smiled, "I am eccentric..." and started doing a wavy dance in front of everyone, "... and must therefore do eccentric SHIT!"

Blitz sniffed him and flinched, "Ugh! This old fuck reeks of the living world." He looked to Loopty and asked, "Did you just die?"

"YEEEEES! Moments ago," Loopty answered, as he spread his arms and legs out, looking like an Egyptian portrait, "In fact! Which is what brought me HEEEERE!"

"I'm both amazed and disgusted by how you can tell…" James commented to Blitz.

"Definitely Loopy alright," Clint whispered to Loona, to whom smirked.

Though James blinked, "Wait. Loopty Goopty? As in Lypton Loopty Robotics?"

Loopty turned 180 degrees to him... via his waist, as he said, "Is there another?"

"Well, still... the door was an option," Clint shrugged.

Loopty got into Clint and Loona's faces, as he said, "Shut up, Furry Boy!" Loona growled at him, as Loopty, whipped out a picture of an old bald man in bed, as he spoke in his singsong voice, "This is the man I'm gonna need you to kiiiill!"

They all looked and this really confused James and Clint, and the Imp-like guy asked, "But... if you're still in your forties, how'd you wound up here? I mean no offense."

Moxxie's arm appeared from the rubble, as he struggled under the weight of the debris, speaking painfully, "Guys, help!"

"Weellll, that has to do with the man you have to kill," Loopty said while twisted as a pretzel, while picking his nose. But then he twisted himself back to normal, and stood up, looking saddened, as he dramatically said, "He was... MY BUSINESS PARTNER!"

Moxxie's arm inched back and he squealed in pain, "LOSING... OXY-!"

James arched an eyebrow, as he said, "Still confused."

"You see... I was not always an old man," Loopty began.

Earlier that Day

Living World

"My partner Lyle Lypton and I ran Lyle-Loopty Robotics, a technological empire!"

Loopty posed with his partner, with capes and spiral glasses on top of a tall building labeled "Lyle-Loopty Robotics". The building was surrounded by factories and columns spewing smoke. Both men were young and looking like Batman and Robin in some ways, while a thunder storm cloud roared with lightning in the background.

"Earlier today, we were testing a new machine intended to stop, or reverse, the aging process!"

Loopty was putting wires together and Lyle tightened a bolt with a wrench. The two stood by a large white machine labeled "De-age-ifier." Loopty slapped Lyle on the ass.

"It could've saved all three trillionaires!"

Lyle and Loopty puts their goggles on and the two stepped into the machine, and close the metal door. A lever next to the door labeled "YOUNG" and "OLD" is set to "OLD" at the bottom.

"Unfortunately, we neglected to test the machine on the poor, like we usually do. We were too sure of our own genius! But the machine was accidentally set FORWARD!"

The lever was set to 'Old' as the machine rolled to life.

"By the time we managed to get out... it was too late! At least... for me!"

The two men struggled to open the door, pounding on it. Both of them shriveled up rapidly and aged. Loopty stared in horror at his shriveling hands. Lyle grew old and fat and slid to the floor. Loopty clutched at his chest as he suffered a heart attack, then fell dead to the ground, his leg twitching. A man opened the door, saw the two men, and motioned for doctors to come in. They put a stethoscope over Loopty's heart, and they shook their heads somberly. A woman put an oxygen mask over Lyle's nose and mouth. Loopty's body was zipped shut in a body bag, and taken away.

"Now, that evil son of a bitch is going to take over the empire WE BUILT TOGETHER! Without me to share it with."

A dramatic shot showed Lyle laughing evilly as piles of money rained down on him.

"He'll make all the goddamn money in the world and become the fourth trillionaire... and get ALL the credit!"

Back to Present Time

Everyone looked at him confused at this, even as James said, "Yeah, that doesn't sound evil at all."

"I'm in agreement with the Intern there," Blitz said, still in between Clint and Loona.

Loopty turned towards them, as he argued, "It's evil towards meeee!"

Back with Moxxie, still stuck under the rubble. He weakly reached his hand out for help, wheezing out, "Everything… is going… dark-" Though James walked over, and began to dig Moxxie out of the rubble.

Loopty then demanded, "Now, get your crimson asses up above and send that heartless, no-good son of a bitch to Hell, where he belongs!"

Clint raised his pointer finger, "Question: Why did you two make the make that machine in the first place? Lypton's son was killed, but don't you have a daughter as well?"

"E whaaaaaaaaaaaaa," Loopty asked, looking confused.

"Umm..." Clint glanced at James before saying at the eccentric, "Didn't the news up there mention you have a daughter or something? I'm just confused why you and Lypton made that aging machine in the first place."

"Are you going to stand here, asking me questions or you going to do your jobs," Loopty shot out, avoiding the subject his heir all together.

Blitz pushed Clint out of the way, as he nervously said, "Well, you know, Goopty.."

"Loooopty," Loopty seethed out.

Blitz held his hands up defensively, "Of course! Of course... If we do kill him, though, and he ends up down here... y'know, you will be stuck with him. Forever."

"Oh, trust me..." Loopty smiled demonically, as he summoned an array of weapons from his back on a series of mechanical armatures: a pistol, a rifle, a missile launcher, and a circular saw blade. "I'm counting on it."

James managed to get Moxxie out of the dirt, as he held him up. Dazed, Moxxie gave a thumbs up and strained out, "That's kinda hot!" to which everyone glanced at Moxxie in confusion.

Later On

Living World/Earth

A tour bus was driving to an undisclosed location, with a ton of passengers. Five of which were familiar; Blitz, Moxxie, and Millie in makeshift disguises, while Clint and James were in their human forms. After the Halloween party, James thought it would be best if he learned how to conjure his own disguise. To say the least, it seemed his magic was able to keep it together, as Clint had learned his. Though why Blitz and the others didn't have their own was a weird mystery to them.

Though Clint was sulking a bit, leaning on the side, as he remembered what happened earlier on.

1 Hour Ago

"ABSOLUTELY, NO FUCKING, WAY ARE YOU GOING TO STAY ANYWHERE NEAR MY PRECIOUS LOONEY!" Blitz shouted foaming at the mouth in rage.

Both Clint and Loona asked, "What?"

"I'm not letting some chilly-prick-sinner stay here and continue to defile and lead on my daughter," Blitz growled grabbing Clint by the arm, "So you better be coming with us to keep your frozen mitts off her!"

"Blitz!" Loona argued, looking annoyed at his dumb overprotectiveness, "I'm 22, Okay? I think I can handle my own with him."

"NOT with him!" Blitz shot back pulling the resisting Ice-tiger with him to the group going up top.

"Blitz, leave it. You're being paranoid." James tried to reason with him.

Blitz actually snarled like an animal at James before snapping his teeth in the Imp-sinner's direction, a crazy look in his eyes.

"Ah shit," James jumped back, "I think he might've gone rabid!"

"It took him this long?" Moxxie asked surprised.

Clint sighed and looked at Loona. Loona was furious before she shouted at her dad, "FINE! DO WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT! I DON'T CARE ANYMORE!"

She then stormed out and slammed the door behind her. Clint looked hurt at this, and just lost all the fight in him.

Present

Clint looked way more down in the dumps because of that. Even James noticed as he looked to him, but also back at Blitz, as he asked, "Was that really necessary back at the office?"

Blitz ignored him and keep watching the tour guide.

Clint got a ring from his phone and looks at it.

It was a text from Loona and it said she needed the number of the hotel.

Clint arched an eyebrow, and texted, "YOU MEAN THE ADDRESS?"

"NO, I MEAN YOUR ROOM NUMBER." Was the response before she texted, "OF COURSE I MEAN THE ADDRESS!"

Clint texts her "LOONA, DO YOU WANT TO MOVE INTO THE HOTEL?"

But all he got was a smile, and a heart Emoji. Shrugging, he texted his room number. The tour bus stopped at a mansion, as Moxxie sarcastically responded, "Gee. I wonder who lives here?"

"Three guesses who," James retorted.

"And to your right is the home of famous inventor, Lyle Lypton!" the crowd 'ooh' and 'aah' and took photos with their cellphones. Blitz removed his sunglasses, wearing a rainbow wig.

"Let's do it, gang," Blitz smirked. All three Imps and two Sinners pull out their weapons: Blitz a flintlock pistol, Moxxie an assault rifle and Millie two sharp swords, and James his Scythe and Clint an Ice staff. The five jumped over a fence and landed in poses.

Millie smirked, "Let's kill this rich guy!"

The five raced over towards the windows, but James looked in worry, "Shouldn't we be concerned about being caught?"

"And here you'll find five tacky stalkers about to attempt a murder," the tour guide smiled. "Things like this could happen to famous people all the time!"

The people snapped pictures, not caring much of the crime about to happen. James was confused, wondering if people were just being stupid today.

The five moved in on the window, using stealth, and peeked through the window. The interior of the room showed Lyle Lypton, lying on his bed, an IV bag attached to him. A heart rate monitor sat on a shelf next to the IV bag. A TV screen and video player sat at the other side of his bed, connected to the bed itself. Lyle was holding a framed picture in his hands, looking at it sadly.

Moxxie blinked, as he was wincing at the scene before him, joined by the sock puppet cat on Blitzo's tail, "Wow. That machine really did a number on him."

Lyle kissed the picture, his hands trembling, "Goodbye... my one true love."

The man then ran a finger down the picture lovingly. The picture in the frame was shown to consist of a stock image of dollar bills with a "Free Stock Photos" watermark over it. Lyle then put the frame down and grabbed the tube from his IV bag and began tying it, "All the riches of the world can't fill the emptiness I'm feeling now that my shitty old body can't do anything of value."

Blitz smirked at this, "Oh, fantastic! He's gonna do our job for us!"

"Almost feel sad for him," Clint said. "Almost."

"I don't know whether we should go to help him or try and stop him..." James admitted as he saw the pictures on the wall having only money in them instead of other people.

Lyle finished making a noose out of the tube, pulling the knot taught.

Moxxie looked to everyone, as he asked, "Should we go in there and tie it for him?"

"Not sure, honestly," James admitted again.

Lyle was about to put the makeshift noose over his head as the five watched with drinks and popcorn. Well, mostly the imps having the snacks. The noose glowed white and a concussive force knocked the five back. Blitz's cat sock, which was part of his disguise, was blown away by the blast, making him sad. Lyle adjusted to the light and saw three individuals in the room with him, floating down gracefully in three rays of light.

The one on the right was a small anthropomorphic sheep with white freckles and dark periwinkle skin, as well as paler periwinkle short hair that was puffed upwards. His eyes were periwinkle with lighter upper eyelids. His outlines and eyebrows were colored in a shade of dark purple, and he also sported a white halo hovering above his head, and a pair of two-toned periwinkle feathered wings on his back. His legs were light periwinkle with white round markings, and dark periwinkle heart-shaped hooves. He wore a long-sleeved light blue turtleneck with a periwinkle-and-white-striped bowtie.

The one on the left was anthropomorphic sheep with light yellow skin, and slightly darker-colored ears and hair which was short-cut and puffed upwards. Her eyes had light reddish-pink irises with periwinkle-colored pupils, and upper eyelids colored in a shade of faded light pink. Her outlines and eyelashes were colored in a shade of dark purple. She sported a white halo hovering above her head, and a pair of pale yellow-and-white feathered wings on her back. She also has pale rosy-cheeks, and pink heart-shaped hooves. She wore a yellow dress with a pink hem and a large bow on the front, along with white frilly gloves and a pair of bloomers underneath her dress.

And the one in the middle was a white-skinned human baby with short, light coral puffed hair, a small light pink nose, and large periwinkle eyes with no irises or pupils. He also had pale rosy cheeks. His outlines, eyebrows, and eyelashes were colored in a shade of dark purple. He also sported a white halo hovering above his head, and a pair of periwinkle-and-white feathered wings on his back. He wore a pair of coral overalls over a light yellow shirt with a white peter-pan collar, and periwinkle flats.

Lyle jumped back, as he was visibly freaked out, "Oh lord, I'm being haunted by ugly orphan children now!"

" Well, he's a piece of shit," Clint said in an angry tone, being an orphan himself. Doesn't like how Lyle talked about the three angelic-baby beings before the ungrateful old man.

Ignoring him, Blitz asked, "Who the fuck are they?"

"They look like Angels," James said, looking confused, "But they're too small... and cute.. to be Exorcists."

Moxxie paled, "Oh no. They're-"

"We're Cherubs, Mr. Lyle!" The leader of the trio introduced.

But the man ignorantly said, "I hate filthy, stinking orphan children!"

"We're here to convince you not to kill yourself, sir." The periwinkle sheep spoke with a stutter "To grant you a blessing, on behalf of those in Heaven... benefited by your amazing... technological advances."

"Oh, HEEEELL no!" Blitzo angrily shot out, and rolled up his sleeves. Hoisting his flintlock pistol at the same time. He then marched in through the window, smashing it instantly, "Don't listen...! Misjudging where the floor was in relation to the window, Blitz face-planted onto the floor, multiple glass shards sticking out of him. Moxxie entered through a door to the side, Millie peeking in, along with James and Clint.

"Lyle Lypton, it is our-" Moxxie began, but glanced at the still downed Blitz, before looking back at Lypton, " …humble opinion that you should continue the process to commit die."

"I mean, what do you expect to do with all this money now you're old... and gross?" Millie asked coming in with the sinner boys behind her.

"Or we can finished it off for ya, whichever you prefer," Clint commented.

"Or if you'd like, we could just leave you be," James insisted.

The yellow Lamb cherub looked at the demons and asked, "Are those serious questions?"

"Yes, they are," Clint responded.

"Him and his partner literally experimented and killed poor people," James pointed out.

"That's Demonic Propaganda!" The red-haired Cherub denied.

Keenie, the yellow she-lamb, adjusted Lyle's bedsheets, revealing his wallet full of dollar bills. Cletus, the baby cherub, grabbed the wallet, as she explained, "He can help spread his wealth around with the people of the world!" And flew around, grabbing Lyle's wallet from Cletus and happily threw Lyle's dollar bills in the air, "And do so much good with it! And be so fulfilled!"

Lyle quickly said, "Nnnno!"

Collin then added, "He could pay for new hospitals and schools!"

"Why won't you let me die," Lyle groaned.

"Oh, sounds like ya need help offin' yourself there, buddy," Blitzo pointed out before turning to his employee, "Moxxie, what do we got for this fella?"

Moxxie reached into his coat and tossed a variety of weapons to Blitz and Lyle. They each caught an assault rifle, Blitz also catching a crossbow with his tail. Even James caught a katana and shotgun, while Clint caught a chainsaw, as Moxxie went in list detail, "I have some assault weapons, crossbow, hunting bow, Tommy gun, old-fashioned shotgun, revolvers in three colors, chainsaws, katanas-"

James blinked, as he looked to the little imp, and asked, "How did you manage to walk with all that?"

"He's classier than that!" Collin, the periwinkle Cheru, argued. Only to see Lyle point the assault rifle in his mouth. Luckily, Collin took it from him, "There are still plenty of reasons to live, Mr. Lyle!"

"Like what," Clint asked.

"Like Well..." Collin said nervously before he blinked and asked, "Wait... What sort of Demon are you?"

"Sinner Demons," Clint replied, and pointed to James, "He is too, but that's because he accidentally fell into Hell."

The three of them stared while the red-head, baby-looking Cherub had a look and laughed, same as the lass with him before he said, "That's a good one... 'accidently fell into Hell'. Everyone knows that Sinners don't just accidentally fall into damnation."

Collin however didn't laugh and asked, concerned, and reaching to James, "Really?"

Keenie stopped him by smacking his hand away, "Don't listen to them, Collin. They're sinners they'll say anything to lower our guard and stop us from doing the Lord's Work."

"Hey look, let's not fight. It's close to the holidays," James said, not wanting to cause any problems.

The two Cherubs huffed at being reminded of that while Collin looked to Lyle, and took away the pistol he got away.

"And what Clint said was true, look up my record. You'll know that I never sinned in my life," James said.

Collin thought about it as if he was about to do something with his arm, before Keenie slapped it away, again... Collin winced and said, "Sorry... I'm sure I can ask Mama to do that after we do our assignment here."

"'Mama'," the two sinners asked each other, confused. Shrugging, Clint then asked, "So how are we gonna settle this?"

"Smells like he ain't been out of bed in months," Millie commented, before she smelled Lyle. Immediately, she became visibly ill, covering her mouth, and holds Moxxie by the shoulder as she vomits on the floor. Moxxie pats her on the back.

Cletus flew over and assured, "Life can be beautiful at any age!"

"And we'll show him!" Keenie added.

The three Cherubs then cheered, "Yeah!"

While their hellish counterparts, the imps yelled, "NOOOOO!"

And Lyle Lypton grumbled, "Nnnno!"

Later On

Outside

The Cherubs were able to roll Lyle, while he was in his bed, to the great outdoors. Somehow they were able to without anyone stopping or spotting them.

"Look around, Lyle," Cletus smiled. "God's gift of nature is a wonder to behold, regardless of age!" And winked at him, "Or wealth!"

Collin nodded, as he added in, "If you were to end your life, you'd be missing aaaaaall of this!"

"Mm-hm," Blitzo appeared, as he was dressed up in a tiger costume, along with Millie and Moxxie dressed in cute cat costumes, to which James and Clint, were dressed as Park Rangers, "You're gonna buy that load of shit from a baby and the sheep it fucks," Blitz asked, to which he gave a suggestive gesture with his fingers, indicating sex.

Keenie gasped in shock, shouting, "That is so inappropriate!"

Millie in her white cat costume, flipped off Keenie with a double bird, "Oh, kiss our ass, Prude!"

Blitzo shoved Lyle aside in the face and sat next to him, "Aaaanyway, take it from me, a fellow genius. Nature is no picnic up close."

He grabbed a pair of binoculars out of nowhere, as he and Lyle saw the 'nature' up close.

Lyle looked through the binoculars and saw an adorable group of bunnies and squirrels together. Until... out of nowhere... the critters were suddenly torn apart and eaten by a pack of hungry wolves.

Lyle gasped, "Ohhhh, noooo!

Collin tried to tug his binoculars away, "S-Stop looking!"

Lyle still held onto the binoculars, "I CAN'T stop! I've never wanted to die more than I do now!"

A bear swiped a wolf to the ground. It raised a paw to attack but was then crushed by a falling tree, cut down by a beefy logger with a chainsaw. A beehive landed on the man's head and he screams, flailing his head to get the hive off while also throwing his chainsaw into the air. The chainsaw came back down, cutting both of the man's arms off and causing him to scream harder, before his body was skewered from behind by the antlers of a charging stag as lighting flashed dramatically.

Everyone froze in horror, Blitz faking it before grinning smugly.

Clint managed to snap out of it, as he said, "Animal Planet never showed this."

James walked over and whispered to Blitz, "Did you plan all this ahead?"

Blitz blinked as he shrugged, "Led the wolves in a while ago, but didn't plan on the lumberjack or deer showin' up."

"You're a despicable piece of shit, Blitz," James said with a blank face.

"I really am," Blitz said with a smile and starry eyes, poking at his cheeks to make himself look innocent and cute.

Cletus nervously assured Lyle, "Uhhh, let's go check out someplace else!"

Millie and Moxxie bumped fists, the paws of their cat costumes squeaking.

Moments Later

Shopping Mall

The shopping mall was littered with Christmas Decorations and spenders, going to and about their Christmas shopping. A mall Santa was stationed in the center with kids lining up to sit on his lap. Though oddly enough, among the shoppers was a hidden figure in a ragged overcoat and fedora, doing Christmas shopping. Though at that moment, Lyle was still in his bed, but was being pushed through the door hard enough to destroy both it and part of the wall surrounding it. While the Cherubs remained by his side, even as he groaned out, "Oh, Lord! Where are we now?! Let me perish!"

"We're here to show you another thing life is worth living for: childhood wonderment!" Keenie explained gesturing the crowds of kids cheering by one of the mall Santas.

"Why... look at those sweet, disease-ridden vermin." Lyle stated as he stared, starting to feel better, "Th- Their joy comes from innocence, unspoiled by the burdens of adulthood... and their middle-class existence! Such simple joy they have. It is inspiring. Makes me wish I had time with my own spawn for this..."

"Thank you for showing me this," The man said to the cherubs.

"Hey, dipshit!"

The kids over at the Sitting mall Santa turned to see Blitz and Millie dressed as elves, while a grumpy Moxxie wearing a Rudolph costume. James and Clint were dressed up as Mall Cops, as they stood by Santa with a kid in his lap.

"Wanna see whose lap you're sittin' on," Blitz smiled, as he grabbed Santa's beard, and ripped off the costume.

All were shocked, including James, to see 'Santa' was revealed to be an ugly, sweaty gnome wearing a "#Cuties" shirt and underwear, making a gnome noise. The kids screamed and run in terror. Lyle sobbed like a baby as Collin and Keenie covered his eyes. A concerned Cletus pushed the bed away.

A boy screamed for his life, "Santa's EVIL!"

James sighed, as he looked to Blitz, "Well, you ruined Christmas, Blitz. Happy now?"

"Not just yet," Blitz answered even as he followed the Cherubs.

"Hey James, help me with this," Clint pointed the kids.

James asked, "What do you want me to do?"

"Idk... salvage Christmas? Get rid of the pervert?" Clint said while he tried to calm down a kid by letting them play with his feline-like tail while still in human form.

James thought on it, and then in an instant, smirked, as he got himself an idea.

The kids kept on freaking out nonstop, until a jolly voice boomed out, "HO! HO! HO! Heya, kids!"

The kids and everyone looked to see James, dressed up as Santa, with a real white beard and wearing the red suit, as he didn't have the fat on, "Sorry for the stand-in. I was just workin' out." Patting his fat stomach, "Gotta watch the ol' waist line, ya know."

The kids then all went and cheered seeing the Santa as one kid, cautiously approached and asked, "Mister... are you really Santa?"

"Well, I ain't no gnome," Santa smirked.

The fake Santa, still on the chair, made another noise, "Schmebulok! Ooooh!"

Clint grabbed the fake Santa from behind and pulled him away before encasing him in ice with the words "PRESENT FOR THE POLICE" carved into it.

'Santa' then looked to Moxxie, as he pointed to him and Millie, "And believe it or not, those two are my helpers. Millie and Moxxie."

Moxxie and Millie shared a glance at each other, as Moxxie said, getting in the act, "Why Yes, sir.. Indeed."

He then Asked, "Now who wants to ask Santa what they want for Christmas?"

They children all cheered and were happy again.

Millie whispered to her husband, feeling something wrong about this, "Ya sure we should be doing this?"

"Millie dear, just because of how Blitz may want to make Mr. Lypton drown in misery, that doesn't mean we should allow these poor innocent children fall down the same path." Moxxie said, getting a flashback to how Martha and her family were thinking that he contributed to keep children from suffering like those two did under such evil parents. He then said, confidently, "We may be demons, but even we have standards."

Millie teared up, smiling at her husband's and their friend's selflessness and kindness, "Oh.. Okay."

The figured in the overcoat and fedora looked around, and bolted out of there.

Later On

A Forest Away…

In a secluded area in an unknown forest, Lyle, still in bed, was in the woods next to a crude wooden sign reading "LOVERS' LOOKOUT", a cartoon heart replacing the O in "LOVERS'". A small note underneath it, possibly written after the fact, reads "I guess…". Though Lyle looked around, cringing in disgust, as he groaned, "Egh! This place reeks of TEENAGERS!"

Cletus popped up, as he explained, "Lovers' Lookout, sir! We're here to remind you about possibly life's greatest joy of all!"

"Money," Lyle answered, holding up his creepy, trembling grabby hands. Money flashing in his mind.

Collin flew up, as he smiled, "No! Love."

Lyle thought on it, honestly, as he reminisced, "I've never been in love before. I imagine it's quite nice!"

Collin then encouraged, "It's not too late, sir! You can still find-"

"Ha!" They were interrupted as they saw Blitz there in disguise, laughing at that remark, "Nice try, ugly."

"Where are the others," Collin asked, nervous about being hurt.

"Meh, who cares," Blitz shrugged before he pulled out a megaphone, and shouted, "Hey, horny lovers! Which one of you would FUCK this old man?!"

All the cars sped away in an instant at the sight of the elderly man. Lyle deflated, dejected, "Hmph! This is why I went with the other option in having an heir. Albeit an ungrateful one."

Collin got into Blitz's face and glared, "You know, you Imps are so utterly c-c-cruel! We're just trying to give hope to someone in need!"

Moxxie and Millie showed up, dressed as horny lovers (both dressed up as girls), while James and Clint were in their regular attire and looks.

Moxxie walked up, shaking his hips in disapproval, getting in character, as he shot up, "Oh! And you three are, like, so superior to us just because WE want some selfish, greedy, authoritarian capitalist to keel over DEAD!" and threw his hands up in emphasis.

James added, looking at Moxxie strangely, "That was... oddly specific."

Even from afar, the same trench coat-looking weirdo was behind a tree, keeping an eye on them. But nobody noticed them.

"Forget that, where'd you three & a half been?!" Blitz demanded, obviously considering Clint the half due to reasons Blitz wants to kill him.

"Fixing the mess you caused at the mall," James said in a growling voice.

"Well excuse me for getting the job done." Blitz shot back, "Who cares about those little shits realized the truth?"

"We do," Clint said growling, eyes glowing an icy blue color.

"Okay, that's off, and secondly..." Blitzo brought up a bottle of Piss, as he adjusted the nozzle, "You're makin' things too real, Mox."

And sprayed him with it, making Moxxie hiss like a cat sprayed by water.

Later On

Opera House

The audience sat down, as they were watching a lone singer, dressed like a Valkyrie, with a piano solo performing. Lyle was amongst the crowd, wearing a bowtie, while the Cherubs were dressed nicely, while trying to once again convince him to live.

Even as Cletus spoke up, "Behold! The wonder of art and music! Somethin' always there to comfort… entertain… and live for!" But even it sounded like it was being strained, though told himself internally that the Imps and Sinners were the reason for this lack of progress.

Up above the stage, the three Imps and Two sinners, back in their normal garb, looked down from a catwalk near the ceiling. Blitz though was waging his butt and tail like a cat. But Millie brought up a good question, "So… how do we make this bad?"

Clint nodded, "Yeah, I'm with Millie on this. I don't see how this is going to work."

"We can't. There's literally nothing bad about opera. That's fact," Moxxie said, ever the Opera fan.

"He's not wrong there," James said in agreement.

"Unless we ruin it somehow," Blitz said shaking his but in Moxxie's face and grinned evilly at Clint, "And I know how we can."

With a mischievous grin, Blitz grabbed the spotlight and moved it away from the singer. The singer paused and followed the light, resuming her song. Blitz moved the spotlight again, and the singer again paused to follow it.

Lyle grumbled at this, "She's not very good."

James looked exhausted, as he said, "This is just juvenile."

Blitz chuckled softly and moved the light faster and faster around the stage as Lyle and the cherubs narrowed their eyes in suspicion. Blitz wiggled the spotlight around aggressively, then gasped as he accidentally broke it off entirely. The woman sang a final high note before the light crushed her on stage, smashing her to pieces and splattering blood all over the stage. The audience, Lyle, and the cherubs screamed in shock, while the pianist nervously tried to keep playing, his face drenched in sweat.

All five members of IMP went wide eye at this, but then returned to normal, as Blitz shrugged, "Well, at least we made it bad." While he got disapproved looks from the four.

Though their moment was ruined, as the Cherubs flew above them, with Cletus losing it, "THAT'S IT! I have had it! You three monsters and two sinners have messed with us enough!"

"Hey! Don't blame us for what that idiot does!" James exclaimed.

Before Keenie pulled out a crossbow, and shouted at him, "Shut it filthy sinner! It's your own fault for falling out the Lord's path in the first place!"

Those words from a formerly adorable looking angel hurt James very much.

"We're just trying to do our j-j-jobs," Collin added, glaring at the imps more than the two sinners.

"Well, so are we," Moxxie defended, and pointed at James, "And compared to most Sinners, he's a saint! He actually stuck behind the mall situation to repair it while you three fled the scene!"

Collin blinked, at that, as he asked, lowering his crossbow, "He did?"

"Yes," Moxxie said.

"Don't listen to their lies Collin!" Cletus ordered pulling out his own crossbow, looking crazy as he declared out, "They're demons! They'll say anything to make us lose our faith! We are saving that shitty old man's life, whether he wants it or not!"

His words made Collin question his leader a bit before refocusing on the imps.

"Well, someone wants that fucker dead, m'kay? And he paid in advance, and I spent it all on this…" Blitzo reached into his coat and pulls out a jewel-encrusted green horse figure wearing sunglasses and a "MARE-AJUANA" printed on it in all caps before he pocketed it and shouted, "…so he's gotta go!"

Keenie flew into Blitz's face, "You all are such disgusting, loathsome beasts! Your kind is nothing but dirt that shitty dead people tread on! And now, you're trying to meddle with the lives of HUMANS?!"

She then turned a disgusted look at the two Sinners, "And now you're training Sinners to do the same!? And drag more humans down to damnation!?"

"This coming from the assholes who work for the Giant Douche bag in history who sends angels down to exterminate us," James said after hearing enough, gesturing to himself and Clint.

James's words made the three Cherubs confused as Collin blinked, "The what?"

Cletus shook himself out of his confusion by what the sinner meant but shook his head, "Don't listen! They're lying again!"

James's face looked from anger, to confusion, as a thought struck his head. But he kept silent, as Millie got into Keenie's face, as she ranted, "So are you! Sproutin' out crap sayin' y'all wanna help, when the Baby Shit over 'ere says he's doin' it outta obligation!"

She pointed at James, and said, "But this guy stayed to help those kids out because he wanted to! So why don't you shut your trap, you judgmental," and puled Keenie by her necklace and snapped it back, "...cotton candy, tit-havin' BITCH?!"

A moment of silence washed through, until Keenie snapped as she shouted, tackling Millie "FILTHY DEMON CRAP!"

Cletus went to back her up by firing at the demons while ordering, "Collin! Back me up!"

"B-b-b-but Cletus-" Collin began.

But Cletus ordered, "DO it!"

Regretfully Collin follows his friend into battle, hoping to not hurt the sinners to find out what's going on.

Intense opera music played as the fight began. Keenie and Millie rolled over in a cat fight. Cletus and Collin shot golden Angelic Steel-tipped arrows at Blitz, James, Clint, and Moxxie who ran away, drawing their guns in the process. Though one stray arrow managed to hit in front of Clint, causing him to lose his footing, as he fell. Suddenly, out of nowhere, the same overcoat and fedora clad fellow grabbed a wire, and jumped down, swinging down, and caught him, as the coat and hat flew off to reveal who they were.

Clint blinked, as he saw the figure. She was a goth teenager with a slender build, pale skin with red irises, average height, meaning she was a few centimeter shorter than Clint. She had voluminous silver hair swept to the left side, while the right side was shaved, and wearing earrings and on black lipstick. She wore a black choker tattered grey, off-the-shoulder crop-top, held up at the neckline by a series of crisscross spaghetti-straps that form an inverted pentagram. She also wears a set of black shorts that are tattered at the hems, with a white crescent moon detail on the right side, black thigh high socks, and high-top sneakers.

Though Clint blinked, as he realized who it was, "Loona?!"

"No one shoots my man!" Loona said in rage.

Blitz heard and snapped, turning his head to Loona's direction so fast that his opponent could have sworn that he actually snapped his neck, roaring in anger, "OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE!"

"How'd you..." Clint asked.

"Get here? I got the book, dude," Loona answered, as she pointed to her backpack.

But Clint then said, "But you have a human disguise too?"

"Yeah, that was kind of a surprise for you later," Loona smirked, but then looked concerned, as she asked, "Why? Do you think it looks.."

"Loona, you look amazing," Clint smiled, making Loona blush at that, with a wide smile.

Meanwhile, Millie and Keenie rolled off the catwalk. Moxxie and James saw that, as he grabbed Moxxie, and threw him right at them. Moxxie though grabbed a cable, and swung at them both. He aimed his pistol at Keenie, who was still fighting with Millie as they fell. Millie and Keenie exchanged punched to the face, as Moxxie aimed up and fired at a rope which released a sandbag. The sandbag slammed into Keenie, separating her and Millie, and Moxxie swung over and caught Millie as Cletus and Collin chased them down, firing their crossbows. Millie grabbed Moxxie's face and they stared into each other's eyes with lustful grins. They make out as they swung above the stage, Millie pulling two machine guns out of Moxxie's coat and firing as they spun rapidly. Blitz and James climbed onto a catwalk and spotted Millie's bra and Moxxie's bow tie fly passed them.

"Is now really the time," James as guessing what the two were doing.

Loona and Clint looked at one another, and smiled, thinking 'why should those two make out'. And did the same, as they landed on a catwalk together, with Loona pushing him into a beam. James groaned as he saw that, "Oh, now they're just competing with those two." Even as Blitz went wide eye.

He then aimed his gun at Clint, "Get away from my baby, you cradle-fucker!"

Though James pulled him away, as he said, "Hey, dumbass. You really wanna have Loona Happy?" He then pointed to the two, as they stopped sucking each other's face, and just smiled at one another, blushing. "Just say, 'Good for my girl. Hope she stays this happy and he keeps her happy'. Is that really too much?"

"YES IT FUCKING IS!" He shouted back, as they were unaware of Cletus trying to hit them with his crossbow.

However, he managed to hit the catwalk, causing it to snap as they both fell. But James grabbed onto Blitz, as he shot his wings out, flying upward, as Blitz went wide eye, and shouted, "Fuck it! You have wings?! When? How?"

"On my date with Charlie," James answered, "Now we've got an advantage."

Blitz smirked at that, as he cocked his gun, "Dame right! HELL FROM ABOVE, BITCHES!" And fired away, as James chased after the Cherubs.

As they flew, Collin called out, "That S-Sinner has w-w-wwings?!"

"That sinner HAS wings!" Cletus affirmed as he shouted.

"How's that even possible," Collin asked, as he explained, "The only other beings, aside from Angels and Lucifer... are the Nephalem. And they've been extinct for 10,000 years." But then shrugged, "... except for the Horsemen."

"Collin! Don't mention the Four! It's forbidden to talk about those bringers of destruction!" Keenie shouted fearfully, looking around. As if expecting the four to appear.

The bullets hit and killed various audience members in the first two rows, but they all missed Lyle, who looked in awe at all this, "It's all starting to make sense. Life is precious because we only get the one. We must cherish it." The reflection of both sides showed in his glasses, as he said, "If beings beyond this living realm are fighting over my soul. Then my life must be worth something. Killing myself isn't the answer." And then lit up as he realized it, "Plus: I'm still rich." He pulled out wads of bills in his hands, as he said, "I can just buy all the things." He then announced to all, "I NO LONGER CRAVE DEATH!"

The audience all applauded and cheered on, as they ignored the hail of bullets that narrowly missed others.

James and Blitz landed on the crosswalk near Loona and Clint, as James's wings folded back in, and he smirked, "Chasing after your boyfriend, Loona?"

"Yeah thought I'd surprise him before this shit hit the fan," Loona said

However, their tender moment was over, as Cletus aimed his crossbow at them, while Blitz drew out his flintlock. However, an empty click showed he had run out of bullets. But Clint made a frozen ice ball in his hand, and threw it right at Cletus, smacking him hard in the head. "Oof! You fucker!"

Momentarily blinded, Cletus recklessly fired an arrow, severing the rope holding up the scaffolding the four were standing on, and that Moxxie and Millie were swinging from. The three Imps, hellhound, and two sinners all fell with the metal scaffolding as it smashed onto the floor of the stage, narrowly missing the pianist and cartoonishly bending a board so it held up the piano at an angle.

The pianist was startled and stopped playing, then straightened his bow tie, dropped his stool down onto the stage, and used it to drop down from the bent floorboard. The board then sent the piano flying through the air, breaking in the process. Blitz, Moxxie, Millie, Loona, Clint, James, Cletus, Collin, and Keenie followed the piano with their eyes as it fell. Lyle turned to see the piano flying straight towards him, screaming like a girl and scrambling out of his bed into a seat. Unfortunately for him, the piano suddenly shifted to his new location and crushed both him and a few corpses haphazardly shot and killed by Moxxie and Millie.

Moxxie grinned, as he sat, tied up to Millie. Blitz and the others, and the couple grinned smugly, "Well, well. Would'ya looook at that? You... did our job... for us. Heh!" Millie smirked and gave the cherubs two middle fingers.

James sighed, "And just when he no longer craved death either. Oh well, karma, I guess."

All three angels had expressions that show how devastated they were by this.

Even Collin was freaking out, as he held his head, with Cletus looking at it in dumbfound defeat, "Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my god..."

Keenie glared and slapped him silly, "Get a hold of yourself, Collin! And do not use the Lord's name in vain!"

"Hey, leave him alone! You two have been jerks to him all day and he's trying to be the smart one," James said to them, defending Collin.

Collin stared in surprise that a sinner was standing up for him. But Cletus shouted, "THIS! ISN'T! OVER!"

Then created the portal to Heaven as he and his two friends flew into it. Only... they found themselves pushed out.

Immediately several shapes came out of it, more Cherubs like the three.

"What the?!" Cletus looked frantic on this. "DEERIE?!"

The deer-Cherub, Deerie, conjured up reading glasses and a clipboard, "Mmm, yeah, no, sorry, Cletus, but I'm afraid your actions resulted in the death of a human. I'm afraid you can't re-enter Heaven. Yeaaaah, noooo..."

"WHAT!?" The three exclaimed, praying it not to be true.

Deerie condescendingly answered, "Yeaaaah, mmmmm, sorry! Yeaaaah, no…"

"But that's not right, we were trying to help a human, like how Mama would've wanted. Get Mama! she'll understand we did this for her," Collin tried to explain.

But Deerie lost their cheeriness and said, in a disappointed tone, their eyes shaded, "Yeah, noo… Mama is very disappointed in you three... especially how you three didn't wait till our investigations into Lyle Lypton were finished. Especially how she denied the request after discovering how rotten to the core that man is."

The three of them were fearful hearing that this 'Mama' was upset.

Suddenly a sound of someone slowly clapping was heard as everyone turned to see a mysterious woman with long black hair with a distinctive white streak of hair covering left side of her face. She slowly turned and walked past James and the other as she did. She glanced at James with a look of intrigued.

"It seems you failed your test, Cletus," said the mysterious woman as she came face to face with the now trembling Cletus.

Cletus's eyes widened in fear as he saw her and said, "L-Lu-Lucinda..."

"Lucinda," repeated everyone at once, confused, except for the Cherubs.

"Lucinda… The Diviner of Punishment," Keenie said, shaking in her wool and dress in fear. The sentiment was shared by Cletus and Collin.

Lucinda then held up a hand, as a bolt of lightning struck her, blinding everyone. James could briefly see the lightning took the form of a white, ornate, porcelain mask which she placed over her face.

After their eyes adjusted, they saw her human form is gone replaced with a form of a tall slender woman in majestic golden armor that covered some of her torso with a window revealing her cleavage. The sides of her hips with an open skirt design and the 'skirt' of her battle armor were burnt darkened and shredded. She also wore knee high, high-heeled, greaves on her feet. On her back there were two large shining azure colored wings. The white mask over her face now had golden frame that covered more of her face. Her long hair now in a style that looked as though they were white flames with black streaks in the white mane. Over her head, floated a metallic halo that appeared cracked or broken. In a hand was a longsword with a curved archway from the tip.

The other Cherubs bowed their heads to her as Deerie reported, still serious, "It's as we said, Ma'am. They went ahead before Mama finished her investigations into Lyle Lypton and found him truly evil. And then caused the death of him which was against the law of the Creator."

"M-m-Ma-ma'am..." Collin said terrified now, cautiously approached Lucinda, "There has to be some sort of mistake... Cletus and Keenie said that Mama approved of the request to save Mr. Lypton's soul."

Keenie and Cletus became white as sheets at Collin saying those words to her. Something that mostly everyone noticed

James leaned over to Blitz, and asked, "Who is m-…!"

"Have no clue, intern," Blitz answered.

Lucinda didn't say anything. She simply raised her hand to silence Collin before anything else could be said.

"It's alright. Calm down," Lucinda said to the sheep-Cherub, in a gentle and strangely motherly voice. "Accident happens." She then turned to look in the direction of Blitz and the others, before looking at James. "You must be the famous James I have heard so much about," Lucinda spoke with a hint of intrigue in her voice. "I hear you and the daughter of Lucifer are running a hotel to redeem sinners."

"WHAT!?" the Cherubs in trouble exclaimed, Cletus and Keenie looked outraged while Collin was surprised. Cletus, in his anger exclaimed, "There's no Damn way Sinners can be redeemed!"

"THEY DESRVE TO BE IN HELL FOR ALL ETERNITY FOR GOING AGAINST THE LORD'S WORDS!" Keenie agreed.

Suddenly before anything else could be said a loud bang of thunder was heard followed behind a loud shout from Lucinda, "SILENCE!"

All of the Cherubs, even those who were with her, shook in fright at this while they effectively were silent.

Clint blinked as he whispered, "Wow. Scary…"

Loona didn't answer as her fur stood on end and she growled defensively.

"You believe a dammed soul cannot be redeemed? And should spend all eternity in torment," spoke Lucinda to the three cherubs with a look that might make someone wish they won't born.

"Don't forget about how they ignored Mama's orders to stay put until-"

"The shitty old man made so many people now in heaven happy. So we had to go before he died and be sent to Hell," Cletus argued, "Mama told us to wait but I knew we had to!"

Collin then asked, "Wait... so you lied? You lied about Mama saying yes?! Cletus how could you!?"

"Mama was taking too long..." Cletus said as all the Cherubs, even Keenie gasped at him in shock, as if he said the most horrible swear word, "All that matters is that we make sure they go to Heaven and assist in making Heaven ready should the Demons try to invade our home. His resources could've done so much better after he got to Heaven."

"I see…." said Lucinda, with a look that James noticed for a split second that looked like interest before switching to a look of anger at Cletus lying about orders from his superior and lying to comrades.

Glancing at Deerie, Lucinda addressed them, "Deerie, do you happen to have any replacement forms on you?"

Deerie shook their head, "Yeah, nnooo... Sorry Ma'am but as you know they caused the death of a human and they're banished from Heaven. They're Fallen as they are. Yeah, noo..."

"Oh, I know, Deerie…." Lucinda spoke before turning to look at the three cherubs before turning to a glare. "But I don't mean for them to return heaven."

"Wait ma'am, Collin doesn't deserve it, he's been bullied and abused by them the whole thing," James trying to help the cherub.

Lucinda just turned to look at James with a smile. "I can see why the princess of hell and my daughter are very interested in you; you have an honest heart."

James arched an eyebrow, "Huh? Daughter?"

But she quickly looked back at the three cherubs with a glare. "Sadly, all three of them must be punished. Colin may have been a victim, but Colin still played a part in this"

" I understand ma'am." Collin said, accepting his penance compared

They all stared at that bombshell of her having a daughter.

"Now then, Deerie. If you please," said Lucinda glaring at Deerie. Deerie quickly handed Lucinda the forms she requested, and quickly ran to hide behind something fearing for her life.

Lucinda turned the forms around to show it was blank. But with a wave of her hand over the paper, golden lettering suddenly started appearing on the paper. Lucinda then walked over to James and with a finger pointed at a signature line

"James, would you be kindly and sign this for me," spoke Lucinda again in a gentle and motherly voice, which seemed off to James

"What's this supposed to do," James asked, looking at the paper.

"Simple. It states, that from this moment forward, These three…" Lucinda looked over to the three cherub. "Aren't allowed back into heaven. Until all three of them each can help a soul end up in heaven."

"But it's easier to help a soul go to heaven form Earth," Cletus exclaimed.

"True… but who said you will be on Earth," Lucinda spoke with a somewhat wicked chuckle. This caused the three cherub to realize what she meant.

"You three must each redeem a soul in Hell. In order to be let back into heaven," spoke Lucinda, as she looked at the three cherubs who looked frightened and became pale white as ghosts.

"You will have to go with this poor soul to help redeem a sinner in order to do so," Lucinda said where the three looked shocked at this.

The duo of Cletus and Keenie exclaimed, outraged, "WHAT!?"

Cletus became angry as he said, pointing at James, "I refuse to go to the fiery pit where the dark one lives and help a Demon be redeemed!"

"Hell is the Dark Ones' domain! They tell us that any angel trapped down there become twisted as the Evil one himself," Keenie shouted, fear burning through her anger.

"No way! Forget it," Cletus crossed his arms and said, "I'd rather earn it back on Earth than go with him!"

Keenie did the same and turned away, "Damn right here!"

Lightning struck between the two of them and Lucinda, as she said coldly, "If you ever want to return and make it up to your 'mama', then you better do this. Or I'll do something that even I would rather not… and that is erasing you both for breaking not one but two of Heaven's laws."

The two cherubs were left shaking like a pair of leaves while hugging each other knowing that Lucinda would do so as the punishment dealer for those who break Heaven's laws.

Cletus and Keenie glanced at each other before they sighed, flying over defeatedly to James like Collin did. Though Collin looked to him, and said, "Please take us in and help us to regain our wings..."

James smiled and accepted Collin's hand and said, "I'd be honored to help you."

Collin smiled while Cletus and Keenie were annoyed at being dragged further down in their shame. They glared back, but froze when Lucinda sounded directly behind him, "It is either they do, or they receive their true punishment. And as the Angel in charge of such things I must deliver the punishment to all involved individuals."

That made all three freeze up before they knew that if they don't be accepted or accept this alternative they might be smite by her.

Blitz got up as he brushed himself off, "Alrighty the, let's get the heck outta dodge and back to our original hellhole."

Loona brought out the grimoire and sure enough, the portal to hell opened up.

Lucinda nodded as she and the other Cherubs opened a portal back to heaven. Once they had gone through and the hell occupants walked in, James turned to see the trio hesitating. He sympathetically smiled as he assured them, " You guys don't have to worry about it. I'm sure Charlie will welcome you guys into the hotel with open arms."

"Bless you, Mr. Dante," Collin smiled.

But just as Colin and was halfway there, Cletus and Keenie swiftly turned around to head to the portal to Heaven. But not before Collin turned around and frantically screamed out, "Guys! What are you doing?!"

"We're going home! Where we belong," Cletus exclaimed flying faster, knowing that it was the imps' fault, that 'Mama' was too slow with her investigations into the requests.

But, the moment, however, before they could pull Colin free of James…. The portal to Heaven slowly, but quickly closed up before he could actually get inside it.

Cletus saw this and cried at being denied of his home as does Keenie.

Keenie stopped though as she said, "Wait! That book. The one that those demons have. If it opens a portal in hell, then maybe you can open a portal to heaven!" Both cherubs were renewed at this, as they turned around to go to the portal to hell to grab the book.

Unfortunately, it also closed up as well. Leaving the two chairs forever stranded on earth.

They then broke down unable to believe how fate has turned on them.

The portal closed as Blitz held onto the struggling Collin who asked, after getting out of the Imp's grip, "W-w-w-why did you do that? We co-co-could've br-brought them back."

"Yeah, sorry to say, but they seemed dead set on ditching the plan on staying in Hell," Blitz replied.

"Seems more dead set in ditching you, honestly," Millie added.

Though James politely scolded her, "Millie!"

"Well, they did seem that way," Millie argued.

"N-n-No... They j-j-jus...they just want to go back home," Collin said shaking his head, before realizing where he was and began to look terrified.

The building was red and almost seemed like a castle. The furniture was terrifying to say the least for the little Cherub, to which James noticed, "Um... Collin, was it? You okay? You seem kinda pale."

"James! You're back," Lydia shouted, as she pounced at him. He stood strong, as he swung 360, with Lydia jumping at him. The momentum finished, as she smiled, her feet landing on the ground, as she had her arms around his waist, smiling at him, "Glad to see you survived another day with Blitz again." And pecked his cheek, while Blitz frowned.

"Hey, I'll have you know he's sturdier than you make him out to be, Kitty kat," Blitz shot at her annoyingly, while she blew a playful raspberry at the Imp in question.

Collin began to breathe heavily as he took in what realm he is now.

Though Lydia looked to Collin, and blinked, confused, as she pointed to him, "Who's that? He looks like Razzle and Dazzle."

James made the introduction, as he said, "This is Collin. He's a Cherub."

"A cherub," Lydia asked, "You mean those baby-looking angels that act like an army of Cupids?"

"Yeah, sorta. Except Collin and his group grant blessings," James explained, "He's here under a kind of probation with being involved with one of his own's actions resulting in the death of a human. They can't go back to Heaven until a soul is redeemed with their help."

"Aww..." Lydia cooed, along with two new voices.

Soon two pairs of arms wrapped around Collin as Summer and Dia hugged him. Dia being the first to speak, "Poor little thing!

"Don't worry. Here, you'll be safe and comfy, Nyah," Summer smiled. But then blushed, as she rubbed him cheek to cheek, which made him a bit wide eye in freaking out, as she cooed, "Ooooh, his fur is so fluffy! It's like a soft cloud."

James frowned, while Lydia scolded them both, "Guys! You can't just touch a sheep's wool. This is like invading his privacy."

Dia innocently looked to her, and said, "There's nothing pervy or indecent with hugging him."

Lydia was about to protest, but then thought on it as she did hug and kiss James, "Touche."

"Neyah," Summer agreed, with a cute cat grin.

Collin let out a scream as he flew out of their grasp, and then looked around while his scream attracted the attention of the other guests.

"Hey! What's all the screaming about?!" Angel Dust and Niffty came out while he blinked, "What the fuck?"

Niffty gasped, as she scurried up to Collin, "A new guest. And a boy around my size." And then jumped at him, clinging onto his collar... and leaned in with her usual crazed look, as she smiled, "Stay with me forever."

Lydia pulled her off, as she made introductions, "This is Niffty, our maid. And yes, she's like this with the new guys."

Collin still screamed seeing her sharp teeth while Angel Dust flirted, "Heya, short-winged cutie." Angel looked over and waved at Moxxie, "Heya there, soprano."

"Don't talk or go near me," Moxxie threatened, "I know you're a pervert."

"Only in the porn studio, pal," Angel retorted as he walked over to the bar.

Collin still screamed as he was then grabbed by a tendril of shadow as Alastor appeared smiling deviously, "Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Seeing the sharp teeth of the antlered- demon Collin screamed more.

Alastor's smiled became wider, as his antlers began to grow, his eyes becoming dials, and the black tendrils showed, as he said, "SILENCE!" Collin did so, as Alastor returned to normal, "Thank you. You were starting to get hysterical."

"B-b-b-but... You're a demon... With sharp teeth... looking like you..." Collin then gulped, and said, "you want to eat me..."

"Heavens no! I don't eat lamb," Alastor said... and then answered, making it worse, "I eat deer carcasses for breakfast."

Collin, despite the threat, screamed again, so loudly Alastor had no choice but to let go of him before he flew into the Hotel's lobby, James and the others following behind as he screamed at everything, even an unaffected Husk before he flew backwards to a set of doors that opened and Charlie came through asked, "What's going on? I heard screaming."

Colling turned around and saw someone that he was warned to stay away in school, Charlie, daughter of Lucifer Morningstar: the Fallen one, The Devil, the Dark One, The King of Hell, stood before him. Becoming so overwhelmed by so many emotions at once, Collin could only do one thing... he fainted on the spot while his eyes rolled back and he foamed at the mouth.

Everyone blinked, even Dan as he said, "Wow. The Princess managed to freak him out with just being here." He smirked, along with Bruce, giving her a thumbs up, "You're the Mistress of Fear, Princess!"

Charlie blinked as she said, embarrassed, "I don't think that's a good thing..."

She then carefully picked up the unconscious Cherub and said, looking at her boyfriend, his friend, and IMP and said, in a tone that showed she wasn't kidding around, "James, tell me what happened. Now."

James sighed, as he walked over to help, "Well... it's kind of a long and crazy story."

After Much Storytelling…

After getting the whole story Charlie went and offered Collin, who was sitting down in one of the lobby lounge chairs, a cup of freshly brewed tea, "Here, this should help..."

"Oh. Thank you, your highness," Collin said to her, and graciously took the cup.

Charlie beamed and said, sympathetically, "Collin, I'm so sorry about what happened... I'm sure your friends had their reasons, but that doesn't excuse them for trying to force anything especially lying about what this 'Mama' said."

Collin though, despite him almost being half afraid when he was entered through hell? wasn't just down in the dumps. But in truth and all, he was surprisingly stunned of the princesses kindness. The lady in front of them was the child of Lucifer, the fallen one. When instead of being a cruel, sadistic, evil being…. She had proven that she was quite the opposite of.

"So, if you need anyone to talk to you can come to me, or Vaggie, or even James and Clint to talk okay?"

Collin blinked at her concept for him, but he warmly smiled at her generosity to him, "O-Okay." But then asked, "But wait. Where are they now?"

"James and Clint," she asked and looked over sheer shoulder in the lobby. With everyone present there, as blitz, was walking, back-and-forth pacing. Charlie looked confused, " I think they're having a meeting?"

Blitz paced back and forth until till he stopped at a window, with some just looking annoyed by him. Vaggie chief among them. He then ranted on, " so we didn't kill the old man. Thanks for those fucking cherubs, he's probably up there in heaven somewhere. Shame. All client wanted was eternal revenge on his business partner. But now the two are forever separated, and now we gotta face the music of fucking up."

"Sir, when are you gonna tell the client," Moxxie asked.

Blitz looked at them all confused, but then he whipped around smiling like an idiot. He held up his cell phone, as he said, "Oh, I already sent him a text. And we're in good hands, because texts don't make anyone angry."

Everyone in the hotel and IMP were a bit freaked out by this, as Moxxie pushed himself away from any walls.

That was until someone actually knocked on the door.

They all turned their attention to it.

"Mox go get the door," Blitz ordered.

Moxxie walked over to the door in fear and anger at his boss.

As soon as he does, the door collapsed on him, with a giant escalator stairway, and Loopty was there, "Well hellooow! Blitz~!"

Blitzo rubbed the back of his neck, looking nervous, as he gulped, "Loofaaaaa! We can explain everything. I was-…"

Soon an escalator hit the doors nearby flattening Mox even more and damaging the walls of the recently rebuilt Hotel, as another sinner came down, This sinner also had a robotic appearance with a round, spherical body with his head on top and arms on his sides. He had a mint-green skin with a red triangular patch on his chin, a large bushy light grey mustache, and a pair of red pince-nez goggles with dark red spirals on the lens. He wore a light green vest with a dark outline on top and one button on the front, a dark bowler hat with a red stripe, and a pair of light green gloves on his hands. His teeth resembled that of piano keys.

Moxxie twitched stiffly in pain from the doors and the escalator landing on him. But Blitz and Millie stared in surprise at the sinner, recognizing him as they, and James and Clint, all shouted in shock, "Lyle Lypton?!"

"I don't understand, we thought you went to heaven." Millie said.

"Did you two seriously forget what that deer Cherub and Lucinda said about Lyle," James asked, while Vaggie raised a brow in James' direction.

Lyle simple rolled over to Loopty and said, laughing "Heaven?! My dear, you don't make millions in technological advances in robotics by NOT experimenting on the poor! Hehehehe!"

His callous attitude made Charlie upset at that. Even as Loopty chuckled, smiling at him, "Oh, you no-good, HEARTLESS son of a BITCH!" The ganglier of the two turned to Blitz and his crew, and said, "Thank you for reuniting me with my best friend!"

"What?/Huh/Say what," everyone, both hotel and IMP, blinked at that, as James stood up, confused as he asked, "So all this was a ploy to get your friend back?"

"Couldn't you just…" Lydia shrugged, "I dunno, wait? I mean it looked like he was gonna kick the bucket in that photo James showed us."

"I was desperate, okay," Loopty said, bend his back in a U-shape, showing his eccentric nature. "Besides, I was too impatient!"

Lyle chuckled at that looking at him, "You always did crazy shit, Loop." But then pondered aloud, as Loopty straightened up, "The only question is now what do two old genius robotic inventors do now that we're in Hell?"

Soon a crash was heard and a certain... desperate to work, Imp appeared, "Did someone say, I say, inventors?!" He then introduced himself, "Name's Wally Wackford, and I am lookin' for creative new people to exploit!" He then realized what he said and twirled his mustache, "I mean, employyyyy~"

Vaggie growled and Nifty foamed in rage. "STOP BREAKING OUR HOTEL!" Niffty shouted in rage.

"Seriously we had to deal Heaven's scraps now this..." Blitz muttered, "You know how long's gonna take Mox just to fix this and the office?" They all saw Moxxie frothing with heavy foamy bubbles and groaning in agony. Blitz ignored it as he said, "Oh, chill out, Moxxie. If you kiss my ass any harder, you'll go right inside me. Satan's ass, first we deal with Heaven's table scraps. And now this?"

Collin frowned at that table scraps' comment, and argued, "I'm hovering right here, you know."

"I guess… you can say, you say, you have a... holey operation here, Blitzo!" Wally said before laughing at his own joke.

James sighed in displeasure.

Unable to keep it in any longer, Blitz said, unamused, "Get out."

Wally kept laughing even harder.

"No Seriously get out before the princess' bodyguard, the maid, and even the Radio demon kills you," Blitz added smugly gesturing to the three angered demons.

Wally chuckled nervously before running with a dust cloud behind him, shouting, "Sorry, I say, Sorry. Your majesty!"

Alastor suddenly appeared behind Blitz, as his shadow tentacles popped out as he asked, "And what makes you think we shan't do the same to you?"

"Uhh..." Blitz thought before trying to adopt an adorable expression, "Because I thought these two geniuses could help repair the hotel?"

"After reuniting us, I don't see any problem in doing that," Loopty said with a smile.

1 Hour Later

… and a quick goodbye

James was sitting on the couch rubbing his head.

Loopty and Lypton had left a while ago after repairing the hotel, again… and he was just recovering from another day with IMP. Now he just needed a bit of trying to get over the fact they had a cherub in the hotel, least of all on Hell.

So much he did to hear footsteps behind him.

"You doing okay, my boy," It was his uncle.

"I'm alright," James said. "It's just another one of those days here is all."

"Yes... especially when this place has been defiled by a Lypton... again." He huffed angrily.

" I just wish Blitz didn't spend all the pay for that stupid horse toy, now I can't get anyone Christmas gifts," James said sadly.

"Is that it," The professor asked. He then smiled as he pulled out an invention, "Well I have a device that recycles garbage and turns it into to whatever you'd like. Downside is that it doesn't clean off the diseases the garbage is contaminated with."

" No, it's fine, I know everyone hates Christmas. No need to make everyone sick," James said.

"It's not that everyone here is an atheist, my boy. It's just because of how we're restricted as I'm sure your princess told you." The Professor stated, "Many of us who still have heart may want to go and check in on their loved ones here but because of all of heaven's rules we cannot. Makes me understand why the bratty king was as he was before he and Charlie had that heart-to-heart."

"I just really wanted to give everyone a gift is all," James sighed.

"And possibly a gift for Charlie," the professor smirked.

James smiled as he blushed, thinking on that, "Maybe."

"Hoping to find the necklace you neglected to do in Hell's Disney World?"

James hung his head down, a dark cloud over his head, "Please don't remind me."

"My boy, your father had the same problem trying to impress your mother like you are with Charlie, but what she really wanted was for him to be in her life and I think Charlie is happy with you and everyone in her life," the Professor explained.

James looked at his uncle and smiled. He then placed a hand on James' shoulder, "Now then... I hope you kept track of where Lypton went because I have a miniaturized cruise missile with his name on it."

"Save it for in case he wants to destroy us," James said.

"What that man did is an affront against everything related to science," He said when James realized he was talking about Lyle, not the claimed 'Vergil'.

"Maybe after Christmas, and you got yourself a deal," James said.

The professor huffed and said, "Fine. Only because I still enjoy the thought of familiar gathering to reboots the synapsis as well refreshing the mind."

"There's my crazy uncle I love," James smiles and pulled the professor into a hug.

The Professor simply patted the boy's back, "Yes, quite."

"Hey guys. You need to come see this," Lydia said in shock from the fire place.

The two got up to follow Lydia on what it was she wanted to show them.

Everyone came to look and was shocked at what they saw.

A giant sack was there and it had the words "Merry Early Christmas, Hazbin Hotel" on it.

James saw a note on the sack and goes to read it.

"Dear James, thank you so much for your aid when that Imp ruined Christmas for so many earlier today. Added thanks I have sent you and the appropriate individuals gifts befitting as to show how there's always light in the darkness." The note reads before showing some more "P.S. to you only; I added something I think you may want to give to the Apple-seed on the day."

James blinked on that, arching an eyebrow on that. He opened the bag to see what it was.

There were gifts for a certain people as well as a small rectangular box wrapped up with his name on it.

He gently took it out to examine the contents

Charlie stared, dumbstruck at the sack being there.

Even James did as he saw what it was

It was the very necklace that he's been desperate to find in Lu Lu World.

"What's in the sack, James," Charlie asked.

He clasped the box shut before he hid it behind his back and said, "I think Santa delivered us presents early..."

Niffty dived in and the popped out as she was holding a vast secretive gear set of cleaning tools: vacuum, power duster, and so on including an extermination kit. With a really big kitchen knife.

"What," Vaggie asked, confused, "I mean... How...?!"

"I guess he liked what we were trying to do and thought we were nice of enough for presents," James said.

Clint smiled as he patted James's back, "Glad you're a nice guy in Hell."

James chuckled, keeping the gift he received hidden until the actual day, "Let's see... We got one for Clint, Nifty obviously, Angel Dust, Husk, Vaggie, The Professor, Alastor, Pentious, Summer & Dia. And Moxxie. Sorry guys nothing too dangerous," James said, as he handed them out to everyone.

They then heard a noise outside, the sound of bells.

They all exited the hotel and saw a sled with eight reindeers… flying over the horizon. While oddly enough… it was snowing. And it wasn't acid-laced either. But they did hear a voice bellowing out front here, "Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!"

They all run outside to see who said that.

James waved, "Merry Christmas!"

They all were in shock of who they saw in the sky and Charlie was happy with joy.

Vaggie was a bit in shock as she said, "I… I can't believe it."

Dan looked to Bruce as he smirked, "Merry Christmas-Mas, Snoogins."

" Thank you Santa! I'll stop believing in you," Nifty shouted in joy.

Vaggie looked, "I think you mean start believing in you."

" That too," Nifty said.

At the Vees tower, they all saw this, hell everyone in Pentagram saw it.

"There something you don't see every day." Vergil said with a blank face.

Then seven shacks of coal hits them in the head launched by Santa himself.

Vergil groaned, "Argh! What the fuck!?"

"Ouch!"

"AHH!"

"OWW!"

Was heard throughout the tower.

They see the sleigh passing them and head for Imp City.

A certain imp with a Horse obsession was busy. Millie, Moxxie, and Loona looked at their boss before they heard something coming, saw the shadow, looked up, and saw something falling in their direction where they all ran for it leaving the confused Blitz to look around before he saw it, squinted his eyes then they went bulgy as a giant piece of coal was falling on him. He tried to get away but it was too late and the coal the size of a truck fell on top of him.

"Craaaap," Blitz groaned out.

Later that Night

Back at the Hotel while everyone was calming down, and James sufficiently hit the remaining gifts for the day, Clint sighed as he walked back to his room, tired...

He grabs his door's nob and turn it

What he found there was a surprise that made him drop his jaw. On his bed, was Loona, laying on her side as she said, "Welcome back, lover boy."

And in human form as he blushed, "Loona? H-How…?"

"Told the princess I wanted to move here; I was tired of Blitz's shit," Loona answered.

"Bu-bu-bu-but..." Clint tried to say.

Clint blushed as he asked "Um… was she okay with it? Vaggie, I mean."

"Just as long as I don't make Blitz do something like shoot up the Hotel, again..." Loona said crawling seductively to Clint.

Clint backed up against the door, as he blushed as she got up and walked to him, asking, "Why so scared? You weren't nervous when I did this before." But then smirked as she asked, "Is my human form making you nervous?"

"Um well..."Clint said, looking nervous because in truth, it was. Loona was just too beautiful for her; in Hellhound or Human form.

Loona smirked and flicked his chest, "Yer cute sometimes like that you know that?"

Clint gulped as he knew what was about to come next.

She smirked at this... but then swirled back, as she crashed on his bed, "Oh no! A beast man has stripped me down. No weapons, no clothes to shield." She grabbed a blanket to cover herself seductively, and feigned more worry, "What is a poor human girl to do?" She then smiled seductively at him, as she said, "I guess he'll... have to do me."

He smirked back at her, as he then pounced on the bed, atop of her, as she giggled, while he smiled, hungry for her, "Well then... I guess I will have to do you, human girl." And then leaned down, as the two passionately kissed, as she started to undress him.

Meanwhile

Charlie's Room

James was still looking at another gift that he was left. It was a photograph of him when he was six years old, with a woman in her thirties holding him close. She was a beautiful woman with long flowing brown hair that curled at the ends, with a left bang almost covering her left eye, brown eyes, fair skin, and wore a white dress with a black blouse. Though on the right of her was a man in his thirties too. He had a medium build, handsome, dressed in black pants, a white shirt with a red vest, had shaggy but short red hair, Caucasian, and oddly had a green right eye while his left was... oddly red.

He place it on the nightstand then looked at his hand.

The same burns that he got from when the Cross of Beatrice embedded itself in his arm since he arrived a little over four months ago.

"What the hell is happening to me," James asked himself.

But then he felt a gentle hand on his shoulder, as he jolted a bit to his left, seeing Charlie there without her coat on.

"You okay?" Charlie asked.

"Yeah, sorry, I um..." James tried to cheer her up a bit, but his worry kinda made him sigh, "It's just..." Charlie looked in confusion, as he answered, "Ever since I died, and all this... so much has changed." He looked at his hands, his right being normal, while his left was scarred up, "I've changed. And I'm not even sure I'll like what comes next on this."

Charlie put her hands on his face, as James blushed as she did so, looking into his eyes as well.

"You're still you and we all like you that way." Charlie said.

"But what if I lose control again? I... I can't live if I hurt you or the others..." James said worried.

"Then the others and I will be there to help you," Charlie told him.

James smiled at her, as he blushed, "Why are you always so amazingly good to me?"

Charlie blushed back as well.

The two leaned in as their lips touched, both wrapping their arms around each other. The lights dimmed down as the two slowly laid in bed, still continuing to make out. For whatever would happen tomorrow, they would have each other. Though for tomorrow... they would need each other more than ever. For within the walls... it felt akin to... breathing.

Next Chapter: The Wraith Within the Hotel

Well, a lot of changes have happened in this chapter. Collin and Loona now are staying in the Hotel, the former being tasked to help a soul be redeemed into heaven. Cletus and Keenie pretty much messed up by allowing their prejudice and hate of Hell leaving them stranded on Earth. And it seems that Clint and Loona have taken the next step and moved in with each other. Wonder how this will work out.

Though who is Lucinda, and who's daughter has Charlie taken interest in him aside from Charlie Morningstar? All questions to find out in the next chapters.