Chapter 44: Respectless
A/N: Get to hear another jammer in this chapter. Since we have an Overlord meeting, that means we get the see more of our favorite feisty, bitch Velvette. What is she going to do to rile not only Carmilla's feathers but also Alastor's?
I also wanted to talk about something that's happened earlier this week. Apparently someone hacked Spindle Horse's computers and managed to steal a ton of stuff regarding season 2 of Hazbin Hotel and leaked it on the internet. I'm talking songs, finished scenes, character sheets, etc. Not to mention very big spoilers regarding a few characters. This is super unfair and cruel to the team and Vivziepop. They have been working so hard on this season and were really excited to show their finished product only for someone to be a jerk and ruin it for everyone. If you're a true fan please don't watch these leaks. And if you accidentally saw the leaks please do not talk about it. As much as I would love to see what's going on for the next season, I'm going to wait like everyone else and show my support to the show. Don't let those trolls win. Even though the hacker was caught there's still a change those leaks are out.
If you're worried about being spoiled by going on youtube, Twitter (X) or Instagram, I'll be more than happy to distract you all by having you read this banger of a chapter. That's a fair trade off, wouldn't you agree?
Now let's get on with the story.
Also I know Zestial talks in old Shakespeare dialect. I'm going to try to make him sound old but don't come at me if I butchered it please, lol.
Song in the chapter: Respectless from Hazbin Hotel Soundtrack.
Disclaimer: I don't own Hazbin Hotel or Helluva Boss. I just own my characters.
Enjoy!
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"Oh, boy. What's the plan, boss?"
"I like your suit"
"What are the antlers for?"
"Can I touch your staff thing?"
"Are those your ears? Or is it your hair? I can't tell"
Alastor's eye twitched as he fought the overwhelming urge to crack these egg boys open and let them fry on the sidewalk. It would be so easy and quick to do.
'Steady, Al. You only agreed to this so you can get your final record back from Jennifer's clutches. Once it's back in my hands I'm using these insufferable things for tomorrows breakfast' he thought to himself.
How could he be tricked into babysitting a bunch of minions? He was the Radio Demon! He broadcasted carnage on his station, not babysitting!
He was going to get back at Vaggie when he returned to the hotel. No one planned his days for him.
A body was thrown out of a coffee shop in front of him. Blitzo got up and flipped the owner off.
"Look, asshole! It's not my fault you only know how to make coffee that tastes like piss!" he snapped.
Alastor's whole face twitched when he saw the annoying Imp.
"Oh joy, another headache I have to deal with" he said tartly.
Blitzo turned when he heard Alastor's voice. He made a face when he saw it was really him.
"What are you doing here?"
Alastor didn't bother to look at him and adjusted his jacket.
"I would ask you the same, but that would imply that I'm interested in what you do- which we both know I don't" he said.
"Shouldn't you be getting those children out of the pound?"
"I have to take a different route because there's a turf war going on. I don't want to freak those kids out even more than they are right now" Blitzo said.
"How sweet of you" Alastor said dryly.
"Well, you have fun with that. I have more pressing matters to attend to and I've wasted enough time speaking with you about utter nonsense"
Blitzo scowled at him.
"I thought you said you were going to be the bigger man and let bygones be bygones while I stay at the hotel?"
"I said I would put our differences aside, that doesn't mean we have to be friends" Alastor pointed out.
"I hired you to keep everyone safe in the hotel and so you won't sneak Jennifer away while the Vees have their eyes on her. You do your job and I won't hurt you. It's that simple"
Blitzo's eyes twitched in annoyance. One minute Alastor acted nice and then the next he was a complete asshole. Reminded him of someone he knew growing up.
He turned around and walked away. He had things to do as well. The sooner he got those kids out of the pound, the sooner Hugo would leave the hotel.
"Whatever, least I'm actually useful between the two of us now. I don't see you trying to fix this mess. That's why they asked the young to help and not an old fossil like you" he deadpanned.
Alastor's ear twitched as he glared at Blitzo. The Imp flipped him off as he continued to walk away.
"Have fun playing Bingo and changing your catheter at the senior meeting, Grandpa" he laughed.
He continued to laugh, not bothering to see how pissed off Alastor was. The Radio Demon saw he was about to step across a manhole in the streets. Snapping his fingers, he had the lid disappear. Blitzo yelled as he fell through the hole.
"Whoops" Alastor said dryly.
He looked down at the egg boys.
"See that gentlemen? This is why you should always be careful in the city"
With his annoying headache out of the way, he proceeded to head to the Carmilla's for the Overlord meeting.
A shadowy figure spotted Alastor as he walked by. Leaping from the shadows, he appeared in front of him and transformed into Zestial-the oldest Overlord in Hell.
"Hark, Alastor. How fare thee this fine day?"
Alastor's eyes bugged out when he saw Zestial. While he admired the Overlord's work he knew it was a bad idea to mess with him. He was one of the oldest Overlord's for a reason. And being the oldest meant he had more power than the Radio Demon. He had to be careful.
The egg boys clearly couldn't read the room and held up their fists when they saw Zestial.
"Who's that boss? Want me to rough him up for ya?"
Alastor quickly wrapped a shadow around the egg's mouth to silence him. He tapped the egg's head a little too hard with his microphone.
"Follow in silence if you value your shell" he warned.
He turned back to Zestial and gave him a big fake grin.
"Greetings Zestial!"
"The weather doth become this fine day" Zestial said.
As the Overlord spoke, anyone who was nearby fled in fear at the sight of him. Alastor gritted his teeth knowing he wasn't going to get out talking to Zestial. So much for his quiet walk in the city.
"Indeed. Looks like we might have some acid rain this afternoon" he agreed.
"If our luck doth hold. I do revel in the screams" Zestial said.
The two Overlords walked and headed to Carmilla's together.
"How art thou? It has been an age since thou hath graced us with thy presence" The older overlord asked.
"Some hath spun wild tales of you falling to…holy arms"
Alastor laughed, trying to hide his nerves. It seemed since he had been gone these last seven years, wild rumors had spread about him. He couldn't tell what he was really doing all this time but he didn't want these rumors to spread like wildfire. Like always he was careful with what he said.
"Oh, I just took a well earned sabbatical. Nothing serious" he quickly said.
"Though it's fun to keep everyone on their toes"
Zestial chuckled. It was hard to tell if he believed Alastor's words.
"There too hath been rumor of thy involvement with the princess and her recent flight of fancy" he pointed out.
"Tell me, how does thou fall in such folly?"
Alastor looked on ahead as they walked.
"That is for me to know. But please do guess, I'd love to know the theories" he said.
Zestial watched as Alastor walked, refusing to look at the older Overlord.
"There hath been other tales recently that have been about thee. Rumors that doth found a lost lamb?"
Alastor's hand twitched around his microphone.
Shit! Of course Zestial would want to know about Hell's newest mystery Sinner. What could Zestial want to know about Jenny?
"You must be talking about Jennifer. Yes, she's quite the firecracker. Always seems to keep everyone on their toes with suspense. She for sure has made things lively at the hotel- which is ironic since we're all dead. Ha ha!" he said.
"Indeed. Some hath inquired about her. I've never come across a Sinner with such interesting…powers" Zestial said.
"I've resided in Hell for millenniums, yet I hath never seen a Sinner take on a group of Exterminators before."
Alastor kept a straight face. He respected Zestial for his line of work and power but he didn't appreciate him prying into Jennifer's business. It just ticked him off.
"Yes, that was quite a show. However I unfortunately don't know how she was able to pull that off since I came in the aftermath of her destruction. I'm not entirely sure how she was able to burn them. That story about her blood being strange is just a bunch of rubbish that the news wanted to put out since they didn't have anything interesting to report"
His eyes glowed and shadows appeared as he talked. While he would never be stupid enough to attack Zestial, he showed that he was finished talking about Jenny's 'powers'.
"But there's nothing crazy or strange about her. I know you would be bored if you ever met her"
"That's not true! She's a really good singer and dancer!" one of the egg boys suddenly said.
Alastor almost snapped his microphone in half. He was going to fucking kill these little pests!
Zestial looked at the eggs curiously.
"Ohhh?"
"Yeah! She sang a few songs at Boss's friends place a couple of days ago!" one of them said.
"A cover is nice, but a cover is not the book! La la, la la, la la la la la!" another one sang.
"She's auditioning at the theater in town next week!"
"She's really pretty and nice"
"She has red hair"
Alastor willed himself to stay calm and not smash his boot into their little shell skulls. What part of follow in silence did these fool not understand?!
Zestial chuckled and turned to Alastor.
"It seems there's more to your charge than meets the eye. Perhaps she knows a few Shakespearian plays? It's been so long since I've seen a good rendition of Macbeth"
Alastor perked up when they saw a familiar building.
"Oh would you look at that? We've reached Carmilla's!"
He hurried over to the entrance of the building where the cameras cleared him and Zestial for entrance. The elevator opened up where the two Overlords stepped inside. The eggs went to follow but Alastor stopped them.
"No no. You stay here. Keep an eye out so no one tries to get in" he said flatly.
The eggs gave him a mini salute as they took on their job. As the doors closed, one of them accidentally got trapped with Alastor and Zestial.
"Oh look! Frank is up there"
"We have names?"
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The elevators opened up to the upper level of Carmilla's office. A couple of other Overlord's appeared as well as they gathered for the meeting that was about to take place.
Alastor went over to his spot at the long table where Rosie sat next to him.
"How have you been, Alastor? That new jacket holding you up?" the seamstress teased.
"Yes, for the most part. So long as that annoying Imp and Jennifer don't ruin this one either" Alastor said tartly.
"How is our little starlet? I made this dress the other day that I know would look perfect on her! It's a flapper girl style dress so that matches your looks perfectly" Rosie gushed.
Alastor laughed weakly.
"While I'm sure Jennifer would appreciate the gesture I have a feeling she wouldn't want to wear something that shows a lot of skin. She tends to be modest with her outfits" he said.
Rosie laughed and patted him on the shoulder.
"Now, now. No need to be acting like an overprotective papa. She's got the body for these outfits so let her show off" she teased.
Alastor's ears went back as he grumbled under his breath.
Carmilla came into the room with her daughters following close behind her. She stood in front of the table, holding a couple of charts in her hands.
"Welcome, Hell sovereign Overlords. I've invited you all here because you represent the controlling powers of our city" she said.
"Together, you own millions of souls. Souls at risk with the new Extermination schedule. We need to discuss what can be done to minimize the impact of our interest"
She brought the charts up on the big screen behind her.
"This year's extermination was brutal, far more than years past. We have assessed that about 16% of the population was lost. With the angelic legions now returning twice as quickly I think it prudent we-"
Velvette kicked the doors to the office opened as she sauntered in. She was on the phone with Vox, not caring she was late and interrupted the meeting.
"Yes, I've got it handled, Vox. Are you doubting me? Really? Me? That's what I thought. Yes, I know. They're all a joke. Thank you, Vee. See you soon. Kisses darling"
She hung up and plopped in the vacant seat at the end of the table. Carmilla gave Velvette a dry look.
"Nice of you to join us, Velvette" she said tartly.
"Will your…colleagues be joining?"
Velvette scoffed as she pulled out her phone and played with it.
"No, Val has better shit to do and Vox is recuperating from a recent…incident. So I'm here in their place" she said.
Alastor wore a shit eating grin at the thought that Jenny beat Vox up so badly that he was still injured.
"That's my girl" he muttered.
If Carmilla was offended or annoyed that the other Vees were not here at the meeting, she didn't show.
"Very well" she said.
"So, as I was saying, we need to discuss-"
Velvette held her hand up.
"Yes?"
Velvette wore a nasty grin on her face.
"On the subject of discussion…"
She pulled out the Exterminator head that she found when she recruited Hugo and tossed it on the table. Everyone made noises of disgust when they looked at the decomposing head.
"Oh, darn. It's gone bad. Such a waste of food" Alastor pouted.
Carmilla looked at the head oddly. She slowly looked at the young Overlord.
"Where did you get this?" she asked slowly.
"Don't remember, but does it matter?" Velvette cooed.
"If these Holy Rollers can be killed, the game has changed"
She jumped on top of the table and looked at the group.
"We can take the fight to them" she said.
"The boys and I have come up with a full assault plan"
"Sure you have" Alastor muttered.
Velvette heard him and smiled darkly.
"I'm actually surprised you're keeping quiet, Alastor" she said.
"I thought you would brag that you have an ace up your sleeve with that little cunt that's staying at that hotel of yours"
Static noise could be heard as it slowly grew louder. His nails secretly dug into the table to show he was pissed by the insult Velvette threw at him. He kept a straight face as he looked at Velvette. The fashion designer kept going on, hoping to rile the demon up.
"Doesn't anyone find it odd that there's a Sinner who can kill the Exterminators and yet hasn't offered to help with this new Extermination? I would think she would have offered her services to her fellow hell neighbors and help us out in such dire times. I mean the boys and I are trying to find a way to protect everyone and yet this bitch is busy singing stupid little songs in dead beat clubs and pretending to be a star when everyone is worried about being killed. No one wants to be entertained. Vox wanted team up with her to try to protect everyone and what does she do? She beats him with a bat. How could someone with such power be so-"
"Clearly your eyes have gone bad from being glued to that useless device that you call a phone" Alastor said flatly.
His eyes glowed as he gave Velvette a hard stare.
"If you had been paying attention to the news-which is clear that you haven't based on your lack of knowledge, you would have known she didn't kill any of the exterminators, she burned them. As for how she did it, it's not entirely sure if it was her blood that caused harm to the Angels or if it was something else. For all anyone knows, she might have touched some acid or had something on her when she fought them. I may have been there when it happened but I only saw the aftermath of the fight. And she had a Hellhound with her who managed to take out a few Angels as well so why not ask that hound?"
He flicked the head away from him, suddenly loosing interesting in eating it.
"This one was slain by someone else. Someone who had a blade on them. It's clear that Jennifer wasn't the only one who was able to cause harm to the Angels so that must mean there are others who are capable of fighting back. Instead of blaming Jennifer for not 'helping' perhaps you should open your eyes to the bigger picture"
Velvette got close to Alastor's face.
"You're awfully defensive over this mysterious bitch. Why haven't you bragged about her powers to everyone? I thought you would love to jump at the chance to mock Vox over one upping him"
Alastor used his microphone to push Velvette away from him.
"Jennifer serves the princess of Hell which means she is one of her underlings. Seeing as she is under the protection of the royal family I'm not stupid enough to try to take something that belongs to them. Not only that but she is friends with one of the Goetia princes. Charlie may be a bit of an airhead but the Goetia family are not. I'm smart enough to know not to cross that line. And I don't need to prove to Vox that I'm better than him. He got the message when he met Jennifer. But if you're so interested in asking for her help, by all mean go talk to her. Val and Vox failed miserably but you know what they say: third times the charm"
A shadow covered his eyes as he glared at her.
"And while we're on the subject of name calling, if anyone is to be called a cunt that would be you more than Jennifer. It's fittings since you're only known for teaming up with the Vees and posting those silly pictures of you making kissy faces on your phone and posing lewdly"
Velvette went to retort but Zestial coughed to get everyone's attention.
"Alastor do speak wise. If it be true thee and thy colleagues desire to war, with such meagre proof. Thou art far more foolish than I be thought" he said.
Velvette scoffed at being called foolish.
"Meager proof? It's a dead fucking exorcist. I'd say that's pretty fucking definitive" she spat.
"You going blind, old man?"
Zestial didn't fall for Velvette's trick and shrugged.
"We know not how this perished. As Alastor has said we don't know how this newcomer attacked the angels nor do we know what decapitated this one" he pointed out.
"Mayhaps t'was not by a demon's hand at all. If we rush to war without knowing mightn't they purge all of Hell for daring an uprising?"
Alastor didn't know why Zestial suddenly sided with him in defending Jenny when earlier he was questioning about her himself. But if it meant getting Jennifer off of everyone's minds that was fine with him.
"Indeed. Charlie angered Adam during her meeting to the point that Adma pushed up Extermination Day. Who knows what they'll do if we try to anger them even more"
All the Overlords conversed with each other, saying they agreed and disagreed with a few points that were brought up. Velvette scowled. She thought everyone would back her up with her idea to try to use Jenny's blood. If Zestial wasn't such a stick in the mud everyone would be on her side. She saw Carmilla look at the severed head with a troubled look on her face. Now that she thought about it, why would the weapon's specialist be quiet about all of this? How rather odd.
"Oh, I get it. So grandpa is too pussy to fight, so I guess there's no point, right?" she taunted.
Zestial just looked at Velvette with that smug grin of his. How cute. This child thought she could get under his skin.
"What's the matter, Fossil?" Velvette asked.
"Too senile to make a real power grab for-"
"You better show some respect!" Carmilla suddenly said.
"Check your behavior
No one speaks to Zestial that way
Did you expect us
To sit back and take your
Insolent brazen display"
Velvette laughed and swung her hips.
"Ha-ha, you've got it twisted
I'm not the one who needs a new attitude
Maybe you missed it,
But I'm that hashtag bitch
And I will do nothin'
Less than what I please woo
I'm the backbone of the Vees
Mad that I acted respectless
Well it's cause
No one could respect this.
Sorry group attending
Since when are Overlords
Too scared to fight
You're long past trending
Sorry babe but I ain't
Swipin' right
You've lost your relevance-"
"We can't act without more intelligence" Zestial said.
Velvette scoffed.
"No wonder I'm so respectless
I could eat you lot for breakfast"
Carmilla glared at Velvette.
"You and the Vees are inane and Uninformed
Smug wannabes who don't heed
When you've been warned"
"Opps, did I strike a nerve?" Velvette cooed.
"Cause when I brought out the angel's head
Couldn't help but observe
That your wrinkled face was turning red
And why are you avoiding war?
That's what the guns you sell are for
Thanks to my being respectless
One thing I'm starting to suspect is
You know why this angel's headless
Do you have a disclosure?"
"This meetings over!" Carmilla declared.
Velvette smirked darkly. Even if Carmilla didn't say anything, she got her answer.
"Hmm, fine"
She hopped off the desk and flipped them off when she reached the doors.
"Safe travels back to the nursing home, fuckers. Kiss my ass"
The door slammed behind her as she laughed.
"Well, that happened" one of the Overlords said.
Carmilla didn't say a word as she left the room. Her daughters followed after her with Zestial behind them.
Alastor watched the group leave with narrowed eyes. What was going on?
"You coming Alastor?" Rosie asked.
Alastor gave Rosie a fake smile.
"Just a moment. Just need to take care of something first"
Rosie shrugged and made her way to the elevator. With the seamstress gone, Alastor turned to Frank. Finally he had a use for the annoying minions.
"Follow them. I want to know what they're up to" he ordered.
Frank saluted him and scurried into Carmilla's office before the doors closed.
Alastor sighed. This was not a very productive meeting. The only thing that was brought up was how divided everyone was about this upcoming Extermination. Half of them thought it would benefit everyone if they fought back while the other felt it was wise to not do anything until they had more proof that angels could be killed. And of course Velvette had to spin a lie about why Vox bothered Jenny. He would cover his tracks with hiring Hugo to spy on them and he would do the same with harassing Jenny. Even if everyone knew Vox was an asshole, no one would do anything about it because of the power he wield. The Vees were smart enough to step back for now, but that would only be temporary.
He would have to distract them with something else. And Carmilla might hold the key to his plans. Surely she knew something about that severed head. Hopefully Frank wouldn't get caught so he could get more info.
"The things I do for others" he sighed.
While his meeting was a dud, he was sure the groups little activity was just as boring as well.
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"WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"
Everyone stood on top of an old building with bug eyes. Vaggie's idea of trusting each other was to take them to an active turf war that was going on.
"I can do this all night long baby!"
"Bring it on bitch!"
Vaggie ignored the screams and destruction down below. She gave the group a stern look as she went into sergeant mode.
"There is nothing stronger than the trust between comrades in arms!" she said.
"She does have a point. We would have lost the war otherwise" Hugo said.
"Hugo's right. Buckle up, butter cups, because today you boys become men…and women" Vaggie said.
As she said that, a huge explosion set off near the building, blowing her hair in a demonic way. The scary grin she was giving didn't help either.
Everyone backed away. The BDSM club was one this, but this was totally out of control.
"I didn't think commoner activities would be so violent" Stolas whimpered.
"I think this is more of a Vaggie activity" Jenny said weakly.
Charlie panicked. She wanted everyone to trust one another, not get themselves blown up! This exercise was getting out of control.
"Vaggie" she warned.
Vaggie ignored her and stormed over to Pentious.
"You!"
She picked him up and held him over her head.
"Wait, wait! I can't fight without my minions!" he cried.
"Are going to survive together!" Vaggie finished.
She threw Pentious over the building and into the fight.
"Hang in there, Pent!" Mei called weakly.
"Holy fuck, dude" Loona muttered.
Vaggie turned her attention to Angel Dust.
"And you!"
Angel quickly backed away from the crazy girl.
"Don't you even-"
Vaggie picked him up and threw him over as well.
"Are going to make this hotel work!"
Husker quickly scurried over to the escape door while Vaggie was distracted and ran away before he was spotted.
Vaggie turned to Hugo and glared at him.
"Get down there and show them how a soldier fights"
Hugo clicked his boots together and gave her a salute.
"Ma'am! Yes Ma'am!"
He grabbed Mille and Moxxie and tucked them under his arms.
"What the fuck are you doing?!" Moxxie screamed.
"Woo hoo! This is going to be fun!" Millie cheered.
Hugo jumped off the building.
"For King and Country!" he cried.
"Mommy!" Moxxie yelled.
The whole building shook as Hugo body slammed to the ground below.
Lue sighed and tucked his ratty hat over his eyes. He had dealt with a lot of messed up shit with how long he had grazed the Earth but this was added to the list.
"Fucking Hell" he muttered.
He pulled out his crazy looking weapon and stood on the ledge.
"Hang on, I'm coming" he said.
He jumped down to the fight so he could save the group from the Turf War.
Jenny pushed Loona and Mei to the stairs while Vaggie was in the middle of grabbing Nifty to throw her over.
"Go, go, go, go!" she urged.
The girls scurried down the stairs so they wouldn't get dragged in Vaggie's crazy idea.
"You do realize that they'll be heading down to the fight outside still, right?" Stolas pointed out.
Jenny made a face.
"Well…the guys will be down there so hopefully they'll defend the girls"
"This day is so fucked up-which is saying something considering where we are"
The Masochist group from before appeared before her with excited looks on their faces.
"Mistress Jenny enjoys Turf Wars as well! She really is professional Dom"
Jenny made a face at the weird group.
"Why did you follow me out of the club?" she groaned.
"We are your eternal slaves. We will follow you wherever you go" one of them said.
"Please tell us to get hurt in the fight!"
Jenny's eye twitched in annoyance.
"That's it!" she snapped.
"This exercise is officially over! I'm in charge now!"
The masochist got all giddy when they saw Jenny get angry.
"Yes, yes, get more angry"
Jenny glared at the group and grabbed one of them and walked over to the edge of the building.
"Since you're already dead I don't feel bad for doing this"
She flung the minion over the edge. She was disturbed when the minion cheered at being tossed into a fight. The other two looked at the scene with huge eyes. Slowly looking back at Jenny, they got even more excited and rushed over to me.
"Me next! Me next!"
Jenny grabbed another one and tossed him over.
"Go be freaky somewhere else!"
She grabbed the last one and did the same.
"If you follow me again and I'll take a baseball bat to you and hit a home run with your head!"
"Thank youuuuu Mistress Jennnnnyyyyyy!" the Masochist called as he was thrown over.
Seconds later a huge explosion went off in response to the minion hitting the ground.
Jenny turned to Stolas with an angry look still on her face.
"Stolas, go wait by the stairs. Vaggie is going to get an ass whopping. You don't want to see this"
She undid her belt and snapped it in her hands.
"Jenny, no!" Charlie cried.
"Stay out of this, Charlie. If Vaggie has no problem throwing your tenants off the roof then she has no problem getting her back porch painted red "Jenny said.
Vaggie backed up a bit when Jenny snapped the belt in her hands again.
"Uh oh"
Stolas quickly grabbed the belt from Jenny's hands before she could do any damage.
"Now, now. We're all adults here. I'm sure we can use our words instead of our fists" he said.
"Why don't you tell Vaggie that since she thinks it's a great idea to throw people off the building to form bonds with others" Jenny said.
"They need to know what's coming in a few months" Vaggie reasoned.
"What if we can't get a Sinner to enter Heaven before the next Extermination? They'll be sitting ducks waiting for the Exterminators to butcher them. I have to show them what's at stake so they can defend themselves"
"If you want to teach them how to defend themselves there are other ways to do that than throwing them in a fucking Turf War" Jenny said.
"Charlie just apologized for putting their safety into jeopardy with Hugo and you pull this? It'll be a miracle if they want to still stay at the hotel when the hosts are acting crazy"
"You have no idea what is about to come" Vaggie argued.
"Uh, yeah I do since Lute almost skewered me" Jenny snapped.
Charlie and Stolas held onto each other as they watched the girls bicker.
"Is Jenny always this…harsh?" Stolas asked.
Charlie nodded.
"When she's mad, yeah. You should have seen her when Alastor and Blitzo fought out in the front of the hotel"
Stolas made little whimpering owl noises. Images of Stella getting angry flashed before his eyes.
"I don't think I want to"
"I don't know what you were hoping by doing this, but it's not helping. Everyone is scared enough as it is. You're doing the exact opposite of having them trust you by doing this exercise" Jenny said.
"There are safer ways to have everyone trust each other"
"Like you have a better way of making this whole project work?" Vaggie challenged.
Jenny's phone buzzed in her pocket. Pulling it out, she saw she got a text from Tony.
"Oh good, he got it done. And it was within an hour like he said"
She waved her phone in Vaggie's face.
"And with that, I'm taking over this class. You and Charlie both did it so now it's my turn. I'll show you how you can get everyone to trust each other"
She went over to the edge of the building and looked down at the group.
"Hey guys! Stop fooling around and head back to the hotel. I had Tony put together something of our class" she called out.
Angel used one of the Masochists as a weapon and swatted its body around to fend off one of the Sinners in the Turf War.
"We're a little bit busy, Toots!" he snapped.
"Now!" Jenny yelled.
Angel groaned and flung the Masochist at the Sinner. He grabbed Nifty and Moxxie, tucking them under his arms.
Hugo had Pentious slung over his shoulder as he fired off a machine gun in his other hand.
"I'll fuck you up like I did the Nazis you fucking bastards!" he roared.
Angel used his free arm to tug Hugo along.
"Let's go, tiny. Toots is finally taking over this class"
Millie was in the middle of stabbing someone with glee. Lue came over and picked her up while she was still stabbing.
"Save that for our lovely hotel host when we get back" he said dryly.
The Sinners who started the Turf War were confused when they saw the group leave.
"Where you all going?"
Jenny turned to the group that was still up on the roof.
"Ladies and Stolas, it's time you saw what a real trust exercise looked like"
She sauntered over to the door where Loona, Mei and Husker were hiding.
"Maybe those masochists were right about her" Stolas said wearily.
Charlie sighed. She was done with this activity. It didn't go the way she wanted it to be.
"Let's just go home" she said.
They all left the building feeling dejected. Instead of growing closer, the group felt more strained than before.
Who knew what Jenny's exercise would be like and if it would help the group or not.
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A/N: Dang, Alastor ain't playing when it comes to people talking about Jenny. He even called Velvette a vulgar term and he's known to be a gentleman around women.
We all know the Vees aren't going to back down any time soon. Since Velvette couldn't sway the other Overlords over in wanting to use Jenny it looks like they'll have to do something else.
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