A/N: Valentino won't give up Angel's soul for free. Charlie just has to offer him something more expensive.

For AnnoyedCollegeStudent, we have Charlie trading her soul for Angel's.


CHAPTER 8

DEADLY TO TOUCH


It was common knowledge that Charlie was a person with a lot of ideas. It was also common knowledge that most ideas were bad ideas. Therefore, it could be inferred that Charlie had a lot of bad ideas.

And unlike most people, Charlie lacked the impulse control to reject the bad ideas outright. In fact, more often than not, the bad ideas were the ones that she executed. A stunning example being the attempt at naming her venture the 'Happy Hotel'. And the less said about the Hotel itself, the better.

Other bad ideas involved rejecting the idea of excessive violence against her enemies, even if they couldn't die. She took the path of peace, instead of snapping her fingers and reducing Pentagram city to a smoking crater.

Then there was the bad idea of trying to talk to the exterminators that one time. And trying to interrupt an overlord meeting. And getting into a random van with a random sinner when she was a kid. And trying to fly a plane, only to crash it into a building. And trying to go to the mortal world. And realizing that she didn't know how to get back to Hell once she did find herself in the mortal world. Trying to fly a plane in the mortal world. Listening to the instructions of someone from the CIA as they told her to fly the plane into a building.

And the list went on endlessly. Two hundred years of bad ideas amounted to a lot of bad ideas.

But out of everything she had ever done, this was no doubt the worst idea in the history of ideas; Maybe ever.

"Let me get this straight, princesa," Valentino said, as demons stood all around her with their jaws on the floor. One of them had gagged Angel Dust and was pinning him to the bed where they had been performing. "You want to trade Angel Dust's soul… For yours."

"That is what I said, yes."

"What's the catch?" He asked, suspicious. No way was he getting such a sweet deal with so little consequence.

"There is no catch," Charlie said simply. "I will trade my soul for Angel's. Once you completely release him from your command, my contract will take effect immediately, with all the same conditions as Angel's."

Valentino licked his lips; This was too good to be true.

As much of a star as Angel Dust was, he was still a sinner; One among a billion that could be replaced with a lot of training. But Charlie….. There was only one Princess of Hell. A single video starring her would make more money than Angel could in a million afterlives.

Not to mention, with the power of Lucifer's bloodline that the girl was too stupid to use, he'd be the top dog in hell. Maybe it would even allow him to leave the Pride Ring. Maybe it would let him break into Heaven!

He didn't even bother to hide the erection he got at the mere thought of raping angels.

"So, do we have a deal?"

"Yes," He hissed, his arousal hitting levels he had never experienced before. "Yes, we do."

A contract appeared in midair, and Charlie read it thoroughly, making sure that her contract would come into effect after Angel's contract was terminated and was freed physically. It wouldn't do for them to capture him.

But then again, it didn't matter. If everything went according to plan, none of it would matter, soon enough.

She signed the contract, as did Valentino. His erection was practically in her face, but she ignored it. She could bear with it for a bit.

"Anthony," Valentino said, pulling out another contract. "Get lost. You, let him go."

And with that, he tore the contract apart.

Angel Dust gasped for breath as he was let up, his eyes wide in horror.

"Charlie! What are you doing?!"

"Get out of here, Angel," She said confidently. "I've got this."

He saw Valentino's smirk, and his eyes told him everything he was thinking of doing to the purest soul in Hell.

"Valentino, you bastard!" Angel roared, running at him. "Let her go!"

Valentino snapped his fingers, and all of a sudden, Angel felt himself restricted by other sinners.

"You dumb bitch," Valentino laughed. "I said you were free to leave; Not free to attack me, in which case, I can treat you just like any other demon. Which means that you just blew your only shot at leaving this place."

"Knew I should've worded that better," Charlie groaned. "Damn it, Angel, why didn't you just listen to me?"

"Too late, Princesa," Valentino gloated, letting his robes drop to the ground. "Now your soul is mine. To start with, suck my dick."

"No."

"HA!" Valentino laughed. "I guess this is your first time under contract, so you don't know how it works. Well, I'll do your first time, and I won't be gentle about it.

"Newsflash, you don't have a choice. You will do as I say, because I say it."

A chain of red smoke appeared around his hands, leading to Charlie's neck. She grunted from the pressure. With a tug, she was sent to her knees.

She looked up with defiance, past his enormous erection and at his face.

"Foolish princess. You couldn't even save that worthless whore, and you lost your soul for nothing. You're mine now, and it cost me nothing!

"I feel it! I feel the power! This is amazing! I feel like I could fuck the whole world! Ahahaha!"

Valentino laughed, his erection growing even larger. His body began to glow with a golden light, and he could feel heat and energy within unlike ever before. Hell, he could probably shatter a wrecking ball with his dick, given how energized he felt. He could see vapors rising off his body, his power radiating into the air around him.

The heat continued ascending as he laughed, pulling on more and more of Charlie's soul. He pointed at a window and released an energy blast. In an instant, hundreds of buildings were wiped out by something that resembled a nuclear blast.

He laughed harder, as more and more power kept building up.

And that was when he realized that something was horribly wrong.

The heat within was rising, and it wouldn't stop. The vapors rising from his body went from steam to smoke.

And then the heat began to burn.

"Wha-What is happening?!" He screamed, the rapidly rising pain distracting him from his other thoughts. His gaze landed on Charlie. "You! What are you doing to me?!"

"Nothing," Charlie said as she got to her feet. "I'm just being me."

"It burns!" He shrieked, the smoke rising from his body even faster. "What is this?!"

"My soul," She said. Now, he was the one on his knees while she looked down at him. "This is why you read the list of ingredients on consumable products. You don't want to accidentally consume poison."

"What?!"

"When you took my soul, you exerted your will over it and began drawing on my power. Now, had I been a sinner, everything would have been normal, but unfortunately for you, I'm built different. No sinner could ever hope to survive contact with my power.

"I really didn't want to do this, Valentino. I really hoped that you would listen to reason. I really hoped that you would show the slightest bit of humanity. If you had looked even the slightest bit concerned while I was signing my soul over, I might have spared you. But you just couldn't do it, could you? The only thing you could think of was how many more powerful beings you would be able to rape.

"You brought this on yourself. You signed the contract, and you tried to take something that was off-limits to your kind for a reason.

"I pity you. All that power, all that influence, and all those decades of scheming, only to lose it all like this. You let your lust blind you, and now, it has cost you everything. A single thought regarding what I am would have told you everything you needed to know, but you didn't.

"There will be no coming back from this. Your soul will be completely eradicated, leaving nothing behind. Just know that you did this to yourself."

Valentino let out a final scream as his body sublimated into black smoke. Charlie sighed as the chain of red smoke around her neck vanished as well. She felt the authority over her own soul return to her.

"Let him go," Charlie said tiredly, looking at the demons that were holding Angel Dust. "None of you are under contract any more. You're all free now."

A lot of sinners were exchanging glances, and more than a few looked at Angel with barely-contained lust.

"If you hurt him," Charlie said, griping the forearm of one of the demons that held him and prying it off with ease. "I will fight you. Learn from your boss' mistake and don't do that."

Her hand had left a burning imprint on the forearm of the sinner she had grabbed, and he was now backing away with fear in his eyes. The other two sinners holding Angel got the message and let him go, backing away slowly.

"Charlie!" Angel yelled as soon as his mouth was free. "What the hell were ya thinkin?!"

"I couldn't let him keep you. For one, they won't let a soul under contract into Heaven."

"Fuck Heaven! I'm talking about you! Do you have any idea what he could've done to you if your plan hadn't worked?"

"It would have been worth it. You think that you don't deserve happiness because of how fucked up your past is, but you're wrong.

"I didn't take you in just to abandon you when the going got tough. I'm here for you all the way, no matter what it takes."

She stepped forward, embracing him in the warmest hug in Hell.

"You don't need to worry anymore. It's all fine now."

Angel could only return the hug with all six arms.


A/N: You can use plutonium as a weapon, but get too close, and it's going to make you suffer. Normal deals with Charlie are okay, but owning her soul is asking to be injected with holy energy, which is a very, very bad idea for a demon.

Next Chapter: Rules Lawyer.