Chapter 32: Stayed Gone
A/N: Hey everyone! I wanted to thank you all for the reviews I've gotten lately! I can't tell you how much it means to me when I hear that you guys are enjoying this and getting a good laugh out of it. I know this isn't a masterpiece but I'm still touched that you guys love this so much! I'm going to keep doing my best and make this an amazing experience for you all!
So since Charlie's little meeting with Adam went super bad, now she needs to figure out how to fix this before early Extermination Day begins. If that wasn't bad enough, she needs to deal with a very pissed off Imp. What is Blitzo going to do now that Charlie has pretty much put everyone in danger?
I was thinking I'd share some trivia about the story since people have been doing that about the show. Let me know if you want to hear more trivia facts about this series!
Trivia of the day: Jenny was born in the year 1990 which means her lunar zodiac is the Year of the Horse! (coincidentally that's my Lunar Zodiac as well).
Let's find out in today's chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own Hazbin Hotel or Helluva Boss. I just own my OC's.
Enjoy!
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After Charlie was kicked out of the Heaven Embassy, Adam and Lute sent a drone to scan an area in Pentagram City. The camera scanned the ground looking for something until it picked something up. Connecting the camera to where they were in Heaven, they turned on the feed and saw a decapitated Angel. The body was slowly rotting away after being dead for almost two months. It seemed wherever this angel died, none of the Sinners ventured here otherwise they would have broadcasted it on the 666 News.
"One of the scouts spotted this as we were returning to Heaven" Lute said.
"They never managed to kill one of us before"
Adam sat back in his seat with a grim look on his face. This was bad. If the Sinners knew that the angels could be killed, that would cause a huge problem for them. Sinners were supposed to be killed. They paid the price for doing bad things when they were alive and this was their punishment. Sure, they had the unfair advantage that Heaven had very strict rules when it came to passing their pearly gates, but you had to have rules to make sure everything stayed perfect.
"This is pretty serious. They're not supposed to fight back" he said.
He pulled up another camera feed from during Extermination Day. It was when Jenny tried burning Lute and the other angels with her blood. Shortly after that, Alastor stepped in and had his shadows eat some of them up. He had heard about the Radio Demon. He was one of the tricky Overlords who was heard but rarely seen. Even the higher ups in Heaven thought he was a problem.
But he wasn't concerned about an out of date hack. His focus was on Jenny. While she didn't kill any of this angels, she managed to harm them…something that was impossible to do.
"And what about this bitch?"
Lute scowled when she looked at Jenny. Her burns still hadn't healed yet. That woman thought she knew better and thought they were in the wrong. She was just a sorry loser because she wound up in Hell when she died. She couldn't wait to sink her blade into that bitch.
"As far as we know, everyone was severely burned when her blood touched us. We've had blood splatter on us before in the past and nothing happened. Could the Sinners be evolving?"
"Nah, the only way for them to become powerful is if they collected a bunch of souls and this bitch is just a baby shrimp. There's something else going on" Adam said.
"There must be something about this Sinner that we're not seeing. She's obviously hiding some sort of power we've never seen before" Lute said.
"Seeing" Adam muttered.
He looked at Jenny's picture again and narrowed his eyes when he spotted something.
"Zoom in on her face"
Lute blew up the photo where Jenny's face took up the whole screen. Adam pulled out a tablet and typed something in before scanning Jenny's face on the big screen. A few seconds later the tablet beeped and showed some results.
Adam's eyes went wide when he read the information.
"Well fuck me sideways"
Lute looked at her superior in confusion.
"Sir?"
Adam ignored her and continued looked at the tablet.
"Seems like the Princess has been keeping a stowaway in that hotel she was talking about" he said.
He turned the tablet around and showed Lute his findings. Both Heaven and Hell got readings everyday of when a soul died. They had to read the person's life history and see what they did while they were alive. They could also see the status of a living human and determine when they were supposed to die. It helped them keep track of any incoming souls that would head their way.
Lute looked at Jenny's info that was on the soul list. Next to her name, her status read: Alive.
"…You mean"
"Yep, little miss hottie has been hiding a human!" Adam said.
This was unheard of! Living humans were not able to enter the otherworldly realms. They could only do so when they died. If a living soul was able to do that, it would rip the fabric of reality that Heaven and Hell had been trying so hard to keep up since the beginning of time.
"Now we know why she was able to harm us. The number one golden rule we must obey no matter what is that we must never harm a living human" Adam said.
That was the one rule that was embedded into them since the dawn of time. While it was their job to keep the balance of good and evil in check, they could only do so on the damned. Living humans still had a chance to change themselves while they were alive so they could not be killed while their heart was still beating.
It was the biggest taboo for an Exterminator. By killing an innocent living being, they would be punished by agonizing pain and be banished from Heaven forever.
Adam knew this well when he was given his role. Lute on the other hand seemed to have forgotten.
"We need to get rid of her right now before anyone finds out about this! If the other Sinners learn of this then they can use that against us!" she said.
Adam glared at Lute.
"Did you not hear a fucking word I said? We can't kill her! We're bound by oath to never kill a living human. The second we do that, we'll be kicked out of Heaven forever and wind up down here where Lucifer will do who the fuck knows what to us as payback for all the Sinners we've killed!" he said.
"But we have to do something! We can't let her go free like this!" Lute insisted.
"Oh Lute, you oblivious bitch, you" Adam sighed.
"We'll be back in six months. Chances are, that bitch is going to be exposed. When that happens, every power hungry demon will tear her to pieces trying to get her soul and then she'll be dead for real. We just gotta wait and keep an eye on the list of humans that die. Once she's dead, then you can get your revenge on her"
"But Sir"
"Let me put it this was then: if we do anything now, Sera is going to find out. It was a pain in the ass convincing her to push up Extermination Day by six months. Don't do anything that'll put targets on our heads" Adam warned.
"We'll keep an eye on her and make sure she dies before we get down there. We just gotta be careful about this so none of the higher ups find out about this. Okay?"
Lute was hesitant for a moment. They should have taken care of this before it got worse. But if they rushed this, they could get caught and kicked out of Heaven.
Being patient was the way to go.
"Understand, Sir" she said.
"That's why you're the top dog" Adam laughed.
He leaned back in his seat and just looked at Jenny's photo.
"This is going to be a fun Extermination Day"
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Back at the hotel, Charlie was pacing back and forth in the lobby. She explained what had happened during her meeting with Adam and everyone was not happy with her. They didn't know if it was her fault that Adam pushed up Extermination Day because she mentioned the hotel or if this was the real reason why he called a meeting with her.
Either way, the residents were slightly freaking out at the thought of almost being killed again by the Exterminators.
Blitzo didn't take this news very well at all. After he heard Charlie's story, he stormed off to who knew where. That was yesterday and no one had seen the Imp since.
Lue secretly went off somewhere too. It seemed like everyone was trying to wrap their mind over what had just happened.
Jenny was secretly freaking out. She didn't want to deal with the angels a second time, she barely made it out last time. If Alastor hadn't stepped in to save her, she would have been dead. She was lucky last time, but she had a feeling she wouldn't be a second time.
She needed to get home fast. She didn't care if that mysterious group would find her, it would have been better than being stabbed by a Holy weapon.
Angel looked up from his phone to see Jenny curled up in a ball on the couch. Now that he knew her secret, he understood why she was quietly freaking out. If she got stabbed, she would die and stay stuck in Hell forever.
"How you holding up, toots?" he asked quietly.
Jenny had a stressed out look on her face when she looked at him.
"Barely hanging in there. How is this even possible? Doesn't Lucifer have a say in any of this?"
"He made his kid go to that meeting instead of him. If Adam didn't give a shit who attended that meeting he wouldn't give a shit about their opinion" Angel said.
Jenny sighed and buried her head in her knees.
"What am I going to do?"
"Probably find that group that sent you down here" Angel said.
"The Extermination won't be for another six months. You have time to get yourself out of here before that happens. No point in stressing out over this now when it's not happening"
Angel had a point. The Extermination wouldn't be for a while. She could use this time to find out who sent that cult after her so she could get out of here! She'd have to talk to Blitz about this since he had the file about Martha and her family.
Maybe she wasn't screwed after all.
"Thanks, Ang"
"Yeah, yeah. Now if you want to freak out over something, it'll be what you'll have to wear at that gig Smiles set you up for in a few weeks" Angel said.
"We're going to have to find some really good makeup that'll cover you up just in case. Not to mention some new outfits for you to perform in too"
Jenny made a face at that.
"Should we really be thinking about that when we have the thought of Angel's coming back in six months?"
Angel showed his phone to her where there was a live feed of what the Sinners were doing in the city right this minute.
"As you can see, everyone is going bananas doing crazy shit before those fuckers come back. This might be your only chance of performing down here, so we can't pass that up" he said.
Jenny sighed and held the bridge of her nose.
"Why did I agree to let you help me with this?"
"Because I promised to keep my mouth shut about your little secret" Angel teased.
Jenny gave him a weak glare in return. Charlie continued to freak out as she paced around the room.
"Okay, so the Extermination is coming in six months instead of a year. No big deal. Just a little setback. Nothing we can't handle. Just angels cutting our timetable in half. But who needs a whole year to save souls? Am I right? And next time, when they cut the time in half again and again, we'll just handle it, right?!"
Vaggie went up to her and grabbed her arms.
"Yes, we will" she said calmly.
Angel scoffed.
"Oh please, ya had less than half a chance when you started all this salvation bullshit" he said.
"And now…ain't no silver lining this time, toots"
He phone suddenly buzzed as Valentino sent a thousand text messages at once. He grumbled and texted him back. Jenny looked over his shoulder to see the nasty messages Val was sending him. She didn't like what he was sending and decided Slickback needed a taste of his own medicine.
"Give me that" she muttered.
She texted something on his phone and sent it to Val. Angel's eyes bugged out when he saw what she wrote.
"What the fuck Jen" he whispered.
Jenny turned off his phone and tossed it on the table.
"Al said not to mess with bigfoot in person, he never said anything about texting him" she said.
Angel made a face and looked at his phone. He was going to have to destroy it and get a new one just in case.
Charlie put on a stressed smile. She didn't want to believe that her mission was over before it started.
"Sure there is. We just have to look a little harder for it" she insisted.
"Well, while you're looking for it, the rest of Hell is going nuts" Jenny said.
She gestured to Pentious carting a cannon across the room while Nifty was sharpening a knife and Mei grabbed a bottle from the bar and started making a Molotov cocktail.
"Everyone is losing their shit"
Vaggie perked up when she thought of something.
"Yeah, that's true. Sinners are desperate" she said slowly.
"Maybe desperate enough to try anything to escape the extermination?"
Charlie gasped.
"This is the perfect time to recruit more sinners for the hotel!" she said.
"Cute idea and all, but you sure it's a good idea to go out when the city is crazy right now?" Jenny asked.
"Well, it's not like people are just going to show up on our doorstep" Charlie said.
The sound of a car speeding could be heard as it crashed through one of the walls of the hotel. Everyone jumped in alarm. When the dust settled, they saw it was Blitz's van. The Imp jumped out of his car and slammed the door shut. He looked beyond pissed as he stormed over to them.
"Blitz, what the fuck?!" Jenny screamed.
"Not now, Jen!" Blitzo snapped.
He went over to Charlie with a scary smile on her face.
"Hey, Princess, wanna ask how my day has been?"
Charlie made a face and bit her lip.
"How's…your day been?" she asked slowly.
"Oh, I'm so glad you asked! Thank you so much! My day has been rainbows and unicorns. Wanna know why? Well, I'll tell you why! So, I had a huge list of clients who wanted to get back at someone. I'm talking heavy hitter clients. So there I was, ready to start another busy day when I remembered a certain princess talked to one of the angels from Heaven. She says something that sets them off and they decided to push up Extermination Day by six months for shits and grins because why not? The news gets wind of it and tells everyone in the city about it which means my clients hear about it too. They freak out and cancel their hits because they'd rather spend their money doing who the fuck knows what instead of killing someone. So now I'm without any clients and I have no idea when I'll be getting any more because of the surprise Extermination! That's how my day has been!"
After he finished talking he had a crazy, deranged look on his face. Charlie looked sad and defeated after Blitzo yelled at her.
"I didn't-"
"Save it!" Blitzo snapped.
"I fucking told you that if you messed this up, I was going to make you regret it. Well, guess what princess! It's payback time!"
Jenny jumped up from her seat on the couch and went over to him.
"Blitz, don't take this out on Charlie" she pleaded.
"Don't stick up for her, Jen. She made this mess and now everyone has to pay for it" Blitzo said.
"She doesn't have to worry about getting killed off like everyone in this hotel"
Charlie got angry and glared at him.
"I care about my people! That's why I'm putting this hotel together!"
"And you're doing a fantastic job of it" Blitzo spat.
"Like I said. It's payback time. You promised you'd keep Jenny safe and you've already broken that promise"
"What are you going to do? Run this place over with your van?" Angel asked.
"Nope. Something I should have done when I found Jenny" Blitzo said.
He grabbed her hand and tugged her over to him.
"She is getting out of this hotel and staying with me"
Everyone froze when they heard that. Jenny leaving the hotel?!
"What?!"
"You heard me! I can't trust you to keep Jenny safe when you put the whole city in danger. She's staying with me. You took away my clients and now I'm taking away your chance of getting tenants here" Blitzo said.
Jenny looked at Blitzo weakly. It was obvious that he was freaking out over her safety but he was taking it too far.
"Blitz" she said.
"Don't argue with me, Jen. You got hurt last time. I won't let that happen again"
Mei and Pentious lunged forward and wrapped their arms around Jenny's legs.
"Don't leave us!" Mei cried.
"Why do we have to be punished?!" Pentious added.
"They do have a point. She's the only reason anyone wants to stay here in the first place" Angel pointed out.
"Not my problem" Blitzo said.
"Surely we can talk this out" Vaggie said.
"Nope. Jenny is staying with me and there is nothing you guys can do to change my mind" Blitzo said.
Alastor appeared from the shadows at that moment.
"My what seems to be going on here? I heard a loud bang and shouting. Did someone die?" he asked excitedly.
"The kid's moving out" Husker said.
The sound of a record scratching could be here. Alastor whipped his neck all the way around so he could see the bartender behind his back.
"Say what now?"
"Blitz-o is freaked out over the new Extermination Day and he's making Jen stay with him" Angel Dust said.
Alastor slowly turned his head around and looked at Blitzo with glowing eyes.
"Is he now?" he said.
"And what did Jennifer have to say about this?"
"You're the main reason why I want to get her out of here, Bambi" Blitzo snapped.
Alastor glared at Blitzo.
"I don't believe I was talking to you, I was talking to Jennifer. She doesn't need you to speak for her"
He turned his attention back to Jenny.
"So Jennifer, you're just going to leave this place? Leave everyone behind?"
Jenny sighed wearily.
"It's not like that"
"Then what is it?"
Blitzo got in front of Jenny and glared at him.
"None of your business, asshole"
Alastor snarled at him.
"I believe I said I was talking to Jennifer, did I not? I find it very alarming that you're not letting her speak. Should I be worried, Jennifer?"
"Don't pull that crap on her! If anyone is trying to be controlling over her, it's you! You've been doing nothing but trying to control and manipulate her since she's met you. You wouldn't let her leave the hotel, you wouldn't tell her that someone was out for her blood, you pushed her to perform when she really didn't want to, you're making her perform at one of your friend's place where I know for a fact you're going to try to take advantage of her and her talent. She's not your little toy that you get to play with you washed up, outdated disc jockey!" Blitzo snapped.
All the anger and resentment he felt for the Radio Demon came out as he snapped at him. He didn't like how he treated Jenny. He knew he was just trying to control her and use her as a way to keep himself entertained.
To him, he was more dangerous than the angels.
Alastor had a shadow cover his face as he glared at him.
"Care to repeat that…Blitz-O?" he said. The static in his voice suddenly gone.
Blitzo glared some more and literally butted heads with Alastor.
"You washed up. Outdated. Disc jockey" he said.
The room suddenly grew cold and intense. Dark shadows appeared as Alastor's grin grew twisted and mangled. He cracked his fingers as they grew into claws.
"Seems you need to be reminded of who you're dealing with" Alastor snapped.
Blitzo pulled out his pistol and undid the safety.
"I ain't scared of a wimpy little deer!" he spat.
Angel surprisingly intervened and got in between them.
"Guys, guys, think about this! There's no need to cause a scene in here…take it outside so you have more room to fight"
"Angel!" Jenny barked.
"What, I'm bored and this will be fun to tape" Angel said.
"Not like anyone is going to watch this"
/
Meanwhile at V tower, Vox was relishing in the power he was getting with Sinners buying his products. It was so easy to persuade and control people these days thanks to them being glued to their phones and television. The more gadgets he created the more wealth he brought in. He was one of the reasons why souls became such zombies now a days.
"Ha ha ha! Now that's what I call entertainment!"
His face buzzed signaling Velvette was calling him. Pulling her call up on one of his screens, he smiled at his business partner.
"Hello, there, Velvette. How are you this hellish morning?"
Velvette scowled as someone shouted and threw things in the background behind her.
"Oh, cut the shit, Vox. I need you up here now!" she snapped.
"Whatever could be the problem my dear?"
"You're little boy toy is wrecking my department while I'm trying to pull together a show and-"
She ducked as Valentino threw someone's head across the room.
"That fucking bitch!" he shouted.
"Just get your ass here. Now!" Velvette yelled.
She turned away from her phone to glare at the pimp.
"Damnit Valentino!"
The called ended after that. Vox's grin vanished as he swore under his breath and pushed away from his seat.
"Oh god, here I go. Valentino. Just another fucking day with Val. Hey, hey, hey. Fuck my life" he muttered.
He left his office area and made it to the main floor where a group of reporters were waiting for him.
"Mr. Vox. What are your thoughts on the new extermination deadline?" a reporter asked.
Vox put on the fakest smile he could muster and went into business mode.
"My dear people, we at VoxTek Enterprises have always been at the forefront of innovation. And now with this new oncoming threat, we are shifting our focus to your protection. We are pleased to announce VoxTek Angelic Security is coming soon. Trust us with your safety"
As he spoke, he screen started acting up, sending crazy signals. Everyone who looked at his screen was hypnotized and seemed to follow under his spell. One of Vox's employees came up to him looking nervous.
"Sir? Uh, when did we begin working on Angelic Security?" They asked.
"30 seconds ago" Vox hissed under his breath.
"Try to get that bitch Carmilla on the books and cancel all of my appointments today. I have a fire to put out upstairs"
He zapped into one of the security cameras that was all over the building and made it to Velvette's level of the tower.
Everyone was scrambling around, trying to clean up the mess Valentino made while also helping Velvette with her project.
"Alright, Velvette. Tell me where's our hot headed friend now?" Vox sighed.
Velvette scoffed as she reviewed one of the outfits her models were wearing.
"Up in his tower waiting for a flat-faced prince to calm him down" she spat.
"And uh, what's got him so out of sorts today? Angel again I take it?" Vox asked.
"Who the fuck knows! But thanks to him, he tore up my best model. And you know, the show can't wait for that unlucky bitch to pull herself back together!" She snapped.
"Now while I try to scramble looking for a backup, go take care of the piss baby"
Vox scowled and headed towards Valentino's area. The maids opened the doors where Vox was greeted to the sight of Val sitting on his sofa, smoking his cigarette heavily.
"Fucking finally!" he yelled.
He threw his empty glass at the wall near Vox. Out of habit, Vox took a step out of the way with a bored look on his face.
"What happened now? One of your whores getting out of line again?"
"No! It's that little harlot that was with Angel Dust the other day! The one who hit me with a bat!" Valentino yelled.
"Ah" Vox said boredly.
Valentino got up from his seat and stormed over to Vox.
"It's bad enough that Angel walked out on me and moved in with Lucifer's bimbo daughter, but now he's friends with that chupacabra!"
Vox just looked at him dully. Why did he have to work with such an annoying manchild sometimes?
"She paid you for Angel's services so what's the problem?" he asked.
"She's getting to close and feisty! That's the problem!" Val yelled.
"I texted Angel twenty times about work and he wouldn't respond. Next thing I know, I get this!"
He pulled up his phone where he showed a message that was from Angel's phone but it was clearly written by Jenny. Vox looked at the screen and read what she wrote.
"Hey, bigfoot. Heard the bad news that you didn't get the part in the Rocky Picture Horror Show. Sorry that happened but there's always next time. I heard they're doing Muppets Treasure Island soon. You should give that a shot since you already look like a Muppet. But if that doesn't work out either you can go as Pennywise since you dress like a clown anyway. I'll be rooting for you!"
"Good god" Vox muttered.
Valentino growled and threw his phone at the wall. He stormed over to his closet and started rummaging around it.
"That little bitch! Do I look like fucking Tim Curry?! What the fuck is a Muppet anyway?!"
He turned around and held up a bunch of guns in his hands.
"Which of these makes me look sexier?" he asked.
Vox scowled at the sight of the guns.
"You're not going over there" he warned.
Valentino ignored him and loaded bullets into one of his guns.
"I knew I shouldn't have taken that ring as payment. When I'm done with her, she's gonna remember who runs this part of Hell. Think she's so hot just because she's got fancy blood that hurts angels" he muttered.
Vox grabbed him and made him look at his screened face.
"VAL!" he warned.
He quickly composed himself and put on a fake smile.
"Think about it. Our brand is perfection. And what do you think attacking paying customers will do for our image?"
"Uh…fuck it up?" Valentino asked.
"That's right! Do you want customers thinking you'll attack them after they paid big money to spend time with your employees?"
"No"
"Exactly! She paid you big money for Angel's services so you should…?"
"Do nothing?"
"Great idea! Now, that's why they pay you the big bucks" Vox cooed as if he was talking to a child.
He walked away and went over to the security cameras that were on Val's desk.
"Remember, Val: the customer is always right. As long as she's paying for Angel why bother?"
Valentino gripped his cigarette tightly in anger. He wanted to shoot someone up to relieve the stress he was under. Why did Vox have to treat him like a child instead of a partner most of the time?
"That bitch thinks she's so special because she's got fancy blood that everyone wants. I don't know where the fuck Alastor found this little chupacabra" he said to himself.
At the mention of the Radio Demon, Vox dug his claws into the desk and left marks. Very slowly, he turned to look at Val.
"What did you just say?" he asked slowly.
Valentino smiled darkly. Now was the perfect chance to get back at the Television.
"Oh, you didn't know? Angel isn't the only one staying that the Princesa's hotel. The Radio Demon is there too. And that little bitch I was talking about? She's the one that was on the news a while back. Seems like Alastor picked up a stray and is taking care of her"
Vox shook with anger as he slowly walked over to Val.
"Alastor came back and he is with Lucifer's daughter, not only that, but that girl from the news is his brat, and that wasn't the FIRST FUCKING THING YOU TOLD ME?!" he shouted.
Val smirked and walked past him.
"Hey, killing Alastor is your kink" he said.
Vox hurried back to the monitors and typed something in. He got the satellite feed that was aimed at the hotel and saw at that moment the gang at the hotel was outside as they watched Alastor and Blitzo duke it out in front.
/
"I'm going to wipe that fucking grin off your face" Blitzo growled.
Alastor just laughed and held his microphone up as he summoned a few shadows.
"I'll be impressed if you even manage to lay a finger on me" he taunted.
"Guys stop!" Jenny pleaded.
She went to intervene but Husker grabbed her arm and shook his head.
"Don't get in the middle of this, kid. You'll only get hurt"
"But I-"
"They're grown ass adults. They know what they're getting themselves into. If it gets out of hand Charlie will stop it" Husker promised.
Jenny looked at Blitzo and Alastor helplessly. She didn't want Blitzo to fight Al. She had seen how nasty he could fight and she knew the Imp didn't stand a chance against him.
Blitzo undid the safety of his pistol and fired at Alastor. Alastor simply summoned a few of his shadows and had them take the hits before disappearing. He then had a few tentacles come from his body and zip towards Blitz. The imp flipped and jumped over the tendrils thanks to his many years in the circus. The two of them dished it out, making a mess of the front area of the hotel.
"Got to say, you're a lot more troublesome than most of the Sinners I've gotten rid of" Alastor said.
"What can I say? Pissing people off is my specialty" Blitzo teased.
Alastor smiled darkly and launched a few more of his shadows at him. Blitzo tried firing his gun but saw he ran out of bullets. Jenny freaked out and pushed past Husker to go rescue her friend.
She skidded in the middle of them and looked scared.
"Stop!" she cried.
Alastor quickly retracted his shadows before they could hit Jenny but Blitzo was another story. While Jenny was running towards them, he pulled out a knife he had in his jacket and threw it at Alastor. When it left his fingers, that's when Jenny stopped in between them to break the fight. He looked on in horror when he realized the knife was heading towards her and it was too late for him to grab it.
"Jenny!"
Jenny gasped when she saw the knife coming for her. Alastor's eyes widen when he saw the knife was going to hit Jenny. He immediately appeared in front of her and let the knife stab him in the arm. Everyone was shocked by what they saw. Alastor took a hit for someone on purpose.
The Radio Demon pulled out the knife and looked at it with disgust.
"That's the second time someone ruined my coat" he hissed.
Blitzo ignored him and hurried over to Jenny to make sure she was ok.
"Jenny!"
Alastor pushed Jenny behind him and held the knife out at Blitzo.
"Is this how you treat your most treasured friend? By throwing blades at her?" he asked darkly.
Blitzo glared at him and growled.
"I would never lay a hand on her. This was an accident!"
"An accident that almost caused her serious harm" Alastor said.
"After this little stunt do you honestly think Jennifer would be safe with you?"
"She's a lot safer with me than with you!"
"And yet who took the hit for her just now?"
The two bickered with each other. Jenny looked between the two and started to feel overwhelmed. Finally, she had enough and snapped.
"ENOUGH!" she screamed.
Both men froze and looked at her. Jenny had angry tears in her eyes and she glared at them and shook like a leaf.
"I am not some fucking trophy to fight over! Neither of you asked for my opinion about any of this, you just decided things for me, acting as if I don't have a mind of my own. Blitz! Your overprotectiveness is too much sometimes! I know you worry about me and want to keep me safe but it's suffocating! You act like I can't take care of myself! I've had to do that since I first got here and I turned out alright. If I need your help you know I will always ask you. If I stay with you during Extermination Day it'll be no different than staying at the hotel. I'm on their shit list so they'll hunt me down one way or another. Al! Blitz is right that you treat me like a toy. I can't tell when you help me if it's being genuine or if you want something out of it. Even your way of apologizing to me from before feels that way. You're not helping me get an audition for that play by putting these gigs together, you're doing that so you can show everyone in the city that you have connections to Hell's newest celebrity! You didn't even really ask me if I wanted to perform at your friends club, you just arranged it for me and then told me after the fact! Neither of you seemed to care about my feelings and just decided to take matters into your own hands! Well guess what bitches? That shit ends right now! Blitz, I am staying at the hotel! You don't have room in your one bedroom apartment so how the fuck would three people managed to live in there?! And Al, you can tell your friend to cancel that gig at her club because I'm not your fucking show puppet! The next time you both act like children again I'm going to go full teacher mode on you and give you a full on spanking then throw your fucking asses in the corners!"
When she was done shouting, she breathed heavily. Everyone was silent and stared at her with bug eyes. Charlie hid behind Vaggie while Mei and Pentious hid behind Huskers wings. Blitzo gulped while Alastor's ears went back. Angel who had his phone out to record the fight lost his grip on it and let it drop to the floor. Niffty just laughed, enjoying the fight.
Jenny wiped the angry tears from her eyes and glared at Alastor and Blitzo.
"Clean this fucking mess up right now. I'm going for a walk to calm down"
She stormed away from the hotel.
"But Jenny!" Blitzo pleaded.
"FUCK OFF!" she shouted.
Blitzo jumped back and bit his lip. Oh, he fucked up this time.
Angel scowled and hurried after Jenny.
"Where are you going?" Vaggie said.
Angel glared at them over her shoulder.
"Making sure she's ok. The last time she stormed off like that a bunch of Exterminators were after her ass!"
Mei and Pentious looked at each other for a moment then hurried after to follow Angel.
"Wait for us!"
Blitzo was at a loss for words. He was just trying to protect Jenny but instead he just made things worse. He went to go after her as well, but Alastor held his microphone out to stop him.
"I think we've done enough damage for one day. No need to add more to it" he said.
"Yo, speaking of damages" Tony said.
The roach appeared in front of them and gripped his wrench tightly.
"You fuckers get to spend the rest of the day fixing that wall you destroyed! I just plastered it too!"
Alastor was about to make a comment but stopped when he spotted something in the sky. It was one of Vox's drones that he used to spy on the city. Narrowing his eyes, he scowled. That blasted television saw the whole thing! He needed to take care of that.
"The Imp can fix the wall since he made that hole. I need to take care of something that just came up"
He disappeared in the shadows.
"You fucker!" Blitzo shouted.
Tony threw some supplies at him and reeved up his drill.
"You better start patching before I drill another hole in your body for Sinners to fuck " he warned.
"That sounded more kinky than threatening" Blitzo said.
Tony glared at him waved the drill.
Blitzo rolled his eyes and went over to the wall. Maybe taking his anger out on it would make him feel better.
/
Vox and Valentino just watched the scene that unfolded in front of them. Valentino growled and grumbled when he saw Angel running after Jenny.
"That fucking whore! Going after her like a lost puppy dog! Stupid little bitch!" he muttered.
Vox didn't pay attention to what Val was saying and just looked at the screen. Alastor was back! Not only that but he seemed to have deep connections to Hell's mysterious newcomer. He even took a knife for her so she wouldn't get hurt. Just who was this girl?
"That fucker is back!" he shouted.
Val looked up from the screen and raised an eyebrow at Vox.
"Yeah, I was surprised when I saw him too" he said.
Vox paced back and forth in the room.
"It's been seven years! Where did he even find that girl?!"
"Probably wanted to show the Pride Ring his new little brat he found" Val said.
"This isn't funny, Val!"
"Who said I was joking? You know how his mind works. He always enjoyed putting on a show. What we saw just now is no different"
Vox scowled.
"Well things have changed since he's been gone. It's time to show who's really in charge of things now"
He left Val's office and headed towards his. As he walked further into the room his powers started to act up.
Welcome home!
I'm gonna make you wish
That you'd stayed gone!
Say Hello
To a new status quo
Everyone knows that there's a brand new dawn
Turn the TV on!
He quickly connected to all of the televisions in Hell and released a breaking broadcast.
"Top of the hour and we're discussing a certain has-been who has been spotted cavorting around town after a seven year absence! Did anybody miss him? Did anybody notice? More on tonight's program! So the radio demons is back in town. Why is he hanging around? What does that mean for your family? Well handily, I've got good news. He's a loser, a fossil. And I don't mean to sound hostile but the demon is a coward"
Alastor paused when he heard Vox's voice on the Hotel's tv. Looking at the screen, his face turned scary when he saw Vox's ugly face.
"You can take that as gospel. Pulling my viewers? Impossible! I'm visual, he's barely audible. Stop giving him the time of day. Don't listen to a word he'd say. Hope he had a nice vacay. But he should have stayed away!"
The radio demon growled the more Vox spoke. So TV wanted to fight? Fine, he was up for another one. He stormed up to his radio tower and decided to show Vox who was really in charge.
Vox of course didn't know this and just continued with his little stunt.
While he hid in radio
We pivoted to video
And now his medium is getting bloody rare!
Hell's been better since he split
Where's he been?
Who gives a shit?!
Salutations
Good to be back on the air! Alastor suddenly sang.
Everyone who had their radio on in the city jumped when they heard that familiar voice. Vox freaked out and growled. What was that asshole up to now?!
Alastor just smirked and continued his little number.
Yes I know it's been a while
Since someone with style
Treated hell to a broadcast
Sinners rejoice!
"What a dated voice" Vox cried.
Instead of a clout chasing video podcast
"Come on!"
Is Vox insecure pursuing allure?
Flitting between this fad and that?
Is nothing working?
"Ignore his chirping!"
Everyday he's got a new format
"You're looking at the new future! He's the shit that comes before that!"
Alastor just smiled when he saw Vox's temper getting worse. If he kept this up he would get so wound up he would loose his signal. He just needed to push a little more.
Is Vox as strong as he purports?
Or is it based on his support?
He'd be powerless without the other Vees!
"Oh please!"
And here's the sugar
On the cream
He asked me to join his team
"Hold on!"
I said no
And now he's pissy
That's the tea
You old timey prick!
I'll show your suffering! Vox said as he started glitching.
Uh oh the TV's buffering! Alastor taunted.
That did cause Vox to completely lost it and went overboard with his power.
I'LL DESTROY YOO-O-U-U LITTLE-
With that, his power got out of hand and he caused a mini power out of the city. That is except for the hotel since Alastor had power over it.
"I'm afraid you lost your signal" he said.
He made sure that he was still connected to Vox's office and decided to tell him something that he didn't want the rest of the city to hear.
A message of who was really in charge of here.
Let's begin
I'm gonna make you wish
That I'd stayed gone
Tune on in
When I'm done
Your status quo will know it's race is run
Oh, this will be fun!
With that, he cut his connection to Vox's tower. The TV could still hear Alastor's laugh afterwords.
Staring at a blank screen, he realized that he was biting off more than he could chew with Alastor.
"FUUUUCK!" he whined.
/
Vox quickly called Velvette and Valentino to his part of the tower for an emergency meeting.
"We have a problem. Alastor is getting close to Little Princess Morning Star. So our main concern now is ensuring that no deal is ever struck between Lucifer's brat and that smiling freak" Vox spat.
"Well, how exactly are we supposed to stop it?" Velvette asked.
"Put something inside them. That's how I get the bitches to behave" Val offered.
Vox and Velvette made a face at that.
"Not only that, but we have a surprise newcomer to deal with as well. Remember that girl from Extermination Day?"
"Jenny…Hummingbird? Mockingjay? Something that deals with birds" Velvette said.
"Well, whatever her name is, she seems to be a bigger threat than we thought" Vox said.
"It seems the princess is keeping an eye on her while she's at that hotel of hers. No doubt probably keeping her hidden so no one can use that mysterious blood of hers. And according to Val she has ties to Alastor. Think she's one of his new minions?"
"I didn't sense a contract between the two when I met her. But I think she's got ties to the princess since she's employed with her. But it was obvious that Alastor didn't want me touching that chupacabra so something is going on between the two of them. He never sticks his neck out for anyone" Val said.
Vox hummed and stood up from his seat. He walked over to the fish tank and watched his pet sharks swim around.
"We need to know what's going on in that hotel. Why would Alastor show up suddenly after being gone for seven years? Think Angel would spy for us?"
Val scoffed and waved his phone.
"That slut won't even take my calls back" he said.
"Shouldn't we be more concerned about that girl? She was able to do something to those angels when it's impossible to defeat them" Velvette pointed out.
"Trust me, I'm well aware of that. But since she's with the princes it's going to be impossible to get close to her. And thanks to Val's visit a few days ago, she's going to be on high alert with us." Vox said.
"We just need find out more about this girl. Who is she? Where did she come from? What is her reason for being by Alastor and the princess?"
"Basically find a weak spot?" Val said.
Vox laughed and looked at the two of them.
"Correct. Once we find a weak spot, we pounce. And once we do that, Alastor will be gone for good"
The three of them laughed as they thought of their plan. They were finally going to get the upper hand on Alastor for a change!
Too bad Alastor was one step ahead of them. Vox seemed to forget that Alastor could get a radio signal pretty much anywhere that had an antenna. And since V tower was pretty much a super big one, he was able to connect his powers to one of Vox's signals and listen to what he was saying
He sat at his desk in the radio tower and listened to what they were all saying about their plans. He tapped his finger on the desk while a thin smile was on his face. He hummed as he tilted his head to the side.
"So, you've taken a fancy to Miss. Firecracker, have you old chap?" he asked.
He dug his finger into the desk and dragged it, leaving a nasty claw mark in it's place. His eyes glowed as a shadow covered his face.
'Too bad I don't share"
/
A/N: Adam found out about Jenny! This is bad but luckily for her, Heaven has that rule about killing humans so she's safe…for now. I couldn't find anything about Angels harming humans in Christian Lore so we're just gonna say the Exterminators are forbidden to harm humans since they're only allowed to attack Sinners (plus no one in Heaven is supposed to know about this anyway)
I don't know if Alastor is able to connect with Vox's tower through the radio but since he seemed to still have a connection with him when the power went out in the city during the 'Stayed Gone' song in the show I have a feeling he might. But if now we'll just say Alastor has his ways of being sneaky like Vox does with his cameras.
Is Alastor pissed that Vox is interested in Jenny because he sees her as a plaything or because he actually cares about her?
Seems like both he and Blitzo are in the doghouse with their little fight. Wonder how they're going to apologize to Jenny for this?
Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Let me know what you think!
Take care!