Emily walked back into the hotel, very tired. She went back out and looked for Alastor... nothing.
"Can this day... I'm not even going to finish that sentence, I'm smart enough to know what happens." Emily said, before seeing someone at the bar. "Velvette? What are you doing here?"
"Making sure you're not dead." Velvette said.
"Why would I be dead? I was just visiting Rosie for lunch with Niffty." Emily said as Niffty walked through the room, still sad but a bit happier now after having lunch with her new "mama."
"Yeah, I know you consider her a Mom, but just remember, I was legally adopted by her." Velvette said, sipping her drink. "I'm checking on you because this Roo person was in a fight in downtown."
"Wait, what?! There was?! Where?!" Emily shouted in shocked and horror!
"By the embassy, which is why I was concerned because that's where you were." Velvette said.
"No I wasn't but don't stop talking! Tell me EVERYTHING about what happened there!" Emily said as she grabbed Velvette by the shoulders. "Speak, puppet woman!"
"Uh, that's offensive, I am not a puppet, I'm a doll." Velvette corrected.
"With how horny you are, you're basically your wife's sex doll." Emily said, giving the "puppet" demon a blank look. "Now start talking before I actually turn you into a sex doll and send you to the Lust Ring!"
"… … … …" Velvette just stares at Emily like this threat had no effect on her.
"…Verosika did that to you once already, didn't she?" Emily ask bluntly.
"I actually did it to myself once for our anniversary before the kids came along." Velvette said with a grin.
"Oh God, why the fuck do you tell me shit like that!?" Emly screamed as she covered her ears. "I'M ARO/ACE AND HATE HEARING ABOUT IT!"
"That's why I do it." Velvette said, smirking.
"Uncle Satan damn motherfucking..." Emly muttereed as she uncovered her ears. "Just...talk. What happened with Roo!?"
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you. The view eye witnesses that survived say that Roo tried to kill Lucy and Mammon Junior but someone actually stopped her." Velvette explained as she sipped her drink again.
"Who was it?" Emily asked.
"That masked bitch you chased after." Velvette said, puttng her drink down. "And you'll never guess who was under that mask."
"WHO!?" Emily yelled.
"I'll give you a hint... she got her arm and eye cut out and your niece stabbed her little fuckboy." Velvette said, stretching her arm to get a bottle to refill her glass.
"... What." Emily asked in slowly growing surprise, realizing who Velvette was talking about. "You... that's not possible."
"I thought the same thing but Vaggie was the one who called me and told me." Velvette said, drinkng her new drink. "She's in the dungeon awaiting interrogation. Up to you if you want to go over and see it."
"We're going!" Emily said, grabbing and dragging Velvette to the dungeon!
"Wait, why am I going?!" Velvette asked, stretching her arms to grab the bar counter!
"Emotional support and to stop Vaggie from killing Lute." Emily explained, still dragging and pullng Velvette along.
"Like I can stop her!?" Velvette argued as her metal nails clawed the bartop.
"You have robotic stretching arms! You'll be the rope!" Emily said, still pulling Velvette away and opening the front door.
"... Great." Velvette said as her nails were ripped from the bar and she was dragged out.
'Better call Melissa and tell her I'll be late getting back.' Velvette thought, pulling out her phone. '... ... ... ...And Verosika too.'
Meanwhile at Pride Ring Dungeons, a converted old castle Lucifer used to own, Lute was being held in an integration room with her hands restrained with angelic metal cuffs.
'... I could probably break out of these.' Lute thought, looking ath the chains.
Lut really could but she wasn't. If Roo and Lilith were to be stopped, Lute was going to need Vaggie's help to do it. And the truth is... if there was a choice between having to deal with a "most definitely still hateful towards her" Vaggie or get digested again... Lute would take being digested.
Just as she thought that, the door to the room was opened and Vaggie marched in with her new halbred (chapter 3) in hand.
'Speak of the she devil and she shall appear.' Lute thought as she took in Vaggie's new look.
"Well, it's been a while, hasn't it?" She asked Vaggie.
"Not long enough if you ask me." Vaggie said before stabbing her halbred through the table! "Now, how this will work is simple. I question, you answer, and I decide whether or not to KILL you."
"You can try, but it won't be easy." Lute said with a shrug.
"And why is that? You aren't ALLOWED to answer questions from one of the QUEENS of Hell?" Vaggie asked as her eyes flashed red with demonic magic.
"No... I'm not." Lute said as a chain formed around her neck, "At least not all of your questions."
"You sold your soul to someone?" Vaggie said in surprise.
"Not my choice but I don't regret it." Lute said as the chains slowly vanished. "Now, please go ahead with your questions."
"Where have you been for the last 15 years?" Vaggie asked.
"Hiding. In fact... I was technically dead. Roo bit me in half and swallowed me. Selling my soul was the only way to survive. The person I sold it too promised that I would be able to get my revenge on her." Lute said as she looked Vaggie in the eye. "Look, I know we have VERY bad history, I get that... but right now, I am NOT your enemy. We have a common enemy, and when she's defeated, we can settle our score."
"And how do I know you won't turn into my enemy again?" Vaggie asked.
"Because I've been specifically killing Roo's cult followers and not just random demon groups." Lute revealed. "Hell. If I wanted to, I could've snuck into your castle and killed you and your wife when you slept, but I didn't."
"No, you couldn't have. You're not that stealthy." Vaggie said.
"Well…..you have that eyepatch for a reason, remember?" Lute said with a TINY smirk.
That was the worst possible thing to say, as Lute quickly found herself pressed against the wall with Vaggie's haldred handle held against her throat.
"Even if I DID believe you are killing Roo's followers, give me another reason to not kill you right now?" Vaggie asked.
"B-Because I might be your best chance to stop Roo and Lilith!" Lute said with a groan.
"HOW!?" Vaggie screamed.
"I-I-I know where they are." Lute squeaked out.
"You do?!" Vaggie asked in shock, loosening her grip on Lute's throat.
"I do... so try not to kill me while I tell you about how dangerous and guarded their little hole is." Lute said.
"…Then start talking." Vaggie said, moving away and letting Lute stand without her throat being crushed. "And how do you know Lilith and Roo are working together to begin with?"
"The person I sold my soul to has many tricks, and knows how to find things that others can't." Lute said, rubbng her throat.
"Good but that's not important right now." Lute said before the interrogation room door was kicked open!
"Where is that- HOLY FUCK!" Emily shouted in shock as she saw Lute. "YOU?!"
"Hello, Emily." Lute said, waving her furry hand at Emily. "Been a while, hasn't it?"
"What the fuck happened to you?!" Emily shouted as Velvette glanced into the room.
"Where is- Damn! Somebody got a remodel!" Velvette said, surprised by Lute's new appearance.
"Emily, I need to speak with you." Vaggie said, ushering her out of the room.
"B-But…QUESTIONS!" Emily said as she was pulled out of the interrogation room.
"I'll answer them out here. Velvette, you watch Lute." Vaggie said as she shut the door behind them.
"... The fuck am I supposed to do?" Velvette asked, "She destroyed an entire block!"
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"So, she knows where Roo is." Vaggie said.
"And you needed to pull me out to tell me that?!" Emily asked somewhat loudly.
"Yes…..because Roo also seems to be working with Lilith and might also know where Charlie is." Vaggie continued, holding her arms tightly as she glanced away. "I... I don't know what's going to happen, so I need you to go up to Heaven with Sera and get any exorcist ready."
"But I want to help get Charlie back." Emily said.
"there's a good chance that this will help get her back." Vaggie said, turning her gaze to Emily. "But we need to make sure everything is ready, we can't underestimate her."
"Hmmm, I guess you have a point." Emily said with a sigh.
"Just... do whatever you need to get this done." Vaggie said, her tone almost becoming desperate. "Please... I'm begging you, not as the queen of hell, but as your sister-in-law."
Seeing how serious and how much Vaggie looks to he BEGGING, Emily nodded to her before hugging her sister-in-law.
"Okay, I'll go and I promise, we'll have a fucking armanda to fuck over that evil bitch." she said.
"Good. Do whatever needs to be done." Vaggie said ss they broke the hug.
"Don't worry, I have an idea." Emily said with s grin.
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In a heavenly meeting room, a box was set on a table, which was then opened, revealing multiple weapons inside for a few people standing before it.
"I know I'm asking a lot." Emily said with Sera next to her, "But I have been through literal hell with you and trust you more than anyone else. You don't have to do this, but it would mean the world to me if you did."
A pair of arms reached in and pulled out an angelic steel Tommy gun.
"... Well... I can't speak for the rest of them, but I am with ya, every step of the way." Anthony said, grinning as he cocked the gun.