It's been a few months now since the new hazbin was rebuilt slowly but surely they have acquired a few new guests at the hotel aside from angel dust, things have been looking hopeful for Charlie, this morning she called the hotel staff to The parlor for a meeting she wanted to expand the staff because the few guests that they had it made it been vocal that it would be nice if they offered a continental breakfast or lunch since they were supposed to be an upscale rehabilitation hotel.
"I'm thinking of hiring a cook for the hotel,"
Charlie stated as she paces back and forth in front of the couch angel dust even though he was technically not staff was sitting with the rest of the staff, since he was the first guest he gets that privilege. Alastor was sitting in the lone arm chair
He wasn't really paying much attention he honestly didn't care about getting a new paid staff for the hotel, he offered a New soul that he owned in its place but Charlie was against it she wanted to get new staff on grounds of honesty since they were a new and improved hotel where sinners could be redeemed. He didn't really care much about this meeting, but to keep up an air of him running it with her he sat with them in the meeting. His mind was elsewhere, the last few months his brain was racking with ways that he could get out of his deal or at least a loophole through it, he's felt himself more distracted as of late and paying attention to Charlie's foolish idea of getting a paid staff member was of no interest to him.
"I highly doubt we can find a paid staff member cuz we don't have a lot of money to offer them, this place isn't exactly racking in the cash and the two staff members we have Alastor owns them''
Angel said as he lounged cross the couch and looked towards Husk direction his face faltering slightly with a wave of pity because he knows all too well the situation that husk is in.
"I know we can't offer them a lot of money and we're still not able to get a lot of people in this hotel because it's only been a few months but if we offer free room and board maybe it can be a more attractive offer to them."Charlie said and she noticed Alastor not paying attention but still with a wide grin smile on his face.
" Alastor what is your opinion on the matter?" Charlie said her face contorted to a frown, she tries to hide her frustration of the fact that he has never taken this hotel seriously but would like him to. But without the help he's already given she couldn't have come this far.
" If you think it best my dear but I don't think you will find many applicants clamoring to have a part time cook job at this hotel. My offer still stands, I can procure you all the staff you need without having to pay them.''
"No," Charlie said flatly, "No more owned souls it feels counterproductive to what I am doing and I would like to get staff on a more honest basis." She said earnestly looking at Vaggie who gave an approving smile.
" Very well then." Alastor said not really caring that much about whether or not this place has a cook or a front desk person or anything, he was here for the souls who want to try in vain and fail at redemption -the best entertainment to him.
A week has passed since the last meeting and as he expected no one really applied for the cook job, Vaggie had took it upon herself to oversee the hiring and interview process he wasn't surprised what they were offering wasn't much and very few people still had hope for redemption but stranger things have happened, he was in his room having his morning breakfast which he would hope to have in peace until he heard a knocking at the door Vaggie entered much to his chagrin, this wasn't the first time she was interrupting his breakfast she only did that when she had a job for him or a favor so he was waiting for which one it would be.
" Alastor someone applied for the job of cook and they are coming in for an interview today can you take over my duties and watch everything downstairs while I do the interview?"
Not wanting to falter from his demeanor he said of course with a smile on his face and also stated that it wouldn't take too much of his time because he was certain that the interview wouldn't even last that long once she brought up the pay and that the prospective hire would leave anyway. He followed her out as she rolled her eyes as he went downstairs with her he saw someone inside at the front entrance. She was about 5 ft tall, she had dark blue skin, a smaller but well shaped frame, she had chest length light blue hair, and matching solid light blue eyes without any Iris or pupils that almost seem to Glow she had Fuller lips and a small nose. He noted that instead of four fingers she had three claw-like fingers on each hand and pointed ears. She wore upside down cross earrings and a black T-shirt with eyeballs decorating it and black leggings with pentagrams at the knees, and black combat boots. He cocked an eye she was pretty but she looked a bit unpleasant she had a blank demeanor and didn't seem to change that when she saw Vaggie come up to her and shake her hand.
" Hello I take it you're Isadora you're here for the interview?" She asked motioning her to follow her.
"Yes I am," she said in a voice that didn't really convey much emotion. Vaggie introduced herself and then she waved her hand towards Alastor introducing him as their so-called hotel manager. Isadora didn't even look at him and walked past and asked Vaggie where they were going to conduct the interview. He was taken back by this and kept his demeanor postulated. He was a little perturbed by the fact she did not acknowledge his existence whatsoever. But at any rate what does it matter she most likely won't take the job anyway. After about 30 minutes Vaggie and Isadora emerged to The parlor, Vaggie had a relaxed expression on her face and almost a smile, Isadora's expression didn't really change much but listened as Vaggie talked to her.
" We can start you on Monday if you like and you can move in whenever you're ready to and we look forward to working with you just make sure to bring your information for payroll and congratulations again I look forward to what you have on the menu and it was lovely to meet you."
"Thank you Vaggie you seem like you will be pleasant to work for and I look forward to meeting the rest of your staff' she said in an almost monotone voice but was trying to sound friendly.
" Well you already met Alastor," Vaggie stated as she motioned towards him seated at the couch with his staff in hand his eyes narrowed at her but he kept his signature smile. Isadora looked at him for all of one second before turning back to Vaggie and stated again that she looked forward to meeting the rest of the staff. His eye twitched but kept his smile, she was deliberately ignoring him and he had a feeling that he was going to have to see to it she would not last in this hotel cause no one gets away with not giving him the respect he deserves.
3 days later Isadora came with her things she met Charlie and Husk, and Nifty and gave a formal but friendlier hello to them all and said that she looked forward to working with them. She shook Angel's hand and also gave a formal hello. In tow she had a fat orange cat with three red eyes Nifty asked if she could pet the cat and she obliged but told her to be careful because he was a timid cat and his last owner was abusive so she took the cat as her own. Nifty asked what the cat's name was and she said his name was Tiberius after a Roman emperor, Alastor came up and in a show of him being a proper gentleman and in charge of the hotel he gave himself a formal introduction. Isadora looked at him for about 2 seconds and then turned back to Nifty without acknowledging Alastor and continued to tell Nifty about Tiberius. Alastor noted how the others eyes went wide but they didn't say anything over the fact that Isadora blatantly did not acknowledge his existence but said nothing. Alastor felt a flare of rage but kept his composure this little blue woman was not going to get one over on him he will definitely make sure of that. Isadora gave everyone else a formal goodbye and said she was going to retire to her room for the night and took Tiberius with her and spent the rest of her night in the room.
The next morning Isadora sat next to Charlie on the couch in the lounge and went over for a rough draft of a menu plan that she plan to make for the week as a trial she also said she was open to was impressed by her creativity and her lunches and breakfast ideas sounded really good. Charlie found out that Isadora had a background in baking and pastries and in her life on Earth was also a sous chef. Charlie also found out that Isadora has only been in hell for 2 years but didn't find much else about stated that although she had a background in baking she wasn't really into sweet things but would make them at the behest of the guest in the hotel and the staff and that she would like to make something that people could collectively like, Alastor phased down to the lounge his eyes frowned at the site of that little blue horrid woman. Charlie looked up in her eyes beamed and she exclaimed asking if he met Isadora, he gave a chortle of contempt which didn't seem to register with Isadora who did not look up from her Notebook on the menu she was working on. Charlie looked back at her and could sense a little bit of tension on Alastors part. She walked over to him and asked if she could pull him to the side and talk to him and asked in a low voice if he had a problem with her. He stated he didn't but apparently she did because she has yet to acknowledge him. Charlie gave a small laugh in disbelief and asked how can she be so contentious if she just got here? Alastor said why don't you ask her before leaving the hotel for his morning constitutional. Charlie gave a small frown and then turned back to Isadora and sat down next to her she contemplated asking if she had a problem with Alastor, but she was literally the only applicant and Charlie did not want to cause a problem and just chalked it up that maybe Isadora was just introverted and not much of a conversationalist. She noted how Isadora seem to have a more reserved demeanor and didn't seem bubbly or friendly but wasn't mean so maybe she's just one of those people who the longer she is around someone the more she opens up to them. At least she hope that what it was it was bad enough that Alastor had a problem with her father, and Husk hated Alastor too. He has done a lot for this hotel but she didn't want any more tension. So hopefully the longer she is here maybe the more friendlier she will be she hoped.
A week has passed and Isadora's meals have seemed to make a good impression on the staff and guests, at least her continental breakfast items and her baked goods. Charlie and Angel really loved her lemon ricotta scones, and her raspberry and fennel muffins. And in that week she seemed to be friendlier to the staff and even said hello to the few guests that they had. But still she ignored Alastor the entire time which enraged him it's one thing if someone were to act outright mean to him he could come up with a clever comeback to combat someone who has the nerve to be rude to him and put them in their place in place of an actual threat, but she literally has not acknowledged his existence and acted like he didn't exist which was starting to make him very angry. He decided to not confront Charlie with this because he could handle such things on his own, she wouldn't be here for much longer he reminded himself because sooner or later she will learn not to mess with the radio demon.
Another week has passed and Isadora had settled into a routine and had a friendly rapport with the staff and Angel, but continue to not acknowledge Alastor's existence she had a uncanny ability to act like he was invisible and after 2 weeks it was really starting to get old and it was starting to be incredibly maddening to him that this little blue minimum wage demon cook acted like he was of no significance to her.
He also notice that the rest of the staff picked up on this, as they tried to hide the Little smiles or stifle laugh as she walked passed him like he was invisible, part of him honestly believe that she would have been gone already but she has lasted this long and this point didn't know how long she was intending on staying at this hotel, everyone was in The parlor when he decided that he needed to confront her. She needed to learn her place, that he was the manager of this hotel and that she was the cook, and she would not get away with ignoring his existence. Especially since Lucifer was visiting today and he needed to remind everyone of the status quo in this place and remind everyone, especially her that he is in charge.
Lucifer walked through the lobby and into the parlor and greeted everyone they were doing exercises on how to control anger, Lucifer shook Isadora's hand and she politely introduced herself without much enthusiasm before sitting back down and checked her hell phone not looking up. Charlie warmly hugged him and took him to the side and asked what he thought of Isadora. He noted that she didn't seem to be the most enthusiastic of people and could have hired someone more personable but as long as she was doing her job that's all that matters. Lucifer along with Alastor and the staff was going to sit in on these exercises today, Alastor told Charlie he would like to lead this exercise she was a little taken aback by this but smiled wide cause this was the first time he ever volunteered to actively participate in any of her little exercises. But his intent was to put that little horrible blue woman in her place and finally have her acknowledge him. Charlie said that she was leading the exercise by asking what is something that triggers your anger and managing it in a way that isn't violent or destructive. Alastor smiled and said he would gladly ask just that and pointed his gaze at Isadora and asked her what made her angry, she didn't look up from her phone. Isadora stated earlier to Charlie that she was not interested in redemption per se because she took the hotel job for what it was as a job but would sit in for the exercises out of respect. Isadora didn't look up from her phone or even answered the question, Alastor's eyes narrowed and he stated again the question and still no response.
" Excuse me Isadora but you are a lower member of staff and as your superior you are expected to answer my question, you need to learn your role." Alastor sneered but didn't falter his smile, she was going to learn her place before he was ready to make her learn it the hard way. Isadora looked up from her phone and finally looked at him, her face was a face of stone. He would have expected her to least be perturbed by him reminding her of her station but she wasn't.
" Just because you're a crazy homeless person that Charlie took in doesn't mean I have to talk to you because it has no bearing on my job whatsoever." She stated simply and looked back down at her phone everyone's faces was taken aback and Lucifer was trying not to laugh his ass off. All eyes were on Alastor and then back at her, Charlie had a slight look of panic and interjected in an attempt to mediate the situation
" Um, Isadora that wasn't very nice what made you think that he was a homeless person?" Alastor's grin widened as his hands clawed the seat. The nerve of her the fucking nerve.
" Well he showed up out of nowhere without a place to stay, you let him live here rent free, and he's not getting paid for the work that he doesn't do that and every time I see him he wears the same outdated suit so I assumed he was a crazy homeless person." Lucifers face reddened with stifled laughter and Alastor shot up looking daggers at Isadora who was about to get up and leave.
"How dare you speak to me in such a way you wretched little creature, you are lucky I have been this polite to you without consequences, I am a powerful overlord my dear utter another disrespectful word to me and you will get a taste of that!" He said through clenched teeth as he got up and walked towards her everyone's faces shot glances of worry, Isadora's remained one of stone.
" Oh I'm sure once you get back on your feet you will be," she said in a patronizing tone that conveyed she thought he was lying. Isaodra said this exercise was fun but she had to get back to the kitchen and walked away, Lucifer at this point was erupting in voracious bouts of laughter.
"I was wrong, she was the best hire ever!" He said between laughter. Alastor looked in the direction that she walked away from as his eyes turned into radio dials and static filled the air, she was going to pay -oh yes, she will pay dearly for this.
Later that night Isadora was in her room, she had a long day and a long day of putting up with Alastor's bullshit and his over inflated sense of demanding respect, she was not going to give that to him nor give him the satisfaction. She learned when she was a psychology major at college before switching to culinary arts that you can take power away from a psychopath or narcissist by not acknowledging them. Isadora washed her face and patted it dry before putting on a light moisturizer and pulling her light blue hair back in a low ponytail and got into an old T-shirt she wore for sleeping and a pair of loose shorts, she turned off the light to the bathroom and she walked out, she turned around after closing the door and saw Alastor sitting on her bed, she was mildly startled but remained calm.
" Get out I don't have time for this," she said in an exasperated sigh, but he didn't budge. Alastor's eyes glowed along with the smile on his face before the room filled with a light static noise.
" My dear I am getting really sick of your disrespect and vile demeanor, you think you are so tough that you feel you have the nerve to disrespect the radio demon?" He said getting up walking towards her, Isadora's face didn't falter she turned to the direction where her bed was, and she crossed her arms over her chest.
" I don't have to show any sort of respect towards you because you don't deserve it, I'm here to do a job you're here to screw around and there's no respect in somebody who's here to waste everybody's time. I'm so sorry that you have such a pathologic need to control everything around you and have an over-inflated sense of people needing to respect you and your hyper awareness of people's perception of you, that you can't stand if someone is not paying you some so-called respect that you think you are due." She said as her eyes narrowed Alastor chuckled with his wide grin on his face, the back of Isadora's legs hit the bed so she stood up on the bed to be eye level to him.
" My dear you will learn your place, you underestimate me my dear, I can read people very well and I know your little act, your little I don't care Stone face act. You see I am a powerful overlord whether you want to acknowledge that or not, and with that power I found out so much about you." He chuckled Isaodra raised an eye brow and let him continue.
"You put on this little blase I don't care about anything attitude because you're mad that you're down here. I learned of your daughter Flora my dear, I learned that she had cancer, I learned that you attempted a robbery to try to get the money for her medical bills and the robbery went wrong and now you're down here. So now you walk around being angry and bitter and trying to act like you have a stone wall around you, but in reality I know you're racked with guilt that you failed her, and I'm sure by now she's passed away from her illness and you have to live with the fact that you failed her and will never see her again, so you're taking it out on people more powerful than you like me because you feel so unimportant that you have to act like now you are important by putting on some tough girl act but you're not tough Isadora, I can see through that,you act like that because you didn't matter in your last life,and you wont matter in this one either. You know you're powerless and small so you take it out on people who are more powerful than you" He sneered, Isadoras eyes narrowed and she gave an indignant chuckle and shook her head.
"Oh you want to play this game Alastor, I can play this game too, like you I can read people like a book. Let's see judging by your accent you were born in New Orleans, and even though you're a demon you still maintain your Creole features, and judging from when you died you grew up in the early 1900s, a time of racism, and my guess is that you had a creole mother and a white father, and it being the 1900s in the south your father chose his white heritage over the family made with your mother. So he left you early which is why you have an over-inflated sense of people needing to respect you because your own father couldn't respect you enough to stay. So your mother overcompensated, by doting on her mulatto bastard of a child and hopes that it won't give him a complex that he is a mulatto bastard child. I bet you she was a literal Saint in your eyes, and my guess is that she died early in your life and you carry some of those lessons with you that she taught you. You carry it now even today with that smile on your face, you wear it like an armor and I bet you she taught you that. And I'm sure your mother being the good woman that she was went straight to heaven, and her reward for a hard life of raising you alone was that one day she would meet you in Paradise. And she remained hopeful after 10 years past 20 even after 30 years past. But then 40 years came by and now it's so long she knows that you have died long ago, and now she lives with the realization that she'll never meet you in heaven cause she knows that you're in hell. And I bet you she is carrying that pain that after all she's done for you you turned out to be a failure, how does it feel knowing that you broke your mother's heart that she did everything right by you and you turned out so horribly and she will spend eternity thinking that she's a failure?" She shook her head and gave a disgusted sigh. Alastor's eyes wretched with anger and his smile twisted into a frown. The first time ever she saw him without a smile which mildly surprised her.
" You evil bitch" he spat not taking eyes off her as his eyes turned to radio dials as he walked closer towards her.
" Yes, I am an evil bitch. You want to play a game, Alastor , don't play one with someone who can play it as well as you!" she sneered as static filled the air.
" You're going to learn why you shouldn't mess with the radio demon!" His voice turned demonic as the air distorted and voodoo symbols appeared in the air, Isadoras eyes all the sudden became black her hair started to lick like blue flames, out from behind her back appear to be snakes with the heads of women, lwa in the voodoo culture and behind her a symbol of Papa legba appeared behind her, this startled Alastor was not expecting this.
" I can make empty threats with voodoo magic too dear" she said her voice distorted that sounded very demonic. And shoved Alastor sending him back to reality and his magic along with hers disappeared from the room and all was still again.
" Don't touch me!" He spat and reached the end of the bed meeting her eye to eye, his face full of hate, his voice full of venom.
"No, now get out!" She said and gave a patronizing shove without breaking eye contact.
" I am not afraid of you." She said emphasizing each word not breaking eye contact, as both of them just stared each other down not breaking eye contact not saying anything just one fluid motion Alastor swung both arms to cup her by her bottom and lifting her up,planted his lips on hers, which turned into a frenzy of kisses, kisses of rage and passion he has never felt ever- Rosie said he was an ace in the hole and he didn't refute that but this blue woman engited something in him but he didn't know what.
Without breaking the frenzy of passionate and quick kisses he laid her on the bed and got on top of her, his knee opening her legs as he made a place for himself in between her thighs, his kisses branching out to her cheek and neck as she gave small gasps of pleasure she was going to say something but he silenced her with a fierce kiss on the lips
" No, you don't say anything," He whispered, kissing along her ear as he took off his coat, and his hands found their way to the hem of her shirt and lifted it up exposing her large but firm breast and lifted the shirt over her head tossing it aside. " I am in control of this not you" He said unbuttoning his shirt and pulling the tuck out of his dress pants. She chuckled and whispered " you're not in charge of anything" he gave her a defiant kiss and gently pinned her wrist over her head and branched more kisses down her neck and the crest of her breast revealing a light blue scar in the shape of a broken heart.
" Yes I am, I am making you mine by mating with you little doe" he whispered as he stopped the kissing momentarily to turn around still sitting in-between her thighs to shuck off his shoes and his pants and any last article of clothing revealing a red furred deer tail, he turned around this time on his knees revealing his bare form to her, he did have a nice body she noted as his black hands tipped with red claws found the hem of her shorts and with a careful motion got them down her legs and past her feet and thrown over the side of the bed, he found his place in-between her thighs and arched more sharply over her one hand next to her head, the other one reaching down towards his cock to guide himself into her. He pushed himself into her honey slicked entrance and both gasped at the feeling of it, she arched her hips sharply against him, he thrusted slowly at first but then found his rhythm as her hands clung to his back as he filled her up lost in the sensation of pleasure, Alastor balanced his weight on his arms closer to her now, continuing to thrust against her, he couldn't think just felt the feeling of it, he never cared for intimacy in the past but he was lost in the feeling of it. She felt good, he felt the heat of her body underneath him, and looked up at her face contorted into pleasure and he thrusted harder,he felt like a stag mating with a doe and didn't know mating could be this pleasurable, he came down and gently bit her neck and her grip on his back became tighter, he felt her walls becoming tighter, and she arched her head back and her body against him as her hips bucked against him and she cried out as she came, feeling her orgasm put him over the edge as he felt his own release coming soon. He gripped her shoulders painfully hard as he released himself inside her waves of pleasure filling his body as he did so and he saw explosion of color in his closed eyes. He collapsed on top of her, his head nestled between her chest as his hands relinquished the harsh grip on her shoulders. She realized that he came.
For the longest time they laid there his hand cupping her shoulder as he caressed it with his thumb, her arms folded over his back and one hand stroking his hair. He tensed up at first but then relaxed his body saying nothing but just small sighs of satisfaction creeping from his throat and the feeling of physical and emotional pleasure. They just laid there and he could hear her heartbeat through her chest. He continued to lay on her chest before he spoke,
" I always wanted to be with someone just like me," he sighed, not lifting his head just staring at the wall almost like he said it to himself then to her.
" Just like you?" She asked, staring at the top of his head and finally he looked up.
"Yes, just like me, someone who's cunning, vicious, intelligent, somebody who would be an acceptable companion and a worthy adversary. Somebody who can be as cruel as me." He said as he gently kissed the broken heart scar between her breast and laid astride her. She looked up at him and turned on her side and he in turn laid to face her his arms claiming her.
" And what would make you think that I would want to be with you?" She asked playfully and he kissed her on the lips again.
" Because my dear I know you want to be with somebody who's exactly like you."
" What makes you think I'm like you?"
" You and I are really no different. I just come by it honestly and you try to hide it, that's why you ignored me because you didn't want to be reminded of the fact that you're just like me. You have an incredibly dark side to you, a dark power and a deadly cunning nature you're everything I could want in a companion. And I know you want that too or else you would have not let me have you." He said his fingers were drawing nonsensical patterns on her back.
" Wow," she chuckled, " you really are a cruel psychopath." He held her tightly against him.
" Yes, and you like that." She planted a soft kiss on him before whispering
" I do." she said as she kissed him more fiercely.
" Good, because you are mine and you belong to me." He whispered before sleep claimed them both.