Part Five

"Tell me where he is!" Valentino shouted. "He was SUPPOSED to be at the STUDIO!"

At the sound of Valentino's voice, Alastor felt another wave of seething rage wash over him as the door to the room suddenly slammed open. Valentino stood in the doorway seething angrily.

"ANGEL!"

As Alastor saw Valentino, the boiling anger and rage he felt towards the demon exploded and it took all of his willpower to not lash out on him right then and there.

"How dare you come here! What do you think you are going to accomplish here?!"

"How dare I come here?" Valentino scoffed. "Where the H*LL do you get OFF, deer-boy?! What right.. what RIGHT do YOU have to keep me from MY property!?"

Alastor's eye twitched and before he knew what was happening, Alastar stormed up towards the other demon and slammed him up against the wall, Valentino letting out a grunt as his head bounced roughly against the wall, hard enough to make a dent.

Alastor felt a sense of satisfaction at the sound and the sight of the dent from Valentino's head striking the wall. Alastor moved closer, his face now less than an inch away from Valentino's as he spoke with barely contained rage.

"You made him into a slave, into a puppet that has to obey you! You hurt him like that, you are the reason he is like this now!"

"I MADE him!" Valentino snarled "I made him a star! I put food on the table, fed him, clothed him, gave him LOVE when nobody did! I put his a$$ on the MAP! That hospital bill?" he let out a laugh "He only has that because I made him worth something, baby.. And besides... what's a few broken bones? I'm just DISCIPLINING my spider."

Alastor snarled, his grip tightening on Valentino's suit. Valentino only chuckled, giving him a cruel smile.

"What are you going to do, hmm? Hit me? Yell at me? What are you here for, deer boy. To play HERO for the poor, defenseless spider?"

Alastor's expression though still full of rage began to think back to the moment before arriving with Angel and the others at the hospital, to which Valentino chuckled, giving him a twisted grin.

"You don't understand how business works, do you? People like me, people like Vox, people like you.. We have to have power. We have to be able to have the means to control others. The weak ones, the stupid ones.. The ones like Angel. We have to be able to exploit that.. And I know it makes you angry that I make him like this, darling."

Alastor was overtaken by another wave of anger at Val's words and he slammed the other demon against the wall again Ashe snarled.

"Don't you compare me to you.. We are NOT alike you twisted **stard."

Val only chuckled, looking at Alastor with a cruel grin.

Darling! Look at you! You're acting as if you care SO much for that spider.. But let's be real, sweetheart.. We ARE alike.. . . . People like us..? The ones who get what they want? The ones who are at the top of the chain with power beyond the scope of others..? Darling... we ALL had to do something to get here. We ALL had to exploit the weak."

Alastor was breathing heavily, his anger having reached a boiling point.. However, his mind went back to how he had arrived in Hell. As much as he hated to admit it, he knew deep down that Valentino was correct to an extent as he remembered all the lives he ended, all the blood on his hands.. All the bodies buried in the shadows.

Alastor took a deep breath and looked at Valentino with a steely expression, slowly letting him go.

"We are not the same.. Not anymore.. And I REFUSE to allow another soul to fall prey to scum like like you."

Val chuckled, his smile growing.

"'Not anymore'..? And who decided that? You?"

Alastor Alastor felt a wave of revulsion wash over him as Val suddenly began to stroke the side of Alastor's cheek with one hand.

"Deep down we're more similar than you think, darling.. We have the same blood on our hands, we're the same at the very heart of us. No amount of lying to yourself is going to change that, sweetheart."

"Don't you DARE touch me.." Alastor snarled, grabbing Valentino's shirt in a death-grip. "You don't get to call us the same, I stopped killing innocent people a century ago. Even if I still enjoy killing those who deserve it, I at least have the decency to spare the lives of those who don't."

Valentino chuckled, pushing Alastor away and straightening his shirt.

"Aaaand? And what good is that, hm? What good is having the 'decency' to spare those who don't? You can say that all you WANT darling, but we both know that you're just STARVING for BLOOD. We're the same." he said with a smile. "So don't be delusional sweetheart. You need to ACCEPT it.. . . . EMBRACE it."

Before Alastor could continue to speed or give a retort, there was a sudden flash of gold and red.

"ENOUGH!"

It would seem that Alastor had been so caught up in his anger and rage he had forgotten Charlie was still in the room. She was now standing between Val and Alastor. Her own expression filled with rage.

Val was taken slightly back in surprise by Charlie, before his smile immediately appeared on his face again.

"Well well, look who we have here.. Is the little princess here to play hero?"

Charlie let out an uncharacteristic snarl and struck Val hard across the face, leaving jagged nail-marks across his cheek.

Val staggered back in pain, holding his cheek where Charlie had struck him.

"D*mnit! You B*TCH!"

Val began to advance toward Charlie when Alastor stepped between them, shielding Charlie with his body as he gave Val a death glare.

"Get out, Valentino. You are not welcome here." Alastor hissed coldly.

Valentino looked between Alastor and Charlie before he scoffed.

"Fine, FINE! I've got better things to do today than deal with you two."

Valentino smiled as he straightened his suit, preparing to leave.

"But I'll be back for MY property.. And NOBODY is GOING to STOP ME!"

Val soon stormed out out of the room, slamming the door behind him, the glass window shattering from the force.

Author's Note: I had more of the story ready for post as this was originally going to be part of the previous chapter, but I said before, I wanted to keep the number of words around a certain amount.. Also, I'm not sure if I made the characters believable yo which I apologize.. I will try to get more up soon..