Across The Multiverse
11. A Happy Day in Hell (Part 4)
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The Hazbin Hotel
The Tv screen flickered to life as Vox began his broadcast that reached every single screen inside the Pentagram, that way everybody would see his moment, his triumphant gamble against the King of Hell, showing that he was not to be trifled with. He laughed as his face covered the screen, his hypnotic eye on full display. He had no idea if it would work on Lucifer, but it was worth a shot, right?
"Lucifer! I hope I'm not interrupting anything important, actually, I don't give a shit so pay attention cause I'm only gonna say this once!" Vox backed away and showed the commotion going on behind him. There on full display were the Hazbin Crew and the Guardians of the Multiverse hoisted up into the air by multiple television cables. He motioned with his index finger and used his connection with the cables to bring Charlie forward, laughing at her struggling, knowing that it wasn't going to do anything to help her. "As you can see, I have your daughter in my possession! And as it turns out, you have something in your possession that I want! I propose a trade, your daughter for the item in question!"
"Oh, for fuck sakes!" Velvette groaned before shoving Vox out of the way, ignoring his outcry, so that she can take center stage in front of the camera. "Listen, you old fossil. We know you have the piece of that fuckin' spear and we want it for ourselves. So either you move your arse here or-!"
She was shoved onto the floor by Valentino, who got into the camera's face, moving it so that it could properly see him lick Charlie's face with his long tongue. The princess cringed uncomfortably while Twilight and Vaggie cried out in outrage. "As Velvette was saying~ Bring the piece here Gran jefe, or else I'll fuck your daughter to death~ How's that sound?"
"GIVE ME THAT!" Was all that Val heard before being blasted away by an electrical blast. Vox sighed, shaking his head as he walked over and picked up the camera. "Just... Just bring the piece to this shit hotel in under an hour or your daughter's dead." He shut off the broadcast, tossing away the camera and rubbing his eyes in frustration. "God, I can't wait until this day is fucking over..."
"Hey, dumbasses!" All three Vees turned around to look angrily at Angel Dust, who had a smug look on his face. "There's a little flaw with your plan, ya know!"
Valentino strutted over to his employee and grabbed the back of his hair, pulling his head back forcefully and grinning in his face. "Oh? And what would that be?"
Angel had the gall to laugh in Val's face, which made him angry. And when Val got angry, he got violent. He delivered a headbutt to Angel's face, causing Husk to snarl in fury at the sight of his friend's bleeding nose. Angel simply laughed again before clarifying, "You're whole plan is to kill Charlie in order to bribe the big dick in charge to give you want you want? Smart. Real smart. Only problem is that Charlie's immortal, dumbasses! Ya can't kill her! Hah!"
Val looked puzzled, obviously having overlooked this detail.
But Vox, on the other hand, simply chuckled as he motioned for Velvette to take out her little toy. The Doll Demon walked over to Charlie and pulled out an Angelic Knife, made out of Angelic Steel, the only thing capable of killing Charlie and her father.
As Velvette held the knife to Charlie's neck, Vaggie continued to struggle, trying desperately to sprout her wings, but the cables prevented her from doing so. But unbeknownst to them, Batman had a tiny Bat knife fall from a secret compartment in his gauntlet and was filing away at the cable.
Walking right past the Dark Knight, Vox chuckled as he stood in front of Angel and beside Val, his arms clasped behind his back. "You were saying?" He asked before snapping his fingers, causing Angel to cry out in pain as the cables electrocuted him. Ignoring the glares sent his way by the Guardians and the other demons, Vox walked over to his nemesis to gloat. His face dropped when he noticed Alastor was still smiling. "I don't believe it. Even after you've lost, you still can get that shit eating grin off of your face."
"I have nothing to worry about." Alastor responded cockily. "Because as soon as I'm out of these bindings, I'm going to make you regret ever falling down to Hell."
"Oh, please! Don't you get it?! I've beaten you, you old timey prick! I literally have you in my grasp, you at your weakest, and I even have your new friends, or whatever you wish to call them! And once I get my hands on that spear, I'll make sure you live a never ending nightmare!" He didn't notice the looks on Val and Velvette's faces when he said that he would get the spear and not them.
Alastor hummed and nodded his head, "Interesting. Here's my rebuttal." Vox leaned in, he couldn't wait to hear this. "Fuck you, Vox."
"Fuck me? Fuck ME?! FUCK YOU!"
"Fuck you, two."
"FUCK YOU, THREE!"
"Well, I said it first, so you're the most fucked."
Before Vox could get another word in, he was pulled aside by Velvette and Valentino, tugging on his jacket angrily. "What the fuck did you mean by when you would get the spear?!" Velvette whispered agitatedly.
Vox tugged his arm back and dusted himself off, an annoyed look on his face. "Well, I meant what I said. I mean, it's pretty obvious."
"Enlighten us." Valentino growled out. Honestly Vox was starting to grate on his nerves these past few days. Ever since Alastor attacked Vee Tower, he's been different. More commanding, disregarding their inputs entirely. He wouldn't even give him the time of day anymore, they hadn't even done it in so long because of this, and it was pissing him off.
Vox had the audacity to laugh, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, "Well, I am the leader of the Vees, the best one out of all of us. Obviously I get to use it first." He closed his eyes and tilted his head up arrogantly, a smug look on his face.
Vel and Val looked at one another in shock before turning back to Vox and shouting, "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!" Causing the Tv Demon to lean back in a stunned state, completely surprised by their insubordination.
Meanwhile as the three Vees argue over who gets to use the Spear of Destiny first, Mario looked over to Iron Man with worry on his face. "Tony, can't you use your armor to break us loose?" He asked, still struggling against the cables that held him and his friends.
Sadly Iron Man shook his head, "Not gonna work. Whatever Vox's connection is to these cables it's messing with my armor, short circuiting it somehow." To emphasize this, the lights on his armor flickered on and off. "I'm as stuck as you."
The two Guardians looked to Twilight and Starlight, who, too, were struggling against their bonds. No matter how hard they tried they couldn't use their magic due to their horns being ensnared by Vox's cables. "I-I'm sorry, Twilight..." Starlight apologized, looking down in shame while her mentor looked at her in concern. "I'm sorry that I'm not strong enough to get us out of this."
"No, no Starlight, you have nothing to apologize for." Twilight assured her student, to which she got a small and grateful smile in return. Twilight offered her a smile of her own and said, "We'll figure out a way to get out of here and stop the Vees and the Legion of Doom. That's a promise, and I intend to keep it." She then glanced at Batman, who still had his normal stoic expression on his face, but she could read him like a book, it came in the territory of being his best friend. He was planning something, and hopefully it was a way for them to get out of this.
Meanwhile Husk leaned over to check on Angel, "Hey, you good?"
Angel offered him a sly smirk. "Not the first time I've been pushed around by Valentino." His smile turned more genuine and his eyes softened. "I'll be fine."
"I'm sorry."
Everyone turned to Charlie, who had tears in her eyes and had her head held down in shame, her eyes obscured by her mangled hair.
"This is all my fault. They want my dad and are using me to get to him." Charlie's voice cracked as she held back a sob. She looked to Twilight and said, "I'm sorry that I've disrupted your mission, now you're caught up in this mess because... Because you met me."
"Charlie..." Twilight called to her softly.
"Hon..." Vaggie wanted nothing more than to tackle her girlfriend in a hug, to wish her pain away, to let her know that everything would be okay.
"And now thanks to me, the Vees are gonna extort my dad," she looked to the Guardians sadly, "you're enemies are gonna get what they want," she looked down, holding back tears, "and I can't do a thing to stop them. I can't even rehabilitate one sinner. My dad was right about me." She remembered what he said when she first proposed the idea to her, the words that stuck with her forever.
"She's an idealist! Doesn't know how things work!"
Those were the words she overheard him say not even a few minutes after she proposed the idea to him. The way he dismissed her, the way he said it so casually, it broke her heart. It was one of the reasons why she hadn't spoke to him for so long.
Even after mending things with him, he didn't even say that he was sorry.
She hiccupped and the sound broke Vaggie's heart and made Twilight feel awful.
"I'm a fucking failure."
Everything fell silent, well, except for the Vees arguing in the background, but beside that, nobody made a sound. The only sound came from Charlie, who was silently crying to herself. This was the second time that the people she cared about were put in harms way because of her.
Maybe she would've been better off alone.
Maybe that way they all would've been safe.
But before Charlie could continue to spiral, the sound of a radio tuning itself could be heard. The Princess of Hell looked over to her fellow Hotelier and saw him adjusting his voice, it was like there was a built in radio in his diaphragm. But once he was done, he gave her a smile, from what she could tell it was genuine, and music began to play.

As the music began to play, Alastor looked to Charlie and began to sing.
"Hey pal, hey friend, hey buddy
Why so sad, so downright unhappy?
That’s not my cup of tea
You know that this could be
Your last day here on earth so buddy, please
Won’t ya smile just for me?"
Alastor was... cheering her up?! The very thought actually caused Vaggie's brain to shut down and reset. The Radio Demon, who has made it very well known that he's only here to watch them all fail, was actually going out of his way to make Charlie smile.
And it was actually working, as Charlie let a small smile grace her features.
The Guardians and the Hazbin Crew all looked to one another in confusion and shock.
But none were as shocked as Vox, who stopped yelling when the sound of Alastor's voice reached his ears. "What the fuck?" He asked as he turned around to see Alastor singing to the Princess of Hell, the other Vees having also stopped arguing as they witnessed the spectacle.
"My dear, my dear, no you don’t have to cry
That ain’t a pretty legacy to leave behind
Stop and smell the roses while you’ve got the time
Pretty soon you’ll be pushing up daisies where the sun don’t shine
Pretty soon I’ll be pushing up daisies where the sun don’t shine"
As Charlie began to brighten up at Alastor's attempt to to make her feel better, she failed to notice the Radio Demon give Batman a knowing look.
Now Batman knew what he was doing.
He was causing a distraction so that he could free himself and, in turn, free them. Just a little longer and he would be free from his bonds, right now he was going at it with the Bat knife, cutting at the cables while Alastor distracted them.
Vox looked stumped, since when had Alastor ever gone out of his way to make someone else feel better. He'd normally laugh in their face at their despair. He knew he was up to something, he just knew it! "What are you up to?" He growled as he clenched his fists, electricity crackling off of them.
Alastor ignored him and continued, looking right into Charlie's eyes.
"You know I just gotta say
That you might not have a lot of time to waste
So lose that long face
None of us are here stay
So treat every day like it’s a holiday
Until the day you slip away"
While kind of morbid, which was pretty standard for Alastor, it did make Charlie feel better. Maybe he was slowly becoming a better person? Maybe he was showing a side to him that had never been seen before? It didn't matter, right now Charlie felt so proud of him. They had grown close since he came to the hotel, and despite their deal, despite the weight that came with that, their dynamic hadn't changed a bit.
They were still friends.
At least, that's what Charlie thought.
"My dear, my dear, no you don’t have to cry
That ain’t a pretty legacy to leave behind
Stop and smell the roses while you’ve got the time
Pretty soon you’ll be pushing up daisies where the sun don’t shine"
During the last portion of that, Alastor shifted his focus to Vox and his eyes had turned into radio dials, causing Vox to stop in his tracks. That proved to be a great mistake as Batman broke free of his bonds and shoulder charged the demon right into Val, knocking them both over.
Batman then threw an electrical device right at Velvette's head, causing her to seizure which resulted in her dropping the Angelic knife.
And because Vox lost his concentration, the cables loosened and fell to the floor, releasing everyone from their bonds. Most of them landed on their feet while Starlight, Charlie, and Angel landed on their rears, kind of ruining the cool image that was set when the two groups were freed from their bonds.
Alastor gave Vox a shit eating grin as he sang the final note. "Pretty soon you’ll be pushing up daisies where the sun don’t shine…"
Vox's claws dug trenches into the carpet as he slowly got to his feet, shoving Val aside as he began to glitch and electrify. "I-I Kne-e-ew you were up to someth-in-ing, you slippery fucker..."
"It's over." Batman declared, standing alongside Twilight and Charlie as they stared down the Vees. "Tell us where the Legion is."
"You have nowhere to run to, so give up now." Twilight ordered as she flared her wings and channeled her magic, feeling relieved to have her magic back again.
But to their surprise, Vox simply chuckled, raising his index finger like he was about to say something in response.
Before turning tail and running right out of the hotel.
Finally gaining their senses, Valentino and Velvette turned and ran after him.
"Don't let them get away!" Iron Man said as he took flight and flew right out of the Hazbin Hotel. Behind him Husk, Vaggie, and Twilight flew above the others, who were running after the Vees to make sure that they didn't escape. Turns out they didn't get far as they barely made it down the street before the three fliers landed right in front of them, halting them in their tracks. "Going somewhere?" Iron Man asked as he aimed his Repulsor Rays at the three demons.
Velvette and Valentino sweat dropped, turning around to see if they could escape that way, only to find that they were surrounded from both sides.
Nowhere to run.
Alastor fell into his shadow and reappeared in front of Vox with a gleeful smile on his face. "Looks like you overplayed your hand, old pal." He twirled his cane and stamped it on the floor, summoning multiple shadow tentacles from the floor. "It's been quite a show, but I'm afraid that your airtime has come to an end." He leaned forward, his antlers growing, his eyes darkening, his smile widening. "Nowhere left to run."
Vox chuckled.
He then laughed.
The other Vees were confused, as were everyone else.
He opened his eyes, manic glee filling them, as he shouted, "WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT RUNNING?!" He spread out his arms as the ground began to shake, causing everyone to stagger. He began laughing hysterically as green mist swirled up to the left, right next to Valentino.
Loki smirked as he appeared through the mist. "We're not too late, are we?"
Before anyone could respond, a familiar roar echoed throughout the Pentagram as Tirek leapt from building to building before landing on Velvette's right, his eyes burning with fiery magic as he cracked his knuckles. "I believe we're just in time."
The tremor's escalated as the ground in front of the hotel and behind the group that had covered the Vees from behind suddenly broke apart. There, from the depths, a large, red hand shot out as something began to rise onto the surface.
"What the fuck is happening?!" Angel asked as he aimed his Tommy Guns in fear.
"I-I don't know!" Twilight responded, eyes widening as the mech rose from below.

Everyone could only look on in terror as a massive metallic head with a familiar moustache emerged from below. It had fangs in its mouth, yellow scars running down its light blue eyes, massive red hands with spiked knuckles to inflict massive amounts of damage. But that wasn't all, as on the mech's forehead, rested a mechanical version of Bowser's head, its eyes and the inside of its mouth lighting up with blue energy. And hovering above the mech were another set of hands, although these were claws, very sharp and painful claws. The mech had no neck, only massive cables that dug below the surface, obviously powering the machine.

True terror! Behold the Koopa Egg Robot X!!!
"GOTCHA!" Eggman's voice shouted from within the mech. "The Vees were only a distraction!" He boasted, stroking his moustache as he sat next to Bowser, who was chuckling deeply with his arms folded over his chest. "True winners always keep their trump cards hidden until the end."
Down below, Vaggie's eye shot open as she took notice of the blades and spiked knuckles of the mech. She looked down at her spear. The same glint, same holy aura coming off of it. Dear God. "Tha-That thing is made out of fucking Angelic Steel!" She cried out in shock and horror, to which the other demons shared her sentiment.
"You've gotta be fucking kidding me!"
"What the shit!"
"...Oh no."
"Interesting..."
"BAD BOY!!!"
Sonic grit his teeth and stepped forward with Mario by his side, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!"
It was Bowser who answered, "BWAHAHAHAHA!!! We merely applied the Angelic Steel we stole from Carmilla Carmine into this Koopa Egg Robot." He leaned back, feeling quite proud of himself. "Wasn't hard, actually it was very easy to implement it into this killing machine."
"And the best part is that none of you were the wiser!" Eggman continued on, leaning forward with a grin on his face. "You were too busy singing songs and getting caught up in the debauchery that is Hell to stop us! And of course, we have Vox to thank for keeping you lot distracted! Now we'll finish what we started! We'll kill all of you, take the piece of the Spear of Destiny, and become the masters of reality itself!"
"You'll be crushed by this Koopa Egg Robot amplified by Angelic Steel! And in the end everything will be just as we planned!" Bowser declared before the two villains busted out into a combined evil laugh, the Koopa Egg Robot letting out a mechanical roar that sent everyone sliding back.
Vox gave Alastor the bird, a smug grin on his face.
Checkmate!
As the Hazbin Crew looked worried, Sonic, Mario, and the other Guardians weren't deterred as they approached the mech with steely focus. "Your plan will end like all your plans do!" Sonic declared as Mario nodded in agreement. "You sitting in a pile of busted robot parts wondering how you failed so badly!"
Mario looked to his buddy and gave him a fist bump. "Let's get 'em."
"With pleasure!"
Seeing the Guardians stare down certain death, it gave Charlie the motivation to stand next to her friends, her horns emerging from her head as her tail appeared in a flick of fire. Twilight looked over and asked, "Charlie? Are you sure?"
She looked over and gave her friend a smile, with Vaggie appearing by her side, her wings flared. "If they want to kill you, they'll have to get through us first!" She summoned her trident as Vaggie aimed her spear forwards. Angel aimed his Tommy Guns, Husk took out his playing cards, Alastor smiled as the shadows came to life beneath him, and Nifty cackled manically as she took out a knife.
It was time for the Hazbin Hotel and the Guardians of the Multiverse to stand together against the Legion of Doom and The Vees!
The fight was on!

The Koopa Egg Robot X let out a massive, mechanical roar that sent everyone sliding back, which gave Tirek the chance to charge forward while Vox turned into pure electricity and moved up to a nearby rooftop, with Alastor pursuing him through the use of his shadows.
Tirek's charge caused the group of Hazbins and Guardians to split apart, allowing Loki to stamp his scepter onto the ground, sending forth pillars of green fire towards his adversaries. Vaggie and Iron Man took to the air, the former gripping her spear as she and the Armored Avenger dove down to meet the God of Mischief. Loki laughed as he fired several blasts from his scepter at the flying hero and demon, the two of them dodging left and right before Vaggie threw down her spear, expecting it to impale the God.
Unfortunately it phased right through him.
Loki gave the confused demon a wave before she was blasted from the left, revealing the real Loki standing atop a car, looking quite smug. As Iron Man flew forward to meet the Asgardian head on, Vaggie slowly got up and rushed forward, picking up her spear and joining Iron Man in battling Loki.
Meanwhile Tirek, and The Vees were going at it with the others.
The Centaur fired a blast of magic that was deflected by Twilight, who ignited her horn and slashed it away while Husk flew by her and threw his cards down at Valentino. As the cards exploded, the moth demon spread out his wings and took out his four pistols. With a flirtatious smirk on his face, Val opened fire as he flew through the air, aiming directly at Husk. Just before a bullet could pierce his wing, a shield appeared around him and protected him.
The former Overlord looked down to see Starlight give him a kind smile before she refocused her attention on Velvette, who had punted Nifty away before sliding away and contorting her body unnaturally to avoid several bullets being fired at her from Angel Dust. She crawled across the ground like a spider, making her way toward Tirek, who clenched his fists and telepathically raised multiple cars into the air and hurled them directly at Twilight.
The alicorn spread her wings and flew forward, landing on one car and jumping from one to the other as she lit up her horn. Once she was close enough she released a burst of magic that sent Tirek sliding back. Not giving him room to breathe, Twilight charged up her magic and sent a massive beam towards her arch nemesis, tearing apart the road as it made its way to the centaur.
Imagine her shock when Tirek backhanded the beam away, destroying a nearby building as Velvette crawled up his body and rested on his shoulder in a comfortable position. The two villains smirked as Tirek raised his forelegs and brought them down onto the street, breaking it apart as lava burst out of the ground.
Twilight gasped and took to the air, grabbing Angel and Nifty with her magic as she took flight. But she didn't last too long as she was shoulder charged by Valentino, sending the three of them flying into the side of a building. The moth demon laughed as he took aim, only to yelp as a trident flew right past his head.
The weapon disappeared in a burst of flame, returning to Charlie's side before she twirled around and swung it, sending a wave of fire forward that knocked Val out of the air and sent Tirek and Velvette sliding back. As Charlie stamped her trident on the ground, a blue blur shot right past her, jumping into the air and catching a plumber as he flew back.
Sonic set Mario onto the ground as Batman swung above them, hurling multiple Batarangs at the Koopa Egg Robot. The explosions did minimal damage, enticing Eggman and Bowser's laughter as the Bowser head on the mech turned and fired multiple blue fireballs at the Caped Crusader. Batman let go of his Grappling Hook and rolled onto the floor as Mario and Sonic took charge, rushing forward as the Koopa Egg Robot swung its fist.
Mario took the brunt of the attack, raising his arms in an 'X' formation to block the attack while Sonic bounced into the air and hovered in front of the mech's massive face. He was about to curl into a ball, but stopped and twisted his body to fit in between the massive claws that were sent to slice him up.
He managed to avoid that attack.
But he didn't dodge the red fist that appeared in front of him.
He was sent flying back down the road, being knocked to the left by a shadow tentacle.
Alastor snickered before refocusing his attention on Vox, who was flying around with the bottom half of his body simply being pure electricity. The Radio Demon, meanwhile, was using the tentacles that sprouted from his back as a means of keeping up.
Vox threw multiple electrical balls while several cables shot out of the buildings around them, having come from multiple VoxTech products. Alastor laughed, angering Vox, as he swayed left and right to avoid the multiple projectiles, all the while sending forth multiple shadow tendrils to throw off his adversary.
Vox snarled before flying forward and spear tackling Alastor into the side of a building, wrapping his claws around his neck, grinning as his screen began to glitch. Alastor's eyes had since become radio dials, he was pissed, nobody was allowed to touch him.
Least of all Vox.
So Alastor gripped his cane, spun it upside down, and stabbed Vox in the ribs, causing the demon to cry out in pain, letting go of his grip on Alastor. The Radio Demon threw a punch and sent Vox crashing into a nearby car, falling to the ground while Alastor landed gracefully.
Not caring about the blood gushing out of his side, Vox flew forward, meeting Alastor in the middle of the street as Twilight flew backward and crashed into Charlie, knocking them both to the ground. They got up and looked at one another nervously before getting their heads back into the game.
Twilight galloped forward with Charlie by her side, focusing on Tirek battling Starlight and Angel Dust.
The unicorn let out a battle cry as she used magic to multiply Angel's bullets, causing Tirek and Velvette to shield their faces as the bullets flew. This left them open to be blasted back by Twilight, knocking Velvette off of Tirek as he flew into a nearby building, the infrastructure falling atop of him.
Velvette slowly got back to her feet, but let out a cry of pain as Nifty stabbed her calf, causing her to kneel down while the one eyed demon cackled and sprinted across the battlefield.
Meanwhile Valentino was blasted to the ground by Husk, who threw multiple playing cards at the Porn Demon. Husk unsheathed his claws and dove down, scratching Valentino's face before kicking him down below. As the moth held his nether regions in pain, Husk threw a punch to his face, shattering his glasses and sending him flying back into a car.
The cat looked up to see Vaggie swiping at Loki, who slid under the attack and fired a magic blast from his hand at Iron Man, who luckily raised a protective shield around himself just in time. He responded by firing multiple missiles at the God of Mischief, all of which were batted away by his scepter.
He chuckled as a spear went right through his chest.
Another illusion.
Vaggie looked confused as Loki asked, "Are you ever not going to fall for that?" Before the image disappeared and she was struck in the side by Loki's scepter, which was swung by the trickster himself as he revealed himself to be behind her the entire time.
She was flung off the roof.
Iron Man went to catch her.
But Eggman and Bowser got to her first.
They caught the former Exorcist and held her in front of them for the entire battlefield to see. "Enough!!!" Bowser shouted, gaining everyone's attention, halting the battle momentarily. "Now, Princess Charlie, you're going to do exactly what we say."
"Unless you want your little girlfriend here to have the afterlife squeezed out of her." Eggman finished as he tightened his grip around Vaggie, causing her to cry out in pain.
"VAGGIE!!!" Charlie cried out, reaching out to her girlfriend. She breathed heavily before those breaths became ragged, her nostrils flaring and her teeth bare, her eyes glowing menacingly. "Let her go!"
Eggman wagged his finger condescendingly, "You're not in any position to demand anything, little girl." He leaned forward as Bowser chuckled beside him, folding his arms over his chest. "Now, you're going to run along and get your father. When he arrives and gives us what we want, then and only then will we-- huh?!" Eggman stopped as massive energy readings flared up on screen.
Said readings coming from Charlie Morningstar herself.
She held her head as a tornado of fire surrounded her, raising her into the air as her screams became screeches of rage. Her eyes became completely red as six bulges appeared on her back. The bulges spasmed for a moment before they burst.
Revealing six white, bat-like wings.
Wings.
Charlie just sprouted wings!
As Eggman and Bowser let out cries of shock and disbelief, Vaggie looked at her girlfriend proudly before wincing in pain.
She wasted no time.
Holding her trident forward, Charlie flew forward and hurled the weapon right into the Bowser head of the mech, causing it to roar as it let go of Vaggie. The Princess of Hell dove down and caught her girlfriend before landing in an explosion of fire. Charlie looked down at the woman in her arms as she opened her eyes. Wasting no time, Charlie gave Vaggie a deep and passionate kiss, forgetting about the battle around them.
They parted and Vaggie said breathlessly, "Charlie.... You have wings...!"
Charlie looked confused for a moment before noticing the new bat-like appendages on her back. "Oh shit!" Was all she could say before setting her girlfriend down. "I have wings. I HAVE WINGS! VAGGIE DO YOU SEE THIS?!"
"Yeah, I do, hun."
"THOSE WINGS WILL NOT HELP YOU!" Bowser roared as the mech threw away the trident, the weapon reappearing at Charlie's side.
"Maybe not." Charlie responded before smirking. "But they might."
Before they could ask what they meant, they got their answer as Batman, Sonic, and Mario suddenly crashed through the eye of the mech, landing right in front of Eggman and Bowser. "Hiya! Miss us?" Mario asked before Batman threw a smoke pellet down, covering the cockpit in smoke.
As Eggman and Bowser let out coughs and screams of outrage, Sonic and Mario began to tear the place apart, making the lives of their enemies all the more difficult. Batman, meanwhile, took notice of a medallion sitting in a capsule on the console.
The Longinus Medallion!
Batman then had a thought. If there was the chance that they couldn't get this piece of the spear, then they could get the means of locating it. So without hesitation, Batman smashed the capsule and took the medallion.
"NO!" Eggman cried out as the smoke cleared.
The hedgehog, plumber, and bat all leapt out of the mech and landed in front of it. They turned to face it, Batman pocketing the medallion in his Utility Belt, as its eyes glowed blue.
"It's over, Bowser!" Mario declared, pointing up at his arch nemesis. "Give up now and we might spare you the beatdown!"
Bowser roared as he slammed his fists down onto the console. "It ain't over 'til I say it's over!"
Angel arched an eyebrow as he walked to Batman's left, "I don't know... Ya looked pretty fucked now!" He said with flair as the Guardians and Hazbins gathered around them, standing before the massive mech.
The Legion and The Vees did the very same, with Tirek bursting out of the rubble and Loki appearing in a mist of green smoke. Vox landed in between his two partners and crossed his arms, smirking at Alastor, who was still grinning, enjoying this fight immensely.
"It appears that we're at an impasse." Tirek commented, eyeing Twilight, who flared her wings as she readied her horn.
"So it would seem." Twilight agreed, her eyes whitening while Charlie's glowed.
The battle was ready to resume.
And it would have to.
Had it not been for the streak of red that rushed in front of them and sent them all flying backwards at high speeds, causing them all to land on their backs.

Alastor groaned, actually having been caught off guard by that attack. The last time he was caught off guard was when he fought Adam. "What in the blue blazes was that?!" He asked the question on everyone's minds. While the Hazbins looked confused, the Guardians' eyes were wide in revelation as they shot up to their feet.
There, standing in front of their adversaries, was the master mind.
The mysterious speedster.
The Reverse-Flash.
His form vibrating, his eyes glowing red as he craned his neck to the left, cracking it.
Loki gave Thawne the side eye, "About time you showed."
"Where were you?" Tirek asked, cracking his fists.
"Always busy gentlemen and yet never late." Thawne smiled as his eyes glowed menacingly. "So? Who do we kill first?" Before anyone had the time to act, Reverse-Flash zoomed forward and gave Vaggie an uppercut before moving onto Angel and punching him in the chest at super speed. One by one, in milliseconds, the Guardians and the Hazbins all fell before they even knew what was happening. Even Sonic, who could move at light speed, failed to register Thawne's movements before being thrown into a car. He blitzed over and seized Twilight by the horn, holding her in the air and dragging her as he dispatched with everyone else before throwing her overhead and slamming her into the ground.
Vox and the other Vees could only watch in astonishment.
He had dealt with them in seconds.
Who was this guy?
The Tv Demon looked to see the other members of the Legion smirking, although Loki rolled his eyes. Vox turned to look back at the spectacle before him.
Reverse-Flash zoomed over to Charlie and backhanded her trident away before seizing her by the throat and raising her into the air, tightening his grip as she choked for air. She tried punching him, hoping to get him off of her, but he simply smiled as he raised his other hand, vibrating it at super speed.
He was going to pierce her heart at super speed, shredding it apart.
"Your majesty." Thawne smirked as he prepared to kill her. Only to stop when the watch on his wrist began blaring red, causing his eyes to widen in horror. It was here. Already?! It was gaining on him, getting faster. He had to move, lest it catch him. "Lucky girl." Thawne growled before dropping her and zooming off into a portal, leaving this dimension.
The Guardians looked on in confusion, he had them dead to rights! Why would he let them live?
The Legion were thinking the exact same thing, some of them looking outright furious. Thawne was clearly hiding something from them, something important. But that would have to be dealt with later, right now they had peasants to squash.
Thawne had softened them up.
Now it was time to finish them.
And they would have had it not been for the massive fireball that struck the mech, the resulting explosion causing the Legion to fall down.
Everyone looked to Charlie, thinking that it was her that had dealt the blow. "It wasn't me." She said shrugging.
"HEY DUCKIE!"
Everyone looked up to the source of the voice. Floating above the battlefield with a goofy grin on his face was the King of Hell himself. Lucifer was a slender-figured fallen angel who sports a close resemblance to his daughter, Charlie - having her white skin with rosy-cheeks, blonde hair with thin light coral streaks on the thicker, paler-blonde highlights, and eyes with light yellow sclera and red pupils. He was shorter than his daughter, though not by a large amount. Unlike Charlie, his mouth was full of sharp teeth, his hair was cut short and had been slicked back in a ducktail hairstyle with one tuft sticking out, his pupils were slit like a snake, and his cheeks were a paler shade of red. In addition, he also sported sharp, black eyebrows, his eyelids were light purple, and his tongue was forked.
Lucifer's white and red clothing was somewhat like that of a circus ringmaster; he wore a wide-brimmed white top hat with a golden snake and a red apple over golden spikes, which resembled a crown, and a red-lined and red-trimmed white popped-collared suit with eight golden buttons - his coat worn over a light red-and-white striped waistcoat with two golden buttons and a small, accessorized black bowtie. He also wore a set of heeled black knee-high boots and forearm-length dark grey gloves. On his left pinkie, he sported a golden ring which was presumably his wedding ring.

"DAD?!"
"WAIT, DAD?!" The Guardians repeated, now realizing that they were now in the presence of the Devil himself.
"Fucking finally..." Vox grumbled as he dusted off his coat.
Lucifer landed on the ground and gave his daughter a bone crushing hug, "Sorry I'm late, Char-Char, had... um.... Important business to attend to. Y-Yeah! Important, very important business."
"This business wouldn't happen to be duck related, would it?" Alastor snarked, snickering at Lucifer's angered expression.
"Watch it, bellhop."
"So nice of you to join us, Lucifer." Eggman said with a grin.
The King of Hell looked between the group of Guardians and the Legion multiple times before asking Charlie, "What's this now?"
Vox glitched before asking, "What do you mean?! Didn't you see my video?!"
"Oh no, I don't watch that television crap, rots the brain." Lucifer laughed awkwardly before explaining, "No, I'd just come up with a new duck design that could help promote the hotel and I knew Charlie had to see it! So I flew over and now here we are!"
"AR-ARE YOU KI-KI-KI-KI-KID-D-D-D-DING ME-E-E-E-!!!"
Without warning a massive red hand shot forward to try and grab Lucifer. The Prince of Lies looked confused before stepping out of the way. "Was that meant to do something?" He asked, clearly confused and unimpressed.
Eggman and Bowser grinned as they got their target.
"DAD!"
Lucifer's eyes shot open as the hand moved back toward the mech with Charlie in its grasp, struggling to break free. "Charlie!" He shouted, sprouting his wings and ready to go save his daughter.
"Ah ah ah!" Bowser wagged his finger. "I wouldn't do that. Unless of course you wish for your daughter to die young because of our mech amplified by Angelic Steel."
"So, unless you wish for your daughter to become a shish kabob, you'd better do as we say." Eggman added, grinning like a maniac.
Lucifer tightened his grip on his cane as he snarled, "If you hurt my daughter, I swear I'll--"
"You'll do nothing other than what we tell you, King Morningstar!" Bowser reminded, making the mech tighten its grip on Charlie. "And that goes for you lot as well! One move and she's as good as dead!" He threatened, talking to the Hazbins and the Guardians.
The heroes wisely stood down, although they didn't like it. Like it or not, the Legion had them cornered, they held the cards now and they were playing their hand.
"What do you want?" Lucifer asked.
Loki smirked, holding out his hand expectantly. "The piece of the Spear of Destiny." At Lucifer's surprised eyes, the God of Mischief chuckled. "We know you have it in your possession."
"And unless you want your daughter to meet her end on this day, then you'll do as we say." Tirek laughed cruelly, knowing he had the king dead to rights.
Lucifer looked down in an unsure manner, if there was one thing Heaven was right about, in his eyes anyway, was that no mortal should wield the power of the Spear of Destiny. It was the High Council's order to keep the piece safe, it even came down form the very top, from the Big G himself.
Even Adam of all people took this seriously.
He had taken it from Heaven after he had fallen, just to spite them, but he too felt the call and refused. As evil as he was, he couldn't risk losing Charlie and Lilith, not over this.
And now his daughter was being held against her will because of him, because of the choice that he made.
The King of Hell sighed and twisted his cane until it clicked, splitting apart as the piece of the Spear of Destiny slid out from within the cane. He held the fragment in his hand, looking to Loki and the rest of the Legion before him. One look to Charlie's eyes sealed the deal.
He tossed them the piece.
Loki caught it.
"R̷̼͙̺̹͙͝ę̵̻̗̋̓̈́̕l̶̡͉̉͝ͅę̷̩̥͐͋̑ȁ̷̼͖̗̲s̴̡̗̓̀͗̂ê̸̹͊͛̈́ ̵̤͖͙̭̗̏̿̓̊̾h̴̼̳̞̩̣̿̏̂̊ḙ̵̛͔̂̚ṟ̵̡̩̃͑͂.̸̼͔͚̈́̋͒̎ " Lucifer growled demonically, his eyes turning blood red as his horns emerged from his head.
Without warning, the Koopa Egg Robot threw the Princess of Hell away, luckily being caught by Iron Man, who made sure that she was okay before landing and setting her down. The group stood behind Lucifer as he stared down the mortals that dared threaten his daughter.
Eggman and Bowser looked to one another and shrugged before declaring, "The Devil's daughter may live to see tomorrow! But you won't!!!" The mech let out a roar as Loki aimed his scepter, Tirek cracked his knuckles, Vox charged his electricity, and Velvette and Valentino grinned.
Lucifer spread out his six wings as Charlie and Alastor appeared to his left and right, the combined group of heroes and demons readying themselves for the fight.

"BURN! BURN TO ASHES!!!"
"Y̴͚̺̰̮͙̽o̴͕̾ͅủ̵̫͝ ̷̲̗̈̈̃̂͝f̷̟̈́͋̊͐̕í̸̧̬̣̀̑r̴̪̥̪̞͖̈́̚š̵̞̮̭̣̱́t̶̳̗̤͒!̵̢̛̬̗̤̏̀ " Lucifer retorted before flying up with Charlie by his side, Alastor having rushed forward to interlock hands with Vox while everyone else charged forward to meet the Legion head on.
The Koopa Egg Robot X sharpened its claws before shooting them forward to try and impale the two demons flying above it. Lucifer backhanded the claw away while Charlie dove down and shot forward towards the mech. She readied her trident but was blasted back by a fireball from the Bowser head of the mech.
Before the villains could laugh, they were struck by multiple fireballs from Lucifer, who kept them coming while Iron Man flew around the mech, avoiding the fists and firing missiles to distract it from Vaggie, who flew through the air and landed right on top of the mech, piercing it with her spear.
Meanwhile Loki was bouncing back, hopping on his feet as he avoided multiple slashes from Husk while his copies were busy dealing with Starlight, who was blasting the illusions with magic. She gritted her teeth and threw pieces of the road at the God of Mischief.
She galloped forward, not noticing Angel being held by his neck, trying to break free of the chain around his neck. He tried pulling away from Val's grasp, but it was no use, his contract over Angel was too strong. He would've gotten hold of Angel had it not been for Nifty, who pulled out some of his fur, causing him to cry out and let go of Angel, allowing him to be shoulder charged by Mario, who bounced off of him and multiple cars to get to the Koopa Egg Robot.
The cars he bounced on were suddenly destroyed by stray blasts of orange magic, being shot by Tirek in an attempt to slay Twilight for good. The Princess of Friendship flew around the street, avoiding Tirek's attacks while staying one step ahead of him.
Tirek was going to attack again, but was distracted by Batman, who swung around him and threw three, tiny pellets at his face. They exploded and covered his face with a glue-like substance that blinded him momentarily. When he finally clawed the substance off, he was blasted down the road by Twilight, who didn't hold back.
Velvette was swung into a car by a shadow tentacle, removing her as Alastor focused on Vox, his grin matching Vox's scowl as they swirled around one another before colliding their fists, creating an explosion of shadow and electricity.
Vox got to his feet just as Lucifer delivered a nasty punch to the mech, damaging it greatly. What damaged it further was the follow up kick Mario gave the Bowser head, tearing it off the mech. It was looking a little worse for wear, it appeared that it could only take one more strike.
That was Sonic's cue.
The Blue Blur bounced on the spot before shooting forward as quick as lightning. He grinned when the Eggman head opened wide and fired a massive laser at the incoming hedgehog. Had it not been for Lucifer, who snapped his fingers and stuffed multiple rubber ducks in the mech's maw, Sonic would've been toast.
He curled into a ball and shot forward, going right through the mech's mouth and out the back of its head, generating an explosion of rubber ducks and fire. Sonic skidded to a stop and turned around to see Eggman fly away in his Egg Mobile while Bowser hovered in the air with his Clown Car.
The two villains looked down at their arch enemies before scowling, "I think we've spent enough time here, wouldn't you agree?" Bowser asked Eggman, who nodded in agreement and slammed his fist on a button in his Egg Mobile which created a massive portal in front of the Hazbin Hotel.
"We're done here!" Eggman declared before looking down at Vox and the Vees. "And unless you want to feel the wrath of Lucifer Morningstar, I'd suggest you lot get your butts in the portal, now!"
Vox looked to his fellow Vees, all of them not liking the idea of staying in Hell at the moment, especially with a pissed off Lucifer gunning for their heads after threatening his daughter. With a collective nod, Vox looked back up at Eggman and nodded, "You don't need to tell us twice!"
Eggman smiled, "Welcome to the Legion of Doom!"
"Ugh! I hate that name!" Loki whined as he made a beeline for the portal, avoiding a Repulsor Blast as he ran.
As the Legion made their way into the portal, Vox gave Alastor the middle finger while Val gave Angel a flirtatious look before they both jumped in the portal with Velvette.
Tirek looked back to Twilight and Starlight, grinning, "I can't wait to see how the rest of this plays out. Until next time, Twilight, Starlight." With that, he leapt through the portal, escaping just as Twilight landed where the portal once was, sealing their escape.
The Princess of Friendship yelled in frustration, slamming her hooves onto the scolding, hot ground in anger so hard that it broke it, forming spider web-like cracks. She panted heavily before feeling a hand rest on her shoulder. She looked up to see Charlie smiling at her, which was comforting to say the least.
"Where da fuck did they go?" Angel asked as the others managed to catch up.
"Back to their base of operations, no doubt." Iron Man answered.
"With the Vees in tow." Vaggie added grimly.
Lucifer cleared his throat, gaining everyone's attention, "Um, first of all, Charlie," his daughter looked to him, "are you okay?" When she nodded, Lucifer let out a sigh of relief. "Okay, good! Second of all, can somebody explain to me what the actual fuck is going on?"
Everyone looked to one another before facing the confused King of Hell.
Ooh boy.
After a very long explanation, Lucifer nodded, looking at his daughter worriedly before looking to Twilight and asking, "Okay, so what now? What exactly is your plan now that they have a piece of the spear?"
"Well, we may have suffered a loss today, but so did they!" Twilight declared as she looked to Batman, who held the Longinus Medallion in his hand. "With this we can be a step ahead of them and try to get the other pieces before them."
"So, you know, not a total loss." Sonic added.
"But their numbers have grown since those demons have now joined their ranks." Iron Man commented.
"Which will make things considerably more difficult." Batman added.
Starlight walked up to her mentor and asked, "What's our next move?"
"We head back to the Eternal Apex and try to see how the medallion works." Twilight said as she looked to Batman, who nodded in agreement.
"Hopefully we can gain a head start on them." Starlight added with a smile.
"Good thing you're not doing it alone."
Everyone turned to Charlie, who took a step to Twilight with a look of determination on her face.
"Charlie?" Vaggie asked in a concerned manner.
"I'm going with you." Charlie revealed, much to everyone's shock.
"What?!"
"Are ya nuts?!"
"Char-Char!"
"Ooh, fascinating"
"Charlie, we can't ask you to do that." Twilight said softly.
"You're not asking, I'm offering." Charlie said sweetly. "Vox and the Vees are a part of my kingdom, and I won't stand by while they cause chaos and pain in other worlds when I can do something to stop them. So, I'm going with you, no debate."
Vaggie, looking at her girlfriend in awe, knew that she was going to regret this, but did it anyway because she loved Charlie and wasn't going to let her get hurt if she could help to prevent it. "Well, then I guess I'm going too." When Charlie looked to her in shock, she simply said, "Where you go, I go. We're a team, I'm sticking right by your side."
"I too shall be in attendance."
Everyone turned to Alastor and collectively said, "NO WAY!"
Alastor chuckled and adjusted his monocle, "You all don't know Vox like I do. If you're going to be dealing with him, then I shall be there to put him in his place. Besides, his obsession with me could be used to your advantage."
Before anyone could express their outrage, Charlie spoke up. "Al." The Radio Demon looked to the Princess of Hell as she walked to him. "If we let you come with us, do you promise to not hurt or kill anyone?"
"Can't make that promise dear, sorry."
"What about a deal?" Lucifer piped up, getting everyone's attention. "As much as I hate the idea of Charlie going off to another dimension where she could get hurt, I know that with Vaggie and, unfortunately, you there, that she will be safe. So, if we make a deal, a favor for a favor, will you agree to it?"
"Dad, no!"
Alastor beamed, "Well, in that case!" He walked over to the king and held out his hand. "In exchange for a favor from you at a time of my choosing, I swear not to hurt or kill anyone on this little excursion. Do we have a deal?"
Lucifer gripped his hand without hesitation, "Deal."
The area suddenly exploded with raw energy, from voodoo magic and hellfire, the demon's true forms were visible for a mere moment before everything quieted down. They let go of each other's hands, with Alastor looking quite proud while Lucifer wiped his hand on his coat.
"Dad..."
"Duckie, it's fine." Lucifer assured her. "I know what I'm doing." He engulfed his little girl in a hug, one that was returned in earnest. "You just be careful, and stay close to your new friends, alright?" Lucifer sent Vaggie a look that screamed 'look after my daughter, or else.'
She nodded firmly, not intending to let him down.
As Charlie said goodbye to each of her friends, Twilight looked to Batman and said, "You're taking this well."
"We need the help." Batman answered honestly. "Plus I believe that miss Morningstar will keep that animal in check. And if he steps out of line."
"We'll stop him." Twilight finished with a smirk.
"Damn right." Batman pressed a button on his gauntlet and a portal opened behind the Guardians. "Let's move, we don't have time to waste."
"Promise you'll be okay, toots?" Angel said as he let go of Charlie.
"I will."
She and Vaggie joined Alastor and stood before the portal as it swirled with power. She held her girlfriend's hand as Alastor commented, "This is bound to be quite entertaining."
"That's not the word I'd use." Vaggie snarked under her breathe before smiling at Charlie.
Twilight looked back to the three of them and asked, "Ready?"
Charlie looked to her friend and girlfriend before smiling at Twilight, "Ready."
With that, they all jumped into the portal, ready to chase after the Legion of Doom and reclaim the pieces of the Spear of Destiny.
It certainly wasn't a happy day in Hell, but it was certainly a strange one.
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