Out for love.

Vaggie slammed her hand on the metal door of Carmine's warehouse, "Carmine ! Carmine, we need to speak. We know what you did on extermination day. We can talk about inside, or I can tell about it out here !" Vaggie shouted as the door opened quickly afterwards, "Fucking right you open that door. C'mon babe." She said ushering Charlie to follow her. The two walked through the dark, quiet hallway.

"Hehe...hello ?" Charlie called out nervously.

"You have 2 minutes to convince me not to silence you both for good." Carmilla's voice echoed through the halls as the lights came on, revealing the overlord on the balcony above them.

"Oh, there you are." Charlie said before clearing her throat, "Uh, Miss Carmine, we're here to ask you if you would please assist us in defending hell from the extermination ?" Charlie said rather passively.

"We know an angel fell at your hands and we need to know how." Vaggie told the overlord firmly.

"No !" She replied.

"What do you mean , no? The princess of hell, right here, just-,"

"Your friends' status means nothing to me. You have to do better than that. 90 seconds."

"Please ! With your knowledge we wouldn't have to stand by and-," Charlie started being cut off by Carmilla.

"Clearly I am not the helpless one here. 80 seconds."

"Well, then why ? Why wouldn't you use what you know to fight ?" Vaggie impatiently asked Carmilla.

"To avoid the very problem you and your little friends are facing right now. I will not invite destruction into my house, on my people."

"You think we asked for this ? All Charhas ever done is try to make things better to help her people who, news flash, include your people too."

"And exactly has that worked out for her ? 45 seconds."

"We didn't pick the fight but it's here now. And they aren't going to stop with us. You didn't see the look on their leader's face. With us out of the way, it's only a matter of time before they come for the rest of you. They won't stop until all of hell is wiped out, so you can help us make a stand here together, or you can stand alone tomorrow. And what do you think your chances will be then ?"

"You're out of time." Carmilla jumped off the balcony and kneed Vaggie in the face making her fall to the ground.

"Vaggie !" Charlie cried.

"Angels attack quickly, viciously and without mercy. You'll need to defend better than that."

Mean while, in Cannibal Town, Rosie yelled into a megaphone, getting the town's attention, "Cannibals and Cannibettes, assemble in the square !" She then walked up to a visibly nervous Andria, "Now, darling, you know I would do anything, anything for my clients, but I can't exactly command all of Cannibal Town to follow someone else into battle. Now, don't get me wrong, they love carnage and bloodshed, but to get this group into line, you got to win 'em over." Rosie the yelled into the megaphone again, "Settle in ! Settle in ! Important meeting."

"But how do I-,"

"With sparkle ! Razzmatazz and that oh so appealing moxie of yours." Alastor then joined in the conversation.

"Shouldn't be a problem. It's not like you've ever failed to charm anyone before. After all, it certainly worked with me." He said as his voice lowered at the last part making Andria blush.

"Now, fair warning. This group sticks together. So in order to convince any of them, you'll need to convince all of them. And there's one in particular..."

"Uuuugh, Susan." Alastor said as he rolled his eyes.

"Susan, who's a bit of an...uh..."

"Ornery old bitch ?"

"That ! She's tough, but win her over and the rest will be easy as pie. Ready ?"

"I guess." Andria hesitated

"Don't worry, darling, you'll do fine." Alastor reassured her. Rosie then spoke to the town.

"Everyone we have a very special, very royal guest this evening ! Please put your bloody hands together for Princess Andria !"

"Boo ! Bring Rosie back !" A short woman in the crowd shouted.

"Susan ?" Andria asked Rosie and Alastor.

"Susan ." The two replied with annoyed looks on their faces .

Andria then took a deep breath in and spoke, "Hi everyone, my name's Andria, and..."

"Boooo !"

"Well, my sister she runs this hotel and I....

"Get off the stage you blue blood bitch !"

"I-I want to help my sister by, uh. You know what let me start over.

"Booooo ! We don't give a shit about some hotel !"

"Angels are coming to kill us all and we need help defending our realm."

"Leave before I eat those big ass eyes of yours !"

"So—I —uh...we need your help—,"

"Boo! Get off !"

"So with your assistance we can make a stand for—,"

"Where's the showmanship ?"

"I...I have a dream...."

"Where's the finesse ? Fucking mediocre !"

"FUCK YOU ! YOU OLD BITCH !" Andria said finally snapping from all the frustration, making the crowd gasp in shock.

"Okay ! We'll be back after a brief intermission." Rosie said, dragging a seething Andria away.

Meanwhile, Vaggie was currently getting her ass handed to her by Carmilla as she went in for another attack which, once again, failed miserably, "Come on, what is this ?"

"You want me to teach you how to beat angels ? That's what I'm doing."

"By beating the shit out of me ? I'm not used to fighting with long hair."  Vaggie muttered frustratedly as she went in for another attack, which Carmilla dodged skillfully and gracefully.

"By showing you the flaws in your own fighting style. Yours and all your sisters."

"Wait you know I'm an exorcist ? How ?"

"You have a giant 'x' over your eye and you wield an angelic spear, it's not rocket science.(Carmilla was so real for that guys 😭😂) before you found out about me did you know Angel's could be harmed ?"

"No."

"It shows in how you fight ! You leave yourself open with every swing. You fight like some one unafraid of harm, and this is what you'll take advantage of. Angels wield no shields, little armor and fight with reckless abandon. Strike them here, here and here." Carmilla demonstrated as she kicked Vaggie in all the angels' weak spots.

"With what ? Some secret weapon of yours ?"

"Stupid girl, are you really so dense you don't realize you're holding the answer ?"

"Angelic weapons ? It's that simple ? How has no one else figured this out ?"

"Angelic steel isn't common, and those who have aren't exactly rushing off to test it against exorcists. When my daughters and I were cornered in that last extermination I tried to by time for my girls to flee, and well... you don't become an angelic as dealer without arming yourself first."

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"Well, look at that. You might just survive this." Carmilla praised Vaggie as she landed with her newly sprouted wings.

"We're going to need more weapons."

Rosie led Andria into her bedroom and tried to find out what was on her mind, " Alright, what has you so out of sorts, darling ?" Rosie asked, "You clearly got more on your mind than angels."

Andria sighed, "What do you do when someone you love isn't entirely honest with you ?"

"Romance ? My specialty. C'mon dearie, details, details ! Tell me what Alastor did."

"Well, Alastor made a deal with my sister and it wasn't for her soul and he said he'd never hurt me like that...but now I -I don't know."

"Oh, shit.  Quite a scandal. How does that make you feel ?"

"Just...betrayed... because we share almost everything ! And he always protected me and supported me and now I don't know if that was a lie or not... (gasp)that's horrible to think ! Do I think that ? Yes ! No... maybe ?" Andria sighed in frustration as she sat on the couch with her head in her hands.

"You said you love Alastor  ?"

"Yes, more than anything !"

"Have you ever once doubted that he loves you in return ?"

"No."

"Well, then what's the problem ? He did the one thing I thought he would never do."

"Well... isn't that silly hotel of your sister's all about redemption ?"

"Yes ?"

"Perhaps Alastor is trying to show that he can be redeemed too ?"

"He's knows that I love him, why not just be honest with me ?"

"It can be difficult to admit to things you're not proud of, especially if those things hurt the ones you love. He fucked up, sure. He's flawed, but hey, who down here isn't ? If there's anything I've learned, it's that words are cheap, but actions they speak the truth. So what have his actions said ?"

"That he loves me and believes in me. That he doesn't want anything to harm me, he's even brought up the subject of having a family. Right now he's helping me protect my sisters dream, for me, and I can't even pitch my sisters hotel right."

"Well, how does she normally explain her hotel ?"

"By singing but that never works."

"It will work here. Trust me." Rosie then led Andria back to the town square where everyone was waiting expectantly. Alastor grinned at his girlfriend from the building the stood under. Once she and Rosie were underneath the building, Alastor handed his cane to her with a supportive smile. Andria hugged him, taking by surprise but nevertheless he hugged back. Andria gladly took the cane from his hand and began to sing.

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(^instead of Charlie singing it's Andria.)

Andria and Alastor led the group of cannibals to the hotel gate where they met up with Vaggie and Charlie, "Looks like you had a busy day." Charlie said as she glanced behind her sister, noticing the smiling group of cannibals.

"You guys too, huh ? Oh, the wings are new, they look nice."

"Right ? That's what I said." Charlie said as they all walked up to the hotel. When they walked in they saw the rest of the group barricading the hotel windows.

"Well, look who decided to show up. We thought we were fighting by ourselves." Angel said pulling Pentious and Husk to his sides.

"You're...you're still here ?" Vaggie asked in shock as Charlie's eyes started to water.

"What ? Do you think we're a bunch of pusssssies ?" Pentious hissed.

"I just got used to you guys. I ain't finding no new drinking buddies." Husk scoffed

"I've named all the stains on the carpet." Niffty giggled, "That one's Fred."

"Well, looks like we have a lot of work to do."

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