《 Chapter 10: Radio Killed the Video Star 》

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In Hazbin Hotel, Charlie paces around the living room with KeeKee walking besides her.

"Okay. So the extermination is coming in six months instead of a year." she said nervously. "No big deal. Just a little setback. Nothing we can't handle."

Vaggie, Damari, and Angel are seated in a chair or couch, their faces either bored or troubled by her steps.

"Just angels cutting our timetable in half. But who needs a whole year to save souls, am I right?" Charlie started to talk manically. "And next time, when they cut the time in half again and again, we'll just handle it, right?!"

Vaggie calms Charlie down by grasping her arms to stop her from pacing.

"Yes, we will."

"Even if the angels don't agree with your idea, we'll just have to try." Damari said with encouragement.

"Oh, please, ya had less than half a chance when you started all this salvation bullshit." Angel scoffed, going through his phone. "And now..."

He stopped to see angry text messages from Valentino as they kept going on and on.

"Ain't no silver lining this time, Toots." he finished while looking at his phone with worry.

"Sure there is. We just have to look a little harder for it." Charlie said with hope.

"Well, while you're lookin', the rest of Hell is going nuts. People are already freaking out about the news."

Angel showed them a screaming sinner with fires in a background by scrolling his phone.

"Look at what's happening in the Doomsday District."

Charlie noticed something on his phone when he scrolled.

"Err, what is a "donkey show"?" she questioned.

This caused Angel to panic, which made Damari raise her eyebrow at him suspiciously.

"Aah, heh, nothing. My boss, Val, is just freaked out about the news, too. Like I said, everyone's losing their shit."

"Yeah, that's true." Vaggie said, putting a thoughtful look. "Sinners are desparate."

This made Damari's eyes wides in realization and speaks Vaggie's mind.

"Maybe desparate enough to try anything to escape the extermination?"

Charlie gasps and gets excited once more.

"This is the perfect time to recruit more sinners for the hotel!"

"Cute idea and all, but you really going to go out in all of this?" Angel asked, showing them a screaming sinner running away all covered in fire with burning buildings and vehicles in the background on the phone.

"Well, it's not like people are just going to show up on our doorstep." Charlie said.

Charlie and Damari were startled as a large explosion smashed into the building. They turned to see a voice, familiar and hissing, screaming out from a hole in the wall.

"Show yourself, Alastor!"

The view from outside revealed Sir Pentious in control of the blimp, which had all of its guns and cannons protruding from its mouth, along with Egg Bois.

"Come and face—"

When he finally stopped and raised his head, he saw Alastor sipping coffee from a pink "OH DEER" mug while seated at a table on a balcony.

"Oh, there you are..." he said before shouting. "Face my wrath!"

"Who are you?" Alastor raised his eyebrow.

Sir Pentious gets offended.

"Who am I? Who am I? I am the great Sir Pentious!"he declared, opening his flares. "Inventor, architect of desssstruction, villain extraordinaire!"

Alastor moves his way down into a shadow and appears out of it next to Damari, Vaggie, Charlie, and Angel.

"Woo! You tell 'em, boss." Egg Boi encouraged.

"This guy again...?" Damari sighed.

Niffty appears from behind Alastor's head and gasps.

"Ooh, he's a bad boy." she grinned crazily.

"Huh, well if all that's true, you'd think I'd have heard of you." Alastor stated, removing Niffty from his head.

"I attacked you literally last week." Sir Pentious pointed out.

Alastor just tilts his head with a radio effect.

"We've done battle, like... 20 times?" he pressed.

"Well, you must have been really bad at this." Alastor grinned.

This made Damari cover her mouth to hold in her laughter, making Alastor grin wider. Sir Pentious is not happy as his ego gets crushed again.

"Silence! Now cower! For when I've ssslain you, the almighty Vees will finally acknowledge me as their equal!"

 Niffty pops out from behind Alastor's head again after climbing back up on him.

"Ooh! Wait, who are the Vees?" she asked.

"Oh, nobody important." Alastor waved off.

Damari was prompted to pull out the card Vox gave her upon hearing the letter "V's" because it features three V's along with the words "Trust Us!" and a contact number. Who are the other two Vees, she wondered?

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A fancy skyscraper with the same "VVV" emblem on top was revealed before it descended to reveal crowds of sinners watching a commercial with several televisions through a glass window.

"New VoxTek designer voyeur scopes. Peeping on the neighbors has never been more stylish. VoxTek. Trust us with your money."

They immediately run inside the store for a second before running out with boxes full of drones that was shown on screen.

"This week's episode of "Yeah, I Fucked Your Sister, So What?"is brought to you by VoxTek."

The sinners in the room are all engrossed in the entertainment, with their eyes glowing red as they spin around, mesmerized by it, on TVs, computers, iPads, and other devices.

"Trust us with your entertainment."

Unknown to them, they were being watched with tons and tons of TV screens in a hidden room.

"VoxTek. Trust us."

A familiar light blue hand clicks on an armchair with electric radiating off of it. A light blue sharp teeth was shown as they grin.

"Trust us. Trust us. Trust us. Trust us. Trust us..."

As they descend into the hat antennas, all of the TV displays spark, providing them with power. Vox is seen when they stand up, laughing maniacally and sensing a surge of electricity throughout his body.

"Now that's good television!"

His left eye whirled as he begins to hypnotize the sinners when a phone call was shown onto his screen face, showing Velvette is calling. Grabbing a hold of it from his face, he shoots it towards one of the screens as it showed a slim demon with cedar-brown skin, and long curly hair kept into ponytail with bangs by black hair ties. Her hair is colored in a desire-red that features the insides colored in a dark navy-blue, and white swirled-streaks on her pigtails and one on her bangs.

Her eyes have white irises, red sclera and slit pupils, and her makeup consists of burgundy eyeshadow on her eyelids, and black lipstick on her lips with a strip across the center of her mouth. She's also wearing white skull-shaped earrings. Velvette appears angry as Vox sits back and enjoys his coffee.

"Hello there, Velvette. How are you this hellish morning?" he greeted.

"Oh, cut the shit, Vox. I need you up here now!" she shouted through the background that are full of yells and crashes as a bloodied hand was thrown across the room, leaving blood stains.

"Whatever could be the problem, my dear?" Vox asked, looking uninterested as he turn his chair around to look at his phone instead of Velvette while drinking his coffee.

"Your little boy toy is wrecking my department while I'm trying to pull together a show and—"

"Fucking bitch!" Valentino shouted angrily from the background.

More blood is being poured out as the body parts are being torn and thrown with a female demon running away scared. A skull is seen in the background after being thrown.

"Just get your ass here. Now!" Velvette ordered before turning to the side. "Dammit Valentino!"

The screen is now shut off as Vox stops grinning and sighs tiredly. He gets up and starts walking, looking annoyed and fixing his bowtie.

"Oh god, here I go. Valentino. Just another fuckin' day with Val. Hey, hey, hey. Fuck my life."he deadpanned, standing in the middle before a platform starts moving him up.

On the wall is a photo of Vox himself with the words "TRUST US" written next to it. There are also posters advertising Live Angel Dust and the V-Watch sale nearby. The image abruptly shifted apart. A secret elevator is seen in the photo as Vox exits it grinning. A throng of press reporters saw him as he was walking out, and they questioned him right away while calling his name.

"Mr. Vox! Mr. Vox!"

"Mr. Vox, question for you over here."

Vox calmly walks over to them and places his hands on his hips, still grinning.

"Mr. Vox, what are your thoughts on the new extermination deadline?" one of the female reporter asked, holding up a microphone.

"My dear people, we at VoxTek Enterprises have always been at the forefront of innovation." Vox explained. "And now with this new oncoming threat, we are shifting our focus to your protection. We are pleased to annoyance VoxTek Angelic Security is coming soon."

He showed them the angelic security on screen as soon as it was moved down for everyone to see.

"Trust us with your safety." Vox said before hypnotizing them with a chuckle.

Their eyes glow same red as his as they whirl around. Just then, a fish demon worker approached him nervously and confused.

"Sir? Uh, when did we begin working on Angelic Security?" he asked.

"30 seconds ago." Vox said before walking away with his worker following him. "Try to get that bitch Carmella on the books and cancel all my appointments today. I have a fire to put out upstairs."

With that, he disappears into a camera with his electrokinesis.

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Velvette approached four apprehensive female demons who were holding the gowns as demons and sinners in a dressing room cleaned up the blood on the floor that Valentino had caused. She mocks each of them and scoffs at the sight of the clothes they designed.

"Ugh. No. Unacceptable. You're fired."

She then faced the last female demon that's holding a white and purple striped ruffled dress. Velvette grasps on the sleeves.

"What is this? Wrist ruffles? Is it 1750? Burn it like the witches who wore it."

As the female demon flees, Vox teleports behind her with an amused grin as Velvette places a hand on her forehead in stress.

"Oh, Velvette. I can see you're busy. Tell me, where's our hot headed friend now?"

Velvette turns to him with a phone in hand.

"Up in his tower, waiting for a flat-faced prince to calm him down."

Vox glances to the side with a sigh.

"And uh, what's got him so out of sorts today?"

"Who knows? But he tore up my best model." Velvette said, grabbing a dismembered hand from the demon that's walking past by with piles of dismembered hands and feet. "And you know, the show can't wait for that unlucky bitch to pull herself back together."

She then tossed the hand away, creating a crash with a cat noise in the background. Velvette turns to the side to call out for someone.

"Melissa, get over here!"

Melissa nervously gets up on the podium with multiple mirrors behind her as Velvette does her magic by changing her clothes.

"No. No. Hideous. I want to die. Eww."

With one last flick from her finger, a red and black dress with white hearts was placed on Melissa and Velvette stopped, looking satisfied.

"Oh, yes. That's the one."

"Well, looks like you have everything under control here." Vox grinned.

"Of course I do. Fuck you. Now shoo!" Velvette ordered, flipping him off before turning away. "Take care of the piss baby."

As Vox leaves, she casts a glance down at her phone. When the doors were opened for him to enter by two female demons with white hair, he headed down a hallway lined with hearts. They shut the door behind him once he was inside. The living area is enveloped in red smoke, and a familiar shadow figure can be seen lying down and smoking a cigarette through the smoke. Valentino sits up violently and holds an empty glass cup as soon as they observe him emerging from the crimson smoke he had been puffing out.

"Fuckin' finally!"

He tossed the cup down, smashing it into the ground as he turned to a pink and red female clown robot.

"Kitty, another drink!"

She extends her leg to move over to go grab his drink. Valentino turns to Vox.

"Can you believe what that piece of shit did?" he asked, taking a drink from Robo Kitty after she came back with it. "The ungrateful whore!"

He then throws it towards Vox, who dodges aside as it smashes into a wall.

"Um, which whore are we talking about this time?" Vox asked.

Valentino walks up to him angrily and yells at his face.

"Fucking Angel Dust. Who the hell else would I be talking about?!"

Before Vox could say a word, Valentino continues to rant.

"That fucking slut walked out on me. Me. I fucking made him. Without me, he's just a bag of meat with some mildly entertaining holes."

"Angel quit?" Vox smiled.

"No, he didn't fucking quit! It's worse."

Valentino grabs Vox's phone he just took out and smashes it against the wall.

"HE MOVED!"

When he turns around to pace, Vox stares at his empty hand in disbelief.

"He thinks he can just walk in here, work, and then go home somewhere else. Can you fucking believe that?!" he asked angrily after turning back around to look at Vox before heading towards the closet. "He thinks he can run off and shack up with Lucifer's bimbo daughter?"

Vox turns to him in slight surprise.

"Angel is living with Lucifer's daughter now?"

Valentino opens his closet and rummages through it.

"Yeah, that bitch. Chalkie, or Chandler, or I don't know. Something mannish like that. She's got this hotel and—"

He turns to Vox with his own Moneyshot gun and the other gun.

"Which of these makes me look sexier?"

Vox chuckles.

"What are you doing, Val?"

His left eye whirls around.

"You're not going over there."

"That slippery twink is going to remember who owns him. I'm going to fuck everyone in that rancid shithole, I swear to God." Valentino stated, looking angry and determined.

Vox grabs him by the coat and makes him turn around to face him.

"VAL!" he shouted distortedly before quickly calming down. "Think about it."

He wrapped his arm around his shoulders and leads him towards the window, taking his Moneyshot away.

"Our brand is perfection. And what do you think chasing whores around town will do for our image?"

"Uh... Fuck it up?" Valentino guessed.

"Right!"

A jackpot beeping noise with cheering was heard.

"Do you want people thinking you can't control your employees?"

"No."

"Exactly. And hey, you still have him under contract. He isn't going anywhere. So you should...?"

"Do nothing?"

Vox wraps his arm around Valentino again as a jackpot noise was heard again but louder.

"Great idea! Now, that's why they pay you the big bucks." he said, pinching his cheek.

Valentino slouches with a sigh and straightens his back, taking out a cigarette from his coat.

"But I really wanted to shoot someone." he whined.

Vox lights up his cigarette with electricity as it smokes with red hearts.

"Well, let me call up the lowest earners this month."

With his arms crossed behind his back, Vox walks away as Valentino grins nefariously.

"Oh, you know me too well." he chuckled darkly.

He inhales the cigarette and puffs out red smoke before grinning, looking at Vox over his shoulder. Vox is busy digging something inside a drawer.

"You know, Angel isn't the only one spending time at this ratty hotel with the devil's princessa." Valentino said.

"Oh, who else is there? Someone who owns you money?" Vox asked uninterested before going back to looking inside a drawer.

"Damari Valor is also with her."

Vox's eyes widens and then smirks nefariously.

"Damari? Living with Lucifer's daughter? That's quite a shock."

"I know. But it was expected. She is the type to be in need of help."

Vox chuckles, remembering his first date with Damari.

"Hehe. What else is there?"

"Someone who owes us much more than money. The Radio Demon is there."

Hearing that made him spark up and he drags his claws into the table, dragging it. Vox chuckles and then turns to Valentino.

"What did you just say?"

"You heard me." Valentino grinned.

"Alastor came back and he is Lucifer's daughter and Damari, and that wasn't the first fucking thing you told me?!" Vox yelled angrily, grabbing Valentino's coat collar.

Valentino calmly pulls away from him and walks up to the camera screen and sits down on the drawers.

"Hey, killing Alastor is your kink."

The screen turns on to reveal the Hazbin Hotel. Vox teleports through electricity to get a better look as he sees Alastor, Damari, Angel, and Charlie in front of the Hazbin Hotel. A drone can be seen in the air as it watches.

"Arrgh! Oh! Please! Stop!" Sir Pentious screamed.

Alastor is busy laughing as he destroys Sir Pentious blimp with his tentacles he summoned. Damari watches with pity as Sir Pentious gets defeated once again.

"Um, Alastor? I think he's had enough." Charlie said nervously, trying to stop him.

Alastor keeps on laughing, completely ignoring her and having a fun of his life.

"Nah, he's got a few more hits in 'im!" Angel grinned.

Sir Pentious struggles to get a hold of his blimp until he falls out of the broken glass windshield and crashes onto the ground face first.

"Thanks for another forgettable experience." Alastor said, twirling his cane.

An Egg Boi drops to the ground and cracks open, now dead. Charlie flinches at it while Damari cringes. Sir Pentious holds up his finger shakily.

"Thank... you..."

He lifts his head up and grins.

"...for letting your guard down!"

He tears off Alastor's bottom coat with his tail and grabs it.

"Haha! Yah!"

A loud unknown noise was made from Alastor as he transforms into his demon form, hovering over Sir Pentious with his shadow. Sir Pentious shrinks down in fear.

"Oh, shit."

With a big green explosion, screaming Sir Pentious is sent flying out of the Hazbin Hotel into a city. Alastor watches him go with a glare before calming down and turning to Damari and her friends.

"Well, it looks as though I need a visit to the tailor."

Hearing the word "tailor", Damari immediately asks.

"Can I come? I like to see more of sewing and designs."

"Why, of course! Just don't forget to disguise yourself."

Damari immediately puts on a ring as she transforms into a swan demon, surprising Vox and Valentino who are still watching from the drone.

"Best of luck, chums." Alastor waved, taking Damari by the hand.

Just before they could walk away, Vaggie stopped them.

"Wait. You're leaving? Alastor, we need your help. We need you to do your job."

"We need a wall." Angel pointed to the hole Sir Pentious caused.

"They're right. I did help design them..." Damari said, frowning at the sight.

"Of course. Can't let my new project fall into disrepair already. What would the papers say?"

With a snap of his fingers, Alastor summons the construction voodoos before he and Damari walks away into Pentagram City. Seeing a buffed up voodoo, Angel giggles and pushes Vaggie away to walk towards him.

"Hey, sweet cheeks. What you doing later?" Angel flirted, placing an arm on his shoulder. "I love me a man with a giant... tool."

Valentino wasn't happy to see that and glares at a screen.

"See? Look, at how he flirts with that guy, and he's not even paying!" he growled. "Who is that? I'm gonna fucking kill his whole fucking family."

Hearing Vox not responding, Valentino turns to him and pounds his fist against the table.

"Vox? Vox!"

Vox was busy glaring at Alastor as his sparks grows wider as the static buzzes. He watches Alastor and Damari head out of the Hazbin Hotel together.

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"That fucker is back!" he yelled.

"Yeah, I thought he was gone for good too." Valentino said.

"It's been seven years!" Vox exclaimed.

"You still pissed he almost beat you that time?" Valentino cooed, pinching his screen cheek like Vox did to him.

Vox pulls away from him and glares.

"Uh, fuck you."

"Just saying."

"Things have changed a lot since he left town." Vox grinned.

"That's for sure." Valentino agreed.

"I got to send a message of who's really in charge of things now."

Vox's left eye whirl around as he grins. Valentino chuckles. Vox opens the doors to his camera room and sings.

Welcome home
I'm gonna make you wish that you'd stayed gone
Say hello to a new status quo

His hat antennas sparks as soon as he sits down in his armchair Vox pushes the button and the chords plugs into the back of his head.

Everyone knows that there's a brand new dawn
Turn the TV on!

"Camera, speeds. Rolling in three, two." Director's voice said.

Lights went on with the demons that are holding up the mics and recording with a camera. Then breaking news was announced.

(Welcome to the show)

Vox appears in 666 News as he talks to the audience that are watching in newscaster voice, holding the papers. On the bottom, it says "UNREMARKABLE LOSER BACK FROM FUCKING OFF". A picture of the stick figure of Alastor was shown with the bottom words "ARTIST RENDERING".

Top of the hour, and we're discussing a certain has-been
Who has been spotted cavorting around town
(Welcome to the show)
After a seven-year absence
Did anybody miss him?
(Welcome to the show)
Did anybody notice?
More on tonight's program

He pushes the picture away and it changes to Vox in a Vox - 2 - Nite show with another Vox that's wearing a sunglasses and holding a mug that says "FUCK ALASTOR".

So, the Radio Demon is back in town
Why is he hanging around?
What does that mean for your family?
Well handily, I've got good news

Vox moves to a stage with red curtains behind him and a spotlight on him.

He's a loser, a fossil
And I don't mean to sound hostile, but the demon is a coward!

His clothes changes into a pastor outfit with the title "OBEY-N-PAY" on screen where everyone can see.

You can take that as gospel
Pulling my viewers? Impossible
I'm visual, he's barely audible
Stop giving him the time of day, don't listen to a word he'd say
I hope he had a nice vacay, but he should've stayed away

Alastor walks out of the tailor shop, looking happy with Damari behind him as she's holding the shopping bags she bought from it. They stopped to see Vox on screen that the sinners are watching. Damari freezes to see him again. Alastor gently guides her away as they head back to the Hazbin Hotel not before glaring as if he had a plot in mind to take down Vox.

While he hid in radio, we pivoted to video
Now his medium is getting bloody rare

Vox, dressed a bloodied chef, opens the toaster and pulls out a plate of a dead beheaded red deer. He moves back into the VVV's studio and wraps his arms around Valentino and Velvette, who looks at him funny.

Hell's been better since he split
Where's he been? Who gives a shit?!

In the radio station, Alastor grins and speaks into the mic with Damari standing besides him to listen.

Salutations!
Good to be back on the air

Alastor's broadcast plays at VoxTek as everyone turns to the radio instead of the televisions Vox is in whom he glares.

Yes, I know it's been a while
Since someone with style treated Hell to a broadcast
Sinners, rejoice!

Vox scoffed.

What a dated voice!

Instead of a clout-chasing mediocre video podcast

Damari snickers as Vox gets offended.

Come on!

Is Vox insecure, pursuing allure?
Fitting between this fad and that, is nothing working?

Ignore his chirping!

Every day, he's got a new format!

You're looking at the future, he's the shit that comes before that!

Alastor's voice can be heard through the speakers as everyone listens.

Is Vox as strong as he purports?
Or is it based on his support?
He'd be powerless without the other Vees

Valentino and Velvette, who're looking at their phone and listening to Alastor and Vox's duet, glance away with a closed mouth knowing that Alastor's right. Vox immediately defends himself, claiming that's not true.

Oh, please!

Damari giggles as Alastor grins.

And here's the sugar on the cream
He asked me to join his team!

Vox teleports and tries to cover up the story by standing in front of the radio, only to find out he's still on screen as the radio kept going with everyone listening.

H-hold on!

I said no, and now he's pissy
That's the tea!

Damari couldn't help but laugh as Alastor lay back in his chair comfortably, kicking a leg up in the air. Vox's TV face begins to glitch.

You old-timey prick, I'll show you suf-ffering

Alastor teases him, knowing his static is stuttering.

Uh oh, the TV is buffering!

I'll destroy you, yo-ou lit-tle—

Vox short circuits, plunging Hell into darkness.

I'm afraid you've lost your signal

Alastor's on airside glows outside of his broadcast booth at the Hazbin Hotel tower. Alastor sings once again as he transforms into his demon form with his antlers coming out of his head. Damari gulps and backs away.

Let's begin
I'm gonna make you wish that I'd stayed gone, tune on in

He stands up as his neck stretches out along with his body as they show his monstrous form and blood pours down from his mouth and his glowing red eyes moves like a clock.

When I'm done, your status quo will know its race is run
Oh, this will be fun

Vox's monitors read "NO SIGNAL" with Alastor's laughter. At his desk, Vox grips his TV face in frustration and defeat.

FUCK!

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