《 Chapter 20: Dad Beat Dad Pt. 2 》

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Mimzy looks at them in disbelief.

"Didn't you just hear me? Why is everybody gawking? Is it cuz I'm adorable?" she asked, doing a pose with a wink.

Alastor approaches her with open arms.

"Mimzy!" he said happily.

Mimzy smiles at him.

"Alastor! Sweetie, Doll-face, So good to see you! How've you been? Good? Good."

Mimzy and Alastor hug each other.

"Listen, I was in the neighborhood. I heard you were staying at this ritzy slob factory, and I figured I'd stop by, say hi! For old times sake." she said, looking around the hotel.

Damari though couldn't help but feel suspicious with Mimzy as she frown at her. There's no way she would want to come to this hotel without an explanation and she doesn't believe her.

"Of course, sweetheart! Everyone is welcome here!" Alastor said.

"Oh, how nice! So you two know each other?" Charlie asked.

"Oh yeah, we go way back, ran in the same circles when we were alive. You know, this one used to frequent the club where I used to perform. He's the only one I knew who could pound whiskey like a sailor then keep up with me on the dance floor!" Mimzy explained, doing Charleston dance moves.

"Oh, quite a talent, this gal. Ho ho! You should have seen her in her hayday!" Alastor complimented.

"Hey, watch it, tall, dark and creepy! I'm still in my prime!" she said, pulling up her sleeveless dress.

Mimzy spots Lucifer in the open, and was immediately infuriated with the sight of the King of Hell.

"Oh, oh my stars!" she gasped. "Is that Lucifer?"

Mimzy pushes Pentious of the way, making him fall to the ground.

"Move it!"

Damari immediately run up to his aid and help Pentious up. He smiles at her appreciatively, slightly blushing at her kind gesture. Damari smiles back. Mimzy curtsied to Lucifer, who gives her an awkward smile.

"Pleased to meet ya! Your highness." she greeted before whispering to Alastor. "Alastor, you gotta warn a girl when she's in mixed company."

"Charmed, I'm sure." Lucifer said.

"As much as I'd love to catch up, Charlie and I have a tour to continue." Alastor said.

Lucifer heard this and takes his daughter by the arms before dragging her front.

"I'm sure Charlie can handle showing me around."

Alastor appears in front of them.

"Nonsense!"

He grabs Charlie and drags her forward*

"We started the hotel together, and we'll show it off together. Right, Charlie?"

Alastor stops dragging Charlie so she can be the one to lead the tour for her father.

"Oh, right."

As Charlie leads on with Vaggie, Damari, and Lucifer following behind, Alastor turns to Mimzy.

"Why don't you let the others help you settle in, and I'll be back before you know it."

And with that, Alastor leaves to follow the tour. Mimzy turns to the bar and walks up to get a drink.

"So, where can a girl get a drink around here?"

Husk doesn't like Mimzy's company and groans in irritation as he cleans a glass. Mimzy takes a seat and notices him.

"My, my, is that Husker? Alastor still has you slinging hooch for him, I see." she then chuckled. "Classic! How ya been, fur ball?"

"Good! Until five minutes ago." Husk answered grumpily with his arms crossed.

"Oh, don't tell me you're not happy to see me! You might hurt my feelings!" Mimzy giggled, unfazed with his answer.

While Husker gets a drink for Mimzy, she turns to Niffty who was looking for the bugs that were scattering on the floor.

"Hey Niffty, whatcha been up to, girlie?" she asked.

"Fighting bugs." Niffty said.

"And uh, how's that going for ya?"

Niffty turns to one of the bug she sees.

"They're winning..."

She then sadistically pulls out a large knife with an insane smile*

"but not for long."

"Uh huh..." Mimzy said, unfazed with her sadistic behavior and then a glass was given to her. "Thanks, pussy cat!"

"Oh, fuck you." he cursed before turning to walk away.

As Husk leaves the bar, Angel and Pentious takes up a seat right next to her.

"So uh, you and Alastor are like, what? Friends?" Angel asked, holding a glass.

"Well, that's your word, not mine, but I think it fits. Why so surprised?" Mimzy asked.

"Well, just didn't know he had any of those. He's been here a while and is still a big, creepy mystery. What's his deal?" Angel said before asking.

Mimzy begins her tale by making a short flashback story of how Alastor came to be.

"Well, you probably heard the stories. He appeared in Hell suddenly, making a splash quicker than anyone had ever seen. At first, people wanted to dismiss him. But soon, overlords started going missing, and not small ones neither."

In the Dark Age of the Industrial Revolution, a shodowy demon is seen holding a drink, which Alastor takes out of his hand, in the next scene, Demons are seen dismissing him as another sinner, but then, in a dark alley, an unnamed Overlord is cornered by a sinister-looking Alastor, before it cuts to a female overlord, presumably Alastor's next victim.

"We're talking heavy. hitters. No one knew what happened to 'em, until these strange radio broadcasts started going out."

One by one, more overlord Demons disappeared, leaving only Alastor to reign supreme over all the others. Then, a radio tower sends neon green signal waves all over hell.

"All you could hear were screams. Every time an overlord went missing, there'd be a new voice screaming in the broadcast! That's when Alastor revealed himself as the radio demon, and anyone that would mess with him..." she then chuckled before continuing. "Well, let's just say, his broadcasts never lacked new voices."

The flashback story ends to the present where Mimzy was concluding her tale of Alastor before getting back to being nonchalant about him.

"That's the story most people know, but underneath it all... he's a total sweetie! Put on some jazz and pour a couple fingers of rye and he becomes a kitten!"

As Mimzy concludes her story, Angel and Pentious were spooked by Alastor's dark history in hell and at the same time, they're concerned for Damari's safety around Alastor while Mimzy doesn't seemed bothered by their disturbance.

"Stop with the looks. He hasn't done any of that in a while." she assured them before raising a glass. "Can I get another one of these?"

Mimzy realized that Husk is nowhere in the bar or in the lobby, much to her annoyance..

"Oh what the fuck!"

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In the creepy dark hallways, Charlie was showing her father about the interiors of the hotel while Vaggie, Damari, and Alastor follow behind.

"So, once we have the proof that redemption is possible, this whole hotel will be full of demons wanting to check out into heaven! We just need a little time to prove it. The sharing circles haven't been working as fast as I hoped."

While Charlie was in the middle of explaining everything to her father, Husk calls his owner from out of nowhere.

"Hey, boss. Can I have a word?"

Alastor stops and twists his head 180 degrees to have his face turn to him before his body rotates.

"What is it?" he asked.

Damari stops to notice Alastor is not with them and looks back to see him talking to Husk. Curious, she quietly walks back and stands by the wall to keep out of sight for a bit to listen on what's going on.

"You and I both know Mimzy only shows up when she needs something. That bitch is trouble, and who knows what kind of demon she fucked with to come running to you this time?" Husk said, making Damari narrow her eyes that she was right about Mimzy.

"It's nothing I can't handle. Don't worry Husker. Who in their right mind would cross me?" Alastor said boastfully, turning his back on Husk.

"I mean, you've been gone a while, and it's not like anybody knows why." Husk pointed out.

This made Damari curious.

"They don't need to know, and don't you worry your fuzzy head about it." he affirmed before speaking in a baby like voice.

Alastor rubs Husk's ears which angers him as he growls and points at his chest.

"You may own my soul, but I ain't your fucking pet!" he snapped, shocking Damari to find out that it was Alastor who owned Husk's soul.

"But you are! Haha!" Alastor laughed, twisting his head around.

He then turns around to join back with the tour.

"Big talk for someone who's also on a leash." Husk whispered a little too loud.

Alastor immediately halts after hearing this, his eyes turned into radio dials. The lights in the hallway flickered from his anger rising. This made Damari froze in fear for Husk while wondering on what he meant by Alastor being on someone's leash. Slowly, Alastor looks over his shoulder to Husk.

"Aha, what did you say?" he asked menacingly.

Before Husk could even respond, a green chain pulls his neck before Husk was forced down. The demon realizes what he's done and tries to come up with an excuse. Damari covers her mouth in shock and horror.

"Nothing! I, uhm..."

Husk didn't know how to respond as Alastor slowly approaches him with the green chain twirling from his mic-stick. The more he steps closer, the lights flickers on and off from his anger.

"If you ever say that again, I will tear your soul apart and broadcast your screams for every other disrespectful wretch who dares to question me!" he threatened, growing into his demon form and towering over Husk.

Alastor's threat makes Husk shiver in fear when he realizes he had crossed too far with him.

"Understood." he said in a scared tone.

The lights turn back to normal, and Alastor is back to his old jolly good self.

"Lovely."he said with a smile and then chuckled. "Good talk, my good man! Always nice to catch up."

Alastor goes to leave the shaking Husk on the floor. Husk was too scared to even move, and was shivering in fear. Damari quickly calms herself and puts on a fake smile and starts heading towards Alastor and Husk.

"Alastor! Hey, I was just looking for you!"she greeted.

"Ah, Damari! You didn't have to, but that's very kind of you to come by and check on me." Alastor grinned, acting like it never happened.

Damari looks down at the shaking Husk.

"Is Husk alright?" she asked with concern, knowing exactly what happened.

"Oh, he's just being dramatic and we're just having a conversation." Alastor waved off. "Care to join me to tour Lucifer?"

As much as she wanted to see if Lucifer agrees that this hotel will work, she wants to make sure Husk is alright.

"You go ahead, I'll catch up. I'll help lead Husk back to the bar."

Alastor couldn't help but feel suspicious with her behavior for a bit before smiling.

"Suit yourself. Thanks again for checking up on me." Alastor said before leaving.

Making sure he's out of sight, Damari looks down at Husk and gently helps him up.

"You alright? That was... scary."

"You saw, didn't you?" Husk said, trying to keep cool.

"Yeah. I'd rather not ask, but at least let me guide you back down." Damari said, hooking her arm around his.

"...You won't listen if I told you that I'm fine and that I can walk alone." Husk chuckled.

"Nope."

With a small smile, Husk allows Damari to walk him back downstairs to the bar. Damari hopes that Charlie will convince her dad.

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Back to the tour, Vaggie was taking her turn explaining more about the hotel's role to redeeming demons so they can go to Heaven, most notably Angel Dust.

"And we've almost been able to find all of Angel Dust's drug stashes... almost." Vaggie said.

"So, once that's out of the way, it should be much smoother sailing!" Charlie said.

"Well that certainly is, uhh... is-is something." Lucifer said, not looking a bit interested.

"So, what do you think?" Charlie asked with a nervous smile.

"About what?" Lucifer asked, turning to her.

"The hotel." Charlie clarified.

"Oh! Yes! It does- it does look much better now, doesn't it?" he said before chuckling.

"You know, but I'm thinking this railing needs work, one good push and you'd just go right over the edge! Whoopie! Bye bye!" Lucifer continued, dramatically leaning over the railing before going back up with a chuckle.

"What? No, no, the plan, Dad! What do you think about using the hotel to help sinners?" Charlie asked.

Now matter how much Lucifer hates to admit it, he wants Charlie to get one thing straight about what her plans are going. He exhaled for a moment before facing his daughter.

"Alright, I mean, look, I love that you want to see the best in people, but these sinners, you know, they're just the worst. I, I don't know how much you can realistically expect from them, and Heaven?"he said, adjusting his collar. "Hohooo boy, Heaven, is not exactly as carefree as you might think. Yeah, they have rules, lots of rules, and they aren't very open minded as you'd hope. I don't even know if my Father even knows of my existence..." he whispered to the last part.

"These are our people, Dad, I... I have to try!" Charlie pointed out with hope.

"Our "people" Charlie, are awful! They got gifted free will and look what they did with it! Everything's terrible!" he said before wheezing. "I just don't want you to put yourself on the line for people like—"

Lucifer was interrupted when a loud thud shakes the hotel, rocking the three of them on the balcony.

"Geez! What now?!" Vaggie asked in annoyance.

"Well, like that."

To prove his point, Lucifer gesture to a dozens of loan shark demon mafia on the ground holding a battering ram. The loan shark mafia were armed to the teeth with guns, melee weapons, and a battering ram as they ram the front door open. The leader of the loan shark mafia looks up at the balcony.

"Mimzy! We know you're in there you lousy bitch!" he called out angrily.

Inside, the lobby, Mimzy realizes that the loan shark mafia found her and cartoonishly goes down in a sheepish wince, now already busted.

"Oh shit." Mimzy cursed.

A portal opens up by Lucifer and all three of them return to the lobby as the loan shark mafia continues to ram the front door.

"Que Carajo?! (What the fuck?!)" Vaggie exclaimed in Spanish.

"What's going on?!" Charlie asked, turning her gaze towards the scared Mimzy.

"I maaaaaay be in trouble with some loan sharks. I may or may not have borrowed 50 grand from—Eep!" she said before being interrupted by a loud thud.

Scared, Mimzy cowards behind the bar counter to hide before peeking up to Charlie and Vaggie while Damari, Angel, and Husk look at her in shock and annoyance.

"You better come out!" a loan shark yelled out from outside the hotel.

"And I may have also stolen a car... and crashed it... into the loan shark's girlfriend, but that bitch had it coming!" Mimzy said, finished explaining.

"I knew there's something off about you!!" Damari yelled, glaring daggers at Mimzy, who gives her a sheepish smile.

Before Charlie and Vaggie could even respond, the windows and the walls were barraged with fireballs from the outside. The windows crashed and the floors are meteored with the fireballs. Damari, Charlie, and Vaggie screamed as more fireballs came raining on them. Damari's ring was knocked out of her finger, causing her to turn back into a human. Her eyes widens in horror that her disguise is gone as she look at the ground to search for it. Niffty was horrified that the windows were destroyed after cleaning it so long ago. Angel Dust scoots back to his seat after a fireball nearly hits him.

"My windows!" Niffty yelled.

Pentious realized what was happening while he was still holding his baked cookies.

"Ah! We're under siege! Ah! Take cover!" he yelled, dodging a fireball before running away to hide from the incoming fireballs.

Everyone in the hotel scrambles in panic and defense as more fireballs fall down on them. Charlie dodges one of the fireballs close to her. Niffty was nearly crushed by one fireball before Angel picks her up, shocked.

"Look out!" Vaggie shouted, tackling Damari away from the fireball.

"What the fuck?!" Angel yelled.

Angel throws Niffty out of the way, but she scurries around all over the lobby while Lucifer remains composed, oblivious to their dire situation. The lobby was on fire from the fireballs. Husk tries to put out the fire close to his bar, stomping on it in anger while Mimzy hides behind the counter. Angel runs for cover, and Pentious can be heard screaming as fireballs meteor through the windows. While everyone finds some cover, Lucifer gives Charlie a lecture that makes her angry enough to where her left eye twitches.

"You see? This is exactly what I'm talking about Charlie. You build something nice, you invite people in and offer them everything and they just bring violence and chaos to your doorstep. It doesn't matter how well intentioned you are, they're always going to disappoint you."

Damari couldn't help but look at Lucifer in disbelief that he would say that. Suddenly, she see two incoming fireballs flying towards Lucifer and Charlie. She quickly raises her arms as they glow red along with her eyes. She lifted Charlie and Lucifer into the air before hurling them to the side before the two fireballs crash onto the floor. Charlie and Lucifer look up in shock that the fireballs nearly hit them and turn to see Damari, full human.

"Damari!" Charlie said in shock and horror to see her no longer in disguise.

"You alright?" Damari asked with concern, not caring that she's a human.

"A human..." Lucifer said in shock while a bit in awe at the beauty of a human girl.

Niffty was on the floor recovering the windows that were shattered, unaware that falling debris was about to crush her.

"Niffty! Come along!" Pentious said, grabbing Niffty before debris nearly crush her.

Vaggie appears with her spear ready at arms.

"All of you! Get a safe distance, I'll take care of this." Vaggie said.

"You mean, we'll take care of this." Damari said, standing besides her, eyes glowing red and her hair floating.

This made Vaggie smile and before she and Damari could go out to deal with the mafia, Alastor appears out of nowhere and places a hand on Damari's shoulder.

"No, my dear, leave it to me. It's time I remind everyone why I am here."

Upon saying those sentence, Alastor turns demonic with his eyes turning to a radio dial. Mimzy pops up from the counter.

"Oh, finally! Took you long enough!" Mimzy said impatiently, making Damari get annoyed with her.

Alastor goes into his demonic form as a green aura lights up from the outside. The mafia outside were just about to reload their catapult when they notices the eerie greenish glow before Alastor turns to his sinister demon form.

"A reminder to all, not to mess with the radio demon!" He said before giving an evil laughter.

With Alastor now in his demon form, he expands his tentacle tendrils outside where one smashes the catapult, the other killing several of the mafia gangsters. The remaining gangsters panic at the sight of the radio demon's magic.

"Yeah!" Mimzy cheered, watching the slaughter in awe.

Alastor's body grows larger and limbs become longer before exiting the front door with a sinister unmoving grin.

"I will devour each and every one of you!"

Alastor heads out to massacre the mafia for attacking the hotel. As he exits the front door, Mimzy, Charlie, Damari, and Lucifer come out to watch the bloodbath. Charlie and Damari are totally appalled that Alastor is truly terrifying and maliciously monstrous. Lucifer nodded once to make his point. From the back point of view, Lucifer lectures Charlie about the sinners while Alastor devours and kills the mafia outside. Body parts spread all over the front door, while Lucifer was oblivious to the mess.

"Mhm, you see? What'd I tell you? Charlie, sinners are violent psychopaths, hell bent on causing as much pain and destruction as they can. There's really no point in trying." Lucifer lectured.

"Are you serious?!!" Damari yelled, surprising Lucifer and Charlie. "You don't know everything about sinners being all evil! Where were you when Charlie needed you the most?! The reason the sinners are being violent psychopaths is because of you! All you ever do is sit your ass in your own little kingdom not caring about anything but yourself!!"

"I beg your pardon?!" Lucifer exclaimed in disbelief. "Charlie! Are you hearing this? She's—"

"Dad! Stop! They're defending this hotel!" Charlie said, turning to see Alastor eating a mafia loan shark. "It may be a bit more sadistic than I'd hoped, but he's doing it for me! And Damari has every right to get mad as much as I am! How come he and my best friend can have faith in me but my own father can't?" she continued, turning away, upset.

This made Lucifer's grin fall while Damari look between the two, feeling bad for Charlie while frowning at Lucifer with disappointment. Nearby, behind the turned table, Angel, Pentious, and Husk saw the melodrama that was occurring between Lucifer and Charlie.

"Ooh, drama." Angel said.

Excited, Angel gets out a bucket of popcorn to watch the scene unfold. Husk also picks up a handful of popcorn to eat. Hearing the popcorn being eaten, Damari glare daggers at the boys as if in disbelief that they're enjoying this, making them smile nervously.

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Outside, Alastor has finished massacring the mafia as he shrinks back down to his usual self, now satisfied that he's killed a lot of demons today.

"Oh, I missed getting to let off steam!" Alastor said in satisfaction.

Mimzy checks outside if the coast was clear before approaching to Alastor, clapping.

"Oh, Alastor! What a fantastic show! Bravo! As always. Thanks for helping lil' old me out of a tougher spot, you're always such a pal!" she complimented.

A railroad debris falls close to Mimzy, making her back away in surprise.

"Oops. Heheh... sorry about the mess, but I'm sure the little bug can take care of it for you." she said.

"I think you should go Mimzy, now." Alastor said in a serious tone.

"Oh pff, Alastor, you're such a kidder you! Haha, you are so funny!" Mimzy chuckled.

"I mean it. You deliberately brought danger to this place just to have me clean up your mess. I can't have that here." he said firmly.

"But you love taking care of me! What? You don't actually give a shit about this tacky place, do ya? Come on, I know you." she said rudely.

Mimzy pokes his chest with every word in the sentence.

"You *pokes his chest* heartless *pokes* son- *pokes* of- *pokes* a- *pokes*bitch~"

Alastor casually moves her finger away.

"You are welcome if you actually want to give redemption a shot." he said booping her on the nose.

He moves around Mimzy before standing in front of her with his microphone cane placed in front.

"But I think we both know that's not really your style, so you need to leave."

"Fine! Who needs you? Have fun with your little princess and your little hotel! See if I care!" she said angrily.

Insulted and offended, Mimzy turns around and flips Alastor off before walking away.

Husk was rather amused before turning back to the melodrama between Charlie and Lucifer, now with a bucket of popcorn of his own. Angel has his, but he also has a drink to go along with it. Pentious was holding a TV guide by Vox. Damari stands beside them, looking worried for Charlie.

"This is really getting good." Angel commented.

In a heartfelt scene, Lucifer retreats to the lobby while Charlie follows him behind.

"Dad, just... help me." Charlie pleaded.

"I... I can't." Lucifer said.

"Why can't you?" Charlie asked, not understanding this.

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"Charlie! You don't understand. Heaven never listens! They didn't listen to me, they won't listen to you!" Lucifer yelled, putting his hands on her shoulders.

"You don't know that!" Charlie argued.

"I do!"

With tears filling his eyes, Lucifer begins to express his feelings through a song.

You didn't know that when I tried this all before
My dreams were too hard to defend

He summoned a fiery light from his palm before throwing it to the ground. Charlie kneels down to the light before Lucifer comes down to her level to face her.

And in the end, I won't lose it all again

A red background with silhouette of angels, spears pointing at Lucifer.

Now you're the only thing worth fighting for

The spears now pointed at Charlie, making Lucifer look mortified. Lucifer spins her around.

More than anything, more than anything
I'll shelter and adore you more than anything

Lucifer draws Charlie into a hug.

"Dad, I don't need you to protect me from this." Charlie said.

"I just don't want you to be crushed by them like... Like I was." Lucifer said in downcast.

"Dad..." Charlie said before singing.

When I was young, I didn't really know you at all

In a flashback scene, a young Charlie saw her father by his workshop who looked all sad and mopey. He notices her and takes her into his lap to show her some magic.

I always felt so small
But I heard your stories and I was enthralled

Lucifer summons his magic to create a golden duck as it swims around the pond until the duck flies up and grows large into a swan, forming six wings with the solar system orbiting it.

The tales about your lofty dreams, I listened breathlessly
Imagining it could be me

Young Charlie's eyes sparkles in awe at the form of magic. A silhouette of Lilith appears before taking Charlie away. Charlie looks at her father sadly while Lucifer gazes at her with sadness too before the door closes on them.

So in the end, it's the view I had of you
That showed me dreams can be worth fighting for

Flashback ends to the present as Charlie looks around her friends in the hotel.

More than anything, more than anything

She faces Husk, Angel, and Pentious, who's tearing up. She then faces smiling Vaggie, Damari, Alastor, and Niffty before facing her father.

I need to save my people more than anything

Tears of joy prickles out of Lucifer's eyes

I've been dyin' to find out who you are

Charlie continued singing as she and Lucifer approach each other.

I've been waiting, wanting the same thing

Lucifer wipes away the tears.

Looks like the apple doesn't fall far

Charlie smiles as the two face each other.

Took you a while
I've missed that smile

The two twirl around.

All that I'm hopin', now that my eyes are open
Is that we can start again, not be pulled apart again

Lucifer's apple cane glows before the portal opened above them and Lucifer's six wings comes out again. Damari's eyes sparkles at the sight before Lucifer grabs Charlie and flies inside the portal.

'Cause in the end, you are part of who I am
I'll support your dream, whatever lies in store

Charlie nuzzles into her father's neck.

And who could ask for more?

More than anything, more than anything

Charlie puts her hand into the golden water and goes through it as Lucifer flies. Lucifer pushes Charlie up where she strikes a pose in the air for a moment before he catches her.

More than anything, more than anything

The two sing together once more and give each other a warm embrace

I'm grateful you're my daughter more than anything
I'm grateful you're my father more than anything
More than anything

As the song ends, Lucifer and Charlie returns to the lobby after traveling across the dimension to a mystical place. Pentious was teary after seeing the sweet tendered moment between the father and the daughter.

"Aww, that was ssssweet." Pentious said, wiping away his tears.

"Ok, I can get you the meeting but once you're in Heaven, I won't be able to go with you. Will you be ok?" Lucifer asked.

"I'll be fine." Charlie assured him.

This made him smile.

"That's my girl."

He then turns to Damari.

"So, you're a human. How'd you get here?"

"Through the music box." Damari said, making Lucifer and Charlie tense up.

Charlie completely forgot about that Limbo Box. But Lucifer knew exactly what Damari's talking about.

"Do you have it?" Lucifer asked carefully.

"Oh, yeah. I do." Damari said, going to head to her room when Alastor snapped his fingers and the Limbo Box appeared in her hands. "Oh! Thanks, Alastor."

"It's no problem." Alastor said.

Damari showed Lucifer the Limbo Box.

"You think you could help me with this? To take me back home?"

Lucifer stare at the Limbo Box like it's a parasite before he shakily takes it from Damari.

"I'll do whatever I can to take you back to Earth. And... you know, I should thank you."

Damari looks surprised.

"For what?"

"For showing me that not all humans are bad for having a free will. Charlie seems very fond of you."

"She is my best friend. And I believe her hotel will work to redeem the sinners to heaven. As I learned from the Bible, 'If someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently'."

Lucifer was surprised by that.

"And you know, I was wrong about you from the moment I met you. I thought you're some scary fallen angel who couldn't care less about anything and wanted power for yourself. And you're kind of the reason that people do bad things. But know I see is just a loving dad who clearly cares for his daughter's wellbeing and safety." Damari continued, smiling at him.

This made Lucifer give her a soft smile.

"I'm sure you'll do good."

He then turns to Charlie and sighs.

"Good luck kiddo."

He looks back at Damari one more time.

"Take care yourself and my daughter."

And with that, Lucifer turns into a violet red mist before disappearing away from the lobby. Vaggie comes over to talk to Charlie with uncertainty.

"This next part is going to be scary. You ready?" Vaggie asked.

"I'm ready..."

Charlie hugs both Vaggie and Damari.

"...cuz you both'll be with me."

Vaggie looks reluctant, hoping she does not mean 'physically being in heaven'. Damari was surprised as she look at Charlie.

"In spirit, right?" Vaggie asked nervously.

"In Heaven!" Charlie proudly declared.

Damari gasps and pulls away from the hug to face Charlie.

"Really?!" she asked excitedly.

"Yes!!" Charlie nodded just as excited as she is.

"Yay!!" Damari exclaimed, jumping up and down.

"Yay..." Vaggie fake exclaimed.

Vaggie's face winced at the thought of going to Heaven and tells that it was not going to be a very good thing, especially when her face saids, "Shit...".

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Meanwhile, inside Lucifer's castle, Lucifer returns back to his workshop and stares at the Limbo Box. Frowning, he goes over to a big golden chest and opens it and places the Limbo Box inside.

"I'm sorry, Damari. But I can't have you or Charlie show this thing around. Too dangerous for us all. Now it's where it belongs. Where no one can find it." he said.

After making sure that no one else is around and heard what he did, Lucifer closes the big chest before locking it up with a little bit of magic to sure it's sealed. He then turns around and leaves his workshop, hoping that Damari won't find out what he did someday.

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