《 Chapter 25: Hello Rosie! 》

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Charlie and Vaggie groaned in pain when they got shot out of the portal, getting rub burns and hitting the couches. Damari was silent after she got out of the portal too as she look down blankly.

"Charlie, Vaggie? You good?" Angel Dust stood up from his seat at the bar, walking towards them with a raised eyebrow.

Sir Pentious slithered to check on the three, where Charlie had tears in her eyes, trying to breath properly but was having shaky breaths.

"Charlie, please-," Vaggie began to speak up and went to touch her girlfriend's shoulder, but Charlie pushed her away before stuttering out an apology and ran upstairs to her room, Razzle and Dazzle following behind her.

"What the fuck happened?" Husk asked, before chugging down his bottle as Vaggie sighed in defeat.

"I'll explain it to you," she mumbled, feeling like the worst being ever to exist.

Angel then turned to Damari.

"Uh... Damari?"

Growling, Damari shot up and roared in pure anger.

"FUCK!!"

This shocked everyone by her outburst, but what made them more shocked is when after she got angry, her eyes gets different as one of her eyes is red and then demon horns along with an angelic halo burst out of her head. Breathing heavily, she quickly calms down and her features turned back to how she was as a human like it never happened. Damari stared at the floor.

"I have to go." she choked out before running out of the hotel, ignoring the shouts from the others, and ignoring the static stare from a looming demon from the second floor.

Using her telekinesis from her glowing red hands, she flies away. She starts tearing up and keeps on flying. She had never felt so angry, sad, and so much more. Damari later lands on the rooftop of the apartment and looks over at the Pentagram City. She begins crying and collapses on her knees and covers her face. She just couldn't believe those angels have done such a sinful act by killing those demons just for fun and that God has no idea about the Extermination. And worst of all, Adam and his Exorcists are heading to the Hazbin Hotel the first thing when the months are up. Looking up, Damari stops crying and wonders if God had listened to her prayer. She begins to think as she stands up and walks and starts singing.

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Written in stone
Every rule, every word
Centuries old and unbending
Stay in your place
Better seen and not heard
Well now that story is ending

Damari looks over her shoulder, seeing an illusion of the Exorcists killing the sinners with a malicious smile on their masks.

Cause I
I cannot start to crumble
So come on and try
Try to shut me and cut me down

More Exorcists, including Adam and Lute comes flying down as they head towards the Hazbin Hotel. Damari fought back against the Exorcists, singing more determined and powerfully.

I won't be silenced
You can't keep me quiet
Won't tremble when you try it
All I know is I won't go speechless
Speechless

Let the storm in
I cannot be broken
No, I won't live unspoken
Cause I know that I won't go speechless

Exorcists seemed to vanish like the moving dusts as Damari marches up and glares at Adam, who's ordering his army with a grin.

Try to lock me in this cage
I won't just lay me down and die
I will take these broken wings
And watch me burn across the sky
And it echoes saying I...
Won't be silenced
Though you wanna see me tremble when you try it
All I know is I won't go speechless
Speechless

She punches Adam through the face, causing him to vanish with the rest of the Exorcists.

Cause I'll breathe
When they try to suffocate me
Don't you underestimate me
Cause I know that I won't go speechless
All I know is I won't go speechless
Speechless

As soon as she's done singing, her illusions broke away back to reality as she found herself back on the roof. Damari now knows what she needs to do. She jumps off from the rooftop and sprints through the streets without being spotted as she heads straight towards the building she knows and knocks on the metal rolled down door.

"Carmilla! It's me, Damari! This is an emergency!"

A camera turns to Damari and it recognizes her before the door started rolling up. She quickly wastes no time heading inside before it closes behind her. She looks around the room and the spotlight shines on the railings to reveal Carmilla standing above her.

"Good to see you again, Damari. What is it that you need help?" Carmilla asked.

Damari takes a deep breath and explains everything of what happened in Heaven. After that, Carmilla understands as she lets out a hum.

"I see. You need my help."

"Yes. I need you to help me get prepared for a war and I need to at least get better if I'm ever going to protect them. If I don't, I'll never forgive myself." Damari said. "Please..."

After staring at her for a moment, Carmilla nods.

"Very well. Your training starts now."

With a snap of her fingers, the entire room goes dark and then it brightens to reveal Clara standing in front of Damari with her sword out. Carmilla stands in the same place where the railings are but with Odette standing next to her. Odette tosses Damari the sword and she catches it.

"Begin." Carmilla ordered.

Clara grips her sword and lunges towards Damari. Damari parries several of Clara's attacks as they ran, jump, and flip. Damari manages to backflip from Clara's swing when it was getting too close to her before landing safely and blocking her sword against hers.

"Remember. Show no mercy to those angels." Carmilla said.

Distracted by Carmilla's instruction, Damari gets disarmed by Clara. Clara gets an opening and then does a sword sweep attack. Damari slides underneath Clara's attack and towards her sword. Clara then does an aerial lunge at Damari, which she skillfully parries, leaving it vulnerable in mid-air. Damari then lightly taps Clara with her sword without stabbing her and defeats her. Carmilla nods in approval as Damari helps Clara up.

"Remember, Damari. In the heat of battle, your friends are what matters."

Carmilla nods to her daughter Clara to move. Clara then gives Damari a nod before walking away. Odette pulls out a remote and begins to amass clouds into the area, concealing the room. Damari starts searching frantically through the clouds. She senses something and dodges just in time to see a flying arrow. She looks around and hears something and dodges again to see more arrows coming towards her. Holding out her sword, Damari sees a shadow figure through the clouds and charges towards it. Damari can be heard shouting through the clouds, with the clashing of swords. She then ducks, dodging another attack as she manages to see Odette, and counters it with a slash, knocking her away. Another figure approaches, ready to strike. Damari catches a glimpse of a familiar shiny ballet shoe and summons her shield through her red magic and blocks her attack. The vibration from the shield then causes the attacker to fall back.

Damari looks at her shield in surprise, when Odette and Clara appear on her sides. The Carmine sisters leap up and dives down at Damari. Damari holds her shield up and blocks all their attacks. Thinking fast, she then forms her bubble shield and pushes the girls away, causing them to land on their back. The bubble surrounding her pops, hearing a metallic clicking noise heading towards her. The clouds disperses to reveal Carmilla.

The two have a stare down for a moment before Damari charge towards Carmilla. She engages in small bout with Carmilla. When Carmilla finds the opportunity to attack, Damari quickly blocks her trajectory with her shield. Caught off-guard, Damari slides under Carmilla's legs and bounds towards her with a pincer attack. Carmilla then quickly disarms Damari, knocking her off her feet. Carmilla slowly approach her and Damari summons her red bubble shield, encasing herself. Carmilla begins ramming against her bubble with her angelic ballet shoes.

"Damari, you need to keep pushing! You can't just hide yourself from danger! Remember, who are you fighting for? Yourself or the people you care about? Tell me!" Carmilla shouted, ramming the bubble harder as it starts cracking.

Damari struggles to get a hold of the bubble as she starts sweating. Carmilla keeps on hitting the bubble as more cracks are made.

"Tell me! Who are you fighting for?!!"

With a war cry, Damari pops the bubble, pushing back Carmilla.

"I'm fighting for my family!!" she yelled, holding up her sword.

Smiling, Carmilla jumps towards her, but Damari leaps in and uppercuts her with her red magic. The two landed and Damari pushes her back with her shield she summoned then jumps up and slashes multiple times before flipping back and landing safely. Carmilla lands and the black ribbons that held her hair up shreds into pieces, causing her hair to loose as it reaches down to her ankles, slightly messy. Carmilla was surprised for a moment and then smiles once again.

"Looks like you're very ready for a war."

This made Damari smile with glee that she did it.

"Come. Let's get you your weapon. It's already been made just for you. You'll also need an armor to protect yourself." Carmilla said, leading her upstairs with Odette and Clara following behind.

As they made it to her main office, Carmilla nodded to her daughters as they grabbed two cases and places them on her desk.

"Before I hand them to you, there's something you need to know. And I need you to listen carefully."

Damari nodded.

"Angels can be harmed with their own angelic weapons."

This completely caught her off guard with that sudden new information.

"Really? I thought angels could be killed by the demonic weapons, 'cause they're angels and sometimes darkness can destroy the light." Damari commented.

"Not really. I should know because..."

Carmilla looks at her daughters, who nods encouragingly.

"I killed one."

Damari was speechless.

"As shocking as it may be, it's true. During the last extermination, we were cornered and I had no choice but to kill one in order to protect my daughters. The shoes you see me wearing are made from the angelic weapon."

"I see. That's understandable for you to do that."

"But I need to ask you this: are you sure you're ready for this? Because once you use it against the angels, there's no turning back. I know you're a Christian, but this is big and not all angels are as good as you believe they are."

This made Damari think for a moment and throughout her life, she believes goodness could fix everything. But sometimes she knew there will always be violence no matter what. She looks up at Carmilla with determination.

"Yes. I knew this day would come, but... I will do what I must to make sure my friends are protected at all costs."

Nodding in understanding, Carmilla opens the case to reveal a black and white sheathed sword that's designed very beautifully with a black rose on it along with the handle. In awe, Damari grabs it and unsheathes it to reveal a bright white angelic sword.

She did a little swing here and there before sheathing it back.

"It's beautiful." she said.

"My daughters designed it just for you. I did most on your armor."

Carmilla opens another case to reveal a set of armor along with the boots that's the right size for Damari.

Happy with this, Damari hugs Carmilla, who hugs back.

"Thank you so much. How can I ever repay you for your help and kindness?"

"There's no need. You being my student is enough to repay me along with being friends with my daughters." Carmilla smiled.

"Will you help me fight them?" Damari said, looking up to her.

"I'm afraid I cannot. I'm not as close to your princess or your friends. They mean nothing to me. My daughters and the ones I'm close to are important to me, including you. This is your battle you need to fight on your own."

"I understand. I know what I need to do now. Thank you again."

Damari then pulled away and grabbed the cases not before hugging Odette and Clara. She stops from the door and looks back at them.

"If I don't make it out alive, it's been an honor being trained under you and to getting to know all of you."

With that, she left the building and fly away with her telekinesis. The trio watches from the window as she heads toward the city.

"Be careful out there, Damari Valor." Carmilla said.

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Meanwhile, Vaggie, Niffty, Alastor, Angel Dust, Sir Pentious, and Husk all sitting in the hotel's lounge. Charlotte is sitting on the ground right by Sir Pentious' tail. She looks worried for Damari after hearing that she left the hotel as the pony looks back at the doors. Sir Pentious noticed and pats her head with comfort, making her calm down. KeeKee jumps onto Sir Pentious' lap and closes her eyes, making his eyes sparkle in awe and pets her gently with his other hand.

"So, like where are your wings?" Niffty asked, looking at Vaggie's back.

"Niffty, I don't have--" Vaggie started, but was cut off by Angel.

"Did you ever think maybe she's sensitive about her lack of wings, just like her lack of tits?" he asked with a grin.

Niffty tugs at Vaggie's shirt.

"Yeah. Where are your tits?"

Vaggie removes Niffty off of her with a sigh.

"Any other questions?"

"I got one. How come every time Charlie talks to Heaven we get in deeper and deeper shit?" Husk asked, holding the bottle.

"It's not her fault. Angels are just--"

"Liars?" Angel guessed.

"...Difficult. But Charlie's trying her best." Vaggie assured.

"Yeah, well, her best is turning out real well so far." Husk rolled his eyes.

"What about Damari?" Sir Pentious asked with worry after petting the two.

"I... I don't know. I have never seen her so upset. Though I don't blame her." Vaggie said, looking down.

"Not to mention her sudden transformation." Husk added.

"Did that ever happen before?" Angel asked.

"That, I'm not sure. This is my first seeing that. I hope she's doing alright." she said.

"And where is miss fearless leader anyway? Isn't it about time for another "doomed-to-fail" plan?" Angel asked, looking up to the stairs.

"She's upstairs. Coming up with something, I'm sure, in our room. Alone." Vaggie looked down sadly.

"Hmm." Alastor hummed with an evil smile.

Alastor vanishes into black smoke. In Charlie and Vaggie's room, Charlie is in her bed under her covers softly crying. While Razzle and Dazzle comfort her with tissues. Alastor reappears in her room and approaches her bedside.

"Oh, Charlie, you look an absolute mess." Alastor said with a coo.

"Ugh, go away, Alastor." Charlie whined.

Alastor sits down on her bed while Charlie hides again under the covers.

"Now, now is that any way to act after picking a fight with all of Heaven and dooming everyone you love?" he asked.

Charlie emerges from the covers with a glare.

"I have enough on my mind without hearing your sadistic idea of a joke, asshole."

Charlie wraps herself under the covers again, only for Alastor to appear laying beside her.

"Who's joking?" he asked.

Charlie scared, jumps and falls off of the bed.

"You have a captive audience downstairs waiting to hear what kind of inspiring performance you have planned next." he said.

"Ugh, I can't. How can I face them after failing them all so hard?" she said.

Alastor repositions himself on his stomach and begins kicking his legs in the air.

"They came here to be saved and all I gave them was more pain." she said, tearing up. "I'm just as bad as the cruelest Overlord in Hell. And maybe worse."

Charlie stands and paces back and forth.

"At least they don't go around giving false hope."

"Well, I never expected to see such a miserable display of self-loathing from you." Alastor commented.

"Oh, fuck you, Alastor." Charlie sneered.

Alastor adjusts himself, now laying on his side.

"All you do is stand there, smiling while you watch us struggle and fail. I don't know how you can enjoy all this suffering so much."

Alastor stands up, wraps his fingers on Charlie's shoulder while chuckling.

"Just because you see a smile don't think you know what's going on underneath."

He lets go of her and grabs her face with his hand and makes her smile.

"A smile is a valuable tool, my dear. It inspires your friends, keeps your enemies guessing, and ensures that no matter what comes your way, you're the one in control."

"But I'm not."

Charlie starts walking towards her bedroom window.

"I'm the farthest thing from in control. The person I trust most has been lying to me for years. Heaven refuses to listen. They didn't even to listen to Damari, who's the only one to believe in me!"

Charlie thuds both fists against the window.

"Even if they did, I can't prove the hotel works. Adam has an invincible exorcist Army pointed right at my doorstep and there's nothing I can do about any of it!" she ranted, thudding the window again.

Alastor starts smiling darkly.

"I know something you don't know." he said in a sing song tune.

"Huh?" Charlie questioned, looking at him.

Alastor walks over and grabs Charlie's arms.

"Those big, scary angels are not quite as indestructible as they seem."

Alastor lets go of Charlie and walks away.

"What are you talking about?" she asked again.

"Just that you and your little band of misfits might stand more of a chance than you think." he continued.

"How? I'll do anything." Charlie pleaded desperately.

"Anything? Then... let's make a deal." Alastor said, holding out his hand.

Charlie touches her chest protectively.

"You... You want my soul?"

"Your soul?" he said sinisterly, eyes glowing green as his body darkens before he quickly turns back to normal and smiles brightly. "Heavens, no. All I need from you is one itty-bitty favor. What's a favor between friends?"

"I won't hurt anyone for you." Charlie glared.

"Who's asking! One favor, at a time of my choosing, where you harm no one. In return, I tell you what I know. Do we have a deal?" Alastor said, holding out his now glowing green hand.

Razzle and Dazzle both growl at him, but Charlie puts her hands down to stop them. Charlie holds out her hand as well, showing her demonic features on her face.

"Deal."

Both Charlie and Alastor shake hands resulting in a green demon/ghost-like aura flash throughout the room. Alastor's face shows glowing green stitches around his smiling mouth. In the lobby, Vaggie, Angel, Sir Pentious, and Husk observe the green flash above them. In horror, Vaggie runs to her and Charlie's room.

"No. No!"

Vaggie strains and slams the bedroom door open with her spear in hand.

"Right on cue!" Alastor said, looking at Vaggie.

"What did you do? Let her go!" Vaggie demanded.

Alastor and Charlie finish their handshake as Vaggie goes to attack Alastor when Charlie stands in between them.

"Vaggie, stop!" Charlie said.

"What?"

Vaggie drops her spear.

"No, Charlie, please tell me you didn't--"

"I made a deal with Alastor." Charlie stated.

"Charlie." Vaggie pleaded.

"Oh, calm down. She still owns her soul." Alastor assured her, walking past them rolling his eyes.

"He gave me info that can save the hotel, but we're going to need help. The angels can be defeated, and Carmilla is the key." Charlie informed.

"What? Carmilla Carmine?" Vaggie asked in shock.

"She killed an exorcist in the last extermination. She knows how they can be harmed." Charlie continued.

"But... I-- I didn't even know that was possible."

Charlie gives Vaggie a cold look, walking past her to go grab her suit jacket.

"If you did, would you have told me?" she asked.

"Charlie, I--"

Vaggie tried to talk to her, but Charlie cut her off.

"I need you to go to her, convince her to teach us. If she can, we might have a chance." she said, putting on her suit jacket.

"With just the eight of us?" Vaggie asked.

"No, we're-- ugh, we're going to need numbers too." Charlie said, thinking.

Alastor reenters the conversation.

"And I know just who can help. As long as Charlie can be her normal, charming self."

"What's that you said about smiles?" Charlie asked with a small smile.

"Good girl." Alastor said, patting her head.

"Charlie, can we talk about this--" Vaggie whispered.

"We can talk later. Right now, we have a job to do. You with us?" Charlie said with a glare.

"Ugh." Vaggie sighed in defeat.

Vaggie walks down the stairs, only to be met by a confused Angel Dust.

"So-ho, uh...Alastor and Charlie just left like they were runnin' away from their responsibilities. Should we be alarmed?" he asked.

"No. We have a plan, but it includes defending ourselves against the angels." Vaggie said.

"Uh- are you fuckin' high?" Husk asked in disbelief at what he was hearing.

"They can be killed-"

Frank chimes in, cutting off Vaggie.

"Yeah! That knife lady, Camaro Carfight, killed one." he revealed.

"Wait, you knew about this?" she asked, kneeling down at his level.

"Uh, yeah. I told Boss about it months ago." Frank said, facing Sir Pentious.

Vaggie turns to the snake demon angrily.

"He what?"

"What? They say insane shit all the time! How was I supposed to know this one was true?" Sir Pentious defended.

"Bank accounts are a scam created by the shadow government!" Egg Boi pointed out.

"SEE?" Sir Pentious gestured to the Egg Boi to prove his point.

"What's important now is that we're going to have a fight on our hands. Look, this hotel is about to become the most dangerous place in hell, and we....I, can't guarantee your safety anymore. I still believe in Charlie's dream. I know this place can work. But none of you signed up for this.

Vaggie then heads out the door.

"I'm gonna go learn how we can fight back, hopefully find Damari, and when I come home....Well I'll understand if none of you are here."

With that, Vaggie heads out the door, everyone sighing in worry for what she said.

"Well...This is awkward." Sir Pentious commented.

"'Kay!" Niffty raised her hand before the door closed on them.

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Meanwhile in the Pentagram City, the sinners are all facing Damari with a look of shock and disbelief.

"You want us to what?!"

Damari had flown down into the city and revealed herself as a human and told everyone that she needs their help.

"Help me and my friends defend the Hazbin Hotel from the Exorcists!"

But everyone was in disagreement while some booed.

"No way!"

"That's suicide!"

"You don't know what you're talking about, human!!"

"You're hot!"

Damari sighed in frustration and calmed down before facing them. Little did she know, the VoxTech drone is watching her from above.

"Please, if you don't help us, the angels will destroy everything. You've heard about Adam and his... yearly extermination."

"But at least the angels won't hurt us since they're going straight for the princess!"

"Yeah, forget her!"

"Yeah, who needs that bitch!"

This made Damari angry that they would insult her friend like that.

"Look you all may not like it, but aren't you guys tired of hiding and watching the people you care about get taken away from you?? I know you have done a lot of terrible things that brought you down here, but you're all still human. That's why I'm begging you to come and help us."

This made everyone look at each other for a moment before looking down, knowing that she's right. They have been tired of being scared and had accepted that this is their fate.

"Why are you willing to ask us for your help? You're a human and you're still alive." one of the sinners asked.

"Because I believe anyone can change." Damari said.

"But how are we supposed to help you?"

"Angels can be killed. Their own angelic weapons are the answer to your problem." Damari revealed, shocking them.

"Do we even stand the chance against them?"

"Not if we fight, we can."

With a snap of her fingers, Damari magically closed all windows and turned off streetlights. She faces the sinners and starts singing.

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You've been deceived
Adam is not the man he claims to be
He's more vicious than I could have ever comprehended
When I found a box and I came down in Hell
This is not what I expected or intended
But now that it's happened I don't regret it

Damari magically make the yellow bottle fly towards her and the room became more menacing with the shadow of evil grinning Adam.

'Cause now I've seen
Him show his true colors in shades of yellow
Saying that your hotel isn't worth of redemption because of me and

Damari glared at the shadow and smashed up the bottle.

That's a lie, lie, lie, lie
And I, I know I can't do this on my own and

She ran towards a pink vampire sinner who gasped in fear.

If it's not us then who and when

She then turned to a Frankenstein sinner with a hardened look. Damari turned on another light and pulled down a banner, showing a scary face.

If we don't fight he knows he wins
Not allowed
Knowing what I know now

Damari showed more shadows of Adam and the Exorcists.

The lengths he'll go, there's no amount
I won't sit back, watch this play out
That's my vow
Knowing what I know now

The sinners begins to understand and gets determined, making Damari smile. She climbed up to the car and stand on top of it above them. And the sinners started shouting.

Get up (Yah!)
Know I'm not the only one that's (Yah!) fed up (Yah!)

Damari stomped on the car as everyone followed.

Wait till they hear our feet go dun, dun, dun, dun
(Yeah)

Damari put her fist up in the air.

I don't think he's prepared for what's coming
A revolution, hit the ground runnin'

She jumped off from the car and walked up to them.

If there's one thing he can't keep down
(Uh-huh)
It's us and the strength we've found
It's too loud
(Loud)
Knowing what we know now
Knowing what we know now

They all came together to build a model of the hotel.

And who, who knows if we'll succeed
But we
Won't stop and we won't retreat or turn round
(Round)
Knowing what we know now
Knowing what we know now

Damari grabbed some stick figures and wings to create them as an Exorcist. Each member of the people tried to attack them with their weapons from her but missed every time.

Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!

One of the sinners played the drums in the corner as Damari sings.

Can he tell what we're becomin'
Hear it in the way we're drumming
I was sweet, but now I'm something else
Yah! Yah! Yah! Yah!

They continued to chase at the fake Exorcist as one managed to grab a fake Exorcist before Damari snatched it away.

Ain't it nice of us to drop in
To take what's ours, to take it back in
He thinks we're nothing
But we're something else
Yah!

Damari then dropped the fake Exorcist and stomped it down.

I've seen too many bad things that I can't keep count
He loves one thing more than himself
His pride
(Pride)
Knowing what I know now
Knowing what I know now

The good in him I've watched it melt
I was fooled by the love I felt
So profound
(Ahhh)

Damari then began to lead the way towards the hotel as the rest followed behind her, marching.

Knowing what I know
I know
I know
We know now
Knowing what we know now

She looked up at the sky where the Heaven is and glared.

"We'll be ready for this, Adam."

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