The day starts with relished sleep between Vaggie and Noctis as they share under the covers an intimate touch of their bodies, Vaggie's drool running on his chest while his arms remained tight around her lower back and waist. Bite marks were a work of art on Noctis after spending weeks of making up to the girls his lack of participation in hotel exercises for the redemption project.
Now he wasn't lacking in wanting to be part of the exercises and interacting. He was simply busy working more kinks out of the hotel and keeping his word of staying in contact with Carmilla Carmine after the newest development of his mysterious changes.
Thankfully they were very understanding and much more interactive, using her influence and intimidation as an overlord to bring him over more often for dance lessons.
Currently his nails had painfully become claws during one of his work days of unclogging toilets. His hair now whipped and thrashed with his emotions such as anger or irritation. And to the pleasant surprise for Charlie and Vaggie he had a higher body temperature than before.
All things pointing to not being human which disheartened him more with each passing day.
A few more minutes pass before Vaggie stirred from her slumber and yawns roughly on Noctis' chest, drifting to reality with her half-lidded gaze fixed on the man as he snored lightly.
Normally this would be a tender moment that either woman would take advantage of, whether by finding a new comfortable spot or having a bit of fun in bed before getting to work, but not today.
Shaking off the sleep, Vaggie glared down at Noctis with the same infuriating thought she and Charlie had shared the last couple of weeks and made every attempt to take their relationship to the next level.
Sex.
She groaned with a burning desire to slap some sense into the man but restrained her hand from smacking that sleeping face of his.
That annoying.... Irritating...handsome....adorable...
She shook her head vigourously of these thoughts and rolled away with a huff, glaring up at the ceiling with a hint of jealousy at how Charlie could so easily have patience for Noctis when they both wanted the same thing.
She muttered as Noctis subconsciously adjusted and was now spooning a pillow after frustrated demoness after rolled away.
"Stupid....idiot...can't take a hint...."
"Vaggie….." Noctis moaned in his sleep, his breath catching in his throat.
Said demon perked up at the call of her name and rolled over as his face twisted with a mix of emotions she could see were not of discomfort.
"Charlie…."
Vaggie grinned mischievously at the moaning and slowly peered her gaze down to what was peeking up under the comforter. She crawled back over to Noctis with her night dress riding up a little and took back her spot on his right side.
She was all in for making Noctis break a little and getting him to realize that her and Charlie were ready to pop him.
Her grin widened as she reached carefully under the comforter and snaked her hand down his skin. She bit her lip and looked over to the door to make sure no one was coming before making his dream a little more fun.
Vaggie smiled up at him while Noctis continued to snore, oblivious to her advances.
She reached her goal, feeling Noctis' body stiffen when her fingers touched under the hem of his shorts and found her prize.
"There you are." She whispered proudly before her face fell, feeling it's entirety.
She had expected Noctis to carry something, but to truly feel what she and Charlie wanted for days now had her a little surprised and curious as to how he hadn't used it yet.
"Not bad." She whispered to herself.
Noctis moaned softly again and arched a little as her grip squeezed.
Vaggie smiled again started to kiss her way up from his chest to his neck, peppering him softly while her mind went wild with thoughts of her own arousal, smirking as she felt him shudder with pleasure as soon as her hand moved slowly.
Noctis was somehow deep in his dream of both girls and turned to Vaggie with heavy breaths as her kisses stopped at his ear.
Adding to the intensity of her desires, Vaggie began moaning quietly in that same ear.
"Yes Noctis…..Yes…."
She grinned as her teasing became her own reason to use her other hand on herself.
She drew back from him again for a moment to make sure nobody was there were no approachint footsteps before resuming her antic of being Noctis' wet dream. It was a contemplative thought, as if deciding if she should wake up the man and just take him.
But dammit she really needed this and she was having to much fun exploring this.
"Harder baby...make Charlie take it…." She moaned again, defeating herself with her own selfish needs she never acted on for Charlie's sake of wanting to be part of it.
He moaned softly to her lips and arched once more as her hands worked harder on them both.
"That's it baby...make her scream….."
"Vaggie….." he panted heavily as she worked even harder.
"Now me.…..fuck me….."
He grinned in his sleep as Vaggie started sweating with arousal and effort of tending to her own wetness.
She nuzzled his neck and nibbled with unifying moans as her build-up came. It got harder to hold on for the spear user to hold herself back when the hand she was using on Noctis felt his shaft swell up.
"I'm gonna cum baby…..I'm gonna cum so hard….."
She pressed into his neck and muffled her overbearing moan as her legs squeezed on her own hand, gushing from her nethers as Noctis carried his own climax all over her hand.
She panted and rested against his neck as the warmth under the comforter soaked her hand, grinning with satisfaction and pride while three words eacaped her breath.
"I love you."
She looked down to the result of her work and giggled at her coated hand, seeing the thick strands of stickiness between her fingers.
Her only wish at this moment was that Noctis would man up and do this inside, but for now she would be a little more patient.
"You're lucky I—" she froze at seeing the emptiness of the bed on Charlie's side and realized this entire time she wasn't here, which was very strange.
"Charlie?"
She looked around the room for the princess as Noctis finally stirred from his sleep and sat up. To her dismay there was no sign of the hellish princess in the room.
"Morning vaggie….." he yawned with a fresh gaze before his senses had come to him, feeling strangely content and satisfied as she hid her hand.
He was just about to get up and get his day started before feeling his shorts and seeing beneath the nervously smiling spear user a wet spot on the bed.
Just like her, Noctis had a blank look and shared an awkward moment while she sat there with every thought racing on hoise to explain.
"Did uh….did we..." he pointed a finger at the wet spot.
"Yes….." she answered through clenched teeth and turned away to clean her hand with tissues on the nightstand.
It was over for Vaggie now and she was certain Noctis would either be furious or disgusted that she just took advantage of him in his sleep. Even worse he would probably want nothing to do with her knowing now she was that kind of woman who didn't respect boundaries.
Such a belief made her eyes glisten with fear and hopelessness as she went to leave the bed.
Until….
"Come here!" He commanded roughly and grabbed Vaggie by her arm, grinning from ear to ear.
In one swift motion he had pulled the yelping demon back into bed and made her straddle his body, much to her shock that he wasn't acting the way she expected.
"Wait you're not mad?" Vaggie asked as she couldn't believe that her boyfriend was wanting more.
"Mad?" He laughed softly, smirking as his hands gripped her thighs. "Why would I be mad that my girlfriend jerked me off in my sleep?"
Vaggie pulled back a little and bit her lip in thought, looking out through the window to the city and then back at him. She looked uncertain about telling her reason for doing such a thing.
"Well the last few weeks Charlie and I have been wanting this but you've been so damn oblivious to our advances. I mean come on, last night we were making out and you didn't even try."
Noctis felt a little guilty for that and faltered to frowning down at the bed as her grip to his shoulders tightenes for support and need for understanding.
"The truth is I've been scared of going all the way with you and Charlie."
Well that was unexpected for her.
"Scared of what, baby?" She had to hold back her laughter after his admission carried a somber reason behind such avoidance.
She took advantage once more but in the most gentle of affection she could think of in rubbing his arms as his explanation came.
"The truth is I've never had sex before because being an orphan I was always surviving. I didn't have anyone and I wasn't the most wanted person back on earth. And after I came of age and got kicked out I had to learn to survive on my own which I did by working all the time."
Vaggie finally understood as he laid back with her straddling his waist still, and stared blankly at the ceiling, becoming increasingly aware of the silliness of his own fears.
"You're a virgin." She breathed casually.
"Yeah." He nodded and maintained what he felt was some shred of dignity to his embarrassing truth. "So it's not that I don't want to. I just don't know to do and if I'd be good enough for you and Charlie."
A collective silence ran between them as Vaggie watched him think deeply. After a minute she suddenly leaned down and captured his lips and offered a muffled moan that was eagerly accepted when he stopped acting so surprised.
"Dumbass…." She whispered sultrily to his lips, licking them without getting her tongue grazed by his fangs. "You're not alone in this because Charlie and I haven't done it either."
Noctis looked up to her grinning face and allowed himself to be surprised by her words.
He cocked an eyebrow at Vaggie and remained still as her hands roamed down his chest, prompting his arousal once more.
"We've used a toy but that's it." Vaggie told him, albeit a little embarrased. "So yeah, you're not alone."
"You can't be serious." He replied skeptically, receiving only a small laugh before she pecked his lips again.
"Dead serious, baby. So it will be a first for us as much as it is for you." She paused long enough to lean back down, grinning mischievously. "But don't worry, Charlie and I will have fun finding your weakspots."
He blushed at that implication and started to feel his arousal surge again as she tortured the moment with rolling off his waist just as Max started to whimper awake.
"Sounds like someone is awake."
Vaggie kept her grin as she hopped out of bed, whilst Noctis stood up and groaned in annoyance at his ruined shorts.
"I'm gonna need a few minutes to shower."
Vaggie didn't say a word and watched as the man carefully picked up Max without the use of his new claws. She fully understood that his annoyance was her fault but there was nothing but pride in his what she did while following him into the bathroom.
"Vaggie what are you doing?" He asked after she closed the door and locked it.
She rolled her eyes playfully at his ignorance and started stripping right in front of the blushing man.
"Getting in the shower with you and Max. It will be easier if I hold Max while you clean up. Then vice-versa."
Noctis was staring wide-eyed and becoming increasingly aware of the shape to his girlfriend as she added to his torture with a sway of her hips and a lecherous grin. In his eyes he had never seen something beautiful and wondered what could've made him so lucky as to have a woman like her that was standing so close and flicking the hem of his shorts.
"You good hun?" She purred up to him before turning on the shower with her free hand.
He nodded vigourously before she helped remove his already soiled shorts.
"Good now let's clean up. We need to find Charlie." She suggested, torturing the aroused man with a harsh slap to his butt.
"HEY!"
THIRTY MINUTES LATER
"That was horrible." Noctis said flatly, staring into the direction of where Charlie's voice was coming in the hotel.
"You loved it." Vaggie teased with a pat on his rear. "Besides, now you know how Charlie and I have felt."
In a twisted way Noctis did enjoy his first shower with Vaggie but was mildly frustrated at how she used Max as an excuse to touch the man and wash parts of him or wash herself and make him watch. It was all part of punishing him for being so dumb about where she and Charlie wanted to take things, and now he was suffering for it.
As the two entered the lounge room they find themselves growing a little concerned at the princess quietly panicking with obvious lack of sleep from her bloodshot eyes as she moved red string around her board, with the entire gang disturbed by her behavior.
"Oh shit." Noctis whispered in the midst of bottle feeding Max.
"Charlie, sweetie…..you uh…..you good?" Vaggie carefully asked.
Charlie snapped her manic and sleep-deprived gaze to Vaggie and Noctis before took them by surprise with her confrontation of their presence by hopping over the couch.
Lovingly but roughly she kissed them both as they flinched, and stepped back after petting the concerned Max.
"Nope, not really!" She laughed disturbingly for everyone's comfort and hopped back over to her board as the stress got to her. "I've been up all night trying to figure out why the hotel isn't working."
"All night?" Noctis questioned worriedly as she vented some more with her demon form showing.
"We've done trust falls, we've tried sharing our feelings, we only have a couple months before the angels come. Not to mention Noctis is changing more and more and we still don't know what the fuck he is even with Carmilla's help." She laughed melodically with a hint of aggression behind her fixation now on the man. "Not to mention Vaggie and I have a big bone to pick with you, mister!"
"Yikes." Angel Dust tensed.
Noctis and Vaggie having knowing looks of concern to what Charlie was talking about but knew better than to bring it up right now as the princess was fighting so hard not to snap.
"Later?" He suggested.
"Definitely later." Vaggie nodded and turned her attention back to Charlie. "Babe, maybe it's time—"
"NO!" Charlie gasped.
"To ask—"
She bolted over and cupped Vaggie, desperation mixed in her exhaustion.
"DONT SAY IT!"
"Your dad."
Charlie groaned with defeat imminent in her voice and hung her head as the spear user pointed out the obvious.
"Charlie I know you don't want to, but we need every advantage we can and he might know something about Noctis."
"He let the extermination happen to begin with." Charlie countered as Noctis offered a hand to rub her back. "They just had a meeting and he said 'go ahead and kill everyone'!"
She paused long enough to gaze up at the man as he smiled warmly, but even that warmth she gets from his touch didn't reassure the princess as she looked right back at Vaggie.
"And I don't want my dad meeting Noctis. There's no telling what he would do if he found out I was with a boy."
Vaggie knew this was a petty reason and rolled her eyes.
"Charlie, your dad can't touch him anyway. You and I claimed him, which makes him safe under your name. And your dad is the oldest living being in hell so he might know what's going on with Noctis."
"You think so?" Noctis asked curiously while looking at his claws and licking his fangs.
Vaggie nodded.
Charlie was listening to every word until a strong thought came to mind. She gasped at said thought and turned back to her board.
"Wait. That's it!"
"Kill everyone?" Vaggie and Noctis asked in unison.
"No!" She spun back to them with newfound hope in her eyes and her smile returning to normal. "He could get me a meeting with heaven!"
"Didn't we try that already?" Vaggie questioned as Noctis stepped between with a curious eye.
"When did you guys do that?" He asked.
"Long before you baby." Charlie answered, keeping her focus on Vaggie. "And yeah with Adam. He was an asshole."
"He was?" Noctis questioned with a raised eyebrow, though it was left unanswered with Charlie still talking.
"But he isn't in charge of all of heaven. We could go to the top. There's sure to be some angels who listen and possibly know what Noctis is!"
"This sounds like a bad idea." Noctis whispered to Vaggie, piquing her interest. "Because in the end I'm still gonna have to meet her dad."
"I don't think she's awake fully." Vaggie whispered back as Charlie fidgeted with her phone and the others gave their own comments about Lucifer.
Meanwhile on Earth…
"BLAST!" Uriel snapped as another person fell to his influence, dropping the mortal out of his hand with much frustration to his powers failing him once more in finding another dead end trail from using Sera's soul fragment.
The office he had entered was riddled with destruction and a a downright mess of paperwork with the caretaker of the orphanage falling and crawling to a nearby corner after succumbing to his holy influence but providing no real information about Romna.
He growled to this irritating feeling of failure and smashed the desk with his fist as the expression continued with his wings fanning out and blowing files all over the room.
"WHERE IS HE!?" He snapped rhetorically.
The caretaker he influenced curled up in sheer terror of the archangel, whimpering and making himself look as small as possible to the angel that was finished with wearing a the illusion of being human.
"There's no one …..by that…..name…." The caretaker answered pathetically and flinched when the enraged angel snapped at him and growled.
Patience was not on Uriel's agenda after spending weeks upon weeks searching every faint trail of Romna's life force, all turning up to be dead ends.
"You test my patience mortal!" Uriel barked a heavenly voice, ready to punish the man with his angelic wrath.
However, his eyes caught onto a picture from a dusty file the caretaker subconsciously kicked when he tried to crawl away.
Said picture took Uriel's focus with hard remembrance and familiarity, a peaceful glint coming to his eyes as he took the fragment in his hand and held it down for a response.
The fragment brightened.
"Him!" Uriel tucked the fragment back under his chest piece and took the picture from the ruined file and glared at the caretaker.
"Who is this?" He asked harshly.
"I….I don't know." The caretaker foolishly answered angel who bristled.
"You don't know!?" He yelled and looked back down to the file to find the name of the person was smudged from.
His next hope was for the computer until he saw it was destroyed by his own poorly controlled anger.
"I don't keep track of names." The caretaker rose to his knees and begged to the archangel. "I just do this because the government pays me well."
"Greed…." Uriel spat with disgust at the man. "You mortals are always so infected with your own selfish desires that it sickens me."
"Please have mercy. I'm sorry!"
Silence echoed in the room after his desperate cry. The caretaker slowly looked up to find the archangel was gone and so was the picture.
High above the city rested Uriel as he memorized the picture of every detail with deeper sense of duty mixed with his own personal feelings.
"You were the most lively of us." He traced a finger over the face. "To think you have come back, my old friend."
He raised his attention high, looking up to the night sky that was hard of seeing stats with the city lights beaming so harshly.
"Rest assured, Sera. I will find Romna." He stood up and tucked the picture away. "Romna will be brought back home to you."
"Please hurry." He heard in the back of his head before launching himself to the sky.
Back at Hazbin Hotel….
"This is gonna be a disaster." Noctis looked up to the misspelled welcome sign as Charlie made last second double-checks. "Charlie are you sure—"
"It will be fine!" She interrupted cheerfully before pecking his lips. "Besides, I'm sure my dad will understand."
"That I'm claimed by you and Vaggie?" He questioned flatly.
She giggled nervously before a knock came at the door.
It was now or never for the princess as she put on a brave face and went to the door.
"Okay everyone. It's showtime!" She sang, only to be thrusted with the presence of her father bursting in enthusiastically.
"Charlie!"
"Hey da—"
Charlie was awkwardly taken into a tight hug by the king himself, unbeknownst to the radio demon standing right there with a twitch in his eye.
Of course he was left unnoticed with how excited Lucifer was to see his daughter again.
"Oh it's so good to see you again!"
"It's uh…..good to see you to, dad." She strained before pushing him away to catch her breath.
"That's her dad?" Noctis asked quietly to Vaggie, burping Max over his shoulder and showing discomfort as the fallen angel conversed first with the animals and began his inspection with a forced smile.
"That's the King of Hell himself." Vaggie answered as casually as she could.
"He's...short."
Vaggie snorted at his comment but donned a stern look, or as stern as she could while the inspection became awkward for Charlie.
"What in the unholy hell is that!?" Lucifer exclaimed in the midst of Alastor making himself known.
"Just some of the renovations we had done." Alastor answered in a professional yet mocking tone. "Adds a bit of color, don't you think?"
At that point Noctis didn't stick around for the introduction and banter between the king and the radio demon, not when his sense of smell picked up the foul odor of his pup grunting over his shoulder.
"Uh oh."
"What?" Vaggie turned her attention to Noctis cringing after smelling the pup.
He leaned down to Vaggie and whispered. "I'm gonna go change Max."
"Hurry." She whispered back.
A few minutes later of tormentful diaper changing and washing the fur from his energetic pup, Noctis returned the front to find the awkwardness was only getting worse between Charlie and Lucifer after the aggression between him and Alastor was halted by her.
"What I miss?" He asked Vaggie after stepping back to her side, listening to the princess introduce everyone else that were making either flirtatious or awkward introduction to the king.
"Your turn baby." Vaggie commented smugly, confusing Noctis as he was suddenly taken on both sides by her and the nervous Charlie that coughed to clear her throat.
"Dad…." Charlie made sure to keep a strong hand of holding Noctis' as all attention turn to them. "This is Noctis. Vaggie and I claimed him and he's the hotel handyman!"
"Noctis huh?" Lucifer puzzled his chin and hummed as he looked the man up and down. "Well I have to say you're the most human looking demon I've ever met. But I feel as though I've seen you somewhere before."
"Huh?" Noctis tilted his head at that comment but found his free hand gripped tigthtly into a body-shaking handshake.
"Anyway, put her there. Good to meet the man that stole my daughter's heart!" He said enthusiastically before flashing a bit of his true nature to the man through the red in his eyes. "But if you ever hurt my little girl I will personally skin your soul."
Noctis' face fell at that threat as Charlie mouthed 'SORRY' to him and the king eyed Max with a new sparkle in his eye.
"And who is this?" Lucifer cooed and scratched Max under his chin.
It was obvious now the king had a soft spot for animals, especially puppies with how he was just violating Noctis' personal space to pet the hellhound on his ears and face, receiving nothing but licks and playful nibbles from Max as everyone watched.
"Oh you're so adorable! Yes you are! You're all cuddly and soft!"
Max barked happily with his tail wagging like a fan and leaned in for more petting from the hypnotized king.
"You're so cute little one. Look at you in your little baby carrier with your big red eyes and squishy face!"
An idea occurred to Charlie though, one she believed to earn Noctis in his good graces, and she hugged him tightly, albeit painfully for the man as he stood there wheezing slightly from her demonic strength.
"Dad, this is Max. Noctis is his adopted dad and has been raising him."
"Adopted dad!" Lucifer lit up even more and suddenly hugged the man in a bone-crushing hug.
Thankfully Charlie was quick enough to snatch Max out of the baby carrier and mouthed another apology as Noctis felt his bones pop.
"I like you already, kid!"
"Can't breathe!" He wheezed desperately but wasn't being let go anytime soon by the king.
Personal space still didn't exist with his first taste of breath barely registering after Lucifer released him. Rather than getting a moment to himself, Noctis suffered another body-shaking handshake with the king blabbering with praise in a chipper tone.
"It really is good to meet you. I have to say I am impressed that you won the hearts of my daughter and her gorgeous girlfriend here. And to think you're the handyman of the hotel and raising a hellhound pup all by yourself. You must be busy, busy, busy being a dad, a fixer-upper, and tending to my daughter as her claimed one."
"Stop shaking me!" Noctis pleaded for release from the handshake. "I'm gonna puke!!!"
"Actually dad—" Charlie cleared her throat before catching his attention and giving Max back to her now imbalanced lover. "He's not alone. Vaggie and I help out."
"No kidding, like adopted moms?" Lucifer exclaimed.
Just then chandelier above fell behind the king and crashed down with a cloud of dust, sending everyone into a coughing spell.
"DAMMIT I JUST FIXED THAT!" He snapped after looking up to the ceiling to see a hole with Alastor's minions hiding away after unscrewing it.
It was no mystery to him what just happened, and he was more than ready to give Alastor a chewing.
His glare was gone though and replaced with judgmental staring when Lucifer cast away the dust and suddenly broke out into a song and dance that radiated with illusion from angelic power, pulling Charlie in as the center of it all while stood back with the others.
"Huh?" He drawled at the weird influence of Lucifer convincing Charlie to let him help through song.
He watched with the others as the illusion continued and Charlie started to light up at the different offers her father could make being part of the team before Alastor forced himself into the song and dance with his own way of convincing the princess.
"This is kind of dumb." He commented to Vaggie and turned away to have a cookie.
"It's a competition to win her over." Vaggie rolled her eyes and turned as away well to have refreshments with the man.
"So…." Noctis paused long enough to hand her a drink that wasn't alcohol. "About this morning, when Charlie said she has a bone to pick with me."
"Oh yeah," she took said drink and grinned while the song turned into taking turns between Alastor and Lucifer. "She's talking about that, babe. She's just as frustrated as I am."
"Right." He chuckled nervously.
Vaggie was no fool to the uncomfortable feeling of their conversation and sighed before holding his hand. She knew it was hard for him when this was a first and offered the best words she could.
"Baby, we want this with you. Charlie and I talked about it awhile back. We love you and we are just waiting on you to participate or make a move at least."
"I know." He groaned his frustrstions and watched with her. "I'm just...worried since I've never done it before that I won't be adequate and—"
"Adequate?" She laughed a little in disbelief before giving him that same smugness she carries in bed, pressing a hand to his chest. "Baby, you've got enough. Take it from the one who touched it."
He turned bright red at that statement and gulped his drink as he leaned up, whispering so no one heard her.
"And I wasn't complaining, so I don't think Charlie will either."
And just like that he was completely red and choking on his drink, coughing mid-song with Vaggie patting his back and clearly enjoying how she got under his skin.
Unfortunately the song wasn't over with a new demon bursting through the doors as Lucifer and Alastor got face to face, turning their attention to this Jazzy lady that stole the spotlight as the illusion broke down.
"Who the hell?" Noctis said casually, regaining himself and watching the demoness make everything awkward with her stunts of moving from floor to floor.
"Who's this idiot?" Vaggie asked rhetorically, crossing her arms in suspicion as Max took them by surprise.
Out of the blue the little hellhound growled and squeaked unfriendly barks at the singing demoness coming to her close as Noctis and Vaggie shared the same confusion of him being so uncharacteristically aggressive in his baby carrier.
"Max?" Vaggie looked from the pup to the demoness coming to her closing of screaming her name as Noctis narrowed his gaze at the woman.
Whatever had Max acting so strange had Noctis nowhere near as friendly as this demon that acted so friendly with Alastor.
"Keep an eye on her."
"Right." Vaggie agreed with a nod.
As it all ended, everyone in the hotel were perplexed of their new house guest in the front. None of them spoke until Lucifer broke the ice with a question, "Who?"
"Didn't you just hear me? Why is everybody gawkin'?" The apparent Mimzy asked, though she seemed to think of some other reason.
She then took a cute pose despite her sharp teeth, "Is it, cuz I'm adorable?"
"No, it's because nobody knows who the fuck you are," Noctis answered bluntly , confused as everyone else but the most suspicious. "I mean, yeah, we know you're name, but I don't think anyone here has..."
His hostility was noted by everyone, especially Lucifer who was still trying to put a finger on the familiarity he was having with this man.
"Noctis what's wrong?" Charlie asked quietly before hearing that same growl she heard weeks ago at Valentino's studio, her eyes widening.
She held his hand tightly, hoping he would stay anchored and not show any strange power again.
"I don't like her." Noctis admitted as he tightened his posture, his voice quiet but mixed with the growl. "Max senses that something is off."
Charlie didn't understand what he meant until she looked down to the hellhound pup growling in the baby carrier.
Surprisingly Alastor stepped up, arms open out, as he smiled, but seemed joyous to see her, "Mimzy!"
"Alastor! Sweetie, doll-face! So good to see you. How you been? Good? Good." Mimzy greeted back as the two, throwing the group for a loop, hugged each other fully.
"I'm having a hard time not smelling bullshit here," Noctis whispered to Vaggie before he asked the radio demon, pointing to her, "Alastor. You know her?"
Alastor spoke in a cheerful and greeting tone, "Friends allow me to introduce to you a chum of mine, this talented girl is Mimzy."
"Your friend?" Noctis immediately questioned with his arms crossed.
"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." Mimzy said, walking a bit, turning to Alastor, who had a genuine smile on his face.
Or what he could call genuine while hiding his hostility from Noctis being so suspicious.
"Of course, sweetheart!" Alastor assured her, "Everyone is welcome here!"
"Oh, how nice!" Charlie said, pleased by this, and asked, "So you two know each other?"
"Oh, yeah, we go way back, ran in the same circles when we were alive." Mimzy answered, wrapping an arm around Alastor briefly. She then went over and 'whispered' to Charlie, "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 then added emphasis by doing a little 20s dance
Noctis arched an eyebrow, as he kept a safe hold of Charlie's hand, trying to imagine Alastor the way Mimzy described him as.
He then looked to Alastor and asked in an unconvinced tone asked while puzzling his chin. "Is that right?"
"Sure, as shooting handsome." Mimzy grinned at the man before eyeing him up and down. "Although I'm not complaining what I see."
"Oh no!" Charlie intervened before things escalated. "He is claimed by Vaggie and I. His name is Noctis."
"Noctis huh?" She purred before nudging the princess in a quiet tone. "You got quite the taste for them, your majesty."
Alastor finally spoke in while Charlie felt awkward by this conversation, "Anyway, quite a talent, this gal."
He rested a hand on her shoulder. "Ho ho, you should have seen her in her hayday!"
"Hey, watch it tall, dark and creepy." Mimzy snapped before she insisted, shifting herself up "I'm still in my prime!"
She then looked past Noctis and gasped, seeing the King of Hell with Pentious "Oh- Oh my stars! Is that Lucifer?"
She then shoved the snake demon out of the way, "Move it!"
And soon curtsied, "Pleased to meetcha, Your Highness."
Mimzy leaned towards Alastor and whispered angrily, "Alastor, you gotta warn a girl when she's in mixed company..."
"Charmed, I'm sure..." Lucifer said, forcing a smile before turning his gaze back to Noctis, his eyes narrowing with that same unbearable scratch in the back of his mind.
He couldn't figure out where this boy was bringing up such a sensation, but whatever it may be it had his heart throbbing with a powerful need to uncover who Noctis was.
"As much as I'd love to catch up..." Alastor said, as he walked over to Charlie and Noctis "Charlie and I still have a tour to continue and I'm sure our handyman has some pointers to make of the renovations."
Lucifer intervening and holding onto his daughter and her boyfriend as they moved away from the group.
"I'm sure Charlie's perfectly capable of giving me the tour. I'm sure you need to handle other matters."
He continued to push them away and added, "Plus as her father I'm sure my daughter wants me to get acquainted with Noctis, right pumpkin?"
Charlie perked up at that idea. "Actually yes I'd like for you and Noctis to talk since you'll be getting to know eachother a lot more."
"We are?" Noctis questioned.
"Splendid!" Lucifer laughed awkwardly and took advantage of putting the man in a headlock, touching cheek to cheek . "You and me, kid. I'm sure we will get along just fine as long as Charlie is happy with you."
"Dad, Noctis makes me happy just like Vaggie." Charlie reassured.
To their dismay Alastor appeared in front of them with different intentions, earning disapproval from the king.
"Nonsense!" He then grabbed Charlie and Noctis by their hands and intentionally pulled them away from the king. "We started the hotel together, and we'll show it off together. Right, Charlie?"
Charlie agreed and walked away holding Noctis, "Right."
However, as she walked up to Vaggie and took her hand as well, she made it proudly clear of their contribution as she held both of their hands and walked. "But... I wouldn't gotten this far without Vaggie and Noctis at my side. So they're going to help give the tour as well."
Lucifer was peeved by the addition of Alastor, but held it in for the sake of his relationship with his daughter and maintaining some professionalism to impress her when he could talk to Noctis.
Alastor then approached Mimzy and said in a suggestive tone, "Why don't you let the others help you settle in, and I'll be back before you know it."
He then left with the tour group.
A few minutes of touring later….
Charlie continued her vast explanation of the hotel during her tour with the others beside her as Lucifer half-listened. Though he took in the vital parts he still maintained a fixation on Noctis for both the reasons of being so familiar to him and the fact he was claimed by his daughter.
He expected something of a relationship from his daughter with her preferences, but never did he think she would take on loving someone like this man he felt was more important than let on.
"So, once we have the proof that redemption is possible, this whole hotel will be full of demons wanting to check out into Heaven," Charlie went on, as they continued down the hallway, with Vaggie and Noctis behind them, and Alastor in the back until he stepped back at Husk calling for him "We just need a little time to prove it. The sharing circles haven't been working as fast as I hoped so—"
"I'm sorry Charlie but I need to ask something." Lucifer interrupted her and turned back to Noctis tending with Max in his arms, cradling him into a nap. "Have we met before?"
"Us?" Noctis asked and felt out of place with the king staring so critically.
He shook his head. "No sir. I didn't even know who you were today except that you're Charlie's dad."
"Are you sure?" Lucifer chucked, all eyes on him with curiosity as he stepped to Noctis and gazed up. "Because I swear I've seen you somewhere before."
"How?" Vaggie asked.
Lucifer puzzled his chin and eyed Noctis a little harder as the itch in the back of his mind got worse.
"I'm not sure but I feel as though I know you from somewhere."
Noctis was starting to get uncomfortable with this unknown familiarity Lucifer was having with him and looked to Charlie for help.
"Why don't we continue the tour?" Charlie suggested nervously, assuming her father was getting protective again.
As much as the king wanted to interrogate and figure out what had him so fixed on Noctis, he shrugged off his own need and followed them without knowing the confrontation Alastor was having with husk from around the corner.
"I'm sure I'll figure it out later." Lucifer chuckled, though he eyed the nervous man in secret.
"I'll figure you out you little fucker."
A few minutes into the tour, Vaggie was taking her turn explaining more about the hotel's role to redeeming demons so they could go to Heaven, most notably Angel Dust. "And we've almost been able to find all of Angel Dust's drug stashes... Almost."
"And Noctis has been such a big help with renovating most of our rooms," Charlie added as she grabbed the man and held him.
To her hopes she showed the happiness Lucifer needed to see by hugging his waist from behind, believing her father wouldn't be judgmental. "He's even repaired most of the plumbing that runs in the walls, and all by himself."
Lucifer glowered when Charlie kissed Noctis on his cheek, but he forced himself to smile, "Really? Well I'm sure my daughter is quite safe and content with some random stranger that appears to be some enhanced human."
Noctis felt it was something offensive being aimed at him, but then Charlie, sensing the tension, poked in her input as they entered on the balcony.
Charlie asked in a hopeful tone and gestured to him. "So, Dad, once that's out of the way it should be much smoother sailing. So, what do you think?"
"Well... it ah, certainly is something..." Lucifer stated while looking around absentmindedly, then as he looked down he saw something that made his eyes shift.
"Is that supposed to be normal?" Lucifer asked, pointing down to Angel Dust sneaking through the foyer with a white bag.
Charlie froze with anger when she looked down in that direction and snapped, "ANGEL DUST!"
She bolted as soon as the spider demon flinched with fear and bolted up the stares.
Charlie and Vaggie made haste to catch him.
With the two of them gone, Lucifer turned to face Noctis as the man felt awkward in the presence of the king…..alone.
"So ah... Noctis..." he drawled in suspicion.
"Yes sir?" Noctis said respectfully while trying to find a way to make conversation.
That is until he felt a chill run down his spine with how narrowed Lucifer's eyes were.
"Um.. is something wrong?"
"Why should anything be wrong?" Lucifer asked, still holding as much of his aggression in as possible before walking past the man and making Max whimper.
"I mean it's not like you're claimed by my precious princess." He pointed out casually before he darkened his tone of voice.
"Oh wait...you are." He spun back around, watching Noctis carefully hold himself strong.
"Yeah I am." Noctis said proudly, holding his own to the king.
He then felt the overprotective father put a grip on his shoulder, "Listen kid, I'm not gonna dictate who my daughter can and can't have. But I really need to know who the fuck you are."
"That's the thing. I don't even know." Noctis answered, only to feel the grip on his shoulder tighten
"You don't know?" Lucifer questioned in a less than convinced voice. "Because I swear I have—"
"Well I don't know how." Noctis interrupted the king and took in a breath of courage. "Look I'll be honest with you, I have no fucking clue who or what I am. I was human."
Lucifer blinked and dropped his aggression as Noctis turned away and leaned against the wall with his arms crossed, showing a severe dislike to his own confusion while explaining his situation.
"About 7 months ago I was attacked by some weird dog thing everyone thinks was a hellhound. This all happened on earth."
"On earth?" Lucifer was surprised but invested now in hearing Noctis' story. He even showed it by joing him against the wall.
Noctis continued his explanation.
"Something or someone saved me and threw me at Charlie's feet, and over my time down here I've come to find out I'm not human because these fangs and claws have formed. Plus I've been staying in touch with Carmilla Carmine, and she took me to Zestial who sensed my soul."
"Your soul huh?" Lucifer narrowed his gaze at the balcony floor as they heard Charlie screaming and chasing Angel Dust.
"Yeah," Noctis sighed, looking to the king. "He said it's fractured but mending and missing a piece."
That took the hellish king by surprise, his eyes wide in disbelief that something so impossible was happening right in front of him. He had never heard of a broken soul being out back together when he lived for millenia after millenia to know souls faced oblivion when destroyed.
Noctis felt he explained enough and turned to face Lucifer.
"But the thing is Charlie thinks you can help me."
"Help you?" The king chuckled awkwardly and began to pace, which diminished Noctis' hope for answers.
"Can you?"
"No, I can't!" Lucifer exclaimed. "Do you have any idea how impossible you're sounding?"
"Well elaborate!" Noctis raised his voice to push the matter.
"If your soul is fractured then that means it was destroyed, and once a soul is destroyed it is gone forever. It ceases to exist because it dies off in oblivion!"
"But I'm here now!" Noctis didn't want to believe what Lucifer said and began to fear the worst. "Please, you must know something!"
Lucifer looked away and pondered his frustrations as Noctis watched with bated breath.
"The most I can do is sense your soul." Lucifer admitted, though it came out defeated. "Nobody can dig deeper than me."
"Okay!" Noctis perked with his hope returning and wasted no time to remove the baby carrier after holding Max in his arm. "Then please do. I need answers!"
Lucifer realized what this meant and wasn't so sure of himself now. He'd thought Noctis was just giving him bullshit or finding some means to stall long enough for Charlie to come back. Yet as he stood there he saw how desperate Noctis was to even stand there and puff his chest out, pleading through his eyes.
"Please." Noctis begged quietly.
In the end Lucifer was bested by his own desires to make a good impression for his daughter, and doing this meant he could be back in her good graces by helping this man who she loved dearly.
Still he had to be sure.
"Do you love my daughter?"
"What?" Noctis dropped his posture as Lucifer approached with a hardened glare.
"Do you. Love. My daughter?" He asked more strictly with a golden glow in his hand.
Noctis caught onto what Lucifer was wanting to know and nodded.
"I love Charlie and Vaggie so much it hurts. They took me in, took care of me, and I'm honored that they claimed me."
Lucifer grinned at that answer, feeling satisfied enough to pressed his hand and start deepening his senses to Noctis' soul.
The waiting was the most intense part for them both as Lucifer's face twisted and contorted with each second of his reach becoming a strain towards the soul that was reacting with a soft hum. He dug and dug until his eyes snapped wide open to feeling the cracks that were mostly healed and to the one spot that was empty.
What took his breath the most was the familiarity that became a rush of memories and emotions that flooded his entire form.
"Natasha..."
"Natasha?" Noctis questioned as Lucifer stepped back gasping for air. "You know who she is?"
The king was at a loss of words as he still felt the familiar angelic energy that was putting Noctis back together.
His eyes burned with unshed tears as he stared uncertain of Noctis.
"Natasha was my best friend and the High Seraphim before she stepped down and disappeared."
"Disappeared?" Noctis questioned as he restrapped the baby carrier and Max inside it.
Lucifer carried the same disblief and nodded before he straightened himself back up in a more protective manner. He couldn't explain himself or why he felt this way, but feeling the that familiar angelic energy gave him a sense of duty to keeping Noctis safe.
"She disappeared after the death of friend of mine."
"Who?" Noctis asked.
Lucifer was about to answer but heard the footsteps of his daughter returning, meaning they had no time left to talk about this when she was still on about the hotel.
"We will talk later." He reassured before fixing himself.
"Promise?" Noctis hoped as he did the same.
"Yes I promise, but for now let's just pretend to have had a father talk."
"Sorry about all that!" Charlie burst through doors with Vaggie just as the two got themselves settled back to faux casual with awkward smiles.
She cleared her throat, embarrassed and unaware of the conversation both men had as she took her place at Noctis' side. "Did you two play nice while I was gone?"
"Play nice!?" Lucifer laughed heartily and gestured to Noctis for her reassurance. "I love this guy! The fact he is helping you with your dream and making you happy. He's already in my good book."
"Great!" Charlie chirped with some relief before she decided to end the tour with the big question.
She took in a breath of courage and smiled to the best of her ability. "So dad, what do you think?"
"About what?" He asked, looking at her confused.
"The Hotel." Charlie reminded with strain to said smile.
"Oh yes, it does… it does look much better now, doesn't it?" Lucifer asked, chuckling and breaking his attention to the railing.
Noctis could tell this wasn't going to end well with how he was blatantly dodging eye contact with Charlie as she waited for his input.
"Oh boy….."
"Ya know, but I'm thinking this railing needs work."
"The railing?" Noctis questioned.
"Oh definitely big guy." Lucifer emphasized his explanation with no one fooled at how he was dodging Charlie. "One good push and you'd just go right over the edge! Whoopie, bye bye!"
Noctis facepalmed and groaned with the same disappointment the girls shared, but it was Charlie who appeared shocked at her father's continuance of disregarding her dream and expressed herself.
"What? No, no, the plan, Dad! What do you think about using the hotel to help sinners?" She expressed with her arms
Lucifer couldn't dodge it any longer and knew he was backed a corner by his daughter wanting his opinion. He hated to be the one to argue and bring her down with the truth, but it was his job as her father.
He exhaled, having to tell the truth about what he thought of her plan.
"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." He spoke with such absolute distaste that his daughter couldn't believe he would not care. "I….I don't know how much you can realistically expect from them in Heaven."
He then adjusted his collar uncomfortably, "Hohooo boy, Heaven… It's not exactly as carefree, or supportive, as you might think. Yeah, they have rules. Lots of rules, rules that they think are more important than anything, and they aren't very open minded as you'd hope."
Noctis looked to Vaggie, who hugged herself as she looked away, not wanting to face that. He walked over to place a hand on her shoulder.
"What's wrong?" He asked quietly.
Vaggie only shook her head, confusing him as the Charlie continued to debate with her father about saving the sinners.
Suddenly the argument was interrupted when a loud thud was heard, shaking the Hotel rocking the four of them on the balcony.
"What the hell!?" Noctis exclaimed and rushed over to the balcony to see the door was being rammed.
Down below outside the hotel, near the door there demons of an obvious hang out for blood. One was a particularly determined and enraged shark demon using his goons to attack the front and declare to Mimzy.
Inside
The Lobby
Mimzy realized that the loan shark mafia found her and she gulped in knowing her jig was up.
"Oh shit." She cringed and dropped went down in a sheepish wince, all the while a portal opened at the bar thanks to Lucifer with Charlie, her father, and the others coming through.
All four of them returned to the lobby as the loan shark mafia continued to ram the front door.
Vaggie grumbled aloud, "Que carajo?"
"What's going on?" Charlie asked worriedly before their attention turned to Mimzy since it was the obvious reason for the attack.
"Start talking!" Noctis snapped as Max went into yelps.
"I maaaaaaay be in trouble with some loan sharks I may or may not have borrowed fifty grand from—" Mimzy explained, but a thud made her jump and zip behind the bar before she continued.
"And I may have also stolen a car... and crashed it... into the loan shark's boss' girlfriend."
Everyone's distrust for her hardened before before she shouted, "But that bitch had it coming!"
"YOU WHAT!?" Noctis roared furiously and glared back at the doors.
"Noctis take Max somewhere safe!" Vaggie ordered.
Before he could even react and get the yelping hellhound out of the room, the windows and the walls were barraged with fireballs from the outside, forcing him to dodge and weave from the debris.
"SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!"
The windows crashed and the floors were hammered with fireballs. Charlie and Vaggie screamed as more fireballs came raining on them while Lucifer just stood there uncaringly and watched the chaos unfold.
"My windows," Niffty cried out, as Angel Dust scooted back to his seat after a fireball nearly hit him.
Pentious reacted per the norm to what was happening while holding his baked cookies, "Ah! We're under siege!"
Everyone in the hotel scrambled in panic and defense as more fireballs fell down on them. Charlie dodged one of the fireballs close to her as Noctis tried to find a good hiding spot.
"You're the king! Do something!" He snapped at the ignoring Lucifer who simply grinned at his panicking daughter.
He didn't even bother listening to the man and proceeded to lecture her.
"You see, this is exactly what I'm talking about, Charlie." He was not being subtle amidst the chaos as Charlie tried to not explode with anger. "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 intended you are, they're always going to disappoint you."
Niffty was on the floor recovering the windows that were shattered, unaware that falling debris was about to crush her.
Thankfully Pentious was quick to grab the little housemaid and snatch her away from danger.
Niffty, come along!"
Vaggie appeared with her spear ready at arms, "All of you, get a safe distance."
Ready for the odds she tightened her grip " I'll take care of this."
Before Vaggie could go out to deal with the mafia, Alastor appeared out of nowhere and placed a hand on Vaggie's spear to stop her.
"No, my dear, leave it to me. It's time I remind everyone why I am here." Upon saying those words his face turned altered with his eyes turning to a radio dial as his smile became menacing.
"Oh, about fuckin' time," Mimzy cried out from the counter.
A green aura lit up around the Hotel before spreading to the outside as Alastor made an announcement to the mafia outside.
"This isn't gonna be good." Noctis told himself as he watched the true meaning of horror erect, watching Alastor rise with the use of his tendrils and cast a shadow.
"A reminder to all... not to mess with the Radio Demon!"
And thus began the carnage outside as he laughed heartlessly, slaughtering all those who dare oppose him after he exited in a monstrous size.
The remaining gangsters panic at the sight of the radio demon's magic.
"I will devour each and every one of you!" Alastor roared, as he takes the front to massacre the mafia for attacking the hotel, personally.
Noctis continued to maintain a safe distance after witnessing the depth of Alastor's sadistic power and turned to find Charlie and Lucifer still arguing amongst the chaos and stress. The hotel was falling apart around him while the carnage outside was heard with cackling and screams of terror while while Vaggie tried to assess if anyone was harmed.
As the world seemed to collapse around him, the impact of everything that transpired seemed to finally hit when a random gunshot rang out after Alastor made a mockery to one of the loan shark members. The horror went to an eerily silence when his ears picked up the next cry that came from just under him, followed by Vaggie screaming and catching everyone's attention.
"MAX!"
Noctis looked down to his horror and saw that whoever fired their gun had clipped the hellhound pup by his ear and took out the tip of it.
His truest fear came to life at hearing Max find his voice in a painful wailing while everyone found the courage to run over.
Noctis didn't even get the chance to say or do anything otherwise as Vaggie had rushed over and taken the pup while Charlie and Lucifer checked him.
"Max?" Noctis stared blankly at his pup still crying with the king using his power to seal the wound, but the damage was done.
They had hurt his Max.
Slowly, absentmindedly, Noctis turned to the one sided battle outside, tears burst out as the same glow from before became a full brightness in his eyes before he finally reacted.
"Noctis?" Charlie finally saw what was happening and gasped at her lover as he suddenly flexed his body and released this glow into an outline that pulsates.
"BEGONE!"He roared in a voice not his and exploded.
With only a few stragglers left in this gang Alastor was ready to finish the job until they suddenly ignited in a yellow flame that consumed their forms after a barrier exploded around the hotel. Their screams echoed into the hotel lobby as Charlie and the others watched when Noctis continued this powerful command in a fit of rage.
"That's new." Alastor commented and checked himself to find the miniscule damage in his attire that he received from these burning gangsters was repairing itself.
"What the fuck is going on?" Husk shouted and dove back behind cover with Angel while Charlie rushed over to stop what was happening.
"Charlie be careful!" Vaggie yelled, holding the crying max in her arms as Lucifer broke focus in healing and watched the interaction.
Whatever was going on, it frightened her the most. Like the others she had seen Noctis' changes firsthand but this was entirely different and on a whole other level. This fury, this rage eminating from the man she loved, she couldn't bear to see him be consumed by the mystery of his unknown power as he stood there and stared at the remaining loan shark members burn to ashes inside the barrier.
"NOCTIS!" She screeched as the barrier came and gone, but not before Alastor looked up in shock to see it shift into a large serpent before receding back into the man as his eyes dulled of life.
As soon as the light show was over, Charlie came to a sliding halt and caught Noctis when he fell back and shut his eyes with Lucifer being the first to approach after Max was healed.
"Noctis wake up!" She begged, falling to her knees and holding his still form that remained motionless. "Baby please!"
This was more terrifying than anything she endured, her heart racing and and every thought of Noctis' well-being running amuck as she she tried to caress his face to wake him.
"What was that?" Lucifer kneeled to examine the man, but his question was left unanswered.
It annoyed him that there was no answer from his daughter and he was about to be a firm father that disapproved until he saw the fear and hopelessness pouring in her tears as she rocked Noctis, ignoring the entire world around her while Vaggie joined her with a more sensible mind.
"He's alive but he's suddenly so cold." The one eyed woman sighed after checking his pulsed, holding her own tears back for Charlie's sake.
"Okay." Charlie was relieved to hear that but refused to let go while Vaggie held his hand.
Watching this interaction, Lucifer had come to realize the depth of Noctis' importance to these girls as Husk and Angel came around to help however they could. This wasn't just some boy that got lucky to have his daughter nor some random puppy love like her previous boyfriend.
No, this was her love. This was the love he missed with his own wife and he refused to take that away.
"Charlie….." Angel touched her arm carefully as Husk took to the other side. "Let's move him."
Charlie whimpered and shook her head furiously, tightening her grip.
"Charlie….." Lucifer drew her attention, offering a comforting hand and sharing concern. "Come on. Let's get him up. I'll examine him."
Charlie was still distressed over the whole matter and wanted to just curl up with Noctis to shield him from the world, but she knew that wouldn't be good for anyone right now when the lobby was still in a chaotic mess and falling apart.
Finally she nodded whilst Angel Dust took the oppurtunity to call Carmilla.
"Is it over?" Pentious poker his head out from behind a wall to see the king lifting Noctis in a golden aura with both girls holding onto him before he was carried upstairs. "What did I miss?"