Chapter Text
The battle was raging. Everyone was in panicking mode.
Alastor had been fighting Adam earlier, but he was missing now. Charlie hoped he wasn’t hurt. Charlie used her shield to ram at the angels, a bit hesitant as she did so.
“Sorry! Sorry! I’m so so sorry!” Charlie said frantically as she beat at the angels.
“Not the time for that, babe!” Vaggie shouted, slicing at the angels with her spear.
“Oh- right.” Charlie said apologetically.
In her defense, violence was not in her nature. She liked to imagine that she got that from her mother.
Several angels flew quickly towards Vaggie, ready to attack her before Charlie flung out her hands and summoned her magic to explode the exorcists with her firework magic.
“DIE MOTHERFUCKERS!” She exclaimed.
The battle continued on for several more minutes before Adam appeared with a huge explosion, sending smoke everywhere.
“SUCK MY HOLY LIGHT FUCKERS! YEAH!” Adam shouted, a wide grin on his mask.
Charlie’s eyes widened, her body freezing momentarily.
“What?! Adam was supposed to handle him. Oh no- he must be-“ Charlie began, her voice full of fear and worry.
Where was Alastor? Was he okay? Did Adam kill him-?
“-We aren’t going to last long unless we do something about him.” Vaggie said as she grabbed Charlie by the hand and ducked behind cover.
Sir Pentious glanced up towards Adam, his eyes opening as an idea entered his head. “Of courssse…”
Charlie watched as Cherry Bomb ran past Sir Pentious, only for her to be halted by him, “I’m trying to fight here! You out of your fucking mind?!” Cherry said.
“Yesss.” Was all Pentious said before she was pulled into a kiss. “Miss Bomb, I love you. Remember me!” Sir Pentious shouted before slithering off to his airship.
As the airship lifted off the ground, Charlie let out a strangled questioning sound, “Pentious?”
What in hell was he doing?
The airship floated up towards Adam, the death ray upon it aiming at the Angel and slowly readying to fire. It began to charge up before-
“Oh what the-“ Adam began before completely incinerating the airship with a holy blast of magic from his finger.
Charlie knew immediately that everyone in there was dead.
“Ha! That could’a been ugly.” Adam chuckled, not caring in the slightest.
“NO!” Charlie shouted, her voice full of anguish. “No… no no no..” She trailed off, sinking to her knees with a sob.
Vaggie ran over to her, “I’m so sorry, Charlie.” She said softly to Charlie.
Charlie let out an inhuman growl, her eyes turning a bright red from anger as she stood up, tears running down her cheeks.
“尺卂乙乙ㄥ乇! ᗪ卂乙乙ㄥ乇!”
She shouted, her voice having a growl to it and an a demonic undertone that was very similar to Lucifer’s in a way.
The two goat creatures flew over to her, sensing her fury. They both approached her and Charlie summoned a large tornado of flames. When it disappeared, Charlie had grown nearly a foot taller, had a long spiked tail running down to her ankles, and had massive horns upon her head. Razzle and Dazzle had both transformed into ginormous dragon-like creatures, letting out massive roars.
For once, Charlie was thankful her dad gave them both such a violent feature. She was not going to let Adam get away with this.
“Let’s ride!” Charlie growled.
She and Vaggie both climbed onto Razzle and Dazzle, them both taking flight. They both flew higher, steadily approaching Adam and his commander.
“Go, Razzle, Go!” Charlie encouraged, her voice full of determination.
A condescending smirk slid onto Adam’s face. “Aww, look who thinks they’re badass now!” He said.
“The traitor came to die.” Lute said before lunging down towards Vaggie and Dazzle.
She used her weapon and cut through Dazzle’s wing, fully detaching it from the beast’s body. Dazzle let out a loud roar in pain.
“No!” Vaggie shouted, her eyes wide.
As she and Dazzle fell towards the ground, Lute raised her sword and stabbed Dazzle directly in the chest and through it’s heart. The three crashed down through the glass ceiling of the lobby. Charlie couldn’t see them anymore but she heard the sounds of weapons clashing after a short moment.
Okay, Vaggie was okay. Phew.
“VAGGIE!” Charlie exclaimed as Lute got close to defeating Vaggie.
She began to go down to go aid in the fight, but she was haunted when-
“Surprise, BITCH!” Adam said with a delighted voice, bitch slapping her with his arm and sending her flying off of Razzle and into the hotel’s sign. She let out a yelp as she was electrocuted, taking a short breath to recover but then Adam flew towards her quickly.
“Risking your immortal life for sinners? That's some crazy shit, even for Lucifer's brat!” Adam said, his voice a bit confused but also clearly anticipating getting to fight her.
“These sinners are my family!” Charlie shouted, her voice filling with rage.
"These sinners are my family"! Do you even hear yourself?” Adam questioned, “You should've stayed in your place, where even is your real family anyways-?“ Adam began before being cut off.
Charlie stabbed him in the arm with her demonic pitchfork (a gift from her dad she got for her 50th birthday), and swung around. She then released the momentum and sent him flying across the roof.
“Don’t you dare talk about my family like that, you pig!” Charlie shouted.
“Fuck! That hurt!” Adam shouted, annoyed.
He looked up and saw Charlie glaring at him, he smirked.
“Heh, okay.” He said before jumping back into battle.
The two engaged in a long fight, some moments having Charlie take the upper hand, and others were Adam-
Adam’s hand wrapped around Charlie’s throat, holding her suspended above the ground.
“Let… me… go!” She exclaimed, her voice jerky and strangled.
Adam grinned, “This fight was cute n'all, but it's
i̴̡̛̛͈̥̙̲͚̟̅̾́̔T̷̈́̾̍̽̍̃̈́̕͜’̴̢̖̲̳͎͎̳̙̏̓ͅs̶̺͍͒̿́͜ ̷̖͔̙̍̉̽́̑ţ̷͙̰͇̥̥̠͎̆Ḯ̷̡͈͍͙̜̯̦͛̐̈́̒͘͝m̷̛̲̟̻͊̑̿̇̕͜Ė̸̛̐̄̋̈́͋̀̔͝ͅ ̵̢̪̟̗͍̯̪͙̭͗ṱ̷̹̦̼͕̤̤͈̭͇̓̓̆̇̾͒͂Õ̷̰̹̣̮̝̻͖͓̯͑̒̽̌̈́̔̈́̚͜ ̶̩̟̦͓͉͕̝͚́̅̍̽̂̽̐̉́͘d̵̫̙͔̂ͅI̶̡̢͖̰̺͖͙̻͗̿͆͒́͋̌͛͘̕Ȩ̷̛̦̫͖͎̱͔͓̺̰with the rest of them!”
Charlie heard her girlfriend let out a yell in the distance, it was hard to tell what she said with the lack of oxygen.
Was the sky getting darker? Why did everything seem to be shaking.
She heard birdlike screeching in the distance. was it the exorcists? Why did it seem like they were all in pain?
Then without notice, a fist appeared before her and sent Adam soaring into the damaged hotel sign, his mask shattering easily like glass.
Charlie falls for a short moment before being caught by someone. Looking up, she realized it was Lucifer. He was wearing his usual outfit, if not a little disheveled which made it apparent he came in an obvious rush, and he had all of his wings out, eyes blinking upon all of them. He also had two pairs of wings upon his head that Charlie had never seen before; he looked furious, but not at her.
Only one thought raced through Charlie’s mind however.
He actually came?
“Dad?” She croaked out, her throat a bit sore.
Lucifer let out a relieved sigh, “I am so sorry I wasn’t here sooner, duckling.” He said apologetically.
Lucifer slowly lowered down towards the roof and gently set Charlie down, ensuring she wouldn’t topple over.
Adam climbed up from the sign, his mask mostly gone and there were golden bleeding cuts along his face from where it had sliced his skin.
Adam let out an annoyed growl, “Okay, seriously! How many of you freaks do I have to fight?!”
Lucifer turned to him, the mouth on his mask sliding into a smile that was rather unnerving instead of welcoming due to the unreadable nature of his face.
He walked towards the first man, the eerie fake smile still upon his mask, and his pupil glowing through the socket of the marble face covering.
“Oh Adam~ You see, I’m the only one of these ‘Freaks’ who you should be worried about; Considering you strangled my daughter in all.” Lucifer said, his voice calm and almost sweet sounding.
Adam hesitated for a second, put off by Lucifer’s strange demeanor. He blinked away his confusion and flung himself at Lucifer with a loud shout, slamming him into a wall.
Charlie’s father shifted into a snake and slithered around in the air, before shifting back into his humanoid form, although it still had all of it’s extra wings that slightly unnerved Charlie.
“So this is what you’ve been up to since Eden?” Lucifer’s smile remained on his mask as he avoided Adam’s attacks, shifting between plenty of different animals as he did so, “I gotta say, you really let yourself go.” He continued, shifting between a goat to a snake to a bird.
Adam let out a frustrated sound, “You!? Judging me!? You’re the most hated being in all of creation!” He shouted.
Adam attempted to blast Lucifer with some of his angelic light, the fallen Angel easily avoiding the shot.
“Well, your first wife didn’t seem to hate what I had to offer~ or the second if you think about it!” Lucifer said with a cheery tone, his voice taunting and teasing the first man.
“I will fucking E̶̤͙̼͋͑͌̀͆͒͘͘̚͝N̸̨̧̳̖̭̘͛̆͛D̶̩̹̲̽ ̶̞͖̹̳̝̠̥̼̥̌̿̽͆́̑͐Y̷̩̙̗̝̥̘̦̜̱̦͊̈́͌̽̎̂͊̚̕͝Ǫ̷͙̯͈̹̘̳͔̈́͌͘Ṳ̷̖͑͂̕͠!̸̦̬̀̒͜ !” Adam exclaimed.
Her dad shifted into a horse, bucking his legs back and kicking Adam away from him. “Wow, your aim is so bad it’s a miracle you had kids!” Lucifer joked.
Charlie let out a small amused breath. She didn’t realize her dad could be so witty.
“Hold still, you slippery fucker!” Adam said angrily to the devil.
Charlie forced her attention away for a moment to run over to Vaggie to help her, but she was stopped when suddenly an angelic beast from Adam bisected the hotel, beginning to cause the center to cave in.
Lucifer quickly turned around and swooped down to catch her, moving at a near impossible speed. “I’ve got you.”
Charlie smiled up at her dad, before she heard the sound of Adam behind her dad, and his magic beginning to charge up.
“Look out dad!” She shouted, her right arm transforming into something more demonic and blocks Adam before he could land a blow. Lucifer kept a tight enough grip on her to ensure she would not fall.
“Wait- what the fuck!” Adam exclaimed.
Lucifer and Charlie glared down at Adam, Lucifer’s tens of glowing eyes all staring at Adam thoroughly intimidating the man. They then sent him flying into the ground, sending a large shock wave through the hotel remains.
With a puff of smoke, Adam sat up inside of the crater. Looking up, Adam saw Lucifer standing up there, all of his wings and his flaming horns on display, he truly looked like the fallen angel he was.
All of his eyes were glaring threateningly down at Adam, and the first man was reminded that this was not just the devil, but also one of the most powerful beings in existence as a seraphim.
“ㄚㄖㄩ 匚卂爪乇 丨几ㄒㄖ 爪ㄚ 尺乇卂ㄥ爪, 丨几丂ㄩㄥㄒ 卂几ᗪ 卂ㄒㄒ卂匚Ҝ 爪ㄚ ᗪ卂ㄩᎶ卄ㄒ乇尺. 千ㄖ尺 ㄒ卄卂ㄒ 丨 山丨ㄥㄥ 爪卂Ҝ乇 ㄚㄖㄩ 卩卂ㄚ!” He shouted angrily, his voice distorted as he began to beat Adam repeatedly for a solid minute, flames burning hotly from his hands and horns.
As satisfying as it was, Charlie couldn’t let her dad kill Adam. He didn’t need to die.
“Whoa, Whoa, dad. He’s had enough.” She said, placing an arm on her father’s shoulder. Lucifer had the most microscopic flinch but she choked it up to just the nerves of the current moment.
Lucifer let out a sigh, the flames dissipating from his hands and horns, standing back up straight and brushing the soot off of his once white gloves, that now were stained with golden blood.
“Okay Charlie." He said, before turning to Adam, “how does mercy taste then, 卂丂丂卄ㄖㄥ乇?” Lucifer taunted, his voice having the slightest growl to it.
Adam let out a frustrated sound, sitting up and pointing his finger accusingly. “No! You don't get to end this!” Adam stood up, “I’m fucking Adam! I’m THE fucking man, and you’re just some clown or something.”
He continued, stepping out of the crater, "I started everything on earth! All of mankind came from these fucking nuts! You should all be worshiping me, you ungrateful, disgusting, fucking losers-!”
Adam suddenly was suddenly cut off in his rant when a small knife stabbed through his chest from behind, a strangled wound of pain emerging from his throat. Charlie’s eyes widened, staring at the sight in shock.
“W-Woah!” Vaggie exclaimed.
Lucifer frowned, “Erm, I think you’ve got something sticking through your uh think there…”
Lucifer trailed off, before Adam face planted into the ground. And the culprit was Niffty, who was currently sat upon the first man’s back.
Charlie’s eyes widened. Niffty did it?!
“Niffty?!” Charlie said, her voice full of surprise.
Niffty sat there for a moment, before she grinned widely and repeatedly stabbed Adam again and again with her knife, his golden ichor staining her dress.
“STAB STAB STAB! HAHAHA!” She said, her voice full of a manic excitement.
Charlie noticed Lute standing there in the distance, her expression falling into shock. The Angel let out a scream and she quickly ran towards Adam’s body, Niffty scuttling off as she did so.
Lute turned Adam up to look at her, the slightest wetness entering her eyes. “Sir! Sir! Stay with me sir!” She began, before her voice turned more desperate, “Adam!”.
Charlie turned to her father, who was no longer in his more angelic form, but still had some of his wings on display, and nodded, the pair approaching Lute with serious expressions on her face.
“It’s over.” Charlie said, a slight growl to her voice.
Lucifer walked another step forward, “Take your little friends, and Ꮆㄖ 卄ㄖ爪乇, please.”
Lute glanced between all of them, before glaring and snatching Adam’s halo. “Retreat! All Excorcists fall back!” She exclaimed.
All the surviving exorcists lifted off into the sky, exiting via a portal to heaven. Lute scowled and followed, the portal closing behind her.
Her dad then spoke up after a moment of silence. “So uh, who wants pancakes?”
Charlie scowled, “Dad!”
Her father was such a dork.
___
The hotel reconstruction had been a long process. The whole thing was basically unsalvageable, though Lucifer’s magic was a huge aid.
Lucifer was happy to help his daughter fix the hotel, he was honestly glad to spend time with her at all that he didn’t really care what he had to do.
The weird radio person came back after awhile, and almost all of the residents were excited to see him again, except for the one bartender guy. Rust? Musk?
Lucifer didn't remember, but he supposed it didn’t matter too much.
On that note, he had noticed that a lot of the hotel residents, especially that red guy, had been acting a bit weird around him. Even Charlie.
Of course, he just choked it up to them being unused to his presence, but after asking Maggie one evening, she revealed that they were a bit afraid of accidentally setting the king off somehow or something after having seen a closer representation to his true form.
He’d had a talk with Charlie and she told him later that she made sure that they all knew he wasn’t going to harm any of them.
They’re Charlie’s friends! Yeah he may not like some of them, but he respected his daughter enough to be civil with them.
Anyways, after the construction finished, Charlie asked him to move in if he wanted. Lucifer had immediately agreed with her to do so, taking up a room on the opposite side of the hotel from the deer dude.
He ended up asking Musk what the red guy’s name was and put up a sign by his door saying, ‘𝒩𝑜 𝒜𝓁𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓈 𝒜𝓁𝓁𝑜𝓌𝑒𝒹’’.
Speaking of Alastor, Lucifer found the guy was still being weird around him. But instead of being awkward, he was back to being set on pissing him off.
Which, it really annoyed Lucifer if he was honest. But he still made no action to retaliate against the sinner. Lucifer was going to long outlive him anyways, it was like babysitting an annoying toddler, eventually it would leave and no longer be your problem.
Still, Lucifer was having a great time at the hotel. It was so nice seeing his daughter so often again. He honestly saw her more than he used to when she was living with him, so it was a bit of an improvement-
-No Goldie, it’s not sad, shut up. You’re just a snake made of gold, you don’t get opinions on this.
Sure, Lucifer did spend most of his time in his new room still, but he did get out more often now which was an improvement! Plus, he got to add more updates to his ‘Charlie Journal’!
Speaking of Charlie, with Lucifer in the hotel now, he had less of a need to have Razzle and Dazzle at the hotel now. Although, he supposed Dazzle was dead now and Charlie had refused him when he asked if he should revive it. She told him that it would be cruel and that he deserved an honorable death instead of being forced back to the living, even if she missed him.
But yeah! Lucifer was having a great time at the hotel, and he could not wait to continue to aid Charlie in her goals.
After all, what kind of father would he be if he didn’t? He had to make up for all those missed years somehow anyways.
…And he supposed Lilith wasn’t here to stop him this time.
Maybe Charlie would start liking him again too.
What were they doing today again?
Lucifer sighed and went to go find his journal.
___
Alastor had watched the final battle through the eyes of his shadow, hiding in the rubble of the hotel as the fight commenced.
When the king had arrived, Alastor had been amazed as the sky turned a darker, almost bloody red. The clouds had begun to more faster and form a sort of cyclone above the pentagram, and the ground itself had trembled.
It was a magnificent sight to see the true king of hell.
When the king had finally arrived, he looked even angrier than he had when Alastor had stolen his mask.
It made sense. Alastor had only taken an article of clothing, Adam had nearly taken his daughter’s life.
He would admit to being a little jealous of the other’s getting to be in the presence in the full might of The Star of Morning.
But through his shadow’s eyes, he had seen what he assumed was Lucifer's true form. So many wings and eyes, it was as if Lucifer could see and know all. He looked unbeatable.
Alastor couldn’t tell if he was more or less threatened by that.
Lucifer clearly had the ability to tell when he was required for assistance, so why had he never responded to his summonings.
Why wasn’t Alastor worthy enough to see him?
Ugh, he was being too emotional. Besides, Alastor had no way of knowing if Lucifer would even provide him with a deal even if he HAD successfully summoned him.
After Alastor came back to the hotel though, he wasn’t quite sure at first how to interact with the king.
Apparently, the king had caught onto everyone being weird around him, and he had Charlie talk to everyone about how Lucifer was not any threat to them.
Alastor completely used that to his advantage though, pestering the king at every opportunity.
He made short jokes; to which Lucifer just laughed and said that when he was created, he was taller than most humans. Which Alastor begrudgingly admitted was likely true then, but was definitely not the case anymore.
He tried stealing some of Lucifer’s things, but the devil had cared very little and just magically summoned them back if he needed them.
And he unsuccessfully attempted to break into the king’s room, which had a magical barrier and halted Alastor at every attempt.
And yes, Alastor could read the sign, despite what the king said whenever he noticed Alastor’s failed attempts.
Still, Alastor kept trying. He would make the king tick somehow if it was the last thing he did. Alastor supposed he didn’t have much to lose anyways, and seeing the king finally get pissed off would be an infinitely entertaining experience.
And Alastor lived for nothing more than entertainment.
Besides, If Rosie was going to keep him here, he might as well have some fun.