Years after Alastor had been "murdered", along with Elizabeth, Bellamy, and Y/n, Black Hat and some of Alastor's workers were the only ones left truly alive. And let's not forget Rowan, the Fallen Angel no one truly trusted.

However, Black Hat never forgave Rowan for the deaths he's caused... the friends he killed... his own partner/henchman killed by his hands.

Years later, Black Hat has been tracking Rowan down ever since that day. Many times he had come close to getting the Fallen Angel, but every single time Rowan had slipped between his fingers. Every time Rowan slipped away, he always changed his name. However, Black Hat knew the pattern Rowan stayed in: drinking, fighting, flirting... dancing.

And this is where our story begins, with Black Hat arriving at an old disco club somewhere in Imp City.

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Black Hat walks up to an old disco club, mostly Imps walking past him as only a few different demon types strolled through the sidewalk. Made sense, though, since he was in Imp City.

He looked at the club, believing a familiar Fallen Angel would be inside as he could hear music blaring from inside.

He walks in, streamers hanging from the ceiling as colorful lights flashed and disco music played on the speakers. Black Hat tried to walk through the dancing crowd, intent on locating his suspect. However, the dancing people in the crowd made it very hard to get through and find...

"Angel-Boy Rowan."

Black Hat smiles as he finds his suspect on the stage, dancing with two others as he wore a very different outfit than when Black last saw him. He wore a pink button-up shirt and a pink wig. He had a very different look from when he was last seen.

Black tried to get to him by pushing through the dancing crowd, but he never got far with everyone pushing and shoving into him. This made him growl before sending an energy blast into the air, making everyone turn to look at him and the dancing crowd stops and runs away in fear of having an Overlord in their midst.

Black growls as his glares at the still dancing Rowan, pointing at him angrily.

Black Hat: "Get your ass down here."

Rowan only grins at Black Hat as he hops down from stage, still dancing which makes the Overlord mad.

Black Hat: "Don't move! Stop dancing, asshole!"

Rowan didn't listen as he still danced.

Black Hat: "Show me your hands!"

Rowan does some jazz hands.

Black Hat: "Not like that! Put them down!"

Rowan then lowers his hands as he continues to do jazz hands, dancing around Black Hat which makes him even angrier. He sends a black tendril at Rowan who slides to avoid it, and Black sends another tendril at him which is dodged as well. However, the tendril hits one of the music players, sending the music to die down as everyone stops dancing.

Black Hat: "You're coming with me right now, White-Boy!"

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Why'd the music stop?"

Black Hat: "You're not getting away from me this time, asshole!"

Black Hat exclaimed as he wrapped a tendril around Rowan, keeping him from moving.

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Do I know you, pal?"

Black Hat: "SHUT U--! What?... How do you not--? Stop playing with me! You better shut up before I blow you right here, RIGHT NOW!"

He paused, realizing what he said as Rowan just looks confused.

Black Hat: "... away."

Angel-Boy Rowan: "... Morris? Mooorriis! Morris? Morris! Julien? George?"

Rowan continued to guess Black's name which made him grow bored of his shenanigans.

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Morris! I knew I recognized you. How are you? How's the wife?"

Black Hat: *getting tired of Rowan's shit* "I don't have a wife. STOP STALLING! You're coming with me for the murder of way too many people to count!"

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Well, that's ridiculous! I would never kill anybody... that didn't deserve it."

Rowan said as he suddenly had a margarita in his hand, trying to drink it but failing.

Black Hat: "Oh? That right? Whatever you say, buddy."

Black Hat clenchis his fist and sends an electric current through the tendril that held Rowan, making him scream in pain.

Rowan then wakes up in Black's car, screaming before he looks around in confusion. He then just shrugs his shoulders and tries to drink his margarita, only to fall short when he sees that his hands are cuffed together by some weird green energy.

Soft Jazz music plays as Black Hat enters the car and starts it, driving off as he speaks.

Black Hat: "You gave me one helluva run, buddy. But it's the end of the road for you. I'm gonna make you wish you never Fell."

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Fell...?"

Black Hat just rolls his eyes and drives off, speaking in an inner monalogue.

'But I'm gonna have my fun with him, first. We're gonna play pin the tail on the donkey. Him being the donkey, and the tail is my feelings. But I only got one night before I have to off him. I need him to fill the whole in my heart that he left behind. It's time to get some answers.'

Angel-Boy Rowan: 'Did we date at some point?'

Black Hat: 'No! We didn't date! The hole is a metaphor for when you stabbed my--'

Black paused, realizing what was going on as he looks back at Rowan in confusion.

Angel-Boy Rowan: "... car."

Black Hat turns back to look forward to see a car about to him, so he swerved to the side and avoided the collision as the driver honked and cursed at him.

Black Hat: 'Holy shit that was close!'

Angel-Boy Rowan: 'We could've taken them.'

Black Hat: 'What does that have to do with--?'

He pauses again before turning back to look at Rowan in shock.

Black Hat: "How did you...? How are you...? Angels don't have telepathy!"

Rowan just shurgs at him as he still tried to drink his margarita.

Black Hat: *holding up four fingers* 'How many fingers am I holding up?'

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Uh... four?"

Black Hat's eyes widen in shock.

Black Hat: 'Aardvark! Pumpernickel!'

Angel-Boy Rowan: "What... are you doing?"

Black Hat: 'Calabasas!'

Angel-Boy Rowan: 'Are you okay?'

Black Hat: "HOW ARE YOU IN MY HEAD?!"

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Why are you shouting?"

Black Hat: 'GET OUT OF MY HEAD!'

'YOU'RE STILL SHOUTING!'

They both then start screaming before the energy chain links send a shock through Rowan's body once more, knocking him out before he wakes up back in the office Black Hat used to look for Rowan. Rowan was tied to a chair in the middle of the room.

He tried to drink his margarita once more before Black Hat snatched the pink afro wig off his head, revealing his white hair that seemed to be slowly turning pink, along with his eyes.

Black Hat: "Enough games! Your ass is mine for the next twenty-four hours before I kill you."

Black Hat picks up a glass of wine and downs it in one go as Rowan himself still tries to drink his own drink, but failing miserably.

Black Hat: "And I'm gonna take my sweet time with that ass... to get answers out of it. From you."

Angel-Boy Rowan: "W-well, I-I suppose I could stay a bit and get comfy... Lovely place you have! Could have a smidgen more color...."

Black Hat: "ENOUGH WITH YOUR BULLSHIT!! Don't you have any remorse? Any remorse at all for all you've done? Or are you too much of a coward to face your crimes?"

Angel-Boy Rowan: "... well, this is Hell. Also, there's no need for name-calling! Words can hurt, you know! You should be kind and courteous!"

Black Hat: "Name-calling, huh?"

Black chuckles a bit at that.

Black Hat: "And, uh, what name would be preferred to be called?" *summons a folder and looks through it* "Is it... Ronald J. Butterfield?"

Angel-Boy Rowan: *chuckles* "Well-well now, that's a name I--"

Black Hat: "Ray Jayson Bartholomew III?"

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Well now, I actually married into that name."

Black Hat: "Ronald McDonald!" *pauses* "Ronald McDonald?"

Angel-Boy Rowan: "... okay, I may have been having some fun with that one."

Black Hat: "DO YOU THINK I CARE?!"

Black asks, throwing the folder in Rowan's face.

Black Hat: "NAME AFTER NAME, NAME AFTER NAME! Just so you could push yourself from the real name you should be called: Murderer."

Rowan looks at Black Hat for a moment in confusion before he realizes... he remembers who he was.

Angel-Boy Rowan: "... Black? Black! Black, it's been years! How are you? How are you doing? How's the family?"

Black Hat: "Oh, I'm doing just fine, buddy! 'Cause I've been waiting a long, long time for this moment, so we could sit down, and talk. Let's catch up; good and proper."

Black Hat suddenly realizes that Rowan was no longer in his chair or tied up on rope, turning to look at him when he hears his voice behind him.

"Wow... there we all are!"

Rowan was looking at the corkboard that Black Hat had made to find Rowan.

Black Hat: "How'd you do that?!"

Angel-Boy Rowan: "We look so young!"

Black Hat: "Get you ass back in that chair! Also, how did you get your ass outta that chair? No one teleports like that!"

Rowan just ignores him as he sees a picture of Elizabeth.

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Liz... Oh, how my heart still beats for her. But if she saw me, she'd probably carve it out! Hahaha!"

Black Hat: "What?"

Angel-Boy Rowan: "How did you find all this?"

Black Hat: "I've-I've-I've... I've always had them! I've been collecting them. Every piece of evidence I could find so that one day, I can bring you down."

"That's so sweet."

"No, it's not! It's sickening!"

"Sickeningly sweet!"

Black Hat: "That's not what I meant!"

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Look, I am terribly, terribly sorry that I didn't remember you. Memories start to get messy after a while. Sometimes... I even forget the simplest things."

He seems to glitch momentarily before returning to normal as he looks looks down in thought.

Black Hat: "Don't worry. You won't have to worry about that by morn--"

He stops, seeing that Rowan had vanished and turns to see him behind him.

"HOW DO YOU KEEP DOING THAT?!"

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Things get jumbled so easily. The when, where, why, and how of everything. Who can keep track of it all?"

He looks at a picture of Y/n and Bellamy, smiling softly at it.

"I wonder what they're up to. Have you seen them? Maybe I should stop by..."

By now, Black Hat was freaking out a bit. He knew teleportation and magic, but that was no teleportation. Not any he knows, at least.

Black Hat: "Y-you really need to g-get back in the chair. I-I-I-I-I've got more rope. That will work."

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Give it a shot." *sees a picture of a train* "Oh! The train! I remember the train! How long were we in the snow?"

Black Hat: "... what?"

Angel-Boy Rowan: "You don't remember? Eh, it's fine. Hasn't happened yet, maybe. Oh, and some of the best "mystery solving" you've done. A little spoiler: We all did it."

Black Hat: "I... I don't underst-AND!"

Rowan suddenly appeared in front of Black, making him jump and throw a fist at the Fallen Angel, only for him to catch it effortlessly. He held it gently as he patted Black's knuckles.

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Hush, hush, hush, hush. The adults are talking. Save that for later."

He lets go of Black Hat's fist, the Overlord lowering it as he's more confused than ever.

Black Hat: "The fuck's going on?"

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Well, I don't really know. Honestly, I-I-I don't understand anything anymore... but I do remember you. And I remember that there's something I've been meaning to give you after ALL! THESE! YEARS!"

Black prepared for the worst. He could end up dying right then and there. But...

*SQUEAK!*

... Black only felt two arms wrap around him for a hug.

"I'm sorry."

Black Hat: "... g-get off OF ME!"

Black pushes Rowan off of him aggressively, but the Fallen Angel doesn't seem to mind.

Angel-Boy Rowan: *suddenly appearing in Black's own chair at his desk* "If there's one thing I've learned, nothing heals like a good apology."

By now, Black Hat was having a mental breakdown. What was happening?

"I don't... understand anything anymore..."

This makes Rowan smile as points at Black.

"Exactly! Nothing makes sense! That's the beauty of it!"

Black Hat: "Beauty...? How is any of this beautiful to you?! What kind of sick, twisted, SON OF A BITCH, THINKS ANY OF THIS IS BEAUTIFUL?!"

"Now, what did we say about name-calling?"

"YOU KILLED PEOPLE! SO MANY PEOPLE! I'M AN OVERLORD, AND I'M TRYING TO STOP YOU! You killed my friends! You killed my hench-- my partner!... you killed Y/n."

Rowan's eyes seem to gloss over as he remembers something, but he shakes his head as he looks back at the Overlord.

"Now, it seems like you're painting me to be the bad guy, here."

Black Hat: "YOU ARE THE BAD GUY!"

Angel-Boy Rowan: *calmly* "Okay. Whoa! Time out! Time out." *stands* "I get it. You've been hunting me... for years and years. You've been chasing me all around Hell. Uh... from Lust, to Gluttony, to Envy. You've been chasing me, and you've done a real swell job of it. But, an-and forgive me if this sounds insulting in any way... What was our closest encounter before this moment now?"

Black Hat: "When was our closest moment?"

"Yeppers."

Black Hat: "Before now."

"Yes."

Black Hat: "Easy. It was when we... when... we, uh... you..."

What was going on? He couldn't think of anything What was going on?

"Ye-yeah, ah, it was when you, um... That's when you, um..." *clears throat* "I was hunting you down. I was stalking you. But you fled to the Ring of... uh... Right. Right! You were off the radar for three years. BUT! I got a quick tip that you housed down in... in... ah, uh, um... with... in... with the..."

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Three years... what years was that, exactly?"

"What? What year?"

Angel-Boy Rowan: "Yes."

"I-it was in... uh, in, um... it was... uh, it was... I... I can't r-remember..."

Black Hat goes to sit down, confused and needing some time to rest and think.

Black Hat: "... I've obsessed over this for years... every moment of every day... spent trying to hunt you down... so why can't I remember? Am I crazy?"

Angel-Boy Rowan: "No! No-no. No, no, no, no! You are not crazy. Don't let anyone, ever, tell you that you're crazy. Y-you're just too focused on the minutiae of it. The details, who killed who, who slept with who. You're not looking on the bigger picture."

Black Hat: "Even with a demon's foresight, no one can truly know what hasn't happened yet."

"Yes! Exactly! Just like it's impossible to survive a stab wound from a holy weapon."

Black looked up at Rowan. What was he implying? Did... did Y/n survive? Was he alive?

Black Hat: 'This was a big nightmare I couldn't wake from. My heart was pounding Morse Code in my ears, but I've never learned the language. My mind was a ball rolling down a race track. No matter how fast it rolled, it could never keep up with the other cars. It was my first year in Hell all over again and I--"

He was lightly patted in the face by Rowan who brought him back to reality.

Angel-Boy Rowan: "No drifting off just yet, friend. Listen. It was a bit of a shock for me as well. Life needed a bit of madness, but... why should death be any different? But, maybe, the stress is getting to you. Maybe you should unwind a bit? You're like... a freshly born fawn trying to find your legs in a world that makes no sense. So, just for tonight... let's forget about all the chasing, the killing, the sharp stabby stabby, "God, you're a murderer!"." *chuckles* "And for tonight..."

Reality seems to glitch as Black Hat's vision becomes static-y before it returns to normal, now seeing Rowan putting his pink afro wig back on his head.

"... why don't we... have a little fun?"

Black looks around, seeing that he was back in the disco club with people wearing pink masks surrounding him. He then decides, "Fuck it.", and shrugs as Disco music begins playing. He then starts dancing and having fun all night long with Rowan and the other demons, mainly Imps, in the club.

Outside the club, a man can be seen watching the building for some reason. He cracks his neck and, in a flash of red and F/C, vanishes from sight.