Emily smiled as she sat at the new bar of the hotel.

"Damn, this place is great!" Emily said, "It's so... modern and pristine!"

Husk filled a glass with whiskey and slid it to Emily.

"First drink of a new hotel, I feel honored." Emily said, dowing the drink, before eating the glass, "Ah, everything is just... right."

Emily's eyes moved to the picture of Sir Pentious.

"Well... almost perfect." She said with a bittersweet smile.

Husk gazed at the picture too before smiling sadly.

"Yeah, things won't be the same without that crazy snake. He was a good guy deep down and he proved it in the end." Husk said, raising a bottle. "To Sir Pentious."

"To Sir Pentious." Emily said, raising her glass.

Both of them clinked their drinks before drinking, right as the door was opened. Causing Husk to take a spit take.

"Emily... don't turn around." Husk said slwoly.

Emily, never being one to listen, turned around.

"What could possibly be... so... YOU." Emily said as she literally growled, "What are you doing here?"

Sera stood there, looking at Emily. At the pure anger in her eyes.

As for Sera, she had nothing but sorrow and regret in her own eyes. Seeing how much her sister had changed in the last five years. Her hair, her clothes, even her eyes were nothing like how she used to see them.

'Press on. Now is your chance to repair our bond.' Sera thought.

"Hello, Em-"

Sera was cut off as she had to dodge one of Emily's fireballs.

"SHUT UP!" Emily yelled, emotions long thought buried coming back, "I have been here for five years... FIVE YEARS... and you never once thought come down and see me!? You cast me out, you sent me to hell for trying to see the best in everyone!"

"Emily, I-"

"Shut... the fuck... UP!" Emily yelled.

Sera took a step back, not expecting such language from Emily. Emily didn't stop.

"You holier than thou whore, you come down, for what? To see if I survived the extermination?" Emily asked, "The same thing that you allowed for who knows how fucking long!? I'm not some little kid that needs you to hold my hand, I'm the goddamn princess of hell, I don't need you anymore! Leave my hotel and never come back or else I will kill you... I've done it before and I'll gladly do it to anyone that messes with my or my family!" She shouged, standing up from the bar.

Emily put a cigarette between her lips, grabbed a full bottle of vodka from the bar, and turned to Sera.

"Go back to heaven you feathery cunt!" Emily said, while giving Sera the middle finger, "You're lucky I'm even being this civil!"

Emily stormed to her office and slammed the door behind her. Sera could only blink at Emily's outburst. Husk simply chuckled as he cleaned the glasses.

"Yeah, that's to be expected." He said, "So, need a bartender to talk to?"

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In the office, Emily had practically burned through the cigarette already. She put vodka in her new mug. A gift from Charlie, it was white and said Holy Hell... it was made from ashes of the exorcists. She drank it quickly and tried to fill it again, but her hands started shaking. She put the bottle and mug on her desk and held her head. Tears started spilling and she fell against the wall and slid to the floor.

"Why now!? Why did you have to come after I finally have gotten over everything you've done to me!?" Emily yelled with great emotion.

Angry and sad, Emily brought the bottle to her lips and drank the vodka without stoping. Emptying the entire bottle in one go.

"... Fuck my angelic metabolism for not letting me get drunk off this!" Emily yelled, throwing the bottle at the wall.

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Husk watched Sera drink another glass of wine. Tears rolling down her face.

"Damn, you really have it bad." He said.

"Please just fill it up again." Sera said, sniffling as she held the glass out.

"Sure and don't worry, it's on the house." Husk said, taking the glass and pouring more wine into the glass. "So, want to tell me what happened all those years ago?"

Sera just gave him a sad look.

"Okay, look, I've known this girl for years, I can say she is very angry with you, but after her 9th bottle, she starts being honest." Husk said.

"Honest?" Sera asked.

"Drunk words are often sober thoughts, and oh boy, that girl likes drinking until those thoughts are loud. She's angry, but she also talks about how she misses you and wishes that you two could just talk again. Deep, deep down, she does care about you still." Husk said as he put the glass in front of her again. "I thought angels didn't drink."

"Emily wasn't allowed to, but heaven does have wine for special occasions, I've only had a glass or two in my entire existence." Sera said, taking the glass back.

"And you're already on your second one? Wow." Husk said.

"I'm not exactly a lightweight but I don't know how much I can take." Sera said, drinking more wine before she put the glass on the counter. "Not like it matters."

"And why is that?" Husk asked.

"I never wanted to cast her out." Sera said, "There's nothing I wanted more than to tell her that. I didn't want her to be here, I didn't want any of this to happen. I... I wish I could've done something different."

"Then I guess you should tell her that." Husk said.

"You saw what happened, she won't even let me speak." Sera said, shaking her head.

"Well... I haven't tried." Husk said, "In the meantime, maybe you should uh... watch this one."

He walked out from behind the bar, Lucy wrapped around his leg.

"Hehehe! I'm not letting go!" Lucy said with a smile.

"Who is all of creation is this adorable being?" Sera said with wide eyes, nearly dropping her wine.

"This is Lucille Lillian Morningstar." Husk said, pointing to Lucy. "The oh so vicious princess of Hell."

Lucy gave a wide smile at her name.

"YEAH! Just like Aunt Emily!" Lucy yelled, waving her bladed tail around.

"Good heavens! Her tail is a weapon!" Sera shouted as she leaned back.

"Yep. She's a vicious killer." Husk said with a grin.

"I killed the Cunt!" Lucy said, remebering Adam.

"That you did, Kiddo." Husk said, ruffling her hair.

Taking her off and putting her in Sera's hands, Husk then went to Emily's office. He knocked, knowing that her office is always locked when she's in it.

"Em, you doing good?" Husk asked.

"... Do you have more vodka?" Emily asked.

"Bad day?" Husk asked.

"You saw who's here. Of course it's a bad day!" Emily shouted through the door.

"I think you really should come back out and talk." Husk said.

"No!" Emily denied.

"I'll come in there and drag you out." Husk said.

"I sign your checks!" Emily argued.

"You're too nice to fire me or deduct my pay." Husk countered.

"..." Emil was silent against the logic.

'Damn it, Husk!' Emily thought with a huff.

"Em, come on. Maybe your sister has a reason she couldn't come down here." Husk said.

"She is NO my sister anymore! And no reason could justify it!" Emily said.

"Well, from how you talk when you're drunk, I beg to differ." Husk said with a cheeky grin.

The door unlocked and Emily opened it to send him a death glare.

"Stop talking about me when I'm drunk!" She said, jabbing a finger at his chest.

"You can't blame me, you know. You're a very mean and sad drunk." Husk said with a grin, holding his hands up.

Emily growled again, hating how right he was and how emotional she was when having too much to drink.

"Come on, just talk with her." Husk said, putting a hand on Emily's shoulder.

Emily hated the idea, but didn't stop Husk from leading her back to the bar. Emily sat down and looked away from Sera, before pulling out another cigarette and lighting it. Husk grabbed a bottle of whiskey and put it down in front of Emily.

"Well, who wants to go first?" Husk asked as he took Lucy back from Sera.

Emily looked away as she opened the whiskey and drank from it, not being the one to start because none of this was her fault.

"...I'll start." Sera said, turning to Emily. "I...I'm sorry for not doing more to stop your fall."

Emily said nothing, opting to just listen to whatever bullshit she eas going to say.

"I wish I could've, but there was nothing I could've done. Adam wasn't allowed to in the ears of the archangels, with heaven.... Without a true leader... I'm sorry Emily." Sera said, trying not to cry a third time.

She failed as Sera began crying once again, sipping her wine more to try and drown her sorrow.

"Okay, that's good. Em? What about you?" Husk asked, being a mediator between them.

Emily closed her eyes, her face clearly displaying her conflicting emotions. Husk quickly covered Lucy's ears.

"Why didn't you ever come to see me!?" Emily yelled, tears spilling from her eyes, "I've wait for five fucking years, but not once, not even a fucking letter or anything!"

Sera let out a sigh.

"I couldn't." She said, "I made a deal with Lucifer five years ago. I was unable to contact or see you until a sinner made it to heaven."

"But still, you couldn't have... what did you just say?" Emily asked, her anger being replaced by confusion.

"A few days ago, shortly after Adam's failed extermination, I was speaking with the archangels and a sinner had made it into heaven."

"W... what did they look like?" Emily asked.

Sera turned to the picture of Sir Pentious.

"Him." She said simply.

Emily stood up, but then almost fell to her knees. She would've if not for Sera.

"He... oh fuck." Emily said, smiling widely! "It... the hotel works!"

"Yes, though, there is still the question of how it happened, or if this is a freak accident." Sera said, "This has to be studied before we can officially say that redemption is truly possible for all, or if this is a one time thing."

Emily didn't listen, she just ran to her office and came back out with a box.

"I'm glad these survived the hotel collapsing." Emily said, opening her cigar box, "I've been saving these for a special occasion."

She grabbed one and lit it. She was about to inhale when she looked at Sera. She took the cigar out of her mouth and handed one to Sera.

"Take it." Emily said.

Sera, confused, simply did so as Emily lit it and looked at her.

"This place is about second chances." Emily said, seeing Sera's confusion, "I'm still mad at you, I probably will be for a long time... but I would be a hypocrite if I didn't give everyone that walked through those doors a second chance... so this is yours."

Emily looked towards Husk, taking a drag of her cigar. Sera looked at it, and decided to give it a try. She inhaled and then started coughing from the smoke.

"Heh... pussy." Emily said, giving a small smile towards Sera.

Sera gave a smile in return. She put an arm around Emily and pulled her a little close. Emily a year ago would've stabbed her for that... today... Emily let it happen.

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Lute limped her way to the outermost area of heaven, a place even the archangels couldn't find her. She walked towards someone in a chair and threw Adam's halo in front of them.

"Adam is dead." Lute said, glaring down at the one in the chair. "Your deal is done and your family is causing nothing but trouble and disturbing the balance of heaven. If you want to stay there, you'll go down there, and deal with your brat. Understand that... Lilith?"

Lowering her glasses, Lilith looked at Lute and smirked.

"Things are going exactly as I want. I will deal with my ex-husband and his wild fantasies, but my daughter is and always will be off limits... though, now that Adam is gone... I guess the only one that knows of me being here is you... Please fix that." Lilith said, waving her hand at Lute.

"You think you can order me around?" Lute asked, her glare intensifying.

"I wasn't talking to you." Lilith said, putting her sunglasses back on.

Lute didn't get a chance to open her mouth, as a shadow covered her... and a giant mouth bit down on Lute! Biting her torso clean off, leaving behind just her legs. Lilith chuckled as her... "friend"... swallowed Lute's body whole, before dragging the legs to devour them as well.

"Well... back to my sunbathing." Lilith said, laying back with a relaxed sigh.

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...of Part 2.

(The next part of Emily's Fall will be posted on 12/14/2024.)