Almost a week has passed since staying at the palace, things at the hotel are back to normal in a way. And it's soon enough that Phoenix, including Charlie, and the others have heard the news about the ballo coming up. Charlie has to explain to the others of what has happened, and now it's official that at the time of the ball, Phoenix and her mother will be officially announced to everyone of Hell, and to the high class demons.

One day in Pentagram City, Phoenix, Angel Dust, and Cherri Bomb are running down the sidewalk somewhere in the city. Behind them is Sir Pentious Zeppelin that is firing missiles at them.

"Why do these guys always chase us?!" Phoenix asks.

"Well, it's either that he wants to capture you or wants to turn Cherri and me into dust," Angel says.

"I'm going to have to go with both," Cherri says.

Phoenix turns his head back and panics, "Less talking, more running."

With that, the three pick up speed before the laser on Pentious' flying machine can zap them.

In the flying machine, Sir Pentious laughs maniacally as he is in control of the machine.

"Look at those four run away like little worms! They are unable to handle the weapons my machine possessed. No other demon can handle the likes of I," Pentious says with pride.

Egg Boi #23 says, "That is very s'well boss."

Another one says, "Yeah."

A Third Egg Boi says, "And look at those four run like little bees."

"I hope you get to shoot them with your ray gun," Another Egg Boi says.

Sir Pentious rolls his eyes, "No. We need the hybrid girl alive. We can blast the rest of them."

He then takes the controls and says, "Not only will I capture the hybrid, but I'll soon be rid of that little miss and the stripped freak!"

Pentious then presses the buttons and pulls a fw levers on his controls. Out on the zeppelin, the lasers and missile launchers fire at the group. Phoenix and the others run as fast as they can as the weapons destroy many buildings, vehicles, and demons in their path.

Cherri Bomb quickly lights up one of her bombs and throws it at the machine. Luckily, her bomb ends up hitting one of the ray guns and it shatters to pieces.

"Gotcha!" Charri cheers.

Then calls out, "Take that, you fuckin handbag!"

In the zeppelin, Pentious hears it and growls in full anger, "Why you little..."

Pentious then presses the buttons on his controls, and has the weapons aim at them. Down below, Phoenix, Cherri, and Angel run as fast as they can until they come across a dead end.

"Fuck, we're at a dead end!" Angel exclaims in shock.

Then turns to see the Zeppelin and it's pointing its weapons at them.

"We'll all be fuckin toast if we don't do something!" Cherri says.

In the Zeppelin, Pentious calls out, "Alright you little punks, you have two choices, either hand over the hybrid, or I'll blast you all to bitsssss!"

Phoenix whispers, "You think he's going to live up to it."

"Doubt it," Angel says.

"Totally agree," Cherri says, rolling her big eye.

"What?! Are you doubting that I'm giving you all chance to sssave your skinssss?!" Pentious questions, glaring at them.

The three answers, "Yes."

Pentious deflates with a frown, "Oh, I'll teach you."

"And this time, I have a very special, SURPRISE!" Pentious says, and pulls the lever.

Soon, all the weapons lower and aim directly as the three friends.

Then Pentious shouts, "I'm so evil!"

Before Pentious can fire, Cherry quickly spins like a tornado and throws her bombs as Phoenix releases her fire powers at Pentious' zeppelin. That causes the airship and the weapons to explode. The large explosion caused a lot of damage close by. Cherri has been pushed back and thrown out the window inside the building. The explosion also causes a large hole to open out, and Angel Dust along with Phoenix fall inside.

Cherri groans as she looks out the window to see the large hole.

"Shit!" Cherri says, gritting her teeth.

Then calls out, "Angel! Phoenix!"

Then says, "Fuck!"

Down below in the hole, Phoenix and Angel are now trapped in the hole that has been saved in, blocking it. Phoenix and Angel let out a grunt and groan in pain as they regain consciousness.

"Ow. My head," Phoenix says, rubbing her head.

Angel sits up and rubs his head, "Shit, that was a very hard thing."

"So are you okay?" Phoenix asks.

"I'm okay," Angel says.

Just then, the two look up to see the opening to the cavern is blocked.

"Fuck, we're trapped!" Angel says, shocked.

"Yeah. And it looks like we won't be able to get out of here," Phoenix says.

Then turns to Angel, "So what do we do?"

Angel looks around to find themselves on what looks like a sidewalk, and there is a river of gross water and garbage.

"Looks like we're in the sewers," Angel says.

Then look around, "Or somewhere in the underground tunnels."

"Do you know where we need to go?" Phoenix asks.

"Well, Cherri used to go around the sewers to perform sneak attacks on her enemies, so I remember this place, but don't remember where it leads," Angel says.

Then walks to the right, "Let's go this way."

"Alright. It's better than standing here," Phoenix says, and follows.

The two then begin to walk down the sewers to find their way around, and hopefully away from the incident. Ten minutes down the road and they don't really know where they're going.

Phoenix turns to Angel and says, "Hey Angel, can I ask you something?"

"Sure, what is it?" Angel replies.

"How did you meet Charlie anyway?" Phoenix asks.

Angel becomes confused and says, "Charlie never told you that story?"

"No," Phoenix answers.

Angel sighs, "Well, you'll have to learn it eventually, so I might as well tell you. I might as well tell a bit about myself while I add it."

"Um sure. Come to think I don't know much about you," Phoenix says.

"Hmm, I guess it never came up until now," Angel says.

Then explains, "When I was alive, I was born and raised in a mob. There was my father, mother, my twin sister and my older brother."

"I didn't know you have siblings," Phoenix says.

"There's a lot you don't know about me toots," Angel says.

Then continues, "We were close, but not in a way like how you and Charlie were. Course, bein' gay the mob was heavily frown upon, especially by my dad. Always walking on thin ice. We did usual shit: gamblin', alcohol, and murder, especially that. When I died from an overdose, I ended up here."

"I have to suspect that you ended up meeting Val at some point, " Phoenix says.

"Yeah. I won't get too much into details. There are some that I'm not ready to talk about," Angel says.

"I understand," Phoenix says.

Then Angel says, "Months ago, actually a couple of weeks before you came along and the Extermination, I heard that Val needed someone to handle the drug deal, so I decided to do it, without him knowing..."

Flashback: Sometime ago

Angel Dust is in an unknown location as he is surrounded by a group of shark demons. He is sitting at the table on one side. The other side has a large shark demon with a dirty greenish blue shirt, blue overalls, and black shoes. He also has sharp teeth, red iris and light blue sclera, and scars on his head and back fin. He is the boss of the shark demon gang.

The leader says, "So lemme get this straight."

"Mmm," Angel replies.

"Val has a lanky filly runnin' his deals for him now?" The leader questions.

"Who ya callin' a 'filly' busta'. I'm more man than you could ever handle, baby," Angel says.

But the shark leader says, "Well, you certainly ain't talkin' like one."

Angel then leans to the table with his elbows on it and supports his head with his hands.

He says in a stern tone, "Look. Let's cut to the chase. Big Vee didn't have much time to deal with some shitty C-List Mobster in a tacky suit. So I figured it might be doin' him a big favor to get one of his petty deals out of the way."

Then asks, "You got the shit?"

"Depends on whether or not you have my money," The shark leader says and rubs his thumb and index finger together.

"You think I'd show up to a drug deal without the goods to pay. This is Hell dipshit. I ai't fuckin' stupid," Angel Dust says.

Angel Dust then reaches down as he stands and slams a briefcase on the table.

"There ya see. It's all he-" But before Angel can answer, there are multiple clicking sounds, and not the good kind.

Angel simply looks at his surroundings with an annoyed face. He soon finds himself surrounded by shark demons and all of them have guns.

The Dark leader evilly grins and questions, "What's that you said about being fuckin' stupid, 'Filly'?"

Angel Dust simply narrows his eyes a little, and holds a frown on his face.

Just then, Angel says, "So let ME get this straight."

Then talks like he is offended, "I show up with Val'S money to pay. And you chickenshits pull the tough gangster routine on me. Just like that? Why? To look cool? You don't look cool. You look sad. Stoppit." And points his finger at the gangster leader.

Then the shark leader says, "I can tell a weak willed stooge when I see one. Easy money. Val must not give much of a shit about this deal. So why don't I just take it instead. Maybe if you behave, you can keep your head in exchange."

Angel then chuckles with a smug look and has his hand placed in his mouth, not paying mind to the guns being pointed at him.

"This bullshit tough guy act ain't foolin' me dipshit." Angel says, and gently pushes the rifle away with his finger, "But maybe I'm givin' off the wrong vibe."

He then says, "Lemme speak a language you might understand better." and places all four hands behind his back."

"What language is that? Fa-" But before the shark demon can ask.

Angel Dust then brings out his guns from behind his hands, and extends an extra set of arms, also holding guns. With that, Angel Dust fires the firearms on the spot and shoots all of the shark gang members. The sharp demons are shot, blood splatter, and the demons fall to the ground. Once the job is done, one of his pistols is still letting out some smoke. He lifts it towards his face and blows away the smoke. With most of his guns out of bullets, he only has the pistol left. He spins his gun around, and holds it back in his hand. He then walks to the Shark gang leader as he hums a little tune. He then gently rubs the leader on the hand, much to his irritation.

But then Angel puts the piston on his head and is ready to fire, "So. You gonna finish that word?"

The shark leader looks nervously at having a gun against his head. But suddenly, a gun has been fired and the Shark leader falls over due to a head shot. That catches Angel off guard. It doesn't take long to realize who has made the shot.

He places his hand on his face and says in frustration, "Eugh... god..."

Angel Dust turns his head to notice a pink color limo at front with a one eye demon with tentacles holding the door open, and red smoke coming out from the open window. Then, coming out of the darkness of the limo, familiar pink sunglasses, and a large grin appear, and a hand motion Angel comes inside.

The familiar voice calls out, "Angel."

Angel then walks towards the limo and is looking very nervous. He then climbs inside the limo and sits down as the driver closes the door. Then drives the limo away from the area. Now Angel Dust is in the limo and has to face his boss, Valentino who is in there as well with two feline demons.

"So tell me, Angel Cakes. What the fuck was that?" Valentino questions.

Angel begins to explain, "Um... I overheard you at the studio talking about how you didn't have anyone to handle this deal... I mean... I just thought... It was an... easy gig. I knew I could take him out easy, and even score ya both-"

But Val interrupts him, "Angel Angel Angel baby. What have I told you countless times, sweetheart, regarding your work, and my affairs?"

"C'mon boss. I know how this stuff goes-" Angel says, trying to explain himself. "It was just-"

But Valentino aggressively grabs Angel by his chin and glass down at him, "WHAT. Have I told you?"

Angel sighs and says, "... Stay in the studio."

"Very good. And where were you today?" Val sternly questions.

Angel reminds silent for a minute and soon answers, "... not... the studio."

Then Val lets Angel go as he sits back down.

He then says, "Very good darlin'. Now, let's talk about how you're gonna make up for the work you missed."

"I can pull a double shift tomor-" Angel says.

But Val interrupts him, "I think." Then snaps his fingers.

That makes the limo come to a stop.

Then says, "You can get out right here-stand on this corner, and make up the time you missed filming. You were supposed to do a Gang Bang today, so ya might be havin' a long night, sugar."

Angel sighs and says, "Yes sir."

"Is that all?" Val questions.

Angel nervously smiles and says, "Whatever you want, Mista Valentino."

"Good boy," Val says calmly. Then sternly says, "Now get out."

With that, Angel Dust climbs out of the limo and leaves as soon as Angel closes the door. Angel soon walks to the corner and remains there as he is given strange looks by the other demons. He then leans to a light post, lights up a cigarette, and begins smoking.

Angel mutters, "Fuckin' pompous shithead fuckin; urgh."

Flashback Ends:

"And that's part of how I ended up meeting Charlie and her bodyguard," Angel says.

Phoenix blinks her eyes a few times and asks, "Is this really normal for you?"

"What's normal?" Angel asks.

"Getting yourself into trouble," Angel says.

"What?!" Angel asks, shocked. Then scoffs, "I don't always get into trouble. I make trouble, especially when dealing with retards like those sharks."

"And you get yourself into trouble with your boss," Phoenix replies.

"I'll ignore that," Angel says, rolling his eyes.

"Still, Valentino was really hard on you. Is he always a jerk? And is it always completely creepy?" Phoenix asks.

Angel sighs and says, "Yes. Yes he is. And calling him creepy and a jerk is an understatement," Angel says, turning to the corner of the underground tunnel.

Then continues, "I mean. I know Valentino can be a pompous pain in the ass, but there's not much I can do. I have to do whatever he says, like working, going to clubs, and all that shit. And some other things that you might not be able to handle."

"I'm surprised you haven't quit yet," Phoenix comments.

Angel sighs and says, "Trust me, it's not easy to quit a job here, especially from an Overlord like Valentino."

"How so?" Phoenix asks.

"Well, that's not exactly an answer I should be telling you," Angel says.

"Why not?" Phoenix asks.

"Well, you don't know much about contracts or deals that demons use for employment. I'm sure Alastor can give you a better explanation than me," Angel says.

"Um sure," Phoenix replies.

She then asks, "So, what happened after you were at the sidewalk waiting to uh, you know..."

"No. I don't. You mind explaining?" Angel asks with a smirk on his face.

Phoenix coughs and punches Angel on the shoulder, making him chuckle and rub where he's been hit.

Angel continues to chuckle and says, "I'm kidding! I'm kidding!"

"Alright then, continue," Phoenix replies.

"Right. So, after I got out of Val's limo and waited at the sidewalk, Charlie and Vaggie were in a different limo and driving by," Angel explains.

Flashback:

Riding in the limo, Charlie and Vaggie are having a disagreement, or a small argument. They turn their heads out the window to notice Angel Dust smoking outside. Then turns his head to another demon. Outside of the limo, Angel notices the vehicle pulling over and honking. Thinking the person inside is calling to him, he walks over to the back window. Soon, the window begins to roll down.

Angel says, "Well hey there, see-" but stops to see Charlie nervously waving as Vaggie places her hand over her eyes, "Oh."

He then says "Woah now-for ladies I charge extra."

But Charlie quickly says, "No no no! No! We don't want any of that. I was wondering if we could talk to you real quick?"

"I'm on the clock sister. Ya godda pay if you want to waste my time," Angel says, not very interested.

Charlie quickly opens the door with a smile, "Oh yes, sure I can do that!"

Angel looks a bit confused, but then shrugs his shoulders and climbs inside the limo.

He crawls past them as he asks, "Ya got any booze in this fancy ass car?"

He then takes a seat.

Vaggie turns to Charlie and questions, "Are you sure this is the one you wanna talk to?"

Charlie turns to Angel to see him leaning on the chair as he holds a cigarette in one hand, and rubs his inner leg with another.

Charlie smiles, "Yes. He's good. I can tell."

Vaggie however, doesn't seem to think so.

Then Angel asks, "so what's what? Like I said. I'm on the clock.

Charli then leans to Vaggie, "Weeeelllll...!" with their cheeks pressed against each other.

Vaggie turns to Angel and asks, "What is your name... mister?

"Angel. Angel Dust the Porn Star? I'm kind of famous here, bitch," Angel says.

"Was that necessary" Vaggie questions.

"Nah. But those words tend to just slip outta me," Angel says.

And Vaggie begins the introduction, "My name is Vaggie. This is Charlie. We-"

But Angel blurts out, "Like Vagina?!"

Then chuckles as he covers his mouth.

Vaggie pinches the bridge between her eyes and decides to ignore him.

Then says, "We have a proposition for you. Your princess, Charlie here has repurposed one of her family's buildings into a Rehabilitation center for souls like you, who we think have a chance of redemption. Our goal is to get a damned soul into Heaven! At least one, just to prove that is possible."

"Is it?" Angel questions.

"We don't know yet," Vaggie says.

"Uh huuuuh right," Angel says, not very convinced.

Then Charlie nervously says, "BUT! We want you to be our first test subject!"

"Why my?" Angel asks, tilting his head.

"Because you seem like someone who regrets his life choices and would be interested in self reflection and bettering yourself," Charlie says.

But Vaggie shoves her away a bit and says, "Because, we have been talking to demons all day and nobody has agreed to it yet."

Angel covers his face as he tries his best not to laugh, but is not able to hold it in. Soon, Angel begins laughing at them, and the project.

Then Vaggie says, "Look, you will get free meals, free housing, and protection from Hell's constant hazards that is -if-i you agree to attend what activities we planned. And genuinely attempt to rectify your behavior."

Angel finally stops laughing and says, "Sounds lame."

This makes Vaggie grits her teeth with anger.

Charlie leans against Vaggie and says, "Aw! You can't tell me you enjoy standing on the side of the street waiting for someone to pay to-"

Charlie stops herself and grows embarrassed.

She turns her eyes away and says, "Ya know..."

"I don't know," Angel says with a smirk, "Please finish that sentence."

Just then, Vaggie says, Eugh, Charlie, he's not a good candidate. We'll just look again tomorrow." That causes Angel to frown and turns his eyes away, thinking.

Then Angel says, "HEY!"

Catching the girl's attention.

Then says, "Who said I'm not a good pick. I'm the best pick! You broads don't know me! I could be whatever I want to be!"

"Then prove it," Vaggie sternly says, glaring at Angel.

The two then viciously glares at each other, and practically growling.

Then Angel says, "... I'm in."

Vaggie replies, "Really."

While Charlie is excited, "REALLY?"

Angel shrugs his shoulders and says, "Yeah. I'm also 3 months behind on my rent and so free housing' sounds fucking good to me. Plus it'll be nice to not have to suck the greasy landlord's dick every month."

"Charming," Vaggie bluntly says.

Angel stretches his arms and says, "Anyway, if that's all, then I guess I should prolly get back to work today at least. If you gals ain't payin' for playin' I still need to make about-"

But suddenly, Charlie plops a stack of cash in Angel Dust's hands.

Confused, Angel asks, "What is this?"

"Money!" Charlie says.

"For...?" Angel says, confused.

"Helping us," Charlie says with sparkles in her eyes.

Angel soon stares at Charlie with a dumbfounded expression.

Then says, "...This is a trick."

"No. This is an investment in you," Charlie says.

She places her hand on Angel's chest and leans to him.

She then says, "There's a lot more to you than you think there is, Angel. We want to help you."

"Pfft okay..." Angel says and rolls his eyes, "I mean I don't really need any help so... yeh."

A little while later, Angel climbs out of the limo as he says, "... Okaayyy... Well um... Thanks. We'll be in though. Eh?"

"Yes and thank you!" Charlie says.

Charlie then closes the limo and the vehicle drives away.

"Sure," Angel says to himself.

Then clutches the cash in his hand.

Flashback Ends:

Phoenix can't stop laughing when she hears this part of the story. Even Angel starts laughing.

"Oh man! I can't believe you fuckin' said thar to Vaggie! I'm surprised she didn't crush you yet," Phoenix says.

"I know right. It was hilarious to see Vaggie reacting the way she did. Her face was priceless when I said Vagina to her," Angel says.

"Yeah. You made her really mad," Phoenix says.

Soon, the two calm down as they continue to walk through the underground area.

Then Phoenix says, "But still, it's kind of well, shocking to hear that the only reason you got involved was because of Vaggie thinking you weren't good enough. And having free housing."

"Well, it's that or having to sick the landlord's dick every month," Angel says.

Phoenix mutters, "Charming."

Just then, Phoenix notices something, "Look there, Angel!" and points her finger ahead.

Angel looks to where Phoenix is pointing to. What they see is a ladder attached to the wall. Then he looks up to see a manhole on the top.

"Looks like we found our exit," Angel says.

The two then walk to the ladder.

Angel turns to Phoenix and says, "Better let me go first, in case some jackass demon is around, and to see where we are."

"Okay," Phoenix says.

Angel then begins to climb the ladder and begins to think about what she has told Phoenix, and what has happened after meeting them.

Flashback:

After meeting Charlie and Vaggie, and being given the money for the night, Angel Dust decides to head back home for the night. He soon walks into an apartment complex and walks down the hall to his apartment. As he gets back home, he can't stop thinking of what just happened. He meets the princess, and takes part in a rehabilitation project. He still doesn't understand how or why he decided to get involved in this.

He opens the door with a sigh of exhaustion, and walks into his room. It's not a big room, but it's at least livable.

His room has pink walls, with a magenta carpet, and a pink and light pink rug. There is a mattress with a blanket and pillow, with a desk, a chair, and many different, adult toys around the room. Waking up from his sleep on his bed, is Fat Nuggets. His eyes and the pattern on his back glow.

Angel calls out, "Hey Nuggs, I'm home."

Seeing Angel, Fat Nuggets leaves his bed and walks to his owner.

He looks down as he says, "Redemption."

He then picks up Fat Nuggets, and walks to his bed to sit down.

He pets Nuggs on the head and says,"Silly, huh Nuggs!

Fat Nuggets squeals with glee.

Flashback Ends:

"I guess being in this hotel isn't that bad. Sure, I had to deal with the shit that goes on, but being around them isn't that bad," Angel says in his thoughts.

Angel reaches the top of the ladder and opens the manhole cover. He then removes the covers and takes a look outside of the underground tunnel. Angel looks around to see so many demons going out to clubs, and other places for drinks, casinos, and a lot of lights.

"Oh god, out of all the places, we just had to end up at the entertainment side of town," Angel says, annoyed.

He sighed, "At least, we're not at the same location as my work."

"Everything okay, Angel?" Phoenix asks.

"Yeah. I think we can get out through here, just be careful. We're at the Entertainment side of this city," Angel says.

Phoenix feels like sweating bullets, "Uh yeah. Let's try to not draw anyone's attention."

Angel climbs out of the tunnel, and Phoenix climbs up after them. Phoenix then puts on her hood and her glasses so her eyes and hair won't be noticed.

"How are we going to get back to the hotel from here?" Angel asks.

"Don't worry. I know a way to get through this place without running into my boss," Angel says.

Then whispers, "Follow me."

Phoenix nods her head.

Agreeing to stay low, Angel led Phoenix to a safe way out of the Entertainment district. Luckily, they are able to get out of the entertainment area of Hell, and are now walking to the hotel without any trouble.

"That was one crazy day," Phoenix says.

"You can say that again. I'm just glad I have a day off from all this," Angel says.

"I'm also glad your boss didn't see us, or was even out," Phoenix says.

"Yeah. I have a few close calls from it, but we'll get some rest once we get to the hotel," Angel says.

The two walk to the hotel door. Phoenix opens the doors to the hotel and walks inside with Angel close behind.

Phoenix calls out, "We're back!"

"Yeah. We're back," Angel says.

Charlie walks in and says, "Welcome back guys. How was your day?"

"Oh it was good. We walked, hung out with Charri, got attacked by Pentious, we beat him up, Cherri and Phoenix blew up his airship, and fell down a hole and got stuck underground..." Angel says.

Charlie panics, "What?! Are you both okay?"

"We're fine. Only minor scrapes and bruises, and they heal quickly you know. Plus, Angel told me an interesting story as we were walking down the tunnel," Phoenix says.

"Really? And what's that?" Charlie asks.

"About how he ended up meeting you and got involved with the hotel. It was well, kind of funny," Phoenix says.

Charlie giggles, "I guess it was a little funny, but Vaggie didn't find it too funny."

"You're right about that. I guess that's where the tension between them begins," Phoenix says.

She then turns to Angel, "Right Angel?"

"It wasn't that bad," Angel says.

Phoenix turns to Angel, "Are you kidding? You and Vaggie fought in the limo, in the hotel, when we went out. You two can't be in the same room without getting into an argument."

"Yeah yeah," Angel says.

He then walks up the stairs, "I'm going to my room and call Cherri to let her know we got back to the hotel. See you guys later."

Charlie and Phoenix watch as Angel walks up the stairs to his bedroom. Soon, the two giggle to see Angel leaving to his room, and tired from the day he has.