Ch. 21: Family is a Funny Thing
A few days later, Charlie was putting the painting on the wall in the hotel lobby. Emily was on the right, Charlie was on the left, Lucifer was behind them, if you could move the people in a painting you'd see that he was standing on a chair behind them.
"Perfect!" Charlie said.
Everyone else in the hotel was behind her, gazing up at the family portrait with varying expressions. But they all agreed it was a very lovely portrait.
Emily put an arm around Charlie's shoulder, smiling a bit.
"You know, I feel more welcome in this place in just my first month than I did in all my life in Heaven." Emily said.
"Yeah. It's ironic isn't it?" Charlie asked with a grin. "Most angels would think falling into hell would be the end of their eternal but instead, it was a brand new start for your life here."
"As mushy as that sounds, it's a nice sentiment." Husk said with a tiny smile.
"Yeah." Angel said with a nod.
"I wonder how the mush feels exactly." Niffty said randomly.
Alastor just pats her head a bit.
"Hey, Charlie, is it true that dad can shapeshift?" Emily asked suddenly, drawing all eyes to her.
"Shapeshift? Why the sudden ask?" Charlie asked her.
"I'm just curious if only he can do it or could we do it as well?" Emily asked.
"Well, I have always heard the stories about it." Charlie said, "Most notably the snake in Eden. I think most angels are capable of it, and being his daughter, I should be able to at least change my form a bit... let's go call him and talk about it."
Charlie moved back a bit and pulled out her phone, quickly dialing her dad's phone number.
As that happened, Emily took a seat at the bar, where Husk served her a glass of water with a lemon. Just because she swore didn't mean she was going to start drinking or doing drugs. She's still precious.
"Thank you, Husk." Emily said.
"It's fine, kid. Just glad someone else doesn't need to get drunk here." Husk said with a grin.
"Give it a few years." Angel said, sitting next to Emily. "We'll make this Cinnamon Roll into a Sin-namon roll eventually."
"While I like the play on words, I'm not going to give into sin that easily. My appetite and cursing aside, I am still as holy as any angel." Emily said.
"Are you comparing yourself to Vaggie? Cuz, sister, that angel ain't holy no more." Angel Dust said.
Angel motioned to Vaggie, who was smoking in the corner of the bar.
"What? Nothing wrong with a cigarette every now and then. Besides, lung cancer and other diseases don't exist for angels." Vaggie said before taking a drag from her cigarette and blowing up. "Not to mention that I need it to deal with some of the shit I deal with on a daily basis."
Vaggie took a long drag on her cigarette, eyeing Angel while doing so. She even blew it in his direction to mock him.
"Geez, we've made progress and you still give me the stink eye." Angel said, rolling his eyes.
"I know, you're still annoying though." Vaggie said with a grin.
"Ahahahahahaa. Fuck you too, ya taco licking bitch." Angel said with a growl.
"You know, if you weren't with Charlie, I'd say you and Angel were dating, Vaggie." Emily said innocently.
The cigarette was dropped to the floor.
"...Why do you hate me? I've done nothing to you." Vaggie said, haunted by that idea.
"Her and me? PLEASE! She'd wish I was into her!" Angel said, crossing all arms.
Angel had to duck to avoid being impaled by Vaggie's spear, which got lodged in the post of the bar.
"Hey, stop messing up my bar!" Husk said.
"Bill me!" Vaggie shouted, glaring at Angel.
'I shouldn't have said anything.' Emily thought, drinking more from her water. 'Buuuuuut... this is entertaining.'
That's when Charlie returned.
"Greasy news! Dad says he can come over and teach us how to shapeshift!" Charlie said.
"Shapeshift?" Angel and Vaggie said, looking at Charlie.
"Yeah, dad can do that, and most angels can, and since I'm his child, it's very likely that I can... Vaggie, you good?" Charlie said as she noticed Vaggie's look.
Vaggie had stared off into space at the thought of Charlie making herself into a dildo.
"Oh, I know that look in her face." Angel said with a grin. "She's having a fantasy."
"A fantasy, you say?" Charlie said, intrigued.
"Yeah and for her sake, I hope you figure this shapeshifting thing out... she might like it a LOT more than you would." Angel said, grinning perversely.
Water was thrown at him and Vaggie, startling them as they turned to Emily.
"What? You two needed to cool off." Emily said, putting her glass down.
The shit eating grin she had told them that she's been waiting on an excuse to do that.
'I am going to get her back for this.' Vaggie thought before feeling more water on her!
"HEY!" She shouted as Angel shook himself dry like a dog.
"What? I'm covered in hair, you're not." Angel argued.
Seconds later, Angel's poofed up and made Vaggie burst out laughing.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" She laughed.
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Emily laughed loudly too, taking a picture with her phone. "I am SO keeping this!"
Angel Dust stormed off, mumbling something under his breath.
"A-Angel, wait! W-We didn't mean it!" Charlie said, struggling not to laugh. "It's just good fun!"
"I DO! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Vaggie shouted as she fell back, her laughter getting louder.
Thankfully, that was when the doors weere kicked open and Lucifer arrived.
"Daddy has arrived!" He shouted with a smile.
His girls... he still can't think about that without smiling... hugged him.
"Hey, dad!" Charlie and Emily said.
"I'm so glad you agreed to help." Emily said.
"Miss an opportunity to teach my little girls? Never!" Lucifer said, shaking his head. "Now, I hear you two are interested in shapeshifting, huh?"
A second later, Lucifer became a snake in the blink of an eye.
"Yes, that's is so cool!" Emily said, nodding her head.
"Okay, starting out is usually the hardest part, and there is a 100 percent chance you will shape shift into the completely wrong thing." Lucifer said as he turned back to normal, "But it's only going to get better if you try. Think of anything and focus on that. Since you will become the wrong thing, it doesn't matter what you think of."
"It doesn't matter what?" Charlie asked.
"Finest matter what. But start small, it's slightly easier to think of something simple for your first time." Lucifer said.
Both of them closed their eyes and thought about what they wanted to become. For Emily, it was a bird, for Charlie... it was sparkles... do you expect anything less from the girl that sang a song about demons and rainbows? The two were covered in a cloud, and then... Vaggie struggled to hold in her laughter.
"Okay, this is too fitting." Vaggie said, looking DOWN at them.
"I... I have to say... this is funny." Lucifer said, chuckling a bit.
Emily and Charlie were confused.
"What? What is it?" Charlie asked.
"Yeah, did we... do it wrong?" Emily asked.
"No it's just... Angel was kind of right." Vaggie said, showing them a mirror.
They became Cinnamon rolls... it was so fitting. Charlie was a white Cinnamon roll that matched her skin tone, her icing was red and had the design of her suit. Emily was similar, but with her own skin tone, light blue icing and the design of her outfit.
"Well... guess we're sweeter than we thought!" Emily said with a chuckle.
"So true!" Charlie said, giggling.
"Aw, you guys are so small and delicate." Vaggie said, finding this kind of adorable.
They heard a door close and Lucifer beamed.
"Ah, she's here!" Lucifer said.
"Who?" Charlie asked, hopping across the bar counter towards her dad.
"Just someone to help me with an issue I noticed." Lucifer said.
Vaggie grabbed a plate and put Emily and Charlie on it, before handing them to Lucifer. He walked over to the door and opened it. It was someone Charlie knew a lot, but not someone that Emily knew.
"Hey, Luci." The woman said, before looking at the plate, "They tried shapeshifting I see."
"That they did." Lucifer said, before looking at his daughters. "Emily... say hello to your Aunt Bee, the embodiment of Gluttony."
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