《 Chapter 23: Welcome to Heaven 》
Excited, Damari couldn't resist bouncing up and down. She is finally traveling to Heaven, a beautiful setting she has always wanted to see. She had on her red vest shirt outfit with white short sleeves already.
"I can't believe it! I am going to visit Heaven! Ahh!! I wonder what it's like! I bet it's full of bliss!" she said cheerfully, bouncing around the lobby.
Husk couldn't help but chuckle to see her like this.
"Calm down, Damari. You might overwork yourself if you keep up with your excitement." he said, placing his hands on her shoulders to prevent her from bouncing.
Damari quickly calms down and takes a deep breath before smiling.
"Sorry. This is my first time that I'm going to Heaven and this is big, like really big."
"I know." he said, removing himself from her seeing that she's all calm now before returning to the bar.
Just then, the doors opened to reveal Angel as he stumbles inside with exhaustion.
"Oh, fuck." he groaned.
Smiling, Damari walks over to him and gives him a bright smile.
"Welcome back, Angel."
At first, Angel would've greeted her back but in his own imagination, he sees pink background full of sparkles and orbs with Damari giving him a cute smile with a hint of her blush on her cheeks and sparkling eyes.
"Welcome back, Angel." she repeated in a cute tone.
Seeing that made Angel immediately turn his body around and start ramming his head against the wall, causing Damari and Husk to flinch in shock at the sudden action.
"A-Angel?!" Damari exclaimed.
"The fuck??" Husk questioned in shock.
Angel kept ramming his head again and again until he eventually stopped. Niffty pokes her head out of a plant pot with a feather duster before coming down to see him.
"You look messy! What happened to you?" she asked.
"It's who happened to me, and the answer is everyone! Twice. Val had me working 16 hours straight on a fucking whim. The absolute dickbag. UGH!"
While Angel is explaining this, he pulls his hands back to straighten his backside with crackles of bone being popped.
"That bad, huh? Here, let me help you."
Damari walks up to him from behind and starts massaging his shoulders, making him slump down and relax in her touch. She then massages his back to help him relieve from stress. Once he's relaxed, Angel gives her a thankful smile before he collapses on the couch to rest or sleep for the night. Charlie and Vaggie come into the scene with Vaggie holding two luggage suitcase when all of a sudden, the wall explodes, freaking Angel out of the couch and Damari. Angel gets annoyed that it's the second or third time the same wall that was fixed was blown up again.
"Argh! What the fuck is with that wall?!" he shouted.
An female outline appears from the red smoke in the now-destroyed hole on the wall, holding a bomb in her hands.
"What up, hoes!" she greeted before laughing.
Angel Dust hears the laughter and immediately gets up from the couch with excitement. Damari is shocked to see her again.
"Holy shit! Cherri Bomb?! Long time no see, baby!"
Cherri jumps into the room.
"Angie, ya bitch! You been texting me depressin' shit all day! Figured we could tear shit up like old times. It's been fucking forever!"
Cherri senses Charlie coming up behind her and gives the bomb to Charlie.
"Here, hold this."
Charlie freaks out and plays hot potato with the bomb.
"Ah! Oh my god! Oh my god!" she cried out.
Charlie tosses the bomb back and forth in her hands until Vaggie takes it.
"Nope, gimme that."
Vaggie throws the bomb out of the oh-so broken wall and said bomb explodes 'safely'.
"Hey, Cherri! It's been a while." Damari waved.
Cherri gasps and hugs her.
"Damari! Hey, girlfriend! Haven't seen you since you kicked that snake's butt!"
Damari chuckles and hugs back.
"Yeah."
"I love seein' ya Cherri, but I'm too tired. I need to pass out."
Angel tries falling back down onto the couch, but Cherri catches and pulls him up.
"Oho, you can sleep when you're double dead, fuckhead! Come on, what you really need is a recharge! A reinvigoration, a re—"
Charlie cuts Cherri off, thinking what she was thinking.
"Responsible night on the town! That is a great idea! Hi!" she greeted Cherri and shook her hand. "Charlie! That's my wall that you just blew up. It's so nice to meet one of Angel's friends! Aagh! He never brings anyone around."
"Wonder why." Cherri snorted.
"Yeah, me too." Charlie agreed obliviously. "Anyway, Angel and everyone else have been working so hard, I think they deserve to have a little fun."
"W-w-wait, they?" Cherri questioned.
Charlie waves over to Husk and Niffty. Husk doesn't seem to care much, but Niffty is shaking so fast that shaking rattling sounds can be heard from her body.
"Yeah! Hi, everyone! Angel and his friend are taking you all out for a night of fun and relaxation!"
Cherri mistakes Charlie's suggestion and tries to make her understand.
"Wait, I'm only here for Ang—"
Charlie hands Cherri Bomb a large stack of money, much to Damari's shock.
"—Ooh! Never mind, Let's Go!" she grinned. "You coming with Damari?"
"Love to, but I've got Heaven to explore around." Damari shook her head. "But I wish you guys to have fun."
"Make sure they have the best time tonight! Anyway, the portal to Heaven should be opening right about..."
Just as Charlie predicted, the portal to Heaven opens in the middle of the lounge.
"Now!" she screamed with delight.
Charlie grabs Vaggie and Damari with both arms and throws them into the portal, and as she steps a foot inside, she turns back to the guests and workers with Cherri Bomb, waving them goodbye for the day.
"Bye!!"
Charlie enters the portal and vanishes on the spot just before Sir Pentious walks by with a drink in his mouth. He notices Cherri Bomb and spits out his drink in shock.
"Well! If it isn't my arch-nemesis! Have you come to meet your fate in battle, Cherri Bomb?" he said dramatically.
Sir Pentious doesn't notice one of Charlie's discarded luggage in his way and ends up tripping over while Cherri Bomb doesn't seem to mind about him.
"Apparently, I'm going out with Angel and I gotta drag your sorry asses along." she said nonchalantly.
Cherri Bomb takes out a piece of gum and starts chewing. Sir Pentious hears her well, and is shocked by Cherri's suggestion. He immediately goes over to her and seemed nervous while Cherri faces him and blows a bubble.
"Oh, oh, you and me are going out like for fun? I... I didn't think this would ever happen." he said and then started to panic. "What-What do I do? What-What do I wear?"
Sir Pentious grabs Cherri's shoulder for suggestion, but she doesn't like Sir Pentious touching her and grabs his claw to the point it seemed like she's crushing it.
"Don't fuckin' touch me, ya munted dickhead." she warned him.
And with that, Cherri leaves behind the wincing Sir Pentious after Cherri touched his hand. He looks around the room.
"Where's Damari?" he asked.
"She left with Charlie and Vaggie to go to Heaven." Angel informed.
"Oh..." Sir Pentious deflated in disappointment that she's not coming along.
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In front of the golden gates of Heaven where Charlie, Damari, and Vaggie are standing outside as the portal closes behind them.
"Whoa!" Damari gasped in awe.
"Vaggie, look at this place! It's so clean! Isn't that amazing?" Charlie said in excitement.
"Yup, super cool. Heaven. Wow." Vaggie said sarcastically, looking unamused.
Charlie, Damari, and Vaggie approach the front desk where St. Peter pops up from behind his desk.
"Hiya! Welcome to Heaven! Can I get your name, please?" he greeted with a smile.
"Oh! Uhhh, uh, uh, Charlie Morningstar!" Charlie said.
Peter opens the book of reservations that are supposed to be a list of names they've cataloging for those who are to enter heaven.
"Charlie Morningstar, hmm..." he said, mumbling names from list. "I'm not seeing you on my list here, that's so odd."
"Uh, um, my dad got me this meeting, so maybe..." Charlie said nervously.
"Oh, Dad! Okay!"
"Try Lucifer... Morning... star?"
Peter realizes who Lucifer is and swears, shocking Damari.
"Oh, fuck!" he said nervously. "Yeah, hoooo, hehehe. Yikes, am I right? Are you sure you're in the right place? Because I think you might be a little lost."
Peter nervously flies down from the desk to Charlie, Damari, and Vaggie. Vaggie is unamused of St. Peter, crossing her arms in disappointment.
"Oh, here we go." Vaggie muttered.
"No, uh... we're, we're here for a meeting." Charlie said.
"We're not lost, sir. We're brought here by Lucifer. Maybe you can just point us to where your leader is." Damari said.
Peter looks shocked to see a human girl.
"Holy! A human! Y-You're not dead!"
"Yeah, I know. Shocking and it's kind of a long story." Damari said, smiling awkwardly.
Just then, high above the three of them, Sera and Emily suddenly appear in their angelic forms before turning into their humanoid forms as they land in front of Charlie, Damari, and Vaggie. Damari was in speechless to see the beauty of the angels.
"St. Peter. We can take it from here. Greetings, daughter of the Morningstar. I am Sera, the high seraphim of heaven." Sera greeted them as Emily squeals and laughs in excitement. "You are gifted to be here."
Emily comes forward to greet them.
"Hi! I'm Emily, the other seraphim, though you can call me Em! Emmy, E, whatever you want, I go by whatever." she said before giggling. "Welcome to Heaven!"
Emily then gasps to see Damari and flies over to her, surprising her.
"Oh my gosh! A human! Wow, I never met a human before! You look so pretty!" she gushed.
"Hehe! Thank you! I'm Damari! Damari Valor." Damari greeted.
"What a beautiful name!" Emily smiled.
Sera appears surprised to see Damari here in Heaven.
"This is unexpected. How did you get here without being killed?" Sera asked.
"Like I said, a long story. But I was brought to Hell by the music box and got some strange powers."
"I see." Sera said with a hum, thinking she heard that music box before.
Peter flies overhead to get the gates open and starts to sing.
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The gates open to reveal to Charlie, Damari, and the unamused Vaggie the world of Heaven, a beautiful, clean paradise that is the complete opposite of Hell. Even the angels look completely different than the demons.
Dearly beloved, it is my pleasure to say unto thee
Welcome to Heaven, oh-oh
Where the virtuous reside 24/7, oh-oh
People are happy that they died
'Cause here we got no worries, got no burglaries, no strife
It's the perfect afterlife
Welcome to Heaven, oh-oh
Peter flies amongst many advertisements in Heaven.
Check out our sick decor, the spirits leaven, oh!
Please keep your brimstone off the floor
We've got the best and brightest, the politest of the lot
Peter poses with lots of other angels who are pretty or handsome.
And everyone is hot
Emily sings next.
Gosh, I'm so pleased to show some outsiders around
After you see our realm, you'll never wanna go back down
Sera joins in.
Of course, it is just temporary
I'm sorry you can't stay
Emily and St. Peter grab hands and fly up together, before falling back down and posing with some other angels.
'Cause every single day in Heaven is a happy day
Welcome to Heaven, yeah
Peter pants after finishing the song. The other angels looks surprised to see Damari who gives them a wave. They calm down and smiled before waving back. Emily takes Damari's hand and she, Damari, Charlie, and Vaggie run hurriedly, unexpectedly passing Adam, who is drinking a soda, and Lute, who is not wearing an Exorcist mask. They both immediately pause as they see Charlie and Vaggie, especially Damari when they sense a pure soul coming from her.
"Holy fucking shit balls, am I seeing who I think I'm seeing?" Adam asked in shock.
"What is she doing here? How did she even get up here?" Lute questioned angrily. "And why is that human girl here?"
"Who cares? I'm handling this shit right now." Adam glared before smirking. "I'd like to have a talk to that hot silver haired chick, too."
Adam goes to challenge Charlie and Vaggie, and to talk to Damari, but Lute stops him.
"Wait! You want to start a fight on the promenade in front of everyone?"
"Better than waiting for the fucking extermination!" he said.
Lute immediately grabs Adam by his collar and pulls him to shush him harshly, looking at those winners flying past by.
"SHHH. Sir, what was the Seraphim's one rule?" she asked.
"Uuughhh, "No one but the exorcists can know about the exterminations". I know, fine." Adam groaned before slurping his drink. "Don't fucking shush me, bitch."
Just before they can settle this, Sera suddenly appears behind them both, teleporting them to an office-like building with just one sway of her wings. The light goes white on the screen before reappearing to show Adam and Lute being confronted by a stern Sera.
"You should listen to your lieutenant, Adam."
Adam turns around and looks at Sera with shock.
"Fuck! Sera! You can't sneak up on a guy like that, jeez." he yelped.
"Your highness, forgive me, but what are the hell-spawn doing here?" Lute asked.
"Well, you failed to control the demons' unrest, and now Lucifer is involved, setting up an audience for his misguided daughter. I never would have agreed to your..." Sera stopped for a moment, not wanting to say those words as Adam slurps his soda drink. "...'yearly activities' if I thought it would bring trouble to our doorstep. Keeping Heaven safe was my only reason for allowing it."
"What do you want from me? I'm just one guy." Adam asked.
"I want you to do whatever you need to do to keep this problem from getting any worse. Are we clear?" Sera said firmly, facing Adam.
"Yeah. Got it." he sighed.
"And what about that human girl?" Lute asked, referring to Damari.
This made Sera think for a moment.
"I'll keep an eye on her. I don't know how and why that pure human is in Hell without dying, but I'll get to the bottom of this. I suggest you leave her be."
"Can I at least have a talk with her? She's fucking hot." Adam said with a smirk.
Sera and Lute gave him a disgusted look.
"What? I'm being honest."
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Vaggie, Damari, and Charlie are shown in their hotel room, Vaggie putting their big tons of luggage down as Charlie sits on the bed excitedly with Damari looking around the room in awe.
"Okay, I love Heaven! Vaggie, did you see the ice cream shop? They had sprinkles made of rainbows!" Charlie said.
"Heaven is so cool!" Damari added.
"Those are just rainbow sprinkles." Vaggie informed her girlfriend.
Charlie stands up excitedly.
"Emily's going to take me to a zoo where all the animals are actually soft! You coming?"
"Uh, I need a break. But hug a koala for me." Vaggie said.
"O.M.G! Can you imagine an actual koala?" Charlie squealed happily. "See you later!"
Charlie zips right out of the door, Damari heads to the door as well.
"I'm gonna go explore Heaven, but I'll meet you guys at the meeting. You want anything, Vaggie?" she said.
"No, I'm good, but thanks. Don't get lost." Vaggie said.
"Okay. See you."
Damari then walks out of the door, leaving Vaggie alone for herself. She lays on the bed and sighs, but there is a knock on the door a second later. She answers it, revealing Adam, barging right in to greet her.
"Hey there, Vag-asaurus!"
"Charlie will be back soon, you need to get out, now." Vaggie ordered.
Adam enters the room, Lute behind him.
"I'm not looking for the blonde, babe. I'm looking for that hot human chick friend of yours."
"She already left to explore Heaven." Vaggie said, frowning at the mention of him wanting to see Damari. "You won't be seeing her for a while."
"Aw, dang! Oh, well. But I'm also looking for you."
"Why?" she asked.
"Maybe 'cuz you left the band. You tried for a solo career, or I guess it's more of a... duet."
"I don't know what you're talking about."
"Do you really think I wouldn't recognize one of my top girls just cuz you're out of uniform?" Adam said, knowing who she is.
Vaggie immediately grows pale when she realizes how Adam has never forgotten her. A flashback cuts to show a past Extermination. Exorcists come flying down with swords and spears as they hunt and kill every Demon Sinners they find. Screams can be heard as many demons are being massacred by the Angels. An Exorcist flies down and kills a demon, before taking her helmet off, revealing it to be Vaggie with a shorter hair.
"You were on the front lines, I wouldn't forget a bad bitch like you. It's why I named you after the best thing ever. Vaggie."
Cuts back to the present with the annoyed Vaggie as she crossed her arms.
"Actually, it's pronounced Vaggie." she corrected him.
Adam puts a thoughtful look before smiling.
"Hmmmmm- no. Anyway, you sure fucked up, didn't you?"
Cuts to a flashback of the Extermination. As Exorcists kills a demon, a sinner child is running away while being chased by a vicious Vaggie as an Exorcist. The child runs into an alleyway where he reaches a dead end. He turns, and starts crying where he is prepared to meet his demise. However, Vaggie hesitates, seeing the innocent child right before her eyes crying in fear. She reconsiders her decision.
"Go, run. Now!" she whispered to him.
The sinner child flees from Vaggie right before Lute's shadow appears behind her. Vaggie realizes she has been spotted, dropping her spear before Lute stabs her eye out. Vaggie screams in pain. Her eye falls before Lute steps on it. She steps on Vaggie.
"Sinful filth like you has NO place in heaven."
Lute brings up Vaggie's head and rips her wings off. Vaggie pants as she watched Adam appear before her in a shadow silhouette before Lute throws her discarded wings away and sword before she and Adam leave. The scene then changes to Vaggie stumbling down an alleyway, now with only one eye. She collapses against a dumpster, before Charlie, in the past, spots her. She puts a bandage over her missing eye, and Vaggie smiles. In return, Charlie smiles back.
"To think someone as worthless as you landed Lilith's little hottie. 'Grats on that I guess." Adam sneered.
Cuts back to the present where Lute is disgusted of their relationship.
"Their love is vile and blasphemous." she sneered, coming up to Vaggie's face, who sneered back at her.
"Hot as fuck though." Adam smirked. "But I wonder what your bitch would think if she found out you are actually one of us, hmmm?"
"What do you want?" Vaggie demanded.
"Simple, you work for me again and at the hearing, you're gonna help me shut this kindergarten snowflake bullshit down for good. And maybe convince that hot human chick to join us."
"Never!"
"Oh yeah, you know, that's totally cool. I guess I'll just tell little miss butterflies and rainbows that she's been fucking someone who's killed-- thousands of her people. I'm sure your relationship will be fine. See you in court!"
Adam and Lute leaves the room with devious smile, leaving Vaggie scared.
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Damari looks around the buildings while walking past by the winners who are surprised to see her before greeting her which she greeted back whenever she bumps into them. She was so amazed with this place as she stops by the cafe to have a seat in the table and pulls out her phone to have a call with Angel and her friends to see how they're doing when someone stops in front of her.
"Uh, excuse me? Is this seat taken?"
She stops and looks up to see a female angel with a feature of spider.
"Oh, no. You can join." Damari said.
"Thanks. Hi, I'm Molly." Molly said, taking a seat across from Damari.
"Damari. Nice to meet you. I like your hair."
"Aw, thank you. It's really rare to see a human here without dying."
"Yeah. It's been a long day for me, but Heaven is really... so beautiful."
"I know."
Just then, the angel waitress comes in with a notebook.
"Hello, there. What can I get you two?"
"Yes. We'd like to get two Blue Heaven. And two Heaven Waffles." Molly said, handing her the two menus.
"Right away." said the waitress before walking away.
"You didn't have to do that." Damari said.
"I want to. It's all on me. I can tell you're new to this place." Molly assured her before noticing Damari's phone. "Forgive me for asking, but who are you calling?"
"Oh, I'm just about to call Angel Dust to tell him how great Heaven is and to see how the others are doing down there." Damari explained, referring to Hell.
"Oh. Angel Dust... That sounds familiar." Molly said, almost as if remembering that name.
"Yeah. If you don't mind."
"Go ahead."
Damari starts making a video call and lets it ring for a moment before it was picked up to see Angel and loud music could be heard in the background with colorful lights flashing by.
"Sup, Damari! How's Heaven going?" Angel greeted loudly through the music.
"It's great! Everyone is so nice, and I believe the meeting with them will work out." Damari said.
"Cool!" he smiled.
"How are you?" Damari asked.
"Doing fine and great! Oh, who's this?" Angel asked, looking at Molly who looks shocked.
"Oh, this is my new friend—"
"Anthony?" Molly muttered out.
Damari looks confused at that name.
"Huh?"
Angel was surprised that someone would call him that. The only ones who would know that name will be his father, his brother, and... his sister.
"Moll?" he said in realization.
Molly couldn't help but tear up to hear that.
"Oh, Anthony...! Y-You're... Oh, I'm so happy to see you."
"Hi, sis... It's been so long. How are you?" Angel said, tearing up.
"I'm doing great. I thought I'd never see you again. You look... good." Molly said, sniffing.
"Hey, don't cry. And thanks."
"You guys are siblings?" Damari managed to ask.
"Y-Yeah. We're pretty close." Molly explained, wiping away her tears. "I'm guessing you are a close friend with him."
"Yeah. He helped me get through Hell."
"That's my big brother." Molly said with proud.
"Heh. It's good to see you after all this time." Angel said.
"Yeah.." Molly smiled.
"I gotta go. But I'll see you later, Damari."
"Yeah. See you, Angel."
Angel then look at Molly one more time.
"See you, Moll."
"See you, Anthony."
With that, he hangs up. Damari turns to Molly with concern.
"You okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just happy to see him."
Damari wanted to know the story with Angel and Molly, but she'd rather not pry into their business that's not hers.
"Well, I'm glad."
"Hey, can you do me a favor?" Molly asked.
"Yes, sure."
Molly takes Damari's hands and grasps them.
"Please take care of my brother. He's... my family."
Damari smiles and grasps them back.
"I promise."
Molly smiles back before the waitress comes by with two drinks of Blue Heaven and two plates of waffles.
"Enjoy, you two." she said with a bow before walking away.
"Wow. They look good!" Damari said, drooling at the sight.
"Well, dig in." Molly giggled.
When Damari tastes the waffle first, her eyes enlarge with disbelief at the flavor. She hums and chews it, enjoying the waffles, before swallowing it. After trying the drink, she appears to be in complete happiness.
"So this is what Heaven tastes like..." she sighed.
"Hehehe! Glad you liked them." Molly giggled, chewing on her waffles.
After finishing their meal, Damari gets back to exploring with the help of Molly, who gives her a tour of every place they could find. They eventually stopped by in front of what appears to be a grand cathedral church.
"And this is where we pray and worship our Father that created us. We would come here often to let him know our troubles and he gives us the answer we're looking for." Molly explained.
"You guys ever see what he looks like?" Damari wondered.
"No, not really. But we've heard of him. Some even say he's made out of the heavenly sky."
"Is it okay if I go inside? I like to pray to let him know something I really need help on if things doesn't work out."
"Sure. Everyone is welcome to go to church, even you."
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Molly then leads her to the grand doors and opens them as they head inside. Damari gasps in awe to see how big the church is. She spots the winners in their seats praying. She looks up to see a picture of a giant cross through a stained glass window in the middle of the room. She moves into the church and sings.
I don't know if you can hear me
Or if you're even there
I don't know if you would listen to a human's prayer
Yes, I know I'm just an outcast
I shouldn't speak to you
Still I see your face and wonder
Were you once an outcast too?
God help the outcasts
Hungry from birth
Show them the mercy they don't find on Hell
God help my people
We look to you still
God help the outcasts or nobody will
She walks through the church slowly, as the shadows of those walking past her float over her. Molly follows after Damari while listening to her silently. The winners sings next.
I ask for wealth
I ask for fame
I ask for glory to shine on my name
I ask for love I can possess
I ask for God and his angels to bless me
Damari is slowly moving to the light streaming through a giant stained glass window. Meanwhile, somewhere in the dark room, an angelic figure has heard Damari's voice, and has come down to watch her.
I ask for nothing, I can get by
But I know so many less lucky than I
Please help my people
The poor and down trod
I thought we all were the children of God
God help the outcasts
Children of God
She finishes her song in the centre of the light from the window as she hugs Molly who hugs back. A figure that was watching her smiles softly before disappearing.
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