Hey Little Songbird

Chapter 7: Bohemian Rhapsody

Angel Dust woke up and stared at his clock. It was one of the few rare days he was allowed to sleep in. It was a shame that he wasted most of his day off sleeping but he needed the rest. He cleaned his room and placed down a fresh pee pad for nuggets before making the march downstairs to see what everyone else was doing. As he walked, he could hear his stomach begin to rumble. When was the last time he ate? Ah well, maybe there was something in the kitchen he could eat.

Charlie and Vaggie were sitting in the entertainment room watching the afternoon news broadcast. Angel hadn't noticed the concern of the princess before he continued his walk to find something to eat. Husk was at the bar, passed out with an empty bottle in his hands. The spider walked past the bar towards the kitchen, the little cyclops Niffty was in here cleaning. He didn't bother interacting with her, finding some quick snacks to grab before he went to head back to his room.

As he walked, the news broadcast caught his eye. There was the recent story of the small crater outside of Imp City, most likely from that star he saw fall the night before. "Vox must be getting desperate for views," he said to himself before his eyes widened at the next story. Ace, one of the most lethal loan sharks in pentagram city, had been hospitalized due to a severe injury.

That shark worked with the three Vs a lot when it came to tracking down individuals who owed them money. His gang, the full deck, was notorious for trafficking people who couldn't pay their debts. "No way..." Angel said, shocked at the news. Ace could easily have become an overlord with how much power he possessed, how did he end up severely injured?

"I wouldn't take any of that rubbish at face value Angel." A static-filled voice said from behind him, making the spider jump.

"Jesus Christ!" Angel shrieked, making the shorter figure chuckle, "You oughta fucking wear a bell or something Smiles, you nearly scared me to death."

"Quite the challenging task seeing as you're already dead dear." The radio demon replied with his signature smile widening. Angel Dust groaned, of course, Alastor would take that expression seriously.

"What do ya even mean don't take it at face value anyways?" Angel asked, "Don't you ever watch the news?"

"That overpriced hogwash?" This made the radio demon start laughing, "No, not at all, I much rather get news from more reputable sources." Alastor summoned his microphone staff and leaned himself against it, "You never know what sort of fabrication has been done to the stories seen on that mediocre device."

"I guess?" Angel wasn't exactly sure what to say, but the radio demon left the hotel after that statement. He shrugged and walked into the entertainment room. "Heya girls." He said as he plopped onto the empty couch nearby, "What's new in the boob tube?"

"Not now Angel." Vaggie hissed as she tried comforting Charlie.

"What's wrong Vags? Someone pissed on your cheerios this mornin?" Angel smirked as he crossed his upper arms behind his head.

Vaggie snarled as she went from comforting Charlie to staring daggers at the spider demon. "If you are not well aware by now, we got a serious problem because of you!" The moth demoness responded.

"What's the fucking problem?" Angel snapped back, "You should be happy that the interview is no longer playing on repeat on the news network." His lower arms rested on his stomach.

"Only because of the damn loan shark being pummeled into the cement!" Vaggie retorted as she pointed at the screen and then towards him, "Let me guess, you and your friend happened to have done this during your little turf war?"

"You're giving me too much credit there babe." He said coyly as he turned to lay on his side, "Cherri and I were cracking eggs, not skulls. Besides, I ain't stupid enough to go against the card deck."