One Helluva Ride

Chapter 31: War

          Vaggie stared up at the sky as the Heaven portal opened. "Here they come." She said, readying her spear. "Get ready, everyone. We fight together!" She called. Charlie braced herself, holding her golden shield. The soldiers readied their angelic weapons. "Come on, let's go!" Cherri yelled excitedly, tossing a bomb in her hand.

          "Now! For your souls!" Vaggie shouted, raising her spear into the air. The soldiers ran into action. "Let's fuck them up!" Charlie cheered. Thusly, the angels descended onto the hotel. Splice charged forward with their daggers, tearing through the exorcist angels. A force field surrounded the hotel, trapping the attacking exorcists inside.

          Splice jumped onto one of the flying angels, grabbing her by the horns to steer her as they saw fit. "Let me go, demon scum!" She shouted, thrashing her limbs in vain. Splice dug one of their daggers into her shoulder blade. "Nah. It's much more fun to make you kill your kin." They said viciously, puppeteering the angel and making her skewer a few exorcists on her spear.

          When Splice had their fun, they used their dagger to decapitate the exorcist. The angel crashed to the ground. Splice leaped off of her, springing onto another angel and stabbing her through the ribs. Golden blood spattered the ground, pooling beneath the bodies of the fallen angels.

          Splice's attention was pulled away from fighting as Alastor's shield over the hotel shattered, leaving the sinners vulnerable. "Oh no!" Charlie exclaimed, her eyes wide with fear. Adam, the head of the angel army, let out a victorious laugh. His gaze fixated on the roof of the hotel, where Alastor was waiting for him.

          Despite the distraction, Sir Pentious continued to instruct the cannibal soldiers on their attack. "These fuckin' angels won't stop comin'!" Husk said exasperatedly. Angel Dust laughed. "Alright, I walked right into that one.." Husk muttered with a little smile. Splice got to work killing as many exorcists as they could, but found themself overrun by the angel army.

          "Suck my holy light, fuckers! Yeah!" Adam cheered, sending angelic blasts throughout the vicinity. Charlie paled. "What? Alastor was supposed to handle him. Oh no.. h-he must be-" She covered her mouth with her hand, feeling dread sink in. Vaggie took her hand gently. "We aren't going to last long unless we do something about him."

          Pentious paused, looking up at Adam wreaking chaos on his soldiers. "Of course." Pentious muttered. He knew what he had to do. He spotted Cherri climbing past him, grabbing her by the waist and pulling her down. "I'm trying to fight here! You out of your fucking mind?" She shouted.

          "Yes." Pentious answered, leaning down and kissing Cherri. "Miss Cherri Bomb, I love you." He confessed, before quickly turning away. "Remember me!" He yelled. Cherri stood still in surprise for a moment. "That was kind of hot." She muttered.

          "Pentious?" Charlie's voice came out soft as she saw his ship hum to life. Angel Dust looked up in surprise. "That crazy motherfucker." He muttered. Splice's eyes widened in horror as Pentious' ship neared Adam. "Pent!" They shouted.

          Adam looked over his shoulder. "Oh, whoop-" He obliterated the entire ship with one small movement of his hand. "That coulda been ugly." Charlie stared up at the angel, letting out a guttural scream at the loss of her comrade. Tears filled her eyes and she covered her mouth with her hand. Angel Dust struggled to fight back tears. "Fuck.." He muttered. "You did good, buddy."

          "No. No, no, no." Charlie fell to her knees, sobbing into her hands. In an instant, Vaggie was at her side. "Charlie, I'm so sorry." She said softly. Charlie's anguish was quickly replaced with rage as she rose to her feet. "Razzle! Dazzle!" She called, summoning her cute and fluffy companions.