The Doe Demon

Chapter 18: The New Plans

The hotel was left to proceed with its plans of trying to redeem sinners after they had time to recover from the battle, with the support from some for the victory against heaven, a few or so demons came to stay at the hotel to try at it, the happiness on Charlie's face made most of the team overjoyed at her pride. However, a select three of the team was missing from the first few days that new demons had come along, and it didn't take long for someone to speak up during a tour as they heard a radio screech slightly nearby as they walked through the halls. Static echoed from it momentarily before clearing to a calm jazz station as the demon snorted out, gaining eyes from the tour group with Charlie in the lead.

"So we can hear the so called mighty radio demon through his radios, but the slimy bastard doesn't have the balls to be here during the tour?" They growled out in a chuckle as some joined him, but others moved away from them nervously as Charlie sighed and pulled the more nervous ones away from the laughing ones as a shadow slowly appeared on the wall behind them. It's eyes snapped open as Alastor's towering frame slowly pried free from the shadows as Charlie covered her eyes as the others watched in horror as his deer screech echoed in the radio as his form contorted and he snapped his jaw around one of the demons who now screamed in agony. Another form pried themself from the shadows as Ruvine's form contorted and her own jaw snapped shut around another's head, the group was now down a few as the two vanished back into the shadows and the radio, previously filled with static and screeches, played a slow jaunty tune as Charlie sighed.

She gathered the nervous ones and continued the tour as one gently tapped her arm as she kept walking, but turned her head some as she smiled at them. "Yeah? What question do you have?" She asked happily, seeing the group blink in shock of her neutral take on the carnage that just happened.

"Uhm... Can we know why he wasn't here for the tours....?" The nervous demon asked, the others nodding as Charlie hummed and kept leading them to their rooms as she smiled and giggled a bit.

"Easy answer! He has been busy with Ruvine, who is our gardener and animal expert, and my father on their wedding date plans! So I excused them from the first few groups or so to let them have some time together!" She chirped, seeing the group stare in awe at that knowledge as she finally dropped them off, once alone, she made her way for Alastor's room as she knocked on the door. It creaked open as his shadow waved at her before vanishing as she entered, closing the door behind herself as she looked up and smiled.

The room was similar to before the hotel fell, but she could see where her father and Ruvine had their influence in the room, most of it was Alastor, but to one table was some ducks and a few wooden carvings of deer and her father's hat sat on a small ledge above the table. To another table, bit smaller and with more compartments, labeled accordingly, sat some letters and small figures of animals that Ruvine had created, as well as her cane that looked at Charlie slightly as its eyes gleamed in greeting. She then looked to where the waters of the bayou lapped at the invisible barrier keeping it from entering the room as her eyes followed the walkway to the small shack. Fairy lights shaped like flowers and ducks were strung from the cottage and into the tree's hanging branches, but below those hanging branches was two areas on a slightly railed off area connected by planks to the cottage. One side held a hammock hung from the branches near a firepit and blankets and pillows, the other was a fishing dock that she knew Lucifer had almost jumped from a few times once he and Ruvine learned of Betsy in the waters. But her eyes returned to the firepit where Lucifer was braiding Ruvine's fur behind her as Alastor rested his head in her lap, their eyes looked to her as she carefully walked towards them as Alastor slowly sat up. They smiled softly as she sat down across from them as Ruvine gave a kiss to Lucifer once he finished the braid and moved to settle between the two as Alastor set a hand on his waist, the other sat in his lap as Ruvine leaned on Lucifer and set one of her hands on his own as his other sat on Alastor's.