Children of the Hotel (18+)

14. The Rise of Liberty Part 1

After a week in, Liberty looked at her notes regarding Carter and Seth's progress. She clapped her hands together and smiled.

"I have good news — your evaluations are in!" Liberty exclaimed. "But the news is that you still have major obstacles preventing you from being redeemed. Both of you have had a drink too many of beer and whiskey, and top that off you've overdosed on a total of three drugs. Care if I read off the list?"

Carter and Seth shrugged. The daughter of Charlie and Vaggie grinned. 

"Perfect! Let's go over those three drugs, shall we?" she said, looking down at her notes. "Looks you smoked marijuana a total of 26 hours this week, which is a huge improvement from where you first started with us. When you first started with us, you smoked weed whenever you wanted without stopping for days on end. The second drug you overdosed on was heroin for a total of 70 hours this week. Last but not least, you overdosed on coke for a total of 20 hours this week."

 She smiled. "For the remaining 52 hours of the week, you managed to fight your addiction to these three common drugs, to which I give kudos to you! What we need to work on are more addiction strategies, which I really don't know much about! So for that, I'll hand you over to Cherri Bomb, who is getting better at managing her sexual and drug addictions."

Cherri chuckled, holding up a bomb, ready to drop and explode. Charlie and Liberty frantically shook their heads. Cherri Bomb shrugged, putting it away in her pocket until she was reprimanded about it. 

"If you're looking to be redeemed, it would be best to get rid of all the ammunition in your pocket, would it not?" Alastor said with a huge grin on his face. "You do want to see your friend Angel and your beloved Sir Pentious again, don't you?" 

Cherri Bomb sighed with disappointment and frustration.

"Uh-uh-uh. That's no way to act," Alastor said. "Give them all here and I'll gladly dispose of them for you." 

"Where will you dispose of them, Alastor?" Cherri said, her arms crossed against her chest.

"OUtside of the Hotel, of course!" the Radio Demon replied. He smirked. "Maybe in front of the Vees' humble abode to piss off Vox. Now that'll be fun."

Cherri Bomb shrugged, handing Alastor each and every one of her explosives. Just as Alastor promised, he left the Hotel and did just that. When he returned, he clapped his hands together.

"Now being teaching these sinners a lesson or two about battling addiction. I'll be watching as always." 

Cherri Bomb smiled, directing the twins to follow her out of the Hotel and to Hell's best nightclub. "This is the best place to fuck around and get wasted. But keep in mind, it's only alright in moderation. You wanna be able to party and have a hell of a good time while also being mindful of how much you drink."

They entered the nightclub when a group of two Hellhound guards stopped them.

 "Where's your authorization?" one of them asked. 

Cherri Bomb smiled and winked. "They're with me, hot stuff," she said, seducing the Hellhound and allowing the three of them to make it into the nightclub. "Now everybody here knows me a little too well, even the bartender, so be wary 'cause I'm rather famous 'round these parts."

The imp looked up in shock. "Cherri, are you sure? I figured you'd get the strongest for you and your friends here."

"I'm a changed woman, Brewsley. I'm workin' to better myself and teaching these sinners a lesson in managing your addiction." 

Brewsley shrugged with a slight smirk on his face, showing his amusement. He brought out the shots and smiled. "Enjoy." 

That they did, and after the shots they fought the urge to ask for more. Cherri Bomb patted them on the back, congratulating the sinners on their improvement. 

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Due to Carter and Seth's significant improvements, Liberty could finally move on to the second part of her plan — to gain access to Heaven and become its ruler.