Ramshackle's Angel

24

Inside of a small living room-like area, Lorelai was set down on a bed. She had multiple stab wounds and a single gunshot wound in her chest. She was still breathing just very slowly.

"She was stabbed multiple times and shot once with a blessing tip rifle. That kind of weaponry can kill demon royalty" A dog demon said as Xander looked at him.

"Will it kill her?" He asked, tears threatening to fall.

"It's too early to tell. Queen Beelzebub will be here soon to start the healing spell" he told him before he left.

Xander sighed before Stone, Vinnie and Skipp barged in and saw the state she was in. As soon as he saw her, Stone fell to his knees.

"Lorelai!" Skipp said before he went to her bedside.

Vinnie joined him as Stone stayed frozen. This was his fault. She was hurt because of him. Slowly he stood up and joined them before he slowly grabbed her hand.

"Is she going to be okay?" Skipp asked, looking at Xander.

As he was about to respond, when a woman cut him off by saying "Xander? Oh my satan! what happened?"

Looking, they saw who the voice belonged to. She was a beautiful moth demon with her wings acting as a shaw-cape around her body. Her skin was dark gray as the tips of her legs and hands were black. Her hair was short, her eyes were a sparkling orange, and her antennas were a very dark gray. She was also wearing a dark orange-red flapper-like dress and a simple choker.

"Bee, I'm so sorry about barging in like this. But as you can see, my sister..." Xander told her but he cut himself off as he started to get emotional.

She nodded as she stepped closer to the bed Lorelai was on and her hands turned into a orangeish gold color as a bubble of the same color formed around the injured cambion. Stone gasped a little bit as he watched the smaller wounds start closing up.

"It'll take a little while before she's completely healed up but she's gonna be okay" the demoness said as she smiled.

"Thank you miss-" Skipp said but stopped because he didn't know her name.

"Oh! Forgive me. Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Queen Beelzebub, leader of the gluttony ring of hell" she introduced, giving them a little curtsey in respect.

"Wow! Your wings are so beautiful!" Vinnie said as she looked at her wings.

"Why, thank you. I just had them dusted" Beelzebub replied with a soft smile on her face.

"Dusted?" Stone asked himself, trying to figure out what she meant by that.

Vinnie smiled as she hit his shoulder.

"See, Stone? We're already friends with demon royalty" Vinnie said, earning a glare from the bad but sad boi.

"I'm not a child, you don't have to hype me up" he told her in a dead tone.

She rolled her as as he looked back to Lorelai. His grip tightened around her hand.

"Please.....Wake up, soon" he quietly told her.

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Hours passed before Lorelai slowly opened her eyes. Her chest and side stung a little but not enough to worry about. She looked over and saw Stone walk into the room she was in. Once he saw her, his mood immediately changed.

"Lorelai!" He said as he ran over to the bed and carefully hugged her.

"Stone! Your alright! Thank god!" She said as she dug her face into the crook of his neck and inhaled his scent.

They stayed like this for a good 10 minutes before Vinnie, Xander, Beelzebub, and Skipp came in.

"Lore! You're okay!" Skipp said as he hugged her.

"Yeah but I'm still in pain" she told him, wanting him to let her go from his bone-crushing hug.

"Op! Sorry!"

She smiled before she greeted the queen moth and slowly got off the bed. She cringed as she held her hand on her chest where she got shot.

"I really hate my mom" she told them as she slowly stood up, her legs wobbling a little.

"Yeah. Me too. We should really be heading back before anyone else decides to attack us" Stone said.

"Okay, just be careful" Beelzebub told them.

"Why?" Skipp asked, tilting his head.

"Victoria is a passion Sucumbi, meaning her emotions are very powerful especially when she's angry. And she's a dealmaker. She has hundreds of souls in her possession, causing her to be the most powerful demon overlords hells ever seen" she warned them.

"Thank you, your highness, for everything. Now, c'mon, let's go home" Xander said before he opened a portal back to Stone, Vinnie, and Skipp's tent.

"Yes, please.  I'd like to go back to the correct hellhole as soon as possible" Lorelai said as Skipp hopped through the portal.

He then helped Vinnie through as Xander walked through, looking at his spellbook. Suddenly, Stone picked Lorelai up and started carrying her in a bridal style.

"S-stone!" She yelled, surprised as she blushed.

"What?" He replied, laughing a little bit as he walked through the portal before it closed.

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Meanwhile, inside of his warehouse, Ditch had just finished destroying everything around him out of pure fury.

"THAT BITCH!!!" he yelled as he looked at the broken mirror that laid on the ground next to his feet.

From the mirror, he saw the chain still around his neck. He growled before he felt someone behind him.

"Well, that doesn't look too good, now does it?" Victoria asked, revealing herself to him.

He immediately took out his knife and pointed it at her.

"Who are you? What are you?" He asked her, never letting his guard down.

"Nobody, just someone who wants to help you" she replied, not fazed by his behavior.

He raised an eyebrow.

"How?"

"By killing that demon bitch that stole your soul. If she's gone, you'll have your soul back and all of Ramshackle will be in the palm of your hand" she told him, grabbing both of his shoulders as he thought about that.

"Okay. But how would this benefit you?" He asked.

"With her dead, I'll be able to claim her soul and become one of the most powerful overlords in hell, with your help of course" she told him, her eyes flickering to a darker red for a second.

He thought about this proposition. With Lorelai out of the picture and with his soul back, he'll become a king amongst the Scraps. Hell, maybe to the entire, crummy town. He looked at her as she held her hand out.

"So, do we have a deal?" She asked him, a small pink flame appearing in her hand.

Ditch smiled as he took her hand and said "Deal!"

Suddenly, red ribbon-like bonds tied their hands together, sealing the deal as Victoria smiled.

"Good..." she said before the eyes in her hair opened up.

"'Cause war is coming."