Guardian Of The Radio

7

The hotel is quiet for once. Charlie and Vaggie went to heaven for a meeting and everyone else went to a club. Alastor and me are not big on loud chaotic clubs so we decided to stay home. It's just us alone in this huge hotel.

I sit at a table listening to Alastor's humming as he cooks us dinner. We've become pretty close over the last few weeks. I guess he likes me because I understand him better than anyone else since I witnessed his whole life. Although I know that's where the feelings end for him and it kills me a little bit inside to know that he will never think of me the way I think of him.

Alastor pops out of the kitchen with two steaming bowls of Jambalaya. He sets the bowl in front of me and it smells absolutely delicious. We both dig in and as soon as I swallow the first bite my mouth starts to burn. I try to cover it up but my eyes start to tear up.

Alastor looks up and says "I know, it's my mother's own recipe, it's so good it brings tears to your eyes".

I play along but the burning is too intense and I literally can't take it anymore and I start coughing like crazy. Alastor frantically stands up, probably thing I'm choking until a gasp out "It's too spicy".

Alastor looks at me confused and says "No way, you must be joking darling"?

I shake my head as I continue to cough until Alastor brings me a glass of milk that I chug and relief costs my throat. Alastor laughs and asks "Is salt the only spice in heaven or something because this is nothing my dear"?

I shrug my shoulders and flip him off as I catch my breath. Alastor just laughs and leaves for a second.  He comes back with a new plate and says "I had a feeling you would have no spice tolerance so I made this just in case".

I think it's really sweet he thought of me and had a plate lined up in case it's too spicy for me. I hesitantly take a bite and it still has a kick but this one is at least bearable.

We finish our food and talk for a while. I hope Charlie's doing okay up there, I know heaven can be quite harsh.

I take the dirty dishes to the kitchen to clean when suddenly I hear some very loud swing music coming from the dining room. I open the kitchen door and find Alastor standing by a radio giving me a look I know all too well.

He takes my hand and spins me around the room. It's a fast song and I think for sure that I'll fall on my face any second but Alastor keeps me standing.

After the fast song is over a slower song comes on. I know Alastor doesn't care but for slow love songs but he doesn't let go. I know he could change the song if he wanted to but he keeps dancing. We look in to each other's eyes as we dance around the room. At the end he dips me low to the ground and I have to fight the urge to kiss him. Then to my surprise he leans in closer and closer until a quickly pulls away and says "Well that was quite fun but I must be off to bed. Good night my dear Grace".

I glance at the clock and it's only 7:30. I shrug it off and lounge by the couch for a while. When all of the sudden the heavenly portal pops up and spits Charlie and Vaggie out. Charlie quickly rushes to her room and I watch Alastor follow behind her. I ask Vaggie "So how did it go with heaven"?

Vaggie looks at me with tears in her eyes and says "It went badly okay. They don't think redemption can work. And the extermination is gonna start with our hotel. I've always hated that place".

Her answer caught me off guard and I ask her "What do you mean you've ALWAYS hated that place".

Vaggie calmly answers "I used to be an exorcist in heaven".

AngleDust and Husk loose there shit but I quickly user Vaggie to a different room. I ask "Why have you been riding something like that?"

Vaggie shakily says "Being a known exorcist in Hell would put a huge target on my back okay, you of all people should know that and I could tell Charlie because I was apart of her nightmare".

I feel awful for her so I pull her in to a hug and say. "It's going to be okay Vaggie. She'll forgive I'm sure and I'll be here for you because us fallen angels got to stick together, right?

She nods her head along with me. All the sudden green streaks appear on the wall and I recognize them instantly, Alastor. Vaggie freaks out and we find out that Charlie has made a deal with the radio demon for info on how to defeat angels with their own weapons. I didn't even know this and I don't think Vaggie did either.

Then Alastor announces that him and Charlie are taking a trip to cannibal town. I ask Al why he's going but he just blows me off which he's never done before. Maybe he just had a lot on his mind I guess.

I sit around the hotel as the others discuss leaving the hotel for safety but I know that if Alastor fights then I'll fight with him.

Later that day Vaggie comes back with war supplies and Charlie comes back with an army of cannibals. I think we might have a real shot at winning.

I start to unload the weapons when I feel a hand on my shoulder. I turn around and find Alastor towering over me. He says "Hello Grace, might I have a word with you for a moment"?

I obviously agree and he asks "Please don't fight this battle Grace".

I'm shocked to hear him say this because I'm just as powerful as he is. I ask "Why not?! We need all the help we can get!"

He looks me straight in the eyes and says "I don't want you getting hurt or even killed".

I shake off my butterflies and say "This hotel was my idea and I'm not gonna watch it get destroyed".

Alastor knows he can't convince me otherwise but whispers I'm my ears "Just be safe darling. Please.".