A/N: This is like a nice little bonus chapter. It's third person so you get a bit of everyone's thoughts. We were originally going to leave it off at chapter 18, but didn't want to be that cruel, so here's some 'closure'.
Also, my friend wrote chapters 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 16, 17 and helped me write this chapter, so show her some love on ao3 <3
Vaggie exhaled, leaning against the wall. "Shit, shit. We have to go." Her panicked eyes looked around the room as if for guidance. "We can't let them get to Adam."
"Too laaate." Vox called in a sing-song voice.
Cherri scoffed, letting go of Sir Pentious's arm to storm to Vox, jabbing a finger in his face. "You're an absolute bitch, you know that? Kidnapping the fucking princess of Hell, and then having the 'brilliant' idea to go after the first man?" She shook her head. "And that too, while wearing such a tacky suit," she spat, a bit pettily.
"Yeah, well you might wanna spend less time insulting me and more time looking for Adam. Tick-tock." Vox pointed at his watch. It read 10:36. He smiled and turned around, heading back into the half-demolished building. "Baxter, get me a latte." He grimaced as he stepped over a corpse. "And a janitor." The short sinner appeared from behind a column. He looked pale but calmly wiped his glasses and followed Vox into the building.
Cherri's chest heaved and she looked like she might run after him but Angel placed a hand on her shoulder. His face was still unnaturally pale from Valentino's death, but his expression was set neutral. "He's not worth it Cher. We have to go, now. Where's Molly?"
"Over here." The pink angel walked over, limping slightly. Emily trailed behind her, looking a bit overwhelmed. Angel's face fell with relief as he wrapped her in a hug. Molly hissed in pain and he quickly withdrew, looking terrified. "I'm sorry! Shit, I'm sorry! Val - he made me do it, I didn't-"
Molly laughed, gritting her teeth. "I know, don't apologize." She elbowed him in the stomach. "But I still hate you for it." A joking light shone through the pain in her eyes, overshadowing it.
Angel just looked away, wiping a tear. "Missed you, sis." His voice broke with emotion and Molly just leaned against him.
"What are we gonna do about Adam?" Husk asked, changing the subject. The cat looked uncharacteristically worried, though he tried to hide it.
Emily spoke up for the first time. "We should find Charlie first. She'll know what to do."
Angel nodded. "She's behind the building, where the-" Lilith brushed past him immediately and started walking.
Lucifer, finally breaking from his intense one-sided staring match with Lilith, nodded. "Let's go then."
The group collectively went around the Vees tower, stepping over bodies while Angel complained that his 'shoes were getting ruined' by all the blood. When Vaggie saw Charlie, leaning against the wall with wary, but more alert eyes, she broke into a run, wrapping her in a hug.
Charlie hugged her back. "Vaggie. Oh my god, I was so worried," her voice drawled a bit, probably the aftereffects of the sedative. Vaggie bit back a laugh, seemingly too overjoyed to talk.
Charlie's eyes refocused and she looked at the rest of the group before standing up shakily, shock and happiness radiating on her face. She began walking unsteadily and Lilith beamed, lifting her arms for a hug but Charlie brushed past her and squeezed Sir Pentious tightly. Lilith lowered her arms, not betraying any emotion.
"You're alive!" She leaned back, her eyes welling up with tears. "And an angel too! Does-does this mean-"
"The Hotel works,"Sir Pentious said softly, smiling.
