An Arrangement was Made

Chapter 9: Moving In

Alastor and Vaggie were waiting outside the front door. Everyone in the hotel, except those who had met him, were curious what Adam would look like. They were also understandably a little nervous he might go on the attack if he met all of them at once. Alastor and Vaggie were both responsible for the safety of the hotel and decided they would be first to test the waters. If he were to try anything, Vaggie would be more than happy to gut him.

Alastor was out there more out of curiosity than anything else. He had been curious about Adam since Charlie had first mentioned him. He had no desire to actually talk to the man, more just to see what exactly they were dealing with. He had obligations to Rosie this afternoon and there would be plenty of time to talk to him later.

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"I expect you to report back to me every 6 months."

"Yes Ma'am." Adam was resigned to his fate. Every attempt to fight it had backfired and at this point he was just tired. He hadn't slept in the past couple days. Too anxious.

"You are not to leave hell unless I call you back, do you understand?"

"Yes Ma'am."

"Good. Now go." A portal to hell opened and Adam stepped through. He had only 2 suitcases with him. The portal closed behind him the second his luggage was out, trapping him down here. The scent of death and charred flesh hit him like an express train. It smelled so much worse this close to the ground. Adam was usually a long distance fighter and kept himself confined to the air and roofs. He promised himself to make some edits to his mask to keep the smell out.

"Ugh, she couldn't have put me closer to the door?" It was probably better that she put him at the bottom of the hill actually. It gave him a moment to survey his surroundings and take note of the people around him before he actually went inside. Vaggie and a deer sinner stood outside the door. Beyond that he could see the faces of a curious looking snake sinner and an unsettling looking dwarf girl.

In the last day of freedom he had left to him, Adam had done a bit of research on the people that currently lived in this hotel. Finding information about sinners and the lives they lived before hell was challenging in heaven, but for an Angel as high ranked as Adam there were some resources available.

Adam approached the door. Vaggie was holding her spear, ready to attack at any minute. The other guy, Adam couldn't remember his name, had a more intimidating air to him. From Adam's limited research he knew that one had been a prolific serial killer in his time. Looking at him made him uncomfortable. He hid his fear under a thick layer of silent wrath.

"Hey Vagina. Nice to see you again."

"It's Vaggie." She growled.

"You gonna open the door for me or what?" He smiled at her completely enraged expression.

"Okay listen here Buster, you are NOT in charge here. You don't get to order me around anymore."

"My bad, I thought you were the bellhop." He teased. He got another rageful inhale from her.

"Alright, let's just get to the point. Me and chuckles over there are in charge of protecting this place, and just cause we can't kill you doesn't mean I can't still gut you if you even so much as THINK about raising a hand to anyone in that building, ESPECIALLY Charlie. Do you understand?"

"Yeah yeah, whatever." He walks past her into the hotel. Vaggie followed him a little closer than Adam would have liked. He could feel her eye practically burrowing into his very soul looking for any hint that he might get violent. He didn't like that.