RadioDust - Lost Memories

Chapter 5

Disclaimer- I do not own any characters, setting, etc. belonging to Vivienne Medrano (AKA Vivziepop) and her upcoming show Hazbin Hotel.

The artwork was done by @San_Surichin on Twitter! Fantastic artist!

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Alastor couldn't help but look down at Angel resting peacefully on the bed. He has been visiting Angel almost every day for the last week since Cherri brought him back. The spider demon has been in and out of sleep since they put him in his room. He would stir every now and then, barely a half an hour, but enough to coax him into eating and do his daily needs before passing out again.

Luckily, Angel was recovering well and did not suffer a concussion or internal bleeding, but he was beaten severely. He had two broken arms, and his body was covered in bruises ranging from black to purple. Thankfully, the stab wound on his leg didn't hit anything vital, being one of the easiest things to treat. However, the doctor still recommended he get two weeks or more of rest, with a follow up check up to make sure everything was okay.

Alastor could feel something sniffing at him, before he felt the small scratching at his ankles. Looking down he saw Angel's pet pig, picking up the porker and placing it next to Angel on the bed. He watched as fat nugget instantly cuddled up to Angel, he has been taking care of the pig while Angel has been recovering, which surprised everyone. They were worried that he would eat the pig when they weren't looking, each offering to take the duty off Alastor's hands. But whenever they tried to remove the pig from Alastor, it would run right back to him. After a couple of days they left it be, especially since Alastor had already taken the role of caring for the pig, even walking it.

There was the sound of Angel's door opening, Alastor turning to see Cherri walking in. She was truly a wonder, this lass has been visiting often, checking on Angel whenever she could. Even spending the night, or taking over when Alastor had immediate business with the hotel to deal with. Alastor nodded in her direction before greeting her, "Evening, Ms Cherri.". She gave him a small smile which he returned, knowing full well what is on her mind. She blames herself for what happened to Angel, and somewhere in Alastor he does too, but he couldn't blame her.

She had searched for Angel into the early morning while drugged, even carried him to the hotel where she cried for help. Alastor had respect for the lass, she was bold and bash, but she treats Angel like he was truly her brother.

A ringing interrupted Alastor's thought. he answered the phone, Charlie was requesting his presence downstairs for a team meeting. He looked toward Cherri who waved him off before he told Charlie that he will be right there. He took one last glance at Cherri, the piglet in her lap petting him before he peeked at Angel who was still resting. Picking up his mic staff, leaving the room as he began to head toward the lobby where Charlie was waiting for him.

Upon arrival, he noticed the looks of impatience and hesitation filling the crowd that sat on the couch. Charlie and Vaggie occupied a couch, across from them Nifty, Husk and Rosie, and on the separate chair was a pair of goat demons. His eyebrow rose a little at the sight of the tiny demons, but ignoring them and their scared looks, taking a seat nearby. Charlie cleared her throat, gathering everyone's attention, she started "So...my father. The King of Hell,.. Lucifer..". She stopped to think of how to say it, she took a deep breath before she spoke, quickly gesturing toward the little demons. "He will be visiting and staying with us for a few days!". Alastor could feel his grin fall a little at the princesses words as voices began filling the lobby.

Alastor really hated Lucifer for reasons and to have him in such close quarters was going to be extremely difficult. Alastor sat there listening as Charlie had come up with a game plan for her father's arrival. He just wanted to leave this to her and go back to Angel, something was nagging at him to hurry this up. Almost on instinct, the lobby phone rang. Rosie was going to get up, but Alastor gestured for her to sit back down, that he will handle it.

Answering the phone he heard Cherri speaking rapidly before he asked her to calm down he heard her said "Angel is awake! Like talking awake!". He didn't respond, merely hanging up on her before turning to the curious group as he said "Angel is awake and talking.". There was a stream of gasps followed by hurried footsteps as the crowd quickly made their way toward Angel's room.

Alastor stood there, thinking about how to react now that Angel was awake. He was happy, of course, but was he ready? Somewhere in Angel's heart recognized Alastor as he remembers Angel's last words to him before he passed out. He hadn't realized he was standing in the open doorway of Angel room. Everyone was surrounded over Angel, Cherri was leaning against the wall when she saw him. She motioned for him to come to her, as she looked over the group bombarding Angel with questions and touching him. He managed to squeeze through the crowd making his way toward her, stopping just before he could reach her fat nugget had squealed at him. Picking up the pig, so he wouldn't step on him Alastor noticed the room had gone silent.

Looking toward the group he saw everyone just looking at him, more specifically Angel was looking at him. His mismatched eyes were focused on him before darting toward the pig in his hands. A small glint of recognition before Angel smiled as he cried jokingly "Al! Stop trying to eat him already!" but not long after, Angel was cradling his head in pain.

Alastor instantly thrust the pig toward Cherri as he made his way toward Angel, ignoring the looks everyone gave him. As soon as he sat down beside Angel, Angel buried his face in his chest, muttering and slightly teary at the pain. After a few minutes with everyone concerned and worried about him before Angel had fainted, lying limp in his arms. Charlie rushed forward, checking over Angel and making sure it was nothing serious, deeming it that he passed out from the pain. Relief swept over Alastor as he carefully placed Angel down on the bed before he looked back at the group.

There was a mixture of emotions in the crowd, from concerned to relief, but mainly curious and serious dominating them. Vaggie was the only one bold enough to said anything as she pointed at Angel as she hissed out, "What the fuck was that?!"

With a grin he avoids the question, managing to convince everyone to let Angel rest after his moment, everyone returning back to the lobby. Vaggie's question was still in the air, but it was obvious that Alastor wasn't going to tell them. Cherri gave him a strange look before she left the hotel, leaving Alastor and the gang to finish planning out Lucifer's arrival.

After a while, they finally came to a conclusion and everyone went on their separate ways. However, Charlie pulled Alastor to the side, telling Vaggie she had to do something. "I don't know what is going on between you and Angel and I know you won't tell me," She started before boldly looking upward into Alastor's eyes, "But I think someone is out to get rid of Angel...permanently."

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A/N Thanks to a little help this week, I'm back on track ^^