Happy Hellish Ending

Chapter 3 - Alfyn Comes Along

     A few months passed and nobody entered or left the refuge of the hotel. The afterlife there was going great, Angel got his drugs, Viper got her violence, Maritha got to cook and bake, Alastor got to get to know everyone, etc. Of course, Angel and Viper also got their food and desserts from Maritha. Once or twice a month there would be a party celebrating one thing they were all grateful for. During Viper's third month at the hotel, someone new finally came in. It looked like a dog demon by the looks of it, a little older then Viper, who was 19. "This is the year isn't it Daniel?" Charlie said to Daniel before he started heading to the front desk to meet the new arrival. "Hello how may I help you?" Daniel said casually, and the figure took his eyes from the interior design. "Uh, I'd like a room here please. This is a hotel right?" the figure asked, and Viper's expression grew shocked. *All the voices are the same as in life... that's Vio's voice.* she thought to herself. "Ok, I'll need your name, date of death, and cause of death." Daniel said opening something in the computer. "Alfyn, 1947, suicide" he said. Viper's eyes filled with tears. Her boyfriend committed suicide, and ended up in hell. "That's not fair. You shouldn't end up in hell just because you committed suicide. You should be in heaven." Viper spoke without thinking. "That voice... are you...?" he managed. "Yeah, it's me babe.." Viper muttered. He ran and hugged her. "I never thought I would see you again. I thought you must've ended up in heaven when I saw I was falling instead of rising." he said. "Yeah I don't think you end up in heaven when you were a mass murderer." Viper said, grinning as he had to get down on his knees to hug her properly. "Can I share a room with her please?" Alfyn asked Daniel. "Uh yeah sure. Viper can you toss me your key so I can dupe it?" Daniel asked. Viper tossed her key to him as Alfyn picked her up and put her on his shoulders. *I've never seen her so happy.* Maritha thought. She looked over and saw Alastor and she stared for a couple of seconds before looking away. Daniel tossed them both a key, and they both ran upstairs. Viper wanted to see how much the room changed now that Alfyn was sharing with her.

     The room changed a bunch. The color scheme remained the same, and so did the bed, but other then that the entire layout of the room changed. There were now two dressers, and Viper opened one to see if it was her's or not. The rug that was there changed and now had a heart with demon horns on it, and the posters around the wall, well they changed. Half of them were changed to Simon Curtis while the others remained as Anna Blue. The bathroom was a little bigger too. Two showers and a toilet, two sinks on a big counter, and a nicer floor. The desk in the bedroom was also now big enough for two people to write and draw. The coat hanger next to the bed doubled and now there were two different shaded purple backpacks hanging from them, with black jackets to match. The emblem on the door changed to the same shape as on the rug, a heart with demon horns. The windows in the room doubled in size too. They could clearly see the view of hell, and it was kinda beautiful. They both went back downstairs to meet the others for lunch.

     "First off, sharing a room makes it so much nicer" Viper said as she sat down to eat. "Second, you're gonna love the food here Alf." Maritha set the food out, and by the time all the food was out, Angel's was gone. "You really need to tone it down a little Angel." Charlie said to him. "Eh, it's pretty good, and you can't deny it." Angel replied. Maritha chuckled, and Alastor did too. She blushed, and laughed a bit more. Angel, Viper, and Alfyn all finished their meals the fastest, then they all went back to the rooms. Downstairs, Alastor liked the idea of a better room, so he asked Daniel if he could share with anyone. "Well the only people open are Maritha and Angel because me and Charlie are currently sharing. Would you work with either of them?" Daniel asked after he got the computer opened up. "Angel Dust is funny and all, but I refuse to deal with him in a bed. I'll share with Mari if it's ok with her." Alastor said. "Maritha, you cool with sharing a room with Alastor?" Daniel looked over at Maritha. "Uh.. um.. sure. I mean like it wouldn't bother me at all." Maritha said blushing and stuttering. "Ok, can you toss me your key then Maritha?" Daniel said transferring all of Alastor's  info to the same room as Maritha. He finished, and Mari tossed him the key. He copied it, then handed one to Alastor and tossed the other to Maritha. They both went up to the room to see how much it changed.

     Maritha's favorite song was playing when they walked in. When Alastor heard it, he pulled her into a dance and they both laughed away until dinner. The room was full of old thing's from the 1880's. The color scheme changed slightly, because of the added red. "This is wonderful my dear!" Alastor said while swinging her around. Maritha laughed and she spun a bit more, before Alastor dipped her head down, then pulled her back up into the square dance. They almost bumped into microphones and cooking supplied a few time, but they didn't seem to care. After a while Mari checked the time and realized she had to go and start cooking. "But my dear, I don't want to stop dancing. Maybe someone else can take over tonight?" Alastor said. "Sorry, but Angel and Viper would be pretty disappointed. If you would like to help darling, you may." She said as she fixed her hair and opened the door. "Then I will come and help. A little cooking lesson from only the best chef may do me some good." Alastor said following Maritha out of the door.

     Viper and Angel both came running down the stairs for the food, and Alfyn casually followed after them, laughing. They jumped into their seats and bounced their legs impatiently for the food. "You guys like spaghetti right?" Maritha said. "Italian's my favorite." They both said at the same time. Alastor gave them their food, then gave Aflyn his when he sat down. Charlie came downstairs, and Daniel walked over from the front desk. When both of them got their food, Viper's and Angel's were all gone. "God that was so good.." Angel said. "Did you bake anything tonight?" "Well we tried, but uh, I kinda burnt everything. I thought she said 50 minutes. She said 5 minutes." Alastor said, his pale face reddening slightly. Everyone ate, but heard both Angel and Viper complaining. When everyone finished, they all went to their rooms to get ready for bed.

     "You wanna go for a walk first babe?" Alfyn asked Viper. "Um yeah sure. Glad there isn't a curfew here." Viper said. "Maybe we can ask Angel to show us around a little." "Actually I was kinda hoping it was just gonna be you and me." Alfyn said. "That's fine too. I just hope we won't get lost." "I don't think it'll be to hard finding our way back, I mean, it's kinda hard to miss a huge frame of a hotel." "That's true. Should we go then?" Viper asked. "Sure thing babe." and they left the room.

    It was pretty warm outside, but unlike the afternoon, it wasn't scorching hot. "This is nice. It kinda feels like a summer night back when we were alive." Alfyn said. "I don't remember, it's been a few months." Viper said, then giggled. "You don't know how you died huh?" Alfyn said. "Yeah, I don't. Everyone's saying it's weird and stuff. But I know it wasn't overdose, and obviously it wasn't old age. Maybe it was disease?" Viper said. "No, it wasn't that. Your case is weird because it wasn't a natural cause that killed you, like old age or disease. It was actually murder." Alfyn said, putting his head down. "I remember it like it was yesterday. Every night it would haunt me, seeing you with so many knife wounds on your body. Seeing that figure in my dreams." Alfyn said. "Do you know who it was, who what the face looked like?" Viper said, comforting him. "No I don't, and they couldn't find the person who killed you. At least, not before I couldn't handle life without you." he said. "They'll die eventually. And when they do, they'll come here for murder. Then we'll figure out who it was." Viper said. Alfyn nodded and they started heading back to the hotel for the night.