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“Goddammit, Baxter, PICK UP!” Vox yelled at the giant monitor in front of him, his hands gripping the edge of his desk, sparks emitting from his own monitor, his eyes twitched. He has been trying to contact Baxter for the last 10 minutes, but he wouldn’t answer.

‘Caller is currently unavailable, please try again later’ Vox’s teeth grit, his expression darkens when Baxter doesn’t pick up, again. What is with that wretched hotel?! His once loyal servants– I mean workers, are now traitorous wenches, seeking redemption when it clearly doesn’t even exist!

He was fuming, all his plans and ideas to infiltrate into that hotel kept failing, his spies, his drones, his cameras. They kept being spotted by that idiotic Radio Demon, if he could, he would go back in time and destroy Alastor before he went on a psychotic killing spree to gain power.

“Mr. V–”
“What the actual fuck do you want now?!”

Vox turned his chair and made eye contact with Velvette’s newly promoted assistant, Melissa, she held a clipboard to her chest, her knees bent and legs shaking. “Ms. Velvette needed to inform you about something” Vox scoffs, rolling his eyes, pushing his foot against the ground to turn the chair towards his many screens. “Tell her I won’t be able to attend to her concerns”

“But–” Vox stomped his foot against the floor. “Do you want to get fucking killed? I said I won’t be able to attend to her concerns!” He yelled, Melissa squeaks before nodding hastily, she leaves the room and closes the door. 

Vox sighs, turning back to the screen. He was not in a good mood today, actually, that was an understatement, he was PISSED, this month was not going his way. Not at all. If he could, he would just break into the hotel and wreak havoc there, killing everyone and anyone who dares to cross his wa–

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Vox smirks, he could break into the hotel, he’s the Video Overlord afterall! He giggled maliciously, rubbing his fingers like a supervillain. He pushed the chair away from the desk, and eventually stood up. He walked to the lift, a bit of a pep on his step. The lift starts going up.

“You are WHAT?” Velvette screamed, Vox scowled, rolling his eyes as far as he could to show his annoyance to the Fashion Overlord. “I’m just gonna check into the Hazbin Hotel, what’s so bad about it?” Vox crossed his arms over his chest, his bottom lip sticking out forming a pout on his face. 

“Don’t you hear how pathetic you sound? Breaking into the hotel?! Vox, are you out of your fucking mind?!” Velvette snapped, her jaw clenched as well as her fists. Valentino takes out the cigarette out of his mouth, blowing intoxicating pink smoke in the air.

“It’s not an exactly bad idea” He commented, Velvette glared at him for disagreeing with her. Valentino raised his hands up in defense, he put his cigarette out using his robo-fizz, Kitty, Kitty flinched despite being a robot.

“Look, I’m siding with neither of you” He sternly said out with venom in his tone. “I just want Voxxy to get in that wretched hotel to keep an eye on that whore spider” Valentino admitted, Vox huffed but still grinned nonetheless. He puts his hands on hips, leaning down to Velvette’s height.

“Majority wins” Vox spat with obvious smugness in his voice, Velvette sneered, her shoulders tensing, she would do anything to bash his TV head onto anything, but sadly, that's not allowed. “Fine, but if everything goes tumbling down, do not say I didn't warn you!”

After days of preparation, Vox was ready to break into that joke of a hotel. Lines were set, all possible outcomes were in mind, he was ready to make an impression to the residents of that hotel. “Goodbye my dear comrades! Once I finally settled on a room, I'll contact you guys to bring me my stuff, sound clear?”

Velvette and Valentino nod at the same time, unamused with Vox’s attitude. Vox strutted to the hotel, a hyped grin on his face and his hands clasped behind his back. After a good few minutes, Vox was growing tired of walking and smiling, as far as he knew, the hotel didn't have any power lines he could use to teleport. 

Blasted Alastor, always destroying his plans… Aaaaand… Finally! He reached the hot– Why the fuck is it on top of a cliff?! 

“Goddammit” Vox muttered, he tugs on the bottom of his eyes before huffing, he breathes in a butt ton of air. He pushes himself to continue walking uphill, eventually, his legs start to grow tired. He slouched, his eyes dropping and his arms hanging to the side.

He finally reached the top, he leaned against the wall. Wheezing for air, he blinks for a moment before regaining his composure, he lifts his hand up and knocks on the door. 

Knock knock

Now we wait… 

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The door slowly opens, Vox grins seeing the familiar figure. Princess Morningstar, she was smiling, looking back at the others before her gaze landed on him, her smile immediately dropped. Her eyes widened, her mouth agape. 

“Gree–”

Slam! 

“–Tings”

Slam! 

“That was rude” Vox thought to himself, he looked around and increased the volume of his surroundings to eavesdrop on the conversation behind the closed doors. 

“Uhh… Vaggie?” Charlie calls out, Vaggie stops yelling and looks at her. “Yeah, hun?” Charlie giggles nervously for a minute. “The Video Demon is at the door!” Almost everyone’s eyes open widely, Baxter’s especially. “What?!” Vaggie shouts out, Angel dust crushed the milk carton he was aggressively chugging. 

“No! No no no no no!” Angel's arms grabbed Charlie, he got close to her face. “You are not letting him in!” He demanded, Husk crossed his arms, tapping his foot on the floor. “W- why not?” Charlie stammered. “What? The Video Demon is just like Alastor, if not worse! Also, don't you remember what he did when Pentious was still here?! ” Vaggie snapped. 

“He's not an exactly good guy either” Angel adds, removing his arms from Charlie, crossing them over his torso. Charlie looks over to Alastor, he seems silent, eerily silent. Husk sighs and covers him with his wings. “Don't look at him, he hates Vox as much as Vox hates him”

She sighs, she glances over at Niffty and Baxter, the small demon was once again disturbing the fish demon with her childish activities. Baxter looked at her with fear and nervousness as Niffty brushed his hair gently, unaware of the current situation. Baxter slowly shook his head, mouthing the word “No”

Charlie hesitantly looks at her dad. “Hm? Is something wrong?” Lucifer said while sketching a new prototype of a rubber duck, Charlie swallows her spit. “Should I let Vox in?” Lucifer looked around, everyone was staring at him like their life depended on it, only Niffty wasn't looking. He eventually shrugs, “Dunno who he is”.

Baxter opens his mouth to speak but Vaggie stops him, “No, I'll explain who he is…” She breathes in, she claps her hands and the lights dim, making an unsettling aura around them. 

“Decades ago… Vox manifested in hell, as weak and fragile as an average sinner… Until, a powerful but mysterious demon found him when he was in his worst” Charlie listened to her girlfriend’s rant about Vox until she heard something weird

As she continued ranting, Alastor’s static can be subtly heard if you strain your ears a bit. His smile was strained and his expression was hard to read… He looked… Uncomfortable? Charlie shook that thought out of her head. 

“That's how, Vox became the Video Demon” Vaggie finishes, the lights brightened again and Niffty was eating popcorn while she leaned against Baxter. “He sounds like a bad boy!” Baxter shivers at those words. “He's worse than a bad boy…” Baxter mutters as quietly as he could. 

Charlie clasps her hands together, she breathes in and forces a smile on her face. “Judging from that story, he sounds… Ehh… Psychotic! But that won't stop us from redeeming him!” Everyone except Lucifer and Niffty looked shocked. “How can you let that guy in even after everything she spat out!” Angel gestures to Vaggie

Charlie chuckles quietly, tugging on the collar of her suit. “I can't just turn away from someone who needs my help, it's against everything I believe in! And-... Two overlords is better than one” Vaggie crosses her arms, she glances at the others before landing her gaze on Charlie, she hesitantly nods. “Fine, just this time” Charlie smiles at her. 

Meanwhile, Vox was standing outside of the door for 10 minutes. He tapped his foot on the ground impatiently, occasionally huffing and fidgeting with his tie, he grew bored of the conversation, especially since the first words that came out were negative. He perks up when the door opens again. He grins once more. “May I speak now?” Charlie closes her eyes. “You may–”

Vox pulls Charlie towards him “Pleasure to be meeting you, dear! Quite a pleasure!” He slides into the hotel, fixing his suit. “I haven't seen such a wonderful concept since I thought of ‘When I fucked your mom–” Vox gets cut off by a loud static noise, followed by yelling and squelching. “What the FUCK are you doing here?!” 

Alastor yelled, his voice even more staticky than usual. His eyes turned into radio dials, tentacles lifted him off of the ground and his antlers grew bigger. His claws curled and he looked like he wanted to wring his neck, Vox grinned, only he could instill this type of reaction from Alastor.  

“Chillax–” 

“Don't tell me to ‘chillax’ you pompous piece of shit television!”

Alastor snapped, he could really use a frown right now. Lucifer was watching with an unamused expression as he held Alastor back with his angelic chains, Charlie stood behind Vox, completely confused. Vox snickered and looked at Lucifer, the King of Hell made eye contact with him before Vox bowed down. 

Lucifer’s eyes widened slightly. Alastor was still clawing for Vox but the TV headed demon walked around him, his eyes locked on Lucifer who was sat on an armchair. He grabbed his hand and placed a quick peck on the back of it, Lucifer's lips twitch into a smile. Vox immediately grinned. 

“This is the Vox guy you were all scared about?” Lucifer pointed at him, Alastor turned around to grab Vox again but Lucifer stopped him again with his chains. Charlie slowly walks to Vox before smiling. “I'm Charlie Morningstar, pleased to meet you” Vox puts on a charming facade, smiling as best as he can. 

“The pleasure is mine, princess” Charlie smiles, she immediately pulls Vaggie towards her and whispers something in her ear, Vaggie stared at Vox with skepticism but reluctantly nodded. 

Alastor was tied with an angelic rope, preventing him from using his powers. He struggled a lot in the binds, Vox was finished talking to Charlie, he sat down on the only available chair next to Alastor while on his phone, clearly mocking him. He occasionally watched Charlie and her girlfriend discuss Vox's stay, but his focus and attention was mostly on Baxter. 

He wanted to end him right then and there, fucking anglerfish , he wouldn't be where he is today without him, and he just chose to abandon him without any hesitation? Vox’s muscles tense, he glanced down at the ‘special’ pancakes Lucifer made for him. He started to shake until he eventually crushed his phone. Everyone around stared at him like he was crazy. 

This was gonna be a crazy stay

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Vox's eyes snap open when he hears the alarm, he breathes heavily before throwing it against the wall. Well that was a fun way to wake up. He groggily blinks, it is currently 6:30 am, he doesn't even know if the others are awake yet. However, he gets ready anyway

He goes downstairs and the first thing he sees is Charlie humming while reading a book, she immediately notices Vox and jumps up, smiling, she puts her book down and breathes in. “Good Morning Sunshine~!” Vox suddenly hears music coming from nowhere before Charlie gets interrupted by Vaggie. 

“It's 6 in the morning hun” Charlie frowns and sits back down, Vox lifts an eyebrow when his scent sensors detect pancakes. Judging from that smell, whoever made it has kids . Ah, Lucifer. Vox takes this opportunity to look around the hotel, placing security cameras and whatnot. 

He goes to the bathroom when he hears yelling and panicking, a high pitched voice calling for Alastor. “Sir! Alastor Sir!” Vox follows the direction of the sound and sees Niffty stuck in the toilet, her entire body below her neck was submerged in toilet water. Vox huffs, he looks around for gloves and conveniently, he finds a box of it. 

He snaps the rubber gloves on and fishes Niffty out. He lifts Niffty up by the back of her collar, her singular eye blinks before giggling creepily. She thanks him before wiggling out of his grip. Vox watches in unamusement as she scurries out, he sighs and walks out of the bathrooms and into the bar. 

Jazz music fills the air as he sees Husk struggling to clean up a stain he forgot to clean yesterday. Vox clicks his tongue and walks right to the counter, immediately, Husk's mood turns sour. “What are you doing here?” Husk points at him, Vox rolls his eyes before pouring water on the stain, it immediately washes away. 

Husk blinks in disbelief when Vox walks away, he goes back to the lobby, seemingly distracted until he bumps into Lucifer himself. Lucifer grins when he sees Vox, putting an arm around him. “There's my favorite Overlord! Wanna try my special pancakes?” Vox stares at his pancakes before nodding, taking a bite. 

“... Tastes good” Lucifer lights up and hugs him before hopping away like a little kid. Vox was about to curse under his breath, turning his side before being jumpscared by Charlie. “Wowie! You're already making so many friends!” She leans back and puts a finger against her chin. 

“You would be a good hotelier!” Vox cocks an eyebrow. “But… Alastor already has that–” Vox's grin returns. “Oh no dear! I would love to be a hotelier!” Coincidentally, Alastor was behind them when they discussed Vox's employment. “No! Absolutely not, no!” Alastor snaps, his ears pinned back. 

“Why not?” Charlie inquires, tilting her head. “That… Ugh, fine then…” Polka music suddenly starts playing, Vox looks around in confusion. “Wait what–”

“Looks like you could use some help! From the big Radio Demon himself!” Alastor sang, spinning his cane as he walked towards Charlie. “Check out Allie’s glowing reviews on here! 5 stars, flawless, greater than great!” He read out the reviews of his radio show on paper. 

“With a punch of a pentagram! A wap bap boom alakazam!” Alastor smirks “Usually I charge a sinner's leg or two! But you get the royalty rate” Charlie chuckles nervously.”Thanks, Al” They both say unison. “Who needs the waiter now that you've got the chef? (Woah-oh-oh!)” Alastor flicked Vox's screen.

“Michelin tasting menu free ala-carte!” Alastor quite literally serves a TV on a silver platter to replicate Vox's TV head before closing the lid. “I'll rig the game for you because I'm the ref!” Alastor announces. 

“Champagne fountains, Caviar mountains, that's just to staaart-!”

“Who was helpful until now? Who was kinder than a doe?” Vox interrupts Alastor, bouncing with Charlie to the beat. “Makes you die of laughter with a simple pun?” Vox slides beside Charlie. “The Video Demon!”

Charlie smiles. “That's true!” Vox grins, his plan was already working. “I'm your guy! Your day-to-day, your chum, your steadfast companion! Remember when I fixed that clog today?” Vox gestures to Niffty who looks up at him adoringly, she jumps in his arms and nuzzles his neck. “I was stuck! Thank you, Vox!” “Oh you!”

Vox grabs Charlie and dances with her. “I'm truly honored that we built such a bond!” “Awee!” Charlie coos, putting her hands on her heart. “I'm like your right hand ready to serve you at any cost!” Vox mocks Alastor. “Uh what?” Vox kneels down and grabs Charlie's hand. “I care for you just like a boss we need!” He drags Charlie in front of Alastor. 

“It’s a little funny! You could almost call me… HoteLIEEEER!” Alastor growls, summoning a piano, playing the notes aggressively. Vox in turn, summons a violin to clash with Alastor, the tunes of their respective instruments harmonizing. 

“They say when you're looking for assistance! It's smart to pick the path of least resistance!” Vox sings. “Others say that in your needy hour, there's no substitute for pure Voodoo magic!” Alastor lifts himself up with his tentacles, his eyes into radio dials and his antlers larger than normal. He puts himself down afterwards. “Who just happens to be so loyal!” He inches towards Charlie

Vox gets in between them, pushing his face away. “Sadly there are times the oldest is a dud, they say the newest is just always better!” Alastor stands up. 

“What a stupid loser”

“Can you butt out of my song?”

“ Your song? I started it!”

“I'm singing it, I'll finish it!”

“Oh you tacky piece of SHIT!”

Alastor breathes heavily, Vox grins, clearly enjoying how he riled up Alastor. Charlie watching their fight from the sidelines immediately separates the both of them. “That's enough you two!” Charlie scolds, she places a hand on her hip with her other hand extending the pointer finger upwards, wagging it to show her disappointment. 

However, her frown quickly turns into a smile, she puts her hands together and sighs. “Well then, I am proud to announce that Vox will be a new addition to our staff!” Alastor’s annoyance increases as well as his static. Vox straightens his back, his smirk increasing at every word Charlie says. 

Lucifer just watched in amusement, he looked at Angel dust who somehow got a bucket of popcorn, but he wasn't gonna ask where he got that from. “Can I have one?” “Sure” Angel extends his hand, offering the king a popcorn. He pops one into his mouth and starts chewing. “What's their deal?” Lucifer asks, clearly curious. Husk was coincidentally nearby when he heard their conversation. 

He sat beside Lucifer. “Their relationship or what they have right now is… It isn't exactly friendly” Lucifer cocks an eyebrow, stuffing a handful of popcorn into his mouth. “... I don't know the whole story, heck, even his closest friends don't know” Husk sighs, looking at the pair who are currently arguing. “All I know is that they weren't always enemies”

“We'll also need a staff break room” Vox suggests, his hands on the table as they talked about the new implementations. Vaggie thought about it for a moment. “Sure, let's give it a try” Alastor scoffs, he watched Charlie list the ideas down on a notepad, ideas which were recommended by Vox and Vaggie. 

“Do you have any ideas or recommendations, Alastor?” Charlie asks, Alastor snaps out of his thoughts. “No further objections or thoughts, thank you” Charlie nods, she closes her notepad which signifies the end of the meeting. “That concludes our meeting! Okay, you're all dismissed!” Vox watches as Alastor grumble under his breath

Vox stands up afterwards, pushing himself away from the table. He walks towards the door, pushing it open before striding back to his room, suddenly, he gets pulled into a dark room. “What-?” Vox blinks his eyes, going back into focus once he sees those familiar red eyes glowing in the dark. “Alastor?” “ Yes! It's me!” He snaps. 

“ What are you planning?!” Alastor whisper-yells. “I know how you are, I know you want something, so spit it out before it gets messy!” Vox stares at him, confused before he realizes the situation. “You want me to leave?” “Was it obvious?” Alastor replied with the same tone. “Heh, no.” Alastor hovered his clawed hands above Vox’s neck, resisting the urge to strangle him at this very moment. 

“Let's be for real here” Vox slightly pushes Alastor away, he brushes his suit down. “You don't get to act like you actually care about this place, we both know you went here for your own entertainment” Alastor growls, his ears pinned back. “Yes, I'm pretty sure I made that clear when I first arrived at the hotel” Alastor’s summons his cane, tapping the tip against Vox’s chest. 

“But what are your intentions, Vox? I have known you long enough to know that you didn't go here just for fun!” 

“Oh when did you start caring about what I do or what I don't do?”

Alastor sneered, his nose was flaring and his back slumped slightly. Vox's grin was gone, replaced by a frown, his arms were crossed and he was clearly irritated by this transaction. “Leave this hotel before things get messy” Alastor demanded, Vox put a finger against the bottom of his monitor, humming thoughtfully. “No, I don't think I'll leave”

Alastor chuckled before laughing like a maniac, Vox looked around, his eyes wide and lips turned into a thin line. “He has officially lost it” Vox thought, he snuck away from him, sliding out the door. “Phew, glad that's over” Vox told himself, he fixed his suit and strutted down hallway until–

“Get back here, Vox!” Vox looks behind him and sees Alastor chasing him down, his tendrils giving him a speed boost. Vox's eyes dart around before his legs start moving, he immediately starts sprinting. He turns a sharp corner, trying to throw off Alastor, obviously, there were bystanders. “Vox? What's the– woah!” Angel moves out of the way, Alastor still on Vox’s tail. 

Vox reaches a dead end. “I've got you now, Vox.” Alastor grins, his eyes turning into dials. Vox sighs, turning around to face him, he kneels down. “I accept defeat” Alastor's smirk widens, until he gets hit in the face. Vox took out the metallic wires out of his back, Alastor groaned, wiping blood away from his nose. Vox uses his wires to lift himself off the ground

“What the hell?” 

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Vox and Alastor stop their brawl, their features going back to normal as their heads turn to the feminine and raspy voice. There they see a slim demoness with white skin, long strawberry-pink hair, and a singular eye. 

She had a dark circle underneath the one eye and a confused look on her face. Just then, Charlie appears from the corner. “Oh! Looks like Cherri came to visi– Oh my Satan! What the hell are you two doing?!” Vox and Alastor look at each other sheepishly before looking back at Charlie

“Playing.” Alastor lied. Charlie pouted and crossed her arms. “That's it you two!” Vox sighed before Charlie could complete her sentence, he hoped the princess's punishment was better than the king of hell's

“Time for our daily friendship activities!” Alastor’s smile was threatening to drop, the corner of his grin twitched. 

Every resident in the hotel was seated in the ballroom, including poor Cherri who was just visiting her friend, Vox and Alastor were forced to sit beside each other. After settling down, the princess went up on stage. 

She joined her hands together and breathed in. “It has come to my attention that two of our staff… Have conflict” She said in a defeated tone, Vaggie sighed, shaking her head in disbelief. “And so, I might have to increase the daily friendship activities from one… To two”

Everyone groans in annoyance, Lucifer clicks his tongue and glares at Alastor. “This is your fault!” He spat out, Alastor sneered. “Vox is also at fault here!” Vox rolled his eyes, “Don't bring that sweet TV in this conversation!” “He's right” Vox chimes in

Alastor growls in irritation. “I'm sitting in between two idiots!” Alastor yells out. Charlie tuts, stomping her foot and facing her dad. “Dad! Don't make me make the daily activities into three” Lucifer immediately shuts up

Vox huffed, he raised his hand. “But Alastor started it, why am I getting punished too?” Charlie stares at him. “Well, you engaged in a fight that could've injured you, Alastor, or any other resident in the hotel!” Vox slowly put his hand down… She had a point after all

After the emergency meeting was over, Vox walked back to his room. He had renovated his old and worn out wooden door to a modern automatic sliding door that only needs your handprint to open it, he looks down and puts his hand on the scanner. The door slides open and the robotic voice welcomes him… 

This room didn't look like an ordinary bedroom, it was an office (+bedroom). Vox's heels clacked as it made contact with the metallic ground, he sat down at his desk. Sigh. 

He missed on too much work… Vox grabs the largest wire and inserts it in his monitor. His screen flashes as his body convulses, once his screen turned cyan with white text that said “Please wait.”, his body went limp against his arm chair. 

Alastor couldn't believe it, he was a reason why Charlie implemented an extra friendship activity. Never in his months at Hazbin Hotel had he ever been a reason for this, it was mostly because of Vaggie and Angel or- anyone else! Not because of him! 

Alastor huffed, crossing his arms as he trudged to the door of the hotel with the intent of leaving… He took in air, breathing through his mouth and exhaled. He opened the door and there he went, his charming persona back on track as he summoned his cane. 

He wandered down the streets of Pride with no set destination, all he needed was some fresh air. He closed his eyes, his feet guiding him as he confidently strides down the sidewalk with his cane on his shoulder. The relaxing noise of guns, fire, explosions, and screams in the background. How fun. 

He eventually reaches his favorite meat shop, when he opens the door, the signature bell of the shop rings. The smell of fresh meat wafts through the air. Alastor lets out a sigh of relief, he walks to the counter and searches for venison. 

He hums thoughtfully, before tapping the glass and facing the cashier. “I want venison”, The cashier nods nervously, quickly grabbing a plastic bag and tongs. They open the slider and put some venison into the bag, blood dripping on the floor. 

The poor demon ties the bag closer and hands it over to Alastor. Alastor smiles, he grabs the bag and throws it in the portal to eat for later. “Thank you, how much is it?” Alastor's smile widens when he sees the demon start to sweat

“I- it's on the house!” The cashier stammered with a nervous smile, Alastor nods and walks out of the store. He starts to amble around the streets of Cannibal Town, stepping over pools of blood every now and then. “Mornin’ Al!” A lady yells out, waving her hand as she nibbles on a finger. 

Alastor waves back. “Good morning!” He continues walking until he reaches Rosie's Emporium. He knocks on the door before opening it, his ears twitch as he picks up the sound of Rosie's playful and sarcastic voice. He turns to the sound and his gaze lands on her. 

The overlord handing out business cards. “Visit us again! Thanks a bunch!” A toothy smile on her face as she passionately talked to her customers. Eventually, she noticed Alastor. Alastor’s smile grew as Rosie gasped in surprise

“Alastoooor!” Rosie runs to him, her arms wrap around him. “It’s good to see you're safe and sound” Rosie chimes, she pulls away from the hug. “What brings you here?” Alastor sighs, tapping his cane on the ground. “I need tea” Rosie gasps and nods, dragging him to the tea room. 

She makes Alastor sit on a chair as she sits across him, the room is filled with roses and other various flowers. When Rosie snaps her fingers, the room's silence is replaced by the slow and relaxing jazz of the music player.

“Tell me about it” Rosie says as she pours tea into Alastor's cup. “Well, first of all… Vox-” Before Alastor could finish his sentence, Rosie's black eyes widened. “What?!” She places her cup down a bit too hard, Alastor rolls his eyes. “... Vox is in the hotel”

Rosie leans closer, clearly curious and intrigued. “Why is that?” Alastor shrugged, sipping some tea. “I don't know his intentions, but I know damn well he's up to something” Rosie nods to show that she's agreeing. She takes out an eyeball from a nearby jar, popping one into her mouth. 

“I think he's trying to sabotage me…”

“What makes you think that?” The demoness chews on the eyeball 

“... I don't know, you know how he's obsessed with me” Alastor puts his head in his hand, his ears go back as his brows furrow. “Well, did he try anything?” Rosie asks. “He… Became a hotelier?” Alastor looks up at her. Rosie sighs and smiles. 

Meanwhile, at the hotel… Vox's arm twitches, it weakly goes up to the wire tugging at it until it goes out of the socket. Vox’s screen flashes before his face shows back up. He stares at the ceiling, a bit disoriented. 

Eventually, he pushes himself up. Groaning and stretching, he smacks his lips and slowly stands up. 

BEEP BEEP BEEP!

Vox groans, first friendship activity. He groggily ambles to the lobby. The doors suddenly slam open, getting hit in the face. “Ack!” He yelps, his noise sensors pick up on the familiar static. “Greetings! I hope I'm not too late” The irritatingly cheery voice fills the air. 

As Alastor walks in, the doors close behind him. He looks from the corner of his eyes and smirks, seeing Vox’s cracked screen. “Oh, didn't see you there” He smugly states, Vox grunts in pain as sparks come out from the side of his monitor. 

Charlie, being the little angel she is, runs to his aid. “Vox! Are you hurt?” Vox glares at her. “I'm obviously not!” Alastor snorts, leaning against his cane. “Don't be too dramatic- ah!” He yelps when Lucifer runs to Vox like a concerned dad, the king’s foot knocking down Alastor’s cane in the process. 

“Voxxy!” Vox freezes when Lucifer suddenly embraces him, whining and crying. “Y- Your majesty!” Vox stammered, he slowly places his hand on Lucifer’s head. “Dad- I mean… Your majesty, I'm fine” Lucifer pouts and looks at Vox. “I won't stand for this! Alastor! Apologize!” 

Alastor rubs his head as he stands up. “I am not apologizing to that piece of shit box!” Lucifer growls, his horns protruding out of his head. “Apologize, now!” Vox's and Charlie’s eyes immediately widen. “Dad! Vox is fine!” “Y- yeah! See?”

Vox smiles, but his cracked screen doesn't say the same. Alastor clicks his tongue, looking away. Lucifer frowns, he snaps his fingers and Vox's screen is magically fixed. “Woah” Vox touches his screen and smiles. “Thank you, Your majesty!” Lucifer nods and smiles, patting Vox's shoulder. 

“Please, call me Lucifer” Vox smiles and nods. Alastor scoffs. “Whatever”

Charlie was on the stage, smiling happily as she gripped a piece of paper in her hands. “Okay! So… Our activity today is to… Apologize!” 

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“Anyone?” 

“Okay, soo… What do you mean by apologize?” Baxter speaks up. “So, each person here has to apologize to everyone! For example… I'm sorry Vaggie, I'm sorry Angel, I'm sorry etc! Except, you have to add why you're sorry!” Charlie explains, a huge grin on her face. 

Vaggie, who was beside her, pulls her closer. “Why this activity?” Charlie looks back at her. “This might be why Vox and Alastor resolve their problems!” Vaggie sighs. 

Charlie straightens her back. “Alright! Who wants to go first?”

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“I'll go first!” Charlie volunteers instead. “Vaggie, I'm sorry for being stubborn sometimes! I really love you!” Vaggie snickers. “I love you too” “Angel, I'm sorry for pushing your boundaries that one time!” Angel groans. “I already said it's fine”

“Baxter, I'm sorry for confusing you with Sir Pentious!” Baxter sighs and waves his hand. “It's fine, I guess” “And Niffty… I'm sorry for… Loitering” Niffty giggles and nods happily. “Dad, I'm sorry for everything… I love you” Lucifer smiles softly and holds her face. “I love you as well, caramel apple”

“Alastor, I'm sorry for doubting you at times” Alastor nods and smiles. “Vox, I'm sorry for… Being annoying” Vox subtly smiles and pats her head. Charlie sighs. “See? That wasn't so hard! Now you go!” Charlie points at Alastor. “Me? Tch, I'd rather die” Alastor spat

Alastor somehow found himself in front of a line of people he had to apologize to… Alastor sighs. “Vagatha, I'm sorry for… I don't know, Angel, I'm sorry, Baxter, sorry, Husk… Not sorry, Niffty, I'm terribly sorry, Lucifer, go kill yourself… Vox…” He stares at him, Vox stares back. “Sorry… Not sorry” Vox rolls his eyes

“Fuck off” “No, you fuck off” “Stop riding my dick!” “Stop being a pervert!” “Stop being a psychopathic douchebag!” Alastor and Vox exchange insults as Charlie watches from the sidelines. “... Why do they hate each other?” Vaggie shrugs. “No one knows, people think that it's because Alastor hates modern technology and Vox hates vintage stuff”

Charlie sighs

“That couldn't possibly be the answer… Right?”

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Vaggie wakes up, taking the sleep mask off of her eyes. “Charlie- Uwah!” 

She jumps back when she sees her girlfriend, standing in the corner of their room… Scribbling, connecting dots, and going insane

“B- babe! What are you doing?” Vaggie's voice snaps Charlie out of her state, she laughs nervously before facing her. Her eyebags show that she hasn't gotten any sleep at ALL

“I've been… Working” Vaggie gets up from their bed and looks at the board. “On what?” Charlie shrugs. “Babe, your obsession with their relationship is insane!” Charlie sighs and scratches her head. “I know that!”

“Babe, I'm really concerned” Vaggie puts a hand to her chin, resting her elbow on her arm. 

“Come on, Vaggie! You can't convince me that what they have going on isn't interesting!” Charlie looks back at the whiteboard. “Besides, I saw this photo of Alastor!”

Charlie points at it, Vaggie’s eyes widen in shock. “Wow, that's the clearest photo of Alastor I have ever seen” She says in a monotonous yet shocked tone. 

“As far as we know… This photo might belong to someone” Charlie points at the photo. “Good observation”

———————

Vox wakes up in an unfamiliar room… It looks like his old one, but somehow better? It had the same aesthetic but much larger. He looked up and-

holy shit

There was a gigantic window showcasing the view, Vox gets up from his bed. Walking to the window and looking down at the scene.

He notices that there's a glass door as well that leads to a balcony, he opens it and walks on the platform, the balcony goes around the entire shape of his room

He could see the entirety of pride from here! It was ama-

“ ALASTOR WAKE UP”

Vox flinches when Lucifer’s booming voice replaces the serene air. Eventually, Alastor's room opens. “Shut up!”

“VOX, WAKE UPP!”

Vox flinches once again when Lucifer’s voice calls his name, he covers his noise sensors. “I'm up!” He walks to a spot in the balcony where he could see the scene better. 

Alastor was already sipping coffee as he leaned against the railings of his side of the hotel, his room looked like.. A weird looking deer with sharp teeth

Vox's gaze lands on Lucifer’s part of the hotel, his room looked like an apple, he slammed open his windows and inhaled. “Charlie! WAKE UP!”

Vox then diverts his attention to Charlie's part, a caramel apple. The windows slam open and there they see Charlie's figure. “I'm awake!” Vaggie stands beside her. “We both were"

Vox sighs, leaning against his railings. He decides to make a cup of coffee

———————

After making coffee, he leans against the railings. Watching the scene going on, he takes a sip from his “Fuck Alastor” mug. Nothing screams a good cup of coffee without your mug that berates your rival. 

Vox wasn't really paying attention until he hears the word “ party”

“Excuse me, what party?” The conversation between the three demons abruptly stop. “We thought you were listening!” Lucifer yells out from his room

“Why would you assume that TV is listening?” Alastor gestures towards Vox. “Both of you, stop!” Charlie exclaims. Before the argument could escalate, Lucifer and Alastor stop. 

“We're planning an anniversary party! It's been one year since the Hazbin Hotel was founded!” Charlie happily informs. “Oh”

———————

The employees and residents were given different tasks, Angel was the cook, Husk was the bartender (non alcoholic drinks), Baxter was the designer of the event, Niffty would organize, Charlie and Vaggie along with Lucifer would plan the entire thing… And… Alastor and Vox were given the task to buy the stuff they needed

“Why him?” Vox complained, gesturing towards Alastor. “We thought you'd be a great team!” The princess said. Vaggie smiled as well and gave them a thumbs up… Vox stared at them before looking down.

“... Fine”  

———————

Vox took out the list… The incredibly long list… 

“First, we need meat,” Alastor hums thoughtfully. “No specific type?” Vox stares at the list. “It didn't say which type of meat, it just said meat” Alastor’s grin grows. “I know a place"

They eventually reach a meat shop called “Meat & Shit”, Alastor opens the door, the bell ringing as it did. “Here we are!” Alastor rejoiced. 

The demon behind the counter starts sweating, poor demon. Vox eventually stepped in, taking in the interior of the place. Now the demon looked like he was about to pass out. 

“We'll have Venison” Alastor leans closer. “And every other meat you have here” Vox adds, scrolling through his phone with boredom. The demon quickly nodded

After a few minutes of preparation, the demon hands them multiple bags. Each bag full of a different type of meat, Alastor smiles and throws the meat in the portal. 

“Where does that… Go to?” Vox points at his portal, Alastor shrugs. “Don't know” Alastor diverts his attention to the demon. “How much is it?” The demon freezes, looking between the two of them. “It's on the house!”

Alastor grins wider, Vox just stares at him. Slightly unamused. They leave the shop and continue walking, “We need… Veggies?” Alastor looks at the list again. “It doesn't specify which vegetable we need?”

Vox shakes his head. Alastor sighs in turn

———————

They finished their shopping without any fights or quarrels, they arrived at the hotel to see all of the bags that Alastor threw in the portal, scattered around the lobby. 

“... This is where your portal leads to?” Alastor shrugs and grins. “Whatever-” Vox trips over a bag, he manages to stay on his feet but he knocks over a table that holds a vase of flowers and his mug. 

“Shit!” He yells out, the shattered porcelain of this vase as well as his broken ceramic mug spread all over the floor. The coffee has spilled all over the floor, without any warning. Alastor started cackling. 

“This isn't funny, old man!” Vox snapped, Alastor didn't acknowledge his words and just continued to laugh. Luckily, Charlie has heard the commotion. “Oh em gee!” She yells out

“What happened here?!” Vox looked at her, then back the broken pieces of the mug and the vase. “I tripped,” he bluntly says. 

Niffty comes to the rescue, she immediately cleans up the mess. Mopping up the coffee spill and sweeping the shattered pieces. “Thanks… Niffty”. Vox rubs her head. 

———————

Later, the group was now preparing for the party. Angel and Alastor were in charge with the cooking, Vox was their deemed taste tester.

Vox wanders into the kitchen, seeing the pair cook different cuisines. Alastor grabs a large skillet, placing it on the stove. Angel on the other hand, places a pan on another stove

He puts a pound of sweet Italian sausage and ¾ of lean ground beef, putting it on medium heat.

“You two are working hard there” Vox comments, walking closer. Alastor adds some onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic. He starts stirring the minced veggies. “Smells good…” Alastor smirks at Vox's compliment. “Why thank you” “I was being sarcastic” Alastor scoffs after Vox says that

Vox then leans over to Angel, watching his recipe. Angel added a ½ cup minced onion, stirring it around. “Ooh, what're you making?” Angel smugly smirks. “A traditional Italian lasagna recipe” 

Vox looks at Alastor’s cooking. Alastor then added rice and peas, cooking the ingredients in the skillet thoroughly. “How about you?” Alastor rolls his eyes. “My mom's Cajun crawfish fried rice recipe” 

Vox nods. “I look forward to your meals!” He smiles, Alastor was really tempted to grab Vox and put him in the recipe. After a while, the kitchen smelled like heaven.

Alastor and Angel served Vox a small plate of their respective recipes. “Try my Lasagna!” Vox grabs a fork, takes a piece and eats it…

“Damn! Were you a chef?” Angel shakes his head. “I was a mafia” Vox slowly nods at that, he then reluctantly eats Alastor's fried rice. “Spicy, I like it” Alastor bows down. “You're welcome”

After a while of cooking, Angel and Alastor finished all the three courses. Appetizers, entrées and desserts, by the end of their cooking frenzy. Vox was stuffed. 

“I don't know if I can continue,” Vox huffs, holding his belly. Angel leans against the counter, clearly tired from cooking. Alastor was tired as well, he just hid it better. 

———————

The party has finally started, a long table in the dining area that serves the finest appetizers made by Alastor and Angel. 

The others were devouring the appetizers like beasts, stuffing their mouths. “Hey Vox, you’re not getting any?” Charlie asks, chewing while holding two deviled eggs in both her hands.

“No thanks, already full” He places a hand on his stomach, Charlie nods before going back to the little foods. 

———————

The event finally ends, Vox stands up before a hand grabs his arm. “Ugh- What now-?” He cuts his sentence short when his gaze lands on the familiar fish-like demon. 

BAXTER

“Oh? What brings you to me?” Baxter looked like he wanted to kill Vox

It was given though.

The fish demon looks away, avoiding eye contact. “We need to talk” Baxter asked no– demanded . Vox’s smirk disappeared, “Make it quick then.”

Vox pulls his arm away from him, wiping it on his suit. Baxter stares at him before leading him to an empty hallway. “Hm, speak up” Vox ordered, putting his hands behind his lower back.

Baxter was silent for a moment, hesitating to speak up, he eventually opened his mouth. “Why are you here?” Vox raises an eyebrow, smirking.

 Baxter asks another question, “What is your goal?”, he glances up at him, making eye contact. The air was filled with thick tension. Vox’s presence didn’t make it any easier for Baxter.

The silence was deafening, you could basically hear the fluorescent lights buzzing. Vox was testing Baxter to see when he’ll break, judging from the fish’s open jaw. He's gonna crack in… 

3…

2…

1…

“Answer me” Baxter snaps, leaning forward. Vox grins, he's been waiting for that reaction. “It's nothing serious-” “Then you should have no trouble telling me” Vox raises his brows. Baxter gained some confidence and disrespect, how shocking. 

Vox chuckles, he wipes an Imaginary tear away. “Oh, Baxter, just because it isn't serious doesn't mean I have to tell you” He leans down to Baxter’s height, narrowing his eyes in annoyance. 

“Besides, it's nothing your sweet little gills have to worry about!” The TV demon pinches his cheeks, Baxter groans in irritation, slapping his hand away. “I'm not a pet!” He exclaims, Vox chuckles. “But you are”

Vox starts walking away, smirking when he hears Baxter's incomprehensible muttering. “You're no better, you know!” The fish demons speaks up, Vox abruptly stops. “Oh really? How then?” His head faced away from his thrall.

“You act as if you're not on a leash as well!” Baxter's voice echoes through the halls, as those words register in Vox's mind. A spark runs up his crooked antenna, the lights around them start flickering. He slowly turns his head to look at him. 

His left eye was enlarged, a number of circles moved around his red sclera. “What did you say?” His voice is slightly distorted by the robotic effect. Baxter immediately realizes his mistake, he covers his mouth in fear. 

“I- I didn't mean it!” He pathetically stammered, shaking his head and waving his hand. His words get cut off by a glowing cyan chain being summoned around his neck, it cut off his airways. Not enough to suffocate him, but enough for him to gasp for air every once in a while. 

The chain pulls him down to the ground, slamming him against the marbled flooring. “I'm so- sorry!” The fish demon spat out, Vox didn't like how he talked back, knowing that he's still as cowardly as ever. 

“If I ever hear you say that again…” Vox wrapped the chain around his hand, tightening it… 

“ I will torture your soul and-”

“ T̨͈͗̌ͥḚͭ̉̇͟A̷͙ͭͫ̕R͉̜̎͡͠ Ỵ̛̖͋͢O̖̼ͩ͌͐U̠҉̙ͦ A̷͙ͭͫ̕P̧͕̒̊͘A̷͙ͭͫ̕R͉̜̎͡͠T̨͈͗̌ͥ A̷͙ͭͫ̕N̺̻̔̆ͅD̶͔̭̪̻ F̘͍͖ͫ͘Ḛͭ̉̇͟Ḛͭ̉̇͟D̶͔̭ Ỵ̛̖͋͢O̖̼ͩ͌͐U̠҉̷̙ͦR͉̜̎͡͠ R͉̜̎͡͠Ḛͭ̉̇͟M͉̅ͮ͒ͤA̷͙ͭͫ̕I̍̅̀̎̊N̺̻̔̆ͅS̵̙͕̀̃ T̨͈͗̌ͥO̖̼ͩ͌͐ T̨͈͗̌ͥHͥ̽ͣ̃̔Ḛͭ̉̇͟ C̵͉͋̔͞A̷͙ͭͫ̕N̺̻̔̆ͅN̺̻̔̆ͅI̍̅̀̎̊B̩͎͍̾ͅA̷͙ͭͫ̕L̸̖̽̌͂'S̵̙͕̀̃”

“Understood?” Vox asks, his body leaned down to match the height of Baxter. He grinned maliciously, Baxter frantically nodded. “Y- ye-” Baxter yelps when Vox yanks on the chain, he starts trembling from fright. 

“Yes…” Vox loosens his grip on the chain. “Very good” The chain disappears with a flick of Vox's hand, the TV demon straightens his back, turning around and fixing the hems and collars of his suit. “What a thrilling conversation, right?” Vox didn't have to look at him to know that he was shaking or maybe even on the verge of tears.

“By the way, Baxter” He moves his head slightly, just to see him from his line of sight. “If you want to talk back… At least grow a pair of real balls” Vox turns away, he starts moving to the end of the hallway.

“You act as if you’re not on a leash as well”

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Dear readers, 

I know I haven't been active since October 2024, if I haven't updated this fanfic then I officially wouldn't have been active for a year. 

I am thinking of rewriting this entire story, mostly because Hazbin Hotel Season 2 is almost out. I'm not as interested in Hazbin Hotel as I was before but I'm still interested and determined enough to try rewrite and finish this little story of mine. 

Stay tuned for further announcements

-Love, Endie (Formerly Lian)