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In the middle of the gloomy hell streets, two overlords are brawling it out for power, Alastor the radio demon, and Vox the overlord of video. As the battle went on buildings and blocks were destroyed, chaos spewing out everywhere, stray demons running for their lives screaming, and smaller kingpins wanting to third party instantly getting obliterated.
Vox: I guess the video did really kill the radio star in the end.
Alastor: You say that every time, but you still haven’t Killed M-
Vox using one of his wires grabs a lamp post and swings it at Alastor hitting him dead point in the gut launching Alastor into a building. In response, Alastor breaks through the same building's window magically levitating glass shards, launches it at Vox. Most shards missing but the sharpest ones hit Vox dead point into the screen and chest.
Vox crackle: You’ll PAY for that!
Alastor Statically: just try me...
Suddenly the TVs and electronics in the area start shaking spewing out more wires from every crack and crevice. Alastor standing in the middle of what used to be a lovely street in hell takes out a butcher's knife and starts flaying the wires left and right tap dancing here and there trying to close distance on Vox. Vox shoots out an electric bolt aiming in between Alastor's eyes.
Alastor blocks his attack with his knife but in the process, it melts and burns his hand.
Alastor pauses and kneels on the ground ignoring the metal burning his hand.
Alastor statically: MY KNIFE!!
Vox: You...YOU care more about a stupid knife than this fight!
Offended by Alastor's reaction toppling buildings in the process shoots out more wires for his aid and wraps Alastor.
Alastor realizes he got distracted a little too late and struggles in the entanglement of wires.
Vox: That mistake would be one to cost you!
Alastor: The price of that knife alone is worth more than you as well as that whole empire!
Vox: SHUT UP!
Vox carefully pulls out a glowing white weapon, a holly weapon, the one weapon in hell that can kill a demon forever. Alastor realizes this and struggles to use his powers as the wires electrocute him.
Vox: You’ll pay for everything and that reputation pft- HA a joke for little kids to tell once you’re gone radio demon.
Alastor: a-A-at least I-I'm not a walking-a-A-advertisement!
Alastor tries to run but is entangled by too many tv wires.
vox: trying to fight the inedible how pathetic and to think this is the demon I hated the most.
Alastor tries to squirm out of Vox's grasp only making it worse for himself as the wires tighten lifting Alastor face to face.
vox: you will die just like your technology had.
vox goes to plunge the holly weapon into Alastor but stops at the last second before making contact.
Alastor tensely looking at Vox not knowing what was going on felt all of hell stop burning for a second.
Vox tv statically: GET……………. YOU LITTLE …….
vox goes quiet staring into the distance. Alastor looking around frantically doesn't know what's happening subtly panics as the holy weapon is so shakenly close to his throat.
Vox's eyes are almost seemingly in a trans-state a figurative daydream.
Suddenly vox jolts away from Alastor and chucks the holly weapon.
Vox TV statically: AHHH………
Vox's screen shatters into shards leaving him with a black screen falling to the ground on his back.
Alastor gets up from the entanglement of wires that Vox had trapped him in, looking around and seeing nothing in the area.
Alastor: Hello!?
What in the 9 circles is happening Alastor thought.
Alastor catches a glance of the many vacant eyes in hell glowing with life.
starting like it had a soul at Alastor glowing with spirit then faded to a dull red staring off in the distance.
Alastor looks around at the other eyes and all of them seem to have the same effect.
Alastor takes a shuddery breath starting to feel the adrenaline from the fight wear off.
stumbles up to a vibrant eye leaning over it.
Alastor: h..hello?
Alastor mumbles: what the hell is happening?
The eye in question blinks and then fades off to a dull red.
Alastor taking a step back looks around seeing no more vibrant eyes on the street and buildings.
Alastor: what in the world...
Pain shoots through Alastor's body as he takes a step. the fight with Vox must've been more damaging he thought as one of his legs might be broken let alone his spine.
Alastor sighed: I guess I should go back to the hotel...ha like I'm going to be able to hide this from Niffty anyway Ahahah.
Alastor stares down at the vacant eye thinking about what in the world just had occurred.
walks off towards to hotel painfully and slowly passing the sleeping homeless demons focusing on and looking at all the vacant eyes expecting one to be vibrant or something a sign of life.
Alastor: I must be going Insane all over again haha..ha.. seeing things now that lamp post must’ve messed with my head more than I thought.
weakly walking up to the hotel entrance out of breath from the attempt on his life
kicks open the door seeing some of the inhabitants in the hotel.
Alastor: I’m back hope I didn’t miss anything!
Husker: The only thing I’m missing is a few cases of alcohol.
Niffty: that's because you keep dri-...
Charlie: ALASTOR WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPEN TO YOU!
Alastor: Just a little scrape nothing too bad Charlie! Now I'll be off to my station to broadcast a rather interesting story!
Charlie: it's the middle of the night Alastor go to bed and get some rest...
Niffty scurries up to Alastor taking him by the hand.
Niffty: YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE WOUNDS MISTER!
Dragging Alastor to his room and gathering some medical supplies Niffty sits Alastor on his bed and organizes some medication.
Alastor tries to rebuttal.
Alastor: I’m a demon nifty I don’t need such remi-
Nifty: HUSH!
But it was pointless to Niffty when it came to anything blood.
niffty: By the looks of it already you have many broken bones how in the 9 rings are you walking right now? You look like you got hit by a semi-truck and you smell like one too! Sorry, that was rude... LOOK AT THE STATE OF THAT LEG! Sorry still processing that state you’re in hehe!
niffty: Alastor you are better than this HECK I KNOW U ARE!
Alastor stared off only thinking about the events that had occurred.
Alastor: niffty do you think a demon or an overlord of some kind of control eyes?
niffty cleaning al's wounds
Niffty: wdym? eyes...?
Alastor: Like... I don’t know how to put this..the eyes in hell on the buildings, floors, roofs even!
Niffty: those soulless eyes everywhere huh, I always thought they were just... like... umm... FLIES, things you just have to deal with, and they spawn outa thin air.
niffty: did you see something Alastor? Something with these vacant eyes? Was it magical?
Alastor hesitates.
Alastor: yes
Alastor: I... they... looked like they had a soul niffty, somebody controlling them, in all my time in hell I've never seen or heard of the vacant eyes doing ANYTHING?!
Alastor jolts his arms up but niffty grabs them and pulls them down.
niffty: STOP MOVING I DON'T NEED MORE BLOOD SPEWING EVERYWHERE!
Alastor: AHAHAHA please I'm not a water balloon ready to pop.
niffty sighs and Bandages Alastor's wounds enough to stop the bleeding and cast the broken leg.
niffty looking at al "What did they look like? Alive as you say?"
Alastor: vibrant...well that's the best I'm going to put it, but after a few seconds all of them faded off to a dull red like the rest of hell.
niffty: well. Why don't you... ask Pentious! yes, he's been here longer than all of us.
Alastor jolts up and picks up nifty spinning around a little ignoring the pain.
Alastor: You might be on to something!
Alastor skips off almost at a running speed to Pentious’s room.
nifty: HEY WAIT YOU … and he's gone. Well, time to clean up all this blood!
Pentious in his room lying on his bed staring at his hat as the glow of the city shines throughout the room. The in-question hat giving him a disdained look.
Pentious: yeah, yeah, I know Don't look at me like that.
Pentious flicks the hat on his bed and rolls over laying on his back.
Pentious: if Alastor died then what would have Charlie done huh, we’d be a bigger target and not a good one. Sadly, I’ve come to realize my weapons only hold so much... and to add the overlord powers in hell seems to grow each year. A scary idea to presume that this power will soon spiral but what is there to be done? Hell's known I’ve tried and well...
The hat still looking at him with a distanced look.
Pentious: I shouldn’t have saved him I know BUT what other choice was there!?
Sitting up making contact with his hat.
Pentious: He's not going to suspect a thi-
Knock knock knock.
The hat gives him a smug look almost like an I told u so. Pentious grumpy hisses getting up from his bed and opening the door seeing the state Alastor is in.
pentious: w…what the hell happened to y-
Alastor: can we talk my dear feline- serpent I mean fellow. It's rather important.
Looking at Alastor Hesitantly answers.
Pentious: No, you smell like burnt trash and are bleeding … everywhere.
Alastor ignores pentious pushing him aside and hops on his bed getting blood ...everywhere.
Pentious: NIFFT-
pentious gets cut off by a thrown pillow-to-face contact.
Alastor: snitches get stitches my friend and I have many of those and I’m not even a snitch hahaha!
pentious hat squinting at Alastor almost like it's about to roll over and die. pentious angy hisses and slithers up to Alastor.
pentious: FINE but you're cleaning my bed once you're done talking. Also…
picking up a Febeez can spraying it on Alastor to make him smell a little bit less like burnt trash.
Alastor: AGh stop that!
Alastor waved his arms to fan out the Febeez. Pentious snickers and slithers over, sitting on the bed next to Alastor.
pentious: so-
Alastor grabs pentious hood and lifts it seeing his eyes.
Alastor: do you know anything about the eyes in hell? You my friend have been here longer than anyone really, ancient little snake.
Pentious: well... I do recall some demons like Myself having hypnosis but I don't really use mine unless in deadly scenarios… wait did you just call me ancient-
Alastor: do any demon overlords use the one-off eyes though?
Interrupting any rebuttal from pentious that could lead off topic pointing to an eye in the wall of the hotel.
pentious realizing what he’s inquiring.
pentious: I...I no.
pentious looks away from Alastor nervously panicking.
Alastor: you do don't you ... I'll make a deal for the answer my friend, anything.
Pentious shakes his head glancing at Alastor laughing it off.
Pentious: I don't have the slightest idea of what you’re talking about haha.
Pentious: I think it's time for you to head out I'll clean my bed. The blood lost must be getting to your head.
Alastor: w-wait you haven't answered!
pentious shoves Alastor out of his room and locks the door. Pentious’s hat looks at him unsure and worried. Pentious slithers back over to the hat grasping and shaking it.
pen: if I tell him he would never stop asking me questions. I cannot tell them; they'd think I'm like… an exorcist or something and kill me on the spot!
Alastor knocking on the door and then banging it with his fists. Pentious decides to open the door again and almost getting bonked on the head would cure the headache that started making its presence known is better in the long run.
pentious: WHAT I SAID NOOOOOoooooo NO is NO SHO SHO
Trying to wave him off Alastor grabs Pentious hand and makes eye contact.
Alastor: Well, we had a verbal deal pentious I'd clean your bed and you'd tell me who or what created or controlled the vacant eyes in hell.
Pentious confused thinking his bed is still bloody looks back and sees it's all cleaned up. Sighing looking back at Alastor’s knowing smirk.
Pentious: I thought you were more of a handshake kind of guy not a verbal one.
Alastor: so, wanting to talk now?
pentious: awfully pushy on this topic, are we?
Alastor: AHhahaha if I wasn't pushy as you put it, I'd never have a life full of entertainment!
Pentious: well sorry to say but you’re en ter tain ment isn't wanting to entertain this conversation any longer.
Pentious: thank you for cleaning the mess that YOU so kindly made but I only have the slightest clue as to what you’re talking about, so you and I are in the same boat.
Alastor: hmm well then, you'd be drowning right now because you’re surely not in it ahahaha !
Alastor: I'm not oblivious pentious I know you know something.
Pentious: good night, Alastor.
Alastor: pentious you have-
Pentious: we can talk about this in the morning.
Pentious looks at Alastor's state.
Pentious: if your body doesn't comatose that is.
Alastor sighs and looks at pentious.
Alastor: very well my Scalley twisted Brain’d companion. Make sure to sleep in fright and have the paralysis demon bites.
Ending the last note with a bit of static to scare pentious but this doesn’t seem to faze the snake demon at all.
Pentious: good night forest puppy.
Pentious closes the door and slithers off into his room.
Alastor: FOREST PUPPY?!
Alastor's mumbling noises are heard through the door but soon goes quiet. slithering over to his bed for the third time this night sitting and looking at his hat staring at him looking dissatisfied.
Pentious: I know what I said I should've just denied everything and tied it off with no loopholes no signs of doubt… but part of me really wants to talk about it you know?
The hat glares at him. Pentious lifts his angry hat knowing what he would probably say if it had the ability to speak.
pentious: maybe it won't be a repeat like last time.
The hat bites his hand hard making Pentious squeak dropping his hat and clasping his hand.
Pentious: What was that for?! Can't a sinner be hopeful for once, isn't that the meaning of this stupid place?
The hat on the floor looked up at pentious with that same glare.
Pentious Grumpy hisses picks up his hat and places it back on his bed.
Pentious dramatically: Overly protective are we now I thought you wanted to see me dead!
The hat’s expression falls into pity.
Pentious: I’m only kidding my friend and even if you tried, I don’t see that having a good effect in the long run.
Pentious smiles and yawns at the thought.
The hat closes its eye and slowly slips into unconsciousness as well as pentious.
Tomorrow will be a helluva day.