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"ALASTOR, WHERE ARE YOU!"
The walls of the Hotel thundered with residents running to their rooms in a feeble attempt to hide from just wrath.
How, they couldn't know but they would not try their luck with one pissed King of Hell.
"YOU BETTER COME OUT YOURSELF BEFORE I FIND YOU!"
"What is happening?" Vaggi ran out of the kitchens after she averted a crisis of a small cyclops demoness almost falling into a pot with boiling soup after another quake. Said demoness only giggled in delight out of Vaggi's armpit where she was safely tucked in.
"UGH! Niffty, go check on Baxter and make sure all his vials and what-not don't fall and don't cause another explosion on top of whatever the fuck this is!"
Niffty saluted and wormed herself out of Vaggi's grasp, quickly scootering in the direction of the basement, muttering 'gotta check on a smartboy, check on a smartboy' under her breath.
"GET YOUR DEER ASS HERE! NOW!"
Another violent quake shook the building and before she could recover Vaggi was suddenly bodied into a wall from behind. She didn't get to react or get her spear out before she saw a wild mane of blond in front of her.
"What's going on, Vaggi?! It sounds like dad, and I've never heard him so mad before and I don't know where Alastor is and-"
"Breath, hon, breath! In and out!"
As Charlie was calming down Vaggi figured the epicenter was coming from the halls and unfortunately, they had to go down and investigate unless they wanted the building to fall apart piece by piece. As if summoned, a cyclops cat jumped on her head out of nowhere, her fur bristled, agitated growling coming out of her tail-mouth.
"Keekee! Please try to make sure the Hotel doesn't fall apart until we calm down Mister Morningstar or at least find out what got him so pissed."
Keekee swept with her tail in displeasure and hopped off into unknown directions, hopefully to keep it all together.
"Dad wanted you to call him Dad or Lu, remember?" Charlie wheezed out from below as she was composing herself.
"I don't think it's relevant right now, sweetie," Vaggi helped her up on her feet before-
"ALASTOR YOU BITCH!"
-almost dropping her back on the floor.
"This can't keep going," Vaggi sighed under her nose and with Charlie in tow they ran down just in time to see Husk ducking under the bar, nearly avoiding a flame the King of Hell Lucifer Morningstar blew out of his mouth.
It would not have hurt him, but you can't exactly argue with instinct.
"DAD!" Charlie immediately rushed to his side checking him from head to toe.
To Vaggi's surprise it took a while for Lucifer to acknowledge her at all, horns out, tail aggressively lashing behind his back.
What the fuck did Alastor even do?!
Weren't they all good? All… together? Being grossly sweet and stuff?
Why did Lucifer look like if he could, he would have ripped his head off and watch it regenerate so he could rip it off again?
After Charlie's attempt or two to get his attention Lucifer finally noticed his daughter's presence, his anger instantly subduing a bit as the fire between his horns died down.
"Hi, sweetie! Sorry, daddy is kind of busy right now trying to find that HORNED BASTARD!"
"Yeahyeahyeah, Alastor bad, but whaaaat happened?! Weren't you- WAIT!" Charlie's eyes grew like plates as she stared at Lucifer in mute horror.
"Weren't you on screening with auntie Bell?! Did- DID SOMETHING BAD HAPPEN? ARE YOU OKAY?!"
Not wanting TWO loudly distressed Morningstars on her hands, Vaggi quickly leaped in.
"Hey, hey, it's okay. Look, your dad is here and he is all alright! Right?" she hopefully looked at him, and his pursed lips and averted eyes did not promise anything good.
"Yes and nooooo," he answered, his tail taming down behind him and curling up by his leg.
In the back of her mind Vaggi noticed Husk subtly crawling away from the room. Good, less witnesses.
"What does that mean?!" Charlie cried out, still in distress.
"UM! Okay! So. How do you feel about being a, yaknow- " Lucifer gulped loudly " - a big sister?" He lamely finished under his breath.
It's like the world stopped. With Lucifer standing there in fearful anticipation of Charlie's reaction, Charlie in full body froze as her brain was catching on and Vaggi straight up refusing to acknowledge this information.
Because acknowledging it meant acknowledging the second parent. And acknowledging THAT meant acknowledging the means and NOPE, bad brain, don't go there.
"Are you - Am I- " Charlie stuttered, trying and failing to process it all. And finally-
"AM I GOING TO BE THE BIG SISTER?!"
At least this quake came from a happy place.
Visibly eased down Lucifer nodded quickly, tears shining in his eyes. Charlie swooped him up from his feet and swirled him around, high pitching in excitement.
All that happened aside, Vaggi felt a flutter inside her chest. Lucifer was expecting. Charlie will have a baby sibling. She was lost but undeniably happy for them.
"Oh?" and of course the nice moment was ruined by a whine of radio as Alastor manifested right behind her, startling her into a fighting position.
"Where the fuck have you been?" Vaggi immediately growled, pointing an accusatory finger at him. "The Hotel was in a crisis because Lucifer was searching for you with your ass nowhere to be seen."
"And it was precisely why I was nowhere to be seen," he snipped back as if unaffected with his ears slightly folding back.
So the all-powerful Radio Demon was also not a fan of a pissed partner. Tough luck.
Still being unnoticed he was silently standing there, watching the scene of two blonds cry-laughing in each other's embrace, while his shadow twirled around his legs and his radio switching channels back and forth, not being able to pick a song, all of them being cheerful bombastic ones.
So he was happy, huh.
"Why won't you go to him?" Vaggi asked.
"Have you already forgotten what transpired here a mere minute ago", he huffed rolling his eyes. She rolled her eyes back. It's not like he could avoid this forever-
"YOU!"
Yup, he couldn't.
Vaggi didn't notice the moment when both Morningstars quieted down, but now Lucifer noticed a newcomer and flame rose between his horns once again, eyes turning red, and tail once more slashing the air like a whip.
Now Alastor's ears were fully down.
"Sounds like you are displeased, my dear. It didn't look like the news were bad for you, they are most certainly not for me," Alastor tried to deescalate.
It looked like he also didn't know what got Lucifer's mood all twisted, but he was chosen as the offender.
"OH, I AM HAPPY ALRIGHT!"
Lucifer growled out as he left Charle's side, who anxiously started tugging on her sleeves, and slowly approached the Radio Demon, who, to his credit, did not back away. Not his usual style anyway, but there was something about Lucifer that screamed to cover away.
Suddenly Lucifer's bared teeth smoothed up into a wide pleasant smile. There was nothing pleasant in his eyes.
"I am so happy! Can't wait to have a pair of little feet running around. Or two. Or three." His voice darkened. "Or six. OR NINE!"
What.
"NINE, ALASTOR. NINE!"
Charlie squeaked behind him.
"HOW THE FUCK DID YOU FUCK NINE BABIES INTO ME?!"
Like never before Alastor looked like a deer in headlights. For the first time in a while Vaggi genuinely sympathized with him.
"I WILL CASTRATE YOU!"