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+-----I rewatched episode 6,---------+
It took only a few minutes for the girls to get their bearings straight after being thrown out of the portal.
Charlie Morningstar was pissed. Furious even, it was hard to describe such emotions in such simple words it was a heated blazing passion of anger. It was rare when she would describe it hellfire but this was one of those occasions. she was mad mad at the establishment of heaven. She was mad at Sera the high seraphim, For her hypocrisy.She was mad at the High council for their ignorance. She was angry at the denizens of heaven for their their ignorance as well. how could such a yearly atrocity be swept under the radar without anybody knowing about it!
However, that was a basic anger she was angry at the ideas. Her true fury lies and one or two people, Adam however most of all. That that misogynistic narcissistic self-obsessed holier than thou psychotic freak had ruined her chances. Made her play the fool , and gave her a direct threat. She could have been mad at his lieutenant but that was just a reflection of her anger at Adam. Her anger also flew towards Sera the high seraphim, For her hypocrisy.
Safety of heaven? People wouldn't have wanted to revolt if she just reform the damn place. It's their fault for creating such a limiting environment and situation.
They 're encouraging hell to become worse. To create a systemic system of apathy. What's it going to matter they're in hell they can't fix society. And the high Powers who run things won't pick up the damn check that they created.
They're encouraging people to go to the worst instincts..
The worst part is nobody knows the requirements to get into heaven (and by extension hell, if that's the case. ) So many people suffering in hell don't even know why just a basic idea. The sunk cost fallacy sets in. And it makes the hellborne's lives even worse. It was a colonial dumping ground in a sense.
A holy Australia. Such a monstrous thought
Charlie had thought she was getting through to them, she thought she could have saved her people through peace. And yet here she was thrown back into hell.
It wasn't a total loss in all honesty.
She may have been kicked down but That didn't stop her from getting back up. Much of a hells suffering is thanks to ignorance of the many in heaven, and the sadistic nature of a few.
Perhaps that was the best lesson she got from that encounter.
They had to get defenses ready for the extermination. That was her first thought.
Charlie had to go to her father for protection.. if her hotel was to survive her father was vitally important.
After all he survived millennia of these.. he held far more power than any down here in hell.
Unfortunately Charlie was ignoring the elephant in the room.Or more accurately, the fallen Angel.
Vaggie looked at her girlfriend. Or soon to be ex-partner. For How could the princess of hell love a former exorcist. A member of the beings who slaughtered her people on a annual basis.
"Well better to rip off the Band-Aid now"she had thought to herself
"Charlie, dear, are you all right?"
"Yeah… but.. just thinking." Charlie said lost in thought.
"Listen about what Adam said earlier.
"I know.. I know.. I'm going to have to go to Dad and get him to help protect"
Charlie was dodging the obvious, it was easy for vaggie to see. It was a defense mechanism she had developed.
"No, not that, I meant about my past."
"What about it ? It's obviously a lie. right? You said it yourself, you were a traumatized victim of the extermination and I nursed you back to health.."
The best lie is a statement veiled truth a bit of evidence left out. This was the lies she had given Charlie when vaggie was at her worst moment.. she used to be human that was true. She used to be a victim of sex trafficking From El Salvador.
She had left out the part that she was granted a place in the holy heaven above and was recruited to become a part of the extermination system.
She left out the part where she ruthlessly slaughtered hundreds of thousands of demons, being rising through the ranks to become top archangel exterminator. 3rd and command behind lute.
Veggie knew her partner was trying to process the events. Their adventure to heaven in hindsight has been a severely traumatic event for her and for Charlie,for different reasons.
"Charlie, I never wanted it to happen like this" vaggie had said. She was hoping to ease her into it after a long discussion involving alcohol and tears.
Charlie had focused on those words
"I never wanted it to happen like this"
Her mind raced a million miles in only a few seconds
"Was it all a lie?" Fire was burning in the princess's eyes..
"What? "The fallen Angel asked
"Was our love all a lie?"
Vaggie was to stunned to speak
"Answer me! Please "
"No never! I loved you !every part of you! "
"Even this!?"
In seconds Charlie's hands grew razor sharp claws. her fiery red horns grew out to the full height teeth sharpened to that of sharks. Charlie's Spade shaped red tail extended fully, on fire.
Six wings enormous sprouted from the princesses back. first bat like leather then growing white feathers. In the end they look like that of turtle doves. The top pair were as tall as the roof of the hotel lobby.
Her skin morphed from its ashen hue, into crimson red.
Goat-like hooves sprouted from the heels of Charlie.
multiple eyes opened from an unknown place. they are resting floating around the princess's body..Each of the floating irises casted their gaze onto the fallen Angel .their eyesglowing with the same ferocity as the princesses normal eyes.
Charlie had taken both after her mother and father, and her father was a high angel. Of course she would inherit the more intricate parts of Angel biology. The biblically accurate all seeing eyes.
Fire burned all around the princess. Her aura was intoxicatingly hot. Like a fire slowly choking out the oxygen in the air. That fire would perish as soon as it lacked the fuel.
Vaggy didn't know what to say
It was a rare to see Charlie at her full demonic form, only glimpses of its true might. This was the first that she was on the receiving end. Especially in a non-erotic context.
Veggie held her ground.
Can you love such a monster like this
"Yes, even that! Especially that "
"Then why didn't you tell me?? ! Don't you think it hurt me to find out that the love of my life murdered my own people?! Was it all a lie! "
"I'm sorry Charlie, "
"Give me one reason why I shouldn't eradicate you with my demonic blade."thare was fury and Malice in her voice. Betrayal was a very basic sin in hell. She had been so loyal and kind to vagi and for what? For her to lie to her face?
"Because that's not you Charlie. "
"Oh? "The demon princesses eyes cocked with intrigue,
'I know I messed up, I know I lied, but let me let me be truly honest. Let me say my peace. As a last request
" Fine I'm listening, "
"Charlie you are amazing, "
You are not a monster, you're not evil you're not a beast, you are beautiful.
You are a woman of Hope, compassion. filled holy empathy that not even the Lord above could recreate.
You created this hotel to fulfill your dream. To spare the sinners of their fate in exchange for being able to have a chance of redemption. You didn't have to do that your title as princess only leaves you to rule the Hellborne. And yet you dedicated your life to helping people.
Even in your darkest moments you still are so beautiful.You are still empathetic, you still hold kindness and empathy as a virtue.
I fell for you because of that, my love for you was never a lie.
I May have lied because I was at my worst. I thought I was going to be dead by that point. And yet you rescued me, because I was in pain, a simple stranger. Who you took pity on. And you saved my life.
I'll never know how to repay you for that care you gave me. For the love and affection you showed me, it was more than I ever received in my lifetime. It was more than I ever received in heaven itself.
when you saw me, broken casted away without purpose. you healed me. A woman who you knew nothing about. .
That day you healed me was at that point the worst moment of my life and yet you had gave me something new to fight for. You gave me You.
All because of your heart.
I would be dead without you
I am forever grateful to receive such A gift of love like yours. Kill me if you want but my final words are thank you. For everything "
Charlie calmed down. Reverting to her normal self..
She still had her Dove-like wings
Charlie dove in and the wrapped the fallen Angel in a deep hug.
Her wings wrapping around her girlfriend and herself. creating a cocoon of white feathers where only they could talk
" Tell me honestly veggie, why did you fall
no lies no sugar coating it, just the honest truth and I'll accept it. "
" Are you sure?"
" Positive"
" My wings were clipped because I couldn't murder a innocent hell-born child. My eye was gouged and my wings ripped off, literally. Had it not been for you I would have been dead"
Charlie's eyes shifted relief fell upon her face.
"Oh thank hell's I thought it was something worse."
"You're not angry?" vagatha asked
I'm angry that you didn't tell me, I'm angry that you held all this in yourself. Because you could have told me ,we're partners. We're Supposed to work together. I fell for your strength and your kindness. If a being like you could fall for something so empathetic for your principles. I don't see why the opposite couldn't be possible."
"I love you babe"
"Me too"
"I have one simple thing to ask,"Charlie asked with a proposition.
"Go ahead shoot"
" Did it hurt? "
"What."
"When you fell from heaven,
Vaggie was shocked. She didn't know what to say. It was incredibly painful to have her wings ripped off. And her eye gouged out.
" because your my angel now."Charlie said punchline in a low succulently seductive sapphic tone. There was also a hint of possessiveness.
Vaggie didn't mind. She was a bit of a sub at heart.
Vaggie blushed, blood heavily rushing to her face her heart pumping. There is a flutter of joy in her eyes.
"you corny dork! come here and kiss me Mi amor."
"I love it when you speak Spanish darling"