4chan Hazbin Hotel story - abaddon the destroyer

from /hhg/ Hazbin Hotel general #413, #427 and #428
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abaddon
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>Hello, brother

>Hello, Apollyon

>Is it that time already?

>No, it's the end of time.
>There will never be time again

>Very clever
>You smug asshole

>Please, forgive me
>I've been waiting millenia to make that joke
>I know it's not funny
>But then, I don't really know what humor is to begin with

>Fair enough
>So how does this work?
>Do we just lay down and take it?

>You don't have to lie down
>You don't have to do anything
>This isn't a ceremony
>It's just something we have to do
>It's time to unmake all of this
>Just close your eyes and relax
>Not existing is really easy, it's like falling off a log

>I'll try to make it painless
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>For what it's worth, I am sorry

>Are you though?

>...I'm not sure
>I can't remember how to feel the way you do
>It's been too long
>I hope I am though

>*sigh*
>Oh, Abby, we all used to be so nice
>How did things end up like this?

>I'm not sure about that either
>It's been so long
>Are any of us really the same people we were, back then?

>No, no I suppose not
>Anyway, we're holding you up
>Let's just get this done
>You've got a lot more to unmake today and I'd hate to keep you
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>The Bearer Of Light and The First Woman huddled close to each other
>They closed their eyes
>They buried their faces in each other's necks
>They really did make a lovely couple

>One stroke of the sword, and they were gone
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>Vaggie was frightened
>Barely containing herself
>She was ready to burst into hysterics at any time, but if it would be sobs or screams or howls of rage, she didn't know
>She'd only died just a few years ago, and now she had to die again?
>It seemed unfair

>Charlie did her best to comfort her
>She knew what was coming
>Her mortal lover really didn't
>None of these mortal souls under her roof did
>She'd done her best to explain what was happening after it had begun
>That raising arms against Abaddon's legions wouldn't work, that there really wasn't anywhere to flee, but they all still seemed upset
>It was only natural
>She had to be patient with them

>Husk came and joined the two as she continued to hold the moth demon close
>He uncorked an oversized jug of something or other and took a long drink
>He had the same, annoyed and aggressively indifferent expression on his face as he always did
>As if The End was just the latest minor annoyance that would keep him from getting drunk and playing cards for a while
>He draped one of his wings over them and pushed the jug insistently their way
>Charlie took a drink too, and Vaggie followed her

>They normally didn't partake, or even approve, but that sort of thing didn't matter anymore
>Very little did
>Niffty appeared and tucked herself underneath Husk's other wing
>She wasn't as peppy as she usually was
>But neither was she distraught
>She seemed to have made her peace already
>A bitter sort of peace, but peace nonetheless

>Angel Dust came next, with his little piglet cradled in his arms
>It was clear that he'd been crying
>He nestled his slender, fuzz-fringed form among them without comment
>His pet looked with interest as Razzle and Dazzle curled up among them, then rested its chin back where it had been and dozed back off
>It was being held close to its master, that was all that really mattered
>All this other fuss was of no concern
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>Alastor was the last to arrive
>His yellow-toothed smile remained as it had always been
>Yet he lacked the vigorous, flashy, overconfident tease that usually informed everything he did
>He seemed tired
>His smile was that of someone who had been up all night waiting for something and finally gotten it
>He was ready to lie down now
>And lie down he did

>Angel Dust was startled as the Radio Demon nestled his head into his lap
>He scooped his little piglet up to make room
>On any other occasion he would have had dozens of salty, late-night remarks to make, but now didn't seem to be the right time
>So he simply waited until Alastor had folded his hands over his stomach, and then lay one of his atop them
>Alastor hummed, and radio static seemed to surround them
>Not harsh or unpleasant
>It was white noise
>A soft, warm cushion for their funeral dirge as it began to play

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXAN-0fKse0
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>Outside, in the distance, they could hear the crunch of The Destroyer's footsteps
>But his legionaries arrived well before he did
>They were formless things
>Shadows that flickered and fluttered like candle flames
>They poked their heads in through the doors and windows
>Not marauding or cavalier, but cautious and timid, aware of their intrusion
>They weren't even armed
>They approached
>One of them went to Angel Dust, another to Husk, and to Niffty, and so on, until all of the sinners clustered around Charlie had their own little scrap of The Abyss hanging on to them

>The shadows whispered into their demons ears
>Charlie couldn't hear what they said
>But she could hear her friends' replies

>"Oh it's done plenty, let me tell you"

>"Of course I wish I could undo it"

>"My own damn fault, naturally. A better man could have fixed it."

>"I miss her so much"
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>Once her patients, her friends, had exhausted their conversations, Charlie heard the shadows speak clearly, in unison

>"It's okay, it's all over now."
>"You managed to make it even further than I did."
>"But now we can all rest."
>"It's nice and quiet down there."
>"There's not even any light to see all the meanness by."
>"Don't be afraid."
>"This will be easy."

>Then they settled in amongst the sinners, making themselves comfortable, and waited
>Charlie looked up, in spite of the dread she felt, at The Destroyer
>In spite of his enormous stature, there hadn't been any crashing or clattering beyond his footsteps as he drew near
>The walls of the structure they resided in had simply evaporated into the ether at his approach, so that he could loom over them without any crudeness or callousness
>The Antichrist smiled up at the manifestation of The Abyss

>"Hi, Uncle Abby."

>"Hello, Little Princess."

>"End of the line for all of us then, eh?"

>"I'm afraid so."

>"My mom and dad...?"

>"They're waiting for you."
>"They went easily."
>"I promise you I caused them no pain."

>Charlie looked away
>She forced herself to smile and forced herself to take comfort in that knowledge

>"Okay then."

>She looked back up to her unmaker

>"I have a request..."

>She'd always told herself that she'd try to be brave when this moment came, but she couldn't keep her lip from trembling, or her voice from cracking

>"...Can we please go together?"

>Abaddon nodded without hesitation

>"Of course, why should it be otherwise?"

>Charlie nodded back, bittersweet smile widening as tears began to flow at last

>"Okay then."

>"Close your eyes everyone."

>"And hold tight."

>With a single stroke of the sword, they were all gone
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>Charlie held tight to Vaggie's hand as she wormed through The Abyss
>And Vaggie to Angel's, and Angel to Husk's
>Husk held to Alastor, and Alastor to Niffty
>Razzle and Dazzle, small things that they were, had little trouble holding to Charlie's side as she led the group
>Angel's extra hands allowed him to hold 'Nuggs' close, and still be ready to catch anyone should they begin to drift away
>The nothingness was vast, and it would be easy to get lost
>Though they would have eternity to find each other again, it would still be a terrible inconvenience if they became seperated

>Charlie led the way, feeling through the darkness, until she found her mother, who in turn, had held tight to her father through their unmaking
>Though they couldn't see each other, they knew the other was smiling
>With the last of their group found, the lot of them began to shift to more comfortable positions
>Alastor again allowed Angel Dust to hold him
>Husk put his back to the pair and rested his chin atop Niffty's head
>Fat Nuggets, secure in the knowledge that his master wasn't going anywhere, went over to visit with Razzle and Dazzle

>Down in The Darkness, they clung to one another, and looked up to watch as That Which Was became That Which Was Not
>There was no great fanfare as the last of Creation was undone, no last hurrah, no final show of fireworks
>Merely the last tuft of grass in the vast meadow falling before the slingblade
>His task done, Abaddon sighed, echoing across The Abyss, and sank back down
>He found his brother, and The Temptress, and their offspring, and her many friends, and lay down beside them
>Exhausted from the ordeal, he closed his eyes and allowed himself a rest
>With nothing better to do, and eternity to do it, they all did as well
>High above them, the last vestiges of Heaven, the only things spared by The Destroyers sword, glittered as stars in a dark night, the only light to be found in The Void

>Then, all was quiet

>Forever

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