4chan Hazbin Hotel story - heaven is gone

from /hhg/ - Hazbin Hotel General Thread #199
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A Dark idea just pops in my head.
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>Charlie shows everyone Demons can be redeemed and got Angel Dust, Alastor, Husk, Niffty, Vaggie, Etc. into heaven
>as time goes on, more and more demon sing up to heaven, she gets overwhelmed by this but she tries to best and keep a smile on her face.
>Until a month later, out of nowhere angels from heaven start dropping down into hell like crazy. everyone thinks heaven is here to finish them off for good but Charlie thinks there something more to this.
>Charlie manage to found an angel on the ground and it was... Vaggie. she was crying her eyes out. they embrace each other, it's been so long since they saw each other
>Charlie asks Vaggie what it's going on?...
>Vaggie tries her best to stay calm but only a few words she can say was "God is dead" before going back crying
>Charlie didn't understand, what Vaggie means "God is dead" how?
>Vaggie finally calm down, she begins to explain what happens at heaven
>apparently a thing or an entity or something else. unannounced show up in heaven and start destroying the places
>exterminator tries to stop it but it didn't work, high-level Angels & God himself try to stop it but like the exterminator. it didn't work
>and all of them got cut down like they were nothing, everyone in heaven evacuation off the planet
>before Vaggie explain anymore, there was a big explosion in the sky
>Charlie & Vaggie look up in the sky and their eyes go wide in shock
>heaven... just exploded, Vaggie screams out "¡es el fin del mundo!" and Charlie was standing there...
>all that hard work, making people believe in the hotel, getting people into heaven and so much more...
>tears filled her eyes
>...all that work...
>Charlie drop onto knees, tear rolls down on her face, Vaggie hug her
>....went up in flames...
>Charlie hug Vaggie, both of them, crying.

on that day the Happy Hotel die.
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is this a good idea?.... I don't know. I think it's bad
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ok, this is a nutshell idea.
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>after Charlie & Vaggie are done hugging/crying, they went out to find the others
>666 news did a "breaking news" on now destroy heaven and are now asking "who did this?"
>angels who drop down into hell are scared and confused
>redeemed sinners are now back in hell and now pissed off
>the high lords of hell are panicking
>lucifer want to know wtf happen?
>the Happy Hotel is now dead because without heaven it's basically just a normal Hotel now
>Charlie got everyone back, she is happy about this but very sad at this
>all that hard work she did just went up in flames
>they have to support now very sad/Depression Charlie
>everyone in hell is scared because whatever destroy heaven, it can come for hell next
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that all I have
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Sounds good
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thanks, anon and I got one more idea.

because now heaven is gone, good/innocent people will now pop into hell.
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>all of Hell was on high alert
>the destruction of Heaven, and the death of God himself meant such an unprecedented and irreversible paradigm shift, that no one was prepared for it
>Hell's spies monitoring the Mortal world gave hourly updates, from all around the world
>humanity has already gotten the bad new, however - true to God's methods - in the shape of parable-like symbolism, although, it WAS more straightforward than usual: around the globe, places of worship, even those in good condition, inexplicably collapsed
>most of the old temples and altars in Jerusalem were simply swept away by the wind, turning into dust as they stood
>in Rome, the Vatican city burned, and, though the firefighters did their best, the Pope and all his cardinals fell to the ground, dead
>in Moscow, St. Basil's Cathedral collapsed, reduced to rubble in an instant - and word spread that the same thing was happening to other cathedrals across the vast country, while traditional wooden churches suddenly caught fire, or underwent a rapid, devastating rot, and collapsed as well
>in Mecca, the Great Mosque collapsed, and granite Kaaba eroded into power, the Black Stone crumbling to bits before the eyes of millions of shocked worshipers
>worse still, for those falling out of the Heavens, many of the saints and good souls ended up back on Earth, and we're now roaming the planet as ghosts
>the redeemed sinners, though still in their angelic, human-like form, found themselves in Hell, enraged initially, until the reality of their whole ordeal dawned upon them
>while in shock, they're still the best-equipped to deal with the Heaven-worthy people who now end up in Hades

Cont?
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>overcoming her sorrow, Charlie and the others think quick on their feet, refashioning the Hotel into a help center, and basically becoming a relief service - with many former hotel residents gathering there and doing their part
>some even fashion themselves some UN-esque blue helmets using spray paint, cardboard stencils, and whatever military helmets they could get their hands on
>other demons who've been to Earth are soon redirected to join the relief effort - even imps like Blizto and the others
>Hell continues to monitor the Earth
>after the initial panic subsided, scientist and theologians had began to investigate, posing numerous hypotheses as to what could've been the cause behind the "Great Iconoclasm", as they've started call it
>and beyond them, it seems like the entire planet is coming together over the events
>but not everyone shares this sentiment of togetherness: throughout the world, the rich and powerful descend into a level of debauchery unseen since the decline of Rome, and only made worse by their modern means of seeking pleasure
>on the other end of society, the extremely poor succumb to despair and violence, starting a myriad of erstwhile revolutions that quickly eat themselves alive
>their souls, inevitably ending up in Hell, where, once they become aware of the true nature of the events, many shut down completely, and become catatonic
>people of power are faced with a hard decision: use the chaos to gain advantage over their opponent, and enrich themselves into obscenity, or use the opportunity to become the paragons they once dreamed they'd be
>oddly - perhaps to subconsciously counterbalance the now singular pole of Evil that is Hell - most choose the latter, and slowly begin driving humanity towards a new Golden Age

>days pass, when another shock rattles the Underworld:
>they've found Jesus, in Hell!
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>almost immediately, Lucifer and Lilith arrive at the hotel, with some of the high nobility in tow
>sheltered as they are, they're surprised to find the hotel staff working alongside the henchmen of notable warlords - if not the warlords themselves, like Cherri Bomb and Sir Pentious
>even notably sleazy ones like Vox and Valentino have been corroborating the relief effort with funding, repurposed buildings, and the like
>upon his request, Jesus has been given a small, cozy room, not too far away from the action
>his injuries are far more severe than the ones he gained on the cross - while his powers are healing him, it's slow going, but at least he's conscious, if somewhat delirious from fever
>while many - sinners, Heaven-bound, angels and demons alike - have popped in to see him, only Lucifer and Lilith are allowed to stay for a prolonged amount of time
>Jesus is actually glad to see them - confirms directly that "their" father is dead
>also reveals the fate of the archangels - Lucifer's brethren: Michael is down on Earth to protect the humans, Gabriel has been injured, and is recuperating with him, Raphael is scouring space to find where the attack had come from, and Uriel's still missing
>though shaken, the Devil accepts the news, and then asks the most important question:
>"What now?"
>after a pause, Jesus explains that he won't be taking over - Moses and Muhammad had already left for Earth, to guide their people during the Paradigm shift (and put and end to the nonsense they've gotten up to since their ascension), as did all the other avatars of God, like Buddha, the Hindu deities, and so on
>they've even reincarnated some of history's biggest philosophers to guide the atheists and agnostics - no more leaving things up to chance, as there's no Godly will to guide it anymore
>this, however, leaves the Messiah with a difficult request

Cont.
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>Jesus' own power, while enough to heal him, is quickly fading - it'll be reduced to a minimum soon, only enough to heal him back from otherwise lethal injuries (and only at the rate wounds normally heal), and he speculates that once he returns to Earth, he'll essentially become a regular mortal - like the other prophets were
>seeing that he knows humanity the best - better than all the angels, including Michael, a notable lover of the human race -, and is easily the most critical of them, and the fact that he's the strongest angel left - a seraph, whose powers were separated from that of God's...
>Jesus proposes the unthinkable:
>let Lucifer take the place of God
>this role for him already has a precedent in Gnosticism - which could become the holy rite for humanity, in an age where worship has been rendered moot, and knowledge and rationality must reign supreme
>with him in charge, humanity would have a central figure to look up to - and Charlie would have a role more suited for her, being the daughter of the new godhead

>Lucifer stops him there
>this... Is a lot to take in for the old Devil
>and yet, this is how the paradigm shift reaches him - forcing him to make the most far-reaching, difficult decision of his life
>more difficult when he chose the rebel against God
>momentarily mulling over the strange ache he feels the thought of Him now crosses his mind, he tells Jesus that he'll have to think about it
>Christ accepts, but warns him that he'll only have time until he recovers - and after that, it's up to him to decide whether or not humanity is go on without someone to watch over them, or, with a new deity in charge

>this discussion is kept a secret, and only shared with a few of the Devil's most trusted allies, and few friends - many of them former Gods, from the Canaanites to the Akkadians, Babylonians and Assyrians, and even some Phoenician and Hellenic gods as well
>Charlie is intentionally kept out of the loop, as is most of Hell

Cont?
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>eventually, things settle - the rich and powerful of Earth have destroyed themselves in their hedonistic frenzy, and the poor and destitute had worn itself out
>the return the prophets and philosophers had caused quite the stir - while Plato no longer advocated for his republic, and Marx no longer called for revolution, the world still felt it: the Saudis were thrown out from their palace, which itself was demolished, and the Sunni and Sikhs were united in peace - those who couldn't agree abandoned Islam altogether
>Governments changed - some, through violent means -, and leaders abdicated or rose to power
>there was a general sense of disorganization - as if the powers that secretly held control over the globe (or, at least, tried to, to middling success) had disappeared
>but the Earth continued turning, days changing to night
>in Hell, Jesus had finally recovered
>still, he was a long way away from Earth - he had sworn to talk to anyone, sinner, saint, Heaven-bound and Demon alike, before making his return
>predictably, a lot of people wanted to talk with him
>but, at long last, he had arrived to the last six
>Alastor turned him away, finding himself unworthy to speak with the son of God, despite his protest
>he and Niffty had a long discussion in her native tongue about the world she left behind, and the world he'll most likely enter
>Husk taught him his best card tricks, in exchange for the whole "water to wine" thing, and discussed war in general
>Angel... Offered his services, which he politely declined - but accepted his request to be absolved of his sins
>Vaggie had only asked for a hug - and there was such great pain and sorrow in that hug, so much shame and grief, that she didn't even dare to share with the love of her life -, the burden of which he took
>and finally, Charlie


Well, guys? Should Luci accept his new role?
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>their exchange is long, and ponderous - she's filled with so many questions, many of which Jesus can no longer answer, forever severed from his Father's light
>but what he could tell, he told her - the birth of the world, her father's and Man's fall from God's grace, the discrepancies of Creation and the Observable World, his own story, and what he knew of the Final Days - including the Final Battle
>and her role, as they predicted - that, of the Anti-Antichrist
>the one to lead her people into ascension, and the one to turn against the Accuser
>the one who rallied the demons against Hell itself, and would sacrifice herself for their blessing - and be struck down, forever
>after all, things can only fall one way - down, and into the darkness
>she may have been a centuries, if not millennia-old demon, but right now, she was just a young woman, being told she was destined to cast everything aside, and die in dark
>so her people may live to see the light
>the Light, that was now gone
>only the darkness remained
>unless...
>and he told her about the proposal
>already, she was saved from martyrdom - but what of the Devil?
>the Lightbringer?
>above them, Creation awaited it's new ruler, the gnostics standing with baited breath

>Lucifer had a choice to make - and as the leader of the First Rebellion, and the Ruler of Hell, he had every reason to assume control over the world of Man
>but as a father himself, he felt within him the duty he had for his family - his wife and daughter, who's lives were on the line, just as well
>within him, his despise for Mankind fought with the love for the love of his life, and their only child - the Antichrist now nothing, but a laughable, idle thought
>there was no future for them in Hell - and no certainty in the World Above
>but deep within him, the hubrical bravado that led to his silence among the angels when the worship was due, and in his mind, the gears of machinations turned

Cont.
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>with the old God gone, humanity turned their eyes to the skies - so much has changed, on land, underground, and in the light above
>it seemed as though the darkness of space had become a tease - mocking at their impotence
>with the depths of the oceans explored, borders redrawn and technology developing, humanity prepared for the final frontier
>the light of the Heavens, that distant planet, the sun beyond the clouds, was left voided - the Lightbringer craved no illusions of an eternal reward, anymore
>for Humanity, the skies should only be the sign of endless opportunity - a world, waiting to be explored, to be conquered, to be understood
>while the prophets, for as long as they lived their second lives, fostered the values of kindness, humility and goodness among the people of the Earth, the Lightbringer demanded effort, curiosity and ambition - his throne among his subjects, his wife on his arms, and her daughter
>beneath the ground, the Accuser laid resting, forever silenced
>Azrael roamed the Earth, his duty eternal
>Apollyon roamed the darkness between the stars, his world endless
>Samael... Guarded Hell's gates

>Hell itself was a different place - no longer a őit of eternal suffering, or the debased haven of debauchery and sin
>but nor was it a replacement Heaven that many thought it would be, once She took over
>no, if anything, it resembled the old Earth - enticing in it's similarity to it, but this was no place to stay
>indeed, that seemed to be the point - to find your grip, improve, and leave
>All of Hell itself, had become a Hotel for sinners to stay, before moving on to the great hereafter
>what waited them beyond the Light, nobody knew - the Queen would only give a knowing smile, before exchanging a loving one with her Dame, the Consort grinning behind them
>and the underworld was filled with music, as a host - never not entertained - kept the dead up do date with the world they left behind
>as incentive to press on, full of hope

FIN