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Prologue
"Vaggie, former exorcist and terrorist from heaven, you are to receive the harshest punishment. In order to protect those in this realm, you will be completely isolated for the rest of eternity. If you are given access to any other soul, it will be with the harshest restraints present on you." Lucifer spoke to her. "You aided in genocide and, worse, you hurt my daughter. The sinners suck, but you harmed my daughter."
The fallen exorcist stared at the ground, "I accept it. I deserve the worst." She whispered. "I deserve worse than the worst."
Lucifer paused for a second, "you regret it." She simply nods. "Good." He raised his voice for guards to come. "Throw her down there. Chain her and make sure she's in constant pain."
Vaggie hung her head and let herself be led away. She accepted all of it, no complaints and no arguments.
Chapter One
The guilt is worse than the pain. It doesn't matter anyway. Charlie deserves better than me. Charlie hates me, and I deserve that.
Lucifer walks in and kneels in front of her, "had enough yet?"
She whispered, "no. I deserve more. I deserve worse. I deserve the worst you can give. I deserve worse than the worst you can give..."
He said calmly, "you're right. You hurt my daughter. You earned this, but physical pain isn't nearly as bad as your psychological torture that you're giving yourself. Perhaps, it's time Charlie came in here so you can be forced to face her."
Vaggie begged, "don't... She won't want to see me.. You're punishing her by doing that... Why would she want to see me? She will just be in more pain."
He answers, "I will let her have closure from your constant deceit. How about we do this in the perfect way. We are going to make a deal."
She whispered, "what deal? I don't deserve any sort of deal if it has any benefits for me."
He says, "the deal is as follows. You will receive all the punishment you believe you deserve, and I will make sure Charlie stays safe and happy."
She whispered, "deal."
A soul contract formed.
The ownership of the angel, Vaggie, who is a former exorcist, belongs to Lucifer Morningstar. In return, Lucifer Morningstar will ensure the safety and happiness of Charlie Morningstar. Vaggie will receive every punishment she believes she deserves. Freedom will not arrive without the express desire of Vaggie herself.
Vaggie whispered, "small contract. But..." she signs it, wanting to ensure Charlie's happiness and protection. "My soul is yours. Just keep me punished."
Lucifer said, "that's exactly what I plan on doing, little fallen one."
She nodded, accepting the red collar around her neck.
A snap of his fingers, and chains enveloped her wrists, waist, and ankles with cloth over her mouth. She could still talk, but the point was humiliation. Vaggie let the chains hug her without argument.
He said, "good, You look humiliated enough. Now, what shall I do? Bring Charlie here?"
She whispered through the cloth, "if that is punishment, then yes. Make me face her. Make me feel my regret..."
Chapter Two
Charlie saw the sight of Vaggie in all those chains--It wasn't a victorious sight. "You look..." The silence was loud. "...scarred."
The fallen nodded silently.
Lucifer's daughter whispered, "you know. I'm angry, but I don't like this."
She whispered, "I earned this" through the cloth. "I hurt you. I lied. I shouldn't have lied, and I shouldn't have done that. I deserve this. I deserve worse than this."
Charlie replied, "the hotel's whole purpose is redemption, and you don't feel like you deserve it. You think you deserve torture." She turned away. "I don't want you to be hurt, but I don't want to be around a liar either. But Heaven be damned--everyone in hell is a liar. Even me. But I don't want a girlfriend who's a liar."
The fallen's eyes stormed with tears, but she said nothing for a minute. Finally, she whispered, "I don't deserve you. Lucifer can make sure I stay aware of that."
Charlie turned back, "excuse me?"
Vaggie said quietly, "we made a deal. My soul is his as long as he continues punishing me and as long as he keeps you safe and happy."
Her eyes darkened, "excuse me?" she repeats. "You made a deal with my dad, all so you could BE PUNISHED FOREVER? I know you hate yourself, BUT THAT MUCH?"
She [Vaggie] whimpered. "I earned it."
Charlie stormed out. "DAD!!!!!!!!!!"
Chapter Three
Lucifer watched Charlie come in. "yes, ducky?"
Charlie said in her demonic form, "RELEASE VAGGIE'S SOUL!"
He said, "I can't. The contract is strict on it. Vaggie has to want to be free, and in this case, her own psychological torture is far worse than the physical torture I could put her through. She has to willingly want freedom. Consent matters in this contract, Char Char. I can't just free her.
She said, "I HATE THAT!" she took a deep breath. "I hate that she wants this constant punishment. I hate that you made a deal with her. I hate that you did this. I hate that she cares. I hate that she thinks she deserves worse than the worst of the worst. I hate that I can't hate her!" She stormed off.
Lucifer went to Vaggie, "you heard that, fallen one?"
She whispered, tears falling. Through the cloth, she said, "I deserve this. I hate..."
He replied, "yourself. I know. It's pretty obvious. Honestly, I'm starting to think this torture is beneficial for you, but I don't like when my souls use deals for self harm. So, the worst torture of all....Therapy." He waved his hand and the chains were removed.
Chapter Four
Vaggie let out a sound or horror. "Please..."
He says, "no choice here. You get therapy. No options here. You're lucky I don't stick you in a white room, but also... even most mental facilities on Earth don't do that."
She says, "how do...those work?"
Lucifer answered, "Well. You are admitted with a 5150 in most cases, though that is more associated with United States than other countries. I don't know too much about the other countries because of the fact that a lot of people who are in hell are from the United States. Politicians are a heavy population statistic down here. Regardless, after you are admitted to the hospital, it is usually a minimum of three days while you are in a short-term facility. Within the adolescence unit specifically, most of the day is spent in useless groups or watching that ridiculous television. Some of the groups can involve crafts and other types of Arts; Others are usually talking about mindfulness. Depending on the facility, there might be some groups that specifically touch on things such as self-harm and suicide. You usually talk to the therapist once Within three to five days of being there, sometimes twice if you're lucky. Your exit paperwork is essentially asking you to rate the facility, and often asks if you would recommend it to someone else. Long-term facilities are a little bit different. Once you are admitted to them, the minimum amount of days that you can be there happens to be 30 days. Although a lot of people can stay 6 months to 2 years. Still specifically within the adolescence unit, you will talk to a therapist once a week to see if you are improving. The techs AKA The People supervising you are usually some of the worst people you will ever meet. Once you are admitted to those places, you have to be checked for certain illnesses and lies. I think the most recent ones added to be tested for are covid-19 and tuberculosis, though I could be wrong. Therapists can be super nice, but a lot of them just act like you are a problem that needs to be fixed. Many facilities that exist do happen to have a lot of allegations and lawsuits against them for treatment that is horrible specifically targeting individuals with developmental disorders. The groups in those facilities often are similar to the short-term facilities, which Target mindfulness, self harm, suicidal, and more. Furthermore, if you have a breakdown and start crying so much, there's definitely a possibility for your days to restart and for them to force you to stay longer, granted that can also happen in a short-term facility.'
Vaggie blinked, "why do you know this?"
He answered, "I'm the devil, remember? Sometimes, people send me prayers talking about how horrible it is and blaming me for it, even though that is not a system I helped set up. Well I don't believe in the rehabilitation of dead people like my daughter does, I do believe in the rehabilitation of living people, so I would not set up such a system that would make people only want to end themselves more. I'm a villain, Vaggie, not a monster, despite what those Mortals think of me."
She whispers, "so you're making me suffer through therapy?"
He says, "I can't have my daughter hating me, so here's what we're going to do. You're going to work on yourself and learn about the magic of self worth. Got it?"
She says, "I don't have a choice?"
"You don't have a choice," he confirms.
Chapter Five
Lucifer went to Charlie. "Char Char-- Ducky-- your Vaggie agreed to therapyyy! She's agreed to work on self love!"
She clenched her fist. "how could you take her soul?"
He answered, "My dear duckling, I don't like people who hate themselves, and that little clause make sure that they have to learn self love to obtain freedom. They have to want to be free. Every other soul I have ever owned finally learned how to love themselves. Also, she hurt you. So even if she didn't learn how to love herself, she's paying for hurting you because I don't like people who hurt my daughter."
Charlie said, "She willingly made that deal with you. Did I even know her? If I knew she hated herself, I would never have just leapt into the relationship! I'd have taught her how to love herself first! I'd have taught her self-care!"
He said, "she's working on it now. You have too good of a heart!"
"and YOU AGREED TO LET HER ACCEPT THE DEAL!" she snapped. "DO I KNOW ANYONE?"
He answered, "she hurt you, regardless of if she meant to. I don't take kindly to people who cause my daughter emotional or physical pain, speaking of, she recently mentioned about a certain moth demon who needs to be dealt with. I can't hurt sinners, but you know what I can do? The Greed ring has some lovely little IMPs who would be willing to do it for a price."
She said, "what?"
He answered, "yes. I don't take kindly to predators, and neither do many of the other sins... Except mammon. We don't take kindly to them, And we all want to get rid of the v's. They are the worst things to ever happen to him, and we have some the worst politicians from every country down here. The v's are worse than them."
Charlie said, "you'd help Angel?"
Lucifer said, "his name is Anthony, my duckling. Anthony. Yes, I'd help him. As I said, I don't like predators."
Epilogue
Valentino, Velvette, and Vox were killed by the IMPs, who bought a lovely new place of business. Offering them hell's equivalent of $1,000,000,000 from the King of Hell was a persuasive move.
Vaggie had to deal with therapy. She VERY SLOWLY started to desire that freedom, even if the voice in her head still desired punishment often. She never truly has true self-confidence, but she's working on it.
Charlie has trust issues.
Anthony is Free.
Lucifer forced Vaggie to want freedom through the torture that is therapy.
Husk and Angel are dating now (irrelevant to the story)
Alastor had unreasonable happiness when the v's were killed by such a "lowly" group of IMPs.