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Over The Edge & Back

Summary:

A collection of short stories, one shots and mini fics from this wonderfully heartbreaking anime, crossovers or otherwise

Notes:

Tokyo Ghoul + Edgerunners crossover

Chapter 1: Family Dinner

Chapter Text

 

It was dinner time for the small Martinez family

 

 

It was one of those rare nights when Gloria wasn’t huddled up in an all-nighter, so they could enjoy their meal together

 

 

And both of them loved savoring those rare moments between each other

 

 

"Amen" They both finished saying grace and proceeded to eat their individual fills

 

 

For Gloria, it was a small portion of some storage SCOP from last week. And for David…

 

 

The intestines and kidneys from some poor gonk zeroed on the street

 

 

David grabbed one of the kidneys and his eyes began to change. His sclera became pitch black, his honey brown eyes a dark crimson with equally red veins growing from it, even growing out from the eyes and into his skin in a crack-like fashion

 

 

David’s mouth opened in a disproportionate way, far too wide to be natural like a snake about to eat its prey, with only a thin string of salive connecting the two gaping maws

 

 

He bit on the organ with a sickening crunch, its gorey insides splattering all over his mouth and hand, painting them both in an angry red

 

 

"Ugh David, table manners" Gloria corrected her son, like if the worse thing he had done was getting his face covered in synth-ketchup

 

 

"Oops, sorry" David apologized in a sheepish way and was about to wipe it off with his shirt’s sleeve before an fake cough from his mother stopped him

 

 

"Napkins Dee, they were invented for a reason" Gloria reminded, gifting one of said napkins to him "You don’t want to get your clothes all dirty"

 

 

"I know Mom, sheesh" David grumbled like a stubborn child, but nevertheless grabbed the offered napkin and began to wipe his mess off his face

 

 

The previously presten white color from the napkin now a crimson one

 

 

Grabbing his eating utensils, he used his knife to cut a piece of his bitten kidney and later grabbed some of the small intestine on his plate, rolling it like a synth-spaghetti  noddles and bringing it to his mouth,  properly chewing it this time

 

 

Mmm~, he always liked the taste of kidneys. The way they were squished on his mouth was delightful to him

 

 

"It’s okay mijo, I know you haven’t eaten in a while so it’s obvious that you were hungry" Gloria expressed, taking a bite of her own miserable meal

 

 

"…Not as hungry as you are though" David whispered woefully, the delicious squishy feeling in his mouth now not tasting so great

 

 

David never enjoyed seeing his mother eat that crap while he got to enjoy delicious fresh flesh, especially after everything that she’s done for him

 

 

After she found him as a baby and adopted him, never once paying mind to his monstrous ways

 

 

David was lucky that he only need to feed every two months to sustain himself, but his mother was human

 

 

She needed to eat in a nearly daily basis, and they only had enough money to buy either SCOP or kibble

 

 

David had smelled his mother on occasions, he can hear the beating of her heart and the weak gurgling of her stomach. He knew she wasn’t eating properly like she tries to convince him

 

 

"Dee, can you serve us something to drink? I think I must’ve left them on the fridge" Gloria asked, breaking him out from his thoughts

 

 

"Sure thing Máma!" He said, and slightly lifted his shirt as to not rip it and give his mom more work than necessary. Then, he unleashed his kagune

 

 

A bikaku tail-like type that had the form of a spine, and emitted a green glow and was almost as long as his main body

 

 

Using his extra limb masterfully, he slithered it across the room and opened the mini-fridge where it later grabbed their drinks

 

 

Some RealWater for his mom and synth-coffee for him, plus some glasses for them both

 

 

He manipulated his tail back and use it to serve their drinks, and when the task was done he called it back to his coxis

 

 

"Thanks Dee" Gloria said gratefully, taking a sip of her RealWater

 

 

"You’re welcome, Mom. Y’know I always like helping you anyway I can" David answered earnestly, but there was some pain on his tone

 

 

He wished he could help her out than just serving her water and tolerating life at Arasaka Academy

 

 

Fuck, any more bitching from that piece of shit Katsuo and David may just whip out his kagune and shove it up his skinny ass, consequences be damned

 

 

He flushed away some of his mournful thoughts by drinking his synth-coffee, and while mild and slightly uncomfortable due to its synthetic nature he could still digest it

 

 

The two continued eating comfortably, occasionally making small talk and just generally appreciating being by each other’s side

 

 

When they finally finished eating, they proceeded to wash their dishes with David carrying some of them with his kagune, and while washing Gloria caught her son trying to lick some of the remaining blood from his plate

 

 

"Really Dee?" She said unamused and the ghoul boy chuckled sheepishly but nevertheless returned to washing the plate normally

 

 

The two said their good nights and went to bed, bellies full and attitude happy of being able to experience a peaceful evening such as this

 

 

What a nice family dinner~

 

 

Chapter 2: Night Kingdom

Summary:

Edgerunners Fantasy AU

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"Woah! The moon looks awesome tonight!" David cried as they both watched the beautiful night sky on the roof of Lucy’s home cottage

 

 

Lucy smiled bemused at the ranger’s excitement, having always been intrigued by how humans tend to get amazed over even the smallest of things. She was immortal, so there weren’t a lot of things left that could surprise her

 

 

But Kiwi, a fellow sorceress and her master of magic, told her that since humans had such short lives they can get amazed by pretty much everything, wanting to experience everything the world had to offer before they ultimately die

 

 

It was also one of the reasons why Kiwi had warned her never to trust anyone in the Night Kingdom, especially the humans. In the end, they will eventually outlive them all so it’s better not to get attached while they still could

 

 

And Lucy did just that for the last three centuries, but somehow this one human boy was managing to break all her walls. Why..?

 

 

"Yes indeed. The goddess must be feeling particularly generous tonight if she’s blessing us with such a beautiful view of her domain" Lucy said, basking on the glow of the glorious full moon to charge up her mana pools

 

 

Mmm~, much better

 

 

As a moon sorceress, she always felt ever so slightly sluggish during the day. So charging up her lunar powers during the night always helped her feel more rejuvenated, especially during nights where the moon was at its fullest like tonight

 

 

Unbeknownst to her, David was watching her with a dumbfounded expression and a small blush. He always enjoyed seeing Lucy moon bathe like this, as the glow of the moon made her look more beautiful in his eyes

 

 

The soft glow of the goddess’s domain made her pale skin shine like ceramic that he had only been allowed to glimpse at briefly, and her silvery hair reflected the rainbow for him

 

 

David especially liked how her cute pointy ears would occasionally twitch to show her content

 

 

"Y’know, I’ve been wonderin'…" He said out loud, interrupting her moon bathing "How come Kiwi never had to moon bathe like you?”

 

 

"For the simplest reason that she’s a pure-blooded elf, and doesn’t need to recharge" Lucy answered quite dryly and surprised him

 

 

"W-Wait, pure-blooded elf?! Y-You mean…" He gasped in shock

 

 

"C’mon David, you seriously couldn’t tell after all this time? Are you sure you went to the Royal Academy?" She lifted an unamused eyebrow and he stumbled on his words, playing with the edges of his yellow cloak

 

 

Lucy was surprised that a ranger such as himself would choose to wear such an attention-grabbing piece of clothe, but apparently it belonged to his late mother. A low-leveled healer that got caught in the cross fire between two of the Bandit clans on the kingdom

 

 

Apparently, wearing that cloak was David’s way of honoring her memory despite obtruding with his class, and somehow he made it work. Especially since he wore his Sandevistan magical gem on it like a brooch

 

 

"It’s obvious if you think about it, I’m a half-elf" Lucy murmured with certain sadness, and he looked at her with even more shock

 

 

But now that he thought about it, it was pretty obvious. Kiwi’s ears were longer and sharper like all elven-folk had, while Lucy’s look more human-like with the only difference being that it’s tips were pointy

 

 

It’ll also make sense why she would want to keep that info hidden, as half-elves weren’t seen in a good light

 

 

They had the best of both worlds, but were also shunned in both. Their immortality and greater affinity for magic made it difficult to live amongst humans, while elves saw them as abominations for tainting their 'noble heritage'

 

 

Most importantly, David had heard that half-elves were common targets for slaves. Especially on the more…salacious area

 

 

And unbeknownst to him, Lucy had experienced that. She was bought as a child alongside other half-elven children by a noble family, were they were ruthlessly trained into magic and sent beyond the Black Gates

 

 

The only thing that separated the Living World from the Nether Realm, where bloodthirsty monsters and demons crawled

 

 

Only a handful of them were left, were they realized that since they were going to die anyways why not try to pursue their own dreams for a chance?

 

 

They didn’t expected for hidden archers to shoot at them while they escaped, where only Lucy was the (un)lucky one to survive

 

 

"Lucy, I’m sorry. I know how you must feel, somewhat" David said with genuine empathy, confusing her more as she never heard a human that was so…honest

 

 

"I-I mean, not completely for obvious reasons. But I know how it’s like for assholes to look at you like you’re beneath them" He spat with anger, remembering unpleasant times before he joined Lucy’s party of mercenaries

 

 

“Everyone in the academy always made me feel like shit just because I wasn’t a noble like them, because I actually worked hard on my studies and didn’t simply relied on an inherited magical bloodline or whatever" He scoffed

 

 

"And now the other mercenary parties at the guilt see me as some rookie that isn’t worth their time! Just because I’m the only human in a party of monsters, doesn’t mean I can’t hold on my own" David finished his small rant and looked at Lucy with a soft smile

 

 

The soft glow of the moon above also made his honey brown eyes shimmer more intensely with his seemingly inherit kindness and she could feel herself blushing up

 

 

Why? Why did his pure feelings made her feel so mushy inside? Is it because of her empath abilities thanks to her elven side?! Or is because…something else?

 

 

"Lucy, my point is that your heritage doesn’t make who you are" He said softly “Who cares if you’re a half-elf? You’re still that beautiful amazing woman that tried to klept me on the market and that introduced me to the rest of your party"

 

 

"Hey! I already said sorry for that" She murmured but chuckled softly regardless at his joke "And you’re still that foolish boy that went along with it, despite getting punched on the face by Maine"

 

 

"Ugh, don’t remind me…" David grumbled, still feeling goosebumps for when their orc leader kicked the shit outta him when he heard he had klept the Sandevistan magical stone that his mom sold to him before she died

 

 

"…And if I’m being completely honest, I kinda also like your ears" He mumbled with a cherry red blush while she tried to hide her own

 

 

"…I hate my ears" She whispered bitterly, as those accused things were the only thing that kept her from trying to live normally in either world

 

 

Not round enough to appear human, not long or sharp enough to appear elven either

 

 

"Well I don’t, I think your ears are cute" David mumbled, and now their blushes reached both of their ears

 

 

“Didn’t you said the same thing about Kiwi’s and Rebecca’s ears as well?" She said bluntly, remembering what he said about her master and the goblin warrior woman in their party who both coincidentally had pointy ears

 

 

The stuttering and volcanic blush on the human boy’s face was hilarious and it served for Lucy to forget a little about her confusing raging feelings, laughing at his embarrassment much to his dismay

 

 

But in the end it served its purpose, and they both turned to continue looking at the night sky with much higher spirits than before

 

 

"Hey Lucy, can I ask you something…" David said after a while, heart pounding on his chest "You can always say no but…can I please touch your ears?”

 

 

In that moment, her usually stoic and pale face flared up like a the most advanced of fire spells and her eyes were almost as wide as the moon itself

 

 

Because what he didn’t know, was that the ears were the most sensitive and intimate part of any elf, pure-blooded or otherwise. Even more so than their sexual organs

 

 

And asking that to an elf is essentially the same thing as 'Hey, wanna have mind-blowing sex with me?'

 

 

"…O-Okay" Lucy stuttered, anyone else who would’ve asked her that would experience a fireball to the cock but she was somehow comfortable if David was the one that did it "Let’s do…t-that"

 

 

He sparkled with childish joy over being to touch what had been the objects of his curiosity for a while now, none the wiser to the actual implications behind it

 

 

"Thanks Lucy!" He cheered while she gulped nervously, something that he noticed "Although if it makes you more comfy, you can also touch my ears. That way we’ll be even"

 

 

She lifted an eyebrow at his proposal, having heard once or twice that humans ears tended to be more sensitive during sexual intercourse but never at the same level as elves. But if this made what she was about to do more bearable, then she’ll go along with it

 

 

After Lucy agreed, David moved his fingers up to her ears and started to slowly massage the pointy tips. She bit back a moan, suddenly being overwhelmed by all kinds of pleasurable sensations running all over her body

 

 

With his curiosity over her ears, she expected him to be ruthless on his onslaught but instead he was gentle and kind, as if not to make her uncomfortable. And that was somehow more powerful than anything else she would’ve imagined

 

 

The way David caressed his soft fingers against her tips felt light and feathery and so goddess-damn comfortable. Lucy thought that his hands would fell more calloused due to always being on his bow, but they were somehow so incredibly soft and warm

 

 

To not fall far behind, she also started to move her delicate fingers and play with his lobes which caused a chuckle out of him, and she admitted it sounded quite cute

 

 

"They’re twitching a lot, are you okay?” David asked worriedly when he saw Lucy’s ears twitch the most he had ever seen them

 

 

"Yes! It’s…fine" She nearly shouted with a squeaky voice, because by judging his character she knew that he would take away those glorious hands by even the slightest notice that she was uncomfortable

 

 

But Lucy wasn’t! She probably was the most horny and driven to orgasm she had ever been in her long long life, by just a boy and his damnable curiosity

 

 

Seeing that she was okay, David decided to shake up his approach and moved to gently scratch her behind her twitching ears and she made the strangest and most adorable sound he had ever heard from her

 

 

Was that a…moan?

 

 

"So you like it behind here, huh?" He mused and decided to do a bit of mischief, continuously scratching behind that one spot and enjoying all those adorable little noises that she was making

 

 

"Why you..!" Lucy barked with no actual malice and gently pinched on his ears, earning giggles from his parts

 

 

"L-Lucy stop that! Y-You’re kill-ing m-me!" David struggled to string his words together as the half-elf mercilessly abused her poor ears with tickles as she smirked triumphantly

 

 

The two continued their ministrations with each other, and she felt like she was about to be driven over the edge thanks to his gentle and loving hands that were hitting all the right spots

 

 

'I can’t take it anymore..!' Lucy thought as David kept abusing that one spot in the most pleasurable of ways

 

 

"Lucy, what’s—" Before he could finish his sentence, she connected her rosy lips with his and now it was his time for his eyes to be wider than the moon itself

 

 

As he couldn’t believe that the woman he had feelings for was actually kissing him, but as she kept liplocking him his shock fade away and devoured the moment

 

 

David kissed Lucy back with trembling lips and all the inexperience of someone who was just experiencing his first kiss, and he could feel her smirk but decided to let it slide. Instead, he continued their make out while hitting the most sensitive spot on her ears

 

 

And Lucy was completely undone by the end

 

 

Maybe her heritage wasn’t so bad, if someone like David found it cute…

 

 

Chapter 3: Helluva Runner

Summary:

Hazbin Hotel/Helluva Boss!Edgerunners AU

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

 

David regretted nothing, despite being about to get zeroed by the walking nightmare and NC Legend that was Adam Smasher

 

 

Sure, there were some things he thought he could’ve done better

 

 

Properly paid for that goddamn update in order to save his mom, move Pilar outta the way before that bare-dicked Psycho hobo splattered his brains, properly save Maine, save Becca before she was crushed by the borg and maybe just maybe, chrome down like everyone had told him

 

 

Also he would’ve liked to see Faraday for the two-timing backstabbing cunt that he was earlier, but that didn’t mattered right now as he was probably rotting off in the deepest pools of Hell. And even if he wasn’t, David was sure he’ll end up there pretty soon

 

 

And when that happened, Faraday will wish that turning into paste would be the last of his problems

 

 

But other than that, David didn’t regretted a single thing. Except for maybe one thing…

 

 

Lucy, he wished that he could go to the moon with her. But at least he completed his promised, she will still get to complete her dream and get away from the hellhole that was Night City

 

 

David did his part, he managed to get Smasher’s attention on him and bought enough time to get Falco to drive as far away as possible from there with Lucy

 

 

She was safe now and will be able to complete her dream, and that was all that mattered to him

 

 

David had done it, he managed to complete everyone’s dreams for him

 

 

He got to Arasaka’ top floor for his mom, he kept running to the very end for Maine, and he managed to get his dear Lucy to the moon

 

 

David guessed that has always been his dream or whatever, make everyone else happy

 

 

So even as Smasher raised his arm cannon and got ready to end his life, he wasn’t afraid

 

 

Instead he just smiled softly and let out a small chuckle as his brains were splattered and his vision turned black, never to be opened again…

 

 

…At least, not in that world any longer

 

 




 

Darkness, that was everything David was seeing at the moment

 

 

Just the sweet absence of absolute nothingness. He couldn’t move nor feel anything, he couldn’t even look at himself. But for some reason, he was still conscious

 

 

What was happening?! Didn’t Smasher just flatlined him?! Did he planned on making him a construct like he told him beforehand?!!

 

 

Over his dead body!! He rather die still as himself in a blaze of glory rather than be turned into some corporat for fucking Arasaka!! Just let them fucking try, he’ll kill them on the spot!!!

 

 

Lucy had already risked so much to keep him safe from their radar with his being none the wiser to it all. He couldn’t let her efforts be in vain at least!!

 

 

But before David could figure out a way to liberate himself from the so-called construct process, he finally managed to feel something tickling his skin

 

 

Was this…air?

 

 

It felt different somehow

 

 

Suddenly darkness turned into an overwhelming white light that blinded his vision, and white turned into a strange array of colors that were going too fast for him to properly process even in Sandevistan mode

 

 

Until the colors finally settled for a deep red and David realized one thing…

 

 

He was free falling at rapid speeds

 

 

"AHHHHHHHHH~~~!!!" David screamed like a bitch in fear as he saw that the ground was coming closer and closer by the second, and he most probably will end as a spot on it if he didn’t found how to land quickly

 

 

He could also see some sort of structures around, but he really didn’t payed them attention. Right now, he needed to find a way to avoid his unceremonious landing and fast!!

 

 

David knew he had fell from grace, but he didn’t want it to be literal!!!

 

 

Thankfully, he landed in a somewhat soft place on top on some sort of bushes. But not artificial bushes, but rather actual ones

 

 

Although, something was up with them. For starters the leaves were rich red and the flowers (or what he thought were flowers) were purple and had blue polka dots on them, and were those fangs on them real?

 

 

Apparently so, because they immediately started to growl and snap their jaws on him attempting to take a bite outta his frame seemingly angry that he just landed on them

 

 

David rapidly moved outta the way from the angry chomping-plants, and looked around in shock not recognizing anything around him

 

 

It looked like the city, but it didn’t resembled Night City in the slightest. For starters the sky was red and it didn’t seemed to be due to corpo interference, not even their failed experiments or bio-pollution could go that far. And they definitely didn’t managed to get a whole fucking pentagram on it!

 

 

The sun (was it even a sun though?) was also a deeper red color, also sporting a pentagram on it. While the moon(?) was pretty much the only thing that wasn’t any variant of red in this place, being a pale white color and was that a halo on it?

 

 

The city itself wasn’t like anything David had ever seen before, and that’s saying something from someone who had lived in Night fucking City his whole life

 

 

He had seen people shamelessly jacking off to their auto-masturbators while spazzing from whatever XBD they were experiencing in the middle of the street countless times before, but all of that paled in comparison to the landscape before him

 

 

While the city looked mostly normal apart from the constant red that seemed to be the standard in whatever this place was, it had things liked horns, eyes staring right at his direction and who knows what fucking else

 

 

Wherever David was now, this place definitely looked like it could give NC a run for its eddies

 

 

But for as much as he was shocked by the strange place he had ended up in, there was something else that left him in complete disbelief

 

 

His arms, he had them back!! Not just his arms, but his legs as well!!

 

 

Although, they looked different now. Way different

 

 

Firstly, he now had 8 fingers instead of 10 and his arms were more skeletal and metallic in nature. His legs thankfully looked normal, but they had green tattoos of leg bones going from his femurs all the way to his toes

 

 

And David swore that the tattoos were glowing ever so faintly

 

 

His gaze looked up and saw that his torso was a combination of those glowing green tattoos and the new freaky metallic skeleton arms he now had. His ribcage was showing and was a sleek metal, while everything else was covered in tattoos that perfectly recreated the bones under them

 

 

David was an actual cyber-skeleton now, but this was the last of his surprises when he felt het another surprise in a new (or rather old) weight on his back

 

 

He turned around, and there it was

 

 

His partner in crime, what made him so special, what had been by his side since the very beginning even before meeting Lucy

 

 

The Sandevistan, weighting comfortably on his back like always. But that was impossible, it was destroyed alongside the cyber-skeleton when Smasher mauled him alive, yet it was intact and looking brand new once more

 

 

Brand new, and improved it seemed

 

 

It expanded into a metal spine-like tail that shares the Sandevistan’s same properties, wagging uncontrollably all over the place. Probably because he was freaking out. It felt really weird, but like the Sandy beforehand it also felt like another part of him

 

 

Like an unused muscle that he had just flexed after a long time

 

 

Putting behind the expanded Sandy tail for now, David needed to know if something else from his being changed when he entered this new place

 

 

He looked around to see a puddle of red water (or was it blood? Who knows) not too far away that was clear enough for him to see his reflected, so he stepped closer to it

 

 

David wasn’t gonna lie, trying to walk in whatever was happening to his body was a challenge

 

 

It was his body, but at the same time it also didn’t felt like his

 

 

It was almost similar to how David felt when he donned the cyberskeleton, uncomfortable and intrusive even if it was now in a slighter way

 

 

The new weight that his new tail provided didn’t help, and the fact that it was still wagging uncontrollably just made it harder to find some semblance of balance

 

 

But in the end David managed to get to the puddle, and as soon as he did his new legs gave out and he unceremoniously fell to the ground but thankfully didn’t kissed it

 

 

Who knew what kind of freaky shit was laying on it in this place

 

 

Looking at himself in the red water, David saw that fortunately his face looked mostly normal even if the left side of it was covered in more of those creepy glowing bone tattoos

 

 

There was a big round circle around his left eye with smaller circles surrounding it, and a pattern of teeth above his lips and expanding to the edges of his mouth, with two lines deriving from there ending in curls sorta resembling a smile

 

 

Fitting, considering how much shit David hid behind his smile

 

 

The real kicker though was his right eye, where a green scar-like tattoo laid out. It wasn’t just the tattoo though, but his eye as well

 

 

His sclera which was normally white was now a pitch black color, and instead of matching with his left brown eye his right iris was a green with no pupil whatsoever

 

 

David remembered that this was the eye that he lost on his battle against Smasher, but despite this and its creepy new look he didn’t had any problems with his eyesight

 

 

In fact, he could argue that he could look even better than ever before

 

 

While his left eye kept seeing things normally, his right let him see the world like whenever he was in Sandevistan bullet-time mode. Everything moved so slow but at the same time David felt like he could see everything much faster and clearer than before

 

 

Finally, there was a big angry green X mark plastered on the very center of his forehead with small circles filling the blank spaces on it

 

 

The same place where Smasher shot him and ended with his life, a permanent reminder of his mistakes

 

 

Thinking about it, David resembled a calaverita like that holiday he would celebrate with his mom back then. Fitting, considering the whole skeleton motif he now sported

 

 

"Just what the fuck am I now…" He wondered out loud, touching the X mark on his forehead with his new hand

 

 

"Get the fuck outta my lawn, you shithead!!!" But before he could keep wondering, a new voice rang out accompanied by the cocking of a gun

 

 

David was about to enter fight-or-flight mode when he recognized that voice. A voice he never thought he’d hear again…

 

 

"Mom…?" He said with the smallest of voices and whoever was holding the gun that was pointed at him froze

 

 

"David? Mijo, is that you?" The gun was lowered, and in its place a all too familiar face appeared with as much shock as him

 

 

And there she was, Gloria Martinez. His beloved mother and the woman for whom he gave everything for

 

 

Granted she looked different now such as himself, but David could recognize her anywhere

 

 

Unlike him, Gloria new appearance wasn’t all that radical. Sure, her skin was a light orange and she had two generic horns growing from her forehead, plus two extra pair of arms

 

 

But other than that, she still looked just like David remembered her

 

 

"Oh Dee!!” She cried, grabbing him from the dirty ground bellow and giving him a bone-crushing (pun not intended) hug, especially since she now had two extra limbs

 

 

"Mom! I’m so happy too see you again!! I thought I would never be able to…" David cried, hugging her back and he could feel his tail still wagging, but a lot more moderated since he was happy instead of agitated

 

 

"Me too, mijo. But what are you doing here?" Two arms were still hugging him, while the other two hands cupped his cheeks in worry

 

 

"What am I doing here? What are you doing here?" He said back the question with his tail taking the shape of a question mark “Actually, where even is here?"

 

 

Gloria looked around with concern on her face, and a hand grabbed his own while another arm wrapped around his shoulder protectively as she guided him two a cheap but comfy looking house that thankfully didn’t had eyes or any other creepy shit on it

 

 

"Come with me mijo, I’ll tell you everything but not out here. It’s not safe" She ushered, her two remaining arms grabbing a key from her outfit’s pocket and the other already grabbing the door’s pommel

 

 

"What do you mean, Mom? What’s going on?!" David demanded to know, tail ratting like a snake getting ready to strike with his raising nerves

 

 

Gloria sighed while the arm holding the key flopped to the ground and she gave him a small bittersweet smile

 

 

"Welcome to Hell, mijo…"

 

 

Notes:

The Hazbin/Helluva universe says that since there’s a wide variety of sinner demons that don’t resemble each other like the hellborn species, a sinner’s demon form is the mixture of three main characteristics:

How they died + their crimes/sins + how they perceived themselves in life

David saw the Sandevistan as another part of himself, which is why he got to keep it in Hell. The cyberskeleton plus the nonstop chrome updates played a part on his untimely demise, hence why he’s now a skeleton sinner demon

Some sinners that died by bullets have a lasting mark on themselves that showed that, such as X marks on that specific wound

And assuming that David got his brains shot by Smasher, I thought that was fitting

In comparison, Gloria didn’t make much sins in life which is why her demon form is just your generic demoness appearance

Her only sin was scavving dead bodies, which is reflected by her extra pair of limbs to symbolize how she couldn’t keep her hands to herself

Anyways I hope that you enjoyed this little introspection of mine and have a great time!

Chapter 4: Late Night Convo

Summary:

Sentient Sandy!AU

Chapter Text

 

David sighed tiredly as soon as he got home, exhausted physically, mentally and emotionally after the long long night he had

 

 

Actually, he’s had many long long nights before but this was absolutely took the synth-cake

 

 

First he faints remembering how he murdered that poor innocent woman in cold blood in what should’ve been an easy gig during an psychosis episode

 

 

It wasn’t the first time David had experienced one of those episodes, but never during a gig and never that intense

 

 

Her kid must be so devastated, he knows the kind of pain he must be going through right now after hearing the news about his mother

 

 

Then Doc starts doing his creepy finger motion things and the next thing he knows is that Lucy calls out to him fearfully, and he suddenly realizes that he was choking the damn bastard to the wall

 

 

Honestly, Doc had it coming even without the cyberpsychosis. Goddamn creepy fingers

 

 

Speaking of Lucy though, fuck! David wished she just told him what was holding her up

 

 

He wasn’t angry with her, he could never be. He understood that this wasn’t kind of lifestyle she wanted, that’s why she dreamt of getting to the moon. To finally escape Night City and its iron clutches

 

 

That’s why David had made it his life’s mission to get her there, regardless of what happened to him on the process

 

 

But there was something holding Lucy up, and he just wished she told him what it was

 

 

Before she ran off to who the fuck knows where, she looked really spooked. More fearful than he had ever seen her before

 

 

Once again David sighed, wanting to sleep but at the same time not wanting to shut his eyes down in fear of what his dreams had in store for him

 

 

He slinked into his their bed and didn’t even bothered on putting some pants on, he was simply too tired to do that

 

 

(She’s right, you know)

 

 

"Oh great…" He grumbled when the tiniest peace he was having got shattered when a mechanical voice filled his head "Now even the fucking chrome is telling me to chrome down!!"

 

 

(I’m being serious David!!)

 

 

On his back, Sandy started to beep uncontrollably, a habit they did whenever they were irritated

 

 

David usually liked hearing Sandy out, but right now he wasn’t in the mood. And the nonstop beeping were buzzing annoyingly on his head, causing him to get a migraine

 

 

(Look at what you’re doing to yourself! Have you forgotten what happened to James?! Maine?! That woman?!)

 

 

"I ain’t gonna stop Sandy, not now" He mumbled, getting really tired of having this conversation yet again

 

 

It was already difficult enough when Lucy and Becca talked to him, and even if they didn’t said anything he knew Kiwi and Falco were judging him too. And then there was Doc

 

 

David didn’t want to partake in unnecessary arguing with his most beloved piece of cyberware too

 

 

"Said so yourself, didn’t you? I’m the most compatible host you’ve ever had" He recalled "If I handled you, I can handle the rest"

 

 

(That’s true for me! It’s not the same for this other guys!)

 

 

Sandy’s green lights turned red and the beeps just intensified even more to show their anger, and David grumbled in displeasure sinking deeper in his pillow trying to muffle down the noise

 

 

Fuck, why couldn’t it be like in the beginning when he had first installed them?

 

 

Back then, David was obviously scared shitless when he suddenly heard his new piece of chrome suddenly talk to him when he got home after punching Katsuo’s ugly mug

 

 

After all, who’s ever heard of cyberware that talks? Never mind one that had a consciousness of its own

 

 

But after a while, he had actually liked having Sandy around and not just as a convenient piece of chrome but as an actual friend

 

 

Back then, the sentient cyberware could barely muster a proper conversation and mainly stuck with sending sensations through his body to dictate how they were feeling

 

 

Not that David minded, he grew quite fond of Sandy’s special mind touch as a reminder that they were like a guardian angel that always had his back

 

 

Heh, literally

 

 

Eventually as he kept using Sandy more and more, the cyberware seemed to grew and could properly communicate with him

 

 

And while he missed the pleasant sensations that they send through him, being able to talk to them was also preem in his book

 

 

They bonded with their combined loved over living the fast-paced life, and Sandy confessed they had never found a host that shared their same love for speed

 

 

David loved his Sandevistan, so much so that he honestly thought that as long as he had them he wouldn’t need any other chrome

 

 

But then Maine happened, and things had changed

 

 

Lucy suddenly left the crew without explanation, and he started to chip himself with every piece of cyberware he could think of

 

 

Sandy had changed too, barely talking to him now and even seeming to cut their special connection

 

 

Even at times when the sentient cyberware wasn’t speaking to him, David could still feel their sensations on his mind

 

 

Now, it was like they were barely even there anymore

 

 

But even despite that, he could tell what his chrome friend was thinking. They were still one and the same, after all

 

 

Sandy felt personally offended and hurt that David stuffed himself with cyberware when he had told them once how he never wished for more, as long as he had them

 

 

And if he thought about it more throughly, he even believed that they were jealous of all the attention he was giving to his other implants

 

 

This was the first time in a while that Sandy actually talked to David that wasn’t left unanswered or cut with a short reply, but he didn’t want it to be another argument

 

 

(David, I’m worried about you…)

 

 

(All my other hosts either died or went crazy after using me too much)

 

 

(You’re the first to ever bond with me this way. The first to see me as an equal and not just a tool)

 

 

(I just don’t want to lose you…)

 

 

Sandy’s beeping stopped abruptly and their lights returned to being green, but glowing in a lower intensity

 

 

David didn’t reply, but it hurt feeling his precious chrome so distraught when they used to be so chatty and lively once

 

 

He never enjoyed seeing his friends hurt, especially because of his fault

 

 

"I’m sorry, Sandy…" He whispered in the quietest voice he has ever used and somehow fell asleep after that

 

 

The exhaustion of the past few days finally coming back to bite him in the ass

 

 

Unbeknownst to David, Sandy was still very much awake and heard what he had just said

 

 

They remembered how he once said that they were like a part of him, and they very much agreed with him back then

 

 

As David also felt like a part of them too

 

 

Sandy just hoped it wasn’t too late for him, when they had finally found a host to call their own