Quick note.

The grammical errors in quotations from the demon were done on purpose. I want the demon to sound not as bright as a human. Sorry I forget you can hear the voice I do in my head as I write!

Lucifer took a deep frustrated breath and the ash and soot in the air burned as it went in, yet his body gave a shiver from the deep chill in the air.

Everyone thought Hell was burning hot, when in fact it was cold... freezing cold. The kind of cold that seeped into your bones and froze you from the inside out.

Chloe had already been down here for weeks, weeks of who knows what. He glanced left and right trying to decide which way to go. Time was of the essence and he had very little of it. One wrong move and all could be lost. He moved to the left quickly striding down the dark walk ways, carful to fall into the darkness and use his wings as a cover when he heard demons walk by. His presence would only cause more frustration then help if it were to be found out. After a full day of searching his mood was foul and patients were running thin, he knew only seconds had passed above however each second was precious. He knew his father and Amenadile could only hold the earth still for a few moments. Luckily for him sleep was something he did not need here and as the already dark sky turned black he continued to search. Each wrong path, every single walk way that came up empty made the fire and the fear inside of him burn brighter. Never in his exitance had he felt this much fear, not even when he fell.

Three days later his patients were gone. He needed a new plan and it need to be quick. Before Chloe was lost here forever. He heard some demon's coming towards him on the path and he final caught a break when he heard them talking back and forth.

"I wants a piece of the new piece of meat Dath has." One of them said in a cruel voice.

"He has only had her a few weeks; you will be lucky if you get her in a few years. You know he likes his new toys." The other said back.

"But she is pretty and she won't break! I love the ones that won't break." The demon said with cruel laughter. "Plus she is bright, when you look at her you can see her brightness. I wonder what she did to come here when she is so bright."

"She is brights, I can see her as soon as I enter the room, even with all the other bodies there!" the other demon agreed.

Lucifer had heard enough and walked to stand behind the two demons as they walked by him on the path.

"Well I would love to hear where the bright light is being held." He purred in a soft deadly voice.

The two demons whipped around to see Lucifer standing there, "My lord." They stuttered, "Yous back…. its been a very long time."

He watched as one fell to his knees in the instant bow to his creator, but the other one…the bigger one narrowed his eyes and then broke into a large grin.

The larger demon gave a slow grin, "It's been a very long time since you have been home...my lord." He sneered the last two words.

Lucifer raised an eyebrow at his tone, "Do you not bow to your lord anymore? Did you suddenly become too special to show respect?" Lucifer said with an evil grin.

The demon took a few steps forward to grin at him, "Why should I bow to the leader who left us? I heard you left because you were weak. Maybe I should go ahead and kill you to prove to everyone how weak you are." The demon on his knees looked back and forth between Lucifer and the demon who suddenly grew some big balls.

Lucifer looked down to him and gave a grin, "Do you feel the same as your buddy here?" He said pointing at the demon who was grinning.

The from on his knees slowly shook his head, he may only be a small foot soldier but he was not stupid!

Lucifer looked back at the demon who was standing and looking at him ready to fight. Any other day, any other situation... he would have taken his time, slowly making him pay for even thinking of standing up against him. But today time was of the essence, so with a quickness that other demon saw he expanded his wings and broke the demon's legs out from under him.

The scream that came out would chill blood of any human who heard it.

Lucifer walked over and grabbed the demon by his throat and lifted him above his head, arm fully extended.

"Listen carefully. I am an angel, I am the bringer of light. And I made you." He growled deep from his throat. The fire in his eyes burning like a black and red become. He looked down at the demon on his knees, "ALL of you! And I will destroy every single one of you without a second thought if you think you can do anything but obey me." His face began to change form to match his eyes, all his fury and frustration making the ground shake. His voice rose and the wind began to whip through the walk way hard enough to make the demon on his knees lean forward to hold on to the quivering ground.

"How DARE you talk to me like this!" And his anger boiled over and one of his wings cut up and over to slice the demons head clear off.

He watched as the head rolled past the demon on his knees, mouth open into an O shape.

Lucifer took a deep breath trying to calm down, he could not afford to kill them both. He needed information and quickly. He let the wind die down and took a breath to calm so the ground would stoop shaking. He slowly pulled his wings back in behind him, each side still fully erect so they went up over his shoulders giving him a dark, menacing look. He slowly pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket and began to wipe his hands as he walked over to the demon still on his knees.

"Would you like to tell me what I want to know, or would you like to join your friend in oblivion?" He asked pointing to the demon head staring blankly at them.

The demon on his knees shook his head vigorously, "I will tell you what you want to know! Anything." He stuttered.

Lucifer gave another slow grin, "Wonderful, I want to see this bright light you were talking about. Do you know where it is now?"

The demon nodded quickly, "Yes, she is in section C with Dath. He took her and wont shares her."

Lucifer tilted his head to the side and gave a sneer on the outside, but inside he was quaking with fear and frustration. Section c and Dath were one of the worst places she could be, only the worst of the worst went there. "What did this light do to deserve Dath?" He questioned softly.

"Nothing, she wonts talk. But Dath saw her light and took her. He claims her." The demon stuttered.

"Well since this is my domain I guess I will see what the fuss is about. MOVE." Lucifer demeaned. Watching the demon scramble to his feet and run towards the same path they were taking before. Lucifer looked to the sky and saw the little light that Hell got coming back up, he quickly followed the demon, time was moving too rapidly here.

They walked along the dark path, Lucifer following the Demon who was moving at a quick pace not wanting to piss Lucifer off any more than he already had.

They had walked for hours when they finally rounded the last corner to see row after row of bodies hung on posts. Some of the bodies were hung by their feet, arms dangling down, eyes closed. Some hung by necks in a constant perpetual death by hanging feeling. Some hung by arms or an arm. But almost all were screaming, the blood curdling screams that can keep you up at night and if they were not screaming then they were crying and begging.

Lucifer's eyes raked through the bodies, trying to find the one, the only one that mattered. But she was not there. Where the fuck was she? He turned to the demon who was kneeling next to him shaking in fear. "Where the FUCK is she?" he growled, eyes flashing red face turning to his hell form.

The demon began shaking even harder and pointed to the front where a group of demons were gathered, laughing and joking. Lucifer's head whipped forward to see them, his eyes narrowed into slits, they were gathered around a few of the hanging bodies but he still could not see her. Without looking down he growled, "Stay here and do not move or I will kill you." He didn't wait for a reply but strode forward to the group.

Lucifer walked up behind Dath who was laughing manically as he whipped the back of the body hanging in front of him.

The body hung by one arm, the rest of her body slumped down, black hair covering the face that was flung so far forward her nose touched her chest. She wore a black long dress that covered her from shoulders to well past her toes.

She made no sound as Dath pulled back the whip and brought it down again marking a cracking sound as it hit her shoulder and curled around her back to make her spin in a gentle circle.

Dath growled at the others around him, "It's like she's broken but I can't break her. I will make her scream and beg."

As her body finished turning and her front finally faced Lucifer he could see the gentle light glow from her chest and he knew he had found her.

Lucifer felt his rage begin at the bottom of his chest and rise like the burning liquid of a volcano. His skin began to burn and eyes turned red until his form was once again the way it was when he was in Hell. When Dath pulled his arm back to crack the whip again, Lucifer grabbed it mid air with one fist.

Dath turned screaming, "Who dares interrupt me?" His eyes widening when he saw Lucifer standing in front of him.

The others in the group also turned and quickly took steps back or dropped to knees when they saw who finally came back.

Dath however recovered quickly and gave a grin. "Wellllll loookie who's back."

Lucifer narrowed his eyes, "Get on your knees where you belong! Now." He said in a tone so low it terrified the few left standings.

Dath raised his eyebrow up, "And why would I do that?" He asked, "You are no lord here anymore. You left, remember?"

Lucifer was surprised when he could feel even more anger coming up. The wind began to whip around again. Making the bodies that were hanging sway back and forth in a hard-whipping motion. The demons that were standing fell to their knees when the ground buckled and rolled.

Lucifer had no patients left to deal with commentary, he walked over and grabbed Dath by the neck lifting him up over his head. The demons began to quake in fear when they saw his wings explode from his back to cover the sky before he walked over and pined Dath against the wall with them.

Lucifer's eyes burned with black and red flames, "I am an angel, and I will always be Lord and master here. Whether I am gone 5 days or 500,000 years."

Lucifer's hand shot out into Dath's chest pulling what resembled his heart, then his wings ripped the body in half throwing a price to each side.

When Lucifer turned back to the other demons they all wilted in utter terror at the site. Lucifer standing there, blood dripping down the arm that pulled out heart. Chest heaving yet his body stiff as a board. His eyes black pools with red flames and his black wings big enough to touch the sky.

It was the devil in all his glory and anyone who saw him, would fear him.

His look was feral, almost animalistic as his gazed looked at the others on their knees.

"Anyone else dare to challenge me?!" He snarled.

They all bowed so low their heads touched the ground. None had a verbal answer, only whimpers of fear.

"Lucifer." A sound echoed softly on the breeze. So, soft it was like a gentle under tone that caressed the cheek.

Lucifer's head snapped to the body hanging, he knew it was Chloe, he didn't have to see her face. And it was her voice like a soft beacon that called to him.

The others on the ground looked over at the voice, their curiosity beginning to outweigh their fear. However, when Lucifer looked back at them, eyes wild, they quickly looked back down.

"All of you, tell the others that I am leaving again but will be back. And none of you will ever replace me. Do you understand? Tell anyone who thinks they want to try, what happened to Dath, because I will kill every bloody one of you before I will let you disrespect me. Do you understand?" Lucifer snarled.

He watched as they practically crawled away, mumbling yes and nodding. Only when they had all left did his appearance slowly turn back. He looked over at Chloe with a sinking heart, already knowing she would be fragile, no need to scare her more. He quickly walked over and grabbed her by the waist his wing cutting the top of the cord. Her body fell into his arms limp and broken. She was like an old rag doll made of cotton that was used to much. She didn't say anything, and as he turned her over and pushed her hair out of her face, Lucifer's heart shattered.

She had deep slashes in her cheeks and forehead. Her skin so bruised and battered he didn't see any of her pearly white skin anywhere. He could feel the lacerations and scrapes in her back where the whip had grabbed her skin.

He pulled her in close and he held her tight, trying to hug away the pain he knew she had to feel. "Chloe." He whispered brokenly, tears once again gliding down his cheeks into her hair. "You are going to be all right, I am taking home."

He gathered her in his arms, and his wings extend across the sky. Slowly he lifted them up gliding them across the blackened hazy skyline. As he flew them across Hell towards his castle he began to feel the pull of his father to come back to earth.

His fear hit an all-time high, "Not yet father, not yet. I am so close. I cannot leave her." He prayed for the first time in the millennia. Pushed his new wings harder, faster. Until he was only a blur across the sky, racing to where her body was waiting.

He pulled her in tighter, her face snug against his neck. "I will not leave you Chloe, hold on."

The castle grew in front of him as he scored closer, and he felt the pull getting stronger from his father. It made him drive faster and harder until his feet landed on the balcony of what was his old bed room. His wings swung forward, slamming the double doors open to reveal his massive four poster bed. There in the middle lay Chloe's body still as death.

Lucifer continued to stride to the bed never stopping since his feet touched the ground, but each step was harder than before, his father pulling him back with all his might.

However, Lucifer refused to go back yet, not when he was so close to Chloe's body.

He pushed harder, each step like lead, until he reached the bed and kneeled over her. He slowly and gently laid her soul over her earthy body his father had sent down.

He watched as she seemed to float for a moment before merging together, he watched as the bruises and gashes became real on the skin of her earthly body. Blood trickling down the corner of her mouth. In Hell, her soul could take any amount of beating, she was already dead. But her earthly body should be alive.

His father's pull got even stronger, Lucifer could feel his body pulling away. He grasped Chloe's bleeding and broken body as tightly as he could and finally let go.

His body began to rise as he clenched Chloe in his arms.

"Lucifer?" He felt her whisper against his neck.

He pulled her in even tighter if that was possible, "Shhhh, we are going home." He whispered in her ear.

"You came for me?" She breathed out.

"Always." He said softly as they entered the light that flashed across the sky. "I will never leave you again."