It had been three weeks since Nick had invited Lucifer to use him as a vessel and in that time he was trapped inside Lucifer's mind while Lucifer was hunting down Sam Winchester.
He'd finally managed to work his way into Sam's dreams, like he had Nick's but still didn't have a location.
"You freed me," Lucifer told him.
Sam stood up, backed away and looked at Lucifer, presenting himself as Nick, wearing Nick's vessel.
"That's right. You know who I am."
"Lucifer," Sam said.
"You are a hard one to find, Sam. Harder than most humans. I don't suppose you'd tell me where you are?"
"What do you want with me?" Sam asked.
"Thanks to you, I walk the earth. I want to give you a gift. I want to give you everything," Lucifer answered.
"I don't want anything from you," Sam said, adamantly.
"I'm so sorry, Sam, I-I really am, but Nick is just an improvisation. Plan B. He can barely contain me without spontaneously combusting."
"What are you talking about?"
"Why do you think you were in that chapel? You're the one, Sam. You're my vessel. My true vessel," Lucifer explained.
"No," Sam said without hesitation.
"Yes."
"No. That'll never happen," Sam fought.
"I'm sorry, but it will. I will find you. And when I do, you will let me in. I'm sure of it," Lucifer, through Nick's vessel, smiled smugly.
"You need my consent," Sam pointed out.
"Of course. I'm an angel."
"I will kill myself before letting you in."
"I'll just bring you back," Lucifer shrugged and sighed. "Sam, my heart breaks for you. The weight on your shoulders, what you've done, what you still have to do. It is more than anyone could bear. If there was some other way . . .but there isn't. I will never lie to you. I will never trick you. But you will say yes to me."
"You're wrong," Sam shook his head.
"I'm not. I think I know you better than you know yourself."
"Why me?"
"Because it had to be you, Sam. It always had to be you," Lucifer said and vanished.


When Lucifer was back in Hell, he was walking around, thinking what to do.
"It's been three weeks since your love has seen you, maybe we should pay her a visit, explain what's going on?" Lucifer spoke aloud to Nick inside him.
"No, leave her alone, please. This involves me. Just me. You don't need her," Nick's voice said inside Lucifer's head.
"But Nick, she's helped you through these past months, restored just a small amount of that happiness. Maybe she could do the same for me, you have no idea how lonely it is when your family has taken your fathers side and turned their backs on you," Lucifer replied.
"Don't go near her!" Nick commanded but Lucifer wouldn't listen and seconds later, he was stood outside Nick's home, where I still lived.
I sat inside, on the sofa, thinking about Nick. Three weeks! Where had he gone? Why did he just disappear? Did he leave me? Surely he would have kept his house and asked me to leave instead, though.
I heard a noise behind me and turned around; I couldn't believe what I saw.
"Nick? Oh my god, Nick! Where have you been?" I cried and ran over to him.
I threw my arms around him and when he hugged me back, I pulled away.
I don't know how or why but something inside me told me this was not the man I loved.
"Who are you? You're not my Nick."
"You're very observant. I am an angel using your beloved as a vessel," the person in front of me said.
"An . . .angel?"
"I believe you may have heard of me. My name is Lucifer, I believe I'm quite popular."
"Lucifer as in . . .Satan? Satan isn't real," I laughed, nervously and shook my head.
"I beg to differ, beautiful," Lucifer said as he vanished and reappeared behind me.
I gasped and spun round. Covering my mouth, I asked, quietly, "what have you done with Nick? Where is he? Is he in . . ."
"No, he's not in Hell, he's in here with me. If you are aware of why I fell, then you should know why I want justice. The same goes for your boyfriend. After what happened to his wife and son, he wants justice. God could have stopped it but he chose not to, after all."
I couldn't say anything, just stare at Lucifer with my mouth open.
"I thought I should pay a little visit to explain where Nick was and what had happened to him. I wasn't aware the woman he loved would be so breath-taking."
This wasn't the Lucifer I had imagined, I thought Lucifer was supposed to be evil and nasty but it seems I was wrong. Maybe there was some good angel in him after all. Maybe I could get them to resurface.
Wait? Was I really having impure thoughts about Lucifer?
"I believe you would make one striking demon and unspeakable company," Lucifer brushed my hair behind my ear. "I will be seeing you soon, beautiful."
He vanished in front of my eyes and I was left speechless, wondering if I had imagine what just happened but knowing that I hadn't.
I dropped back down onto the sofa and repeated everything Lucifer had just said to me.
A striking demon. Unspeakable company. Was he really inviting me to become a demon and keep him company, be with him, become the female antichrist? Could I really do that? Leave my life and just . . .die so I could reside in Hell with Lucifer?
The fact that he looked like Nick and Nick was still inside him somewhere made it tempting and what intrigued me even more was that Lucifer was not how I had pictured him. There was something inside him somewhere that was good, no matter how small, and I was going to find it!
"I won't let you destroy her! Don't take her life, her innocence," Nick begged Lucifer when they have left.
"But Nick, you must think of it this way, if she was to join me, she would be joining us; you would be with her again . . .in a way. Don't you miss her? Don't you want her with you? With us?" Lucifer asked.
"I don't want her with you, you will make her evil."
"In these past three weeks, have I done anything that could be classed as remotely evil?"
The inside of Lucifer's head was filled with silence and he smiled with triumph.
"Now, I have some demons to see to."
"But demons are evil, I have seen what the demons do to humans here, and you want to turn her into one!" Nick cried out, giving Lucifer a headache.
"Please. Lower the volume. I will give you my word that I will not let her become what you have seen," Lucifer said and Nick had no choice but to believe him. He was told, like Sam Winchester, that he'd never be lied to.
Lucifer continued to walk the halls of Hell, thinking of the situation he was in with Sam Winchester and knew he was going to have to find one of his brothers and face him, the brother that was protecting both of the Winchester brothers, but he also knew there would be less trouble if he had a human with him. There was only one human he could think of.


I got back from work, made my way into the living room and let out a little squeak of surprise when I saw someone lurking in the dark.
"Don't be afraid, it's me," a male voice said, a male voice that I recognized as Nick. Well, what used to be Nick anyway.
"Lucifer," I said, turning on the lights.
"I have to go and see one of my fellow angels and would prefer not to do it alone," Lucifer said, jumping straight into explaining why he was there.
"And you want me to go with you?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Don't do it! Say no!" Nick shouted inside Lucifer, hoping I'd sense him somehow.
"There will be less trouble if I have a human with me; I give you my word that you won't be hurt."
I couldn't deny that he was very convincing and, using the vessel of Nick, I found it extremely difficult to keep my feelings for him at bay, especially as Lucifer actually seemed to be quite charming.
"Okay, I'll go with you," I agreed and when he stepped into the light, I saw his face properly. "What's happened to Nick's body?" I reached forward and touched Lucifer's forehead where there were patches of what looked like burning skin.
"Nick's body is finding it a little hard to contain me," he answered.
"What?!"
"Don't panic, I'm finding a solution to fix it. Shall we go?" Lucifer held out his hand.
I looked at it and stretched out my hand to reach it.