Chloe kept her expression neutral as the crowd of demons around her dropped to their knees. It was surreal and alarming to be surrounded by so many grotesque faces and bodies. Her basic survival instincts were screaming at her to run. She tried to smile, but adrenaline pumped into her system. It didn't help that most of the faces that stared up at her were disrespectful. She studied them like a Detective and saw disappointment, disbelief and anger that their King would choose someone so ordinary. The rest merely looked bored.

She tightened her grip on Lucifer's hand and tipped her chin up defiantly. She refused to let these strange beings make her feel inferior on top of everything else.

Lucifer looked down at their joined hands and tugged her against his side. Totally unaware of the crowd's mood, he whispered to her, "There now, that wasn't so bad." He turned to the demons and raised his voice, "Now you have met her. Kindly get back to work…"

The crowd stood as they looked back and forth between their King and the woman on his arm. Most turned to leave, but a few, led by Squee, muttered unkind observations to each other. One demon spoke a bit too loudly, "Not the highest quality if you ask me."

Lucifer strode forward and spun the demon around to face him, "What did you say?" He lifted the demon off his feet, "You will beg her forgiveness."

Chloe stepped back as the mob surged forward to circle around their angry King.

Immediately, Dromos came up behind her to press a cloth over her mouth and lifted her off her feet. He hauled her away as he whispered, "Now let's see how you do in Hell."

Her police training reminded her to become dead weight, but she was already in survival mode. Beyond a rational response, she struggled ineffectively as he carried her into the darkness.

Unaware that anything had occurred, Lucifer put the offending demon back down onto the ground and grabbed him by the scruff of his neck, "Chloe, come here so this fool can apologize."

The crowd turned to form a path as several demons yelled, "The Queen is gone!"

Lucifer immediately released the demon and strode forward as he searched for a blonde head in the massive crowd. His eyes blazed as he yelled, "All of you get out of my sight and if she is harmed, your existence ends.

Demons quickly melted into the shadows until he stood alone. Seconds later, Azrael with Maze in her arms, landed beside him. Maze jumped to her feet and turned to him, "Lucifer, Chloe is in Hell. Do you have her?"

He gave her a worried shake of his head. "No. She was with me until just a few minutes ago. But now I have no idea where she is."

Maze turned to Azrael, and gave her an irate look, "I knew this was going to happen. If you had gotten me here sooner, Decker would still be safe! This is all your fault!"

Azrael raised her eyebrows and shook her head with little concern. She shrugged her shoulders and said, "Oops, my bad."

Maze jumped toward her ready to fight, but Lucifer held her back. "There's no time for this. I need you to find Chloe." He indicated where he had last seen her, "She was right here."

Maze gave Azrael one last dirty look before she turned to study the ground. "There were so many demons here. I can't smell Decker." She took a few steps in one direction and then turned around to try another. Frustrated, she stomped off in yet another direction. She turned to come back when something caught her eye. She dropped down on one knee and then got back to her feet to hold out her hand to Lucifer.

He took the small fragment of fingernail from her and nodded, "Go!"

Maze took off, running into the gloom. Lucifer unfurled his wings and took flight to follow her from above.

Azrael crossed her arms over her chest and bounced on her heels. "Oh boy, I hope this works out." She slowly walked into the dark, to follow after Maze.

Mazikeen of the Lilim had been created to protect Lucifer and to track down prey. She used all she was to hunt for Chloe. She ran endlessly and stopped only when she spotted a blade of grass on the path. She picked it up, knowing it wasn't of Hell. She was instantly rewarded by Chloe's scent. "Must have been on her shoe." She noticed a smudge of blood nearby. She ran her fingertip through the blood spot and licked it off her skin; demon blood. She scanned the area and noticed a small torn bit of material. She lifted it to her nose and growled, "Dromos." She smiled in satisfaction, certain that Chloe had either scratched or bitten her attacker, "Good job, Decker. Hurt the bastard however you can."

Maze took off running again. She realized she was near the outer edge of the doors, in an old training area where Hell loops could be studied. She slowed to a stop and looked up as Lucifer landed beside her. "Dromos has her. I think I know what he means to do."

Lucifer looked around, "Yes. I'm afraid I agree with you."

Maze moved forward slowly, and looked in all directions as her protective instincts roared to life. She gestured with her chin, "There's an open door up ahead."

He moved swiftly, "I'll go check it out."

"Lucifer, no." She jumped forward to knock him aside, just as Squee slashed both his knives into the space Lucifer had just occupied. He slashed Maze's side instead. She pressed her hand to her bleeding waist and growled, "You are going to regret that, Squee."

She circled around to face the demon, holding him at bay as she yelled, "Lucifer, I've got this. Go find Chloe."

He nodded and moved toward the open doorway. He stepped over the threshold and immediately stopped. Chloe was in the center of the room with Dromos right behind her. Energy pulsed around them as the Hell Loop began its initial start-up phase, gathering moments of importance from Chloe's life that shaped her and generated guilt. Her loop would be built from the things that she regretted the most.

Dromos was guiding the construct in the guise of Dan Espinoza. 'Dan' stood behind Chloe talking quietly, "You are such a mess, Chlo. What happened to make you such a disaster?"

The images flashed, like old home movies.

A little blonde haired girl in Sunday school stubbornly refused to read a bible story. The woman at the head of the class, gave her an angry shake, "Bad little girls go to Hell!"

An eighteen year-old Chloe sat in a trailer with a young actor. The young man tried to lift her top as he kissed her, "Come on. Have some fun for once."

A crying Chloe smashed a paparazzi's camera at her father's funeral.

A worn-out Chloe held a baby as Dan shrugged his shoulders, "I've got to work late again. What do you want me to do?"

A confused, sad Chloe stood alone as Dan yelled at her, "Drop it Chlo. Malcolm wasn't crooked."

The images began to move faster, as they got closer to the present.

Chloe with Lucifer, "I will never, ever sleep with you."

Chloe holding her gun up in shock as Lucifer lifted his blood covered fingers away from his leg, "I'm bleeding!"

"Your father would be proud of you."

"This is real."

The images continued as Dromos in the guise of Dan, watched. His eyes followed every scene in enjoyment. "Such guilt. I've never felt anything like it." He shivered in pleasure as he watched. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the real Lucifer enter the room.

Dromos turned to him and narrowed his eyes in anger. "You've spoiled my fun again." He didn't wait for a response, but leapt upward to climb high above the construct. He jumped over Lucifer and disappeared out the door.

Chloe stood frozen as the machinery of Hell continued to design a personalized torture loop just for her.

Lucifer looked on helplessly, "This can't happen, she's still alive."