AN: Oh my gosh.. I'm a week late with this chapter.. you guys have no idea how sorry I am to keep you waiting! :/ I've had the worst/most busy week.. I'm just so glad it's over! I'm so glad to get this up to you lovely people! Anywho, enjoy!

My new guard led me around for what seemed like hours through the dimly lit hallways that lay outside the door of the room I'd first woken up in. The air was thick and hot. The kind of hot that works its way into your pores and chokes you from the inside. I had trouble keeping up more than once, he probably couldn't hear my panting over his own chatting though. I swear, he didn't shut up for more than a minute at a time the whole journey.

I'm not sure what I expected Hell to look like but.. it certainly wasn't this. There was no flaming pit filled with torture devices and horned demons with pitch forks. No lost souls roaming pathetically around. It was just hallway after hallway after hallway.. All lined with dirt and occasionally a dim torch or an ancient door. I also had yet to see any other demons or souls, which confused me further. After tripping over my own feet for the umpteenth time, I decided I would have to shut him up.

"Yeah, that's nice. Can you please explain to me where we're going? Why're there no other demons around here?" I could hear his mouth snap shut in front of me and I regretted the snippy tone I'd given him instantly.

"Well ain't you a patient one. Well, sugar, it just so happens that demons have things to do other than just hang around to meet the noobs, contrary to popular belief by you pansy-ass living demons up there living the sweet life. Down here, we've got work to do. Now keep up, we're almost to where you'll be staying." I bit my lip in amusement at how offended he sounded and sped up the pace a bit.

Suddenly we were stopping and I was so focused on keeping up that I managed to ram straight into his unbelievably chiseled back. I squeaked and nearly fell straight on my rear but before I could land, a Goliath hand wrapped its way around my wrist, quickly whipping me back up and straight into Gabe's chest. My nose collided with his bronzed pectorals and for a moment, I wished he would have just let me fall. I looked away and tried to step back and ignore how good it felt to have such strong arms around me but he held me in place, a hearty laugh shaking us both.

"Easy cowgirl, I know you're just dying for a taste of me but we'll be together down here for a long while, we'll have PLENTY of time!" He topped it off with a flirty wink and finally let me go, leaving me to burn even hotter with embarrassment.

"Oh, don't flatter yourself, meathead. Maybe next time give a girl some warning?" My petty attempts to fight back caused him to laugh even harder, his eyes closing tightly and his lips pulled apart in such a way that made him utterly adorable. No Charlotte..

"You don't hafta lie to me baby. I know the truth." He gave me a friendly pat on the head, further embarrassing me before he turned to the door we'd stopped in front of and pushed it open quickly, leading me in behind him.

Just like everywhere else I'd been in Hell, it was dark. It did feel slightly cooler in here, which was a huge relief. The room appeared to be about the size of my old bedroom, before my life had turned upside down and was furnished with a simple bunk bed and a desk. Never would I have guessed I would one day live in a dorm in Hell. Not exactly what someone looks forward to. I slowly walked in front of Gabe and ran my finger tips across the strange wooden desk which felt like a stove top against my skin. I took a deep breath and tried to take everything in again. I was in Hell. I had a dorm. Alistair is.. dead? Right? I couldn't even remember the events occurring before my death and every time I tried to sort it out, my temples would throb. Something had happened though.. I had to figure it out.. I had to-

"Aye. You listenin'? Did you hear a word I just said?" My thoughts were interrupted by Gabe's annoyed tone and I quickly looked up with a confused frown pulling at my lips, earning an over the top sigh from the demon before me.

"..what?" He groaned and shook his head again, muttering to himself.

"Why do I always get the nuts? Ugh, anyways, I WAS tryna tell ya that you'll be doing what most other demons - besides Gate Keepers like myself - do," He gave me a smug wink and I merely rolled my eyes, "Crowd control. You get to keep all the nasty lost souls and crazy ass humans in place down in the pit. If they get too big for their britches, you get to put them back in their place."

"That doesn't sound too hard. Do I get a pitch fork?" He started laughing again.

"Ah there's that sense of humor that never fails to charm. Well, you may want to watch it once you get in with the other demons, they aren't all as friendly and gorgeous as mwah." He gestured to himself and proceeded to kiss his bicep, making my laugh for the first time since I'd been taken from Alistair. I couldn't deny that I enjoyed Gabe's company as conceited and smug it was. The fact that he was extremely attractive physically didn't hurt either...

I wasn't able to dwell on it for long before we were out the door again and down another steaming hallway. We walked for less than a minute before coming across a pair of gigantic steel doors which Gabe even appeared to struggle with opening. The site was definitely more of what I'd expected.

The Pit, as Gabe had called it, was basically that. An ominous, unbelievably wide pit with various labyrinths and stairwells leading down to where everything was. Way below, I could make out hundreds of demons, spread out as far as my eyes could see and all around them were strange, wispy beings that I assumed to be the poor unfortunate souls that had been condemned down here. I looked out across the Pit and there was no end in sight, merely darkness and fog. I turned with a feeling of dread tugging at my heart as I looked at Gabe who was grinning like a fiend.

"What do I do now?" I asked quietly, my eyes wide.

"Try to keep up. I'll see you for grub later on.. if you make it that long." He chuckled darkly and disappeared back behind the solid doors, leaving me standing at the edge of the Pit alone and apprehensive. I was on my own again. Great.

AN: Ugh, you all deserved a better chapter after such a long wait but I promise I won't be as busy this week so the next chapter WILL be up withing the next couple days.. hopefully tomorrow if I don't get flooded with too much homework :P Any ways, I hope you enjoyed the cute little bickering between these two, I really like writing the part of Gabe! xD Slendy is not as keen on the idea..

Slendy: *glares*

Me: Oh dear.. it looks as though I won't be sleeping tonight. o.o It's alright though, it'll gimme more time to write the next chapter! ;D The reviews I've been getting lately have been so thoughtful and amazing, I would love to see more of what you all think! :3 YOU are the ones that keep this story going, not just me. :] I love you all so much!

-Roxy Lynn