Lucifer scrounged up his nose the moment they landed in Hell. He always hated the smell of demons, sulphur, but now... Since he was human, the smell seemed to be worse, making him want to gag.

"What's the matter, Lucifer? Can't stand the smell of your own creation?" Cas asked as he carefully studied the archangel. Lucifer huffed a laugh at that.

"Why, Castiel, where did you require the sass? Or is the older Winchester rubbing off on you?" Lucifer made a show of laughing at his own double meaning joke, but Castiel just rolled his eyes at him and continued down a long corridor. Lucifer watched him make some distance between them, his fake laughter ceasing and his breath shuddering.

"You're doing better then I expected. It's good." Jack's voice echoed encouragements and Lucifer just scoffed and followed after Castiel.

"You know what, Cassie? You're right, I can't stand the stench in here." Lucifer said and Castiel looked back at him in annoyance, but soon had his eyes widening as Lucifer lifted his hand and pressed his middle finger to his thumb. Castiel actually flinched, expecting God-knows-what to happen as Lucifer snapped his fingers, but then frowned in complete confusion as the smell of flowers hit his nostrils.

"Is that... Is that Lilac?" Castiel questioned and Lucifer just shrugged in disinterest.

"Eh. It's flowers. They smell nice. Better that then rotten eggs." He said and walked away, leaving Castiel to squint his eyes at him for a moment, trying to figure him out. To the angel, it was clear that something was off about Lucifer and if he didn't know any better, he would say it was just Nick acting. But you can't fake power, or wings or grace. And Castiel might be weak right now, but he could most definitely sense the essence of his fallen brother within the vessel. And something more too.

"What happened to you?" The angel asked as he caught up, his voice filled with curiosity and comfort that had Lucifer frowning.

"I died. And now I am alive. That's it."

"No... There is something else... You're different. Still annoying and untrustworthy, but different." Castiel said watching him closely, and Lucifer came to an abrupt stop as panic started to rise up in his chest. But he felt Jack's essence brush against it, drowning it and keeping it out of Castiel's sight, at the same time encouraging him to do what he needed to in order to keep Jack hidden.

Lucifer turned, his eyes flaring red, piercing at Castiel's and making the angel recoil a bit. Lucifer took a step forward and on instinct Castiel took a step back, mouth falling open, no words spoken. Fear flashed in his eyes as Lucifer spoke, his voice low and grave.

"Listen carefully you sorry excuse of an angel. What I am and what I am not is of no importance here. What is, however important is that I was right! I was fucking right from the start when it came to Daddy and his little toys. And now?! Now I am gonna fuck up his plans and ruin his grand finale and finally... Finally get my revenge, because I did not deserve to be cast aside and I did not deserve to be put into that cage and manipulated like one of his toys!"

"So here's a choice for you. Either shut up and follow my lead and help me find the kid's body, or... Hesitate to help and see what happens." Lucifer accentuated the word Castiel was very much familiar with, his shit-eating grin sending a shiver down the angel's weakened grace. Castiel remembered, of course he did.

He who hesitates... Disintegrates...

The angel took a deep breath, to calm his nerves, something he didn't have to do when he was at full power before and then simply gave a small nod, breathing out when Lucifer backed out of his personal space. Castiel took a second to gather his thoughts and then raised his head to say something to the archangel, only to see someone coming up behind him. A few of them actually, and the angel turned, only to see that they were surrounded. By demons.

"Out of our way, rodents. We have work to do." Lucifer said clearly preparing to snap them all out of existence. Castiel lowered his angel blade out of his sleeve, prepared for a fight.

"We do not answer to you any more, Lucifer." A demon wearing an African-American man wearing a nice black suit spoke up, standing proud and tall. Those words sparked up Lucifer's interest. With Crowley gone, and all the Knights and Princes dead, who was running Hell anyway? He remembered a few names that were high on the food chain, like Kipling and Abraxas, but...

"Sam killed Kipling when he kidnapped Cas and tried to bargain him for the throne. And Abraxas... I killed him after he... After he tried to raise you from the Empty. I... I didn't know you were still alive in a sense, so I tried to stop him, but I... I used too much power and..." Jack's voice trailed off.

In a blink of an eye, Lucifer saw it all play out. Abraxas fuelling a spell using Jack's blood and opening a portal to the Empty, a creature made of tar, with wings behind it stepping out. Jack thought it was Lucifer, but it was actually his own grace, his own essence that got sent to the empty when Dean and Michael killed Lucifer, or thought they did.

Not knowing what it was, Jack used his powers, powers originating from Michael's grace to shove the creature back and close the portal and then turned to deal with Abraxas. Pure rage fuelled him as he raised his hand and set out a wave so hot it disintegrated everything in its path, not just the demon and its meat-suit, but also the floor boards, the furniture, the cabin wall. Mary was there calling out to him, trying to make him stop, but Jack just lost control and when she tugged at his arm, he flinched and turned and...

"And who do you answer to now?" Lucifer asked the demon before him, trying his damnest to focus on something else because what he just saw, what he just felt... He didn't know what felt worse – the guilt and sadness of Mary's death, or the fact that Jack didn't feel anything about it at all.

"Our leader is just and fair, one who cares about us and not just the power." Demon, one that Lucifer remembered was named Caym said.

"Yeah, well, like I said. We have work to do. So just step aside and let us pass or else..." Lucifer said sounding bored and slightly agitated, raising his hand up and preparing to snap his fingers. The demons stood their ground.

"Oh?! So that's how it's gonna be, huh? Well, suit yourselves." Lucifer said, snapping his fingers and watching in amusement how his power just bounced off of the demons as their bodies glowed slightly purple. Caym only raised his hand higher.

Now, Lucifer knew if he pushed a bit, if he used a bit more of the power he held, he could turn them all to ash, but this new development had Jack intrigued. Maybe they could take a moment to find out just who was it that ran Hell now.

Who knows, could prove to be useful to have another ally.

"You know what? I think I would like to meet this new leader of yours." Lucifer said with a nod and when the demons parted to clear the way he added one last line that had Castiel rolling his eyes.

"Take me to your leader."