Regina

The air around her burned her lungs as she breathed it in. It felt like fire and acid flowed through the air and each breath made flames burst forth in her lungs, she was smothering in the pain. Regina felt the chains cutting into her wrists and ankles, she was chained so she was on her knees with her hands chained behind her back and she was forced into a bowing position her head almost kissing the ground. The ground beneath her cut into her legs which were pressed hard against it due to her weight being forced down on them from her position. She felt the glass like shards piercing her skin and the burning sensation of the air on the open wounds. The only part of her that she could move without inflicting more pain upon herself was her head. She kept it bent and pressed against her raw and bleeding knees knowing that if she put it on the ground that the black glass like rocks that covered the ground would slice into her head. She had already made the mistake of opening her eyes once in order to take in her surroundings and had immediately regretted it. The instant her eyes had been opened they began to sear in pain from the acidic air, and all around her she had seen piles of the glassy black rocks, flames, and endless sickening red skies. She now squeezed her eyes shut tight and took limited breaths not bothering to struggle and make her leg wounds worse.

She heard a flapping of what sounded like wings and moved her head so she could hear better. Her raven black hair hung in her face and she kept her eyes closed even though she wished to view her captor. "Who are you?" She rasped, each word felt like millions of needles in her throat.

A low rumble that she could only assume was either a growl or a chuckle or possibly both sounded from beside her. "I would have thought that you would never forget me your majesty." The voice sounded low and harsh like it had been inhaling fire for hundreds of years, which with this place and the air here it might very well have done just that.

Regina felt a chill go down her spin which surprised her given the extreme heat around her from the constantly roaring flames. "Lucifer?" She managed to gasp and flinched slightly at the stinging in her throat.

"Very good your highness, still able to tell who I am simply by my voice." The dark being laughed which made Regina flinch again, he then stepped closer to her and she felt a rough hand grip her chin and force her head up.

Regina kept her eyes shut tight and clenched her jaw in pain as her head was forced up. "What do you want?" She growled her voice still powerful but not as loud.

She then heard it again, the low rumble of him chuckling. "We made a deal long ago Regina and now you tried to go back on it." He said and she felt his hot breath right beside her ear. Her skin crawled as she felt his fingers push her black hair out of her face. His grip on her chin tightened and she felt his long fingernail cut into her soft skin as he moved her head slightly as if examining her.

"That deal ended when you failed to up hold your end of it." Regina said defiantly still keeping her eyes shut and her body still even though every ounce of her being wanted to fight back in some way. "You have no right to keep me here; there is nothing that binds me to that deal anymore!"

Lucifer gripped her chin harder and held her so she was face to face with him. "You belong to me deal or no deal! Your soul is black as night as is your heart, I own you Regina Mills!" Regina listened to him, horror began to rise like flood waters inside of her. "It is your own fault for making deals with the Devil."

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Snow raced down the stairs in her apartment when she heard the commotion going on. Racing out into the kitchen she saw Emma and Cora in the sitting area standing over someone on the couch. Cora's hands were rushing over the body ripping at the shirt which Snow saw was stained crimson. Snow rushed over to them and gasped seeing the unconscious form of Daniel. "What's going on?" She demanded. "Why is Daniel here? Where is Regina?"

Cora turned to Snow and said, "We have to worry about that later!" She said even though she looked like she didn't even want to follow her own directions. "Snow go get me bandages and something to clean his wounds with." She ordered.

"But!" Snow protested her mind racing with questions.

"Go now Snow! If we don't save him we will never know where my daughter is and what happened to her!" Cora said in a demanding voice. She then turned to Emma and said, "Emma get Charming and tell him to keep Henry upstairs, then run and get Rumpelstiltskin."

Emma nodded and took off up the stairs to find her father. Snow rushed back over with the bulk of her medical cabinet in her arms. "Why are we getting Gold? Daniel needs a hospital!" She said.

Cora began to try and clean the wounds but they kept bleeding. "No, Daniel will die in a hospital; no one there can save him. He needs magic or he will die."

I hope you all like the story line so far. Just to let you all know I am not sure if I am going to keep Daniel alive because I don't know who I want Regina to end up with yet. Please let me know who you think she should end up with and I will try to make it happen. Hope you all enjoy and please read and review!