Gold

Gold's amber eyes looked into Emma's and he nodded towards the steering wheel in front of the blonde. "Please remember time is of the essence Ms. Swan." He said and was relieved when the blonde snapped back to reality and began driving back towards her parents apartment building like a mad woman.

"So you really do feel bad about what happened to Regina?" Gold heard Emma asked as she swerved into a parking space, the sorcerer gripped tightly onto his cane.

"Yes Emma, I do. If it hadn't been for my intrusion into her life… well things could have been very different for her." The dark one admitted with a look of guilt as he pulled himself out of the yellow bug. "I held her in my arms when she was but a few hours old and I knew that I would be the one who would make her into the monster she became, that I would help to destroy her life in ways that no person should ever have to endure. And I knew that as I looked down at her, the baby in my arms, the child who trusted me before she even knew me."

He looked up and met Emma's eyes again as they continued climbing up the stairs to the loft apartment belonging to the Charming's. "You talk about her as if she were more than your apprentice." Emma pointed out with an almost understanding look.

"That's because to me she was more than that, there was a time that I found myself almost thinking of her as my… my daughter. Small moments when I considered stopping all of my plans and letting her have the freedom she deserved." Gold stopped at the door and caught his breath from the rush up the stairs. "I didn't realize that I still felt that love for her until she was gone. It was like losing my own child all over again."

"Well you have a chance to help save her now." Emma said and opened the door. "But you have to save Daniel first." He heard the blonde say as he rushed into the apartment.

"Rumpel! Over here!" He heard Cora call him and turned to see his former enemy kneeling over the bleeding form of Daniel as she and Snow tried to press bandages to the man's wounds.

"Step away Dearie's." Gold instructed and hobbled across the room to the man lying on the couch. Looking down at the raw and bleeding wounds Gold put his hand out and began trying to heal them, the sorcerer closed his eyes and concentrated his magic on the wounds. "Impossible!" He growled and opened his eyes, flicking his wrist he made Daniel's shirt disappear in a puff of black smoke.

The dark one knelt down and examined the wound. The gashes that spread across the man's chest were bright red like live fires were burning within them; yellow dust surrounded the outside of each gash and tiny shards of black rock jutted out of the wounds glinting with blood. "Did he say what attacked him?!" Gold demanded, his eyes not leaving the wound.

"No, only that Regina was taken." Emma replied almost instantly. "Why? What did this?" Gold heard the blonde demand and noticed her tone was sounding close to desperate as she continued. "What did this and took Regina!?" She asked forcefully.

Gold looked at the wound and let out an irritated growl, "Demons." He said and waved his hand. "What else would be able to hurt, let alone kill and angel?" He asked though he knew the blonde wouldn't have an answer.

"Can you heal him? We need to know where my daughter is!" Cora asked desperately.

"Cora, this is hell fire in his wounds. A poison that while curable in humans is a death sentence for angels." Gold informed the almost hysterical woman.

"I DON'T GIVE A DAMN! MY DAUGHTER IS MISSING AND DANIEL KNOWS WHERE SHE IS! SO YOU GET YOUR HEAD ON STRAIGHT AND YOU GET THAT BOY HEALED SO THAT I CAN GET MY DAUGHTER BACK! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME RUMPELSTILTSKIN!" Gold heard Cora scream at him.

He turned to face her, ready to snap back with just as much fury when he saw the desperation in the eyes of all three women looking at him. Each one of them looked ready to cry. Taking a breath Gold bowed his head and nodded, "I shall do my best." He then waved his hand and several bottles appeared in front of him. "I should be able to heal him temporarily, but it is very unlikely that Daniel shall recover from this." Gold announced. "Either way you should all know, it is likely that we will quite literally be having to go to hell and back again in order to save Regina."

"Well I figured I would end up there one day, might as well take a look and see if it's all it's cracked up to be." Cora's voice sounded from over Gold's shoulder causing the imp to give a small smirk.

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Regina doesn't know why, whether it is physically impossible or if it is Lucifer keeping it from happening, but no matter how much pain she endures she can't pass out. Never before had she ever willed herself so fiercely to black out, to lose consciousness, but here in this fire and sulfur wasteland she has never wanted it more. Another cry of agony escapes her lips as she feels her side being cut open, her eyes are closed as she screams at the top of her lungs, her throat burning from the fumes in the air around her.

"I never knew a scream could sound so beautiful." The deep throated chuckle rang from Lucifer's throat as he pressed the ebony blade in his hand deeper into Regina's side. "Oh, it is like music to my ears, a sound I doubt I will ever grow tired of." He purred and twisted the knife before yanking it from her side.

Regina gasped in pain as the blade was torn from her side, her wound open to the acidic air around her causing it to feel as if her blood and skin were on fire. She clenched her teeth together so tightly that it made her jaw ache. The feeling of her warm blood running down her hip and over her leg was sickening. Somehow though she managed to open her eyes and glare at the Lord of Hell with pain and rage filled whiskey colored eyes. "I'm sure the feeling will be mutual when it is your screams that will fill my ears!" She hissed.

Lucifer only chuckled and shook his head. "You have such fire in you Regina, such potential to do great and terrible things." He said and ran his fingers along the blade of his knife which was coated with her blood. "I almost leveled half of hell the day you tried to ascend to heaven instead of joining my many souls down here." He told her with a look of fake sadness as he pulled his fingers off the knife, licking her blood from the tips of them.

Regina closed her burning eyes and turned her head away from the sickening sight. "Maybe you should have just offed yourself instead and done us all a favor." She spat and winced at the burning feeling in her throat.

The sharp painful feeling of her arm being cut into was her reward and she felt Lucifer's clawed fingers grip her face tightly as she felt his face get very close to hers. "Now now Regina, that wasn't very nice." He hissed and dug the claw on his thumb into the soft skin on her jaw. "Perhaps it's time you learn some manners and your place." He suggested and she could tell he was smiling by the sound of his tone.

A whimper of pain escaped her lips when she felt him grab her arm harshly and start carving into it with the tip of his knife. With each letter he carved her screams became more pain filled until he finished. Panting heavily Regina opened her eyes just enough to see the bloody words carved into her skin. Property of Lucifer. The bleeding words disgusted her, but what made her stomach turn even more was the fact that as her blood dripped from the letters, the King of Hell caught it in the palm of his hands, his forked tongue lapping it up as he gave her a twisted smile. "Now everyone will know who you belong to Regina." He said and she turned away, her eyes shut tight, hating that once again she had become nothing more than property.

Hello there! Here is a little update for everyone. Yes Lucifer is very twisted and yes there will be a ton of issues when Gold sees what Lucifer has done to the person he thinks of as a daughter. Sorry that I didn't update for so long, I hope you all enjoy this! Love you all!