Warning: Rated M for gore and mature material. You've been warned.

Noodle gently wiped the sweat from her brow careful not to rattle the chains, though as she looked around she noticed the demons were no where to be seen. Yellowed smoke wafted all around her making her eyes water, and she had to breathe through her mouth to keep from smelling the fouled air. She closed her eyes momentarily as sleep ebbed the back of her brain. She was beginning to feel that this was the end. Murdoc wasn't coming for her. He didn't care for her anymore. There was nowhere to go from here.

This was eternity.

She coughed involuntarily and raised her hands to her mouth to keep quiet. As she looked down at her hands blood dripped from her fingers. She blinked away tears as they began to stream down her porcelain cheeks.

Were she to die here, what would happen? How would she know she was dead? Did she deserve to be here? Had she displeased God so much?

She leaned her head back against a rock and concentrated on breathing. It probably wouldn't be long now. She would hopefully die, then the demons could do more of what they wanted with her body. She'd already been tortured by all three of them, mentally, sexually, and physically. All the traits of the casual bastard of a man on earth. She had nightmares every time she happened to get a somewhat wholesome sleep. Their eyes haunting her every thought. The thought of never seeing her band mates again, her family scared her. Just once more. The laughing of the demons snapped her out of her thoughts as she cringed and kept quiet. She blinked in confusion as she saw one of the demons dragging something behind them, the dust flying in from behind. They stopped, and kicked what ever, or who ever is was before cackling evilly again. Noodle gasped involuntarily and squinted to get a better look. They spit down at the ground before kicking again.

Her eyes went wide as a human groan sounded out, obviously in terrible pain. Being surrounded with demons for the last two years, one learns to differentiate between something human and something not. She gasped this time, much louder than before unfortunately catching the attention of one of the red demons. It looked over at her, it's eyes shining yellow and glimmering from the flames. She jumped and slid further into the wall. It began to crawl towards her and she closed her eyes tight.

"We have him, we have him! You'll both be here forever! Bitch, your luck sure has run out..." The biggest demon taunted jumping happily around.

Confused, Noodle blinked and strained to make out the person lying on the floor, she couldn't help but to feel worry settling in the pit of her stomach. They grabbed the person and dragged him towards and her eyes went wide as her heart went up into her throat. Murdoc.

He was lying on the ground curled up clutching his stomach from where he'd been kicked. Tears rolled down her face as fear, anger, happiness and worry flooded through her being. He moaned in agony again as one of the demons kicked him sharply in the gut. Noodle wanted to break free and help him, but she knew it was easier said then done. They grabbed his legs and dragged him over towards Noodle. Her eyes widened. This seemed like a dream, he didn't seem real. One of the demons conjured some chains out of the air and grabbed Murdoc's wrists roughly and clasped them in.

They yanked his arms upward and pulled him to his feet, while the metal on the chains cut into his wrists making blood run down his arms. He cried out in pain as bigger demon landed punches in his gut. He gritted his blood stained teeth and glared at the three demons with all the hate he could muster.

"Time to alert the master that we finally have you!" They chained him to an unseen wall and disappeared in a cloud of smoke, their laughing surrounding them. Noodle could hear his ragged breathing and winced. She glanced over at him and saw how weak and powerless he looked. He was the leader, he never showed weakness, or pain. Strength was built into his being, and now she saw the man underneath the lies. She knew he was no different than anyone else, he was human, he made mistakes and he could be broken. She reached out and touched his shoulder and felt him trembling.

"I'm sorry Noodle, I'm so sorry." He whispered enough for her to hear. She stared at him wondering if he was actually here, and if her mind was playing tricks.

"Yo- you came back for me. I thought you had forgotten me." She jumped as Murdoc looked back at her incredulously.

"Forgotten you? You 'ave 'aunted my every thought, every dream. My life itself 'as been in it's own 'ell because of you." His dropped his head and looked at the ground. Noodle turned away, stung.

He groaned and clutched his stomach.

"Noodle, I didn't mean that." He sucked in air through his teeth. " What I meant wos I was always worried about you. There wos many a night I couldn't sleep because I was 'orribly worried for you, and if you were alive." He was shaking and trying hard to keep still. Her eyes scanned his body, seeing every painful bloodied scar and bruise. He looked sickly and like he hadn't slept in years, and he seemed older. While she felt sorry for him, she knew it was nothing compared to what she'd been going through for two years. He deserved to feel anguish, deserved to feel sorry. She didn't think anything in her life was ever going to be the same.

"It's my fault your 'ere, and I come to exchange myself in your place so you can go back with Russel and 2D, and it will be no use arguing with me, I've made up my mind." He glared at her, daring her to object. She glared back at him believing he was out of his mind, but he was right about the first part..

"Why did you come for then, that isn't going to change a fucking thing! I hoped you would come and get me and we could go back together!" Murdoc raised an eyebrow at her language, but marveled at how much she'd grown. She was very thin, but filled out in areas that barely existed before. Her clothes and long been torn here and there and barely covered her. But they somehow remained on her and covered what was necessary.

"Just leave then, I can take care of myself, I've done so for two years now. There's no point to come and get me just for you to be left behind. They want to kill you. They have me to get to you, and if you do this, you'll be giving them what they wanted all along." Noodle looked at him through her bangs and tried hard to hold back tears. He reached over and cupped her face in his rough hands making her look up at him.

"You don' deserve to be 'ere love, I do. After all my soul is 'ere anyway. The only way they'll let you go is if they 'ave me, and I will do whatever it takes to get you out of 'ere, even if that means I don't come back with you." He wiped away a fallen tear with his thumb.

"As long as your back up there with Russel and Face-Ache, everything will be jus' fine." He smiled. But Noodle didn't feel like smiling, if her wrists weren't chained she'd have punched Murdoc by now. He let go and sank to the ground in pain. He gripped his stomach and coughed. He spit out blood and leaned his head back. He wanted to close his eyes and drift off, but rumbling in the ground quickly awakened him. Noodle's eyes widened and she grabbed Murdoc's arm, pulling him closer to her. The three demons appeared and sneered at them both.

"Aww, scared?" They grabbed Murdoc and pulled him away from Noodle and threw him to the ground. The fattest demon slapped Noodle hard and grabbed her wrists pulling her close to itself. She cried out and tried to keep her focus on Murdoc. "The master will be here shortly, and he will deal with you both!" The other two demons pinned Murdoc to the ground. Noodle tried to pull away but it only made the demon pull her closer.

"He requested something in the meantime." It smiled evilly as it nodded to the others holding Murdoc down. They nodded in return as the one on top of Murdoc lengthened it's claws.

"NO!" Noodle screamed as the demon thrust it's claws into Murdoc's heart.

A/N: So I'm back! Did ya miss me?