A/N from A.C.: In this chapter we meet one of my very favorite demons. This demon is born out of cannibalism and Zane has one hell of a proposition for him!

Igni moved to stand in front of the young mute, his pointed tail swaying behind him, acting as a sort of shield to protect the boy. He narrowed his deep crimson eyes and bared his sharp fangs at the opposing demon. The other, Zane, just smirked and crossed his arms over his chest.

The elder demon snarled, "Zane, you know that he has a very valid reason for blaming you. You were the cause of all this."

Saix looked up at the protective demon and then back at Axel. He moved backwards and clung to the redhead like his life depended on it. He felt a strong sense of security as the elder boy held him close, like an older sibling would.

Zane let out a harsh laugh, "Honestly, it isn't my fault that the kid got caught! Hell, it's my job to corrupt humans like him. Get that through your thick skull, Iggy. We're demons, not human baby-sitters."

Igni frowned, "You know the laws around here." His monotone vanished for a moment, and his tone grew concerned. "If a human is able to summon a demon that demon must obey the human. It is the law."

"I could always get Lucifer to change that." Zane said haughtily, "He always listens to me."

"Oh, I wonder why..." Igni huffed. He looked over at the two human boys and back at the demon in front of him, "Just go, Zane. I have got work to do."

The younger of the two huffed and turned on his heel, looking over his shoulder briefly at the elder man, "I'll be speaking with Wen if you need me." He vanished in an eruption of flames, his laugh echoing in the cave-like area.

Gritting his teeth, Igni growled low, his chest rumbling as the words sunk into his mind. He quickly turned to look at the two boys and walked over to them, taking their hands in his. "We must go." The monotone was back, though it was hinted that he was worried. "We need to hurry back to my home before Zane returns."

"Why?" Axel questioned, his grip on the mute child growing tighter, "What's going on?"

"He is going to Wendigo. If Wendigo finds out that you humans are here..." He glanced off to the side, looking all around where they stood, "We must go!"

The demon moved quickly, practically dragging the two boys behind him. He pulled them to a small home built out of a cave at the side of a mountain.

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Zane walked along the outskirts of Hell and opened a door that seemed to blend into the scenery around it. The young demon looked around before opening and quickly entering the doorway. He exited in a dark forest area, dank and foggy.

Looking around, he called out for his friend, "Wen! Come out!"

A low snort came from behind him and he turned around to look into the woods.

"Quit fooling around and get out here." Zane ordered, setting his hands on his hips.

Another snort sounded out though it was louder, and the demon could hear hooves against the forest floor. Though with his sensitive hearing he only caught two hooves. Emerging from the woods was Wendigo. A demon made from the act of cannibalism. This beast, half human-half buck, could never sate its hunger. Its glowing eyes landed on Zane and it moved closer, its thin skin pulling and ripping apart as the bones underneath moved. The antlers atop its head were thin and cracked, its lips were bloodied and nearly missing, the matted fur was bloody, and the beast's arms ended in long-fingered hands that bared claws.

"There you are, Wen." Zane smirked, not at all afraid of the beast before him.

Wendigo let out a thick grumble, its voice low and gravelly, "Wendigo here..."

"You'll never guess what that moron Iggy brought into Hell." The demon smirked.

"What?"

"Two little human boys!" He laughed, "One's pretty scrawny, but the other one's real nice."

A low grumbling purr came from the beast as it chewed what was left of its lower lip, "Boy taste best..."

"I know, I know, and that's why I just had to come and tell you!"

The hulking beast stepped forward and those razor sharp claws gently dragged down Zane's cheek, "Zane want Wendigo kill humans?"

A sly smirk flitted across the young demon's lips, "You know me too well, Wen."

"Wendigo will kill. Eat well soon." The beast dug its claws into the demon's chin, "No eat human... Wendigo eat Zane."

Wincing slightly as his flesh was pierced, "Yeah, I got it. Don't worry, you'll have some nice tasty human to eat in a little bit, Wen."

Drawing away from the young demon, Wendigo's deer-like ears twitched. It turned its large head to glance over its shoulder, "Noise." He said hastily. He lifted his great head and sniffed at the forest air, "Humans."

"Ah, in your forest? That won't do, will it?"

"Must wait." Wendigo murmured, "Wait and humans feast upon themselves. Wait and time will come. Wendigo eat them all."

"How many?"

"Three. Males. Adult." He chewed off that bottom lip of his, moaning at the taste of the flesh. "So hungry..."

"Just go get them now, Wen. You know that you can't wait any longer. You've been without human for so long." Zane leaned on a tree, his arms crossed, "Just go get them."

Lapping up the blood from his lower lip, Wendigo growled, "Not ready. Humans must lose minds first."

"That's ridiculous to starve yourself just because of that. You need to eat."

"Soon... Soon." The beast groaned low in his throat, sniffing at the air, "Humans lost... very soon... meal will come."

"And then?"

"After meal... Wendigo eat Zane's humans." He began to lumber back into the thick of the trees, "So hungry..."