A/N: There's a bit in here which is meant from the last book, rapture, but i know everyone hasn't read it, so iv left out the details. If you've read the book already you'll get what bit i mean, if you haven't, don't worry, it still makes sense! :)

Chapter 27

Ben immediately placed his arms around Luce tightly, while Cam stood in front of her protectively.
"Your early" Molly hissed, as Lucifer emerged from within the forest. Luce looked up when the light had faded, and saw Lucifer as a normal human, not the terrible creature form she saw on the first night.
"I never mentioned what time I would come to visit Luce" Lucifer smirked, not taking his piercing eyes off Luce.

Sarah slowly moved off away from the others, subtly reaching for the sceptre before joining the other angels standing round Luce.
"Where's the throne?" Arriane hissed to Gabbe.
"I don't know" Gabbe responded, who was also looking around confused. Had they gone back on their deal?

Lucifer noticed the girls whispering to each other and ground his teeth in frustration.
"Silence!" He boomed at them, making Luce jump, but the others seemed unfazed. "Hand Lucinda to me" he placed his hand out toward Luce, but Daniel quickly stepped beside Cam, blocking his view of her.

"She won't go with you" Cam growled, his hands balled into fists.
"I won't be asking you, I want to ask her myself" Lucifer's voice was dripping in venom, making Luce shudder. She felt a hand on her arm and turned to see Sarah at her side, handing Luce the sceptre. She took it off Sarah and gripped onto it tightly as if it were her life. Which soon, it may depend on it.

"If you hand Luce over to me, no one will get hurt, and she will be returned safely to you if she chooses not to rule with me" Lucifer was starting to get frustrated with the distraction of the other angels. His muscles tensed and Luce could see the fire starting to blaze in his eyes.

"Lies" Daniel stated simply.
Lucifer grunted and retracted his outstretched hand from Luce. "Very well". He raised his hands over his head, and a strip of fire blazed out of them. Luce shut her eyes tightly and gripped the back of Cam's shirt, careful not to touch his wings which were now spread out for added protection.

Suddenly she felt the muscles in Cam's back tense, looking up she noticed outcasts had surrounded them, and there were more then she could count, in the tree's and far back into the forest. She heard Ben swear behind her and instantly felt nervous. Ben was so laid back, it must be bad if he swore.

"What's going to happen?" Luce asked, her voice shaking no matter how hard she tried to steady. Lucifer must have heard her nerves, as his smirk grew.
"You're going to choose Lucinda".
"I won't choose to rule with you!" Luce almost shouted.
"Then you choose to go with the throne?" Lucifer asked.
"What...no..." Luce was confused. She just wanted to live back in her normal life, but this time with Cam by her side.
"You must choose one or the other, Lucinda" Lucifer asked again.

Luce glanced round to the other angels, all were watching her closely. "I don't want to choose either" Luce said quietly. Ben squeezed her shoulder from behind her, comforting her.

Lucifer sighed, but it seemed like a tired sigh, rather than annoyed. He turned around to the outcasts around him. "Attack" He said simply, before the outcasts flew at the angels. Luce was suddenly in chaos, all the angels separated from around her, trying their best to keep the outcasts away from Luce.

But slowly, one by one, the angels were pulled further away from Luce, and as each one left her she felt more and more vulnerable. The only thing she had for protection for the sceptre, but she didn't want to use that for protection worried she might snap it, then it would truly be game over.

Eventually Luce was backed against a tree trunk, the other angels were deeply concentrating on killing as many outcasts they could. Cam was destroying them left right and centre, with the odd look around to make sure Luce was ok. The others were following suit. Looking away from Cam, she saw 4 outcasts slowly walking towards her, those white eyes making Luce's stomach turn.

But then Luce had a thought, outcasts were fallen angels, right? She grasped the cool amber egg on top of the spear and twisted it left and pushed down, hearing the faint click, she watched as the egg transformed colour into a deep shade of red, with specks of black. She looked up as the outcasts banged against an invisible force field, the noises from outside her protection circle were fuzzy, and it made Luce feel completely disconnected from the outside world.

She gave a sigh of relief, as she slowly moved backwards away from the outcasts further, who were still clawing at the invisible shield. But then Luce felt herself back into something hard.
Slowly turning round, her face met a males firm chest, looking up her eyes connected with the blazing fire's of Lucifer's. The corners of his lips edged up slightly, and he gripped onto Luce's wrist tightly, but she held onto the sceptre firmly.

The noises outside the protection circle grew louder, but Luce struggled to look away from his eyes. His face was handsome, but Luce knew what he looked like when he came out of his human form.
"It's time for you to choose Lucinda Price" He said, his voice was low and intimidating.
"I don't want to choose" Luce stammered. He tightened into a bone crushing grip on her wrist, but she was too scared to acknowledge the pain.

"Maybe if I show you what we once had together, you will understand" He said, while a black shadow formed at their feet. Luce watched as the announcer opened up and Lucifer, still gripping her wrist hard, pulled her into it after him.

Luce felt her stomach turn, and her thoughts were disorientated. 'So this is what it's like to travel through one of these' Luce thought to herself. Luce followed Lucifer closely, although she hated him, she had no idea where she was going, and didn't want to get lost in an announcer. The book she had found at Sword&Cross described them as difficult to navigate.

Just when Luce thought she may faint from her blurry vision, the damp smell, and general disorientation, the space in front of them opened up to show Luce a large bright open field. In the field she saw herself wearing a long plain yet delicate cream dress, it flowed gently in the wind around her.
Then Luce noticed another figure with her, it was Lucifer, in his human form.

Luce leaned closer to listen to them. She heard them discuss their romance.
"We were together?" Luce turned to look at Lucifer, she saw him in a completely new light. He wasn't always that disgusting creature Luce saw him as, he had feelings, he had once loved her.
"We were very much in love, Lucinda" he replied, showing no emotion in his voice, yet his eyes flickered with despair.
"I still can't rule with you" Luce said looking down.
"I'm afraid if you can't rule with me, then you shall we destroyed" He pulled out a long sharp dagger.

"W-w-what? but...why?..." Luce tried to back away but Lucifer maintained a firm grip.
"Because, I cant have you join the throne, your too powerful"
"Powerful? How?" Luce didn't think she was powerful, she could barely control her friend, Callie's, pet dog. Lucifer led her back through the announcer, back to the forest, where the angels were panicked from Luce's disappearance but still fighting outcasts.

Lucifer laughed and shook his head "You really have no idea do you".
Luce was getting frustrated, something big was being kept from her. She still had the sceptre, and decided to use it against him. Kicking him hard in the knee, he loosened his grip and doubled over slightly, Luce grabbed the amber egg, turned it swiftly to the right and pressed down, hearing the faint click.

Lucifer's eyes widened in fear, he was already within the protection circle, but Luce didn't care. She watched as the circled quickly turned purple, she felt the sceptre vibrate with power in her hands, she managed to drop it quickly before the power burst outwards, throwing Luce and Lucifer backwards. Lucifer fell into a tree, bending its roots out the ground. Luce was thrown across the ground, narrowly missing a log.

Cam's head shot up, he'd just destroyed another outcasts. Looking round for Luce frantically, he saw her lying on the ground, very still. A wave of panic ran through him, and he was at Luce's side in a blink. Lifting her head into his lap he spoke softly, trying to control his panic.

"Luce...Luce open your eyes". He shook her slightly, but Luce remained silent and still.