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Okay guys... some serious shits going to happen in this chapter and I just want to say sorry, because it literally HURT me to write this chapter. Just stay strong and have faith though, I`ll try to get the next chapter out asap so you don`t die from curiosity (you'll understand what I mean once you finish this chapter) and please do review, this chapter is worth reviewing on XD

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Enjoy... I guess? o.o this chapter made me cry...

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Lucifer C:

I was freaking out. Never before in my life had I felt so confused, so hesitant, so... scared? Well actually scratch that, I have felt like this before. When? When I found myself cast out of heaven. Getting used to that took a couple days of freaking out too; afterwards my dread became the anger that fueled my apocalyptic rage.

I wasn`t entirely sure how to react, how to respond, how to stay... calm. At the moment I was just pacing around the bunker, I had already searched the whole ballroom, as a matter of fact I had searched the whole town. Where could she be? Was she alright? What happened? Is she even still alive? Did she leave on her own? Was she taken? What am I supposed to do? Dozens of questions ran through my head; questions even I couldn`t answer.

"No sign of her." Quinn sighed as she walked in; still wearing her ball dress "I even called her a dozen times and left her a hundred messages; no response."

I couldn`t even reply properly, my surroundings felt blurry and my insides were panicking. I couldn`t even control the anxiety that was pouring out of my being as the ground began to shake a little. Quinn seemed to notice, because her eyes widened a little.

"Calm down." she ordered "I don`t think starting an earthquake`s going to help find her."

"Then what will...?" I managed to say. My voice, just like the rest of my being: was on edge.

"Look." she sighed "Ella`s my best friend, and I`m just as worried as you are; but you don`t see me acting like a kid? You need to calm down and get it together; because neither of us will be able to find her like this."

Once again I couldn`t reply. There was no way I could deal with these emotions. I felt so powerless at this moment; I felt so human.

"I have an idea!" Quinns eyes suddenly lit up "Let me call Cas, he might know something?"

I only blinked at her as she managed a reassuring smile before glancing at the ground and muttering under her breath. In a few seconds Castiel appeared, at first he was perfectly calm and then he glanced at me and his posture went rigid. He looked nervous, but I suppose that could be just because I did kill him once?

"Quinn..." he muttered a uneasy greeting "Why have you summoned me?"

"Well." she bit her lower lip "After you left, Ella disappeared, have you seen or heard from her? Does heaven have anything to do with this? You were up there just now, right?"

"I..." before the little angel could finish, I sensed the hesitation in his voice grow: a clear sign he knew something "haven`t heard from her." he`s lying, it`s so obvious...

"Wrong answer..." I literally growled "You know something, and I swear if you don`t tell us..." I trailed off, leaving the rest to his imagination.

The angel gulped again.

"Cas?" Quinn furrowed her eyebrows "Do you know something you're not telling us?"

The angel opened his mouth to respond but hesitated; closing his lips and flashing a guilty expression. I couldn`t stay calm anymore, not if he was holding out information on Ella's whereabouts. Without a word my eyes flared and the angel gasped out as his body crumpled to the ground. His eyes clouded with pain as he desperately tried to fight the invisible force that was taking hold of his body.

"What are you doing?!" Quinn yelled as she tried to help Castiel to no avail. He continued to convulse and cringe, his mouth opening in a silent scream.

"Stop it!" Quinn threw herself at me, but I easily tossed her aside with a simple thought.

"This is not the time to test me angel..." my voice was no longer my usual calm cold tone, it was instead far darker and clearly demonic: barely human "Tell. Me. Where. She. Is."

He couldn`t respond, the agony silencing him, but the expression on his face seemed willing enough. It was surprisingly difficult to stop myself, I had never felt so angry before. I clenched my fists and gritted my teeth, forcing myself to let go as the angel finally drew a breath. His face was still fear-stricken but he managed to struggle to his feet: wincing.

"Speak now..." I commanded.

"I sincerely apologize, I didn`t want too..." he sounded guilty "Michael threatened to kill the Winchesters. He no longer required them alive, and with a simple thought he could eviscerate them. I didn`t have a choice, it is rather shameful but I had to save the Winchesters. I-"

"Enough!" I didn`t want to hear his excuses "Just tell me what I want to know..." the last bit came out as a growl.

"Michael has her in the warehouse." he glanced down at the ground shamefully "I`m sorry..."

"That`s not good enough." I willed him to explode but before I could he zapped away, barely escaping. It didn`t matter though, I`d end him eventually but for now I had more important things to do.

"That was so unnecessary..." Quinn grumbled, looking at me with mixed emotions: mostly frustration and fear.

I didn`t bother replying to her, instead I aimed my thoughts to the warehouse, attempting to zap myself there. Nothing happened. Desperately I tried again before snarling in frustration, accidently blowing out the light bulbs. I was really starting to lose the usual control I had over my powers.

"It`s warded against me..." I muttered "I can`t get in..."

"And that surprises you?" she scoffed "Of course it`s warded against you, Michael isn`t an idiot. You just seriously need to calm down though. I`ll help you get her back, just relax."

"I... can`t." I felt so tense.

"Try." she shook her head "We should-"

Before she could finish the bunkers door flew open, and a rather cheerful looking Sam and Dean walked in. Only to pause and stare at me a few seconds later.

"What the hell...?" they both blurted in unison.

Ella

There were a lot of things that frustrated me at this moment. I was after all being held against my own will, I was bored out of my mind, and at there seemed to be no hope. But the thing that clawed at me the most was the simple fact that I was starving. He wasn`t kidding about one meal a day, how the hell was I supposed to survive? Regardless, my stomach was hurting as I sat curled up in the corner, staring helplessly at the opposite wall.

Ever since he introduced me to my new prison, Michael hadn't shown up again. I wasn`t entirely sure if that was a good or bad thing, but it wasn`t like I had the room to complain. Curiously I wondered if the others had noticed my disappearance? Probably. I wondered if they`d be able to find me, if they knew it was Cas that got me in this mess. Maybe it`s best they don`t figure out that last part, Lucifer would probably kill the little angel...

Speaking of the devil, I wondered how he`d cope with me gone? Would he even care...?

Suddenly an angel zapped into the room; he was unfamiliar, considering I had never seen him before in my life.

"I`m Kyrel." he introduced himself immediately "This is your second serving of water for the day." he added, handing me a plastic cup with water. You`re joking... these angels are trying to keep me alive... right?

"Can I have more food too?" I asked bluntly, accepting the cup, the last time I ate was like several hours ago.

"No." he answered rather coldly.

"You`re supposed to be angels..." I muttered "How can you just let me suffer like this?"

"It`s Michaels decision..." he sounded a little guilty before regaining his cold tone "I will return with your third serving in five hours."

Kill me now.

Quinn

Well this was awkward.

I had just finished explaining everything from Ella`s return to Castiels betrayal to the Winchesters, while Lucifer paced in the corner.

"Are you sure Cas would do something like that?" Dean seemed to have a hard time believing it and I didn`t blame him.

"He did it for you guys..." I noted "His intentions were good, I`m not blaming him, but we need to get Ella back and we need to deal with Michael."

"And what about him?" Sam side glanced at Lucifer, his voice a low whisper.

"I think we can trust him." I tried to sound reassuring but the Winchesters exchanged disbelieving looks.

"Look guys." I folded my arms "We need his help and he needs ours. So for a few minutes you guys need to put aside your bullshit and work together for Ellas sake. Because I`m not letting some twisted asshole of an archangel keep her against her will... again."

"Fine..." Sam sighed "But we don`t have any weapons that work against archangels, how do we kill Michael?"

"Gabriels archangel blade is sitting in Ellas room." Lucifer suddenly spoke as the Winchesters took on wary expressions "I`ll get it." he zapped away.

"We leave you alone for a few freaking days..." Dean hinted.

"Sorry?" I shrugged.

"This is so messed up..." the older Winchester groaned.

"Just like the rest of our life." Sam added.

"Come on guys..." I tried to encourage them "This isn`t permanent or anything, but we need each other right now. We can figure out how to deal with Lucifer after Michael?"

"Right." Sam rolled his eyes "Not exactly what I`d call the dream team, but she has a point Dean."

"Let`s just get this over with..." Dean folded his arms.

"Glad you feel that way." Lucifer zapped back into the room, tossing the blade into my lap.

"Alright then..." I picked it up hesitantly "Lucifer`s going to zap us as close as possible to the warehouse, we go in and erase all the symbols keeping him out, then he`ll come in and zap out Ella while we finish Michael off?"

"I`ll finish him off myself." Lucifer added.

"You sure you can actually... do it?" Sam seemed a little uneasy as he addressed the devil.

"If you can think back to our past Sammy." the devil spoke dryly "You`ll remember I`m very capable."

The younger Winchester didn`t reply, instead he glanced to the side as I stood up.

"Well we`ve got a somewhat plan, let`s do this?" I asked

"I`ll carry the knife?" Dean offered.

"I don`t think so." Lucifer answered for me "The girl carries the blade, I don`t trust the rest of you."

"Okay..." I attempted to break the tense silence that was starting to form "Let`s do this guys."

Lucifer C:

I was currently standing in a field overlooking the warehouse where Michael was holding Ella. The Winchesters alongside Quinn were working on their way inside, while I couldn`t even get too close considering the sigils keeping me out. Never before had I felt so impatient, it was a sort of frustrating feeling I wasn`t really used too. Honestly I just needed something to vent my frustration on, and I intended too once I had access to that building. Finally after what felt like forever, the warding against me fell. I could simply sense it, the defenses around the building fading to nothing as I took a relieving breath. It`s about time.

With a simple thought I zapped inside to be greeted my four angels who seemed fairly surprised to see me. As soon as they were over their shock, they pulled out their angel blades and exchanged nervous looks.

"I definitely needed this." I smirked a little viciously as the angels backed up.

Quinn

We still hadn`t seen Michael or Ella, but I was pretty sure we had scratched out all the symbols keeping Lucifer out, so where the hell was he? The Winchesters seemed a little bit on edge as we waited for the devil to make his appearance before continuing on. Surprisingly, we didn`t bump into any angels when we made our way inside, but I was pretty sure that was going to change eventually. Slowly I decided that it`d be best to start a conversation of some sort while we waited, the awkward silence was just a little too... awkward?

Before I could open my mouth to speak, Lucifer zapped in front of us; his arms and hands were covered in dark blood, and something told me it wasn`t his own. A satisfied smile was playing on his face and for a moment I cringed.

"Took care of their enforcements." his voice had an amused tone to it.

"Poor angels..." Dean muttered under his breath before shaking his head and sighing "So where`s Michael?"

Instead of replying, Lucifer gestured at a hallway, and coyly the Winchesters walked down it, only to stop once they arrived at a wooden door. It was Dean who took a step back before slamming his foot against the center of the door: kicking it down with ease.

Ella

As I had mentioned before, there were no doors in the room. So I was rather surprised when I randomly saw Dean kicking down a wall and entering the room; followed by Sam, Quinn and the devil I know and love.

"What took you guys so long?" I scoffed a little weakly, before getting to my feet.

"You try getting these three to co-operate." it was Quinn who replied, smiling at me genuinely.

"So where`s Michael?" Sam asked, examining the room with his hazel eyes.

Before anyone could answer, the archangel showed up himself: standing tall with a bold expression. Beside him were two other angels, and now surrounding us were a dozen more: I recognized Kyrel to be one of them.

"I cannot let you take the girl." Michael spoke dryly "She is required to restore me."

"Not our problem." Quinn replied quickly, suddenly pulling out a familiar looking blade and lunging at Michael. Before she could get close enough, Kyrel intercepted, easily punching Quinn in the jaw and tearing the blade out of her hands.

"Quinn!" Dean yelled, quickly rushing to her side before glaring at Kyrel who looked rather smug with the blade in his hand. Calmly the angel handed the blade to Michael who accepted it quickly.

"Was that your little plan brother?" Michael scoffed.

"It`s funny how far you fell Michael." Lucifer mused "You`ve gone so low to even kidnapping humans? The cage really did twist that little heart of yours, brother. But I can`t help but wonder; where are you in your restoration? Did it even begin restoring your powers, or are you still being made whole from your cage affair? I`m willing to bet on the latter."

"What are you talking about?" Michael seemed generally confused as Lucifer smiled menacingly.

Instead of replying, the younger archangel raised his hand and I found my amulet unhooking and flying into his hands. Now, Lucifer was holding it from one end, letting it dangle in front of him.

"What are you doing?" Michaels voice seemed to be on edge.

"What must be done." Lucifers other hand suddenly became ablaze with a bluish-white fire, but before doing anything else he glanced at me with an apologetic smile "I`m sorry Ella, but thank you so much for showing me how wrong I was. And as much as I hate to say it; I really do love you."

I felt so confused at this moment, what was he sorry about? What`s going on?

Before I could ask either of those questions, Lucifer dangled the amulet over the flame and I watched as the chain became engulfed in the fire; slowly melting away. My attention was drawn away from it as I noticed Michael drop onto his knees, yelling out a single 'no' before disappearing completely. The other angels were now panicking, and one by one they zapped away; leaving the five of us alone.

The flame in Lucifers hand was now gone and so was my amulet. But to my relief everything else seemed to be alright, was it over? Was Michael gone for good? I took a deep breath.

"Well that went well?" Quinn muttered glancing at the brothers who seemed just as confused.

"What happened to him anyways?" I asked, referring to Michael.

"Well." Lucifer was smiling, but his aura felt a little different, something felt off "The amulet restores in stages such as stage one: life, stage two: power, stage three: persona, etc. If the amulets destroyed while it`s restoring one of those stages: that individual stage is reset. It was still restoring Michael from his cage experience, so when it was destroyed he was sent back into the cage."

"And what stage were you in...?" I asked hesitantly, noticing how his eyes darkened and his grin became more malicious.

"Persona." he replied "Which means I`m free from all those stupid emotions you plagued me with. I`m me again, and thank the lord for that."

Wait what...?

"Aw, what's wrong?" he teased, noticing my smile fade "Thought you loved me unconditionally? Stupid human, this is the devil I am, the devil I`ll always be, and this devil has a lot of stuff to get done. You and that unholy amulet really did put me behind on schedule, I`ve got an apocalypse to get back on track..." his eyes suddenly fell on the Winchesters "But it`d be rude to leave without a proper farewell?"

Before anyone could reply he flicked his hands and the Winchesters were thrown against the wall, falling unconscious to the ground with a thud. Now his gaze turned to Quinn who looked fear-stricken as he tossed her aside too with a simple thought.

"Your turn." he was now glaring down at me, and frankly I couldn`t respond. My insides felt shattered, my heart was aching and my mind was screaming at me. What am I supposed to do?

"You know what I don`t understand?" he folded his arms "How could I have possibly fallen for a weak little thing like you? There really is no admirable quality in you; amulet or not. Considering everything you`ve put me through, I feel like you deserve something a little worse than those three? I could practically do anything I want to you, and you wouldn`t be able to stop me... but frankly it seems I don`t have that much time to spare. Besides, you`re not worth it."

In a matter of seconds he zapped away, leaving me alone in the room with Quinn and two unconscious Winchesters. Surprisingly I really didn`t care about them at the moment, I was still stuck on one simple question: what just happened...?