My blood ran cold as I heard Victoria speak. Well, it definitely wasn't her anymore. As we all turned to listen her eyes turned black and she smiled.

"I've never tried this whole long-distance possession thing, it's quite fun."

What the fuck was going on?

"Who are you?" Michael asked, "And what have you done to Victoria?"

She laughed then her smile was gone "You know me, Michael. We knew each other a long time ago, but I guess you're getting old. I'm just passing along a message from our mutual friend Lucifer."

She paused, looking at us all and smiling "You can call me Lilith, or Lili if we get to know each other better." she let out a high-pitched giggle as she took in all of our shocked expressions.

"Lilith?" Michael asked, the disbelief "Lucifer freed you?"

Lilith? The mother of demons? Oh, this was so not going to be good...

"Not exactly," she pouted "The gate opened, and I followed him out of hell. I haven't been on Earth since the Garden. It's... changed. Not for the better. Although, I am liking these clothes," she said, winking, as she pulled her skirt up to show off her legs.

"Stop it!" I said angrily "Tell us what you want, and let Victoria go."

"Very well. If that is how you want to play it," Lilith sighed and walked towards Kian until she was almost right in his face. She put both of her hands on either side of Kian's face "How about I release another demon? My son Kaicius is in here. I can feel him, resting below the surface." Lilith's voice grew lower and darker as she spoke the words "He's so close. All he needs is a little persuasion to come out..."

"Let him go," I said, stepping forward.

Lilith quickly let go of Kian and ducked underneath my arm laughing. The moment her fingers were away he collapsed onto the ground clutching his chest. He looked over at me and I could see the fear in his eyes.

"Oops," she said with a giggle "Sorry I lost control for a second there. Now I'd suggest you all back off before I decide to do some unpleasant things to you as well. My patience wears thin."

"You are not welcome here, demon!" David said forcefully, his eyes glowing as he summoned a long golden sword out of thin air and pointed it at Lilith.

She scoffed, turning towards him, "Oh please. Do you think I care about that little thing? It's cute, by the way. You're lucky I don't turn it into dust."

David hesitated for a moment before lowering his blade.

"Now we all understand each other, let's discuss your plan to defeat The House Of The Apocalypse and send dear Luci back to his cage."

"You know about that?" Kian asked weakly, still kneeling on the ground.

Lilith looked down at him "Of course darling, after all, we want the same thing. Lucifer and his apocalypse stopped."

Wait... so, she wanted to help us? I was so bloody confused. Before anyone could reply Lilith reached out a hand towards Kian and pulled him up.

Her expression went suddenly serious.

"We're going to make a deal," Lilith said calmly, walking backwards as she talked "Your plan was stupid, and you'll probably fail, but, with my help... it might just work."

"Why would we trust you?" Michael asked "I know you, Lilith, remember? You killed hundreds of people! You betrayed everyone, including your so-called sons!"

"I did those things because I had to," Lilith growled, her eyes flashing again "Oh, look at me getting all emotional! Mikey, let's be honest, you don't exactly have many better options than me."

Callum stepped forward "Look, all I want is a way to get home. This war you're looking to start with Lucifer is nothing to do with me. I don't want anything to do with it."

Lilith laughed "Yeah, okay buddy. That isn't happening. Your sweet little ass is fully involved, more than you realise. The portal that opened and let you into this dimension was opened at the same time as the gate into hell. So you're stuck here. You can't leave until all of this gets sorted out, or at least until Lucifer is sent back."

"We can open a portal if we get the spell," I said "Are you saying that it won't work?"

"What I'm saying is that if you open a portal it will reopen the gate into hell again. M managed to connect the two."

"Surely that's not possible," David said with a frown "That would mean..."

Lilith nodded "It means all of hell will have an open door right onto Earth. Every demon, damned soul and their mother will be free to destroy everything here."

"Let me guess," Michael said, "You're going to offer to hold the fort once we open up a portal?"

"Not quite," Lilith smiled "No, I'm offering to shut the door behind you, hopefully before any of my children realise that they can leave."

"And we're meant to just trust that you'll keep your word?" Kian asked "That sounds too good to be true."

"Oh, sweetie," Lilith replied "It is, but I am your only hope of pulling this off."

"So," Callum said looking at David "All we need is the spell we came for.'

"Exactly," Lilith nodded.

"The Coven do not answer to demons!" David said angrily.

"No, you just prayed to them," Lilith replied, her voice suddenly going hard as she marched towards David "To me and Lucifer. You prayed and we gave you knowledge and magic. You owe us. So does everybody else on the planet. I've paid for my sins and now it's time for you to pay for yours."

"This is insane!" David cried "Do any of you really believe this?"

Lilith continued staring at David as if she was daring him to continue. "Be careful what you say next," she said finally.

"You're not helping your cause here, Lilith," I said "We have the spell, you do not."

"We need to get Callum back to his own dimension, and find The House Of The Apocalypse before they can ruin that world too," I said "That's why we came to you, we need to stop them."

"There's no stopping The House of the Apocalypse," Lilith sneered "Lucifer has them wrapped around his little finger, you don't even have any idea how powerful they truly are."

"Well, you've certainly made it sound like we can't beat them," I shot back.

"Not in a straight fight, no. That's impossible," Lilith snapped "They already won and are trying to take over the entire fucking multiverse. Even if we stop The House of the Apocalypse, we still have to get Lucifer back into hell. That's where he belongs, after all."

"And how do you suppose we do that?" Michael asked.

"Simple," Lilith smirked "I'm gonna show you, and when you wake up, you're gonna thank me. Trust me, everything will fall into place when you see it for yourself. So..." she said turning to David "Are we doing this thing or not?"

"Fine," David said, turning to glare at Lilith. "We're doing it. Let's get this over with."

"Thank you," Lilith grinned, turning her voice light and sweet "Okay, you kids I'll see you all on the other side. Be good, and bring back that spell."

Suddenly, her eyes rolled up in the top of her head and she started twitching violently. Her body trembled, and she dropped to her knees. Everyone was silent as Lilith screamed, before falling completely silent.

Slowly her eyes opened and a confused look spread across her face, as she stared at us.

"Victoria?" Michael asked frowning "Is that you?" he said cautiously.

Oh, God, I hope it's her...

"Yes, yes it is," she replied, taking a step forward "What the hell happened?"

"Well, not much, only that you were just possessed by Lilith," Kian replied.

"By Lilith?" Victoria repeated, turning to look at Lilith and shaking her head. Then slowly Victoria looked at David as if she expected some sort of explanation from him, but he didn't look back at her "What did she want?"

"To help us apparently," I explained "She wants to help us put Lucifer back into hell."

"What? Why would she want to do that?" Victoria asked, "She's Lucifer's wife, the mother of demons..."

"She wants to win," David interjected, a hint of annoyance in his voice "Just like all the others before her. She wants to use you and me, and everyone who goes along with us, to do her dirty work. We are not her first victims, and we probably won't be her last."

Yeah, she was good at playing the game...

"So, you've done this before then?" I asked David.

"Just once," David admitted, "But that didn't end so well for me."

"Who was the victim?" Victoria asked narrowing her eyes slightly.

"I was," David replied.