The demons in hell rebel against their ruler , Satan .

Sure, he was the Prince of Darkness, but he was a piss-poor director. Hell was a mess. Demons were moving through circles without care or direction, unsure of their place, completely ruining the order of things. How is a demon, large and grand enough to breath winds to pass lustful sinners about, supposed to function in the tight quarters of the bolgia? 
 
 Beelzebub kept things straight. He was a planner, a doer, a great asset to the churning wheels of sin. Hell was a perfect, thundering, grinding death machine when he was in charge. But of course, he decided to *retire* to Limbo because, naturally, it takes work to organize a pit of absolute despair and agony. Yes, Hell is endless pain and torture and eternal unhappiness in the purest sense, but that does n't mean you can just let the demons loose. They wiggle their way topside when they should n't and it's even harder to get them back down when no one is keeping track of them! A logistical nightmare when there was souls pouring into the gates and no one to take their number and assign them their place. 
 
 Lucifer let his pride get to him. He it himself go. It was mostly a sad sight to see save for the fact that he was so arrogant in the fact that Hell was *just perfect*. Hiding in his little tower just beyond Dis, lamenting the day that he would exact his revenge, a petulant child throwing an everlasting fit. It was tiring. 
 
 It did n't take long to get the cambions and demons and familiars on board with a plan of action. They did n't want Lucifer to leave -- he would n't leave, he could n't leave. They just wanted him to give up power. So steadfast in their new world ways, their grand plans of management levels and streamlined processing, written into skin-bound book, they did n't realize how fruitful their attempts might be until they were marching up the tall, narrow tower to Lucifer's room. 
 
 He sat at the only window, looking down on the city, it's overwhelming walls darkened with soot and blood. 
 
 `` We are only proposing a change in leadership,'' Bael said, laying down the book on Lucifer's simplistic bone table. `` We've noticed a major decline in productivity.'' 
 
 `` The souls are still being tortured, yes?'' Lucifer replied. 
 
 `` Well, yes, but not as effectively as we could. Just the other day, we found gluttons playing on Cocytus. The giants were n't even at their posts!'' 
 
 Lucifer drums his fingers on the windowsill. `` Huh.'' 
 
 Furfur, supervisor of the Seventh Circle, approaches Lucifer with his hands together and head bowed. `` Our Lord, we only wish for Hell to be the best Hell it can be.'' 
 
 `` I do n't see the point in messing with something already working perfectly fine.'' 
 
 The demons look at each other warily, already knowing the cause is lost. 
 
 Lucifer turns to look at them. `` Sure, demons are wandering the Earth without purpose and maybe the giants are too busy bathing in the river Styx, but is n't it supposed to be a little chaotic? It's Hell! And there are billions of souls down here. We are bound to lose track of a few.'' 
 
 `` Abaddon has already found some familiars who are willing to tag all the souls for easier tracking --'' 
 
 `` I do n't care where the souls go!'' Lucifer bellows. 
 
 Bael hears the rock of the lower circles shudder and crumble in the distance. 
 
 `` They are *here*, they are *mine*, and their torture will be *excruciating* and *long-lasting*. That is the *point* and I am done talking about you.'' Lucifer turns back to the window, the ever-watchful eye on his prized kingdom. `` I have no use for management. Let chaos reign, fools.'' 
 
 The demons trudge down the steps, deflated. So much for the properly planned take-over of Hell's lacklustre administration. They reached the bottom, the howl of souls drowning out their own misery. 
 
 `` Maybe we have to make that trip to Limbo,'' Furfur says as they walk to the gates to part ways. 
 
 Bael rubs his face, staring up to gaze at the ragged hole leading to whirling nothingness. `` Beelzebub is going to need a lot of unbaptized babies to be lead out of there.'' 

