(It's safe for young readers, I rate it at a PG rating to be safe, but it's actually softer then the show is.
However there are two things I'd like to tell you, in part three and four there will be a character shrunken in size and then later is safely swallowed whole, it's done in a much softer way then the kid versions of fairytales, as no one is harmed but I still wanted to let people know!)
It was a nice, active night across the city of LA, the city of angels as some call it. In a sense they were almost right, for two powerful angels, one calling the city home, dwelled here. But not all seemed so peaceful... Tucked back in a dark alley next to a few dumpsters between two buildings, a tall black man, who was the angel that didn't live here, was speaking to another, human man...
"It's just a little extra insurance for if you fail. " Said the angel in a stern voice, while the human with almost redish hair and white skin, fumbled a little as he held a revolver somewhat casually to his side. "So you don't trust me? It's just one guy, crazy maybe but that's it Amenadiel. " he said back with his shoulders up, referring to Lucifer, the other angel, albeit fallen, that lived here. However the angel wasn't having any of it. "He isn't just one man, if you think you can handle it then good, but I will not fail our holy father by relying on a human alone. " He said, his voice mostly flat. But then it was like he wasn't even there anymore! Disappearing into thin air. Malcolm sighed and shook his head, grumbling. Tomorrow... Tomorrow night he'll show him. They will get Lucifer back to Hell, where he belonged.
Meanwhile Amenadiel appeared in a nice small house by the beach, which was the house of Detective Chloe Decker. His black wings were outstretched at first, but he tucked them back before they disappeared, looking human again as he carefully walked towards a door with the sign on it that said 'No boys allowed' but a closer look it would say 'except Lucifer and Dad' Dad having been almost a after thought as it was scribbled in tiny letters below Lucifer's name. The angel sneered and carefully opened the door, turning the handle slowly before easing it open.
In a small bed inside of the clearly child like room, young Beatrice, or Trixie Decker slept peacefully, all bundled up in her blankets. Amenadiel slowly walked up to the girl and placed two fingers on her forehead, muttering something under his breath as a slight, odd humming sound rippled through the air. But it wasn't enough to wake anyone. Trixie frowned a little from the unfamiliar touch and the strange magical feeling in her head. But after a few moments he was done and disappeared yet again to who knows where, leaving the child be with a slight magical blessing...
Soon it was the next morning, Chloe was a wreak after having received that text from who she thought was Dan, having broken up with her in such a terrible way. She only vaguely remembered barging into Lucifer's place and trying to kiss him, who... For some strange reason turned her down even though he's been messing with her and hinting at it ever since they met. Of course she was glad she didn't end up doing something worse, but the whole thing left the human's mind spinning. That man was so strange... She'll never figure it out.
She woke up kind of late, only giving herself a hour to get ready to drop Trixie off at school. So she took a shower as fast as she could, dried and brushed her hair but she still had a rough look about her. However as she was brushing her hair and getting dressed, she heard the front door open... It better not be Dan or she might just shoot him. Quickly throwing on her shirt she sighed as she prepared herself to face her husband. But as she stepped out to see who it was, the tall, black haired man smirking at her from the kitchen wasn't who she expected to see. But it did make her roll her eyes.
"Lucifer! What did I tell you about breaking into my home! " She snapped some at him but it didn't sound as strong as it used to, maybe because part of her was glad it was just Lucifer... Just Lucifer, the crazy club owner who constantly insists he's the Devil. Like always her words didn't phase him as he was cooking something, again, at least he was a good cook. He just grinned at her and flipped a pancake in the skillet, wearing his usual grey-ish purple shirt and black suit. "Well good morning Detective~ I figured you could use some help after what happened with Detective Douche, so here I am~ " He said in a chipper tone, humming a little afterwards, using his 'nickname' for Dan since they did not get along very well at all. However hearing the Devil's voice made Trixie perk up from her room, who came flying out to see her favourite angel. "Lucifer! " Squealed the child with joy as she darted past her mother.
Chloe stopped in her reply and watched Trixie come out of what almost seemed nowhere, Lucifer's eyes widened and he held up his arm that wasn't holding the pan, with nowhere to really run all he could do was take the hug. He winced though as he felt the small human cling to his waist, but as he did so he also began to feel weird... His head mainly felt like it was spinning for a few moments, before everything seemed to go black.
Chloe couldn't hardly believe her eyes, and no it wasn't the fact her daughter was hugging the Devil, not that she ever would believe him in his claims, but the fact that moments after that, both of them were gone! Without a trace besides the pancake in the skillet still heating. She put a hand over her mouth and felt her chest tighten with growing worry. "Trixie! Lucifer! " She yelled out, beginning to look around the counter, before rushing into Trixie's room to see she was indeed gone! What had happened? The mother detective of course began to severely panic.
Meanwhile... It was a nice, sunny day in Miroslav, in the land of Vipin. Alongside a nice little spring with fish jumping, two figures suddenly appeared in the lush grass. A large man with dark hair was on his back, looking unconscious, with a small girl on top of him. The two laid motionless for a good five minutes, before Lucifer groaned and began to open his almost black eyes. He smelled soft spring air... Something he didn't smell much past the scents of the big city, but also when he opened his eyes he saw blue sky... Wasn't he inside Chloe's house moments ago? "Bloody hell... ? " He muttered with confusion, before he also noticed the weight on his stomach and chest, looking down he saw Trixie's form, still unmoving for now, making him sigh before glancing around them. What he saw made his eyes widen with shock... They were in a small clearing, next to a spring... In the middle of a forest!
Trixie then finally opened her eyes, having heard Lucifer's heart beating rapidly under her like something was wrong. She saw his face first, even though he was looking elsewhere and she smiled, hugging him again. "Lucifer! " She cheered happily, making the Devil wince some again as he tried to understand what just happened. However soon the child realized something was off too, looking around she blinked with confusion. "Lucifer, where are we? " She asked him in a slightly worried tone. Soon the man somewhat gently nudged Trixie off him so he could stand up, the child following suit with standing while she kept her eyes on him for a answer. "I don't really know... " He responded honestly. Trixie of course made a worried whinning sound, looking around again as she was looking for something. "Where's mommy? " She asked, the small child always feeling worried when mommy was missing. Lucifer sighed some from the question, glancing at Trixie. "I don't know. " He repeated with slightly less care then the first time. Not that it seemed to matter to Trixie what tone he used.
Trixie whimpered again though and tried to call for her. "Mommy! Mommy! Mommy where are you?! " She squeaked out as loud as she could, which to the fallen angel's surprise was pretty loud, making his ears ring a little. He stayed quiet though and tried to listen, but there never was a answer... "Mommy... " Trixie sniffed a little sadly, before looking up at Lucifer with wide, sad eyes. Lucifer glanced away for a second before looking back, opening his mouth a few times to speak but nothing came out. He wasn't sure what to say... "Well... Let's just figure out where we are... Perhaps your mum isn't that far away small human. " He said with a half smile, not wanting a crying child on his hands if he could help it. But he was awful with children.
Trixie nodded some and wiped her eyes from the one tear that was forming, reaching up with her little hand to grab one of Lucifer's long piano fingers. The Devil wanted to pull away by instinct, but decided he shouldn't... He was the only source of comfort the child had in this mess, if he wanted the small human not to cry he'd have to do his best to make her calm and not too upset. It baffled him though on how this even happened... Though he couldn't help but feel Amenadiel had something to do with this.
With a deep sigh Lucifer thought about what they should do first... Well from the looks of it they were in the middle of nowhere, a forest it seemed, with not a speck of human life in sight. He frowned some at this, but tilted his head as he saw the spring again... Humans usually built houses and towns downstream he knew, perhaps they'd find one if they followed it? "Come on child, let us follow this stream here and see where it takes us." He said, smirking some at her after she gave a simple nod of agreement, having no reason to object. Trixie however refused to let Lucifer's finger go, so he had to just deal with it... He didn't have the heart anymore to just leave her behind, besides Chloe would never forgive him if he left her child in the woods.
Trixie was happy to be by Lucifer's side, she felt safer then if she was alone, neither he or her mother could understand it, but she liked the man. It wasn't exactly a mutual feeling, with the Devil's distaste for children, but they just might need each other if they were to ever find their way back home. The child had to almost run some to keep up with Lucifer's long stride, with her much shorter legs and all. There was also some grass stuck to the Devil as he was too busy focused on looking around, so she busied herself with picking grass strands off his suit, well as high as she could reach anyway. He didn't seem to notice so she figured it was fine.
It seemed like they walked for hours, the child getting a little tired and Lucifer was starting to wonder if they'd find anything besides rocks, grass and trees. However just as the two made it up a small hill, Lucifer spotted small houses in a little group alongside a much bigger river, which the little stream they followed connected to. He grinned at this and glanced down at Trixie who was gasping. "Look, houses Lucifer! Houses! Maybe the people are nice and can help us find mommy! " Trixie cheered in a high pitched, squealing way, tugging on Lucifer's coat rapidly with excitement. Lucifer somewhat ignored the piercing happy squeals and tugging of his suit, but when she finally let go he straightened it again, looking back to the small town. "Yes yes, it's no Los Angeles but someone there may know where it is. " He responded, his tone glad but not nearly as happy as Trixie of course.
The young human girl seemed to have gained a second wind to this and grabbed his hand, rushing ahead to try and pull him along. Lucifer made a surprised sound from the sudden touching of his hand and pulling him along. He sighed and walked after the excited child, having to be a little quick on his feet to not trip going downhill now. His shoes wasn't really the best hiking shoes either, but the Devil wasn't about to let a simple hill best him. Trixie watched behind her shoulder as Lucifer maneuvered over the terrain, but since she wasn't watching where she was going she stumbled over a rock. However before she could fall there was a strong tug on her wrist from behind, pulling her back and upright. Lucifer grinned with slight amusement, chuckling shortly. "You should be careful child, you almost had us both tumbling down this hill if it wasn't for me~ Why don't you focus on your own footing, hmmm? " He spoke in his natural, prideful and almost always cheery sounding tone. Trixie rubbed some where he grabbed her around her wrist after he let go, the force and pressure a little painful but not nearly as bad as tumbling down like she almost did. "Sorry Lucifer... " She apologized sheepishly, in which he just waved a hand, before resting the same hand on her shoulder and guiding her behind him. "Yes well no matter, just follow behind me and we'll go at a non-tumbling down the hill pace, yes? "
Trixie giggled a little from how he spoke, it being weird to the child, but she nodded. "Alright, right behind you Lucifer! " She replied innocently and with her own, childish cheer. Lucifer hesitated to that, his smile wavering between a smirk and a genuine smile, before he looked away and continued onwards. With the Devil leading once again no one fell and soon both angel and child were safely at the base, now just a short walk away from that little town. "Lucifer, what happens if they won't help us? " Trixie suddenly spoke up as they were walking, making the man pause just for a second. "I can convince them, don't worry child~ " He said with devilish confidence, but Trixie was ignorant of it and just shrugged. "Well alright, if you're sure... My friend in school always said you should have a plan B though, which I think means something to do if something like this doesn't work out like you hoped it would. " She explained to him, giving him a childish look that was meant to be serious. Lucifer snorted lightly and laughed with more amusement. "Fine, plan B is I can be persuasive in other ways. " He grinned wider and glanced away, continuing the walk before Trixie could speak again. She didn't understand what he meant by that, but Lucifer was rather good at being intimidating as well, though that was usually plan B for him too.
The human shrugged again and followed, the buildings coming into view again past the trees. They even saw people, but... What startled them both was not everyone walking around was a human. Some were normal looking animals but walked upright, seeming to retain their animal size, but there was also humans with pointed ears, griffons all sorts of other creatures the Devil had never seen. "Well well well, how intriguing~ is this a experiment of my Father's? " He said, mainly to himself with interest, his eyes flashing with curiously and glee. Meanwhile Trixie couldn't believe her eyes, not being quite as calm as her traveling acquaintance. "L-lucifer? What are they? " She squeaked out with a hint of fear as she saw a rather big creature walk by, peeking behind her new hiding spot, behind Lucifer. "I don't know but we should find out~ " He said with another, deep chuckle. Trixie squeaked again as her hiding spot moved forward and she had to walk with him, both hands grasping the edge of his black suit.
As they walked among human and creature alike, few paid the two much mind, only a couple staring at Lucifer's odd clothing, well odd to them. A suit like that was unheard of. A few also gave Trixie a odd look, but a glance from the Devil made them leave her alone. Lucifer was looking for anyone who may look like they were friendly and knew something. Meanwhile it seemed they were not the only newcomers... Stumbling about with fascination, a semi black man in a modern outfit with a bulletproof vest was walking along with another man with messy light brown hair and a funny look on his face. "Sam this is fascinating, creatures we didn't even know existed are right here among us. We should really take a moment to stop and admire this special chance we have here, learn something new about other forms of life. " Said the blond-ish man calmly, but he was clearly excited inside. Meanwhile Sam Fisher sighed and rubbed his nose some. "Look I know you're excited about new people and everything, but we need to get back home. " He said in a stern voice, but froze on the spot to see Lucifer... A normal looking person! If only they knew better...
"But we can always bring notes back home about th- " The younger man was cut off when Sam shushed him, before nodding towards Lucifer, neither having noticed the girl yet. "Does he look like he belongs here? " Asked Sam, Nick Tracer shaking his head after a moment of thought. "No he doesn't... " the previously excited man was now thinking with narrowed eyes. "Maybe he knows what happened. " He added, causing Sam shake his head slightly. "Or he's in the same mess we are. " both men frowned at each other at that thought, before with Sam leading the way they started to make their way towards Lucifer.
Meanwhile Lucifer had tried speaking to three different people and kept coming across one, annoying problem. They all spoke a language no human had ever spoken before. So he couldn't understand a word anyone was saying, and what bothered Trixie was some were raising their voices and pointing at her for whatever reason, seeming to be upset. Lucifer wasn't sure what that was about, but took it as a sign to move on. "What time is it Lucifer? " Trixie suddenly asked, moving beside him to look up at his face after they were away from most people, neither noticing the approaching humans. The Devil sighed some and looked at his watch. " 12:14. " He simply replied, looking to her now as he wondered why she asked. "I'm hungry, we didn't get to eat breakfast and now it's lunchtime~ " She whined softly while tugging at his coat. The Fallen Angel sighed some and rolled his eyes, of course that's what it was...
Just as Lucifer was about to answer the child, a male voice spoke up behind him, with words he could understand! "Excuse me there sir, but do you know where we are? " Lucifer whipped around with a delighted smirk, but it faded some when the question sunk in. "No I do not unfortunately, I have actually been trying to figure that out myself. " He said in a disappointed tone, looking between the two gentlemen who also look disappointed. "Same boat as us then... Well maybe we can work together, another pair of eyes nev- "Sam was cut off by a squeaky, childish voice. "Two! " All of the men looked to Trixie then. "Two pairs of eyes, I can look too! For... Whatever we're looking for. " She added with confidence, the three exchanging glances. " Okay fine, two extra pairs of eyes, for anyone who speaks English and knows where this is. " Finished Sam, Lucifer a little unsure about that but decided there wasn't a decent reason for him to disagree. "Fine, I was thinking I would need to go to another town though, away from this zoo. " Said the Devil, gesturing a hand around them. Nick shook his head though and quickly interrupted. "We may just be talking to the wrong people, generally people who own a business who may interact with more then one type of people learn to speak other languages so they can properly handle more customers. We should be looking for shops, restaurants and generally other people who have to handle the public more. "
The group exchanged glances to this, Lucifer speaking up first. "I believe he has a point, even if these people are not humans, they are still similar from what we've seen and it seems not that uncommon for humans to come here. " He calmly said, gesturing a hand around them at the passing animal folk and local humans who still paid the angel and three humans no mind. Nick was glad the strange man agreed, before he spoke up again. "In that case we should exchange names, I'm Nick Tracer and this is my partner Sam Fisher, who may you two be? " Asked the blonde with a hard to read face. Sam stayed quiet and allowed himself to be introduced by his fellow agent, waiting instead to hear the Devil and the child's names. "My name's Beatrice, but my friends call me Trixie. " The small human spoke up with glee, while Lucifer sighed some. "You shouldn't tell people about that... " He told Trixie, referring to her nickname, before looking to Nick and Sam. "Name's Lucifer, Lucifer Morningstar. Pleasure to meet you agents. " He said, having not missed the big FBI white letters on their vests.
Nick blinked some with slight surprise, scanning his gaze over Lucifer once more. "Your parents named you after the Devil? That's horrible... There has been many studies of how children with names that were generally famous for something, especially after things that are generally evil, cause great stress for the child in everyday life. I can only imagine how much you must have been mocked and picked on because of your name in school, you must be a-" Suddenly Lucifer couldn't take it anymore and cut him off sharply, the whole time showing annoyance of the blonde's sudden speech. "No, you have it all wrong, I am not named after the Devil, I am the Devil agent. Don't assume things of me. " He said, giving Nick a somewhat dark stare. Which was where Sam decided to intervene. "Okay okay, Nick let's just find a way to get home and quit antagonizing what little help we have. If the guy wants to call himself Lucifer then it's not our problem. " Said the bald man, nudging Nick back with one hand who was just still studying Lucifer, seeing the man was quite troubled, but couldn't fully tell why.
Trixie hid some behind Lucifer during the Devil's snap, but came back out and was smiling again, looking between everyone. "So are we going to look now? " The child asked, before adding. "And eat if we see some food? " That's when Sam perked up. "Ahh, we found this on our way here, seems to be the currency around here, buy the kid something to eat, will you? " Sam said, handing Lucifer a half dollar sized coin made of metal with intriging markings on it. Lucifer furrowed his brow at the coin, before nodding once. "Alright alright, can't have a pesty hungry child. " He said and took the coin, slipping it into his suit pocket. "And yes kid, now we can look, we'll split up, I will stick with Nick, you and... Lucifer, stick together and we will meet back here in two hours. " Sam told Trixie, who nodded and smiled cheerfully at her big bad Devil. "Yay! We get to do something together Lucifer! Isn't that exciting!? " She said with joy.
Lucifer sighed softly to the child's joy, looking down at her with what he meant to be a annoyed look, but by the time his almost black eyes gazed down at her, his expression twisted to something not quite as mean. It was more neutral, not happy in the least, but not his usual get away from me child look. Trixie was still gazing at him with joy and innocence, before clamping both of her little hands on his one. "Yes small child, it's... Something alright. " He said in a slightly forced tone, but forced from what he didn't quite know for once. The two FBI agents saw this and were a little confused... The man didn't seem to be her father, from how he acted and the fact Trixie called him by his name, so what was a strange man like Lucifer doing with a little kid? Sam told himself it really wasn't their business as long as the child was okay and she seemed fine, but it was still very odd. "Alright agents, see you then in two hours. " Lucifer spoke up before both parties turned and walked away.
Trixie kept a good hold on the Devil's hand, idly playing with the ring around his finger as they both looked for anything that looked like a store. It seemed they were more in a neighborhood with a bunch of homes, no stores. So Lucifer kept walking with his little tag along, allowing her to hold his hand and mess with his dark metal ring. After a good half hour, soon the scenery changed from houses to stores! Both of them were relieved, before Trixie spotted a fruit stand with a semi short lady with big mouse ears, nose, whiskers and a pink tail, wearing a simple green dress. "Look Lucifer! Fruit! Can we go get some please? I'm starving! " She asked him with big puppy eyes. Lucifer looked to see what she was talking about first, seeing the simple stand. Well it was a shop... Perhaps they could kill two birds with one stone. "Okay okay small human, just calm down. " He told her, his annoyance showing more this time, but Beatrice didn't seem to let it bother her. Instead she smiled happily and started to try pulling the man who was easily twice her height towards the stand. Lucifer allowed himself to be pulled over there by the energetic little thing, straightening himself once she let go.
Seeing two customers show up, the lady perked up and smiled, giving the both of them a quick glance before speaking and thankfully it was English! "Hello there sir, can I help you two today? " She asked sweetly, able to tell that they were not locals. Trixie peeked over the counter the best she could, but she was too short for much beyond her eyes. "Yes, I need something to satisfy this child and some questions answered. " Lucifer simply replied, which made the lady hum before gazing over the many weird fruits she had from this land. Eventually she grabbed a brown, triangle shaped fruit about as big as a cantaloupe. "Here, a Potrou is sweet tasting and full of vitamin C and B, would be good for your child. You two can have it for four coins then I can answer your questions. " She told him calmly with a encouraging tone of voice.
Of course, Lucifer tilted his head at the odd fruit, blinking at it a few times before looking back to the equally odd mouse girl. "I don't suppose this is worth four coins is it darling? " He asked her back, pulling a hand up to reveal the coin Sam gave him. His gaze didn't falter from her eyes though, a devious smile spreading across his face. It was indeed worth that much, heck it was actually worth ten, but she found herself feeling strange for a second or two and she wasn't sure why, just as she was about to take advantage of what she thought was a ignorant man and take ten coins worth for something only worth four. "Y-yes, it's worth ten actually sir... I-I think I have the change here. " Eventually the strange man blinked and it was enough to bring her back to full control of herself. That was really really weird, maybe she didn't get much sleep last night and she was zoning out? It didn't feel like a zone out though. He stayed quiet with that smile as she fished around in a box for the change after placing the fruit down. "Yeah I have it. Here, why don't you um... Talk to the innkeeper down the way more... H-he can probably answer your questions better then me... " The lady said, still shaken up some after what happened and now she just wanted him gone so he didn't do it again. "Splendid, thank you love and I shall, I rather speak with someone more willing to tell the truth. " He said cheerfully yet bluntly with a smirk.
How did he even know? Humans were usually pretty easy to fool with how much certain coins were worth and she took a double take... She didn't see anything about him that would show he wasn't human. She stayed speechless as he took the brown fruit and his change before heading off. Beatrice was of course observing the whole thing, but didn't see much wrong with it, being a child and all and not understanding something was wrong there. Besides she was more focused on that fruit! The child was just about to pester Lucifer about giving her the fruit when he was soon already handing it to her. "I didn't forget tiny human, no need to fret. " He said to her in a joking tone, a amused look on his face, knowing her well enough by now she'd be asking soon. Trixie made a happy squeak and grabbed the food item, curiously looking at it before biting into the end. "Mmm! Lucifer this is really good! Like like a peach and a apple! " She cheered before quickly sprinting back to the Devil when he was already looking around for that Inn the fruit stand lady mentioned.
Like usual Lucifer just made a hum of agreement but otherwise ignored her for now, only focusing on her enough to make sure she was still with him. Again he questioned for a moment why he even cared that much and didn't come up with a quick answer. After about a hour though a sign saying something in a unreadable language was spotted, but what caught the Devil's attention was the moon and stars engraved in the wooden sign. Usually that meant sleep, night time, possibly inn? Only one way to find out. Though he reminded himself they only had a half hour before Sam and Nick would be waiting for them. So he glanced back at Trixie one last time to see she was right behind him with a smile. Thankfully so far his presence was distracting her enough from being away from her mother that she wasn't too upset, but he knew it probably won't last too much longer and while he would never admit he was bad at anything, he was bad at giving comfort, especially to children. He realized he was staring at the child longer then needed when his thoughts wandered, making him quickly look away and shake his head, before heading to the door with both hands in his coat pockets.
Trixie was confused by his stare and hard to understand expression, but she was too busy eating to ask him about it and just happily followed him with a skip in her step. The two walked into a old looking, simple though, wooden building, causing a few people to look at them for a moment before going back to whatever they were doing. Lucifer scanned around before seeing the counter with one of those furry things that were mostly human at it, this one being male and part cat. Trixie was a little scared of the people and used one of her hands to take Lucifer's again, pulling his hand out of his coat first, making him wince as he felt how sticky her hands were of fruit juice. But he made sure he didn't pull away and just walked to the counter. "Hey there sir. How can I help you? " Asked the cat in a younger, male sounding voice while he smiled. "I was looking for someone to answer some questions for me, like where is here? And how do we leave? " Lucifer asked, hoping this guy would be more of a truth teller then that fruit stand lady. He also for once wasn't sure what to expect him to say, but hopefully there would be good news eventually. "Oh, so you're new here? From what I see here... You're probably new to all of Miroslav, right? Well this is the country of Vipin, in the town of Pinewood. "
Lucifer's brows furrowed together at the names he never heard of before. Shoot... They really were not on Earth anymore. He opened his mouth to speak, but Trixie cut him off with a question of her own. "Why do you look like a kitty? " She asked in a innocent, curious tone, making the creature blink as he didn't realize she was even there. "Well... You're from Earth right? Well here in Miroslav, people can be part animal or full animal, just walk on two legs like you. You can call me a neko if you'd like. " The feline Innkeeper explained to the child. "Your father here doesn't smell fully human either, you know. " He further added, seeming a little new to explaining this stuff but at least Lucifer was confident he wasn't lying. Though the fact he could smell he was different was quite interesting. "Actually I am not her father, but yes I am not human. So you're saying that humans and animals are mixed together? " He said with a slight sneer. Great, that meant the child would no doubt want to take one home for a friend and pet or something. However something Lucifer said caused the keeper to frown with worry, looking to Beatrice then to Lucifer, back and fourth a few times. "It's highly frowned upon here for children to be wandering around without at least one parent, where are her parents? " He asked with narrowed eyes at the Devil. Trixie however saw that and didn't like the look the innkeeper was giving her friend. "He's my friend! And my mommy's friend, he's trying to help me get back home to mommy. " She said with as much sterness as a child her age could give. While Lucifer just smirked back, seemingly proud as he watched the innkeeper relax from his suspicions. Seems the little Decker came in handy sometimes, should of known, her mother was a bit like that. "Alright alright... As for getting home, I don't remember ever hearing people getting back to Earth, that requires magic. " Lucifer grumbled a little in his throat to be referred to as not powerful, but for once he didn't feel like arguing the subject, he got all he needed to know from the keeper anyway. Chances are folks around here may not even know who the Devil was, which was a awful thought in his mind.
"Good to know, thank you and have a nice day~ " Lucifer replied with a knowing smirk, turning and walking away with sticky hands here still clinging to him. He headed back outside and checked his watch, the agents would be back in just a few minutes. He guessed it wouldn't be good to not go back, so with a sigh he turned back to where they came from and started walking. Trixie was surprisingly quiet during the walk, perhaps now she was happy with her lunch and didn't have anything to pester him about, thank goodness. At least they knew now why people got upset at them before, because Beatrice was here with who they dubbed as a stranger and no parents in sight. That wasn't his fault though for once, but even in other worlds it seemed people were quick to blame the Devil for all wrongs. He narrowed his eyes at nothing in particular from the thought, before he was pulled away from them when he saw the two FBI agents there where they first met.
Sam sighed some with relief and nudged Nick when he saw that strange man and child coming back, hoping they had more luck with this mess then they did. "Don't you wonder what's up with him? Something's really off about that man, I never seen something quite like it. " Nick observed to his partner quietly since they were not close enough to be heard yet. "Yeah you're right, something is off about someone who calls themselves Lucifer. " Sam agreed with a small laugh, while Nick shook his head. "No not just that, I mean there is something really, really not right about him. " Sam just gave Nick a unamused look before shaking his head. "I don't know what you mean, he looks like a pretty normal, rich guy to me. " Before the blonde could respond, Lucifer was already there. "Well hello detectives, any luck on finding a way out of here? " Lucifer asked simply, making the two agents sigh. "Not really, well we did find out this world has five countries, and that it's not that common for people to ever make it back home... " Spencer said, trailing off with another sigh. Beatrice however wasn't paying the grownups much mind and busied herself with looking around after letting Lucifer's hand go finally. She saw the sun was setting and with all of this walking she already felt a little tired. The three traded what they knew, which wasn't a whole lot, before the angel gave them their change back for the coin, but Derek insisted that he'd keep half the change for anything else they may need. For one, a room since it looked highly unlikely anyone would be getting home today.
"Alright, well... Thanks for gathering up some info, we should probably head out our separate ways, if we ever bump into each other again hopefully one of us will have some insight. " Sam said, mainly so his partner stopped being so suspicious of the other man, and he didn't like the idea of watching over civilians when they didn't even know what to do. Lucifer was fine with it too it seemed when he smirked and nodded once with agreement. "Yes I agree, our little teamup was helpful but not necessary for long term. " Nick was happy to hear that, his many years of studying people left him wary and suspicious of Lucifer, but couldn't understand why or what he was suspicious of, which made him all the more wary. He just hoped he was wrong or if he was right, that the child wasn't in any danger with this Lucifer guy. "Til we meet again then. " Nick said and with that, both sides turned and walked their separate ways.
Lucifer and Beatrice spent their time talking to more people, asking for ways back home mainly, but all the answers were pretty much the same, there was no for sure way back and humans didn't usually find it. Which told Lucifer magic was indeed involved and now needed. And between each talk Lucifer found himself noticing Trixe was being more and more sluggish, less talkative and fell behind sometimes. Once again he wondered why he was caring about this, perhaps from boredom and disappointment of not finding anything new made him want to focus on something else? Either way, Trixie seemed to have noticed him looking back at her, but the small girl spoke up before Lucifer could look away this time. "I'm sleepy... Can't we take a break and a nap Lucifer? " The Devil made a brief humming sound and glanced at his watch, it was 8:21 PM, and the sun was finally going over a mountain range. It felt wrong to rest now but even he felt it's been a long day for them and a rest was needed. Besides he wasn't really getting much done... "Alright small child, we can rest as soon as we find a inn. " He replied while also figuring after they rest, they should perhaps work their way to the next town, a bigger town maybe with a libary that one person suggested.
Trixie was happy to hear his answer, giving her a slight burst of energy to help him look around. Thankfully it only took about twenty minutes before they saw a sign with a bed and odd letters, maybe their version of Zs above it. That had to be one hopefully because they were easily hours away from the last inn they were at. The two walked in to the rather quiet, empty building with just one human girl wiping tables down with blonde hair and pale skin. She perked up when she noticed the two and smiled lightly, especially at the child. "Excuse me love, but we need a room. " Lucifer said to her with that mischievous smile that he gave almost everyone. "Of course, um... We don't have many rooms available right now, most reserved for tonight, but I have one for three coins, I just cleaned it myself. " She said with a wider smile, seeming proud of herself. "Perfect~ " Came a simple reply from the fallen angel and he pulled the remaining coins out of his pocket and gave them to her. The woman took the coins and walked to a desk, putting them in a box before looking on the wall behind for the key. "Here you go sir, oh and one thing, we're having a room deal, if you don't use all twenty four hours you can have some of your money back. "She kindly informed the Devil and his charge as she handed him a small bronze key. " Why thank you love~ I shall go and let Beatrice here sleep. Which room is ours? " He asked with a smirk and slight tilt of his head. The woman then pointed behind him at some stairs. "Go up there, first door on your left is your room. "
With a polite bow and wider smirk, Lucifer turned and started to make his way up the stairs with little Trixie after taking the key. The child was quite eager to see the room, standing next to the door after bolting past Lucifer once he got up the stairs. But without the key all she could do was pout at the Devil, who was now standing in front of the door with a teasing grin and both hands tucked behind his back. "Yes? I see, it's a door, what do you want me to do about it child? " He asked playfully and jokingly, earning a confused look from Trixie. "You have the key, open it! " She commanded him, gesturing to the wooden door. Lucifer grinned wider now and a teasing look was clear in his eyes, before he decided to stop messing with the mini Decker and open the door. As soon as he did Trixie was quick to worm past him, gazing around the not so bad room. It was simple and older looking, but of decent size. Had a few nice tables, a bed, dining chairs, a window, wait, a bed? Lucifer's eyes widened with slight horror as he looked back to see... Just one big bed. He was just about to whirl right back around when he remembered... This was her only room, the rest were reserved or already taken and he saw the wall, there was only this key left and a keychain, no doubt for her. No matter what he said or convinced her of saying, there wasn't really much she could do about this. Meanwhile Trixie was as happy as a bug all snug in a rug, looking around before she too noticed the one big bed. "Ohhh Lucifer we get to have a sleepover together! " She cheered some, running back to him while he was still stunned and latched herself onto his waist again in a hug.
Lucifer stiffened from the hug like usual, holding his hands up a little and looking down at his attacker. "Yes well, a rather unpleasant sleepover for one of us. " He grumbled some but like usual it did nothing to dampen Trixie's joy, making it quite clear which one was unhappy about this arrangement. But they had no choice, even if he went to that other inn that guy seemed keen on causing trouble with the parent thing and that's the last thing they need, not to mention it was hours away and they could lose their room here if they cancelled. Then they could be sleeping outside and that would no doubt encourage the child to try and cuddle the Devil even more. He supposed it would also be some more comfort and help with the mother thing, he just hoped she'd pass out before asking too many questions. Soon Trixie let go and went to the simple little sink there, starting to wash her hands from the sticky fruit stuff that was on her hands, which reminded Lucifer to do the same once she was done. It was nice to at least have clean hands for them both and now both of them were pretty beat.
At this point Lucifer didn't even care all that much that the mini Decker will be sleeping so close. Even now while he was drying his hands on a hanging towel and after she took off her little shoes and socks she was on the bed on the farther side away from the window, not liking ever sleeping next to windows since, in her mind, monsters can come through. Of course she had no worries of the 'monster' that was already in the room, or moreso was unaware. Lucifer sighed at the sight and held the next breath for a few seconds longer then needed, shedding his coat for now and drapping it over a dining chair. He wanted to keep his shirt on so the child didn't mess with his wing scars, where his wings were severed from his back, but it was his only shirt out here and he didn't want to get it all wrinkled... After a few moments of thinking it over he decided he could handle Beatrice's curiosity if she saw, so he took off his greyish purple shirt and drapped it over the coat. The Devil then slipped his shoes off but kept his black socks, carefully making his way onto his side of the bed silently and slid under the covers. He felt the child move behind him as he was settling, but she was just making sure his shoes were next to her's, for whatever silly human reason.
Soon Lucifer realized as he was laying on his back that there was three pillows... Making him smirk and grab the unused pillow, putting it in the small gap between them. "No crossing this pillow child, understand? " He told Trixie in not as serious of a tone as he was hoping would come out after looking to her to see her confused expression as to what that was for. But when his words sunk in she pouted some at him. "Why not? " She simply asked with wide, innocent eyes. Lucifer sighed again and looked away at the roof. "Because I don't sleep next to children so that's weird enough, you don't need to be touching me. " He explained like she should already know these things, goodness didn't her mother tell her anything he wondered? Beatrice made a squeaky disapproving sound, almost like a whine or whimper, which was enough to make Lucifer's heart skip a beat, shoot, he didn't like that sound, if he was the praying type he'd do so now that there wasn't any tears. He looked over to her with raised eyebrows to see she was indeed looking quite sad, no tears yet but she was pouting. "Alright alright... Don't do that small human... " He trailed off, stumbling over his words for once before he closed his eyes in defeat. Without even looking he removed the pillow between them and tossed it on the table nearby, in which Trixie made a happy little squeal and the Devil grunted with surprise when she didn't hesitate to burrow her way right next to his side, forcing his arm up a little as she rested her little head on his shoulder.
It was extremely awkward for him and he remained frozen and stiff for a good minute or so as she cuddled into him, before he spoke up softly. "Why? " He simply asked with pure confusion, looking down at her head with a frown. "Why this insisting that you touch me all the time? " He further explained, it couldn't be love or anything, she was too young to see him that way, so he truly couldn't understand why. The child looked up at him with a happy smile. "Because I like you Lucifer! You're my friend~ " She cooed the second part with glee, grinning childishly and showing her missing teeth. Friend? He shook his head slightly and chuckled in amusement. "A friend? Me? Whatever gave you that idea? " He asked, tilting his head the best he could at this angle. Beatrice found his confusion funny and giggled. "Because you're funny and nice and you scared that mean girl in school for me, she never bullies people anymore. You also make mommy happy, even the times when she's mad at you. She's always lonely at work lately, even though she doesn't tell me and now she has a friend. " The child simply explained to the confused Devil, who was finally starting to kind of understand... He made them happy, they counted him as a friend.
He made a deep, thoughtful hum and gazed off towards the window. The Devil... As two mostly normal human's friend... It sounded so obsurd in his head, yet he couldn't deny he liked Chloe a lot and Trixie was actually pretty tolerable for a child. But can he really have friends? Or will his father and fate decide otherwise? He couldn't even imagine what he'd do if he lost Chloe or even little Beatrice, well he'd probably make the cause of their death pay dearly, but then what? This happened for another five minutes before the child spoke up again. "Why do you have a funny nose? " She asked, making Lucifer look back to her with a frown, a silent question asking for her to explain the comment. Trixie giggled and spoke again. "Your nose, it's all pointy like a birdie beak, mine isn't that way, or mommy's. Why's that? " She asked, before suddenly reaching up to poke his nose tip. Lucifer frowned more, not in a mean way though and twitched his nose after the poke. "Because it just is. And it's not pointy like a beak, you ladies just have soft round noses. " He replied with a shake of his head, wondering why she even noticed or cared. "Daddy doesn't though, only you. " The little girl beside him responded with a proud smile for her noticing such a little thing. The fallen angel then rolled his eyes, wondering why he was putting up with this again, but then remembered, yeah, Chloe, and the fact the child wouldn't last very long without him. "Because Detective Douche has a woman's nose. " Lucifer eventually replied with a smirk, causing the child to giggle some.
She didn't understand why Lucifer called her father that, though she knew they didn't get along very well, which was kind of sad. They both snapped at each other for things she both would understand and other times it just seems one is being mean to the other. She wondered though if it was because they were friends too deep down and just showed it differently. She dismissed the thought for now and just relaxed, but then a troubling expression spread across her face and she looked back to Lucifer, who seemed mostly relaxed, not as tense as before. "Will we find mommy Lucifer? Will we ever get back home? " She asked him with a soft, scared whimper. Lucifer tensed again, she could feel it under her head on his shoulder. This was the question he was hoping to avoid, because for once he didn't know the answer and he swore to never lie, especially to Chloe and her little child. "I don't know child, we can only try. " He said quietly with as much of a comforting tone as he could. Lucifer knew Chloe must be worried sick about them both, probably tearing up all of LA trying to understand what happened to her kid and partner. This really was not his strong suit at all, dealing with kids was hard enough but comforting them was even harder. He searched for something more to say to her, seeing how she still seemed sad. "Ahh small human... don't be so down, you have the Devil on your side, you can't ask for a better chance then that for getting home to your mum. " He told her afterwards with a smirk, which while it took a second or two, Beatrice smiled lightly and gave a small giggle.
She wasn't really sure about his devilish claims, her mother didn't believe him she knew and from what little she knew the Devil was supposed to be evil, mean and scary. Lucifer didn't fit that well enough she didn't think. Of course she never seen him when he got into his punishing mood, like when his wings were stolen, or even when he scared the bully for her. "Thank you... Lucifer... " She said in a voice so soft he almost didn't hear it, but he blinked softly at first and a genuine, if rather awkward, smile spread across his face. "You're welcome... " He said almost just as quietly. Trixie murmured tiredly a little and snuggled into the warm Devil more, putting her full trust into him and that fact alone gave Lucifer a odd feeling in his chest, something deeply emotional but he couldn't quite tell what it was, it was like nothing he ever felt. He watched the small human child begin to fall asleep, his own eyes growing more tired and glassy by the moment.
However, just before either of them finally slipped into a peaceful rest, Trixie perked up again suddenly with a question that made the Devil's eyes flick open wide like a startled animal. "Lucifer, what happened to your back? " She asked him innocently, having seen the awful looking scars on his shoulder blades despite his attempts to hide it from her. She had a sad, worried look on her face, it was genuine concern, making it clear she meant no harm by the question. Still her childish mind could not even dream of what could give scars like that, heck even her mother never seen anything like them before. His own face was both surprised, but also something worse, there almost seemed to be a pleading look in his eye that she won't prod at him too much about it. "It... It was where my... wings were once... Didn't you say you were tired Beatrice? I recall you saying so before we even got this room." His voice broke a little at the first half, but evened out a bit as he tried changing the subject. He wasn't sure if it would work on her, but he had to try.
Trixie blinked in surprise from his answer, lifting her head up a little for a few moments before laying back down. "Yeah I was tired but... Your wings? You had wings? " She asked with slight confusion after diverting his attempt to get her to stop asking about it, but she was curious, imagining them now that they would be bat like wings if he really was the Devil, which she wasn't sure was the truth or not. Because in her mind a evil being had to have bat wings. He gave a light nod and sighed heavily, it didn't seem to work. "What were they like? Were they like dragon wings? " She asked eagerly, trying to imagine him in her head with wings. Lucifer decided to try and bear through it, as long as she just asked about the wings themselves and not bother him about why they were not on him anymore. "No child, they were white with feathers, you know, like a bird. " He quickly said, keeping his gaze away from the curious child in hopes she'd get the hint.
But Beatrice never really was one to catch his hints of when he wanted to be left alone, instead she gasped in awe, the image in her head quickly changing. "That makes sense, you don't deserve ugly bat wings, you deserve pretty fluffy wings! " She cheered some with a grin, but then it faded as soon as it came and was replaced with that worried, sad frown from before, even if Lucifer wasn't looking at her. "What happened? Did someone take your wings? That's pretty mean... " She said, feeling bad that someone could do that to him if that's what happened, which it didn't. He frowned a tiny bit at the thought of his wings being referred to as fluffy... they were soft though. Still he wasn't fluffy, the word fluffy should never be used to describe him ever. "No, no one took them against my will, I told Maze to cut them off when I first came to Earth. Now it's probably past your bedtime child, go to sleep. "Maze being his demon that followed him on Earth, a woman sworn to protect Lucifer. He decided a different tactic, looking back to her with as soft of a expression as he could after she brought up so many dark, old memories of his past. He then, to add more to his tactic of making the child sleep, curled his arm around her to hold her close. Lucifer was reluctant to do so by instinct, but he hoped it would make her happy and forget her line of questioning.
Thankfully for now it worked, the young human was smiling and was happy with the contact, snuggling into the Devil's shoulder more with a soft yawn. She was tired, he was right about that... she had so many questions though, if he really had wings then that must mean he was the Devil, he was telling the truth all along! But... again she realized that he was so nice compared to what she thought the Devil would be like... Could she have been wrong about that? Could many people be wrong about that? Or maybe he changed from that? Trixie couldn't debate for long, with the steady heartbeat of Lucifer right next to her ear and his arm wrapped around her, she soon slipped into a soft sleep, feeling safe in the most vilified being ever known to man's arms. She should probably be worried about being in his presence, but she had a good feeling she had nothing to worry about from Lucifer, she didn't before so why now? And her mother was fine too.
Lucifer sighed with relief with a smile to match once he felt her go still and heard her breathing slow down. She was asleep and the Devil didn't dare move. But now he was left alone with his thoughts and they swirled in his head. He knew now Trixie will be asking him more questions tomorrow... and he wouldn't have sleep here to save him. He tried to guess what questions she'd ask him and tried to come up with decent answers for them. But it wasn't easy guessing what a tiny human child would ask him if they knew what Beatrice now knew... Though from what little he knew of her, she may want to see proof eventually, since he had no wings now to show, she'd probably want to see him do something unnatural. Which brought up another worry, all that he knew he could do would probably give the kid nightmares for months, if not forever. And Chloe would probably hate him for it understandably... that's if they ever got out of here. As hard as that will be, there was no preparing him for the questions he more dreaded, the ones about his life and his wings... Hopefully she won't get a chance to ask every question.
Lucifer then slowly glanced down at Trixie's sleeping form... She looked so peaceful, happy and calm, so trusting... It was hard to wrap his head around. How could something so pure and innocent trust in him? And rely on him without doubt like she did? It was a strange realization, but it also made him more determined to not let her or her mother down... He will get her home, no matter what it took. He reached over slowly with his other hand to brush a few stray hairs from the child's face, a smile threatening to form as the corners of his lips twitched. Trixie murmured some in her sleep, nuzzling some against his fingers. With a deep breath he pulled his hand away to lay simply at his side, laying his head back on the simple down pillow and then allowed his eyes to drift closed.
It was a peaceful sleep between the child and the Devil, neither hardly stirring in their sleep, no nightmares or disturbances. Until that is... when Trixie woke up. When her little eyes fluttered open, she was to her slight surprise still snuggled against Lucifer, who was also still sleeping. She giggled some quietly, before carefully slipping away. The fallen angel grumbled a little but didn't wake, making the child grin mischievously, before happily launching herself onto Lucifer, landing on his chest. "C'mon, wake up sleepyhead! " She squeaked at him with a giggle. But... Lucifer wasn't used to such things, so he yelled with a jump, grabbing the child's shoulders in a blink of a eye almost like he would to a attacker, merely split seconds away from throwing her into the next room until he realized it was just Trixie. Beatrice froze from this as well, realizing perhaps maybe that it wasn't the best idea to surprise the Devil while he was sleeping. Though now it was a little too late. She looked sheepishly into his big brown wide eyes, feeling a little bad that she startled him so much.
Lucifer sighed deeply and let go, letting his eyes close again. "Bloody hell... Don't do that. " He scolded some as calmly as he could, hoping his eyes didn't flash red when he did that, which thankfully they didn't. Trixie nodded softly, before smiling again, becoming her giggly self just like that. Ohh the wonders of children... "Okay okay, sorry. But still, you gotta wake up! It feels like wake up time! " She squealed at him again, bouncing some up and down on him. Though he was a little confused to why that didn't hurt, with him becoming mortal and all, though he was unaware yet that he was only mortal around Chloe... but he brushed it off for now and reached up to pick the child up off him, sliding off the edge of the bed and putting her down. "Okay I'm up... mission accomplished small human. " He said while running a hand through his hair, pulling the covers the rest of the way off him as they got tangled up some from moving. Trixie, being all rested and bouncy, was already putting her little shoes and socks back on, but while she did so, she couldn't help but notice, while he had his back to her and getting his shirt from the chair, she got a better look at those scars. Since she already saw them he saw no reason to hide them anymore, but he could feel her eyes on him. They were bigger then she thought they were and very identical, but awful looking... "Didn't your mother ever tell you staring is rude? " Lucifer suddenly spoke up, which made Beatrice flinch and lower her gaze. He was right, Chloe did always tell her staring was rude, but she couldn't help her curiosity.
Lucifer sighed again as he put on his purple shirt first, turning around to face the human. "Chin up child, no need to be down, just remember that I'm sure she told you that at some point, so it was probably for a good reason. " He said to her encouragingly, not wanting her to be down and sad about it. The young Decker perked up and nodded some, smiling again. "Good, now what awful time do you have me up at? " He said, mostly to himself as he checked his watch. It read 7:36, not bad he figured. He straightened his shirt the best he could before putting his black coat on, while Trixie was busying herself with fixing the bedsheets and pillows some. Soon Lucifer had his shoes on and was ready, which Trixie was happy to hear as she giggled and bounced on over almost to his side. The two then came down the stairs, Trixie taking a little longer since she was taking one step at a time with both feet, while Lucifer just trotted down with ease. But he stopped and waited, smirking as he watched her until she was down. He made sure he had the key to the room, before heading out onto the town road again. The sun was bright like it was late afternoon, instead of seven something in the morning, so strange...
Beatrice was so full of energy as she watched the few people on the street walk by, some used to seeing the two now and didn't even glance. Today they had a new objective though, find a way out of town, to a bigger one with a library or something. It was, in a sense, a new chapter for the two very unlikely duo.