He rubs his eyes vigorously and looks around.
Where am I?
It doesn't look like his room, although he's in a room that's gray and...
Have to find Mom and Dad.
He opens the door with his little hands and the buzzing of the people in the vicinity started to consume his senses.
He closes the door and rested his back against it.
What's happening?
Chloe sees the door swing open at the interrogation room but didn't immediately see who went in or out. Curious, she walks over and knocks.
She's also confused why something or someone seems to be holding the door since she couldn't open it.
"Hey! You need to come out. This is an interrogation room. You're not supposed to be in there,"
He hears someone call out and that someone tried to pry the door open. He holds the handle with all his might, whoever it is on the other side won't be able to get through.
He's out of options at the moment - his wings are useless for flight; he has yet to be trained for it anyway and failure isn't in the cards.
Ella sees Decker trying to get into the interrogation room and sneaks a peek in the corner of the glass that isn't covered by frosted stickers.
The forensic analyst alerts Decker of what she saw and the latter halts her attempts.
"Are you sure, Ella?"
"Positive."
"How could a child slip security?"
Ella shrugs.
Chloe thinks about checking security footage later.
Now with the problem at hand. "Hey, kid? My name's Detective Chloe Decker. I am not sure how you got in but if you come out, I'll help you find your parents."
The incessant knocks stopped and he strains to hear what prompted that person to retreat.
It doesn't take long for him to suddenly back away, hands still gripping the handle when he heard her speak.
He doesn't know what possessed him but he gives in and releases the handle.
Detective Chloe Decker has the most beautiful eyes, he thinks as she approached him.
"There we go. So, do you mind telling me how you managed to get to the police station? Are your parents police officers, too?"
A slight crease forms in between his brows as he tries to process the situation. Maybe he's being tested?
While Chloe waits for the boy's answer, Ella taps her shoulders and whispered
"Doesn't he look like you know who?"
The detective mouths "What?" and takes a really good look at the child.
The blonde straightens up and sighs. Damn it. If she didn't know any better, she'd think this is the same Lucifer, who for some reason, managed to shrink himself.
"Okay, stay here, don't lock the door again. I'm gonna call someone,"
The kid finally smiles and nods at her kindness.
"You really think he's Lucifer's kid?"
"I don't know. But, could you keep an eye on him while I get in touch with my partner?"
"Sure."
Chloe sees Ella try to get some words out from the child and fails miserably.
"Voicemail. Wonder where he'd run off to, this time. Thanks, Ella, I'll take over from here."
The detective crosses her arms, what will she do about the kid for the meantime?
"What's your name?"
The boy looks at her inquisitively and finally replies,
"Samael."
And he even sounds like him! How could he keep this from me?
Chloe reigns her anger and asks,
"Do you mind if I call you Sam?"
"Not at all,"
"Do you know your mother's number? Can't seem to get a hold of your Dad so,"
"You know my Father?"
"I thought I did,"
Sam tilts his head a little, clearly did not understand her response.
"Anyway, Sam, um, you can't stay here. Come over to my desk and sit there for a while, yeah?"
The detective guides him, hand over his back and he follows her like a lost lamb.
Dan comes in and sees the boy while Chloe's working on some of her cases.
"Hey, Chlo? Who's this - oh God! Is he-?" The resemblance is uncanny that the ex-husband couldn't look away. He bends down to meet him at eye level and stares at him.
The ex-wife shrugs while Dan takes out his phone and snaps a picture.
Sam narrows his eyes at the man and for some reason he wanted to strangle him. But no. At least not in front of the good detective.
"Where is Lucifer?" Dan asks as he stands up.
"Don't know."
"Maybe Amenadiel knows."
Chloe nods and dials away, Dan heads for the stairs, while Sam contemplates whether to ask how they knew his brother, or just keep quiet and wait for Amenadiel to pick him up. His best option is to wait.
Amenadiel walks in the precinct, ready to laugh at the joke that Dan brewed up and even had Chloe involved until he sees young Lucifer and his eyes go wide in horror.
"Amenadiel!" He says in a high pitched tone as he ran towards the big guy. "Hey, you're a lot bigger than I remember."
"L-Samael, how - what are you doing here?"
"I have no idea. I woke up in what they call interrogation room, and Detective Chloe Decker helped in contacting you. I've been trying to reach you, Amenadiel! I don't know why you couldn't hear me!"
"I-uh, okay, first things first," He drops to his knees, almost forgot how small his younger brother was back then, "we need to get out of here," He says under his breath.
Sam nods, not wanting to spend more time talking with people. Although he thinks the Detective is a really nice person.
"So, Amenadiel," Chloe interrupts, hands on her hips "is this Lucifer's kid?"
"Ugh, no," He shakes his head and laughs nervously.
"No?"
"He's our, ah, little brother. Yeah. Uhh, our Dad remarried and, uh, he's the youngest," The fallen angel struggles with his explanations and from the looks of the Detective, she's not buying the blatant lie.
"Can we go home, brother? I'm kind of tired."
Chloe's face softens, the kid does look exhausted like he hasn't been sleeping for days.
"Sam, is he really your brother?" She asks and the boy nodded instantly.
"Are we good here, Chloe? Sorry, he must've slipped from his babysitter. I didn't even know he was in town. My father and I are kind of estranged so,"
He wounds a protective arm over his brother's small frame and hopes the Detective would let them go.
"I'll take care of him, I promise."
Even though she's a bit skeptical and really worried about handing Sam over to Amenadiel, she lets him take the boy.
"Right. If you get a hold of Lucifer, please tell him to meet me here, alright?"
"Okay. Thank you, Chloe, for looking after him."
Amenadiel takes Samael back to the penthouse where the latter slept all day. The elder brother thought maybe he could make up for the things he did to Lucifer, formulates a plan if his de-aging becomes permanent.
But later that night, Samael turns back to the adult Lucifer who doesn't remember any of the events that unfolded that day.
When Lucifer doubted his claims, he shows him a snapshot taken by Dan that effectively rendered the devil speechless.
They never found the cause of why he turned back to a little angel. But Amenadiel did enjoy spending time with Samael just like they used to when they were kids.