This story sprung to life some time ago, most likely in the first season of Lucifer. I always thought that Kate Beckett and Chloe Decker would get along well. They have similar morals and a determination to get things done. And they have to do this while dealing with a frustrating consultant. Of course while Castle is a somewhat irresponsible man-child, at least he's human. The rest of it spawned from the idea behind the type of madness that seems to come from seeing Lucifer's wings way back when they were detached from the rest of him.

Lucifer through this story will be a little different. I adore Tom's Lucifer and will be sticking to his personality and mannerisms, but power level wise for this story he is going to be more along the lines of his comic book self. You should get the gist as we go along.

Time lines for Castle are sometime after they all find out about senator Bracken but before much else happens about it. Lucifer timelines are in the elusive fourth season, Chloe knows about the whole shebang and she is slowly adjusting to it all. She's mostly rolling with the punches, but she still has some wobbly moments.

Chapter 1: Probably Nonsense

To say the scene was gruesome would be an understatement. There was blood everywhere. Kate Beckett stood in the central aisle of the church and looked up at their victim. The man hung from the cross behind the alter, a gross mimicry of the Crucifixion. Behind her she could hear the murmur of Ryan taking Father James's statement. "This is pretty horrific." Castle told her, he stood at her elbow looking up, watching Laney carefully examine the victim from the ladder propped up again the cross.

"No kidding." Beckett said softly. She wasn't religious, but she still felt a need to speak quietly, it felt more respectful.

Castle tore his eyes away from the man on the cross and looked down across the smooth hardwood floors. "What about that?" He asked.

Beckett looked down as well. "I don't know. Do you recognise the language?" She flicked a glance at Castle who was frowning intently.

"No, but I'm not exactly an expert. Writer not linguist." He have a half-hearted chuckle and she returned it with a wince. "Maybe the priest knows it?" It was a faint hope.

The writing was in foot high 'letters' and was probably nonsense to anyone but their killer. It was also written in blood, which Beckett was strongly suspicious belonged to their victim.

They turned to Father James who was very pale. Ryan nodded to her. "Apparently our victim is Robert Graves, he was a regular at the church."

"Robert was a good man detective. He didn't deserve this." The father said, shaking his head in horror.

"We will do our best to get to the bottom of this Father. Do you recognise the writing on the floor?" Beckett asked motioning to the letters.

Father James shook his head. "I've never seen anything like it."

Feeling a little deflated Beckett nodded and Ryan escorted the man from the room. Castle rocked back on his heels. "Maybe Laney will have something for us?" He said hopefully.

Beckett nodded and headed back towards the altar where Laney was carefully climbing back down the ladder. She gave Beckett a tight smile. "Hey sweety. Not much for you yet. He was strangled and based on the wound pattern was drained of blood after he was already dead." She looked around at the writing on the ground. "I won't be able to tell you much more until I get him back to the lab, but whoever did drain him of blood was not a professional. It's a hatchet job."

"Thanks Laney." Beckett sighed. Laney nodded, smiled at Castle and went back to supervise the movement of the body.

Castle shook his head. "Has to be a cult right?" He said looking around. "It looks pretty sacrificial."

Beckett propped her hands on her hips and frowned. "For once Castle, I think you may be right."

These are almost all going to be short chapters. Basically every time there is a scene change there will be a new chapter. This may make things slow to read but it is much easier for me to update this way. I can finish a scene in a night so if I get behind it's something achievable to reach for.

Not sure of the update schedule on this. Hopefully weekly at the longest.