It's All True
Denial
"It's all true," Chloe whispers frozen on the staircase.
"Detective?" a confused voice replies.
"It's all true," Chloe gasps, again, backing away from the creature before her.
Lucifer cautiously steps toward the detective, his hands raised in innocence. However, despite his efforts to calm her, the detective remains frozen in her state of shock. Realizing what may have triggered her sudden episode, he fearfully raised his hands to his face. His fingers touch rough, hardened and charred skin. Lucifer gasps and covers his demonic face with his human hands.
"Detective, please leave here. Now," he commands. He has the urge to look through his fingers but is terrified of shocking the detective even more than her current state. Lucifer wills for his face to return to his human one, frustratingly it refuses to leave. He feels like a monster, so a monster he remains.
"Lucifer?" the detective asks fearfully. Lucifer stiffens and turns around with his hands still locked on his face.
"Chloe, please," he gasps pleadingly. Lucifer Morningstar was losing control of himself and quickly. For the first time in his existence, he felt ashamed of who he really was. He felt terrified about his future relationship with the detective, and he felt his heart shattering after it finally started beating again.
"Lucifer!" the detective says more urgently. Surprised by her sudden outburst Lucifer drops his hands to look at her. Chloe now stands in front of him grasping his shoulders. She flinches slightly at his sudden movement and her breath seems to hitch for a moment, Lucifers demeanor crumbles even more. She would never look at him the same.
"Lucifer, you need to leave or make it go away or something before they get in here," she instructs urgently. It's then Lucifer hears the familiar "LAPD" call and realizes the building is about to be stormed.
"I-I can't, I-I don't know what's wrong," he panics further. Chloe feels his distress and moves her hands carefully to his face and cradles his cheeks in her palms.
"You need to calm down Lucifer, breath," she instructs. He complies and feels her hands slide as his current face morphs into a new one. It is that very moment the LAPD burst in with weapons drawn and trained on them.
"I'm Officer Chloe Decker, lower your weapons. The suspect has been detained," she commands to her colleagues. She raises her hands, similar to how Lucifer had earlier, and faces them. Lucifer remains stoic behind her before coming to his senses and following her lead.
"Guns down! Guns down!" Dan calls rushing through the uniforms toward his ex-wife and new friend. Chloe embraces him in a quick hug.
"Dan, there are still men in this area who got away and some who are unconscious. I didn't get a count and I don't know who all is dead-" Chloe begins rattling off before Dan silences her.
"Chlo, I will take care of everything. You've been through a lot tonight and need to go home and rest," he says. She nods in agreement, much unlike her normal character.
"I want to be kept updated, but until then we-" she turns to where Lucifer had stood to see that he was no longer there.
"He left with an officer to give his statement during your ramble," Dan explained understanding. However he didn't understand. Chloe felt panic rise within her at the realization that Lucifer was wandering alone after his earlier meltdown.
"Yea, I'll go find him before I leave," she states before adding, "this case, it affected us both." Dan still held a slightly confused look but seemed to disregard the sudden concern for Lucifer as an officer beckoned him over. As he left, Chloe rushed outside to find Lucifer. They had a lot to discuss and Chloe was still trying to process everything. She had to find Lucifer.
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First Lucifer Fanfic, short intro but more to come. #SAVELUCIFER
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