Lucifer was stood at his bar in his penthouse when time stood still.
He groaned out loud when his scotch stopped moving mid pour. He turned around, expecting one of his feathered brothers or sisters.
As he turned to fling abuse at whoever it was, he stopped mid syllable when he saw none other than The Heavenly Host Himself. His father was dressed smart charcoal grey suit.
"Oh bloody Hell." Lucifer swore indignantly. For once in his five years on Earth he wished he was back in Hell. The one place his father wouldn't go.
"Hello to you too son." He said calmly. Lucifer's father kept his distance and chose not to come in to the apartment, as he knew he wasn't welcome.
"Why are you here? Have you decided that it's too dangerous for your beloved Angels to come here and take Chloe or Mum away, so you decided to to do deed yourself." He spat venomously, anger swelling within him. He didn't have much love for his mother but he didn't want her dead and wiped from existence; just punished. And Chloe, Chloe was a different story all together.
Feeling his sons anger coming from him in palpable waves God backed off a little, raising his hands in defence. "No son, I've changed my mind for now about your mothers' incarceration. Her current predicament is intriguing to me with both living with humans and reacting to you wanting to stay here on Earth. She can stay under your new punishment, but if she harms any humans she needs to go back to hell. Detective Decker is safe from me as you have technically not reneged on our amended deal." His wife had never really loved his humans and watching her having to live among them was interesting.
"Good. Wait, you said 'from you' what does that mean?" Lucifer asked suspiciously, he knew when people and his Father especially were keeping things from him. "What aren't you telling me?"
"Two of my Angels have gone rogue , they wish to either goad you back to Hell or to destroy you. They believe that they can achieve both by destroying everything you hold dear here."
"So what, they're going to destroy LUX? Ruin my playboy reputation? I say bring it on, I'll teach those feathered gits a lesson."
"No Lucifer, they don't care about your material possessions or your reputation. They're going to take your friends from you."
"They can't, Angels can't harm humans." He reasoned, as panic and fear warred inside of him he tried to think of how his Father might be trying to manipulate him in some way.
"Surely you should know that Angels have the ability to defy me. You and Amenadeil are perfect examples of this." He argued. "The point is that your friends are in grave danger. Right now." God took a step n to the penthouse to get closer to his son.
Lucifer's mind immediately went to Chloe, she would be home from work with her daughter. Even if he left now and broke the speed limit it would still take too long for him to get to her house and stop her attackers. "Now? I can't possibly get to her fast enough, or is that what you want?"
"Well then, you'll just have to wake up and get going then my son." God said as he clapped a hand over his shoulder, Lucifer didn't notice how close his father had really gotten until he touched him.
Lucifer was too distracted by the warm feeling creeping along his spine to really listen to his father's words. "Wake up? What on Earth are you talking about?" He asked, feeling confused. The sensation in his back grew more intense, his scars began to heat up, it wasn't painful but a little odd feeling like someone was pouring hot water down his back. "Dad, what are you doing to me?"
"It'll become clear when you wake up." He said with a knowing smile.
"Dad, what do you mean wake-" Suddenly, Lucifer was back at the bar, facing away from the patio door, still pouring his scotch. "-up." Placing the bottle of scotch on the bar he carefully looked around his penthouse. As he moved he felt a heavy weight attached to his back. He turned his head to see his vast white wings adorning his back once more. Upon seeing his wings he remembered the now hazy conversation he had with his father and remembered Chloe and her attack.
Feeling confident that he hadn't forgotten a millennia old skill he took off at a run through his living space and launched himself from his balcony and took flight to Chloe's apartment.