Chloe had just stepped out of the shower when she heard a sound coming from her bedroom, knowing that Trixie was the only other person in the house as Maze was out somewhere. She was about to call out to her daughter when she heard a shriek from downstairs.
She quickly wrapped a robe around her body before assessing her small bathroom for a potential weapon as both of her guns were in her bedroom or downstairs. She found a can of body spray in one of her draws and armed herself with it.
The detective opened the door as quietly as she could to see if she could see whoever was in her room. Just as she opened the door a crack it was yanked from her hand and she was dragged out faster than she could blink. She suddenly felt herself pulled up against someone before being slammed in to her chest of draws, pain flared up across her ribs. She managed to get her arm free and tried to spary her assailant in the face but that only caused them to slam her down again even harder.
"Who are you and what do you want?" She demanded, her breathing became ragged as it felt harder to breath as her ribs cracked and strained.
Instead of answering she was pulled upright by her soaking wet hair before being tossed across the room and in to her full length mirror as id she weighed nothing. Her head hit the frame of her mirror and everything faded quickly to black.
The angel left Chloe to her unconsciousness, satisfied that her weak human body would fail from her injuries, Gadreel went back downstairs to see who Adriel was fairing with the humans spawn.
Adriel had a struggling and scared Trixie pinned to the sofa, one hand pinning her at her shoulder and the other over her mouth to stop her loud ear piercing screeches. Trixies face was red with tears and the faint outline of a palm print from where the large angel had struck her.
"Adriel, leave the child, I have done what we came here for. The human will not survive her injuries." Time slowed down for a second and the angels were gone just as quickly as they had come.
It was mere moments later when Lucifer appeared, he burst through the door expecting to see one or both of the angels in question but was met with an empty room. He quickly survayed the room and he could tell that there had been a struggle. As he reined in his fury he notcied the quiet sounds of someone sniffling. As he listened for another moment he recognised it as Trixie, he turned towards the sofa are and saw her curled up amongst the sofa cushions as she tried to hide herself an stay quiet despite her crying.
"Beatrice." He stepped carefully towards the sofa, seeing her curl up even further made his heart clench painfully. "It's ok little one, it's just me, Lucifer." He said in a reassuring tone as he knelt on the floor close to her feet.
"Lucifer..."She said quietly. "Are you here to punish the bad men that hurt mommy and me?" She asked, trying bravely not to burst in to tears as she hid the side of her face that had been hit in the pillow beneath her cheek.
"Yes. Will you let me see?" The small girl nodded and pushed herself upright. She didn't look at Lucifer as she wiped her tears away with the back of her hand, she thankfully missed Lucifer's flaring red as he took in her marred features.
Lucifer sat back on his heels and held out his arms. Trixie got the message and scooted closer in to his open arms and wrapped hers around his neck. Lucifer didn't have a clue how to comfort a child, so he just imagined how Chloe might have done it; or how he might have comforted Chloe. As Trixie clung to Lucifers tall frame she started to shake and cry all over again.
"Is your mum upstairs sweetheart?" He asked as he held her closer to him.
"Yeah. The nasty one said that she wouldn't survive her injuries. Did he kill my mommy?" She hiccoughed. Lucifer mounted the stairs two at a time with his long strides.
"No my dear. The nasty man obviously doesn't know how strong your mother is. Does your mother have a first aid kit?" He asked as they came to her door, through the crack in the door he could see Chloe's bare legs.
"Yeah, it's in my mom's bathroom." Lucifer moved Trixie so that her face was tucked in to his shoulder as he walked briskely through the room to the bathroom.
After putting Trixie down he instructed her to find the first aid kit, take his phone and call Maze and wait for him or Maze to come get her from the bathroom. Beore they swapped the first aid kit for his phone he took out an ice pack, wrapped it in a towel and gave it to Trixie to press to the bruise forming on her face.
Chloe was lying in a mess of shattered glass from her mirror, her robe was a little eskew but she was still decent. Lucifer knelt next to her, being careful of glass and checked the detective for a pulse, he sighed with relief when he felt a steady beat under his fingertips.
"Chloe, can you hear me?" He asked as he gently touched her face. There was a small cut on her temple from where she'd hit the mirror. He bent down to listen to her breathing and he could hear her breath wheezing ever so slightly and very shallow, which made him think of a possible broken rib or more. Lucifer carefully moved her body up and off of the glass and lay her down on her back. He apologised to Chloe as he opened a small portion of her robe to examine her chest.
One side of her rib cage looked bruised and swollen. He took the towels from her bed and placed one over her beasts to keep them covered just incase she woke up and wrapped an ice pack in the other and gently held it against her ribs. The cold contact made Chloe flinch as she regained consciousness.
"Luci-ow" She said, coughing as pain tore through her. She tired to push herself up but Lucifer held her down gently and gave her a concerend look.
"It's best if you stay put for now Detective. I fear you've broken a rib and I don't want it to become worse." He moved Chloe's arm so that it propped up the ice pack while he set to work on checking her over for other injuries.
"Trixie?" She asked quietly as she tried to take in a few deeper breaths.
"In your bathroom, love. She's on the phone to Maze."
"Did they hurt her?" He only nodded a little before clarifying that it was just a mark on her face and he promised her that whoever did it would be quickly missing hands. When he found no other injuries on the detective he examined the cut on her head, cleaned it then dressed it.
Lucifer managed to get Chloe on to the bed with her robe rearranged around her body. He let Trixie in to sit up next to her mother as he explained the how's and the why's. He told her about his brief conversation with his father and his new wings. Upon his announcment of his wings Trixie squealed and demanded to see them. With a reluctant huff he carefully unfurled his wings, both Chloe and Trixie gasp in awe at Lucifers wings.
"They're so pretty!" Trixie exclaimed, she went to reach out and stroke them but paused, remembering her manners. "May I touch them please, Lucifer?" She asked nicely as she curled in closer to his warm body. He looked a little stunned and quickly looked at Chloe for help, who was just grinning at him.
"Yes you may, but only gently, you can too if you so ish Detective. They're a little sensitive still." He said as he curled one of his wings around so that both of them could touch it. Surprisingly for Lucifer, Trixie was extremely gentle and only touched his silky white feathers with the tips of her gently ran her fingers over his longer feathers without having to move too much.
"They're beautiful." Chloe said quietly.
Maze arrived in record time, she stormed in with a murderous look on her face, which became more severe as she saw Chloe and Trixies faces.
"What the Hell happened? I know that Trixie said that you guys were attacked but she didn't mention anything about wings."
"Yes well Dad thought it would be hilarious to warn me about an iminent attack by two of his now rogue and unnacounted for Angels as it was happening apparently and he gave me a so called gift."
"He actually spoke to you?" Maz asked, feeling confused as she knew that God didn't really speak to anyone ever.
"Well yes and no. He came to me in a dream of sorts, it's all a bit fuzzy." He said frowning, feeling clearly uncomfortable thinking about his father, who he hadn't seen in the flesh since the Fall.
"Do you know who it was?"
"From what that little one heard, one of them is Adriel. So if one of them is Adriel that means he might still be following Gadreel around like a bad smell."
"Are they your brothers too?" Chloe asked.
"Yes, but I would use the term brother loosely. They're from a lower order of Angel so they are more like how ladies refer to their best friends as sisters than actual blood relatives." He explained.
"What do you want me to do?" Maze asked.
"Well firstly, I would like you to carefully pluck two of my smaller feathers then I want you to go out and hunt those feathered bafoons so that we can properly punish them. Oh and please pop in on Linda, I want to make sure they haven't gotten to her, if so you know a safe place to take her." Maze smirked and snorted a laugh when Lucifer asked her to pluck him. Maze simply reached over and plukced two of his finer down feathers from the tops of his feathers and smiled wickedly when he flinched and swore under his breath.
She left after giving Trixie a quick pat on the head and a sympathetic smile to Chloe before leaving for her hunt.
"What are those for?" Trixie asked.
"Well there are a few Angels, including myself taht have the abilty to heal others stored in their wings. Just as a word of warning I will only ever do this once, unless your lives are in immediate peril you cannot pluck me like some magical band aid, are we clear young lady." He said seriously but with a charming smile on his face as he booped the small girl on the nose with a snowy feather.
"Lucifer, you don't need to do that. We'll be fine."
"I most certainly will because you most certainly aren't fine Detective. How are you going to possbily explain your injuries to people at work?" Chloe seemed to muddle it over for a while before shrugging. She knew that no one would believe that Angels had attacked her.
"Ok. But I don't want you doing this again ever, if it hurts you." She wheezed. Lucifer reached out and took her hand to give her a little reassurance.
"The only thing that's hurting right now is seeing you and Beatrice hurt and knowing that I cannot immediatly punish those who did it."
"Ok Lucifer." She said as she gave his hand a squeeze back.
"Right then, I'll need you both to close you eyes ok, it'll get a little bright and warm." He instructed as he moved Trixie next to her mother so that he could heal them both at the same time.
Lucifer gently pressed the feathers to Chloe's side and Trixie's face and let their divine power heal the pair. A bright light and warmth spread throughout the room and lasted no longer than a couple of seconds. When the light was gone Lucifer was happy to see that their injuries were gone.
"Thank you Lucifer." Trixie said happily as she bounced up and gave him a massive hug. Lucifer let out a small grunt with the force of being hit before wrapping one arm around her and resuming his gentle grip on the detectives hand. "What's the plan now?"
"So that I can properly ensure your safety, I will be taking you and Trixie back to Lux and you'll stay there until they are dealt with."
"What about when I go to work and Trixie goes to school?" She asked, she knew that it was futile aruging with Lucifer on the subject of her and Trixie staying at his place as it did seem like a logical place for them all to stay in one place and stay safe.
"I will naturally stay with you at work and I will have Maze watch over Trixie at school."He smiled. "I will allow you to get dressed and packed while I sort a few things out downstairs." He said as he detached himself from Trixie and left them both in peace to let the detective change and then gather a few things for them both for their stay at Lux.
