Lucifer' body slammed to the ground in hot withering pain.
His scream broke the glass from the windows and mirrors in the room and Amenadiel looked over in horror.
"Father." He whispered, "Please." His voice catching.
God looked over at his other son, "Lucifer will be fine, the pain will be worth it in the end."
Lucifer had not heard the exchange, his pain taking over like it was its own entity. Burning white heat rippling up and over his back. His screams were like endless torcher for the ones in the room.
Amenadiel gasped when he saw Lucifer roll to his knees and rip his shirt off. From his scars new wings were growing slowly, one feather at a time. But this time they were a deep dark black, almost crimson in some light.
After what felt like eons Lucifer sagged forward onto his arms, his wings draping across him and the floor like graceful silk.
Lucifer chest heaved like he ran a marathon without stopping. After a few moments he pushed himself up, his wings curling protectively around him. Finally looking up to his father, "Why?" He whispered brokenly.
God smiled gently at him, "Chloe."
Lucifer shook his head blindly, "Why?" He repeated.
His father walked over to him, "Chloe gifted you…. your home back. You cannot get home without those."
Lucifer looked at them, wrapped so protectively around him, "Why black. Is it because I am from Hell? Dark?" He whispered.
His father actually laughed at that question and thought back to the conversation he had with Chloe
"I was actually going to give you a white again, but I had a conversation with your defender." He shook his head, "It would be easier to show you." He reached up and put a hand on either side of Lucifer's head and a small glow came.
Lucifer closed his eyes and a vision of Chloe appeared.
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"Give him black wings for me, please." She whispered.
"Why." God asked with confusion.
She smiled, "Because they will match his eyes, dark and beautiful... and his suits." She said as an afterthought.
"Think in your mind the exact color you want to gift him." God said. "Think of how you feel when you think of him."
She closed her eyes and pictured Lucifer standing with his dark suit, then his wings folding out around him like beacon. Thoughts of the love and trust coursing through her.
-/-
Lucifer gasped and stumbled back, still feeling Chloe's feeling course though him.
"She was thinking of me even in her last moments." He whispered brokenly.
His father gave him a sad look, "I asked her right before she left, what she wished for... she said the only thing she wished she could change, was telling you how she felt."
Lucifer looked at his father with despair, "That's why you showed me that, that's why you let me hear and feel what she said and felt."
His father nodded at him, "I am sorry Lucifer, truly."
Lucifer sat back on his heels, "For years all I wanted was your faith again, to go home again. Then I grew angry and I pushed everything way, I pretended that I didn't care. Now I have all that I wanted…... my father, my home…. and I don't want it. I just want her back, I want her to be safe and here again." He gave a humorless chuckle, "Be careful what you what you wish for, you might get it… and lose what you didn't even know you needed."
God looked down at his son and felt his pain as his own, "She asked that you keep your promise to keep Trixie safe. Will you honor your promise?" He asked him softly. "Will you leave her in Hell to keep her child safe?"
Lucifer looked at him with sorrow, "I have tried to come up with a hundred different plans to retrieve Chloe and keep my promise. But time moves so differently, if Trixie were hurt during the time I was retrieving Chloe. She would not forgive me; I would not forgive myself. So I have to wait until Trixie is grown and gone before I go, possibly a Hundred years. Thousands of years in Hell." He fell to his knees again, "I can keep my promise and let Chloe suffer in Hell or I can break my promise and possibly endanger Trixie, plus lose years with her. Either way… I have lost." He whispered brokenly.
His father walked over and looked down at him, "That does not answer my question." He placed his hands on Lucifer's shoulders. "What will you do."
Lucifer felt another tear fall down his face and his heart shatter all over again, " I will keep my promise and hope that when I go save her, it is not too late. I cannot break my word to her, my word is my bond."
His father tightened his grip for a moment before saying, "Good, that's what I wanted to hear."
Lucifer's head snapped up, "You would mock my pain?" He growled.
His father walked over to the couch and sat down, "No, I will help you try to save her."
Lucifer looked at him in disbelief, "You will help me get her and help me keep my promise?"
His father looked at him and smiled, "You are the son I have always wanted. You have thought of others before yourself, over and over again. You have kept your word even though the pain of doing so, is crippling. I will do everything in my power to ease your pain."
God turned and walked over to Amenadiel, "Stand my son, show me your wings."
Amenadiel slowly stood and pulled his jacket off to show his battered and dying wings. Lucifer gasped, "What happened?"
God turned to Lucifer, "You cut your wings off but Amenadiel began to lose his because of his choices." He turned back to Amenadiel, "My son, do you repent the wrong path you choose to follow?"
Amenadiel looked into his father's eyes, "Yes and no, father."
God raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean my son."
Amenadiel lowered his eyes, "For what I did with Malcom, the pain Chloe and Lucifer and Trixie felt. I would take it all back. I let my anger and fear of being stuck in Hell guide my actions. It was wrong."
God nodded, "But?"
Amenadiel looked up, "I don't regret Maze. She may be a demon but she is not evil. She is changing, embracing humanity." Amenadiel smiled. "She protects Trixie furiously, one of the most pure and innocent beings you created."
God nodded, then waved his hands over Amenadiel's wings. Amenadiel fell to his knees and screamed. A light exploded from his back and his wings began to fill out until they were full and wide again. The feathers a dove gray with hints of white and black.
Amenadiel's wings grew back in seconds with his pain over he stood again and bowed to his father. "Thank you." He whispered.
God nodded at him, "Continue to earn them. You only revived them now because I need your help to stop time for Lucifer."
Lucifer narrowed his eyes at them, "Why the bloody hell did I wither around in pain for what felt like hours and he got a two second grow back?"
God turned to him, "Because he was malting, you cut yours off. He just needed to fill out his feathers, you grew yours back. Next time don't cut off the devein gift you are given, especially this time because they are from Chloe."
Lucifer's wings wrapped around him again almost like a hug. "I will never take away her gift." He whispered strongly.
God smiled, "I didn't think you would, now for Chloe." He waved his hand at Maze and watched her stumble forward. She immediately looked for danger crouching in a protective fighting stance. When she saw Lucifer standing there with wings she gasped.
"Mazacin we need your help." God said, waving her forward.
She walked over to stand in front of him, "Why would I help you?" She snarled.
God raised an eyebrow, "Will you help Lucifer and Trixie?"
She looked over at Lucifer and nodded. "What do I need to do?"
God waved his hand and Trixie appeared next to him, "Hello child." He said looking down at her, he looked back at Maze "You need to protect her at all costs while I cannot watch over her."
Trixie smiled at Maze, "Hay Maze, how are you?"
Maze smiled at Trixie, "Good, little demon." She looked back at God and gave a quick nod, "I will die for her if I must."
God nodded at her then looked back at Trixie, "How are you?" He asked her.
Trixie looked up at him and smiled, "I am ok."
God squatted down to her level, "Do you know who I am?" He asked her.
Trixie shook her head no.
God smiled, "I am Lucifer's father."
Trixie's smile disappeared and her eyes narrowed. "You are not a nice man!" She said heatedly.
God raised his eyebrows, "Why is that?"
Trixie crossed her arms, "Because you were so mean to Lucifer. You are supposed to love your kids and teach them. Not just punish them!"
God looked over at Lucifer who was looking at her with a soft smile, "Looks like you have more than one protector."
Trixie looked up to see Lucifer and she squealed, "Lucifer!" Running over to hug his legs.
Lucifer patted her head, "Hello, little spawn."
She looked up at him and crocked her fingers for him to come down.
When he kneeled in front of her she whispered, "Do you know where my mom is?" She whispered.
Lucifer immediately closed his eyes as the pain of Chloe being gone came back in full force. "She is gone for right now, but I will go get her!" He told her softly.
Trixie smiled, "I know you will protect her." She leaned forward and whispered in his ear. "Cause you love her."
Lucifer did something he never thought he would ever do and wrapped his arms around her tightly, pulling her close. His wings wrapping around both of them protectively.
"I do love her, little spawn. I love you both, I think."
Trixie pulled back, "Well duh, I love you too." She finally looked over around, "Umm Lucifer, you have wings."
"Well I am the devil." He whispered back.
She looked at them closely, her fingers gently brushing them, after a moment she looked at him, "They are pretty. Just what I thought they would look like."
Lucifer smiled at her, "You are not surprised?"
Trixie smiled at him, "Well you did tell us you were the devil… like a million times." She said rolling her eyes.
Lucifer laughed, "I did! I bloody did! You were the only one that listened, evidently."
Lucifer looked over to Maze and his father then back at Trixie, "You need to stay with Maze while I get your mother."
Trixie nodded, "Sure, can I have chocolate cake?"
Maze walked over to take Trixie, "Come on squirt ... let's see if we can find you some sugar!"
They watched Maze and Trixie walked to the kitchen.
God turned to Lucifer, "We must hurry, Chloe had already been down there for hours. That is weeks in Hell."
Lucifer nodded to his father and turned to walk into his room.
God turned to Amenadiel, "You and I will suspend time on earth."
Amenadiel looked confused, "You mean this place?"
God shook his head and looked up to see Lucifer hurrying back while putting on a new shirt. "No, in order for this to work, we must stop time on earth... all of earth."
Amenadiel looked at his father in disbelief, "That has never been done."
God smiled, "Yes, I know. That is why I require your help." He turned to Lucifer, "I placed her body in your home in Hell."
Lucifer stopped mid stride a look of horror pacing over his face, "You did what?" He exclaimed, "They will destroy it!"
His father shook his head, "No I have placed a block on it, no one should even know it's there."
Lucifer nodded at him, relief passing over his face, "What do I do?"
His father looked him in the eye, "You must find her soul as quickly as possible. Take her soul to her body and unite them. Only then will you be able to bring her back to earth."
Lucifer nodded again, "I am ready."
His father looked at him closely, "You must be fast Lucifer, we will not be able to hold time here long. When we begin to lose hold I will pull you back even if you have not found her."
Lucifer's jaw clenched but he nodded, "I understand."
His father held out his hand and in it was a coin, the same kind he had carried for so long. "Quickly, Lucifer." He turned back to Amenadiel, "Are you ready?"
Amenadiel nodded and held out his hand to his father. "Yes."
Amenadiel and his father grasped hands and a bright light blinded them all. "Now!" His father shouted.
Lucifer took a breath, closed his eyes and flipped the coin. When he opened his eyes, his gaze was met with darkness and screams.
"I am coming Chloe." He whispered.