These cute pets
Throwing was the wrong expression.
Lucifer did not just fall. He was literally hurled by Gabriel from the gallery. With full force and an enormous speed he burst into the opposite wall at 4m height and after that fell to the ground, a pile of debris and rubble accompanied him. His body hit with a tremendous force and a nasty crunch, stomach first, the floor in the middle of the foyer.
"What the hell!", shouted Daniel, who (like many others) had pulled out his gun and aimed it at the stranger while Chloe ran to Lucifer. The whole department had become aware of the troublemaker and hurried towards the foyer.
When Chloe reached Lucifer, her eyes involuntarily filled with tears. Please don't be dead, please don't be dead, she prayed. A fall from this height was bad enough, but the wall above her showed a hole almost half a meter deep where Lucifer had bashed in. What strength had his "brother" to throw him like a puppet. Chloe saw that Lucifer's left arm was angled away from his body in an unhealthy position. His face was pressed to the ground and blood came out from under it. Gently, Chloe turned him on his back. His nose was clearly broken, his forehead was bleeding and he seemed unable to breathe. Panicking, Chloe put her ear to his chest and hoped for a heartbeat.
As her head rested on his torso Lucifer let out a gasp and jumped as far as the weight of the detective on his chest made it possible. His eyes were wild and got stuck to Chloe's tear-stained eyes.
„ARRRGH", he howled as he tried to sit up with both arms. His eyes seemed to burn with anger, looking for the gallery.
„Lucifer, what in God's name is going on here!", exclaimed Chloe, relieved and confused at the same time that he had survived the impact.
„This bloody ...", started Lucifer, but before he could finish, a shadow flew over his face, he grabbed Chloe with his good arm and rolled with her to one side.
Chloe screamed in surprise and came to a standstill one turn later under her partner. Beside her she heard a deafening noise. As if someone had thrown a refrigerator from the gallery. As she sought the source of the sound, she saw Gabriel kneeling with one foot on the ground exactly where they had been a moment ago. His hand was clenched into a fist and stuck in the ground. The tiles around him were broken.
„Are you crazy!", screamed Lucifer as he crouched over Chloe.
Gabriel slowly got up and threateningly turned towards them. „You are getting old brother." He smirked mockingly. „Is that blood on your forehead? I heard you were in miserable shape, but that it will be so easy…" He chuckled wickedly and rolled up his sleeves.
„LAPD, get your hands up at once or we open fire!" - exclaimed Dan, who had rushed to Chloe and Lucifer. Beside him ten other policemen fixed their weapons on Gabriel. Dan's outstretched arm shook. He had never seen anything like it. This man had just jumped down 4m and rammed a crater into the ground with his bare fist. And now he stood there, calmly, grinning to himself as he was surrounded and held at gun point in a police station. A Shiver ran down his spine as the stranger turned his murderous eyes from Lucifer to him.
"Sweet, Lucifer, your new pets are well trained, I give you that. Whether they are as resistant as the little Mazikeen –well, we will see!" Gabriel sneered at the sight of the human weapon in the hand of the obviously frightened man who had guarded his brother.
„Leave them alone Gabriel!", gasped Lucifer. Blood ran from the corner of his mouth. He slowly, trembling stood up and pushed himself in front of Dan as he spoke.
„What are you doing?", whispered Dan, „You're in the field of fire, Lucifer!"
„And what exactly do you think you're doing, Gabriel?", Lucifer asked loudly to drown him out. He limped a bit and his left arm was clearly broken, but he still felt strong enough to stand in his brother's way. Chloe might make him vulnerable, but he still had his supernatural powers and significantly higher endurance when it came to pain. „Do you want to show my friends what a great warrior you are. Come let us settle this outside!"
„What are you talking about?", Dan whispered again, „The guy beat you up for good, he's not going anywhere but a custody cell." Lucifer shoved his arm before him.
„What am I planning to do?" Gabriel's eyes flashed perilously. "There is more than one way to get you back where you belong. I thought Amenadiel had tried that too, but obviously he failed."
Lucifer's throat escaped a low growl, which instinctively made Chloe and Dan step backwards.
„What is he talking about, Lucifer?", whispered Chloe, who also drew her gun.
„I mean he did not even have the guts to do it himself and somehow you lulled him in. But do not worry Samael." He said the name with such disdain. "I am more determined. I will do it myself."
„Are you bloody serious?", snorted Lucifer contemptuously. „Don't you know about Amenadiel's punishment?"
„Oh Samael, father did not punish him because he was TRYING to bring you back. He punished him because he FAILED!"
Lucifer's eyes widened in shock. „I don't believe you.", he hissed between his teeth.
Gabriel tensed up his body, aggressive and with that sneer on his face. Lucifer prepared himself, well aware that Dan and Chloe were standing far too close to him. Also aware of all the human eyes fixed on them, that were about to witness something divine.
„You really want to do this? You want to kill me - in front of all these people? Your own brother?"
Chloe and Dan exchanged bewildered looks.
„Now do not get sentimental, brother. It is not meant personally. No, in that case I would take much more time..."
"Freeze!" , screamed Chloe as Gabriel set foot in Lucifer's direction, but he just grinned.
"... just think of it as a shortcut to your new home."
And with these words he rushed forward.
In the same moment several bullets flew towards him and the precinct was filled with din. Chloe hit him directly in the head, others aimed at his upper body. The tall blond man was faltering, holding his hand to his forehead. His shirt and pants, which Chloe had liked so much before, were covered with holes. He wavered...
But then an alien noise sounded the room that left all the policemen, especially Dan, Chloe, and Ella (who was cowering behind a desk) in shock and froze the blood in their veins.
At first unclear, Chloe clearly made out a giggle. A giggle which swelled more and more to a bursting laughter. A laughter from the man in front of her. The man she had just shot in the freaking head. The man who now laughed at her with those steel blue, cold eyes and not a scratch on his face.
„How ...", she gasped.
„Oh that was not so kind of your pets, Samael."
Lucifer took a tight, slightly forward-bent posture, ready to react at any moment. „Leave them out of this, Gabriel!", he hissed.
„Um, no, you know what, I think I will make some room for us. And maybe a few less spectators, don't you think? Maybe you will come along voluntarily if you no longer have any pets to take care of."
Gabriel rushed forward. Gunshots filled the room again, but they bothered him as much as the dust in the air. With horror Lucifer realized that his brother didn't aim for him but for Chloe to his right. With a scream he pushed her aside with his shoulder and tried to embrace the forward storming Gabriel. Chloe flew through the glass wall of the forensics lab and remained dazed on the floor. The wedged brothers flew backwards and shattered the desk which sheltered Ella.
Dan, just frozen with shock, hurried after Chloe. He had dropped his weapon. What use was it anyway? He had fired a whole magazine into this "brother" of Lucifer and the guy had not even flinched. When he arrived at Chloe's side she was just scrambling up. The shards had made some scratches on her arms and legs, otherwise she seemed to be unhurt.
„What the hell is happening?", she breathed out as Dan hugged her protectively. „I got him, I swear. Right in the head! And he just smiles at me... I...", a sob escaped her throat. She could not cope with the situation. It was impossible. Unless ... no, Chloe didn't want to believe it. Could not believe it!
„Chloe do you really believe Lucifer is.." - „No Dan!", she interrupted him, shaking her head. „That's silly. I mean how should something like that..."
At that moment, Lucifer and Gabriel crashed through a concrete wall as if to prove them wrong. Chloe and Dan stared blankly at the monstrous powers unfolding before their eyes.
Lucifer managed to hit Gabriel's head and blood dripped from his ear. As Lucifer approached a second blow he dodged it and grabbed Lucifer's left arm.
„AAAAAARGH" Lucifer's arm was completely dislocated and hung uselessly down his body. With his right hand he tried to fend off Gabriel, who was reaching for his throat. With his hand on his throat, he picked up Lucifer and flung him across the room. Lucifer crashed on the stairs, three steps smashed under him as if they were made of cardboard.
When Lucifer tried to shake off the pain and the rushing sound in his head, he saw through blurry eyes how policemen escaped the station. „Good," he thought, „run you fools. Run as fast as you can." His eyes searched desperately for Chloe and the others, who were still in the building. His eyes fell on Ella, who crouched in front of his brother. Eyes wide open, focused on a strange curved dagger in his hand.
„And you,", Gabriel asked quietly, „are you also one of my brothers pets? You seemed to be having a delighted conversation before."
„I ... no .. I", stammered Ella. Lucifer scrambled to his feet.
„Are your humans always so chatty?", Gabriel asked facing Lucifer, while pointing the knife at Ella. „Pity, I thought I could find out what you see in them ... but so...", he turned back and stabbed with the swing of his turn.
„NOOOOoooooo" cried Lucifer, Dan and Chloe.
Ella screamed too. Screamed and cried as the perplexed Gabriel withdrew his blade.
„Oh, that is interesting," he said in astonishment, examining the blood on the dagger. "Where did you come from so suddenly?"
Pierce dropped to his knees before him. His bloodstained hands wrapped around his neck, he gave Gabriel a hate filled look. Then he collapsed backwards on the floor. Ella lunged forward.
„No, no, oh God, please don't.", she sobbed, holding Pierce's head in her lap. Tears and blood mingled equally on her Star Trek shirt. Pierce's eyes found hers. „Ella... I...", he tried to talk as blood ran from his mouth. Ella's hand gripped his shoulder as if she wanted to hold on to his life. „Don't ... worry." Pierce's mouth twisted into a slight smile. Then he was gone. Ella cried out loud.
Full of anger and grief, she stormed blindly at Gabriel and hit him with all her strength, over and over again. Gabriel just laughed. Then his arm shot out and grabbed Ella by the collar, lifting her up effortlessly from the ground and...
„STOP IT!", shouted Lucifer. „IMMEDIATELY!" The air around him seemed to seethe. The fire that raged in him made him forget all the pain.
Gabriel looked at him. And Lucifer? He looked into the terrified faces of Chloe, Dan and Ella. The only ones who couldn't fled the precinct yet. He would not let anything happen to them. Never again.
„What kind of angel are you, if you kill people!", he shouted at his brother. Gabriel paused and peeked at the cross around Ella's neck. „You're here to kill me, so stop wasting my time!"
"Time? Oh brother, we have all the time in the world.", Gabriel replied, slowly lowering Ella to the floor. Once there, she broke down sobbingly over Pierce.
„Maybe you", snarled Lucifer, who had straightened up to his full height. „I have to run a nightclub and hunt down criminals. So leave them out of it and let's finish this."
„With pleasure, brother".