Hey guys!
Here we are again. The new chapter is ready for a few days now, but every time something else had come up and I had to do that instead of posting the chapter. I hope you will enjoy this one. Lucifer's back and Trixie quite pleased to see him. And today we have the big reveal what Lucifer slipped in Trixies pocket when they were in his penthouse.
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VII
"Don't touch that, child!", Lucifer all but barked. What was she thinking, touching the gates of hell? Of course it was too late and she shrieked away. She was lucky he had warned her. When she thought it hurt now, she should thought about how it might hurt if she indeed had made a break for it.
"LUCIFER!" The shriek was even louder when the child exclaimed his name. Like always. His heart ached. With the heavy gates between them, he overlooked the scene. "Report.", he told his guard. What he heard from him made no sense at all. "Is that all, Malik?", he asked at the end. The demon bowed his head. "That's all, my lord." "You did good to make Cerberus get me." Malik bowed again. "May I speak freely, my lord?" Lucifer's eyes flickered briefly to the detective's. "You may.", he responded. "They're obviously alive and they came with your father's bastard. This never has happened before. They say they know you, my lord. The child even showed me a signet ring just like yours. It even has the hidden engravement in the hell forged onyx stone." To see Malik confused was not a daily event. They both knew that there was just one piece of jewelry that matched his description.
"You fool.", Lucifer spat with dismay at his half-brother, who didn't even flinch. "What have you done?" "Me? They're your humans, Luci." A harrumph interrupted their upcoming argument. All eyes were on the only grown woman. She seemed uncomfortable to be the center of attention, but carried on either way. "Excuse me, but we're no one´s humans. From what I gather, Trixie and I were in a car accident and are in some kind of coma right now. So we're banned in the heavenly waiting room. You're brother showed up and Trixie demanded to see you. So, either you greet us properly and invite us in for the time being, or we're going back where we're coming from." Lucifer saw in her stance and posture, that she wasn't as tough as she was letting on. "How DARE you speak to our lord like that? Bow your heads and show respect!", Malik growled. A likewise noise came from Cerberus on Lucifer's side. He patted the creatures head and scratched behind his ears. "There will be no need for that, Malik. But I agree with you. Take them back where they belong, brother. I don't know what you were thinking bringing them to hell like this is some kind of fun park." His heart throbbed a painful melody in his chest. Especially seeing the now forming tears in the child's eyes and her sniveling.
"You don't want us here?" The little voice seemed to echo in his ears. "This is hell, child. We're not supposed to host guests down here. It's not the Four Seasons." He tried to reason with them, but it didn't get through to them. Couldn´t they make it easy for him at least once? "We should get going then." The detective thrust her chin up and glared at him. What was the devil supposed to do when two females were trying to guilt him into taking them into hell for a period of time?
"Why did you mingle with my business? Bored already with father's task? Living humans in hell? Do you even realize what you've done?" Lucifer glared at his father's special last born. The one he had with his mistress. "I only want what's best for you, brother. Why do you have to make this so difficult?" Did the maggot really not understand it, or was he just stupid? Maybe both. "What's best for me.", Lucifer scoffed. "What will become of them when they're here?" Joshua thought about it. "They're human after all. If they wake up, I will come and bring them back. If not… father would like to welcome them." Yeah, Lucifer thought. That's part of the problem, wasn't it? He would have to give them up again. One way or the other. Not something he looked forward to.
"I will go nowhere without Lucifer!" Again, the child made her intentions very clear and stomped her foot down to prove her point. What she saw in him, he had absolutely no idea. "What would you like to do, detective?" She narrowed her eyes at him. Alright, maybe she's in some kind of a conflict of interest, but that's not his problem. Fair wasn't a phrase he used very often. Her offspring looked up at her with big puppy dog eyes. Pleading with her not to say no. It was nice not to be on the receiving end of that look for once.
"I'd really like to talk to you, too.", she decided. With a heavy sigh he had to admit the truth to himself. It was never really a question if he liked to have them in his kingdom. But they deserved better in his opinion. "Open the gate, Malik. I'll guide them to the castle." The guard looked bewildered at him. "What… You can't be serious, my lord!" "Do I have to say it again, Malik?" His patience was thin at best. To his own luck the demon didn't intend to discuss the devil's decisions with him and bowed instead. "Of course not, my lord."
The spawn latched onto him a mere second after she slipped through the gap. Did she have to squeal his name so loud? Why did she do that anyway? He knew his name. Everyone here knew his name. Awkwardly he patted her head, like he had with the hellhound. "Beatrice.", he acknowledged. As gently as he could he extracted her form from his waist. The little one beamed up at him and he merely restrained himself from rolling his eyes. She was too trusting for her own good.
The detective too stood now before him and Lucifer hat no idea how to greet his former partner. Thankfully she didn't try to hug him too, his reputation was battered enough and the child wouldn't let go of him anyway. He swallowed the lump in his throat. "You two will not stroll around here without me and you talk to no one if not asked, understand?", he instructed. Of course both Decker women opened their mouths to disagree with him, but he quickly cut them off. "I cannot allow you down here if you can't obey me on matters of hell. Maybe you haven't noticed yet, but this is not Disneyland." That seemed to do the trick and they didn't start another argument with him in front of his guard and his half-brother. Certainly they saw hell as what it was: Dangerous.
"Spread the word, Malik.", the devil loudly announced. "My guests are not to be touched or even spoken to without my personal permission." His voice carried in no uncertain terms his authority. He really had missed that part of his job. Malik bowed again and held his tongue about possible consequences. They were obviously a weakness to him and weaknesses could cost you more than just your life. Lucifer knew all that, so he was glad the demon knew how to hold himself back.
Sooo… 1200 words are over… it feels like nothing, right? I googled Malik, who is an important demon and so let him watch the gates of hell.
And it was Lucifer's ring what he had slipped into her pocket. No coins and no feathers, but could have been.
What do we think about the two extra episodes? I have seen a bit from the first and the end with Azrael. Why aren't there more fanfictions with her? She saif Lucifer was her favorite big brother. Isn't that a perfect opportunity? Come on, I would like the read one!
