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Chapter 7

Song(s): Devil Do (Holly Golightly), Fascination Street (Virgin Magnetic Material Remix – The Cure)

6868 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, California…

Rolling her head against the soft pillow, the young girl muttered as she reached a hand out towards the bedside table, slapping her palm into the thin air.

"Godddd….my head."

Rolling over onto her stomach, Piper reached once more for her table and felt nothing. Moaning as she opened her eyes, her blurry vision quickly vanished as she lifted her head, wincing at the sharpness of pain.

This is not my room

Sitting up slowly as she felt the light white sheet slipping off her bare shoulder, she looked down to her chest and clutched the sheet hard between her fingers.

"No…no no no…where the fuck am I?"

Why am I naked?

Throwing her eyes around the plain white bedroom, she spied nothing that would give her a clue as to her whereabouts as she pulled the sheet around her body.

"Last night…last night…I met Andrea, Jacob, and Dylan…"

Dylan

He was screaming in the parking lot

At Lucifer Morningstar's feet

Feeling the floor boards beneath her bare feet, she padded towards the window and as she peeked around the double white blind, she froze.

"No….way…"

Making her way towards the closed bedroom door, she reached for the handle and felt her blood run cold as she spied no knob.

"You've got to be kidding me. HEY!" Slamming her hand hard against the door, she listened for any sound and cursed venomently as she spied a dark rolled up bundle on top of a white painted dresser across the room. Tucking the white bedsheet firmly under her arms, Piper moved towards the bundle and laid light fingers against the knot. Pulling at the string, she unfastened the knot and quickly unrolled the contents as she bit down hard on her tongue.

Knives

"He's going to kill me."

HE'S GOING TO KILL ME!

Tasting a hint of blood as she started to shake with a mixture of rage and terror, she ran her thumbnail along an intricately detailed carving along the handle of a dagger as she heard low voices heading towards the door. Ripping one of the knives from the cloth bundle, she whirled around and threw herself back onto the mattress, closing her eyes as she tucked the blade beneath her naked thigh. Feeling her pulse racing as she listened to the approaching footsteps, she tasted the blood from her tongue against the back of her throat as the bedroom door was thrown open.

Breathing in and out as steady as she could, Piper kept her eyes closed as she heard a low animalistic growl, followed by sniffing as the footsteps walked across the room towards the dresser.

I didn't wrap the roll back up…

Hearing a single fingernail tapping against the wooden top of the dresser, she refused to open her eyes as Maze dragged her claws deep into the wood, peeling up the white paint.

"Don't think I won't search you for it" she growled, snapping her teeth together loudly as Piper felt her fingers tightening around the handle of the blade.

Hearing another set of footsteps approaching the room, she remained as still as she could, hearing what sounded like the feet of a chair settling on the floor.

"You can't fool me Piper Harlow, I know you are awake" Lucifer sang as he watched Maze's fingers gesturing toward her open knife roll.

"Please don't kill me."

Hearing the young girl's whisper as she remained still, Lucifer smiled before letting out a small laugh.

"Now, why on Earth would I want to kill you? When I want to learn all about you?" he questioned, leaning forward on the wooden chair.

Opening her eyes as she pushed herself up against the headboard, she kept the knife under her thigh as she clutched the sheet against her chest.

"One, where the hell are my clothes?" she spat, watching Lucifer's eyes as he looked to Maze.

"You have Mazikeen to thank for that. We couldn't very well host you for the evening in soggy clothing covered in dirt and blood" he offered as he gestured behind him.

"Clean and pressed."

Last night

"I remember, being with my friends last night. We went to the Hollywood sign and then, the school parking lot…" she trailed off remembering Andrea and Jacob asleep in the backseat of Dylan's car.

"What happened to Dylan?"

"Dylan, is that the one who tried to put his hands all over you?" he spat, flexing the fingers of his right hand as he remembered hauling the human sack up and off his feet with ease.

"Did you break his hand last night?"

"No. I merely dislocated all the fingers on his scholarship hand" Lucifer offered freely as Piper stared at him, her mouth falling open with disbelief.

"The police will arrest you" she breathed, shooting her eyes to Maze as she flexed her fingers for her missing knife.

"I highly doubt it."

How are you so sure?

"Perhaps you would think of returning Maze's knife? She's very attached to those things."

Hearing Lucifer's words, Piper reached down and pulled out the blade, tossing it lightly onto the edge of the bed as Lucifer took it up between his thumb and forefinger. Handing it over his shoulder to Maze, she watched as she ran her thumbnail along the blade before inserting it back into the cloth.

"Where did you get those kind of knives?"

Tying up the bundle with a sturdy knot, Maze smiled as he tucked them up beneath her arm.

"Hell."

Hell?

As in Hell, Michigan?

Watching Maze leaving the bedroom, Piper crossed her legs beneath the bedsheet and watched as Lucifer rose to his feet.

"Like I said last night, you and I need to have a little chat so, clothe yourself child."

Watching the knob-less white door close as she sat alone in the middle of the bed, Piper tossed aside the sheet and grabbed her clean jeans and top before slipping her jacket on over her shoulder.

How do I get out here?

Taping her fingers on the door, she stood back as Maze scowled into her face.

"Let's go."

Walking slowly down the hallway, Piper scanned her eyes around the open concept room as she noticed the open balcony doors, small pool and fireplace carved in stone.

"Wow."

Smiling as she heard the young girl's amazement, Maze stepped aside as Piper noticed the tall dark wooden shelves lined from floor to ceiling with hardcover books.

What I wouldn't give to be able to spend an afternoon here going through all these

Moving her eyes over the top of a black baby grand piano that was situated in the middle of the floor, she spied a door-less enclave and spotted a king-sized bed draped in black sheets as she heard Mazes throat clear.

"We are going downstairs human."

Averting her eyes as Maze thumbed in a specific code for the elevator, Piper felt her stomach rumbling as she shoved her hands in her jean pockets.

Hearing the soft notes of the piano as they exited the elevator, Piper moved her eyes around for any hint of a kitchen as she was directed to sit at the bar.

"Any requests?" Lucifer questioned as he finished the piece of music beneath his fingers.

"Men are strong, but I saw you lift Dylan up off his feet as if he weighed nothing" she began as the Devil reached for his scotch glass.

"Can I have a drink?"

Feeling his lips pulling into a smile, Lucifer nodded his head as Maze poured a second glass on the rocks. Sliding it across the bar, Piper watched as it stopped directly in front of her.

"Is there anything to eat?"

Sliding over a bowl of martini olives, she didn't hesitate to pick a few off the top as Lucifer came to sit directly beside her at the bar.

"I am quite strong" he spoke, watching her struggle with a sip of scotch as Piper downed two olives.

"You saved my life last night" she confirmed as Maze snorted.

"I want you to tell me what you deeply desire Ms. Harlow, and please, don't leave anything out on my account" he purred, staring into her eyes as Piper flushed.

Your eyes flashed red last night

"If you're asking me what I want to be when I grow up, I have no idea. I'm just trying to navigate my way through how to get a legal emancipation from my mother and step-father."

Squinting as she refused to bite with his lingering eyes, Lucifer smiled as Piper ate more olives.

"Emancipation at fourteen in the state of California. Though I relish the opportunity for any living soul to begin making their own life altering adult decisions, what kind of job do you think you are going to find to keep yourself alive?" he questioned, watching as she pushed the half empty bowl away.

"I'll figure that out when I know I'll be free" she spat, folding her hands as Lucifer did the same.

"What else did you see last night?"

Hearing his question, Piper felt the tension in her shoulders as she didn't relish the thought of re-hashing the previous night.

"I…won't tell anyone what you did to Dylan if that is what you are worried about" she offered, hearing the man's deep chuckle as Maze leaned her forearms on the bar. "But I guess you're not worried because money can buy silence… and surgery" she added, watching as Lucifer rose to his feet.

You don't know who you are

But my dear brother knows…

I'm sure of it

"You should run home now like a good little girl."

Feeling her mouth falling open as she watched Maze grin, Piper shook her head before tapping her fingers against the marble of the bar.

I have fifteen dollars to my name, so the bus it is

"I don't want to go home" she quickly protested, feeling Lucifer's curious eyes upon her face.

"You will go home, and you will receive your parental punishment for disappearing in the middle of the night."

Fuck you Lucifer Morningstar

Biting her lip as she watched the suited man throw down a few bills, she ignored the money as she roughly shoved her stool away before climbing the staircase and disappearing from sight.

"Did she see your true face last night?"

Hearing Maze's question, Lucifer glanced up towards the ceiling of his club before looking to the dancing hologram against the wall.

"I'm sure whatever she remembers she is chalking up to hitting her head on the concreate. If she was truly terrified Mazikeen, she betrayed no sense of it" he spoke with curiosity as he made his way towards the staircase.

"Maybe she is nothing special Lucifer. Just maybe, your father has nothing to do with her."

Father has to do with every human person, and I am sure he spent a little extra time on this one for some reason

I can feel it

Stepping into the quietness of the penthouse, he wasted no time closing his eyes and gently clasping his hands together as he summoned his eldest brother.

Feeling the hard thump radiating through the floorboards as Amenadiel folded his wings, Lucifer smiled as he nodded his head.

"Thank you for not doddling brother" he teased as the angel folded his hands behind his back.

"What can I do for you Luci?"

"Oh yes, what can you do for me. That, child, has given me nothing to work with which means you need to start talking…now."

Feeling his lips parting into a smile, Amenadiel moved his eyes over the books filling the floor to ceiling shelves.

"I'm sure since you found out that Father deliberately put Chloe in your path here on Earth, that you've been thinking the same with Ms. Harlow" he nudged, catching the irritation in his brother's eyes.

Feeling the rage building in his chest as he heard the Detective's name out in the open, Lucifer walked out onto the balcony and looked out over the City of Angels.

"Is that the child's real name?"

I'll give you this one brother

"No."

"Of course not, then who is she?"

Hearing the bang as Amenadiel's wings quickly spread, Lucifer rushed from the railing and tightly gripped his hand around his brother's bicep, preventing him from flying away.

"That's not enough for me dear brother" he growled as Amenadiel gave a flick of his left wing, sending his brother sprawling onto the floor of the penthouse.

"Patience is a virtue Lucifer, one that you will struggle the learn the longer you stay out of Hell" he spoke, disappearing off the balcony as Lucifer muttered a curse.

She's immune to my questioning, and has nothing to offer me. Why brother, would I even bother with her?

6724 Hood Ave, Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California…

8:23pm

Counting the last of her change as she felt the bus slowing down for her stop, the young girl rose to her feet and stepped out into the warm evening six blocks from her house. Holding the rolled-up papers on emancipation in the state of California that she had printed out from the library, she felt her stomach growling as she spied the front door of the house.

Chances are, I was reported absent from school

Chances are I am going to get expelled

"But I don't give a shit." Standing on the front step, she heard the crunch of glass beneath her shoes as she noticed the broken light.

I'm going to pack up only what I need from my room, and leave

I'm going to leave

Pushing open the front door, Piper kept her eyes down on the floor as she heard a clutter from the kitchen.

"You have some fucking nerve coming into this house if you think you still live here…"

Hearing her step-father's voice from behind her as he came striding out of the living room, she had barely opened her mouth to speak before she felt the back of his hand slapping her cheek. Feeling the sting of his ring cutting her skin, she nearly fell backwards before yelling out for her mother.

"ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS!"

Screaming at the top of her lungs as she slammed her hand against the doorway of the kitchen, Piper watched as her mother threw down a thick handful of paper bills and envelopes.

"I've tried to do everything I could for you Piper, but having the school calling me today while I was in class…was the last straw. You don't care about anything! You don't care about the struggle we are going through, you just don't get it. You are a spoiled brat and Jim and I have decided that maybe you should act on your emancipation threats, since you seem to know better than any of us on how you want to be raised."

Staring hard into her mother's face, Piper felt her fingers clenching into fists as she felt the rage growing all around her.

"You stand there…and lecture me about being selfish, immature, and spoilt, when your asshole of a husband has just struck your only child?" she breathed, hearing Jimmy's chuckle from her right.

"You should have been hit a long time ago, might have knocked some sense into you before you bothered to join your mother here" he growled, as Piper quickly reached forward and grabbed a half full coffee cup from the table. Whipping it behind her as the scalding hot liquid splashed all over the wall, narrowly missing her step-father, she took off back down the hallway ignoring her bedroom as she ripped open the front door.

I am never coming back here

Never!

6868 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, California…

10:43pm

She was exhausted, to say the least.

Pushing through the crowds on the sidewalk, she walked with a determined stride as she reached up and touched her cheek.

That asshole

Roughly pushing past a couple lingering outside the light up doors of H&M, she ignored their curses as she spied the ending of Lux's long line.

Why do I even think he would give a shit? He told me to go home, he knew what would be waiting for me

Feeling the hunger in her stomach, she debated in her head that if Lucifer Morningstar refused to see her, she would steal from one of the food street carts and suffer the consequences if she was arrested.

"It's not like I don't know what they would do."

Hearing the deep beats from the inside of the nightclub spilling out onto the street, Piper continued to walk past the line before she turned towards the double doors.

"Woah there kid, where the hell do you think you are going?"

Feeling strong fingers gripping her upper arm as she shot the man a hard glare, she tried to free herself but felt the man's fingernails digging into her skin.

"I want to see Lucifer."

Hearing the bouncer's laughter as he knocked his clipboard lightly against the side of the door, he kept his hand tight on her arm as he gestured his head towards the long lineup.

Yeah, you and everyone else out here hoping to catch a glance" he spat, giving her a shove.

"Move along now."

Narrowing her eyes as the bouncer stepped aside to allow two stick thin blonde models in through the door, Piper flipped him the finger before turning back around to face him.

"Tell Mr. Morningstar, that Piper Harlow will be waiting for him in the alleyway that she defaced" she spat, walking away down the sidewalk. Walking around the corner, her eyes fell on the still stenciled word Devil as she pressed her back against the wall. Closing her eyes to block out the Blvd lights, she slumped down onto the dirty ground and reached up to her cheek once more.

"As soon as I get the money for the emancipation, I am turning in the papers" she whispered to herself as she rolled her eyes.

The papers that I left back at the house

Looking up at the dark sky as she brought her knees up to her chest, she rested her chin on her arm as she felt the exhaustion starting to take over. Hearing laughter from the mouth of the alley, she brought her eyes up and watched the dark silhouetted outlines of the club goers as they fell over themselves.

"He's not coming" she breathed, feeling lightheaded as she turned and laid on her side, keeping her back against the wall. Closing her eyes as she felt the tears falling down her cheek, she breathed deeply as a distant rumble of thunder sounded from overhead.

He's not coming

Hearing the sound of distant shoes crunching over the dirt of the alleyway, Piper kept her eyes closed as the footsteps halted at her head. Feeling her body being lifted up into strong arms, she rolled her head and allowed her cheek to rest against the expensive fabric of the man's white dress shirt as she smelled light cologne. Hearing the beats of a Cure song growing stronger with each step, she sang in her head the lyrics she knew all too well…

Yeah I like you in that
Like I like you to scream
But if you open your mouth
Then I can't be responsible
For quite what goes in
Or to care what comes out
So just pull on your hair
Just pull on your pout
And let's move to the beat
Like we know that it's over
If you slip going under
Slip over my shoulder

"Humans come to me for fame, fortune, favors, and luxuries. Not for protection and security" Lucifer breathed as he held the young girl close against his chest. Carrying her towards his personal elevator, he held her easily with one arm as he punched in 666.

You are asking quite a lot from me Piper Harlow, and for that...

I want your soul

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