Journey of the Devil
Chapter 12
Lucifer flew away from Azrael and flew back to Las Vegas leaving Azrael shaking her head at her crazy brother, Azrael knew that Lucifer was serious, the devilish look in his eye's told Azrael all she needed to know. Lucifer was going to follow through with his plans, he was going to become rich again and open up nightclubs all over the world. Azrael could understand the logic to some extent, if Lucifer owns nightclubs all over then it gives him an excuse to constantly be moving all over the world, and it makes it harder for anyone to pinpoint where exactly 'the devil' may be operating from. Azrael hated to admit that her maniac egotistical brother was right but the more she thought about it the more she started smirking at her brother's insanity.
Azrael still didn't completely believe Lucifer when he said that he didn't care about his old friends and family in L.A anymore, Azrael could feel the front that Lucifer had put on but she also knew that Lucifer believed it, he wouldn't have said it if he didn't believe it. Azrael also knew watching the scene in front of her that she would have to get out in front of it, Chloe Decker, Daniel Espinoza, Marcus Pierce, and Beatrice Decker all knew the real truth about Lucifer now, and there were random people on the street that watched the miracle of a resurrection in L.A 'you're gonna drive me crazy Lucifer' then Azrael heard little Beatrice's words
"Lucifer saved my life, Lucifer saved me and brought me back to life" and before that Azrael heard Beatrice mention her name to her parents and Maze and Azrael coudn't help but feel tad bit of annoyance at her maniac lightbringer devil stupid lovable idiotic brother "correction Lucifer, I am crazy, I am now crazy and it's your fault" Azrael thought to herself. Azrael could see the surreal wide eyes faces of Chloe and Daniel, the look of pure wonderment coming from the face of Beatrice, the slight smirk of Maze, and the painful face of Marcus whom was still on the ground in agony and she knew that soon this group would have a talk amongst themselves and that talk would involve her older brother Amenadiel and she knew she would now have to take part to clean up the mess of a certain other older brother.
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Lucifer flew through the air back to Las Vegas laughing his ass off at the thought of Marcus on the ground in pain and looks of shock that came from Chloe and Daniel. Lucifer remembered a time or two when Chloe would tell him that Marcus was more of an adult than him and that Lucifer was too childish, and he remembered how Daniel agreed with her "Well whose the fucking adult now...oh that's right Lucifer bloody Morningstar saving the day that's who" Lucifer couldn't help but feel proud of himself, but he realized that he had work to do, wouldn't take long but still needed to be done, he needed to sense out a billionaire or two that was going to hell and kindly let them know of their situation.
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Billionaire Frederick Burns arrived at his mansion outside of Las Vegas and was ready for some sleep, it had been a long day, but the eighty year old man was now home and ready for some shuteye. Frederick owned pieces of various businesses all over the world and he had stepped on many toes and ruined quite a few lives in order to acquire the wealth that he now had.
Frederick headed to his bedroom to get ready for sleep, he opened the door to a dark room but what he found made him squeel in terror, two red eyes staring at him, in a pitch dark bedroom.
"What the hell is this' Frederick squeeled out but without an answer and in less than a second a hand was wrapped around his throat, the door behind him closed, and the lights turned on revealing the smug grin of Lucifer Morningstar
"I'm the devil Frederick, Satan, Beelzebub, the prince of darkness, old scratch" Lucifer said the last one with a wider smirk than usual, he really did like that one "and many others Frederick, but were not here to talk about me were here to talk about you".
"What...what...what the fuck is this?" the old man Frederick stuttered as his heart felt like it was going to explode from a heart attack.
Lucifer laughed slightly and put his other hand up to Frederick's chest and using his angelic powers he slowed the heart so that there was no chance Frederick would die too early, Lucifer still had plans for the old fool. "Alright now I need you to calm down Frederick and listen, not only am I satan, and the ruler of hell but i'm also the superhero extraordinaire known as 'the devil' which your human media has so cleverly named me".
"Oh...oh god, oh god" Frederick muttered only to be met by a light playful slap to the face by Lucifer
"Now Now Frederick, no need to bring dear old dad into this, not that he would help you anyway, not after all the people you have hurt and lives you have destroyed to attain your human wealth, now I hate to break it to you Frederick but you sir are going to hell, and since I am Satan and I can pop back in and out of hell anytime I want to again, that means that I control what happens to you when you leave this world, do you understand Frederick, your soul is mine to do with as I please, is that understood?" Lucifer let his red eyes show to express his point further, Frederick started crying at the truth, he was an atheist that never believed in things like god or the devil, he had been mistaken.
"Jesus Christ in heaven please help me" Frederick muttered through frightened tears as her stared into the eyes of satan himself.
"Yeshua will not be coming to save you Frederick, you've hurt and destroyed too many people for that to happen you foolish pathetic human, and besides Yeshua and I actually get along very well, he is my favorite brother" Lucifer replied with a arrogant smirk as he stared into the helpless eyes of Frederick Burns. Lucifer couldn't help but enjoy the insane look coming from Frederick, poor fool had no idea that satan himself would just show up at his house but then again Lucifer was full of surprises. Of course at seeing the disbelieving look coming from the eyes of Frederick, Lucifer felt the need to explain further "Yeshua turned water into wing, hung out with prostitutes, and he loved to party, why wouldn't I get along with him hmmm...I mean at least I have one sibling that is actually bloody chill".
"What...do..what do you want from me?" Frederick said as his words were struggling to leave his quivering lips as he stared into the eyes of the prince of darkness.
"That's the spirit Frederick" Lucifer said nodding his head up and down "bout bloody time you start asking the important questions, so here is the deal, you ya little human stain are going to give most of your wealth, i'll let you keep a little to finish out your little human life but the rest you will transfer to me, and then you will tell a few of your rich billionaire pals to do the same and if you do then good news, your soul in hell will have a much easier time of it, but if you don't then you will burn forever Frederick, am I clear?" Lucifer said with a wickedly sadistic grin on his face.
Frederick started crying in horror as he looked into the eyes of satan, "Why are you doing this to me?" Frederick cried out as he realized that his fate had already been sealed in some ways, his soul was going to hell and there was nothing he was going to be able to do about it.
"Well it's quite simple really isn't it Frederick, I was a billionaire before but then I gave it all up and now I need to be a billionaire again, and looking at you and sensing all the peoples lives you've destroyed I knew you were an easy target, so let me spell this out for you, you can spend an eternity in hell burning or you can mop floors in hell and make coffee down there for demons, the choice is yours Frederick, oh and i'd keep this little meeting secret or else" Lucifer finished enjoying the look of pure and utter horror coming from Frederick. Lucifer then gave Frederick the account that he wanted all the wealth transferred to and he looked at him with a smug cocky grin "it's been doing business with you Fred, oh and by the way" Frederick's body then bursted into flames causing him to scream in pain, then the flames stopped "I just wanted to give you a taste of what the flames of hell feel like Frederick, but don't worry they only consume when I want them to, now ta ta" Lucifer then flew off into the night sky. It didn't take long for his phone to start buzzing and letting him know that his account was growing and that billionaire Lucifer Morningstar was truly back.
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"Are you out of your mind Lucifer? That is extortion, what you did is clearly extortion, what exactly were you thinking because I would love to know" Frank said shaking his head and feeling like his head was going to explode as he spoke to Lucifer "I mean is there really a good reason that you did this or are you just showing off, cause this seems a little over the top even for you Lucifer" Frank said as he was trying to come to grips with what Lucifer told him.
Lucifer sat on the couch in his suite not realizing why Frank was so angry at him, he was 'champion of earth' certainly his liaison to heaven shouldn't be that angry at him, he did just save the day again afterall. "I don't why you're so ruffled right now Frank, I saved Beatrice in L.A just like your vision told me, and as far as Frederick goes there is a perfectly good reason for that if you would just let me explain".
"I think I already have the answers I need Lucifer, you haven't slept in over ten days, you've been going non-stop, you got a chip on your shoulder you want the world to see just how powerful you are, you want them talking about you, and I think deep down beneath it all, you wanted her to see how powerful you are, is that about right Lucifer?" Frank said as he was a tad bit angry at Lucifer for extorting money out of a billionaire even if said billionaire's soul was going to hell, but much more than angry Frank was worried about Lucifer, no matter how much he denied it, no matter how much he pretended to be anything else Frank knew Lucifer enough to know that he was still hurting, a part of him would always hurt for the rest of eternity, he gave up the only woman that he ever truly loved so that she could be happy and Lucifer would always feel the pain of that action, and that more than anything is what worried Frank.
"That must be the mysterious woman that I keep hearing about" Angela said as she watched the news, the news by morning had caught on to the miracle that was the resurrection of Beatrice Decker, the news outlets were calling it the miracle of L.A and it was just another in a long line of mysterious events that the media all connected together, twenty four hour news networks were losing their minds, fox news, cnn, msnbc, and all the others were going non-stop round the clock about the mysterious 'devil' out saving people and how so many strange occurences had happened ever since the first time 'the devil' was mentioned by Jack Yarlow. The resurrection of Beatrice Decker was just another occurence added to the long list of healings and saves that had been happening not to mention all the criminals and bad guys that Lucifer had been stopping. Angela was wide eyed thinking about the world that she had now stepped into. "Her mother's name is Chloe Decker, the mother of the little girl you brought back to life" Angela looked at Lucifer and saw the look on his face confirming what she said "She is a pretty lady, and i'm sure she is grateful you brought her daughter back from death, although now since you brought her daughter back to life she and everyone there are now suedo celebrities" Angela said watching the T.V and seeing the news reporters talking about the miracle of L.A with fascination in their voices.
"Technically I arrived on the scene late, her body was already dead but Azrael hadn't taken the little spawn's soul to heaven yet, which meant I still had the opportunity to heal the body and move the soul back into her vessel, which is exactly what I did" Lucifer said as he finally allowed his body to relax on the couch he was sitting on, fatigue clearly settling in on Lucifer.
"It's against the rules to bring someone back to life Lucifer, you know that, even I know that and I haven't been in this kind of life that long" Frank said concern written all over his voice "and besides you promised your sister that you would be careful and not reveal yourself to the world" Frank said with frustration laced in his voice, but also a slight ping of guilt, he saw Lucifer sitting on the couch exhausted and honestly looking like he needed rest. Frank knew how hard Lucifer had been trying and how hard he had been working since he was given the job and title 'champion of earth' Lucifer had done nothing but try to be a force for good and Frank deep down knew that, he knew that Lucifer had a reason for forcing Frederick Burns to give him his wealth. Frank knew Lucifer enough to realize the truth, Lucifer wanted the money so that he could do good with it, Lucifer could save people from a burning house, but Frank knew that Lucifer was the type that he would also want to have the house repaired. Frank knew that Lucifer could heal a sick person in a hospital, but knowing him would also want to make sure the medical bills were taken care of, Lucifer was crazy but his heart was still good and Frank realized it.
