Alex woke up in a bed that was way too comfortable to be in a motel. She got out of bed and looked around before opening a door. It was a closet filled with her clothes. Alex opened the other door and peeked into the hallway, trying to see if there was anybody around. She carefully followed the hallway and came to a few different doors when one of them opened. A table was inside and it was filled with food, the smell making Alex's stomach growl.
"Allow me." Lucifer said beside her as he offered her his arm. Alex didn't move while she glared at him. Dropping his arm he said, "Please, help yourself."
Alex followed him into the room and was pushed into one of the chairs by a demon. There were 3 demons in the room, mostly just making sure the food was satisfactory. One of them filled Lucifer's wine glass with red liquid and Alex prayed it was wine. A demon in a chef hat placed a plate filled with eggs, bacon, and pancakes in front of her.
"What the hell am I doing here?" Alex asked Lucifer. "How did you find me?"
"It wasn't difficult." Lucifer said, taking a sip from his glass. He gestured to her plate. "Eat. I can hear your stomach growling from here. It's distracting."
Hesitantly, Alex lifted a forkful of eggs to her mouth and chewed carefully. Lucifer watched her movements carefully. She had finished most of her plate when a demon lunged at her from the side. She jumped from her chair and raised her hand in the attacking demon's direction. Clenching her fist, she killed it before one of them grabbed her from behind. This gave the chef demon a chance to punch her jaw soundly before pressing a branding iron to her skin.
"No!" Alex shouted and the demon fell to the ground writhing in pain under Alex's glare. It begged for mercy when Alex got free and killed the one holding her. With a flick of her wrist she quieted the chef and heard Lucifer clapping slowly.
"You are good." Lucifer looked pleased. He gestured to the still burning mark on her forearm. "That binds you to me. You go where I go and follow my orders."
"What do you want from me?" Alex snapped, not in the mood for his games. "Where are Sam and Dean?"
"Sam's going to say yes, you know." Lucifer finished his glass and refilled it himself. "We both know it. He's going to fight his brother on the battlefield."
"You don't have to fight Michael though." Alex cleared her throat when Lucifer looked at her with raised eyebrows. "Can't you just stop it? Walk away?"
"I can. Michael can't." Lucifer sounded sad. "I have to kill my brother."
"You're going to kill all the people on this planet." Alex said with a rough edge to her voice. "Everything is going to be destroyed."
"These people aren't what you'd call a great loss. They're just humans."
"Sam is a human. So am I."
"Sam's special as are you." Lucifer stood and walked slowly to her. He watched her face for a few minutes in silence. "You stood by him through everything he put you through and he almost drained you."
"Every relationship has rough patches." Alex said.
"Even so...that's impressive. Going to such lengths to keep him safe, happy, keep him from feeling alone."
"What's your point?" Alex rolled her eyes.
"What's going to happen to little old you when Sam says yes?"
Alex didn't have an answer for him because she had never thought about it. She always assumed that Sam would say no until the end. Lucifer was waiting for her response.
"Let me stay with you." Alex said softly.
"Excuse me?" Lucifer asked, pointing to his ear.
"If Sam says yes then I want to stay with you." She spoke louder.
"I wouldn't let you go even if you asked."
"Maybe not but if you let me stay with Sam then I won't try to kill you every chance I get." Alex stared into Lucifer's eyes, unafraid. "I'm stronger now and you know that I'll find a way."
Lucifer pursed his lips and nodded in agreement before saying anything. "You can stay. Make yourself at home. If you want anything, just let me know." He walked toward the door and paused before exiting. "Should you find yourself wanting to kill some demons, help yourself. Oh, and don't try to disappear on me. It won't do you any good."
Alex tried to call Sam, Dean and Bobby but her phone wouldn't dial. She went back to her room and tried to plan a way out. Unable to think of anything she made a game of throwing her knife into the wall. She had found the knife on the nightstand when she returned to her room. Alex lost track of how many days she was trapped in the house with Lucifer. He joined her for every meal and gave her almost anything she asked for. The exception being any contact with Sam, Dean, or Bobby. One night at dinner Lucifer informed her that they were going to Detroit.
"Why?" Alex asked.
"It's time." Lucifer refused to elaborate further but Alex knew what he meant. "We leave in the morning."
Alex walked the streets of Detroit with Lucifer. His vessel was looking horrible and it wouldn't be long until it exploded. Lucifer had brought along new demons because Alex had killed all the others at the mansion. They followed a few steps behind Alex and Lucifer. Once Lucifer found the place he wanted to stay, he held the door open for Alex. She walked up the stairs and stared at the dilapidated room.
All they could do now was wait for Sam and Dean to show up but Alex prayed with everything she had that they wouldn't. The only thing her phone was good for now was music so Alex put her headphones on and turned the music up while she threw her knife at the wall, pulling it back with a wave of her hand and throwing it again.
"All right! We're here you sons of bitches! Come get us!" Sam shouted in the street and Alex felt her stomach sink.
"Go down with the boys and say your goodbyes, Lexi mine." Lucifer told Alex. "I'll send for you when I need you."
Alex nodded and followed the two demons down the stairs. The look on Sam, Dean, Bobby, and Castiel's faces broke Alex's heart.
"He's upstairs." Alex said, standing in front of Sam. "He let me come down to say goodbye."
"What the hell, Alex?" Dean growled.
"I didn't have a choice." She rolled up her sleeve and showed them her arm. She had tears in her voice when she spoke to Sam. "Please don't do this. Turn around and go home."
"I can't do that, Lex." Sam's voice and body were strong from the blood Alex knew he would have had to consume to hold Lucifer. "I have to put him back in."
Alex nodded and a tear fell when Sam kissed her lips. She could taste the demon blood on his lips. He pressed his forehead to hers and held her face in his hands when Alex spoke. "I can't go upstairs with you two. What's your plan?"
"I love you." Sam whispered in her ear and Alex had to say goodbye to Dean before she started to sob. When she stepped away from her boys the demons took them upstairs.
"Are you alright?" Castiel asked her and she nodded. Bobby put a hand on her shoulder and squeezed it gently.
"No." Alex let the tears fall and sobbed into Castiel's chest. He did his best to comfort Alex but when they all heard a high pitched whine Alex turned back to the window. The bright light that shone through the windows was Alex's breaking point. She tried to run upstairs but Castiel held her tightly. She tried to push his hands away. "Let me go. Please. Cas, please. Let me go."
The light dimmed and Dean came downstairs with tears in his eyes. Alex fell to her knees on the hard cement and called out for Sam. It was almost a relief when she heard Lucifer calling for her and she appeared next to him. Well, she actually was next to Sam but he had said yes so Lucifer was at the wheel. Lucifer was adjusting to being in his true vessel and flexed his muscles and fingers.
"Sam. Come on." Lucifer said. "I can feel you...scratching around in there."
He motioned for Alex to stay on the stairs while he and Sam had a conversation. Standing where she was,Alex couldn't hear anything they were saying. She didn't care though, she was just happy that Sam was here, sort of. Lucifer had kept his promise and let her stay with him. There were a few of Azazel's demons, who had made sure Sam stayed 'on the right track' during his life, standing silent and still. Lucifer turned back to them and she watched in horror as Sam tore them apart bit by bit.
"The only one who told ol' Yellow Eyes to shove it, every single time, was our dear Alex." Lucifer told Sam when they sat down on the stairs. They looked back at the corpses scattered on the floor. "Are we having fun yet?"
"Can I talk to Sam?" Alex had to clear her throat. Lucifer looked at her through Sam's eyes. "Please?"
Lucifer stood and stroked her face gently but it was Sam who spoke. "Alex, are you okay?"
"I am now." Alex smiled for the first time in weeks. "Why would you say yes, Sam?"
"I had to." Sam said. "Why are you here? With him?"
"Together or not at all." Alex wiped some blood from his face. "You can't get rid of me that easy, Winchester."
"Right." Sam kissed her deeply and she wrapped her arms around his neck before Lucifer took over again.
"Get your rest." Lucifer advised Alex. "We have a big day tomorrow."
Alex knew she wouldn't sleep and she was right. They were at Stull Cemetery outside of Lawrence before she knew it. Lucifer watched a crow fly before he heard Michael appear.
"It's good to see you, Michael."
"You too. It's been too long. Can you believe it's finally here?"
"No. Not really."
"Are you ready?"
"As I'll ever be. A part of me wishes we didn't have to do this."
"Yeah. Me too."
"Then why are we?:
"Oh, you know why! I have no choice, after what you did."
"What I did? What if it's not my fault?"
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Think about it. Dad made everything. Which means he made me who I am! God wanted the Devil."
"So?"
" So why? And why make us fight? I just can't figure out the point."
"What's your point?" Michael asked.
" We're going to kill each other. And for what? One of Dad's tests. And we don't even know the answer. We're brothers. Let's just walk off the chessboard." Lucifer tried to reason with his brother.
"I'm sorry. I-I can't do that. I'm a good son, and I have my orders."
" But you don't have to follow them."
"What, you think I'm gonna rebel? Now? I'm not like you."
"Please, Michael -"
"You know, you haven't changed a bit, little brother. Always blaming everybody but yourself. We were together. We were happy. But you betrayed me - all of us - and you made our father leave."
" No one makes Dad do anything. He is doing this to us."
"You're a monster, Lucifer. And I have to kill you."
" If that's the way it's got to be... Then I'd like to see you try." Lucifer turned to Alex. "Make yourself safe, Lexi mine."
Alex knew that if Lucifer couldn't convince his brother to stop then she wouldn't but Sam's body was on the line. She had opened her mouth to speak when she heard an engine rev and Def Leppard's Rock of Ages. Dean had come for his brothers.
He pulled up and got out of the Impala, closing the door. "Sorry. Am I interrupting something?"
Dean walked closer to Sam and said, "Hey. We need to talk."
"Dean." Lucifer sighed. "Even for you this is a whole new mountain of stupid."
"I'm not talking to you." Dean told Lucifer. "I'm talking to Sam."
"You're no longer the vessel, Dean." Michael said. "You have no right to be here."
"He wants to say goodbye to his brother before you two tear into each other." Alex blurted out and stood her ground when Michael glared at her. "Let him say goodbye."
"Control your bitch, Lucifer." Michael warned.
"Adam, if you're in there, I am so sorry." Dean said.
"Adam isn't home right now." Michael said sarcastically.
"Then you're next on my list buttercup but right now I need five minutes with him." Dean looked pointedly at his brother.
"You little maggot." Michael said angrily. "You're no longer a part of this story."
"Hey ass-butt!" Castiel shouted from the side. He held a bottle flaming with holy oil and threw it at Michael, who burned and disappeared. "He'll be back—and upset—but you got your five minutes."
Lucifer was seething and glared at Castiel. "Did you just molotov my brother with holy fire?"
Castiel took a few steps backwards. "Uh...no."
"No one dicks with Michael but me." Lucifer snapped and Castiel exploded. Alex held in the scream that threatened to burst from her.
"Sammy, you hear me?" Dean asked.
Lucifer stalked toward Dean and grabbed his jacket. "You know...I tried to be nice for Sammy's sake. But you...are such...a pain in my ass."
He threw Dean against the Impala and Dean's head broke the windshield. Bobby shot Lucifer in the back with the Colt and when Lucifer turned around Bobby fired another bullet into Lucifer's chest. With a wave of his hand, Lucifer broke Bobby's neck and he dropped to the ground, dead.
"Noooo!" Dean shouted in unison with Alex.
"Yes." Lucifer said, pulling Dean off the hood of the Impala. He punched him back onto the hood and Dean spit blood.
"Sammy are you in there?" Dean asked.
"Oh he's in here." Lucifer punched Dean again. Alex ran toward him and tried to stop Lucifer from hitting Dean again but he tossed her to the ground. "He's going to feel the snap of your bones." Another punch landed and Alex tried to stop him again. "Every single one."
Lucifer pulled Dean to his feet and said, "We're gonna take our time."
"Stop!" Alex shrieked and Lucifer looked at her. "Let him go. He just wants to be here for his brother. Please stop!"
"He needs to learn his lesson, Lexi." Lucifer glared back at Dean and punched him ten more times, ignoring Alex's pleas and attempts to pull him away from Dean. He drew back a final time and caught a glimpse of the tiny green army man in the ashtray in the backseat. Sam had gotten it stuck there when he was a kid. Lucifer paused as memories flooded Sam's mind and allowed Sam to take control for a minute. Dean dropped to the ground as Sam released him.
"It's okay. I've got him." Sam assured his brother, pulling the Horseman's rings out of his pocket. He tossed them into the ground and chanted. A hole opened up and wind gusted around them. Sam and Dean's plan suddenly became apparent to Alex.
"No!" Alex tried to run for Sam but Dean grabbed her leg and she fell on the grass next to him.
Sam nodded at his brother. "I love you Alex."
Alex shouted for him to not jump into the cage when they heard Michael.
"Sam! It's not gonna end this way! Step back!" Michael shouted.
"You're gonna have to make me!" Sam shouted back.
"I have to fight my brother, Sam! Here and now! It's my destiny!" Michael ran for Sam as he started to fall into the hole. He grabbed Sam's arm and tried to pull him back but Sam pulled Michael in the cage with him. Alex screamed as tears flowed down her cheeks as the cage closed and the air became still. Dean held her as they both felt the realization of their loss sink in.
A rustling of wings told them an angel had appeared. Castiel stood next to them and pressed his fingers to Dean's forehead, healing him before turning his attention to Bobby and healed his broken neck. Alex was next. She lay in the dirt sobbing and trying to use her power to bring Sam back. He tried to help her up but she pushed him away.
"Don't." Alex commanded. "Just don't touch me."
Dean and Bobby wanted to take Alex with them but she refused to move from her spot. Castiel promised that he would look out for her and they left. Castiel stayed true to his word and guarded her as she sat in the cemetery for hours. When she fell asleep, he took her to the motel where Sam had parked her car.
Four weeks after Sam jumps into Lucifer's cage
Sam knocked on Bobby's door and after the preliminary 'are you a monster' tests, Bobby hugged the boy he thought he lost. Bobby filled Sam in on Dean's life as he handed Sam a beer.
"Where's Alex?" Sam asked as he took a drink. "I've tried calling her number but all I get is a busy signal."
Bobby's face fell. "Sam...uh...you're not gonna like this but..."
"What?" Sam's heart pounded. "Where is she?"
"She was working a job in Oregon. It was storming bad." Bobby took a drink of his beer before continuing. "Her car started to hydroplane and slammed into a guardrail. It rolled a few times before it exploded."
"M-maybe she got away." Sam said. "She knows how to take care of herself."
"They found her body. Identified her by her driver's license and dental records." Bobby cleared his throat. "I'm sorry, Sam."
A/N: As always, thank you for reading and reviews are not only welcome, they are encouraged! xo