Author's Note: I wrote this late when I should have been sleeping. So there may be some errors. I did run spell/grammar check. But somethings it doesn't pick up. I'll fix them when I can. Enjoy.
Chloe sat on the couch in her mother's house. Her stomach was in knots. Almost two days ago she had been told that Lux had burned down and that Lucifer was nowhere to be found. She had tried desperately to get a hold of him. His cell phone wasn't working. The police had searched his penthouse. He was not there. She had tried calling out to his sister. She didn't know where he was. They had scoured Lux. They had found a few bodies of people who didn't make it out. None were Lucifer. Witnesses described Lucifer talking to some blonde woman.
She stood up and walked to the kitchen. Her stomach grumbled from lack of eating. She was finding it hard to eat or sleep. But she knew she needed something to eat. Her baby depended on it. She opened the fridge. Nothing looked good. But she pulled out a package of sliced apples. She sat at the breakfast bar and nibbled the sour apples. The door opened.
"Hi sweetie." Penny Decker said to her. "Oh, look. You are eating." She eyed the nibbled apples in front of her daughter.
"Yeah. Trying." Chloe responded.
"It's a start." Penny said to her. "We can go out later after Trixie gets home from school."
Chloe shrugged. "I guess." He mind was only on finding Lucifer. She hated this waiting around doing nothing. She had no clue where to look. She stood up and walked into the living room. She turned on the TV. The news was talking about Lux again. It made her stomach knot up. Her phone then rang. She picked it up and answered it. "Yeah?" She said. "Okay. I'll be there soon, Dan." She hung up the phone and stood up. "Mom, I'm going down to the precinct."
"Again?" Her mother asked.
"Yeah. I need to do something. This waiting around is killing me." She grabbed her keys. "I'll see you later." She kissed her mother' cheek and walked out of the house. As she approached her car she heard a hissing noise. She turned around. Three figures were approaching her. The wore hooded robes. She could see scaly skin and glowing eyes. She backed against her car. "Samara?" She called out.
The creatures slowly approached her like they were staling her. They were between her and the house. She started to fumble with key to the car. Her hands shook as she tried to get into the car. The creatures lunged for her. She screamed.
Then a winged figure landed in front of her. It was not Samara. A sword flashed in the sun as the angel kicked and slashed the creatures. A flash of blinding light seemed to come from her hands and then the creatures screeched as they sword cut through them. Black blood fell to the ground as each of them was easily dispatched. The angel turned to her and smiled.
"Hey Chloe."
"Persephone?" She looked at Lucifer's daughter. She was dressed in a strange looking outfit that resembled Luke Skywalker's robes. A golden sword was held in her hand. And white wings sprung from her back. "When did you get wings?"
Persephone smiled and sheathed the sword. "About two days ago." She looked up. "I thought you had an angel protecting you."
Chloe looked at her. "I do."
Her mother walked out of the house. "What the heck is going on out here? I heard something that sounded like animals shrieking." She looked at Persephone. "That's an interesting outfit."
Chloe glanced at Persephone. Her wings were gone. She must have concealed them like Lucifer did. "Oh it alright, Mom." Chloe said to her. She gestured to Persephone. "Do you remember Persephone?"
Penny shrugged. "I don't think so."
Persephone held out a hand to Penny. "I am Joanie Lynn's daughter."
Penny's eyes widened. She looked at Persephone's weird outfit. "Joanie Lynn's little girl? Oh wow. Are you into cosplay or something?"
Persephone chuckled. "No." She turned to Chloe. "I came here to take you to my father. He is really worried about you. I bet you are worried about him."
Chloe almost leapt into Persephone's arms. "Is he alright?" She felt her heart fill with happiness and relief. She couldn't believe it.
Persephone glanced at Penny and pursed her lips. "He'll be fine. I believe." She didn't want to reveal too much in front of Penny.
"Your father?" Penny questioned her.
"Lucifer." Persephone answered.
Penny's mouth dropped open. "Wait. Your father is Lucifer." She laughed and looked at Chloe. "No, that's impossible. He is way too young to have a daughter your age."
Chloe looked at her mother. "She's right. Lucifer is her father. I didn't' believe it either."
Penny shook her head. "Wow. So you're about to marry a man, my age."
"Mom?" Chloe said to her mother. "Seriously."
"Marry? He asked you to marry him?" Persephone smiled.
"Yes." Chloe replied. "That's not too weird is it."
"Why would it be weird? A woman who is year younger than me is pregnant with my father's child and is about to marry him. No its not weird at all." Persephone laughed. "Actually it's one of the more normal things to happen in my life." She smiled. "I'm happy for him. For you both. As long as I don't have to call you Mom." Persephone laughed.
"Um no you don't. Thank you." Chloe was returned Persephone's laugh. "Now, you know where he is? Take me to him. Please." She pleaded.
"Yeah. That's why I'm here."
"I'm ready to go." Chloe said to her. She was so eager to see him. She needed him. Nothing else mattered to her more. She turned to get into the car and then remembered that Persephone had wings. She glanced at her mother. "Everything is fine Mom. Persephone is going to take me to see Lucifer."
Penny nodded. "Alright. I'll see you later then." She sighed and walked back into the house.
"Okay Chloe. I hope this isn't weird but I'm going to wrap my arm around you." She unfolded her wings and put an arm around Chloe's waist.
"Okay. Just don't drop me okay." She felt a little weird having Persephone's arm around her waist.
Persephone prepared to take off. "I can't let you do that." Said a female voice. It was the angel Samara. She had a sword in her hand and was glaring at Persephone.
"Samara?" Persephone said to her. "What do you mean?"
Samara lunged at Persephone. "I have orders to take you to Asherah."
Persephone let go of Chloe and stepped in front of her. In a flash she had her own sword out and they clashed. "What?" Her aunt was a bit stronger than her. She stumbled backwards a bit. She turned to Chloe. "Get in the house." But Chloe didn't move. "Go." Persephone had to defend against another sword strike. She grunted as she fought to get the upper hand on the stronger angel.
"Asherah sent the demons to capture Chloe. But you had to go and mess that up. So I am here to do it."
"You treacherous bitch." Persephone grunted. "Why does she want Chloe?"
Samara laughed. "Why else? For Lucifer's spawn."
Chloe gasped. She watched the two angels sparring. She wanted to help but just ran onto the porch of the house. There was really nothing she could do. Persephone was risking her life for her. Her mother ran back out.
"What the hell?" She noticed Persephone and the other woman fighting. Both had their wings in full view. "That is some really awesome cosplay."
Chloe looked at her mom. "Let's go in the house." She pushed her mom towards the door. Her Mom went inside. She turned back to Persephone and Samara. They were still going toe to toe. She looked around for something that might help Persephone. She knew her gun wouldn't have any effect on them.
Persephone slashed at Samara. She defended herself again and again. Her strength was waning a bit. "So, you are going against your father." She questioned her aunt.
"He allowed Lucifer back into heaven. A lot of us are not happy. We are helping my mother." She snarled at Persephone. She slashed at Persephone.
"Oh. Right and then what?" Persephone was trying to distract the other angel.
"She is going to take over. It will be a much better world. You'll see." Samara said to her. A rock flew into Samara's head. She turned to the source. Chloe was standing on the porch. Samara glared at her. "Lucky for you. My Mother wants you alive." She lunged for Chloe.
Persephone went after Samara. She saw gnome sitting beside the porch. She thrust out her hand and the gnome hurled through the air and hit Samara on the head. The angel spun around angrily at her niece. She lifted her sword. Persephone was quick and plunged her sword into Samara's chest. Blood spurted from the wound as Samara let out a scream. She fell to the ground and clutched her wound.
"You are going to lose. Lucifer is going to lose." She choked out.
Persephone stood over her. "And you are going to Hell." Samaras eyes closed and she stopped breathing. Then her body disappeared. She felt a little bad that she had killed another angel. But it had to be done. She looked up at the sky. "Sorry Grandpa" She walked up to the porch of the house. Chloe was trembling. "Let's get you inside."
"No, I want to go see Lucifer." Chloe demanded.
"You need to rest for a moment. My father will understand." Persephone gestured for the door. They walked into the house. Penny had watched the whole thing form the window.
Chloe could see the distress on her mother's face. She hadn't told Penny the truth about Lucifer. "Mom. We need to talk." She leads her mother towards the couch.
"What just happened?" Penny asked Chloe. "I saw Persephone fighting another woman…" She trailed off as she sat next to Chloe on the couch.
Persephone stood a few feet away. Her dark eyes regarding them. Then the temperature in the room dropped. Persephone felt a sickening sensation in her gut. A shadow fell over the room and the front door exploded. A woman in a purple dress sauntered into the house.
"My, my look at you, Persephone." Asherah's voice said to her. "All geared up to fight for Yahweh. He even gave you wings, I see." She approached the other woman.
Persephone had herself between her grandmother and the Decker women. Chloe and Penny were staring wide eyed at Asherah.
"Who is that?" She heard Penny ask.
Asherah's grey eyes looked at Penny. "Oh, didn't Persephone tell you. Of course she didn't." She tried moving towards the couch. Persephone stood in her way. "Oh child. You may be an angel now but you are still no match for me. Step aside."
'No." Persephone glanced at Chloe and Penny. Was she strong enough to carry both of the women to safety. She moved towards the couch. Penny and Chloe were standing up behind her.
Asherah watched Persephone sizing up the situation. She reached out a hand to one of Persephone's wings. She ran her hand along the feathers. "Oh these really are beautiful. Your Grandfather did well." In a flash she pulled out a blade and severed the right wing from Persephone's shoulder.
Persephone felt the hot blade go through her flesh as one of her new wings fell to the ground. She howled in pain as blood spurted from the wound. She fell to her knees as she heard Chloe and Penny scream. She looked through tears as Asherah was standing in front of them.
"Oh, don't be afraid ladies. I am merely here to get to know the mother of my grandson. I have big plans for him." She said coldly.
"You aren't getting him." Chloe said to her. She stood in front of her mother.
"What is going on here, Chloe?" Penny pleaded with her daughter. She was not sure what to make of the whole situation.
Persephone tried standing up. But the pain was intense. She needed to protect Chloe and Penny. She got to her feet but the blood loss was becoming too much. Though her healing ability was kicking in. It still made her weak. She was knocked back to the ground by a demon.
A few more demons appeared in the house. Asherah smiled at them. "We are all going to take a little trip together." She looked at the mortal women and Persephone. "Even you my granddaughter."
"We aren't going anywhere." Persephone said to her.
"Oh I think you will. You wouldn't want anything to happen to that son of yours would you? Or your husband?" She looked down at Persephone. "I know exactly where they are. I have demons watching them. If you try anything. I'll have them killed."
Persephone gasped. The pain from her shoulder was intensifying. She didn't have the strength to take on her deranged grandmother. She was starting to black out from the pain.
"See, we are in agreement." She turned to Chloe and Penny. "I don't need that one." She pointed at Penny. Penny's eyes went wide as she fell to the ground.
Chloe gasped. "Mom!" She knelt down beside her mother. Her mother was breathing. She was relieved. "Mom."
"Oh, she will be fine. Just come along now." Asherah said to her. The demons grabbed hold of Chloe and Persephone. Asherah laughed coldly as they left the house. Chloe had no choice but to go with her. Persephone was slung over the shoulder of one of the demons. She had passed out. Chloe shuddered to think what was about to happen.