Nick kept the blade by his side as he set up the equipment. Jack stood with Dumah. He wanted Nick to hurry up. The former vessel was taking his time to annoy the nephilim. Seeing the irritated expression on Jack's face was amusing to Nick.
"I need your blood." Nick ordered.
"I need the blade." Jack says.
"Uh uh stays with me. I can take your blood. If you get any ideas angel boy I will make sure Mary remains trapped down there forever. Have I made myself clear?"
Jack sighs and shows his hand. Nick pulls the hand forward and places the blade on the skin.
"Need me to count you in?
"Just do it." Jack gritted his teeth.
Nick cuts deep into the skin and makes a long cut. Jack closes his eyes and stops himself from showing he is in pain. He didn't want to give the bastard the satisfaction.
Nick smiles and turns Jack's hand over. The blood drips into a cup. Once Nick had enough he let's go and lets the nephilim heal himself.
"Thank you." Nick smiled.
"Is that all?" Dumah asks.
"Yeb. Just need to say the magic words and the door will open."
Nick's eyes go wild like and his smile goes wide. The former vessel is excited. He can already feel himself getting closer to the Devil by the second.
Nick kneels down and stares at the wall. He was about to open his mouth but stops when he felt a new presence in the room. He stands up with a wary expression and looks round. He paused when he sees himself on his knees.
Dumah and Jack are also frozen in place.
Nick waves his hand in front of them but they showed no reaction.
"Okay so I am having an outer body experience." Nick frowns. "But why?"
In the darkest part of the room, a pair of red glowing balls are floating in the mid-air. Nick meets them. His eyes widen.
No way.
He walks towards the balls... no eyes!
"Lucifer." Nick called out.
The former vessel steps into a black puddle. He grimaced when he rose his boot and black slime hangs off it.
Lucifer steps out in the form Nick saw him when he tried to bring him back the first time.
"Lucifer." Nick bows down. He highly respected the archangel. "Its a yes." Nick nods. "Yes. Yes you can take me. I will not fight you." Lucifer moves forward. The slime drops down on Nick's face as the Devil towered over him. "We can continue where we left off." Nick grinned. "Making the world ours, destroy everything God created, kill Michael's sword and ensure his death is permanent."
Lucifer makes contact with his former vessel. His form morphs into Nick.
"Ah yeah might have to pause on that." Lucifer says.
Nick frowns.
"What do you mean?"
Lucifer smiles.
"We gotta kind of save the world from my son and we gotta team up with Michael to do that."
"What?" Fury rose in Nick. This is not the plan. "You do that you will be screwed over again."
"You don't care about Jack but I do." His grip increases on Nick's shoulder. "You're not the boss I decide what to do."
"Your plans."
"I changed my mind."
"Jack doesn't even love you. We don't need him we got each other. That's why you chose me to bring you back we have a bond that no one has. I understand you."
Lucifer did a yuck expression.
"Okay one that's creepy and two I got what I want I got a vessel. You on the other hand." He raises Nick off the ground. "You played your part I don't need you anymore."
"Lucifer! We can talk about this!"
Lucifer smiles.
"Bye bye Nicky."
The Devil let's go and Nick flies and falls into the darkest part of his mind. A part where he won't be able to get out and will forever be locked in there as long as Lucifer is in control.
Lucifer slides into Nick's frozen form. His and Jack's grace flow through his vessel's bloodstream and pumps around the body. His eyes open and flash gold.
"What's taking so long?" Jack asks.
Lucifer smiles at the sound of his son's voice. He turns and gets to his feet. Jack's eyes widen when he sees the gold in Nick's eyes. The nephilim feels grace...his grace in Nick mixed with...
"Lucifer." Jack gasped.
Lucifer beams.
"Hey Jack...son."
Jack's eyes flash gold and he raises his hand.
"You move I will hurt you."
Lucifer's eyes return to normal and he sighs.
"What a way to be welcomed back."
"How are you here?" Dumah asks.
Lucifer turns to the angel and smiles at her.
"Ah Dumah. How's Heaven? Wait I already know the answer and guess what? I don't care."
"How are you here Lucifer?" Dumah repeats. "Nick didn't do the spell."
"Yeah your plan on opening the portal, we were already a few steps ahead of ya. We did a Castiel, annoyed the ruler. It worked the Shadow let us go."
"Us." Dumah frowned.
Lucifer looks round.
"I'm two Musketeers short."
"Who else came back?" Jack asks.
"Good news son Mary is back and...you are gonna hate me for this but Michael is back too."
"WHAT!"
Lucifer laughed nervously.
"You hated me anyway so...its not the first time I brought Michael here but in my defensive the first one I had no choice and this time I really had no choice I did not even want him here."
"You and Michael teamed up to get here the first time." Jack growled.
"It was either that or die so yeah I had no choice. Now if you excuse me I must go and look for them."
Jack blocks his father's way.
"Not happening."
Lucifer groans.
"I have to. Son you're not well. I gotta fix you."
"There is nothing wrong with me. You are the one who is sick in the head. Where is Mary?"
"Why don't we look for her together."
Jack flicks his wrist. Lucifer flies back and hits the wall.
The Devil sits up and frowns.
"Oww."
"I am not working with you. You betrayed me!" Lucifer scoffs causing Jack to glare. "What's so funny?"
Lucifer's eyes go on to the angel.
"She was going to betray you?"
Dumah's face goes pale. Jack shakes his head.
"You're lying."
"I'm serious. Tell him Dumah. Tell Jack the deal you and Nick agreed on."
"What deal?" Jack turns round and faces the angel. Dumah's paled expression gave it away. "Dumah?" Dumah bit her lip. Jack's face darkens. "Talk to me!" He growled.
"Nick threatened to kill himself Jack." Dumah explained.
"Tell him the part where you agreed to let me come back and posses Nick."
"What?"
"And Michael." Lucifer smirked.
"I was thinking of the power." Dumah says.
"You did that behind my back!" Jack's voice rose to a shout.
"I couldn't tell you. It was the only way Nick was going to cooperate."
"Would you have stopped me?" Jack asks.
"Michael and Lucifer?"
"Tell me the truth."
Dumah looks him in the eye.
"If we couldn't bring back the others, then yes because Michael and Lucifer would be needed for power. I would take the risk. I would do anything to save my home."
"Would you have used me for power?"
Dumah's lowered gaze confirmed to Jack that the angel would have used him as a battery for Heaven.
"Liars." Jack's fists curl up. "I hate liars."
"I did not lie to you Jack."
"You used me!"
Dumah suddenly floats in mid-air. Her eyes widen when she starts choking. Jack's other hand raises.
"This world is full of sin. Lies is the biggest sin of them all.
Jack is about to snap his fingers but a blast of gold light causes him to slam into the wall.
Dumah drops down to the ground.
Lucifer lowers his hand and the gold vanishes from his eyes.
"She's not worth it Jack." He says. Jack glares at his father. "Heaven is struggling as it is they don't wanna lose another angel."
"Thought you didn't care." Jack says.
Lucifer closes his mouth unable to give an answer to that. He then clears his throat.
"Jack I don't wanna hurt you. If you just come with me..."
A big ball of golden fire appears in Jack's hand. He throws it towards the Devil.
Yeah...that's my que to go.
Lucifer vanishes and the fire-ball blasts into the wall. Jack screams with rage. He whips round and glares at the shaken up angel.
"Me and you are done."
Jack flaps his wings and vanishes.
Dumah stands up. Her legs shook and her anxious expression stares at the spot Jack was.
Her shock turns into anger.
I will get that portal open.
With Lucifer, Michael and Jack on the loose Dumah needed back up.
She knew exactly who to ask.
Mary woke up in a field. She sits up and gasps for air. She looks round but there is no sign of the two archangels.
"LUCIFER!" She yelled.
She stands up and brushes the dirt off her.
"MICHAEL!"
There is no response from neither of them.
Damm it where the Hell are they?
The huntress gets out of the field and on to the main path. She finds a telephone box near the gas station. She searches her pocket for coins but she had no luck.
She sighs and looks at the cars and trucks parked in the car park. She didn't have it in her to steal one of those vehicles. They might belong to someone.
Back to the telephone option she needed money. Mary wasn't the type to beg but this is important. She needed to call her boys.
Mary walks into the store and goes straight to the counter.
"Excuse me?" She asks. "Can I borrow some money I...I need to make a call its urgent."
The man on the counter raised his eyebrow.
"Do I look like a bank to you sweetheart?"
"Please. I need to call my sons and let them know I'm okay."
"Blah that's what they all say." He scoffs and raises the newspaper. "Go and ask someone else to pay for your crack."
Mary looked offended.
"I'm not buying drugs."
"The booze then."
"No." He again scoffed. "I don't have my phone cuz I lost it. I want to make a call using the box out there. If I don't call my boys they are gonna worry about me. So please sir I really need the money."
"If you don't get the Hell out of my store I will call the cops."
Mary wanted to punch the man and take the money but she couldn't make a scene for herself.
"You got five seconds lady." He sneered. "Five...four...three...two...on..."
"Wife!"
Mary turns round while the man looks over her shoulder.
Lucifer strolls in with a wide smile. He puts his arm around Mary's shoulder.
"You need to stop running off like this." He scolded to her.
"You are?" The man asks.
"Her husband." Lucifer answered. "And I apologize my wife has dementia she keeps wandering off."
"Oh..." His face softens. "Sorry to hear that."
"Uh what can you do?" Lucifer shrugged. "Its life. Like she even thinks I'm the Devil." He scoffed. "Crazy right? I don't even have horns."
"Right?"
"Right well come wife we gotta go and meet my brother. Remember."
Mary looks at him with a horrified expression. Lucifer guides her out of the store. He gives the man a wave before leaving the store.
"Now lets..." A slap goes across Lucifer's face. He touches his cheek and frowns at Mary. "Why?"
"Dementia? Really?"
"It convinced him...wife."
Mary rolls her eyes. Lucifer puts his hands on his hips and watches every person go past.
"What are you doing?" Mary asks.
"Looking for an extremely pissed off human." Mary frowns causing the Devil to roll his eyes. "I'm looking for Michael."
"I gotta see my boys."
"Sam and Dean? Uh no uh uh not happening."
"I need to..."
"Hello you do remember my death? I don't fancy seeing the Winchester who killed me thank you very much. It brings back unpleasant memories."
"We need them and you know deep down we need them."
Lucifer sighs and runs his hand down his face.
"Why can't there be one thing where it does not involve the Winchesters."
"When it comes to saving the world the Winchesters will always be involved."
Lucifer again sighs.
"Okay this is what we are gonna do." He sits down on the bench and closes his eyes. "I'm gonna try to find Michael."
"He doesn't have his grace."
"Not a problem I just have to find the soul that stinks of Michael. The soul will have a layer over it showing that there is another resident in the body. I just gotta find it."
Mary waited as the Devil searched for his alternative brother. Lucifer opens his eyes and he let out the most dramatic groan.
"Blondie."
"What?"
He looks at her with a pissed off expression.
"I really hate that bastard from the Empty."
So Lucifer knows where Michael is now :D
The three Musketeers will be back together soon :)