Maze walked into the apartment she shared with Chloe and found the human seated on the couch.

"Hey. You haven't been home lately," Chloe said. She could only assume that Maze was avoiding the apartment because she was trying to distance herself from Chloe's plan to take on God. Chloe couldn't really blame her for that.

"Yeah, well, at any moment, I could come home to find that bitch Goddess here," Maze said. Despite that, she was still keeping a close eye on Decker, what with Lucifer's brother, Gabriel, hanging around. Who knew when he'd decide to focus his attention on Decker instead of his insane mother, not that Maze had much chance of stopping him if he did, and she flat out refused to get involved if God personally got involved. She liked Decker, but not enough to commit suicide by taking on God himself.

"Believe me, Maze, I don't like Charlotte being here either. I'm beginning to like it even less," Chloe said. She didn't like that Michael had been brought in. She'd spent less than a half hour with him, and she could tell that he was a loose cannon. She didn't know what he was capable of.

"What did she do?" Maze asked with narrowed eyes.

"Nothing yet, but I met one of her other children," Chloe said.

"You met Gabriel. Yeah, you and the Goddess of Creation have started to piss God off. He's been watching the two of you. Did he threaten you?" Maze asked.

"What? No, I haven't met anyone named Gabriel. I met Michael," Chloe said. It unnerved her a bit to hear that there was an angel watching her, but she reminded herself that this was what she wanted.

"Are you serious? My condolences, Decker," Maze said before sitting down in a chair across from Chloe. She'd never met Michael, and she was grateful, but she'd heard quite a bit about him from Lucifer.

"You've met him, I take it?" Chloe asked.

"Thankfully not, but Lucifer hates him. Actually, he said everyone does. Even Daddy dearest doesn't think much of him," Maze said.

"Not everyone hates him. Charlotte seems to think he's wonderful. She dotes on him," Chloe said. It was kind of sickening. As a parent, Chloe could certainly understand showing your child love, but Charlotte placated Michael. She agreed with pretty much everything he said, even if it disrespected another of her children.

"Yeah, I've heard he's a mama's boy. What was he doing here anyway?" Maze asked.

"Charlotte thinks he can help bring Lucifer back. Of course, his interest seems to be in getting Lucifer out of Heaven for his own sake. I distrust him even more than Charlotte. I think he's dangerous," Chloe said.

"Well, at least you're thinking a little more straight, Decker. Now you see what you're getting yourself into? Neither of them can be trusted. You have to pull out," Maze said.

"I can't. They are my only chance to help Lucifer," Chloe said. Even with her distrust and concern regarding Lucifer's twin, she had to keep going. She promised Lucifer she'd help him.

Maze huffed in exasperation. "You realize that Michael probably just wants to hurt Lucifer? As for Charlotte, she doesn't give a damn about helping Lucifer. She's doing this for herself. If she ends up helping Lucifer, it's just because it benefited her."

"I know that, Maze. I know that Charlotte doesn't care about Lucifer. I know she has her own agenda, but she's the only hope I have," she said.

"Do you at least know what they're planning?" Maze asked.

"All I know is that Charlotte asked Michael to get something for her in Heaven," Chloe said.

"What?"

"She didn't say in front of me," Chloe said. It was another thing that had her worried. If Charlotte wouldn't tell her what her plan really was, it was obviously something very drastic.

"This isn't going to end well for anyone, Decker, especially you," Maze said before standing up and heading for her room. She was obviously not going to be able to convince her friend to stop what she was doing on her own. She had to find another way. She wouldn't help Chloe with her plan, but maybe she could find another way to stop her. She owed Lucifer that much at least. Maybe getting Amenadiel to help would work.

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Lucifer was relaxing on the couch in his quarters with a drink. He'd had a long day. Taking care of the daily tasks of Heaven was far from simple. He had a new appreciation for Maze. In Hell, he only had to get involved if the situation was dire, or if pleased. Maze did the grunt work.

Soon, there was a knock at the door.

"Bloody hell," Lucifer groaned. He wanted to ignore it or tell whoever it was to leave, but he didn't have that luxury anymore. The moment he agreed to take Amenadiel's position, his door figuratively became open at all hours. He knew he'd come to regret agreeing to this job. "Come in, and make whatever this is about quick!"

The door opened and Azrael stepped through and walked over to her brother. "Hey, Sam. What are you doing?"

"I was trying to relax, but I have a feeling you're about to ruin that," Lucifer said. His sister was looking at him the way she used to when she was a child after she did something she wasn't supposed to. She had an innocent look that made it clear she was anything but.

"What? Why would I do that? I just came to visit my favorite brother," Azrael said with a sweet smile.

"Now I think you did something even worse than I was originally thinking. You didn't forget to collect a soul, did you?" Lucifer asked.

"Of course not. I technically didn't actually do anything. It's more like I misplaced something, something of extreme importance," Azrael said.

Lucifer narrowed his eyes at her. He could only think of one thing she could lose that was that important. "Do not tell me you've lost your blade."

Azrael bit her lip and refused to answer.

"Bloody hell, Azrael! How many times are you going to lose that thing? I just brought it back a few months ago!" Lucifer exclaimed in an exasperated tone.

"The first time wasn't my fault. Uriel stole it. It didn't stop Dad from lecturing me for over an hour though," Azrael said, wincing just at the memory of it. That was why she'd come to her brother instead of her father. She hoped he could help her find it before their father found out. It seemed unlikely, but she wanted to at least try.

"Yes, well, I agree with him for once. That blade is dangerous. The last time it was unleashed, people died. If it's on Earth again…"

"No, I'm sure I didn't leave it on Earth. I'm very careful with it there. It has to be here somewhere," Azrael said.

"Perhaps you should start being so careful everywhere you go with it. I'm assuming since we're having this conversation that you haven't told Dad that it's missing again," Lucifer said. It really wasn't a question.

"No, and I'm hoping you won't. If you can help me find it, he doesn't have to know. Please, Sammy" Azrael begged.

Lucifer scowled. Azrael knew that that look combined with the nickname she'd used when he was a kid would get to him. He put his drink down and stood up. "Fine, but if we don't find it soon, you will have to tell him. I won't chance that that blade is on the lose outside the Silver City."

Azrael quickly nodded before leading the way out of her brother's rooms