Okay, so I've just recently finished the latest season of Lucifer on Netflix (four, I believe) and I thought I'd write this little story as an alternate ending to it. I may make this a multichapter thing, and I've already got a few ideas swirling around, but they are all very gratuitous, so be warned. With that, on with the story. As with my other story, this will be AU.
Lux
Lucifer was preparing to retake his throne in Hell, a task he didn't want to do, but he was forced to, after Eve had summoned demons onto Earth and he had turned down their pleas to return to Hell, they kidnaped his nephew and attempted to bind him as Hell's new king.
After showing them the error of their ways, he was taking one last look around the place he had called home for the past few years. As he prepared to fly back to Hell, he stiffened as he heard the ding of his personal elevator announce he had a visitor. Knowing that it was likely one of very few people, he turned around and seeing who it was.
He scowled internally, of course she would make this harder than it already was for him. "Something I can help you with, Detective? I was about to leave" She nodded, and seemed to steel herself. "I know, that's why I wanted to talk with you before you, you know…"
Letting a bit of anger seep into his voice, not necessarily at her, more at his lot in life, "Before I go back to Hell, where I belong? Bloody monster that I am…" This last part was muttered, he didn't intend for her to hear it, but she apparently did. "Lucifer, listen to me, you're not a monster-" He didn't let her finish, "Oh really?" He laughed bitterly, "Then what do you call this?" Allowing a bit of incredulity into his voice, he gestured at himself and in an instant was in his full demon form. He let out a bitter laugh when she started and her breathing quickened. "See? You can barely stand to look at me like this."
Turning his head to the sky, he shouted, "This is all your doing isn't it? Damn you! You love playing your bloody games so much, you can't even let me have happiness on Earth. Well I hope you're satisfied because guess what? You won! I'm going back! But you can't even let me lose with dignity, can you? I…" His rant was interrupted by Chloe grabbing his face and bringing her lips to his.
She saw his eyes widen in surprise, before his reddish black skin became paler and paler until it was the complexion she was familiar with. Slowly, she pulled away, and was internally laughing ever so slightly at his gob smacked look.
"I… you just… you just kissed me… while I looked like a monster? Why would you-" She grabbed his arms, "Lucifer, listen to me, I don't care. I don't care that you are the actual devil. I don't care that you have an alternate, demonic form. I. Don't. Care. If you would've just shut up and let me speak, I would have been able to tell you that before you ranted at your father." She looked at him with hope and a few unshed tears in her eyes, and felt her heart break a little when he gently but firmly grabbed her hands and pulled them away from him. She saw the regret in his face before he even spoke.
"Detective- Chloe, that's all well and bloody good, but it doesn't change the fact that I have to do this. I have to go back to Hell before more demons get it in their heads that they don't have to listen to the rules I put in place. I don't even know what to call what we have, but I know enough about these types of things to know that trying to keep it up while I am ruling over hell would be practically impossible. So, I guess this is goodbye, Detective."
Without waiting for her to respond, and not expecting her to, he tensed himself in preparation to take off when he heard an almost inaudible question that stopped him cold. "…what if I came with you." He shook his head, sure that he was hearing things. "What was that, Detective?" Her voice was stronger this time, but there was still a warble of uncertainly, "I said, what if I came with you, to…Hell?" He slowly turned around, expecting her to crumble and tell him it was a stupid, spur of the moment thing, and to forget it, but she didn't.
She met his disbelieving gaze firmly, "Well, Lucifer? What if I came with you?"
Lucifer was stunned into almost silence, but managed to pull himself back together, "Detective, I… I don't even know if that would be possible, not without…" He trailed off, then began to think out loud, "There are old rituals that would work… they may be originally be angelic, but I could probably work it out… with you being what you are, that would be an extra point in favor…" He kept mumbling, but Chloe was stuck on one part, "Lucifer? Lucifer. Lucifer!" He snapped out of his trance, "What?" he asked, a tinge of annoyance in his voice.
"What do you mean, 'With what I am'?" Lucifer waved away the question, "That's really not important right now, I'm trying to remember some really ancient and obscure rituals." She just glared at him, "Lucifer, it's important to me!" He huffed, before finally relenting "Listen, how about this, you tell me, right now, without a doubt in your mind and with full honesty, that you would rather be the queen of Hell over your current life, and if that answer is yes, then I'll finish reworking this ritual, and we'll see if it's even bloody possible."
Chloe was taken aback, not least because she hadn't thought just what a relationship with Lucifer would entail. But, as she did as he asked and truly thought about it, she realized that, yes, she actually did want that. Not for being the literal queen of Hell, but because of who the king is. Yes, she loved being a detective, but she had lost so much with that job that she figured it wouldn't be too hard for her to leave it. Thinking about that brought her around to thinking about her destroyed family, specifically her daughter, "Oh, Lucifer! What about Trixie?" He looked at her, a bit shocked, "Does this mean you've come to a conclusion?"
She smiled at him, "Yes." He looked at her for a moment, puzzled. "Was that in answer to one, or both, of my questions?" Still smiling, she answered him, "Both." He suddenly looked at her very seriously. "Chloe, you need to be very sure about this, once done, this process can't be reversed, do you understand?" She grabbed his arms again, "Lucifer, I've never been surer of anything in my life. Now, what did you mean before when you said 'With what I am'?" He just shook his head, "Let me finish this, it not easy translating ancient Sumerian into Latin, you know." She was quiet as he finished his work.
Ten minutes later, he made his way to his study and grabbed a pen and paper and began furiously writing. After a couple minutes, he slid the pad over to her and told her to begin to recite it. Meanwhile, he began to search his penthouse for something.
A half hour after Chloe had first entered the penthouse, Lucifer was walking back to his study carrying a short blade that was black as night. "Right, Detective, this is your last chance to back out." She just looked at him and raised an eyebrow. He nodded, "Very well then, let me hear your pronunciation."
After she had gone through the words to his satisfaction, he finally told her what she had been wanting to know. "A while ago, due to circumstances that aren't important, I found out something. I'm sure your mother has told you you were a miracle?" At her nod he continued, "Well, she meant it literally. Shortly before you were conceived, Amenadiel blessed your mother. Long story short, part of you is divine. That's one of the biggest reasons this ritual should work. It was originally made to bring half angel children to the Silver City, but I tweaked the wording a bit, and added a few things that should make it suit our purposes."
She looked at him, "When you say you tweaked it… you're sure it will still work?"
"As intended, not even close, for our purposes, yes. However," He said, holding up a hand, "I'm afraid that you'll have to do more than simply say some words in a dead language, we'll have to use this," he waved the knife at her, "To cut the both of us, and use an ancient binding ritual."
Chloe had just one more question, "What about Trixie?" Lucifer waved away her concern, "Believe it or not, there are actually quite a few infinitely easier rituals that already deal with this exact sort of thing." Seeing her expression, he shrugged, "It wasn't my idea, trust me. There were some really weird cults in Rome." He went silent, lost in thought for a moment, before shaking himself out of it and continuing, "There's nothing to worry about, she'll be fine."
At her nod, he continued, "Now, enough dallying, here's what you have to do. First, recite that ritual, and the moment you are done, we will clasp our hands with the blade in the middle and cut our palms. I will then say this," he wrote down a short phrase on the paper, "And you will respond with the same, do you understand? We only get one shot at this, so there can be no mistakes." At her nod, he nodded back, and she began to chant.
"Ego quod meum est te habere in hac vita et in altera, in profundum inferni praecipitari permiseris illuc vagabantur incerti erit non iam planum, flens largiter hoc mortale et inter amplexus aeternum ut regina de inferno liberabis" As she said the last word, they clasped hands and he drew the blade down. She festifled a gasp at the sharp burn, but didn't let go as he spoke. "Tuus sum ego et meus es tu" She responded with the same.
The moment the last syllable left her lips, their bodies glowed a deep red, before she threw her head back and screamed in pain.
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When Chloe came to, she was extremely groggy. Moaning, she tried to figure out where she was. Hearing someone moving towards her, she looked towards the sound and saw Lucifer, concern etched in his face, "Chloe, how are you feeling?" Taking a moment to consider, she answered, "Well, I feel both invigorated and like I just got run over by a truck." Lucifer chuckled, "Yes, that will be the transformation." She narrowed her eyes at him, "What transformation?"
Lucifer looked decidedly uncomfortable, "Yes well, it seems the divine part of you decided to manifest itself, and with our binding, a bit of my demonic aspect got mixed in as well. I must say, it's actually quite fetching." Chloe looked around for a mirror, and Lucifer handed her a small one. The first thing she noticed was how pale she was, the next was her bright, almost glowing eyes, which were a color she didn't know. Looking up at Lucifer, he spoke before she could ask, "It's red-violet. My best guess is given the fact that you were already partially divine, your base genes were stronger than normal, so some of your features resisted the change more than others." To emphasize, he turned into his devil form and showed off his glowing red eyes.
Making a noise of understanding, something caught her eye; she had fangs now! "Lucifer, am… am I a vampire?" He shrugged, "Honestly? I have no idea. There are so many different types of demon, and not all are purely one thing. It is entirely possible that you have randomly gotten the appearance of a vampire and that's it. It's also possible that you are a vampire as you know them. There is simply no way to know without testing."
Satisfied for now, she tried to get up, only to fall back down feeling a new weight on her back. Have a sneaking suspicion already, but looking behind her to make sure, she looked back at Lucifer, "I have wings now." It wasn't a question. He nodded. She did indeed have wings. Much like the ones in his devil form, they were leathery and dark, though hers were smaller, and seemed to be more lithe and graceful.
Glancing at his watch, he started, they were very behind schedule now. He quickly ran Chloe through changing forms, and she got it quickly enough. With one last look around, he grabbed her close, and flew them both to her apartment.
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Somewhere in LA
Trixie was sitting in the living room, halfheartedly watching the TV, while thinking about her mom. Specifically, she was wondering why her mom was taking so long, when she had told her that she was just going to say goodbye to Lucifer.
And wasn't that quite the shock, Lucifer's leaving. Her mom had been to the house just long enough to change and tell her Lucifer was leaving, before leaving herself to say goodbye. Trixie had asked if she could go as well, Lucifer was her friend after all, but her mom had quickly shot down that idea. That had been over an hour ago now. Even factoring in travel time, Trixie knew that she should have been home by now.
She was just getting ready to call her, when she heard a commotion on the front porch. Quickly hiding like her mom had taught her, she peeked out from her spot to wait and see what was happening. When she saw her mom and Lucifer entering the house, she raced out and hugged her.
Chloe smiled, "Hey there, Monkey, how are you doing?" Trixie smiled, "I'm good. I thought you said Lucifer was leaving?" Chloe's smile faded slightly, before coming back, "Well, about that. Trixie, there's some things I need to talk with you about-" Chloe was stopped from saying anything more when Trixie squealed and excitedly asked her, "Are you and Lucifer dating?"
Taken aback, both adults looked at each other for a moment, before Lucifer shrugged, "Well, that's one way of putting it, I suppose." Making more happy noises, Trixie tried to hug them both, before stepping back and smiling at Lucifer, "Does this mean you're staying?" Rubbing the back of his head, Lucifer stammered out a few attempts, before Chloe, rolling her eyes, crouched down to be level with her. "Well, you see, that's the thing, Monkey. Lucifer has to go back, but I've decided I'm going with him. I know it may seem sudden, and I promise I'll explain everything, but I needed to ask if you wanted to come with us?"
Trixie looked at her and spoke without hesitation, "Where are we going?" Choking out a sob of mixed relief and happiness, Chloe heard Lucifer address the obvious issue, "Child- Trixie, do you know who I really am?" Cocking an eyebrow at him, she shook her head. Sighing, he decided to be blunt, "To put it bluntly, I am the actual devil." Studiously ignoring Chloe's shocked look, he pressed on, "Chloe and I have to go to Hell in order to prevent an apocalypse caused by demons possessing the bodies of the recently deceased-" He was interrupted by Trixie holding up her hand and looking at him suspiciously. Looking at her mom, who wordlessly nodded, she turned back to Lucifer and cocked her hips. Arms akimbo, she stared at him and said, "Prove it." Lucifer once more turned to Chloe for permission. She looked conflicted, but eventually nodded her consent.
Taking a deep breath, Lucifer slowly morphed into his devil form, waiting for her to begin to scream. When the inevitable screaming did not come to pass, Lucifer chanced a look at Trixie. She was looking at him with excitement, "That's so cool! Just like Maze!" Chloe whipped her head around to look at Lucifer, who once again shrugged, "While she does have a demon face, I had no knowledge of her showing it to anyone-" He was once more interrupted by Trixie, who piped up and said, "She used it for a Halloween costume." While Lucifer was smiling and said, 'Well, that certainly explains everything,' Chloe was just putting her head in her hands, wondering how she came to be burdened by so much weirdness.
After getting that out of the way, Trixie came back full circle and gasped out, "Wait, are you saying you're taking my mom to Hell, and offering to take me with you?" Lucifer nodded, "That sounds to be about right." Trixie started nodding eagerly, "That sounds really cool! I'd love to go!" Chloe looked at her daughter with a bit of confusion, "You seem to be pretty excited to be going to Hell, Monkey?" Trixie smiled at her, "Yeah! It'll be like Halloween every day! Well, minus all the candy, I guess. IS there candy in Hell?" She asked Lucifer. He did his best to hid a smile while saying, "I'm sure I can figure something out."
Trixie nodded, "Then I want to go." Inserting a cautious note, Chloe warned her daughter of what that would entail, in general. Lucifer then clarified the process, it was actually incredibly simpler than what Chloe had done, and Lucifer just shrugged when asked, repeating that there were quite a few Roman cults who had tried to summon demons into children, and that a quickly repurposed ritual would work just fine.
The preparations were quickly made, and with barely a wince of pain, Trixie's hand was cut on the same ceremonial blade that Chloe had used. Grasping her cut hand with his own, Lucifer recited the short Latin incantation. "Hic puella post fata reposco. Haec facio in nomine diaboli." When Trixie began to glow an ethereal red, Chloe looked on, ready to step in and help her daughter if needed.
She wasn't needed though. The glow faded away, and Chloe hugged her daughter. When she pulled away, something about Trixie's appearance was bothering her, until it clicked, "She looks a little like you now!" Lucifer nodded, "That ritual was modified to become a blood adoption. She still has the features from her biological parents, but with some of mine mixed in there with them." Trixie looked at him, "You mean you're my dad too now?" Lucifer just looked at her and with sarcasm dripping from each word groaned, "Please don't make me regret this." Trixie giggled before hugging him. Chloe, though, was focused on something else, "Does she have a devil form now, like me?" Lucifer shook his head, "With the blood adoption, the most she'll get is some of my features, and of course, be able to traverse the planes." Trixie was looking at her mom, "You have a devil form? Can I see it?" Smiling at her daughter, but feeling a bit nervous, Chloe smiled and said, "Of course, Monkey." Concentrating, she shifted into her devil form, and heard Trixie gasp. Bracing for the scream, she was both confused and relieved when she felt Trixie's arms wrap around her, "You're beautiful, mom." She whispered in her ear. Smiling openly now, showing off her new teeth, Chloe wrapped an arm around Trixie's shoulders, and grabbed Lucifer's hand. "Shall we?" She asked.
Laughing, Lucifer nodded, and grabbed the both of them more securely before taking off. The only indication of their passing was the echo of wings flapping.
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Hell
Lucifer was the most used to traveling this way and regained his bearing first. Looking around him though, he really could only say one thing, "What the bloody Hell happened?"
Welcome all to a new story that just randomly popped into my head. I can pretty confidently state that it won't be as long as IAMR, but you never know, I might get a load of inspiration out of nowhere. The idea for this story was born out my annoyance with the current ending of Lucifer. Like with IAMR, I am aware that my stories are not only AU, they are also wildly different in tone from the show, at least in my opinion. I hope to make this clear now, to prevent whining down the line. I honestly don't know how long this story will be, though I'm pretty confident in a few more chapters at the least. Anyway, enough rambling. The music for this chapter was Imagine Dragons Bad Liar.
Note, I am currently looking for a beta to help me get more time for writing, if anyone is interested, please PM me. Also, I have a poll up on my profile to see which story people want to see me write after this one is done.