Hi all and welcome back, a loyal reader reminded me that I have neglected this story for far too long, so mendenbar thanks for the prod, no idea where the time has gone if I am honest.
Well I hope you enjoy the next instalment J
Lucifer gasped and then hit the floor. The cold hard laugh echoed in the now silent penthouse even Ella's sobs were silent, she was too frozen in shock to move or even breath in case her friend turned the blade on her too, would Cassiel attack her now? Just for being there? Deep down Ella didn't believe that but then again she hadn't expected Cassiel to murder her brother in cold blood either! Cassiel turned and faced Ella and with one final evil smirk she was gone.
Now alone, Ella rushed to Lucifer's lifeless body, dropping to her knees ignoring the pool of blood which was steadily forming as she gently cradled his head, "don't be dead Lucifer, please you can't leave us, I'm not ready for you to be gone!" Her voice cracked as tears streamed down her face, Ella was terrified and lost, she checked for a pulse but there was none to be found.
"Hey Dan," Chloe answered flatly into her phone as she sat alone in her car, quietly observing yet another abandoned building,
"Hey Chlo, how goes the search on you end?" Dan sounded as frustrated as she was, she blew out a breath,
"Three locations down, two to go, so far nothing!" Chloe gazed down to the list of possible places, mentally planning her route to the next spot,
"Yeah, no luck my end either, do you think Sister Emma is screwing with us?" Was Dan actually considering that as a possibility? "You know, keep us off balance and out of the way?"
Chloe considered it before responding, "I really hope not, my gut says no and she seems like she is genuinely trying to help us in stopping this madness but then again we are dealing with a group of religious nut jobs who believe deep down to their core they are doing the right thing, so who know?!"
"My thoughts exactly, I'm sure they wouldn't hesitate in sacrificing one of their members if it meant getting a spy into our circle, you know? To keep tabs on what we are doing and where we are searching, maybe send us in the wrong direction," Dan paused,
"You really think?" She was becoming a little worried now as she really thought about it, she didn't want to consider that possibility but her cop brain screamed at the possibility, had she become this jaded to think the worst in people and not the best?
"Well no, maybe? Oh I don't know but think about it, getting some one in would be a massive advantage for them, if they are found out and Lucifer snaps and kills them no real loss from their perspective, a soldier falling in the line of duty type of thing thus proving he is as evil as they believe him to be!"
"Lucifer doesn't kill people!" Chloe became a bit defensive over her partner,
"We know that Chlo, they don't and I highly doubt they would believe us any way!" Dan finished,
"Yeah you are probably right, oh speaking of the Devil, have you heard anything from Lucifer or Ella? They should have wrapped up their searches by now,"
"Nah nothing yet, I wouldn't worry too much though, either Lucifer has found them, stormed in without waiting for backup and busted some heads and is now celebrating or they found nothing and Lucifer is brooding back at Lux, I am heading back there now so we will know something shortly!"
"I'm sure Lucifer would have something to say about the Devil not brooding!" Chloe smiled,
"Yeah well he can't hear me, he can't right?" Now Dan sounded a little worried,
"I highly doubt it," Chloe could the sigh of relief from Dan's side of the call and she allowed herself a small smile, "I will be probably be about an hour before I get back to Lux, going to check out these last couple of locations, I'll call if I find anything, bye Dan." Chloe hung up and pulled her cruiser back onto the street and into traffic.
"Is your task complete Angel of our Lord?"
"Yes, Satan has been returned to the pit as ordered!" Cassiel responded as she handed over a bloody knife to one of the expectant priests, her cold smile still in place,
"We knew you wouldn't fail us on this most vital of tasks, you have done well my child!" The smugness and superiority of this priest dripped from every one of his words, he never once doubted their success in their holy war,
"And what of the human consorts?" A second priest stepped forward, "has that stain been removed from the earth?" If the first priest had sounded smug, this one sounded vicious, Cassiel mentally flinched, the chanting running through her brain waivered briefly,
"It is not an angel's place to take human lives, their judgement will come in time, my father will see to that!" She replied flatly,
"No matter, we will deal with them should it come to that, now leave us angel, we have much to discuss." Cassiel rose from her kneeled position and left the room,
"The angel should have killed the rest of them!" Anger erupted from the vicious priest,
"She can't, seems our Lord and Father made sure of that!"
"Still our control should have been enough to force her to do our bidding and removing the human filth that has been stained by Satan's presence would only serves his interests and our own agenda further!" He all but screamed,
"No matter brother, calm yourself, all is going according to his plan is it not? Besides her usefulness is coming to an end, she has done what we couldn't do and rid us of the Dark Lord,"
"True Brother, we shall keep her around for now but her time with us will be short and soon we will return her to the host." He smiled an evil smile,
"Have we found the words to accomplish that in the ancient texts?"
"Oh no, I will just slit her throat!"
Ella sat there, gently rocking Lucifer's lifeless body, she wasn't sure how much time had passed, it could have been seconds, minutes or hours, hell it could have been years for all she knew, her body and mind had gone numb, she knew she needed to call Chloe or Linda or Maze but couldn't bring herself to reach for her phone, if she didn't say it out loud Lucifer wouldn't be dead. Ella gazed down at her hands now covered in her adopted big brothers blood, she closed the Devils unseeing eyes and continued to weep.