Chapter 9:
David sat against a tree. Hook was sitting beside him, "Hold on mate, I still don't want to explain why you died."
"You will have to, Hook. I am not going to make it." David groaned before closing his eyes and taking a few deep breaths.
Lucifer looked at Michael who nodded, "I think I can help." The fallen angel sighed hoping this wasn't going to make it worse.
"What the bloody hell could you possibly do to help him right now? Pulling him to the underworld? I don't think so." Hook reacted a bit strong. He has grown fond of his father-in-law and he knew how much it would hurt his Emma.
"First of all, I am not in charge of who ends in Hell or the underworld like you want to call it, and secondly I don't have bloody time to argue right now. We need to hurry if we don't want my sister to arrive here." Lucifer hated when someone thought that he was the one who decided who would end up in his kingdom. Normally he would react less angry about it but the worries about his girlfriend made the devil on edge, "Now do you want my help or not?" He asked with so much anger that he felt his face burn underneath his glamour.
Michael placed his hand on the arm of his brother, "Calm down, Lucifer. The man wants to find his human wife just like you want to find your human girlfriend. I want to ask everyone to close their eyes for a moment."
"Why would we do that? Nobody tells me what to do." Hook said, still on the edge.
"Hook please… let the man help me. I will be fine." David tried to calm his son-in-law, "They want to find Lucifer's girlfriend as much as we want to find Emma."
"It's your choice, don't complain if your brain is roasted by the sight of my wings." Lucifer huffed before he opened his bright white wings. He knew that he was playing with fire by using his feathers on a human but he didn't care what his father would think about him at this point.
Everyone closed his eyes by seeing the bright light coming from the fallen angel's wings. Only Hook narrowed his eyes and placed his hand over his eyes like he tried to shield it while looking into a bright light.
Michael plucked two of the soft small feathers from the base off the bone on top of the wings and placed them in Lucifer's hands. They were surprised that Hook wasn't losing his sanity at the sight of divinity but they had no time to analyze it. They had to move quickly before Azrael could join them.
"Please keep your eyes closed until I say so," Lucifer said more calmly again but still with an edge in his voice.
Everyone nodded, even Hook had closed his eyes now. He never had seen such a bright light and he had seen a lot of this in the 200 years he lived now.
Lucifer placed the feathers against the most fatal wounds, a bright light appeared from the feathers and healed the wounds like they were never there, to begin with.
Red, David, and Hook opened their eyes from the moment that the light died down again and disappeared completely.
"Bloody hell." Hook said surprised looking at the part of David's body where the wounds were only moments ago, "The wounds are all gone."
Lucifer who had rolled his shoulders again to make the wings disappear grinned slightly, "I told you, you didn't have to worry about it."
"I owe you my life, Lucifer. Thank you." David smiled but that smile faded when the wind started to blow fiercely and the sky was getting a pitch-black color. Dark clouds were making a huge vortex in the sky.
Everyone had to hold on to a tree or something strong that they wouldn't blow away because of the strong wind that was starting to blow through the forest.
"What the hell is happening?" Hook yelled above the wind, having planted his hook deeply in a tree trunk, "Is this your job? Is this because of what you did to David?"
Lucifer shook his head, "It isn't, I don't like this one bit. We need to find some shelter and quickly." He looked worried.
"Are you thinking the same as I am brother?" Michael asked, equally worried.
Lucifer nodded and swallowed, "I know only one person who would have benefitted to free him."
"What are you two talking about?" David asked, Red looking worried too, still not having put on her cape. Her wolf form gave her more stability for this kind of weather.
Lucifer looked at them, worry visible in his eyes. Michael on the other hand looked scared to death.
"This will be the evilest force you will have faced. He is called the Harvesters of souls or Harvester for short. He was imprisoned by Dad and his brother Zeus but I am afraid Lilith was able to free him. I don't know how she managed it but we are in for a Hell of a ride. Is there a possibility that someone can go to LA and find my right-hand demon Mazikeen to help your town?" Lucifer asked looking at the three humans who were trying to help him find his Chloe.
"I can call Regina; she can poof herself there and maybe with a spell can poof herself back," David said. He was also alarmed by the looks in the angel and devil's eyes but someone had to keep calm and he knew that wasn't going to be Hook.
"You know what. You call Regina. I am going to the Silver City to track down Dad and ask for his help." Michael said not knowing he wasn't going to find his father.
"We need to find some shelter first and quickly," Lucifer said towards the humans while he looked for someplace to hide.
"There is a cave not far from here, I can call Regina there," David said, still trying to hold on.
It was a hard trip towards the cave, falling on the ground several times. Hook held on to Red in wolf form and David found support with Lucifer who had opened his wings again for more stability. The cave was just big enough for them but they were safe for now. Lucifer was shocked that these humans and wolf didn't react to his divinity.
He had furled his wings behind his back and with a role of his shoulder, his extra limbs went out of sight. They were still there but in another realm. There wasn't enough place in the cave to leave them out, even if these humans didn't react to his divinity, plus these wings weren't him or so that what he thought about himself. The most important reason to keep them was that they had saved his detective's life before she saw his face and everything went downhill from there until they made it up and Chloe saw that Lucifer was who he always said he was and what she always thought about him before she knew the truth, a being seriously misunderstood, who had been through so much abuse from his dysfunctional family.
Regina answered her phone while looking through the window at the pitch-black sky.
"David!" She answered her phone with worry in her voice.
"I reckon that you see in the air what we are seeing?" David said. He wasn't used to the fact that Regina was worried about something, maybe even afraid. He still wasn't used to the good major without her evil side coming to the surface now and again. He still didn't forget that she was the cause of the first curse.
"Yes, of course, I am seeing it. What kind of magic is this? I can't feel a thing." Regina reacted, that's what was worrying her so much. The fact that this was unknown to her. She hadn't encountered something like this not even when she was the evil queen.
"It's better that I let Lucifer explain this one to you, Regina. It has nothing to do with magic." David sighed deeply.
"I knew that those angels were going to be trouble." the major groaned angrily.
"Calm down, Regina. They aren't at fault. Don't forget the ones responsible have taken Emma too. He can help us beat this monster." David said trying to calm her down but this was usually Snow's part.
"Alright, give me that bag of feathers on the phone." Regina groaned. She was trying to be polite but it wasn't easy for her.
David shook his head and chuckled before giving the phone to Lucifer. Regina had changed a lot over time since she got rid of the evil queen in her but some things just didn't change.
"Well since there is no time for pleasantries, I will come straight to the point. I am told that you are the only one who will be able to go to Los Angeles and fetch my right-hand demon for me. She knows what to do against this monster. The one you are looking for is Mazikeen Smith. I will make sure that she will be in the penthouse above my night club Lux. I need you to hurry before the Harvester steals your soul." Lucifer said, "She will tell you more about the monster you are facing and the woman that released it."
"Mazikeen Smith? Alright, and how do I recognize her?" Regina asked with a sigh, if she could help well then she would need to use one of her rare potions to come back from the land without magic.
Lucifer laughed, "Oh, you will recognize her alright but to be sure, she usually plays with a dark dagger in the form of a curved feather. Look out for it the dagger is Hell forged."
"Alright I will go then before it's too late, I hope you have a way to let her know that I am coming?" Regina asked because she didn't want to be hit by something she didn't know and above all something she had no clue about what it would do to her.
"That's obvious that I will call her. I will send her to the penthouse." Lucifer said before he gave the phone back to David.
"Thank you, Regina." David sighed deeply. He had now two things to worry about.
"Yeah, yeah, just pray that this devil creature is right and that I find his demon. I really hope she can help us with this because it will acquire a rare potion to come back immediately." Regina countered back before hanging up her phone.
TBC