Chapter 10:
Previously in Bloody Hell:
"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.
On with the story:
"Don't be worried about Regina, it's just the way she is," David said to the devil who took his own phone out of his pocket.
"Don't worry about it. I can handle a bit of spirit, you will find out once you meet my Maze." Lucifer answered, "Her majesty and Maze working together, this should be fun."
The phone was ringing and a female voice answered, "What do you want, Lucifer! I am a bit busy." Maze was just following her next bounty. She was about to jump at her prey when the phone rang, making her presence known, "This better be good, Lucifer!" She said pissed at the lord of Hell.
"Stop hunting your toy, Maze. We have much bigger problems." Lucifer answered. He wasn't easily offended by Maze's behavior. She didn't make it to be Hell's best torture by playing nice.
"This problem better be really important because you just cost me my chance to take in my bounty!" Maze countered back.
"Well, the detective has been kidnapped…" Lucifer started.
"What! Why don't I know that? Why aren't you fucking looking for her?" Maze reacted angrily as usual without thinking.
"Mazikeen! Silence!" Lucifer's voice sounded demonically low and cold. The devil was on the edge of bursting flames out of his hand. Maze heard the anger in her voice and sighed at hearing the lord of Hell, not Lucifer Morningstar but the Devil. She imagined the flames of Hell visible in his eyes.
The three humans in his presence all looked shocked at hearing this sound and seeing the eyes burning with anger, changing from dark brown to as red as well Hell. They didn't know what sounded worse. A monster who was harvesting souls or a pissed off devil. Even Hook was silent and that was a miracle on its own.
The sound of the Lord of Hell was for the demon what cocaine was for a junkie.
"I knew he was still in there!" she said in a husky voice. Her tongue roaming over her front teeth and with a demonic grin on her face. The devil side of Lucifer was still a turn on for her.
"As I was saying, the detective has been kidnapped. I am in a town called Storybrooke right now looking for her and another human woman. Probably kidnapped by the same person; your mother…" Lucifer started again.
"How do you know that it was Lilith?" Maze asked curiously.
"You will soon find out, Mazey. Now that's not the problem I am calling for. She has released something even eviler to the town." Lucifer said with worry in his voice. This shocked the devil wasn't easily worried, or at least nothing that didn't have to do with Chloe though.
She was almost afraid to ask, "What did she do now?"
Lucifer sighed, "She released the harvester of souls on the town and you know very well what will happen when he is done in this town!"
Nothing made Maze swallow like this, not even her lord but this was the exception. The harvester was brutal.
"Damn that town is toast." She said as an answer to the story.
"That's why I called you, Maze. I want you to go to the penthouse. A woman will be waiting for you there to bring you to Storybrooke. I need you to defend the town against the monster." Lucifer ordered.
"Lucifer, I know I am good but I am not that good to beat that thing on my own." Maze said. Her admitting she couldn't handle this on her own meant a lot because those weren't words the demon usually said. The demon was usually the first to jump into a fight, the larger the group she had to fight the happier she was.
"I know that, Maze. That's why I will call Amenadiel to go with you. You will go to Hell and give permission for the guard to come up. Oh and Maze you will bring Cerberus up for a trip on earth, you are the only one besides me who can handle him." Lucifer grinned.
"You want me to bring up Cerberus?" Maze asked just to be sure.
"You will ride him, Mazey. I know you can do it. I would do it myself but that's just what Lilith wants for some reason. That I abandon my search." Lucifer said.
"You know very well that I know more than a phone call from you to pull that off." Maze responded.
"I know that's why Amenadiel comes with you. He will find me. He will also be your ride to Hell today."
This was like a dream come true for Mazikeen of Lillim. Lucifer would never give up the place on the large guard dog's back.
"Who will guard the entrance to the underworld?" Maze asked curiously because Cerberus had fathered many champions in all these eons. Only a few of them looked like him.
"Why don't you let Hexfur proof himself while his father is on a trip."
"Let's harvest this Harvester!" Maze said before she hung up.
"What the Hell, mate. Are you planning on bringing the underworld to earth?" Hook asked. He remembered the dog from his trip down. This wasn't some common lapdog. The best way to describe him was a huge 6 feet 5 black pitbull with 3 heads and red eyes. His teeth were razor sharp and as large as the teeth of a tyrannosaur. Nothing to mess with.
"If we want to defeat the Harvester of souls I have no choice, Captain," Lucifer said before dialing the next number on his list. His brother Amenadiel.
*** LUCIFER/ONCE UPON A TIME ***
Regina put down her phone with a sigh and looked around in her office. It wasn't the same anymore since Robin had given his life to save hers.
screaming on the street caught her attention, she was aware of the threat that was hanging over their little town. She didn't know what she could expect this time though. They knew what to do against bitter fairies, curses, and spells but this was something totally different. She had to trust outsiders for this and that was something that didn't come easy for Regina.
She looked around again before leaving her office to see what exactly was going on. The queen of all realms didn't need to look hard though. She saw people running, she wanted to ask what was going but the only thing they could do was scream and point towards a big flying cloak with a large red jar hanging near the spot where his hip should be if he had a hip that is because the only thing she saw was wind underneath a mantle.
When she looked at her town she saw almost all buildings down to the ground. The ones who had survived the storm were burning away. Pieces of buildings spread everywhere in the street. Cars turned on their side like it was nothing. This thing was ruining Storybrooke. Even the large clock in the center was blown away and had fallen right on top of where Granny's used to be.
How the hell were they planning on defeating this thing. What shocked her more though was the people walking in front of the thing. Something wasn't right with them. They all looked pale and did nothing but groan. Their eyes white as snow. They walked with their hands in front of them. Some black substance was dripping out of their mouths.
She was just in time to see how the monster raised the sleeve of his cloak in the direction of Granny. The old woman fell on the ground screaming. The zombies in front of the Harvester was keeping her down until their master could do his thing.
She saw how a transparent version of the owner of the restaurant flew in the big jar, the lid flew open on its own and closed again.
What shocked her more though was that the body of the old lady stood up again and started walking at the same slow pace as all the rest.
"This is bad, this is really bad," Regina said to no one in particular.
The Harvester pointed the sleeve in her direction.
"There is no time to waste." Regina said a bit irritated, "I hope that bag of feathers knows what he is doing." She made a spin with her hand and disappeared in a purple mist.
She landed on the balcony of Lucifer's penthouse but before she could react was smacked against the wall. She stood eye to eye with a dark-skinned woman who was holding a curved dagger against her throat. The weapon was black in the shape of a feather.
"I have been expecting you!" The demon smiled evilly.
"Mazikeen I presume?" Regina asked, she wasn't easily worried but was happy when a male voice said, "Maze, we need to work with her. There is no time to play now."