Lucifer usually spent his time in Hell consoling damned souls when he got interrupted by his sister Azreal.
"Sister! I didn't expect you down here! Did you bring me some new souls? Sorry, but I have a long list." He was consoling Cain and Abel at the moment.
"I'm sorry Lu." She looked like she wanted to cry.
"Re Re, what is it?" He only called her that whenever she was feeling down.
Azreal started crying.
"Its Michael." She grabbed Lucifer and started sobbing. She and Michael were incredibly close, even during their Great Holy War a few decades ago.
Lucifer sighed in annoyance.
"What did he do now." He sent him to Earth to live an ordinary life as a mortal. "Did he insult your weight again?" He knew how sensitive Azreal was about her looks.
Azreal shook her head.
"No. He's dying." She saw Lucifer's shocked face.
"That's impossible. He's an angel."
"Not since he lost his wings and started living on Earth. He wants to see you. Please Lucifer." She begged. "Amenadiel, he and our siblings are at the hospital. Please, Lu. Come with me."
Castiel, Gabriel, Raphael, Duma, Zadkiel, they were all at Michael's bedside. They all thought they hated Michael, but when they all heard he was dying, everyone of them came down to Earth. When Lucifer walked in the hospital with Azreal, they were immediately greeted by Amenadiel.
"Amenadiel. What's going on?" When he saw Amenadiel's tears, his heart dropped. "Where's Michael?"
"Lucifer. Oh God." He didn't care about proper grammar. "Lu."
"Take me to him." Lucifer had to see his twin.
The hospital allowed Michael to use their special meeting room, they were surprised to see their patient with so many siblings. When Amenadiel took Lucifer to where Michael was, he stopped in his tracks.
"Why are we stopping?" Lucifer demanded. "Is Michael lying? Typical." He never forgave Michael for killing his girlfriend.
"It's been years, Lu. Forgive him. We all did."
"Fuck this, out of my way!" Screw Michael. But when he got to the wing where Michael was at, he was stunned to see so many of his siblings. "Wha..What's going on? Who's watching the Silver City?"
Jophiel walked up to Lucifer and laid his hand on his shoulder.
"Brother."
Lucifer brushed him off.
"Take me to Michael."
When Lucifer saw all of his siblings, his heart started beating faster. Every one of them had a heartbroken look. He walked up to the nearest angel.
"Saraqael? What is going on." He got frightened when she silently hugged him.
"Brother."
"Take me to him."
He saw Castiel staring at him with sorrowful eyes. When he saw Gabriel crying, he knew something was really wrong.
"Gabe? Ralph?" The usually stoic Raphael had red puffy eyes.
Raphael nodded at everyone to leave the room. When Lucifer was alone, he was shocked to see an old man on the bed.
"C'mon. This isn't my brother. He's my twin. Did Michael put you up to this?" But Lucifer knew. Especially when he saw his Parents.
"Mom? Dad? No. No. No." He was shaking.
Goddess walked up to Her son.
"Luci. Thank Your Father you came."
"Dad?" He saw Him crying.
"We'll let you be." He led His Wife away to the hallway.
When Lucifer saw his twin, he knew. That old man was his brother.
"Mikey?" He teared up when Michael turned his head around.
"Brother? You came." He smiled up at Lucifer. "Come close, I don't bite. I couldn't. My teeth are in a cup." He joked.
Lucifer spent his whole existence hating his brother. But looking at him, the hatred vanished. He walked up and sat in the chair closest to Michael's bedside.
"Mikey."
"Luci. You hadn't called me that since we were cherubs." All that time being jealous of one another. It was completely pointless. Michael was staring at him with love.
Lucifer teared up.
"How?"
"It's what I deserve. For hurting you all those years ago." He rasped. "Forgive me."
Lucifer shook his head.
"No no. That was years ago." Chloe was fine. She and their family were living together in Hell.
"I hurt you."
"Don't talk like that." He pushed his chair closer. When Michael took his hand, he found himself crying.
"I held on. Just for you." He squeezes Lucifer's hand.
"No. You are getting better. You and I, we'll go Home. We'll hang out, play games, just like when we were kids. Remember sky tag? We'll show our siblings how it's really played." He babbles.
"You know that can't happen. I'm dying. I already accepted it. I can see Remy and Uri again. I miss them." They all knew when Celestial Beings die, that was it. There was no coming back. He teared up when Lucifer started crying. "I just wish I could see Elaine growing up."
"Who's Elaine?"
"My daughter. Your niece."
"I have a niece? Why didn't you say anything?" Lucifer demanded.
"I didn't want to bother you. When I was released from Hell, I met a woman. She and I, we fell in love. She got pregnant with my baby. But she died in childbirth. My daughter was taken away because I couldn't take care of her. You'll love her, she is a great woman." Michael already said his goodbyes, Elaine and him spent Michael's remaining years together. "She, Charlie, Rory, they are all close." He rasped.
"I have a niece? What's she like?" Lucifer was sad, but excited to know there was another angel out there.
"Wonderful. She is wonderful. I'm getting tired. Thank you. Thank you, for being there brother." He closed his eyes. Once his hand fell from Lucifer's hand, Lucifer knew Michael was gone.
"No. No. Michael. Michael? MICHAEL!" Lucifer screamed his name. His parents and entire family came running in hearing Lucifer's wails.
Lucifer's face was numb at the funeral. Michael was religious. Who would have guessed. His parents were grief stricken, his daughter Rory was being held in Lucifer's arms, Chloe came to offer her support. The minster was surprised to see so many mourners, especially those that showed up with wings.
After he closed the bible, Lucifer came up to give his eulogy.
"Michael was a complicated angel. Our relationship was, different. Twins. We were supposed to be close, but we couldn't be so different." Lucifer teared up. Even with Father's and Mother's Powers, They couldn't bring him back. "We fought about everything. Even over stupid things." Fuck it. He started sobbing. He saw Elaine, she was the splitting image of her father. She was sitting by her father's coffin, she was wearing his favorite scarf. "Michael, he had a lot of regrets, but one thing, he never regretted was his greatest gift he ever gave us." He smiled at Elaine who was smiling sadly. "Anyways, he wouldn't want us crying. He always hated it." Lucifer looked at the coffin. "You were the most famous angel in existence, you just had to let the fame get to your head." He sighed. "No matter how complicated our relationship was, he loved us. Unfortunately, it was too late to repair our relationship." He nodded at Gabriel, who was gathering their siblings for their tribute song. "It's been years since we sang together, we'll sing Michael's favorite song. Gabriel, will you get ready? And Cas? Please don't sing along. You'll break our eardrums." He smiled sadly as everyone laughed. "Michael, Uriel, Remiel." He looked up. "Wherever you are, I hope you can hear this."
Lucifer, Gabriel, Sandalphon, plus the former angelic choir started singing Bill Wither's Lean on Me.
When all the angels started singing, the minister, plus everyone in hearing distance, stopped dead in their tracks hearing the angels singing. Soon the singing reached every corner of Earth, soon Heaven and Hell stopped what they were doing to listen.
Once the angels stopped singing, Lucifer walked up to the coffin to say goodbye.
"We all make our own choices. If the Devil can be redeemed, so can a Fallen Angel. Goodbye Michael. Take care."
He walked up to Elaine and handed her his ring. Elaine looked up with confusion.
"This ring was your father's." It was fashioned from the same rock Lilith's ring was made of, except it was blue. Before Michael died, he begged Lucifer to take it off his hand and to give it to his daughter. "He wanted you to know, he will always be watching over you." He smiled when Elaine spread her golden wings.
The next day, Lucifer was holding a flower. Michael's tombstone wasn't up yet, the carver was astonished at what Lucifer requested.
Michael Demiurgos
Born in The Beginning to The Present
Missed by God, Goddess, and Heaven
Not Just an Archangel, but A Brother
Forever Missed
Together With His Angelic Siblings
Lucifer had identical tombstones made for Uriel and Remiel. All three were being buried closely together, with their funerals back to back being planned before their Parents left again. He leaned down and placed the white rose on the ground.
"I love you brother. All that time wasted." He sobbed quietly for a few minutes, especially when Dire Straits' 'Brother in Arms' started playing in his head. "Take care." He was staying at Lux, his daughter, niece and nephew all co-owned it. "Goodbye."
Before he left, he unfurled his wings and ripped out one white feather.
"Here. You need this to enter Angel Heaven." He smiled. "You and Remy take it easy on Uriel when playing poker."
He flew away, but not before the white feather sparkled and disappeared.