Sorry this one's late! I had a relative pass away at the end of April, and it was hard getting back to writing this fic. However, hopefully this chapter makes up for it. Sorry about the length, though.

Chapter4

This Game of Angry Birds

Maze didn't like it when there was a target that managed to vanish into thin air.

All during the hunt she went on to find Ben Rivers, it was easy to track where he'd gone and how he had evaded her. Even after she let him go, he still had been easy to track, and while she liked the chase he'd led her on, it still was a rather straightforward encounter. Maze could deal with easy if she had fun in the capturing department, but it was when she found herself tracking smoke that she became irritated.

Like the person responsible for murdering Gabriel. Sure, the guy that Lucifer found in Lux seemed to be his brother, but even Maze could tell he wasn't exactly the same, and didn't interest her nearly as much as the angel murderer did. After all, it had to be a pretty powerful person to manage to murder an angel, and that tinged the entire hunt with just enough danger that Maze would enjoy it if she wasn't chasing a phantom.

There was literally no evidence to suggest who it could have been, and Maze couldn't exactly figure out what was going on with either Gabriel's body or the meatbag's to figure out a trail. Therefore she decided to go to the one person that she figured might have a clue. After all, 'Gabriel' had appeared shortly before the bodies were discovered, so there had to be a connection.

Tracking the copycat angel down to the police bar was easy enough. Why he had decided to go there instead of any other place in the city was beyond her, but then again it might have been because he didn't know. Angels were funny like that, and naïve. She didn't even glance at the other patrons at the bar this early in the day, instead making a beeline to the only person that didn't look like he fit in very well.

'Gabriel' for his part looked like he was slouched over a beer bottle, sighing and rubbing his forehead as he sat at the bar. Maze didn't even pay the bartender any mind as she quickly reached for the back of his neck and shoved him face-first against the bar. She then leaned over him and glared. "All right, spill. Who are you, and what the hell is going on?" Glancing toward the other patrons who seemed about to intervene, she gave them a look. "Collecting a bounty."

"Please don't tell me this is your idea of foreplay." 'Gabriel' twisted around enough to look at Maze. "The last twenty-four hours have not been fun and I am not in the mood."

"Ha ha, funny." She relented however, letting her hand stray toward her blade just in case she needed it. "I'd start talking unless you want me to find out what kind of pressure I can put on you to make you talk, though I'd enjoy it if you didn't. It's more fun that way."

'Gabriel' straightened, rubbing the back of his neck as he glared at her. "You really want me to say something in front of all these people?"

Maze just tilted her head. "You're right. We need somewhere private for me to get the answers out of you."

"Well, that's one thing that's the same," 'Gabriel' snarked. "Demons torturing people. Why am I not surprised?"

"I don't care what's the same or not. I do care if there's a threat I need to take care of." Maze leaned in, eyes narrowing. "You're currently that threat."

'Gabriel' sighed. "Okay, okay, fine, I'll talk." He turned fully to face her, crossing his arms. "It's not like you don't already know I'm an angel."

Maze glared again before grabbing his arm and yanking him toward the bathroom. Shoving him inside, she closed the door and leaned against it. "So who are you?"

'Gabriel' rolled his eyes as he straightened. "The archangel Gabriel, messenger of God, yadda yadda yadda. You know that spiel."

"No you're not."

'Gabriel' sighed in exasperation. "And why don't you believe that? Lemme guess, the other guy? I'm not from around here, remember?"

"Well, how did you get here?" Maze challenged. "If you're not from around here, you should know that."

'Gabriel' shrugged. "No clue. Didn't Lucifer already tell you this before?"

"I wanna hear all this from you. It helps me figure out if I should kill you or not."

"Oh really?" He rose an eyebrow, disbelief evident. "And how are you going to do that?"

"I have my ways." Maze looked him over again, crossing her arms as she did so. "How'd you get stabbed?"

"Michael stabbed me." 'Gabriel' crossed his own arms and glared. "I was saving humans from his rampage and he ran me through with an archangel blade."

"That's a lie."

"Excuse me?"

Maze rolled her eyes at the angel. "There is no way that your brother did that to you."

"Oh yeah?" 'Gabriel' narrowed his eyes. "You know Michael?"

"I know what Lucifer's told me." Maze glared. "And Michael is one of the most boring angels he ever described."

"Well that's true." 'Gabriel' tilted his head to the side. "Still doesn't make my story a lie."

"Whatever." Maze snorted. "You mentioned that you had trouble with a demon before. Which one?"

"Asmodeus." The angel's gaze was steady, studying her now instead of glaring. "There's a whole story there I would rather not get into about how I ended up with him, but he tortured me and stole my grace until I got out."

Maze rolled that around in her head. The last she'd heard about Asmodeus was that Lucifer had locked the Duke of Hell away for yet another attempt to usurp the throne of Hell. As far as she knew, Asmodeus was still trapped. "Well, hate to break it to you, but he's been locked up for the last hundred years. Lucifer didn't appreciate Asmodeus's last attempt on his life."

That caused 'Gabriel' to glare again. "And I keep telling you people I don't belong here! Haven't any of you heard of alternate realities?"

"No and I don't care." Maze continued to glare. "All I know is that something is going on around here and you're connected to it."

"How would I be connected to anything here?"

Maze was unimpressed by the annoyed look on 'Gabriel's' face. "I could mention how the real Gabriel was murdered, the fact that someone snapped some human's neck without touching them, or how you appeared soon after both of those things happened. So spill it. How are you connected?"

'Gabriel' snorted and moved to shove her out of the way, but Maze grabbed him by the shoulder and spun him so his back hit the wall. He grabbed her wrist right after, causing Maze to twist both appendages around to break the hold. Soon after, fists started flying, and while 'Gabriel' was favoring his middle, Maze couldn't help but notice that he was actually pretty good at it.

She dodged out of the way of one of his fists and twisted around, planting one hand at his back to shove him away. 'Gabriel' countered by grabbing that arm and using the momentum to twist her around so that her back met the wall. Maze grinned, breaking the hold and shoving him back. She then stalked forward, causing 'Gabriel' to retreat a few steps back before he tried to throw a punch toward her stomach. She ducked out of the way, grabbing his arm again while sweeping her leg out to trip him up. As he fell, he latched onto her arm and pulled her down with him, causing both to land in a sprawled heap on the floor.

"You know, this is a whole lot like foreplay." Maze smirked. "You're certainly more fun to fight with than the humans are."

"Experience." 'Gabriel' then shoved, rolling the both of them over so that he was on top. "Not too bad yourself. Reminds me of my ex."

Maze rocked her body, rolling them both again so that she was back on top. "Ex? Who's that? Are they interested in a threesome?"

'Gabriel' winced as he shook his head. "Doubt it. She left me for a stick in the mud."

Maze grabbed his wrists and forced both of his arms over his head to pin them there. "Were you that bad or was she that boring?"

"Kali, boring?" 'Gabriel' huffed out a laugh before he winced again. "Nah, she had a hell of a temper. Certainly was assertive though."

Maze sat up properly now, pinning his legs with her weight. "So you were that bad. Who'd ever want to date someone boring otherwise?"

"I will have you know that I am a great performer in bed." 'Gabriel's' eyebrows furrowed together. "Aren't we still fighting?"

"Are you going to be a good boy and answer my questions?"

"I did answer them. Not my fault that you don't like the answers." 'Gabriel' pushed upward, trying to dislodge her. "Lemme up."

"This is kind of kinky." Maze smirked. "You sure that demons aren't your thing?"

'Gabriel' just gave her a look. "What are you, some kind of nympho?"

"What can I say? I like sex." Maze shrugged. "Besides, you didn't answer my question about how you're related to everything going on."

'Gabriel' thumped his head back. "Alright, fine, I'll tell you what I know." Maze rose a disbelieving eyebrow and 'Gabriel' snorted. "What? I can tell the truth. Not like there's much to tell, anyway."

Maze loosened her grip on his wrists, but didn't let go quite yet. "Well, start talking."

'Gabriel' rolled his eyes and shook his head. "Okay, pushy. Look, I just woke up here. I don't know what's going on. I don't even know how I'm connected other than I've got the same name as Luci's dead brother. That's all."

Maze let go of his wrists and felt disappointed. "Well, that took the fun out of this. There's really nothing you're hiding?"

"Sorry." Gabriel shrugged, then looked down himself and quirked an eyebrow at Maze. "Uh, ya mind letting up here? My legs are falling asleep."

Maze narrowed her eyes but stood, nudging Gabriel none-too-gently in the side when she was on her feet. "Come on."

"Ow." Gabriel glared, rubbing the spot. "Come on?"

"You're coming with me," Maze stated.

"Uh huh. And why is that again?"

"Because you're going to help me catch a killer."

Gabriel looked skeptical. "This is all related to the 'you're connected to all this' thing, isn't it?"

Maze didn't even look at him as she strode to the door. "Yep. Now, c'mon."

"Uh, you do remember I can't use any of my abilities, right?" Gabriel sat up and crossed his arms. "My mojo's on the fritz."

"And that's why you're perfect." Maze lifted an eyebrow in challenge. "You're the angel, you can't like humans killing angels any more than Lucifer does."

"You're right. I don't." Gabriel stood and dusted himself off, looking over the damage. The fact the wall had a sizeable dent in it was pretty evident, as was the crack in the floor. "We're going to get going before the humans notice the mess, right?"

Maze rolled her eyes again before she pulled the door open. "They'll only notice it was you if you stick around."

"Fair point." Gabriel followed her, and Maze couldn't help but feel like they were going to catch the perp.

"Sulfur." Chloe read that line again in Ella's report, frowning. "What does sulfur have to do with anything?"

She was seated at her desk, looking over the file that Ella had given her as she came into work. Ella had been baffled by the results, and Chloe had decided to wait until Lucifer showed up to hopefully take him when she questioned the second victim's family. As it was, she had a hard time figuring out why a FedEx driver with no criminal record would ever have a reason to know Lucifer's brother, let alone have a grudge against him. Not unless there was something Lucifer or Amenadiel weren't saying.

She looked back over the reports, which included the ballistics from the gun. The bullets were another mystery. They were fired from the same gun, but the composition of the bullets was unknown. They were still trying to identify just what kind of bullets they were, and could only come up with the fact they weren't lead or even silver, though they looked like they could be the latter.

Huffing, she looked back at the information from Jibra'il's murder. The bodies were found in the same area and died in the same timeframe, the bullets from Jibra'il's body matched the gun found at the second victim's location, and everything pointed to the fact that it was highly likely that the second victim murdered Jibra'il. Except, somehow he broke his own neck right after? That wasn't meshing.

She rubbed her forehead, wondering if they had missed something, when she noticed Dan walking up. Her brow furrowed, since it seemed like there was a serious expression on his face and wasn't too happy about something as he shifted a file from one hand to the other. She put the file she had to the side as Dan stopped in front of Chloe's desk. "Hey Dan, what's up?"

Dan closed his eyes and shook his head before he spoke. "This is going to sound really weird, but have you noticed anything strange about Gabriel?"

Chloe mentally ran through anything that would suggest Gabriel was weird, and aside from a serious sweet tooth, Gabriel didn't seem all that different than Lucifer. "Weird how? I mean, he's a sugar junky, but that's about all I can think of."

Dan grimaced and shook his head again. "Not like that. Like, well, something not quite right."

Chloe folded her hands as she went through everything in her head. She knew Gabriel was an actual angel, but that wasn't something that should be revealed. At least, not in her books. She was still coping from finding out Lucifer was, well, the Lucifer. "Sorry, I can't think of anything that you might consider not right."

Dan sighed heavily and plopped down in the seat next to her desk. "Here's the thing. I just got the report from the hospital, and from everything the doctors wrote he should be dead. Like, dead dead."

"Maybe he just got lucky and his attacker wasn't able to kill him."

"According to the doctors, he didn't." Dan opened the file to point out what the doctor's findings were. "They said that he had scarring that would be consistent with a fatal wound to the heart. Somehow it'd healed as far as they knew, which doesn't make sense since Lucifer stated Gabriel was stabbed a couple of nights ago. Plus…" Dan grimaced and shook his head a third time.

Chloe frowned. "Plus what?"

Dan exhaled sharply. "This is going to sound crazy, but I think Gabriel has wings."

Chloe blinked, not expecting that to come out of Dan's mouth. "What?"

"I said it sounded crazy."

"Wings." Even Chloe hadn't seen Gabriel's wings, though she was definitely sure he had them. Otherwise why would Lucifer claim him as a brother?

Dan winced and ran a hand down his face. "Look, back at the hospital, I could have sworn that I saw some sprout from his back when he went down at the hospital. Then I blinked, and they were gone, but Gabriel's nose had stopped bleeding and there wasn't anything left of it. And I know I was trying to hand him a tissue, but he'd somehow grabbed it without me noticing."

Chloe could feel a headache forming. All of that wasn't exactly easy to explain away, especially since she didn't know how to. Finally she looked toward the meeting room and made up her mind. "All right, come on."

She pulled out her phone and typed out a quick text to Lucifer, hoping that he'd hurry up and make an appearance before this got too far, but she doubted it. She then stood, leading Dan toward the meeting room and closing the door firmly behind them both before closing the blinds. "Okay, this is really going to sound crazy, but you're right."

It was Dan's turn to blink as he stared at Chloe. "I'm right?"

Chloe took a deep breath before speaking. "You're right, there is something weird about Gabriel. He's not human."

"Now you're just yanking my chain. Chloe-"

"Not only is he not human, but neither is Lucifer," Chloe continued, causing Dan to gape. "Lucifer is really the Lucifer. And Gabriel, he's the Gabriel. They're angels."

Dan seemed to process this for a moment before shaking his head. "You're really joking now. How are they angels? They don't act like them."

"And Amenadiel doesn't? I mean, the facts are there, how we can't seem to find anything on any of them before they showed up." Chloe was praying now that Lucifer showed up. "I know both you and I did our own digging when Lucifer first appeared, and we came up with the same thing."

Dan continued to shake his head. "That doesn't make sense. He's been shot before and his brother was murdered. How could he be the Devil if all of that's happened? Besides, if he's the Devil, then why would an angel be anywhere near him?"

Why indeed, Chloe thought, but she didn't voice it. Even she had a hard time understanding everything about what she knew about Lucifer. But, that was something she already expected as soon as she realized it was true. Besides, she'd already fallen into her freakout, and she absolutely refused to have another one. "Look, he's not a bad person. Sure, he's got his flaws and everything, but he's been honest with us from the beginning."

Dan bit his lip, looking as though he were trying to consider everything. "So Lucifer's really the Devil?"

Chloe nodded, and watched as Dan ran a hand through his hair. Turning around, he gripped his hair tight before she stepped forward, a hand raised to touch his shoulder. "Dan-"

"No." Dan turned around abruptly, his hands raised as he backed off a step. "No. You're letting Trixie near him. Hell, you're letting Trixie near Maze, and if he's really the Devil, then that means she's really a-"

"Demon, yes." One that Trixie adored, even if her daughter was currently mad at her. "Dan, they've saved her before. They've saved me. Lucifer's saved me. I know it's hard to wrap your head around, but-"

The door opened abruptly, and Lucifer stuck his head in, followed quickly by Gabriel. Lucifer looked between the two confused before he addressed Chloe. "Someone said they'd seen you pop in here. Is everything alright Detective?"

Dan's face hardened, and he glared at Lucifer. "You stay away from my daughter."

"Did we miss something?" Gabriel frowned between the two. "You both seem kinda…"

"Tense." Lucifer was watching Dan now, his own frown marring his features. "I'd thought we'd gotten over this game of Angry Birds."

Chloe sighed, covering her face with her hands. "Okay, we all need to sit down and talk."

"And why should I believe a word he says? He's the Devil, Chloe. He's the prince of lies!"

Gabriel mouthed 'wow' before he shoved his brother further into the room. Closing the door behind him, he leaned against it. "Okay, someone needs to start talking fast. What the heck brought this on?"

"He's the devil!" Dan jabbed a finger at Lucifer, which caused the angel's face to grow angrier. "Apparently he's been lying this entire time!"

Gabriel looked toward Chloe, who sighed and shook her head. "He saw your wings at the hospital, and the report from there stated that there was no way you could have survived your stabbing."

"And you had to tell him what was going on." Gabriel shook his head. "This became one giant Charlie-Foxtrot real fast."

"Of course it did, because Detective Douche hasn't liked me from the start and finally found a reason to hate me more." Lucifer stood up straighter, readjusting his jacket. "Why wouldn't he hate me? Everyone's always said I was the root of all evil."

Gabriel snapped, and grimaced when nothing happened, though Dan looked confused. "Sorry, habit." Gabriel looked at Dan carefully then before he sighed. "Look, you wanna be pissy at Luci because he's the Devil. I get it. But from where I'm standing, he's not nearly as bad as the Lucifer I know."

"The Lucifer you know?" Dan looked incredulous. "The hell does that mean?"

"He's not from here, Dan. At least that's what he keeps saying." Chloe crossed her arms. "He says it's complicated."

"Damn straight it's complicated." Lucifer snorted. "However, I am not going to stand here and listen to Daniel accuse me of being evil when he doesn't even know who I really am."

"I don't need to know anything else!"

Suddenly a whooshing sound went through the whole room which caused everyone to look toward Gabriel. Chloe's eyes bugged out when she realized there were gigantic wings sprouting from his back. Gabriel of course groaned. "And now this happens. Great timing."

Dan just stared. "You're really an angel."

"What? You thought that he was some demon because he seemed to be agreeing with me?" Lucifer snorted. "There's only one demon topside and it's not him."

Gabriel just shook his head. Scrunching his face, the wings slowly disappeared one after the other and the shorter angel crossed his arms. "Now that everyone's stopped yelling, can we get back to the part about Danny boy thinking Lucifer's evil? Cause I gotta tell you, he's nothing like my Lucifer."

"How do you know that?"

Lucifer glared at Dan and Chloe stepped into a position where she could hopefully stop one of them from hurting the other. Gabriel on the other hand shrugged. "He's walking the Earth and there's no Apocalypse."

Dan blinked in surprise. "Huh?"

"My Lucifer's a grade-A asshole. Yours is kind of an asshole, but not nearly as bad. Plus he associates with humans, which my brother wouldn't be caught dead doing." Gabriel shook his head. "Plus my Luci tried to stab me. I don't see him doing that either, which means there's only one explanation. He's not the same and isn't likely evil."

"Isn't likely?" Lucifer scowled at Gabriel. "That's a real confidence booster."

"Eh, gimme a bit, I'm still adjusting." Gabriel looked toward Dan. "So, we cool?"

Dan huffed and moved toward the door. He cast one more look toward Lucifer before storming out. Chloe could only wince. "Sorry, just give him some time."

"He'll likely try and find a priest to do an exorcism or something." Lucifer scoffed. "Like that would work."

"I know a couple of yahoos that would try it for free." At Lucifer's confused glance, Gabriel shrugged. "Winchesters."

"Ah yes, the rifles." Lucifer looked carefully at his brother. "Where were you last night? You didn't reappear after your tiff with Amenadiel."

"I had to blow off some steam. Which reminds me…" He pointed at Chloe, who blinked. "I'm supposed to get something from you to help Maze with hunting down the moron that shot the other me?"

Chloe frowned. "We're still not sure who's the one that did it yet. It's still being investigated."

"Ugh, wonderful." Gabriel rolled his eyes. "Now I wish I could still snap my fingers and do things."

"That reminds me." Lucifer looked toward Gabriel. "How do demons work where you're from? You said angels need vessels. Do demons need the same?"

Gabriel made a face. "Yeah, but unlike angels, they don't need permission. They just take possession whenever they feel like it."

"And they need the dead body of someone going to Hell to possess, correct?"

Gabriel's eyes narrowed. "They don't particularly care, but no, the body doesn't have to be dead." He looked between the two, frowning. "What, you think that someone from my world came with me?"

Lucifer waved a hand. "Not exactly, but we're covering our bases, making sure no stone is left unturned. You know how that is, right?"

"Well, it's the difference between demons and angels. We need permission, they don't." Gabriel shrugged. "The whole free will thing."

Chloe just stared between the two, not comprehending entirely. "Wait, demons can possess people?"

"Yes they can, actually. They require a dead body in this world, generally someone that's destined for Hell, but they can." Lucifer shrugged. "Or could, had I not banned the practice a while back."

"Is Maze-"

Lucifer shook his head before Chloe could finish her sentence. "Maze is actually in her true form. Well, with a glamour on, of course, but she's in her own body. Otherwise I'm pretty sure humans would be running screaming by now."

She glanced at Gabriel next. "And your demons don't need a dead body, they can just possess anyone?"

"Yep." Gabriel popped the 'p' at the end, leaning back. "Though they don't have a physical body where I'm from. They look like smoke outside a body."

"Which that's another question." Lucifer arched a brow at Gabriel. "You don't care for demons, and yet you're helping Maze out?"

"What can I say? She's good at her job."

Chloe cleared her throat. "Well Gabriel, I'm sorry we don't have more to help. I'll give Maze a call if something comes up."

"Or you can just pray really hard at me." Gabriel glanced toward Lucifer. "Anywho, I'm gonna skedaddle and see about doing my own investigating. Can't be too hard since I used to do this stuff for kicks."

"You used to do this stuff for kicks?" Lucifer looked confused. "What, in that other world you were a detective or something?"

Gabriel shook his head. "Nah, I used to find assholes and give them their just desserts." He then gave a half-assed salute toward the two. "Later kiddos."

Chloe watched as Gabriel disappeared through the door before she turned toward Lucifer. "Look, I'm sorry I told Dan about the Devil thing and it blowing up."

Lucifer shrugged. "I can't get too mad. After all, you did send me a text trying to get me here." Lucifer held up his phone and started toward the door himself. "Well, aren't we going, Detective? We still have to find our killer."

That caused Chloe to nod. "Yeah, we need to talk to the second victim's family. We got an ID on him and hopefully that'll help with all of this."

"Javier Santos."

Lucifer looked over the picture that Chloe gave him with a grimace. Ugh, why did some of these victims look so boring? It was like they were begging for something exciting to happen to them. Not that he thought the poor chap had wanted to be murdered, but he did have to wonder sometimes. Humans still seemed to befuddle him in that department. "So he's the delivery man?"

"Worked for FedEx. His brother reported him missing five days ago, and said that he thought he'd gone on a bender or something." Chloe took the picture back, putting it back in the notepad she carried. "We're just going to talk to him and see if he noticed anything strange." She gave him a pointed look. "Which means we don't need to alienate him."

"Consider myself on my best behavior." Chloe gave Lucifer a look, though the angel gestured for her to continue. Honestly, he was pretty sure that he'd die from boredom before he caused any mischief.

That idea was suddenly quashed the moment the door opened. Apparently the poor deceased sod had gotten the worst genes, while his brother was a looker. Dark hair slicked back, eyes a rich shade of brown, and he was wearing a button-up that certainly accentuated his figure. Lucifer was certain he'd seen him before, but where, the Devil couldn't place.

The man looked from Chloe to Lucifer, his eyes seeming to pause for a moment at Lucifer, before he looked back toward Chloe. "Can I help you?"

Chloe held up her badge. "I'm Detective Chloe Decker and this is my partner, Lucifer Morningstar. Are you Sergio Santos? We thought we might be able to ask you a few questions."

"Especially about where you got that shirt. It does wonderful things to your figure." Lucifer added, gesturing toward it with a smile.

Chloe rolled her eyes, but the man narrowed his eyes. "Yeah, I'm Sergio. Is this about Javier?"

Chloe nodded. "Could we come in to discuss this?"

Sergio hesitated for a moment before stepping aside. As they entered, Lucifer noted the apartment seemed nice enough. He had little tchotchkes scattered about, and Lucifer noted a few pictures of notable stars sitting around, each with Sergio posing with them and signed. "I see you rub elbows with the rich and famous," he noted lightly, picking up one that showed Katy Perry and examining it.

"Oh, yeah." Sergio shifted, reaching to take the picture from Lucifer carefully. "I run a hair and nail salon on Melrose. Do pretty good business." He looked them both over, frowning. "This is about my brother, right?"

"Well, your brother and my brother, I'm afraid."

Chloe elbowed him, causing Lucifer to look down with a frown. "I'm sorry Mister Santos, but your brother was found in San Pedro with a broken neck."

Sergio's eyes bugged, and Lucifer decided to try and console the man. "If it's any consolation, he probably died quickly. Didn't really feel much of a thing I believe. Though I do have to wonder why he would have any grudge against my brother."

Sergio stared at Lucifer. "Grudge against your brother? What are you talking about?"

"Well, he was the one found with a loaded gun. The same firearm used to murder a perfect angel." Lucifer's eyes narrowed. "I assure you, I will find a certain place in Hell to place him for this crime."

"Lucifer!" Chloe hissed, glaring at him. She tugged him away a few feet. "What are you doing?"

"Well isn't it obvious? Ascertaining whether he knew his brother was a defiler of the divine." Lucifer shook his head in amazement. "I can't say I'm surprised that some humans would wish to destroy my Father, after all."

"This is not the time or place to say that." Chloe's jaw clenched, and she looked back toward Sergio, who was covering his mouth with a devastated look on his face. "Now, can we talk about the facts here?"

"Right, of course. We'll save the divine wrath for later."

The turned back toward Sergio, who held up a hand for a moment to take a deep breath. "Look, I'm sorry, but my brother couldn't possibly be the guy you're looking for."

"And why would that be?" Chloe took a step forward, raising a hand to try and comfort the man. "Did he have any enemies or something that would set him up like this?"

Sergio shook his head. "No man, he was always helping out our church. We would get together and get drinks once a week. He lived on the other side of LA, and his neighborhood was quiet for the most part. He'd proposed to his girlfriend last week, and they were supposed to get married."

"So no grudges or anything? No one that would want to hurt him?" When Sergio shook his head, Chloe bit her lip. "Well, if you can direct us to his girlfriend, we'd very much appreciate it." Chloe then handed him a business card. "Also give us a call if there's something you can remember. Hopefully we can find the person responsible for all of this."

After getting the name, Lucifer and Chloe left, though Lucifer was annoyed. They still were no closer to finding Gabriel's killer, and from all appearances, the poor sod wasn't likely to be a suspect, dead or no. If he were, Lucifer would have no problem going down to Hell to give instructions on the treatment he'd get.

"Look, Lucifer, I know you're wanting to get to the bottom of who killed your brother-"

"Damn right I do."

Chloe sighed. "But you can't run around accusing people of it when we have no proof." She leaned against the roof of her car when they got to it, looking him over. "He was grieving for his brother just as much as you are."

Lucifer was silent, thinking things through. He wasn't going to pretend that he wasn't angry, not since anger was a thing he could do right now. He did finally give a nod, frowning. "Very well Detective, I shall abstain from revealing my brother was also a victim in this crime as well. However, I will warn you that should we find Gabriel's true killer, I won't be so kind."

He didn't miss the troubled expression on Chloe's face, but he couldn't ignore facts. There was an angel killer on the loose. If they weren't stopped, Gabriel wouldn't be the last victim, and Lucifer was certain that humanity would suffer alongside the Heavenly Host.