At the hospital
" Okay! Are you guys ready to see your baby? " the doctor asked as she prepped Chloe's stomach with the gel.
" Yes. " they said, Chloe was holding Lucifer's; he was wearing a blue t-shirt now, hand as the pad was placed on Chloe's stomach. They watched the screen as the doctor tried to find baby Rory and after a moment, they could hear a pulsing sound and see a small form with a pulse that was in time to what they were hearing.
" There she is. " Chloe muttered as her eyes watered.
" There's your baby. " the doctor said, not hearing her, she studied baby Rory to gauge how old she was, " Looks like the baby's about 7 weeks with a normal heartbeat. Would you like a picture? "
" Yes, please. Daddy here is going to want to show her off. "
" Is this your first? " the doctor asked, looking at them.
" My second, he's first. " Chloe answered as she looked back at Lucifer, who seemed to have his eyes glued to the screen even though the doctor had already turned it off after printing the picture.
" Lucifer? "
" That was Rory's heartbeat. I got to hear her heartbeat. " he muttered in awe, his eyes tearing up.
The doctor smiled a knowing smile as she left to put away the file she had and to make an appointment for Chloe's next visit to monitor the baby's growth.
Carol and Ella came in after and saw that the two were touching foreheads and crying, Ella thought the worst,
" Did you lose the baby?! "
" No Ella. We just heard her heartbeat for the first time. The doctor said her heartbeat's normal and that she's 7 weeks old. Look. " Chloe held up the picture of the ultrasound.
Ella and Carol looked at it, Carol smiled as Ella gushed, " Oh, she's so tiny! I can't wait to meet her...as a baby! " she added awkwardly.
" I can't wait to hold her. " Lucifer said getting emotional, wiping his eyes.
" Your going to be a great dad Lucifer. " Carol said.
" I hope so. I do know that I won't abandon her, Chloe, or Trixie. Not like how my father abandoned me and my siblings. "
" Your already going in the right direction. " Carol said in support, feeling sympathy for the man at hearing how he was rised.
" Luci! Chloe! Everything okay? " Amenadiel came through the door.
" Yes brother. Everything's sorted for the most part, look, it's baby Rory! " Lucifer showed him the ultrasound.
" She's beautiful little brother. "
" Of course she is. She took after her mother. " Lucifer smiled lovingly at Chloe who smiled back.
" Yeah, but she's going to have your eyes and hair remember? "
" Their brothers? " Carol whispered to Ella.
" Yeah. Amenadiel's the oldest because he was born first. I'm not sure who was born after him before Lucifer came along. I'll have to ask them later. " she replied back.
Scene change, time skip
Lucifer and Chloe landed outside her apartment, he gently set her down, she held onto him a bit longer.
" Something wrong Love? " he asked as he held her to him like she was doing with him.
" No. Just that I think I know what your calling is. But I'm afraid that you'll leave too. "
" Chloe. I've been saying this since Rory told us who she was and why she was here, I am not leaving you or her or Trixie. Never. I won't become my father. "
" I know you won't. But that isn't the only thing I need to tell you or talk about. "
" Yes. Trixie having wings is a new one. "
" She isn't the only one. I have them too. "
" What? "
" Let's go inside and talk. I'll show you my wings too. " she said, unlocking her door and paused, Lucifer nearly bumped into her as she did, he was about to ask what was wrong when he heard Trixie shout,
" Prepare to be defeated! "
Looking up, he saw that the living room was a mess of white downy feathers everywhere with a preteen girl and young lady standing on either side of the room with pillows piled up next to them in make-shift forts, he had no idea where they found so many pillows, but they did and they were having a pillow fight or war from the looks of it.
" Your the one whose going down T! " Rory shouted back.
Both girls had two pillows in their hands, one was a 'weapon' the other was a 'shield'.
" AHHH! " they shouted and charged each other, blocking and hitting each other with the pillows.
Chloe saw a couple of loose pillows near her and Lucifer and picked them up, handing one to him, she gestured for him to hide it behind his back as she said,
" What is going on in here?! " sounding upset about the mess.
The girls stop their fun and turn to their mother, it takes everything that Chloe has to not crack a smile at how they both look like Lucifer does when she scolds him.
" We got bored waiting on you guys. " Trixie answers.
" And you two thought that it was a good idea to start a pillow war...without us?! " Chloe launched her pillow at Rory and Lucifer launched his at Trixie.
The two squeal in surprise and soon all four are throwing pillows at each other with Chloe and Lucifer on one side and the girls on the other, all laughing and having fun that was well deserved after the night they just had.
They played all through out the rest of the night, passing out in a heap on top of the pillows just before dawn.
Time skip
Carol came up to Chloe's apartment with Ella. He knocked but no one answered. He was about to ask Ella to call her friend, when he noticed Ella picking the lock,
" Where did you learn to do that? " he asked.
" Middle school. Chloe? Lucifer? " she answers as she called out to her friends and like Chloe had done the previous night, paused just inside the door, Carol nearly bumping into her. He looked and saw not only white downy feathers covering the floor, but a foot sticking out from beside the couch, he drew his gun and got in front of Ella, who followed him to the foot, both relaxed as they made it there and saw Lucifer, Chloe, Trixie, and Rory laying there on a pile of pillows, sleeping soundly.
Lucifer was in the middle; lightly snoring, Chloe on one side; snoring a bit louder than him, Rory on the other, his arms wrapped around them with Trixie laying on top of all three, her feet at Rory's stomach and her head at her mother's chest, Chloe's hand on her back, Rory's was resting on her legs.
Ella quickly took a photo of the family, planning on showing it to Maze, Eve, and Linda later.
" Planning on black-mailing the Devil Miss Lopez? " Lucifer asked quietly as he opened his eyes.
" How di- "
" Shh! " Lucifer shushed.
Carol whispered now, " How did you know it was Ella? "
" I have excellent hearing. Not to mention I became alert the moment I heard the lock being picked. " Lucifer answered as he managed to get himself free of the three ladies without waking them.
" Is it morning or lunch time? "
" About noon. " Carol answered.
" Perfect time for a brunch. Would you two like anything? " Lucifer replied as he moved around Chloe's kitchen like it was second nature.
" I'm good. " Carol answered again.
Lucifer paused at making the coffee to look at Ella, " Miss Lopez? "
" Hmm? Oh! Uh, waffles sounds good. "
" Just waffles? Plain? Belgian? German? "
" Belgian if it's not too much trouble. "
" Belgian it is. Let's see, I believe Chloe and Trixie would like an egg sandwich... "
" I'd like one too Dad. " Rory said as she entered the kitchen, " Need any help? "
" Not really, but I wouldn't mind it. " Lucifer replied with a loving smile as she moved about the kitchen with him, both in tune with what the other was doing like it was an everyday thing with Rory making her dad pancakes. Ella watched them with complete awe and Carol watched impressed with how the other man was with his 'oldest'.
" Feeling better? " they heard Lucifer ask Rory.
" Yeah. My wings aren't bitching like they were last night. It'll be a couple of days before the new ones come in right? " she answered.
" Well given with how many of your feathers that those cretins took from you, I'd say a week is when they all will be replaced. They'll itch like mad as well fair warning. "
Rory nodded, " So what does it mean for mom and T with their wings? "
" Chloe and Trixie have wings?! " Ella exclaimed, Carol looked at her then to Lucifer and Rory, waiting for one of them to explain.
" Uh, we'll explain. Just not right now. " Ella supplied.
" I get it. I'm the new kid. " Carol replied taking this in stride as he knew that being the new guy here in their close group means it's going to take time for them to trust him, just as it was still taking Ella time to be more at ease with him.
" Would you mind if I took a look at your wings after Miss Lopez and Carol leave? " Lucifer asked as they finished up the brunch, he went to the coffee maker and fixed Chloe's coffee the way she liked it as Rory went to wake her mother and sister.
" Sure. I don't want mom or T getting hurt by them. Seeing as we still don't know what it means for them having wings. " she answered, gently waking the two.
" Mom? T? Brunch is ready. Aunt Ella and Carol are here too. "
Trixie grumbled a bit, while Chloe snorted herself awake after being slightly shaken, but they fully woke up at the smell of food and coffee.
" Here you are Love, Urchin, Rory. " Lucifer said serving them the coffee, soy milk, and orange juices as they came to sit at the bar.
" Miss Lopez, what would you like to drink? Carol, are you sure I can't fix you something? " he asked as he and Rory set the plates down.
" Yeah, I'm sure. " he answered, watching how different the man was with his family, he knew that Trixie was Dan's but Lucifer was treating her the same as his own daughter. It was very clear to him that Lucifer loves them and would do anything to protect them, he even said so last night, saying that he was going to let LeMec kill him if it meant that both Trixie and Rory were safe.
Chloe took a sip of her coffee, groaning in appreciation, hiding a smile when she saw Lucifer tense for a split second before continuing to eat his fruit covered pancakes.
" Is this that new coffee that your dad found in Columbia? " she asked.
" Yes. And it comes in decaf, which is what your drinking. And I've read that too much caffeine is bad for a developing fetus. So it's a good thing you always prefer the decaf to regular. "
" I think that I'll turn out just fine Dad. " Rory said, taking a bite out of her egg sandwich, " Mmm, how did you get this the way mom always fixes it? " she asked.
" No different than how you fixed these pancakes. Your mother taught you well. " Lucifer complimented with a smile.
" These are really good Lucifer. " Trixie complimented, Chloe nodded in agreement as she was currently eating hers and didn't want to be rude by talking with her mouth full. Ella was also nodding and humming in agreement as she dug into her fruit covered waffles, even cutting off a piece and offering it to Carol to try, which he did, his eyes widened,
" Oh wow! That is good! Did your mother teach you how to cook? " he asked.
Lucifer stopped eating, " No. She wasn't much of a cook. Dad did the cooking. But he didn't teach me either. I learned how to cook from some of the most famous and prestigious chefs known throughout the years. The only thing we were taught was to read, write, and fight. Well us archangels were trained to fight and I've learned quiet a few fighting styles and technics from the humans over my previous short visits on earth. "
" So you didn't just come up here to have wild sex parties every few decades? " Rory asked casually, causing Chloe to choke on her coffee,
" Aurora Morningstar! "
" What? Mom I'm older than I look remember? And I'm pretty sure that T knows what sex is. Even if it's the vanilla version. "
" Vanilla version? Dearie me remind me to not let Maze babysit Rory when she gets a bit older to remember what Maze says. "
" Like that's gonna stop me from having sex with any potential girlfriend or boyfriend? Though I've dated a couple of guys over the years, I prefer women. " Rory continued in the same tone as she drank her soy milk.
" Nothing wrong with that. I've had my fair share of men myself. " Lucifer said.
Carol choked on his own spit when he heard this and Ella gave him a drink of her orange juice while Lucifer hid his grin behind his own coffee cup.
" Good to know. The last guy I dated didn't take too kindly to seeing me with a woman. "
" What did he do? " Lucifer asked, going into protective mode.
" Relax Dad. He didn't do anything to me. But he won't be raising his hands to another woman for a while. Seeing as I broke them when he tried to hit me. "
" Good on you girl. " Ella phrased.
Carol looked to Ella with concern at her tone, making him wonder about this serial killer boyfriend she dated, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Lucifer do the same only his was more of an older brother's concern for the petite scientist, Chloe was rubbing her hand on Ella's back like an older sister. Making him wonder briefly how long it would take for Ella to trust him enough to do that without her stiffening up at just the slightest brush of touches.
" Miss Lopez. You have my word that Pete will never harm you again. Him or Klumpsky. They'll get their punishment in Hell when they die. Because that is exactly where they are going when they do. I'll personally see to it myself that they get what they deserve. " Lucifer said as he reached out and held her hand comfortingly.
" I know. Thank you Lucifer. " Ella replied, her eyes getting watery, she smiled as he handed her a paper towel to wipe them before they really started to fall,
" Excuse me for a minute. Chloe? " she said, choking up a bit as she went to the bathroom, Chloe following after her, finishing up her sandwich as she did.
Carol waited a minute before turning to Lucifer, " Is Pete or Klumpsky that serial killer she told me about? "
" Pete's the one that was dating her. Klumpsky was his copycat fan boy. But I think you may know him better as the Whisper Killer. Nasty business that case was. Thought he had kidnapped Chloe because she didn't believe that Klumpsky was the actual killer, well he was a killer just not the actual Whisper Killer. Just a copycat. Anyway, we thought he had Chloe because as I said she didn't think he was the killer and kidnapped her because she was looking into it. Turns out it was my phsycho evil twin Michael that had Chloe and that Pete was the actual killer. "
" Jesus. "
" Wrong deity. And he was rather ballsy, sending Miss Lopez to his apartment to get his little trophy files as I like to call them because they had everything involving him. But Miss Lopez discovered his little hidden room where he grew his flowers shortly before he arrived. "
" And he figured out that she knew who he really was. " Carol surmised, not liking where this was going.
" Yes. And nearly killed her. But Miss Lopez being Miss Lopez, thought to bring one of his little syringes out with her and used it to stop him. Bit fitting that he get a taste of what his victims got. Though it's a shame that the dose didn't send him to Hell for us. "
" Yeah. Jesus, and here I thought my drinking was a struggle. "
" Well thanks to a good therapist I know and our friends, she's recovering very well. She's as strong as my beautiful, clever Detective. "
" I've noticed that you say Detective, Miss Lopez, and Urchin, " Carol grinned at Trixie, who stuck her tongue out at him, " With endearment. "
" Of course I do. I care and love them...Oh, maybe I should come up with one for you Rory. "
" I'm good Dad. "
" Oh come on! "
" You don't have a nickname for Auntie Maze and Auntie Eve. You call Auntie Linda 'Doctor' most of time. And from the stories I've heard, you called T's dad Detective Douche a lot. " she reminded.
" Well that's because when I first met him, he pretty much was acting like a douche. Not to mention that he called your mother stupid to her face when she and I went to pick up Trixie from her school on our first case. "
" He did what now? " Rory asked, her jaw twitched.
" He told mom that she needed to be smart about the case she was working and Lucifer defended her by telling D-Daddy that she was smart and that he was the dimwit. " Trixie started crying now and Lucifer went to her immediately, she practically jumped into his arms and held him as tight as she could, Carol wondered for just a second how the man wasn't turning blue with how tight the girl was holding him and how he was able to stand and hold the pre-teen like she weighted nothing.
With Ella and Chloe
Chloe rubbed Ella's back as she cried. Ella was sitting on the toilet with some toilet paper now because the paper towel that Lucifer gave her was too soaked to hold anymore of her tears. Chloe didn't say anything at first as she rubbed her friend's back, hugging her to her.
" It's okay Ella. " she spoke quietly then.
" I'm not crying because of what Lucifer said about Pete. " Ella said through her tears, " I'm crying because of how good Lucifer is to me, to you, to Trixie, to your future baby girl, to all of us that he cares about and how the rest of the human race has been calling him this evil creature that was the cause for all the bad things that's ever happened throughout time. When he's not. He's a good person, or Devil, or Angel, or being, that was put in a place that he never should've gone to because he rebelled against his dad and gave Eve an apple. What kind of father does that?! And here I thought his dad was a good person. He helped me with my darkness and even hugged me and said that I had a light so bright that he could see it all the way up in Heaven. " Ella stopped and blew her nose, taking a shaky breath as she continued,
" The way Lucifer talked about him whenever something reminded him of his dad, I'd listen and get mad at his dad too, but when I actually met him, I was thrown by how kind he was being. But Lucifer was so tense and looked down right scared of him whenever he'd get too close to him like he was expecting to be hit. But then he did a complete 180 like always and was spending time with him, telling about what he did at the precinct. He was even drinking a slurpy! " Ella exclaimed.
" Yeah. But from what Lucifer's told me, he and his dad made up. God even told him that he loved him and was proud of the man he'd become. Even hugged him. He told Amenadiel the same the day before that. "
" Did you ever talk with him? God I mean. "
" I told him off for how he treated Lucifer. Respectfully of course. And all he did in return to me telling him off was take my hand and smile as he said that it was nice to meet me and that he could see how much I cared for his son. Of course when I tried to talk to him about me being an actual gift, Lucifer came in and said that that was enough for first introductions and that we didn't want anyone getting smitted. "
" What do you mean being a gift? " Ella asked, her tears slowing.
" Well, it's a long story. But God asked Amenadiel to come down here to bless my mother so that she and my dad could have me. And no, Amenadiel is not my dad. My daddy is still my daddy. It's why I'm immune to Lucifer's mojo. Only Lucifer though, the rest of the Angels and their weapons or objects effect me like anyone other human that comes across them. " Chloe shuddered as she remembered Amenadiel's necklace and how it made act like an addict.
" So your saying that you are a literal gift from God? A miracle? " Ella asked.
" Yeah. But Amenadiel gave me some clarity on that. I'm not the gift. The gift is that I see Lucifer for who he truly is. Everyone else sees their desires reflected back to them when they see him, like how the nuns were acting with Amenadiel, they saw their faith reflected back at them. And that everything that we had experienced was real and not some act or other force making us feel the way that we do. "
" And me seeing the angel of death? How does that work? "
" You'll have to ask Lucifer that. "
" What do is his wings look like? "
" Bigger than Amenadiel's and they're pure white. I know you saw Amenadiel's, they're more arrow shaped and gray. Their sister Remiel's wings was, like a hawk's. "
" I know. I handled it. "
" His twin Michael's are like his only they're black and disheveled, the right being bent to match his shoulder. "
" Twin?! He has a twin?...Wait Michael? As in St. Michael the Archangel?! "
" Yeah. But he was anything but saintly. He's the one who kidnapped me, started a war with Lucifer and Amenadiel, oh and he also killed me. "
" What?! But how... "
" Lucifer flew up to Heaven. The place he was banned from and hated more than Hell. He flew up there and brought me back. Where I then proceeded to kick his twin's ass with the aid of Amenadiel's necklace that gave me superhuman strength... " Chloe had a far off look in her eyes before Ella snapped her fingers in front of her to bring her back.
" I was so pissed at that bastard, he not only took Lucifer from me, I thought he had died when he sent me back, he was also responsible for Dan getting killed. "
" And to think we prayed to that guy to keep us safe. And he really does look like Lucifer? "
" You met him. He was pretending to be Lucifer before Lucifer came back from Hell. Michael can lie and draw out people's fears, the opposite of Lucifer, who can't lie and draws out people's desires. But after their fight in the penthouse, he now has a scar across his face, well you know that because of Lucifer asking you to make a replica of it and put it on his face. That and Michael has an American accent and has no sense of fashion at all. The guy wore turtlenecks for their father's sake! " Chloe laughed.
" I was wondering why Lucifer was suddenly doing the paperwork. He hates paperwork. But why was he pretending to be Lucifer in the first place? "
" To turn us against Lucifer. He's a jealous, spiteful, lying, manipulating, cold hearted, cold blooded, evil, psycho-path. And from I understand, so was their mother, who according to Linda had the supernatural version of Post-partum-depression along with being a full blown narcissist and sociopath and psychopathic! "
" No wonder Lucifer acts the way he does or did, he's gotten a lot better since I've been here. His family is really screwed up. "
" Yep. His mother and two of his brother's have tried to kill me; well Michael did technically kill me, the other brother only threatened and came close to killing me along with their mother. And anyone else that Lucifer cares about just to make him suffer and hurt him. The whole family needs therapy if you ask me. But I don't think Lucifer could pay Linda enough to put up with all that celestial bullshit baggage. They do not talk to each other at all. Most are against Lucifer as it is despite him winning the war against them. Only two of his siblings joined our side during that war. Well there was a third one, but she quickly went back to Michael's side because she was more afraid of what Michael would do to her than fighting along side Lucifer. Remiel was the other sibling that joined us, but Michael killed her. "
" Jesus. "
" Yeah...By the way, Jesus' real name is Joshua and he's Lucifer's little half brother. "
Ella looked at her with wide disbelieved eyes with her mouth hanging open.
" And your actually handling this better than me or Dan did when we discovered the truth. Linda was just cationic for a couple of weeks. "
" How so? "
" We both tried to kill Lucifer. Dan because Michael got into his head like only he can. And me with the help of an evil priest. "
" Seriously? "
" That's an even longer story. But somehow Lucifer forgave me for it. He even forgave Dan for shooting him. Though he pranked him big time first. "
A knock came to the door,
" Detective? Trixie's wanting you. " they heard Lucifer say.
Chloe rubbed Ella's shoulder one last time before going to the door and opened it, Ella saw that Lucifer was holding Trixie to him as though she were still a little girl and not a preteen.
" What happened? " Chloe asked as she took Trixie from Lucifer and held her like he had, rubbing her daughter's back soothingly.
" We were talking about nicknames and Rory mentioned some stories she had heard about what I used to call Daniel and I told why I called him that when I first met him on our first case together and Trixie said what I said when he called you stupid to your face and she started to cry, I tried to soothe her as best as I could before she asked for you. I didn't mean to upset her. "
" I know you didn't Babe. I'll go and calm her down. Did Rory give her statement to Carol yet? "
" I believe she is now. Carol said that he'd come by again later to get Trixie's after she's calmed down. "
" Okay. I'll be down stairs. " she looked to Ella then back to him, knowing that he got the message she was silently giving.
Lucifer moved to the side, letting her pass to go back down stairs to Trixie's room to try and calm her down. He knew that the child was dealing with more than just losing her father, this was the second time the poor thing had been kidnapped and this time had actually been hurt and seeing her sister get hurt, and seeing his Devil-face didn't help matters either.
" Feeling any better yourself Miss Lopez? " he asked, turning back to her after Chloe disappeared from his view.
Ella got up and walked to him, she saw him keep still and kept his hands in view so that she would see that he wasn't being threatening, this was the second time that they've been close since the other day when he told her about the charity he started in her name. That time in LUX didn't count because she had quickly left his embrace when he had told her about Rae-Rae being the angel of death and finding out that she not a actual ghost like Dan was because she couldn't see him like she could Rae-Rae was like another slice of the preverbal knife cutting into her heart.
She saw that he was acting like a scared, hurt, neglected, and abused little boy that was used to being rejected, hurt, and used. Her heart was breaking at the sight. He was the strongest being on earth, brave, kind, warm, compassionate, giving, loving, caring, fiercely loyal, and just as fiercely protective of those he held close to his heart, which really wasn't that many as she ran through the people in their group.
She was also angry at the churches and most of the human race for portraying Lucifer as the most evilest of beings that ever existed or that ever walked the earth. She saw evil everyday, came face to face with it. And knowing that the actual Devil was helping to solve murders and bringing the bad guys to justice? How the hell could anyone say that he was an evil monster? If he truly was evil, he wouldn't care about what the humans did to each other, he wouldn't care about any of his friends or Chloe or her daughter or his own kid; both present and future versions. He wasn't a monster. He was just the man that was used to punish the monsters that did all of the bad and evil things.
She meant what she had said to Chloe a couple months ago, she loved this man in front of her like a brother. Because that was how he was with her, another older brother that also happened to be the actual Devil and his sister was her first friend and the Angel of Death. She would still like to know why Azrael hadn't taken her life yet or maybe that was just a myth.
That revelation didn't matter right now. All that mattered was letting this wonderful being know that she wasn't afraid of him or was going to hurt him or reject him.
She hugged him to her, she felt him stiffen like he always did when she did; other than the one time that he actually hugged her when Chloe had been kidnapped and she was upset, before he relaxed and hugged her to him. Her tears started to fall again,
" I'll take that as a 'no' then? " she heard him ask and she tightened her hold on him,
" I'm sorry. " she said, her voice muffled in his shirt, but he heard her,
" What are you apologizing for Miss Lopez? "
" For all the pain, suffering, and blame you had to endure since the Big Guy kicked you out of Heaven. " she felt as well as heard his breath hitch as he tightened his hold on her,
" What did I ever do to deserve this life I have now? "
She tightened her hold again at how much disbelief was in his voice, she knew what he meant, the love, the care, family, friends that actually care and don't expect anything in return like he was used to, the acceptance. He didn't do anything wrong, it was his father, his mother, the rest of his siblings that were in the wrong and that did him wrong. The worst thing that Lucifer did to her knowledge was offer Eve that apple and rebelled against his dad like any other teenager that didn't know how to deal with his parents arguing and not wanting his younger siblings exposed to that. While his older siblings didn't even bother to look out for him, she wondered for a moment if Amenadiel was apart of that dynamic before they became close like the brothers she knows them today as.
Ella didn't say anything, she didn't know how to answer that question, she only hoped that her hug was enough of an answer for the Devil.
Lucifer finally pulled away from her, cleared his throat and said, " I take it you still have questions? "
" Just a few for now. But I do want answers to the rest of my questions after everything's calmed down. "
" Deal. Just let me know when you want the rest of your questions answered...Your not going to hell Miss Lopez just because you struck a deal with me. " he joked, getting a laugh out of her.
" Okay, good to know. "
" Besides, neither I or Amenadiel would let that happen. Your far too good to be in that horrible place, which I'm guessing is one of your questions? "
" Yeah. But first, I want to know about your eyes changing color from yesterday. "
" Those are my hell-fire eyes. They're mostly used as a warning to the bad guys. Or when I'm serious or pissed off. "
Ella nodded, " I heard something about going full Devil last night? " she saw him tense.
" The eyes are one thing Miss Lopez. My Devil-face and form are another. Humans have been driven mad from just my face alone. "
" May I see your Devil-face then? "
" I'd rather you didn't. "
" I can be the judge of that Lucifer. "
" Well just so you know, my other face is like that because I self actualized it that way because of how monstrous I felt. And don't say I didn't warn you. "
" Can you show it slowly? Or is it like boom and it's there? "
" I can show it to you slowly if that will help. "
" Then go with that. It gives my mind time to process what I'm seeing. "
" Very well. "
Ella stood still and watched as the tanned skin and face she's come to know to belong to her best friend slowly burned away with a yellowish light line, going up from his neck to the top of his head, a sizzling sound accompanying it until it ended at the top of his head where she saw four deep indents in his skull that made her think of the tattoos Wesley Snipes had in Blade if they were indents instead of ink on skin.(don't own that either)
Along with the badly burned skin and glowing red/black eyes in place of the perfect skin, he was bald now with no eyebrows or eyelashes from the looks of it. And those burns, oh boy do they look so damn painful, she wanted to cry again, but held her tears back because she didn't want to alarm him or have him think that she was crying because of seeing him like this. And now she understood better of why he never showed her any proof of being who he claimed to be all this time.
It was un-nerving and ghastly to see for even just a second. She slowly reached her hand up, pausing just an inch before actually touching his burned skin. Looking at him, he nodded so lightly that she barely saw it. His skin was rough, not sandpaper rough, maybe like wrinkled paper or crepe paper.
She looked to his eyes, they were like burning coals and swirled like a fire was in his pupils with a black background,
" Does it hurt? " she asked quietly.
He gave her a eeyorish smile with a matching chuckle, " I've not felt the pain of my Fall in literal eons Miss Lopez. As I've said, I made myself look this way because I felt this way. "
She nodded and tried to ease the tension around them, " Well I see that we got the red skin part right in the movies. "
His face returned to normal as he chuckled in the more familiar chuckle she knows, " Yes, just not the texture. And why you humans insist on me having horns, a tail, and half a goat body, I'll never understand. Unless it's because of that retched story about me and the goat and if I ever find out who started that story a thousand years ago I'll tear his bollocks off and step on them one at a time. "
" What if it was a woman that started the story? " she asked teasingly.
Lucifer paused, " Then I'll let Maze handle it. Speaking of punishments, how would you like Pete to be punished? I know you told him that he'd burn in Hell... "
" You mean there's other ways he can be punished down there than just burning? "
" Dearie me, what have they been teaching in the churches these days? They should really update that book on what Hell's really like. Maybe I should get Amena-God to get it changed... " he said the last part more to himself.
With the others
Carol watched as Chloe came down with Trixie and go to the girl's room off to the side of the kitchen, he had just finished getting Rory's statement. And he was just as perplexed by her version of events as he was with her father's. He was also a bit perturbed by how calm and completely at ease she was at telling him what happened as though it was an everyday thing and normal. Much like how Lucifer, Maze, and Eve had done last night.
And not for the first time, he wondered just what it was that Dan had gotten him into when he thought about introducing him to Ella. And of course it wasn't just Ella that came along, he was finding that this group of friends of hers was not only very close and protective of each other like family, they were also a bit odd and weird.
The group consisted of two bounty hunters; who are now married to each other, a therapist; who he now knows is the mother of Lucifer's nephew as well as his therapist, a rookie cop; who is also Lucifer's older brother that had quite to do something better to help the LAPD with it's racial profiling, discrimination, and dirty cops, along with Chloe; who was a homicide detective and mother to a sweet kid that just lost her father in a cruel way.
Said sweet kid was also being trained by one of the aforementioned bounty hunters to beat the shit out of any one that wanted to try and harm her. Ella herself; not only a great forensic scientist, but a wonderful, smart, funny, beautiful woman who got dealt a bad hand but still manages to smile through it all. Then there's Lucifer, a former consultant and partner to Chloe, sometimes enemy, sometimes friend to Dan, night club owner, crazy rich, former playboy who had hosted wild crazy sex parties that he was sure was also drug and alcohol filled, who claims that he's the Devil himself, and is in a relationship with Chloe and seems to love and care about Trixie like she was his own.
Lucifer's oldest kid, was still a mystery. She was into the Goth/punk style, had attitude, was sassy, bossy, moody, didn't like to be told what to do, acted out, was rebellious. And that's just what he got from the way spoke during her statement and how she acted last night.
And if Carol didn't already know it, he would swear that Trixie was Lucifer's too because of her hair, eyes, and skin tone. Both girls could very easily be mistaken as being Lucifer's and Chloe's instead of just the one that was currently in Chloe's belly. He wondered who Rory's mother was or if she was still alive, most likely not and not a very good one if she was referring to Chloe as her mom after rescuing her last night.(he has no idea! ;p)
" You sure you don't want anything to drink before you leave? " Rory asked him, bringing him out of his thoughts.
" Yeah. I'm sure. Thank you...Can I ask you something? "
" You just did. "
" Okay, can I ask you something else? "
" You just did it again. "
" Okay, I'll just ask, how can you be so calm after what happened last night? "
" Now isn't that better? And I'm calm because I knew I'd be fine. Though it did get a little worrisome when that son of a bitch was going to stab my dad in the throat with my one of my feathers. "
Carol thought she was referring to the blood red knives that were seized and had somehow survived the fire without being damaged,
" Would you like them back after Ella's done processing them? Well the ones that aren't covered in blood at least, those are gonna be used as evidence against the rest of LeMec's men that weren't killed...Remind me to never piss off Ella's friends. "
" Yeah sure, I'll glue them back onto my wings. That'll be like putting feathers on an arts and crafts project I'd do in elementary, so no thanks. And as long as you treat Ella good, don't upset her, beat or smack her around, cheat on her, try to kill her, or make her cry. I think you'll be just fine. But if you do any of those things, "
" I swear I won't. "
" Then you'll have more than just my mom and aunties after you. My dad treats her like a little sister. So if you hurt Ella, your gonna have the Devil himself hunting you down. And unlike what he might and can do to those that hurt mom, me, or T, you'll be in a coma with a full body cast, if that depending how badly you hurt Ella. "
" Who hurt Miss Lopez? " Lucifer asked as he came down the stairs, Ella right behind him.
Carol felt like he was in a room with a tiger, he was amazed at how fast this man could change his demeanor, in one blink of an eye he's happy and friendly, another blink and he's ready to take your head off.
" I was just telling Carl, "
" Carol. "
" Here to treat Aunt Ella like the queen she is. And if he didn't Daddy was going to put him in the hospital. " Rory answered, winking at the two behind Carol's head as he faced them.
" Oh I'll do more than that if he hurts her. She's been through enough torment and pain this year and I'll not have her go through it again. "
" Cálmate hermano, no me lastimará de ninguna manera. Pero si lo hace, será mi primera llamada. Prometo. " Ella said, patting Lucifer's shoulder in a calming manner.
" Asegúrese y dígame exactamente qué es lo que hizo si lo hace...la hermana menor. " Lucifer replied, giving Carol a hard look before going to check on Chloe and Trixie.
" Why does it feel like my death warrant just got signed? " Carol asked to no one in particular.
" Because it just did. Now you treat Aunt Ella good now and don't fuck it up. " Rory said patting his shoulder before going to the living room to start cleaning up the mess.
" Language! " Lucifer and Chloe said from Trixie's room.
" Older than I look! "
" Your sister doesn't need to be hearing that. " Chloe said coming out of the room.
" You should here her in my time. It'd make even Dad blush. "
" I can only image where she got it from. " Chloe replied thinking of Maze.
" Yeah, auntie Maze was even impressed with how quick she took to cussing worse than a sailor. You should've seen the look on LeMec's face last night when she called him the loophole for cock-sucker. " Rory grinned at the look of horror on her mom's face.
" She did what now? "
" She called him a sock-sucker instead of actually calling him a cock-sucker. "
Chloe turned to look at Lucifer who had came out of Trixie's room after hearing this and only grinned mischievously at her scowl, he thought she looked adorable.
" I rue the day you taught Trixie those loophole swear words. "
" To be fair, I only taught her the small ones. She's the one that came up with Motherclucker. "
" Which is what she called one of her teachers! She told another one to go to Shell. "
" Well I'm sure that teacher deserved to be told that. Just as I'm sure she had a valid reason for calling another teacher a Cluster Duck. And I wouldn't be surprised if she loophole cussed out that bully that picked on her when I first met her. "
" And that would've started another fight between the two. "
" And Trixie would've won that fight just as she did the last time and that girl was twice her size and weight then too. "
" Is this normal? " Rory asked Ella.
" Yep. "
Rory watched with amusement at how her parents interacted with each other, a smile coming to her face.
I'll stop it here for the night. I hope ya'll like this ch as much as you did last ch.
Translation to what Ella and Lucifer were saying:
Ella: Calm down brother, he won't hurt me in any way. But if he does, you will be my first call. I promise.
Lucifer: Be sure and tell me exactly what it is that he did if he does...little sister.
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