Chapter 7:
Lucifer left after hours of chatting and answering their questions. It was clear that Elena and Jenna had a hard time at first but after talking things through they noticed that Lucifer didn't lie.
All of them agreed to stop being suspicious and help each other out. They were going to help him with Daniel when it would go the wrong way and he agreed to keep them posted about Damon's brother, he had to tell Chloe everything though. He didn't know how she was going to react but she had some time to adapt to him being the devil so how bad could a bunch of honest vampires be.
He rolled his shoulders the moment he stepped outside and flew towards Dan's apartment where Donald was still waiting for him to arrive. The flight took only a mere second. He opened the door and stepped inside. He saw both men watching a body bag movie.
Daniel turned around with a smile, "Hey babe, how did the talk go?" while Donald stood up to take an uber back to Lux.
"Here is money for an Uber, thank you Donald." the devil gave the man a few hundred dollar bills. The security man gave his boss the key to his car before leaving them alone with a nod.
"Well, how did the talk go?" Daniel wanted to know. He stood up and walked towards his fallen angel.
Lucifer pulled him into his side and kissed the other man's lips, "The talk went rather well, they are not the ones we need to be afraid of."
Dan snuggled even closer, laying his head on the larger man's chest, "What does him helping me mean for me? What are the consequences?"
"You will need to be careful the next four days, love. If you die you can be turned into a vampire because Damon gave you a bit of his blood to heal. It takes four days to get it out of your system. I know you have your weekend off but I would be less worried if you took two days of vacation after this weekend." Lucifer said softly he knew what it was to lead an immortal or almost immortal life.
"Babe, you know I can't do that. I don't want to do that either." Dan sighed deeply.
"Love, you don't have the safest job in the world, you could die, you know that." It wasn't that Lucifer didn't want Dan by his side for longer than a few decades but he didn't want him to have such a hard life either.
"Lucifer, I can get killed every day no matter if I am at my job or not." Dan now looked his boyfriend in the eyes.
"That's why I want you to come to the penthouse with me. I am going to stay by your side for the full four days to be sure nothing happens. You see if you get killed and you turn you will have to live an immortal life." Lucifer started to explain but got a look that stopped him.
"What if I want a forever with you? What if I want to take this chance to be with you?" Dan asked.
"Love, you don't know what it's like, you will have to say goodbye to all humans you hold dearly every time again and again. You have to see your offspring die and her offsprings and so on. Don't underestimate that."
"But I got you, Lucifer. I know I can count on you." Dan fought back.
"You will never be able to follow them to The Silver City. Is that what you want?" Lucifer countered back, "You have no idea what you are talking about."
Dan shook his head and turned his back towards the being he gave his heart to, "It's like you don't want that for me? Is this all a game for you after all?" The man sounded sad, he didn't want to see Lucifer's face when he spoke those words.
"Daniel, listen to me." Lucifer placed his hands on his boyfriend's shoulders, "I would like nothing more than not to say goodbye to you but this isn't something you can decide so easily without thinking it through. You will have to learn how to be a vampire and what about your job? You come in contact with blood don't forget that! What about the fact that you don't grow older?"
"But that is the same for you, Lucifer. You can live with it, why can't I?" Dan turned around again and Lucifer saw that his eyes were all watery.
"Daniel, darling, I didn't have a choice in the matter, you do have a choice." Lucifer countered back, "How do you think I will feel if I will see all of my friends die one by one and I can't follow them plus I don't need to control blood lust."
"But what if I stay here with you? You wouldn't be alone anymore." Daniel tried to explain to the devil. "It's my choice, Lucifer. I won't go and kill myself but let me live my life and if I die please let me turn."
"I want you to think about this very closely, Daniel. If you feel the same way on Monday I won't stop you from getting to work." Lucifer sighed deeply, "Or talk to Damon and his family so that you know what to expect."
"I trust you with my life, Lucifer." Dan smiled, "I trust you when you say that they are good vampires."
"I got Damon's phone number. He asked me to call him if something did happen to you. He promised to help you. The only thing I ask, love is that you think carefully about it." Lucifer said softly, "Now do you want to spend your free weekend with me at the penthouse?"
"I will Lucifer just let me pack some stuff." Daniel took off to his room to pack some stuff. While he was packing he was thinking what Lucifer had told him. He could use an extra day off. He wanted to stay with his devil but dying did scare him to actually do it. The more he thought about it the more he doubted. Not for his love for Lucifer but he didn't want to die yet.
Lucifer was sitting on the couch when his lover appeared again, "Okay, I will take an extra day off if you can get me one but I will go to work on Tuesday. How big is the chance that I die on the last day?"
Lucifer opened his mouth but was cut off, "That was a rhetorical question, babe. You don't need to answer that."
"Come on, let's go. I will call the Lieutenant when we are at Lux. I will need to go to Damon and his family with Chloe though, they need our help with his brother." Lucifer said taking Daniel's hand in his to lead him to the car.
"His brother?" Daniel asked, "What about his brother?" the male detective was a bit worried now, why didn't he say something about it.
"Well, you know those homicides with the heads ripped off the body and placed back?" Lucifer started, "His brother is behind those and we need to catch him and deliver him to Damon."
"You want to tell me that his brother is a killer and you trust this Damon and you are going to let Chloe meet these creatures? " Daniel said shocked, it was good that he wasn't driving himself right now or he would have smashed his breaks, "Are you crazy, Lucifer?"
"Listen to me, Daniel. His brother is a good being. I saw his soul trail and those don't lie. He can cure his brother again or did you want to let a ripper vampire loose in prison? He is much better off with his brother who knows how to bring him back in control. As for Chloe meeting them. I will be there with her so I want you to stay in the penthouse that day. I won't do anything to bring her into a dangerous situation. I'd rather go back to Hell before I do that!" Lucifer growled a bit.
"Calm down, babe. I know that you would never bring her into a dangerous situation but I can't help but worry. We may be divorced but she is still the mother of my daughter." Dan tried to calm his devilish boyfriend.
"I will be with her all the time, love. I am not vulnerable anymore around her, remember. I can protect her when necessary." Lucifer said more calmly now. He understood where his boyfriend was coming from.
Lucifer called the Lieutenant the moment he got home and even he couldn't resist the devil's charms, so that extra day was easy to get. The call with Chloe was slightly harder when she heard about meeting vampires but Lucifer's reassurance convinced her. The fact that he would protect her. Plus her partner was the devil so vampires in her life were a small step right? The meeting was going to take place on Sunday.
Daniel enjoyed his weekend at the penthouse. There was partying with free drinks. His boyfriend had been singing for him on the piano in front of an audience and last but not least lots of lovemaking. Until it was time for Lucifer to go to Damon with Chloe.
"Are you ready, detective?" Lucifer asked while buttoning his shirt up. Chloe had arrived early. She just missed the lovemaking view with a period of a few minutes. She knew that the moment she saw his partner pulling up his pants and putting his midnight blue shirt on.
She still thought her partner was a handsome man or devil but she accepted that he had chosen to spend his life with her ex-husband and the father of her daughter.
"As ready as I'll ever be to meet a bunch of creatures that I thought only existed in Trixie's fantasy books," Chloe said a bit worried forgetting for a moment who her partner and best friend was.
Lucifer chuckled, "You clearly forgot who you are talking to, detective. Now come on they are expecting us." He pulled at his sleeves.
"Be careful, babe. Hey Chlo." Dan wrapped his arms around Lucifer's waist. He was only wearing one of Lucifer's robes. She noticed that they were obviously too big for him.
"I will, love. Don't worry. You know what we agreed to, right?" Lucifer just wanted to be sure.
"Yes, babe don't worry. I won't leave the place. If I need something I will send Patrick and in case of emergency, I have to pray to you. I am not a kid anymore, Lucifer." Daniel said before kissing his devil one last time.
Lucifer smiled, he took the keys of his car and left the penthouse. Still, he left the place with a strange feeling, a feeling he couldn't describe.
He sighed when he took place behind the wheel. Chloe noticed something was off. He had told her what had happened to Dan.
"He is fine here, Lucifer. Nothing will happen to him. He is safe. Now let's go and get this over with." Chloe placed her hand on his leg.
Lucifer smiled sadly while turning the key of the car and driving off in his typical Lucifer style.
TBC
