chapter 3:
Chloe woke up with a groan. She grabbed to her head it was hurting and she felt nauseous. The blond woman tried to sit up but noticed that her hands were tied up to the iron spikes from the headboard. The bed was comfortable if she hadn't been tied up that is.
"Where am I?" She asked herself, the room was dark but clean. She would think that this would be a room Lucifer would have liked if it wouldn't be used against her will. "Why do all my thoughts go to Lucifer, no matter in what situation I am?" Chloe thought but was startled by a voice.
"I see that you are awake now." The voice came from a chair in a dark corner.
Chloe swallowed, she had heard that voice before. "Let me go, Ramzi, and I will not press charges. I am an American citizen with friends in high places." Chloe bluffed, "Or a high position in a low place." Chloe thought.
An evil laugh escaped from Ramzi, "Oh but my dear I don't need to be afraid, I rule this city and no one will ever double-cross me. The moment they will find you it will be too late because my dear, tomorrow night you will be my tenth wife and you will obey my every word in a week."
"I won't be here for that long," Chloe said with more confidence as she felt. Could she pray to Lucifer? Would he hear her from Hell? Could he leave to save her or did she need to pray to god? Chloe sighed she had been an atheist all her life so she had no clue how this praying worked.
Ramzi walked towards the bed and took her chin in between his fingers before forcefully turning her face in his direction, "Oh you will my dear because I have an idea, my sweet princess, I will marry tomorrow night. From then on you will never see your family ever again, a lovely daughter by the way. You wouldn't want something to happen to her would you." Ramzi smirked.
The rich sheik had found a photo from her and Trixie in her wallet. She also had a photo of the tribe in her wallet and a picture of her and Lucifer.
"I also found a picture of you and handsome man but still no wedding band, he would have wanted that he married you sooner." Ramzi laughed.
Chloe felt brave, "You'll be in a lot of trouble when he comes for me. Lucifer isn't someone you want to have mad at you. I saw bigger men crying after he had only talked to them. You don't want his wrath."
Ramzi shook his head, "I am not afraid, my dear princess. Not from a man who his parents were insane enough to call him after your devil. Oh, I know all about your religion but that won't be a problem for long."
"Sleep tight, my princess. We have a big wedding tomorrow." Ramzi left the room and Chloe alone with her thoughts.
"Please, Lucifer I wish you could hear me. I need you." Chloe thought but she didn't know that Hell was blocking all prayers even hers.
She sighed deeply, this time she was in deep trouble, why did she want to go on a vacation alone, why hadn't she bring Maze. Tears rolled over her cheek, "God, please if you hear me, please help me. I know I may not be one of your favorite people who have chosen to love your son, the devil but please. Help me."
The blonde detective closed her eyes briefly, only to open them again when a bright light filled the room. For a moment the only thing she felt was peace until she startled at the sighed of a dark-skinned man with gray stubbles on his chin.
"Chloe Jane Decker." The man said who looked like Amenadiel, "Could this really be who she thought this was."
"G...God?" Chloe stuttered out of shock.
"The one and only, my dear. I came as quick as I could. I don't have a human vessel so I can't help you myself but I am working on the solution to bring the one you want to you but I need to go to hell myself because he can't hear you. Not only because Hell doesn't allow it but because refuses to listen to his original given name. I only ask you one thing, please when this is all over would you try and get Samael to talk to me. I want to ask him for his forgiveness." God asked, "I want to be a better parent for him. I watched you with your daughter and I think I can learn a thing or two from you."
Chloe sighed deeply, "I can't promise you that he will grant you that conversation, God. You have hurt him very much in all that time but I will try my best I promise You that. I just can't force him."
"That's all I ask, my dear Chloe. I will do my best to get you your help in time. Hold on my Miracle." God said disappearing, leaving Chloe with the thought if she had been hallucinating. She needed to have faith that what had happened was real.
Chloe didn't know though that a guard had heard everything of the conversation or her part anyway. He hadn't heard or seen God so he took off to the boss his room.
The guard with the name Ali knocked at the door of Ramzi's large suite and waited until he was allowed to enter the room.
"Master, I think your soon to be wife, you know the American woman, I… I think she is a witch," Ali said with his eyes to the ground, his attitude submissive.
"Why do you think that, Ali?" Ramzi asked while he caressed one of his nine women, laying on a king size bed surrounded by his wives.
"I heard her talking to someone, she called him God but I didn't see anyone." the guard said swallowing, this sounded less crazy inside his head.
"I know that she is special, I don't think it will help her but just to be sure the marriage will be done in the morning. Go and tell the Imam that the hour is scheduled to an earlier hour, the marriage will take place at 10 am." Ramzi said with a groan, "Bring her to the bathhouse two hours earlier where my other wives will give her the ritual bathing."
Ramzi dismissed the guard sending a second on to help Ali with guarding his future wife.
Meanwhile, in heaven a council was being held about a lower angel who had broken God's most important rule, he had killed a human. Not in self-defense like it was between the Caïn and Lucifer.
God sat on his golden throne with the angel Michael on his side and the other archangels surrounded the imprisoned angel even Azrael was present even though she had a busy job collecting souls.
"Galizur, you have broken my most important rule. You killed a human for your pleasure. What do you have to say?" God said in an angry tone.
The angel shook his head, "Nothing, Father. I can only ask your forgiveness."
Michael swallowed a laugh, "Forgiveness, ha, I needed to remove my favorite brother for lesser than this." the archangel thought but he didn't speak.
"Forgiveness will need to be earned, Galizur. Hear my punishment now. You will be banned from heaven, working in Hell, keeping Hell running under the guidance of Samael. You will not rule hell but run it in his absence and this for eternity. Michael, you will go with me to Hell to deliver him to his new king." God said sternly before he dismissed the room they had no time to lose. Galizur was trembling now, he had never met Samael, he had only heard stories about the devil. Someone he better never double-crossed.
Galizur was tied up in rope especially made for the purpose to bring souls or angels down to Hell who somehow had lost their way. His wings got broken by the hand of Michael, all before they left the Silver City. The angel Galizur was dangling behind Michael not able to use his wings to help him in the flight, you could see it like when in those cowboy films bandits were dragged on foot behind a galloping horse.
The punished angel was out of breath when they finally landed in front of the gates of Hell.
"Stop, who are you and what do you want?" One of the guards holding a hellhound.
"I want to speak to your king, demon," God spoke.
"My lord isn't fond of visitors since his return." The demon spoke again, every demon was afraid that they would be fed to the hounds like Dromos and Squee.
"It is urgent, we have a present for your king," Michael spoke now.
The demon sighed, "Alright, they are your wings who get roasted." He opened the gates before yelling for another demon, "Jalgror, bring them to Lord Lucifer."
Jalgrog swallowed but nodded leading God, Michael and Galizur to doors of the throne room, "Wait here." He just said. God knew that he had nothing to say here so here nodded. The last thing he wanted was to anger Lucifer.
The demon went inside, "My lord, I am sorry to disturb you but you have visitors from the Silver City. They say they wish to speak to you my lord it's urgent. They had an imprisoned angel with them."
Lucifer sat with his back to the demon, "Let them enter." the devil said coldly
"Yes, my lord." The demon bowed, this wasn't going to end well.
The demon left the doors open for God, Michael, and Galizur to enter the throne room.
The devil was shocked when he heard a voice, he hadn't heard in eons, "Samael."
TBC