Chapter 6:
Lucifer had tears in her eyes, "I said I would keep her safe. I left to keep her safe." he caressed a stray lock of her beautiful blond hair out of her face. He sat on knees not giving a damn that his suit was wrinkled or that his hair wasn't in its perfect form anymore, not giving one damn that the hair on his head was a mess. The only thing that mattered now was the woman, whose hand he was holding, laying there unconscious under the palm tree his father had created to have some shade.
"Come back to me, detective, Chloe," a tear rolled down his cheek before he lifted her into his arms. Her face looked lifeless against his shoulder. Her arms hanging loosely against her body.
God and Michael sat down on the other side of Chloe, watching the scene in front of them. Their brother and son, broken. It was a sight they weren't used to see. Samael, no Lucifer was a fighter, was too proud to show weakness, and yet here they were seeing the first fallen angel crying over the woman who wasn't waking up. How could they all be thinking that the devil couldn't feel sadness? What other feelings had they been missing?
Michael stood up and crouched down next to his brother, with a feeling of guilt even bigger than before. He placed his hand on Lucifer's shoulder but before he could say another word, "She was the first being that ever loved me for who I was. Yes, she took the long road before she discovered the fact that I was who I always had been, that I wasn't playing a game or that wasn't the prince of lies like that priest told her I was, but in the end she really genuinely loved me."
This was hard to swallow for God as well as Michael, Lucifer somehow thought that nobody loved him and that right there was his fault.
Michael closed his eyes and took a deep breath before he turned towards his brother, "This isn't your fault, Lucifer. You did keep her safe with what you did and you know it but you can't keep her safe from her own species at the same time as keeping her safe from demons coming after her."
Lucifer didn't react to his brother's words it was like they weren't getting through to him. He placed his forehead against hers, "Wake up, love. Please wake up."
Chloe's pulse was fading what they didn't know was that the bullet had been dipped in poison, that way if they hit someone they were sure that they would be dead, even if the bullet made a wound that was not deathly.
"I am sorry son, I don't think she will survive," God said softly.
Lucifer shook his head in disbelief his eyes red and puffy from crying, "No, it isn't her time yet. Azrael isn't here yet there is something we could do to save her." Lucifer yelled.
"I think it's her time to go," Michael said softly the moment he saw Azrael appear.
"No, no, no, she can't die yet. She just can't." Lucifer said he didn't let go of the body, "I don't let Rae-Rae take her, not yet." Lucifer held Chloe's lifeless body even closer to him.
"Lucifer…" God started but the fallen angel wouldn't have any of it, "This is your fault, you said you would help her." Lucifer yelled his eyes blazing red looking at the older man in front of him.
"I have limited powers on earth, Lucifer. I am sorry." God said as gently as possible. This wasn't the time to provoke his grieving son. The son who found love after eons of feeling unloved. Even Azrael kept her distance. She always had been afraid of what her brother would do when it was time for Chloe to go.
"You never wanted me to find love," Lucifer said now dangerously cold. His eyes closed again.
"Lucifer, I know you don't believe me right now and that may have been my own fault but I never wanted you to feel unloved," God said softly again, not letting Lucifer's coldness get to him.
"You have an odd way of showing that over the eons. You put me outside like I was trash. Never a word back. I saw nothing but evil for eons. How do you think I would feel?" Lucifer asked his voice deep and dangerously demonic now. There was nothing here for him to keep him calm or to stop him. The devil was beyond pissed off. This had been the last straw. Why would he even believe that these were here to help him only to take his love away in the end?
The devil placed the body of Chloe back underneath the tree. He whipped his tears from his eyes not noticing that one of his tears landed straight on Chloe's closed eyes. He had only eyes now for the ones he blamed for Chloe's death.
Michael noticed that Chloe's body was starting to glow, hovering inches above the ground.
Michael grabbed his brother's arm, "Lucifer, look!" he said but his words didn't help so he tried again but this time he stood in front of Lucifer, "brother, look!" Michael pointed down to where Chloe was hovering above the hot desert sand.
The devil gasped when he saw this. He had read about this legend about that true love between an angel and a human could beat everything. Michael took a step back, he too had heard of this legend but was convinced that it was all it was, a legend, until today.
God and Azrael also took a step back. This had never happened before.
The glow started to fade and Chloe sank until her body was yet again laying in the sand. She took a deep breath and opened her eyes.
"Lucifer?" She asked confused not knowing what just had happened if she had dreamed of him being on earth again.
Lucifer laughed, happy tears streaming down his face before falling on his knees next to her, "I am here detective," he sighed and took her in his arms, "I am right here love." he said softly burying his face into her neck.
Chloe closed her eyes while she wrapped her arms around his neck, "Is this real? Are you really here?"
"I am really here and I am not leaving anytime soon. I thought I lost you, Chloe." Lucifer sobbed, "I really thought I lost you."
Chloe pushed back a little to look into his eyes, "What do you mean, you saved me, Lucifer. I am right here."
Lucifer sighed deeply avoiding her eyes and her question, he didn't know he was ready to answer that question but she had a right to know what had happened to her.
"Lucifer?" Chloe asked confused looking towards Michael and God for an answer when she noticed the woman next to Lucifer's father.
"Chloe, that's Azrael, my sister. She is the angel of death." Lucifer swallowed.
The detective pulled her into a sitting position now, leaning her back against the tree, "The angel of death? Am I … Am I going to die?"
Lucifer shook his head and swallowed before taking a deep breath, "You did die but I don't know how yet but true love brought you back somehow." Lucifer sighed again, "you are immortal now."
Michael joined his brother, "I believe that one of my brother's tears must have awakened you again, making you one of us now."
Chloe looked at the celestial beings around her, "I died? True love?"
"If I may?" God asked not waiting for an answer, "My little miracle, There goes a legend that when an angel falls deeply in love and that love is returned something rare as true love can be created. True love is unbreakable even beyond death and if you like it or not lucifer you still are and always be an angel, fallen or not, especially since you found love with Miss Decker."
Lucifer knew that his father was right, it was something Chloe had said to him once. He sighed remembering her words, "You are the devil but you are also an angel. He was brought out of thoughts with the questions his Chloe was asking towards his father.
"So I don't have to leave him? Does he have to leave me? What about him ruling Hell? Do I have to go with him?" Chloe had so many questions.
God sighed, "This resets everything, You won't have to leave each other, He still needs to rule Hell because I still think he is the best angel to do that job and I won't leave it in the hands of Galizur but you both will be welcome into The Silver City, this has lifted the banishment for Lucifer so you are always able to visit friends and family when their time has come. The question I have to ask though is, would you accept Samael the Lightbringer also known as Lucifer the first fallen one and ruler of Hell as more than a partner? Do you love him enough to be with him for eternity?"
Chloe looked into Lucifer's eyes and what she saw made her melt, she saw a mixture of love but also fear of rejection. She touched his cheek with her hand and smiled deeply.
"I know this is a big decision and I really wanted to give you more time to think about it love but we need to know if you accept the gift of true love. You must know that this bond will be for eternity, nothing can break it. Do you want to have forever with me? " Lucifer said while he melted in her touch.
"Do you mean that the bond is like being married without the option of divorce? So I can't have a marriage?" Chloe asked more to tease Lucifer.
"The bond of true love is that and so much more. Chloe if you want an earthly marriage then I will gladly marry you and give you the biggest wedding you had ever seen." Lucifer said nervously.
Chloe chuckled, "I was teasing you my devil, of course I accept the gift of true love but we still have a lot to talk about."
"We have forever to talk, my love." Lucifer smiled.
"Okay, this is one half of the true love, now Lucifer, do you accept this gift of true love and accept my little miracle Chloe Jane Decker for eternity?" God asked.
"I accept everything true love is willing to give me," Lucifer said without looking towards his father, he had only eyes for his love, his life, his detective.
Lucifer bends down to touch Chloe's lips with his own to seal this gift of true love. Chloe wrapped her arms around Lucifer's neck while she returned his kiss with all the love she felt for that moment. He was there and he wasn't going to leave her. This was more than she ever hoped for.
Meanwhile in the mansion Ramzi was out of the shock he had felt when seeing the woman's rescuers. He called a guard to him.
"Juan, I want you to travel to LA and follow her every move. I want back what is supposed to be mine. I will have my revenge." Ramzi growled.
TBC