Lucifer and Raguel landed outside the gates with their charges. Today was the first time the Morningstar family would be visiting God in the Silver City.
To say Lucifer was nervous would be an understatement. After all, the last time he'd seen the doorway to Heaven was when he'd been unceremoniously tossed out of it.
"You okay, babe?" Chloe asked him.
"Honestly, Detective, I don't know," Lucifer told her," the last time I was here was not exactly a picnic".
"You'll be fine, Sam," Raguel said while Lily used his long braids as a teething toy, " a lot of our siblings are excited to see you again".
"Not all of them," Lucifer muttered. There was one sibling he was sure still hated him, and he hoped they could avoid each other during this visit.
No sooner than they'd entered the gates, a small, black blur crashed into Lucifer.
"LU!"
The blur was actually a petite Asian woman wearing a dark purple robe fastened by silver koi fish. She was currently crushing the devil in an airtight embrace.
"I can't believe you're here,Lu!" She said excitedly," when Dad said he'd lifted the ban, I was sure he was kidding!".
"Yes, well, we all know Father is not a jokester," Lucifer said as he waved a hand in the direction of his family, "sister I would like for you to meet the Detective. Detective, this is my sister Azrael, the angel of Death".
Azrael stuck her hand out and shook Chloe's, "It's great to finally meet you! And please call me Rae-Rae".
Chloe's eyes grew wide as she recognized that nickname. "Are you Ella's ghost?!".
"Haha, yeah," she chuckled nervously," It just seemed like an easier thing to believe than an invisible angel".
Chloe did not understand how that was the easier option, but she'd take the angel's word for it.
"Well, gotta fly, people to see and souls to collect. Smell ya later, Lu!". With that Azrael spread her smoky gray wings and flew off.
"C'mon guys," Raguel said, "we've got a bit of a walk to Father's tower".
*
As they walked toward the center of the city, Chloe couldn't help but be amazed. All of the buildings were a gleaming silver. The pathways were covered in a beautiful marble, with various Enochian symbols etched into them.
Even the girls were quiet, with Trixie and Lily looking all around at their new environment.
Human souls mingled freely with the angels. It was hard to tell the difference if the Celestial didn't have their wings out. But there was one man coming towards them that Chloe would know anywhere. She broke off in a run and put her arms around his neck.
"Daddy!" Chloe cried as she clung to the man Lucifer now recognized as John Decker.
"Hey Monkey," John said warmly.
Chloe pulled away to wipe the tears from her eyes and took her father's hand to lead him over to her family.
"Dad, this is my husband, Lucifer, our daughters Trixie and Lily, and my brother-in-law, Raguel".
John gave Lucifer a serious look before letting a grin form and slapping him on the arm. "I've heard a lot about you up here".
"Nothing good I'm sure".
John chuckled, "It's not as bad you think. Regardless, I'm glad my girls have someone looking out for them".
Lucifer smiled as he hugged his wife closer. "Yes they do, always".
*
They invited John to walk with them as they continued on to God's tower. Lily wasn't too keen to let go of her favorite uncle/chewtoy, but she quickly became fascinated with her human grandpa enough to let him carry her.
They reached the entrance to the tower, where they ran into Lucifer's brother, Gabriel.
"Luce! What's happening brother?" He proceeded to give the Devil an overly enthusiastic hug.
Lucifer raised an eyebrow at him. "Alright Gabe, what exactly do you need money for this time?".
"Who says I need money?".
"It's literally the only time you hug me," Lucifer stated.
"Okay,okay," Gabriel sighed, " I may have accidentally wrecked my human friend's impala, and need to get the car fixed before they find out".
The devil rolled his eyes at that, " don't you have messages to be delivering instead of committing automobile theft?".
"Yes, son," a deep voice said from behind Gabriel, "Why don't you get on that?".
"Uhm...catch you later bro!" The angel flew off before Lucifer could blink.
"Hello Samaƫl".
Before them stood God himself. With dark skin and deep set mahogany eyes, he could easily be mistaken for an older Amenadiel.
Lucifer tensed as his father approached him. The two stared at each other, unmoving. All of heaven went silent as they waited to see what would happen next.
Suddenly, God smiled and grabbed his son into a fierce embrace. "I have missed you, my lightbringer".
"Well," Lucifer sniffed, " you might have missed me a little less if you hadn't sent me to hell".
"You're right, son," God said as they separated,"I've been wrong about a great many things. Your Charlotte reminded me of that".
"You talked to Charlotte?"
"Oh yes," his father smiled," she gave me a thorough chewing out before she punched me in the face".
"And you didn't smite her?!" Lucifer yelped.
"Are you kidding? I hired her!" God chuckled," you have no idea how hard it is to find a lawyer that's not in hell".
"What did you hire her for?" Chloe asked.
"Angel- human relations," God told her," It's high time my children...what is that saying? Get their head out of their ass".
Trixie snickered at the fact that the Creator of the Universe said a no-no word.
God turned towards the children. "These must be my beautiful granddaughters. I've been looking forward to meeting you two".
He ruffled Trixie on the head, earning a small giggle, and held his arms out towards John. "May I?".
"Yes, of course," John said as he handed Lily over to her other grandfather. The baby gave the Almighty a scrutinizing look, before laughing and unfurling her little wings.
"Beautiful," God said as he carded his fingers through the soft feathers, " I can see why you call her starlight".
The moment was absolutely adorable...until a tinkling sound was heard.
Lucifer and Chloe looked on in absolute horror at the liquid running down God's leg.
Lily. Was. Peeing. On. God.
"We are so getting smote," Trixie said cringing.
To their surprise and relief, God busted out laughing.
"You know, a lot of people have sent prayers telling me to piss off...but this is the first time I've been pissed on!" He said as he wiped tears of mirth from his eyes
*
"That wasn't so bad," Raguel said as they all landed on the balcony.
"No, it really wasn't," Lucifer agreed. He'd been thoroughly surprised at how everyone welcomed him and his little family. It truly was the first time in eons that the Devil felt peace.
He was snapped out of his musings by a crash in the darkened penthouse.
"What was that?" His wife asked.
Chloe went to reach for her gun, cursing after she remembered it was locked in the safe. Carefully, she crept behind Lucifer, who flipped on the lights to reveal...another Lucifer?!
"Michael?!" Lucifer and Raguel yelled at the same time.
Michael stood there looking at the floor. He and Lucifer were almost completely identical, the only differences being Michael's curlier hair and electric blue eyes.
Poor Lily was so confused from seeing two of her daddy that she started to cry. Chloe took her daughter from Raguel's grip and attempted to comfort the frazzled cherub.
Lucifer took a step towards his twin. "What are you doing here, Michael?".
"Yes, what are you doing here?", Raguel asked,"Father's been searching for you for millenia!".
Lucifer did a double take at that. " What the bloody hell are you on about, Rags?".
"Oh right, you probably didn't know, with being in hell and all," Raguel said sheepishly," but Michael here has been missing since the Rebellion ended".
Lucifer turned back to his twin, shock evident on his face. "Is that true, Micha?".
"Yes Sammy," Michael said as he looked up at him( Chloe was relieved the man at least sounded different than her husband), "after Father forced me to throw you out, I couldn't stand being there anymore. I wanted to join you in Hell, but I figured you hated me too much".
He continued, with tears forming in his blue eyes, " I didn't want to be somewhere you're not, so I decided to go where nothing exists...purgatory".
"Oh Micha," Lucifer knew from experience that purgatory was not a friendly place,worse than hell in some aspects.
For his twin to willingly exile himself there was unfathomable.
Lucifer sighed, thinking about the amount of overtime he was going to have to put in with Dr. Linda after today, and put his hand on Michael's shoulder.
"I never hated you, Micha. I thought you hated me".
"Never Sammy," Michael said determinedly, " You're the most important person in the universe to me. I'm sorry I was too much of a coward around our Father to remember that".
For the umpteenth time that day, Lucifer was grabbed into a bone-crushing hug.
"This family really has no sense for appreciating good Armani," he grumbled while Chloe and Trixie snickered behind him.
"But if you've been in Purgatory all this time," Raguel noted," then why did you just come back now?".
"Sometime ago, I sensed a large power from this realm," Michael explained," It felt alot like Sammy but different. It took me a bit to find Purgatory's exit again, but when I did I came here".
"Why were standing around in the dark?" Trixie asked.
"I...Uhm...have no idea how lights work in the mortal realm," he replied sheepishly.
"He must be talking about when Lily was born," Chloe said.
Lily had calmed down a bit since she heard Lucifer's voice. She reached for Michael, who took her in his arms gingerly.
The little girl reached a chubby hand out to touch his face, curious about this man who looked like daddy but wasn't. She unfurled her little wings and curled them around his neck. Michael gave her a beaming smile before unfurling his own wings that were identical to Lily's.
"Hey they both star patterns on their wings!" Trixie pointed excitedly.
"Well, Father did always say that Sam had made the constellations to look like the exact pattern of Michael's wings," Raguel mused," It makes sense that Little Star would have the same look".
Lucifer put a hand on his daughter's back as Michael rocked her to sleep.
"You know, father lifted my ban recently," Michael looked at him in shock, "you could go back home, Micha".
"Maybe someday," Michael said as he handed Lily over to her father, " but for now I'd like to spend time with you, get to know things about Earth and your life here".
Lucifer looked over to Chloe for her thoughts on the matter.
"Just don't loan him any of your suits," she told him," I'd hate to grope the wrong brother on Tribe night".
The adults all laughed while Trixie contemplated the increasing amount of weirdness that was becoming her family.
She concluded that she wouldn't have it any other way.
