Knowing
"This is ridiculous." Lucifer frowned as a demon wailed in the background. Azriel shrugged. "You are being ridiculous."
"Remind me, were you always this stubborn?"
"Yes. You know I was. Look." He paused as flames flickered around his feet. "Dad sent me here for a reason."
"Yeah." She nodded, avoiding a flame. "You were annoying him. You helped Mum with the plagues. Locusts? Really? Lame."
"That was her idea."
"Pestilence."
"Az!"
"Ok Ok." She held up a hand. "You get the picture. While you have been sulking about for the last few millennium I have been doing something useful." She walked on before yelping. "You are not the devil."
"And the sky is green." He rolled his eyes.
"Do you want to stay here? For eternity? Because I can just go. You know that? I so don't have to be here." She folded her arms. Lucifer stared at her.
"You are the Devil incarnate."
"Devil, Satan, Beelzebub, the First. All different names for the same guy. I am a fallen angel. Kicked out and landed here. Only an angel can preside over this place. It's the way it works." He watched as she raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, yeah. And who told you that?"
"Dad."
"Umm."
"No."
"Divine Plan? He was angry with you. And Mum."
"Jeez!"
"No, he's the golden boy."
"Azreal. I."
"Look, a misprint in a book written by humans. You expect a book written about a gazillion years ago."
"Two thousand and.."
She held a hand up. "To be correct? Maybe the first was but the translation went wrong. Look was it you that got Eve into apples?"
"No. If I was going to trick her do you think I would get a snake? Really?" She watched as he smirked. "No, what I would do."
"I don't wanna know. You can't shape shift. You just can't. Hide wings, hack em off. But not turn into another life form."
He frowned before pointing to his own face. "Er, you're forgetting something."
"Demon/human/angel yeah but you're always the same height. Same basic format. Two legs, two arms, smart mouth." She walked on. "Satan. He was the snake and he does shape shift. He worms his way into the minds and hearts of humans. You think the basic human could fathom the evils they do? No. It's that. It's him."
"So?"
"So." She turned. "We go back up there. We find where he is, what he is doing and drag his ass back here. He gets to live down to expectations. Don't just stand there." She marched on ahead as Lucifer began to consider what she had said.
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Maze walked through the alleyway unconcerned by the dark. She knew exactly where she was going. She cursed as her cell phone sprung to life.
"Trixibelle? Kid why aren't you in bed?" She ducked out of the alley as she spoke. The child on the other end of the phone sounded agitated.
"I needed to pee. Then I found her."
"Who? Who did you find?" Maze felt sick.
"Mom. I called 911 and then you. We are at the hospital. Mom is at the hospital too. She's sick. Really sick." The little girl cried.
"Right. Have you spoken to Dan?"
"No. His phone is not working. He won't answer. Please come, Maze. Please."
Maze closed her eyes, silently cursing.
"I'm on my way." She hung up the phone knowing she had to be at the ER. Eve would have to wait.
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