Apples

Eve walked through the bar, her mind on getting as much alcohol into her system as possible. She was annoyed, miserable and in desperate need of forgetting all about her past. She was a Celestial Being. The first woman, if you didn't count Lilith that walked the Earth. Now she was having to put up with crap from people who would still be walking around naked if she hadn't eaten the apple. She rolled her eyes, who knew a piece of fruit would cause so much trouble? She couldn't believe that humans now believed the little fruit was now recommended for its nutritional value.

"Hey." She turned to see Maze walking towards her.

"Great. This is just great." She turned to see the dark haired demon walk towards her.

"You are not an easy woman to find."

"I try not to be." Eve's eyes widened as she realised Lucifer was with Maze. "Oh my God."

"Please do not bring my dad into this."

"When? How? After all we did to stop that baby being used. I."

Lucifer nodded. "Charlie is safe. I am back and you and I need to have a little chat."

"Lucifer, I."

"Now." His eyes flashed red as she huffed in annoyance.

"Ok, but I need a drink."

"Sit there." Maze pointed to the booth nearest to them. "I will get the drinks in." She walked towards the bar as Lucifer led Eve to the quiet booth.

"You knew." Lucifer glared at her. "You saw the real Satan. You knew I wasn't the real king of Hell. That it was some sort of scam my father concocted to keep me under his control."

Eve paused. "I did not know that you were being used. I promise you that."

"But you did know that I am Lucifer Morningstar, fallen angel. Not the true evil. Not Satan. You met him."

"I did meet him. But you know, he was a snake at the time. An actual talking snake."

Lucifer shook his head. He knew Eve wasn't the most intelligent being he had ever met. He glared at her. "I don't care about you and Adam. I don't care that one of your sons killed the other, then came here. I do care that you knew the truth and didn't disclose it."

"Hey!" Eve snapped as Maze returned. "Don't put this on me! None of us are exactly pure around this table. How the Hell was I supposed to know a piece of fruit was going to cause this much trouble? Give a girl a break!"

"Oh I will." Lucifer's eyes flashed dangerously red. "I will give you a break in your neck if you don't start talking."

"And here's me thinking you were all sweetness and light. What is it YOU truly desire?"

"At this moment, the location of the real King of Hell."

Maze sat next to Eve, essentially blocking her escape. "What did I miss?"

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Linda put the baby in his crib as Amendial walked into the bedroom. He couldn't help but smile as he watched her fuss over the baby. It was clear that Linda was finding everything stressful. Her son had been threatened, an innocent baby. It was then that Amendial realised how strong she really was, how no one on Hell or Earth was going to stop her protecting her child - even him.

"Hey."

"Oh, you came back." Linda paused. "Sorry, I'm tired."

"Me too."

"Do Angels get tired. Because, you know. Your son doesn't seem to have any idea what sleep is for." He walked towards her as she yawned. "I wasn't expecting you to come back. Then I got to thinking and as a psychologist I really should not try to analyse the situation I am in. I mean, I have a baby who is happy and healthy. A job I love and am good at. Friends." She sighed as he looked at his feet.

"And me."

"And you, what?"

"You have me." Amendial watched as she turned to him. "If you want me. You have me. I am not going anywhere. Not again. I told them, the Celestial Council. Dad. That I am not going to do this anymore. My place is here, with you and the baby. IF that's what you want. I mean, I will always be here for Charlie. I." Linda kissed him, effectively silencing him as his arms wrapped around her. He broke the kiss as she opened her eyes slowly. "I will never be human, but I wont be going back at every beck and call of them in Silver City. I."

"I want you." Linda smiled slightly. "Here, with us. With me."

Amendial smiled in relief before kissing her gently on the lips. It was Linda who deepened the kiss before leading him to their bed.

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The music in the bar drowned out their speech to anyone but them. Eve picked up her glass, glad that Maze had bought her a scotch. Emptying it in one go she looked Lucifer in the eye. "He is everywhere."

"Don't give me that crap."

"He is." She sighed. "Look, his evil has seeped into the humans. Animals, seem to be immune to it. Its the human race that are rancid with it. You wont get rid of the evil even if you do find him. "

"I'm not trying to do that. I just want to have a conversation with him."

"Ok, ok. But can you keep my name out of it?"

"Fine." Lucifer nodded once.

"Here." She slipped a piece of paper across the table. "He's living there."

"But that's."

"On the other side of the world. Yeah. Nothing I can do about that. That's where he was last time I saw him. Now if you don't mind, I am going to get extremely drunk." She barged her way out of the booth as Maze took the paper from Lucifer.

"Woah. You going there?"

"Seems so." He nodded once. "How quickly can I get a flight?"

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