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"I just kinda assumed the First Evil. Satan would be somewhere warm." Maze buried her hands in her pockets as the car they were being driven in negotiated the icy roads. Lucifer remained calm, focused and trying to ignore the biting cold. "You know? Considering his original place of residence."

"True." Lucifer agreed. "Eve said this was the place."

"And since when did you trust her?" Maze snapped.

"Since I had no other choice." Lucifer snapped as the car came to a halt outside an austere looking building. He looked out of the window as Maze thanked the driver before getting out of the car. Lucifer followed her, trying not to think about how much he missed the sunshine of LA. Maze kept her eyes on her friend, knowing that if their plan didn't work, if the slightest thing went awry then there was a very real chance that Lucifer would be trapped in Hell for good. The thought made her stomach churn, knowing that she was probably going to be the one to tell Chloe and Trixie what had happened if their plan didn't work. The thought itself made her feel ill.

"Maze? Maze!"

"What?" She snapped.

"You didn't have to come. You can go back home. Right now."

"Oh, no. You aren't going on some suicide mission. You know I promised Trixie I was gonna look after you and that is exactly what I am going to do." She marched past him into the hotel as he sighed heavily, knowing that there was no way Maze was going to leave him. He glared across the ice filled car park knowing that somewhere in amongst the beauty of the ice filled world the Being that could change his life was hiding, waiting to destroy the world.

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Ella stepped back as the nurses began to tend to her friend. Chloe had been unconscious for days. She had no idea if her friend had any idea what was going on around her. She hoped she did. She hoped the blonde detective knew Lucifer had returned to them, that he loved her and that Trixie had barely left her side. One thing she couldn't work out was how or why Dan was behaving like he was. She wanted to believe it was guilt as he hadn't been around when his daughter had needed him but she knew in her soul it was more than that. Dan was not himself. She only hoped he was not going to cause problems for Lucifer and Chloe. The couple had already been through so much.

"Please." She touched her necklace, holding the Crucifix she never took off. "I don't ask for a lot and I know you are kinda busy but she is a good person. A good friend. Just, please let her be ok. Let her wake up and be ok. I. Please." She sighed as she realised to anyone else she looked like a crazy woman talking to herself. She knew different. Somehow, something had to change for the better. It seemed to her that since Chloe had become unwell everything good seemed to have vanished. She knew she was probably being over dramatic but Trixie needed her mom and if Dan was really hiding something then Ella had a feeling Trixie was going to need her more than ever.

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"Well, well well." Lucifer let a sly smile creep over his face as he looked out over the ice. He knew Eve was right to send them there. It seemed if the world was really at risk, if the Earth as humans knew it was coming to an end it was going to start in the Polar ice caps. He reasoned the true King of Hell being there had to have something to do with the acceleration in Global Warming. The ice melting and the raising of sea levels may been man made he reasoned but hiding somewhere that was totally at odds with his nature of fire and brimstone was certainly going to be a factor in the destruction of the planet he had grown to love. He blinked as his demon face slowly took over his features as the skin on his hands began to burn as his whole body changed. He turned slightly, looking at the figure behind him, not caring that his human face was now concealed by his demon visage.

"I knew I'd find you here."

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