Confrontation
Lucifer stood to his full height, knowing that in what he had always believed to be his true form there wasn't a being in creation that could intimidate him. He waited, staring at the horned shape in front of him. It seemed that the air around them had changed. The once frigid air of the artic night replaced by heat and fire. Lucifer remained silent.
"So, child." The creation in front of him looked almost like a caracture of what someone would think Satan looked like. Lucifer narrowed his eyes slightly. "You wanted to meet me. This means only one thing."
"I did." Lucifer knew there was no point in lying. He had been looking for the real King of Hell. Now that Being was stood in front of him and surprisingly all around him he had no reason to lie. He knew there was no point.
"You know the truth."
"I was imprisoned there. When it should have been you. I should have known. I never gave Eve the apple. I never changed into a snake."
"Ah well. The snake was a nice touch, I thought."
"Hardly the species fault that it now has the reputation it has. Snake in the grass, evil."
"Oh its hardly a bunny rabbit! Look at you. You make me proud. I told your father you would."
Lucifer took a step forward, knowing any anger would not help him. He had no idea where Maze was but hoped the Demon was safe. He knew she cared about him and the human race more than any of the Hell dwellers ever would. The heat around them began to burn his lungs. He felt his skin prickle in the dry humid air around him.
"Let me see. You are Lucifer Morningstar - fallen Angel. You are the angel that Heaven forgot. Condemned to spend Eternity ruling Hell."
"Your job."
"Ah, I outsourced."
Lucifer smirked. He could see that it wasn't going to be as easy as he had hoped. Satan was not going to go to Hell lightly. He nodded as the horned figure tilted his head. "Until recently you stayed there like a good little Fallen Angel. Then you left."
"I took a vacation."
"To Los Angeles."
"Well, why not? You sort of got rid of the Garden of Eden."
Satan laughed, a huge belly laugh that in any other circumstances would be contagious. Lucifer remained still. "You met a woman. And her child. You fell in love. A human emotion. Nothing to be proud of."
"I want you to take your rightful place. Let me take mine." Lucifer glared.
"Is that what you truly desire?"
"Yes."
"And what if I go? You think you can get yourself settled and happy on Earth? With a human. She is only going to age, decay and die. Like they all do. And then where will you be?"
Lucifer stepped towards him, knowing the anger he felt inside him was useless. It would only be used against him. Shaking his head he looked Satan straight in the eye.
"You seem to like it here. Earth. How did you do it? How did you get me to be trapped in Hell while you walked this Earth? I am genuinely interested. Was it a deal with my father? Did God himself trap me there?" The ground beneath their feet shuddered as cracks began to appear in the air around them. Lucifer could hear his name being called. The ground began to split as the burning air was replaced by icy rain. An unearthly scream filled the air as Lucifer felt his skin begin to peel from him. He shook with pain and fear, unable to believe he was able to feel pain so far away from Chloe. He tried to push all thoughts of the woman he loved away. He didn't need to be more vulnerable in that moment. He wanted to be at her side more than anything he had ever wanted before but as he stood there was no way that was going to happen. He fell forwards, his head connecting with a spike that had stuck up in the ground. He saw stars as the air around him changed again as an unearthly roar escaped Satan.
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"Dear Father." Ella prayed quietly as she watched the monitor attached to her friend change. The pulse monitor began to bleep faster as nurses and doctors began working quickly around her. A single tear slipped down Ella's cheek as she thought of her friend. "Please Father, if not for Chloe for Trixie and Lucifer. Please."
The doctor stepped back from Chloe as the monitor began to calm once more. "Miss Lopez?"
"Um? Yeah." Ella nodded.
"I think your friend would like to see a familiar face."
Ella's jaw dropped as she realised Chloe no longer had a breathing tube in her mouth, that the machines around her were less in number than there had been just a few minutes earlier. "Seems Ms Decker wanted to wake up."
"Thank you." Ella smiled before touching her Crucifix and whispering the words once more.
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