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"Fine!" Ella let it go, knowing full well she would get the answers out of Lucifer sooner or later. Both Barry and Cisco seemed to relax a bit, what was going on and why were they being so closed lipped? Ella didn't know but at this moment in time, very little was making all that much sense to her.
"Well out of all my siblings, you're were not the one I was expecting!" Lucifer was a little wide eyed, the man before him had sauntered into the bar with his usual air of superiority but seemed more subdued than Lucifer had ever seen the angel before.
"Sam….. Lucifer, we heard your prayers, I never understood how loud you could be, or…. How much you seem to care!"
"As lovely as this little reunion is going, I want answers Brother!" Lucifer cut to the chase, he wasn't wanting to go down any kind of road of reminiscence, especially from this particular sibling.
"What do you know?" The man asked,
"The walls of the multiverse seem to be weakening, some I am sure have already collapsed"
"True"
"True? That all you are going to say?"
"What do you want from me Brother?"
"Brother? Seriously? After what you did? To me?"
Head hung low, "it wasn't my choice brother, it was father's will!"
"Enough!" Lucifer bellowed,
"Brother…."
"Don't you brother me, you cast me out! You abandoned me, MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Lucifer screamed, the bartender turned and stared, silently wondering if a fight was about to break out.
"That I did, it was fathers command, one of which was endorsed by our mother at the time." The angel had a pained expression as he spoke.
"Bollocks it was, you wanted me gone! And to this day I have never understood why?" Lucifer's eyes were burning with hell fire
"No, never!" Lucifer was faced with a shocked look, but he wasn't buying it.
"LIAR!"
"NO, no, not at all, please Lucifer, I don't want to fight, I am here to answer you request, let me tell you what you need to know!" The angel had put up his hands in the universal sign of peace.
"Very well! But don't lie to me and don't treat me like an idiot!" The hell fire slowly dissipated.
"Never! I know you would see through that, I need to tell you that the multiverse is coming to an end!" Saying it out loud did nothing to alleviate the horror of what was coming but he needed to let Lucifer know the truth.
"WHAT?" Lucifer shouted, this time louder than before, his voice filled with so much rage and power to the bartender it felt like the entire room shock, after seeing the patrons face he decided he should focus on something in the back of the bar.
"You heard me Brother, it's about to fall!" The angel locked eyes with his fallen brother, a pained and expressive expression on his face.
"Has dear old dad gone mad? Or has he grown bored of the variety, brought on by the multiple universe, the multiple possibilities all being played out? All that free will being flaunted?" Lucifer queried with an impressive amount of displeasure and curiosity, the Devil was struggling to wrap his mind around what was coming.
"This is not our father's doing!" The angel simply stated.
"Then who?" Lucifer pushed.
"I can't tell you, a simple return of one of your favours has tied you into this reality, I am sure that will dawn on you, hopefully soon!"
"Cryptic as ever!" Lucifer leaned over the bar and grabbed himself a bottle of whisky and poured himself a very large drink, he never offered his brother one.
"I'm sorry Brother my hands are tied on this matter, Ray-Ray is going to busy!" He tried to joked but it fell flat as Lucifer glared at the angel again.
"So why are you even here?" Lucifer grumbled.
"To answer what questions I can." He gave small sad smile.
"Are they going to die? The glorious new and wonderful people I and Miss Lopez have just met? Just wiped from reality?" Lucifer closed his eyes as he rubbed his forehead.
"Maybe!" His brother responded.
"Oh that is so helpful!" Sarcasm dripping off of his words.
"I thought so!" The angel smirked a little.
"Bastard!"
"Now, now Lucifer, these worlds are yet another experiment by father, to see what could and will happen, it's the free will that dictates the actions, I thought you would be a big fan of that?" The angel took on a slightly defensive but questioning tone.
"Yes, yes I have had to see the results of that, having to merge the souls of this universe with their counterparts has been bothersome and somewhat tiring I must say." Lucifer at that moment looked ancient, the enormity of what was coming had finally hit him and he knew he would be going back to Hell to manage this situation.
"I'm sorry Brother"
"You don't get to be sorry!"
"But I am!" Silence filled the empty bar, the patrons had left when Lucifer had started shouting.
"Will they survive?" Lucifer asked with a heavy amount of concern.
"Some, or none, or all! Free will brother, it could make all the difference. A fight is coming, like one that has never been seen before! The fight is not our concern!"
"How can you say that?" Lucifer spat, "These people are beyond good, why make them suffer?" Lucifer's voice was filled with pain.
"Free choice! Father hasn't decided on this but it is outside of our influence, but it is all coming from this realm and by that I mean this multiverse!" The angel turned serious. "The multiverse has created its own enemies and its own challenges and all we can do is watch on! This is not our realm, not our Earth!"
"Can I save them?" Lucifer asked a hint of hopefulness in his voice.
"You have already played your part! Turns out it was some time ago, only now you may see what that might have entailed!"
"I have a few theories!" Lucifer knocked back another drink, looking unhappy.
"Of course you do, I don't know what may occur or what might happen, we just need to know if it is part of Dads Plan! He has been absent lately."
"So comforting!" A snarky tone filled the Devils voice, "so where is dear old Dad in all this?" Lucifer questioned more as an afterthought.
"We don't know! He has been more absent lately." The angel couldn't hid the look of pain by his own statement.
"Lovely!" Lucifer adjusted his cufflink and straitened his suit as he sat at the bar, "what am I meant to do with this rather flimsy information download Brother?"
"Nothing! Your task is done, you should go home." Lucifer's brother just looked on, hoping that his brother headed his advice for once in his life.
"I take it then Mr Allen and his team know what is coming?" Lucifer paused mid pour of yet another drink.
"They do, various teams know the truth and they are massing. In the future I expect they will be reaching out to many others"
"Well that explains a few things! I take it that Kara doesn't know what might come to be?"
"No, from what I've seen it seems like Mr Allen and the rest are trying to protect her from the truth." The angel seemed a little confused by the situation. "I've said all I can say, I must leave now brother," The angel gave a sad small smile and then was gone,
"Always a pleasure Michael, never a chore!" Lucifer stated flatly, "I have missed you Brother and it has been too long!" Lucifer whispered the last part of his sentence, then just stared into the empty space he had previously occupied. What was he to do now? Should he ask Ella? She should she be consulted? Or should he just pick her up and return home? Lucifer knew that she would protest and he couldn't deny that Lucifer for once was unsure of what to do.
