Chapter 5
Lucifer walked towards the side of the bed where Chloe was laying. He sat on the side of the bed taking her hand in his, with his other hand he caressed a lock of hair and placed it back behind her ear. He didn't notice Victoria walking back in the room with Trixie hot on her heels.
"Oh Chloe, come back to me, please." the devil whispered, moving his thumb over the back of her hand.
"You love her don't you?" Victoria asked softly.
Lucifer turned around to see Victoria standing at the end of the bed with a smiling Trixie beside her, she always loved Lucifer and she knew that her mom loved him too.
Lucifer smiled softly his eyes back on his first love ever, "she is quite special to me, yes. I would go to hell and back for her." not saying that he meant it like he had said it, that he would go back to hell if it would save her life he had done it before and he would do it again without thinking twice.
"I will be back later, Chloe. I will take good care of your spawn, don't worry your pretty head about it." Lucifer whispered lovingly.
"Thank you, senorita for helping us like this." he said before he turned towards Trixie, "Come on Beatrice Diego will be already waiting for us."
"Okay, Lucifer, see you later senorita Victoria." Trixie smiled happily
Victoria smiled softly, she thought that these were strange visitors but she didn't know much about the Americas so it could be their way of living but a woman wearing pants. She wasn't a woman to judge other people that was the reason she helped them. They didn't seem to be bandits and she adored the little girl.
"I will stay with her," Victoria said while she took her place on the chair beside the bed with a book she had taken from the De La Vega's library. It wasn't the first time that she did that and she knew that don Alejandro and don Diego didn't mind.
Trixie looked in awe when she saw don Diego sitting on a palomino mare and holding the reins of a chestnut mare in his hands, "Those are so beautiful."
"This one is named Esperanza and the one you two will be riding her name is Esmeralda." Diego smiled at the little girl.
Lucifer walked towards the Chestnut mare and place Trixie in the saddle before taking over the reins from Diego and placing himself behind the child. It had been a while since he rode a horse like this but this was their way to move from point A to point B so he had no other option here. He placed one arm around Trixie holding her close enough so that she wouldn't fall before he spurred his horse into a walk riding next to Diego.
They spend the first minutes in silence, not knowing how to start the conversation until Lucifer broke it, "Thank you so much for helping us. I owe you a lot for this."
"I was glad I could help, I am sorry that I couldn't do more to wake her up though," Die said looking in front of him still thinking of how he was going to get information out of this man. He didn't think he was evil but something was off about these people and he had learned in the years to trust his intuition.
"I am already glad about the help we received." the devil said genuinely
"What happened to you out there?" Diego asked knowing that it was better to ask him straight. He would feel if the strange man told him the truth.
Lucifer sighed how was he going to answer this one. The devil never lied and he wasn't going to start now but he didn't want to sound like a madman either although that had never stopped him in the past.
"I had a little fight with my brother and he left us here," Lucifer said trying to be as honest as he possibly could.
"You are not from around here, are you?" Diego asked sensing that the man wasn't telling him everything.
"Not at this moment, no!" Lucifer said, regretting immediately how he had said it. Trixie on her part stayed silent, just enjoying the ride on top of horseback.
"What do you mean?" Diego asked curiously.
Lucifer stared at the desert in front of him how was he going to explain the truth or most of the truth anyway.
Lucifer sighed and pulled on the reins, Diego did the same thing. Lucifer turned towards him and let out a deep breath, "Listen, don Diego, what I am about to tell you sounds crazy I know but to be honest my brother has sent us back in time, we are really from the Los Angeles from the future."
Diego couldn't believe his ears did they think that he would believe such a story but the problem was his intuition, something that had saved his life many times before told him that what they were telling him was the truth.
"From the future?" Diego asked doubting his story.
"yes, we are from Los Angeles from the future. You know you are quite the legend there." Lucifer said with his typical Lucifer smile.
"That sounds impossible," Diego said still in war with his intuition.
"Lucifer is right you know, we come from 2019. Lucifer's bad brother did this to us."
"Listen I can't tell you the whole legend but I can tell you some things I could never know, the only thing I ask is that you react honestly because I know you will deny everything I am about to tell you. I think it's best that we talk somewhere more private."
Diego didn't know what to expect, surely they couldn't know his secret could they?
Lucifer saw that Diego didn't know what to do. Mixed emotions could be seen from his eyes from doubt to surprise to disbelief.
"Know one thing that whatever I will tell you will be kept between us isn't it right little hellion?" Lucifer looked down to the girl in front of him.
"I promise Lucifer." Trixie smiled.
"Alright down the road is a pool where the horses can drink and where we can talk. Beatrice can even go and pick some flowers for her mom." Diego said not knowing what to expect but fearing the worst.
The three arrived by the little pool. Diego jumped from his horse knowing Esperanza wasn't going to run away and lifted the little girl out of the saddle, making it possible for Lucifer to jump from his horse too.
"It's alright they will not run far," Diego said while he walked to a few rocks beside the little pool.
"Don't run too far, Beatrice," Lucifer yelled towards Trixie.
Trixie shook her head, "I won't, Lucifer."
Lucifer smiled but sighed, "Here goes nothing" he whispered before he continued, "Listen, don Diego, I already told you that you are a legend in the future, It's called the legend of the masked fox of Los Angeles." His voice was in a whisper so that only Diego could hear him, something Diego appreciated.
"A legend huh?" Diego smiled.
"There is one thing I can speak off without jinxing the future, the property will stay in the hands of the De La Vega's until my normal present-day in 2019 due to the deed you hid underneath a loose tile by the fireplace," Lucifer said again in a whisper.
Diego looked at Lucifer, "There something else you are not telling me!" He said sternly.
"I am sorry I can't tell you everything. I don't want to change the future too much." Lucifer said honestly.
"Alright, I believe you. Nobody not even Felipe knows about the deed so how unbelievable your story is, I sense it's the truth." Diego said. Right in time to see a happy Trixie running towards them with her hand full of flowers.
"Let's go back, I want to see how Chloe is doing," Lucifer said towards Diego. Diego nodded and whistled for the horses. Lucifer was impressed.
Diego gave the horses to one of the servants who worked on the ranch. Lucifer had already walked inside but he ran inside when something made Lucifer yell, "CHLOE, NO!"