chapter 14:
Amenadiel took him in an angel death grip.
"Time to appear before our judgment Michael," Amenadiel said before he nodded to Lucifer who smashed his fist in his twin brother's face with such a force that his brother lost consciousness immediately after the hit.
"I will keep you posted brother!" Amenadiel said before he took off, carrying a knock-out Michael in his hands.
Lucifer nodded and took off to see what had happened to Diego, Victoria, and Chloe. He didn't need to look far when he heard a loud, "Nooo, no, no not again!" It was Diego's voice. He saw Victoria fall on the ground with a shot wound located in her side, Only inches from the place where she caught a bullet for Zorro the first time. A bullet that yet again was meant for Diego.
Diego sank to the ground next to her, her head in his lap, only this time Victoria was unconscious. Diego looked up to see Jake pointing his gun at him. He was about to shoot when one of his men let out an awful scream making him turn around together with the rest of his gang.
Lucifer landed behind the group that had been following Diego and the women. He tapped the one on the front of his shoulder who turned around with a scream, "The devil is coming for us!" before he was silenced by the fallen angel.
The other four turned around and looked straight in the red, burned and scarred face of Lucifer Morningstar.
"Please, Please, It wasn't our idea." Another criminal whined before he ran away the other two hot in his heels. The only one left was Jake. He wasn't scared at first sight. Michael had warned him.
He aimed his gun at the devil but who had the quick reflex to take the gun from the man's hands. His strength folded the gun like it was a piece of clay. That view made Jake swallow.
Maybe that angel was wrong and did he need to fear the devil after all.
"I will personally welcome you in Hell," Lucifer growled before Diego hid him knock-out with a big stick.
"This one was for Victoria!" Diego said in a cold voice before sinking back on his knees.
Lucifer shifted his face back to his normal face before placing his hand on Diego's shoulder.
"Nothing is lost, Diego. Let's bring her to the penthouse where I can help her without a chance of someone seeing my wings." Lucifer said softly.
Diego nodded and took Victoria in his arms, her head laying on his shoulder, her arms hanging lifeless next to her body, continuing his way back to the jeep. Chloe snuggled into the Devil's side. Happy to finally hold him again.
"Wait a minute, where is Trixie?" She suddenly asked out of fear that she was still in the year 1820.
"Trixie is with Daniel, love. She is alright. Now we can't afford to lose much time so I am going to drive and you are not going to stop me from driving fast." The Devil made it clear, even he couldn't help her if Azrael came for Victoria.
The devil drove as fast as he possibly could. Chloe was sitting in the passenger's seat next to Lucifer. Diego was sitting in the back holding Victoria's head in his lap. He caressed her hair.
"Fight, mi preciosa. I don't want to lose you, not now we finally can start a life together." Diego sobbed.
The drive took only half the original time. The devil threw his keys to a staff member who was present at Lux. The nightclub would be opening soon. The people were already waiting in line.
Lucifer ran inside with Chloe hot in his heels. Diego as the last one carrying Victoria in his arms. Her breathing became more superficial by the minute. Her head in the crook of his neck. He carried her in bridal style to one of the guest rooms. He placed her on the red silk sheets before kneeling beside her, holding her hand in his. Lucifer had asked Chloe to take the medical kit in the bathroom.
Diego rolled up his sleeves the moment Chloe arrived with the kit. He opened the case. It had more supplies than he had ever seen. Especially if you knew that the man or being was immortal. He took the scissors and cut just enough that it wouldn't be improper. He carved around the bullet to be able to take the bullet out with the pincer. Diego was sweating when the bullet seemed hard to take out but after a few failed attempts Diego succeeded and placed the bullet in the little glass Chloe had brought with her.
"Stand back, Diego. No need to stitch the wound." Lucifer said before rolling his shoulders back and unfurl his massive, white wings.
"Detective, be a sweetheart and pull one of the smaller feathers from my wing, the one more on top. Please be careful, love. The larger ones are sharp, you could lose a finger." Lucifer asked softly.
Chloe nodded and did like he asked giving him the small feather. He normally couldn't ask a human to do this but Chloe was a miracle and therefore immune for his powers even the ones coming from the pesky things on his back.
Lucifer kneeled next to her bed, "Please close your eyes," he said before placing the feather on the wound. A bright white light emerged from the feather. It would have blinded Chloe and Diego if they hadn't closed their eyes.
"Now it's up to wake up, it can take up to forty-eight hours for her to wake up so don't be afraid if she doesn't wake up immediately." Lucifer sighed. It never went wrong before but he didn't use this on humans before. He knew it wouldn't kill them, with celestial beings it healed and they were healthy only seconds later. Humans were another matter.
"I will stay with her as long as it takes," Diego said a bit worried.
"Fight, querida, do it for us. I promise you I will find a way for us to be together." Diego whispered, her hand still in his.
Up in the Silver City God knew that he let things go out of hand with Michael. Lucifer's twin brother had hidden everything he was doing for his father. Until Amenadiel brought it to his attention. He had punished Lucifer at the time but that didn't mean one of his other siblings could take matters into their own hands especially since Lucifer was improving his behavior.
Michael was brought in front of their father by Amenadiel. The wings of Lucifer's twin brother where cut and he was cuffed in special handcuffs.
The office was all white with angels painting on the ceiling. One of them still being Samael, Lucifer's originally given name, creating the stars.
"Michael sat down please," God said sternly The angel did what he was told. Amenadiel standing behind him.
"Tell me what were you thinking of messing with time and humanity?" His father asked playing with a feather in his hand. A feather from Michael's cut wings. Turning the feather in his hand.
"You get one chance to explain." God continued.
"Why does Samael get to have someone to love after what he had done?" Michael asked thinking his brother wasn't punished enough.
"I punished Samael eon's ago. Do you think he loves the role he has now? Being blamed for everything that goes wrong? being cut off from the Silver City and his family and besides Samael is not your responsibility." God said
"But what after he has done to Uriel?" Michael asked his father.
"Samael punished himself with his own guilt. Is this what all this is about? Punishing Samael through the one human that can help him to see good in everything again?" God asked sternly.
Michael was quiet and looked down, "Samael didn't deserve that or his wings!" Michael suddenly said.
"That's not up to you to decide, Michael! I gave Samael the tools to redeem himself and he is doing a good thing with it with the help of the human known as Chloe. Did you really think I didn't know that his sword was gone? Samael is punished long enough and however he is still the ruler of hell, he is given the chance to be lifted from banishment."
"But father he is the devil! He even changed his name!" Michael protested.
"I know that Michael but do you really think I would have given him that position if I didn't trust him to do his job good?" God said looking disappointed.
"But father…" Michael started.
"Don't but father me." I will go over your sentence and you will hear your new destiny in a few hours. Take him away Amenadiel!" God ordered the dark angel.
Amenadiel nodded and brought Michael back to his cell to wait for his destiny.