Charlotte is back and they all enjoy an episode together. Talk about death, Death and souls ensure.

Episode Fifteen – Death Takes A Holiday

Charlotte once again joined them, which probably was a good thing. He honestly didn't know how he could do with just Ella if another episode like the last night's happened, without the added sugar crash to ease the way to early sleep to try and get over it. He was still feeling brittle. He felt like he was going to feel that way for a good long time.

He shook his head clear of such thoughts and grinned at Charlotte. "Hi! You're joining us again tonight, I see."

She nodded back at him and smiled. "Yes, I am. Dan has Trixie for the night, and I had nothing else to do."

He shuddered in mock horror. "I don't want a blow by blow account of the sex you're having with him, thanks. Please no."

She frowned and her eyes scrunched up with confusion. "Why would I tell you of that?"

He blinked, before a blush slowly made its way over his cheeks. "Umm, never mind. Hello Ella."

Ella flopped herself down on her usual seat. "Yeah, hi."

He winced. She was not in a happy mood. "Sorry for the past few nights. I'm hard on your favourite and I know it but I just can't like him."

She smiled a small smile up at him and shook her head. "That's not what's got me upset. My little brother just went back to Detroit. I had to find out in a letter he sent me."

"Oh. Ouch, sorry."

She nodded and went back to staring morosely at the television. Tonight's episode title there in all capitals for them to see.

"So! This Death is Tessa I take it? She's the Reaper we have met. She reminds me of my sister Azrael. She's a good kid, really. Just stuck with an unfortunate job and reputation."

Ella sighed and nodded. "Can we just get this over with. I just want to watch an episode of the show, bitch about whatever and then go home and wallow more."

He grinned. "Well, I am sure I can definitely manage the watching and the bitching. I think I have done my wallowing though, for the time being anyway."

That got a real smile out of her, thankfully. He sat down and grabbed the remote, as Charlotte sat down beside him.

He pushed play.

He paused it as soon as the guy who got shot sat back up and was breathing, even though he had a hole in him where he was shot. He blinked. "Oh hell no. That's a bad sign."

Charlotte looked at him with a frown. "What is?"

"A soul wasn't taken when they were supposed to be and got trapped in the body. He's dead but...not. Worse than a ghost, they generally refuse to die. It happens sometimes when the soul doesn't leave the body and gets confused if Rae Rae is late."

Ella looked at him at the nickname, but didn't say anything about it. Charlotte looked spooked.

"I bleed though, right? Linda tested me before taking me on as a patient because your mother didn't. I bled. I'm not lost am I?"

Lucifer shook his head. "Oh, no, not you. You got a second chance at life. Totally different things."

She relaxed at his side and nodded. "Good."

He pushed play again, suddenly quite eager to see where this episode went.

He threw up his arms and glared at the screen at Dean throwing what Sam said while under the influence of the siren in his face. He paused it quickly to point and frown. "You know, if the roles were reversed, Dean would punch the shit out of Sam for even daring mentioning what he said. Because what Dean does is good and right and pure. And unless Sam has permission, everything he does is bad."

Ella groaned loudly beside him. "Lucifer, not tonight!"

He shut up and frowned, but turned it back on, knowing he was right.

He turned it off once Alastair left to frown. "Wait...did he voluntarily leave? Because I don't think Sam smoked him out of there."

Charlotte looked puzzled. "What was that?"

"That's the shows version of a demon. They are souls twisted into demonic form while in Hell. That's what demons are in this show, corrupted souls. Totally different to real life, so don't worry about meeting any smoke monsters."

Charlotte seemed a bit frazzled, but Ella made it all better by answering his question.

"Yeah, I think Alastair left on his own too."

Lucifer nodded. "Looked like he was there to test Sam. Nice. And Sam has been with Ruby again, snacking on her blood. Which will forever be a disgusting thing and I thought much higher of him before then."

Ella grinned. "Oh you're going to hate season 6 Sam. Well, the first half of season 6 anyway."

He winced. "Okay, I am not looking forward to that."

She grinned. "Don't worry, Sam still gets saviour of the world status."

Lucifer grinned at that. "Good. I wouldn't think anything else. Sam is a dad damned hero and stays compassionate. That's the kind of Sam I like."

He pushed play again when Charlotte nudged his hand.

He stopped it once the demon smoke had stolen Tessa and ran off with her. He winced. "Oh, this really isn't very good at all and that kid needs to move on."

"Why?" Charlotte asked, staring at the kid like he was one of hers.

"Ghosts in the show and ghosts in real life actually have a lot of things in common. Too much time on earth and they just...deteriorate. Most turn into bad spirits. When finally taken by my sister, they are either destroyed by their very own resistance to leaving, which goes against an angel's nature, or they go to Hell because of the acts they commit."

Ella frowned. "What if they were good people before death?"

He shrugged. "It's the soul that is judged. The soul lives on even after the body is nothing but a skeleton. The meter doesn't stop just because they are dead."

Charlotte sighed and rubbed at her face. "Knowing all this to be true and to have lived it, or...well, you know what I mean when I think of Hell." He nodded and let her continue with what she was saying. "It... it changes who you are. You understand, Lucifer. You were there a lot longer than I was."

He sighed and nodded. "Yes, and I agree with you. And it sucks. Which is why it is best for humans when they die to accept and move on, especially if they were a good soul in life. It means going whee they won't be hurt for eternity."

Both Ella and Charlotte nodded at his sides. They shared a small silence with each other, before he pushed the play button and got the show started again.

This was getting deep, but at least it was just that and not infuriating like the episode the night before.

He paused it again to rub at his face. "They are idiots, the pair of them. They left their bodies unprotected with a blind woman to look after them. And they're supposed to be professionals."

Ella snorted at that one. "I know right?"

Charlotte smiled, but looked confused. "Did they even think of their bodies on the beds at all?" she asked.

Lucifer shrugged and looked at Ella only to see her give the same reaction. They grinned at each other. "Nope."

Charlotte sighed. "I think maybe I should binge watch this from the start while not at work to catch up to you guys, because I am lost."

Lucifer grinned. "Good idea."

Ella perked up at getting another person to watch her show. "I'll lend you the first 3 seasons on DVD and you can borrow the first 3 discs from Lucifer here. We're halfway through season 4 now. Well, over halfway really. And then there's the shit show that is season 5. Which is my favourite season, but also one of the most depressing 22 episodes ever. Even the fun episodes have downer parts to them. And that's with a Trickster episode, Lucifer. Which...well, you will see when you get to it."

He frowned. "Ooh, that's never a good sign coming from you."

Charlotte nodded at them, and shrugged. "Well, that sounds good. I'll go home with you, if you're not busy to grab them before heading back to my apartment."

Ella smiled widely. "Sure, sounds good."

With that said, he turned it back on, a smile thankfully on all their faces.

He grinned when Castiel showed up after the lovely little smiting to Alastair he did. "Hah, nice."

He didn't pause for the rest of the episode, even during the parts when he really wanted to, because he really liked this episode.

"Well, it's good to have an episode that doesn't make me blindly angry. Or just, you know, left wanting to kill Dean. I mean, he had his moment, but it was just one moment. And also, it makes me happy that Tessa is so sweet. Because she is a reaper based off my sister. Though I did catch that reference during the episode to Death the Horseman. Who in the writings uses a scythe, not a sickle, Alastair. There is a difference between the two."

Ella laughed at that. "Yeah, I know, right. Still, it was good to have a good episode after the horror of last nights."

He shuddered for real that time. "Oh yeah, I really hated that episode..."

Charlotte rolled her eyes. "I need to know the show to catch up. I really do. But I did like the reaper. She was nice. I don't remember what it was like for me. I guess it was too long ago."

"It was a couple of years for you in Hell. That's not surprising."

She nodded and got up. "Is it odd that this episode actually helped make death a little less frightening for a second time to me?"

He nodded. "Sure. I don't really understand, but good that it did that for you."

Ella frowned. "You called Azrael Rae Rae. You also said ghosts go bad after a while on Earth."

He nodded. "Yes, it's true."

Ella rubbed at her face. "I was in a bad car crash when I was 7. It killed my parents and almost killed me. I think... I think I know your sister."

He grinned. "It's likely you met her if you had a near death experience."

She shook her head. "No, I mean she stuck around for company kind of know her. Ooh, she lied to me! She told me she was a ghost. Can I touch Death without dying? Next time she pops around, I am slugging her in the face."

Lucifer giggled at that. "You can touch her. And I would pay to see you punch her."

Ella brightened at the thought. "Well, good. Come on Charlotte, I will introduce you to the wonders that is the start of the show. We could have a Supernatural sleepover."

Charlotte got up off her seat and walked to the lift. "I'd like that."

Lucifer laughed. "Well, you two ladies have a good time. I will be going down to the club tonight to sing, dance and make merry."

It wasn't until the girls had left that he realised not one of them mentioned Pamela's death, or Dean's angels not being up to any good.

Somehow the death at the end seemed cheap and just for Winchester angst and the angels... Well, he had already figured that one out on his own.

He got up and made his way downstairs to do his set for the night.

He was in a good mood after another episode. It was about time that happened again.

Note - Lucifer is now beginning to be suspicious about the whole blood drinking thing outside it just being a gross thing to do.

Headcanon - I actually liked Pamela and thought it sucked that she died. An awesome psychic in a supernatural universe is always a good thing to have around.

Headcanon - Azrael can turn herself invisible as one of her powers.