Lucifer spent most of the rest of the day sleeping. When he woke up, he decided to see how Jack was. He found that the boy was still a bit upset, so he decided to distract him. They were currently sitting in the library in front of the piano. "Do as I do."

Jack watched as he father pressed a couple of keys down. He did the same. "Very good. The first step is learning to familiarize yourself with all the different keys. Each one sounds different."

"It sounds like it will be hard," Jack said.

"Yes, as I've said, it will be difficult, but learning something new has rewards," Lucifer said.

Jack nodded. "Father, why does Dean hate you so much? He blames you for everything."

"Humans tend to do that. I am the Devil. Many humans feel the need to blame me for what goes wrong in their lives. However, Dean is not completely wrong about me. He blames me for my creature. A great deal of that is my doing. Of course, if my father hadn't given me that bloody mark, it wouldn't have happened, but I can see it from Dean's point of view," Lucifer said.

"But you're not like him. You don't hurt believe like he does," Jack said.

"Like it does," Lucifer corrected. "You're correct, I'm not, but I created it. Though I also locked it up to prevent this all from happening."

"It was released. If it hadn't been many people would still be alive, but I wouldn't be," Jack said.

"That's correct, and for that reason, I'm not sorry I didn't just kill it after I created it," Lucifer said. While he could admit that his creation caused a lot of damage, for which it would die, it was the reason he had a son, and despite his initial reluctance, he would never wish his son away.

"Even though many people would still be alive, some of them your own family?" Jack asked.

"Yes. Do not doubt that you're worth those lives, at least you are to me. You're meant to be here," Lucifer said.

"Am I? Others don't think so. Dean wanted me killed and a lot of angels tried to kill me before I was born because of what I am," Jack said.

"Do not allow what others think to get to you. They're wrong," Lucifer said firmly.

"I…I killed someone," Jack said after a minute.

Lucifer turned and looked directly at his son. He didn't speak. He simply waited for Jack to continue.

"It was an accident. I was hunting with Dean, Sam, and Castiel. I used my powers, and someone died. He was innocent," Jack said near tears.

"You said it was an accident," Lucifer finally spoke.

"I know, but…"

"No, listen to me. You never meant to hurt anyone. You lost control of your abilities because they are new to you. Mistakes happen when you have a lot of power, at least until you've learned to use it correctly," Lucifer said.

"But doesn't it mean that the other angels are right? That I should've been killed?" Jack asked

"No. All it means is that you need to learn control," Lucifer said.

"So, you don't think I'm evil?"

"Of course not. I don't think I'm evil, and believe me, I've done worse than you have," Lucifer said. He may never have killed a human, even accidently, but he had led a rebellion against God. Many would consider that to be worse.

There were tears running down Jack's face. He tried to wipe them away, but they just kept falling.

On instinct, Lucifer pulled the boy into his arms to comfort him.

Jack hugged his father back as he continued to cry.

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Sam knocked on the door to Gabriel's room and then slowly opened it and walked inside. He found Gabriel sitting up on the bed. "Hey. I just wanted to see how you were doing after this morning." Gabriel had gone back up to his room after Dean's outburst and no one but Lucifer had seen him since.

"Okay," Gabriel said.

Sam walked further into the room, but made sure to give Gabriel some space. "I'm really sorry about Dean. He shouldn't have lost it like that."

Gabriel cringed as he remembered the scene from that morning. He'd been so scared when the hunter started screaming, and Gabriel hated that. He was an archangel. He shouldn't be afraid of a human. But he was because he'd been thoroughly broken.

"He shouldn't have acted like that. It wasn't fair to you or to Jack," Sam said.

"He d…doesn't like Luci," Gabriel said.

"No. He can't get passed the fact that he's the Devil, even though that doesn't mean what we thought it did. Lucifer doesn't hate humans. He wants the same thing we do. He wanted Free Will," Sam said.

"I th…though the Mark ch…changed that. M…made him hate h…humans," Gabriel said. He knew better now, but before he thought something had changed after his brother was cast out. He deduced that it was the Mark that made him turn against humanity.

"Did he tell you what happened? He must have told you that the person you fought years ago wasn't him," Sam said.

"A…already knew it w…wasn't him. I knew when he was t…talking to my c…clone. It wasn't my b…brother," Gabriel said. When he first went back to the hotel, he believed it was Lucifer. He went in anyway to ensure Sam got away, even though he was pitting himself against the brother that raised him. But while he was listening to whoever that was speak, something didn't seem right. It was not his brother that was talking.

Sam nodded. "I can see how you would. I have to believe I'd know something was wrong if it were Dean. That thing was something Lucifer created to keep the Mark of Cain from corrupting him. He'll probably explain to you in more detail, but he cut out his infected Grace to save himself."

Gabriel chuckled, which he instantly regretted when he began having a coughing fit. "O…only L…Lucifer could find a w…way to get rid of the M…Mark's influence.

"Apparently the Cage was Lucifer's doing, not God's. He was never there," Sam said.

Now that surprised Gabriel. He'd heard for so long how his father had imprisoned Lucifer in the Cage not long after sending him to Hell. He supposed this was what happened when one listened to rumors over angel radio, especially when they were started by Michael. "That must have p…pissed him off. D…Dad being c…credited for his work."

Sam chuckled as he sat down in the chair by Gabriel. "I think he was both pissed and amused by everyone's stupidity."

Gabriel nodded. That sounded like Lucifer. He'd be pissed that their father got credit, but amused as he walked around while everyone thought he was trapped in some cage. "When did you f…find out who he r…really was?"

"Like a week ago. Just a day before he rescued you. It was hard to believe at first, but it became pretty clear he was telling the truth, at least for me. Dean took a little while longer, and even then, he hated him. Now he's jumping to all kinds of crazy conclusions," Sam said. He still couldn't get over how Dean had got it into his head that he and Lucifer were screwing each other, or that he wanted to at least.

"Like what?" Gabriel asked.

"He thinks I wanna be with Lucifer," Sam said.

"D…do you?" Gabriel asked, trying hard to keep the fear from his voice. He wouldn't begrudge his brother or Sam that happiness if it were true, but he really hoped it wasn't. He would never admit it to him, but he'd carried a torch for Sam for a long time.

"No," Sam replied quickly. For some reason it bothered him to let Gabriel think he was with Lucifer for even a second. "Dean's just being crazy because I don't hate Lucifer. Because I've gone out of my way to be helpful whenever I could for you and because sometimes I talk to Lucifer. It's just easy to talk to him sometimes," Sam said.

"H…he has that a…affect," Gabriel said. He was relieved to hear that Sam and Lucifer weren't together.

"There are things I can't say to Dean. Things I haven't been able to say to anyone. I say them to Lucifer because he listens without judging, like in regard to the apocalypse," Sam said. It had been nice to have Lucifer say that he wasn't responsible for what happened. No one had said that before. Dean forgave him, but Sam felt like he never really stopped judging him for it.

"S…sorry," Gabriel said after a minute.

"For what?" Sam asked confused.

"I judged," Gabriel said. He'd been angry when he found out Sam hadn't learned the lesson he tried to teach and had helped start the apocalypse. It wasn't really fair considering Sam was set up to fail from the beginning.

"No, it's okay. I know I deserved to be judged. It was just nice to find someone who finally doesn't. And Dean, he judges me on everything, but I'm supposed to forgive him in an instant. Plus, he has no problem forgiving everyone else for their sins, like Cas. He scrutinizes me though," Sam said bitterly. It made him angry sometimes. He understood that he screwed up a lot, but he wasn't the only one. But he was the one it was held against the most.

Sam soon realized who he was talking to and decided he shouldn't be complaining to Gabriel, not after what he'd been through. "Sorry. You don't need to hear about my woes. It's pretty meaningless after the hell you went through."

Gabriel shook his head. "Rather f…focus on s…someone else's misery."

"Well, thanks for listening. I think I'm going to go see about dinner. Dean went out, so it's on me. Any preference?" Sam asked.

"Something sweet," Gabriel said with a half-smile."

Sam chuckled before standing up and heading out of the room.