Slices of Life and Family

by bluefrostyy

PART 3 of The life of Sebastian Pines! (Read that first, I doubt you'll understand what's going on) The story follows Seb's life after Gravity Falls. Bill was defeated, but the Pines family still have thousands of adventures together. Old characters will come back, new characters will make an appearance, all to accompany Seb through his journey as a human (Cowritten with Mizuuma)

27. Chapter 27-Weirdness attracts weirdness

Hello! bringing a new special chapter! a crossover with beautiful devilshly handsome fallen angel~

Drawing in deviantart!

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Nothing was fine. Everything was a huge disaster!

"Dad! Find him!" Zoe screamed. Zach was crying on the couch. Sir Bedazzle ran away when Zach left the door open by mistake. He had wanted to pick up the mail and the acorn puppy ran off. Now his son was blaming himself and Zoe was angrily demanding for Seb to do something. Seb was trying very hard to scan around and find Sir Bedazzle but the crying and screaming were too distracting for him to concentrate.

"Quiet please! I'm trying to find him!" Seb wailed. How had things gone to shit so quickly?! First he had gotten the twins awake for the day with a nice breakfast, but then the twins realized Miz wasn't here and started complaining. It took Seb 20 minutes to explain that Miz was with Wanda today and no, they couldn't go to Wanda's workplace.

Cleaning the dishes without magic was annoying and while Seb had been busy at the sink, Zach and Zoe had run into the kitchen, screaming about how Sir Bedazzle had gotten outside and run off. Seb was relieved the kids hadn't run outside. He and Wanda had made it clear they should NEVER go out without one of their parents with them. With the lecture yesterday about Miz's almost-kidnapping, they were more careful, at least when they remembered.

Now though, Seb had to worry about the neighbors seeing Sir Bedazzle and asking uncomfortable questions.

Zach continued sobbing, albeit a little softer, and Zoe scowled. It wasn't fair! She was worried! Seeing shouting at dad wouldn't help their situation, she decided to scold Zach. "Why did you open the door? You can't open it! And now Sir Bedazzle is going to die and be eaten because of you!" She sniffled.

Zach started crying even louder, clutching the cushion to himself. "I-I am s-sorry!" He wailed.

"SHUT UP BOTH OF YOU!" Seb growled, and his eye turned red. It was something that changed after his yellow eye exploded. "Stop shouting at your brother, it was an accident! If you just close your tiny ass mouths for a second I can find Bedazzle!" Seb snarled, frustrated at all this.

The twins shut up and put their hands over their mouths. Dad was really scary when he wanted to be. Seb huffed and scanned the neighborhood by the triangles he had carved along the years. Yeah, he was paranoid, let him be! He cheered when he found the acorn puppy in the park. No one was there! They were saved! "Ok! I got him! Come on."

Zoe squealed and ran towards the door, Zach sniffled and grabbed his hand. "I'm sorry, daddy…" Seb squeezed his hand softly. "It's fine Zach. Come on."

The three of them headed off to the park, Zoe running ahead while Seb yelled for her to slow down and not get too far.

And he thought Mabel and Dipper were stressful. These blond little demons were going to kill him one day… he glanced down at Zach, walking calmly next to him, then Zoe, who just tripped and fell face-first to the floor because of her untied shoes. Zoe would, at least.

"You ok, pumpkin?" Seb asked as Zoe stood up. She giggled. "I hurt my face." She rubbed her chin and Seb panicked when he saw blood. He wanted to take her home to clean that, but if they took any longer, someone could see Sir Bedazzle and panic. It would be amusing to see, but not too good for his relative inner peace.

He picked both children up and sprinted the rest of the way to the park. "Sir Bedazzle?" He called out. To his relief, he heard the distinctive bark-squeak of their family pet. Zoe wiggled in his arms. "Sir Bedazzle!" She cried.

Zoe escaped from Seb's arms and ran towards the barks. Seb put Zach on the floor and they ran after the excited little girl. Their acorn puppy stood up from the mud he was rolling around in and ran towards his owners with his little legs. They came to play with him! This place was so, so nice! And the cool, fresh soil was something the puppy had never felt. The grass in the backyard was too thick for him to dig through.

Zoe threw herself into the mud as well, Seb held back his cry, and hugged Sir Bedazzle. "You are a silly, dummy! Please, please never run away again!" he wailed. Sir Bedazzle barked happily and licked his owner. He had no idea what they were saying but he liked how Zoe was playing in the mud too. He wiggled out of Seb's arm to go play with Zoe now.

The toddler laughed and laid down on the mud to throw and catch the little barking acorn. Seb gaped. Well. Those clothes were totally ruined… Zach pulled his hand. "I want to play too!" Seb let him do it, reluctantly, he would throw a tantrum if Zoe was allowed and he wasn't, Zach giggled and joined his sister.

Wanda was killing him tonight...

He sat down cross-legged on a bench and let the kids just play. Fresh air. Little humans needed fresh air.

Zoe and Zach, totally covered in mud, sat on the swings with Dazzle on Zach's leg, and just enjoyed their playtime in a carefree manner. Eventually, when kids got out of daycare or pre-kinder, the park slowly started filling in. Seb grimaced. "We should probably go…" Some nannies and moms gave the dirty twins weird looks. Seb shoved Sir Bedazzle under his arm and hoped people thought he was a doll.

"You two are taking BATHS when we get home!" Seb grumbled. The twins whined "Noooo!"

"Yyeeesss." Seb laughed and grabbed the kids' tiny hands. They were so tiny, oh god! So little! "I want to hold Sir Bedazzle!" Zoe raised her free arm and made grabby motions. Seb rolled his eye. "Ok, but hold him tightly." He warned and gave the puppy to her. They walked back home and Seb immediately ordered them to take off their wet and dirty sneakers.

They tried to escape from their bath, but they had a magic dad, so it was useless. Seb lifted them in the air and locked the three of them in the bathroom. "You can't stay dirty." Seb explained as he lifted a pouting Zach's shirt over his head and pulled it off. Still, Zach got into the bathtub while Seb had to levitate Zoe into it.

"Can we get toys?" Zoe asked after she was put on the bathtub next to her brother. "No. Then you won't want to get out." Seb grinned. "We will have a fast bath and then you can play." He poured water over Zoe and Zach' s hair to get it wet before washing the dirt off their bodies and hair. They usually bathe almost all by themselves, but they were super dirty today and needed help. Zach held Sir Bedazzle, who was splashing the water and squeaking cheerfully. Yay! Water!

"I love how your shampoo smells." Seb sniffed the bottle. Chamomile~

"You can have it if you get us ice cream!" Zoe extended her left hand and fire danced on her palm. Seb submerged the hand under the water. "First of all, you shake the right hand, second, no thanks."

"Ok, I'll bring your towels, stay here. I'm being serious! I'll be watching you!" Seb stood up and went to their room to find their towels. The twins shared a look. Sir Bedazzle recognized that look as 'something fun will happen' and wiggled as he floated by on the water.

Seb came back and panicked to find the bathtub empty. "Kids?!" he looked around frantically. He heard a muffled giggle and felt water drip on him. The former demon looked up and groaned. The twins were lifting each other into the air to float on the ceiling. "Get down here. I need to dry you off." Seb reached for them but they floated away from his hands with more laughter.

Seb grinned. "If you don't get down here~you won't get to watch that silly horse show~"

"It's called Those Little Ponys!" Zach protested. Seb rolled his eye. "Why do you all like that show so much anyway?"

The twins floated down so Seb could dry them. "Because MiracleNote is the nicest pony! And he always lets people know that there is some good inside them." Zach gushed. Zoe nodded and also regaled Sebastian with the story. "Like when he got captured by Munchy and everyone in town said she was evil but he was nice to her and it turns out she was just sad and wanted a friend!"

"Right~" Seb nodded, not really paying attention. He would never understand this show. "And PetalKick is the coolest! She can kick a whole building over!" Zoe squealed. Seb paused. What?

"And CrimsonGem is like you daddy." Zach said as Sebastian towel dried his hair. "Really now?" The father asked. Zach nodded. "He likes to make pretty clothes too." Zoe spoke up "AND he has a twin sister! But she's mean."

Zach tilted his head. "Miz says that she's a Tsun-Tsun."

"What the heck is a Tsun-Tsun?" Seb asked. The twins both shrugged. Seb sighed. He hoped it wasn't a bad word. He should pay more attention to what Miz was teaching his kids.

Well, to be honest with himself, Wanda and him cursed a lot in front of the twins. A LOT. They were really bad-mouthed and it was Miz telling them they couldn't say those words. Now he doubted it was something bad. As soon as the kids were dry and dressed, they raced off downstairs to turn on the tv.

The theme song came on and Seb sighed. Well, nothing to do right now. He finished his work for the week and had some free time. Might as well see what all the fuss was about. He sat down with the kids as they sang along with the theme song. Ugh. They were so colorful. What was so great about talking horses?

1 marathon later…

"Noo! She's not your fiancée! Dammit! Why doesn't anyone notice she's an imposter?!" Seb screamed at the tv. After the new episode for this week, the channel started playing reruns of past episodes and Seb actually found himself quite invested. There were a few episodes the twins hadn't seen yet. Such as the season finale, the Musical Wedding.

"Gaah! The tension is killing me!" Zoe bit Zach's arm and the boy whined and punched her. "Shut up, you two! I'm watching!" Seb snarled. Nothing had got him this excited since The Duchess Approves.

On screen, a regal looking alicorn with a flaming mane looked at the 'happy couple' "We are gathered here today to celebrate the union of two ponies."

"Nooo! Why can't anyone tell that's not the princess?! She's been acting like a bitch this whole time!" Seb wailed. Zach slapped him lightly. "Language!" he complained.

"Don't worry! It will be stopped! It HAS to be!" Zoe clung to her dad's arm. They all stared, enraptured, when the doors to the grand hall were kicked right off their hinges. A bright yellow pony with a green mane stomped into the room. She lowered the leg she had just smacked the doors with and screamed. "I OBJECT!"

"YEEES! YES! YES! PETALKICK MADE IT ON TIME!" Seb cheered as he jumped on the sofa. The twins imitated their father and stood up to shout. "YAY!"

"PetalKick? What is the MEANING of this?" An orange pony with a crimson mane gasped. "I know you're upset that MiracleNote didn't choose YOU but-"

"Shut it, Ruby. This isn't about me." Petal cut her off. She pointed a hoof at the pony in the bridal gown. "That's NOT princess MiraculousMelody!"

All the ponies gasped.

"YEAH! You tell them!" Seb screamed. On the tv the other ponies looked between the two ponies. "What proof do you have that I'm not Miraculous?" The bride scoffed. "You've been trying to ruin my wedding all day!" she sniffed, looking upset.

PetalKick stamped a hoof to the ground, cracking the stone floor. "Because, in ALL this time, you haven't sang a SINGLE SONG!"

"THAT'S WHAT I SAID!" Seb screamed at the tv and hugged his kids tightly towards him. God dammit he was invested now.

"Dad, I can't see!" Zach whined and Zoe pushed to be let go.

It was then that the REAL princess showed up. She was dirty and her mane was a mess but she marched into the grand hall and everypony gasped. "It's true. That pony is an IMPOSTER. I am the true Princess Miraculous Twinkle Hope Melody!"

(Seb wondered about these names. He wondered a lot.)

The fake stared for a few seconds before she began to laugh. "Well this is all well and good...but you're TOO LATE!" A magical wall of green flames sprang up around her and MiracleNote, whom everypony could now see was in a hypnotic daze. The fake wrapped an arm around him and sneered. "He is MINE now!" She laughed maniacally as her body was engulfed in flames, the fur and skin burning off to reveal a pitch black skeletal horse with molten lava eyes.

"AAAAAHHHHHH!" Seb and the twins all screamed as they clung to each other. "Holy shit! This is a kid's show?!"

"She's a NightMare!" CrimsonGem gasped alongside his twin.

The skeletal horse screeched with laughter as chains sprang up from the ground to wrap around the unresponsive MiracleNote. She sneered at the horrified gasps on everypony's faces. "Sorry ponies~"

She nuzzled her skull against MiracleNote. "-looks like you were too slow~"

The two were engulfed in flames and the real princess screamed as she ran to try and reach her fiance. "Nooo!" She was a few steps away from them…

And then the TV shut off.

"NOOOO!" The Pines cried. The lights had turned off as well. A blackout. They stared blankly at the Tv and blinked in unison 2 times. The neighbors were complaining as well, off in their own houses. But Seb's group...They all took a deep breath and Screamed.

"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

Sir Bedazzle started barking, Queen Flutter hissed and went to hide, and the neighbors winced at the loud, high pitched scream which HAD to come from the Pines' house…

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! NOW?! IN THE FUCKING MIDDLE OF A CLIFFHANGER?!" Seb's hands caught on fire and his eye turned red.

"FUCK! FUCK! AAAHHH!"

Zach and Zoe's eyes turned red as well. No one interrupted their Tv time...No one...

-.-

Miz and Wanda had a nice day together. Wanda took Miz for lunch at the small but delicious restaurant she always ate in. She ordered a salad and Miz ordered eggplant parmesan with extra shaved cheese. When it was time to leave, the two dodged seeing Oliver on the hallways and ran to the car laughing. Miz was sleepy, so Wanda calmly drove home. Luck was on her side, and there wasn't much traffic. Also, Wanda discovered that Miz was rocked to sleep by the car if she felt safe. The girl had a hand gripping onto Wanda's shirt the whole time.

The blonde almost didn't want to wake her when they finally got back to their neighborhood. "Miz? We're home." Wanda gently shook her shoulder until her daughter stirred. "Uwu…"

Miz stumbled out of the car with a yawn. Wanda looked up at the dark house. "Oh, looks like there is a blackout...Seb didn't tell me." She looked at her phone just in case. They took two steps and they blinked when they saw the broken window and large flat screen tv on the front lawn.

At first they both panicked. A thief. A murderer. Someone was home and they were in danger, but a quick scan from Miz let them breathe again. "No intruders." Miz reassured her. "What the fuck is the Tv doing here?!" Wanda exclaimed. Miz shook her head. "You won't like the answer…"

They entered the home and found furniture, floors and curtains burnt, plus the house was flooded with the extinguisher foam.

Wanda's eye twitched.

"Miz…" she said calmly. Too calmly. Miz blinked. "Yeah?"

"Where are my dear husband and children?"

"...hiding in the cupboard in the laundry room." Miz responded. She could have lied, but she didn't. Sorry dudes, you're on your own.

Wanda ruffled her hair and she walked towards the laundry room. The demon bit her lip. She...shouldn't have told her. Wanda was going to murder the Pines...which meant she needed to get some chips and watch the carnage! Miz hurried after Wanda and materialized a bowl of cheese puffs.

Wanda saw the stuff that used to be in the cupboard were tossed all over the floor to make room for a grown man and two kids. Wanda heard sobbing. "...I felt Mom come home…" A little voice sobbed. "Shh...she won't find us…" Seb whispered. "Are we going to die?" Another little voice asked fearfully.

Wanda glared. "You three. OUT." She ordered coldly. Miz floated in the air and ate her cheese puffs. Let the carnage begin~

Seb and the twins let out terrified squeaks. "No…" Seb pleaded with a whimper and hugged his kids closer to him. "We are sorry…" The cupboard spoke again. It was Zoe this time. "I said GET. OUT! NOW!" Wanda shouted. "Nom. Nom." Miz munched on her snacks. She was fixing the house as she ate. Can't have the neighbors see the destruction. They might call the police.

The Pines whimpered before crawling out of the cupboard. "H-hey Wands...y-you're home huh?" Seb laughed awkwardly. The twins were cowering behind him. The look on Wanda's face was something Miz saved away for future nightmares she could craft.

"Damn. I have a cool mom." She grinned as the woman terrorized her family.

"So~I gotta say, that was wicked cool."

"I'm glad you fixed the house." Wanda sighed. She and Miz (or, Xin right now) were enjoying a nice dinner of lasagna. The dragon had his tail out as he lounged on his chair. "Sorry about the TV though. I didn't really bother to scan your original one so I can only rebuild it with the design I know from outer space."

"It's fine. I think the new one has better definition." Wanda assured her (current) son.

"Wanda? We're sorry. Can we leave time out now?" Seb whined. Zach and Zoe grumbled. The three of them were sitting in the time out corner. Of course, Wanda wasn't cruel. They each had a stuffed animal to hug and even a plate of food. Wanda sighed. "I cannot believe you three trashed the house."

"But Miz can fix it." Zoe protested. Xin scoffed. "Sure I can. But I shouldn't HAVE to." His tail curled around lazily. "Oh right, mom, I'm going to visit Ford after dinner. We made plans to hang out tonight."

Wanda coughed. "Oh. Ok. Have fun." She was glad her adopted child was in the form of an adult man right now. It was slightly less weird to think about him being in a relationship of that nature when he didn't look like a child. The dragon took another bite of food. "Last week, I asked Ford if I could spend the night. Is...is that ok?"

Wanda blinked. "Are you really ok with-"

"We're not having a session." Xin said. "Just hanging out." He liked helping Ford with his projects but he was hoping to get him out of his lab tonight. Wanda heaved a sigh of relief. "I'm still...worried." She admitted.

"It's not as scary when I'm an adult." Xin looked down. "Besides, I hate having these stupid weaknesses." His tail twitched with his mood.

"Relatable." Sebastian muttered.

"Ssh, you don't speak in time out." Wanda reminded her husband. Seb whimpered. This was so humiliating. This wasn't even their fault! It was that stupid pony being a bitch and the stupid light's for turning off.

Wanda placed a hand over Xin's own. "It's not a weakness...it's ok if you still feel nervous, but if going with Ford helps you, then you can go."

Xin hugged the blonde with a huge grin. "Thanks! See ya later!" He looked at the Pines, grounded. "Enjoy time-out~!" He teased before blinking away.

-.-

Ford carefully measured out the chemicals. He had to pour it gently into the other beaker. Any sudden movement would disrupt the solution and he wou-

"Hi Fordsie!"

Ford jumped and his eyes widened in horror before an explosion rang out. The entire building shook and he could hear people screaming outside. He patted himself down, amazed he wasn't burnt or harmed in any way. His lab bench was gone though, melted and bent via the force of the reaction.

"Oops."

Ford turned to see Xin, blinking at the destruction. "Xin! What did I say about startling me while I was working?!" Ford cried.

"I'm pretty sure you said 'Augh!' the last time I did this." Xin shrugged nonchalantly. Ford glared. "My experiment is ruined!" He really found it frustrating to have his work set back. At least none of his notes had been destroyed but STILL. Xin clapped "Actually this is perfect. I was thinking we could go out tonight. It's boring to be in the lab all the time."

"Go out?" Ford blinked. "Where?" Xin took his hand. "The forest of course! Since when have you stopped trying to discover all the Weirdness in Gravity Falls? You haven't even discovered the color changing mushrooms! Or the underground magical black market."

Ford's eyes widened. "I KNEW there had to be one. I just could never find the entrance." Xin tugged on his hand "Well we're not going there tonight." Taking Ford, a HUMAN, to the magical black market? Not a good idea. "Nope. We're gonna go visit the unicorns~"

Ford's face fell. "Ugh." Xin laughed. "Yes. I know. They suck."

"Then why are we going to them?" Ford complained. Xin sighed. "Because their hair can be used for more than JUST barrier spells and also I thought I should get a photo of them for the twins. Those pretentious dicks might be the worst but they ARE pretty."

Ford was interested in learning what else the unicorn hair can do "Alright. But if we're going into the magical section of the forests, let me bring my journal." Xin rolled his eyes. "Sure. But bring your phone too. I want those photos."

"Can we also get some size changing crystals? I've been meaning to run some experiments on them." Ford requested. Xin nodded "Sure. They're on the way." He wrapped his hand around Ford's and Blinked them away into the forest. Ford swayed as soon as they appeared. "Ugh. Teleportation...still unpleasant." Xin ruffled his hair, enjoying the fluffiness "You just need to try it more often."

"Will you teleport me to more places?" Ford adjusted his glasses and Xin grinned. "I can! Going on adventures with you should be really fun!" He flicked his nose and Ford covered it with his 6 fingered hands. "Ow! I hate that …" the man pouted.

"No you don't~" Xin sang as he sauntered away into the forest. He had his tail and antlers out, no point hiding them when they were this deep in the woods. No townspeople came this far in. They knew how dangerous the magical parts of the woods were. Ford squinted. The sun had set half an hour ago and he was having trouble seeing. Xin's antlers glowed, which at least let Ford know where he was.

"Xin! I can't see." He grumbled. He saw the antlers turn around and head back to him, lighting up the area as he came closer. "Right. I forgot how bad human night vision is." Xin poked Ford's glasses and the man blinked as he could now faintly see around him. It wasn't bright, more like being able to see in a room that had all the curtains drawn. But it wasn't pitch black anymore, which was an improvement. "Thank you." He nodded at Xin. The dragon grinned. "No problem, Fordsie."

They walked around in a comfortable silence. Ford held his blue journal, the one Xin actually gave him years ago and had infinite pages, as he looked around. Xin smiled warmly at the book. He was really glad Fordsie liked his gift.

They got to crystals' cave and Ford crouched to grab a piece. "Do you know Dipper discovered how to use it efficiently using a flashlight when he and Mabel were 12? It really amazed me when he told me...he passed out when I told him how proud I was, for some reason, but I have been meaning to make an improved prototype to use the crystals." Ford carefully wrapped the piece of crystal in a handkerchief so no accidents would happen.

"Hah! I bet he did. Pinetree is so easily overwhelmed." Xin snickered. "He likes praise. More so if they're from you."

"Really? And why is that?" Ford asked naively.

"Because you're his cool science uncle who wrote the journals he obsessed over the entire summer. He admired you a lot!" Ford blushed slightly. "I am sure he still does, but I guess he controls it more or just grew up out of his fanboy phase." Xin shrugged before he thought of something. "Have you thought of getting an apprentice? And no, I am not saying like Jess, yes I know who your new intern is, the poor girl worked her ass off in college just to earn the internship just to serve you guys coffee, that's super mean. You're the only scientist here who actually lets her do science." Xin shook his head. "I'm talking about getting a pupil, someone to pass all your knowledge to." He patted Ford's head.

Ford shrugged. "I really haven't thought about it...I work fine on my own, and I think you're the best work partner." and… he hadn't realized that the other scientists were only using the new interns for coffee runs. He needed to speak with them about that. Also, he should probably text Viola back. She was working at a wildlife preservation sanctuary that was taking care of frogs and toads that were suffering from genetic mutations from polluted water. She requested for Ford to find a way to make water purifiers that could clean lakes and ponds.

As that aligned well with his environmental research, Ford was glad to add that to his list of projects.

Xin grinned. "Thanks. I guess? But I'm just saying that even if Dipper's set on making his own ghost hunting show, I'm sure he'd like to have expeditions with you too." Xin sighed. "In the past few months, you've just been doing nothing but research. I think I'm the only real social interaction you've had. You haven't even had lunch with your nerd friends recently." He pouted "Isn't that bad? You should hang out with people more."

"I have you." Ford pointed out. Xin rolled his eyes. "I'm a person, not people." He flicked his tail around as he watched Ford gather crystals. "You know, I can think of multiple inappropriate ways to use those…" he commented. Ford looked up. "You mean like irresponsibly shrinking someone and trapping them in a jar? Mabel told me about what Gideon did."

Xin allowed a slow smirk to form on his lips. "Nope. I meant...using the crystals to grow certain...specific things…" Damn he would want to see that. Ford still looked quite confused. Xin sighed. "You're no fun." it looked like Ford wouldn't get it unless he said it straight out. No matter. Xin reached out to grab a crystal for himself. He could use this for his personal fun times. Also, scanning them to see how they worked and Paste them around back home.

"So, I'm pretty sure you've gotten enough crystals right?" Xin asked Ford while the man carefully stored his pickings in his pockets. "Yes. These should be sufficient for my experiments."

"You know. You could use the growth rays to increase food supply. But does the ray also increase the size of the cells within the area of effect?" Xin mused. "It would make more sense than merely causing all the cells to rapidly multiply and subsequently be destroyed when you shrink them back down."

Ford immediately opened his journal to scribble into it. "I hadn't even considered that! Brilliant. I will need to test that when I get back to the lab." Xin tugged on his jacket. "Nope. Once we get you home after this little adventure, you are going straight to bed." Ford frowned "But my research-"

"You haven't slept in two days. Don't think I can't tell." Xin bopped his nose. "If your brothers knew how unhealthy you were living they would come up to Oregon and kick your ass. Or maybe I should tell Ashton and let him kick your ass."

Ford rolled his eyes. Xin should stop worrying about him this much. Contrary to what he believed, he didn't need to be reminded to sleep or eat. He wasn't a kid. If his body wasn't asking him to do those things, then he wouldn't lose time on something so trivial!

Xin rolled his eyes as well, hearing Fordsie's thoughts (he thought too loudly. Xin wasn't even trying to listen in). Seriously, this idiot was going to pass out one day and he would be here to rub it in his face and say 'I told you so~'. He kept quiet though, getting to see Ford's pouting face was much more fun.

They walked towards the part of the forest where unicorns lived. As they walked, Ford vaguely wondered how the girls managed to summon the unicorn if a deep voice was needed to chant the ancient text. "Alright… If I am correct -which I always am-" Xin rolled his eyes at that. The years haven't changed Ford's ego much. "This is the place." Ford said as he looked at a clearing. "But where would we find a druid this late at night?"

Xin shrugged. "We could just try asking nicely. You know, like normal people?" Ford sputtered. "Bu-but the door won't even appear if-!"

Xin sauntered up, his tail swishing back and forth, and knocked on...air? "Greetings and good evening. I am Xin. I humbly requested passage into your glade, oh noble unicorns."

Ford stared. "There's no way that would-" he was cut off when the huge, fancy door appeared and opened, a flock of moths fluttering out as a silvery glow emanated from the door. If Xin could whistle, he would have. Nice dramatic effect. Using moths instead of butterflies because it was night, he could appreciate the Unicorn's aesthetic choices. He looked in to see a unicorn with a rainbow mane, lounging next to a waterfall.

"Gimme your phone." Xin said before digging through Ford's pockets. Ford protested when Xin pulled out his smartphone. "I could have just handed it to you!" The man grumbled. Xin chuckled as he floated and vanished his shoes, it would be rude to have shoes on inside their home after all. Even if unicorns were jerks, didn't mean he had to be an asshole to them too. And really, shoes off inside the house was normal. Xin floated inside. "Wow you've got a lot of photos of frogs." Xin noted. Ford shrugged. "My old intern still sends them to me. Miss Viola got a job at a wildlife animal clinic. She's a very nice girl, I think you would like her." Xin hummed, "I would love to meet your students." before flipping through the frog photos, then closing out and getting the camera on. "Can I take a picture? Your silhouette is gorgeous." He praised.

The unicorn blinked. "No photos. Our existence is a secret." She said in a high pitched voice. Xin pouted. "But you're simply so pretty. Besides, with how much CGI has improved in the last few years, any human who sees the photo wouldn't even know it was real." the unicorn considered his words before she glanced at the long, scaly tail, glowing golden antlers and sheer amount of energy this human-disguised magical creature gave out.

She quickly realized what this was. A dragon. She held back a shiver. She thought the dragons had left the world centuries ago in the great migration to the alter-world. They were a race too proud to hide from the encroaching spread of humanity and had opted to leave, rather than hide themselves with magic like most other magical creatures. She considered his request. She didn't want to anger the dragon, especially since this one seemed unusually docile.

"Very well." She tilted her head so that her magnificent mane caught the moonlight "You may take a picture."

"Thanks." Xin grinned as he positioned himself to get a good angle. Ford was still staring with his mouth hanging open. Xin simply asked the unicorn for the photo...and she agreed! But, how? He didn't doubt Xin was a good friend, but he definitely didn't have what one would consider a 'pure heart'...did he even have a heart? In this form, probably...

Ford tried to step in but found himself lifted into the air. "Shoes!" Xin and the unicorn both scolded. Ford grumbled and kicked his boots off before going inside. Xin sighed. "I apologize for my companion. He doesn't always remember cultural niceties." There, he took the photo and grinned. It came out really nice. He was sure Zach and Zoe would love it. The unicorn nodded. "Humans do tend to be rude. Why, many years ago, I was assaulted, assaulted I say, by some girls who cut off my hair!"

She squinted at Ford. Then she did a double take. He was different colored but he looked a lot like…

She neighed and backed up. "You! You were with those girls who attacked me!" Sure, after the end of the world that almost was, she had somewhat forgiven the humans for that awful fight, but she hadn't forgotten! Ford blinked. "No. I have...not been to this place in over 18 years."

"I think she means Seb." Xin shrugged. "Sorry, this is the triplet brother of the person who attacked you." He tried to soothe the unicorn's nerves. She calmed and stared at Ford more closely. "Oh. Well. I suppose you are right. This one is not a maiden after all."

Ford snorted. The unicorn thought Sebastian was a maiden?!

"But I'm keeping an eye on you! No funny tricks!" The unicorn snorted as she stomped a hoof on the ground. Ford tried his best to look non-threatening. "I promise there won't be funny tricks coming from me…" Ford raised his six-fingered hands with a smile. Haha, maiden…

Xin turned to look at the unicorn. "Oh beautiful creature, we have ventured from afar to request a favor from you. If you find it in your generous heart to grant us a lock of your hair, I would really appreciate it!" he requested. "Of course, it wouldn't be for free. That would be incredibly rude." he scoffed. "What sort of person just asks for a part of someone's body without offering anything in return?"

"Indeed." The unicorn sniffed. "People just don't understand that we don't give up a part of ourselves without anything in return." Ford blinked. "But...don't you grant your hair to those who are pure of heart?"

""The pure of heart thing is bullshit."" Xin and the unicorn, Celestabellebethabelle, responded in unison. At Ford's gobsmacked look, Celestabellebethabelle clarified "When humans come in and just, started asking for our hair without even offering us anything in return-"

"So rude." Xin nodded in understanding.

"-we started making excuses to refuse them. Because APPARENTLY a simple 'No.' means nothing to them." she snorted. "I do admit I may have gone a little overboard with my 'pure of heart' scam but who can blame me? It's not MY fault they're bad people."

Ford stroked his chin. Guess he was wrong about unicorns...and the girls and Seb beat her up years ago. That wasn't good for their reputation as humans. Celestabellebethabelle giggled "Also, that devastated look on their faces when I crush their hopes and dreams never fails to make me laugh."

The scientist pouted. That wasn't nice. Xin laughed and wrapped an arm around Celestabellebethabelle's neck. Oh man, he was wrong about unicorns too. They were assholes, but they were FUN assholes. "I know right?!" Xin snorted. "Honestly, same!" The two magical creatures cackled about how much fun it was to fuck with humans. Ford twitched. Nevermind. She really WAS a terrible person. He pouted as the two traded stories of people whose dreams they crushed. Xin coughed, well, anyway. Back to the matter at hand.

"So what sort of things do you take in exchange for your hair?" Xin let go of her and sat down in mid air. "I'm sure, like any self respecting creature of magic, you change the price depending on who's asking."

Celestabellebethabelle huffed. "Of course! But I like you, so I'll give you a special discount." she looked him over. His hair was pitch black, not as colorful as she was used to seeing from her brothers and sisters but that's what made it exotic and pretty. "Hair for hair. I give you one of my locks and I get some of yours...from your true form, not this human disguise you are wearing."

Ford winced. But did Xin, did Bill even have a dragon form? But despite his worry, Xin merely grinned. He hasn't gone full dragon form in...a really long time. "Sure." he learned how to emulate dragon DNA from a species of space dragon he met out in the multiverse. Then he merely mixed it with other DNA traits from dragons in other dimensions to create something unique. He waved for everyone to step back and let him concentrate. He obviously couldn't take his dragon form at full size. So he had to make sure he was small enough to fit in here.

Ford was furiously writing in his journal to try and record this event. He gazed in awe as Xin's body stretched and twisted. Golden scales overtook his skin in a rippling effect as his face elongated into a snout and his clothes were torn apart by his growing body. There was the sound of cracking bones and Xin moaning ecstatically at the sensation of his transformation. Ooh~yes~

Ford and Celestabellebethabelle both blushed. Was...was it supposed to sound like that? Xin fell to his hands and knees as his changing body could no longer stand upright. His bones shifted, his hands became claws and he panted while the last of the transformation petered out. He trembled. Fuck that felt so good. He blinked down at the red faced Ford and Celestabellebethabelle while his long, serpentine body wiggled. "S-sorry. It just feels real nice, you know?"

Ford coughed awkwardly and couldn't help but stare at the magnificent creature before him. He admired Xin's dragon form a lot and he had so many questions, but he couldn't start asking now, it would blow their cover. Celestabellebethabelle shook her head, getting over her initial shock. This dragon looked different than she expected, where were his wings(?), but he looked pretty nice… "It-It is alright…" She nodded. She figured he just felt nice from dropping that cramped looking human form. That must have been it.

She got up to inspect him. Yes. His hair would do nicely. She nodded to her Saytr friend who came out with some shears. "A lock of your hair for a lock of mine." Xin nodded, laying his head on the ground so they could reach. The saytr cut a lock of Xin's mane and then proceeded to cut Celestabellebethabelle's. He gave Xin the colorful hair and the unicorn received the pitch black ones. Xin had trouble holding things with his claws and rolled his eyes. "Hand it to my human. He holds stuff for me."

Celestabellebethabelle nodded. Oh. So the human was the dragon's servant. Well, she approved. As a creature who couldn't hold stuff either, she could see how keeping a human around would be useful.

Ford sat down on the floor, watching in shock. Was Xin really calling him 'his human'?! Like some sort of Servant?! "Xin!" He complained when the little creature gave him the hair. The dragon snorted. "It's fine. You have pockets. I don't." He wiggled his tail and did a few stretches, getting used to his form. Oh~this was pretty fun. His usual forms were small and compressed. Being so large was quite nice.

Ford held the long lock of hair and looked at it. This time it wasn't covered in blood… "We thank you a lot, but we shall leave now."

"Aw, what?!" Xin looked at Ford. "But being here is nice! I wanted to chat more~" he whined.

"We have stuff to do in the lab…" Ford replied. Xin snorted. "Well I don't want to change back yet. It feels real nice to have some time where I DON'T have to cram myself into a tiny vessel." Xin shook his head. Ford sighed. Actually...maybe he could use this. "Ok. You don't have to change back. But can we still go back to my lab? I'm sure it's large enough for you to fit." Ford really, really wanted to examine Xin's body. A dragon! A real(ish) dragon!

Xin lid his eyes at the human. "What's in it for me?" He asked. Ford paused "A session?" He asked. Xin shook his head. "I'm not in the mood for something like that tonight." Ford pouted, much like Seb did when he was put in time out. "But I've never wrestled a dragon before. And I invented a new type of rope we could use~"

Xin considered that. "What kind of rope?" he asked finally. Ford grinned. Hook, line and sinker. "It feels soft and doesn't chaft at all. I've tested it. You know how you complained about how it was a waste that you kept tearing through my cords? Well this rope stretches so it can tie you up firmly, just the way you like, and you can pull yourself out without breaking it."

Celestabellebethabelle was staring wide eyed at the two of them. Were they talking about...oh my. She's heard about Gnomes and their squirrel 'baths' and her brother Twinkletwittersparklepuff enjoyed having his tail pulled but she didn't realize dragons had kinks too.

And with a HUMAN nonetheless. How scandalous. She blushed and looked away. Oh...and now she was imagining it! Ah! She just got the greatest inspiration for the next smutty storytelling session she and her sisters were going to do at their next sleepover~this would DEFINITELY beat out Miramirabellossom's story about how the multibear was conceived!

Xin hummed before agreeing with a nod. "Alright. Sounds interesting." He smiled at the proud human. Yes! He convinced him! Xin turned to Celestabellebethabelle who was breathing heavily for some reason and nodded at her. "Thank you very much for your time. Farewell."

"O-oh! Yes! Farewell yourself sir Dragon." Celestabellebethabelle tapped a hoof on the ground rapidly. "Do come by and visit any time. I'll even allow your human to come along."

Xin nodded and got to his feet, turning himself around carefully so that his bulk didn't hit anyone as he squeezed through the door to head back out. Ford followed, mind busy with strategies on how to hogtie a dragon. Wrestling a dragon! How amazing was that? Like a hero from the fantasy books he'd read as a child. Of course, he wouldn't be slaying THIS dragon.

Ford did glance at the unicorn worriedly though. She looked flushed and was panting quite heavily. He hoped she wasn't ill.

They left the unicorn's magic home and Ford looked up at Xin, walking easily on his new 4 legs. "Can I touch your scales?" Ford asked before he could stop himself. Xin glanced down and shrugged, the motion making his whole body undgulate. "Sure."

Stanford raised a hand and stroked Xin's side. It was incredible how soft his scales felt despite being tough. They were somewhat flexible. He was really warm. "Oh…" Xin purred. That felt quite nice. Like being pet but on his body instead of just his head. His XinDragon form was very different from his MizDragon form, so this was a new sensation. Ford was marvelling at how the scales were rectangular, like bricks rather than the rounded shapes of real scales. How did that work? He ran his fingers over the large scales, each one looked to be the size of his hand, and saw how they overlapped each other, forming a smooth texture in one direction.

He tried petting against the direction of the scales and found it was rough when he pet that way. Like shark skin. Xin whined a little. Ford immediately pet him in the proper direction. "Sorry. Was that uncomfortable?"

"A little. It felt like being pinched. But...not?" Xin wasn't sure how to describe that feeling. He picked his way among the tree roots. Ugh. Walking was so annoying. He folded his legs up against his sides and floated, slithering through the air easily. Much better. Ford stared. "How does that work when you don't have wings?"

"Magic. Duh." Xin rolled his eyes. Well, it was Weirdness technically, but magic was easier to say.

"Oohh." Ford nodded and walked next to the large dragon demon. "You know…" He started, watching his boots make little branches crunch. "Sebastian can't shapeshift freely...only into his demon form...I think it would be amazing if he could do what you can."

"I think it would be a problem." Xin chuckled. "One, you wouldn't leave him alone. Two, it wouldn't have made it easier for you to trust him when you were a paranoid ass. Third. Your little crazy niblings would be able to shapeshift as well and they are a handful as they are."

Ford rubbed the back of his neck. Right…

They went back to the Shack/Research Center and the few scientists walking around spat their coffee or dropped their notepads when they saw their boss walking in with a huge golden dragon following him. They already passed some late night woodsmen gathering firewood who just muttered "Nevermind all that." before hurrying off. Ford had been too busy writing in his journal to realize it would be odd to have a dragon with him. The Shack was somewhat away from town so there weren't many people here anyway.

Dr. Poddar stared at the LITERAL dragon with wide eyes. "Ah...who's your friend?" Ford rubbed his eyes as the night vision suddenly vanished and looked at his colleague. "Oh. Dr. Poddar, greetings! This is Xin, a dear friend of mine who kindly agreed on testing the new ropes I created."

"Yeah, the ropes sound quite good!" Xin wagged his tail. Dr. Poddar choked. Xin...was the name of that attractive man Dr. Pines had been...oh. He stared at the obviously eastern style dragon. Oh. OH…

"Well, we have work to do. We will be off now. Good night Dr. Poddar." Ford nodded at his employee before heading to his lab. The scientist just stared at the long golden body filling out the hallway in shock. His boss was fucking a dragon. And he was planning on...fucking the dragon...AS a dragon...

Everyone had to hear this! This was way better than the dumb little monster Dr. Clark accidentally created but panicked and killed with a book!

As the scientist ran away to gossip, Ford and Xin reached the man's lab. Xin had to squeeze his way through the door, stubbornly refusing to shrink down to fit. Even after the door closed, the other scientists CLEARLY heard the sounds and felt the loud thumping coming from within. They all blushed. Even if it was a scientific wonder...they couldn't believe their boss was fucking a dragon.

Xin left a few hours later, thoroughly satisfied and feeling more confident and less afraid. Ford really was the best in helping him. He was fun, and when he did something, he put his full concentration into it, that was why he hurt so nice~ Harsh, but measured and planned. It even took his mind off his fear from Miz's almost kidnapping. All in all, an evening well spent.

He thought about sleeping over, but Ford apparently wanted to pull an all nighter and therefore wouldn't be in bed for Xin to cuddle with, so the dragon went home instead.

He didn't feel like cramming himself back into a human form and merely shifted into Miz's Dragon form which was a quarter of Xin's current size but still roomier than a human form. She curled up on her bed in the twins room and drifted off to sleep.

She would be awoken the next morning by excited children petting her all over. It was quite nice.

Wanda got a job in Los Angeles, called by someone specifically requesting for her. She would have to leave for a few weeks for this job. Seb didn't want her gone for so long. "I'll miss yooooou~" He whined. "I wanna know you'll be okaaay~"

Wanda sighed. "But I have to go. This is important." Seb sighed. "I know. It's an important client." He pouted before perking up. "What if I come with you?"

Wanda glanced over while packing. "And leave the kids alone?" She asked wryly. "I know Miz can take care of them, but that's not really a good idea…"

Seb shook his head. "I meant that we can all come with you. I mean, I'm free and really, who cares about daycare? It's not like preschool assistance matters for school later. And we still have time before we need to go to New Jersey. So why don't we all take a trip to Los Angeles?"

"Wanda laughed. Well… I guess you're right. It would be nice to have a little family trip."

"Great! I'll go get the booking done!" Seb grinned. "Oh! Oh! Maybe I can take this chance to go and see Linda again!" It'd be nice seeing her. Then he thought of something else. "Hey… do you think… that Miz needs a therapist this time?"

Wanda blinked. "Wait. You mean… for what happened with her children?" Seb nodded. "But also, she's afraid of cars, and I don't get why. And… She's gotten better at hiding it, but she's still a little afraid of being out in public places." Seb shuddered at the memory of her almost kidnapping. Wanda paused. "Right. That too. Um, yeah. We probably should have done this much earlier." She felt bad about it. She hadn't actually thought about it. Miz seemed to be doing okay most of the time. But… that might have been worse actually. Seb had seemed 'okay' and he clearly wasn't. "Alright. I'll go and work on my case. You… see if maybe you can find a therapist for Miz. Maybe Linda knows someone." The two nodded, that was the plan.

When the kids were told they were leaving school for a few weeks, they couldn't be happier. YAY! NO SCHOOL! But Seb said it was only under the condition that they got some kind of learning from Miz every day and practicing their numbers and letters. Zach and Zoe accepted because heck yeah! Learning with Miz was so much fun! It was better than school! The only downside of not having school anymore was that they couldn't see Amanda. Missus Carol never came over anymore. And when the twins had gone by the house to try and see Amanda, they were told to "Get off my property!"

Everyone was packed and at an airport within the day. The Plantimals were teleported over to Mabel (who demanded the chance to pet sit for them). Everything went without any incident, aside from Miz clinging to them so close Wanda had trouble walking while complaining of a headache, and unless you counted Zoe suddenly hugging a distracted pilot as he walked past them. He smiled at her though and ruffled her hair. Zoe spent the whole ride staring out the window at how cool everything looked from up here, until she passed out at least. That was good since she remained asleep when the plane landed and didn't feel her ears pop.

Their trip to the wonderful city of Los Angeles really started the day after. Seb, like a good husband, decided to accompany Wanda to the police station while Miz stayed with the twins at the hotel. They were more than happy, they had a pool, a tv and snacks they bought before so they wouldn't have to touch the ones of the room.

Wanda was supposed to meet with her client at the police station where he was being held. "No, Seb, you can't come in with me. Please."

"But he's a murderer!" He whispered with a grimace. "I'm not letting you get in with a murderer!"

Wanda deadpanned at him. "The whole reason I'm here it's because we don't know for sure if he's the murderer, I'm supposed to defend him and choose his best course of action… But no. You still can't come in with me!" Seb growled at her, but the blonde rolled her eyes. "After this, we can pick the kids up and go have lunch. But let me do my job ok? I don't interrupt you when you're meeting with your clients." She reminded him and Sebastian let a long, whiny sigh before accepting.

They nodded at some police officers going in and out and Wanda looked around. "Ok~ Look at those chairs. Go sit over there." She ordered her annoyed husband while she approached the woman she had to talk to. "Hello, I'm Mrs. Friedmann, Mr. Wegyler's lawyer."

Seb looked at the woman who turned to look at his wife. She was blonde like Wands, but she had her hair tied up in a tight ponytail. She was wearing boots, some jeans, a t-shirt and a black leather jacket. "Detective Decker." She introduced herself before telling another officer to take her to the room her client was with.

Once Wanda left, the police woman (detective) looked at Seb, confused. "Eh, hello. How can I help you?"

"I'm Mrs. Friedmann's husband. I'm just waiting for her." Seb shrugged. "I didn't want her coming to see a possible murderer alone." Detective Decker smiled. "That's very sweet. But she'll be fine. We have security in case of any incidents. There's coffee over there if you want, Mr. Friedmann, treat yourself." She nodded before walking away. Seb opened his mouth to correct her but she was gone.

Huh...Mr. Friedmann...Sebastian Friedmann~ That didn't sound half bad.

Seb didn't really feel like coffee, he drank it when he needed to survive, but he was bored and didn't like just sitting here with nothing to do, so he went to check out the snack table. He chuckled at all the donuts he saw. Well, he wasn't going to judge. Donuts were delicious!

While he ate, he hoped the guy who hired Wanda was innocent. She always felt sad when she knew they were guilty. And despite that, she had to try to get them the least harsh sentence. Or worse, they lied and Wanda ended up helping criminals without her knowing. She was very careful with not doing anything with her clients outside of their meeting time. He told her she should only see cases of innocent people, but she had laughed and said it didn't work like that. "You can't know if they're innocent or not when you first take the case. Only after you find out the truth, but even then…"

Detective Decker came back and sat behind a computer to type something. She sent him another smile, which he returned, and went back to typing. He closed his eye to See the case. He was really bored! So an old man was murdered in an alley, huh?

Apparently Wanda's client was suspect number 1 as he worked with him. When they arrived to the crime scene, he was there, and one of the children of them man saw him in the room when he arrived. Even worse, the victim's will dictated that Freddy, that was her client, would inherit the store and half his money. Geez, that sounded bad for Freddy. Especially when the man seemed legitimately broken up about his boss's death.

"I'm boowed~" Zoe sighed. They'd already gone to play in the pool. Miz even taught them how to swim better. But she wanted something… more challenging. The three siblings were currently sitting on pool chairs as other hotel guests played in the pool. They shared one pool chair together since those things were so big. Miz hummed as she wrung the water from her hair over the side of the chair. "Well… what do you wanna do?" the dragon asked, lying down after she got as much water out as she could without using her powers. She was watching the other people around the pool.

"I dunno…." Zoe admitted. "I wanna see what mommy and daddy are up to." She declared. Miz shrugged. Sure. "Well, we need to go get changed first." She reminded them. Going to the police station in swimsuits probably wasn't the best. The three went back up to their hotel room and Miz helped the twins shower, getting into the stall with them for her own shower while she was at it. Showers felt nice. She loved the hot water. The three got out and dried themselves, debating over what clothes to wear. Zach thought that if they were going to where mommy was working, they should look "Pwofessoral!"

So Miz giggled and materialized tiny little suits for the three of them. They were going to be fancy~

The three left the hotel, or at least they tried to. "E-excuse me. Miss?" One of the staff called out. "Where are your parents?" She was quite worried seeing these children about to walk out the door of the hotel without any adult. The asian girl looked to be a young teenager, which was maybe old enough… but still shouldn't be out without an adult!

"We're going to visit mommy at work!" Zoe cheered. Miz tried to reassure the hotel staff. "It's right nearby. At the police station." The staff was still worried. But the police station was only a few blocks away. And this close to the station, no one would try anything… right? "Do you need me to walk you there?" The staff asked instead. It wasn't part of her job, but she didn't feel right letting these kids go off on their own. Miz tilted her head at her. The woman shivered. That gaze was so intense. Finally, the girl smiled. "Okay."

They headed off together after the woman called her manager and explained the situation. They made it to the station without incident (the children sticking close) and the staff lady returned to the hotel, reassured that the children should be safe in the station.

Miz looked around. There were so many people here. (She tightened her hold on the twins.) This building was pretty big. Hm~ how were they going to find mommy here? Miz was going to See but was distracted by Zoe escaping from her grip and running towards a fancily dressed man. "'M gonna ask!" she shouted. Miz went after her (Zoe still didn't understand that running off was dangerous !) "Wait! Zoe!"

Zoe pulled at the man's pant leg and he let out a high pitched scream. "A-Ah! Li-Little human!"

"Can you help us find our mommy? She is working here now." Zoe told him.

"If your 'mommy' is hot, then maybe." the tall, black haired man answered sincerely in a really nice British accent. Miz felt a blush forming. Wow. What a nice voice. And… more than that…

She let her eyes roam the man up and down. What was the word for this? Smexy~

….and not human.

Miz raised an eyebrow as she and Zach walked over at a more sedate pace once she sensed no malice from this man. In fact, he was a little intimidated by Zoe as she babbled on and on about how awesome her mommy was. Miz came up and the man looked over to see Zach and groaned. "Another one?!"

"I'm Zach!" "This is my brother! Look Zach! Mister does funny faces when you get closer!" And indeed, the poor man stepped back, raising his hands to protect himself, all while grimacing at the two toddlers.

Then his gaze shifted to Miz and he… paused.

The two divine-demons stared at each other. Almost like they were sizing each other up. They were interrupted by a woman coming over and poking the man. "What are you doing with these children?"

"Ah. Detective." The man turned to grin at her, moving to place her between him and the small humans. Children. Uuuuuh. "It's not my fault, Detective, I swear! The little lady assaulted me!" He whined, pointing at Zoe. The blonde giggled. Mister called her a lady! The woman rolled her eyes before turning and squatting down to talk to the kids. "Hello. I'm detective Decker. Where are your parents?"

"Mommy is working here!" Zoe said proudly. Miz explained, "She's a lawyer. Got hired to defend someone. We got bored so we came to find her."

"Ooh~ You're Mrs. Friedmann's kids?"

""Yeah!"" the twins chorused. Detective Decker smiled.

"Your daddy is right over there waiting for her. You can go with him, but let's all be quiet and stay sitting, ok, sweeties?" She said, with an obvious experience dealing with kids. "We are all super busy and it's dangerous for you to be running around, ok?" The blonde detective smiled. """Kaaaaay~"""

The three children went off and Detective Chloe Decker stood up, brushing her pants off absently. She turned to her companion and saw the British-seeming man was still staring at the children. "What?" She asked. He frowned. "That child isn't human." He stated plainly.

"What are you talking about now?" Chloe groaned. The man continued frowning. "I can't… tell what she is. She feels like a demon, she's obviously wearing that skin. But it's not a corpse. She's not like Maze. And more than that, I don't know her."

Chloe rolled her eyes so much her irises disappeared. "Lucifer, I know you think you're the Devil or something-"

"Oh, Detective I don't think I am, I AM." Lucifer whined. She still refused to believe him

"But leave little kids out of your roleplay or whatever, ok?" She patted his shoulder and walked away. Lucifer frowned and pursed his lips. Oh well, he'll have to investigate on his own~ They were the new lawyer's kids, huh? This sounded very interesting.

-.-

Seb blinked as little hands wrapped around his legs. He looked down. "What're you gremlins doing here?" They were dressed in cute little suits. Where'd they get those? Oh wait, Miz. Yeah, the answer was always Miz

"Hiiiii daddy~" Zach rubbed his face against Seb's leg. "We got bored. Wanna see mommy working."

Seb cackled. "Well, sorry to disappoint but we're not allowed in. Not even I'm allowed in." The twins whined at that. Miz came over while rolling her eyes. "Client confidentiality is a thing. Mommy's a professional"

Seb sat back down in one of the waiting chairs. "Uuuh. Well I'm kinda bored too." He pulled out his phone to look up any exciting places nearby. They were in Los Angeles. There should be plenty of places to have fun here. Disneyland… other theme parks…

A SKY SLIDE?! Dude that sounded amazing~!

"Hey kids~ there are some cool attractions we can go to while mommy does her boring work stuff~" Seb sang. The twins cheered, bouncing in place. Some police glanced over as they heard the high pitched squeals. Seb looked over at Miz and found her staring off. He followed her gaze to see she was having some kind of staring contest with a handsome man… oh. That was Linda's client! Oh gosh, the world was so small...And he was much more handsome in person. Seb averted his eyes. He was married for Ax's sake!

Wait. Speaking of Linda. Seb should get Miz to Linda and get her opinion on what the girl needed. Maybe not today though. Today was for sight seeing and having fun. "Come on Miz. We're gonna go check out the city." Sebastian patted her head and the demon-god finally broke her gaze and turned away. "Okay." She chirped. Seb texted Wanda to let her know he was taking off with the kids.

As the family left the station, Lucifer got a light whap on his arm. Chloe glared. "If you keep staring at that little girl, I'm going to have to arrest you." She warned half jokingly (and half seriously, because Lucifer was a very strange man and she worried about his interest in that girl). Not that Chloe really believed he would do anything to her, Lucifer wasn't an upstanding citizen, but he wasn't a sicko either.

"She was challenging me." Lucifer pouted. "Did you see the way she was glaring at me? Like a predator trying to move in on my territory!"

"Sure." Chloe rolled her eyes. "Can you stop being so dramatic for once?" Lucifer huffed with mock offense and walked off, pausing when he noticed his shoes untied. Odd. "Where are you going now?" Chloe sighed. "Oh just having a little chat with the 'mother' of that creature. Frankly I don't think she's her real daughter."

"Lucifer that's rude ! She's most likely adopted." Chloe called out as he walked away. She paused as what he said really registered. "Hey! Mrs. Friedmann is with her client right now! You can't just-!"

Oh course the Devil didn't listen to her. He was already inside the private room where Wanda was getting the details of the case and her client's statement on what he was doing at the time the murder took place. The problem was he was alone at the time, didn't have anyone to confirm that he was where he said he was. No alibi. Wanda was distracted when the door opened and a very handsome man came in. "Excuse me. Hi~" He grinned charmingly as he always did. "You wouldn't happen to be able to tell me what that creature posing as a human child is, would you?"

Wanda blinked. What? Wanda stared at him before blinking again. "Uh…hi?" Lucifer sighed, making Wanda look at her client who was too sad to even react to the man in the room.

"I-Who are you? I don't know what you're talking about? I'm sorry, I'm in the middle of something right now…" She trailed off.

"That creature. The one with the other little humans. Your children, I'm told." The handsome man stressed. "What is she?"

Wanda paused, she remembered Seb texting that he was taking the kids out. Had they been here? Wait. Did this man notice something off about Miz? Was he some kind of demon hunter? Oh, Wanda felt like she watched too many tv shows… but what if he WAS a demon hunter? Or dragon hunter? Whatever-! But he knew Miz wasn't human. Or suspected?

Wanda looked nervous and the handsome stranger smiled at her. "Oh, I can tell you know something, dear~ Why don't you tell me so we can all go back to our business~"

"There's nothing wrong with her…" Wanda looked away.

"Oh, lying is a very bad sin, you know that? But I can let it pass, as you seem to be wanting to protect her." He leaned closer to the really uncomfortable woman and his eyes turned red.

Wanda gasped and jumped away from him, just in time because the door was thrown open. "Ah! There you are! Hasn't Chloe told you to stop bothering people here?!"

"Ah, Detective Douche, you have the perfect timing don't you?" Lucifer sneered at the short man.

Wanda looked back and forth between them. "Look, I don't know what this is about, but I have a client to talk to and-"

"Oh he's definitely guilty. Look at him all nervous and crying. He's definitely acting so don't waste your time with him and tell me what I want, please~ " Lucifer dismissed.

Wanda glared. Oh hell no. "You, shut up. You can't just tell me how to do my job-!"

"We're so sorry, Mrs. Friedmann, I'll take Lucifer out of here! Sometimes he doesn't know his place!"

"You don't know your place!" Lucifer protested.

"I'm Detective Espinoza by the way. Move it!" Dan pushed Lucifer out of the door

Wanda blinked. "Lucifer?" She had a bad feeling. The handsome man turned to grin at her. "Lucifer Morningstar, the Devil. A pleasure~" He said before Dan closed the door behind them.

Wanda slumped in place. She was tempted to believe he was some crazy man, but her own husband used to be a demon... and his eyes- They turned RED. Just like Seb's and Miz's did when they were angry… just like her own children did when they were angry...

Great. The literal Devil was interested in her daughter. Yeah, no. Wanda was gonna have to get some holy water or something right?

When she left the station, Lucifer wasn't there anymore and neither was Detective Decker. She asked a random police officer about the man in the black suit and he grinned. "Oh, Lucifer's great. He's Chloe's partner."

"He's a detective?!"

"Nono, he's a civil consultant, but he's very good at making people talk and all that. He's kinda eccentric, but he's cool. He brings us donuts!" The officer smiled.

Wanda seriously didn't like any of this. Why would the Devil be working with the police?!

-.-

Wanda met Seb in a restaurant he told her he was at. In the end, they didn't go to any theme parks, but they had a tour in a red bus that had an open roof and they very much enjoyed waving at the people below as if they were stars.

"Mommy! You won already?!" Zoe asked as she chewed her chicken. "No, sweetie." Wanda managed a smile and sat down besides Seb. "Today was just meeting with my client and learning about the case. Now mommy needs to do some investigation to find the real bad guy." And also any evidence to her client's innocence.

The man grinned and kissed her lips eagerly. "Hello~" He purred, glad to see her again. Seb frowned when Wanda seemed distracted. "Everything ok?"

The blonde glanced at Miz devouring her dish (a large plate of shrimp scampi). "Yes, I'm ok, sweetie." She rubbed his hand. "We can talk at the hotel. In private." She managed a smile.

Seb nodded but now he wasn't enjoying his food very much. Did something upset her? Did someone do something to her?!

The twins fell asleep on the way home because they were little babies who still needed naps, so Wanda and Seb carried them to the room they shared with Miz (the kids got their own room together while Wanda and Seb had a different one.) "Knock on our door if you need us." Wanda told Miz. "But don't spy on us!" Seb warned his sister with a pout. Miz giggled. "Sure whateves~" She tucked the twins into bed and settled down for some good old fashioned Flickering to look up that man she saw. He had such a weird energy signature. Something she had never felt before. But she was sure he was very powerful. Ooh~ the literal devil? Lucifer himself? Oh my potato, she HAD to tell Blue about this! He'd find this hilarious!

It was still weird he was on Earth though. He was supposed to be ruling hell, wasn't he? Erm… which Lucifer was this? The one who just noped outta Hell for funsies… or the one who handed the keys over to Morpheus before he bounced? Eh… it was hard to tell. Curse you multiple timelines! Well, it didn't matter in the end. Miz tilted her head as she leaned back in her chair. So he was the literal Devil. That was pretty neat. It meant there was a 'God' here? Well. Funny, since there was an Ax here too. And… from what she could tell… Ax was still higher. Hah! Well… it wasn't all that important. The fact remained that the Devil was real and… he was really hot. Dammit!

Miz giggled and kicked her legs. Well… so long as she was here for this mini-vacation~ she might as well play around! She wondered if pranking the Devil would be considered an act of 'Good'? She didn't know this man, and she didn't fear him. So the idea of teasing him made her giggle with a bright blush. She couldn't help but wonder if he realized what she was...Or maybe if she caught the attention of that devilishly handsome man~? Miz laughed again. Ahhh~ she wanted to tease him! Her powers thrummed through her veins, rearing up eagerly. Something about that man stirred their appetite and they wanted to feast~ metaphorically of course, Bill didn't really want to eat him. Really she didn't!

Miz pulled out her Com. Hm. She'd been so distracted she hadn't thought about trying this out. She DID edit Stan's phone. Maybe this would mean she could contact him much faster than through the Tumblr account. -Well, now was as good a time as any to try it!

She grinned and typed out a message. [Hey~ guess who I just meeeeeet~]

The literal Devil! Miz cackled at the thought. Lucifer in this world wasn't just another alias for Bill, how interesting!

In another dimensional set, Stan frowned as his phone buzzed in his pocket. The heck?

He looked down and frowned as he reached for his pocket.

"Problem?" his twin brother asked him, turning away from the stove.

Stan just grumbled as he pulled out his phone and tapped the thing unlocked.

Number he didn't recognize at first, then the name resolved (he had a slow, dumb "smart"phone, so sue him!) and he tried not to let his face change expression as he shoved it back into his pocket. (Shit. Now he was wishing he had actually added a better lock number thingy to his phone. He didn't use the damn thing that much!)

Stan shoved himself up, grumbling, and headed for his bedroom, trying not to twitch.

"Hm," said Ford Pines, watching his brother amble off.

Miz rolled onto her side, looking at her phone. Stan left her on [read] without responding! Hm… he might be busy. Or he was getting the phone to Bill? Then she got a message back, finally , and it read: [What do you want dragon lady. Busy here.]

[I just met someone interesting and wanted to tell brother. Thought he'd get a kick outta it] she typed back. Ok. So the synch worked! Good to know.

There was a ivery/i long delay - almost three minutes! - long enough that it had her wondering exactly how much time delay was happening on that end, and how much was actually her brother's Stanley Pines

[Did you know what the kid was planning on doin after you left] was the next message that came on through. Miz paused. Oh. So that meant he succeeded. She thought about her response and wrote, [He wanted to keep the Agreement. Didn't realize certain things counted back when you first made it. So he had to fix that. And you couldn't know until he succeeded.] She hoped Stan wasn't too mad about that.

There was another long delay.

[So you want to talk to the kid right]

[Well, I mainly just wanted to know if this text synch actually worked. I think my Tumblrs out of synch with your dimension again.] Miz tilted her head. [But I do miss chatting with brother]

Long pause again. [I'll hand him my phone. Not using it much.] There was a shorter pause. [Gonna tell him that you don't know shit about operational security. That's penalty ONE] middling pause [for keeping this shit from me]

Mis winced. [Sorry] then, [he asked me not to tell]

[Don't care. You're getting at least two penalties for this]

[...that's fair] Miz grumbled. The next message took awhile, but when Miz read it she could see why. [First ones for being shit at lying. Kid didn't tell my twin about you. Been keeping it under wraps. Almost saw your message on my phone in the kitchen. Bad planning Miz. Real bad] A shorter delay. [Second ones for not telling me outright. You know better. I know you do.] Shorter pause. [What would your sister say about that one huh]

[...I wanted to. Once I realized it myself, at least. Took me a while to realize. I cant tell people apart that well. Was confused. But when I did figure it out I wanted to tell you. I did!] Miz bit her lip. A little bummed out now. [Had to get cursed to keep my mouth shut] at least that was broken now. That and the whole 'hitting' one. It wasn't as much of a problem on this side apparently.

Miz frowned when the next message came through not long after her send. [Does your sister think it was the right thing to do keeping your mouth shut on this whole stupid thing]

She consulted with the Zyun-Kei in her head. Was it a bad thing? Even if brother asked her to keep quiet? The mental Kei rolled their eyes and frowned. Ah. [No. She's mad at me now.] Miz sighed. [Yeah I bet. Penalty two right there. You let her tell you everything stupid about what you did there Miz.] Longer pause. [Too mad to think straight at you right now. Gonna hand you off to your brother before I chuck this thing out the window]

[Ok sorry again]

There was a much longer pause this time. And finally, a response. [Stanley is angry and says that you told him enough when he asked something non-specific that he could have figured it out.] Miz received next. [Doubtful. But he would have asked after other family members. Be more careful.] A short pause. [More reading. One minute.]

Miz pouted. It was hard to lie when she really wanted to tell the truth. Well, she would wait. She rolled around the hotel bed. Hm… she wondered how she could prank the Devil next?

[Synchronization test.] Miz received next. [One second between messages. Count starts now.] Pause. [1] Pause. [2] Pause-

Miz waited for the count to hit [10] and the [Test ends. Delay count? Test send back?] before she tried typing back. [1] pause. [2] pause. [Like this?] She typed back. That counted right?

[Probably enough. I'm monitoring it differently from my end.] Miz got back. [I can read more from the timestamps. Have my system focused on the signals now.] A short pause. [Should I clone the module you added to Stanley's phone?]

[That might help. So I don't end up bothering Stan when I'm trying to reach you] Miz sighed. Probably should have done that to begin with. [Also also! You wont believe who I just met over here in Seb's dimensional set!]

[Question first.] she received back. [What color is your hair?]

[It's currently black. I'm in my Miz form]

[And what color is my hair currently?] Miz raised an eyebrow at this. [Well the last time i saw you it was black and blue. I don't know about currently] did he change it?

There was a short pause. [Good enough. You should be you.] Another short pause. [You are safe in his set now?] Slight pause, then [Who did you meet?] and [Switch to cipher writing?] which left Miz blinking, not just because it took her a moment to switch decoding it using the Vigenere cipher she was used to using with her brother, but also because she realized his replies were coming in was faster than anyone ihuman/i could physically type.

Just went to show how awesome her big brother was. (She only found out later that he'd just temporarily hooked up his cybersuit to read the input directly from his brain and put his own phone, with Stanley's little module from Miz attached to it, on full-silent in his pocket before returning Stanley's phone - sans module, and with all text messages from Miz already wiped - to Stan's own. All to avert any potential suspicion, as her brother went about his day as usual.)

[Well I just met Lucifer Morningstar! :D] she told him. [he's a person here. A demon but not a Demon. And he's cuuuuute]

[Bad Miz, no squirmy things! Put your glasses on!] was the near-immediate reply.

Miz cackled. [its fiiiine~]

[Glasses first. Glasses.] was what she got back, which left her pouting. [Are they on yet? They'd better be on yet!]

[He's not here right now ] She pouted harder.

[Don't care.] She could nearly hear his frown through the phone. [Glasses on now. MENTAL glasses on later.] Pause. [But not Glasses. Just glasses. Yeesh. Stupid modern American English capitalization grammar rules.]

Miz materialized the glasses, copied from the pair that Bill made. [fine theyre on] she blinked and adjusted their size and shape to something more fitting.

[Good.] Slight pause. [I'm a 'person' here, too.] he noted, which left Miz tilting her head at her phone a little bit and blinking again. [yes? And that's fine too. But I just thought it was fun that apparently the abrahamic god exists here]

[Yes?] A pause. [Still?] Pause. Were those thinking pauses? [Does Seb's 'set have an Outside?] she received from him next.

[nope] she hadn't seen anything even close to it.

[So the Abrahamic God is not a demon-from-the-Outside there, then. Interesting.]

[nope. In fact, from what I've been able to see, the Ax in this world was so lazy that he made God and Godesses to create the universe FOR him] which was hilarious and incredibly irresponsible of him. [And also he has it easier because humans don't pray and bother him, but his Gods] Did that mean Lucy was Ax's grandson?!

A pause. [Just the one universe? Dimension? Or all of them?]

[there IS a multiverse of alternative dimensions. With another version of God for a couple of them. Not all. The rest seemed to be left to do as they want without input.] Miz shrugged.

[Delegation is a thing.] her brother seemed to note. [Do the gods ever 'go bad'? Disobey orders?]

Miz thought about that. [well god apparently got so distracted with watching humans that he neglected his own wife and children. And when they complained about the lack of child support, he banished them to Hell. Not cool.]

[...Was that something the lazy lizard there wanted to have happen.] she read next, and Miz hummed at the flat affect the lack of question mark implied. [dont think so. He just left them to do their own thing.]

There was a longer pause. [Does Seb's lazy lizard talk?]

[yes. He's a dork.] Miz huffed.

[Ask.] [Don't assume.] what was she got next. [Never assume.] [That's how they GET you.] Then Miz huffed out a breath at the next [It may lie. Be careful.]

That part about the not assuming things was fair, though. [Ah ok. I can ask next time I bother him]

Up above in the Space between Spaces, the AXOLOTL groaned and whimpered. Noooooo. It was bad enough Seb kept cursing his name and using it however he wanted and waking him up! (He should have followed a human religion and bothered Yahvé!) But this other Bill could actually get to where he was! Uuuuugh. He hated babysitting. But Miz's AXOLOTL kept pestering him for updates on how his precious daughter was doing while she was away and wouldn't leave him alone….

[but I just wanted to tell you because I found it funny that the Lucifer in this world isnt just another Bill under an alias]

[This is funny?] she received from him next.

[It's funny to me] She insisted.

[Why?] was her brother's (presumably) mystified response, given the time it took him to send it to her.

[Because now I can't help but think god named his son after BILL] Miz cackled as she laid on her back, holding her Com above her. [But anyway, he's cuuuute~ and I wanna mess with him]

[The proper term is spawn, and 'Lucifer Morningstar' is two times removed from even being a part of the name of 'Bill Cipher'.] her brother informed her. Then… [You like to mess with cute godspawn that also have one of my names?] Another pause, then: [What does this messing involve?] More quickly: [This ISN'T another SQUIRMY thing, IS IT!?]

[...might be a squirmy thing. And it's more like i want to see him flustered. He's cute and being flustered is even cuter~]

[HM.] was her brother's reply. [I am less than enthusiastic about helping you with the flustering.] Oh good, brother understood why she'd messaged him in the first place - for his help and ideas! [This sounds like a 'you will want to remove your glasses' sort of thing. Is this a 'you will want to remove your glasses sort of thing'?]

Miz blushed. [maaaaaaaybe~?] she scoffed. [I just like embarrassing people. It's fun. I untied his shoelaces earlier]

[He was wearing shoes with shoelaces?] she got back from him. Miz rolled her eyes. [Yeah. Is that important? He was in human-form and stuff. Human-ish. Not the same kinda of -ish as you are. Speaking of, i just realized what your human-ish form reminded me of. Like… do you know a lady named Eclipsa?] that was something Miz had been wondering about.

[Yes, I know an Eclipsa.] she got back almost immediately. But there was an odd pause there, before he wrote back, [And yes, I know what kind of human-ish I am. Don't write it over this here.] Oh. He must not have realized why she was bringing it up right away. [Was it really not that obvious?] he asked her next. [You can See things just fine?]

Miz huffed. [Well I hadn't seen Eclipsa in person in… eons, from my point of veiw. I should go check up on her, my version of her. Also, is this one of those 'don't talk about it in case people are spying' things?]

[Yes, operational security is a Thing.] Slight pause. [And I don't know if shoes with shoelaces are important over there, I've never been to Seb's 'set.]

Miz would never really get the hang of that operational security thing. She didn't think about that very often. Though… she probably should. Miz shivered at the memory of what happened at the supply store. That wasn't the same thing, but it was still something she should have paid more attention to. It shouldn't have happened. [Well I think it's important to know he doesn't wear velcro shoes.] the Devil in velcro… huh...

[He was flustered because his shoes were untied?] [Not angry? Or upset? Or wondering who it was who did it?]

Miz shrugged. [He didn't really react much beyond confusion. I think I need to step up my game] Something more noticeable than untied shoelaces.

[You really want to do this?] A short pause [This is important to you?]

Miz thought about it. The squirming feeling inside of her powers really, really wanted to mess with that man. [I want to.] she decided.

There was a long pause. Then… [What things does this Lucifer like and dislike and love and hate and not care about at all?] she got back from her brother. [You need to study your subject, in order to plan and push and pull them all around effectively, to get the final response that you want. Learn the nature of the being, and then manipulate their 'nurture' by changing the environment. I've found that tends to work best, to avoid messy problems with free will or breaking other beings' minds.]

Miz nodded. That was good advice. [Well… he's very vain and self centered. I can start from there and work my way up. Maybe messing with his clothes. Also. daddy issues. He's got ALL the daddy issues.] She briefly wondered if this was considered 'bad advice' in terms of being 'bad influences' but then shrugged. She wasn't gonna hurt the Devil. Just… get his attention. She giggled, oh, why was she feeling so bubbly?

[Define: 'mess with'.] her brother asked of her next.

[just teasing him- im not gonna hurt him- but like- i dunno. I just wanna mess with him]

There was a long (thinking?) pause. [Teasing can hurt?]

Miz frowned at her phone. [Yes. Sometimes teasing can hurt. If you do it too hard, or you hit a point that hurts someone's feelings, or make them think that you're trying to actually hurt them, instead of just having harmless fun.]

Another pause. [You want him to be flustered. Not confused. Not embarrassed. Not hurt. Not frightened or scared. Yes?]

[maybe a little embarrassed. But not hurt. Not scared. Nothing that would damage him mentally or physically] Miz confirmed.

[Hm. Flustered. Low-end uncertainty, plus slight warmth, no cold, leading to slow realization, then a dash of embarrassment, and maybe a high-end uncertain smile at the end, before settling out with no persistent long-term effects beyond the thought that 'Miz has messed with me' or 'I have been messed with'. Zero panic, no potential that the 'thing' you have done might possibly be mistaken at any point for an attack of any kind.]

[that is a better way of putting it. yes.] Miz loved how her brother could analyze and put in words the situation so clearly.

[Shooting Star likes glitter. Glue glitter to all of his things when he is not looking. No glitter, then everything is glitter.] Slight pause. [The glue is important. Glitterbombs are an attack. Loose glitter is an attack.]

Miz made a slight face at that. She didn't really like glitter. [Maybe something less messy. I'm not shooting star.]

[Hm.] Another pause. [Does he like hugs?]

Miz cackled. [Zoe, Seb's daughter, hugged his leg and he was so afraid of her! It was hilarious! I think he's scared of kids.]

[Hm. Not that then. Scared is panic is on the 'no' list.] Another pause. [Do you have the list of things he like and dislike and love and hate and not care about at all?]

[Well he seems to like sexy stuff. I'm not sure if I wanna do stuff like that, but I can mess with his clothes.]

[Turn all his clothes a single color that he likes but does not ever wear.] was what she received from him next. [Or make them instantly three sizes too big. Or both.] Slight pause. [Gold or silver or bronze may be a good color. Most people like or do not mind but do not wear one of those.]

[I'm gonna untie his shoelaces a few more times to see if he notices. But I like the idea of changing his clothes. He has a lot.] She didn't want to use the same things her brother suggested, she was gonna try out some others.

[Is he a snappy dresser?] she was immediately asked next. [yes. Very fancy. Cares a lot about looking good] Miz nodded. Also, suits were sexy.

[Be careful.] her brother wrote to her next. [Making him not look good would be seen as an attack. Then you get ANGER, not only or just flustering.] Slight pause. [Replacing clothes would work better. New fashion choice is important; slightly off but not so far off that anyone else would notice is good. Current clothing needs to remain in sight, and otherwise clearly un-messed-with.]

Miz pouted. She kinda wanted to do that though. Just to see what happened. [Fine, I won't make his clothes look bad.] she agreed.

[Alternately, swap the one shirt he is wearing with another shirt that he knows he owns that is clearly a different color or other-type of shirt and get everyone else to say that no, that was the color-or-type-of shirt he was wearing before, what is he talking about? And have them add a compliment on the shirt choice that he obviously did not make, for further ongoing and longer-continued flustering?]

Miz nodded, noting all this down. That one might be a little harder. [Well i think i have enough to begin this operation. In other news, how're things going over there? Stan seemed mad] And wilted a little. She didn't like Stanley being mad. Less so when he was mad at her.

[Stanley was more worried than mad.] her brother told her. [And also very mad. But he is more mad about things-with-me than mad about things-with-you.] she read from him. [Reminding him now is-and-was better than him thinking about you and this later.] Miz nodded. Right. Humans getting upset and then slowly getting over it after stewing a while should be a thing, right? So she hoped he would cool down by the time she went back to visit.

[Is that all the help that you wanted?] she received from him next.

[It was less help, and more that I missed you and wanted to talk to you again] Miz admitted. [are you doing ok? Are you eating okay? Sleeping okay? Has that Stanford tried to hurt you after finding out the truth?]

[I have missed you too.] her brother sent back after a moment. ['Okay' is a word that means everything and nothing. I am 'fine'. I am eating and sleeping when I am supposed to eat and sleep, as many times as I am supposed to do it. Stanford]

And Miz blinked as he realized that he'd stopped. There wasn't even a period there. Did the connection cut off? She thought that might have been it.

[Stanford helped.] was what finally came through after a long time. [I did not expect that.]

Wow. What? [Seriously? Wow. that's…. nice?]

[I was tired.] he sent to her. [And not thinking.] [I saw him, and he started ASKING QUESTIONS.] ...Okay? [ACTUAL QUESTIONS.] he sent her next, and it left Miz blinking all over again, because she wasn't completely sure what her brother was trying to say… [I told him what I was going to do. Except not. Because I told him. Because I was tired, and it was a bad idea, so I was not going to do it. Except I told him about it.] Uh oh. That couldn't be good. [And then Stanley was there.] Oh shi- [And Sixer didn't tell him.] Wait, what? [Sixer helped instead. He talked Stanley into all the things.]

Miz nodded. [Ok. So he helped you hide it. And then you got Stanley's twin back. And… the agreement is still going.]

[No.] Slight pause. [He DIDN'T help me hide anything. He told Stanley to come down to the basement WITH US and told him to WAIT. We all FELL ASLEEP first.] Another pause. [And then he told Stanley not to ask any questions! AND to give me all of my Weirdness, just for doing this one thing, so I could do all of everything I needed to do QUICKLY!]

[oh. Well. at least you got Stan's twin back. And stuff? And stan didn't break the agreement?] Miz felt like this was really complicated. But… it worked? Maybe?

[Yes, I got Stanley's 'Ford back. Yes, the agreement is now all fixed and not in any way broken.] Another slight pause. ['Ford is not as fun as I remember him being.] [As he used to be. Not as fun as he used to be.] Hmm~~. Had her brother just corrected himself? Or had he just tried to lie to her, there?

[Huh. Being dead might do that to you.] Miz shrugged. [I think that could be it?] There was a long pause. [I think it is the almost taking liberties with my personal space.] Slight pause. [It is probably-almost-completely the almost taking liberties with my personal space. I have to share Stanley's house with him. It is ANNOYING. He is ALWAYS THERE.]

[Oh.] Miz frowned heavily. Wait. [Is he trying to FORCE himself on you?!] She growled. [Tell him to back off. Tell Stan that it makes you uncomfortable!]

[He is NOT forcing himself on me.] he wrote back. [I KNOW how to show proper human body language for 'BACK OFF, YOU CAN'T EVEN APPROACH ME IN THE FIRST PLACE, I WILL CUT YOU!' I'm not UNCOMFORTABLE, he's just ANNOYING.] Split-second pause. [It's STANLEY'S house, NOT HIS!]

[Unwanted advances can be both physical or verbal. He shouldn't be allowed to do that to you. Put Pine Tree and Shooting Star between you. Annoying you by being in your space is still harassment or something. That's why humans have restraining orders!] Miz wanted to go over there and whap that Ford, just to make him leave her brother alone.

[My personal space is THE HOUSE!] he wrote back to her. [I don't want to stay in the attic all of the time always! Or Stanley's room! He never just stays wherever and works, he always ANNOYS me with MORE QUESTIONS.] Middling pause. [I think not being in his mind whenever I wanted was a thing I did not 'appreciate' before now.]

Miz paused. [Ah. You don't like him even being there. And he just keeps trying to pester you.] okay that was a little harder. [then… entice him to leave. He's like the mini-Ford right? Distract him with something and get him to leave.] she paused. [Do you want me to come over and pull some of his attention off you?]

[NO!] she got back so quickly she wondered if he'd managed to read her text before she'd sent it. [DO NOT COME HERE RIGHT NOW! NOT WHILE HE IS STILL HERE! -WRITE IT! WRITE IT NOW!]

[I won't come over. Not until Stanley's twin leaves] Miz confirmed.

[GOOD.] her brother wrote. A pause. [I WILL get him to leave, that is the plan, it WILL work out, but I have to do it PROPERLY, so that it will WORK and he will STAY AWAY doing all of the OTHER things, yes.] There was another pause. [I'm WORKING on it. But I can't RUSH this! I WANT you to be able to come BACK!]

Miz smiled at her Com fondly. [I will wait. I want to come back too. Maybe I can set up some way to go back and forth to your Set more easily someday.] The method she did with Seb probably wouldn't work with Blue. He was… sensitive to any sort of mental changes. She wouldn't ask that of him.

[I don't want you to wait, but I will need to ask you to wait, because I want you to be able to come back for much longer with absolutely none of the problems. So I am asking you to wait. Please.]

[I will.] Miz sighed. [I love you.] she told him, just to say it. She liked to remind him. Even if he already knew.

[Good. I love you, too.] There was a pause. ['Ford doesn't pester me, you know, that isn't the problem. He just won't stay away from me when I'm there. He always has to be doing some kind of thing, and he always wants me giving him all my attention when he's doing it. If he was just more like that Stanford] ...oops. Did he just cut off again? [I hate that I just started writing that.]

Miz grumbled. [Grass is greener or something. About 'Ford though, I think he likes you. But not enough to respect your feelings. Like Gideon with Mabel.]

Longer pause. [He did do more of the smiling and look more excited, when I did the one age-up thing in front of Stanley and Sixer. And then made a really dumb face when I aged myself older than Stanley after that. And then didn't look as excited anymore when I went back to looking like I usually do again.] Slight pause. [I didn't think it was going to be much of a problem, though. He SHOULD have stopped paying attention to me, 'because female humans don't do 'his' kind of science'.]

Miz glared. [yeah i think he likes you. And not the good kind of like.] so 'Ford liked older women? Ah… she had no right to judge, but… at least he wasn't into teenagers? That was… good. [Yeah, okay, so he's kinda sexist? But still has an interest in you. Because you're cool and amazing. That wouldn't change whether you're male or female.]

['Sexist' is a scale. I've Seen worse.] Ooh, ithat/i came across as super-loaded somehow. [Male would probably work better in theory, but my stupid human-ish body's brain chemistry is more itouchy/i like that in practice. I don't want to do that again around 'Ford until I've had more practice at controlling it all so 'low in the body' like Stanley keeps wanting me to do.] Slight pause. [I was A LOT more smite-them-all for offending me when I was male human-ish before. It was DIFFICULT not to do all of the REALLY fun things.] Slight pause. [Or maybe that was the maybe-concussion. One of the two.]

[yeah testosterone can do that. Just… ignore him? And let Stan know that you don't like the way 'Ford is behaving around you?] Miz couldn't believe that Stanley would allow something like this to happen right in front of him.

['Just ignoring him' means a thing that doesn't go well with either six-fingered Stanford. And it means two different things, one thing to each. 'Ignoring him' entirely can be a mental attack. Agreement problem. -I'm WORKING on getting him GONE.]

[Tell him yuo don't like answering all his questions. And that he's annoying you.] Miz sighed. Things sounded like it sucked. [Well, good luck on getting him gone.]

[It's the SAME PROBLEM.] he sent to her. [It's a balancing act. I KNOW how to handle this. It's just ANNOYING. An ANNOYING WASTE OF TIME that I could be SPENDING BETTER on other things, except there's this whole STUPID agreement, and Stanley's twin is on the priority list.] Slight pause. [FOR NOW.]

[Well if you ever need to rant and complain, I'm here to listen.] Miz laid back down.

[Ranting won't help me here.] he sent her next. [It'll just make everything take THAT MUCH LONGER!] [BETTER to spend my time not ranting and on all of the over-here things, to get him gone FASTER.]

[WEll… if i was feeling upset about something that can't be fixed, would you like me to stay quiet about it or to tell you about it?] Miz wondered if he could understand this point.

[Tell me about it!] he sent her immediately. [Everything can be fixed! EVERYTHING. -I will help you!] he sent to her, next. [Unless it is a thing that is an operational security thing. Then wait until I am in my attic room in the house, to meet you at the picture on my door. Yes?] ...which meant in her Void of Doors, okay. (Not like it could mean anything else; the attic didn't actually have a door, only an opening from the floor up from the staircase.)

[Well I'm okay right now. And I guess you're fixing your thing too. But it would be nice to chat now and then.] Miz glanced over at the twins, sleeping on their shared bed. [I feel kinda bad sometimes that I can't be with everyone I care about, all the time.]

[Chatting is fine. I don't NEED to complain.] Slight pause. [Even if I want to sometimes - it's FINE!] Another short pause. [You can't be with everyone all at the same time. Space doesn't work that way. Not without breaking in all the BAD ways.]

[I guess… I just…] Miz wasn't even sure how to put it. [I kinda want to be able to come and go without feeling bad for leaving someone behind just to be with someone else.] Was that selfish? She always wondered about that. But she felt bad for having to leave Blue. And she felt bad for leaving Xanthar. And for leaving Zach- wait. Uuh, Seb and Zoe and Wanda too. And just… everyone here who was her new family.

[We have an infinite-forever. You can spend an infinity with one of us, and an infinity with another of us, and keep on doing that. I am trying not to be selfish.] A pause. [As long as the infinity doesn't go on forever as a larger infinity that isn't interwoven with all of the other infinities that are going on there forever, then it isn't a 'never see you again ever.' Yes?]

[Yeah you're right. Thanks. That makes me feel better.] Miz smiled, moving some pillows around and slumping over them. It was getting late. She really should go to sleep.

[And I can come and visit you, too. If you want me to.] was the thing that she received from her brother next.

[That would be AMAZING! I can introduce you to Seb's family- and Zach and Zoe- they] Miz was so excited at the idea, [They're my siblings now too! Since Wanda (seb's wife) adopted me officially. And if they're my siblings, they're yours too] She paused. [If you want that. I'm not going to decide that for you.]

There was a long pause. Long enough that Miz started to get a little worried.

[I don't think that if we have other siblings, that they are automatically each other's siblings, too.] she got back from him next. [That's fine] she told him. [That sort of thing is something only you can decide.]

[No, it isn't fine.] she got back from him next, after a shorter, but still worrying, pause. [Are you… okay?] Miz asked, worried about how… sad his texts looked.

[I am fine.] she got back from him faster, closer to his usual speed. After a bit longer, she got back from him, [I would like to meet your other new siblings? Who are this Zach and Zoe? Does Seb know them?] Miz blinked, and she looked back at- oh whoops! [Or are Seb's family your siblings now, too?] she read next, and she giggled as she realized how he might've gotten confused even further after rereading it. [And also your something-else, because Seb's wife also 'adopted you officially' as her… what?]

[They're Seb's children.] Miz smiled as she rolled off the bed and over to the twin's bed to take a photo of them to send over. [They call me big sister. And yeah, Seb's family is my family now. I… kinda missed having a family. Like a human family. My shape family weren't all that great aside from Will. But Wanda's my new mommy. And she actually loves me and the twins. And she's really nice] Miz wasn't sure if she explained this properly. [But they're my family in the way that Stanley would describe it, I think?] She paused. [So… technically, this makes Seb my dad, but he's not my dad. He's a me who is also me, so I still think of him as another older brother. Ax is still my dad.]

There was one of those longer pauses again. Miz waited. [Seb has HUMAN SPAWN!? WHY?!]

Miz cackled. Yeah. She was surprised too! [Yeah. He got together with a human woman and uh…. They were sort of an accident? But he has them now. And they're wonderful. I bet they would love you. Zoe's an agent of chaos in all the fun ways. And Zach's such a sweet boy. Reminds me a lot of] she stopped there. Something niggled at her. A thought at the edge of her senses. But she shrugged it off. [anyway, they're really adorable]

[THAT IDIOT.] she read from him next. [Is ANYTHING over there even a LITTLE BIT FIXED?]

Miz blinked. Well, that hadn't been what she'd been expecting her brother to say at all. [Define fixed?]

[NOT going to end with HIM and ALL OF his SPAWN DYING HORRIBLY from something STUPID after all the STUPID THINGS HAPPENING TO THEM and NO REAL CHOICES for ANY of them EVER on ANYTHING. EVER.] her brother wrote back to her, promptly. [AS A START.] Slight pause. [AND NONE OF THEM COMING BACK LATER. SINGLE-LIFE, DUMB MEATBAG, NO-CHOICE-EVER BODIES.]

Miz felt her heart thud in her chest. Ah… yeah… they were going to age and die and leave her and- [They… don't want to be immortal…] She'd asked. [That's… I think some people don't want to live forever.] Brother's Stanley sure didn't. But he'd been willing to do so, if it meant keeping an eye on Bill… if he really had to do so to make sure his family was safe.

[Then you aren't EXPLAINING it PROPERLY.] her brother wrote to her. [And all of the things are still BROKEN.] Miz felt her heart clench in her chest again, and then her brother wrote, [They wouldn't THINK or FEEL like that if everything was PROPERLY FIXED.]

[But what if I changed things so that no one could age EVER and they lived on and on? What if I did that and… and they didn't like it?] What if they got mad at her?

[NO.] he wrote back to her. [I TOLD you. The PROBLEM isn't DYING, it's STAYING DEAD.]

[So… should I make it so that reincarnations keep their memories? So they can come back?]

[YES!] she read from him next. Then: [Did you See anything at all about how it works for all of the demons-from-the-Outside that are HERE, where I am?] he asked her.

Ah that made much more sense. [I could probably do that for reincarnations. It's a mind thing, for their memories. Normally thier minds get reset during the soul cleansing that the AXOLOTL does, but I HAVE asked dad to lessen the intentisty of his cleaning. And if I had a direct hand in protecting their minds, that would help keep them intact.]

[It isn't JUST the remembering, little sis.] he told her. [It's ALSO the CHOICE. -Reincarnation doesn't LET you choose who and what you WANT to be NEXT. OR your STARTING location. AND you don't just get to STOP in the middle if you want without DYING ALL OVER AGAIN.]

[WEll, I havne't seen much about those demons from the outside, but they're different.] Miz grumbled. [Normal reincarnation is kinda random. Ax can sort of choose where they end up, but that requires him to judge them and what their wants and desires are. But demons from the outside is different. Because when they die, they're not actually dead. From what I've Seen when I met your Ax and Saw everything] Miz shuddered. She was STILL picking through her memories of what she'd Seen up there.

[Yes.] he wrote to her. [And YES! But if you have to CATCH them to KEEP them from getting their Minds WIPED out of existence, you can GIVE them the choice THEN on ALL OF THE THINGS.]

[I can set up a system. Everyone who dies can be given a choice right after their death, for what they want in their next life. But if everyone asks to be born into a rich family or something, thing's are gonna get harder to handle, wouldn't it?]

[Yes!] Slight pause. [NO NO NO - you're thinking TOO SMALL.] Miz could almost hear her brother's chittering sigh. [You let them choose EVERYTHING. AGE, SPECIES, RACE, LOCATION, 'starting gear' - EVERYTHING. ALL OF IT. Yes?] he told her.

[What if there aren't any living families that match their specifications for what they want? This world isn't like yours. The Ax here is too lazy to spin up a new dimension that works for what they want.]

[They don't have to start out as some kind of CHILDLIKE SPAWN. They can start out ADULT. CHOOSE what they want their OWN BODIES to LOOK like, to BE like - like your 'growing up' of your adult body, getting to choose all the extra curves and things, like I did for you then! WHY NOT? Did YOU like starting out as a small not-a-human triangle all over again? Or NOT getting to look like you wanted? -MOST living beings don't!]

Ah… Miz took a deep breath. [I didn't like being a baby. That sucked. But...they… kinda need to be born. That's… having people just die and come back as an adult would mess with the system. Too many new people. No histories. And starting gear isn't gonna work the same. I could set them up to have a social security number or something, but the other humans would get all suspicious of these new people popping up from out of nowhere. Apparently people need 'histories' and 'background' and 'birth certificates' and stuff. Seb had to call up Rico to get my documents forged when he and Wanda adopted me.] She huffed. [I would have to set all of that up! And what if people want to come back with specifica jobs? What if there weren't an job openings for what they wanted? And if everyone chose to come back rich, where is that money coming from?]

[That's why it's called FIXING IT, little sis. You make EVERYTHING like that for EVERYONE, and it's just the NEW NORMAL. EVERYONE does it, and EVERYONE GETS to do it, so NO-ONE even wants to TRY to make it that difficult for anyone else. -Unless there are SOME beings who WANT to do it that way, in which case you have a different dimension for all of them to go to!]

Miz whined. [that sounds so hard! It would take forever to work out all the issue and bugs and kinks and problems!] She slumped over onto her own bed. [Like, if no one chooses to be a farmer, who's gonna grow the food? If no one wants to be a retail worker, who's gonna man the shops? How will the economy work if everyone's rich? Not that i want people to be poor, that fucking sucks, but like… who's doing any of the jobs that keep a society running? The trash collectors, all the sanitation jobs?]

[Make it so no one dies if they don't eat or drink. Set up stupid non-sentient non-sapient manufacturing machines to clone all of the things for you, if you REALLY want to make it a physical store with all the 'manning' and 'making', and there aren't enough beings who are wanting to do it. That's what setting up the automated system for you is for! Doing all of the things for you that you DON'T WANT to do, along with EVERYTHING ELSE for EVERYONE ELSE who has any of the things that they DON'T WANT to do EITHER.]

Miz thought about it. This… would require scrapping the ENTIRE system and starting from scratch. [Ok I might need to create a new dimension to do this in. Like, people die in this world and get reincarnated there into the new system and then eventually all souls will have moved from one to the other…] she thought hard about it. [I'm gonna have to ask the Ax here and my dad for feedback on the plausabiliy of such a system. And probably ask a bunch of humans about whether they'd like for the implementation of such a system.]

[Yes!] her brother told her. [Porting those Minds and Souls that already exist is the EASIEST way to do it! And ASKING FIRST is good for not leaving anything out, if you aren't going to try and be ALL-KNOWING first. Systems need feedback to function properly!] A slight pause. [If I didn't have to FIX EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE because of the demons, I'd do it EXACTLY LIKE THIS, TOO.]

[Probably gonna need to test run this. Alpha, Beta and all that. With frequent updates. Uwu that's gonna take so much work!] She got a headache just thinking about it. Then she thought of something else. [What if I helped you? Like, maybe blocking the Demons off from your areas?]

[NO.] he got back from her immediately. [I DON'T WANT the demons-from-the-outside BLOCKED OUT of the new system. NO.]

Oh? Then… what exactly? [I meant blocking them while you're setting it up. Once it's all done, they can be allowed in?]

[NO.] he wrote quickly to her again. [You DON'T UNDERSTAND. You DON'T know what it's like out there. I'm NOT kicking them out! They] There was a long pause.

Miz paused. What exactly were these Demons from the Outside like? She'd never met one, but everything she heard about it was… awful.

[It is HELL Outside, there.] he wrote to her. [Demons come HERE, to HAVE FUN. To ESCAPE. -If I DON'T fix everything all-at-once, take it ALL over and ALL away from the stupid lizard ALL-AT-ONCE, IMMEDIATELY - I WON'T be able to KEEP them here! I WON'T RISK them getting STUCK THERE, ALL OVER AGAIN, FOREVER!]

Now she was curious about what the actual fuck the Outside was like. Could she get there? Could she See? [Ok I don't mess with the demons.] she assured him. [So… you want to save the Demons too?] That… was something she hadn't been expecting.

[MESSING is fine, just NO BLOCKING them, little sis!] he wrote to her. [The STUPID LIZARD does enough of THAT already, and OF COURSE I WANT TO FIX ALL OF THE THINGS FOR ALL THE OTHER DEMONS TOO!] he wrote to her next, interestingly enough. [Demons have Rules that need to be followed, too! And demons have it EVEN WORSE! Demons aren't allowed to even BREAK those Rules and have it STICK, let alone GET AWAY with it! It ISN'T FAIR for DEMONS here, EITHER! The STUPID lizard HATES them!] he told her. [It isn't THEIR FAULT that the STUPID LIZARD set up EVERYTHING WRONG!]

Miz thought about it. So her brother wanted to save them too. [...you're a good person] She told him finally. As awful as he was sometimes, in the way he treated people when he didn't understand what they really wanted. He still… wanted to help the Demons. When anyone else probably would have shut them out of the Game altogether.

[I am the BEST of the WORST!] There was a slight pause. [Just because it would be EASIER to kick them all out FOREVER, DOESN'T mean I'm going to do it. EASIER is NOT always BETTER.] Slight pause. [If I wanted to do THAT, I would have done THAT a LONG TIME AGO. And then there would be NO MORE DEMONS LEFT except for just and only ME around here.] he wrote to her. [You KNOW that, right?]

[Yeah, you're skilled enough to do that. Okay. Got it. No blocking.] Miz grinned. [That sounds hard. But I'm willing to help if you need the power for it. If there's one thing I've got, it's energy. I'm getting better at using my powers with less leakage. More efficient. Living here in Seb's dimension is good training.] She was getting stronger. She could feel it. And… as much as that scared her, if she could be of use to someone...

[Power isn't the problem, little sis, it's the omniscience. I have only ONE Eye. I'm… still working things out.] Slight pause. [Also, there is all of the intermediate over-fixing I will need to do in all of the places all across everyplace-forever. But also some certain places SPECIFICALLY. I… may TECHNICALLY still be working out all the math on everything, still. TECHNICALLY. -But I WILL get it ALL FIGURED OUT.]

[Well, I've got an Eye to help you out with whatever you'd need. And if things could be fixed like that… the way you've thought it up…] She could See everything everywhere all at once. She just couldn't process and understand it all. That was why she purposely limited her Eye to seeing only through certain things. But… if her brother needed that sort of thing, she would do it.

[HM.] Another pause. [You DO do things differently than I do them. And if we DO end up working together on this, or other things - HA! Like SEB'S 'set! - then we should both spend a LITTLE more time PLANNING OUT how we're going to be WORKING THINGS OUT, to avoid potential PROBLEMS where things might be LOST in TRANSLATION because of an ASSUMPTION.] Slight pause. [I didn't ASK you as much about that as I would have wanted to, with infinite time to kill from dead to even-deader.] [We could compare more notes on more specifics later?]

Miz yawned. [We should, yes. Later yes. My vessel with a dreamscape is getting sleepy.] She shuffled herself under the covers, yawning again. [need to talk about that. Figure stuff out] She rubbed at her face. Wow. It was this late already?

[I should probably eat another few things, and then go back up to my attic room again.] Slight pause. [I have NOT been biting your vessel-dolls. They are fine.] Slight pause. [Or clawing. there has been no biting or clawing of either of the vessel-dolls that are here.]

Miz giggled. [That's good. Remind me to get you some other pillows to bite and claw the next time I'm there.] She yawned so hard there were tears in her eyes.

[AHA! I have SEVERAL now, though!] her brother typed to her. [shooting Star made them for me! But you can make more for me, too, I will accept them!]

[ah okay. Good night brother. I'm gonna go to sleep soon.] Miz blinked slowly at her Com. There was so much running through her mind. All the things she learned, all the things she would have to do...

[Good night, little sis. Quiet night and pleasing dreams.]

[kaaay~] Miz typed out before placing her Com down and tucking her face into the pillow. It was nice to have chatted with him again. Even if it was just over text. Miz drifted off with a smile on her face.

-.-

Wanda was a very straightforward woman. So she didn't hesitate to tell her husband about the man she saw. "He was asking about Miz, Seb…"

Seb was rubbing his head. "The-The devil? But...He shouldn't exist...Human religions are supposed to be variations of adoring the Axolotl…"

"Well I saw him. He's hot, british and wears a suit!

"I guess the Devil does wear Prada…" Seb muttered to himself, but it only made Wanda more exasperated. "Seb!"

"I'm not sure it's all that important if he does exist. He is nothing but a lesser deity then." Seb, a human, waved a dismissive hand as he talked about a deity far more powerful than him. He didn't care. He already knew the Axolotl was the most powerful existence. So what did it matter if other demons existed?

"He was too curious about Miz! What if...there's demon fights! Or-Or demon fights for territory and Miz is making him angry!"

"...Demons are not wolves, Wanda." Seb laughed. "I'm pretty sure there's nothing to worry about~" He purred. "Besides, Miz can protect herself if anything weird happens." He reassured her. "She's powerful, she's a being of pure energy. And more than that, she's strong enough to tear her way through dimensions. You don't even know how difficult that is? But she literally does it in her sleep." Seb nodded to himself. "If any demon picks a fight with her, she'll kick their ass." And probably eat them, now that Seb thought about it. Man, he was glad Miz was on their side.

Wanda relaxed into his arms at his words. He was right. Miz was strong. She looked like a kid, but she wasn't. "...It's still weird that the Devil is working with the police though."

"Hella. And he's been Linda's patient for a while now...I~ May have seen him when I was making sure she was ok~" Wanda hummed and cuddled against his chest. "Well, next time I see him I'll know what to do. Thanks."

"You're welcome. Now, can we sleep? I was not wearing appropriate shoes for sightseeing." Seb complained, which made Wanda laugh.

-.-

The next day, Chloe was very surprised to see Lucifer actually early for work. "Huh, did your dates not show up yesterday so you didn't oversleep for once?"

"No, we had a very fun night, but that's not the point. I came because I want to help with the case!"

"Really? You care about the case?" Chloe raised an eyebrow. Lucifer nodded and pointed at himself. "Yes. My case. Yours is pretty dumb and boring if I may say."

Chloe sighed in defeat as the station's entrance doors were pushed open. Lucifer was already ignoring her, he perked up when he saw the family of the hot lawyer appear and told Chloe "Bye~" before leaving. "Well, call me when your case turns more interesting!" Lucifer grinned before following the 'Friedmann'

Lucifer calmly walked behind the man and the three kids. While that totally-not-human girl emanated supernatural energy from her body...The man and the little humans… also felt rather odd for humans. They were definitely human, but… there was something there, like a spark. So maybe talking to them would be easier than interrogating the very hot wife.

Before he could get closer though, he jumped back when his brother's ANNOYING form appeared out of nowhere and pushed him aside. He might be wingless but he sure mixed with crowds! "Urgh! Brother, I was in the middle of something! You couldn't choose to appear at some other moment?!" Lucifer poked Amenadiel's head and groaned. "Great. I lost them!" He threw his hands in the air.

"Lucy, you told me about the demon you felt. And I came just as you asked." The large angel frowned. He had been worried, okay?

"So, she does feel weird, doesn't she?!" Lucifer smiled and Amenadiel sighed. "It is worse than I thought, Lucifer. I don't think that's one of your demons. That one doesn't feel like Mazikeen at all."

"I know! And that makes her even more exciting!" Lucifer practically bounced in place. He was a few billion years old, it was hard to find something new to discover. Oh, Earth was full of mysteries~. Amenadiel scowled. "Focus. She may be dangerous. She's powerful."

"She's also in the form of a human child, and has a human family." Lucifer waved him off. Amenadiel shook his head. "How do you know she isn't planning on killing and feasting on everyone here?" Lucifer frowned at that. Everyone here included the detective. That would be… unfortunate. Yeah.

Before the two angels (one angel and one fallen) could say anything more, Lucifer's pants fell. His underwear too. He blinked at himself, confused about how that happened. His… belt was gone? But that didn't explain his underwear… it almost felt like something had yanked his trousers and boxers to the floor. Amenadiel covered his eyes. "ARGH! LUCIFE-!"

Lucifer turned to look around the corner where the Friedmann family disappeared, not bothering to put his clothes on again and ignoring all the startled cries around the office as the other police officers noticed his state of undress. "Did she…"

Chloe stormed over. "Lucifer! What are you-" she was cut off when he held up a finger and pressed it to her lips. "Ah, ah, Detective. This was not my fault this time. I told you she was dangerous. This is CLEARLY an attack on my person!" He pouted at her. "I need you to arrest that creature for striking against me."

Chloe blinked. Mentally processed this. Creature must refer to that girl from yesterday, Mrs. Friedmann's daughter. That was what Lucifer called her. Then Chloe laughed in his face. "Wait, that little girl pants'd you?!" She cackled and shook her head. Well, if that girl was up for pranking that no-good smug bastard, she was all for it. "Just put your pants back on before I have you arrested for public indecency." Chloe patted Lucifer's shoulder and walked off, still laughing.

Lucifer, slowly pulling his pants on, stared at the detective with wide eyes. "But! Detective!" He whined. "She stole my belt! It is gone ! Do you even know how expensive that was? It was a Versace!" Wasn't the detective supposed to prevent hate crimes like this?!

Amenadiel walked up and stared at him once he was decently covered. Lucifer huffed and ran his hands over his clothes. "I hate to admit it, brother. But I think you're right. That demon girl IS dangerous!"

"So...you came to that conclusion...not because of the incredible amount of supernatural energy she has, or the potential danger she could pose to the helpless mortals… but because she stole your belt?" Amenadiel deadpanned. Was he serious?!

"No one messes with the Devil and gets away with it! And no one messes with my clothes if I can help it." He growled. Amenadiel paused and almost rolled his eyes. "I was going to tell you to stay away...but on further consideration, I'm going to let you handle this yourself." It wasn't an attack, a real one, just clothes, so he thought Lucifer could manage it. And then he was gone. Lucifer pouted, holding his pants. "I need a new belt now…" He grumbled.

Lucifer was declaring war on that strange demon girl.

-.-

Miz couldn't whistle. It was something she just never figured out how to do. The fact that she didn't have lips for most of her life might have been part of that. So instead, she hummed a cheerful tune as she twirled a belt in her hands.

"As funny as that was, Miz, you really shouldn't tempt the Devil. It may cause trouble." Seb smiled at her, trying to sound responsible and failing miserably.

"Oh come on~ What can he do~? Throw me back? I'm sure even you can fight him." Miz shrugged, examining the belt in her hands. It was really high quality. Huh.

"Hah, no thanks." Seb laughed sheepishly "Don't bring trouble to yourself. We don't want to worry Wanda, ok? She said he sounded interested in you."

Miz blushed and twirled a lock of hair. Oh wow! H-he was interested in her?! That just meant she wanted to mess with him even more ! She pressed her hands to her face. Damn handsome men! Enticing her to tease them! The only downer was his lack of embarrassment to getting pants'd. Why, if she'd done that to Fordsie , he would have let out such an adorable cry!

….yeah, she might have a problem.

Miz shook her head. It wasn't her fault that seeing cute guys (or girls) being flustered was so adorable! It's half the reason she liked teasing or setting up HILARIOUS misunderstandings! Oooh~ maybe she could do something like that! She wasn't sure why, but her instincts were rearing up in interest about that man. It made her feel giddy. And giggly. And kinda hungry for some reason? Well, it wasn't a bad feeling, made her a little light headed, but not in a bad way.

Seb pulled at the twins' leash, unaware of his spiritual sister's naughty thoughts. "Well, as long as you don't get in real trouble, I think that's ok. You have a dad who cares for you, wouldn't want him worried over you fighting some other demon." Seb reminded her with a gritted smile. Yeah, a dad Ax who loved her. He still felt weird when he thought about that.

"Ok~" Miz giggled as she skipped. "I'll make harmless pranks, Seb~" She covered her burning face. Ahhhh what was wrong with her?

"Are...Are you ok?!" Seb grimaced and poured some water on her hair, afraid she was going to combust. The water steamed off. Miz nodded. "Yeah, just...Thinking about what to do next~" Oh~ what if she switched out his suit for a maid uniform! Yeeeees~! Or was that too noticeable? Maybe something more subtle...

Seb raised an eyebrow but shrugged it off. "Hey kids. Wanna go to an Aquarium today?"

"""Yay! Fishies!""" the twins and Miz cheered.

Lucifer was stalking his prey.

Well, not stalking.

Okay, no. Yes. He was definitely stalking her.

The little girl was with her 'father' and 'siblings' at the Aquarium. Lucifer got a call from Chloe about the on-going case, but he hit the 'reject call' button and ignored her. This was more important. He needed to know what this creature was. How it used its powers. What it wanted from him. Ask for his belt back.

Okay, scratch that last one. The Devil wouldn't stoop so low as to ask for his belt back! He was going to take it back! Yeah! Lucifer saw the little family turn a corner past the jellyfish and he followed behind them.

At least… he thought he did.

Lucifer blinked.

The tank of jellyfish was in front of him. That… that was the corner he just went around. But…

Lucifer looked around in confusion. He was sure he went around that corner. It would have put the jellyfish behind him. But… he looked around. Then he went up to walk around the corner again. He blinked. The jellyfish were still in front of him, another corner just past their tank. Wait. He tried again, running up to the jellyfish tank and turning the corner around it. No. He… he was back here again!

Miz giggled as she heard the Devil's annoyed scream in the distance. Yeah, spacial loops were fun. She wondered how long she should keep him there until she finally released him?

Lucifer Morningstar was not having a good time.

That creature was clearly messing with him! This was psychological attacks! Why, just earlier, he'd tripped because his shoelaces were untied again. And somehow, all his underwear were replaced with frilly panties! He liked them, but that wasn't the point! And that was yesterday when he went home once he escaped the Aquarium! This morning, his suits had all become gold. Like… actual gold was woven into the fibers. That was also not that bad (in fact he rather liked them) but this was still clearly that creature messing with him!

He had recorded his jellyfish prison from yesterday and showed it to the Detective, but when he showed her, the video glitched and couldn't show how it repeated again and again! And she claimed he was making this up!

"Detective, I don't lie!" The Devil growled. "This is all true! She's torturing me! Why won't you do anything to help me?!"

She raised an eyebrow slowly. "So… she's… torturing you?"

"Yes! I don't know how she did it, but she's untied my shoelaces on three separate occasions just today!" He stressed. He tripped earlier while walking to the station! Chloe let out a, "Pffth!" which only made Lucifer whine more. "You're not taking me seriously Detective! She's even managed to get inside my house!"

Chloe looked skeptical about that. "How would she even know where you lived?" she thought of something else. Perhaps he was simply blaming his recent bouts of misfortune on the girl? "I'm very surprised you haven't claimed this is just some of your Dad's or Mom's deeds…"

Lucifer thought about it. "You're right. It must be my father!"

"Why did I even…" Chloe groaned and went back to the photos she was checking through for the crime scene. It had the son's fingerprints but it was because he hugged his father. The victim was missing his jacket. That was quite odd. He had it on in the other photos taken from before his death. Where did it go...

"He must have sent this… this new version of a demon to torture me for disobeying him and his dumb Plan!" He gasped. "Torturing the torturer of sinners…" He whispered. "Ah huh." Chloe grunted absently, circling something and flipping a few more photos. She was on the verge of figuring this out.

"Detective, I'm talking about my safety!" Lucifer snatched her photos away.

"Oh, come on, Lucifer! She's like 13 years old! Stop it! We haven't advanced anything with the case!" They already interviewed the victim's children, except two who lived somewhere else. One was coming and the other hadn't visited in 10 years according to one of the victim's daughters. They all had proven alibis and had no real reason to murder their father. They didn't even talk to him all that much.

"The murderer is Friedmann's client! Just write that down and be done with it. Lets focus on me now?"

Chloe snapped, grabbed her papers and walked away. "You're insufferable today! Go talk to Linda! I hope she kicks some sense into you!"

Lucifer watched her go with a sad look but the Detective had a point! Linda will hear him out and tell him what he wanted to hear! Lucifer got up to leave and as he opened the door, a bucket fell over him. It didn't hurt, but a liquid was splashed all over him. He grimaced and wiped his face. The bucket was also mysteriously gone now.

"AARRGHHH! This suit was new, you little shit!" He raged at the ceiling.

Up in her hotel room, Miz rolled around on her bed, laughing. Ok, maybe this one was a little mean. But she would fix it. Later.

Lucifer noted that his suit was unharmed despite the strange liquid. He paused. Okay. That was… good? He brushed his hair back and huffed. At least that creature knew enough to not mess with his suit. Otherwise Lucifer would have had to track her down and throw her through a wall!

As he left the station, he didn't notice the incredulous stares from all the other officers. His hair had turned a bright, garnish orange color.

-.-

"So we're visiting the therapist that helped you?" Miz asked as they walked over to the building. "Yup, it's been fun these past few days, but I can't postpone it anymore. Besides, maybe Linda knows someone who can help you." He ruffled her black hair with a comforting smile.

"Who's Linda?" Zach asked as he walked besides daddy and they all stopped in front of a building and got inside. "She's a super cool doctor that helped daddy when he used to be super scared all the time." Seb explained. "She is a doctor who helps by listening to you talk. If you ever want someone to talk to, tell us. We can find a nice doctor who'll listen to you."

The twins shrugged and they went to the office. "Are you sure she's free right now?" Miz felt a little bad about bursting inside. It was kinda rude. Interrupting people while they were working on something important, like helping people, was rude.

"I just checked. She seemed free! but I also want to surprise her!" Seb told her before pushing the door open. "HI LINDA!"

Linda was having a very hard time trying to keep this professional. But it was so, so hard~

Lucifer had all but kicked out her previous patient (luckily they were done). He was wearing a hoodie and hiding his hair. He looked so pissed but also...embarrassed. That was something she'd never seen in him.

"Doctor, I'm being bullied and I can't find the culprit to punish her!" He sniffled.

"What's wrong, Lucifer?" She asked kindly. "Why do you think you're being bullied?"

He whimpered and took off his hoodie. Linda's jaw dropped. "What did you do to your hair?!" A snort escaped her mouth before she could stop it. Oh god, he looked so funny!

"I didn't! Th-that demon who tortures demons did this to me!" Lucifer practically wailed. "I've spent hours washing it with different products and it doesn't come off! Maze is now mocking me and losing her respect is NOT a good idea!"

Linda covered her mouth. "So...Maze didn't do this?"

"No! But she would get along with the demon girl who did!" Lucifer wailed.

"A demon girl?" Linda blinked. Another demon?

"She is clearly an updated demon sent by my father to torture me! It's a low move part of his vile plan to force me to go back!"

Linda managed not to laugh. "And… you think… this demon girl dyeing your hair… is part of some… what? Nefarious heavenly plan to make you go back to Hell?"

"My looks are everything! How will I LIVE if I don't look good?!" Lucifer stressed. No one will want to go to bed with him looking like an orange! Linda had to cover her mouth again. "I'm sure you'll survive."

Before Lucifer could respond, the door was thrown open, reminding Linda she needed better locks as everyone just burst in here as they wanted.

"HI LINDA!" A very familiar voice called out. Linda blinked, pleasantly surprised. Her anger at being interrupted even disappeared. "Sebastian!" She smiled. Ah, her sweet, darling Sebastian. Such a good boy. Even if he was a demon. Such a sweet little cinnamon roll! Nothing at all like the frustrating man-child she was stuck dealing with now. Even if Lucy was hot (and she slept with him a few times).

She was about to stand up to greet him properly when Lucifer shot to his feet, eyes red and snarling. " YOU! "

For a hot second, Linda thought he was talking about Sebastian. But then she noticed the children beside him. Were those Zoe and Zully?! They were so big! And she also saw that Lucifer was pointing at the eldest, a little Asian girl. Said girl was grinning wide, a faint blush on her face. "Me!" She cheered.

Lucifer growled and raised a hand to throw her violently against a wall, the same way he dealt with most people who pissed him off. "MIZ!" Seb shouted as Linda screamed "LUCIFER!" Miz groaned as her back hit the wall. Wow...That hurt really nice… got that kink in her spine out. Her blush grew. "Well~ someone's excited to see me~" She sang.

"THE FUCK!" Seb growled as he turned to face the Devil face to face. With his own eye red, his hands burst into flames. "You seriously didn't just do that…" Seb growled. Linda's eyes widened. Yeah, she knew Sebastian was a demon too, but this was the first time she'd seen proof.

Lucifer tried pushing Seb away to go after Miz, but Seb grabbed his wrist, making him let out a startled cry as the fire burnt him!, and pushed him back before throwing him back with his other raised hand. A...A human… He checked his arm. It was burnt...But the detective wasn't around….

Zach and Zoe were worriedly hugging Miz. "A-are you huwt?" Zach asked. Miz patted their heads. "Don't worry. I'm fine. My vessels are a lot more durable than they appear." She was more focused on making sure the protection around the twins and Seb would keep the Devil from touching them. From what she'd Seen about him, this Devil wasn't quite the evil-incarnate that the Bible claimed he was. Like fuck, he wasn't even as bad as her brother (Blue) was half the time! And… wasn't that a little upsetting to think about. That her beloved older brother was just… a more malicious entity than the Biblical Devil. (Not that it'd stop her from loving him regardless. He was still a good person, sort of, in his own odd way.) She flicked her fingers and fixed Linda's office wall.

Seb advanced towards Lucifer, but Linda stood between them. "OK YOU TWO! STOP!" She had one hand on each man's chest. "Calm the FUCK down and tell me WHAT'S going on!"

"So you're part of the demons, huh?!" Lucifer sneered at Seb. "You and that monstrous creature that has been tormenting me!" Demons with fire powers! Definitely dear Daddy's doing!

"Wait, that's the demon that dyed your hair?!" Linda pointed at Miz with a grimace. The little girl waved back. "Hi! I'm Miz! I'm technically a dragon, but yeah, you can call me demon too if it makes you feel better~" She blushed with her hands pressed against her cheeks, wiggling back and forth. Linda made note of that.

"D-Dragon?" Lucifer gasped for air. He thought those were extinct. "Why has my Father sent you?! To torture me? To send me back to Hell?!"

Miz scoffed. "No one sent me. I just like teasing you." She gave him a sharp toothed grin. "Your hair looks adorable~"

Lucifer seethed but Linda raised an eyebrow. She glanced between the two. She had a theory. "Hello, ah… Miz, was it?" The girl(dragon?) turned to her. "Yup."

"You… are you bullying Lucifer?" She asked. Miz shook her head. "I'm not bullying. I'm teasing. Bullying implies I'm hurting him."

"You ARE hurting me!" Lucifer wailed. "My FEELINGS!"

"Aw~ Poor baby~" Seb sneered mockingly. Apparently, Seb lost any respect he had for him after he tried hurting Miz.

Lucifer clutched his hair. "You ruined my beautiful hair!"

Miz rolled her eyes and flicked her fingers. "There. You're a brunette again." A very cute brunette~

Lucifer tried pulling at his hair to get a look. It was all disheveled and curly but at least it was back to normal. Seb also blushed because Lucifer did look very handsome but he covered his feelings by crossing his arms.

Linda was in full analyzing mode. "Why are you teasing him?" She asked. Miz shrugged, wiggling in place. "Because he's cute when he's flustered." The Devil's eyes widened. What kind of reason was that?!

"Linda, why do you know these humans?" Lucifer grumbled. He rubbed his arm. It was already healing, but the fact that this human(?) even managed to hurt him was...worrying. He wasn't supposed to be hurt unless Chloe was around... "Sebastian was my client before you. So please stop glaring at each other."

"He hurt Miz!" Seb hissed. "I'm fine Seb." Miz sighed. Yeah, maybe she should have blocked the hit. She was just too curious to know how strong the supposed 'Devil' was.

"Your demon pet started it!" Lucifer hissed back. So she was just bothering him… just because?! Not because of God's orders?! He wasn't sure if that was better or worse … especially when she kept glancing up at him and then looking away while wiggling back and forth. Linda glanced at Lucifer and then back at Miz. "Do you...Do you like Lucifer?" Miz's eyes widened (as well as Seb's and Lucifer's) and she crossed her arms. "N-No!" she sputtered.

Lucifer stared incredulously at the dragon girl. "You've been torturing me nonstop...because you have a crush?! Like some school boy pulling a girl's hair?!" She might as well ask him to have sex! (Though her human form seemed young and the thought creeped him out. If she found a different vessel, he'd be glad to help!) "You should have just told me~ It's no shame to like me~ I have that effect on women and most men~" He glanced at Sebastian who was trying to avert his eye.

Miz turned bright red. "I don't!" She squeaked. Eh?! Was this a crush?! Well… she WAS squirmy all inside- but th-that-! Oh shit. She had a crush on the Devil. Shit .

Sebastian and Lucifer shared a look before bursting out laughing. Miz only blushed harder as she heard the handsome man's laughter. It was so deep and Lucifer did it while grinning softly, while her brother just wheezed like a seal and leaned on his knees.

"Oh, oh, this is rich." Seb wiped a tear from his eye and looked at Lucifer. "Sorry for burning you, but you seem fine now. I don't want to be on the bad side of the Devil, so hi, I'm Sebastian Pines." He stretched a hand to shake.

"And I don't want to be on the bad side of a human who seems to be powerful enough to rival my own power so, Lucifer Morningstar, a pleasure." He chuckled and shook Seb's hand. "Though, I thought you were Friedmann."

"That's my wife's last name."

"You took your wife's last name? Not that there's something wrong with that. It actually surprises me you have the courage to do that." Lucifer looked down at the short man. He seemed to be even shorter than Dan. Hah. Stupid Dan.

"No, she didn't change her last name when we married." Seb shrugged. Lucifer raised an eyebrow. "Neat." Seb complimented his nice suit and soon enough the two were talking to each other in a friendly manner, as if they had known each other for years. Linda stared at the two, dumbfounded. That was...unexpected. Zoe went over to the two men and pulled mister's pants, making him jump back. "Is your name really Lucifer? My friend's mommy says the Devil is bad."

" Carol is bad." Seb grumbled. Lucifer laughed. "Ah~ let me guess? Christian?" Seb nodded. "She's also a bitch. Made my son cry on his birthday." Seb ruffled Zach's hair. Lucifer frowned. Ok. Murder and stuff was common sinner things, but making a child cry on their birthday? That was just low. He looked over at the 'dragon-demon' and found her still looking away and blushing. Oh. So she really did have a crush on him. Well, his charm was that potent. She also seemed really flustered at the idea of having a crush on him.

Then Lucifer blinked when she pulled out a pair of glasses from seemingly out of nowhere and put them on. "Can't believe Blue was right." She muttered, adjusting them.

"Well, Linda, I think my problem is solved!" Lucifer smiled at his therapist. "It's so nice talking to you, but now I think I'm leaving with my new friends and get them to know me better. That way Miss Miz will realize I'm a real catch but not really her type and stop bothering me. Can I invite you for a drink?" Lucifer pointed at Seb and the kids.

"...They're five." Seb said.

"Well that's a great time to start!" Lucifer grinned. Seb rolled his eye. "Yeah, no. No alcohol for the kids until they're adults." Miz raised her hand. Seb pushed her hand down. "Nope. You're not allowed any either."

"Awwww…." Miz pouted. Seb patted her head with a fond look before he turned to Linda. "Actually, there's something I wanted to ask you." He told her. "And I'll transfer over the money for it as well." Linda blinked. "You don't have to-"

"This is important." Seb put his hands on Miz's shoulders and moved her in front of him. "Miz needs a therapist." The dragon looked up at him, odd look on her face. "Ah… I do, but is this really okay?"

"She's helped me and apparently the Devil himself. If there's anyone who might be able to handle you -" Seb pointed out. Linda looked at the girl. "I'm not really meant for handling children."

"Miz is several hundred billion years old." Seb deadpanned. "She's just... " He trailed off. Okay yeah, it was kinda weird that Miz liked pretending to be a child. Especially if she was dating his brother, and wasn't that just a really messed up thought? Wel, in another form at least. And she did seem a little different in her different forms. Every vessel had another name after all.

Linda stared at the 'child' with wide eyes. Even Lucifer had his jaw drop a little. This creature was older than him ? Older than Existence itself? But it was his Father who created everything with mom unfortunately. How is that even possible!? There was nothing before them!

"She shows her childish side by being one. She's got other forms to do other things." Seb shuddered. "But her core issues remain the same. She… needs help. The way I did. And I don't know who else I can trust with her." Seb pleaded. "I care about her. I want to help her get better."

Linda hummed in thought. She looked at the curly man's face and sighed. How could she deny anything to that adorable cinnamon roll? "Very good. Let me talk to her a little bit, no-you don't have to pay me for this-"

"Are you still accepting my offer for a drink?" Lucifer asked with a raised eyebrow which made Seb blush undesirely. "I wan' lemonade!" Zoe told Mr. Lucifer innocently. Lucifer frowned. "...I can see what I can do, cub."

"Are you ok if I leave you here with Linda? You can just pop up whenever we are. Linda is the best." Seb grinned. Miz nodded with a smile. "Sure go to the Devil's lair, Seb. I'll catch up later. You'll like his house. It's very stylish."

"I knew you had invaded my home!" Lucifer cried offended.

While Linda and Miz talked, Seb gaped at the beautiful car Lucifer presented to his new friend and his human cubs...One of them had been trying to bite him for awhile now. He liked the audacity, but he'd appreciate not having human fluids on him...without his consent.

"Wow!" Zach rushed inside, standing on the white seats. Both demons winced hard at that and Seb forcefully sat him back down and buckled the two into their seats. Lucifer sat behind the wheel and looked back with a grin. "Ready?"

"Daddy, look!" Zoe found a nice red bra and put it over her head. Seb shrieked and Lucifer reached to grab it and throw it away. "Haha! Oops!"

"Hey, thinking this through, I think we're finEEEE!" Seb gripped to the seat for dear life while the happy toddlers squealed when Lucifer sped up. Wee! Like a rollercoaster!

-.-

Seb realized this Devil wasn't much 'causing evilness' and 'causing chaos' as much as he was a player. He owned a bar called the Lux (it was still empty as it was daytime, but he still covered his kids' eyes) and then they went up to the penthouse of the building. Much like Stan's house worked, the lift opened in the living room.

Sebastian let out a sigh of relief when he realized the place was clean from things 5 year olds couldn't see. "This was terrible."

His kids immediately took off their shoes and ran around wildly, climbing on the couches and jumping around.

"Oh nonono! Shoo! Shoo!" Lucifer waved them away, but Zach and Zoe shrieked with laughter and ran elsewhere. "Ugh. Human children. As reckless and rogue as real demons!" Lucifer hissed. He walked over to the bar and prepared himself and Seb something to drink.

Was this considered social pressure? If he didn't drink, the Devil would think he was a weakling and his earnt respect would fade away! If he had just half of that, he'll be fine.

"My lemonade!" Zoe demanded as she tried reaching the counter. "Me too! Me too!" Zach jumped up and down. Seb sat down, embarrassed at his kids' attitude as Lucifer grumbled. He got water, some ice, some lemons and sugar. What was the point of drinking anything if it didn't have delicious alcohol?

"Lucifer, the fuck is all this laughter?" A female voice grumbled annoyed as a woman dressed in sexy black clothes made her way towards them. Seb stared. Then he covered the twin's eyes. They were too young for this shit. The woman stared down at the children. Then she glanced up at Lucifer. "You found more?" She raised an eyebrow.

Lucifer shrugged. "It's a gift." Mazikeen huffed. Right~

Zoe pulled Seb's hand off her face and gasped at the cool lady. "Your clothes are AWESOME!" She squealed. The demon raised an eyebrow at the tiny child. Well, the other child was bearable, maybe even 'enjoyable' to be around. Perhaps these two would be entertaining as well.

"Hi! I'm Zoe! I like burning things!" The little human said. And it was at that moment that Mazikeen knew that they were going to get along great. "Hey, wanna see my knives?" She crouched in front of the little human with a smile. Zoe's face lit up with glee and Seb just buried his face in his hands. This was a bad idea.

"Please no…" He hoped she didn't let her touch things that have been in people...in a different way.

"You have a cool scar! My brother has a cool scar on his head too!" Zoe pulled a very shy Zach towards her to show the lady his scar from when he fell. Zach blushed and tried returning to his dad, but he couldn't so he accepted he was going to go see some knives.

Lucifer grinned and put the glass in Seb's hand. "Here. You need this. Little humans are the most stressful things...So, tell me. How do you have powers?"

-.-

Linda took a deep breath when the door closed and she was left alone with this dragon-girl. "So, I suppose we should introduce ourselves. I'm Linda. I was Sebastian's old therapist."

"I know." The creature that looked like a little girl told her, sitting down on the couch. "Linda Martin, Therapist, former phone sex operator. Married and recently divorced. Currently dating the eldest angel, Amenadiel…" She recited off. Linda's eyes widened. "Wait, what?"

The girl grinned. "I'm Miz. But that's just the name I'm currently using." She leaned back to relax on the couch. "I'm Bill Cipher. I'm a shapeshifting demon god of Knowledge. Currently, I am a dragon." She grinned at Linda. "And I know too much."

Linda massaged her temples. "Alright. Okay. Where do we start?" She clarified with, "What's… if you know it, what's the problem?"

Miz looked down at her lap. "Well I was told that my issues, and talking about them, was the problem."

"..." Linda didn't know what to say to that. "Start at the beginning?"

Miz took a deep breath. "So it started when I died.. "

"...nd then Time Baby kept yelling at me, demanding me to kill my target. And I just wanted him to stop yelling…"

Linda had put down the clip board ages ago. Perhaps sometime after Miz admitted to eating her little brother. There was simply way too much here. 600 billion years worth of stuff, if her age was to be believed.

"...then there was Handsy…"

Linda had heard way too much. And she wasn't sure where or how to start dealing with something like this. "Abuse and trauma aren't easy topics." She rubbed her face. "You have a lot."

"Like, a hundred chapters worth." Miz grumbled. Linda nodded. "Right… this isn't something to be done in just one session, this isn't even something that can be done by me."

"I can teleport here. Distance isn't a problem." Miz told her. Linda sighed. "Well, addressing the things you brought up is one thing, but most of your concerns and worries over your trauma seem to be in how you want to stay in control of your powers." Linda sighed. "I know nothing of Magic. I don't know how I can help."

"I just don't want to be scared anymore." Miz said miserably. Linda looked on with sympathy. "Fear isn't something you can just get rid of." She thought about it. "And I'm not qualified to help you."

"Then...what do I do?" Miz whimpered. Linda took a deep breath, "I will ask around for other people I know who specifically deal with cases like yours. I will find you a therapist."

"We were actually hoping you'd help since you already know about demons." Miz sighed. Linda's mouth quirked into a grin. "Yes, well, that still doesn't make me qualified. But I will still try my best to help. You're a very sweet girl, if somewhat… lacking in morals. But I have to deal with Lucifer all the time, so…"

Besides… "...and you could recontextualize your experiences. Even if you say you're a demon god, it wouldn't mean you're blowing your cover, so to speak." Normal people wouldn't believe it after all.

Miz nodded slowly. "O-okay… I guess… what should I do for now?"

Linda sighed. "I can't make you do anything. From what I've heard so far, you're suffering from a lot of guilt. I can't make you forgive yourself. That's something only you can do."

"But I… I can't…" Miz struggled. "I can't apologize to the dead. All the people I killed won't ever be able to forgive me. So how could I forgive myself?"

"They're dead. They can't forgive you, you need to do that yourself." Linda repeated. Miz shrank in on herself. "What if I can't? What if I deserve this?"

"You don't."

"You don't know that!" Miz hissed. "I'm awful and a m-monster and a murderer and I keep hurting people and I don't know how to stop!"

"Miz." Linda said gently. When the distressed girl looked over at her, Linda gave her a soft smile. "The fact that you worry about this is proof enough that you're not a monster. You're just a girl- er… demon god, who made a lot of bad decisions in life that you regret. And we've all done things like that. Making mistakes and wanting to fix them just makes you human, well, not human , but you get what I mean, right?"

Miz nodded slowly.

"But you care about people. And you love Sebastian, don't you? You love the twins. You love Wanda."

"...yeah…"

"If you can love them, then you're capable of loving yourself. And that means learning to forgive yourself for your mistakes."

"And if I keep making those mistakes? If I never learn from them?" Miz asked.

"Then you just keep on trying. Because you'll never be perfect, no one Is. We're all just works in progress. And that's okay."

Linda laughed. "The fact that you're willing to try to change is already a good sign." She smiled at Miz. "It's ok to mess up. That doesn't make you a monster. Now, I'm going to ask around with my colleagues to find someone who's qualified to help you."

"Okay…" Miz got up and thanked Linda again before leaving. She wasn't sure what to think.

-.-

"Luuucifer, stop it." Seb grumbled as the man insisted on him finishing his glass. "I can't believe you're rejecting my drink." The devil pouted.

"I still need to watch my kids. And I ain't leaving them with your knife demon...no offense." Seb turned to look at his twins, learning from Maze how to hold the knife properly before throwing it into the wall.

Wanda would murder him if she found out.

"Give me water." He demanded. Lucifer rolled his eyes at the one eyed human and threw it at him. "So, you were telling me about your very interesting set of powers~"

Knowing who you were dealing with was very important after all. Better keep it a friend than foe.

"You know Bill Cipher?"

Lucifer nodded slowly. The name made noise to him. "You said you were him...in another life. Hah, how is that possible, souls aren't recycled." He grinned.

"Oh sure they are, well, for the most part. Mine was some sort of second chance/ punishment from the Axolotl, you know, cute guy, can be a dick, God of space, creates everything?"

"...I can assure you my father doesn't look like a salamander." Lucifer deadpanned, which made Seb laugh. "The Axolotl is not your father! Duh! for all I know, the Axolotl created your parents, who created you." Seb hummed. "Which means Ax is more like your grandpa than anything."

(In the space between spaces, Ax covered his eyes, almost in shame. Sebastian HAD to draw weirdness and the supernatural towards him, didn't he? He hoped this wouldn't cause a problem with Yahvé and the other gods… he made them just to do his job for him, he didn't want to deal with this… he had several dimensions to oversee already!)

Lucifer blinked before gritting his teeth. "You mean...My father was created, there's someone above him who I was never told about! He lied! Again!"

Seb winced. "Yeah, apparently. Sucks. But don't get too worked up. Ax wouldn't be a good grandpa anyway."

(Hey!)

"Dads suck either way." Seb shrugged and drank his water.

"Your dad is a bitch too?" Lucifer grumbled as he took a shot of his drink.

"Yeah...He hated me growing up. Beat me up. Lots of trauma. I had to go talk to Linda about it." Seb sighed. "I wanted him to die for years...but now I'm just...at peace with it? Not at peace, but I don't see him and he doesn't see me, so I'm ok with that.."

Lucifer snorted. "Yeah, haven't seen my father in ages." He took another shot. "And good riddance."

The two fist bumped.

"My client's not the murderer." Wanda said plainly. Everything she'd found out about this case pointed toward that. Detective Decker glanced down at her evidence folders. "You might be right."

She pulled the papers back into a folder. "This doesn't make any sense. He's still our only main suspect. Everyone else has an alibi. But your client's potential motives don't fit with the rage of the homicide...Besides, look at this. His jacket went missing. Why would it? Your client doesn't have it. We made sure of it."

The two blonde women sighed and leaned on the table. Wanda looked around. "Isn't Lucifer supposed to be here?"

"Well, yeah, he's supposed to be." Chloe rolled her eyes. "But he is very apprehensive of your older daughter. He believes she's torturing him or something and doesn't want to come…I'm sorry, he usually behaves better...and he's very helpful when he wants to be. I'll call him."

Wanda blinked before groaning. Oh Miz was so grounded. Pranking the Devil wasn't a very intelligent idea. At all.

"Lucifer? I need you."

"Oh? You need me, detective~?"

"Urgh! For the case!" Chloe sent Wanda an exasperated look and she nodded solemnly. Men.

"Well, I'm sorry, Detective, I don't like this case. I'm bonding with my friends! And you just interrupted a very good piano duet! Sebastian's quite skilled! Almost like me!"

"Hah! You'd wish you were like me!" Seb's voice was heard on the phone and Wanda's eyes widened. Seriously?! "Seb, where are the twins and Miz?!"

"Oh your human cubs are well watched, dear~" Lucifer purred on the phone. "And your demon girl and I are at peace now. She is eating all my food though and-nononono! Little girl! Hands off my piano!"

"Wan' play too! I can play it very well!" Zoe squealed over the speakers.

Chloe frowned at her phone before hanging up. Looks like those two curly brown haired men were having a blast, leaving them to solve the case on their own. She groaned into her palms. Should she be worried for poor Wanda's husband being pulled into Lucifer's orbit? Well, despite the way he acted, Lucifer was gentle with children (she'd even say scared of them), so at least the kids would be ok.

"Well. We better get to the bottom of this." Chloe didn't usually work with anyone else, but Wanda was here and Lucifer was not. The detective was allowed to work together with the lawyers for cases, so why not? The two women headed out to begin questioning all the people involved.

First off, they had to know more about that jacket. It was taken, why? Was it significant? If so, then who in the victim's social circle was it significant to? That would help them pin down a real suspect.

They questioned one of the victim's children about their father's jacket. "Oh, my youngest brother Hayden gave dad that jacket for his birthday years ago."

"And where is Hayden?" Chloe asked. The woman shrugged. "I haven't talked to him in years. He doesn't want to speak to any of us. He only responded to my email about dad to say he was coming, nothing about how he was doing or asking how I was doing."

That was suspicious, but it didn't mean anything on it's own.

"Estranged relationship. Did something happen between him and his family?" Wanda wondered.

The two questioned a few other people before resolving to wait for Hayden to arrive in town.

"You know… I could just tell you who did it, how and why." Miz pointed out that evening when Wanda got back to the hotel. Wanda sighed. "While that would be helpful, I need solid evidence. Can't tell the court that my daughter just 'knows' stuff." She brushed Miz's hair as she sat on her lap. "But if I get stuck, I would appreciate a hint."

Then Wanda turned to address the other issue. "Why're you here ?" She deadpanned at Lucifer. The Devil scoffed. "I am merely gifting you all with my presence...Could gift you even more than that, dear~"

"You do know she's my wife? Right?" Seb growled at him. Lucifer waved a hand lightly. "Oh, don't get jealous, Sebastian, you're invited too, the more the merrier." The Devil grinned when the couple blushed and covered their faces. Funny how despite their obvious desires, neither have accepted yet. Must be a very strong compromise they got there. Huh.

He watched the way Miz cuddled in Wanda's lap, purring. "Is that creature your child or your pet?" He couldn't help but voice.

"Funny, I was gonna ask if you were the Devil or a stuffed animal." Wanda shot back, a bit snappier than necessary. Lucifer, tied up with ribbons from Zoe and Zach playing dress up with him, raised an eyebrow. "Touche."

"Ask the 2nd brother about what he was doing the night of the murder. And when the youngest gets here, ask him where he was living." Miz commented as she slipped in and out of a light doze, relaxed in Wanda's arms.

"Mr. Devil man." Zach pulled the man's pants.

"Call me Lucifer." Lucifer glanced down at the twin with brown eyes. "Kay. Mr. Lucifer, you live in Hell, no?" Zach asked.

Wanda rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Zach…"

"No, I live in Los Angeles, boy. In the penthouse where you painted the walls." Lucifer hissed.

Zach hummed. "The-the devil is a meanie, no? Because he makes people do bad things, like the man from the very big storybook."

"Zachary, I already told you to ignore what Carol and her church said!" Seb groaned. He glanced at Lucifer who was staring at the toddler intensely.

"I made meanie things because my father forced me to. He's the one to blame, not me. I punish bad kids, but He wishes for bad things to happen." Lucifer waved his hands to get freed from the ribbons. You think I'm bad?" His eyes turned red, and to his surprise, Zach giggled.

"I can do that too!" His eyes turned blue and then red, making Lucifer jump back a little. "I think you're nice and you played with us...So...because you're nice, Zoe wanted me to ask you if she could keep this." The kid pulled out a little statue, making his parents frown. When did she grab it?!

At least she didn't grab anything else…

Lucifer laughed. So all this was to get a favor huh? "Well, your little hands already touched it so yeah. Keep it and your germs away. I didn't like it anyway." They heard Zoe's happy squeal from behind the door frame.

Wanda massaged her temples. God damn why…

-.-

The next morning, Chloe was surprised to see not only Lucifeŕ, but Wanda and Sebastian. "We're back on the case, detective!" Lucifer guided Seb inside as his assistant, as he did with Candy when he married her, and Wanda sent Chloe an apologetic look. "The creature told us we must interview the youngest and 2nd brother. One of them must be the culprit and I must punish them! Maybe Wanda's client is innocent after all. This is not for money, this is about vengeance against a horrible father!"

"You said it!" Seb exclaimed.

Chloe nodded. "Right...Well, I came to that same conclusion…" She moved away from the computer. "The 2nd brother told us he was at home watching Tv when it happened, a cooking show, but that day, that channel wasn't transmitting it."

"Pfft. Cook kings are only on Wednesdays at 5pm! What an idiot." Seb mumbled. Chloe nodded.

"So he lied about his alibi. But we have nothing else on him definitively. Right. And the youngest brother Hayden, we couldn't contact him for days and none of the siblings say they saw him, but we made a deeper investigation and found out he bought tickets here a few days before the murder."

Wanda nodded slowly. "Right. So maybe the brother whose alibi doesn't match...He could have seen his brother. And lied to protect him." Seb winced. Yeah, if any of his brothers killed anyone, he'd probably lie to protect them too. They all agreed to go and interview the brothers, dig at the alibi and family situation.

Lucifer and Chloe went off together to talk with the 2nd brother again.

"So, you and Wanda's daughter made peace on your prank war?" Chloe couldn't help but tease. Lucifer groaned. "Well, apparently, she has a crush on me. My Charm pulled her in." He grumbled. "Which is flattering, but she just isn't… well, she looks like a child." Lucifer sighed. Chloe stared at him. "Well." She breathed. "At least you have standards. You have turned her down and explained to her that you can't, right?"

Lucifer shrugged. "I've told her that her current body is much too young for me." Chloe's jaw dropped. "Lucifer! She's like 13!"

"Actually she's several hundred billion years old. She just gets a kick out of having people take care of her." Lucifer made a face at that. Chloe shook her head. "Your pretend play is getting ridiculous. But it's very cute that you're playing with her."

"It's not a game , detective." He groaned. Chloe clearly didn't believe him. They got to where the 2nd brother, Leonard, was at his workplace. "Well enough about that little monster. We have a man to interrogate."

"So, you found the proof you needed?" Wanda asked once they met back up in the middle of the police station.

"Yeah." Chloe grinned. "Your client told us he only knew what happened because he was called. When he arrived, the police arrived at the same time as Leonard. So WHO called the police if Leonard was supposedly at home watching the cooking show that wasn't even airing? How did he know?"

"We got the information right out of his dirty, liar mouth~" Lucifer grinned and rubbed his palms. Oh, the man simply broke down in tears! Seb hummed. "Well? What IS it? How'd it all happen?"

"Oh, he tried framing dear Wanda's client~ His dear old abusive pops was dead so he had to make it so that someone else did it. He called the police and appeared after it, touching his body to justify his old fingerprints."

"So HE was the murderer?"

Chloe shook her head as she headed to her car. "No. It was the youngest brother, Hayden. He didn't have any fingerprints because he didn't touch the body…or he did. Hayden and Leonard are identical twins."

Seb winced even harder. He did what he did...Like when he used his own blood to fake Ford's death…

"We couldn't have known. We didn't even have any criminal record of Hayden or Leonard and he kept calling him youngest brother." She called a group of police officers to follow her as Wanda, Seb, and Lucifer walked beside her.

Chloe addressed the officers. "Hayden is hiding at Leonard's home, I already shared the address with you. Let's go."

Seb looked at Chloe. "Leonard will go to prison? He didn't murder him...He was just trying to…" He felt silent. He felt bad for that man. Wanda rubbed his shoulder. "He covered for a murder, Sebas."

"And the jacket?" Wanda called.

"Let's go find out." Chloe called back. "Thank you so much for your help, but don't come in, it might be dangerous." She smiled before dragging Lucifer with her.

When they were out of sight, Seb blinked at Wanda. "I wanna see what happened." Wanda groaned. "Let the police do their thing. Don't interfere."

"I'm not gonna. I just wanna see what happened~" But Wanda made him sit down in one of the chairs in the police station. "Please, Sebastian. Have some self preservation. If not for you, for me." She sighed. Suddenly, Miz, Zach and Zoe made an appearance. They were moaning. "Mom! Daaad! You said we'd go to Disneyland! We're so bored at the hotel!" Zoe threw herself to the floor. Some officers stepped around her, looking bemused.

Miz groaned. "Did you find out Hayden is the murderer already? Oops~"

Wanda smiled and nodded. "Yup. The police will handle it from here." She patted Miz's head. "Thanks for the tip."

"So we can go eat something and go to Disney?!" Zach gasped, squeezing his cheeks.

Wanda nodded. "Yeah, let me just talk to my client, handle a few things and were free to go. Seb can you-" She stopped when she found her husband was gone. "...Did he just leave to see an arrest happen?!" She screeched. Miz clicked her tongue. "Yeeeeeah~? Did you think he wouldn't? Mom . You know your husband." Miz said, sounding a bit accusative.

"Uuuuurrrrgggghhhhh!" Wanda groaned. "Don't worry. No lethal harm will happen to him, the spell will protect him anyway." Miz assured her. "My brother might be kinda stupid sometimes. But he isn't an idiot." Wanda sighed and sat back down. "Well he's going to be in so much trouble when he comes back."

Miz pouted. "I kinda wanna see what's going on too." Wanda ruffled her hair. "Nooooo~ you and Seb are both going to be grounded if you try that." Miz whined. "Noooo~"

The twins pouted. Does this mean they weren't going to Disney?

Seb hummed a spy movie theme as he snuck around the house. It was relatively easy to find them. He only Saw where they were. It did feel a little harder than normal, the black nothingless from opening his Eye took longer to clear up. He really needed to go back to practicing again, especially when his yellow eye always channeled his powers much easier. With the cursed thing gone, it was only his normal eye doing all the work. And he hadn't really been keeping it up. Seb didn't want to lose his powers because of disuse. Burning through the energy at the gym was one thing, but actually USING his powers… well… he'd gotten rusty.

He hid as the police, Chloe and Lucifer barged into the house. Hayden was inside, curled up behind a sofa with his hands in his disheveled blond hair, rocking back and forth. "GO AWAY!" The young man screamed.

"Hayden Macrame, please come with us. We have some questions for you."

"No! Leave me alone! This-This is brother's house! Get out!"

"Your dear brother was arrested because of you." Lucifer taunted. "Trying to patch up your mistakes. Killing the old man wasn't really a good idea. Now he's the one who's going to prison because of your actions~"

Hayden slowly came out from behind the sofa, and the officers raised their guns seeing him armed. "You-You don't understand! It's his-his fault! He forced me to! I-I couldn't take it!" He cried, hands shaking as he clutched his gun.

"Who forced you?" Chloe asked and Seb felt he was watching some criminal series.

"H-Him! My-My father! He-He always hurt me! He hated me since the day I was born!" Hayden shouted with tears in his eyes. He was trembling so hard the gun shook.

Seb flinched.

"You don't know what it's like to live with that kind of monster! He abused me!" Hayden cried harder. "I-I had to do something! I couldn't sleep!"

"Please drop the gun." Chloe told him calmly.

"I tried being good all my life! I l-le-let him touch and use me all the time as a kid! I even tried making up for him now! I don't have anything because of him!" The man truly looked messed up. "I even bought him a jacket! With-with the little money I had! But he didn't even thank me! He just insulted me for not giving him an-anything better! I-I couldn't take it anymore! I wouldn't have been able to sleep knowing he was still ALIVE!"

Seb was trembling almost as much as Hayden was.

"Please, Hayden, we can talk about this somewhere calmer, put the gun down." Chloe said softly, as if talking to a child. "What happened to you was awful, but it's not too late. Please."

"I want my brother . Leo is the only one who cares about me!" He put his hands on his head again. Chloe tried approaching but he quickly pointed at her with the gun. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't want to get him in trouble. He called me to live with him! Paid for me to come here! But he found me! He found me shooting him! He-I didn't want him to get hurt! I'm sorry!"

Hayden pointed the gun at his temple as he trembled and gasped for air.

The officers lowered their guns and went alert. Even Lucifer was frowning. "Don't do that, Hayden."

"I-I can't can't-" The man had his finger on the trigger, "-I-Leo… I'm sorry..."

BANG!

Chloe gasped. Lucifer's eyes went wide.

Hayden didn't fall to the floor. Instead he stared at the bullet floating just next to his temple with a faint yellow glow.

"How did…" Lucifer looked over and saw Sebastian halfway in the window with his eye glowing.

The gun flew out of Hayden's hand. Chloe quickly ran over to handcuff him. She didn't know what just happened, but he wasn't dead so she was just counting her blessings.

The police escorted Hayden into a car while Lucifer met Sebastian at the back of the house. He hissed. "You could have gotten killed!"

"So do you. If the fact that the detective makes you weak is true." Seb shot back at the tall, beautiful, sexy man. He glanced at the place where the police's lights were glowing. "It-It's not fair...His father should be the one arrested."

Lucifer hummed. "He'll get the punishment he deserves, don't worry."

"I...I might have ended up like him...If I hadn't had help…" Seb managed to move on with his life, got help, support. Hayden didn't. "That bastard wasn't worth ruining his life for…" Seb muttered moodily. The Axolotl might be an ass, but he did somehow manage to keep Seb from ending up like that...Filbrick beat him up, but he didn't… even Filbrick had never touched him.

And Hayden just kept trying to get his approval. It was so sad.

Just like Filbrick wasn't worth getting angry for. He was his past. Seb didn't have to ruin his own life because of him.

Lucifer made a humming sound. Yes. That was something to think about. His Father wasn't worth it. He shouldn't give him the pleasure to see him even react to him or think about him. Lucifer kept telling himself that. Self denial was how it worked.

Seb asked Lucifer to please take him back to Wanda before she got even more mad. "I know you can fly, you moron." He complained when Lucy said he didn't bring his car.

"Maybe ask the Detective~" Lucifer shrugged it off.

"But then she'd know I came!" Seb wailed.

"That sounds like it would be your problem, not mine." Lucifer grinned.

"You're mean!"

"I'm the Devil, dear."

"But you don't have to be mean!"

-.-

Eventually Chloe found out because the two curly haired men started shouting and arguing. She called her former companion for this case and told Wanda that she had her husband. She sat Seb and Lucy in the backseat of the police car. The two were nudging each other like children.

The trip back to the station was a test of Chloe's patience. "I swear if you two don't shut up I'm TURNING THIS CAR AROUND!"

""No! Detective~~"" They complained. Those two were IDENTICAL. Chloe had to bear with Lucifer at work, but Wanda was married to Sebastian! Goddam. She must really love him to put up with this...Well, it wasn't like she disliked Lucifer's presence! She-She actually loved it quite a lot! But he was so insufferable sometimes!

Chloe blushed a little.

She was glad Lucifer didn't notice. Smug bastard would never let her live it down.

"Thank you for all your help." Chloe shook hands with Wanda. The Pines-Friedmann were leaving Los Angeles.

"Thank you for your hard work." Wanda complimented. "You are a great Detective. And trust me. I have seen quite a few." The two blonde women hugged.

"I'm still confused why Lucifer invited you all to my house." Chloe glanced over at him.

"It's to say goodbye to them! And look at your cub! She's happy with the tinier cubs." Lucifer waved at the twins and Chloe's daughter, Trixie, playing with some dolls. Trixie was older than them, but wouldn't miss a chance for a tea party. Besides, she could do a campaign from now so they'd vote for her as president of Mars.

"Mom! Can't they stay?" "Please!" Zach pouted and glanced at the girl with a small blush. Miz shook her head. "Nope. We gotta go back remember? We have to meet with everyone in Uncle Stan's house for the summer~" She was still wearing the glasses. Damn Lucifer and his sexy, sexy ass.

""Awwww…"" The twins whined. Trixie pouted too. "We can stay in touch though. Your sister Miz has an email right? Or a phone? Mommy won't let me have a phone yet, but I know her number." Trixie told them. The twins (and Miz) grinned at that.

"Thanks for putting up with us." Seb grinned at Chloe who rolled her eyes with a chuckle at his charming smile. Men. "You're welcome. Don't sneak to more arrests though!"

"No promises-Ow! ok! I won't!" Seb rubbed his pinched arm. Wanda glared.

They said bye one last time, Maze said bye to her little blonde friend too, gifted her a nice sheath for her first knife and that got her a hug from Zoe she gladly accepted.

When they were in their car going to the airport, Miz got rid of her glasses and sighed in relief. Gosh, she was so glad that was over. She had the number for a therapist but...she didn't know how much longer she could have stayed there. Lucifer was REALLY sexy~ It had to be magical, damn cheater!

She wasn't complaining of the sights she got back at home though~

When the demon girl and the twins fell asleep, Wanda twitched awkwardly next to Seb. "Seb…" "Yeah?" "...Do you think we should have accepted Lucifer's offer…?" She lowered her voice, "...for that threesome?" And fuck, but Wanda was very tempted to take him up on that.

Seb's only response was a crimson red face and an awkward loud laugh. "Yeah, no. I don't think I like the idea of the Devil getting his hands on you."

Wanda laughed, leaning over to kiss his nose. "Well, you're the only one for me~ that's demon enough."

"Not a demon!" Seb whined, but his mouth quirked into a grin. "Man, can't wait to tell Ford and Stan that I met the Devil! Hah!"

The two couldn't wait to spend the summer with their family.

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