Guardian Devil Lucifer

Chloe and Lucifer didn't get back until it was almost 3 in the afternoon, which was the time they generally stopped the police work for the day. Chloe had a child to get home from school and look after, while Lucifer had a club to run during his nights. The time just fit both their schedules better than getting off at 5.

So, she was kind of surprised they come back at all, instead of just taking the 15 minutes they had left off and doing their own thing.

And then Lucifer looked up, almost as if he could sense her and grinned widely at her. "Miss Lopez, just the Forensic Scientist we need right now."

Chloe looked around and spotted her and waved her over, a frown on her face. "Lucifer's right. You're the best and we need the best for this. It just doesn't make sense."

Lucifer didn't seem to be listening to Chloe at all, his gaze almost laser-like in its focus on her. "It's easy, really. The Detective just won't listen to reason."

Chloe rolled her eyes, and Ella grinned at the two bickering. It was just so...normal. One thing was sure, since the lunch time revelation, Lucifer hadn't changed one bit towards anyone. He must know she had talked to Rae Rae earlier too.

"So, what's the problem?" she asked, looking to Chloe, who seemed to think things were hard.

"It just doesn't make sense! You'll have to check the site itself out tomorrow, because time is up today and Lucifer left his car here as we took mine..."

Lucifer grinned widely at Chloe and shrugged. "Well, I wasn't going to go pick up your spawn with you. And it is doable and easy."

Chloe groaned and shook her head. "But not in the realm of reality, Lucifer. Let it go."

He shrugged and nodded at her. "Okay, this is me letting it go. I'll fill Miss Lopez on what it is while you go collect your child from the Hell you people call school."

Ella laughed at that one because for some, truer words couldn't be spoken. And no one would know more about Hell than the Devil. Well, except maybe Maze, who must be a demon. "Get out of here, Decker. I'm sure I'll hear all about it by the time tomorrow has arrived. Or in five minutes considering how easy Lucifer thinks it is. Go get Trixie from school."

Chloe glanced at her, eyes thankful, as she beat a hasty retreat out the door.

Ella and Lucifer fell into silence as soon as Chloe was gone. Lucifer shifted from one foot to the other, before sighing out loud. "So, we should probably take this to your lab..."

Ella nodded at that. "Oh yeah, this is definitely a lab discussion."

Lucifer nodded and began the short walk to where the lab she spent the majority of her time was. Neither of them said a word on the walk, but that was okay. The silence was oddly comfortable.

"So!" she said out loud, as soon as the door was closed, locked and the blinds drawn. "Not method acting then?"

Lucifer grinned and shrugged. "I did keep telling you I wasn't. It's not my fault you didn't believe me."

Ella nodded at that. "I just don't understand why you didn't just show me, instead of tell me. You knew I'd believe you and that I wouldn't really care. I told you on our first meeting that I thought you would be like...well, you."

He smiled at her, a genuine move that lit up his dark eyes. It's something she had never really seen before. "Yes, yes you did. I suppose I should apologise for that but divinity can sometimes drive people mad. It's why I don't go around flashing my wings or my face or my eyes or...well, any other thing that could prove me either the Devil or an angel."

Ella nodded, glad he was so open with her about it. He had always been pretty open about it. Because she had been told and had gotten a second's peek at Rae Rae's wings, but it was a barely there look. Not enough time to really truly see them in all their glory.

"It scares you, doesn't it? That we could go mad if we see."

He shudders and the smile slipped off his face. "I had to show Linda. I was...going through a rough time late last year. One of my brothers died. It was the first death in the family and it really shook me. She thought I was delusional and I didn't have a fancy pair of wings to flash at her then. So I showed her my face. I thought I had broken her mind. Thankfully I just gave her a really huge scare. She went paranoid for a while too. But she came around in the end and was able to get back to helping me figure out the mess that is humans."

She nodded at him, before reaching out to give him a hug. As usual, he stiffened in her arms, before he relaxed slightly to give her a friendly pat on the back. "Come on, Lucifer. I know you. You're not just in it for the human stuff."

He grimaced. "Okay, no, I have other problems. I also have never hidden that, but she mostly does help me to figure out emotions. There's something about being on Earth to stay that kind of rubs off. Both me and Maze began to feel things like you do. Neither of us was used to it."

Ella nodded at that. "Okay, so angels don't feel like humans?"

Lucifer frowned at her, his head cocked slightly to one side. "I...don't know? I was the only one in Hell and that kind of...well, it's Hell. It changes a person. I mean I remember what I was like before my Fall, but...I can't quite get the feeling to fit to the memory."

"So you remember a happy memory but don't actually feel the happiness?"

He nodded. "Yeah. Emotion doesn't translate through memory unless it is bad."

And that made Ella's heart hurt. Lucifer was so conditioned to negative feelings, he forgot what it meant to feel happy. No wonder Rae Rae wanted her to keep him company. He needed all the happiness he could get and she was very personable, who was very upfront with her modes of comfort and making others happy.

"You must have so many bad memories..." she said more to herself than to him, but he grimaced and nodded anyway.

"You could definitely say that. Did you know there is no music in Hell? All that time and the only time I heard anything close to music was opening a door to someone's cell...and even then, only if it involved music."

And Ella's jaw dropped because Lucifer was a musician at heart. "I can't imagine you not being able to play the piano..." she stated, before pulling him into another hug. This time he was too surprised at the beginning to go too stiff and he seemed to sink into it right after. She'd get him to be a hugger yet.

"Don't worry; we can give you lots of good memories here on Earth."

He chuckled at that, before squirming to let her know he wanted to be let go of. She obliged him, knowing she would push him further away if she kept hold. He looked down at her, a sad smile on his face. "Yeah, you already are."

She frowned. "Then why so sad?"

He shrugged at her, looking away. "You all have such tiny lives, before Rae Rae comes and will drag you all off to Heaven. And then I will have to start over again."

She nodded. "Yeah, starting over sucks, especially after your friends are all being left behind. Making new friends can be hard, but you'll do it. I know you can. Just being you was enough for your friends now, even if none of them believe you're the Devil but me...oh, and Linda, of course."

He groaned. "Seriously, I think trying to find someone to replace her if I am not able to get it still when she's gone is going to be so hard."

Ella hummed her agreement with that. "But hey, now you have me too! And I can try and help. But enough about feelings, what is it that is so unbelievable to Chloe, but not to you on this case?"

Lucifer grinned. "She doesn't believe in angels. The victim was stabbed, that is regular enough. What she doesn't get is why the wound was half healed by the time he died. I found this on the site."

With that said, Lucifer pulled out a long light blue feather, with a white tip. It seemed to glow slightly with power.

"Huh, angel feather. Nice."

Lucifer nodded. "This is one of Raphael's. He basically lives here on Earth and has for a long time. See, he gets human emotions because he has acclimated to them. He's currently serving as a doctor of lungs. Lungs of all things. He must have seen the killer, because the wound was bad and he wasn't able to heal it in time to save the poor man's life."

Ella nodded. "Okay, yeah, angelic healing of the wound, half closing it and making it less like a killer blow. So, I'm guessing we're looking for your brother then?"

Lucifer shrugged. "He'll show up in his own time. Or I will call him here tomorrow. Don't tell the Detective I know he was there or she'll blow a gasket."

Ella laughed at that. "Oh yeah, she would so hit you for that one. Okay, promise. I will let you tell her he's your brother though."

He grinned and nodded happily at that one. "It would be a bit hard to hide that one."

Ella frowned. "Wait, what does he look like?"

Lucifer shrugged. "He takes after Amenadiel. Tall and black, but more with my musculature. He isn't a fighter like Amenadiel is. He's a healer."

Ella nodded. "Yeah, Raphael. I know he's a healer. Does he look younger or older than you?"

"Oh, older. In his Forties older, not like old old."

She snorted at that. "Good to get that cleared up. Okay. So, we'll have to wait for him tomorrow."

Lucifer nodded, before getting up and walking over to the door. "Umm, I'm going to go now. Big night at Lux. Got a Bachelor party tonight to prepare for."

She nodded at that one and grinned. She could just imagine the shenanigans that would go on at a Bachelor or Bachelorette party thrown by Lucifer at his club. "Have fun!"

He grinned at her, and she knew that look in his eyes. Oh yeah, he was definitely going to be having fun the way he liked it tonight.

"Of course, Miss Lopez. You be good. No stealing cars or having unprotected sex. I wouldn't be much good as a Guardian Devil now if you got knocked up by a one night stand now, would I?"

She laughed him out the door with a swift kick to his butt. Trust him to use lewdness to get his message across.

He worried about her and wanted her to stay safe and well.

She also knew if Lucifer hadn't had the party tonight at his club, she'd probably have him with her until she was ready to call it a day. Rae Rae was right. He was going to be clingy until he settled. She was determined to get as much of the clingy time as she could before it went away.

She liked this version of Lucifer.