Chapter Four: War?

Lucifer watched as his brother turned to look around again, still confused, half fascinated by what he was seeing half lost. He asked again.

"Where are we? This is not the Silver City." That seemed to break the spell Lucifer was in, caused by his twin walking around him again, and with his inhuman speed, he was in front of Michael pushing him against his Sumerian wall.

"Lucifer!" Different cries of his name followed his action. But he didn't care.

"Of course, we are not, Michael." He pressed his brother harder against the wall. Michael blinked in surprise and frowned, even more confused.

"Samael, what are you doing?" Hearing Michael calling him like that again brought back memories Lucifer fought hard to forget.

"Do not call me that!" The Devil said angrily, eyes flashing slightly silvery. "That's not my name anymore, and you know it!"

"What are you talking about?" Confusion, mixed with frustration, could be heard in Michael's voice. "You are Samael, my twin."

Lucifer laughed bitterly. "I'm Lucifer, the Devil, Michael. Don't feign ignorance, you were the one that threw me out like garbage."

"What in the name of Dad are you blabbing about?" Michael seemed to have had enough and pushed Lucifer with all his strength, sending the other Archangel stumbling backward. "Lucifer is your title, what are you saying?"

Lucifer growled. "Don't play with me, Brother."

"I'm not playing with you, Twin," Michael said calmly.

Lucifer's rage increased tenfold and he came charging on his brother, the other Archangel swiftly dodged his younger brother and lifted his hands signaling peace and that he wouldn't reciprocate. Lucifer growled in frustration and glared at his older brother.

"Do not dare act like nothing happened, Michael. I'm not your twin per se for eons now. You broke that connection when you threw me down that cliff." Once again, he was walking to his brother, ready to punch him this time.

"Eons? What are you talking about? We've been training combat with spears just yesterday!" Michael said with clear distress in his voice. But what made the Devil stop mid-step was the allusion of spear training with Michael. It was something he did often, train with Michael, way before his fall.

"That was eons ago, Michael." The one that spoke this time was Amenadiel. The eldest approached his second youngest brother and placed a comforting hand on Michael's shoulder. "What is the last thing you remember?" Amenadiel frowned, worried at the implications of what that could mean.

Michael blinked and looked down at his feet, a small smile on his lips.

"Samael and I were planning in pranking Uriel again. We misplaced all his Pieces of Patterns again, and we even hid one under his nose." He chuckled at the end as he remembered it.

Lucifer remembered that. He could still see Uriel's mad face and he still remember how he made him and Michael put everything precisely where they should be.

"This was before my Fall…" The Devil said absentmindedly. A cold came running down Lucifer's spine and he looked at Michael with wide eyes. That couldn't be possible…

His train of thought was interrupted by a gasp, and the three brothers looked around to see the humans observing them. Linda was the one that made the noise, she rose from her seat and looked at Michael with clinic eyes.

"I don't know if this is even possible… But, I think M-Michael" she stammered when she spoke his name "is suffering from Amnesia."

Lucifer could tell that much too because he could see the surprised face of Michael as he looked at the humans both fascinated and horrified. It wasn't an acting or a lie. If he wasn't so confused about how to feel, he would have laughed at his brother's face.

After Linda's assessment of the situation, Michael switched to a language they could barely comprehend, his accent disappearing completely while he was frantically speaking. Amenadiel was answering him as calmly as he could, considering all the situation, his accent also disappearing. Lucifer walked to his bar again and was drowning himself with one of his fancy Scotch bottles, time or other he would also speak in that strange language, his accent also completely gone.

Maze, despite being seated, had a battle stance, never taking her eyes from Michael while playing with one of her demon blades, her eyes were ferocious and her mouth was on what seemed to be a permanent snarl. Linda has seated once again, watching with worry the three celestial beings discussing in that strange tongue.

"What language is that?" Ella finally asked. Dan hummed also curious, however, too tipsy to formulate a coherent phrase. Chloe had taken his cup and bottle away, all of them should be sober enough for all of that.

"Enochian, or Celestial language, if you prefer." Maze answered. Their mother tongue, it was implicit in her words.

"Can you understand it?" Chloe asked, her eyes never leaving Lucifer's back. She could see how tense he was, torn between anger and confusion.

"No. Too angelic for my kind." Maze answered with an edge in her voice. She finally turned around to look at the three members of the LAPD. "You are all taking it so well."

Chloe looked back at the demoness and smiled. "Well… We are still in shock, but we know you for a while now. It will be stupid of us take in consideration others' words more than what we know about you." She answered sincerely. Dan and Ella nodding to confirm Chloe's words.

Some tension on Maze's shoulders gave away, and one of her rare sincere smiles graced her lips. "Good to hear. I like you too much to see you running away." She said seriously, but at a higher tone coming from the celestial beings she turned her attention back to Michael.

The discussion between the brothers also attracted the attention of the other humans, they seemed to be fighting again, Lucifer's voice increasing in volume as he pointed at Amenadiel and Michael. Chloe not even noticed when she rose from the couch and walked to where Lucifer was, her hand gently touching his chest, attracting his attention to her.

"Shh, Lucifer… I know it's hard but fighting them now won't solve anything." She said soothingly, his brown eyes glued to her blue-greyish ones.

Michael was watching that interaction with a confused frown. How Samael stopped mid-sentence when she touched him, how his eyes softened when he looked down at her, how his belligerent posture melted away. All because of a female human. How odd, he thought.

"Detective…" Lucifer mumbled, and Chloe smiled when she heard his accent again, that one she grew accustomed to.

For more apologetic Amenadiel was, he interrupted the duo clearing his throat to call their attention. He succeeded receiving an apologetic smile from Chloe and a death glare from Lucifer. Ignoring his youngest brother, he turned to explain to the others.

"We explained to Michael, in the best way, what happened the last few eons, and where he is and when. What we can't quite figure out is what happened to him that led to his loss of memories." He said seriously. Amenadiel also had to hold a smile when he noticed that the Devil and the Detective didn't move their positions. "Like I was explaining before Luci lost his temper," Lucifer snorted, but the eldest just ignored him "a few weeks prior, Lucifer and I felt a call. A call to war. And Lucifer refused to investigate…"

"I won't bloody answer His calls anymore, Amenadiel. Don't even dream of it!" Lucifer interrupted, his tone gaining his previous angriness. Chloe placed her hand on his arm this time, successfully calming him down again.

Amenadiel ignored his brother and kept talking. Michael was still watching his twin's interaction with the woman with open curiosity.

"So, I suppose something indeed happened, and Michael came down to look for us. But he doesn't remember anything…"

"He can go back from where he came from and maybe bring you with him to that boring, uptight place for all I care. Something good can come up from this, I will get rid of both of you at once." The Devil signaled at the two in a dismissive way.

"Lucifer!" Chloe hissed and slapped his arm, receiving a yelp of pain from the Archangel. Michael raised his eyebrow at that. "You should help them, something might be happening in… Heaven." She hesitated at the end.

Lucifer looked at Chloe with an empty glare and said simply. "No."

"Twin" Michael started, and Lucifer's eyes snapped back at his direction with a warning in them. "… Lucifer, if that's your wish, I will be gone…" His voice was the same as Lucifer's, but his accent was without all that affectation so common in the Devil's speech.

"Yes, that's my wish... For you to disappear from my sight." Michael flinched at the harsh voice of his twin.

Before Chloe could lecture Lucifer again, Michael unfurled his wings. His pair was as wide as Lucifer's, silver-metallic feathers glinting at the light coming from outside. All the humans gasped in awe at another beautiful pair of wings, eliciting a snort from the Devil. With his head bowed down, the Archangel of War flapped once to position himself in the air, fluctuating above the ground, and with another powerful flap of his wings, he disappeared for a brief second before reappearing again with confusion written on his face.

"What? Forgot something?" Lucifer asked with a mocking tone while pointing at Amenadiel.

Michael looked at his twin and with a worried expression, he said. "I can't enter the Silver City plane."

Lucifer locked his eyes with his twin's and with lack of expression on his face he declared.

"Lovely"

After another fight broke between the brothers in Enochian, Linda intervened and with resolution, she decided that she, Amenadiel and Maze (the latter more because she didn't want to lose sight of Michael) would stay with Lucifer's twin. The rest would be back to the precinct to analyze the evidence of the case to see if Lucifer would recognize something.

They only had to make a stop at one burger joint to grab so food for the humans, and also to be sure Dan would be sober enough before they finally entered the police station.

As soon Lucifer stepped out of the car the police officers that were stationed outside tensed, hands flying to their service weapons. The Devil snorted and ignored all of them while the humans in his company started to talk with them.

Why should he care? It was his Dad's fault humans were like this to him. That stupid bad PR, just because to humans it's important to have some sort of enemy for everything. As if he could be any match for his Dad, he rolled his eyes at the stupidity of the men that wrote that wretched book. One thing he was sure was that his half-brother was probably still rolling his eyes at everything those people wrote in that supposedly sacred book.

When he finally stepped outside the elevator he saw each human stop in their tracks and look at him with varying levels of fear. He snorted again and made the way he always did, being followed by the others. He loved being the center of attention, but not like that. Never like that.

One officer, a small Latina woman came forward and threw water on his face, making him yelp in surprise.

"Bloody Hell!"

Dan came forward worried while putting himself between the crowd and Lucifer while the Devil dried himself.

"Ramirez, what…" But he was interrupted by the irritated voice of the Devil.

"Holy Water, seriously? What did you expect to happen? Should I start boiling or something?" he asked the woman with heavy sarcasm in his voice, while she shrunk under his glare. "I can enter a church, I can touch crosses and other holy objects, and nothing you humans created in your fables about me and my supposed weaknesses are true. The Anti-Christ does not exist. And if I ever want to have a child, they won't be a beast that wants to destroy your world. So, no, Holy Water doesn't hurt me, and I definitely can't be exorcised." He passed his hands in the damp part of his suit. "You just ruined my new Armani. Now that we are settled, can I go work on my brother's crime scene? Good." The officers opened a path for him to pass, and fuming Lucifer walked to Ella's lab.

"Lucifer!" Marcus Pierce's strong voice came from the door of his office.

Lucifer stopped and sighed exasperatedly.

"What now?" He turns around to glare at the blue eyes of the Lieutenant.

"A word. Now."

The Devil was tempted to break Cain's neck and see all Officers shit their pants when the apparently dead Lieutenant rise and set his neck back in place like it was nothing. But those human minds can take so much. So, he complied.

"Miss Lopez, if you could move on with the analyses while I talk to our dear Lieutenant, I will be back in a few."

With a nod, Ella scurried away to her laboratory and Dan and Chloe watched Lucifer walk to Pierce's office. A deep silence followed as soon the door closed behind the Devil, but it didn't last long because soon they were surrounded by Officers demanding answers.

Chloe glared at her co-workers and silenced them with one single word, making a lot of the men and women look down at their feet.

"Now that you stopped this unnecessary persecution," she said pointedly "I would like you all to remember that this is Lucifer, our strange civilian consultant. He helped us all, and we have the record of crime solution because of him, he did a lot for us, more than we could do by ourselves. We are ahead of any other precinct because of him. He never lied to us about who he is, and we will give him the benefit of doubt because we know him. He is not a depiction someone did of him. In our line of work, we are taught to not believe in everything that is told about someone, the same can be applied to the Devil. So, give him a chance, okay?"

Meanwhile, the Devil was oblivious to his friends defending him and setting things right outside Cain's office. He was busy glaring at an obviously pissed immortal.

"What the hell did you had in mind when you revealed yourself in front of half of this precinct?" Pierce hissed.

"I didn't quite have the time to think when Michael's life was at stake." He answered back.

"I guess that is your problem, Lucifer. You don't tend to think, right?" Cain answered with irony.

"Oh, shut up! What would you understand? You bloody killed your own brother." He stabbed where it hurt most.

"So do you!" Pierce answered in kind.

"You…!" Lucifer stepped in front of Pierce, his eyes blazing with a silver light. Cain opened his mouth but closed it at the sight.

"Light-bringer…" Cain mumbled after a few minutes in silence.

Lucifer stepped back, his eyes going back to their usual dark brown ones. He sighed and closed his eyes pinching the bridge of his nose.

"We don't have time for this… It's possible we are in the middle of some kind of celestial war upstairs, Michael is stuck down here, and I need to figure out how to get rid of him." Lucifer deflated completely after he spoke those words, all his anger going away, letting him tired and emotionally drained.

"War?"

"Yes… I'm not sure. I received a war call, but I'm not Dad's soldier anymore, so, I didn't look. It can be anything as far as I know." Lucifer said petulantly, making Pierce roll his eyes. "However, Michael was practically dead when I arrived at the crime scene, and Michael is the best of Dad's soldiers. It makes us raise some brows. And what is worse... He can't go to the Silver City." Part of Lucifer's mask cracked, showing the worry under his composed expression. And at each word that left the Devil's mouth Pierce's expression grew grim. "What I can't understand, because he was almost entering the Silver City when I called him back, and I can feel other souls crossing the plane. Only if…" The Devil stopped, realization crossing his eyes. "Only if they blocked corporeal plane crossings, we can't go up…"

"And nothing can cross down." Marcus finished for Lucifer. Dread clenched both immortals guts as the words settled between them.

When Lucifer and Cain exited the latter's office they noticed the difference in the precinct, everyone had gone back to their work, some even risked giving Lucifer a small smile, but the tension still could be felt in the air. The Devil shrugged and made his way to where Dan, Ella, and Chloe were waiting for them, Pierce following right behind.

"What do you have for me, Miss Lopez?" Lucifer asked while bending at the table to look at the pictures of his brother's crime scene.

Ella speared Pierce a side-way glance but answered the Devil. "Nothing out of the extraordinary. Nothing in the scene was out of place, I'm working on some chemical compounds in the laboratory, but it will take at least three days. I'm also analyzing some DNA we collected at the scene before you arrived. The only things we couldn't quite explain are your brother's wounds." Lucifer nodded at her words.

"They are something I've never seen before" Dan started, pointing at the strange marks that covered the whole of Michael's back. They were strangely shaped, some round others in the shape of half-moons and other strange shapes they couldn't identify. "They look like animal claws, but nothing I have ever seen. Have anything like that upstairs?"

Lucifer frowned while looking at the photos of his brother, Cain approached the table as well, looking intently at the photos.

"No, I've never seen this in my whole existence. These marks are neither Angelic or Demoniac, I've seen enough of those to recognize them on the spot." The Archangel of Desire said with finality. Cain shook his head, also indicating he had never seen anything like those marks.

Chloe sighed. "That's all we have Lucifer. I'm sorry…" She said feeling truly apologetic.

He looked at her and smiled, his features softening.

"It's okay Detective. We tried…" Lucifer shook his head. "Our other alternative is to make Michael remember." He grimaced.

Chloe placed a hand on his arm and squeezed it gently. "You have us now, we will be here for you if you need anything." She smiled gently. "And we will keep looking, maybe something escaped us, and tomorrow, with fresh eyes, we can figure out things."

"Thank you, Detective." He smiled back at her. "If you don't mind, I will feel more assured if you go to my penthouse today. It would be best if you all move in there. If a war is really happening in the Silver City, I prefer to have all of you under my roof where I can protect you. I have enough rooms for all of you." He said seriously. "And besides… I have something to tell you."

"That's not necessary…" Chloe started with a frown.

"I insist." He crossed his arms stubbornly.

And a battle of wits started between the Devil and his Detective, that in the end, the Archangel won when he gave convincing arguments. Just like that Ella, Chloe, Trixie, and Dan, later joined by Linda, Maze and Amenadiel, saw themselves moving in with the Devil.

A/N: Yay, finally! Although I think this chapter is slightly weaker than the others *sigh* Somethings still needed to be cleared before advancing with this story. So, expect a jump in time next chapter, not much, but is necessary for the plot to move.

And also, do expect some Lucifer/Michael moments soon! ;) They have a long way to go.

Thank you for all the support so far! Leave me a comment on what you thought of this chapter and what you expect. Do you wish to know more about the past of the Archangels? How do you think this moving in with the Devil will work?

See you soon! Nath :*

Reviews

AC: I did continue to write hehe I'm glad you liked so far, and I hope you liked this chapter as well. Unfortunately, Michael didn't appear that much, but he will appear more next chapter ;) I'm sorry you had to wait for this one, I was a little bit stuck, but I hope you like it. And thank you for the feedback! I don't mind if you point it out my grammar mistakes, I'm trying hard to fix it, but they usually escape me D:

MakotaTaeny: Welcome to our fandom! 3 I hope you are enjoying :D And I hope my spoilers haven't ruined anything for you ;) And if you feel comfortable you can write your comments in Spanish, I do understand it :D I just don't write or speak it anymore, sadly D: Greetings from Brazil!

luisfilipe032: De fato, grandes mentes pensam igual! Hahaha Que bom que gostou dessa história, foi a primeira fanfic de Lucifer que eu comecei a escrever, mas eu não estava certa de onde ela ia, ai eu escrevi ALMAT hahaha Ai, um belo dia a inspiração bateu e aqui estou, com a fanfic toda planejada xD

Eu mal posso esperar pela sua fanfic, eu quero ler as suas ideias para o passado do Lucifer e o que você tem em mente! Eu também tendo a escrever o que eu quero ler, aí da no que da hehehe Espero que tenha gostado desse capitulo também ;)

Crystalyna du Starrvan: Yeah, I saw. I researched him too to do this fanfic. Hahaha I got inspired by him to some things here. :D Yes, Chloe still has things to tell Lucifer, and she will make him realize he shouldn't have done that.

wazup8523257: Here it's the next chapter. No worries, I'm not quitting :D I'm glad you liked so far :3 I hope you like this chapter as well.

roban05: I'm glad you also liked this one. I hope you enjoyed this chapter too :D