Sorry for the long silence. Life just kept getting in the way of writing new chapters. Now, with only hours to go until 'Lucifer' returns onto our screens, I've finally found a bit of time to progress this. Hope you like it. I know that Lucifer will show up with a wife in tonight's episode but I really want our two babies to get back together without another woman getting involved in my story so no Candy.

Dan gave Chloe a quick hug after closing the rear door to his car. Chloe blew another kiss at her daughter and whispered 'Thank you again!' in Dan's direction. As she watched them drive off, she couldn't help but feel grateful. Dan had really been incredibly helpful these past two months ever since she'd been released from hospital. He had asked a few questions about Lucifer's disappearance but when she had told him that he had gone away due to a family emergency but that she didn't feel like sharing more details with him, Dan hadn't insisted and agreed to take Trixie as often as he could so that she could join Lucifer whenever possible. That is how he had phrased it and in the current situation Chloe had thought it best not to complicate matters and had not corrected Dan's assumptions. But while Dan and Trixie thought that she was joining Lucifer over the weekend (this was the third time in six weeks that this charade took place) she would spend all of the weekend tucked away in Amenadiel's office trying to find clues regarding miracle children such as herself.

While Maze was out there using her tracking skills to find a trace of her former master, Amenadiel was helping Chloe with his books. So far, research in Amenadiel's eclectic book selection had allowed them to establish that at any time in human history several dozens if not hundreds of children were conceived due to divine intervention. Mostly, the angel Gabriel seemed to have been in charge of blessings. Very often, these children would grow up to work serving others, people with a highly developed social conscience and sense of justice. In short, they were people prone to doing good deeds, selfless 'to a nauseating degree' in Lucifer's words and -most probably- more resistant to the Devil's charms.

Amenadiel had been trying to contact his brother Gabriel but so far he had not been successful. Chloe still struggled with the concept of prayer but she had caught herself sending Gabriel messages in her head these past few weeks. As Chloe pulled up outside the building that housed both Linda's and Amenadiel's offices, she couldn't help but feel that this was all taking too long. They hadn't found a single trace of Lucifer, they hadn't found any other miracle children, they hadn't been able to reach Gabriel. Just then, Chloe saw the red convertible. 'Great, Mama Morningstar is here' she whispered to herself as she locked her car behind her. She had never really liked Charlotte and now that she knew that the Goddess of all Creation had taken over that human body, that she was in fact Lucifer's mother, she liked her even less. Still, she did seem truly worried about her son (too little, too late!) and had offered her help several times over the last two months.

Chloe knocked gently at Amenadiel's door. Rather than just telling her to come in, as he usually did, Amenadiel opened the door a few inches and looked out, suspicion writ large on his face.

'Oh, it's you!' he said as he grabbed Chloe by the arm and pulled her into the office, shutting the door behind him. Charlotte was sitting on the sofa, giving Chloe what felt like a fake smile.

'What's going on?' Chloe asked as she rubbed her upper arm. Amenadiel didn't usually touch her but she hadn't expected him to handle her so forcefully.

'Did I hurt you?' Amenadiel asked as he realized what she was doing.

'Well, you might have given me a bruise. What's wrong? Why are you so tense?' Chloe asked in return.

'Maze just called twenty minutes ago' Charlotte chipped it. Again, she didn't seem too happy about that.

'And?' Chloe tried not to sound too impatient.

'And she had a visit. An apparition from Gabriel just under an hour ago.' Amenadiel sounded worried.

Chloe's head started spinning and she sat down on the edge of the writing desk. Gabriel was on earth, he had talked to Maze. Perhaps they were getting somewhere!

'And what did Gabriel say?' Chloe asked, trying not to get her hopes up too much. There always seemed to be a hidden agenda where Lucifer's family was concerned.

'He gave Maze the address of another miracle child. She's supposed to get this person today and bring him to L.A. for 11 a.m. tomorrow. Gabriel said he would get Lucifer. But then he disappeared before Maze could ask any more questions.'

Lucifer. In L.A. Tomorrow at 11 a.m. Chloe took a deep breath, struggling to keep her emotions at bay.

'Isn't that a good thing? Gabriel can explain about miracle children like myself - that we have free will, right?' she managed to ask and she didn't care anymore that she sounded really needy.

'Well, child' Charlotte retorted, disdain clearly audible in her voice. 'If Gabriel is here to help us out, yes, that would be a very good thing indeed. But we don't know why he's here. He could be here to do his father's bidding and have very different plans for Lucifer. And for Amenadiel and myself, too. It's going to be a long, long night.'

Finally, something that Chloe and Charlotte could agree on: it was going to be a long, long sixteen hours until 11 a.m. the next morning.