I hope that everything is making sense, if not do not be afraid to ask and I will try to explain as best I can. I will hopefully be able to start posting new chapters a little bit more regularly, now that I am done with school and back from my trip.
This is starting to come to me a lot faster because I have now gotten to where I want this to head. If it takes a while to post some chapters or there seems to be something missing it will be because I have not figured everything out. I hope that you all continue to enjoy this and remember none of Lucifer belongs to me.
"Why do you want to speak to my daughter?" The pastor asked defensively. He put a hand on her shoulder and pulled her toward him.
When Chloe looked at the girl, she noticed that the girl's eyes never focused on anything, she was blind. Lucifer must have noticed this right away and somehow she guessed that he was looking for a blind person for some reason. She had no idea how a blind girl could help them find Lucifer's mother.
"Oh don't worry, I don't wish to harm her." Lucifer said, while he gave his devilish smile. "Right now I just want to speak with her."
"You said detective, what is going on? My daughter can't help you with anything. She doesn't go out much." The pastor leaned in toward his daughter, "Honey why don't you go to the fellowship room and get something to eat, Mrs. Lang can get you something."
"No I'm actually here just to aid my partner, he is a consultant for the LAPD, and he needs you daughters help on a case that is separate for the LAPD," Chloe answered with a more assuring smile. "We do not mean any harm or disrespect."
"Dad let me help if I can, they have probably heard of me and think that I can help. Some people here have loose lips and may have spoke of me in public and they might not know the full truth. Let me just explain it to them and they will understand that I can't help them if they know everything, instead of just turning them away. They may find faith and join," The girl had pulled out of her father's grasp and had placed a hand on his arm. He slowly realized that what she was saying was true and that he was being a little unreasonable and overprotective. "Who knows God works in mysterious ways."
At that comment Lucifer snorted and mumbled, "He stopped caring long ago."
At that comment he got the pastors attention and the girl's expression changed from eager to help, to confused, to eager to help again. It was fast enough that unless you were watching her face the whole time you would not have noticed, but Lucifer's eyes had never left her face, "What did you say?" The pastor asked.
Lucifer sat down in a nearby pew stretched out his legs, looked the pastor straight in his face and answered, "My Father stopped caring about me since he cast me out and you humans, after you all killed his precious son, who for some reason didn't blame you at all. For some reason he claimed that you didn't know what you were doing, but I was there watching, those people knew what and who they were killing, they just didn't want to accept it."
Lucifer had started to go on a rant and Chloe was worried about what he was saying, it wasn't making any sense to her, "Lucifer calm down."
"I will do what I- oh sorry Detective. I guess I got a little carried away. No love lost between me and the Big Guy," Lucifer stood up and straightened his jacket. "Now can we talk?"
"Yes, why don't we go into my father's office," the girl turned around and started walking to the front and then turned at the last moment to the left, if she hadn't she would have ran straight into the alter and headed straight toward a door. Her father, the pastor, was still looking confused at Lucifer as if he couldn't decide as to who this man really was. "Are you coming?" the girl called as she opened the door and headed inside.
"Lucifer lets go," Chloe grabbed Lucifer by the elbow and started to lead him to the door, once he got moving she let go of his arm. "What was all that about?" Chloe whispered.
"Just something the girl said made me annoyed. They always blame me for everything and always give the credit to my Father. It bugs you after a while," They got to the office and sat down on either side of the girl who was sitting in the middle of a couch that looked very well used.
"I am sorry about my father; he is a little overprotective because of my blindness. He means well."
Chloe was the first to speak, "So miss..."
"Oh my goodness where are my manners, My name is Iva Stone and my father is Tom."
"Gift from God, naturally."
"What?" Chloe asked confused.
"Her name, it means gift from God."
"You knew that right off the top of your head?"
"Yes, I have been around for a very long time I know what every name means, mine means light bringer, yours means fresh blooming, Beatrice's name means bringer of joy. Now Iva, why do think someone told about you? What do you think that they said and what do others know about you?" Lucifer had talked to Chloe kind of jokingly about the meanings of names, but grew very serious when he talked to Iva.
"I mean you are here because you think I can give you a message from a loved one who died, right?"
"No, Iva I know what you really see. Why would I think that?"
"Well, when I had my first, well I don't really know what they are but I call them visions. When I had my first vision it was at night in my sleep. I saw a man die, he was talking to someone else, well it looked like he was. I can only see, I can't hear anything. The man who died was in front of another man and wanted him to hand the gun to him, he was talking and the other man's face sort of went blank and his arm started to lower, then right when it looked like he was about to had the gun over he pulled the trigger, and the other man stumbled back and fell to the ground, he looked up at the other man standing above him and tried to grab something out of the other man's hand, but it was just out of reach. I then woke up. The-"
"Wait," Chloe interrupted. "What did the two men look like?"
"The one who died looked very tall, he had dark brown probably black hair, it was very dark there. He had black eyes it seemed like, no facial hair and an incredibly nice expensive looking suit. The killer had reddish colored hair and was shorter than the other. He had sideburns and a really gross mustache, why do you ask?"
Chloe and Lucifer just looked at each other, Chloe looked really freaked out while Lucifer started to smile, "How are you smiling right now?
The girl turned her head a little toward Chloe but looked right past her, "Please don't freak out, I don't know what they are but they can't be bad. Probably crazy dreams and day dreams that just get a little out of hand." At her last comment she places a hand on Chloe's who freaks out and jumps up and starts to pace the room.
"Freak out? How can I not freak out and you, you are sitting there with a huge smile on your face when she describes exactly what you and Malcolm look like and exactly how he shot you. How do I not freak out upon hearing that and how are you not freaking out?"
"Wait, you were shot? But... but in my dream I saw you bleed out... Wait no!" Iva then scooches to the other side of the couch, with a look of horror on her face.
"Oh now don't be scared, I'm actually here to help my Father and save you. Everyone gets me wrong thanks to Him and I really don't appreciate it. Now calm down and tell me the rest of the story, you can skip the visions for now. You can tell me about them later."
Iva looked terrified, "How do I know that I can trust what you are saying, after all you are the father of lies."
"That is something that my Father cooked up, I actually never lie, my brothers have, I just tend to stretch the truth, tell you part of the truth, promise things with very precise wording. That sort of thing."
What he said tended to ease Iva a little bit, Chloe had calmed down a little bit too, since Iva could not see her hearing was very good, when she was telling them about her first dream Lucifer's heart rate seemed pretty even, but the detective's rose very high and it had now lowered to a rate that was a little above normal, "The next time I had a vision it was this morning during church. I'm told that I passed out. Someone called 911 and the service was cut short, before I left father said that he would be back at two to finish the sermon if I was alright. The doctors checked me out and said that I was fine maybe just a little dehydrated. I was given an IV and told that if anything like this happens again to let them know. I haven't told my father what I saw. It's too bad to say."
"Let me guess, the death a six men all killed in different way, all horrible forms of torture."
"Yes, how did you know?"
"Because we got back from that crime scene not to long ago," Chloe managed to say. She was looking from Lucifer to the girl to Lucifer again. She was so confused and did not understand what was going on and was not entirely sure that she wanted to understand it all. Thinking about all of this made her head hurt.
…...
"So everything that I am seeing is real?" Iva looked at Lucifer, scared. "So you are here to do what with me?"
"Save you," Lucifer answered, reaching out and taking her hand. "My mother wants to use you for bad, I am doing what my father wants by sending her back to her prison and to do that I need your help."
"How am I to help? I'm just a girl."
"No you are much more than that, you are her seer," Lucifer expected her confused look. "You were created for her use, the visions would not happen unless she escaped from her prison. If she had not escaped you would have lived a normal life, except for being blind. That is how I knew that you were the seer, they have to be blind. I need to protect you so that my mother cannot use you. I can do that by taking away your visions, that way you will be of no use to her."
Iva leaned in closer to Lucifer, "Can you really do that?"
"Yes of course, her seers need to be blind, all we have to do is give you your sight back and then you..."
"Wait I need to get my sight back? But I have gone my whole life like this, how can I just give up a part of who I am?" Iva stood up and moved her way around her fathers desk, opened a cabinet and pulled out an old tattered jacket, "This was my mother's. She died when I was born, I never got to see her and she never got to see me. I don't know if I want to be able to see and not be able to ever see her."
Chloe had recovered her composure and almost forgot about what the conversation had been about because her mothering instincts had kicked in when Iva had become distressed. Chloe went over to Iva and put a hand on her shoulder, "I understand how you are feeling, but there must be a photograph of your mother that you can see so that you can at least know what she looks like. I know that it will be hard, but wouldn't you like to experience so many new things that you have never been able to experience?"
"I guess that you are right. I will have to talk to my father first and explain what is going on and see what he thinks. This is to important a decision to make without him."
"I understand, Iva," Lucifer said as he stood up. "Talk it through with him, I own Lux, so when you decide send someone to come and get me. Mum cannot enter holy places, so do not leave the church grounds. She will find you and it will be the end of the world as we know it."
Lucifer walked towards the door and gestured for Chloe to follow him, but before the left the room Iva had one last thing to say, "Why are you helping me? I mean don't you hate your father and do everything to spite him?"
Lucifer smiled, "Normally I would, but I made him a promise when I died and I never go back on my word. So I am his good little devil and am doing what I believe he wants me to do and that is keeping you safe and bringing my mum back to where she belongs." With that he and Chloe headed out of the church.
Chloe had know idea what was going one. It was like those two had their own little conversation to confuse her even more, "Lucifer." Chloe said as she stopped on the top of the stairs leading to the street. "Have you met that girl before?"
"Why detective, what would ever give you that idea? Do you just assume that everyone we encounter who I use my power on I have already met?"
"She didn't have any attraction towards you or told you any secrets." Chloe said now entirely confused.
"No, she didn't, I wonder if that is because she is mother's seer or because she is blind, I have never encountered a blind person before. I think I will need to perform some experiments when this is all over." Lucifer said mostly to himself, but loud enough for Chloe to hear. "Well now I just need to wait until she agrees to get her site back or try to figure out a way to take her visions away without her gaining her site. I will have to task Maze on that."
"Lucifer why don't you just find your mother and talk to her. If she really was in prison like you were before you came here why do you want to send her back there so fast. Didn't she escape just like you?" Chloe asked as they headed down the steps and got into her car.
"She did some unforgivable things and I wasn't a prisoner there I could come and go as I please, it's just my brother's think that I should just stay there and never leave and I have no intention of going back." Lucifer didn't say anything else on the subject the whole way back to Lux. When ever Chloe tried to talk about his mom, or his life before he came to L. A., or what the prison was like and why he left, he managed to change the subject with grace.
Chloe know that he would talk to her about that part of his life because of some traumatic event, but she hoped that if he wouldn't talk to her about it than hopefully he would talk to Linda about it. She hoped that maybe some time in the future Lucifer might trust her enough to tell her the truth about him and confide in her.
When they got to Lux there was a lady waiting against a wall wearing a beautiful dress and when Lucifer saw her he instantly stiffened and grabbed the arm rest with such force he cracked the plastic, he didn't even realize it, he was purely focused on that lady.
"Chloe, when you park we are going straight into the building, no talking to anyone, no matter what anyone says to us we are going straight inside. Understand?"
"Lucifer what is-"
"UNDERSTAND?" Lucifer looked straight into her eyes with a desperation in them that she had never seen before.
"Y-Yes, I understand, Lucifer. Whatever you say."
"Good." He seemed to relax a little bit, but Chloe could still tell that he was really anxious for some reason, "You can just pull up and we can get out right by the door, my valet will park your car for us."
Lucifer was out of the car before Chloe had even stopped the car, he was on her side of the car in no time and when she got out and handed the keys to the valet he took her elbow and ushered her inside as fast as he could. "Can you at least tell me what is going on? Who is that woman who got you all on edge?"
"Oh her? No need to worry about her, just never talk to her or go near her." Lucifer casually explained while her lead her straight to the bar. "Maze!" Lucifer ordered, and she showed up and poured them both a drink, Lucifer's seemed to be exceptionally full.
"Why not?"
"Because she is insane and believes that I still care about her even after what she did." Lucifer drank the whole glass and slammed it down on the counter and Maze instantly refilled it.
"So who is she?"
"My mother."
Chloe laughed at that, and Lucifer looked taken aback at Chloe's outburst, "Oh Lucifer, I'm sorry but she can't be your mother."
"And why in the me not?" Lucifer countered staring straight at her.
"She looks as old as you, she can't be old enough to be your mother!"
"Wait Chloe saw your mother? Where?" Maze asked Lucifer looking a little worried.
"Outside the club."
"I'm on it," and with that Maze left the club and headed outside.
"Look Chloe, she is my mother, and you must never talk to her, under and circumstances. If she knows about our relationship she will use it against me and that can lead to horrible outcomes, mostly one you and your daughter. She will use you and your family to get to me and I can't let that happen. Don't come back here until I have her taken care of. I might have to take a break from working with you. I just can't risk anything happening to you or your spawn."
"Okay," Chloe realized how concerned Lucifer was and that he was not joking he was serious, and if he thought that she or her daughter would get hurt than it was a possibility and she needed to take his word for it no matter how crazy she thought it was. She had seen him do some incredibly crazy things.
Chloe left out of the back exit and took the long way home, when she got home she paid her babysitter and went and checked on Trixie who was asleep. For some reason she was worried about Lucifer and wished that she could be with him and actually talk to him and help him figure all of this out.
She must be going crazy because under circumstance would sane Chloe care about a man like Lucifer. What was even weirder was he was the last person she thought of when she fell asleep that night.
I'm sorry that it has taken me so long to post a new chapter. This summer has been a whole lot busier than I thought that it was going to be.
I know that Lucifer season two is coming out in a month so I was thinking of how this story could go one of two ways. I could either make this flow into the season two plot and then pick it up after season two, or I could just turn this into my own story. I am leaving it up to you guys and your responses will base how the rest of the story goes.
I hope that you are all enjoying this and that you keep giving me feedback.
I know for sure that Lucifer will reunite with his mom in the next chapter and Amenadiel and Linda will be in it too.
