Hello, hello! Apologies for the overdue update! Thank you all for bearing with me! Here's the final chapter. Hope you like, and you know the drill! Reviews good, flames back off!
Previously on "Returning the Favor":
"CHLOE!" Lucifer roared as the energy ball hit its target. He turned to his brother standing beside him and begged him to do something. The archangel then charged toward Asanashia, ready to deliver a well-placed punch, but she was too fast. The vampiress jumped high into the air, using her large wings to keep her balanced in mid-air. She then landed gracefully onto the ground as the smoke cleared, revealing an unconscious detective lying on the concrete.
Lucifer's eyes went wide with fear as he saw Chloe's unconscious body lying on the concrete rooftop. I lost her. I have lost her forever. He thought as his face streamed with tears and dropped to his knees, misery spreading through his veins. The former Lightbringer had hoped that with the help of Amenadiel, he could save the detective from the vampiress. How wrong he was.
Asanashia watched the scene unfold with grim satisfaction, her hands on her hips. That'll teach him to hurt the woman he loves. The vampiress thought. "How does it feel, Morningstar, to lose the one thing that you cared about with every fibre of your being?" Asanashia asked the broken Devil before her with a sneer. The King of Hell looked up at the vampiress, fresh tears of anguish streaming down his face.
"She didn't deserve to die!" He raged. "She didn't deserve to die," He whispered. "I love her." The vampiress scoffed at his words and said, "If you love her, then why did you disappear without a single word after you saved her life? Why did you return to Los Angeles two weeks later married to an exotic dancer named Candy?" Lucifer stiffened at Asanashia's questions. He wanted nothing more than to tell the detective the truth, but it might do her more harm than good. Then again, I've already lost her, might as well let the cat out of the bag. Lucifer mused sadly. "I left Detective Decker because I needed some time to think." He said.
The vampiress raised an elegant eyebrow. "Think about what?" The fallen angel paused as the heartbreak resurfaced with a vengeance. "What we had wasn't real. It was all a set-up, a manipulation by my parents. I married Candy as part of my plan to find out what my Mother is scheming." Asanashia didn't reply, and so the former Prince of Darkness continued. "I wanted Chloe to have a better life. With someone other than me. I'm a monster. Everything I touch, I destroy. She was, is, much too good for that. I'd rather suffer through the pain and heartbreak rather than see her live a miserable life with me." Lucifer finished, bowing his head low.
The vampiress chuckled as she heard the words leave the Devil's mouth. These two deserve each other. She thought. Asanashia then kneeled down and whispered in the detective's ear, "You can get up now." Chloe stirred as she opened her eyes. The detective then slowly got up and stood to face her partner. "You're alive!" Lucifer exclaimed, relief and shock washing over him. Realisation then hit him as his face became flushed with embarrassment. "How much did you hear?" Chloe cleared her throat and said, "Enough. You love me?" She asked quietly. Her partner gave her a small nod, his face still red as a tomato.
"Oh my God! Just kiss and make up already!" Asanashia groaned. The detective didn't need to be told twice as she ran toward her partner at top speed, burying herself in his arms. "You gave me a taste of my own medicine, Chloe Jane Decker. I guess I deserved that for what I did to you and our partnership." Lucifer said to the beautiful creature in his arms. The detective laughed and said, "Just don't do it again, Lucifer. You are not the monster that people say you are. You are a good man with a good heart, and I love you for that. Don't ever say that you are not worthy because you are. Promise me that whatever we face, we will face it together." The Lord of Hell gasped at Chloe's confession of love for him before letting out a soft chuckle, agreeing to the detective's terms. He then made a vow to himself that he will never abandon his Chloe ever again.
The vampiress, seeing that her work is done, took the happy moment as her cue to leave. Before she took flight, she heard the detective call her name. "Thank you for your help, Asanashia. I'll never forget this." Asanashia gave the detective a toothy smile and said, "No need to thank me, Detective Decker. Just do me a favour and keep an eye on that handsome partner of yours. He may be a pain in the arse, but he's a keeper." The detective nodded as the vampiress spread her wings and took toward the pre-evening sky.
"Looks like I have an admirer," Lucifer said with a wide grin, watching Asanashia fly off into the distance. "Think she'll be interested in a threesome?" He asked. Chloe slapped his arm in response. "Just making a joke, Darling. I don't want anyone else but you." He said, his eyes filled with love and sincerity. Chloe smiled lovingly at him as she reached up, brought his head down and kissed him with all the love she has.
The End!