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Chapter - 6

Family Matters

It had only been five hours since Lucifer's departure from Lux, but as maze sat at the bar nursing a large glass of bourbon, she had found that she was already feeling lonely without him and she'd begun to feel an un-expected amount of dread for his safety building deep with in her. At first, the ninja/demon bartender had been completely happy with her decision to hand over the care of her boss to Chloe, but now, it was as if every instinct Maze had was telling her to grab Lucifer and get him and herself the hell out of dodge, before it was too late.

To maze, it seemed like some unknown form of danger was slowly mounting all around her King with each passing hour. She considered calling Chloe's phone to inquire about Lucifer's well being, but she didn't want to come off as a paranoid mother hen. After all, Lucifer and herself had only just gotten back on full speaking terms, and she didn't want to ruin that.

Maze grabbed the open bottle of bourbon that sat on the bar beside and had started refilling her glass, when a familiar voice remarked with and undertone of kind concern that she hadn't expected to hear, "I never thought I'd see you sitting all alone this late in the evening, Maze." "Well, there's a first time for everything.", the demon bartender stated matter-of-factly, as she finished poring her drink and sat the bottle back down on the bar. Maze turned her head and was un-surprised to find Amenadeil standing in the middle of the room dressed in his divine robes with his six foot wings completely out and on full display.

Maze smiled and remarked with a lively shake of her head, "You might as well put those away. There's nobody around right now for you to try to impress or intimidate." Amenadeil ignored Maze's comment and announced casually, as he slowly walked up to the bar, "I was sent here by our father to give Lucifer an important message. Where is he?" The demon bartender took a deep calming breath, and then replied, as she turned back to her glass of bourbon, "Lucifer's with his pet detective right now." Amenadeil nodded in understanding and then asked wonderingly, "when is he coming back?"

Maze shook her head and replied downheartedly, while taking another swig of her bourbon, "I'm afraid that Lucifer won't be back anytime soon. it seems that the human court system of the state of California has decided to make Detective Decker his legal guardian. Apparently, he has some issues to work through." Amenadeil just stood there and stared at maze for a few moments in mute shock unable to believe his ears. finally, Amenadeil folded his arms and remarked with an incredulous frown, " Please tell me you're joking, Maze." The demon bartender shook her head and replied sincerely, " no. I'm being deadly serious. I'm extremely worried about your brother. Oh, and she's got him on a powerful mind altering drug on top of it."

Amenadeil was quiet for a few long moments, while he considered the news that maze had just given him. He then took a deep calming breath and remarked in annoyance raising his voice an octave or two, ", I find this new development very disturbing, Maze. Our father isn't going to be happy about this at all. I'm surprised that you'd even allow this mortal woman to take Lucifer out of here like that. You're suppose to be the one in charge of his protection, not Chloe. You've broken your sacred vow."

Without warning, Maze picked up a nearby barstool and with all her might hurled it at the angel who easily side stepped the unexpected physical assault. As a result, the bar stool slammed into a far wall with such force that it splintered into firewood, Maze cleared her throat and snarled dangerously, "In case you haven't noticed, asshole, Lucifer hasn't exactly been himself lately. Your brother's been going through hell for the past month. No matter what I tried, I couldn't get through to him. I could barely get him to talk or even leave his apartment for anything. Lucifer became withdrawn and paranoid. He's even deathly afraid of me for your father's sake. Chloe was the only one who was able to regain his trust. So, what in the hell would you have had me do?"

Amenadeil was again silent for a long moment. Finally, the angel allowed his arms to drop to his side and then replied seriously, "I'm going to have to inform our father of this news. I'll be surprised if he doesn't decide to somehow intervene with this so called new arrangement. In the meantime, you had better hope that Lucifer's pet detective is taking very good care of him. Without waiting for a reply, Amenadeil turned around and left the bar, as Maze angry eyes turned towards the floor.

At that moment, detective Chloe Decker stood in front of her kitchen sink cheerfully washing the dishes while she thought back on the highly interesting day she'd just had and was now more convinced than ever that her decision to help her partner work through his psychological trauma had been the right one. The giggling and laughter that she periodically heard coming from the living room had made her heart fill with joy and occasionally made her laugh to herself quietly.

Chloe was just in the process of placing a large plate into the dish rack, when she suddenly heard the running of little feet and then felt a pair of small arms quickly grab her around the waist from behind. The detective look down and found Trixie looking back up at her with a joyful smile. "You've got to save me, mommy. A big bad tickle monster's coming to get me." Before Chloe could say anything, large fingers suddenly started tickling Trixie under her arms causing the little girl to laugh out loud and completely lose her grip. Lucifer pulled the little girl backwards until she was on the floor and began to mercilessly tickle her tummy." "Mommy, help me! The big bad tickle monster's got me!"

The homicide detective grinned and announced casually, "Well, I think that it's time for both of you monsters to start getting ready for bed." Lucifer immediately stopped mid-tickle and then asked with a pout, 'oh, do we really have to?" Chloe smiled and replied with a nod, "Yes, you have to. Trixie has school tomorrow, and you and I have to get up early for work. I promise that the two of you can have some more free time tomorrow night."

After a long moment of awkward silence, Trixie got to her feet and replied happily, "Ok, mommy. Good night, Lucifer." Without another word, Trixie calmly left the kitchen and headed to her bedroom. Lucifer got back to his feet and asked with a smile of child like wonder, "Where will I be sleeping tonight?" Chloe took a deep breath and replied seriously, "I'll be sleeping in my mother's room and you'll be getting the sofa bed."

Lucifer nodded in understanding and remarked in a cheerful voice that to Chloe seemed to have gained a strangely timid undertone, "If it's all right with you, detective; I think that I'll go and grab a quick shower before popping off to bed." Chloe nodded and replied casually, "That's fine, Lucifer. Let me know when you're done, and I'll give Trixie her bath." Lucifer nodded in silent understanding and then left the kitchen. He had only just entered the hallway, when he felt a deep and profound wave of dread suddenly washing over him. Lucifer raised a trembling hand to his chest and leaned against the wall for support as he struggled to get his labored breathing under control and calm himself down.

The night club owner thought about crying out for help, but he didn't want to seem like he was taking advantage of Chloe's hospitality and making her angry, so he remained silent and just continued with trying to stabilize himself. Once Lucifer was sure that he was as calm as he was going to get, he quietly detached himself from the wall and made his way to the upstairs bathroom to get his shower. fifteen minutes later, he walked back down the stairs dressed in nothing but his own bathrobe and found Chloe sitting at her dining table quietly watching the gas station's surveillance video on her laptop computer. Lucifer pulled out a chair and sat down as close to Chloe as he dared.

After a couple of moments of quiet struggling, Lucifer took a deep breath and asked trying to make himself sound perfectly calm, "Is this the surveillance footage of the most recent murder?" Chloe nodded and replied evenly, "Yes, it just started." The homicide detective both went quiet and turned to the computer screen. The surveillance video showed the a 17 year young man walking out into the gas station's parking lot. after a moment, he reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a set of keys that was attached to a key fob and then activated the panic button.

Chloe and Lucifer watched in silent anticipation as the young man smiled and began to walk across the parking lot when a 16 year old girl that they found oddly familiar suddenly appeared right in front of him from out of nowhere. "Oh my God! That's the murder victim we found in that alley the other day. How in the hell did she get on here?" Lucifer just remained quiet and continued to watch as the sixteen year old started talking to the 17 year old as she slowly made her way over to him.

Sadly, there was no sound to the video, so, the two investigators could only guess about the content of the conversation that was being displayed in front of them. They watched as the 17 year old raised a hand to his chest and replied to the new comer's statement. The 16 year old started to talk again as she came ever closer to the un-suspecting young man who's face suddenly seemed to have taken on a mildly confused. The 17 year old gave a response that seemed to Chloe to have taken on the form of a question.

They watched the 16 year old girl start to talk again, as she finally closed the gap between herself and the young man. Without warning, the young girl placed her left hand on the chest of the 17 year old, and Chloe caught her breath as a stream of flames shot out and immediately covered the young mans entire body. After a moment, the flames completely disappeared leaving the 17 year old's body nearly completely naked. The 16 year old girl removed her hand and allowed the now dead 17 year old's body to fall backwards to the ground. The 16 year old then turned her insane grin towards the camera and to Lucifer it seemed like she was looking straight at him.

Chloe stopped the video and for a long moment, there was a stunned and awkward silence between herself and her partner. The Homicide detective cleared her throat and asked with a worried frown, as she turned to Lucifer, "Are you going to be all right?" Lucifer just silently got to his fee and tried to leave the dining room, when his legs suddenly gave way, and he collapsed to the ground in a dead faint.

Within a matter of seconds, Chloe jumped to her feet, and said frantically, as she ran over and knelt down beside the unconscious night club owner, "Come on, Lucifer. You need to come back to me. I promise that I won't let anything hurt you. Come on back to me." After a few intense moments, Lucifer's eyes finally fluttered open, Chloe smile and said with a sigh relief, as she helped her partner get back up onto unsteady feet, "Come on, Lucifer. I think that it's high time for you to be in bed."

She half dragged half carried her partner's trembling body out into the living and then gently helped him to lay down on the sofa bed that she had made up for him during his shower. She gently covered his trembling body with the thick rainbow colored comforter. Lucifer was completely calm and sound asleep within a matter of seconds. Chloe smiled sadly and whispered, as she leaned over the night club owner's sleeping form and gently kissed him on his forehead, "Sweet dreams, Lucifer." Chloe straightened back up and then quietly head to her mother's room to get a good night sleep.

The next morning, Lucifer awoke to find little Trixie sitting beside him on the sofa bed. The sight of the little girl was more than enough to cause the night club owner to shrink back away from her in sudden fear. After a moment, Trixie suddenly got her feet and shouted , as she ran towards the kitchen, "Lucifer's awake and shaking Mommy!" A moment later, Chloe walked out of the kitchen carrying Lucifer's bottle of medication and a bottle of water with Trixie following close behind her. "Why is Lucifer so afraid, Mommy ?", Trixie asked in confusion, as she watched her mother sit down on the sofa bed right beside her partner and open his bottle of medicine.

Chloe cleared her throat and explained calmly, as she took out one of the tiny white pills and handed it and the opened bottle of water over to her partner "Lucifer's very sick right now, monkey. The bad man who tried to take you away from mommy really hurt Lucifer. That's why he's going to be staying here with us for a while. Mommy's going to make sure that Lucifer get's his medicine, and she's going to help him get better." Trixie folded her arms and then declared with an annoyed frown, as Lucifer swallowed both the pill and a mouth full of water, "I want to rip that bad man a new one."

Before the homicide detective could comment, they all heard the sound of a beeping car horn coming from the front yard. Chloe got to her feet and said seriously, and pulled a tan curtain aside and peered out the window "All right, that must be Julia. Monkey, I need you to grab your book bag. You don't want to be late for school." "All right, Mommy.", Trixie replied, as she grabbed her school bag off a nearby inn table. The little girl then threw her arms around Lucifer's neck and whispered confidently, as she gave him a soft butterfly kiss on his forehead, "Don't worry, Lucifer. My mommy's going to make you all better."

Without waiting for a reply, Trixie released the night club owner from her grip and jumped off of the sofa bed. Chloe turned to Lucifer and said, as she gently took her daughter by the hand, "I'm going to walk Trixie to Julia's car. I need you to pull yourself together and get dressed. We have a very important visit to make today." Without another word, Chloe guided her daughter out of the house closing the front door behind her. Lucifer took a deep breath and tearfully got to his feet to complete his task.

An hour later, Lucifer found himself sitting beside Chloe in one of the uncomfortable plastic chairs that had been positioned around a large circular table inside the waiting room of the Los Angeles branch of the California state Department of corrections anxiously waiting for the arrival of Detective Dan Espinosa. During the drive over the night club owner had felt all of his anxiety and sadness melt away until they were no longer present within him. The deep sensation of utter happiness and joy made even more grateful for his partner's existence in his life, and he had no idea how he was going to thank her for all of her help and patients.

The train of thought was suddenly pushed out of his head, by the sight of the opening of the waiting room door. Dan walked into the room and calmly strolled over to the round table quietly taking a seat across from them. For a long moment, there was an awkward silence. Finally, Dan cleared his throat asked with a small smile, "So, how's everything been going with the two of you lately?" Chloe smiled back and replied casually, "Well, Trixie and I have been doing very well, all things considered. Sadly, the same can't be said for Lucifer here." "Really? What's been going on?", Dan asked with an inquisitive frown.

Chloe sighed and explained seriously, "The hell that Malcolm had put Lucifer through has had a tremendously negative impact on him and I've been given temporary guardianship in order to help him get better. He's on powerful medication right now." Dan nodded and then said with a smile of admiration, "I think that's a very sweet thing for you to do, Chloe." After another moment of silence, Chloe took a deep breath and asked curiously, "So, what's been going on with you?"

Dan smiled and replied cheerfully, "Well, believe it or not, I'm actually being treated very well in here. The best thing of all is, I only have one more month to serve and then I'm getting released." Chloe nodded and then announced proudly, "Lucifer was able to talk the Lieutenant into letting you back on the force. So, once you're released, you'll be getting your old rank and job back." Dan looked at Lucifer for a moment in stunned silence.

The detective then smiled and replied gratefully, "Thank you, Lucifer. you've made me a very happy man." Lucifer nodded and said happily, "It was the least I could do, Detective Espinosa . I owed you one." At that moment, Dan got to his feet and said matter-of-factly, "Well, I guess that the two of you really need to get back to work." He then turned to Lucifer and added, "You're definitely going to want to stick with Chloe. If there's anyone who can help you get through you issues, she can. Just be sure not to leave any wet towels on the floor."

Dan then turned around and left the visiting area as the night club owner looked on with a curious smile. He then turned to his partner and inquired wonderingly, "Wet towels?" Chloe nodded and replied with a mischievous smile, as she got back to her feet, "Yeah, it's just a little pet peeve I have. Come on, Lucifer. it high time for us to be getting to work." Lucifer nodded and said as he got back to his and followed her out the door, "Lead the way, Detective."

A/N: I'm just so anxious to hear what you think about this chapter. Did I do really good job of freaking everyone out with the surveillance video or do you think I could of done better with the visual imagery of my narration? It's very hard for me to describe the content of a video that I've never actually scene. If you guys think that there a need for improvement, please let me know. Now, I have a surprise for all of you. what do all of you think that Amenadeil's very important message to Lucifer from their father is going to be? I would really like to hear your ideas.