A/N : I'm so sorry for such a late update. For a very long while I had been unable to get on the internet, and I wasn't exactly sure on the direction that the story line was heading in. I've also been working very hard on my professional novel lately. I wanted to thank all of you for sticking with me for as long as you have. I really do hope that all of you enjoy this chapter. It's going to have a lot of emotion in it, and there will be an appearance from Michael and Dr. Williams will be receiving some unexpected help.

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Chapter 10

All Is Fair In Love And War Part two

Lucifer sat next to Trixie on the sofa bed in Chloe's mother's living room feeling bored and restless, as the two of them quietly watched an episode of tiny toon adventures on television. It had been five days, 7 hours, forty-five minutes and nineteen seconds since the homicide detective had brought him back home from the hospital. To his amazement, the night club owner found that even the combination of Trixie's help and the power boost that he'd received, as a result of his new wings weren't enough to completely wipe out his mental trauma. Lately, Lucifer had found that his anxiety attacks had increased in both intensity and number until it came to the point where he couldn't go a single day without taking one of his pills.

For the past couple of night's, his dreams had been haunted by memories of painful physical and emotional torture so vivid that he would awaken and sit bolt upright in a cold sweat screaming and shaking in pure un-adulterated terror. This would cause Chloe to run into the living room dressed in nothing but her night gown and sit down on the bed beside him . It had become customary for the young detective to take his trembling body into her arms and sing a soothing lullaby, as she preceded to gently rock him back to sleep.

Even his most recent sessions with Linda hadn't been very helpful. Lucifer looked down at his watch and secretly wondered if his life would ever return to normal. The arc angel was suddenly torn from his thoughts by the sound of approaching footsteps and looked up to see Chloe entering the living room carrying an open can of soda. The homicide detective looked back at him and inquired with a worried frown, as she sat down on her mother's magenta colored recliner, "Are you going to be all right, Lucifer?"

The night club owner took a deep breath and replied timidly, "I really don't think that I'm going to be able to sleep tonight, Detective. I really miss Maze and my club. Do you think that I could go back over there for a few nights just to make sure that things are running smoothly?" Chloe gave her partner a thoughtful smile. She found the pleading look in his eyes so endearing that she couldn't get herself to say no to his heart felt request. As far as she was concerned, the fact that he wanted to spend anytime at all with Maze was a clear sign that his mind was finally beginning to heal.

After a few moments of silence, Chloe finished off her can of soda and announced seriously, 'All right. I'll let you go out on three conditions. 1) Make sure that you take your pills on time. 2) Stay away from the liquor. 3) If you start feeling weird for any reason what-so-ever, you're to call me immediately. Am I completely understood?" Lucifer thought about it for a moment and then replied with a smile and a nod of agreement, "Your terms are very acceptable, Detective."

Chloe smiled back and asked seriously, "When does Lux open?" Lucifer looked down at his watch and replied casually, "Oh, I'd have to say in about another hour or so." The youthful homicide detective nodded in understanding and announced decisively, "Then that means you need to start getting ready. Go ahead and grab a quick shower while I help Trixie get dressed." The little girl suddenly bolted off the sofa bed and inquired with a smile, as she began jumping up and down excitedly, "Wow! Can I say hello to Maze, Mommy?" Chloe nodded and replied calmly, "Yes, Monkey. You get to say hello to Maze."

Detective Decker expertly parked her car alongside the front entrance of the Lux night club and marveled at the long line of people who were standing in front of the well paid bouncer eagerly waiting to get inside the thriving building. Chloe smiled and said in amazement, as Trixie, Lucifer and herself got out of the car and then closed the doors, "I admit that it's been awhile, but I don't remember seeing quite so many people here. It seems that business has really picked up." Lucifer nodded in agreement and replied proudly, as he leaned over and lifted Trixie into his arms, "That's my Mazy."

At that moment, the demon/ninja bartender was busily pouring drinks for customers, when she looked over to her right and noticed Chloe leading Lucifer down the short staircase that descended from the building's side entrance, but the one detail that really caught her eye was the fact that her boss seemed to be carrying her new little friend Trixie in his arms. Maze poured herself a glass of whiskey and murmured, as she placed the bottle down and stepped out from behind the bar, "You really have changed, haven't you Lucifer." "Oh my father, how I've missed this place.", Lucifer remarked with a delighted grin, as he and Chloe stopped in front of the night clubs internal elevator.

The Homicide detective took her daughter out of her partner's arms and asked hopefully, "Now. Are you sure that you're going to be all right without me for a few nights?" Lucifer nodded confidently and was about to reply, when a familiar voice suddenly shouted from across the room, "Lucifer!" The night club owner turned his gaze towards the direction of the sound and found his demon bartender making her way through the crowd of people that occupied the dance floor. Upon reaching her destination, Maze cleared her throat and declared with a relieved smile, as she through her arms around his neck. "Thank your father that you're all right. I've been so worried about you, Lucifer. I've really missed you."

Lucifer gave his demon bartender a wink and replied cheerfully with a lascivious smile, as he pulled her body even closer to his own, "Yes, Mazy. You've made that so obvious." Chloe rolled her eyes but smiled in spite of herself. The detective was pleased that her partner seemed to be getting back to normal in more ways than one. Before the situation could get out of control, maze pulled herself out of Lucifer's grip and remarked with a welcoming smile, "Well, I haven't seen you in a while, Trixie. I'm glad to see that you're looking healthy. What have you and Lucifer been up to?" Trixie smiled and replied proudly, "We've had a lot of fun. Maze. I even got to see his brand new wings."

There was suddenly a stunned silence. After a moment, Chloe grinned and announced feeling a little embarrassed, "Well, that's my daughter for you. She's got a very overactive imagination. So, I think it's time for us to go." The homicide detective turned her gaze towards Lucifer and added in a more serious tone, "Go ahead and have some fun, Lucifer. Just remember our deal. Trixie and I will be back for you next Tuesday." Lucifer just nodded in silent confirmation. With that, Chloe and Trixie calmly walked away and headed back to the night club's side entrance. Maze watched them leave and asked with a serious frown, as she folded her arms, "What's this about new wings, Lucifer?"

The night club owner just shook his head and replied guardedly, "I don't really feel like getting into it right now, Maze." After a moment of awkward silence, Lucifer smiled and added casually, "Do me a favor and call the Brittany's . I think I've gone without a good shag for far too long." Maze smiled and pulled out her cell phone, as her boss calmly walked away and headed towards his elevator.

After a slow ride that to Lucifer seemed to have taken much longer than normal, the night club owner took a few timid steps into his kitchen and cautiously looked around for any suspicious movement. To his relief, the entire apartment seemed to be devoid of all other occupants. Lucifer took a deep calming breath and murmured to himself reproachfully, "Come on, Lucifer. You really need to stop being ridiculous." The night club owner began to make his way over to his refrigerator to get himself a bottle of tea when the sound of insane laughter suddenly filled the air and caused him to stop dead in his tracks.

Lucifer's eyes did another 360 of his apartment, but he was unable to find anything amiss or abnormal. The night club owner took another deep breath and had just opened his refrigerator door, when he suddenly felt the sensation of wings lightly brushing themselves against the whole of his back. The Arc angel spun around and inadvertently caused the refrigerator door to slam shut. Lucifer turned his eyes skywards and angrily shouted with a bravery he didn't really feel, "Amenadeil, if this is you, I sure in the hell don't think that it's very funny."

The only response the night club owner got was more insane disembodied laughter. Lucifer's eyes filled with tears and his right hand suddenly went to his chest, as severe waves of dread and fear washed over him and threatened to send him into unconsciousness. He knew that cruel laughter. He'd heard it so many times during the eons he'd spent sitting on his throne, as the lord of hell. The sound had always conjured up images of physical and psychological tortured that to the rational mind would seem incomprehensible.

Lucifer reached into his suit jacket's outside left hand pocket and shakily pulled out his bottle of pills, but a powerful unseen force suddenly ripped the bottle out of his hands and caused them to fly out the open glass doors that led to his outside terrace. Feeling unable to breathe, The night club owner started gasping for air and pleadingly cried out in a tearful panicked filled voice, as he slowly began to fall to his knees, "Father! Please help me! Father! Please have mercy! Father, I beg you! Father! Please help me!"

Lucifer suddenly felt dazed, and as darkness started to creep in from the edges of his vision, he felt a vaguely familiar pair of strong muscular arms wrap themselves around his entire trembling body and then heard a masculine voice whisper soothingly into his right ear, "Calm yourself, my dear brother. You are safe now. Help has arrived. Hush now, brother. I swear that I will let nobody hurt you. Calm down, my brother. Calm down." Suddenly, everything faded to black.

Michael gathered Lucifer's unconscious body the rest of the way into his arms and got back to his feet, as the doors of his private elevator slid open and Maze ran into the apartment with her daggers out and at the ready. The demon/ ninja bartender surveyed the scene in front of her and then asked angrily, as she put away both of her daggers, "What are you doing here, Michael? What in the hell have you done to Lucifer?"

The new comer looked at the female demon and replied defensively, as he carried his brother into his room and gently laid him down on his bed, "I've done nothing to him, Maze. Father heard Lucifer's cries for mercy, He sent me down to assist him. This is the vial work of our mother. She's trying to drive him insane, Maze." Michael was about to say more, when he heard the heart breaking sound of Lucifer's whimpering.

The Arc angel looked down at his brother sleeping form and said in a soothing voice, as he placed a gentle comforting hand down on his forehead, "Calm down, my brother. You are under my protection now. You have my word that I won't let her lay a hand on you. I won't let her hurt you, brother. Please calm down." After a few tense moments, Lucifer's trembling body slowly relaxed and his breathing evened out and returned to normal.

Dr. Kim Williams sat on the flimsy bed inside her jail cell staring into nothing, as she tried to come to terms with her failed act of vengeance and her uncertain future. No matter how many times she replayed Linda's words over and over again in her mind, it just didn't make sense that a homicide detective would risk both his career and family by committing such a senseless murder. it was a lot more logical that Lucifer was using both his money and influence just to keep himself out of jail.

The whole situation just seemed so completely unfair, and she wished that she had another chance to avenge her father's murder and set things right. At that moment, Dr. Williams was suddenly dragged away from her private thoughts , when an unfamiliar disembodied voice inquired in mock sympathy, "It really is unfair, isn't it? Your father being murdered in cold blood, but of course your fellow humans won't allow you your revenge against his killer? It just doesn't feel right, does it?"

Kim looked around her cell, but she was unable to find the owner of the unseen voice. "I'm over here.", the unfamiliar voice added casually, a moment later. Kim turned her gaze towards the locked door of her cell and was surprised to find a young girl who looked to be around the age of sixteen standing in the north eastern corner of the small room. The youthful psychologist immediately straitened her seated position on the bed and then asked with a bewildered frown, "Where in the hell did you just come from?"

The strange well dressed sixteen year old girl smiled and replied with a giggle, as she began calmly walking towards her, "Hell's a very apt description, my dear. I know what it's like to be denied the deep seated desire for justice, and I don't think that it's right for my child to get away with murdering your father. It seems that you and I can help each other out in this area. my name's Ashera, and I can easily get you out of here. You won't ever have to worry about coming back to this place."

Kim nodded in understanding and then asked suspiciously, "What's in it for you?" Ashera smiled and replied sweetly, "Well, it seems that you and I both have a score to settle with my child. What do you say? You want to be allies?" Kim was silent for a long moment. Finally, the young psychologist smiled and said with a nod of agreement, 'All right. Count me in." Ashera gently took Kim's right hand into her own and both women disappeared from the jail cell in a brilliant white flash of light.

A/N: I would really love to have everyone's honest opinion about this chapter. Could I have done a better job, or is it fine just the way it is? Will Lucifer be able to handle thing's without the he help of his medication? Will he be able to save Chloe and Trixie and defeat his mother? What's next for his and Chloe's partnership? What's in the message from father?

Please stay tuned to find out.