AN:Hey guys, hope everyone is recovered from that finale. Also I hope this chapter does not come out as wonky as the last one did...
Callie stirred in her sleep, as sunlight hit her cheeks. Her mind refused to let her slip back into consciousness. Her body refusing to come back too after the events of the night before. Then suddenly she remembered the events of the night before and shot up. Silk sheets wrapped around her body. Her heart skipped a beat, until she realised she was still in her clothes from the day before. She sighed a slight sigh of relief, before another question popped into her mind.
Where was she?
She slipped out of bed. The sheets falling gracefully to the floor as she walked towards the window of the room she found her in. She froze terror as she looked out the window.
"High...very, very high!" She squeaked. As she took a jump backwards from the window. Before she jumped away from the window her mind was able to gather enough information as to her location. Busy streets, and large skyscrapers in the distance. A light layer of smog covered the city below. Los Angeles, she was still in Los Angeles. Her mind continued to slowly put to pieces of the puzzle together as she walked around the room she was currently in. It was exquisitely decorated which told her whoever had done this had impeccable taste, or just to much time on their hands. The walls were marble, giving the room an accident feeling. The decor was red and black, everything. With a fancy chair that seemed more like a throne in the corner of the room by the window. She finally started to piece it together.
The decor.
The colours.
The tall ass building in the middle of the city of Angeles itself.
"Lucifer." She muttered to herself.
"Ah, yes speak of me." Her head whipped to where the voice was coming from. There in the doorway was the man from last night. His hair perfectly combed. He wore what Callie could only assume was a very expensive suit, and an almost maniacal looking smile to match.
"What on god's name is going on!"
He scoffed a little at her comment as he made his way through the room. "Please let's not talk about my father right now."
"Right of course, he's the 'devil'" Callie thought to herself.
"Anyways, I think you should be thanking me." He sat down in he chair, crossing his legs and folding his hands ever so swiftly. Lucifer stared at her his dark eyes focused on the girl that stood before him. The girl he couldn't seem to crack, until he broke her in half. A human that had peaked the devils interest. A girl born of faith, to a family who abused the faith they so loyally believed in.
Their on the back of her neck was a brand of a cross. "Bloody hell."
A person who rebelled as he did. Maze had told him that countless humans had rebelled against their families, or against society. That it wasn't uncommon, and that made this girl in no way special. Perhaps she was right. That this human was no different from the rest...however. The devil found himself interested in her.
"And why should I be thanking you?" Callie said crossing her arms, and pulling the devil out of his own mental state.
"For saving your life of course." He said flashing his iconic devilish smile.
Callie rolled her eyes at the proclaimed devil. "Right, yeah I'm pretty sure I had it under control." She said brushing a few loose strands of hair out of her eyes.
"I doubt that. You humans, always fighting. Even if it's with one's own self." He unfolded his hands and leaned forward. "Besides, it looked like you were about to jump."
"Trust me, I wasn't." Callie said turning away from him.
"Didn't look that way."
"If I was gonna jump I would have done it by down." She said her back still turned away from Lucifer.
His hand moved up and stroked his five o'clock shadow. Wondering what exactly she meant by this statement. Before he could ask she spoke up.
"So how did I get in here?" She said moving over and sitting down on the bed. Her gaze fixed on him.
"Well, after Maze tazed you…"
"She what?!"
"Wasn't my idea darling, trust me. Maze...is just not one to waste time. Nor one to get caught up in emotions. Especially human emotions."
Callie made a face at him, as she started to play with her hair nervously. "So, if she isn't human. Than what it she?"
"Oh, come now. You should be able to figure that out. Devil." He said gesturing to himself. "So she of course is my loyal demon."
"Ah, yes of course." Callie said with a forced laugh. The man in front of her was clearly crazy. Though she found it easier to just play along. He seemed utterly consumed by his delusions so no point in fighting them.
"So after Maze knocked you out. We brought you back into one of the apartments in the building." Lucifer said firmly.
"So you own the whole building?"
"You'd be surprised how well hell pays." He said with a wild smirk. Though Callie had a more puzzled expression on her face. The self proclaimed devil, and his...demon. Talked her out of jumping, and then brought her in for the night. That didn't make any sense. The devil, at least according to her family, and the faith they believed in. Was evil. Merciless. The creator of all mankind's sins and strifes. The creator of the pain she felt in her chest. The reason she felt the way she did. It was all because of the devil. She shook her head at him.
"None of this makes any sense. If you're the devil, then why did you save me, aren't you. You know 'evil'?" She knew it wasn't a question she should ask. She knew she shouldn't question someone like that. She couldn't help it though. It's all she ever did. She questioned everything, and it pushed her away from her own family. Her eyes met his again, as she saw him tense up. His hand gripping the armrest so hard it looked as if he might just rip it right off.
"I'm not evil." He grumbled. "I didn't ask for this. I didn't ask to be vilified. My bloody father did this!" He rose to his feet and stepped towards her. Callie hesitated but held her ground. To stubborn and mortified to let this man make her move from where she sat. "I am not what everyone thinks." He growled.
"I-I know…I never said you were." She murmured. "I'm just trying to understand why someone who claims to be what everyone sees as evil, would save someone's life."
He scoffed a little as he stared down at her. "I may not understand you tiny humans, but I realise you all deserve to live your life. It shouldn't be cut short."
Callie didn't say anything she just nodded. Lucifer sighed and ran his hand through his hair and turned and walked away. He headed down the hall out of the apartment.
"That didn't go well, shame really. Was hoping she was gonna be my new toy." Maze who was leaning against the wall said, as she sexually licked one of her "toys." One of the two blades she had brought from hell that she cherished as if they were her own spawns. Lucifer ignored her and kept walking. "Oh please, you can't really be upset at this pathetic human. You really think she was gonna be grateful for what you did?"
He stopped at turned to face her. "I wasn't expecting anything, Mazikeen."
She laughed a little. "Of course you weren't." She said sarcastically. "You were just expecting at least one human to see a different side of you, but she didn't did she? They never do Lucifer. Face it, they're just tiny humans anyways. It doesn't matter what they think."
Her words angered the devil, and swiftly grabbed her neck. Thrusting her up against the wall with such great force the entire wall shook with his wrath. "Tread very carefully Maze."
Callie squealed a little when she heard the loud noise, and moved off the bed.
Lucifer's eyes glowed red as he had Maze locked in his grip. Maze just laughed again.
"Y-you want that pathetic mortal to like you?" She said between breaths. "You've grown soft Lucifer!"
Callie moved towards the doorway as she heard a women audibly gasp. She poked her head out of the door way, just to see the proclaimed devil slam the so called "demon" against the wall, causing a visible hole in the wall.
"You forgot who you're dealing with!" He growled as his grip tightened on Maze.
Callie's hand flung over her mouth, as she tried to her best to muffled her terrified cries. She squeezed her eyes shut as she backed away from the doorway. This man was absolutely insane. Callie needed to get out of their, and that women...the so called demon away from that man. She quickly fumbled around the room looking for anything she could find that could. She ran into the bathroom and pulled out the bar for a towel rack, and gripped it tightly in her hands.
Lucifer's grip on mazes neck loosened and maze dropped to the floor with an audible thud. Callie heard the noise, and slowly started to head towards the hallway.
Maze started to chuckle a little. "There's the king of hell I know." She said with a smirk on her face. "Bloody hell maze!" Lucifer said running his hand in annoyance through his hair. "You should know better than to threaten me like that."
Maze chuckled again. "But it's so much fun." Lucifer just groaned at the demons remark.
Callie who hand been ignoring their words, had proceeded to sneak up behind Lucifer while he was distracted with Maze. While the demon had seen her coming, she proceeded to not warn her boss. Where was the fun in that?
Callie used all the force that her five foot four and a hundred and twenty pound body could muster, and slammed the pole into the side of the man's head.
It was quiet in heaven for once, something Azrael had very rarely experienced when she was back home. Which wasn't very often to begin with. Always busy with taking human souls to where they belonged. A job that kept the angel of death away from home. Though she was pleased by the silence, as it gave her time to do the only thing that kept her sane. Meditate. She had just closed her eyes when the door to her chamber flung open, and caused her eyes to shot open.
"Azy! Your home little sister!" Azrael let out a groan of annoyance at the intruder. She closed her eyes again, trying to go back to meditation, though she figured all hope of this had now been lost. She heard the man walk closer to where she sat. She groaned again.
"Whatever it is Uriel, I'm not going to be apart of it." The angel of death said firmly to her older brother.
Uriel sat beside her, and placed a hand on her leg. Her eyes shot open and she glared at him. He immediately pulled away.
"I knew you would respond that way, you haven't had your meditation today." She just kept glaring at him.
"Now who's fault would that be?" Azrael questioned.
"I know, I know. I saw all this coming. However their are more pressing matters at hand sister."
Azrael rose her eyebrow in question. "And what are these matters?"
"It's about Lucifer." Uriel said. A bit of uncertainty in his voice.
"What about Lucifer? He's in hell, why should we be concerned with him?"
Uriel chuckled a little nervously. "I need to start using my future sight to shorten these conversations. Lucifer isn't in hell anymore sister, you clearly have been too busy to notice."
Azrael laughed a little.
"Knew that would be your response." She rolled her eyes and shoved him hard in the shoulder. "Kn-" She shot him a look before he could continue. He gulped a little and nodded. "Right, Lucifer left hell and is now on earth."
"So...why does that really matter?" Azrael knew her older brother was always one to desire things his way. She had always had a feeling he would leave one day, she knew Uriel had also always known he would. It was just a matter of time. Now it seemed like he truly had, and it was a concern. It was a concern to the family. Lucifer was unpredictable, well to everyone but Uriel. Which was probably why he was coming to her about this. She knew exactly what was going on. Their father was now fed up with Lucifer's behavior and demanded him be brought back to hell. As always though it was up to her, or one of her other siblings to take care of the problem.
"We have to take him back sister. Our father asked me to do so."
"Since you'll know his every move?"
Uriel nodded with a smug grin on his face. "Father entrusted me with this task, and I now ask you to assist me."
Azrael sighed a little. "Give me a few minutes to grab some things."
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