Lucifer looked over his shoulder making sure that Molly and JoyAnna were out of the room before turning to Gabriel
"You need to skip to my Lou my darlin and get on my side."
Gabriel looked at Lucifer with a less than pleased expression.
"I would rather slam my hand in a drawer. Either start talking Lucifer or get lost. I have to worry about keeping my family safe."
Lucifer looked honestly hurt.
"What am I Gabe? I'm your family too! I'm not here to raise some hell with you or make you angrier than you already appear to be. I am here because I care for you and for my kid! I want Michael to die a slow painful death as much as the next guy but that kid in there, your kid, is in some real bad danger that you can't handle on your own."
Gabriel stood with his arms crossed glaring at Lucifer for a few moments.
"You didn't answer my question. What did Michael specifically say about JoyAnna and Molly?"
Lucifer leaned back in his seat at the kitchen island and held his hands up.
"What do you want me to say Gabriel? He said he wanted to kill them and make you watch the light leave their eyes? Is that good enough for you because it freaked me the hell out! Look Gabe, I know that we aren't pals..."
"Understatement."
Gabriel snapped. Lucifer sighed before giving his brother an annoyed glare.
"Uh yeah! IF you will keep your snark to the minimum that would be great! I want to help you! What happened with us, Gabriel? You and I were pals. We were closer than Michael and Raphael ever were. It was you and me against the world! What about all of the times that you did some of your tricks and they went bad? I took the fall for you because it killed me to see you upset. Oh Christ look at me going over all of these feels while you just stand there!"
"Daddy?"
Both Gabriel and Lucifer froze. Gabriel looked down to see JoyAnna by his foot again. Muttering a few curse words at Lucifer in Enochian, Gabriel bent down picking Joy up.
"I told you to stay in there."
JoyAnna gave Gabriel a disapproving expression.
"Its not nice to call someone all of those name you just called him. Daddy am I going to die?"
Gabriel's mouth dropped as he looked at his little girl's sweet face. He glanced to Lucifer who muttered "oh my dad" before standing up and turning his back. Looking back to JoyAnna, Gabriel shook his head.
"Absolutely not!"
Lucifer meanwhile, walked over and held his hands out. Joy didn't fight when Lucifer took her from Gabriel's arms. He walked across the kitchen
"Sweetheart, let me tell you about this big dummy named Michael. A long long time ago, before you were even thought of, it was Michael, your Jimmy Buffet loving Uncle Raphael, your daddy, and me in heaven. Michael was the biggest bossiest meanie head. Your daddy and I used to play tricks on him. One time your daddy even dyed his wings pink. Lets just say it wasn't his color, sweetheart. Anyway, point of this story, we are ten times more powerful than Michael. He may have some goons and morons at his disposal but its nothing we can't handle. Your daddy and those other people around here won't let anything happen to you. I won't either. Deal?"
JoyAnna glanced at Gabriel. The expression on his face still made her nervous. She knew that her dad was super wary about everything that Lucifer was saying. Turning her head back to her uncle, JoyAnna smiled.
"Deal."
About that time the door opened and Jack walked in. He froze the moment that he spotted Lucifer holding his cousin. Right away Jack was ready to freak out. He immediately turned to Gabriel.
"What are you thinking?"
He half yelled. Lucifer meanwhile, smiled seeing Jack. He smiled genuinely.
"Jack. Its so good to see you."
Gabriel meanwhile, looked at his nephew with exhausted eyes before walking over and pulling him out of the room by his shirt. Lucifer gave Joy a smile.
"Everyone is so friendly here."
JoyAnna giggled.
"You must really be one something Uncle Luci."
Meanwhile, Jack angrily pulled away from Gabriel as his uncle closed the door behind him.
"You let him in here and near Joy! Near me!"
Gabriel held a hand up.
"Cool it junior! Look, he was the one that told us about Michael. I'm keeping my eyes on him and Cas is too. If he puts a toe out of line I will gladly kill him. He knows where we stand. You need to trust me on this one. I've been around a lot longer and know what can happen, feel me? I need you to chill. I'm not asking you to go and be his pal. In fact go be an ass for all I care but don't you dare think that I would intentionally put Joy or you in any danger."
Jack looked down before nodding.
"I'm sorry."
Gabriel nodded, motioning to the door with his head.
"Its fine, go on."
Jack looked at his uncle a moment longer. He realized that there was more to what was going on then what Gabriel was telling him.
"Gabriel?"
"Just go."
He replied. Gabriel's voice was calm but there was an edge to it that Jack wasn't used to. The boy turned, leaving his uncle alone in the laundry room.
Jack didn't look at Lucifer as he walked back through the kitchen. He could only hope that Gabriel knew what he was talking about!
Later that night, after Molly put Joy to bed, she sat quietly beside Gabriel listening to everything that Lucifer had told him earlier. She put a hand on her head trying to take everything in. Lucifer looked at her sympathetically.
"I know its a lot to take in."
Molly scoffed.
"A little...Michael is a fool to think that he can get much out of a little girl."
Lucifer raised an eyebrow.
"A powerful little girl. Forgive me for saying so darlin but Michael could mold her to do whatever he wanted. If he got you and Gabriel out of the way well...his field day."
Meanwhile upstairs...
JoyAnna lay sleeping when a soft fluttering noise caught her attention. She turned over to see a young man standing beside her bed. With a frown she reached over to turn the light but he snapped his hands stopping her.
"You must be JoyAnna. My my you really are a cutie!"
Joy rubbed her eyes.
"Who are you? Don't you think its a little rude to be materializing in people's bedroom?"
The man chuckled.
"You are sarcastic, just like your father."
Joy didn't like the way the man mentioned anything related to Gabriel.
"Yeah, well you get what you get. Who are you anyway?"
The man smiled.
"I'm your uncle Michael. I've come to see you."
Joy's mouth dropped and she looked around nervously.
"Uh why aren't your wings pink?"
Michael's pleasant expression went negative.
"Lovely, you heard that story."
Joy nodded as she snapped her fingers sending the archangel flying across the room and into the wall. It took maybe two seconds for the door to slam open. Gabriel and Jack stood in the doorway. Both of their expressions went from panicked to straight pissed off. Jack quickly ran to Joy yanking her into his arms as Gabriel stepped between them looking down at Michael.
"Jeez Michael. Did a little girl knock you on your ass? Doesn't say much for your so called skills."
Michael growled angrily before jumping up and landing a punch in Gabriel's face. Gabriel shook off the impact after a few moments. Ignoring the blood gushing down his face, he was able to land more punches on Michael. Glancing over his shoulder he could see Jack with a petrified Joy in his arms.
"Jack get her out of here!"
He yelled as Joy began screaming for him over and over again. The moment that Michael slammed a knife into his shoulder, Joy really began to cry. Gabriel looked down at the kitchen knife with a bemused expression.
"A steak knife? Really Michael? Do you think that would really hurt me? Must have lost your touch, big brother."
Michael blinked before growling angrily.
"I'll be back."
Michael snapped his fingers instantly disappearing.
"What the the hell is going on in here?"
Gabriel and Jack turned to see Molly and Lucifer run in. Both stopped seeing the blood oozing out of the wound in Gabriel's shoulder and nose.
"Gabe?"
Molly managed to get out as Jack quickly walked from the room trying to calm his little cousin down. Gabriel looked up at his wife's panicked expression. Lucifer looked at tad nervous himself.
"It was Michael. That fucker stabbed me with a steak knife! Can you believe that shit?"
After another moment or two the wounds had healed themselves leaving Gabriel back to the way he looked before. Molly walked over cupping his face in her hands.
"Gabriel, what were you thinking? He could have killed you."
Gabriel smacked her hands away.
"It was me or the kid. You want me to grow up and be the dad that I am supposed to be one minute. Now you want me to be more careful! You are gonna have to pick one peach because I can't do everything!"
Molly looked down at the ground. She knew that Gabriel was hyped up on adrenaline and probably didn't mean what he said. Molly stood a moment longer before walking from the room. It was probably best that she and Gabriel be apart right now.
Lucifer looked after Molly before looking back to Gabriel who was trembling.
"Uh was that the best thing that you could come up with? I think she was worried about you?"
Gabriel growled.
"She always worries! I walk by a black cat, she worries. I walk under a ladder, I can't leave the house for a damn month. She treats me like a baby."
Lucifer raised an eyebrow.
"Bro you are kinda acting like one. Can't believe that I am being the sane one here but she's your wife. Its in her job description."
Gabriel looked up at his brother's face.
"I guess I can be hard on her. This crap situation is just making me nutty."
Lucifer shrugged.
"From what little me old me gathered you two have the bad habit of running from each other when the tough gets going. Maybe its time that you two go your merry ways and you can co parent little short stuff in peace. Kid is gonna figure out whats going on soon enough if she doesn't already. Molly's a nice girl but I don't think that we as archangel's are meant to be with anyone...cute nephilim included. Well later, I'm going to watch me some reality TV...wanna watch some people whose lives are bigger train wrecks than mine."