Chapter 7: Silver City, once my home

Before any of them could do anything, Amenadiel let out a desperate shout and then he turns to his brother again, "I'm sorry Luci, it's my fault we won't get the cure for you." They all knew what it means, Lucifer will die, painfully.

Chloe could read it in their eyes, but she wouldn't let this happen. "There has to be another way, are there any other angels on earth, or could Maze help, or could one of us could fly with you? We only need a description to find the cure in heaven." She sounds, even in her ears, doubtful.

"Maze is a demon, she can't enter heaven without getting destroyed. The last of my brothers who came to earth were trying to kill you and I doubt that humans are less bound to the surface then a fallen angel." It was Lucifer who answered Chloe's suggestions, heavy breathing and sweating more with every word he says.

"We will need a miracle then to save you." By these words, the whole room had her attention. "What?"

"Chloe Decker you are a genius!" Lucifer moved as if he wanted to hug her but his legs gave up under his weight; only Amenadiel´s strong arms hold him up.

Looking confused, Chloe looks for help by Linda, but she was also starring at her with huge eyes. "Chloe you are a miracle…"

Before the good doctor could explain it further she was interrupted by Amenadiel, "We will explain it later; we have no time for this. Linda hold Lucifer for a second; Chloe, come here I will explain what you have to do." Not really following, both women move. Linda holds Lucifer so he wouldn't sit down because they don't believe he can get up afterwards and a still very confused Chloe listens to the description how to find the right building and in which room the cure will be and how it will look. She made notes and put the piece of paper in her pocket. Chloe approached Lucifer, "Ready?" He nods and with the help of the two woman they get safely to the balcony. Had Chloe time to think about what she is about to do she would say she is insane, absolutely insane.

Lucifer closes his arms around her body in a secure and protective grip. She could feel his rising body temperature and his shaking limbs. "Detective" Lucifer whispers into her ear," When we arrive at the gate I won't be much help for you. Take one of my feathers with you, If you will get lost, think about me and it will lead you back to me." She nods and holds on tight.

The majestic wings pulled them both up into the sky, but the city underneath them disappears only seconds later and is a mix out of colors. It must be the border between the dimensions.

Lucifer puts her down before he, true to his words, collapses. Chloe was able to catch him and lower him down as slowly as she could manage with the extra weight from his wings. She makes sure that her partner was still breathing and only unconscious before she takes one of his feathers to go through the gates of heaven.

Lucifer, surrounded by the sad remains of his wings and a sea of black feathers around him, stayed behind.

Chloe walks with huge eyes and an open mouth through the gate. What she was seeing was too huge as if her little human brain could even start to understand what it is seeing. There was light everywhere around her, a warm light that feels like the feeling she gets when Trixie smiles at her, or her memories about her dad. But this description was still miles away from what it really is.

Before she could get distracted, Chloe gets the piece of paper out of her pocket. It didn't sound like as far as Amenadiel had described the way, but now in the middle of nothing, then light, she feels a bit lost. The feather in her hand let her get a grip on her racing feelings.

Following some kind of road, she finally gets to something that could be called a city. High up into the sky rise the majestic buildings that look like they were made out of light and clouds. Amenadiel warned her to stay hidden, as no living human had ever entered heaven, and he also reminded her that angels are warriors, no fluffy cloud surfing children with diapers. They would kill her without mercy if she looks like a threat for them, Father or heaven.

So Lucifer was talking about God when he cursed his father. She doesn't go down that road, fearing it would paralyze her thinking too much about the topic. As soon as this all was over they would have a talk and Chloe could do all her freaking out then.

The Silver City was different as what Chloe had imagined in the few minutes she had known that it exists, to the moment she entered through the gate. The buildings have symbols for every angel who lives in there. The one Chloe was looking for had a different kind of symbol, the one for healing as Amenadiel told her. It was some kind of hospital for angels hurt in battle. It happens rarely so the building was mostly unused but stored every cure for any sickness that exists in any dimension.

The former angel was right with his prediction that the building would be empty. Chloe found the storage room in the third floor without any difficulties. For some reason there was no source of light, but the room was still bright. She found a box with empty bottles - smaller ones then the ones in the shelves. Walking down the shelves, the cure she needs for Lucifer was exactly at the place Amenadiel told her. She opens it and fills up the smaller bottle. The cure was a black liquid, same color as the devil´s wings. Carefully, she closes the bottle again and puts it back on its place on the shelf. The bottle was refilled the second Chloe had let go of it. With the cure protectively in both hands together with Lucifer´s feather, she turns around to return to her partner, and froze.

A man stands at the door, not a man… an angel with a robe and Lucifer´s face.