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Gabriel lunged at Lucifer. The devil dodged him like a cat. Now that he only had to worry about himself, it was much easier to parry and reply Gabriel's strikes. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Dan pull Ella off of Pierce and supporting the stunned Chloe. „Bring them away", he pleaded as he dodged Gabriel's kick, which was directed at his diaphragm. „Take them far, far away."
But their fight blocked the way to the main staircase. Dan turned and stopped indecisive. The precinct had only one entrance. There were no other exits to prevent possible escape attempts or if the building should be stormed. The only way out was the roof.
„What are you doing Dan?", whispered Chloe as he pulled her and Ella to the windows. "We have to help Lucifer."
"How Chloe? Didn't you see that guy is obviously bulletproof? He throws people around like puppets. For God's sake, he hurt Lucifer! I've never met anyone who could keep up with Lucifer in a fistfight. And Pierce ... „- But Daniel" – "Damn Chloe, he calls us his PETS! I think that clarifies the order of precedence and our dangerousness for him pretty much!"
Distraught, Chloe looked at him. "But we have to do something."
,… I have an idea…"
Both looked at Ella in bewilderment, her soft voice barely more than a whimper. She was shaking all over and clearly in shock, but she kept talking, ignoring whether anyone was listening.
"You´re wrong. You have met someone who can keep up with Lucifer. Didn't you tell me of the fights he has with Amenadiel and the blue eyes he occasionally wears after them. And if this Gabriel claims to be Lucifer's brother ... doesn´t that make him Amenadiel´s brother too? Maybe he can help us."
Chloe and Dan stared astonished at Ella.
„Awesome idea Ella!", Dan called out and whirled the small, bloodied forensic through the air. In the background, the sound of shattering tables and glass walls emerged, and out of the corner of her eye Chloe saw Gabriel flying around.
„Are you sure?" Chloe whispered with a worried look. „Didn't that Gabriel talk about how Amenadiel apparently tried to kill Lucifer, too?"
Dan paused. "Well, but didn't he also say that he failed and gave it up? And if he had kept trying, you think Lucifer would still hang out with him so often. I'm doing improv with him, Chloe, he doesn't seem like a killer to me. Rather like a worried brother."
"We can see what worried brothers can do." Chloe nodded in the direction of the fighting immortals. Gabriel seemed to have caught a few blows, but Lucifer (despite the arm that hung uselessly at his side) was at his best thanks to his burning rage. „He seems to be our only chance to compete with them."
"Fine, but let's get to the roof first, before this madman brings the house to collapse.", Chloe shouted, as Gabriel burst through the wall opposite of her, closely followed by a furious Lucifer, who gave his brother no chance to take a breath.
Carefully, the three climbed through a window onto the lower roof of the adjoining building. It was an elongated, ballasted roof, with a fire ladder tempting out at its very rear end.
Before Dan got further on, he rummaged his phone out. Thankfully, he had made friends with Lucifer's brother much faster than with the devil himself, and thanks to the many improve-sessions it was only natural that he had Amenadiel's number. With shaky fingers, Dan waited for someone to pick up. It felt like an eternity until ...
"Hey Dan, what's up. I thought our next session wasn't until..„-" AMENADIEL HELP!", shouted Dan into the phone, "Here's a madman in the precinct who claims to be Lucifer's brother, and he... he..." Dan gasped with excitement.
"Amenadiel, Pierce is dead! This guy's on a rampage. Lucifer is fighting him, but we don't know how long he can keep it up."
The other end of the line remained silence.
"Amenadiel, this Gabriel is totally crazy. HELP US!"
Silence again. „I'm coming immediately!", were the last words of salvation that sounded from the listener. Then the dial tone appeared. Dan put away his cell phone with shaking hands.
"He's coming. Everything will be fine.", he said as he took Chloe's and Ella's hand. ,But now, let's get down from this damn roof."
