I do not own Lucifer.
Las Vegas.
Sin City.
Lux paled in comparison And that was a club run by the Devil himself.
They pulled up to the first hotel on the strip. The light shone bright on top of the pyramid.
"Just get any room, I need to get out of this dusty dress." Lilith told Lucifer as they checked. She felt dirty, in a bad way and needed to fix it as soon as possible.
Of course, using his skills of persuasion, Lucifer got them the penthouse. For him, it was go big or go home. And they could not go home right now, everything was so much up in the air.
A few hours later, they felt like themselves again. Lilith studied her reflection in the mirror. Red hair that had a habit of smoking, dark brown eyes that saw thing most people wanted to stay hidden. Currently she wore a black snake skin dress that hugged her every curve. It was supposed to be like her, grab the attention of everyone. That's who she was, Lilith fallen angel, seducer of men. And she liked it.
She slipped on five rings, four were simple and bronze. They looked plain but the letters engraved on them told a different story. She was responsible for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The fifth ring went on her thumb, it symbolized flames forged in Hell and given the right situation, released their power.
Tonight was to forget she had a higher purpose. She wasn't ready to face it yet, or ever. She both understood and didn't understand why Daddy chose them for this mission. There were dozens upon dozens of other real angels. But they were the best option, which was both a compliment and an insult all rolled into one.
No matter how one looked at it, it was the truth.
Lilith walked into the common area to see Lucifer pulling on a suit jacket. "You clean up nice." She remarked.
"It would be hard not to when one is wearing Prada." Then he saw her dress. "Interesting choice of pattern."
She grinned. "Knew you would approve."
"Shall we?" He offered her his arm. She took it and they walked downstairs and entered the large gambling room.
"Don't break too many hearts." He told her.
"I should be saying that to you." Lilith let go of him and scanned the room for her first victim.
There he was, sitting at a gaming table and obviously down on his luck. Lilith half slithered over to him and dropped an arm over his shoulder. "Seems to me you need a good luck charm." She took his hand and blew on the dice, her eyes never left his.
He was clearly a rookie when a beautiful woman was paying him attention. The man just stared.
"Throw it." She quietly commanded.
He did so, the dice flew across the table. When they landed a three and a four stared skyward.
"Wow." He didn't have much of a voice.
"Keep playing, let's make a winner out of you." Lilith sat down next to him. She noticed his drink on the table and took a sip. Soda, she would have to do something about this man. Playing with the straw would do something.
Lilith saw his Adam's apple bob, she chuckled. She could probably show him a thing or two in bed. Well, it had been a while since she had a novice.
No matter how tongue tied he got, he kept winning.
Lilith saw the dealer was catching on so she stood up, and leaned in close to her victim. "You need a change of scenery."
His eye brows rose, he wasn't sure what she mean or if he was ready. "I need a drink first."
"Something stronger I hope? Liquid courage?" Lilith asked.
"Something like that." He wrapped an arm around her, almost to make sure she was real. "I'm here with my college buddies, one of them is getting married. I wasn't interested in any of their planned activities, so they ditched me."
He wanted to talk, why would he want to do something terrible like that? It wasn't like she could contribute to the conversation. Lilith led him to the loud club that was down the long hallway. They got their drinks then she looked for a secluded corner to sit.
That's when she saw Lucifer had the same idea and some free space. She dragged her victim over, pushed him into a seat. Then she dropped herself into his lap.
"And my sister has no sense of privacy." Lucifer told the two women he was sitting with.
Lilith could hear the joking in his voice. "You looked like you needed company. What's the saying, the more the merrier?"
"You have never said that."
"True, because I have issues sharing. No one touched my things."
"I didn't catch your name, I'm Matt." His victim was trying to bond.
Lilith rolled her eyes, she didn't bond. But maybe her name would get the ball rolling. "Lilith and this is my brother Lucifer."
One of the woman stared at the siblings in fascination. "Like the devil and the inspiration for vampires?"
Someone knows their stories." Lilith grinned. And the shots came and they were downed. They lost track of how many were delivered to the table. Lucifer and Lilith never felt a thing, they could still think straight.
The man under her stared at her like she was enchanting and he wasn't worthy. Well he wasn't, but she was in Vegas to let loose.
"Lilith, I think your toy wants to dance." Lucifer observed.
"You can just ask, I don't bite, hard." She told a nervous Matt, there was a darkness in her eyes.
That, for unknown reasons, made him brave. Matt moved her off his lap, stood up and offered her his hand.
She thought it was cute, so the opposite of what she was going to offer him later in the penthouse.
"Go for it." Lucifer told her.
"I don't need your permission, brother" She gave him a look before taking Matt's outstretched hand.
They walked to the crowded dance floor and as she turned to face him, all time slowed down.
Lilith closed her eyes in annoyance. He always ruined her fun, he was such an older brother. Maybe she could hide, stay under the radar. Lilith did not feel like talking about the mission.
"Father sent the two of you back to Earth and this is how you spend your time." Amenadiel scolded, like he was so high and mighty.
"What's the saying, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." Lucifer joked.
"In your case, it's all play and no work. Idle hands are the work of the devil." Amenadiel said only to see Lucifer hold up his hands. "I thought one of you would take responsibility, make sure the other one followed the plan."
Lilith felt she couldn't stay in the shadow any longer. "When did I become his keeper?"
"I know of your mission…" Amenadiel began.
Lucifer cut him off. "Then you know why we aren't exactly rushing to get it done."
Lilith full heartedly agreed. They knew exactly who they were up against.
Amenadiel shook his head, sometimes he did not understand his siblings. He walked away and time began to move at its normal pace.
All the sound came back and Lilith had to remind herself she wasn't alone. Matt stared down at her. "What just happened?"
"A buzzkill showed up. I need a drink."
"I'll come with you." Now he just sounded desperate. And Lilith hated desperate.
"Matt, it's not going to happen." She said then headed to the bar. Lilith ordered the stiffest drink she could. She just needed to forget.
Suddenly Amenadiel was sitting next to her. he chuckled softly. "You know, I don't think we ever had a nice conversation."
She turned to look at him with a quizzed eye. "Do you start all of your heart to heart talks this way?"
"I need a reason to talk to my sister?"
"Now you acknowledge that I am your sister? Surely Hell is going to freeze over. And if I remember correctly, the last time we spoke, you told me I was dying."
"For that I am sorry. Why are you stalling? She needs to be returned to Hell. Lilith, she belongs in Hell…"
"I know, believe me, I know where she belongs Amenadiel. I just hoped I wasn't the one to drag her back. Means I would have to see her and she would talk to me and then scold me for not answering her." Her voice now sounded so harsh.
"She's our…"
"Hardly. Do you have any idea what it's like when someone always looks at you like you can't do anything right? Like you are the biggest disappointment in their life?"
"I'm sorry she does that to you."
"Sure you are." Lilith avoided his eyes and drank.
Then Lucifer joined them. "We didn't forget about the mission. I wanted to let loose before starting and Lilith agreed. We are leaving in the morning. Happy now, Amenadiel?"
"Yes, I am."
Lilith shook her head. "I love how he makes decisions for the both of us." She mused. Now she had little time to brace herself.
"On a different note, did you know that our brother here slept with Maze?" Lucifer asked.
Lilith almost choked on her drink. "And you didn't burst into flames?"
"Are you going to tell the whole world?" Amenadiel seemed embarrassed. He wasn't completely proud of his actions.
"Well, it was your very first time, and the fact that you are an angel and she's a demon. It's something to write home about." Lucifer pointed out.
"Though maybe in your case, don't write home. I didn't." Lilith added before she even realized what she was saying.
Her comment made both brothers stare at her. Had they heard her right?
"You and…" Amenadiel began.
"Maze?" Lucifer finished. "Why didn't tell me? When? Where?"
Lilith avoided their eyes. "I was not aware I had to tell you about every person I slept with, Lucifer."
"I thought we were close." Now he actually sounded hurt.
"We are close, but if we actually told each other about every person, we would be talking until Kingdom come."
"True." At least she made sense.
"Is nothing sacred for the two of you?" Amenadiel asked, scared to know the answer.
Neither Lucifer or Lilith answered him.
So, mission? And Amenadiel knows about it. Lilith seems quite unsettled about the whole thing. There is something very interesting that Lilith says but either brother notices, they are too hung up on the fact that Lilith slept with Maze.
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