The song here is "Resistance" by Muse
Resistance
The cage was threatening to open and Clara couldn't keep it together for very much longer. Jesse was nearly knocked out cold and Lucifer had proposed a sort of deal where they all walk away from this without losing anything.
"C'mon, you're going to hurt yourself." Lucifer said to Clara with a slightly saddened grin. "Just let it go and everything will be fine." He added, his voice so calming and smooth.
"Clara," Crowley said and then glanced at Nerilla and Kelley. "You can do it." he said and then as he glanced at the cage, it seemed they all shared an idea. "Now!" he shouted.
Clara released her power on the cage long enough that it could open a fragment of an inch. She quickly raised her hand and sent Lucifer hard against the other wall of his cage as the cage opened enough that a small teenaged body could be tossed in. It happened all so fast that he had no idea what was going on. As Jesse's body was thrown in without a care, Clara quickly pulled the human soul towards with her power, like metal to a magnet, despite the fact that it was trying to hold onto the cage with confusion. Then, when the soul was free, the cage was shut with the crushing sound of metal like that of a car accident echoed, just before Lucifer could lunge and return the blow to Clara. He howled in raged and just stared at her with loathe.
Clara was back at struggling to keep the cage closed, but then with great relief, sensed the presence of an Archangel strong enough to help her close this cage. She tried to keep focused on the cage, but found it hard when she couldn't be happier to have Gabriel around.
Gabriel walked into the circular room just in time and saw Clara forcing the cage closed with her breathtaking amount of Cambion power.
"Get your feathered ass over here!" she shouted and as he rushed over, all others retreated, knowing that they couldn't help the Queen even if they wanted. As Gabriel came to Clara's aid, Lucifer stared at him with cold eyes. He remained silent, but the anger and disappoint was clear to see. All this time, he believed he had killed his little brother and there he was, alive and helping Hell to keep his big brother in his cage.
"How do we close this fucking thing?" Clara asked and Gabriel looked at the faint sigils that almost seemed invisible, as if they were never there. It was a spell to momentarily hide it, but after a while, it would backfire on purpose, allowing the cage to be damaged and buckle. He had to warn Crowley about this, but in the meantime, he had to fix the cage and that took some serious stuff. Another thing Crowley wouldn't like.
"I'm going to need you to hold on while I do something." He said and she growled.
"Hurry!" she said through clenched teeth, her arms beginning to tremble a little.
Gabriel rushed towards Crowley and asked for his assistance. They calmly walked back toward the cage while adding a fast pace to their walk, whispering about something. Rowena stepped up with her hand to her chest like a worried mother and Crowley shot an icy cold glare over his shoulder at her. She backed up, knowing that he was annoyed with her, that he still didn't trust her. She glanced over at her little granddaughter that was safe in the arms of the Knight; she looked at her parents with worry in her eyes.
Once they were at the cage, Gabriel told him that in order to repair the cage he needed a mixture of demon and angel blood to paint some sigils on the metal of the cage. He picked up a jagged piece of stone and dug into his palm, then passed it over to Crowley to do the same. Gabriel began painting sigils down the metal and told Crowley to paint over it with his blood.
"We have to draw all of them once in the same order on every vertical piece." Gabriel said and Crowley ignored him. Soon, they quickly did half of one wall of the cage, but when Crowley glanced over at Clara, she looked tired.
"Clara, Darling, you're doing fine." He said and she growled in protest; if his words of encouragement couldn't help her to physically keep the cage closed, than she didn't want to hear them. Crowley glanced at the cage and all the small sigils; knowing this was going to take a while and he wasn't sure Clara had it in her.
Rowena glanced over at Keara again and saw the worry increasing on her little face. She was afraid for her parents and then she whispered something to Nikolai. His face hardened as he listened and then he met her eyes, whispering something in return, making Keara protest.
"I can help." She disputed slightly louder. "Let me help Mommy." She said and began to wiggle in his arms as he refused to let her go. Keara continued to wiggle and it sounded like she was beginning to cry. He glanced over at Nerilla who seemed just as worried as he was.
"Alright, but I'm not leaving you. Got it?" he said and she kissed his cheek just before he set her on the ground. He held her hand as she rushed forward to her mother. Crowley caught sight of that and narrowed his eyes at Nikolai. Without looking over her shoulder, Clara expressed the same disapproval but growling out words.
"Get her out of here." she said, however Nikolai seemed to ignore her words.
Keara held out her hands like her mother, and surprisingly, after a few seconds, the cage rattled less and Clara was able to refocus and gather her strength. She glanced down at her daughter and, despite her clenched jaw, she didn't express her anger towards her daughter.
"Keara, this is dangerous for you. Go back with Nikolai." She said softly, expressing concern instead, but her daughter whined in protest. She looked up and met her mother's hard eyes and gave a sad smile.
"It's dangerous for you too. I resurrected thirty Hellhounds, Mommy, I can help you." She said and Clara's lips twitched into a half smile. She met Crowley's eyes for a brief moment and, although they both didn't care for the fact that Nikolai allowed their daughter to approach Lucifer's cage, they were quite proud of their daughter... worried, but proud nonetheless.
At that moment, Lucifer began fighting against the cage. It caused the cage to rattle, but his efforts didn't seem fruitful against two powerful Cambions. He seemed enraged now and he continued to fight against the cage, his eyes burning red.
At that moment, Jesse stirred, gaining strength from his failed fight with Nerilla and Kelley. He lifted up his head and looked around. When he realized that he was in the cage with Lucifer, he bolted upright and looked up at the fallen angel. He glanced around at the cage and then glanced at Clara with a smile growing on his face.
In that moment, Jesse figured he could break Lucifer out of his cage from the inside out. He stood up and tried to break the cage, but when nothing happened, he struggled until he caused himself a headache. He glanced up at Clara and then at Lucifer who turned his attention on him.
"You're powerless here." He said nearly in a hiss. It was then that Jesse realized that once in the cage, there was no way out; Cambion or Lucifer himself.
As Clara focused on the cage, as Gabriel and Crowley painted sigils on the bars of the cage, Keara looked up at Lucifer as he stared at the confused Jesse. That Cambion would probably end up dead like that angel. But this wasn't what was going through her mind.
Keara thought back to the story that Gabriel told her. He was a wonderful angel with a hard task, Michael thought this changed him and he fell from grace. He became the King of Hell, created demons and she felt bad for him. Now, he was this creature like a wild animal fighting for freedom with a wild fury in his eyes. She watched as he howled and threw himself against the cage and still part of her felt bad for him. He turned towards Jesse, making him cower in the corner like terrified prey.
He eventually stopped frightening Jesse and stopped fighting against the cage, standing still and breathing hard with that fury burning in his eyes. When he met Keara's gaze, she could feel Nikolai placing his hands on her shoulder in a protective manner. Lucifer seemed evil and dangerous, but Keara could see pain hidden deep underneath like a seed. If he was angry, he seemed to calm it down while staring at the little Cambion staring back at him.
When Crowley and Gabriel finished the last wall of the cage, he turned his attention towards them and the rage returned. They backed away from the cage once the sigils glowed and seemed to spread over the metal of the cage like hot wax. Immediately, the cage stopped rattling as some areas of the cage seemed to thicken and burn brightly, like someone welding metal. The cage was being repaired and Lucifer was trapped once again.
Clara stopped when the cage was fully repaired and she collapsed to the ground on her knees. When Keara collapsed too, she gathered her remaining strength to pull her into her arms.
"I'm pooped." She said and Clara let out an exhausted laugh. Nikolai approached and patted her head, but when Crowley advanced, Nikolai looked up with hesitation.
"I am severely upset." He said, but looked down at Keara and stroked her cheek. "And you, don't ever do that again." he said and she looked up at him without moving her head and gave a weak smile.
"Okay." She replied which got his lips to twitch into a half grin.
While Gabriel looked toward Clara and Keara, he could sense his brother staring down at him with anger burning in his eyes. However, when he spoke, he sounded calm as usual.
"How many times have you died?" Lucifer asked and when Gabriel met his hard eyes, he grinned with mischief.
"Never, to be technical." He said and then his grin faded. "Sorry, big brother." He added, but his apology meant nothing to Lucifer. He remained silent for a brief moment, making it sound like his apology wasn't meant for sealing him back in the cage again. "But there were some things I learnt elsewhere." He added, remembering that Lucifer proclaimed that he had taught his little brother everything and no trick fooled him.
"We're leaving." Crowley said as he helped Clara onto her feet. She was still too exhausted, so he lifted her off her feet and carried her in his arms, looking down at her with a slight grin.
"You owe me big." She said as she closed her eyes. He kissed her forehead and glanced over at Nikolai who picked Keara up into his arms. He held her tight in his arms as she closed her eyes and fell rapidly asleep.
Nerilla and Kelley walked up to the human soul on the ground and extended their hands. He was trembling and he was quite wounded. All they could see were his wide eyes, full of fear. They realized that he wouldn't reach out for help, so they had to grab him by the arms and gently lift him up.
"Don't worry, your suffering is over." Nerilla said, certain that Clara would personally see to it.
They left the circular room and Lucifer was once again trapped in his cage with another captive, only this one was fresh meat to pulverize.