Cloe smiled as she and Lucifer stopped at the doorway to their little space he had created. He smiled back at her before they kissed, their love still just as strong. "You're doing amazing things here, Lucifer." She said softly. "You really are that angel I always saw." She smiled making him smirk before pulling her into another loving kiss, parting as he opened the door and they walked in, stopping short seeing two people standing in the fake penthouse.
"Mum? Dad?" Lucifer asked, looking at them suspiciously.
The goddess smiled happily before she pulled him into a hug. "I see you figured it all out." God said with a smile at his son.
Lucifer gave a little nod, still watching the two curiously. "What are you two doing here?"
"Well, Gabriel came to visit and told us everything that happened and how you ended up coming back here, she explained what you were doing but I had to see it for myself." The Goddess smiled at her son. "So, we decided to come visit for bit."
"Yes, but why?" Lucifer said, eyeing his mother.
Cloe quickly swatted his arm making him look at her confused. "I'm sure they just want to make sure everything going alright." She said looking back at the two standing in front of them.
"Well, we also wanted to give you a gift." God said.
"No offense but I think I've had enough of gifts from God." Cloe said making Lucifer smirk looking at his parents as his mother smiled and his father looked confused.
Goddess reached out taking her hands. "No, dear, it's one from me this time. Sad to say men tend to not know the real meaning of a gift."
"That's not entirely true." Lucifer said. Cloe looked at him raising a brow as he took a breath. "Right. Point taken." He said with a nod, falling silent again.
The Goddess and Cloe looked back at each other. "I know you're a mother, and I know that when I was on Earth, the best thing was the fact that I could be near my sons, I could be with them. I know how important that is as a mother and my gift to you is to give you that ability as well."
"What?" Lucifer asked confused.
"Well." Goddess shrugged. "Your father's gift was life and because of that, I can use my power to give you the ability to travel." She said with a smile. "You can go visit your daughter."
"If Cloe touches the Earth, she will become stuck there." Lucifer said worried.
Goddess shook her head. "Not with this gift." She reached out touching the bullet on the necklace around her neck. "This talisman will keep you whole as you travel. It's not permanent but it will give you months at a time."
Cloe looked at her with a bright smile. "Thank you."
"Thank you for making the choice to stay at my son's side, helping him through everything." She said softly.
"I didn't know you could do that." Lucifer said with a little smile, his hands in his pockets as he stepped up to Cloe's side.
His father smiled at him. "There are many things you have never known, son." He said walking to the Goddess' side.
"Because you so kindly never spoke to any of your children." Lucifer said with a sarcastic smile. "What made you really come back here?"
God looked at him. "We wanted to see our children, it has been so long, and Gabriel told us that so much had happened. When she told us about how you and the others figured it out… We had to come see you." He explained. Lucifer shook his head before Cloe rested her hand on his arm. "It was wonderful to see that you are here, helping, doing what you were always meant to do. And it was so wonderful to see you again Cloe Decker." He said as she just gave a little nod.
"We should get back home." Goddess said. "Keep doing amazing things my bright boy." She said softly, reaching out to touch Lucifer's face before she smiled at Cloe. "We never got to really get to know each other but all I've ever had to know is you make my son happy and a better man. I cannot thank you enough for that, but I hope this gift will show a little of how much I do appreciate it all."
Cloe gave a little smirk as she and Lucifer looked at each other. "I'll always be at his side, no matter what." Goddess smiled before she stepped back and the two disappeared into a bright light leaving the two alone again.
Cloe looked at him as he smirked at her. "Well, that was something." She said before she looked at the bullet around her neck. "You really think this will work?" She looked at him as he walked closer, reaching out to take the necklace in his fingers.
"I've never heard of anything like this happening, they've never allowed a human to travel between the realms of hell, Earth and heaven freely." He paused before he looked at her. "But there's never been another Cloe Decker before either." He said with a little smile making her give a little laugh. "You are so special." He said softly before she smirked and leaned up pulling him into a loving kiss. The two reviling in the love between them.
Lucifer smiled looking at Cloe rushing around their fake penthouse, getting ready to take their first trip to visit Rory and Trixie, testing the gift his mother had given her. If all went well, they planned to visit their friends in heaven before returning to their job. "Did you make sure everything is set?" She asked.
Lucifer gave a nod Belios and Gromos have their orders, they're all set to take our place until we return." He said. "They'll be fine. Between them and the others they're making progress to help the damned souls. They'll let us know should they need us back sooner." Cloe nodded as she walked closer. "You ready?"
Cloe nodded, taking a breath. "It's been so long." She said looking at him worried.
"I'm sure it will be fine." Lucifer said as she gave a little nod.
"Let's go see our girls." She said softly making him smile at her before leaning down to press a kiss to her lips. She smiled as he lifted her into his arms, and they made their way to earth. As they landed Lucifer hesitated a moment setting her on her feet, worried that the gift wouldn't work and she would become a ghost, stuck on earth unable to touch or talk to anyone.
Cloe turned and looked at Lucifer as she slowly reached out to rest her hand on his chest, finding it touch and stop she looked up at him as they both let out a breath, they hadn't realized they were holding, smiles breaking free across their faces before they wrapped their arms around each other. "It worked." He whispered as they parted, and he looked her over. "It worked." He smiled.
Cloe smiled and nodded. "It really worked." The two took a breath and looked around. "We should go find the girls." She said as he looked back at her and nodded. Taking each other's hands, they made their way to the house Cloe had kept to raise Trixie and Rory into the incredible women they were today.
She paused at the door, her nerves coming to the surface. "You alright?" Lucifer asked her as she nodded, staring at the door.
"Yeah, I just… it's been so long and then seeing me…. like this when I'm… supposed to be… you know…. Dead."
Lucifer gave her a soft smile. "It will be fine." He said softly. "You said you told her everything." She nodded. "She's always been very smart, I'm sure it will be just fine." Cloe looked at him and nodded again before she slowly knocked on the door. She was jittery before the door slowly opened and they found Trixie. She stood in shock; her eyes locked on the two.
Her mouth opening and closing several times as she shook her head and tears spilled from her eyes. "Mom…."
"Hey, Monkey." She said, tears building in her own eyes before Trixie wrapped her mother in a tight hug making Lucifer smile as mother and daughter were reunited. Trixie pulled back and looked at the two. "Are you here to help Rory?"
"What do you mean, help Rory?" Lucifer asked.
Trixie looked between the two before she ran back into eh house making them glance at each other and follow her. "I came by to make sure she had everything she needed, you know how she was, never making sure she had enough food and good food at that." She shook her head. "I found this on the counter." She handed the letter to her mother as Lucifer looked over her shoulder, the two reading the short note.
'I will have wings even if I must take them from half angel. Consider this payback.'
"Lucifer…" Cloe looked at him as he furrowed his brow and shook his head, pulling his phone from his jacket pocket.
"Who is it?" Trixie asked. "What are they going to do to Rory?"
"Nothing." Lucifer said. "That bastard is not going to do anything to her." He said as he dialed a number.
"It'll be alright." Cloe said. "I want you to go home, stay inside, make sure you lock the doors and windows and keep the demon weapon bullets loaded and ready." She told her daughter.
"So, who do I get to shoot?" She asked with a little smile as Cloe shook her head. "What? Whoever it is has my sister."
"We need to go." Lucifer said as he walked back over. "Amenadiel isn't answering, we'll get Trixie home on our way." Cloe nodded as she grabbed her daughter's hand and leaving, Lucifer right behind them. They stopped at the home where Trixie now lived with her husband. Cloe quickly hugged her and sent her inside to prepare to protect herself and her family.
"It was really good to see you again Lucifer." She smiled before going into the house. Lucifer gave a little smirk before he turned back to Cloe as she paced a little, her mind running.
"We have to call Maze, she's the only other one Rory would go to." Cloe said as Lucifer nodded.
"I tried to talk to her and Amenadiel. He's not answering, and she hasn't seen her in a few weeks but she's looking into it." He explained. "There's one place I know my siblings like to gather here." He said as he and Cloe set off.
"Lux?" Cloe asked looking at him. Lucifer nodded before they walked into the empty building finding angels sitting around the club.
They looked up at him confused. "Amenadiel." Lucifer said, catching sight of his brother towards the bar. He made his way down the stairs, Cloe behind him. "I've been trying to call you."
"Luci, what… what are you doing here? Cloe? But…" He looked back at Lucifer confused.
"Where is he?" Lucifer asked as their siblings started walking closer.
"Where's who?" Amenadiel asked. "Luci what's going on? How is Cloe even here? You're not a ghost, are you?"
Cloe shook her head as she grabbed Lucifer's arm. "Not a ghost. Your mother and father visited and gave me the ability to travel." She explained stepping in front of the man she loved. "Amenadiel, where is Michael?"
"Michael? Why?" He was confused.
"He took Rory." Lucifer said, his anger building as Amenadiel looked at him in confused surprise. "I won't just take his wings; I'm going to kill him this time." He said before Cloe turned resting her hand on his chest.
"Letting our anger run wild won't help her." Cloe said as they looked at each other a moment before he let out a breath and nodded letting her turn back to her brother-in-law. "We went to the house; Trixie was there but she had found a note. This note." She said handing it to him. "He has her, we need to find him before he hurts her."
"Who are you talking about?" Saraqael asked as she and the others walked closer.
"Rory's missing?" Azrael asked as she stepped in front of the group looking worried as Lucifer nodded.
"Who is this, Rory?" Saraqael asked confused.
"My daughter and Michael took her." Lucifer said looking at his sister. "I know he's on Earth. Where is the little weasel hiding?"
The others looked at him. "You, have a daughter? How is that possible?"
"It doesn't matter how. What matters is Michael took her and is threatening to hurt her. We need to find them before he can do anything more." Cloe said making everyone look at her. "If you know where he is, tell us now."
"Who do you think you are, human, demanding and ordering a celestial." Ibriel said stepping forward.
Lucifer shifted as Cloe took a step to stand nose to nose with the angel. "I'm Rory's mother and one lesson you obviously haven't learned yet is to not stand between a mother and her child. So celestial or not tell me where he is or get out of my way before I show you what a human mother is capable of." She narrowed her eyes watching as he glanced over at Amenadiel who smirked, shifting where he stood, amused by the woman.
He looked over at Lucifer who smirked proudly. "You had a child with a human? How is that even possible? Amenadiel was practically human. Did you… did you turn human?"
"Ibriel." Amenadiel said. "Do you know where Michael is?"
Ibriel shook his head. "No, I haven't heard from him in months. Not since you made him live as a human." He said looking at his eldest brother.
"Do any of you know where he is?" Amenadiel asked.
The others shook their heads, trying to think of anything that could help. "He moves around a lot, that's all I've ever really heard about him since he was left here wingless." One of their sisters said from the side. "He hasn't really wanted to even talk with any of us since he thinks we abandoned him when Lucifer took his wings."
Lucifer furrowed his brow as his phone rang. "Rory." He said before he answered. "Michael, I swear if you hurt her…" He trailed off listening before he looked at the phone as Michael hung up.
"Where are they?" Cloe asked worried.
Lucifer looked at her. "He didn't say where they were or what he wanted." He said softly looking at her as the tears build and over flowed. He pulled her to him, holding her tight. "We'll find her." He said before looking at his brother.
"Rory is strong." Amenadiel said stepping forward. "You know just how smart and strong she is, you know she'll be alright and Lucifer's right, we will find her." Cloe just nodded into Lucifer's chest. He turned to the other angels. "We need information. Use whatever you need to find out where Michael is and who he's working with. He couldn't have done this alone." He said looking back at Lucifer who nodded, holding Cloe against him. Their siblings started moving about, following the orders of their new god.
"Cloe." Azrael said walking over to them. "I haven't seen you in a long time. Mind if we catch up while we're waiting for my siblings to find information?" she asked softly.
"I'm going to call Maze and see if she ahs any updates for us." Lucifer said as Cloe nodded walking over to a table to sit with Azrael and talk softly. He looked at Amenadiel as Zadkiel, Saraqael, Raziel and Gabriel walked closer. "You know as well as I do what Michael is doing." He said his anger flashing to the surface.
"I do." Amenadiel nodded, as his anger and frustration surfaced. "Living as a human was too good for him." He sighed. "But like Cloe said letting anger run won't help her. We need to think clearly."
"This is my daughter, Amenadiel." Lucifer said. "How can I just sit here while Michael is out there torturing her and doing who knows what to her because of what I did to him."
"It's not that you can, it's that you have to." Amenadiel said making Lucifer look at him before they glanced over at Cloe and Azrael. "You think she wants to be sitting there talking? We both know what lengths she'll go to for her daughters." Lucifer sighed with a nod.
"We never knew you had a child." Saraqael said making the two look over at the four siblings that had made their way over. "How could we not have known?" She looked at Amenadiel. "Why didn't you say anything?"
"Cloe asked me not to." Amenadiel said as the angels looked over at Cloe and Azrael talking and sharing small smiles.
"It was an extra protection for her growing up." Lucifer said making them look back at him. "Amenadiel was to be God, Azrael had her duties as the angel of death, Maze wouldn't be able to be at her side every moment and I… gave my word and wasn't able to be there. She needed all the protection we could give her." He explained. "Not sharing her existence gave her the best chance."
His siblings looked at him, seeing him in a light they had never seen before. "You didn't trust us?" Raziel asked, offended.
Lucifer looked at her. "Would you have trusted you?" He asked. "You all sided with Michael easy enough that should anything come up would it have been all that hard to use my daughter as a bargaining chip?" They looked at him falling silent.
"Well, she's celestial." Gabriel said. "Even if Michael has her, she'll be able to fight back."
"She's half." Zadkiel said looking at Lucifer who stood, trying to stay positive, trying to think of how to help his daughter. "She's half celestial. Our brother may be her father, but her mother is the human he fought to be God for." Lucifer looked at him and gave a little nod. "You might not have shared the news with us, but she is our family. We will do what is right. You have my word brother."
Lucifer looked at him a moment before he gave a little nod. "Thank you." He shifted pulling his phone free as it rang making Cloe and Azrael jump to their feet and run over. "Maze…" He said as Cloe watching him, hoping for anything that could help. "Find out what you can, there has to be some trail out there."
Cloe reached out as he hung up, her blue eyes filled with worry. "Maze has something that she thinks might be the start of a trail. She's going to follow it and let us know what she finds." He said as Cloe nodded. "Eve is staying with Trixie, just in case they decide to do anything more."
"I doubt he'll go after her." Amenadiel told him. "He wants to hurt you, he's going using Rory to get to you."
"Nevertheless, it doesn't hurt to keep her protected as well." Lucifer said.
"Who's Trixie?" Gabriel asked looking between her brothers.
"My daughter from my marriage before Lucifer arrived." Cloe said shaking her head. "She's ready, I made sure she was ready and with Eve with her she'll be okay." She nodded, trying to convince herself.
"I will go as well." Zadkiel said making everyone look at him. "You fight for what is right, you've protected these humans even when we have just dismissed them as insignificant. You've grown into a righteous man, and if this human is important to you, I will help keep her safe while we work to save your daughter."
Lucifer looked at him in surprise, blinking several times before he nodded. "She is important." He said. "Little urchin's like another daughter." He smirked as Cloe gave a soft laugh at Lucifer's nickname for Trixie.
"I'll call her to let her know so she doesn't shoot you." Cloe said as she turned reaching into Lucifer's jacket to take his phone and call her daughter.
"Human weapons are no match for us." He said with a smirk.
Lucifer smirked. "Yes, well remember when we fought Michael and Cloe shot our siblings out of the sky?" Zadkiel looked at Cloe on the phone before back to his smirking brother. "We might have melted a few demon weapons down into bullets. Cloe's really very clever." He said as his brother looked surprised before looking back at Cloe.
"Never underestimate her." Amenadiel said with a smirk before he turned to the bar and wrote an address down. "Here, you'll find them at this address."
Zadkiel took the paper looking at it as Lucifer took a step closer. "I do appreciate this more than you know, brother." Zadkiel nodded and left as Cloe turned back hanging up Lucifer's phone, handing it back to him.
"Lucifer." She said looking at him, he could see the wheels turning that detective look on her face. "The living room looked fine at the house but wherever she was taken…"
"It would be destroyed." He said with a nod. "There was nothing at the house, not even a scratch."
"We need to go back." Cloe said making him nod.
"Let us know if you hear anything." Lucifer said looking back to Amenadiel.
Amenadiel nodded before Saraqael stepped forward. "I'll go with you."
"As will I." Raziel said with a nod. "If Michael is trying to exact revenge there's no telling what he's going to do. It will be better to have more angels ready to fight and looking for anything that might stick out to celestial more than a human eye." She said making Lucifer glance at Cloe who gave a little nod.
"I'm going to keep an eye on Zadkiel and the others, Gabriel and I can help carry information quickly." Azrael offered before the two were gone and Lucifer grabbed Cloe's hand and they left, heading back to the house that Cloe had raised her daughter in.
"Wakey, wakey baby angel." Rory groaned as she blinked her eyes open, her head feeling like it was about to burst as she tried to collect herself. She looked around realizing she was chained, her wings nailed to cement pillars with Michael standing in front of her with a sick grin on his face. The face so similar to that of her father's. She struggled only to cause pain to shoot through her body.
"I suppose it was all quite necessary." She heard as another man walked around her to stand beside Michael, one she had never seen before. "I suppose she does have Lucifer's blood in her veins." He mused before he grinned. "This is going to be fun."
"You have no idea what you're doing. If you're trying to get to Lucifer, it won't work. He doesn't even care about me, he knew about me and still left me and my mom. He hasn't been around since before I was even born." She said hoping they would take the old story.
Michael laughed as the other man looked at him. "She's lying." He said walking closer, leaning in at her face. "You see, Demon's talk. I know all about what my brother feels about you. Trust me, he'll come here and lay his life for you." Rory narrowed her eyes before throwing her head forward, breaking his nose.
"We'll just kill you both." The other man said with a shrug. "We don't need Lucifer's genes left in this world."
Michael grinned at him. "I do love your forward thinking, Cain." He said as he pulled a cloth from his pocket and held it to his bleeding nose.
Cloe led the way into eh house, she walked around looking at the living room. "What are we looking for?" Raziel asked looking around.
"Anything that shows there was a fight." Lucifer said. "Scuffs, holes, broken items, scratches and cuts." He listed off as he started looking at the walls.
"Lucifer." He heard Cloe say from the side making him walk over to her crouched form as his sisters followed. She slowly picked something up and stood.
"Rory's feather." He said softly his brow furrowing.
"That's not a feather." Saraqael said looking at it.
Lucifer looked at her, turning to show his sisters. "This is a father. It's from Rory's wings, her feathers are each a razor-sharp dagger." He explained to them before he turned back, searching the area for any other indication.
"The wall." Cloe said as she looks up the stairs where they could see discoloration on the paint. She made her way up, her fingers running over the pain. "Blood…." She looked at Lucifer, fear clear on her face.
"There's more here." Raziel said pointing to a spot that was covered by the open door to a bedroom.
"It looks like someone tried to clean up." Saraqael said. "Michael wouldn't have done this." She said looking at her brother. "He wouldn't have taken down an angel, even a half one, to try to get revenge against you, clean up and then let you know what he did."
Lucifer nodded as he looked around. "It doesn't make sense." He said trying to figure it out.
"Lucifer." They looked at Cloe sitting on the stairs holding something. He looked down as she looked up at him. His brow furrowed as he reached out taking it. "Peirce." She said looking at him. "How is that… how is that possible? He's in hell, isn't he? He went to hell after you killed him." She said, her brow furrowed, her head spinning as she tried to figure out what it all meant, how it was all possible.
"You killed someone?" Raziel asked worriedly looking at him.
Lucifer glanced at her and nodded. "I did, he tried to kill Cloe." He turned his eyes back to the bracelet.
"Marcus Peirce, Cain." Cloe said as she pulled herself to her feet. "He posed as a police Lieutenant, tried to use me to get rid of his immortality, get into heaven and kill Lucifer." She told her sister in laws as they stared at her, glancing at their brother.
He shook his head and walked a few steps away. "It's not possible. He was in a hell loop for killing Charlotte, the demons kept him…." He looked at Cloe as they both came to a realization. "Go back to Lux, see if anyone's come back with any information yet."
"Lucifer…" Cloe said walking over to him.
"If they somehow helped him out of his hell loop… he was turned mortal but who know what he had learned after all his time walking the Earth. I'm just going to find out if he's still there and what they know." He told her. "I'll meet you back at Lux." He glanced at his sisters. "If he's free and he finds out you're here, he'll be coming for you."
Cloe gave a little nod as he pulled his phone free and handed it to her. "Be careful." She said making him nod, pressing a quick kiss to her lip before he made his way back to hell. Cloe took a breath and turned to her surprised sister in laws. "We should get back to Lux and see if anyone has found anything yet." The three made their way back to the club, Cloe calling Amenadiel along the way.
"Are you sure it's him?" Amenadiel asked as the three women made their way down the stairs to Amenadiel and several other siblings.
"I'm sure." She said setting the bracelet on the bar with Rory's feather. "How else would be able to get the drop on Rory and make it look like nothing happened." She said. "Rory has never just dropped feathers, something happened, he hurt her Amenadiel. Those bastards are working together and it's only getting worse for her."
"Lucifer went to hell to check." Raziel said as Cloe started to pace, trying to gather her thoughts and calm down to think. She had to stay clear, or her daughter could be in even more danger. "He said she needed to come back here since Cain would be after her as well."
Saraqael looked at Cloe as she put her hands on her hips and took a breath. "Why is that?" She asked. "Why was he so sure Cain would be after you?"
Cloe looked at her and the other angels. "Because…. Back when I was working as a detective, he tried to use me to get rid of his mark, making me fall for him."
"I thought you loved Lucifer." Raziel asked confused.
Cloe looked at her. "Lucifer... he refused to admit it, he always thought he wasn't good enough for me, that I deserved someone better. He refused to move forward so I had to. I fell for Cain's deception, I fell for every lie, I ignored Lucifer and pushed him away and it… it set it up for me to fall for Cain, help him remove his mark and become mortal. He was responsible for killing our friend, we went after him and…." She paused as she shifted glancing at Amenadiel as her sibling in laws all listened. "Lucifer killed him, he reminded him about how he had killed Charlotte making him feel guilty and sending him to hell. He hates Lucifer more than anything, he will stop at nothing to make his suffer."
"Which is why he took his daughter and will be coming for you." Saraqael said.
"How does Michael fit into this?" Asked Jophiel.
Saraqael shifted, crossing her arms. "Michael is getting help to get revenge from someone who has the ability and the want to get his own revenge. Working together they might actually succeed in taking big brother Lucifer the Rebel down."
"He'll come for us for helping." Another angel said.
The others murmured. "We should stop, we need to stop. He's going to come for us, who knows what he's going to do." Another said as the fear spread.
Cloe looked at them and shook her head. "No matter who Michael works with they will always fail. Because Lucifer cares, he loves. That is always more powerful than anything any of you or anyone else could ever face him with." She said angry that the angels stood there, doubting him still, still putting him down even after everything he had done, everything he had proven and shown to them.
"Cloe." Amenadiel said touching her shoulder making her turn, tears in her eyes.
"No, Amenadiel. No. Lucifer has sacrificed time after time to try to prove himself, to be worthy, to be loved and every time he is made to think he is no better than some evil piece of dirt. And yet, when he needs help, he comes to all of you, he asks, he even begs for you to help him, to protect and save the ones he loves, and you still look down on him." She turned back, looking at the others. "You should all be ashamed." She said before she started for the stairs.
"Cloe, where are you going?" Amenadiel said as he followed her.
"To find our daughter." She said before Amenadiel grabbed her arm and pulled her back only to have her shift spinning out of his grasp and pushing him away giving him a hard look.
"Cloe, you can't go out there without protection." He said as she turned and started for the stairs again. "Think of Lucifer if not for yourself." She stopped in her tracks. "You think it's not bad enough that Michael and Cain have your daughter? What do you think will happen when Lucifer comes back and finds that not only is his daughter kidnapped but so is the woman he loves?" She looked over her shoulder staring at him a moment before she turned and walked back over to the bar, pouring herself a drink without another word as she set Lucifer's phone in front of her, turning the screen on to see a picture of Rory and her from their trip to the beach, making her give a soft smile. It was all he had to keep him comfortable all those years, keeping his word to their daughter.
It had been hours before Lucifer made his way back, walking down the stairs to find his siblings sitting around the room quietly. Amenadiel smirked and tilted his head to where he had gotten Cloe to lay down on one of the seats. "Did you find anything?"
Lucifer nodded. "One of the demons decided to go around helping every soul, they only managed to get Cain out, but it was enough. I also found out that because of what he had done, his mark came back, this time on his soul, that's why he is able to be here on earth." He explained.
"What can we do?" Saraqael asked looking at her brother, ready to help.
He looked at Amenadiel confused making the eldest of the siblings' chuckle and shake his head. "Cloe may have had a…. conversation with everyone."
Lucifer turned to look at the sleeping Cloe with a little smirk. "We need to scour the city. We know they're here, they have to have some trail, some sign of where they could be. I have Maze out with several other demons looking along with the others." He said trying to hide the pain, worry and fear on his face. "It's all we can do for now."
Amenadiel and the others watched as he slowly walked over to Cloe as she shifted, slowly waking. "Lucifer." She whispered as he leaned down with a smirk. She sat up quickly. "Did you find anything?"
Lucifer bent in front of her and nodded. "One of the demons helped him with his guilt. He was released from his hell loop but because of all he's done he will never go to heaven and is cursed to walk the earth with his mark on his soul." He explained as she looked at him.
"He has nothing to stop him from hurting her." Cloe said her fear building. They would be able to defeat them, but would they be able to do it before they killed their daughter.
"He has you and Lucifer." Raziel said softly as she walked a little closer with a nod. "Michael may never admit it but he's afraid of you."
"Why else would he go to such lengths?" Ibriel said making the two look at him before looking at the others.
"Is that what you all really think?" They heard making them look up at the top of the stairs. Michael stood with his cocky grin and crooked nose that was bruised, swollen, and still had signs of blood.
"Michael." Lucifer said as his eyes changed before he and Cloe started for the stairs only to have Amenadiel and Azrael grab the two.
"What do you want Michael?" Amenadiel asked.
Michael grinned and laughed. "I want you to give up the throne of God. I want our devil of a brother to suffer, I want him to beg for it to stop." He said glaring at Lucifer.
Lucifer tried to break Amenadiel's grip. "Not yet." He told his angry brother. "We need to find out where he has her." He whispered as Lucifer looked at him and relaxed as they looked back up at Michael as he continued his speak unaware of his two brothers' conversation.
"You see, I know you've changed, I can see that now." He grinned at Lucifer. "That's what makes you weak, brother. Lose any little piece of your jammed together life and it all falls apart. That daughter of yours… she's so weak, any moment can be her last."
"Our daughter is more powerful than you will ever dream to be. You're afraid of her just as much as you're afraid of us. You're weak Michael." Cloe taunted. "Kidnapping a half angel to try to make a point only to get your ass kicked by that little girl."
"You know nothing!" He yelled.
"I know that you will never get away with what you've done. You took my daughter; you are hurting my daughter. It's not Rory or Lucifer that you need to fear." She narrowed her eyes at him.
Michael gripped the rail glaring at her. "You won't think I'm so weak when you see what I've done to your precious little daughter." He laughed.
"Is that why your nose is broke and your face looks like it was mashed with a truck?" She taunted.
He glared at her, willing her to die with his look before Cloe shifted, throwing something before anyone could react, making him cry out in pain as he looked at Rory's feather sticking out from his shoulder. "Maybe I'll take her swimming after I rip ever one of her little feathers from her wings one at an agonizing time." He turned and was gone before they could get up the stairs to him.
"We got him." Cloe said breathing heavy as she turned to look at Lucifer. "We have him." She said making him smirk at her and nod.
"Have him?" Saraqael asked looking at her upset. "Because of you he got away, you stupid human."
"He's at the docks." Amenadiel said making everyone look at him as he smirked.
"Punishment of convenience." Lucifer grinned at her as she smiled.
"What?" The angel looked at her brothers confused.
Cloe looked at her. "He needs a secluded place to hold her, especially with her wings. He said he was going to take her for a swim as retaliation. The only place secluded enough to hold her and near water would be the docks." She looked back to Lucifer. "We just have to figure out what one."
He nodded, pulling his phone out. "Maze, check the docks." He hung up before reaching out for her hand making her take it and the two led the way towards the docks having Amenadiel coordinate movements and spreading the word.
Michael stormed into the warehouse pulling Rory's feather free and throwing it with a growl. "What happened?" Cain asked looking at him uninterested.
"They're all going to pay, that's what happened." He said before turning his angry eyes on Rory.
The half angel looked at him as he put a cloth to his shoulder, and she started laughing. "You have no idea what you're doing. You're so screwed. My dad is the literal devil, he rules over hell ripping souls apart, my mom doesn't like it when people try to hurt him or her kids. You really think you're going to win this. My mom will be the one ripping you apart, you sorry excuse for a-." Michael swung slamming his hand across her face as hard as he could. Rory's head hung as blood flowed from her mouth.
"You're as insufferable as your father." He said turning away.
Rory smiled through the blood. "Thanks, he is incredible." She grinned and laughed before he walked over, ripping one of her large feathers free making her scream. He grinned before he pressed on her wing pulling from her back and ripping against the nails holding her wing in place. Rory let a blood curdling scream loose as he grinned at the sound before she passed out from the pain.
Cain watched as Michael walked back over, with a sigh. "She has no idea what I have in store for her and that father of hers. After what she did, I should take care of that human mother for once and for all."
"Human mother?" Cain asked looking at him. "Thought angels couldn't have children unless it was with another angel."
Michael looked at him. "It's that human woman. He's been obsessed with her forever; it's only fitting that he lose his human pet and monster daughter before I break him apart." He mused before Cain sat up quickly.
"Obsessed with a human?" He asked. "You're telling me this girl's mother is the human detective." Michael nodded. "She'd have to be… eighty by now." He furrowed his brow as he thought of the woman who had finally fallen in love with, the woman who could make the world seem brighter. Until she stood beside the damned Lucifer.
"She's actually dead." Michael said. "Which doesn't make any sense now that I think about it. How is she here without being a ghost?" He mused.
Cain looked at him before looking back at the unconscious half angel hanging between the cement pillars.
Cloe and Lucifer stood with Saraqael, Ibriel, and Raziel before they caught sight of Maze making her way over. "Found them." She said darkly as Lucifer and Cloe nodded. "Here, Trixie said you'd need it more." She said with a little smirk, handing her a gun.
Cloe smirked as she took it, checking the clip. "Demon." Saraqael greeted as Maze smirked at her.
"What do you know Maze?" Lucifer asked.
"It's only the two of them with her." She said. "They're in the dock at the end, there's one way in and out through the main door."
"Were you able to see Rory?" He asked. She nodded looking at him, not wanting to tell him what she saw. "Mazikeen, what did you see?" He asked.
She glanced at Cloe before she sighed. "They have her chained with boat chains her wings are nailed to the cement pillars and they're taking her feathers." She said as Cloe looked at Lucifer, both parents looking as if the torture was being done to them.
Lucifer nodded. "Let's go." He said as he led the group towards the dock before they heard the blood curdling screams. Cloe grabbed his arm, and he rested his hand on hers. "We're going to get her out of there." He told her making her nod as they made their way closer as another scream had the other angels flinching.
They stopped by the door as Maze looked at the group. "Lucifer, Cloe go in first." Maze said. "They'll be expecting you to come, we'll follow and get Rory free and out of there."
Cloe nodded before she and Lucifer started for the door, as he flung it open. The others stood listening as the screams stopped but they could hear soft crying. "Mom! Dad!" Rory called out before Michael grinned as he pushed on her wing making her scream in pain.
"Stop!" Cloe called out. "Stop! Don't hurt her anymore!" She begged trying to keep herself in control, Lucifer fighting his instinct to charge in to save his daughter.
"Now why would I stop that beautiful music?" He mused pressing again as Rory screamed. "Can you think of any reason?" He asked before Cain stepped from the side staring at them.
"You don't want to continue down this line." Lucifer said. "If you don't remember what happened last time you each went up against me and hurt the people I care about, I am more than happy to show you what happened." He watched as Michael turned, grabbing a iron pipe before he swung it down on Rory's wing, breaking it, making her scream reach a whole new level of pain. The last straw as Lucifer charged him. Cain lunged to intercept him only to feel a burning feeling drive into his shoulder.
He turned to see Cloe fighting back her tears for her daughter. "You stay away from my family. I know exactly who you are, I know all you've done and how you've worked to hurt Lucifer, let alone what you've done to my daughter." She said walking closer, her gun still pointed at him as they walked in the space, Cloe turning to put Rory behind her. "Now!" She called making him look over as Maze walked over to her side while the three angels ran over to help free the sobbing Rory.
"Well, well, well." She said with a smirk. "Seems I'll be getting to have my fun after all." She smirked evilly. "You see I never liked you before, and then you went and broke my best friends heart and now you're helping to torture my niece. As much as I love torture, you don't touch my niece." She said before she charged at him letting Cloe free to turn to her daughter as the angels struggled with eh nails before Michael and Cain slowly moved to knock them away.
"Mom…" Rory cried.
Cloe grabbed her face. "It's going to be alright. You hear me. We're going to get you out of here." She nodded as Cloe looked around trying to come up with a plan. She heard a crash, turning to find Cain throwing Maze across the warehouse into the steel beams and shelves before he looked at her.
"Cain!" Michael called after Lucifer tossed him into the ground and started stalking over to him.
"We can't get them free." Saraqael said worried as she tried to pull Rory's wings free only to make her cry out.
Cain managed to grab Michael, pulling him away before he pulled the door shut, twisting the metal to stop anyone from following. "Lucifer!" Cloe called making him look over as the angels tried to pull each nail free as Rory cried. "Rory, it's going to be okay. I promise, you're going to be okay." Cloe tried to sooth her.
Maze stumbled over. "Move." She told the angels who looked at her as Lucifer walked over to stand at her other wing. Cloe glanced at him as he gave a little nod before Maze, and he grabbed the wings and pulled in one fluid motion as Rory let out a blood curdling scream before dropping into her mother's arms.
Lucifer knelt beside her as Rory sobbed in pain, her wings laying limp around them. "Rory." He said softly before she reached for him, having him wrap his arms around her as Cloe talked to her softly.
"Breathe, Rory, take a slow breath, it's all over, you're safe, we've got you." she said as Lucifer held her tight, cradling her head to his chest. Cloe looked at him as he fought the pain he felt for his daughter. He wrapped his other arm around her, pulling her to him too as she cried for her daughter.
"I'll clear the way." Maze said touching Lucifer's shoulder as he gave a nod. "Let's go angels." She said pulling the siblings from staring at Lucifer to follow her as they worked to open the door.
Cloe looked up at Lucifer as he let out a breath, looking over Rory's damaged wings. H knew the pain would still be excruciating, but he needed to get her safe, he needed to get her home. "We need to get her home." Cloe said softly.
Lucifer nodded as he looked at the wings again. "There's no painless way to get her out of here." He said. "Rory, we need to pull your wings closed so we can get you out of here." Rory nodded against him, holding Cloe's hand tight, waiting for the pain.
"Quick like a band aid." She said as he reached out, quickly grabbing the wings and pulling them in as Rory screamed before passing out. He let out a breath, he never wanted to hurt his daughter and seeing her so hurt all because of him, hurt him even deeper.
"We should get her back to the penthouse. It's the safest place right now." Maze said walking over. "They're going to want to finish what they started. Where better than surrounded by angels and demons." Lucifer nodded as Cloe stood and he shifted Rory, picking her up as she moaned in pain. He started for the door his siblings watching as he carried her. "I'll meet you there."
"Can one of you take Cloe to Lux?" He asked his siblings as his brother nodded holding his hand out. the group made their way back to the club.
"Rory." Amenadiel said as he watched Lucifer and Cloe make their way to the penthouse. Everyone ran with them watching Lucifer lay Rory on the bed. "Is she…?"
"She'll be alright." Lucifer said as he gently laid her down, easing her wings out behind her as she laid on her side. Cloe grabbed a towel and bowl of cool water as she started wiping the wounds on her daughter's face. Lucifer looked at the scene another moment before he turned heading towards the elevator again.
"Lucifer, stop." Amenadiel said, grabbing for his brother as their siblings looked on. "Luci, stop! They want you to chase them, you go after them it'll be you captured and tortured."
"I don't really care." He said.
"Lucifer." He said sternly as his brother turned his red eyes on him with a growl.
"They took my daughter, Amenadiel. They took her because of me, they chained her up, they nailed her wings to the pillars and ripped her feathers out one by one, beating her. He broke her wing. I will not let either of them get away with what they've done to her." He growled out, his eyes practically on fire.
"You will be dead. Is that better for her? To be killed and let them run wiled after everything they did?" He argued back. The two brothers glared at each other; their siblings terrified of what was about to happen.
"Dad?" They heard watching as Lucifer's eyes changed as he looked towards the bedroom. "Dad." They heard again before he made his way to the bed as Cloe looked up at him, her eyes red form the tears.
Rory turned her head wincing to look at him as he walked over, kneeling beside the bed. "You should rest. You've gotten a lot of damage, you should rest. Let it all heal."
She shook her head, tears falling as she looked at him, her eyes the same as his. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I didn't know that-."
He shook his head. "Sh." He shushed. "Don't worry about anything but healing right now. It'll be alright, I promise you, it'll be alright. Just sleep for now."
"Stay." She whispered.
Lucifer looked at her before a soft smile came to his lips and he nodded. "Your mother and I will be right here when you wake." He said softly, gently touching her cheek as she nodded, closing her eyes, and letting the darkness take hold. "She'll be alright." He told Cloe who nodded, wiping the tears from her face. He kissed her head as he stood and turned to walk back out, his anger still there but he would stay for now. "What do you suggest we do now?"
"Let Rory heal." Amenadiel said. "We'll come up with a plan and we'll put an end to this, all together." He said as Lucifer looked at him, fighting back emotions. "I'm going to keep an eye out for them and get things in place to find them and stop them. I'll let you know what I come up with."
"I will not let them live after this." Lucifer said before walking over to pour himself a drink.
Amenadiel walked over to Maze standing to the side, looking up the stairs at Cloe gently running her hand over Rory's head. "Keep an eye on them. Rory's hurt bad; she's going to need a lot of time to heal. Cloe and Lucifer are ready for revenge, we need to do this without anyone else getting hurt."
Maze looked at him. "You better work fast because they've pissed us all off. I've never seen Lucifer so angry and the second they're ready to go, I'm at their side." She told him.
"You think this doesn't piss me off?" He asked her looking at his broken niece. "We need to let her heal and we need to get our heads back before we run in, blind with anger, clouding anything that could blow up in our faces." Maze looked at him a moment longer before looking away. "Let me know how things go." She gave a little nod as he turned finding several of their siblings sitting on the couch and chairs, and standing to the side watching, unsure what to do or how to react never seeing their brother so upset.
A groan from Rory had Lucifer walking back in to sit on the side of the bed, resting his hand on Cloe's as they watched their daughter. "She seems to be settling down." Lucifer nodded watching her sleep, he had kept his word, he had left and let her hate him for so many years, the first chance he had to spend time with her, to really be there and his enemies use her to try to hurt him. "This is not your fault." He heard looking up at Cloe. "This is not your doing. Michael and Cain have lost their minds hurting innocent people. It is their fault, so don't you dare blame yourself."
"Cloe…" He said softly as she gave him a hard look.
"No." She said reaching out touching his cheek. "Don't blame yourself, we're all here together and we're going to take care of someone that deserves to be locked away in a very special hell loop for all eternity. There are people we can help, people who deserve to grow and learn and have another chance and there are monsters who deserve to be broke and locked away. These two will pay for what they did, not you." She told him. "Stay with us, help her feel better." She said making him smirk at her and give a little nod before they kissed, resting their heads together as they looked down at Rory.
The next day Raziel stood with her other siblings watching Lucifer play around on his piano. They watched as he paused seeing Rory slowly take a step from the bedroom. He stood and walked to her side, gently grabbing her arm to help her walk over to the bench to sit. "You alright?"
She gave a little nod. "Really sore, but I'll be alright." She said looking up at him. "Thanks for coming for me."
Lucifer smirked as he sat beside her. "I will always come for you." He said as he reached out gently touching the cut on her cheek making her wince. "I'm so sorry, Rory." He said softly.
"It wasn't your fault. I should have kept my eyes open; I just wasn't expecting someone being in the house when I got home." She said as she winced, touching her head.
"No, you shouldn't have to look over your shoulder because of me." He said before he looked at her wings. "How do your wings feel?"
"Excruciating." She said looking at him. "This isn't your fault it's those idiots are the ones that have no idea what they did." Lucifer smirked at her before she leaned over resting against him as he wrapped his arm around her, careful of her injuries. "Thanks for keeping your word. I know how hard and painful it was for you and mom, all those years…." She shook her head. "I'm sorry I made you promise."
"I'd do anything you asked of me." He said softly, kissing her head.
"Play something like before." She said softly, making him smirk as she lifted her head long enough for him to turn back to the piano before she laid her head back down on his shoulder and he started playing a soft tune.
His siblings watched, surprised at their brother being so tender with the young angel. Cloe walked out, leaning against the pillar leading to the bedroom, a soft smile on her face as she watched Lucifer playing the piano as Rory laid against him, her eyes closed and little smile on her face. She walked over as the song faded. "Rory, sweetheart, you need to rest." She said making her daughter look at her.
"I'm alright mom." She said lifting her head looking at her mother.
"Your mum is right." Lucifer said as he stood holding his hand out waiting for her. Rory sighed taking it, letting him help her walk back to the bed. "Rest and heal."
Rory laid down, her eyes closing within moments. "I love you, dad." She said softly as she drifted off.
"I love you too." He said kissing her head before he walked back out where Cloe was pouring juice watching the siblings as Amenadiel gave them orders for the search. "She's back to sleep." He said as his brother joined him and Cloe.
"How is she doing?" Amenadiel asked.
"She's heling well but not as fast as we do." Lucifer explained.
"Her human side is slowing it down." Cloe said as he gave a little look. "She'll still come out fine."
"How's the search for Michael?" Lucifer asked.
Amenadiel took a breath. "It's slow, but we're looking everywhere for where they took off to. When we find him, I'll handle him and make sure he can't do something like this again." He paused looking at his brother. "You going to be okay with that?" He asked, worried he'd have to fight his brother back from taking matters in his own hands once Michael and Cain were found.
Lucifer paused a moment before he looked at Cloe and gave a little nod. "You guarantee they will never be able to hurt Cloe or Rory again and they're all yours to do with as you please." He told his brother, looking at him. "I think I can live with that." Amenadiel nodded as Cloe smiled at him, taking his hand.
"What do you plan on doing now then?" Amenadiel asked, looking between the two.
"Cloe is staying until Rory is healed, I'm going to return to Hell for now. We've already been away too long, who knows what those idiot demons have done to the place." He said with a sigh.
"You've really grown, brother." Amenadiel said with a little smile making Lucifer give him a face before pushing from his spot to make himself a drink. The three settling in talking about the old days and what the future held.