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The Devil sighed as he adjusted the halo he had just summoned moments ago above his Fallen Angel wore the attire that he had worn back when he was God's right hand.

His outfit wasn't unlike the one he wore on a daily basis, having a similar shade of red and white with a dash of gold at the end of his sleeves, the buttons attached to the ends glowing brightly.

The only differences were the style of suit being different, now having a more regal and frilly appearance with a red sash wrapped around his thin waist, highlighting his slender figure and the coattails going to his legs. His black boots had been replaced with brown ones with an additional heel to them.

He had never imagined having the accursed halo above his head, nor had he ever imagined the day he'd ever have to wear this garb ever again. Not too long ago had he believed Hell itself would freeze over before he came running back to Heaven's gates yet here he was, mere moments away from arriving to the blessed lands that he had abandoned long ago.

Lucifer eyed his own reflection in the bathroom with a small frown on his face. It had been so long since he had worn these colors and he could hardly recognize himself despite how little had changed…

Still, Lucifer knew his disguise wasn't complete and put his hand over his face for a moment before removing it, his once snake-like eyes replaced with golden orbs.

'That should do it…' He thought.

As Lucifer admired his reflection, he was suddenly hugged from behind, his attacker covering his eyes before playfully cooing in his ear,"Guess who~"

Lucifer stifles the urge to flinch before rolling his eyes,"Mammon, I know it's you…"

"Aw you did? How disappointing, I thought you'd never guess…" He said in a faux sorrowful tone.

"Oh please, I can recognize your voice a mile away, your plan had no hope of succeeding. Besides, the only people here beside you and I are your servants and not one of them is suicidal enough to try sneaking up on me like that."

"Touche…Luci…Touche…" The Mad Lord of Greed chuckled,"And to think I thought I had you that time."

Lucifer scoffed,"It's going to take more than a childish scare like that to strike fear into me, Mammon. Now get your hands off of me before I remove them myself."

"You're no fun, Luci," He whined before relinquishing his hands from the blonde's face.

As Lucifer regained his sight, he was taken off guard by Mammon's change in appearance.

Mammon's outfit which normally consisted of shades of green, yellow and black had been replaced with lighter colors.

Mammon's skin that once had a greenish tint was now white, as if it were coated in face paint. His once small and black blush sisters were now painted a flattering shade of pink and red mixed together to make a perfect blush hue.

His uniform was now a buttermilk and latte shade. His upper half had candy red decorations on his outfit, two large hearts situated in the middle of his sleeves. A ruff was firmly attached to his neck. In the center of his chest, he had one large red ball with two ruffles underneath and his thin waist was wrapped up with a red sash. The bottom portion of his outfit resembled that of a skirt with long pants and he had white heel shoes with a red button where his toe was.

He had a creise jester cap with yellow bells attached to the ends, his once greenish eyes now shifting to a more friendly yellow shade to match with his attire. He too had a halo hanging above his head just like Lucifer did.

Lucifer found himself amazed at the sight, Mammon looked so different and he could hardly recognize him with those saintly colors on. His body complimented the attire splendidly and he couldn't help but find himself staring for far longer than he'd like to admit as he gazed at his body.

"I see you're impressed,"He mused, the mischievous jester taking notice of Lucifer's prying eyes, his smile growing wider than ever,"What's wrong? Never seen a court jester before?"

Lucifer quickly recomposed himself, immediately clearing his throat,"Of course I've seen one. I just didn't think you'd still that…"

Mammon chuckled as he pulled at the edge of his uniform,"What? This old thing? I've had this rag since I fell, and haven't worn this thing in ages. I had to search through the depths of my closet just to find the damn thing! And for as old as it is, it still fits like a glove. Guess I never truly outgrown my roots, physically speaking anyway. Then again, neither of us have changed too much from our original designs, right Luci? Luci?"

Lucifer didn't respond to Mammon's question, averting his frowned before reaching out and patting his friend on the shoulder,"You OK, Lucifer? You know I'm just messing with ya, right? I ain't trying to hurt your feelings…"

"It's not you, Mammon…I'm just you know…worried."

"About what?"

"You know…coming home after all this time," He sighed,"It's been eons since we last set foot up there and relations are rather sour to put it mildly. Who's to say they'll even help us at this point? Who's to say it'll even be worth going up there at all?"

"We won't ever know until we go up there, Lucifer," Mammon admitedd,"I understand your reluctance and I hardly blame you. I'm not all that enthusiastic either about coming home but no one down here is gonna help us and we gotta take what we can get. You do want to find your daughter, don't you?"

Lucifer nodded his head.

"Then we gotta do things we don't wanna do to get her back," He said,"Because really, Luci, I get it. More than you realize, but sometimes…we've gotta put our differences with the enemy aside in order to get what we want. If we really want to find Charlie, we're gonna need all the help we can get. You got that?"

"I understand perfectly…" He said,"Let's just get this over with, Mammon. The sooner we do this, the better."

"That's the spirit, Luci," Mammon grinned,"Now come on, let's go pay the Heavens a long overdue visit, shall we?"

"Let's…"

The two Lords then headed to the rooftop of Mammon's mansion. The high point of vantage gave them access to Hell's skies. Lucifer then stood up on the railing and Mammon raised an eyebrow at him,"Luci, what are you doing?"

He didn't give him an answer and instead took a deep breath before diving off of the roof. Mammon exclaimed Lucifer's name in surprise and peered down below from the railing in concern.

A pit of worry developed in Mammon for a quick moment as the few seconds of silence felt like an eternity as he could no longer see his friend….

Mammon's concern was quickly replaced with surprise; a blur resurfaced before his very eyes faster than you could blink. The Lord of Greed nearly jumped out of his skin as a gust of wind blew past him.

He then heard a warm chuckle from above as Lucifer's voice teased,"Got you~"

Mammon groaned in irritation upon realizing he had been played,"Really clever, Lucifer. Must think you're a real clever bastard don't ya?"

"Aw, do you not appreciate jokes? You seem to love pulling them on me…" He sneered,"What's wrong, do you not like being played with your own game? Or do you not find things fun when you're the one who's on the receiving end?"

Mammon probably would've said something had he not noticed Lucifer's wings attached to his back, large white wings flapping meastically in the wind,"Oh my…I never thought I'd see the day you'd ever bring those beauties out for show…"

"Neither did I, yet here we are," He admitted,"It's been a long time since I've had to use these but given we're going back home, I figured it's about time I put these babies to good use."

"My…they're larger than I remember…and yet just as majestic. Tell me, did you scare me not just to get back at me but to show off your wings? You know if you truly wished to amaze me you could always show something else, you know that right?"

"Save your slobber, Mammon," He retorted flatly,"We still have a job to do, remember that…"

"Oh I know, I just wanted to have a bit of fun, that's all. Though, I was wondering if I could touch them and-OW!" Mammon winced when Lucifer slapped him with his wing,

"You can look but you cannot touch, my friend…"

Mammon pouted,"No fair…"

"You have your own wings, Mammon. Speaking of which, mind pulling those out? We've wasted enough time fooling around and we're not getting any younger…"

The Lord of Greed rolled his eyes,"Alright. Since you insist…" He then summoned his own wings from his back and grumbled as they popped up in his face,"Gah! These things are a lot heavier than I remember! What an inconvenience…"

"It's an inconvenience we'll have to bear, Mammon. Now come join me…"

Mammon reluctantly started to fly, stumbling as he struggled to get in the air. It had been a long time since Mammon had used these and he was rather on his flying skills after all this time. The Jester struggled to regain his balance and panicked,"W-Woah! These are harder to control than they look!"

"You're such a klutz, Mammon…"

"Shut up!" He hissed,"I'm not clumsy! It's not my fault I haven't used these damn things in eons!"

Lucifer couldn't help but find it amusing as he watched Mammon fumbling in the air, laughing at his friend's struggle.

"Quit laughing!" He growled as he regained his composure,"That wasn't funny!"

"Oh quit being so dramatic, besides, it was pretty funny…"

Mammon pouted, sourness lacing his entire expression as he folded his arms over his chest,"Jerk."

Lucifer rolled his eyes before directing his gaze up into the skies as he was able to see Heaven's light from there. He then grinned to himself before saying,"Hey Mammon! Last one to Heaven is a dying Cherub!"

Mammon's jaw dropped as Lucifer dashed off, already having taken a head start. The jester snarled,"W-What the!? No fair! That's cheating!"

His words fell on deaf ears and Mammon pinched the bridge of his forehead with an irritated grin,"Alright then, Luci. You wanna play it that way? Fine…Let's play…"

Mammon quickly pursued after Lucifer, the two Fallen Angels soaring through the skies with glee as they engaged in a childish game of chase before arriving at the golden gates.

"Ha! I beat you, sucker!" Lucifer exclaimed as Mammon landed on the puffy cloud moment's after he had arrived, clutching his stomach as he laughed at the jester's misfortune.

"Only because you cheated,"Mammon retorted irritably,"Had this been a fair race, I would've been victorious…"

"Whatever you say, Mammon," He said, brushing off the jester's claim,"Now enough messing around, we've had our fun. The gates are just up ahead…"

They approached Heaven's gates and the moment they had stepped too close, the doors instinctively opened up. Knowing there was no going back, they both took a deep breath before stepping inside…

The moment they got in, the first thing they saw was what appeared to be a large metropolis paradise with bright colors that could've blinded the eyes of any mortal seeing it for the first time. Even the Fallen Angels themselves couldn't help but find themselves squinting at how bright Heaven's Kingdom was.

"By Satan's beard….It's so…so…bright…"

"Thanks for pointing that out, Captain Obvious…" Lucifer retorted,"Come on, let's not distract ourselves from the view. We've got a job to do and we need to find a way to get the Arch-Angels help…"

Mammon nodded his head and followed Lucifer's lead. The two men walked down Heaven's sidewalk, Mammon noticed the path was paved with literal gold and couldn't help but grin,"Looks like these suckers really got literal riches lying on the ground. How tempting…"

"Mammon," Lucifer warned,"Remember why we're here…"

"I'm aware, Lucifer…" He retorted,"No need to be such a downer, I was just joking…mostly…"

The Devil didn't humor him with a response. As they were walking down the streets, they couldn't help but notice that other angels that appeared to be of human origin were staring at them as they made their way through the city.

Lucifer narrowed his eyes as they glared at them and snapped,"What are you all looking at?"

The angels winced at his tone and averted their gaze yet despite them doing this, he could now hear them whispering about him and he managed to catch one of them saying that he 'looked like Micheal'.

That one struck a chord and a glint of fear became evident in Lucifer's eyes to the point that Mammon glanced at him worriedly as he whispered,"You alright friend?"

"Mammon, they're noticing the similarities between Micheal and I…"

"Don't pay any mind to it, it's just a comparison…"

"But what if they recognize me? What if they find out who we are?"

Mammon scoffed,"Now you're just being paranoid, Lucifer. None of these mortal souls know who we are."

"And how can you be sure of that?"

"Lucifer, it's been eons since we've been up here. No mortal is going to know who we are. The only reason any of them even noticed you is because of your resemblance to Micheal. Even then, that can be chalked up to mere coincidence given how diverse Heaven can be."

"You sound far too confident, Mammon. Especially since we're not even supposed to be up here. If anything goes wrong, we could have a full-blown war on our hands for violating the treaty…."

"The keyword is if, Luci. No one has to find out if we play our cards right. Especially since it's not as if we can just walk up to Micheal or the other Angels and request their help…"

"And why not?"

"Luci, it's never that easy, especially with Heaven. Since no one can know who we are until we have an audience with the Arch-Angels, we need to find a way to slip on through the cracks…"

"You didn't even bother to come up with a plan for this?" He asked in an accusatory tone.

"You're the one who wants to find her, Luci," He retorted,"I'm doing this for your sake, it's not up to me to sort out the fine details to everything. Besides, it's been a while since we've been here and Heaven's been through a lotta changes over the eons if this city is anything to go by. We can't exactly make a plan without knowing our environment first. That is unless you wish to do this on your own and we both know you wouldn't want that now, would you?"

Lucifer grit his teeth but remained silent.

"I thought as much. Now let's take a look around, surely there's a way for us to find a way for us to get what we want without getting the wrong type of attention on ourselves. Though how to do that…"

Just then, a piece of paper blew by and landed square onto Mammon's face. Mammon narrowed his eyes before removing the paper and grumbled,"Stupid wind…" He then examined it for a moment before raising an eyebrow at its contents,"Hn?"

"What is it?" Lucifer asked sarcastically,"Did a magical opportunity just fall into our lap or something?"

"Why yes, it did…"

"You do realize I was joking right? You don't have to play along."

"Who said I was playing along?" Mammon shot back before saying,"Take a look at this if you don't believe me."

Lucifer snatched the paper from the jester before scanning the paper.

Help wanted!

Guardian Angel

Do you wish to protect and lead troubled souls to salvation in the mortal realm? Then we've got the job for you! Guardian Angels is a job that is in high demand and Heavens Forces is more than willing to accept anyone willing to save any mortal!

Call 999-480-9812 for more information!

"You've got to be kidding me…"

"I'm dead serious, Luci…" He said,"If we're going to gain their trust, we're going to need to join their ranks. I understand your reluctance and believe me, I'm far from excited but this is likely the only way we'll ever find out what happened to your daughter."

Lucifer averted his gaze before saying,"Ugh…Fine. Let's just get this over with. Where's the phone?"

"I think there's one up ahead…"

Lucifer teleported to the phone booth and began hitting the buttons that correspond to the one on the newspaper. The phone rang for a few seconds and each second caused Lucifer's heart to pound even faster, his teeth gritting the longer the wait took, feeling as though an eternity was passing by.

One the phone finally stopped ringing, an obnoxiously high voice on the other end said,"Hello! Heaven's Receptionist speaking! What is your reason for calling?"

Lucifer took a deep breath,"I was wondering if that job offer for Guardian Angel's is still available?"

"Of course it is! Why? Are you interested?"

It hurt for Lucifer to reply,"Y-Yes. Though can I ask if it's allowed for multiple people to c quite alright. Welcome? Because I have a friend who's interested in the position and we'd like to do this together…"

"That's quite alright! We're always in need of help and the more the merrier! Would you like to schedule an interview today?"

"Yes…"

"OK. But first, may you tell me what your names are?"

Of all things to forget, names were probably the most crucial thing to have in this situation! Lucifer's mind raced as he scrambled to think of an alternate name to the one he was oh-so fond of not only for himself but for Mammon as well.

"Um sir? Did you not hear me?"

"I-I did, I just got disconnected that's all," He said to cover himself,"As for our names…Well, my name is Samuel and my friends name is…Cetrion…"

"Haven't heard that name before. Oh well, it'll be wonderful to have new recruits on the team. Say, do you mind if I give you the dress to our building?"

"That's be wonderful…"

The person on the other end gave Lucifer the street and address for the building and from the looks of things, it wasn't a far distance.

Once Lucifer had it in his head he quickly said,"I'll see you there. Goodbye," As he hung up, he then turned to Mammon and said,"We're in.

"Told you it would work…" Mammon cooked.

"Be quiet, I don't want to hear it…"

"Whatever you say, my friend…"

It didn't take long for them to find the place, especially with the use of their wings. Flight made it stupendously easy to travel around and while it took a while to get used to the directions that Heaven had due to how populated paradise had become since they had last been there, they had managed to eventually find their way to the given address.

"I think this is the place,"Lucifer said as he eyed the rather large and extravagant entrance to the building. Just about everything in heaven seemed pristine and perfect, too perfect for Lucifer's liking and he could feel his skin developing within his skin at the sight.

"Only one way to find out…" Mammon then knocked on the door and after a few moments the door opened however he couldn't see anything much of this bemusement,"Eh? I could've sworn that someone had opened the door…"

"Down here, sir."

The Lord of Greed's gaze shifted downward to the ground to see a small sheep cherub holding the door open. The Cherub's eyes were hidden underneath all of that wool and he wore a small pink bow tie just under his chin. Mammon towered over him completely at his height and he had completely overlooked him due to his small size, just barely coming up to Mammon's shin.

Despite not being able to see the sheep's eyes, Mammon could tell he was raising an eyebrow at Mammon's confused reaction,"What's wrong, mister? Never seen a Cherub before?"

"Of course I have…It's just been a while that's all. We're rather new here and we're not too sure about how things work…." He admitted and while Mammon was obviously omitting the view details, it was technically the truth.

He hadn't seen a Cherub in eons and the creatures looked more akin to those overpriced stuffed animals you'd find plopped atop the prize corner in which you'd sell your tickets in hopes of getting the biggest prize of them all.

"Don't worry, we're rather accepting towards newcomers! Come on inside, we've got biscuits and tea!"

The Two Lords stepped inside the area and they were taken off guard by how futuristic the building was. Everything was high-tech and bright as the rest of Heaven, as if even the workplaces were the embodiment of paradise itself.

Mammon blinked,"Nice place you've got here…em…"

"Oh sorry, I forgot to introduce myself,' The sheep said,"My name is Beau and I'm the assistant branch manager to Heaven's Head of Security."

Lucifer balked,"You're the manager!?" He sounded far more exasperated than he'd like to admit but he found it hard to believe this tiny little sheep was supposed to be the manager of anything, let alone of Heaven's Head of Security.

"Yup! Joel hand-picked me for this job while he dealt with the other branches of security and what-not. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I couldn't possibly decline the offer. I know I may not look the part but I'm determined to do my job regardless."

Both Lucifer and Mammon became apprehensive at the mention of Joel's name. It was another reminder that they were in Angel territory and that they had to be careful. Joel was a stickler for rules and even before the Fall, he was always the one who was making sure everyone abides by them.

Of all the Angels to get the ire of, he'd be the worst of them given his dominion over Law and Order and he took his responsibilities very seriously. It'd be easy for Heaven to spin a scenario of them attempting to infiltrate into their ranks with accusations of spying and declare that they had gone back on the treaty despite their motivations lying in a far different way.

"Is something wrong between you two? You've fallen silent…" The sheep said, his voice laced with concern.

"We're alright…We're just a little jittery that's all. First time job after all…" Lucifer said,"Speaking of which, where do we start?" He said this in an effort to change the topic, a cover to hide their true reason for freezing up.

"Oh don't be nervous," The Cherub soothed,"Nervousness is perfectly understandable but I assure you that there's nothing to be worried about. All that needs to be done is a few pages of paperwork and some discussion before we set you two to the task. Is that alright?"

They nodded in agreement and Beau was quick to get them involved in the paperwork. It was standard stuff, mainly about asking them what their strengths were and how they could handle tough situations.

Fairly lax questions for the most part and any hard questions were quickly filled in with embellished lies.

The final strokes of the pen were done, Lucifer and Mammon turned their papers in to the Cherub who told them to wait in the lounge as he prepared an assignment for them.

"You two may help yourselves to whatever you wish to keep ourselves busy," Beau said,"I'll be back soon. I just need to come up with an assignment for you that I believe you'd be best suited in handling given your status…"

"We'll be waiting…

The sheep then fluttered away, leaving the two men alone.

"Of all names ya had to give me, why Cetrion?" Mammon asked flatly once the sheep left, glancing at Lucifer with an irritated glare as he reached for the bowl of candy that had been placed on the counter and cringed at the taste,"Ugh, peppermint…Disgusting…"

Lucifer looked up from the Heavenly Newspaper in his hands and responded,"You know why…"

"Well obviously I know why, it's just…why that one?Why couldn't you have that one?"

"Because Samuel is my original name, idiot. Besides, Cetrion isn't that bad. It means something like…virtue and light I think…"

"It sounds like something that belongs to a tacky insurance company…" He huffed.

"Quit whining. It's only temporary," Lucifer admitted,"Once we get what we want, we'll be done with these names and Heaven itself ideally."

"I hope you're right, friend," Mammon then winced as he heard footsteps and whispered hurriedly,"Act natural, he's coming back!"

They quickly pretended to be doing something, Lucifer burying his head in the newspaper while Mammon was 'helping' himself to the candy bowl despite his distaste for the sweets themselves.

"Alright you two, I'm back!" Beau exclaimed as he walked back inside with a few papers in his hand,"Oh…Cetrion, I didn't expect you to like those candies so much. You must really like them! I'll be sure to keep that in mind!'

If Mammon's mouth wasn't full of those candies he probably would've said he didn't like them at all but he wasn't given the chance to do so as the sheep quickly changed the topic,

"Anyhow, I got your assignment all ready to go! I just need you two to look at these and I'll explain the basics of what you're expected to do! Understand?"

They both nodded.

"Perfect! Now take these," He handed the paper to Lucifer and Mammon peered over his friend's shoulder in order to see what it was. The paper seemed to have a picture of a mortal man's face on it and a description of his life and what led him to where he is now, going by the name Lyle Lipton who appeared to be an inventor of some kind and a struggling one at that.

"What the blazes is this?" Mammon inquired, his eyebrow raising at the paper.

"Your assignment, what else?" The sheep stated,"This is who you two are to be protecting and guiding. He is a struggling inventor whose great ambition could lead him down a dark path and it's your job to try and lead him to the light…"

The Devil sighed,"Hmph, is that all? Are you certain this one is even worth our time? He's probably already on the path of sin at this point…"

"So long as a mortal is on earth, there is still time for them to repent," The sheep said,"I understand being a bit skeptical given their descriptions but these people deserve a chance to prove they are worthy of salvation because ultimately, it is their choice what they make out of their life, short as it may be."

"Don't be so glum, Lu-I mean Samuel," Mammon assured as he quickly corrected his slip up at the last second,"I'm certain it can't be that hard to salvage this mortal. It can't be that difficult now can it? He's just one man…"

"You underestimate mortals, Cet…"

"Listen to Cetrion, Samuel," The sheep urged,"I understand your skepticism but I assure that every person we select deserves a chance to repent, even if you do not believe it."

Lucifer didn't believe that for a minute, finding Cherub's naive idealism to be increasingly similar to the nonsense that his daughter told him about her 'redemption' project. He rolled his eyes before huffing,"Whatever, a job is a job. Just hope this doesn't end up being a waste of time…"

"Pessimism isn't a good outlook on this job, Samuel. I promise that if you give these people a chance you'll find that at least some of them are worth saving…"

The Devil scoffed, brushing off his words.

Mammon sighed before saying,"Well, thanks for assigning us, Beau. We'll do our best…"

"No problem! Now run along, you're free to go and good luck! Be sure to check back in every so often and report your progress while the person is under your care. And remember, it's your job to ensure not only that he's set on the right path but to protect him as well! The mortal world is dangerous after all, so try to make sure he doesn't pass before his time!"

"We shall. Come on Samuel, let's pay our mortal friend a visit…"

Meanwhile On Earth…

Lyle Lipton grumbled as he stormed off from a science fair to his home, his foul mood radiating off of him like a skunk's putrid fumes. The second he got inside of his home he immediately went to his office, grabbed his notebook before tearing off yet another page from it and tossing it in the trash just like he had done with his countless other ideas.

"Those nimrods have no taste! Constantly rejecting my ideas just because they don't 'appeal' to them! What good do those freaks know? I work countless hours on these creations and yet I get beat by some teenager's electric potato that not only powers itself on, but it can even send a current through a machine that mashes potatoes themselves!"

Lyle kicked his foot into the wall in frustration before howling in agony,"OW! MY FOOT!"

He fell to the floor and touched his foot as he shouted muttered curses under his breath, hissing as the pain echoed throughout his nervous system. He rolled onto the floor as he whimpered and whined in pain.

As he whined, Lyle nearly had a heart attack when he heard a voice he didn't recognize say,"God he's pathetic…"

"I know right?" Another said,"It's honestly kind of embarrassing…"

"W-What the!?" Lyle quickly leapt to his feet despite the pain, a sense of panic now consuming him,"Who's there!? Show yourself!" He reached for the nearest object(which happened to be a vase)as he shakily said,"C-Come out and face me you cowards!"

The room erupted with laughter as the two voices seemed to find his threat beyond amusing.

"Quit laughing! He hissed,"I know you're in here…somewhere…" He admitted a tad uncertain of himself.

His room wasn't exactly very big and there weren't a lot of spaces big enough for a fit person, let alone two of them. Lyle debated whether he was finally losing it. Perhaps all these years of staying late working on rejected inventions was catching up with him….

"Dammit…have I already gone mad? I'm already hearing voices yet I cannot see where they are coming from. Perhaps it's from the booze I drank last week. Maybe the side effects are kicking in late and are causing my imagination to act up."

A mad cackle was heard,"Aw, now ain't that cute? You think we're a part of your imagination! That's adorable….Come on, friend, let's show this man just how real we truly are…"

Lyle looked downright terrified, the brunette shaking in his boots. His eyes widened when the room began shaking and an otherworldly light flooded around. Lyle's jaw dropped as he shielded his eyes from the blinding light.

As the light faded he saw two towering beings before him, one shorter than the other. One looked like a human male and would've passed had it not been for the inhumanely pale skin and the bright gold eyes. The other looked like a court jester whose proportions were too tall to possibly belong to a human.

"Now do you believe, Lyle?" The jester asked that could've been mistaken for being friendly had it not been for the devious glimmer within his eyes.

Lyle backed away, the mustached male quivering as he asked in a terrified voice,"You..you two not human…"

"We're well aware we're not human, mortal," The blonde retorted,"Thanks for pointing out the obvious…"

"W-What even are you?"

"Ain't it obvious?" Mammon asked,"Come on, guess!"

"A drunk hallucination…"

"No you fool!" Mammon snapped before quickly recomposing himself,"I mean, of course not silly! We're your Guardian Angels!"

Lyle's face fell,"My what?"

Mammon grit his teeth before grabbing Lyle by the collar,"Uh hello? Have you gone deaf? We're your Guardian Angels, specifically tasked with making sure you turn your life around!"

"Yeah I get that but uh…I thought Angels were myths…You're not supposed to be real…"

"Now that's such a shame, because what you wish to be true and what is true are two entirely separate things,"Lucifer said apathetically.

"I…I don't understand how this is possible…This can't be happening…"

"But it is my dear Lyle!" Mammon exclaimed,"As unbelievable as it sounds, we're here to drive you toward salvation since it seems that you're quite down on your luck!"

"That and there's a huge chance you're going to Hell in the near or distant future," Lucifer blurted out.

"Samuel, you weren't supposed to say it like that!" He hissed,"That was too abrupt!"

"What? It was the truth! There's no point in sugarcoating it! He's a grown man, surely he can handle the topic of his mortal soul being under the threat of eternal damnation now, can't he?"

Lyle flipped out,"I'm going to Hell!? Why!? I haven't done anything wrong!"

"That's what they all say," Lucifer remarked, having the heard the phrase dozens of times from sinners over the years,"Listen, you're not the first to think so but right now, in this point in your life, you're gonna be tested and without our help, you're going to fail and you're going to burn so I suggest you quit your whining and listen to us, understand?"

Lyle fell silent, trembling at how threatening Lucifer sounded.

Mammon sent him a look,"You could've refrain from being so harsh you know? Scaring him isn't exactly helping our case…"

"Hmph. Whatever…"

The Lord of Greed ignored his friend's response before looking at Lyle,"Now now, don't be so afraid. Samuel doesn't mean it, he's just been a bit grouchy lately. I assure you, there's nothing to fear…"

"How do I know? I don't even know who you are?"

"Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself! My name is…Cetrion-"

Lyle snickered,"That sounds like the name of an insurance company."

Mammon's eye twitched as he refrained from losing his temper right then and there,"As I was saying, you already know my friend, Samuel. I apologize on his behalf for being rude with you. He just has a lot on his plate and because of that, we'd really appreciate it if you cooperated to the best of your ability so that you have a steady and smooth path to salvation, not just for your sake, but for our's since this is our first day on the job…"

"First day? You mean Heaven's just having two newbies guide me on the path of salvation!? They couldn't have found someone more experienced!?"

"Watch your tongue," Lucifer snapped,"You should be grateful that they bothered to send you anyone at all."

"It's not like I ask for a Guardian Angel, let alone two of them!" Lyle whined,"I never wanted this!"

"Neither did we, yet here we are," The Devil said,"Listen, I'm not in the mood for your whining and I just want this assignment over with because frankly, I have other goals that are far beyond your feeble comprehension so don't make this painful…"

"Pay no mind to him, he's just….stressed," Mammon excused,"Now Lyle, I would like to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"Well, we were waiting for you to come back and we noticed all these papers strewn about. Is there a reason for that?"

"Oh that? Those were past ideas of mine. I was hoping that I'd be able to win the science convention, you know, to get money and fame. Course everytime I come up with something marvelous, the judges simply refuse to see brilliance and hand all the praise and glory to someone lesser than! It wasn't fair how I wasted hours away and yet those little twats got everything that I deserved!"

"And what exactly were your inventions?"

"There was the mustache twirler, shoe umbrellas, motorized ice cream cones, and countless others yet no one seemed interested."

"Perhaps you should consider something people actually want?" Lucifer inquired,"No offense but your ideas are rather lame not to mention completely useless. Why would anyone want to invest in these types of inventions if they serve no practical use?"

"Oh yeah? Then what would you suggest?"

"Hm, I don't know, how about something that hasn't been done before? Think about a problem that you mortals have that a wide range of people would just love to have solved," Mammon suggested,"Like a cure for a disease, like diabetes or cancer…"

"Or maybe finding to prolong aging…" Lucifer mumbled.

"What'd you say?"

"I just said a way to prolong aging-"

"That's it!" He exclaimed,"If I can prolong the aging process, I'll go down in history as the greatest inventor of all time! I'll make millions, possibly even billions with that sort of tech! And if I play my cards right, I could even create a way for humans to be completely immortal!"

The next thing either of them knew, he rushed to his feet and began heading to his desk to formulate such an invention. Mammon winced before saying,"Not to barge in on your moment of genius or anything but you do recall that going down this path could possibly lead to your eternal damnation do you not?"

He flinched,"I haven't forgotten…I don't want to burn or anything but I'm certain I can find a way of conducting this without risking eternal damnation and everything…."

"Cetrion, quit being such a worrywart, it's the mortal's choice after all. He doesn't have to heed your word if he doesn't want to. It's ultimately his choice when judgment comes anyway so don't take it too personally…"

Mammon rolled his eyes before asking,"Are You certain you don't want to reconsider a different invention Lyle?"

"I'm certain. This one is the big caper after all, and while your other ideas are swell, this one could possibly solve all of those in a jiffy. Who needs to worry about cancer or disease if you're immortal? This could solve all of that and it'll make me rich too! It's a win-win situation and I'll finally be recognized for who I am!"

Lucifer and Mammon had different reactions to this.

The Devil quite literally couldn't care less. Whether this mortal died and went to Heaven or Hell made little to no difference to him. All he wanted was his daughter and if all he had to do was supervise some mortal to get Heaven's trust then so be it.

Mammon on the other hand, found himself frustrated. Not only with Lyle, but with Lucifer as well. He was acting on his benefit and it seemed like Lucifer was going out of his way to make the situation worse by influencing Lyle into sin.

Had they been in their normal positions of power, he wouldn't give a rat's ass about Lucifer tempting mortals but this was different.

They NEEDED Heaven to trust them and Lucifer was compromising it with his apathy while Mammon was actually trying to lure him to a better path(albeit for their own sake if anything). If they succeeded in getting him on the right path, they could prove to Heaven they weren't a threat but if they failed…well it was going to make it look like they were trying to sabotage them.

Not only that, but Mammon began to realize just how difficult it was going to be. Tempting mortals to sin was easy, just offer them something they wanted in exchange for their soul and bam, you had them in your hands.

But tempting mortals into going about a cleaner path,especially if it were inconvenient? Now that was truly a challenge and Mammon was starting to realize that this job was far harder than Heaven made it out to be.

No wonder this job was in high demand, there weren't enough people to try hand-holding mortals all day and getting them to try and better themselves took a lot more than singing hallelujah and barfing out cupcakes and rainbows.

'Oh the things I do for love...' He thought to himself as he internally groaned. This was going to be a long and miserable time and a part of him was secretly beginning to regret doing this…

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And don't worry, we're going back to the Other World next chap. Just wanted to clear things up with these two before anything started and yeah, Lyle is a struggling inventor because I imagine he wasn't rich he met his business partner.

Enigmus-288: I mean, they need help somehow. Everyone in Hell isn't willing to give them the time of day and the only way forward is up...Literally in this case. Lucifer ain't too excited but he doesn't have too many options at this point. May as well give it a shot.