CHAPTER 12

Chloe walked through Lux. Lucifer was working in the club tonight, and with Trixie with Dan, she decided to come down as well. Of course, it wasn't as fun when she couldn't drink, but she'd make do.

Chloe noticed Lucifer's ex-girlfriend, one of the first humans to ever be created sitting at the bar. In a split second decision, she decided to join her. She went up the bar and sat next to Eve. "Hi."

Eve turned and smiled slightly at the woman next to her. "Hi. You're Lucifer's roommate."

"It's a little more than that," Chloe said. She wasn't lying, but she was deliberately letting Eve think she and Lucifer were together.''

Eve's smile faded a bit. "Oh, that's nice."

"You come here a lot?" Chloe asked.

"Oh, yeah, most nights. This place is a lot of fun. I miss having fun," Eve said, her smile returning.

Chloe had a feeling it wasn't just fun Eve was interested in, at least not the fun that Lux itself could bring. It was more like she wanted the fun that it's owner could give her.

Soon, the bartender approached. "Hey, Detective Decker. Can I get you anything?"

"Just water," Chloe told him with a smile.

"You don't drink?" Eve asked.

"Not right now. You know, I knew your son. I almost married him. Though I didn't know who he really was," Chloe said.

"Sorry," Eve said. She didn't know what this woman's history was with Cain, but she knew it couldn't be good.

"Don't be. You're not responsible for him," Chloe said. She meant that. Pierce had been responsible for his own choices. No one forced him to do what he did.

"Sometimes I think I must have done something wrong for him to turn out that way," Eve said.

Chloe shook her head. "Pierce…. Cain wasn't a child. He chose who he became. He'd chosen it for an eternity."

"I guess so. Did he hurt you?" Eve asked.

"Not in the way you're asking. He used me. He thought being around me could end his curse. He didn't try to physically hurt me until the end when I wouldn't let him kill Lucifer," Chloe said. Lucifer had told her why Pierce had gotten close to her. He thought she could make him vulnerable, like she did Lucifer, and break his curse.

"Why would he think that?" Eve asked.

Before Chloe could say anything else, she noticed someone watching her. She noticed a young woman with dark skin and hair looking at her intently. She didn't appear very friendly. "Can I help you?"

The woman didn't say anything. She just walked forward and continued to stare at Chloe.

Chloe stood up and eyed the woman in front of her suspiciously, going right into cop mode. This woman clearly had some kind of interest in her. She was staring at her like prey. "Do I know you?"

"You are the incubator for my brother's offspring," she said.

Chloe raised both eyebrows, unable to believe the woman's bold words. "Excuse me?"

"Is everything okay?" Eve asked as she got up from her seat.

"Remiel?" a new voice asked.

They all turned to see Amenadiel coming towards them.

"Amenadiel. This is a sibling of yours, I'm guessing," Chloe said. The woman's words eluded to that anyway. She called Chloe an incubator for her brother's child. The incredibly crude words made what she was pretty clear.

"Yes, she's my sister. Remy, what are you doing here? I thought you were returning to the Silver City," Amenadiel said. He was a bit on edge with her being there. He wondered if she had returned for his child again.

"I did, but I had reason to return. I have business with this human," Remiel said as she pointed to Chloe.

"What are you talking about?" Amenadiel asked.

Just then, Lucifer joined the group, looking none too pleased. "Leave, Remiel."

Remiel glared at her brother. "You should've known better than to try to hide this. Something like this is impossible to keep quiet."

"Remiel, what's going on?" Amenadiel asked.

"She's carrying a celestial," Remiel said as she looked towards her brother's conquest.

"What? No, you're confused. Chloe isn't carrying my child. Besides, I thought we had an agreement," Amenadiel said.

"Yes. I do not agree with your choice, but you bested me, and I trust you to keep your child safe," Remiel said before turning to her other brother. "He is another matter. It is his child this human carries."

Lucifer pulled Chloe behind him and glared fiercely at his sister.

"What? Why would you think that?" Amenadiel asked.

"I could sense it. I felt a second child, and I led it back to her. Lucifer is clearly the child's father. This human and he are rarely apart. I'm not sure why you couldn't sense it, Brother. Perhaps it is because you have been around humans for so long," Remiel said.

Amenadiel turned to Lucifer and Chloe in shock. "Luci? Is that true?"

Eve looked just as shocked and a bit stricken as well. "You're gonna be a father."

Lucifer ignored both of them. His steel glare was still on his sister. "I said leave!"

"No. I have a duty to celestials. Once that child is born, I will deliver it to the Silver City," Remiel said with authority.

Lucifer's eyes turned read and his voice turned lower and included a growl. "You will not touch my child!"

Chloe took his arm. "Lucifer, calm down. I don't think we should do this here."

"She's right. We should go somewhere private and discuss this," Amenadiel said.

"Nothing will be discussed. She has no authority over my child!" Lucifer snapped with a glare.

Chloe tugged on his arm. "Lucifer, I know you're angry. I'm not happy right now either, but we cannot have a scene in the middle of the club."

Lucifer turned to her and let his eyes go back to normal after a few seconds before taking her hand and heading for the elevator. Amenadiel and Remiel followed, leaving Eve alone in shock.

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A few minutes later, they were all in the penthouse. Lucifer had Chloe behind him while his eyes never left his sister. She had come to take his child, and he would not allow. He would not allow any harm to come to Chloe or their child. And if he had it his way, his child would not set foot into the Silver City until his or her life concluded. Even then, Lucifer wasn't sure he liked the idea.

"The child belongs in Heaven, where it will be safe," Remiel said.

"Over my dead body!" Lucifer yelled.

"I am not opposed to that if it's necessary," Remiel said threateningly.

"My child is not going to be a mindless soldier, like the rest of your lot! He or she will grow up with Free Will, choosing their own path!" Lucifer said icily.

"And I will not allow the Devil to corrupt and endanger a celestial child!" Remiel said fiercely.

"Okay, stop!" Amenadiel exclaimed, getting in the middle of his siblings. "Remiel, I know you just want to protect the child, but it is Lucifer's child."

"And mine,' Chloe said. She felt like that was being forgotten, especially by Lucifer's sister, and it was getting quite irritating.

"Yes, of course. I'm sorry, Chloe, I didn't mean to say otherwise," Amenadiel said.

"I don't care about what anyone in Heaven says. This baby is mine and Lucifer's. We will decide what is best, and our child being taken from us is not it!" Chloe said firmly. There was no way in Hell she was going to allow her child to be taken away from her. She didn't care if they were stronger than her. She would fight with everything she had.

"You are insignificant. You can't possibly protect it. It will come to Heaven," Remiel said.

"Remiel, stop! You can't just take children from their parents because you feel like it! The baby belongs to Chloe and Lucifer, just as my child does to me and his mother," Amenadiel said.

"I still believe your child belongs in Heaven. I have merely decided to trust you to keep your child safe. I don't trust our brother," she said.

"It's not for you to trust him. It has nothing to do with you. You will not take their baby," Amenadiel said in powerful tone that he'd rarely used since leaving Heaven.

"You would fight me for him?" Remiel asked in disbelief.

"For his and Chloe's choice to decide how their child is raised, yes," Amenadiel said.

"Even against Father's wishes?"

"Has Father actually sent you here? Did he personally say he wanted Lucifer's child in the Silver City?" Amenadiel asked. He hoped not because if that were the case, nothing could stop it. No one could circumvent God's Will.

"No, but it doesn't matter. You told me yourself that at times, we need to decipher his will for ourselves," Remiel said.

"Yes, and I did a lot of damage with that belief. I believed it was okay to do whatever was necessary to follow what I believed was his will, and many were hurt. I lost my powers because I realized how badly I'd messed up," Amenadiel told her. It took him a long time to realize it, but his biggest mistake was thinking he knew what his father wanted, and that he was qualified to act on his behalf without authority. It had nearly cost Lucifer, Chloe, and Trixie their lives.

"What's he talking about?" Chloe asked Lucifer.

"Later," Lucifer told her.

"I was arrogant. I decided that I knew what our father wanted. It was foolish to ever think that, and I paid the consequences for it. You will too if you act rashly," Amenadiel said.

Remiel looked at him and then at Lucifer. Fighting right now would not be in her best interests. Amenadiel had proven that he could beat her in a fight, and Lucifer was strong as well. Perhaps Amenadiel was right. Perhaps she shouldn't act prematurely. She could wait and see what her father decided on the matter. She didn't trust Lucifer with a celestial child, but Amenadiel would be close by if the child needed protection. "Very well. I shall yield for now, but I will be back if Father commands it."

"And you will receive a fight if you do! I don't care what Father says. I will never allow any of you to take my child!" Lucifer spat.

"Remiel, go," Amenadiel instructed.

Remiel gave them one last look before flying away.

Amenadiel turned to his brother when their sister left. "Why didn't you tell me? We both have children on the way. Why would you not share it with me after I told you about my son?" He was hurt that his brother didn't tell him. He wondered if it was because he feared Amenadiel would help take the child from him. Did his brother really think that of him. A few years ago, he might have done it, but not now.

"It's complicated, Amenadiel. We wanted to keep it under wraps as long as possible, but we were going to tell you soon," Chloe told him.

"But why did you want to hide it?" he asked.

They both filled Amenadiel in on what was going on with them.

"You were going to send him back to Hell?" Amenadiel aske with a bit of an edge to his voice.

"I don't believe I ever would've followed through with it, but even considering it makes me sick to my stomach now. Even talking to Kinley was a mistake, and now our child has an enemy," Chloe said guiltily.

"Kinley would've been an enemy whether you talked to him or not," Lucifer said.

"Well, it's good you didn't tell Remiel about this. There's no way she would've backed off. Alright, I'll do whatever I can to help you protect your baby. When Kinley becomes a problem, I will be there," Amenadiel promised.

"Thank you, Amenadiel," Chloe said.

"Yes, we appreciate it, Brother," Lucifer added.

"I should go, but we should talk about this more another time. I'll call you, Lucifer."

Lucifer nodded and watched his brother leave.