Epilogue. Lucifer's POV.
It seemed fitting to end with an Eagle's song.

Final chapter! It's only short. As I said before this is an epilogue. I'm sure you'll figure out where it's going almost as soon as you start reading it :D I had a comment about the last chapter being all in bold - I've tried to edit the document but for some reason it won't change, maybe there's a glitch in the system. I will try again. Let me know if it happens with this chapter too!

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"Oh what do you want now, you sanctimonious old git?" Lucifer hissed through clenched teeth as the dove fluttered down onto the armrest of his throne.

He glared at the creature as it blinked at him innocently.

"Well?"

It blinked again, completely undaunted in the face of Satan's wrath.

"Usually Father only sends you wretched creatures when you have a message for me...Well? What is it!" The room echoed with his words, the sounds reverberating around the empty hall. Lux had never been empty. Even when he was alone the walls vibrated with the memories of the pulsating atmosphere usually held within, anticipating nightfall when gratification would peak again.

The dove blinked before its wings clapped beneath it, propelling the delicate creature up into the air. It moved swiftly, circling the room before coming to hover by the door.

"Oh, what, you want me to follow you do you? If this is one of Father's sick tricks to get me back to punishing his naughty humans again you can forget it. I'm more than content to spend the rest of time in this room, alone, wallowing."

The bird continued to hover, surveying him with nothing short of pure apathy.

"Wretched creature." Lucifer hissed, more than tempted to hurl something and crush the creature against his walls.

But then Father would just send another.

With a tired sigh, more weary than any mere human could ever be, the Devil heaved himself out of his throne and dragged himself to the door.

"This better be worth it." He threatened, pulling the large stone away, snarling at the demons standing on guard at the other side who cowered in his presence.

"Stay here." He commanded. "Leave me in peace."

Wisely they obeyed, allowing Lucifer to move on, following the little perfect beacon of peace. The sight of it made him sick.

His demons had been weary of his presence ever since the Detective's departure. They'd never made it to the tour. Amenadiel had had to bang the door down as Lux neared the time its staff would arrive.

Locking the memory away before he could think too deeply on it, Lucifer turned his attention back to the bird. It fluttered ahead, launching itself into the labyrinth that compromised his home. Lucifer allowed some grudging pride at its immaculateness. Just because he had been condemned to the pits did not mean Lucifer would allow himself to wallow in filth. His demons were well trained. No doubt Mazikeen was keeping them in order - his ex-bartender had been more than happy to supervise operations whilst Lucifer locked himself away.

The dove hovered at the edge of corners, somehow coming across as impatient even as its face allowed for no expression of emotion.

Dragging himself forward, ennui pulling at his ankles, Lucifer followed the bird, barely paying attention to his surroundings. He was more than capable of finding his way back once this miserable creature finally left him in relative peace.

On they went, into the deepest sections of Hell, the darkness increasingly encroaching on them. Still the dove acted as a beacon of light in the relentless shadow.

"I see. Looking to lock me up with the worst of the worse now, are you?" Lucifer groaned as he found himself amongst the cells of the traitors. Creatures who had caused irreparable offense to Father and his oh so precious rules. "Not bad enough to leave me in charge of this miserable place anymore, is it?"

More accusations were building on his tongue. They died when he saw a cage door, practically ripped from its frame.

"Hang on. Isn't this..."

Lucifer didn't need a mirror to know all colour had just drained from his face.

"Mother." He whispered, feeling nothing short of terror.

The dove continued to hover, circling him.

"What exactly does Father expect me to do about this?"

Instead of answering in the usual fashion the bird took off, leaving him dumbfounded in front of the cell. Seconds ticked by - minutes on Earth. Dragging past as his brain fumbled, trying to comprehend how she had escaped and what in Hell he was expected to do about it. If she'd gotten out of the cell chances were more than likely that she'd already managed to cross the Styx and the boundaries beyond that.

Had she tried to attack the Heavens? Or was she setting her sights on the mortal realm again?

Abruptly a pain flashed before his eyes, causing him to stumble in to a wall.

"Fuck." Lucifer groaned, rubbing his temples in an attempt to soothe the pain. An odd cooling sensation came with the motion, surprise making him pull his hands back to look at them.

They were his hands.

Looking down he was still in his tattered trousers, barefoot. But they were his mortal feet.

His hands now jumped to his head. No, to his hair.

He was back.

A grin twisted across his face.

Well, Lucifer thought smugly to himself. Maybe he would be seeing Chloe sooner than imagined.

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Phew, what a ride. Can't believe I've finished this! Like I said I may write some one-shots then once the second season starts, at the end of September so I will have finished my dissertation, I can write a second multi-chapter story if I find some good material to use! There's so many about Lucifer's Mom so I'm not sure what it will compromise. I may just jump forward if there's a new feature to S2 I find more interesting and leave the show to fill the gap.

Just a note to readers, is there a good way to make a story series? On A03 it lets me make a series link but that's not a feature on here. Should I write a second story and use the same name, or just write that's it's a sequel in the description box? Or should I add any new chapters on here? I'm not sure I want to do that with one-shots as they will probably take place before this story starts, or during this story. Which would throw the tone of this story. So any suggestions are welcome! Or you could just follow the story on A03 I guess :D
If you've stuck with me all this way please leave me a comment and let me know what you think! I love to hear from you and talk to other Lucifer fans. Hope you're all well - goodbye! (for now)