Paradox

Chapter 27: The Wind

"What happened?" Chloe gasped out.

"I don't know. I found him on the floor by the elevator, there's a lot of blood coming out of his back, and he's unconscious!" Maze yelled.

Chloe had never heard the demon sound so panicked. "Okay get some cloth and put pressure on the wound. I'll call 911 and..."

"NO!" Maze shouted. "One of his wings is out and it's not retracting."

"Okay we're on our way," Chloe assured her. She hung up and smacked Lucifer's arm. "Come on we have to go, your..."

He cut her off. "What about our quiet evening and..."

"Your brother is badly injured! That was Maze," She told him as she put on jeans and grabbed a sweatshirt.

"Oh." Lucifer sat on the bed looking stunned.

"Lucifer!" she looked at him with disbelief.

He quickly snapped out of it. "Right. Leave it to my brother to disrupt what could have been a perfectly lovely evening." His irritable mood didn't lessen when he realized his trousers and suit were still soaking wet. He disdainfully put them on while Chloe urged him to hurry up.

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Maze had grabbed a throw blanket off the sofa and balled it up against Amenadiel's back. He was bleeding so heavily she was afraid to lift it to really examine the wound. It was right near where his wing should be. She worried that one wing was out but there was no sign of the other one. Had it been damaged?

There was a strange smell in the air one she recognized from hell. Lucifer's fallen siblings who had turned demonic solely had that scent. A weird combination of demon and angel. She warily looked around as she kept talking to the angel but there was no response. She had partially draped herself over him trying to keep him warm. He was always on the cool side but with this injury he was like ice. His heart was still beating but weaker than normal.

The elevator door opened. "Lucifer!" she said with relief.

His eyes went wide with shock. "What happened? Did you two have some demonic foreplay and you accidentally stabbed him with one of your daggers?"

"Don't be ridiculous!" she snapped at him.

He dropped to the floor beside his brother. Chloe entered behind him.

Lucifer suddenly sniffed the air and paled.

He whispered to Maze, "Have you  checked to make sure no one else is here?"

She glowered at him. "I've hardly had time."

Chloe pulled her gun and started towards the bedroom when Lucifer barked out sharply. "Detective, NO! Maze will go."

Chloe gave the devil an annoyed look as Maze pulled her daggers and went from room to room.

"No one is here."

Chloe dropped down beside Amenadiel looking at the wound as Lucifer removed the blanket. She swore softly, a horrible looking gash crossed the angel's back.

Lucifer's voice shook, "It's not a fatal wound but..." he swallowed heavily.

"But what Lucifer?" Chloe asked softly.

Maze rejoined them. "Spit it out! Will he be okay?"

He looked at Maze. "When you severed my wings you were very careful to just cut them off at skin level. Someone stabbed him in the joint of the wing."