Plot
Modern AU, Lucifer makes a deal with a unlikely person
Trigger warning!
Got a random idea that popped into my head. So see what everyone thinks of it. If you all Like it. Maybe I'll go back and make it into a short book?
And sorry for the wait, took a little break to celebrate finishing the other book. Back at it now and hopefully can pick up my upload speeds for you all!
In a small town down in new Orleans, the local sheriff smiled as he walked into the coffee shop, hearing that familiar bell tone.
"Morning sheriff" said the chipper lady said from behind the counter as she started to get his usual order ready to go.
"Morning to you as well Vaggie" he said as he pulled out his wallet and sat the money down on the counter, already knowing the total before he put his wallet back away. Vaggie turned around holding his steaming cup of coffee.
"One black coffee, just as you like it" she said with a smile.
"Thanks Vaggie, you picking Charlie up tonight?" He asked, Vaggie and Charlie had been dating for the past few months and did weekly date nights. Always on Friday night, depending on how busy they was they'd do it more then once a week though.
"Yes sir...I plan on being there around 7 tonight" she said with a smile. Lucifer nodded at this and returned the smile with a nod of his head.
"Ill see you tonight then" he said before leaving the shop. He stopped and took a sip of his coffee before letting out a content sigh and smile, looking around the little town, it wasn't the biggest one. Maybe a population of 1500 people at most. He turned and started down the sidewalk making his way to the station, greeting people as he walked past them before he walked into the police station.
"Morning boss" Angel said as he walked by holding some papers that he plopped onto huskers desk.
"Hey husky-poo" he said as he leaned down against the papers.
"I told you to stop calling me that.." he grumbled out as he worked on some of his own paperwork.
"Aww..dont be so grumpy...perhaps we can slip off into that closet..you can even use your cuffs on me" he said with a smirk as Husk dropped his pen and put his head down in his heads.
"What will make you leave this time..." he asked before watching as Angel slid the stack of papers a little closer.
"Fine, just get away from my desk" he said as he grabbed the papers before watching Angel stand up.
"Aww your such a nice guy Husker" Angel said happy with himself as he as he walked towards Lucifer's office now and watched him rub his head some.
"What is it boss?"
"You see the paper yet?" He asked as he tossed the paper onto the desk. Angel looked at it and read the title.
*4 bodies found dismembered in the woods, all signs point towards the New Orleans Axeman. Making this his 31st kill*
"4 more...and we dont even have any clues or leads on this" Lucifer said with a groan before the doors swung open and Michael walked in, the assistant mayor of the town.
"Lucifer!" He said rather loudly as he barged into the office.
"Morning to you to brother" he grumbled out some as he leaned back in his chair.
"Alright Angel, get some stuff t"
"We need to talk, now" Michael said interrupting him and watched Lucifer held up a finger before continuing with Angel.
"Ready to go" he got out before sending Angel out of the office.
"And you" he said pointing his finger at Michael.
"This in my precinct. My men, you dont get to barge in here and cut me off like that"
"I can do whatever the hell I want Lucifer. You report to me" he sneered out at him.
"No, I report to the man above you, and I will go right through your ass if you keep this up" Lucifer warned him, they stared at each other for a minute before Michael bit his lip. Deciding now isn't the time.
"You see the paper...this is getting out of control and it needs to be stopped"
"You think im not trying...there is no leads..no clues, no nothing!" Lucifer said as he tried to reason. No matter how thoroughly they looked, they could never find anything. Its as if the killer new exactly what they was looking for and made sure to remove all evidence of it, the only thing they can deduce is that they use a axe to do the job.
"You have until the end of the week to solve this case, or else we will bring someone in that can solve it." Michael said before he left the office, not even giving Lucifer a chance to retaliate.
"Angel!" Lucifer shouted out as he stood up from his desk. He watched as Angel quickly ran into the office.
"Grab the supplies, we are heading to the sight of the bodies" he said before Angel nodded and left the office.
It was almost an hour drive out to the woods where the body's were found. Parking the car they started up the trail and off into the brush, before they soon arrived at the spot where the bodies had resided at this morning.
"Seems like the morgue already came and got them" he said as he started to look around the area, quickly finding the 4 Graves.
"Alright...start here and spread out, look for clues" Lucifer ordered as Angel nodded and started to look around the area as well. They searched for nearly 10 minutes before finding the first clue.
"Give me a bag Angel" Lucifer said as he held his hand out for a minute before looking over at Angel searching his pockets before he sighed.
"Angel....please tell me that you grabbed the evidence bags" he said with a sigh as his pinched the bridge of his nose.
"Go check the car" he said before he watched Angel nod and run off through the brush.
"I swear im gonna kill that boy one day" Lucifer said with a annoyed groan before stopping and looking towards his left as he heard a twig snap. He sat there looking through the foliage trying to find something as he reached down and pulled his gun from the holster and slowly advancing towards the noise. He had just about gotten to the bush when a figure took off away from him.
"Hey! Stop!" He called out as he took off into the brush chasing after the guy. He stumbled through the brush as he kept getting hit by branches and almost tripping over roots, the guy infront of him must've known this terrain great, not even being fazed by the thick foliage. Lucifer didnt even see the leg come out and trip him making him face plant right onto the hard ground. He must've blacked out for a little because when he opened his eyes again with a groan, he shook his head as he was still dazed and his vision was a bit blurry. He tried to move his hand to rub his head only to feel it stuck behind his back.
"What the?" He said as he looked down noticing his legs were tied together and his arms were tied around the tree behind his back before he finally looked up to see a guy sitting there on a stump.
"Was wondering when you was gonna wake up" the guy said.
"Wh..who are you?"
"Alastor is my name" he said with a glint in his eye as he ran a finger over the blade of his axe before turning around as Lucifer looked at him a bit confused.
"But...you probably know me better as the Axeman" he said as he watched Lucifer's eyes widen in terror as he stared at him, trying frantically to get himself free of the rope that held him to the tree.
"N..no please! I..I have a daughter at home" he pleaded desperately as Alastor walked towards him.
"I do love when they beg...such excitement, makes my spine tingle with joy" he said as he stopped infront of Lucifer.
"Yell all you want...no one will hear you. No one will save you" he said before bringing the Axe up above his head. Lucifer closed his eyes as he braced for it before a gunshot rang through the woods, and the sound of metal being struck. Lucifer opened his eyes to see a axe laying of the ground and Alastor to be gone.
"Boss!" Angel said as he ran over and quickly started to untie Lucifer from the tree before standing back up on watching to see if the guy came back.
"Who was that!?" Angel shouted as he looked around.
"The new Orleans Axeman is what he told me" Lucifer said as he got up. Standing on a new pair of shaking legs, his hands still having a slight tremble to them.
"Le...let's get...out of here"
Lucifer said as he was already making his way back to the car.
Back at the office Lucifer sat in his chair and let out a nervous groan thing as he was still shook up from earlier. He was sitting there in his office for a little as he was going through the computer system before he sound found what he was looking for.
"...he's a resident here in town.." Lucifer said as he stared at the computer screen. 15 minutes later the car pulled up to a building.
Lucifer, Angel and Husker all walked into the old radio shop seeing a guy behind the counter.
"...hello Alastor" Lucifer said as he stopped infront of him with a glare, crossing his arms as Alastor looked up at him. Mumbling some things under his breath. To Lucifers surprise he went without a fight, which made him a little suspicious of him. It was a quiet ride all the way back to the station.
"Angel, fingerprint him and book him in the cell" he said before he made his way to his office. He felt relieved, finally having put this menace to rest. The rest of the day went by rather smoothly, Alastor hasn't said a single word from the cell and soon Angel popped into the office.
"Hey boss..Me and Husker are gonna head home for the day if that's alright" he said before Lucifer nodded his head.
"Thats fine guys..go ahead and get out of here, great work today" he said before they left. Lucifer finished uo his papers before feeling his phone buzz, he looked at it and smiled as he answered.
"Hey Vaggie"
"Lucifer...you better come quick..." She said in tone that he didnt like, he quickly sat up in his chair.
Vaggie stood at the door of the house pacing back and fourth before looking up as she heard tires screeching in the driveway, she heard the door open before Lucifer came running around the corner.
"Vaggie talk to me!" He said quickly as he looked up at his house, the door had been kicked in and laid on the floor, moving inside with her he found his house a mess. Items were scattered everywhere.
"Stay here Vaggie" Valuables like the TV were looted, making his way upstairs he quickly ran to Charlie's room and looked around and instantly felt his heart clenching. The sheets were pulled off the bed and it was clear there had been a struggle here, he looked over at the bed and his face paled as he spotted blood on of the the post, and spotting more on the carpet floor.
"An...any signs of Charlie" Vaggie called out from downstairs. Lucifer's heart clenched and soon his nervousness was replaced with Anger as he clenched his fist.
"Somebody is going to die tonight" he said to himself as he stood up. Making his way downstairs he went to Vaggie.
"Go to your house, incase Charlie shows up" he instructed her as they both left the house. Racing back to the police station lucifer ran into his office and opened up his computer and pulled up his security camera system, going through the videos his heart plummeted as he watched a limp Charlie being carried outside as the other guy carried the TV and bags of stuff slung over his shoulder. Moving to other cameras he finally stopped as he got a clear look at their faces.
"......I know you...but from where"
He said as he stared at them, before opening up the files and going through it.
*Frank and Henry thomas* Lucifer read as he looked at the files.
"Of course...the pawn shop down town" he said as he ran back outside. He made very short work of getting across town, not bothering with the store but going straight to the warehouse across the street, sneaking around he reached for the side door and found it unlocked before opening it and looking around, not seeing or hearing anyone he crept in and looked around before he saw her. Im the back corner there was a dog kennel like cage with a old mattress, ran down, like one someone had pulled off the side of the road, and ontop of it was Charlie.
"Charlie!" He said as he ran over to her, using the butt of his gun to bust the old rusty lock off the gate, he swung the gate open and quickly dot down beside her and rolled her over, she had a gash on her forehead, probably from the bed post.
"Come on appleseed, speak to me" lucifer pleaded out as he looked at his little girl, watching as she slowly opened her eyes and looked over at him.
"D...dad?" She asked in a hoarse voice.
"Yes..yes it's me sweetie, im right here" he said as he pulled her up against him.
An hour later lucifer had left the hospital, having Vaggie stay there and watch Charlie for him, she had a cut on her forehead and mild concussion, and her arm had a pulled muscle so she had to have a sling for a few days but otherwise was OK, no other harm was done. Lucifers blood was still boiling at this point as he threw the door open on his office making it bang off the wall. He walked over to grab some stuff from his desk to go and handle the thomas brothers before stopping...he couldn't be linked to any of this regardless of the situation. Its just what his brother would need to kick him out as police chief. He stood there for a moment before looking over at the Axe in the evidence pile and getting a idea.
Alastor was woken up from his little nap by the sound of the cell do opening.
"Do you believe in seconds chances" Lucifer asked as he stood there holding the Axe.
"....I do now" he replied as he stood up. Lucifer walked forward and handed him a piece of paper.
"Do what you do best" Lucifer said as he held out the Axe for Alastor.
"And what's that...." he asked a little weary of this as he reached out to grab it. He never took his eyes off Lucifer as he gripped the handle.
"....Hunt" he said and the smile started to spread across his face as he heard those words from Lucifer, he gave a nod to him before walking out of the building, and within a few steps he sunk into the darkness and out of sight.
The next morning Lucifer walked into his office to some notes on his desk of a break in at the pawn shop and 2 missing people. He merely smiled as he sat down at his desk and took a sip of his come and moving a stack of papers and dropping them ontop of the notes.
"No rush on them" he said to himself as he leaned back in his chair, he had spent the night in the hospital with Charlie and was able to take her home first thing this morning, Vaggie had offered to stay home from work today to watch her as well which did make Lucifer feel better, for the time being he was having her stay with Vaggie until he got the damage done at the house fixed and the mess cleaned up. He had made a cover up for story Angel and Husker to believe saying that the guy didn't match the new reports that he had gotten last night from a suppose sighting of the Axeman of new orleans. It seemed to work as they bought it, Though he wasn't sure how he was going to handle Michael yet, but he was sure that he would think of something that could get him off his back for now, and thats when the idea hit Lucifer. He moved his chair back before pulling a draw open and looking at all the case files inside, grabbing the stack and pulling them out, he might have a solution to his issue. The files were of past criminals that he had arrested and had all the proof of them being guilty of it. But had always managed to find a loop hole in the system that would get them free of it all, some he felt had even paid off the judges as they came from wealthy families in town. Going through them he grabbed the folder of the one he hated the most before pulling out and his and typing in a number. The buzzing sound went for a few times before it finally picked up.
"Yes?"
"Got another one for you"
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Hazbin one shots
Fanfictiona series of one shots of hazbin hotel. based off pictures I see or random ideas I get. some short, some long. Just whatever comes to mind My goal is to reach 160 of them and set the bar high for one shot books
