Lucifer Chronicles

Effluent

Dean watched the girl beat her fists against his chest, tears welling in his eyes. He willed them away, as his grabbed her fists and brought her into his chest. He wrapped his arms tightly around her as she sobbed harder, soaking his shirt. He smoothed down the back of her hair, and shushed her, pressing a light kiss to her forehead. "I'm so sorry." he spoke the words into her head. "I'm so so sorry."

Before she could notice anything was a miss, Dean slammed the butt-end of his knife into the back of her head, knocking her out. He brought her into the panic room, and laid her on the cot. "I'm so sorry." He sighed, sadly shaking his head. "I had to hurt you, in order to save you."

He shook his sorrows away and got to work, making an angel banishing sigil on the wall, opposite Ariel. He finished it just as soon as he heard Castiel's steps coming down the stairs. 

"Ariel?" Castiel yelled out cautiously, noticing it was silent, and the panic room door was open. He walked inside, and saw her body sprawled onto the cot. "Ariel!" He yelled, tripping over himself to get to her. He brushed hair off of her forehead, and turned around seeing Dean. 

"You." He seethed, ocean blue eyes narrowing dangerously. "You did this to her?" He didn't want to believe it, but knew it was true. "How could you? She worships you!" He roared, going to attack Dean. 

Before Castiel could take an actual step, Dean slammed his hand against the wall, banishing the angel away. Dean spared one last glance at his unconscious sister, before packing some supplies and slipping out the back door. 

Ariel awoke with a terrible headache pounding in her ears. She groggily looked around, not quite remembering how she got there. She heard a faint buzzing, and blinked hard, trying to figure out where it was coming from. Her hand swiped past her pocket, realizing her phone was vibrating. 

"Hello?" She asked, her voice coming out weak. She cleared her throat, and almost choked at the voice on the other side. 

"Hi." Erin said sheepishly. She was hoping to avoid using any names, because she figured that even though Lucifer trusted her, he didn't trust anyone else. She knew he'd have demons tailing her, and she didn't want them to hear who she was talking to. 

"Oh my god, Erin?" Ariel sat up quickly, and immediately regretted it. She could hear her heartbeat thudding painfully in her ears, as black dots clouded the edges of her vision. 

"Hey." Erin smiled, fiddling with a fork on her table. She found herself sitting in an old diner, just like the ones they used to all eat at, waiting for Lucifer. He hated them, but she always chose them, because they reminded her of home. Speaking of Lucifer, he was actually due to meet her soon, so she had to make the call quick. "I need to meet up with you, as soon as possible. I have information you guys will need." 

Ariel was currently slowly climbing upstairs, but froze at the top. "Wait, wouldn't that be dangerous for you? I mean, how are you even talking to me right now?" She suddenly grew very suspicious, 

Erin couldn't tell Ariel what was really going on, she knew she'd never understand. She'd probably think Erin had fully gone insane, and try to come rescue her ASAP. She couldn't have that, she wasn't ready to leave Lucifer. "He's gone." Erin lowered her voice for effect. "He's gone for the minute, and I've finally just found my phone. Look, I don't have much time. We have to keep this a secret, okay? We need to do this, please." Erin begged. 

Ariel finally made it into the living room, to find only a panicked Bobby. "Uh, yeah. Okay, sure. I've got a bit of a situation right now, so text me the details, and I'll meet you, I promise." 

Erin let out a sigh of relief. "Thank god. Stay safe until then, okay?" 

"Hey, you too. I mean, you are the one with the actual devil." Ariel reminded her, like she seemed to forget.