Lucifer Chronicles

Formidable

"So, what now?" Ariel looked down at the connected rings sitting on the floor in front of her. In the background Bobby's TV was turned on to the news, showing all the chaos that was happening. 

Bobby just shrugged as he continued to walk around, he hadn't stopped moving since Crowley gave him back the use of his legs. 

"We have to find where this is all supposed to go down." Dean said, his eyes never leaving the TV screen. "We find the spot, open the cage." Dean wanted to get Sam back, but he knew once Lucifer was in the cage, Sam would have to go too. Long before any of this happened, he promised Sam to not go looking for him. 

Ariel looked down towards the floor, sadness overtaking her features. "And get Erin back." 

"Erin?" Dean asked, surprised. "You want her back after everything she did? You are the one who told her she was never welcome back." 

"I was talking to Castiel earlier, and I have a theory." Ariel glanced up towards Castiel once his name left her lips. It was then she noticed she was the only one sitting. "Well, Erin and Sam are soulmates, right? So their souls are connected, bound. You add Lucifer to the mix, and he is going to taint that soul bond. Erin is going to think her connection with Lucifer is real. " She paused to see if everyone was caught up. "Lucifer himself might also feel soft and squishy feelings for her. But it'll just cause her soul to start devolving into something dark, something evil." She pursed her lips. 

"Remember when Dean went into the future and Erin was this weirdly powerful demon? I think its because her soul was doing the tango with Lucifer for far too long." Ariel sighed, standing and walking towards Castiel. "I think if Cas was more on the level of Lucifer, I'd be affected in a similar way, but I'm not." 

"Well, not anymore." Castiel corrected. "But before, we could speak telepathically, and you could sense where I was." 

"Oh, right." Ariel mumbled. On their journey, she finally had time to ask Castiel what was going on with him. She found out he was no longer an angel, but she loved him all the same. Sure, she missed feeling his presence in her head, and being able to have top secret conversations. But it was also really nice to get to actually sleep with him, and have him sleep. 

"Either way," Dean cut in. "You're saying its not her fault." Dean confirmed. 

"Yeah, so if we get to the battle, we can lock away Lucifer, and save Erin's soul." She grabbed Castiel's hand. "Any idea where the fight is supposed to happen?" 

"No idea." Castiel shook his head. 

"Great!" Dean threw his arms up in exasperation. "So what are we supposed to do?" 

"I suggest we imbibe copious quantities of alcohol, and just wait for the inevitable blast wave." Castiel's tone was void of all emotion. 

"Excuse me?" Ariel tore her hand from his. "You want to just give up?" 

"I'm so sorry." He looked down at her sadly. "This is over." 

"You listen to me, you junkless sissy! We are not giving up. Why would we go through this whole process of getting the rings, just to give up?" Dean yelled, quickly getting frustrated. 

"Wait!" Ariel yelled, standing between Dean and the angel, hoping to stop any sort of fight that was about to break out. "I think I might know someones who could tell us where to go." She pulled her phone out, quickly dialing and putting it on speaker. 

"Mistress Magda?" A rough voice asked.

"Oh, yeah." Ariel said in a high flirty voice, ignoring the looks she got from the three men around her. "Tell me what you want to hear." She couldn't help, but pick on him, even though the situation was serious. 

"Chuck." Dean figured out, shooting a disapproving look towards his sister. 

"So, a battle in a cemetery, huh?" Erin asked. "Good. Michael can be buried right away after you end him." 

"Exactly." Lucifer wrapped an arm around Erin's shoulders and led her into the center of the graveyard. 

"Lucifer." Michael nodded. "Human." He greeted Erin, disdain heavy in his voice. 

"Adam." Erin whispered, her jaw hanging open in shock. "Adam's alive." her voice held hurt, she never knew. 

"Oh yeah." Michael mocked. "You knew this suit didn't you? Well, sort of knew him. He was killed before you ever got to really know him, huh? He jutted his bottom lip out. "Too bad I'll have to use his hands to kill your lover." 

"No one makes us do anything." Erin whispered. 

"Please Michael." Lucifer could feel Erin's hurt, and he didn't like it. "We don't have to do this." 

"Yes!" Michael shouted, making Erin flinch. "Yes, we do." 

Lucifer pushed Erin behind himself, worried Michael would attack her first. 

"You haven't changed a bit, little brother." Michael scoffed. "Always blaming everybody, but yourself. We were together, we were happy, but you betrayed me- all of us- and you made out father leave." 

"Dad is doing this to us." Lucifer argued. 

"You're a monster, Lucifer. And I have to kill you." 

Lucifer's response was cut off by the sound of an approaching car engine. 

"I'm not ready." Ariel felt the anxiety building as she stared at her siblings facing off against each other in the field. "I'm not ready."