Lucifer leaned on the balcony of his home, staring at the sky bitterly. Ever since the conversation- albeit it was more or so an argument rather than a conversation- between him and God, Amenadiel had managed to unfreeze time and made sure that all the humans were unharmed.

Luckily they weren't. Now Lucifer had to deal with a new pressing matter: Maze. He clenched the cup tightly in his fist, almost close to breaking it. He turned and walked into the room and went downstairs.

A part of him was almost glad to see that Mazikeen was still in the parlor, tapping her nails against the countertop. "Mazikeen," Lucifer nearly growled but kept his composure nonetheless, "we need to talk."

"What's there to talk about?" Mazikeen muttered bitterly, her back to him. He gritted his teeth as anger washed over him.

There was a reason he was keeping his composure. Among other things, he wasn't going to do anything he would regret. But Mazikeen had crossed a line and with his twin brother no less. The lies Michael would tell but the so-called promise of giving a Demon a soul was almost preposterous in so many ways. Not only that, it was also dangerous. The memory of the Demons possessing innocent human bystanders was faint but it was there.

"You know damn well there's a lot to talk about," Lucifer snarled. Maze whirled around to face him, the look on her face anything short of fury. "You didn't take me back to Hell; you left me!" She shouted.

"I had to!" Lucifer shouted back, "I gave you just about everything when you came here and this is how you repay me?!" His eyes were blazing red and to say that he was angry was an understatement.

Maze stepped back for a moment, a look of uneasiness replacing anger. She clenched her fists tightly, "so what? Y-you didn't even care?"

"If I cared, do you honestly think you would be on earth?" Lucifer growled, "you are of no use to me in the end. As of now, I'm taking your blades- basically, every weapon you have." "You can't do that!" Maze snapped.

"I CAN AND I WILL!" Lucifer roared, his Devil wings flaring out and open in a threatening manner. Maze flinched back, her eyes wide with shock and fear. She had always managed to make Lucifer angry but enraged was nothing short of it. And she'd be lying if she said that this was the first time she had seen Lucifer this furious.

She started shaking before she turned and ran to the elevator as the doors opened and Chloe nearly yelped when Maze shoved her out of it. "M-Maze, what the-?" She paused when she saw the tears in the Demon's eyes and the absolute terrified look on her face. "Maze?" She said in concern but the elevator doors were already closed before she could ask what was wrong. She turned to Lucifer and an initial wave of surprise washed over her for a moment when she saw her lover's Devil wings out.

"Lucifer?" She called out softly. He turned towards her, looking upset and tired. Her eyes softened more, "what happened?"

"I basically grounded Maze for starters," Lucifer said, "I'm angry- no, furious with her, Detective. I can't trust her anymore."

"Can you trust Dan?" She asked. Lucifer frowned. After Dan's crazy stunt, he was a bit upset by that. Truth be told, he wasn't going to hurt Dan.

Not that he would anyway. Sure, the guy was a bit of a douche but he really meant well. Not to mention that he was Trixie's dad. Lucifer sighed, "not after that stunt he pulled."

"Michael told him to do it," Chloe pointed out. "Well Michael went back to Silver City," Lucifer argued softly and his shoulders relaxed, "at least Dad will be able to deal with him while I don't have to." Chloe stared at him for a moment. "What?"

"Did God really come here?" "Well he sure didn't come for a family reunion." Chloe couldn't help but laugh a little. There he was. The sarcastic tone of his. She wrapped her arms around him. "If Michael was to return-" "Then Dad or better yet, I would deal with him. So long as Maze doesn't." "Is she gonna be okay?"

Lucifer fell silent for a few moments. "I honestly don't know," he murmured quietly. Chloe rested her head on his shoulder and he wrapped his arms around her.

He smiled softly. He hoped for nothing more than peace for him and Chloe. He was going to protect her and everyone else. And he'd be damned if anything did happen.

Unbeknownst to him, something would happen. As it was nighttime now, a man dumped the contents of a purse and searched for some cash. He grinned but jumped when there was a low growl.

Thinking fast, he took out a pocket knife and whirled around to face the intruder but froze as the so-called intruder wasn't human at all.

A large wolf-like creature stalked towards him, growling deeply. It had a long lizard-like tail and it's claws and teeth were sharp. It also had long ears and a long muzzle.

"St-stay back!" The man exclaimed in fear. The wolf-like creature only roared before it lunged at the man, the silence being replaced by screams before the silence quickly returned.