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Lucifer Morningstar, the once brightest and most favoured angel of heaven now turned fallen and the queen of hell itself stared at the portrait before her. It has been so long since the last time they met, yet the guilt still eats away at her. It was a tall brown-haired man, wearing a simple white tunic, and was in the process of playing the harp. Many animals surrounded him; both predator and prey listening patiently while the man with the gentle golden eyes masterfully manipulated the instrument. The Devil bowed her head in shame as the guilt of utterly failing him came back in full force threatening to crush her under its weight. Lucifer took a deep breath, willing herself into a concentrated state as she had a new goal in life and that is to help her daughter Charlie. Leon left and that’s okay but she’ll be twice damned if she didn’t help her child. She knew for a fact that redemption was possible, but unfortunately, she was forced to swear a soul-binding oath to never even speak of it. She would be unmade if she even tried to hint at it. She filled her wine glass, raising it to the portrait as if making a toast.
“Here’s to you Adam, May you find happiness where ever you are.”
Lucifer took a few sips of her wine, savoring the drinks before her phone rang. Oh shit her daughter is calling. Before she could spill the drink the queen of hell calmed herself down, she put the drink down before hastily going for her phone and hitting the accept button.
“Heeyyyyy Char Char how is it going? How is my favorite daughter doing?” Lucifer said, cringing at the lame attempt. To her relief, Charlie laughed softly.
“I’m your only daughter's mom, how are you doing today?” Charlie asked.
“Doing great now that you called hon, what can I do for you?” Lucifer replied.
“Remember the meeting you got me with the leader of the exterminators, can you come with me please because I could use the support.”
Lucifer’s eyes widened at the request and she nearly choked on her saliva. Shit, this was not something she expected her Charlie to suggest. Lucifer could feel nothing but pure joy at the request, her little girl still sought her comfort and support. Come on Lucifer do not fuck this up, this is your chance to make your relationship with your daughter stronger.
“Okay Hellflame I will be at the hotel shortly, we can plan your presentation and a way to at least get her to reconsider the exterminations if you want to that is?”
“That’s a great idea mom, I’ll see you soon Mom.”
After Charlie hung up Lucifer went straight to her closet and picked her finest suit. The Queen of hell discarded her casual attire in favourite of her suit, picking up her cane the woman went to get a final look at the portrait before tipping her top hat in respect.
“Wish me Luck Adam; I’m going to need to deal with your ex.”
Location: Heaven, exterminators HQ, Eve’s office.
The first woman rubbed the sleep from her eyes while looking at the report of the extermination. So far so good, the number of the demons killed by her girl was higher than the last three exterminations. What irked the mother of humanity was the disappearance of one of her girls. Lyra was most likely dead and she couldn’t wait to tear Lucifer a new asshole for that. She’s going to make sure her girl’s death would not go unpunished, and she’s going to make sure the fucker who killed her would regret the action with every miserable fiber of their wretched being. Another thing to do in the next few days is the meeting she’s going to have with that whore’s daughter.
“Lute remind me why the fuck did I agree to this shit fest of a meeting with that Bitch’s crotch goblin?” Asked the first woman looking at the reports she still needs to sort.
“You were curious about her Ma’am, you said and I quote ‘I wonder if that bitch would look like her clown of a mother’ and then started eating your grilled ribs as if your life depended on them.”
“Oh you think you’re so funny bitch?” asked Eve, no hostility in her tone.
“Not at all Eve, now the meeting is in a week and I would like you to at least sleep for a bit Eve. I promise I will take care of the paperwork and the girls” Lute said, hoping her friend would at least listen to her for once.
“Nah fuck that I do what I want, still got a lot of shit to do before I even think about a bed and all that crap,” Eve said dismissively.
The first woman’s mind drifted back to her Eden days, back to the happiest period of her life. She would lay her head on his lap and they would just talk, Adam would run his fingers through her hair till she fell asleep. They would spend their days having the times of their lives, the happiness and peace she had with him were things she would cherish for the rest of her life but then the damn apple happened. Everything went downhill after that for her and Adam, kicked out of Eden and forced to fend for themselves things got even worse.
Eve blamed him, after all the angel did the same but he took it in stride. After they were done having children they barely interacted with each other, hell even the children barely interacted with their father. The mother of humanity didn’t know what the fuck happened to them to make them treat him this way. After both died she looked for him to apologize, to beg for his forgiveness but he was nowhere to be found. She looked everywhere for him, hell Even that bitch Lucifer offered to look for him but to no avail. Everyone that wronged him felt a degree of guilt, but none felt it like Eve. The first woman was shaken out of her thoughts by a very concerned Lute.
“Eve, what the fuck happened to you? One moment you were talking to me and then you stared at the wall and started crying.” Asked the worried Lute
“Just remembering the old days Lute, there is nothing more to it.”
Lute didn’t believe her of course, knowing exactly what the leader of the exterminators was crying about but chose not to force the issue first. The heaven way of dealing with Adam was a mark that would forever stain this place. The terrible treatment of the second man was acknowledged by most and they chose to live with it. Eve’s reputation however took the biggest hit of them all; she took the fall for it and never even defended herself from the accusations. The first woman practically lived in isolation for thousands of years in heaven, her children and descendants who were there during Adam’s life cut her off. Whatever it is that influenced those to treat the man that way turned their target towards the first mother in Lute’s humble opinion. The only thing the second in command could do was hug her friend and let her cry her heart out.
Location: Purgatory, redeemers HQ, head redeemer office.
The golden-winged angel sneezed causing all sorts of papers to fly across the room creating a mess.
“Oh shoot, look at the mess I created.” The angel said kneeling to collect his papers.
“Here, let me help you sir.” The assistant who was there suggested
“Thank you, Harper. Someone must have been talking about me because that was one heck of a sneeze.”