Chapter twenty

        Chapter 20

“Endings are hard. Any chapped-ass monkey with a keyboard can poop out a beginning, but endings are impossible. You try to tie up every loose end, but you never can. The fans are always gonna bitch. There’s always going to be holes. And since it’s the ending, it’s all supposed to add up to something. I’m telling you- they’re a raging pain in the ass.”

The two demons brought Alex to a tallish building in Detroit. It had some type of Chinese resturant on the first floor, then two more floors above it. Meg hadn’t come with her, surprisingly.

“Hm. Nice place.” Alex commented when she saw the inside that was old and falling apart.

         “Hello, Alex.” Lucifer greeted, continuing to look out a window.

“Hey.” Alex crossed her arms. It was still funny to her how she could have casual conversations with Satan himself.

“Do you know why I called you here?”

“Uhm. Not really.” Alex shook her head. “I figured it’s cause I messed up another horseman’s plans.”

“No. I don’t care about that really.” Lucifer turned away from the window to look at Alex. “Sam Winchester will be here shortly.”

“Really...why?” Alex asked, then remembered Lucifer had said Sam would say yes in Detroit. “You don’t honestly think he’s going to say yes, do you?”

“I think he will. It’s inevitable. But I have another matter to discuss with you.”

“Ok. What?”

“What have you been doing with the Winchesters lately?” Lucifer stared at her coldly.

“What do you mean?” Alex shifted her feet slightly.

“They obviously have a plan, and I want to know what it is.”

“Oh...I don’t know.” Alex looked away.

“Don’t lie to me, Alex.” Lucifer warned.

“Well…” Alex let her arms fall to her sides and she put them in her jeans pockets. “They were collecting all of the horsemen’s rings…” Alex mentally cursed herself for giving away their plan.

“Hmm. To open my cage, yes?”

“Uh….Yeah…”

“Oh don’t be sorry,” Lucifer walked over to Alex and placed his hands on her shoulders. “This is good.”

“Yeah, for you.” Alex pushed his arms away and backed up.

“You know, you’re going to have to accept your destiny eventually.”  Lucifer pointed out.

“No, I th-” Alex stopped talking when she heard yelling outside.

“Alright! We’re here ya sons of bitches!” Alex walked over to the window and saw Sam outside.

“Looks like he’s here.” Lucifer commented, now standing beside her.

Alex backed away from Lucifer a little and watched two demons pull Sam and Dean in.

“Hey guys,” Lucifer greeted, looking out the window like he had when Alex came in. “So nice of you to drop in.” He blew on the glass and it froze, “Sorry if it’s a bit chilly. Most people think I burn hot,” Lucifer drew a trident in the frost. “It’s actually quite the opposite."

“Well, I’ll alert the media.” Dean said, looking a bit nervous, but Sam looked terrified.

“Help me understand something guys,” Lucifer  turned away from the window and walked towards the brothers some. “I mean, stomping through my front door is...a tad suicidal, don’t you think?”

“We’re not here to fight you.” Sam said, still nervous but a bit more confident.

“No? Then why are you?”

“I want to say ‘yes’.”

“Excuse me?” Sam inhaled deeply and closed his eyes, killing the two demons that had brought them in. “Chock-full of ovaltine are we?”

“You heard me, yes.” Sam repeated.

“You’re serious…”

“Look, judgement day is a runaway train, we get it now. We just want off.”

“Meaning?”

“Deal of the century. I give you a free ride, but when all this is over, I live, he lives,” Sam gestured to Dean. “You bring our parents back.”

“Okay can we please drop the telenovela? I know you have the rings, Sam.” Lucifer said, a finger on his chin.  Alex looked away, still ashamed she ratted them out.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about.” Sam wasn’t ready to back out of their plan.

“The horsemen’s rings? The magic keys to my cage? Ring a bell?” Lucifer walked forward to stand between Sam and Dean. “C’mon Sam, I’ve never lied to you, you could at least pay me the same respect!” He continued walking forward so he was behind the Winchesters then turned back toward them.

“It’s okay, I’m not mad.” He assured, smiling a little. “A wrestling match inside your noggin. I like the idea. Just you and me, one round. No tricks. You win, you jump in the hole. I win, well, I win….What do you say Sam? A fiddle of gold against your soul, cause I’m better then you~” He said the last part in a sing-song voice.

“So he knows, doesn’t change anything.” Sam said to Dean, not looking away from Lucifer.

“Sam-” Dean tried to stop him.

“We don’t have any other choice.”

“No-”

         “Yes.”

Alex was frozen and shock, and she was sure Lucifer held her in place too, as a bright light covered the room and Lucifer changed vessels from his old one into Sam. She closed her eyes, and when the light died down, Sam and Lucifer’s old vessel were lying on the ground.