Fight Fire With Fire

35. Fight or Fall

[We Happy Few]

(During my rewatch before season 15, I caught a parallel between this season and season 14. Shocked me to my core. Four simple, scary words.)

INT. BUNKER - MAIN ROOM

A seemingly calmer Lucifer strolled through the room with a book, flipping pages with studied nonchalance.

"So where were you?" Lucifer asked Chuck without looking up.

"That's a... long story," Chuck replied. "How do you feel? I healed you."

"Mm. Yeah. Didn't ask you to."

"Son, be reasonable."

"One cosmic Band-Aid on my knee and what, you think we're, we're even now?" He looked up. "Is it time for us to go play catch in the backyard?" A door opened and Lucifer looked back to his book. "Screw you."

"Guys?" Dean called as he, Sam and Natalia entered through the front door, upstairs.

"Hey, how's it goin' in here?" Sam asked as they headed down the stairs.

Chuck spoke to Lucifer. "Listen, I know I've been gone for awhile." Sam, Dean and Natalia put their bags down with quiet rustles and clinks. "I've missed a few... million... birthdays-"

Lucifer cut him off. "Yeah, and the second your apes sed a distress flare, boom. Daddy's home."

"That's not what happened."

"Hey, these apes saved your ass," Dean retorted.

Lucifer scowled and snapped his fingers. Sam, Dean and Natalia looked sick, but quickly realized nothing had happened.

Chuck shook her head. "He can't hurt you."

"Oh, so you're controlling me now!" Lucifer cried.

"It's just a safeguard."

Lucifer stared at Chuck, incensed.

"Hey guys?" Sam called. "Uh, Chuck? Lucifer... uh, Dean, Nat... Think we can try and focus here? Y'know, end of the world, common enemy, all that?"

Lucifer slammed the book shut and stood. "Enemy of my enemy is my friend." He stood in front of Chuck. "Team Amara. Go Amara."

"You don't mean that," Chuck said.

"You're really not gonna say it."

Lucifer and Chuck regarded one another. Chuck blinked, but didn't look away.

"He's not gonna say what?" Sam asked.

Lucifer spoke to Chuck. "Screw you." He spoke to Sam, Dean and Natalia. "Screw all of you." He stormed out between the siblings.

When Lucifer left the room, Chuck huffed and began leaving the room, turning back to the siblings and saying, "Kids, huh."

Sam, Dean and Natalia gaped and shook their heads.

HALLWAY

Loud muffled rock music played. Sam, Dean and Natalia stood in front of a closed door.

Sam banged on the door and yelled, "Lucifer! Y'know, sometime you're gonna have to come out and... talk to... God." There was no answer and Sam threw up his hands.

"It's like the worst episode of Full House ever," Dean commented.

The music stopped and Lucifer yelled through the door, "If Dad has something to say to me, I'll hear it from him! Until then, I'll be in my room."