Loop (Sequel to 'The New Normal')

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The light surrounding him was familiar. He only needed a few seconds to remember where he had seen it before...Lucifer was getting his new powers.

He played a little longer, watching the light swirling around him. Lucifer even spotted a few sparkles, dancing to the theme.

Then the Lightbringer ended his play, but remained silent in his seat, memorizing every bit of that magical moment.

Not long after, the light was almost gone. In a few moments, all that power would be his. They finally had a chance to save Daniel, to change things to the better, to make everything work as it should.

With the last bit of light soaked up into his being, everything around Lucifer went silent. For a moment he wondered if Amenadiel just stopped time again.

But then, suddenly without any warning, the warmth he felt before had left his body. Instead, the ringing was back.

But this time it wasn't nearly as pleasant.

It was a lot louder, as if thousands of voices were screaming in his ears. He tried to focuse on it again, like he did before.

Turns out, he was right. The sounds were coming from people. To be exact, they came from every living being, every object on every planet in his universe.

There were way too many different sounds, than Lucifer could handle. For him, it was like a migraine, but a gazillion times worse.

The devil felt every climate at the same time and every emotion and physical impact of every creature. Within seconds his body temperature as well as his emotions changed rapidly again and again.

But that was only the start. With the sounds and feelings, he felt memories flodding his mind. Billions of memories of every living being, each one unique and filled with different emotions.

If he had known that this was what it felt like to be God, he would rather be tortured in one of Hell's cells for all eternity.

If only Chloe would be with him, she would be able to get hold of him...Chloe!

That was it, he had to focuse on her...just on her and nothing else!

And it worked. Slowly the voices got quieter and faded into the background, until there was only one left.

Lucifer could see the Detective in front of his eyes. Right now, she was at her desk, going through her case files. But she wasn't paying much attention to her work.

The devil knew he shouldn't invade her privacy, but right now, this was his only way to avoid getting drowned by the thoughts and feelings of every other being.

He suddenly felt incredibly worried, more than he did a few seconds ago.

'Chloe must feel that way right now!' Lucifer thought.

Then he heared her thoughts. 'Hopefully we'll find a way to explain that video to the public...if not...I just hope Lucifer is okay...probably not, since neither of us really is...I just want this never ending cycle to stop, have some time to breathe and let everything that happened sink in...'

,,Me too, Detective...me too...-" he doesn't notice her flinch, ,,-...but together we can get through anything. I promise." Now he sees her waving her head, looking for something.

He didn't expect a ,,Lucifer!?", suddenly pooping up in his head.

,,Detective!?" He asked confused.

She didn't see him anywhere. ,,Lucifer, how...?"

The Lightbringer smiled, still wrapping his mind around that new discovery.

,,Well...having the powers of the Almighty has its perks, it seems..."

Her eyes went wide. ,,So...you...are in my head right now? And can read my mind?"

He nodded, which she obviously couldn't see. ,,Apparently so, Detective!"

'Lucifer...that's...that's...' This time she didn't speak out loud, but wanting her co-workers to think she was crazy.

Chloe also tried to figure out if it was a good, or a bad thing her partner was now able to hear her thoughts. Lucifer noticed.

'Don't worry, Chloe. I won't invade your mind, unless you allow me to, or we are in desperate need to reach out to each other...which hopefully won't happen all too often...But mayyybeee...'

'Nooo, Lucifer! Stop! Don't finish that thought! Whatever new sexual fantasy you just wanted to describe to me, tell Maze! I won't hear it, Nope! Absolutely not!' But Lucifer noticed something more behind that wall of resistance, he showed a dirty grin.

'Alright, Alright, Detective. No Mind-Sex, I understand.' He chuckled a little.

'So...you got your new powers now? How do you feel? And how did you even get them?'

'Like expected, Dad had planned it from the beginning. It was actually quite the experience, let me tell you... Well, as you know...-' Suddenly Lucifer's thoughts were interrupted by a loud 'ding' and the then opening doors from the elevator.

'It seems like I have a visitor. We'll talk tonight, Detective!'

'See you later, Lucifer!' Chloe answered and went back to work.

Now that he had focused on one single soul for a bit, Lucifer was able to hold the others back as well, even though it still took a lot of will power to do so.

During their conversation, Lucifer had walked over to grab another drink. He put his glass down and slowly turned around.

,,Bloody Hell, can't a just reborn Celestial have only one moment of silence?!" The Lightbringer asked annoyed.

That was exactly what followed.