Lucifer's POV
I looked at Lux, I went to see Linda, I looked at the library, nothing. Where the hell was she. Sometimes it sucked to have a kid who can teleport.
I had just about given up. I called Dan, Chloe, everyone I could think would know where she was and no one had seen her since this morning.
There was nothing to do except go back to Lux and hope she comes home. I was in my car, trying not to fret to much when a small girl caught my eye out of my side vision.
There she was.
I pull the car over and brought it to a harsh halt, basically jumping out and running over to her. She was slumped against the wall of some old, run down club, with an empty bottle of alcohol in hand.
She looked at me and snorted.
"Well ya found me."
"Are you drunk?" I'd seen her drink before but she looked drunk as a skunk right now.
"Nooo." She started to slip sideways but I managed to catch her before she hit the ground.
"What are you doing here Lauren?"
"Shhhhh, they dunno my name. I's a secret." She put a finger to her mouth in a shushing motion.
"Look, Lauren I'm sorry about today. I should've known it was your birthday and I'm sorry. If I had known, I would've done something for you. Maybe we can go somewhere tomorrow, although I'll have to ask the Detective what to do because I really I'm trash at this. I don't know why but I seem to just keep messing this up. I'm sorry you didn't get a better father than me. You wanted me to accept and want you but all I've done is let you down."
I turn to see her reaction, trying to tell myself that if she hates me it's just the alcohol.
But she's asleep. Completely conked out. Her head lolled to the side and she slipped down again. The bottle fell from her grasp, falling to the ground.
This is fantastic. Here I am, in the dirtiest part of the city, with a passed out drunk daughter lying on the street.
"Bloody hell Lauren." I kick the empty bottle away and picked the girl in my arms. It had been a while since we had been this close. I'm pretty sure the last time, she had been dying. Because I failed to protect her. I seemed to be doing that a lot.
It made me think about what Ammenadiel had been saying about me being bad for her. Maybe he was right. Maybe it would be best if I let her go. Away from me. I just didn't have the guts to give her up.
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The car rolled up to Lux and I brought it to a gentle stop. Lauren was still fast asleep in the back seat. I took a moment and just sat still in the silent vehicle.
"Are we gonna go inside orrr wha?" her slurred words were slow to exit her mouth. But at least she was awake.
"Alright, time to go." I get out of the car and open the back door for her, having to help her out safely so she didn't hurt herself. It took a while. She kept falling against me and her legs gave way about twenty times per minute, but we managed to get out of the car park and towards the building.
We were about three meters from the entry before Lauren launched herself away from me and fell to the ground near the bushes to throw up. I could tell it hurt by the way her knees hit the ground and scraped along the concrete. Her hands sat near her legs with her head basically inside the bush while she hurled her guts out.
I give a big sigh before going to help. The sound of her retching let me know she was about to hurl again and I gathered her hair into a ponytail behind her head to keep it out of the mess.
Once she had emptied her stomach, I picked her up in my arms to carry her inside.
"M'fine ya know." She said with her head lolling to each side.
"No, you're not. Your as drunk as anything. Now lets get you inside," She picked her head up to frown at me.
"M'not drunk. M' as sober as i'm gonna git." She said this, trying to sound as sober as she could. This brought a small laugh mixed with a sigh out of me, but I gave her a pointed look as we both knew how out of it she was.
"Okay, I'might be a titchy bit drunk." You don't say. We got to the elevator and I gently placed her in the corner to press the button but when I turned around, she was gone.
"Bloody hell." The elevator came to a stop at the top floor with a ding and the doors separated and I walked through to find a stumbling certain young lady raiding the bar.
"Uh, I don't think so." I rushed to grab the bottle off her before the liquid reached her lips and grabbed her hand before dragging her to the couch which had been set up as a bed these last few days.
"Stay." She crossed her arms like a child and pouted at me. "Don't look at me like that. You're drunk and tired and you are going to go to sleep." This earned a groan from lauren.
"Y'know i've bin worse then this b'fore. J'st not'in'a long long long time." Some of her words slurred together and she started tipping backwards so I had to reach out and prevent her tipping off the edge of the couch. My heartbeat increased when I missed catching her but returned back to normal when she teleported away. Turning around, I spotted her at the counter once more.
"Lauren. Bed. Now."
"Na ah."
"Lauren." Bloody hell I was starting to sound like Dad. He would say my name like that when he was warning me that I was getting on his nerves. Lauren hung her head backwards as she gave a loud groan.
"But m'not tired."
"Yes. You are. Now go to bed before I make you."
"it's too hot to sleep." She jumps up and sits on the bench, pulling off her jersey, leaving her in an active singlet. "That's better." She jumps down and stumbles over to the couch, me having to catch her after her legs give out and she falls to the carpeted floor. It was at this moment that I saw a glimpse of her back. If I'm not mistaken, those scars are identical to the ones that used used to be on my own back. I sit her up on the couch and turn to face her.
"Lauren, where did you get those scars?" She, for some reason, tries to twist her head around to see them on her back, before giving up and facing back to me.
"Mum did that aaaages ago." Her mum? What?!
"What did she do Lauren?"
"She cut ma wings off when I was little. Said they were attracting too much attention." Her face looked up at me and I caught a glimmer in her eyes.
"Don't. Don't read my mind." She scoffed.
"I'don't read minds dummy. Only read emothions." Right. Duh.
"Well don't."
"Why?" She frowned as she spoke.
"How would you like it if I knew what you were feeling one hundred percent of the time?' Another frown but no response. Her eyelids started to get heavy and I gently guided her down onto the pillow where she fell asleep again. I threw the blanket over top of her and walked off.
Personal note: Never let Lauren near alcohol again. She was way too much trouble when she was drunk.
Lauren stirred in her sleep and mumbled something inaudible before settling back down and falling silent again. Time to talk to Ammenadiel. With two hands clapped together, I call my dearly detested brother.
I feel a swish of wind on my back and turn to face him.
"What do you want Luci? I see you haven't abandoned her yet. I've got to say, I'm impressed, and shocked." Of course he is.
"When you found out Lauren was staying with me, you said it would be dangerous. Why?" I think there was a hint of a smile on that stern face. The egotistical little...
"Lauren was the first half angel-half human to ever exist and she happens to have part of you in her." Okay he says that like it's a bad thing.
"We have already seen that as a child, she is capable of incredible things that can turn dangerous very quickly. She has shown potential with fulfilling her role as the heir of hell." Oh right. The whole, 'she was made to rule hell' thing.
"As well as her extraordinary abilities, she is a danger, not only to herself, but to others as well. Apparently, her body and brain is unable to fully embrace what she is which is why she has such aggressive mood swings or as the humans chosen to categorize it as, Bipolar." Well at least we knew what it was. She didn't actually have the mental disorder. It was this instead.She couldn't contain the divine power within her like I could. She was too strong for her weak human form.
"What has this got to do with being with me? From what you've said, this just sounds like she's a danger with or without me."
"Don't you see Luci? Being with you amplifies the effects. You are like a power source for her. The longer she is around you for, the stronger she will get. She will eventually get so strong that no one can control her. If we are not careful, we may accidentally extinguish that human part of her completely."
"And what happens if that occurs?"
"She will not be able to control her devil side and will wreck havoc among this world. If that even becomes close to being a possibility, I will have no choice but to send her back to hell."