LOST CHILD

I do not own Hellraiser or its characters. Only Lexus is mine

Rated M for language and strong violence

EPILOGUE

A beautiful woman carried the small bundle carefully in her arms within the labyrinth. The woman had dark hair, curvaceous body and piercing eyes. This was Angelique. She followed closely behind her consort Xipe Totec otherwise known as Pinhead. The bundle Angelique was carrying was their only child. They were going to leave the child in the human's domain for the time being. Not that they wanted to. Both wanted to raise their own child but the Lord Of The Labyrinth; Leviathan had said the humans were to raise the child until such a time the child could come back to their domain.

Pinhead and Angelique took as long as they could to reach the end of their destination when they finally did reach it Pinhead turned towards his mate and nodded a bit sadly. Angelique fought back the tears and gently cuddled the baby for the last time for a while. Pinhead did the same before carrying the child into the light. The child looked up at the pin headed man carrying it not understanding why its 'father' had taken it away from its mother and was leaving it here.

We will meet again soon my child. My Lexus. Gently the cenobite kissed his daughter upon the head and set her down gently.

TWELVE YEARS LATER

"Lexus get your fuckin' ass up NOW!" a voice yelled. This voice belonged to Lexus's foster father. Lexus groaned inwardly. She hated that prick of a man. He was a man well into his late 30's husky and balding. He was always yelling and or drinking and on more than one occasion had used his fists upon her. Lexus looked like her mother and father. She had her mother's dark hair except Lexus kept it shoulder length and fair skin. But she had her father's eyes but rather than black they were a very pale blue. Nonetheless it was her father's eyes.

Lexus came down after getting dressed. "About time you little shit!" Warren (her stepfather) yelled. "sorry, I was trying to get dressed for school." Lexus muttered. Warren stared at her for a moment his eyes lingering on her. 'oh shit. I hope he's not planning on doing something else other than the usual yelling.' Lexus thought sickly for a moment. "Ya know…I never met your mother but I bet she was a real fuckin' slut. Just like her kid." Warren smiled. He enjoyed this. He knew Lexus never even met her mother so she had no defense. "I don't know. I never met my mother before. But I don't think she was a slut..I have a name she gave me a name Warren." Lexus replied in a neutral tone. The last thing she needed was a sound beating before school.

Warren sneered. "well if she wasn't a slut then why is it that she didn't keep you then? Hell any woman would try and keep their kid if they truly cared for them." Lexus knew better than to answer that. Last time she did she had a bruise on her jaw that was sore for a week. She merely shrugged and went off. "Don't you fuckin be a retard in class…" he yelled off after her tossing her lunch bag to her. Lexus took off happy to be out of the house and away from Warren.

Lexus decided she didn't want to go to school that day. She figure out what to tell Warren so the beating she would receive wouldn't be too too bad. Instead she went to an old curator shop she knew of to speak to her only friend. A guy named Menzzo. He was dark and mysterious and was covered in tattoos. He knew Lexus's real parents personally. He even filled her in on them (a watered down version of course but still gave her info) he told her that they loved her dearly but had to leave her because of unforeseen circumstances. He also explained that they would have NEVER left her if it could have been avoided. She sat down in front of Menzzo listening to his information when he noticed a bruise on her cheek.

"Did that bastard hit you again Lexi?" Menzzo asked. Lexus (nicknamed Lexi) nodded. "he fuckin' hits me a lot now. More so than ever before." Menzzo glowered. He knew that Pinhead and Angelique wanted to get their hands on that bastard for hurting their little girl. "One day it will all end Lexi..I promise. And you'll be back with your-uhh never mind." Menzzo quickly stated. Lexus looked at him curiously although she said nothing. Did this mean her parents were alive and in town? Would they come and get her?

She thanked Menzzo and left quickly. She had to be home before Warren did..if she wasn't then she wouldn't be able to leave the house for quite a while.

She tried to sneak into the house and thought she was safe when she felt something hit her hard on the back of the head. She turned around only to have a hard fist come flying at her hitting her in the face full force. Lexus staggered back clutching her bloodied nose. "Think you can ditch and I wont find out?" Warren roared at her. He hit her again. Lexus fell to the ground and Warren picked her up and threw her into the wall. "Think you slick huh bitch? You're lucky I took you in! your fucking parents didn't want you or they would have never dumped your sorry ass!" Warren bellowed.

Lexus got to her feet pissed off. "If I'm such a fucking burden then FUCKING KILL ME! WHY DON'T YOU FUCKING KILL ME THEN YOU BASTARD! I'd rather be dead than here with you! Lexus snarled back. For a moment Warren was shocked. He even took a step back or two. Then he smiled. If you didn't know him it looked like a friendly happy smile. Lexus stopped and stared at him. Warren never smiled. He reached into his pants…grabbing something. "Ok kiddo..if that's what you really want.." he pulled out a gun and leveled it and Lexus's chest. He fired until the gun was empty.

Lexus fell back gasping for breath. She tried to remain focused but she was slipping away. 'Menzzo…' she thought one last time before her eyes closed.

Warren sighed. Now for the fun part. He's have to shoot himself then call 911. Shooting himself was not an easy task. One wrong move and he was dead, or it would seem like a set up.

Warren got on the phone. "I n-n-need help. I was sh-shot and my k-ki-kid's been shot too. I think sh-she's d-dead." Warren gasped. "Help is on the way sir..it will be ok." were the words Warren heard before passing out. The paramedics arrived and gathered a wounded but living Warren. "This poor kid…she's not gonna make it." one of the paramedics stated while gently grabbing the girl and putting her in the ambulence for the hospital. The least he could do was make her final moments comfortable for her.

Next chapter: Lexus is in the hospital in critical care. What will her parents think and do?