Now that Lucy's head was clear she laid on the bed and stared at the ceiling. She could just use the watch now. That way she wouldn't have to deal with the questions or try to figure out David's motives.
"Lucy, you awake?" Anti asked in a low voice.
"Yeah," Lucy whispered back. "What do you think of the David situation?"
"I think that we should take him with us."
"Really? You were so suspicious before."
"I'm still suspicious. He's a suspicious dude. But… I wanna figure out what his deal is. Plus I could probably possess him if you gave me permission, and if he gets too squirrely, we can always leave him on some abandoned planet."
"True," Lucy replied and got up from the bed. Stretching as she pet D'Artagnan, she noticed that her mobility had greatly improved. Her face felt hot as she remembered being dependent on David. She hadn't liked the feeling.
Gingerly touching the back of her head, she noticed that it had completely healed. This wound had taken longer to heal than others, but most of her deaths had been a quick shot to the chest or heart. Fixing a skull would likely take more time. With a sigh she decided that she'd stalled enough and should just get this over with.
Lucy stepped out of the room with her backpack and looked around. No one was patrolling the hallways. In fact, it was eerily quiet. She walked to the conference room to find most of the crew in there. David smiled at her as she entered the room.
"How are you feeling?" David asked, and everyone's eyes turned toward her.
"Uh, better. Clearer."
"Have you given any thought to what I asked?"
"Yeah… and yeah. You can come with. The watch is fully charged, and it should be able to handle the both of us. But mark my word, one time," Lucy warned him. "One time where you leave me high and dry and I will leave you on some forsaken planet. And I won't look back."
"Seconded," Anti agreed heartedly.
"That will not be a problem," David said and beamed at her.
Lucy felt awkward as she looked around the room. Usually she just left and didn't bother with goodbyes; after all, what more was there to say? Most of the people in the room greeted her with a smile. However, Vickers didn't look too pleased and had her arms crossed in front of her chest.
"What's wrong, Vicky? You gonna miss David?" Anti joked.
Vickers glared at the screen where she'd heard his voice before answering, "Just upset that we're losing an expensive piece of technology. We won't have anyone to warn us if there's a problem."
"The ship has built-in protocols, Ma'am," David assured her. "It was made to bring Mr. Weyland home. Even if something happened to me while we were here… You will be fine without my services."
Janek touched Vickers' shoulder reassuringly and said, "We'll do fine, Vickers."
Lucy looked around at the people gathered here. What were they waiting for? She stammered, "Uh, so I guess that— uh, that's decided, so do you need help into the pods or… do you need my help with something?"
Janek explained, "Some of the crew already went into cryo. We just wanted to say goodbye."
Her face flushed, but she tried to hide it. Lucy went around the room, saying her goodbyes. Dr. Shaw gave her a hug and thanked her again, and Vickers gave her an awkward handshake. Chance and Ravel said goodbye and gave her an odd set of dice. Janek settled on a handshake. Millburn looked the saddest as she got to him.
"Are you going to miss D'Artagnan that much?" Lucy joked, and he laughed.
"Well, yeah, but… uh, Fifield already went into cryo. He said that he's no good at goodbyes but to tell you 'thanks,'" Millburn informed her with an apologetic look.
"He couldn't wait, huh? What an ass," Lucy said but smiled a little. Goodbyes were hardly her forte either. D'Artagnan hopped onto Millburn to give him one last cuddle before jumping back to Lucy and crawling inside her pocket.
"Find us if you're ever back here," Chance said with a smile. "I'll teach you how to win with those dice."
"If by 'win' you mean 'lose,' then I'd agree," Ravel interjected, and Chance gave him a dirty look.
"Take care, kid," Janek said playfully, and Lucy narrowed her eyes before breaking into a smile.
"I will, old man," she retorted, and Janek laughed. "You ready, David?"
David showed her a packed bag and replied, "Yes."
Lucy grabbed his arm and pressed the buttons on her watch. Looking at the people gathered to say goodbye, she said, "Goodbye, everyone. It was a terrible time, but for what it's worth… I can't think of a better group to get almost murdered with." Even Vickers laughed a little, and Lucy pressed the button.
The world swirled around them and reformed as a high-class loft. Lucy looked around to see a bar full of alcohol and a piano.
"Crap," Lucy muttered and let go of David's arm, realizing where they must be. "Well, I guess this place is as good as any."
The doors of the elevator opened, and a woman walked inside. She gave Lucy and David a long look before she sighed and said, "Alright. Let me know when Lucifer's available. I see he has plans."
"Wait!" Lucy said quickly. "I don't think this is what you think it is. We're not… No… My name's—"
"LUCY!" Lucifer bellowed excitedly and quickly walked forward to give her a hug. "It's been ages. Oh, got a new handsome friend?"
Lucifer gave David a sultry look, but Lucy pointed toward the woman.
"Ah, this is Detective Decker. Decker, this is Lucy, an old friend," Lucifer said, smoothly introducing them. "Oh, so we have a case? I seem to have left my phone somewhere."
"On the downstairs piano," Lucy said evenly. "Like you've done a thousand times."
"No, I stopped doing that after you left. No one else seemed to care," Lucifer replied quickly, and Lucy narrowed her eyes at him. "Who's your friend? I introduced you to mine."
"Oh, this is David. David, this is Lucifer Morningstar," Lucy introduced them.
"Oh, a full name introduction. But it takes away a little of the mystery."
"I just used your full name to point out how ridiculous it sounds."
Lucifer looked offended, but a small laugh drew away his attention. Detective Decker had a hand in front of her face. She seemed to calm herself and gave Lucy an awkward smile.
"Sorry, nice to meet you. Are you two… siblings?"
"Why on Earth would you think that?" Lucifer asked as though offended.
"You fight like siblings, and… honestly she seems more like you than Amenadiel does," Detective Decker replied.
"Rude," Lucy and Lucifer said in unison before giving each other an irritated look.
The elevator doors chimed again, and Lucy handed her backpack to David and braced for impact. A woman ran out of the elevator at breakneck speed and slammed into Lucy, knocking her to the ground.
"Nice to see you too, Maze," Lucy replied breathlessly with a wince. Lucy had been back to visit Lucifer and Maze a few times, and this seemed to be Maze's particular greeting for Lucy. Granted, it was often months between visits, but there was really no need for such a violent hello. But this was Maze after all. Lucy was sure that it could get much worse than this.
"Seems like you need another training session," Maze said viciously.
"Or maybe I've just come to like being tackled," Lucy joked.
"Kinky," Maze replied with a laugh and rolled off of her.
Detective Decker seemed to be holding back more laughter and said, "If you guys need a moment, I can wait outside."
"No, pretty sure that we're done here," Lucy said and got up off the floor with a wince. "You need Lucifer for something, right? We can catch up later."
"Okay then. Everything's settled. Lucy, make yourself at home. I'm going to see what Detective Decker's brought me," Lucifer said with a big smile.
Lucy gave Decker a wave as they left. Maze had gotten up and was looking at David curiously.
"Who's your friend?"
"His name is David, and you could just ask him yourself," Lucy said irritably as she searched for water in Lucifer's fridge full of bad decisions.
Maze rolled her eyes and said, "Okay then. David, what's your story?"
"Excuse me, Ma'am?" David asked as though he didn't understand the question.
"Why are you with our little Lucy?"
"Because she let me."
"You're something else, aren't you?" Maze asked irritably and got into David's face. "Who are you, David? How did you meet Lucy?"
"I'm a Synthetic humanoid unit. Lucy landed on the same planet as the crew I was on," David replied and seemed to be analyzing Maze.
"What does that mean?" Maze asked Lucy impatiently.
Lucy finally found an unopened water bottle in the very back and sighed. This was going to be a long night.
