They stood there for a few minutes, Chloe calming Angelski again, Lucifer staring at them with a considering look. He came closer to them, Chloe saw that he was doing so in a cautiously manner, either because she holding a baby or because it was of her reaction to him being back.
" So, are you back for good or just visiting? " she asked, keeping her voice down as Angelski was slowly drifting back to sleep.
" For the moment, I'm staying. After I dealt with Dromos and the others for disobeying me and trying to overthrow me, the other demons got right back in line and haven't tried anything like that again. I ordered them to continue with their jobs and to not bother me unless it was an emergency. Of course it took about 3 centuries to get the point across, but they don't dare question me. " he answered, keeping his tone low as well, not wanting to deal with a screaming infant at the moment as he came to a stop beside her.
Chloe paused and turned to him, a look of disbelief and shock on her face, " 3 centuries?! " she whisper shouted, " It's been 7 months since you left! " she continued.
" Time runs differently down there. It's slower. Time on earth is faster. Even time in Heaven is different. " he answered. " How's Charlie? " he asked, still keeping his eyes on the baby.
Chloe took in his appearance before answering him. He was shirtless, his shoes were gone, his pants were in tatters, nearly falling off his hips, his hair, though still short, was near over grown with curls, curls that had what looked like ash in them, his torso was ash covered as well with what looked like blood, Maybe? It was black whatever it was, almost like tar . His usual 5 o'clock shadow was thicker as well, not classic lumberjack thick but just enough.
Holding Angelski in one arm, the way only good mothers can, she used the other to gently place on his arm, " He's fine. Still no wings yet. " she teased lightly before continuing with,
" Why don't you go take a shower and get cleaned up. I'll find you something to wear and fix you something to eat. I'm afraid that I can't offer any good whiskey though. " she offered with a gentle smile.
He smirked that mischievous smirk of his and she knew what was coming, oh how she missed him, " Well since you don't have any whiskey, how about a kiss instead? Hmm? " he replied, wiggling with eyebrows, and leaning in towards her.
Smiling brighter than she had in a long time, she replied, " I think I can do that. " she whispered as she leaned in as he reached out and gently cupped her cheek before they leaned in further to close the distance and slowly, tenderly, brought their lips together and if not for Angelski being between them, they would've been pressed together.
They stayed that way until breathe was called for, " Pesky mortality. " he breathed, causing her to giggle lightly and it was pure music to his ears after years of hearing nothing but the screams of the damned and of the demons he had punished.
" Still, that was far better than any whiskey I could've had. " he admitted, leaning his forehead to hers, running his fingers through her hair as he kept his hand to her cheek.
" Glad to hear it. Now, go get cleaned up so I can put Angelski to bed. And get you something to eat. " she replied, still smiling.
Lucifer pulled back a bit, " Angelski? " he asked, tilting his head to the side.
" That's the baby's name. " she answered, pulling away further to put said baby to bed.
" That's Bulgarian. It means 'Angelic' or 'divine' " he replied as he looked to the baby crib. " What's his last name? " he asked.
" Stroevak. " she answered.
" Also Bulgarian. It means 'combatant'. Interesting little family. " he replied as he contemplated something before he turned sharply around, " Right! Well, I'm off to get that shower and than a nice little snack. " and he was out the door and to the bathroom.
Chloe put her hands on her hips and turned her head with her eyes squinting a bit as she thought about his little display. ' What's he up to? ' she thought as she made sure that Angelski was ok still before going to make something for Lucifer to eat and find him some clothes to wear until he got back to Lux.
Lucifer took his time in Chloe's shower, washing away the smell of brimstone, ash, and demon blood. Though the only things to choose from was either Chloe's or Trixie's, he didn't care, he just wanted the stench and ash off. Of course he used Chloe's shampoo and body wash as he didn't want to smell like a blueberries.
He leaned back and let the hot spray of the water run down his body as he thought about what to tell his Detective about the baby in her room.
" Well, she couldn't take it any worse than when she first saw my Devil-face. " he muttered as he ran his hands over his face and head before finally turning the water off and stepping out of the shower. He grabbed a towel off the towel rack, wrapped it around his waist, went to the sink, wiped the condensation off, and proceeded to use the electric razor to trim his beard back to his usual style, cleaned the razor out before putting it back.
He then looked for a hairdryer, flatiron, and scissors.
Close to an hour later he came out of the bathroom, " Darling? " he called, forgetting about the sleeping baby, until he cried out.
" Bollocks! Sorry! " he called as he heard her put a plate down and he went to Angelski as he was closest. And why he did is beyond him.
" It's fine! I got...it..." she replied as she entered her room, and saw Lucifer, holding and rocking, a now quiet Angelski, who was looking up at him with wonder. A low rumble was coming from Lucifer's chest.
She wished she had her phone with her right then as she watched him. It was the most adorable thing she had ever seen. Though she was curious as to why he producing a rumble. Then she saw Angelski's eyes flash that amber color again, only this time, it stayed a little longer before going back to hazel. She gulped a bit loudly before she said,
" His- his eyes. "
" Yes. I see. As well as suspected. Frankly I'm surprised that you haven't been bitten yet. But then again, you've always been special. " he replied, not taking his eyes off Angelski.
" Is he like a another nephew of yours? And what do you mean bitten? Or is he your... "
" Dad no! He's not mine! " he exclaimed in disbelief of her even thinking that the child in his arms was his, looking to her with wide eyes, " I'm not that bloody reckless! And no, he's not another nephew, despite his name's meaning. And as for the bitten bit, well, this child is either full or half werewolf. "
It took a minute for it to sink in. " What? "
" Perhaps I can explain better once I get some clothes on? Unless you want me to stay like this? " he asked, with his devilish grin holding out Angelski to her, watching to see how she would react now that she knew about what the baby was.
" Uh, yeah, sure. I mean, I think there might be some clothes in Maze's room. From her overnight guests. They're clean. " she replied taking Angelski, not afraid of him, and if he had wanted to have bitten her, he would've already done it, right?
" He may not have his human teeth yet, but he should have his other set and that's the set you have to worry about. Unless of course he's half, than that will take a while longer. " he explained a bit before going out to Maze's room to raid her closet for any clothes that could fit him from her overnight guests.
She followed after him, standing outside of her, sometimes, roommate's room as he went in, " Would that explain why his mother looked like Jack the Ripper got a hold of her? " she asked as she gently bounced Angelski.
" If she looked like Ol' Jackie got her? Ah you mean what he had done to poor Katy. Oh Gosh if the child's mother looked anything like that than I would say yes. You said that the husband is missing? " he replied from inside the room, she was tempted to look in, but stopped herself.
" Yes. "
" Werewolves usually don't kill their life-mates. " Lucifer said as he came out wearing black jeans and a dark blue button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows. He turned to her, and continued,
" Even if, say, one was to cheat on the other, but werewolf or human, they don't kill their life-mates. So, that would mean that who did was also a werewolf. It might've been a rival male or a female wanting the husband for herself. Werewolves also defend their life-mates and their offspring; until their old enough to fight for themselves, with their lives. Unless the husband has gone rogue, a rarity, but it can happen, and killed his life-mate and abandoned his offspring or a rival of the husband or the wife wanted her dead or to get at the husband for something. "
" Ok. So we have a possible rogue werewolf on the lose. Or, we have an angry papa werewolf running around looking for the killer himself and give his own form of justice. Do I need to stalk up on some silver bullets? " she replied after she had taken all of that in.
" No. Silver doesn't work. If your going to take out a werewolf, you need armor piercing rounds or another werewolf. Otherwise your just pissing them off. "
" So normal bullets won't work. Like how you described before you became vulnerable around me? And what do you mean by needing another werewolf? "
" Exactly! However like me, when your further away of course. If a celestial weapon is in play; I can be harmed or killed by that. As it is a weapon of not of this world. Now werewolves can be killed, it just takes a little bit more firepower from a human weapon and another werewolf to do the killing or just a show of power. However, also unlike me on the other hand, if a human weapon was used, say like a nuke, I'd be completely unharmed. "
" As long as I'm away from you. "
" Correct. Now as to how far away you have to be, that remains unknown. But if I had to take a guess, I'd say about a 100 ft or so. "
They were now in the kitchen. Chloe sat at the bar while Lucifer stood and now ate the cold heated up pizza.
" So these werewolves. Are they immortal too? " she asked after a moment or of quiet.
" Mmm! " he swallowed his bite before answering, " In way as I've said they can be killed. They're like what Cain was, a living immortal as it were." He set his food down and took a drink of the glass of water before he continued,
" They've been around since the Dark Ages. That was something you humans got right, however the story behind that was that a witch had placed a curse of sorts for a white wolf to attack her former lover. You see the man had found another woman and wanted to marry her. The witch however, did not want to give him up so easily. The reason for him leaving the witch for the other woman was because the witch was unable to bear him a child, though she had tried everything in her arsenal to help her, nothing worked. "
" So she cursed this white wolf to attack him. That doesn't... "
" I'm getting there. So the witch told him to make a chose. Her. Or the other woman. "
" Other woman obviously. I think I see where this is going. "
" Perhaps. Now since he made his choice. The witch slapped him, clawing his face, thus scarring and marking him. And as she left, she called to him, ' May the white wolf of the woods curse you and all your children and your children's children for all eternity! ' Now why she said it like that is unknown, but it was effective. And just a few weeks before the man's wedding day, he was attacked in the woods by a white wolf. He of course survived and thought nothing of it until his first child. "
" Which turned into a werewolf the first full moon. "
" No. It doesn't work that way like it does in the movies. His bride gave birth to a wolf cub. "
" What? Seriously? "
" Well it wasn't exactly a full blown wolf cub. As the story went, the child grew before their very eyes into a beast that was a cross between a man and a wolf. Now here is where the story took a turn, the beast murdered it's parents and fled, never to been again. Now I've come across a few werewolves over the years. And there was something that I noticed, is that all of them were either black with a bit grey, brown, solid black, or grey. "
" That's like they are in the movies. "
" Yes. But, I had asked an old werewolf why there were no white werewolves. He was a Shaman of all things. He said that it was a white wolf that cursed him and his 'brothers' and 'sisters'. If a white werewolf were to appear among their kind, it would have strength and power to rival the Devil himself. " he smiled at that and chuckled a bit before continuing, " And that all werewolves must bow before it as a sign of loyalty and respect. But if one was to challenge the white one, they would meet a swift and brutal end. "
" I see. So what about the teeth? You said that was what I had to worry about. "
" I asked the Shaman that too, he said that it was meant to turn their chosen life-mate so that that they could be together forever. But that is not always the case. Some have attacked out of anger or revenge, not caring if their victims survived or not. So, those that survived their attacks, wind up going after the ones that attacked them. "
" But why kill Vedrina? "
" Well, she was either still human or a rival got to her. So, she either didn't know about her husband being furry or she did know and was thinking about letting him turn her. Or another werewolf attacked her. The ones that the werewolves chose to be with always have a chose. They can accept the offer or not, but they would still be a life-mate. And that means that little Angelski there is half werewolf. Or he's full werewolf. Wouldn't know unless his teeth have made an appearance. He hasn't shown any teeth has he? "
" No. The only thing I noticed was his eyes changing. And the bottle and pacifier don't have any teeth marks that I've seen. "
They were quiet after that. Neither noticed that it was getting bright out.
Chloe tried to hide a yawn, but Lucifer saw it. " Detective, why don't you go to bed...Unless you have to work. If so, I can call in for you so that you can rest. "
" Thank you. But I'm off until Child Services comes and gets Angelski...what would happen to him? "
" Well, I'm not sure. A child of a werewolf or a werewolf family usually stay with them until they are of age. "
" We called around for relative's but none was in the area or state. We've called customs to find any family overseas, but so far, nothing's turned up. Silen may have been the last of his family or maybe he changed his name when he came over. "
" Seems this family's fond of Bulgaria. All of their names are Bulgarian. Silen means 'vehement' or 'strong' and ' Vedrina means 'serene' or 'serenity'. "
" Maybe one of them had a relative that was Bulgarian? A grandparent? "
" That being the case than there's no telling. They may have changed their names because of a rival hunting them and got tired of fighting him or her. Probably had to bathe in the cologne and perfume. "
They were quiet again, Angelski was sound asleep, clutching onto the front of Chloe's shirt, making Lucifer a tad jealous of the tiny thing, though not holding it against him.
" Wait, would the rival be able to track Angelski? " Chloe asked, " If this was done by a rival and they wanted to get back at Silen, wouldn't they go after his son too? " she continued, unconsciously clutching Angelski closer in a protective motherly way. She had gotten a bit attached to the baby during his stay here.
" You know what. That just might be the case...MOVE! " Lucifer shouted at the same time a window busted open and a large creature came through, aiming for Chloe, but instead, got punched in the face and thrown back against the wall.
Chloe looked up from protecting Angelski to see Lucifer standing between her and the creature. She saw that it had the coloring of a grey timber wolf and looked like a cross between the werewolf from the Van Helsing movie and Underworld with long black claws on it's hands with large teeth pulled back in a snarl as it stood back up on it's hind legs and wild ice blue eyes trained on Lucifer.
" Picked the wrong house Pal. " Lucifer said tensely. And Chloe just knew that his eyes were red.
" Lucifer. " Chloe said quietly as Angelski wailed. She knew that if she stayed here, Lucifer would get hurt or worse and she didn't want to lose him. Or for him to get hurt.
" Chloe, when I say go. You go, understand? Don't look back, don't stop. Get to your car and go to the precinct if you must, just get far away. " he said, keeping his eyes on the werewolf. Who was looking a bit uncertain now as he saw Lucifer's red eyes.
" But... " she started.
" Go! " he shouted and his wings appeared, covering her escaped and view from the werewolf, who now looked at him in shock before shaking his head and running at him on all fours, snarling.
The last thing Chloe heard as she ran out the door was Lucifer's devil roar.
Here's ch 2 hope ya'll like it and yes it is a bit AU and just for fun.
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