The next day, Luz woke up to the sound of a truck arriving. Luz sat up in bed and stretched.
"I should probably stop sleeping naked, especially since It's not just my mom and me anymore."
After a long night of patrolling, Luz always worked up a sweat in her suit and still felt so restricted when she took it off to be just in her underwear. So, she adopted the habit of sleeping without ANY clothes on to cool off and it worked wonders for her sleep. Not to mention the sudden rush of air after taking off her suit and soft sheets she sleeps on feel REALLY good at night.
"Luz, your stuff is here." Camila said, through the door.
"Got it, I'll get dressed and head down." Luz said.
Luz got out of bed and picked up the underwater she took off before going to bed, putting those on first and then Luz went to her closet for some casual clothes to we to unpack her stuff. She stopped and looked at the mirror, rubbing a hand over one of her many scars. After getting dress in her usual blue jeans, purple and white shirt, and faded green jacket, along with her signature beanie, she went out to get her bag, which contains her laptop.
"If I want to trace this number, I need to get that now."
It was a one of a kind laptop that Luz spent years using to investigate crimes and access the dark web. It was loaded with dozens of virus protect software since she couldn't take any chances of someone counter hacking her or her laptop crashing. Luz slid down the stair railing and ran out to the van. She saw her laptop and quickly grabbed it. She ran back upstairs and opened it. She plugged the phone into it and cracked her knuckles.
"Alright, time to see what I can find."
But before she could, a knocking came to her door again as she turns to see her mother standing with her arms crossed.
"Are you not going to help unload the WHOLE truck?" She sarcastically asked.
"Ugh, fine." Luz said, "Trying to stop a possible crime lord, but sure I'll help."
"When you know someone else as strong as 3 men, let me know." Camilia said as she followed behind Luz.
Luz started to lift boxes and bring them inside. Because of how strong she was, Luz could just pick a box up with one hand and bring it into the mansion. If it was a really big box, Luz would have to use two hands to make sure she doesn't drop it.
After an hour Luz was done.
"There, can I go back to what I was doing?" Luz asked.
"You may."
Luz ran off back up the stairs. Lilith put an arm around Camila's waist and pulled her close.
"I could've just used magic you know." Lilith said.
"Where's the fun in having a strong kid if you don't use it to your benefit?" Camila said.
"That is just evil and naughty." Lilith said before smirking, kissing Camilia's cheek. "Very naughty."
"I'm glad you think so." Camila said, before turning and kissing her, "Let's go see how naughty each of us can be."
Luz made it to her room and went back to what she was doing.
"Alright, let's get to this."
She started to decrypt the phone and let the computer trace the number location.
"It looks like it was made at an old abandon warehouse a mile away from the pier." Luz said, "Huh, criminals are finally using the beach as a hideout. Shouldn't smell like a sewer rat after this one."
A criminal lair in a sewer, genius in thought but disgusting and smelly in reality. Took weeks to get that smell out of her suit. Now all the had to do is wait for the sun to go down.
"Hmm, what should I do until them?" Luz asked herself before looking at her arms, flexing the muscles a bit. "I suppose I could do my workout routine, I overslept a bit and missed it."
Before she could, there was a knock on the door.
"Yeah?"
"Luz, it's me, Lilith. I was wondering... your mother said you like to work out. I was wondering if you would like to join me in the gym for a sparring session."
"Sparring?" Luz asked as she closed her laptop and walked to the door, opening it. "You fight?"
"I know it may seem strange but you'd be surprised how much I would need to defend myself." Lilith said, wearing a sports tank top and sweatpants.
"And you have a personal gym here, too?" Luz asked, feeling like God brought her mother and Lilith together for a reason.
"This manor may look old fashioned on the outside, but there are many things that you wouldn't expect." Lilith said, "If you want, follow me, I have an extra set of clothes in the gym lockers."
"Alright then, lead the way, Lily." Luz said with a small smile.
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