Someone to You (paused)

Is it Really Her?

   It was a normal day in LA. Chloe and Lucifer get up, meet a crime scene, get a lead, go back to the precinct to verify lead, etc. Until the end of the day.

           It was getting dark by the time they were done with paperwork and ready to go home. "So what are you doing tonight Detective?" Lucifer asked while standing. Chloe stood up and gathered her things. "I'll probably just go home, take care of Trixie. You know, the usual. What about you?"

           "I have some business to take care of at Lux, but that's it." He says.

           "Hm, what's business's name?" She teased.
 
            He laughs. "Actual business Detective."
 
           "Sure." She says, rolling her eyes.

They start walking toward the stairs, still talking. They're only a few steps away from her desk when everything goes eerily silent. No officers casually talking, no click clack of the keyboards. Nothing. They both look around, confused. Then, the out of the corner of her eye, Chloe sees a figure wondering down the stair case.

         She elbows Lucifer's side. He turns to give her a questioning look, when he realizes that she's staring at something. He follows her line of vision, and when he sees what she's staring at, he realizes that it isn't a something, but rather a someone.

            That someone appears to be something of a female figure, slowly limping her way down the stairs. She has fair skin, dark brown hair and brown eyes that hold a strangely familiar glint in them. She looks to be about 16. She's wearing a loose white blouse and torn black leggings. The blouse is covered in dirt and what looks to be blood.

           She is covered head to toe in dirt  -literally, considering she isn't wearing any shoes- and her hair is a mess.

        When she gets to the bottom of the stairs she can't seem to take her eyes off Lucifer. Strange. Suddenly, relief floods her beautiful features.

         "Dad?" She says, with a smile.

       Gasps can be heard coming from every corner of the bullpen. Dad? What is she talking about,
Chloe -or well, everyone- thinks.
 
        Lucifer's brain short circuits for a moment. It can't be her. She's dead. Isn't she? But look at her. Same facial structure, same hair, same eyes, It must be!

            "Perci?!" He says, shocked.

       She smiles. Lucifer feels a pang if worry rush through him as he realizes just how pale and weak she looks. She looks exhausted. All of a sudden, her eyes flutter shut and she begins to collapse.

         Lucifer leaps forward, and at an unnatural speed, catches her before she hits the floor.

         He holds her head in his lap for a few seconds. Realizing that no one has come to help, He looks up and is greeted with dozens of shocked faces.

              "Uh, hello!? Girl passed out on the ground here! A little help?!" he says

       Everyone seems to snap out of their state of shock at his words. Soon, Persephone is strapped onto a gurney and is being wheeled out of the precinct. As they pass, Chloe gives Lucifer a look that tells him she wants an explanation.

      He quickly tells her he will explain later and gives her the name of the hospital they're going to.

     With that, he follows the medics out to the ambulance.

                             End chapter