We need to talk... - Lucile

What he sees when opening the door shocks him beyond anything he could imagine. It was Lucile, how the hell was she here? The second he saw her she falls in, he grabs her but doesn't have enough strength to stand so he falls down with her, making sure she lands on top of him, getting a soft landing. He then holds her in his arms as his whole body is shaking badly, tears start rolling down his face as he looks her over. "Luc..Lucile?.." His voice is cracking, she seemed to be in a bad shape, she had definitely been in a fight. She looked exhausted, she had defensive marks on her fingers, blood and dirt. She had blood around her mouth and throat as well. All he was hoping for that it was someone Else's, and not hers. His rage was completely gone, all that was left was sadness and a great guilt for what had happened to her. He had trouble speaking to her as he held her as close as he could, looking her over, checking for any wounds on her that needed attention.

When she spoke he could tell she was under influence of some kind of drug, but which one would be impossible to tell. He had no words for her, nothing he said could express how he felt. He nudges his head against her open hand and hugs her tightly. "I'm so sorry Lucile" He says with a broken voice, still tearing up from seeing her. After asking him why he was worried, when she was laying in his arms covered in blood he couldn't help but to smile at her "Because i love you silly.." But his tone got more serious as he thought about how much he loved her. "I will never leave you alone again.." There was a part of him that thought he would never see her again so there was no way he would let her out of his sight. After a brief moment she started moving so he helped her sit upright. As she puked over the floor he couldn't believe what he saw. What the hell was that black substance.. He had never seen that before. He had to test later, check with some people he used to work with. "Lucile are you..." before he could finish he saw the blood run from her mouth and nose which triggered his nightmare again. He got a headache trying to get rid of it, but he did manage to get the focus back on her, pushing it back again for the time being. "No no no no..." He started to panic, there could be many reasons for the bleeding. Seeing as she had been in a fight he suspected internal bleeding, damaged organs or the like.

He heard what she said about the drug she was forced to take, and it was as he suspected. But he was more concerned about the here and now, making sure she was alright before they handled the drug, whatever it was. He leaned her back into his arms again, placing one hand on her chest and the other on her stomach. He started healing in case there was something damaged in her body. Despite his low energy, he managed to extend the healing due to the adrenaline and his extreme focus on her. "Just relax.. don't try to talk.." He said with a calm but shaken voice, trying his best to seem calm for her. As he has his arms around her, healing, he gives her a gentle kiss on her lips, almost afraid of breaking her, getting blood on and around his lips. He was almost in shock, having her in his arms again, that was something he did was not sure he would get to do ever again. As the healing goes on he rests his head on her shoulder, cuddling her, making her as comfortable as possible. The one thing still worrying him was the drug, it would make sense if they drugged her to make it easier to kidnap her, but what was the dark substance on the floor? It was very worrisome. At least he had Lucile back, he could count that as a major victory.

He was so happy that she was here again, but also devastated over her condition, and all because he was and idiot proving a point. When she ripped his hands off and puked even more he could tell the healing was not working, and when she said it hurt her as well, it made him feel worse. She was in a very bad shape and he could do nothing about it. But instead of getting angry at himself he would save that for later, if he couldn't heal her, then he could at least make her feel more comfortable. So he sits beside her, holding an arm around, stroking her upper arm. "Alright, no more healing.." he said with a calm yet sad voice, trying to mask his worried mind. He saw Moon investigate the substance and when she wanted to talk he figured she knew what it was. He helped Langdon get Lucile to bed, not because he needed the help, but because he wanted to help.
After stroking her once on the cheek, he limps outside to Moon, leaning on a railing as she spoke to him. What he heard was bad, really bad. "Pois.." He whispered to himself, he couldn't finish the word. His heartbeat was raising again. He could tell she was having a bad time talking about it, so he put a hand on her back, gently stroking it until she finished, trying to stay as calm as he could. But when she went back in he went back to panicking, trying to think of what he could do. She was poisoned, if eating your fellow demons was poisonous, it meant the body would treat it as a toxin, and if that was the case then he could give her charcoal to absorb those toxins, helping the body. But there was so many tings that could go wrong, they didn't what poison it was, nor how a demon would react to charcoal. It was too risky to try, so he had to rely on her to get better on her own, which sucked, just standing by doing nothing, it got to him. "Goddammit.." He says with an exhale, looking out to the alley.

He limps back inside just in time to hear Lucile call out for him. So he makes his way over to the bed next to her "I'm right here Lucile" with a calm and collected voice, smiling at her. The only thing he could do now was make sure she remained calm and fought this thing. He lays down next to her, holding an arm around her, cuddling her, but still giving her space if she needed to puke or get up. "Don't worry.. I wont ever leave your side again.." He said with a gentle yet serious tone. Hoping he could keep his word, he was going to be like a watch dog, always with her, not letting anyone he didn't know near her. He had always been protective of her but now it had escalated, he was lucky this time, next time she might not make it back. So there would be no next time..

As he was laying with her he was worried out of his mind, but he couldn't show it to her, he had to remain calm. But his heart was not on the same page, it was racing in his chest. As Langdon tries to get Moon with him, Nicholas moves his gaze from Lucile's face to over her shoulder, looking at Moon's eyes. They are different from before, no longer empty, they were filled with sorrow, but it meant that she actually had emotions buried in her. And he was wrong about her, and shadow creatures, they weren't as empty as he had thought. But before he could think about it Lucile had an outburst, tensing her entire body. It was a familiar sight, one that he hated. As langdon held her down, Nicholas held her hand with both of his, letting her squeeze his hand as hard as she wanted to. He noticed Langdon look at him but he paid no attention to him, he was probably just worried what she was doing and looked to him for answers, yet he had none, best he could guess was the body was trying to get rid of the foreign substance in her body.

When they leave he hears what Moon says and understands it well. "I will never let that happen." He said with a serious voice, with full conviction. Then turned his full attention to Lucile. He had calmed a bit down now that they were alone, and when she talked about his heart it made him smile and feel good as he was stroking her back. He knew how much she liked it and was glad she had convinced him to remain human. As she lifted her head from his chest he put his head right beside her, looking up at the ceiling, holding her hand. Then she started talking about what happened and he felt bad, he could have prevented it. He stroked her hand with his thumb as she continued, talking about the meadow.. the future. It made him really happy knowing she wanted it with him, she also seemed to be more fond of the idea of children now. He leaned over her, kissing her lips, she wasn't going to stop him this time, even if there was a chance of being infected it was worth the risk. After kissing her he leans back beside her, holding her close while smiling "You have no idea how happy i am that you're here.." with a relieved and calm voice. He knew she would get better, he could feel it. And when she did anyone that touched her would suffer the consequences..

He chuckled at her remark on his sentence, and then she didn't want to sleep so she could stay with him, which warmed his heart, it was so sweet of her, and as much as he agreed, she needed the sleep. "Aww, don't worry, get some rest, i will not move a muscle until you wake up" He said with a warm and soft voice as he wrapped his arms round her, kissing the top of her head as she drifted off. During his blackout he had the sleep he needed, so he was not going to sleep, but instead watch over her. Plus it got him more time to enjoy the moment with her, feeling her embrace, calming him down, everything was alright again. She had stopped bleeding and seemed to be calm so the worst had to be over now.

During the hours until Moon and Langdon came back, he had been laying the same place, cuddling and stoking her back and head, looking at the ceiling, thinking about their future. When they walked in the door they seemed more clam than before, that was good, more logical thinking then. They had found some meat for Lucile, but when Moon opened it up and he could see it, it was clear it was not another package, this was someone that only recently died. He was about to inquire where they got it but when he saw her face he thought about it. There was no point in arguing about it now, in front of Lucile. She needed the food, and they could always talk about it afterwards. When Moon finished talking and walked over to the window he started gently shaking her in his arms "Lucile, time to wake up." With a low voice in her ear, trying to wake her up as comfortable as possible. When he saw how she reacted it gave him a warm smile, she was so cute trying to get more sleep. He didn't have to do anything else to wake her, the smell did the rest. When he heard her have the quick headache it made him laugh a bit "Take it easy.. The food won't run away" Just as he said it he realized how fitting that actually was when it was a person she was about to eat.

"You need to eat everything, your body needs it" he said with a serious but cheerful tone. She seemed to be doing better now than before, which was good, that meant it was going the right way at least. Then he looks up and Langdon, and switches over to Moon "Why so gloomy?" he said with a curious but still cheerful voice. He didn't think any of them cared about the person that was in the bag so there had to be something else, if it wasn't just that they were worried about Lucile, which he appreciated.

When she was doubting eating the entire meal he started laughing as he say up next to her. "At least give it a try, if not for yourself, then do it for me" He said with a cheerful tone and a playful smile on his face. As he looked down on the meat he did not see it as appealing but he had no problem watching her eat it, he made peace with that a long time ago, it was how i was, now he just saw it as a meal he didn't like. As he asked why they were so gloomy they started snapping at each other for some reason. His cheerful mood started to fade as they where yelling at each other. And when Langdon said this was not the place for it he became worried, the only reason to not say it was because Lucile was here, so he was going to get the information.

When Lucile stopped eating and touched her stomach he got his smile back "Yea that's fine haha.. just lay back down a relax a bit" Saying it with a cheerful tone, making sure to keep a positive vibe around her. Then there was a loud noise outside and Langdon ran to the window, checking out what it was. Apparently it was Moon throwing a tantrum, and Langdon needed help with calming her down. Nicholas didn't want Lucile involved in this, she didn't need anything more to worry about, not right now at least. "Just your sister being a little bit upset is all, i will talk to her then i will be right back here with you" Still keeping his cheerful tone with her. He gives her kiss on the lips before he gets up and heads out the door. "Just relax until i come back" He says, giving her a wink  before closing the door behind him.
When he steps outside he can see a broken barrel with a lot of food spread out across the ground, probably the sound from earlier if he had to guess. Then he sees Langdon trying to restrain Moon, making her calm down. He walks over to them stay as calm as he could. "Langdon just let her go, holding her will only provoke her more.." he said with an exhausted voice, after all this, fighting was the least priorities thing on his mind. "What's up Moon? Your sister is in there alive and well, considering what happened.. why are you so damn angry?" He said with a slight annoyed voice. Thinking she was being selfish about whatever it was about, the whole reason they were there was for Lucile, and now that she was there she was outside having an outburst over something..

He felt annoyed that she would cause so much commotion when Lucile was still recovering, it was unnecessary, but seeing as they wouldn't say it when Lucile was around it had to be important, so he had to know. As he ask her what she was so upset about, she broke free from Langdon and charged at him, pushing herself all up to him in a threatening way. And then she said it. "Preg..." His voice faded away before he could even say the word. His heart and breathing stopped. He just stood there, frozen in his tracks, almost like he was unconscious. She was pregnant? Was it really true? But.. There were so many emotions running through his body, he was extremely happy, he was scared, he was nervous. So many things to consider, and how would she take it? This wasn't planned, they had just talked about having kids not too long ago, it felt rushed. But that said he was ecstatic, overjoyed. He could feel his heart rate going through the roof. His whole body was tingling with excitement. As soon as he heard it everything around him was mute, he didn't notice that she pushed him away, or that she slapped Langdon across the face, because he was in his own world. It was not before Langdon started talking to him again he snapped out of it, and still, his body was trembling as he listened to him. He heard his words, and he understood it, but he was not paying attention, he was still in shock, it might only be a maybe, but that was all he needed. It could explain some of the puking, either way he was going to treat it as pregnancy until it was proven wrong.

Then he heard Moon and moved his attention to her "So why are you so upset? Shouldn't you be happy for her? You is going to have a new addition to your family.." He said in confusion, he didn't understand her rage, last time they spoke she didn't have a problem with Lucile starting a family with him, so why was she so angry now? Was it the timing? He just couldn't think if a valid reason justifying her outbursts. When she walked away from them he was about to follow her, try to understand her, but he saw Lucile in the doorway looking at them. "Lucile!" he exclaimed happily. A giant smile formed on his face as he moved towards her as fast as he could. When he was close enough, he placed both of his hands on her jawline as he kissed her passionately, then while smiling at her, radiating joy, he placed a hand on her stomach as he held one of her hands with the other. "You might become a mother Lucile" He said with such joy in his voice. Like it was the best thing in the world, because it was, a family with Lucile, nothing in this world could ever beat that. He felt tears roll down his cheeks as he told her, then he hugs her tightly, being overly careful not to put pressure on her stomach. He had not been this happy in his entire life. And nothing could take that from him. He was in a whole new place now, if there was any threat to her or the baby, he would not hesitate to remove it.

When he leaned off her from the hug he grabbed her hands, holding them, smiling as they spoke. "Why now? I don't know.. call it luck, and as for the maybe, it's because Langdon noticed it, he has felt it before, but its not a hundred percent accurate.." He said with as calm voice as he could pull off. He was still shaking after the news. And he could see that she was happy but also very scared, which was understandable, especially if she still felt like she did before, scared of being a bad mother, someone not fit to raise a child. As her grip got tighter his smile got wider, she was so sweet, being all worried about the situation. "No one is ready for it, but everyone learns on the way.. It is earlier than expected yes but there is still a long time before we get it, leaving us a lot of time to prepare" He said with a gentle voice, speaking like it was not a big deal, even if it was a huge deal.

He could see that she was still very worried about it all, he had no doubt she would calm down after she had thought about it for a while. "Relax Lucile, you will be a great mother, don't think about all the bad things that could happen.. think about the good things that will happen." He looks at her with a smile, trying his best to cheer her up. "We are in this together youknow, that means we lean on each other, nothing will go wrong.." He tilts his head, looking her in the eyes as he raises her free hand up and kisses it.
He then smiles and gets on his knees, looks at her tummy and thinks to himself. Wondering if its a boy or a girl, what their name would be and how they would look. Then he wraps his arms around her lower back as he nudges the side of his head against her tummy as he holds her tight for a while. So happy to experience this with her, she might be scared but that would fade in time, he would make sure of it. He would stay with her every second of the way, doing anything and everything for her to feel comfortable and stress free.
He would make sure she didn't feel alone in this, because she wasn't, this was a wonder that required both of them. Of course he was scared, but at the moment it was outshined by joy. After a while he leaned off and looked up at her. "We should get you back to bed." Smiling up at her.
If she agreed to it he would use the energy he had to lift her of her feet and carry her back inside, leaning in to kiss her again on the way. But stopping at the door and looking back at Langdon "Tell her that i am here to listen when she calms down.." with a serious but calm voice as he continues to the bed and gently lays her down.

He heard the worries she had about the baby but he didn't respond, it was normal thoughts to have, he was just going to support her all along the way, however long she needed it. There was a small moment he didn't think about Lucile, and that was when he talked to Langdon, at this time he was worried for Moon, but she was still herself when she left, he hoped she stayed that way, not letting whatever that thing was take over again. But back to thinking about Lucile he was glad that she wanted to help Moon too, forming a relationship with her sister would be good, so she could rely on someone else than just him in case something were to happen to him.

As he laid her down she grabbed onto him and pulled him down, so he went down beside her, that was his plan anyway, there was no way he was leaving her sight from now on. He wraps around her and keeps her close, cuddling her. He smiled at what she said "Then we want the same, lets stay like this forever.. no one can take it away from us.." He said with a warm and sweet voice. Laying here with her was going to last, and seeing as he was pretty drained he decided to sleep with her, maybe invade her dreams and bit with her there as well. The cuddling lasted until he drifted off, holding her as close to him as he could. But even if he was sleeping he was in alert mode, anything that sounded like a threat would wake him up to protect her. When they woke up they could possible have the chance to talk to Moon as well if she had calmed down. He didn't dare think to far ahead though, he was to focus on Lucile first and foremost.

He fell asleep fairly quickly laying there with her warm body. And as he slept, he had a good dream, now that his mind was fully occupied with a new child in their life, it was all he dreamt about. It started with them having the baby, looking at Lucile's face as she first held it, it melted his heart. Nothing could compare, it continued on showing how good of a mother she was, proving what he already knew from the start. Later on in the dream it was merged with the good memory Lucia put in him, thinking about the meadow again, Lucile laying with her head in his lap as they kids ran around the field chasing each other. He was so happy she added that to his mind, he was dead sure she showed him the future, because that was definitely going to happen some day.

When Lucile sat up on the bed he noticed, but was still not conscious, but he very faintly grabbed her hand as she sat up passively trying to drag her back next to him as he noticed her warmth was gone. Being in alert mode he almost woke up if it hadn't been for the fact that she got back next to him. This time he fell into a deeper sleep, seeing as he almost woke up. He continued sleeping well, still in the same dream until he heard the door close. He slowly opened it eyes until he noticed that Lucile was not by his side. Then he looked around in haste and jumped out of the bed once he saw she was no where in the room. Looking at Langdon he wanted to kick him awake asking if he saw her but it was doubtful, so he didn't bother, the guy had probably been awake all this time anyway, let him rest. He leaned against the window and looked out to see if he could see anyone, but it was pointless. It was empty outside. Then he walks towards the door, looking back to see if he missed any clues. Seeing as there was none he opened the door in a hurry and almost started running outside "Lucile!" He yelled with a worried voice, hoping she was close enough to hear him.
It could be nothing, but it could also be everything, after all that's happened he didn't want to take any chance, especially when he promised to not leave her side. She had to walk out of the room by herself, if not he would hear it and wake up. So she came outside out of her own free will, but the question was why? Was she going to look for Moon? That was the only explanation that made sense to him at the moment.

As soon as he yelled out he heard the response of Lucile, she was just around the corner, and it sounded like she was fine. After rushing to her he saw her kneeling down to someone, but he couldn't tell who it was until she said it. It was Moon, she had returned to them. He kneeld down beside Lucile to look at Moon and she was badly injured, it was hard to tell what had happened but she was bleeding from her mouth and there were wounds all over her. She had to be treated quickly, or at least be looked over quickly so that he would know what he was dealing with. It would be more difficult then normally because she would have no breath nor a pulse. Reading up on the creatures after he met her had come in handy but it was not much, only enough to save him some time and worry. He could see how much this was affecting Lucile, she seemed to be in full panic, which was not good for her or the baby. "Yeah, that's probably for the best right now, saves her some pain until we get her somewhere more comfortable." He said with a collected voice, seeing her like this felt bad for him as well, but he had to think like a doctor first, then as Nicholas once there was nothing he could do. He placed his hand on her chin, carefully moving her head to the sides to see if there was something preventing him from moving her, seeing as she bled from her mouth it could be the same as Lucile, but also what he suspected earlier, internal bleeding, which meant moving her had to be quick but careful.

As he checks her over he hears Langdon come outside and approach them. He was also in distress about Moon, it was up to Nicholas to be the rational one at the moment, being a doctor for as long as he had meant he could handle stressful situations like this more than the average person, but seeing as it was a good friend of him it was still hard. "To be honest with you, it's hard to tell just yet, i need to get a better look, meaning we have to get her inside on the bed." He said with a serious voice. He didn't tell them about how bad it could be, there was no reason to put too much worry on them, it would only make it worse, even if they knew the truth they wouldn't be able to do anything.
He was all for letting Lucile try to help as much as she could, but when she snapped at Langdon like she did he had to stop her before it got too bad. "Lucile.. listen to me, i will heal her ok? Just relax.. i know it's hard, but i need you in a calm state so you can help me.. alright? Everything will be fine" He said with a calm and collected voice, trying his best to reassure her that this would end well, holding her holding her shoulder as he said it, looking her in the eyes, showing her that he was serious.

Then he carefully lifts Moon up and walks inside holding her as still as possible and placing her on the bed very gently. Seeing as they had been fixing his arm there were still some left over stuff they could use. "Lucile, i need you to clean her wounds.. can you do that for me sweety?" Trying to be as calm as possible, showing her that it was alright to relax, nothing to worry about as he stroked her back. Then he looks at Langdon "I need you to wake her up and keep her awake. This will be extremely hard if i can't get a response from her." The first thing to do would be to heal her insides if there was something wrong there, but he had no idea where she had gone, which meant she could have been attacked by the same people as Lucile, furthermore she could have been forced the same drug as her as well. So he needed her to respond to what he was doing so he could see if it was working or not. In the meantime he started to undress her and checked everywhere for any wounds that needed his attention.

When he saw her wake up he wanted a reaction out of her, one that would point him in the right direction. But she barely responded to the pain she was in, but at least he got some information. She said not to heal her, which meant that she was attacked as well and made so that he could not heal her. This was troublesome but now he knew that he couldn't use his ability, saving some time and pain. When Lucile tried to convince her to get healed by him he was about to stop her saying that it would only hurt her, but when Moon responded with she didn't want him to heal her he almost got angry at her. She could be healed, it was only he stubbornness that didn't allow her to be healed. "Moon, easy.. no need to snap at her.." He said with calm voice that had had some annoyance to it. It didn't matter what she wanted, he was going to heal her, even if he had to pin her down to do so.

But before he could start, Lucile slapped her across the face. It came as a surprise to him and probably everyone in the room, yet he didn't mind the fact that she slapped Moon, she needed it, but he did mind that she was wounded. "Ay, take it easy.. she's still wounded remember.." He said with a calm voice to Lucile, making sure she knew he wasn't mad at her. And what she said made him think. Selfish? Was this about the baby again? Or was it just that she didn't care about how the others felt when she was wounded like this? Either way it was time to heal her. "Langdon come over here and hold her down if she struggles.. I'm not buying into her bullshit self righteousness or whatever she's pulling." Then he looks at Moon as he places a hand on her chest and one on her stomach and starts to heal her. "This is going to take some time to heal seeing as i don't know exactly where the wound is, and i have a feeling you won't cooperate with me.." He said with an annoyed voice, a bit angry at her for doing this to them, but most importantly to Lucile. Whatever petty reason she had to act like this would not justify it in his mind, at least none of the reason he could come up with. Now, as for the wounds he suspected either the stomach or her lungs seeing as blood was coming from her mouth. The marks on her body was not serious enough to be prioritized just yet, so he would finished the internal problems first, then move to the marks he thought was worst.

As he tried healing her she struggled way too much for him to concentrate on one area, making the healing pointless, and the wounds worse the more she moved. So he stopped, but before he could find another solution Lucile pushed him and Langdon off Moon, making him stumble and catch the end of the bed so he wouldn't fall on the ground. What Moon did by denying treatment was trigger Lucile's family issues. He knew this had to stop, both for Moon and Lucile's sake, she was being too rough with her, making the bleeding worse, and on the other side making it worse for herself, going down a road that would make her snap. He heard what Lucile said and it was something he wanted to talk to her about, because this had come up before. But now was not the time for it, he would have to bring it up another time when they were alone.
"Lucile!" He exclaimed As he tried to stop her, so he got up just at the same time as Langdon, but he got to her first and got lashed out of the way. And when Nicholas made it to her she lashed out at him as well, making him crash in the desk behind her and fall to the floor. When he laid there he thought about how stupid it was of him trying to get to her, this was not the first time she had lashed out on him, he still had the cut  over his eye, so he should have expected it. He didn't move from the floor, he just laid there and listened to their conversation.

The more they talked the more angry he got at Moon and the worse he felt for Lucile. She was actually provoking her, and for what? Why didn't she want healing, why did she want to die? Last moments... nah, if he had to there would be a sedative involved, even though he hoped to avoid that. When Moon spoke about it, everything started to make sense. Being a shadow creature there was a lot of emptiness attached to it, so he could understand that part. But now that she had Lucile it had to be a lot better, she also had Langdon and Nicholas. But at least he understood now, the anger she had, the jealousy, even if he still thought it was extremely selfish of her to be like this. As Lucile started crying he wouldn't stay behind any longer. He got up and sat in the bed beside her, trying to lean her into his arms, stroking her back.
He looked Moon in the eyes as he spoke. "Stop being so damn selfish.. Look around you, you are only alone because you choose to be.. We are all here for you if you would just see that.." He said with a a calm voice with some anger laying behind it. "And as for you situation on children, I am truly sorry for you.. but it doesn't give you the right to say you will be childless. Do you know how many children are out there alone, looking for a family? Ranging from babies to teenagers.. You can take any of them in your life and raise them like your own, because they will be your own. Family doesn't end in blood... Nor does it start there. I consider everyone in this room my family. So stop feeling sorry for yourself and let me heal you, because i am not letting you die, we both know that.." Being a doctor he had women that couldn't bare children so he had seen plenty of reactions, sadness, guilt, anger, pushing blame on others and so on. But this was new for him, the way she acted put him off guard, probably why he didn't catch it until she told them.
Then he focused his attention to Lucile. "It's not your fault Lucile, not at all.. Just calm down, we can talk about it if you want to let it out.. But no blaming yourself for something you didn't do.." he said still caressing her back.