Chapter 8

This was extremely awkward.

You were supposed to go with Lucifer, since you were his bodyguard. But no, Chloe insisted she needed to talk to Lucifer alone so you were stuck with Dan.

It wouldn't be awkward if Daniel wasn't glaring at you every so often. You also had to deal with Venom incessantly chanting '' In your head was irritating you.

You sighed irritably, "If you have something to say, then say it. Stop acting like a child pouting."

"Listen, I don't think you know what you're getting yourself into with Lucifer and going to crime scenes." He gave you a snappy reply, though you did pick up a sense of sincerity in his tone.

"I have investigative history and I have seen some shit in my past job that would make the average person squirm. And Lucifer isn't that bad. He is but from what I've learned he is okay."

"!" Venom growled.

"Jobs kept denying me and he offered money to protect him." You continued, ignoring Venoms comment. "I have.... Some training to defend him if need be."

"You're still a citizen, so watch out okay?" Dan sighed, signalling the end of the conversation. You turned your attention to the moving view outside the window. Even if Lucifer was a bit obnoxious, at least he was some what entertaining... And much more charming compared to 'Detective Douche'.

"" Venom asked with fake innocence. You rolled your eyes, but that didn't sound too bad of an idea. You shake your head as subtle as you could, you only hoped the car ride was ending soon.

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"I can't you, Lucifer. You didn't even consult me before you hired them, and I don't even know how you got the chief to agree to allowing this either." Chloe ranted at Lucifer while she drove to the crime scene location.

"It's not like you would have said yes. Besides, this can give you a break from worrying about little old me." The Devil replied.

"You are still bringing a civilian, one of our cleared suspects, to active crime scenes. If they get hurt or killed that is on you, which means it is on me."

"Oh that won't happen. We just have to avoid loud places-" Lucifer quickly shut his mouth with wide eyes, hoping Chloe wouldn't pay any mind but he knew better.

"What do you mean loud places?"

"Oh nothing, they are just extremely uncomfortable... Migraines will happen, the usual with you humans." Chloe rolled her eyes and the car ride fell into silence.

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Lucifer felt his phone in his pocket vibrate. He pulled out his cell and saw an unknown number had texted him.

Lucifer smiled subtlety, piecing it together it was (Y/N) texting him.

" He hit send, and waited surprisingly patiently.

A few moments passed when his phone buzzed again with your reply: ""

""

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You were close to falling asleep when you and Dan pulled into a parking lot next to a taped off clothing shop. You noticed Lucifer and Chloe were leaning against Chloes car, you assumed they have been waiting for you both. The moment Dans car pulled into a parking space, you nearly scrambled out of the car and speed walk yourself over to Lucifer and Chloe.

"How was the ride in the fun mobile?" Lucifers smirked as you arrived with them.

"A real delight." You said, your voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Since we are all here, lets get to the scene." Chloe announced as Dan came up to the three of you. You nodded at Chloe and followed her as she led, Lucifer and Dan close behind her and yourself behind Lucifer. You noticed officers eye you as you ducked under the yellow tape with the others.

"" Venom hissed. Towards the back of the shop there laid a woman on her back with a beautiful, but stained with deep brown splotches, dress that was placed on top of her. Around the dead woman were two puddles of blood; a smaller one around her head and one larger one from under her torso.

You noticed Dan in the corner of your eye watching you, almost expecting you to flinch or react in some way at the sight of a dead body. You roll your eyes and looked over the seen.

"A deadly fashion show, how exciting." Lucifer remarked as he circled around the corpse. You notice the blonde detective gave him a look but didn't reply.

"Ella, what do we have so far?" She asked, turning herself to her left towards a person squating near a clothing rack with a camera. You assumed she was the forensic scientist. A flash went off from her camera and she practically jumped up, a big smile on her face as her pony tail bounced.

"You guys are just in time, I was just about to remove the dress to see whether it was a shooting or a stabbing." Ella moved to the body, crouching down before she slowly pulled the placed dress off the body. Everyones eyes widened at the sight under the dress.

The victims shirt was cut open and on her chest was one word carved multiple times:

""

"Well, from looking at this it would seem she probably got stabbed in the back by the way the blood is positioned. And a possible head wound at the back." Ella announced her deductions, which you silently nodded in agreement. Although you furrowed your eyebrows as you stared at the body, every sense except sight seemed to dull around you.

You take a step away as the rest of the group as the discussed the scene. This seemed like an all too familiar of a case you helped the police with back in San Francisco. The carving of a singular word in the victims body postmortem and the obsessive writing of the same word on a wall all point to that case.

"Are there any other messages in the shop?" You cut through the discussion, everyones attention was on you. "Is liar anywhere else in the shop?"

Ella gulped, "Y-yeah in the back room there is 'liar' written in blood. I was just getting to that."

"Shit, I have to make a call." You turn away from them and whip out your phone. You dial up Eddies number and head outside for some privacy. You tapped your foot as the phone rang on, silently hoping for Eddie to pick up. If this was the guy you were thinking of, it would get more and more gruesome until he is caught.

"Hey (Y/N), how did the whole Lucifer meeting go? You never called me back." Eds finally picked up on the last ring.

"Yeah it went well, I'm a body guard slash helpful citizen for him and the LAPD now."

"Wow that went very well. But I have a feeling thats not why you are calling me, is it?"

"Do you still have all our files and evidence on the Stalker case? The one with the Gene Shepp guy."

"Yeah I do, want me to send them to you when I'm off work?"

"That'd be great." At this moment you heard the door open behind you. Glancing over your shoulder you saw Lucifer joining you outisde.

"Everything alright?" He asked leaning close to you.

"Who was that?" You heard Eddie ask.

"Oh just Lucifer. We are uh, at a crime scene and it looks extremely like Gene's work. But yeah, I will let you get back to work Eds and thanks in advance for the file!" You press the red button and shove your phone back into your pocket, turning to face Lucifer.

He didn't say anything, except raise a brow for you to speak

"I'm good, Lucifer. That scene in there: a wound on the back of the head, probably mulitple stab wounds on the back, one word carved into the victim postmortem, and that same word written somewhere in the building almost obsessively all points to a killer that was in San Francisco." You sigh, rubbing your face with your hands out of stress. " Eddie and I helped the police and detectives on that case, and it got more and more gorey after each murder. He must of gotten out of prison or this is a copycat."

"Well this is definitely something to tell the detective." Lucifer then placed his hand on your shoulder and had an out of character smile on his face. "You were able to help then right? With this rag team of humans, alien, and a dashing devil he will go down in no time."

You nodded, exhaling air you didn't realize you were holding in. "You're right. We definitely have more on the table against this guy." You let your own subtle smile at Lucifer slip out and heard the small giggle of Venom in the back of your head. Although, your eyes do wander to the lingering hand of Lucifers on your shoulder.

"Right sorry." He chuckled. You open your mouth to speak but felt a buzz in your pocket.

The pocket that your phone wasn't in-

"Shit I still have Dans phone..." You and Lucifer stared at each other for a few passing moments.... Before laughter erupted between you both (and of course, Venom joined in as well).

"Now we have vital information to share with the silly humans in there, we can keep hold of Dans phone for a little longer."

"You realize I'm human too right?" Lucifer simply waved off your comment and went to the shop door, holding it open while waiting for you.

You let out a little "hmph" noise as you followed, a little bit of confidence and a moment with Lucifer boosted your mood.

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