I didn't give up on trying to get Lucifer to come to his senses I wasn't putting on a mask of fake attention, I want him to see how much I mean my feelings towards him, and I continued to do so going into the library of Malibu state. I tried to subtle gesture of accidentally bumping into his side and pressing my body to his. In the end he had either move back or help regain my balance while holding my hand. 'This shouldn't be so challenging. Why doesn't he react in the way I want him to? Am I doing it all wrong?'

" Uncle Dan traced the e-mail to a grad student named Matthew hoffing. He works here on a part time job." I smelt every musty little thing in the library, mildew and the growing amount of fungi bacteria that grew in the cracks of the library shelves, it's gross. " I hate how much I can smell almost anything that can emit smell. It's gross in here." I grimaced shaking my head in disgust.

" Indeed, darling. Libraries. Dreary places? Are they not? They smell like feet."

Lucifer agreed with me, the soft murmur of quiet chatter and ringing phones to librarians cataloging books in a line of aisles. I witness a couple making out and it got me thinking. I tore my eyes away, tapping a hand on the book shelf in front of me, my eye's sparkle. Lucifer, coming to a complete stop sensing I had stop to focus on the couple, looked me up and down for a split second. " What is it, Ellie, darling?"

" You know. Libraries are known to be place's most couples come to seek out a quiet spot to.. have alone time. If you know what I mean." I convey the message I am trying to send with a little bite of my lip. " you ever made out, inna place like the library, before? I haven't."

Lips in a crooked, seductive, smile I play with one of his buttons on of his suit. He swallowed the oval in his throat roughly and I could've sworn his eyes psychically changed to a dark red.

" Darling." He constrained his breath then my hand is taken by him. " What has gotten into you today? Usually I am the one being told off for my explicit innuendos." I pouted, childishly tucking my hands under my armpits. " And yes of course, I've made out in the library." This is not getting me anywhere. I'm partially surprise Lucifer hasn't given in to these advances but it is more surprising that it seems he doesn't know how to react to me. Is there something wrong with the way I am flirting with him? No, that can't be. Surely not?

" You know what? Never mind. It's stupid, it's.. nothing. I just thought, you know. Cause you are always flirting with me and I wanted to see if I.. I could do it. Clearly I'm doing something not right here." I disclaim, flailing my hands in the air in exclamation to my frustration, as my legs move on their own walking away. Lucifer hurried after me as he matched speed. " No. it bothers me, actually. I am basically throwing my self at you and I've told you that I want to be with but I feel like you are putting up this.. I don't know guard, Lucifer. Is it me... I..-"

A scream came from one of the server rooms in the library, a woman's one. I paused my rant to Lucifer and follow the sound of screams to the room opening the door. How I wished I didn't. Pleasured moans filled the room, my nose was crinkled trying to not show the discomfort on my face, at the brown haired library worker in front of me. Matthew Hoffing. I seriously start to wonder the credibility of my job sometimes.

" LAPD. Show us what is in your hands."

Said Lucifer, I was real quick to shaking my head to discard his statement. I waved both of my free hands motioning don't. " Don't. Nope, I need your hands above your head. In sight. I wanna see your hands and nothing else, right now, Buddy." I demonstrate the hands on the head. " Do it."

" But it might be a gun, Officer decker."

" It's definitely not a Gun. Lucifer, don't make it more obvious, please." I pluck a box of tissue paper for Matthew off a rolling table and toss it in his lap. " Clean yourself up. And well... we'll talk."

A masturbating book nerd maze would have the time of her life if she saw this. Great.

Matthew is making himself decent in the men's bathroom, cleaning his pants off, and making himself look more acceptable for questioning. I had seen pinned oral hygiene signs pin on the walls ironically glaring me down made me feel even worse. Matthew came out of the toilet, he avoided looking at me like I was going to vomit on him if he did. " Ah. better safe than sorry." I pursed my lips when Lucifer offered sanitiser.

" Look, I don't know what you're talking about, I don't know any kid named Rick."

" You are Dee-man- sixty nine yeah?"

I repeated his online tag, keeping my body a good feet away in regard to the fact I didn't feel comfortable. I didn't mean to sound like a prude but the fact he watched porn in a public area unsettled me.

I am not against the adult film industry, they are professionals who do a great job in an age of male dominated entertainment, it's more-so Matthew openly seeking out to watch inside of a public building. Matthew, guiltily, looked up at me.

" Thats a very clever play on words, by the way. Isn't it officer decker? Was never-gets-laid hashtag one taken?" Quipped Lucifer. I snort, in response almost immediately, and I widen my eyes slapping a hand on my mouth. " Ha! I got you to laugh, Darling. You see that? I made her laugh." The back of my hand lands on his chest, hitting the part of Lucifer's chest where his heart is, getting back into position to stare at Matthew.

" Yes, that is my e-mail, but I only ever use it to watch you know... porn." Ashamed to admit it, Matthew cowardly glances at the dirty ground. I cross my arms over another, studying how he didn't acknowledge me but instead it looks like he didn't want to look at Lucifer and he in-fact is glaring at Matthew.

" Care to explain why you, Mister Hoffing, sent a threatening email to Johnny Kane yesterday at nine ten in the morning?"

" Busted, Mr Hoffing. You may as well come clean now. Pun intended."

I pinched my nose, at Lucifer's insistence to crack a joke. I couldn't help the grin that is plastered on my face at his little snort laughter. At least his jokes are making this less awkward to deal with.

~•~

Rick isn't the first victim of this psycho man in a creepy mask. Ashley Corbett, another Malibu state student, is targeted and I began to notice a pattern. All the intended targets, victims, are Malibu state kids and in a certain age bracket. A grown man targeting these kids. They're just kids. Same age as me.

Lucifer and I went back to the school intending to find Ashley in one of the fraternity houses. Ive never been in favour to partaking in partying, it isn't my scenery or something I sought out to participate in. it's come a time to break that tradition and those days I guess. My breathing mellowed out listening to the bass drop of the music playing, shaking off the little jitters I had.

" Uncle Dan is with the doctor, I think I remember him saying his name is Dr. Scott, all we have to do now is find Ashley and get her somewhere safe. Easy."

I disclosed the plan, to Lucifer, EDM dubstep tunes pounded into the background. It's sound with no lyrics. It's not exactly my style of music I enjoy but I'm here to keep an eye out for the next victim, Ashley.

' I should've dressed for this more appropriately. I'm nineteen and I am dressed as if I am supposed to be in an episode of criminal minds. No, I actually looked like... my aunt Chloe.'

Aunt Chloe has subconsciously influenced how I dressed.

" Look, Luc. There'll be guys and girls in there my age, well.. I'm in technicality twenty and look like I'm still a teen so that'll bring me a better chance to blend in. I can handle this, you just gotta trust me on it."

" You are correct, Darling. We do gotta blend in more appropriately! How about I help you out of this quite boorishly plain blouse.." I slap Lucifers hand, a little offended he thought my choice of blouse is boring, and straight up said 'No.' he huffs. " Just trying to give you a better sense of fashion advice, Darling. You know, I heard from Maze she offered to take you out to shop for more clothes, but you insisted you're more than fine wearing clothes like your aunt- who.."

Lucifers words became silent, he watched me as I adjust my outfit to the appropriate attire a sorority girl would wear starting with tying my shirt up in the front in a tied ball and pushed a small amount of my hair to the side, I posed to show off my new style. I smiled spinning on a part of the front porch I stood on.

" How do I look, Luc? Good? A Sorority girl?"

" Beautiful."

He stuttered. I don't think I have heard Lucifer stutter before, from memory, he felt around the patio for one of the discarded blue party cups. I tilt my head as memories of Goddess and I getting drunk in Lux enter my mind.

" Voilà. No college rager is complete without one. Just pretend to be buzzed, it will throw off any suspicion one might have about you being well... a cop. Right shall we?"

Lucifer opened the door to the frat house. I walked in overwhelmed by the powerful smell of booze, body sweat, and bodies grinding on other peoples parts. 'This is what a party looks like.' Plastic party toys, inflatable summer pool chairs, are lounged around the house. I dodge a floating blow up pool noodle, that is thrown off the second story of the house, covering my cup. " These are the future leaders of America, Darling, engaging in sex, drugs, and lecherous behaviour. Makes me proud, really." I stare out at the sea of grinding bodies dancing.

" Okay, I know this must be fun for you but it's important to know that you don't get into this. We are here on a job, not to have fun. Got it? Ashley.. We are here for Ashley, she could be sick already and doesn't know how she became sick. So be on the look out."

" Right, got it. Find the girl, don't have fun. It's not like I looked forward to having any tonight. But you are the boss."

Lucifer confiscates the blue cup out of my hand, leaving me to find an alternative way to blend in and that is the only standing beer left in a nearby container. Splitting off in different parts of the house I got left and Lucifer went to look upstairs. I got my phone out, checking the time, it was half past ten on the dot. I kind of expected to see a message pop up from Aidan, he'd message me during the time I'm on the clock, and saw the blank notification section.

It feels strange to not have my kids in present day life. My kids. I was a nobody before I met Lucifer. An every day average girl, believing I didn't bring much to society, and lived every minute of my day in the shows of my school. I didn't fit in. And the day I met Aidan, the day I was told he is my son, it started to make a little more sense to me. I had a purpose.

I bring up a screenshot of the photo uncle Dan wired to me, making my approach to one of the many drunk frat boys in the house, odour of marijuana smacking me in the face. Perfect.

" Hey, have you seen this girl around here? She is in serious danger." I showed the screenshot, the green flashing strobe lights of the house's dance floor blocking the image, and sighed as it proved to backfire as he is completely out of touch with reality. " I know you are having fun, guys, but this is a pretty serious matter here."

" Yeah she is danger of getting wasted!"

" Oh, gosh. This is going to take a while. Help me, god. I know you can hear me."

Coming up with zero leads, it didn't help all of these college students were out of their mind's drunk, I aimlessly enjoyed the senseless music choices and on occasion I would find myself in the middle of lip syncing the lyrics to some pop song on the radio. I accidentally bump into the shoulder of a guy, short in height, his drink is spilt and I start to apologise. " I am so sorry."

" Nah, it's cool. Oh wait, did you feel that? Is it an earthquake or did you just rock my world? You got a boyfriend, Chicà?"

My eyes went past his shoulder to see Lucifer is guided up the stairs, I had originally thought he is already up on the second level searching for Ashley, by a raven haired girl. I excuse my-self to go follow them.

I did have trouble with the whole dance floor pushed into a big group, there isn't much space that the imagination is able to think of.

I finally get to the staircase, a hand on the railing, I heard the distinct noises of girls laughing airily, drunkly, in one room.

Entering the room to a group of seven girls, in a circle, with Lucifer holding a cigar entwined in his fingers. One of the girls, she wore a Lei of fake plastic dollar store bought flowers, gasp out in surprise whispering 'Pretty'. I shyly did a wave. " There you are, Lucifer. I saw that you came up here and had to see what you were up to. Aren't we meant to be looking for Ashley?" I say, and the girl he followed up here gasped.

" Oh my god. Is this her? Omg she is so pretty. You are right, her beauty does stand out!" She gushed, I tuck a strand of hair behind my ear and bashfully smiled. " Lucifer hasn't stopped talking about you and I can see exactly why!"

" I was working, Ellie, darling. And well, I mean, I was working and maybe, sort of, well asked sole advice when it comes to you. We'd time to kill waiting for Ashley because she's in the bathroom apparently. Don't know what is taking her so long."

Lucifer explained to me, getting up off the spot he made himself comfortable in among the girl group, and I frown in worry for Ashley as I did a knock on the bathroom door. There is a little gut feeling I had that didn't want to go away. I knocked again.

" Ashley? This is the LAPD. We are here to see if you are okay. Ashley?"

Door opening, my eyes land on Ashley Corbett who's obsessively cleaning blood out of her nose and I worriedly realise what is happening. It's the poison.

'Oh no. She is in serious danger.'

" It won't stop." She said, fearfully. " Help me, Please. I'm scared."

' I am glad we caught it before it ended in her death. I hope the antidote hurries up, we need it more than ever now.'

~•~

Ashley was admitted into hospital. We manage to find the antidote, it had been delivered and handed off to myself at Doctor Sam's house in reprise to her mutilating her poor hand after it was revealed Ashley is in hospital. The hacker is able to monitor every movement his targets make, he knew where they lived, and the count down to his next victim is getting shorter every time. Police were posted at the door of Ashley's room for her protection. Tablet in hand, Rick's profile picture for the school on it, Ashley sadly sighs. " This is the other student poisoned? I'm sorry. I didn't recognise him."

" It's okay, Ashley. We are just glad you're a bit better now to answer questions. You gave us a good scare there yesterday."

I smiled, sympathetically. It must've been the scariest experience, bleeding internally and out of her nose, unaware of the biological count of the clock ticking in her system. " Do you have any clue or idea of when you could've been in the vicinity of anything that resembles liquid? The poison could have been in an unattended drink you had." I asked, typing into the search engine of the departments data base for a PNG file of our latest report. " Anything at all?"

" No. I mean, it was a normal day, i woke up. I had a bio exam. Lunch at the dorms. Then I went to the gym, I couldn't even work out cause my arm was kinda sore."

Sore arm. Alarm bells sounded. It wasn't the season for the flu. I spared a glance at Lucifer, he frowned hearing that. " Why did your arm start to hurt? Did you pull a muscle, working out too hard?" I asked, a bad gut feeling about her sore arm bubbled in my stomach.

" I guess, cause of the flu shot I got? Do you think that could have been it?"

" I noticed in the report, Luc, that Rick got the same flu shot jab. Maybe these are linked more than we think they are, ME report says He had the same thing Ashley is feeling. Where did you get this flu shot, Ashley?"

Ashley, panic on her features, answered with a quick. " The university health Van."

' Off to catch the bad guy once again.'

Lucifer and I returned back to the station for a consultation. Uncle Dan, dad And I sat in different parts of the debriefing room. I had Lucifer at my side, uncle Dan replayed the same video of a sixth street car accident from a couple of years back. It's of an overturned car, it's underwires and gears on fire.

" .. Who gave the flu shots was Jason Carlisle. This is footage of a car accident he was in. He was a professor at Malibu until this video went viral." I closed my eyes at the combustion, the terrible sound of the screams belonging to the passenger left behind to die is interrupted by an explosion of gas and fire, Nathan winced at the sight. " it ain't a pretty sight thats for sure."

" He was running to save his own hid. Look at the way he completely dismissed the other guy, and left him to die. Some friend he is." Nathan stated speaking up, the sound of his utility belt flimsily turning, as he got up making a move to stand next to me. " that screams he is hiding a secret he doesn't want to known."

" For once I agree with old chap Nathan. He's a guilty man, he was saving himself. Though I highly doubt it's cause he had a secret he needs to hide." Lucifer, keeping a civilised manner in the room, agreed. Uncle Dan looked between them his eyebrow raised at the civil talking the two were doing. " Thats just my opinion."

" Correction, because he saved the dissertation he'd been working on for four years while an innocent college student working as an uber driver died." Uncle Dan corrected. Lucifer and dad 'oh'ed' at the same time. I liked seeing two of the most important men in my life get along, uncle Dan being the third. ".. He was publicly humiliated. His wife left him. He lost his job. His entire world spiralled out of control."

" He takes the job as a mobile health tech. So he can what? Target these innocent kids and.. poison them? Cause why not target these kids who had nothing to do with his life going south and bring them down with him." I scoffed, the bitter after taste of venom left in my mouth as I think about how evil and pathetic he's being.

" I thought our killer was just raving mad, but he's trying to prove a bloody point. That every one would make the same choice he did. Saving their livelihood over someone else's life."

Lucifer made a point. The vendetta Jason has runs real deep in his subconscious, that in his mind he thinks this is a justification he should have the right to make. It all makes sense. Dad nodded.

" Johnny Kane's face is his bread and butter, so is the surgeons hand."

" It's all part of Jason's design. He is choosing these kids, choosing the professionals.." I say, then my words are silenced when a thought is formed in my head. " We need to figure out a way to carefully lure him out into the open. We gotta do this by the books or Jason will run at the first sign of realising this is a trap."

" Or we could get a big stick and poke the bear as hard as we can. This man clearly has an over sized ego, comparing himself to the likes of Johnny Kane and Dr. Scott. If we threaten that ego, trust me, he'll respond!"

' it can be a good idea if it's done properly.'

~•~

Pasadena state university is a rival school on a completely different scale than to Malibu state, it was a bigger school with more buildings. Ella had helped us on a lead, which sent us to here where Jason is possibly withholding two boys in a hostage situation. Jason sent a live link to a stream he made, at the station, after I sent a rather productive email taunting him about his work. I had Lucifer to thank for it.

" The lab is closed for renovations, maybe he's here."

I got out of the town car I borrowed from the station and Lucifer followed me out into the building. Mazing around the school grounds, it was after hours and no one is in the building, we stumbled upon the science department. My hand raised to the side of my mouth finding an open space of surgical instruments and tables for operations on full view. Jason is at a desk.

" Well, Well, isn't this a surprise. Hello, Officer Decker. Don't bother trying to open that door. It's locked but on that note. I'm glad you were able to make it here." Jason, calmly, moved his way to the door of the barricaded room. He's only looking at me and ignores Lucifer, I had a sense of dread wash over me. The way he looks at me.. it's chilling. As if he knew I hid a secret. " I've been expecting you."

" Cause you know you're caught and you want to give yourself up? It's a bit anticlimactic but very well, we accept." Lucifer, sneeringly, said. Jason cold laugh sounded but it echoed off the sterilised walls of the laboratory.

" No, because you get to see firsthand what I'm trying to prove." Jason stated, making his way to the remote control console connected to all types of wires and buttons. I raised the barrel of my gun but when it goes off the bullet came back to me and I ducked away. Bulletproof. It's bulletproof glass.

" Acrylic glass. I advise you don't kill yourself with your own bullets. We wouldn't be able to conduct the final part of this experiment. It's time for you to make a choice. And you alone."

It's time for you to make a choice. It's time for you to make a choice.

I couldn't let Jason play god. But I didn't want to potentially kill both Benji and the other boy with my choice. My eyes remain blankly on Jason, a vial of special genetically made hand made antidote is shown. Lucifer is breathing in hard next to me. " in this vial, an antidote that will save Benji's life. In vial numero dos a real special poisonous gas that will kill you if you enter the room." That gas couldn't kill me. I'm invisible and immune to human made things, a simple gas wouldn't do anything to me.

" Simple, Really. You decide what's more important."

Jason glides on a tear gas hazard mask, vial of poison gas in the palm of his hand, and he lets it fall down. I gasped when it shattered. A mist loomed out of the broken shards, emitting out the poisonous gas, Jason made his escape and left the room to be gassed. I growled, like a real growl I didn't know I could do, raising my foot to break into the room to save the boys but the hand of Lucifer stops me. I snapped at him.

" Those boys are going to die! Let me go, Luc. I need to get to em'."

" Word of advice, Darling. Remember you and I share that awful thing called feeling each one of another's injury. If you go in there not only will you feel the poison, I will too! Don't go in there, Ellie. You will suffer greatly! And I don't want you to suffer the consequences because of the fact you want to be the hero, Darling."

" Then what are we supposed to do? Luc! We need to think of something. We gotta get those boys out!" I, frustrated, exclaim. Time is not on our side here and we need to think really fast. I tried to show the tears forming, they weren't of sadness but rather anger at the situation. " We need to hurry, Lucifer. They're going to die."

" You aren't going to like this, Darling. I need you to after the professor, that way you are far enough away from me so I can go in the room and take the boys out. But it can only work if you go right now! Do you trust me? Darling?"

I sighed, wobbly. " Yes, I trust you, of course."

" Then go. Go!"

I ran at top speed out of the laboratory room. I tried using the normal human speed, I didn't want to bring any unnecessary eyes on me as I made it to the exit of the building. Jason is in front of me, changing out of his coat, and the sight of him brings out a fury in me that I did not know I held within. I picked up the speed I used chasing after Jason. I maintained an average speed, a normal human girl would've used, going past students who were watching it unfold and I finally caught up the professor.

" It's over, Jason. You need to give yourself up, don't fight anymore." I grunted, I could easily overpower him right there and then and end things, he manage to get the advantage on me. He pushed me off, shoving his fist into the part of my stomach above the abdomen, dashing off into further distance. I scrambled up now even madder than before. Running a few kilometres to an underground dead-end tunnel fenced off I drew out my gun, keeping my eyes that are now surely glowing pure white on him and his widened in amazement. " It's over. Hands up."

" It's true. What she said. About you. I thought she was talking nonsense. It's true. You are an Angel. That... that tall blonde lady. She.. gave me this." Jason revealed an empty syringe of a mystery liquid. " and I did it. I actually did it."

" What are you talking about? What lady? Who is this lady you speak about?"

My mouth dried up dreading Jason's answer. I didn't want to believe Goddess would try to kill me. No, I actually did. But this couldn't be all connected back to her? How did she know him and he knows her? It doesn't make logical or rational sense. Questions were raised in mind.

" See. You made the only rational choice you could make and that was to leave your friend behind to chase after me. Ah, I see the effects are starting to be triggered and are rather fast to be onset. See, here is the thing. It starts with a cold sweat. Then the internal bleeding, so I have been informed, and then pftt. There goes your heart."

I brought a hand up to my head, feeling a veil of sweat soaking my face, and I breathed out in terror at what is happening to me. " I'm not the monster here. Ive never been the monster. I'm the human here, Not you. See even though I know angels are meant to be righteous people, you are pretty much the opposite of that from my point of you." My breathing became weak. I fought through it stalking over to Jason. I had my gun lowered, now I am face to face with his presence. All alone. " What Angel becomes one of sin and works in the police force?"

He smirked raising a blade he pulled out of his blazer. " I guess I will be seeing you in hell."

He slashed his throat, blood splats out and it lands directly on me. A dry pained sob emits out of my mouth, stumbling, and breathing in for an instant refreshing sensation of air but it didn't take me long for the pain to intensify. I started to panic looking desperately around for any signs of Lucifer, I gained the courage and I made my way to the last place I did see Lucifer.

" Lucifer. Lucifer."

I coughed, heaving as dried blood crusted on my lips from the bleeding in my intestines flared up, and I frantically scan the parking lot for him. If Jason knew about me then he knew about Lucifer. Which I still did not understand why the goddess would've chosen to kill me like this. It's a cowardly act. My nose burned as I could feel pooling blood begin to form.

This is how I die. My knees gave out, hands on my stomach feeling the phantom kicks of my unborn children being created in my mind, on the road. I guess my future can be changed. I won't get to see my family, anymore. Lucifer's voice wailed for me, I could hear his screams, and quick as he did show up he is at my side.

" No. no! Not again, Darling. No, what went wrong? What went wrong? No. No. Please. No, why are you bleeding? Talk to me! Talk to me. Keep your eyes open. Keep your eyes open!"

" ELLIE!"

JASMINE SPEAKS;

Oh my! it seems Goddess has made a deal with Jason and Jason poisoned her with a special poison.

I altered the timeline and the episode's contents purely for my story. Because this after all fan-fiction, I do whatever I please and quite honestly don't care if it's off script. That is the whole concept of fan-fiction, you can do that.

What did you think of the chapter?

What and how do you think Lucifer is going to react? When he hears Charlotte poisoned her?