The woman stood outside the house screaming. "HE'S THE DEVIL! HE'S THE DEVIL!"

Detective Decker drew her gun and walked into the house. She saw a thin man crumpled on the ground unmoving. A crack in the wall above him. She saw a large man being strangled against another wall by something wearing Lucifer's suit. The large man's eyes bulged and blood poured from his mouth and nose. He gasped piteously.

"FREEZE!" She shouted. Lucifer turned to her. But it was not Lucifer. It a grotesque face of a demon. Red and appearing like it had been burnt. Glowing eyes of fire. It dropped the now lifeless fat man. It approached her. Uncharacteristically she screamed and ran out of the house.

He followed her. "Detective!" He shouted. His face had returned too normal but she kept seeing the other one,

She got into her car. He tried following. "Detective!" He shouted again.

She sped off. Glancing in her rearview mirror she saw that face again. The one of the Devil. There standing with Lucifer's suit on.

Her eyes opened suddenly. She sat up in bed. Her head pounding. She had that dream again. The night she had seen Lucifer's devil face. She was still trying to come to grips with it. Even three months later.

She had tried to work with Lucifer. He had assured her that he would never hurt her. Never. His daughter had tried to explain things to her. Still she would dream about that face nearly every night. Every night it kept her from a good night's sleep. She started working with him less. Then all together she stopped calling him.

Sighing she rose from her bed. She trudged upstairs to the shower. The hot water was soothing. It woke up her tired muscles. It soothed her pounding head. As she was drying off her phone rang. "Decker." She answered it. "Okay. Text me the address. I'll be right there." She hung up the phone and sighed. Quickly getting dressed she headed downstairs

Her seven-year-old daughter was sitting at the table eating cereal. She was pleased she had gotten herself dressed and something to eat. "Morning Trixie."

"Did Daddy forget to pick me up?" Her daughter said.

Chloe sighed. "No. I think he just got stuck in traffic." She groaned and dialed her ex's phone. It just went to voice mail. She would have to take Trixie to school before heading to work. "Hurry up Trix."

Later she pulled into the parking lot of a large super store. People were gathered around the parking lot. Lots of reporters and gawkers. Officers struggling to hold people back. She stepped under the police tape. In the center of the mayhem a black sedan sat by itself. Inside a young man in the front seat with a gunshot to his head.

Her ex-husband Dan met her at the car. She eyed him but said nothing. She got out her notebook and began taking down descriptions.

"Chloe, I'm sorry about this morning. I got caught up- "

"Yeah, Dan. Save it, Tell Trixie why you were late." She kept her eyes on the victim. He had on all black. Blood spatter the windshield of the car. Forensics was looking through the car while the coroner was taking photos of the victim. "Do we have an ID?"

"Bruno Potter." Dan said. "We ran the license plates and found his wallet. We found something else."

Chloe scrutinized her ex. "What?"

Dan held up a lanyard with a work ID attached to it. "He was a bouncer for Lux."

Chloe sighed. "Are you sure?" She could see it plain as day on the ID. Shaking her head. She did not want to go over there. "Can you handle it?"

Dan could see the worry and apprehension in her face. "Why can't you? Don't you miss your buddy Lucifer?"

She shuddered slightly at his name. "No." She took the ID in her gloved hand.

"You two were so tight. And then you just stopped working with him. I don't get it." Dan folded his arms.

"Don't worry about it. Let's focus here." She turned her attention to the car. The techs had popped open the trunk. There were a couple bundles of cocaine inside. It looked like Bruno was a low level dealer. How could Lucifer not know? Of course he didn't.

"Want me to go over there with you?" Dan offered.

"No, I can handle it Dan." She didn't want to. But she would face her fear and go over to Lux herself. She took a few more notes before returning to her car. Taking a deep breath, she started the car and headed for Lux.

The outside of Lux was deserted. She opened the door to her car and climbed out. Looking at the club she sighed and went inside. She could hear the piano playing in the club. Inside there were a few people mingling about. A few hanging at the bar. She spied Lucifer's companion Maze at the bar. The other woman glared at her as she descended the steps.

Lucifer sat at the piano in the center of the club. His eyes locked upon the piano. A soft sad song playing from the instrument. Chloe was drawn to it. She had missed this side of him. His softer less horny side. The sensitive side that had no problems bottle feeding an infant. As she walked towards him the flash of his nastier side made her pause. She held her breath.

For a moment she stood with fear. Then she swallowed hard and continued toward him.

At first he didn't notice her. She stood at his side. Watching him playing. His hands expertly gliding over the keys. She was hypnotized. Then she caught those dark eyes upon her. He smiled.

"Detective Decker? Right?" A devilish gleam entered his gaze.

She folded her arms. "You know who I am."

"Do I?" He was being sarcastic. "It's been so long. I have almost forgotten your face."

She cocked a hip. He was messing with her. She rolled her eyes. "Ha-ha. Your funny."

He stopped playing and looked at her full on. He was wearing a purple shirt with a black vest. She had to admit he looked damn good. His dark eyes gleaming. "To what do I owe this visit? Found you couldn't stay away from," He gestured to himself. "All of this." His British accent sounding amused with himself.

"Sure." She replied with her own tone of sarcasm. "Actually I am here about a case."

Lucifer nodded and picked up a shot of some sort of booze from the piano. He downed it in a gulp. "Of course you are." His tone less playful. "Why am I not surprised?"

She sighed and took a step towards him. "Look I am sorry about not calling. But I had some things to work out."

Lucifer regarded her. "Did you now?"

She ignored that comment. "You have a Bruno Potter in your employ?"

Lucifer nodded. "He is one of my bouncers. Why?" His curiosity piqued.

"We found his body this morning. He was in his car with a bullet to his head."

Lucifer was quiet for a moment. He didn't show any signs of mourning or caring. "Pity. He was a good worker. Going to be hard pressed to find another."

Chloe snorted. "Did you also know about the drugs?"

The Devil shrugged. "No." He gulped down another shot.

"There were several bundles of coke in his trunk."

"Lucky fellow." Lucifer chuckled.

"No, not lucky Lucifer. Look do you know if any of your other employees had trouble with drugs."

"Maze is the one that handles that sort of thing. Why don't you ask her?"

Chloe growled inward. At times she could tolerate his indifference. Right now she wanted to punch him. "Fine. I'll ask her." She headed towards the bar. She sensed Lucifer behind her. Tensing up. She tried not to let it bother her.

They stopped at the bar. Maze looked up. Her dark eyes glaring at Chloe. They turned to Lucifer. He sighed. "Maze, could you get a list of our employees for Detective Decker."

Maze sighed and walked away.

"Do you need my help on this, Detective?" Lucifer asked while pouring himself a drink.

"No, that's fine. I got this." Chloe said not looking at him.

"You sure. It's my employee. I'd like to help find who killed him and get punishment. Err I mean justice."

Chloe shuddered when he said punishment. She did not want to see more of Lucifer's brand of punishment. "No. I said I got it Lucifer. Thank you."

Maze returned with a stack of papers and dropped them on the bar in front of Chloe. "Here." Her voice laced with venom.

Chloe faked a smile at her. "Thanks." She picked up the paper and started for the door.

"Detective." Lucifer called to her. "I'm serious. I want to help." His voice had that usual charming tone. He sounded like he really wanted to help.

Chloe really didn't want it. "Thank you Lucifer. I'll call if I need anything else." She smiled at him and then hurried out the door.

Author's Note: Hello lovelies. This is going to be a Chloe and Lucifer story. Maze, Dan and Trixie will make appearances as well. It is going to fit into the larger narrative that I am creating. I know I do lot of short stories here and there. It's mostly because they are like episodes. I don't want to draw one story out for months. I got a wild idea to explain why Chloe makes Lucifer vulnerable. Its way out in left field. Hope you all like it.