[3rd POV]
After leaving her dimension, Lucifer had made her way to the next crime scene, as another murder had taken place, as she already knew would happen. Had she been a better person, she would have stopped it, but she wasn't really that good of a person, not anymore. She only really cared for her family and that was it, she'd help others if she could, but in situations like this where it would be used for the development of others (Like Samael, Chloe and Ella) then she would leave it be.
Walking into the home in which the murder had taken place, Lucifer noticed that Samael, Chloe, and Ella were already there, alongside a number of other detectives and crime scene analysts. Lucifer knew that this murder was in fact, a copycat of the original murderer, something that would become evident the next day, when Chloe began to look into it.
Looking at the corpse of the woman that held her white flowers, droplets of blood sprayed across them, Lucifer sighed "So another murder like Diane's huh? So it is a serial killer like I had suspected?" Lucifer had asked, as she walked up behind them.
"It looks like it. Everything is the same, the injection, the way she is held, the flowers, everything. I have some guys that have been getting me info on murders similar to this one, which I should be getting soon, hopefully that will spread some light on all of...this" Chloe replied with a nod, as she now knew that Lucifer was right when she said that it was akin to a serial killers the last time.
"The flowers are his signature, I'll give my guys that info to narrow it down more" Chloe added, knowing that with a signature like that, it wouldn't be hard to find some sort of information, or other cases that were similar that could give her a general layout for the timeline of murders, and whether or not these were really the first two murders, or if there was more in the past that simply weren't noticed.
"I should have known. I should have known. The first crime scene was so clean. It was too clean, like mystery girl had said, it all lined up with being that of an experienced murderer, a serial killer" Ella said, angry with herself for not realizing that it was so very obviously the work of someone incredibly experienced.
"Don't beat yourself up, Ella. Everyone makes mistakes, even the best of us" Lucifer replied, as the girl looked at her in slight surprise, as usually Lucifer was quite quiet when involved with cases, but now she was being a bit more talkative than before.
"She's right, it won't do any good. And who knows, maybe he made a mistake this time" Chloe added with a nod, agreeing with Lucifer.
"Yeah, I thought he had too. When I found this on her clothes, but dead end. Glitters just an occupational hazard for Madison" Ella said.
"Oh, no, she was just a stripper" Samael said with a horrified look, only for Lucifer to snort, as Ella shook her head.
"No, elementary school teacher. All the killer left behind was stuff he wanted us to find"
"Well all you need to do is look for shops that sell Stargazer lilies and have something involving golden glitter, like a bow or something of the sort. With that sort of combination, it shouldn't take long to find who sold it. Just look at sales in the past 24 hours, and ones that are relatively close and we'll find who sold them to our serial killer" Lucifer said, as Chloe looked at her, surprise written on her face as she hadn't even thought of that, that the glitter could belong to a bow or something similar, a bow that would be wrapped around the flowers themselves.
"That...that makes a lot of sense. We'll do that immediately. And if you're right, then we'll find our killer within a day" Chloe responded, an almost grateful look on her face at the realization that they'd catch the serial killer, hopefully before he could do anything worse than what he had already done.
With this piece of knowledge, the group decided to go their separate ways, Lucifer returning home, Chloe going back to the LAPD to research more into the deaths alongside Ella, and Samael back to his penthouse.
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The day had ended, as Lucifer returned home and had dinner with the family, watching a new show, this being Cobra Kai (which Bloom was interested in visiting, as she liked watching martial arts fights). She had also kept Alice up to date on the case, as the woman was interested.
The next day was almost entirely spent with the family, enjoying her time with them, doing a lot of gaming, watching more Cobra Kai, and just relaxing for a bit, knowing that soon things would begin to pick up, especially with a certain someone appearing soon, someone who was stronger than Lucifer, and someone that she had been avoiding this entire time.
But now, it was night time, and she had been called by Chloe to an apartment complex where they tracked the killer down to. An apartment complex she was now walking through, trying to find her way to where Samael and Chloe was, before eventually coming upon an open room 507. Walking in, she turned the corner to where Samael and Chloe were, as well as Ella and Pete.
"I'm here. This is the apartment?" Lucifer asked, as Chloe nodded.
"This seems really clumsy for a serial killer, isn't it? Everything is so...out in the open, obvious, something that a serial killer would normally not do. Someone that experienced in the area wouldn't just leave pictures out like this" Lucifer said with a frown, as Chloe listened, understanding Lucifer's point.
"You have a point. But for now, we need to find out more information on his next target, this woman. Look around the apartment for any clues" Chloe said, as Lucifer nodded and walked off.
Walking through the apartment, Lucifer looked around, finding a few photos that were quite graphic of the murders, as well as very obvious signs of the man stalking his victims. All of it was very blatant and not covered at all, making it very obvious that the man was not a seasoned or skilled killer at all.
Eventually, Lucifer heard the voices of Ella and Pete.
"Guys, we found something!" They both said, as Lucifer entered, only to watch as they put a piece of photo slides, showing a rather messy picture of a woman in the same apartment complex, entering her apartment.
"Chloe, I think it's his next victim. Look at the wallpaper. And the carpet, does it ring a bell?" Ella asked, Pete mirroring her at the last part.
"She lives in this apartment building" Samael said in slight horror.
"On the ninth floor. Lucifer, let's go" Chloe said, turning and running out of the room, Samael and Lucifer both following.
Briskly walking through the halls, Chloe noticed Lucifer following, but decided not to stop her, as it was getting increasingly obvious that the woman could handle her own, and was not a normal human, far from it. Entering into the elevator, they waited for a few moments, before walking out.
"We'll take this way" Lucifer said, giving Samael a nod as they both walked off together, going door to door asking questions, trying to find the apartment that the woman lived in, and was likely currently close to getting murdered in.
Soon Lucifer found the door, as she motioned for Samael, opening the door to room 903, as they both entered.
Holding up a finger to her lips, Lucifer stepped into the dark kitchen, waiting as the serial killer, a bald middle aged man entered, ready to inject Samael with a paralytic agent. Before he could, Lucifer's hand snapped out, gripping the back of his skull and slamming his head against the wall, and into immediate unconsciousness.
Looking down at the unconscious serial killer, Lucifer only really had one thing to say at that moment.
"Well he is...underwhelming"
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That's the end of the chapter!
Basically just the end of this "Episode" with the next chapter likely skipping most of the next "episode", as she plans on just letting Samael find Chloe on his own. That, and she is trying to avoid interacting with a certain someone that she WILL be interacting with soon, a very important interaction.
Anyways, have a good day!