Title: Mafia Boss and His Detective
Category: Professor Layton
Rating: T
Pairing: Angelo Fassi x Lucy Baker
Summary: Maybe Lucy did read the case files but jumped when Fassi's body fell out of the fridge. A reason she's keeping secret in fear of losing her job and friends. Two - Shot
Disclaimer: I do not own Professor Layton characters rights or any of their characters
I know Lucy has a cockeny accent but I have had this written for two years now and finally gotten around to writing it plus I can't seem to write her accent so sorry about that.
Chapter 1 ~ The Last Gift
~~Alfendi POV~~
I gave the Commissioner quite a scare there but the puzzle is almost completed but who will be the final victim. The Commissioner coughed causing me to look at him in his eyes. His eyes show everything he's feeling which is quite pathetic, "What?" I snapped.
I watched as he moved his moustache - he was thinking - before he spoke, "I'm sorry -"
"Sorry for what exactly? For giving me this copycat case? For what happened four years ago? For my fake side having a life? Be more specific!"
"For telling Lucy to look after you!" He yelled. "If I was thinking clearly, you wouldn't receive that case."
This caught my interest, the fake me as causing my eyes to narrow, "Was you afraid I would've snapped at seeing the copycats? Do you really think Lucy would have stopped me if I did sna-"
The Commissioner interrupted me as he replied back, "I know Lucy could've stopped you from doing anything stupid! You would too if your girlfriend was a mafia boss!"
I blinked and stared at him like he was crazy, "What-"
"Fassi wasn't just a lowly member but a member of the mafia trying to gain an upper hand and advantage. He was the boss for a completely different mafia and was dating Lucy for two years before his untimely death." The color had washed out of the Commissioner face as he took a deep breath, "Lucy told me that she was dating him when I had hired her and asked me to keep it a secret. When I saw the case file, I wanted it solve ASAP so it won't leak out to the media and we could find the mole within our force. I knew it couldn't be you or Lucy so that's why I wanted the two of you to solve it. It didn't even come to mind that Fassi and Lucy was dating until after the case was solved. I should've asked you to keep an eye on her. I can't even imagine on how she must feel right now."
I swallowed hard, I was stunned that Lucy was dating someone from the mafia but it explained so much of her behavior. The way she isn't afraid of me, how she is always seeking the truth, and how she knows when something doesn't add up, "I'll go see how she is holding up."
"Al - the mafia's second in command came to visit me. You need to make sure that Lucy doesn't get hurt. She's still viewed as their boss's girl and they aren't afraid to do whatever it takes to keep her safe."
"Whatever," I respond walking away letting my Placid said takeover, especially since he's better at confronting people than what I can. Maybe he can relate our former relationship with Hilda's to her.
It also dawned on me that she was always vague when answering questions about her love life. She was a member of Scotland Yard and he's a member of the mafia. Another thought came to me and I wondered that when Fassi's body fell out of the fridge if she did read the case notes but jumped because it was her own boyfriend. I guess I would jump too if I was investigating a crime scene and my girlfriend's dead body fell out of somewhere, especially if I didn't even know they were dead to begin with.
~~Lucy's POV~~
I flipped through the pages of one of my old textbooks, I was in the corner of the library that was near the windows. It was our spot and it always will be. A small black box sat on top of a light blue and green photo album. How could the Commissioner expect me to watch the Pprof while keeping the emotions in check? I shut the textbook and laid my head on it. I started to play with the necklace that was around my neck that was in the box.
Angelo would always help me with my homework and to study. I told him that his idea was stupid and dangerous but he wouldn't listen. In fact, he went with the plan even knowing the cons outweighed the pros.
A voice that I instantly recognized spoke from next to the table, "You must be one of those people who can sleep on a book and suck up all the knowledge from the it."
"If that was the case than I would've gotten better test scores," I replied turning my head to the side to look at my partner in the Mystery Room.
"Your mistake was not drinking coffee in the morning to jump start it," Prof replied and I felt myself let out a small smile at it. He motioned his head towards the other side of the table "May I join you?"
"Commissioner told you, didn't you?" I asked nodding my head before lifting it up.
I watched as Prof sat down across from me as he rubbed the back of his head, "Yes, he did. Lucy -"
I looked out the window as I clicked my tongue, "Let me guess, you are going to tell me that I'm fired or that you no longer want me as a partner."
"How about neither?" he responded. "I came here to talk to you like a friend. Both sides of me are quite surprised to see you here and not at home crying."
I looked back over at him and shook my head, "I promised Angelo that if he went through with his stupid plan than I wouldn't cry if he wound up dead."
"So you knew of his plan to join another mafia?"
"Yes, he would run all ideas and plans through me and his best friend. We both told him that it was too dangerous and completely stupid but he went against our words." I sighed and looked at my textbook, "For some weird reason, he didn't listen to us this time, usually he does."
"It costed him his life this time," Prof said gently, "So tell me on how exactly it was that a Detective Constable like yourself started dating a mafia boss."
"Why do you want to know?"
He shrugged his shoulders, "Curiosity. It's not everyday something like this happens."
"It actually happen at this library," I said looking at Prof. "He was avoiding a crazy lady who I found out later that his was his best friend's mother of his children. I was trying to find a book about criminals to do a psychology paper over. He ran down the book aisle I was in with the crazy lady behind him." I looked out the window seeing cars drive by. "I started talking to Angelo about the book I was looking at and asked him for his opinion. He was confused and started to tell me I was crazy but when the crazy lady got closer after her breath. She started to yell at him and getting ready to choke him."
"Let me guess," Prof said with a smile," You did something stupid next to try and save him."
I laughed a little, "Yep. I did. I told the lady that I was an undercover police officer and that Angelo was my partner in the force. The librarian was also making his way over to where we was due to the noise so I grabbed Angelo's hand and started to move to another book section quickly."
"Sounds familiar for some reason," he said. "I think I was here that day. The lady was yelling something about undercover cops and how she won't let anyone take her children away, wasn't she?"
"Aye, that was her."
He lightly kicked my leg as he glared at me, "Thanks for that! Justin and I almost didn't catch the drug operation that was going on because we thought that she caught onto us!"
I looked down and replied, "I'm sorry I didn't know. That might explain as to why there hasn't been many people here for a while."
I looked back up at him as he stayed silent looking at the gift box my necklace came in and the photo album, "So that's how you two met?"
"Yea, but I had to go shortly after that event because I was going to be late for class I didn't realize that Angelo would visit the library everyday waiting for me until he saw me sitting at this table working on homework that I was behind in for getting sick."
"A weird story for such an odd couple," he replied looking at me.
"I know," I smiled at him, "Prof, he wanted to meet you. I'm not sure if it's because you are my mentor in the force or because he wanted to ensure that I was safe. I think both of you and him would've gotten along with each other."
"Do you honestly think so?"
I nodded my head in response, "Yes, but there is another reason as to why, he kept telling me to watch you because he had something important to tell you but he couldn't tell you over the phone or in person. He had a feeling he was being followed and didn't even visit me because he didn't want daner to come close to me." I took a deep breath. "Al he said that Makepeace isn't dead. That he was only a scapegoat for someone else." I clinched the necklace, the already familiar shape of a book, the locket of the necklace- into my palm.
He just stared at him with surprise, I don't blame him. I mean with what I just told him plus I don't even know about Makepeace or the killings. All I know was all that I learned today and from Angelo told me which were Angelo's last words to me when I last talked to me. I stood up and gathered everything that I had, "Prof, those were his last words to me so please don't let his warning go to waste."
"You called me Al," the response he gave me catches me off guard. "You never have before not even in the beginning and it was strange hearing it coming from you. Thank you for the warning through."
I nodded my head and started walking away, "I'll see you in a week, Prof. Take care of yourself." I walked away knowing that I would have to get used to the necklace against my neck because it was never coming off. It will stay there until my last days since it was the last thing Angelo gave me and the last reminder I have of him.
