Los Angeles: 10-13-17, 7:45 p.m.

"No, no, please! Please don't! Don't ki-" the man begging for his life was cut short by his captor kicking away the chair he was placed on. The victim was trying to breathe, though the rope around his neck got in the way of that.

"You had your chance. You chose to steal, rape and kill. This is your punishment. Your justice." the man walked over to his victim and put his hand over the poor soul's face. In a single moment, he electrocuted his entire body, frying the criminal like an egg.

"Let all know..." the mysterious figure put an envelope with the letter E written on the front in the victim's jacket. "The Executioner will strike again." At that, he walked out of the small apartment and slammed the door, causing the body to sway in the air.

25 minutes later

"Okay, victim had several bruises, indicating he was beaten pretty bad and then hanged. And then electrocuted. Yikes." Ella looked over the body with extreme uneasiness.

"Even I'm not that cruel." Lucifer looked around at the apartment, going through the DVDs. "... He actually owns "Matrix"? Good grief."

"Lucifer. Let's stay on task. Okay, victim's license IDs him as Mark Hastings. Small time criminal, got off on a murder charge last year. And a rape charge a year before that. Got two months for petty theft, though."

"It's that type of scenario that puts into perspective what's wrong with the justice system of Earth." Lucifer scoffed, earning nothing but silence from Chloe.

"... Yeah, I agree with you."

"... I'm sorry, could you repeat that please? I wasn't recording." Lucifer held out his phone, only to have Chloe walk away from him.

"Okay, apparently, this guy, the "Executioner", was part of a big crime boss murder case down in Louisiana, so we're being assigned a partner from their office." Chloe rattled off, looking at her phone.

"We're being assigned a babysitter?" Lucifer pouted out, crossing his arms.

"Yeesh. And I thought there was something between us last time." Lucifer turned around to see a man with a black beard in a green suit standing behind him.

"Detective Corrigan. Wonderful to see you again. It's a real honor to have you back."

"No problem, always happy to help get justice served. Detective Decker, Jim Corrigan."

"I know, Lucifer told me about how you and him solved the "Ms Blades" case. I just hope we get this guy too."

"Believe me detective, with the two of us helping you, the killer will most certainly be punished." Lucifer smiled widely, and Corrigan did too.