Luka was already in the shower, she needed to get ready for work. She really didn't care that Gakupo asked for her to stay there at the mansion. She needed to get away for a bit. She wasn't feeling smothered, she just liked her space at times. And this was one of those times. She walked down the stairs after she had gotten down with her shower, dried herself off, then did her hair, then was dressed. She poured herself a cup of coffee. The coffee was delicious, she now saw Luki walk into the kitchen,

"Where do you think you are going?" Luki asked,

"What makes you think I am going anywhere?" Luka asked, looking at her brother,

"Well, you are dressed like you are going shoot someone in the face, or write up reports. And you are chugging away coffee." Luki rolled his eyes, "Unless you and Miku got it on, and you are..." Luki chuckled then shook his head,

"You are one dirty pervert. Look, I know Gakupo wanted me to stay here, to do the reports. But I don't everything with me. And before you ask. No, I will drive myself. My car was delivered here. You know, I can't tell Katsuya." Luka stated then took a sip of her coffee,

"Why not?" Luki asked, as he too was now drinking coffee,

"He would think I am sleeping with the enemy." Luka stated,

"Uh...Aren't you? You fucked Miku. I think that counts as sleeping with the enemy." Luki chuckled,

"Smart ass." Luka stated with a laugh, she knew that her aunt was in a better place, and revenge is going to be very sweet. She looked at her watch, "Alright, I need to go. I'll text Miku when she is awake. Later bro." Luka stated then rushed to her black Audi then got in, and drove off to her job. She needed this job. She liked catching bad guys. But now, in her eyes, Gakupo's gang was protected by her. And she hoped that they saw this,

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Luka arrived at the precinct. She saw Katsuya with a coffee for her. She sighed softly behind the wheel, "When will this bastard give up?" Luka thought then got out of the car, and walked to Katsuya, she heard the alarm beep telling her that the car was locked. Luka tried to smile at the nice gesture from Katsuya, but to her, Katsuya was trying to damn hard,

"I thought you would need a pick me up. I mean last night had to be rough." Katsuya stated, then looked at Luka, "I hope I didn't offend you by getting you a coffee..." Katsuya stated,

"Its fine. Thank you." Luka stated, then walked into the building after grabbing her coffee. She took a sip, and Katsuya got her favorite coffee. She was getting the chills from his good nature. Granted he was trying to be nice, but this was getting upsetting for her. She heard Katsuya's name, then her own. They walked into their chief's office, "Oh, hey Chiyo." Luka stated,

"Its not a 'oh, hey Chiyo' morning, Luka. There was body discovered at the club." Chiyo stated,

"What club?" Katsuya asked,

"Ironically, 'The Joker'. Isn't that just ironic?!" Chiyo snarled, "Go there. Now. Oh, by the way, Luka if you need any back up let me know. I know you realize that you are head of this case. So, don't hesitate to ask for help." Chiyo stated then went back to her paper work. And watched Luka and Katsuya leave the office, "I want to find this bastard." Chiyo thought, then got up and left. She was going to the crime scene as well,

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Luka and Katsuya of course drove two different cars, and arrived to the club at the exact time. And soon they saw Chiyo, "Hey boss." Luka stated, "Wait...What are you doing here? Usual..." Luka wanted to continue,

"I want to catch this bastard. And what better way, then being out in the field." Chiyo stated, then looked at Katsuya who just nodded. They all walked into the club, and saw the owner shaking his head. Chiyo looked to the DJ stand. And there was a man posed as if he was playing music. Then they all saw two people sitting in the VIP area, posed as if they were talking and drinking, "This...Is horrible." Chiyo stated, then shook her head, "Wh..What is that?" Chiyo asked, as she looked towards the upstairs, she saw a shadow. Chiyo walked up with Luka, they knocked at the door, "POLICE OPEN UP!" Chiyo yelled, she nodded to Luka, who kicked open the door, Chiyo immediately dropped the gun and threw up. There was a couple hanging from the ceiling holding each other. "Oh...Oh my god." Chiyo whispered, as she wiped away her lips,

Luka walked to the male that was hanging, and saw a card clutched in his hand, and revealed the Ace Of Clubs, "What the hell? Are we going backwards?" Luka asked out loud,

"What do you mean?" Chiyo asked,

"He holds the Ace of Clubs. But so did the people in the first attack. So, what I am not getting is how are we going backwards?" Luka asked, then saw Katsuya join them, "It looks like we took a step back." Luka stated, then walked to the small locker, "What the hell is that?" Luka asked, as she saw blood dripping from the locker, and as soon as she opened the locker a body fell out, "We found our headless man." Luka stated, as she shook her head, "We need our black lights." Luka stated, as she walked to the police car, that had finally pulled up. She grabbed the bag, and handed both Chiyo and Katsuya a black light. And soon the club was pitch black.

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Chiyo was by herself, she felt cold. This was the first she had been on this case, since the last time. She was head of the investigation the first time around. But he wasn't near as bad as he is now. Chiyo saw writing, more like an arrow pointing towards a back room. Chiyo was nervous, so she pulled out her gun. She continued to follow the arrows, then slowly put down the black light to see a group posed as if they were playing cards. And each card was the Ace of Clubs. Chiyo shook her head, and sighed. She walked back out, and tried to find Luka and Katsuya.

Luka was going through the kitchen area, she felt chilly. She now found writing,

"You are getting warmer"

Luka continued to follow what she thought was going to maker her warmer, instead of focusing, she ended up seeing;

"You are so cold. You are freezing."

Once Luka saw that, the freezer door slammed, and locked her in. The freezer's temperature was dropping drastically, "HELP! HELP ME!" Luka screamed, she was banging on the door, "HELP ME!" Luka continued to scream, and began to jiggle the handle, but nothing happened. Luka now began to rub her arms, her breath was hitting the air that was left inside of the freezer. Her teeth were chattering, "Please...Someone help me." Luka thought as she felt her body temperature dropping drastically, "I..I need a camera, to apologize and tell the world...I am so scared..." Luka thought, trying to keep her thoughts on how screwed she was. Her hair began to freeze, to the point, if Luka took a strand, the hair could easily snap off like ice. Luka was rubbing her arms, vigorously trying to keep herself warm. "HELP ME!" Luka screamed, then heard footsteps. Luckily for her, a chef had come to collect his check. He didn't know what had happened, he walked in from the back. He heard screaming, and jiggled the freezer door handle, Luka could hear him cussing. And finally the door was opened. Luka literally leaped out of the freezer,

"Holy shit. Are you okay?" The male asked, then grabbed his coat and wrapped the fabric around the shaking female's body,

"Y..Yeah..." Luka muttered or at least tried to get the words out without chattering her teeth too much, "Th..Th..Tha..Thank...Y..Y..You." Luka chattered the words out, soon she felt the male's hands massaging her arms, trying to get her warm.

"You are lucky. If I had found you twenty minutes later, you would have froze to death. We need to get that damn thing fixed. For some reason, it will lower in temperature. Then next minute you know, you are throwing out raw food, because they had thawed out." He stated, "What is going on, anyway?" He asked, now seeing her badge,

"We are investigating a murder...Multiple murders that has happened here...Wait. How did you get in without the cops telling you to stay out?" Luka asked,

"Easy, I came in the back. I have a key. I forgot to pick up my check." He smiled, then stood. He now walked out of the kitchen and found Chiyo, he pointed to Luka,

"Oh my god, Luka. Are you okay?" Chiyo asked,

"Ye..Yeah." Luka whispered, about an hour later, Luka's body temperature returned to normal. And she went on with the investigation. But this time Chiyo was with her. Luka now saw the words. And soon they were near an oven,

"So hot! Can you feel yourself burning?"

Luka grabbed a stick, soon she realized this 'stick' was used to get pizza in and out of the pizza oven. Luka slowly slid in the stick, and felt something. She found a case, and pulled the case out. She slowly opened the case,

"You found it! Trick is on you! There is nothing to see here! Try again!"

Luka slammed the case shut, "What the hell?!" Luka asked,

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Katsuya was still looking around, he sighed. Unfortunately, he didn't find anything. He shook his head, until he looked at the carpet. And saw blood splatters. He followed the blood splatter, and saw writing,

"Look who is getting warmer now!"

Katsuya continued to follow the words, and got too

"You are hot"

Katsuya slowly opened the door, and saw two more bodies on the bed. He walked towards the female, and saw the Joker card in her mouth. "Fuck!" Katsuya thought, "I am hating this bastard already...Even more so now, then earlier." Katsuya thought, he walked back to the dance area and saw both Luka and Chiyo come there, "Well, it looks like we have two more victims." Katsuya stated,

"I found a case. But there was nothing but a fucked up note inside." Luka stated,

"He is worse than before. Sure the cards were his signature. But now...He is playing a very fucked up game. I feel as if we are playing poker. And now matter what hand we get. He is always getting a Royal Flush." Chiyo sighed, "Alright, lets get the Coroner in here. And let them take the bodies to the morgue so they can get an autopsy. I want to know what killed these people. Because if you hadn't noticed. Not one had a cut on their body." Chiyo stated, and watched the two nod. And all of them left the club. Things were getting worse by the minute, and by worse, this 'game' the male was playing. Was going to just get worse.

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A few hours later, Luka was back at the manor. And soon enough she was calling this place home. Luka was on the sofa downstairs in the living area. She was looking over the file. She leaned into the table, then rubbed her eyes. She soon felt arms grab her from behind, "Hey Miku." Luka stated,

"Hey babe. How is it going?" Miku asked,

"Horrible. I am not getting this at all." Luka murmured, "And worse..." Luka stopped, "Never mind." Luka stated,

Soon enough Miku was in Luka's lap, and Luka's arms wrapped around Miku to keep her in place, "Worse what, Luka?" Miku asked,

"I was locked in a freezer today...I almost froze to death, quite literally." Luka murmured, then sighed heavily, then felt a soft peck on her neck,

"I am glad you are okay, Luka. I am already worried about you taking this case." Miku whispered, "Do you know who closed the freezer?" Miku asked, now she was very concerned, then again once Luka told her, concern was written all over her,

"No. That is the weird thing. It was like, it was programmed to close when someone walked in, without remorse to open back up." Luka stated, then felt Miku's head rest easily in the nape of her neck, "What if I am going about this all wrong?" Luka asked, then rubbed Miku's arm softly,

"Take a few steps back. Focus on the case, but work it backwards, instead of trying to be a step ahead. Figure out why he is doing this. You have to think like him, babe." Miku stated, then turned Luka's face towards her own, "Come to bed. It'll help you to get some sleep." Miku stated then kissed her lover's lips, "Don't worry, you'll be refreshed tomorrow, and you can go at it that way. I'll help you." Miku stated then got out of Luka's lap, and they were upstairs and cuddling in their bed, Miku was fast asleep, and soon so was Luka. Though all of what she had seen, Luka still had good dreams, and no nightmares. But rher mind would be back on the case tomorrow morning. And she knew that no matter what her new 'family' would be willing to help her out.