Chloe got a call from Ella about a new murder on the same night she went to Lucifer's penthouse so she and Lucifer arrived at the crime scene together, slightly holding hands. They walked up to Ella, who commented, "Whoa, you guys got here fast. Wait. Did you guys come together?" Chloe shook her head and said, "No. Totally unrelated, can I talk to you for a second?" Chloe dragged Ella away, much to Lucifer's confusion, and she said, "Um, so, yeah, we did." Ella squealed, "Oh, my God, I didn't know you two were a thing. I mean, I'd hoped, but you two bow-chicka-wow-wow?" Chloe shook her head, "No. We just kissed. And then guess what? You called, so here we are." Ella sighed, "Decker, do you always answer your phone?" Chloe replied, "I just don't want my sex life discussed in the workplace, OK? So here we go." Ella did a mime of zipping her lips shut.
They walked back over to Lucifer as Ella asked, "Wait. Is Carlos still here? I saw him around the station earlier today." Lucifer smirked, "He's away for the night. He'll be back tomorrow. Don't you worry." Chloe nodded, "OK, Ella, so what do we have?" "Blue Ballz," Ella answered. "You too?" Lucifer asked. Ella shook her head, "No. Blue Ballz, with a z. Fancy DJ headphones. Also, the murder weapon. Electrocuted poor DJ Matt Pexxa." "How does one get electrocuted with headphones?" Chloe asked. Ella answered, "Oh, well, you see, um, this tiny little silver wire coming out of the padding? So the current travels through the wire and into his skin. Now you add sea air and his sweet perfect combo for maximum voltage. Oh! That'd be a sick DJ name." Lucifer commented, "All DJs are sick, if you ask me." He and Chloe chuckled to themselves, then Chloe asked, "So, any leads?" Ella sighed, "Well, we're not even sure it's a murder yet. I mean, it could just be a wardrobe malfunction." "Wonderful," Lucifer said. "Can we go home, then?" Chloe then said, "You know what? Uh, hold that thought."
She went up to the DJ booth and Lucifer followed. Chloe commented, "OK, Pioneer. Best mixers on the market, and…Oh here. The surge protector, it's disconnected." Chloe leaned down to see it, and Lucifer leaned into her and said, "Surge protector, I see." Chloe chuckled, "And, um, let's see here. Well, looks intentional. It's a clean cut. Someone sabotaged Pexxa's setup before he went on stage, and so that, with the live wire in the headphones, I mean, it's most likely murder." Lucifer replied, "Well, surely someone must have seen something before our charred DJ went to his demise. Let's just question the witnesses, and case closed. Then we can all go back to our previous engagements." Chloe sighed, "Well, um, we do have about 500 potential witnesses that are all likely drunk, and most likely very high. So, we're gonna be here a while." Chloe walked away and Lucifer sighed.
The next morning at Linda's house, she and Amenadiel were up all night due to Charlie crying the entire night. Linda was holding him in her rocking chair to try and calm him down as Amenadiel came over with a bottle, "Why is he still crying?" Linda sighed, "The doctor said he's fine. It's just a phase." Maze came through the front door and said, "You missed our coffee date." "It's morning?" Linda asked. "I'm so sorry. We've been up all night. You're welcome to stay, but it's kind of loud." Maze chuckled, "Pain and suffering. Music to my ears."
Linda handed Charlie to Amenadiel and he took the crying child to their bedroom. Linda sat down and said, "You have my undivided attention. Is that a latte?" Linda took the drink and gulped it down, "Ok. I'm sorry. You must be going through a lot with your mom." Maze replied, "No. So she died in a shitty apartment all by herself. Sucks for her. All I need to be is to not be her. So how do I do that?" Linda shouted to Amenadiel, "Use the blue pacifier!" "I am!" Amenadiel shouted back. Linda turned back to Maze, "I'm sorry, Maze, what's the question?" "How do I not end up alone?" Maze asked. Linda sighed, "That is not an easy question to answer. Try swaddling him!" Amenadiel sarcastically shouted, "Oh, what a wonderful idea!" Linda turned back to Maze, "You just have to find someone to connect with." Maze sighed, "I just scare everybody away." Linda smiled, "Well, I'm still here, right? So you just know that when you find someone that you're romantically interested in, you just try not to be so scary. You know, be more open, emotionally available." "Emotionally available?" Maze asked. Linda nodded, but was still distracted by Charlie crying, and said, "Yeah, OK, I'm so sorry. I have to go." Linda got up and walked to Amenadiel and Charlie, leaving Maze thinking about what Linda said.
Over in Auradon, Carlos had packed up his backpack with some stuff to last him a month and was waiting by his favorite cliffside for his friends. Dude was sitting next to him, "Are they coming yet?" Carlos laughed, "Yes, they are, Dude. You just need to be patient." Jane walked up behind Carlos and said, "Hey, I got your text. So you're heading back to LA for a month until school starts?" Carlos nodded, "Yeah, my dad offered. I just want to make up for lost time. Even though it looks like he will be sidetracked a little thanks to his developing romance with Chloe." Jane awed, "So they made up." Carlos nodded, "Yeah, in more ways than you think." "Oh," Jane replied. "Then I won't ask anymore. It's like thinking about my mother's own….that." She and Carlos laughed together at that.
Mal, Evie, and Jay walked up to them and Mal said, "OK. We're here. You're lucky that my morning was free for the most part. Ben said he'll cover for me if anything comes up." "Mal," Evie elbowed Mal. "Carlos just wants to say goodbye to all of us before he heads off to spend the month with his dad." Mal sighed, "Sorry. It's just….being queen is so time consuming. You guys are lucky." "Yeah," Jay agreed. "I am about to go on another world travel trip with Gil soon as I decided to take a year off before going to college. Figure out what I want to do for the future. And Lonnie supports me all the way." "That's good," Evie said. "My fashion business is really taking off and I am going to major in fashion and business in the fall. Doug is going to the same university as me so that will be good." "Yeah," Jane said. "We start senior year in a month. It will be lonely without you guys." Mal smirked, "But you will still have Carlos with you though. That's a plus." Carlos smirked, "Indeed it is. So I just wanted to say bye to you all. I didn't want to disappear on you guys." "You won't," Mal said. "Because we're rotten." She held out her fist, and Carlos, Evie, and Jay held theirs out and said, "To the core." Jane walked over and gave Carlos a kiss and said, "Be safe. Call if anything happens." Carlos smirked, "I will." Carlos then opened a portal to LA and he and Dude walked through it, the portal closing behind him.
Carlos arrived back at Lux and noticed that his dad wasn't around. He went straight to the guest suite and dropped his stuff off before pulling out his mirror and saying, "Mirror, mirror, in my hand, where does Lucifer stand?" The mirror showed Lucifer still at the crime scene from the night before. Carlos turned to Dude and asked, "Want to fly over with me?" Dude sighed, "But I don't like flying. Why couldn't you have brought your vespa with you?" Carlos chuckled, "Oh, come on. Flying is faster anyway. I promise that I won't drop you." Carlos put on his ring to activate the hair illusion spell, picked up Dude, went out to the balcony, unfurled his wings, and took off, Dude trying to cling on for dear life.
Back at the crime scene, Ella was walking around taking pictures when she dropped her back. A man ran over and picked it up for her. Ella said, "Thanks. Old butterfingers, over here." The man nodded, "Yeah. Ah, don't worry. I drop stuff all the time. Oh, is that a 200-millimeter macro lens?" Ella replied, "It sure is. I picked up this bad boy last week." The man was impressed, "It's some professional level equipment. Oh, wait, you're LAPD, aren't you?" Ella nodded, "Yep, best job in the world." The man asked, "You wouldn't be able to give me anything over there?" Ella realized, "You mean, like inside scoop?" The man nodded, "Yeah, look, this is my first real piece and I'm having trouble finding any leads at all." Ella sighed, "Look, I'm not allowed to give you any real details, OK, but, maybe if you use my name, the media relations guy can help you out." The man smiled, "Thank you. So, what is your name?" "Ella," Ella greeted. "Lopez." "Got it," the man replied. "Hi, Ella. I'm Pete. You know, maybe as like a real thank you, I could take you out for a drink or coffee or…" Ella sighed, "I'm not really dating right now." Pete nodded, "Cool. All right, yeah. Nice meeting you. Thank you very much, Ella Lopez." Ella nodded as Pete walked off.
Lucifer walked up to Ella and said, "Someone's got the hots for our Miss Lopez." Ella shook her head, "Not my type." "No?" Lucifer asked. "Seems just like you, perfectly adorable. Like Jane." "Exactly," Ella replied. "Not all of us can be in the perfect relationship. Wait, who's Jane?" "Carlos' girlfriend," Lucifer answered. "Young love, am I right?" Ella then gasped dramatically and Lucifer said, "Yes, it is rather exciting, isn't it?" Ella shook her head and pointed to a guy surrounded by fan girls, "No, that's DJ Karnal! I mean, I didn't know he was headlining the show. It must've been a surprise appearance. That's so cool." Lucifer replied, "Yes, I must admit, he may be the one DJ who has even a modicum of talent. But then again, his ludicrous name negates that. I mean, Karnal? Really? Must everything be about sex?" They saw DJ Karnal walk away from the fan girls and go straight to Chloe, "Chloe!" Chloe turned around and hugged him, "Oh, hey, Jed!" Lucifer was not liking this and walked all the way over to them.
He picked up a party horn and blew it into their ears and they broke apart. Lucifer smirked, "These are fun, aren't they?" "Oh, hi," Chloe said. "Jed, meet Lucifer." "Jed?" Lucifer asked. Jed chuckled, "Yeah, it's my real name. What's yours?" Chloe answered before Lucifer could, "Uh, Lucifer is his real name. So what are you doing here?" Jed answered, "Well, this is a show. I'm a DJ. What are you doing here?" Chloe replied, "Well, this is a crime scene, and I'm a detective." "So you did it," Jed said. "I always knew you'd be a great cop." Lucifer interrupted, "How do you two know each other?" Chloe answered, "Oh, um, Jed and I dated. Uh, casually. Yeah. Long, long time ago." Jed chuckled, "Come on, Cherry Jane. It wasn't that casual." Lucifer was not happy with how the body language with Jed was. Chloe said, "Um, Lucifer is my partner." "Yes, partner," Lucifer affirmed. "So you still married to that guy Dave?" Jed asked. "Dan," Lucifer corrected. "We're divorced," Chloe clarified. Jed said, "Well, I never thought he was good enough for you." "Only one man is," Lucifer added. "So are you in a relationship?" Jed asked. Chloe replied, "Relationship? Um, no. Not in a relationship, uh, per se." Lucifer was hurt by that as Jed said, "Well, it was really good seeing you again." "You, too," Chloe replied. A police officer came up and told Chloe, Detective, we need you over here." "Excuse me," Chloe said as she walked away. Lucifer turned to Jed, "So…" But then Jed's phone went off, "Oh, I gotta take this." Jed walked away with his phone to his ear. "Bollocks," Lucifer muttered.
"So, that was interesting." Lucifer turned and saw Carlos standing there with Dude at his side. Lucifer grinned, "A face I am happy to see." Carlos walked up and hugged Lucifer, then pulled back and said, "So, do you want to go somewhere private and talk about that guy?" Lucifer sighed, "Come on. And I see you brought the dog back with you." Carlos smirked, "Yeah, he would say hello, but you know…" "Right," Lucifer said as they walked over to a bridge for privacy. Once they saw that they were alone, Dude said, "Hello, Mr. Lucifer. Nice to see you again." "Hello to you too, Dude." Lucifer said. He looked up at Carlos, "You used the mirror again to find where I was?" Carlos nodded, "Yeah. I got to Lux and you weren't there. So I figured out you were on a case. And it seems the romance train has come to a halt thanks to Mr. Ex." Lucifer scoffed, "You definitely are an observer. Yes, he seems to have a history with the Detective. One that I think they never really got over and that worries me. And we haven't gotten past the make out phase." "Does she like you?" Dude asked. Lucifer looked down at Dude, "Why do you ask?" Dude smirked, "Then I'll tell you something I told Carlos. If she doesn't like you, then she is not the one for you." Carlos sighed, "Dude, that isn't relevant to this. Chloe does like him. And you stole that from me after I told that to Mal during the Cotillion incident." Dude shrugged. Carlos turned to Lucifer, "Dad, everything will be OK. Just chill." Lucifer sighed and looked out towards the ocean view.
Chloe then walked up and said, "Oh, hey, Carlos. And Dude." Carlos nodded and stepped away a little bit. Chloe stood next to Lucifer, "You know, our first kiss was by the water. You remember that?" "Yes," Lucifer said solemnly. Chloe sighed, "You know, about what I said earlier, Lucifer, listen I have dated guys at work before, but, you know, people talk, and I don't want that. And this, us, you know, we don't even know what this is yet. Do we?" Lucifer looked at Chloe, "I suppose not." "Awkward," Dude said but Carlos shushed him.
Suddenly Jed got in between Lucifer and Chloe and told Chloe, "Sorry, that was my manager. Had to tell him I wasn't dead." Carlos sighed to himself as Chloe asked, "What do you mean?" Jed explained, "Well, I was supposed to go on after Pexxa. It's scaring seeing another DJ die. Makes you realize, life's short." "Some not short enough," Lucifer said. Chloe asked, "Do you know of anyone who would want to kill Pexxa? A crew member, maybe?" "You think this was intentional?" Jed asked. Chloe nodded, "Yes, we think that Pexxa was killed with his headphones." "Pexxa's headphones?" Jed asked. "He borrowed those from me….this morning, right before the show." "He did?" Chloe asked. "OK, were the headphones out of your possession before the show?" Jed shook his head, "No, I handed them straight to him." "What about your mixing board?" Chloe asked. "Um, Pexxa's surge protector was cut off." Jed shook his head, "No, we all use the same setup. Are you saying someone's trying to kill me?" Jed put his hand on Chloe, which Lucifer pried off, "Might I point out that if no one else had the headphones, how do we know you didn't kill our poor disc jockey?" "Right," Chloe added. "I mean, you do have an alibi for before the show, yeah?" Jed nodded, "Sure, I was with my producer the whole time. Just ask him." "Oh, we will," Lucifer said. "Well," Chloe added. "If you were the intended target, you know, you're not safe here, so best if you come with us." Chloe walked away and Jed looked back at Lucifer and said, "So is she single?" Lucifer groaned, but Carlos interrupted, "For crying out loud, just go!" Jed felt his body obey and Jed followed after Chloe. Carlos looked at Lucifer, "OK, the guy is a dick. Just please don't pull an Audrey over this." Lucifer tilted his head, "That former girlfriend of your young king? Please. I am so better than a spoiled princess." Carlos chuckled, "If you say so."
They all went to LAPD and Chloe and Jed were in the conference room looking at stuff on a computer. Lucifer and Carlos were sitting at Chloe's desk and Dude was in Carlos' lap. Dan came over and saw them looking at Chloe and Jed, "God, I hate that guy." "Join the club," Carlos said. Dan continued, "They broke up right before I met Chloe. But I always kind of felt like I was living in his shadow, you know? I don't know if it's the whole first love thing or what. I swear, there's a part of Chloe that will never get over his stupid chiseled face. Sorry, man." Lucifer replied, "There's no need to apologize. The Detective had a child with you, and I've never felt the slightest bit threatened. You're right. He does have a stupid face." Dan nodded in agreement, "You know he tried to get back together with Chloe when we first split up? Look, I'm just saying, watch out for that guy, all right? I wouldn't put anything past him." "Don't worry," Lucifer said. "I have my little spy of a son who can keep tabs. Right Carlos?" Carlos nodded in agreement.
Chloe then walked over with Jed behind her, "OK, so we got a lead. Jed's been receiving threatening emails from a man named Raul Blanco." Jed added, "Yeah, some ass-hat who's pissed about my foundation building low income housing at the marina." Dan whispered, "Of course he has a foundation." "So what," Carlos whispered back. "Me and my friends started a foundation for kids who grew up in our crappy neighborhood." Lucifer then said, "Uh, Detective, a word." He pulled Chloe aside while Dan walked away and Carlos glared at Jed, along with Dude, and Jed was getting freaked out about it. Lucifer whispered to Chloe, "I've been thinking, perhaps we dismissed DJ Dum-Dum a little bit too quickly as the killer." Chloe sighed, "Lucifer, he has an alibi, no motive, and trust me, I know him." Lucifer muttered, "All right." They turned to Jed and Chloe said, "All right, Lucifer and I will go question Blanco, and, well, you just stay here at the precinct where it's safe." "Thanks, Cherry Jane," Jed replied. "What would I do without you?" Carlos quietly commanded Dude, "Growl." Dude growled and Jed stepped back. Carlos lied, "Sorry, man, you were starting to crowd Dude's space and he doesn't like it when strangers do that." Jed stepped back, "Sorry, but why is a kid with his dog here?" "Hey," Lucifer said. "That's my son you're talking to. Carlos, why don't you come with us?" Carlos nodded and Chloe and Lucifer walked away, Carlos turned to Jed and gave him a "I'm watching you" look and gesture, and surprisingly Dude did the same, which confused Jed.
Meanwhile, Maze was sitting at LAPD and was watching Ella talking with some of her coworkers and being friendly with them. Maze shouted, "Hey, Ellen!" Ella walked over to Maze, "Oh, hi, Maze." Maze said, "You, uh, you hittin' that?" "Brimley?" Ella asked. "No way, Jose! He's happily married with five kids." Maze then asked, "How do you do that, Ellen? How are you so friendly?" Ella shrugged, "I don't know. I guess I'm just me, you know? Ella. But I got to run to the lab. Bye, Maze."
Chloe, Lucifer, and Carlos, along with Dude, arrived where Raul Blanco was. They walked over to the building he was at as Lucifer said, "So, Cherry Jane? Nickname from high school? Embarrassing thing your parents used to call you?" Chloe shook her head, "No, just Jed. We went on a road trip once and we came across this cherry stand, and, um, well, yeah. Never mind. There is a child present." "Don't worry," Carlos said. "I already got the picture." "But I didn't," Dude said. Carlos shushed the dog. Lucifer then asked, "So Jed was your first love, then?" "Oh," Chloe replied. "I see you've been talking to Dan. Well, we were just kids, and it was great, for a moment, but it's in the past. I'm over him, and he's over me." Lucifer scoffed, "Yes, he's completely over you." Carlos muttered, "Total BS."
They heard chanting and saw a protest going on and saw people shouting, "Put Karnal to bed! Cherry Jane is the pits!" The man leading the protest was Paul Blanco and Chloe said, "That's the guy who's been threatening Jed." Chloe walked over to Blanco, Lucifer and Carlos following her, "Raul Blanco?" Raul turned and said, "If you're here to protest, there's more signs around back." Chloe shook her head, "No, we're here to ask you about Jed, Karnal, and the lengths you're willing to go to stop this community outreach program." Raul sighed, "Look, I'm all for helping the homeless, but I bring my kids here. The last thing this community needs is drug addicts and mental cases roaming around." Carlos scoffed, "Not all homeless are like that. I grew up with a lot of them and you'd be surprised how many homeless children there are in the world." Lucifer could see Carlos getting a little upset, so he pulled Carlos back and said, "Yes, there you were, minding your own business, when some musical interloper comes into your life under false pretenses, getting his grubby little DJ hands all over it." Carlos then pulled Lucifer back a bit as Raul said, "Exactly. And all these people feel the same way." The crowd agreed and Chloe said, "Really? May I?" She took the megaphone from Raul and said to the crowd, "Do any of you know what zip code we're in? And how about how much Mr. Blanco paid you all to be here?" The crowd seemed uneasy as Carlos muttered, "Ouch."
Chloe handed Raul back the megaphone, "I looked into you, Mr. Blanco. Your youngest kid is 23 years old, and the only thing you're worried about protecting is the reputation of your yacht club down the way. I know you sent threatening emails to Jed right before you tried to electrocute him on stage last night." Raul was confused, "Last night? I was here protesting. I'd never hurt anyone. I just need Jed to move the shelter. You know he works here, right? The guy should be thanking me for protecting this neighborhood. Just last weekend, I caught a homeless woman breaking into his place. Chased her out of that gate."
Raul walked away and Chloe pulled Lucifer aside, "OK, so Jed said that last time he saw his headphones was last weekend." Dude scratched Carlos' leg and Carlos bent down and Dude whispered something into Carlos' ear as Lucifer asked, "Well, why would a homeless woman want to kill Jed?" Chloe shrugged, "Maybe she wasn't homeless? Maybe she broke in to tamper with the headphones? She could be the one who wanted to murder Jed." Lucifer scoffed, "Assuming anyone wanted to murder Jed." Carlos then grabbed Lucifer and Chloe, "Guys, we need to run. Now!" They started to get away when the building behind them blew up. Lucifer dragged Chloe to the ground to protect her while Carlos faced the building and held up his hands to use his powers to keep the debris from getting too close to the people. Lucifer turned and saw several pieces of debris floating in the air and saw Carlos quickly drop his hands and the debris fell to the ground. Lucifer turned to Chloe, "Are you OK?" Chloe nodded as they heard Blanco ask the protesters, "Is everyone OK? We need to stay back." Lucifer turned to Carlos, "How did you know this would happen?" Carlos shrugged, "I didn't. Dude told me. He smelled something in the air and that it smelled like a bomb. Dogs do have a superior sense of smell." Lucifer smirked and petted Dude on the head and muttered, "Thank you."
Dude nodded as Lucifer said, "Well, isn't this convenient for Jed?" Chloe scoffed, "His place blowing up? How?" Lucifer said, "Well, first someone tries to electrocute him on stage, yet "accidentally" kills someone else. Now someone tries to blow him up, yet fails again? Either Jed is the luckiest target alive, or he's behind all this." Chloe argued, "Jed would be here right now if we hadn't kept him at the precinct." "Yet he isn't," Lucifer retorted. Chloe said, "He could have been blown to bits." "Yet he wasn't," Lucifer retorted. Chloe asked, "Why do you think he's behind all this?" Lucifer replied, "Well, clearly he's orchestrating all this to get close to you again." Chloe scoffed, "That's ridiculous." "Is it?" Lucifer asked. "Electrocuting a colleague?" Chloe argued. "Blowing up his own studio? No one would go that far just to be near me." "I could think of someone," Carlos muttered. Lucifer scoffed, "Well, I did go to Hell and back for you, twice, but who's counting?" Chloe asked, "Lucifer, are you jealous?" Lucifer chuckled, "Jealous? Of a man-boy who scratches records for a living? Now who's being absurd? I'm simply saying how convenient it is for DJ Dingus that any and all evidence that could have been in that studio is now completely destroyed." "He does have a point actually," Carlos added. Lucifer smirked, "Thank you, Carlos." Chloe then said, "Wait, maybe not all of it. Blanco, he said that the woman who broke in, she escaped through that gate. Maybe we can pull some prints."
At Lux, Amenadiel was there with Dan, who was teaching him how to wrap a baby in a swaddle. Amenadiel said while practicing with a napkin and a brush, "Over, over, and tuck, right?" Dan nodded, "Yeah. Looks right to me." Amenadiel sighed, "Yeah, but every time, his arms just keep popping out everywhere. At first I thought it was because he had some sort of super strength, but then he couldn't even hold up his rattle, so I don't know, maybe not." Dan chuckled, "The crazy things we think our kids can do, huh?" Amenadiel sighed, "I just can't seem to do anything right." Dan elbowed Amenadiel on the arm, "Come on. Don't be so hard on yourself. Look, what I'm saying is, everybody gets it wrong." Amenadiel shook his head, "Not Linda. Linda always knows what to do, and I'm always in the way." Dan replied, "Ah, I'm sure Linda feels just as clueless as you do. What's important is that you care, and you're trying your best." Amenadiel sighed, "I suppose so. Still, it would be nice if I could get Charlie to stop crying just once." Dan chuckled, "Well, I have faith in you, pal." Amenadiel smiled, "Thanks for being such a great friend, Dan. And for taking the day off to help."
Dan sighed, "Well, wasn't entirely selfless. I couldn't stand another minute around Chloe's ex. The guy's perfect. He makes me feel so bad about myself, you know? And I kind of already do that enough on my own." "What are you talking about?" Amenadiel asked. "You're a great guy. Hey. Great cop, great dad. And your hair, it's so high." Dan laughed, "Thanks, man. There are things you don't know about me. Things I've done. And no matter how hard I try, I just don't think I'll ever make up for them." Amenadiel looked at Dan, "Listen to me, Daniel. We all have our demons. Myself included. But believe me when I say this. I know evil. And you, my friend, are not it."
Lucifer, Chloe, and Carlos found themselves out in the middle of the woods. Lucifer wasn't too happy about it but Carlos didn't mind and neither did Dude, as dogs like nature, and he was using his sense of smell to track Belinda. Chloe said, "OK, so we're looking for Belinda Roberts. Ella pulled her prints off of Jed's gate. A park ranger said her car's been here over a day, so she's probably hiding out." "Great," Lucifer replied. "Let's just find her so we can finally be done with this case." Chloe turned to Lucifer, "So you're finally over the idea that Jed's behind all of this?" "Of course not," Lucifer said. "Once we find this Belinda woman, Jed's co-conspirator, we'll get her to prove he's involved, and then we can all go back to our lives pre-Jed." "Oh," Chloe replied. "Well, I was hoping we could, um, solve this case before the sun goes down." "Like I said," Lucifer said. "Sooner rather than later. Carlos, has your dog found her yet?" "Patience," Carlos said. "Tracking takes time." Dude stopped and said, "Wait. Something smells off here. But the trail also ends here."
They heard a voice shout, "Stop! One more step and you'll die." Chloe drew out her gun, but then Dude came whimpering back to the trio and whispered, "Snakes." Lucifer looked down and said, "Careful. I know how to handle snakes." "Wait a minute, Dad," Carlos said. "Let me." Carlos knelt down and whispered, "Get away from here." The snakes then started to slither away as Lucifer whispered to Carlos, "I hoped you would actually speak Parsaltongue to them." Carlos chuckled, "Well, I'm not Harry Potter."
They heard the voice groan and a woman, Belinda, popped out from behind a bush and shout, "Do you know how long I have been waiting for copulation?" "You and me both," Lucifer commented. Belinda looked at them, "Clearly you are not aware of how rare sound recordings of rattlesnake sex are." "Well," Lucifer replied. "It's not my strong suit, no." Belinda came through the bush, "Their foreplay is incredibly intense. And if things go well, their sex can last for days. But you ruined it." "Geez, lady," Carlos said. "Sorry but we aren't interested in hearing about snake sex." Chloe said, "Listen, we're here to ask about Jed Moore. Karnal. We know you broke into his studio." Belinda replied, "I don't have anything to say about that." Carlos was about to command her, but Lucifer stopped him, "Carlos, allow me for this one. Now, listen to me, Miss Snake Pervert. What did you desire from Jed?" Belinda looked into Lucifer's eyes, "I want him to pay." "Pay you for helping him fake his murder attempts?" Lucifer suggested. Belinda was confused, "Wait. Murder? No! He owes me for sampling my sound recordings. His song, Otter Vox, relies heavily on my otter sex recordings, and I have not been compensated." Carlos shook his head and muttered, "What is it with this lady and sex recordings?" Chloe then said, "Well, that sounds like motive. What were you doing in his studio?" Belinda sighed, "I was planting recording devices. I was trying to record proof that Karnal stole my tracks." Lucifer smirked, "Well, that is where we'll find proof that Jed is behind all of this." "Or of who the real killer is," Chloe said.
The trio, along with Dude, went back to LAPD, and found that Chloe's desk was full of gift baskets. "What the Hell?" Carlos muttered. "Exactly," Lucifer added. Chloe walked over and saw Jed sitting at her desk, "Hey." Chloe nodded, "Hey. Good news. We found a woman who broke into your studio and planted some secret recording devices last week." "That's good news?" Jed asked. Chloe sighed, "Well, we're hoping that it will identify the killer." "Whomever he may be," Lucifer added. "Subtle," Carlos muttered. Chloe then asked, "What's with all the gift baskets?" "They're from my fans," Jed answered. "They found out my place blew up, and they've been sending me stuff from all around the world. It's crazy how devoted they are." "Devoted to you?" Lucifer retorted. "Yes, that is crazy." "Crazy," Chloe said. "Wait, do you think one of your fans could be behind all this?" Jed huffed, "Oh, I doubt it. They're harmless. Though I have heard of a few really obsessed ones chatting on a message board, but I've never had a problem." "That you know of," Chloe replied. "I'm gonna look into it. You stay put." Chloe tried to walk away, but Jed stopped her, "Speaking of, I am getting a little stir-crazy here." "Oh," Chloe replied. "Well, I mean, you still have to be safe. You could stay…." Jed then interrupted, "Cherry, are you inviting me to stay at…." Lucifer then interrupted, "My place. Yes. Yes, that's exactly what she's suggesting. Excellent idea, Detective. It's like you're reading my mind." Chloe said, "Great." And she walked away. Lucifer turned to Jed, "Shall we? My son and I would love to keep you company."
Lucifer brought Jed back to his penthouse along with Carlos and Dude. Jed looked around, "Nice digs." Lucifer hummed, "Appears we have similar tastes." "Yeah," Jed agreed. "I still can't believe I have to be here. I mean, this whole thing is just….crazy." Lucifer looked at Jed, "Almost as crazy as if it had been concocted by a madman to, say, lure back an old flame. Which is also pointless, because the Detective is spoken for." "Here we go," Carlos whispered to Dude. Jed was confused, "Wait, are you talking about Chloe? She said she wasn't in a relationship." "Well, she is," Lucifer replied. Jed then realized, "Oh. I get it. You're interested in her." Lucifer scoffed, "I'm not interested in her. The Detective and I are seeing each other, which is why your little ruse is not going to work." Jed sighed, "Listen, Chloe's amazing. I don't think I ever really got over her. I named my foundation after her, for God's sakes. But you do start to wonder. I mean, could she really be as amazing as I remember? Then when I saw her this morning, oh man, my memory didn't even do her justice. All those feelings came flooding back, and I started to wonder, you know, maybe this is fate. But if you think I would kill Pexxa and blow up my own studio just to get her back, dude, you are crazier about her than I ever was."
Lucifer then got into his face and said, "Tell me, what is it you truly desire?" Jed looked into Lucifer's eyes, "I wish I hadn't screwed things up with Chloe." Lucifer smirked, "Ah-ha! I knew it! Admitting to motive." Jed shook his head, "No. I mean, yeah, I wish Chloe hadn't dumped me, but I just…" Lucifer interrupted, "Wait. She dumped you?" "Yeah," Jed admitted. "Everything was fine, and then all of a sudden she just called it off." "So," Lucifer replied. "She just changed how she felt about you without any warning?" "Yeah," Jed said. "Pretty much. It sucked."
Carlos then appeared next to Lucifer and Jed with two full glasses of whiskey. Lucifer was confused, "Carlos, what are you doing? And how did you know how much to pour?" Carlos answered, "Who do you think had to pour my mom's drinks?" Lucifer stood there in silence as Carlos handed Lucifer and Jed their drinks and said to Jed, "OK, listen, tell me the truth. Did you kill that DJ and blow up your building?" "No," Jed admitted, his body obeying Carlos' command. Carlos smirked, "Good. Right then. Now you are going to sit down with my dad and have a drink together and do whatever my father was about to suggest you do." Jed felt his head nod as Lucifer muttered, "Good work, Carlos." He looked at Jed, "Right. I am going to need to know exactly what you did wrong so I can steer clear of your every mistake. Now, start talking."
Back at LAPD, Chloe and Ella were going over all the sound recordings that they recovered from Jed's building. Ella noted, "I mean, even though we're just looking at last weekend, when Jed left his headphones unattended, still, oy, so many sounds. I mean, you'd think a DJ would want a quieter studio. Anything on your end?" Chloe was going through the message boards, "Listen to this. So, Karnalgirl506. She said that she left her whole world behind for Jed and now so will he. She missed him at the show, I missed you at his studio, but he won't get away next time." Ella was intrigued, "Wow, sounds ominous." "Yeah," Chloe agreed. "That sounds like motive and opportunity. This Karnalgirl506 could be our killer. Definitely female. Maybe a jilted sexual partner?" "Great," Ella said. "Now you can go. I can finish up this audio scrubbing on my own." Chloe was confused, "What do you mean, go? Go where?" "To Lucifer's," Ella answered. "I thought you guys were gonna finally, you know, hand out tonight." Chloe sighed, "Yeah, well, it got postponed." "Oh," Ella replied. "You're nervous that you won't measure up in bed. I mean, he is pretty experienced. I mean, I'd put it, like, in the thousands, probably. But you know what, you got this. You totally got this. You're sexy." Chloe shook her head, "That actually hadn't crossed my mind." "Oh!" Ella replied. "You're waiting on an STD check! Super smart." Chloe said, "No, I…It just…Listen, Ella, he canceled. I guess he'd rather spend time with his kid and my ex than hang out with me, OK?" Ella was shocked, "Yeah, that's worse, Like, way…I mean.." "Shh!" Chloe shushed Ella as she heard something on the recordings. "Do you hear that? Sounds like someone's inside." Ella then said, "Wait, I've heard that sound before. BRB." Ella ran out of the lab, as Chloe listen to the weird sound.
Back at the penthouse, Jed was telling the story about him and Chloe to Lucifer and Carlos, "See, Chloe loves a mystery. We started out as friends, both aspiring artists. We even worked together. I always wanted to be with her." "Possibly relatable," Lucifer commented. "Continue." Carlos sat next to Lucifer drinking a soda and Dude napping on his lap. Jed continued, "In hindsight, that's when the relationship was at its best." "Better without sex?" Lucifer guessed. "Not relatable." Jed chuckled, "Seriously, all that unresolved sexual tension, the "Will they, won't they?" It kept her hooked. Then we became a couple and just lost interest." "Oh," Lucifer replied. "Lacking in the bedroom department, I see. Well, that won't be a problem." Jed chuckled, "No, man, the sex was great. I mean, like, really great. Amazing, actually. The stuff she can do…" Lucifer interrupted, "Yeah, got it. Plus, there's a child present." He nodded over to Carlos, who shrugged as he took a drink from his glass. Jed looked over at Carlos, "Sorry, kid. I thought a kid like you would be fine with hearing stuff like this. As I suspect you have done it before."
Carlos spit out some of the soda he had, coughing, and Dude was startled awake. Lucifer patted Carlos on the back, "Breathe, Carlos. Why did you do that?" Carlos blushed, "Because…." Lucifer realized, "Wait. So…you're a virgin?" "Dad!" Carlos hissed. "Not the time or place to talk about this." Jed leaned back in his chair, amused at the father/son conversation. Lucifer scoffed, "But you have a girlfriend. I thought you and Jane would have…." "Don't finish that sentence!" Carlos hissed. Lucifer obeyed as Carlos continued, "My relationship with Jane is none of your business. Plus, this is my first, and likely, only relationship I will ever have with any girl and I do not want to screw it up. What Jane and I have is special. Also, if FG found out I slept with her daughter out of wedlock, she will have my head for it." Lucifer sighed, "Fine. But whenever you are ready for that next step, I can give you any and all advice on the subject. Deal?" Carlos groaned, "Fine. Just get back to your conversation with Jed." Carlos turned to Jed, "And you will not remember any part of what Lucifer and I just discussed."
Jed nodded as his mind forgot the last couple minutes and continued where he left off, "But, just…it wasn't enough. It was the lack of mystery that did us in. And my mistake was wearing my heart on my sleeve. Too much of an open book." "Really?" Lucifer replied. "Because I've been in therapy, so I'm, you know, bit of an expert, but I believe that talking about one's emotions is good? No?" Jed shook his head, "No. See, Chloe looks at everything like a case that needs to be solved. What I didn't realize was when she solved me, figured me out, she was done. 'Cause underneath the handsome, the sexy, the fun, it's just me. So she moved onto the next mystery. And you know, I don't blame her. Should have played it closer to the vest, but I was just so naive, you know?" Lucifer's phone then went off and Lucifer said, "Oh. Speak of the Devil's girlfriend." Lucifer held it up and pushed the end call button, "How's that for mystery?" Carlos was unsure of why his dad would ignore Chloe's call. He reached into his pocket and made sure his phone wasn't on silence. Just in case Chloe called him.
Chloe left Lucifer a voicemail, "Hey, Lucifer. Uh, listen, I'm just calling to make sure everything is OK, and, I need to talk to Jed about any crazy fans that he knows of, so just please call see when you get this." Chloe hung up and accidentally dropped a file onto the floor. She looked over and saw what she thought was Ella, "Oh, that was fast, Ella. Wait, you changed your pants, shirt, face." She looked up and saw Maze standing there looking like Ella. Speaking of which Ella walked in and said, "Hey, Maze. Oh, my God, I have that exact same shirt!" Maze chuckled, "Yes, you did!" Ella realized, "Wait, did you steal my clothes?" Maze then hugged Ella, who said, "I'm confused." Maze pulled back, "I understand how you feel, Ella." "Oh!" Ella replied. "You got my name right!" "Should I even ask?" Chloe asked Maze. Maze smirked, "Oh, ask away. I am completely open and emotionally available now, just like my good friend Ella." Chloe sighed, "OK, so you're acting like Ella, and…you know what? Never mind. Real Ella, what do we have?"
Ella answered, "Uh, that beeping sound, right? It threw me back to dinner at my abuelita's. I mean, the old lady is deaf as a squid. From the phone to the doorbell, to the smoke detector, her place is full of noses the woman can't hear." Maze smirked, "Abuelita." Ella replied, "Exactamente. Like this one time at my quinceanera, she didn't even know…" "Ella," Chloe stopped her. Ella nodded, "Right, right. So I did some digging, and this beeping comes from a hearing aid with low battery, a digital ITE hearing aid, to be exact. Just like the one my deaf abuelita wears." "So the killer's an old lady?" Maze asked. Chloe said, "No, not necessarily. Loud music can damage hearing." Ella realized, "So maybe Karnalgirl506 might wear a hearing aid." Chloe nodded, "Exactly. Ever plan a rave?" Chloe pulled out her phone and called Carlos.
Carlos heard his phone go off and he excused himself to Lucifer's bedroom and answered it, "Hello?" "Carlos?" Chloe said. "It's Chloe. Is Lucifer there?" Carlos looked into the main room, "Yeah, but he's busy with Jed. Why?" "How fast can you plan a rave at Lux?" Chloe asked. "Hold on," Carlos said. "Let me get to my computer." He ran out of the room and said, "Dude, come on." Dude ran after Carlos to the elevator and Lucifer asked, "Where are you going?" "Guest level," Carlos said. "Need my computer." The elevator doors closed and Lucifer turned to Jed, "How about we take a little trip and become more of a mystery?"
Carlos got to the guest level with Dude and pulled out his laptop, "Chloe, what do you want me to do?" Chloe replied, "I need you to send out a message to all of DJ Karnal's fans to say that he's having a rave at Lux tonight." Carlos typed away and, using some of his hacking skills and powers to tell the computer what he wanted, he said, "Done. Anything else?" Chloe replied, "Here's what I want you to do."
Over at Linda's house, Amenadiel was trying to sooth Charlie to no avail. Dan came in the door and said, "What's up? What's the emergency? Is Charlie all right?" Amenadiel sighed, "Charlie's fine. Charlie's the same. It's Linda that's the problem. She just handed me the baby and left." Dan came down to where Amenadiel was with Charlie, "Well, what'd you do?" "I just said what you said," Amenadiel answered. "That it's OK that she gets it wrong all the time, and it's perfectly natural that she's so clueless because no one ever….Oh. OK. Right, I see what happened there." Dan sighed, "Where'd Linda go again?"
The rave at Lux was in full swing. Carlos looked down at the crowd dancing away to the music and he saw Chloe, Ella, Maze, and Linda come in dressed like anyone else there. He hired a DJ to take care of the music tonight. And he left Dude up in the guest suite as he knew this loud music would hurt Dude's ears. He walked down toward the DJ booth to talk to the DJ there.
Chloe, Ella, Maze, and Linda sat down on one of the couches and Linda handed everyone a shot. But Chloe said, "You know, I'm good. Uh, Linda, I'm not quite sure why Maze called you, but like I told you, this is a sting." "Oh!" Linda shouted over the music. "I thought you said vodka." Maze chimed in, "I invited her 'cause, you know, girls' night, lady love, bonding?" She and Ella clinked glasses as Linda said, "Right, OK, so first, start with dancing, then more dancing, then bring it home with a classic girls' night bar fight." Ella clinked glasses with Linda, but Chloe said, "Time out. Ladies, let me remind you that there is a killer here." Linda replied, "As long as that killer doesn't cry, spit up, or wet themselves, I am in. All right, good, I'm gonna find him. All right, how do I help? How do I help?" Chloe sighed, "All right, let's do this. Let's split up, and remember, we're looking for a girl with a hearing aid." Ella nodded, "We're on it. We're so on it. Come on, Maze." Ella dragged Maze away as Linda told Chloe, "OK, not that I mind being your date tonight. Au contraire. I am stoked to be with adults. But where's Lucifer?" Chloe sighed, "Yeah, that's a good question. Well, we just had to do this sting at Lux without him, you know? All right. Hearing aid. Let's go."
"Wait," Linda said. "Is Carlos with him?" But before Chloe could answer, they heard Carlos' voice from the DJ booth, "How's everyone doing tonight?" The crowd cheered as Carlos stared out at the crowd, wearing his outfit from VK day the previous year and letting his natural white hair flow from his head. Chloe thought, "What is he doing? And why isn't he using the illusion spell on his hair?" Carlos continued, "Our guest of honor will be with us soon, but right now, I, the master entertainer here at Lux, will get this party started with a little number I created for you all. I call it…VK Mashup!" The crowd cheered as Carlos plugged a USB drive into the booth and the mashup Carlos created started to play and the crowd danced away to the song,
From the North to the South
From the East to the West
Lost boys, lost girls
You all know you're the best
Hit the streets, it's your day
Turn it up, now's your chance
It's time to get up on your feet and dance!
Anybody wanna be like us?
Everybody wanna be like us!
All the boys from Auradon
And all the girls 'cause they know what's up
So I've got some mischief in my blood
Can you blame me? I never got no love
We got all the ways to be
W-I-C-K-E-D
We got all the ways to be
W-I-C-K-E-D
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who's the baddest of them all?
It's good to be bad
And we're proof of that
Used to be lost, now we're on the map
Used to steal stacks, now we're giving back
Remember that
I'm rotten to the core, core
Rotten to the core
I'm rotten to the core, core
Who could ask for more?
I'm nothing like the kid next, like the kid next door
I'm rotten to the core, I'm rotten to the
I'm rotten to the core
With us evil lives on the right side of wrong
There's so many ways to be wicked
I wanna see you all rep your block
I wanna see you all rep your block
Hey! Show your pride, let me hear you shout
We're from the Isle of the Lost!
Call me a schemer, call me a freak
How can you say that?
I'm just unique
It's good to be bad
And we're proof of that
Used to be lost, now we're on the map
Used to steal stacks, now we're giving back
Remember that
(It's good to be bad)
We got the ways to be
W-I-C-K-E-D
W-I-C-K-E-D
You ain't seen nothing yet
It's good to be, bad
Chloe stood there as Carlos stood at the DJ booth playing the song he created, and she could have sworn that she heard his voice in the song at points. Were these songs he made with his friends back home? Shaking that off, she pulled Linda, "Come on. Hearing aids!" "Hearing aid!" Linda shouted. "Can I get another drink, please? Thank you! Thank you!"
Over at Linda's house, Amenadiel and Dan were trying to soothe Charlie through songs, but nothing was working. Lucifer came through the door and asked, "What are you doing?" Amenadiel sighed, "I have been trying to soothe Charlie for….What time is is?" "I don't know," Dan admitted. "And I'm helping out because I'll do anything to avoid that ass-hat…." Suddenly Jed walked through the door, and Dan said, "Jed! What's up? How you doing, man?" Lucifer picked up the music box, "This is making it worse." Dan took it out of Lucifer's hands, "Hand it to me, jeez. What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be involved with the sting over at Lux? Like your son is?" Lucifer was confused, "I don't know anything about a sting. And Carlos didn't tell me. That must be what his phone call was about. No, II'm here because I'm being mysterious. Well, the last place the Detective would expect me is with a baby, so here I am." Amenadiel said, "That still doesn't answer my question. But if you're going to stay, you have any ideas how to stop this?" Lucifer asked, "Have you tried whiskey?"
Back at Lux, Ella was weaving through the crowd looking at their ears to see if any of them have hearing aids. As she's looking, she sees a man sitting at the bar and Ella goes, "Oh. Bad boy alert. No Ella. You need to focus. Hearing aid, hearing aid, yeah."
Maze was talking to a girl with short hair who would not shut up, "So I can't go back to that manicurist no matter how colorblind she is, because these nails are not for charity." Maze sighed but asked, "Would you, uh, like a screwdriver, Karen?" "No," Karen replied. "I have this reoccurring dream where I open the fridge, and the only thing that is there is orange juice." "Fascinating," Maze said sarcastically.
Meanwhile, Amenadiel was trying to clean and prep bottles for Charlie, to no avail, as Lucifer walked over holding a jug of milk, "Got milk." Amenadiel sighed, "Not that milk, Lucy." He got up to show Lucifer where the actual baby milk was.
Jed was swinging Charlie in his carrier as Dan commented, "You're doing it too fast. Hand him over." "Be my guest," Jed said as he handed the carrier to Dan, who said, "Watch." He swung Charlie slowly and the baby calmed down. Dan looked at Jed, "You see? This is how I did it when I had a baby, you know, with Chloe." Jed then asked, "So what's this sting you were talking about?" Dan answered, "Chloe's putting on a show over at Lux to draw out the killer with you as the headliner." "Wait," Jed replied. "Then shouldn't I be there?" "It's too dangerous," Dan said. "And Chloe's tough enough to handle it on her own, so…" Charlie then started to cry again and Dan swore, "Damn!"
Maze was still talking with Karen, who said, "I have a birthmark shaped like a pineapple. Do you want to see it?" "No," Maze said, then retracted, "I mean, sure, I would love to." Karen stood up and showed Maze the birthmark, but Maze saw Ella behind Karen making out with a guy so Maze said, "Oh, shit." Karen thought Maze was talking about her, "Yeah, my ex thinks it looks gross, too."
Maze got up and walked over to Ella and asked, "What are you doing?" Maze pulled Ella away from the guy, and Ella said, "What? Oh, I finished my section. No hearing aids." Maze chuckled, "So you thought you'd find one in that guy's mouth?" Ella shrugged, "What about you, Maze? OK, you've been talking to the same person the whole time." Maze pointed to Karen and said, "Karen and I have had a very long and meaningful conversation. I feel connected to her already. Yeah. And every annoying detail of her life." Ella laughed, "Oh, my God, Maze. I know what you're doing, OK? And pretending to be me is stupid. I am clearly no role model. I'm just a magnet for losers." "Bitch," the guy she made out with said and walked away. "See?" Ella pointed out. Maze sighed, "Well, I was just you for two full hours, and being genuinely nice like that, literally the hardest thing I've ever done in my life. But maybe you're right, Ella. If all you think you deserve is some loser like that, maybe I should learn from someone else." Maze shrugged and walked away, leaving Ella alone with her thoughts.
Chloe was looking around at people for hearing aids, when Linda came up behind her and said, "OK, the last girl to be checked is barfing in the stall. Some people don't know how to drink." Chloe turned to Linda and said, "OK, so you've had sex with Lucifer." Linda spit out her drink, "OK. Yes, but that was a long time ago." "Right," Chloe replied. "I mean, I know he's slept with a lot of women." "Tons," Linda agreed. "And men." Chloe replied, "Right, which I completely accept, but you know, sleeping with the Devil, it must be different somehow, right?" Linda chuckled, "Well, it's not like he had a forked penis or anything. I mean, it's totally normal. I mean, well, I mean, way, way above average. I mean, it's perfect. Seriously, sex with Lucifer is the last thing you should be worried about. What you should be worried about is that he's unfashionably narcissistic, utterly terrified of intimacy, and sabotages everything good that ever happens to him. For the most part as I think Carlos is the thing he sabotaged the least in comparison to everything else. So essentially, he's the oldest, most immature person in the world. Nay, universe."
"Wow, that's deep." The two women turned to see Carlos standing there in his VK glory. Chloe said, "Carlos, why are you dressed like that? And your hair….." Carlos shrugged, "It's a drunk rave party. No one will care. There are people who have crazier hairstyles than I do right now. Plus, I last wore this on VK Day, which was a party onto itself." Chloe sighed, "OK, well we are still looking for our killer." "Any leads?" Carlos asked. Chloe nodded, "Yes, we are looking for someone with a hearing aid, as that is Karnalgirl506. Maybe you could use your mirror to help find her." Carlos pulled out his mirror and Linda commented, "Oh, that's tiny. Wait, that's the mirror I keep hearing about." Carlos nodded, "Yeah, it is. So I'll go off to a quiet place where no one is looking and ask it if there is anyone here goes by that name. I'll meet up with you when I find someone." Carlos walked away to find a quiet place to look.
Chloe's phone went off and Chloe saw that it was a text from Ella, "OK, so Ella says they finished checking their half of the bar. No sign of a hearing aid." "Oh, shoot," Linda said. Chloe continued, "If our killer isn't here, who knows where she is. So I'm going to call Lucifer and see if he still has eyes on Jed." She pulled out her phone and dialed Lucifer.
Lucifer saw the call coming through on his phone, and decided to open the window and throw the phone out the window. Dan saw this, "Dude, did you just throw your phone out the window? Jeez, you're such a weirdo." Dan's phone then goes off, "Oh. It's Chloe. Hey, what's up? That sucks. Yeah, Lucifer, he's…" Lucifer mimed to Dan that he didn't want Chloe to know that he was there, so Dan said, "Uh, I don't know. I don't know where Lucifer is right now. Yeah, yeah. I'm positive Jed's safe. OK, bye." He hung up and said to Lucifer, "What the hell, man?" Lucifer replied, "Well, you see, Daniel, the detective is a detective. So, I'm being a mystery." Dan sighed, "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." Lucifer said, "Jed explains it much better, don't you, Jed?"
Lucifer looks around and realizes that Jed bailed on him and left. Dan chuckled, "Huh. Looks like you just got played, son." Lucifer turned to Dan, "What are you talking about?" Dan explained, "Jed's after Chloe. I told you to watch out for him. I mean, come on, it's obvious that he's trying to get between you two so he can swoop right in. Jeez. I'll go see if I can catch him." Dan ran out the front door to try and find Jed.
Lucifer felt anger rise in him as Amenadiel walked out with a crying Charlie. He saw the look on Lucifer's face, "What's wrong?" Lucifer angrily replied, "I've been manipulated, brother. By that mewling little DJ." Lucifer's eyes glowed red and Amenadiel said, "OK, calm down, Lucy." But Lucifer continued, "It's bad enough when Father does it, but that little cretin!" "They could be right outside!" Amenadiel hissed. "Good!" Lucifer growled. "Jed can see who he's really playing with!" His Devil face appears as he continues to growl, but then Charlie stops crying, surprising both Lucifer and Amenadiel. Lucifer's normal face returned and he said, "That's odd." But then Charlie started to cry again and Amenadiel begged, "Do it again, Lucy. Do it again." Lucifer complied and his Devil face appeared. Charlie started to chuckle in laughter as Lucifer made silly faces with his Devil face.
But then Dan barged back in and Amenadiel mimed Lucifer to stop, and Lucifer's normal face returned just in time. Dan said, "Jed isn't out there. I'll call in a BOLO. Who knows where he went." Dan walked back outside and Lucifer said, "I'll find him." But Charlie started to cry again and Amenadiel said, "Jed may have manipulated you, brother, but you let him." Lucifer sighed, "You're right, I suppose." Amenadiel said, "Also, I need you to help me to get Charlie to stop crying." Lucifer growled as his red eyes appeared.
Chloe was still trying to call Lucifer, but he wasn't picking up. Chloe sighed, "You know what? This is so selfish. I don't know, what, is he ghosting me?" Carlos ran up and said, "Chloe. My dad still not picking up" Chloe turned to Carlos, nodded, then said, "Yeah. Any luck?" Carlos nodded, "Yeah. She's right down there, short hair, standing close to Maze and Ella." Carlos pointed to Karen and Chloe was confused, "But she's not wearing a hearing aid."
Suddenly they heard Jed's voice shout, "What's up, everybody!" The crowd cheered as Carlos muttered, "What the hell?" Jed then said, "This song goes out to a special lady. Cherry Jane, this one's for you." Jed played a song from the booth and the crowd started to dance.
Down on the dance floor, Maze told Ella, "He's not supposed to be here." "I know," Ella replied. "But Chloe said that the killer's not here, right? So he should be safe." Maze looked around and saw Karen standing still, looking up at Jed. Ella noticed this as well, "I mean, she looks majorly scary." "That's Karen," Maze said. Ella replied, "Yeah, well, maybe Karen is Karnalgirl506." "She didn't have a hearing aid," Maze said. Ella sighed, "Well, maybe she just didn't wear it." Karen reached into her jacket and Ella asked, 'Wait, does she have a gun?"
Chloe, Carlos, and Linda saw this from above and Chloe started to reach for her gun, but Carlos stopped her, "Wait. I think Maze will fix this. Look."
Indeed, Maze saw Karen walk up to Jed with her hand in her jacket and Maze charged at Karen and slammed her to the ground. The crowd parted and Karen said, "Ow! Maze, what the heck? I just wanted to take a selfie." "Are you Karnalgirl506?" Maze asked. "Yeah," Karen admitted. Karen looked over and saw a man, wearing a hearing aid, walk up to Jed and Karen asked, "Ron? Ron, what are you doing?" Ron then pulled a gun on Jed and everyone started to scream and run away.
Chloe, Carlos, and Linda saw this and Carlos said, "I can stop him." But Chloe said, "Wait. Let me go talk to him and try to get him to back down. We need a confession out of him." Carlos groaned, "Fine. But I can invisibly creep up to him and you will then give me a signal of when to stop him." "Fine," Chloe agreed. Carlos pulled out his ring and put it in, and activated the invisible spell. Chloe and Linda ran down to the dance floor and Chloe pulled out her gun. Maze and Ella were holding Karen with them.
Jed looked at Ron and said, "Yo, man, what…we can work this out. Just calm down." "Tell them!" Ron shouted. "Tell then what you did!" Jed replied, "I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't know who you are." Chloe waled toward Ron with her gun pointed at him, "But you know who she is. LAPD. Put down the gun." Ron started waving his gun around, and then pointed it back at Jed, "No! They need to know. He's a home wrecker." "It was just one night," Jed replied. "One magical night," Karen shouted. Maze shushed her as Jed continued, "I didn't even know she was married. She didn't say anything." Chloe then said, "You don't need to do this, Ron." Ron replied, "Yes, I do. She broke my heart. I messed ups with the other DJ, and then with the explosion. I'm not gonna screw up this time." Chloe said, "Look, your wife, she disappeared on you. Completely ghosted you." Ron sobbed, "I love her more than anything." "Yeah," Chloe replied. Ron continued, "And she left me for this stupid, hot, charitable DJ." Chloe then said, "It doesn't mean you have to kill anyone, Ron." Ron cried, "All my friends gave me a hard time for not doing anything about it. For letting her just walk all over me, and they were right!"
Chloe knew that Carlos had to be close by and was waiting for the signal, but instead Chloe said, "Ron. Listen. You let your friends get into your head. You should have just talked to her. I get it. I've been there, but you have to tell her how you feel. That sometimes she drives you crazy, that she can be incredibly challenging and headstrong and frustrating, but also incredible. And that, despite everything, you just want to be with him. Her." Ron pushed his gun toward Jed and Chloe said, "Ron, you're not going to be able to tell her anything if I have to shoot you. So put it down." Ron shook his head so Chloe said, "Then he will make you." Carlos then lifted the invisibility spell from behind the DJ booth so no one could see his magic and stepped out and said, "Put the gun down!" Ron dropped the gun and Carlos jumped onto the stage and wrenched both of Ron's arms behind his back. Carlos looked at Chloe and said, "You really had to do that speech, didn't you?" He then turned to Jed and said, "And you really are a dick." Jed was about to argue, but Carlos said, "Sit down." Jed obliged as Chloe walked up to handcuff Ron.
Ella whispered to Maze, "It's just so heartbreaking." Maze replied, "Yeah, it's so…Oh, God, who am I kidding? I don't care." Ella then looked around and asked, "Wait, where's Linda?" Maze pointed to Linda, passed out on one of the couches.
Carlos then said to Chloe, "Go ahead and finish up here. Since my dad isn't answering his phone, I'll drop by wherever he is and tell him directly what happened. And it seems you and Jed have some things to talk about." Carlos then put the ring around his neck and his illusion spelled brown hair reappeared. He then ran out of Lux.
The police arrived and they took Ron away. Chloe walked over to where Jed was sitting, as Carlos did tell him to sit down. Jed sighed, "I can't believe I'm gonna say this, but thank you for saving my life." Chloe chuckled, "I can't believe I'm going to say this, but just doing my job. Plus, Carlos deserves your thanks as well." Jed sighed, "Well, he did call me a dick, even though it's probably deserved. But for you, that's all it is, isn't it?" "What do you mean?" Chloe asked. Jed sighed, "I'm pretty sure all that talk about "tell him how you feel" wasn't about me." Chloe knew that he was right, "I mean, the thing is, Lucifer and I are something. But it's new and it's complicated." "How so?" Jed asked. Chloe sighed, "Oh, trust me. It's complicated." Jed then stood up and said, "Well, it didn't sound very complicated when you were talking back there. I believe the word you used was incredible." Jed put his hand on Chloe's shoulder, then walked away.
Ella was talking with an officer, "So I'll send everything over to ballistics, and it's Karnal." Ella felt a tap on the shoulder and turned to see Pete, "Oh, hey. Thanks, Sam. We're good here." Ella turned to Pete, "Twice in one day. What are the chances of that?" Pete replied, "I didn't know you were gonna be here, I swear, but yeah. I hoped." Ella then bluntly asked, "Do you want to go out with me?" Pete was surprised, "Really?" Ella nodded, "Yeah." Pete said, "Thank you. I mean, great. Yes, yes. That'd be great. That'd be…" But Ella grabbed his notepad and said, "OK, I'm just…" She wrote down her phone number and handed it back to Pete, who said, "Look at that. Breaking news, local journalist gets cute girl's phone number." Ella sighed, "Ah, jeez, for Pete's sake. See what I did there?" Pete chuckled, "I see what you did there."
Pete walked away as Maze walked over to Ella, "He seems nice." Ella smiled, "I think he actually is. But, so are you, Maze. Well, maybe not nice, but good." Maze was surprised, "You don't think I'm scary?" Ella replied, "Oh, I think you are hella scary. But it's good scary, because it's you. And I know when you finally show someone how absolutely amazing you are, you're going to find your soulmate." Maze sighed, "You can't find a soulmate if you don't have a soul." Maze walked away feeling depressed.
Carlos used the mirror to find out where Lucifer was and flew over to Linda's house. He landed nearby and ran to the front door. He did see in the mirror that Lucifer was trying to soothe Charlie with his Devil face, which Carlos found amusing. Carlos quietly opened the front door and entered. He looked over to see Amenadiel putting Charlie in his crib and Lucifer standing nearby. Carlos walked up to them and whispered, "How's it going?" Lucifer and Amenadiel jumped in fright, luckily not waking Charlie. Lucifer looked at Carlos, "What are you doing here? I thought you were helping with this sting, that you did not tell me about." "Sorry," Carlos replied. "But it's done now. Jed showed up, which made the killer so up and Chloe and I stopped him. Chloe is finishing up at Lux so I decided to come tell you in person since you're not answering your phone." Lucifer sighed, "I threw my phone out the window because I wanted to be a mystery for the Detective to solve, but then I realized that Jed was just messing with me." Carlos chuckled, "Yeah, you walked right into that one."
Dan then came around the corner and said, "Case is closed." Amenadiel turned and shushed him. Luckily, Charlie didn't wake up. Dan saw Carlos standing there, "Wait, when did you get here, Carlos?" "Just now," Carlos answered. "Chloe and I caught the killer and she's wrapping things up at Lux." "So Jed's out of our hair?" Dan asked. Carlos nodded, "The killer was Karnalgirl506's husband." Lucifer groaned, "I should have been there. Instead, I let DJ Dickwad get inside my head. Thank you, Carlos, for being there in my absence." "You're welcome," Carlos replied. "Oh, and I did tell Jed that he's a dick." Lucifer and Dan smirked at that.
Amenadiel then asked, "Yeah, how did you let Jed get into your head? I've never known you to be the jealous type." "Please," Lucifer scoffed. "I'm not jealous. It's just, she's so…this whole relationship nonsense. How am I supposed to know what she's thinking?" Dan chuckled, "That's man's eternal question, bro." Lucifer sighed, "We haven't even had a proper chance yet. I can't mess this up. Look, I know you two are useless when it comes to women, Carlos, you're excluded as you have a steady girlfriend, but Daniel, you, surely, should have some sort of self-help mumbo-jumbo advice for me?" "You want my advice?" Dan asked. "Sadly, yes," Lucifer replied. Dan answered, "Stop asking people for their advice and just go talk to her, man." "I agree," Carlos said. "I've told this to you, Dad. You just have to man up and tell her how you feel. I did it, and look where that got me." Lucifer nodded, realizing that they both were right.
Charlie started to cry again. Dan sighed, "It's my turn, isn't it?" Carlos stopped him, "No, I'll take him. I have an idea." Carlos walked over and picked Charlie up and rocked him in his arms. He then surprised the three men behind him and started to sing a lullaby,
Lavender's blue, dilly, dilly
Lavender's green
When I am king, dilly, dilly
You shall be queen
Who told you so, dilly, dilly
Who told you so?
'Twas my own heart, dilly, dilly
That told me so
Call up your men, dilly, dilly
Send them to work
Some to the plough, dilly, dilly
Some to the fork
Some to make hay, dilly, dilly
Some to cut corn
While you and I, dilly, dilly
Keep ourselves warm
Lavender's green, dilly, dilly
Lavender's blue
If you love me, dilly, dilly
I will love you
Let the birds sing, dilly, dilly
And the lambs play
We shall be safe, dilly, dilly
Out of harm's way
I love to dance, dilly, dilly
I love to sing
When I am queen, dilly, dilly
You'll be my king
Who told me so, dilly, dilly
Who told me so?
I told myself, dilly, dilly
I told me so
The three men stood there in awe that Carlos' singing was making Charlie fall quiet and sleepy again. By the time Carlos was done singing, Charlie was fast asleep. Carlos put Charlie back into the crib and turned to see all three men staring at him. "What?" Carlos asked. Lucifer was puzzled, "How did you know how to do that?" Carlos shrugged, "Jane told me that her mother and godmother sang that to her as a baby and it always calmed her down. I just gave it a try." Amenadiel smiled, "Thank you, Carlos."
Dan sighed, but then he accidentally stepped on a squeaky toy and Charlie woke up again and cried. Dan said, "Sorry, I can calm him now." But Amenadiel stopped him, "We can take it from here, Dan." "Wait, you sure?" Dan asked. "Yeah," Amenadiel said. "I mean, you've already helped out so much." Dan sighed, "I'm out of here. I'm exhausted, guys." Dan walked out the front door. Carlos went to retrieve Charlie again, but Lucifer stopped him, "Wait. You had your turn. It's my turn again." Carlos replied, "Your Devil face? Yeah, I saw. OK, show me the magic." Lucifer's eyes turned red and Amenadiel smiled.
Dan was walking out to his car when his phone went off and saw that Lucifer was calling him, "Hey man, what's up?" Lucifer replied, "Daniel, is it too late for you to come back? I'm so sorry. You forgot something." Dan groaned, "All right, man. I'll be right there." Dan hung up and turned around and walked back to the house, but he stopped and saw through the window Lucifer holding Charlie and his Devil face was in full display. Amenadiel and Carlos were standing next to Lucifer and Dan was shocked that they weren't scared of Lucifer at all. He heard Amenadiel tell Lucifer, "Well done, brother. Well done." Carlos agreed, "Yeah. You're great at this, Dad. I'm impressed." Dan reeled back in horror and ran to his car and drove off. Then Michael appeared beside a tree as he was the one to call Dan as he found Lucifer's phone and used it to trick Dan back to the house. Michael smirked evilly and looked at the house and said, "Step one complete."
Lucifer and Carlos returned to Lux later and Lucifer said, "Carlos, why don't you go back to the guest suite for the night? It's been a long day." Carlos nodded, "Yeah. I should check on Dude anyway. Good night." Carlos walked to the elevator when the doors opened and Chloe stepped out. "Detective," Lucifer said. "Hi," Chloe replied. Carlos smirked to himself and said, "I'll leave you two alone." He got in the elevator and went down to the guest suite.
Lucifer said to Chloe, "I was going to call you, but I seem to have misplaced my phone. So I was just coming to see you after I dropped Carlos off. Uh, come in, please. Have a drink, if that's what you want." Chloe walked in a little, then turned to Lucifer as they both said, "I'm sorry. I…" Lucifer said, "No, I'm sorry, for disappearing. I was trying to…Never mind. I was listening to advice from someone I shouldn't have. I should have just listened to myself, and to you." Chloe replied, "No, I'm sorry, I, um, I was nervous and, um, the things I said, well, they were things a normal person would say, you know, and we're not normal. You know, we're us, and we're incredible." Lucifer walked up to Chloe, "I couldn't agree more." Chloe sighed, "Well, um, I'll, um, I'll see you tomorrow, then." Lucifer said, "Absolutely. Yes, tomorrow." "Yeah," Chloe said, "OK." Chloe walked back toward the elevator as Lucifer called out, "Good night, Detective." Chloe stopped and turned to Lucifer, "Good night." But instead, Lucifer and Chloe went to each other and started to passionately kiss. Lucifer picked her up and placed her on the keys of the piano and they continued to make out. Chloe's phone went off, but she ignored it. They slowly made their way to the bedroom removing each other's clothes and the sexy times began.
Carlos smirked from his bed on the guest level as Dude was sitting next to him and asked, "What was that noise? Is your dad messing with the piano or something?" Carlos chuckled, "No, Dude. My dad and Chloe are just doing something they should have done a long time ago." Carlos pulled out some noise cancelling headphones that he packed and said to Dude, "Try to get some sleep, Dude. And ignore the noises from above. Those two deserve their privacy for tonight. They've earned it."
