The rest of the day has been uneventful for Ella Lopez. The case Lucifer and Chloe handled was pretty much straightforward that she barely had to do anything other than basic stuff and it quite literally bored her.
She decides to delve into another sample from a different case when a friendly face shows up in her lab, nonetheless.
"Ella!"
"Damn it, Rae-rae! Don't do that!" She almost screams her head off, having taken by surprise.
"Sorry."
"What are you doing here?"
Ella asks as she takes a peek at the open blinds to see if anyone noticed anything, and then proceeds to close the blinds.
"I'm on vacation! You should be, too! Let's hang!"
Ella shakes her head at that.
"As if I'd be able to hang out with you without other people thinking I'm crazy? Are you crazy?"
"Oh, about that... There's something I need to tell you." Rae-rae wrings her hands and considers the best way to spill the beans.
"Uh-huh. Okay. Out with it."
"I'm not really a ghost."
"Rrrrright ." The forensic analyst nods as if in agreement.
"I'm the Angel of Death. Rae-rae is short for Azrael." She continues despite the negative, sort of expected, initial reaction from Ella.
"Yup. Sure you are."
"I've been meaning to tell you but I did not know how. I'm so sorry," The Angel of Death apologizes profusely but paused, "And you don't believe me."
"Precisely."
Just as Ella says those words, Chloe opens the door to the lab.
"Hey, Ella! I need those results - - oh! You have company. Sorry."
The analyst frowns, glancing from Rae-rae to Chloe and then to Rae-rae again.
"You can see her?"
"Yeah. Bright as day. Umm, why do you ask?"
"Chloe, you're not playing are you?"
"No, I'm not."
"Describe her to me,"
Chloe, even though confused, looks at the other person in the room and gives Ella what she asked.
"Errr, short black hair, about 5 feet tall wearing glasses,"
"You can see ghosts now, too?"
"What ghost?"
"It's okay, Chloe, I got ya." Ella then proceeds to hug Decker but then Dan joins the fray.
"Hey, Ella. Who's the new girl?"
The forensic analyst laughs nervously and tries to brush off her current dilemma.
"Whuuutttttt? No. I'm dreaming. I must be dreaming."
"Oh, no she's freaking out." Rae-rae grimaces. She should've listened to Lucifer and broke out the news to her when she's alone. Although technically, she was alone earlier.
"I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name." Asks Chloe
"I'm Azrael, Lucifer's sister. Goes by the moniker Rae-rae."
"Uh-huh. I don't think we've met before."
"You're Lucifer's sister?"
Both Detectives say simultaneously.
"Oh, I was there with you guys on that one case. Only difference is that Ella's the only one who can see me," Rae-rae explains but realizes too late that it really doesn't help with her current predicament.
"Oh-kay?" Even though the Detective is in the loop with limited knowledge about Celestials and whatnot, she's still confused with how Ella's reacting.
Rae-rae is it?
She mutters to herself and it finally clicks. The forensic analyst did mention a ghost with that name.
Oh.
"Calm down, Ella,"
Decker can see that Ella's about to have a major meltdown and does her best to pacify the otherwise weird situation.
That is until Lucifer arrives at the scene.
"Uhhh, I see it's bad timing. Off I go."
Shit. He curses mentally. Of all days, why must his younger sister reveal herself to everyone?
Only of course, Chloe doesn't let him get away by grabbing his arms and roping him in.
"You can see her, too?"
"Well, I — " Lucifer, seeing it's pointless to lie — also he never lies — blurts out "Cat's out of the bag, Rae-rae. You couldn't have chosen a better venue to tell Miss Lopez?"
"She's always in her lab! And I have only a few days off — ever heard of carpe diem?" Again, she reasons which made matters worse.
"Of course! But —"
"I need a drink." Ella storms out.
"Ughh!" Lucifer groans "Now look what you've done!"
The Devil follows Ella outside to explain.
Dan is clueless so he throws his hands up and leaves the room. Chloe decides to stay put as the Devil's more equipped, and yeah, what can she even say to make it better?
Rae-rae is about to have a meltdown too.
"I should follow them," She speaks after a minute of contemplation.
"No. Just wait for your brother, alright?"
"I scared her, didn't I?"
"If you're really Ella's friend, then you know she'd get past this, right?"
"I hope so."
Lucifer catches up with Ella who ran to the police station's rooftop. The consultant braces himself as he makes his approach.
"Miss Lopez, I do apologize," He starts but the CSI responds,
"You're not really a method actor, are you?"
"No, I'm not. I've tried to tell you many times over." He pauses, "Are you okay?" and then reconsiders, "Are you going to be okay?"
"I guess deep down I knew. So, Castiel…?"
"Also an angel. My Father thought it was a good idea to have my siblings visit me here. To, you know, make up for lost time, or so I'm told. I understand if you'll need some time to process, so perhaps I'll leave you to it. For what it's worth, I would never hurt you."
"I know."
"I hope you and my sister could patch things up. She's very fond of you and has been looking out for you ever since you were little."
After some time and a few sips of whiskey from Lucifer's flask (one that she asked for before he left), she finally calls for her friend who's actually an angel. The Angel of Death to be precise.
"Come out, Rae-rae."
In a blink, she's by Ella's side "I'm here. Look, I'm really sorry. I didn't know what else to tell you that time. I didn't want to scare you, too."
"Why would I be scared of you? Do you have, like that scythe thing? Are you just borrowing this 'look'?"
"Oh no. This is how I really look like." Rae-rae laugs, "The scythe? That happened one time, it was hilarious. I don't know why I'm depicted that way in mythologies and whatnot, and well, Lucifer, too. But what can we do, right?"
"No horns or pitchfork then?"
"Nope!" She replies, popping the p. "Does this mean, we're good? I don't get a lot of downtime you know so I want to make the most out of this. I mean, Luci is my favorite brother but I can see him whenever, and well, he doesn't seem interested in spending time with me. Also, you're like, my favorite human. I don't get to talk to humans at all. They're so morose! You on the other hand, are interesting. Pretty sure my brother agrees."
"But I have work."
"I think they'll survive a week without your expertise. Plus, I have my brother's credit card. He won't mind us spending a fortune. Any ideas where to go to, first?"
Azrael asks, seemingly convinced that she's convinced Ella, if the latter's response were any indication.
"We can go anywhere?"
"Anywhere you want."
"Okay."
"Yey!" Rae-rae jumps in glee and then embraces Ella.
