I do not own Lucifer.

Jane stood outside of the motel waiting for Chloe the next morning. She had a restless night's sleep. She hoped they would stop for coffee. Chloe looked like a coffee person.

Chloe's car pulled up. "Good morning. We are going to have to make a stop. Trixie, say hi."

"Hi." Came a voice from the back seat.

"Hello." Jane answered. So this was Chloe's daughter.

"Trixie, this is Ann, she is helping me solve a case." Then she turned to Jane. "How did you sleep?"

Jane buckled her seat belt. "I've had worst nights. Is coffee a possibility?"

"Sure, there's a place on the way to Trixie's sitter."

"Yay, coffee." Trixie cheered from the back seat.

"No monkey, none for you. Not until at least college." Chloe said.

Jane looked at Chloe and chuckled.

"What's so funny?"

"Monkey."

"Your mom have a pet name for you?"

Jane had a far off look in her eye. "I was sunshine."

Soon they pulled up to small café. Chloe got out of the car. "They are super crowded. What kind of coffee do you want?"

"Black, no milk or sugar." Jane answered.

"Sure. Be right back."

This left Jane alone in the car with Trixie. Her hands ached for something to do and she pulled out a deck of cards from her back. She began to absentmindedly shuffling a deck of cards. She had her quirks,

"Are you going to do a magic trick?" Trixie asked.

You want to see one?" The girl nodded and Jane turned around in her seat. "Ok, so here are the four jacks, the jack of hearts, the jack of diamonds, the jack of spades and the jack of clubs. They are robbers and their target is this tall building." She showed Trixie each jack and then the deck of cards. "They land on the roof with their helicopter." She made helicopter noises and placed the four jacks on the top of the deck. "The first one goes to the basement to turn off the security system." She stuck one card into the deck near the bottom. "The second jack goes to the fourth floor to steal the money." She stuck another card near the middle of the deck. "The third jack goes to the ninth floor to steal the jewels." She stuck the next card into the deck near the top. "And the final jack stays with the helicopter as the lookout. But oh no, the cops found them. Hurry up Jacks, get back to the helicopter." Jane tapped the deck then turned over the top four cards. "One, two, three, four jacks."

Trixie just stared, no wonder on her face. Jane was honestly hurt, confused and a little hurt.

"I know how you did that trick." Trixie said.

"Really, you want to explain it to me?"

The girl leaned forward to whisper in Jane's ear. A moment later, she pulled back, a gleam of excitement in her eyes.

Jane nodded reluctantly. "You have a good eye, nothing gets past you."

Then Chloe returned with the two coffees. "The place was a nightmare. Alright, off to the sitter and we are going to the station."

About thirty minutes later, Chloe and Jane walked into the station. Jane got escorted to Chloe's desk. "Just sit here until Ella is ready."

"Sure." Jane said and looked around the room. Police officers everywhere, all busy with their job. Dan was sitting next to her, doing a cross word puzzle. Her eyes studied the page.

"Ten down is Rhodes." She said to him.

"What? Oh, thanks."

"And twenty eight across is Gertrude. Forty four down is Charon. And sixty two across is…"

Dan held the paper out to her. "Here, just finish it. Apparently I'm stupid."

"Are you sure you don't want to do it? And you aren't stupid, your schooling didn't teach everything." She took the paper from and quickly filled in about fifteen answers. "Four down 'Keeping up with the blank." She asked him.

"Kardashians. Keeping up with the Kardashians, it's a TV show " Dan answered and received a blank stare. "Really, you never heard of the Kardashians? They are a famous family."

"What are they famous for?" Jane asked.

Dan paused. "I don't really know."

"Guys, Ella has something." Chloe walked over to let them know and they both followed her into the lab. Lucifer was in there already.

"Morning Detective Douche and …Ann." He greeted them.

Jane looked over at Dan, confused by the nickname. He just shrugged. She apparently still had to get used to the fact she was dealing with a teenager.

"We need to find this serial killer."

"It's not a serial killer yet, there needs to be at least three bodies for that classification." Jane corrected Chloe.

"Seriously?"

"Alright, so I found some interesting stuff on the victims. They both have oil residue on them, I still need to figure out what kind of oil it is. But they were killed in the same place then moved, the first one to the beach and the second one to the church. Then, I searched their social media, they are both very active. Our first victim spent last week at the Fowler Museum where victim two worked." Ella told them.

"Finally a connection." Chloe said.

"Also, there's an auction tonight at the Fowler museum, they are partnering up with Getty Villa. There is a chance the killer could be there. Who wants to get dressed up and talk history with stuffy old men?"

"Great. Ella, could you get me a ticket, I'll go." Chloe instantly volunteered.

"How many languages do you speak?" Jane asked and that wasn't the end to her questions. "Do you know the difference between Corinthian and Ionic columns? Can you read sand script? Have you studied North African mythology? Or have an understanding of iconology in early Christian art?"

Chloe was silent, she couldn't answer positively to any of those questions.

"Seriously, how do you know so much?" Dan asked.

"Books, lots of books. And hands on research. Look, you are going into the lion's den of sorts with museum people. They could tear you apart. I'm your best bet for getting any information."

The room went silent, options were being weighed. Dan quickly excused himself with the need to secure a ticket for the auction.

"Fine, but you are going to have a wire." Chloe told her.

"That would tip them off. I'll take notes and bring everything back in the morning." Jane did not want to be watched or over heard. She could do her job without supervision.

Chloe was about to argue back but Ella piped in. "Do you have a dress? I'm guessing you can't show up like that?"

Jane looked down at her clothes, at least these weren't stained. "No, I don't."

"Then come on, we are going shopping." Ella grabbed Jane's arm and pulled her out of the lab.

Chloe watched them. "I don't trust her." She said to no one in peculiar.

"Really, you hide your feelings so well." Lucifer said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"I mean it. You have plans tonight?"

"Finally taking me up on my offer of sex, are we Detective?" That seemed to brighten him up.

"No, I need you to go to the auction with Ann. Something is up."

Lucifer's shoulders dropped. "She is not going to like anyone tagging along."

"Do I look like I care what others think? Just be there tonight."

"So what size are you?" Ella asked as she and Jane wandered the racks. Or rather Jane followed Ella who seemed to be on a mission.

"A four."

"Any must haves? Sleeves, no sleeves? Backless? What kind of neckline or waistline? Long or short?" Ella had her own list of questions.

"I really don't care. I'm not dress up sort of girl." Jane answered honestly.

"You have to care about color. What's your favorite color?"

Jane actually had to think, Lucifer had commented she looked nice in green, but was that her favorite color? "I don't have one."

"Seriously? You are not giving me much to work with. What color was your bedroom growing up?"

"Terra Cotta." It was also covered in ancient artwork. Jane had been fascinated by the ancient world from an early age.

"Ok, tell me something about yourself, I can get some clues there. What's your favorite Christmas memory?"

Jane smiled. "About three years ago, my dad and I were back packing through New Zealand. It was Christmas Eve and we were in the middle of nowhere. It was just us and the stars."

"Wow, that sounds so peaceful. What about this dress?" Ella held up a short black dress.

"No, I think I would stand out too much. That's not my style."

"And what is your style?"

"I blend into the background, ask all the right questions, get the answers I need and get out. No one remembers me."

"I'm guessing you don't have a lot of friends?"

"I used to, everyone has classmates but you know what happens. Graduation and people go to college, and then move away for good. It's not like I have a normal job where we all gather around the water cooler and gossip about our weekends." Jane's words came rolling out of her mouth before she could stop them.

"Because you travel so much?" Ella ventured.

"Yep." Then she paused. "This is weird, I don't usually open up to people this easily."

"Don't worry, I just have the kind of personality that people feel comfortable enough to open up. What about this one?"

Jane shrugged. "Maybe."

"If your eyes don't light up the moment you see it, move on."

"Good advice."

"Yeah, can be used in just about any situation in life." Ella continued to search. "So, your childhood makes me understand your relationship with Lucifer."

Jane looked at Ella, an odd expression crossed her face.

"Oh my gosh, did I say too much? I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable."

How was Jane supposed to keep this conversation going now? That she, as a member of the Eye, was sleeping with the Devil? Did Ella knew who Lucifer was? "He attended one of my lectures a few years back and I thought I would look him up. And given my extensive knowledge base, he called me into this case."

"So you two are sleeping together like all the time?"

"It's not as often as you think. It's just really good sex." That was as honest as Jane could be.

"If you break his heart…"

"Does he seem like the kind of man who is capable of really caring about one person? We will both be fine."

"Well, there is Chloe." Ella answered, more to herself though.

"Chloe?" Maybe there was something there, but it wasn't a pressing issue. "And he's your friend, isn't he?"

"Yes, definitely friends. I got him to go to church with me."

Jane laughed. "Wow, I wish I could have seen that. He's lucky to have real friends." She had been looking through a rack while she spilled a chapter of her life to Ella. Her hand stopped on a hanger and her eyes stared.

"I think you found the dress. Let's go try it on."

Jane found herself in the dressing room, she did like the way she looked.

"Come out, I want to see this." Ella asked. A moment later, she was graced with a very polished woman in front of her. "Yes, definitely the one. Can you breathe? Can you move alright?"

"Yes and yes." Jane walked around to look at herself in all the mirrors. Then Jane pointed to Ella's cross necklace "You believe?"

"This? Of course. You talk to Him?"

'Honestly, I talk to anyone who will listen. My lectures and my own experiences have shown me it's all real. People decide who or what they want to follow. For me, I'm not missing out on Heaven because of a technicality."

"Didn't some famous person say that too?"

"Elvis Presley."

"Ahh, the king of rock. Tell me an odd fact about you."

"Odd fact? I carry a pocket dictionary on me at all time. I like to read it in my down time."

Ella laughed. "Read a dictionary, that's a new one for sure."

"It helps to build a solid vocabulary. And you can trace the origin of words. It's interesting."

"Alright, it's getting late, we need to pay. We still need to pick up shoes and a purse." Ella check her watch..

Jane headed back to the fitting room to change. "You think I can fit a gun somewhere on this?"

"This is recon only, no gun."

"Off the record, can I fit a gun somewhere?"

"No."

Mission time! Want to see her work?

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