Chloe sighed in defeat as she got off the phone "Leila took down both videos, killed Nick and Adam, and then led us by the nose until she had time to escape. Why didn't I realize it wash her?"
"Because as a punisher, she's quite adept at avoiding her own medicine," Lucifer claimed. "Quite impressed, really,"
Maya glanced at her computer when it beeped.
"Maya..." Chloe said.
"Working on a trace right now," Maya said as she began typing on her computer.
"Judgement day?" Lucifer read over Maya's shoulder. "Those people should really be careful how they use that phrase. It isn't actually due for another couple of years,"
"That's what you said about the last one," Maya teased.
"It would have if someone had followed the damn script,"
"She's gonna kill herself," Chloe realized.
"What?" Lucifer asked "Well, that won't do at all. How am I supposed to talk to her if she's dead?"
"Glad you have your priorities in order,"
"We're dealing with someone smart and clever," Maya said. "Who tortured with a brutal sense of irony, but killing herself whilst humiliating her company..."
"It doesn't fit the pattern," Chloe finished. "Can you pull up the video of Leila driving again?"
"Yeah, sure." Maya pulled up the security feed.
"Pause it there,"
"What are you looking for, Detective?" Lucifer asked.
"I think I know," Maya zoomed in to the edge of the seat. "Shit," she muttered once she saw the gun.
"Leila is not our killer," Chloe said "She's in danger." she looked at Lucifer "You understand this sicko pretty well. Where do you think he's going?"
"Somewhere linked to her sins, I suppose,"
Maya shook her head "We barely know Leila. Who knows what the killer thinks she's done,"
"Well, she runs the company that hosts humanity's worst depravities. But we know she's not there,"
"How's the trace coming?" Chloe asked Maya.
"The IP just keeps pinging back to Wobble's main server. It's gotta be a mistake,"
"Unless it's not a mistake at all,"
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"You know, if you take away the blinky lights and add some lost souls, this place bears a striking resemblance to Hell," Lucifer noted as he followed Chloe and Maya through the server room.
"Shh," Maya hushed him as she heard voices.
"My name is Leila Simms. I'm one of the co-founders of Wobble. I wanted to apologize to anybody who's watching for...for creating a forum where evil and hate sought a refuge,"
"And there's Queen Wobble herself," Lucifer mused.
"Yeah, but where's the killer?" Chloe questioned.
"And tonight I go down with the ship," Leila sobbed. "Right alongside all those awful sins I helped give a voice to. Please. Please." she looked to the side "Please. Please...Don't make me do this. Please,"
"There's Ray," Maya informed as he walked towards Leila with a gun raised "the HR rep,"
"Goodness me, I should have known," Lucifer said. "He had halitosis. The first sign of evil,"
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Back To Her Roots (Book 2 of Fell in Love with the Devil series)
FanfictionAfter the events with Malcolm, Maya has come to terms that she is a Winchester. But by helping Lucifer hunt for his mother, she begins to feel the struggle of balancing her Hunter lifestyle with that of her day job. Will she figure out a way to bala...
