Calling the Shots

Maze

Maze walks in the precinct with haste and barely waits for the other officer to exit the conference room where Dan was in.

"I heard Lux is under siege. What are we waiting for?"

"Well, you can't just go on in there swinging your knives," She cuts him off and pointedly says,

"That's exactly what I can do."

"You know what? He has the entire place wired to blow. It's too risky,"

The demon thinks for a split second, and then asks, "What's your plan?"

"This is his ex-wife, Leona. We have to find her."

Maze flips through the file, "No public records, no social security number, no social media footprints. What is this, 2014?"

"Yeah, looks like it."

"There's only one guy in 2014 who wasn't in jail who can help someone disappear this cleanly. I don't know his name, but I can find out."

"Okay, I'll put together a warrant,"

"Wait, you want to get a warrant? You're the guy who said the end justifies the means!"

"Legal means, Maze. You have to think like one of us if you want to have a shot at finding -"

"No! You have to think like one of them. That is how I catch them."

The demon would have wanted and won that staredown without a doubt on any day except today. She could feel Lucifer is in bad shape despite him severing their bond ages ago.

"You know what, Dan? Go ahead and work on that warrant. Let me know once you have it."

Dan sighs in relief that Maze actually listened. Unbeknownst to him, Maze had a plan of her own.

xxx

The demon knew the in and out of the prohibition tunnels like the back of her hand. She was able to sweep the area and found no other bombs except for the one near the stairs. Still oblivious to her presence, was the culprit who was pacing back and forth while Chloe, Ella, Eve and the barely conscious Lucifer looked on. If only Amenadiel could stop time, it would have been a hell lot easier. However, nothing's ever easy.

Maze picks the moment where the bomber momentarily puts down the detonator to inspect the sandwich to throw both knives; one knife severed both hands, and the other, lands straight into his chest. The culprit drops dead on the floor, while everyone shrieks in horror.

Ella, who's overly focused, cheers on and claps, clearly out of her usual self.

Chloe shakes her head at the outcome but thankful that at least no one else got hurt. She phones Dan and tells him the threat's been neutralized. While she does this, Maze is already on the move to get Lucifer out and as far away as possible. The Detective was going to protest but doesn't. She figured Lucifer needed this and so she lets her ex-roommate whisk him out and maybe apologize to the consultant once he's feeling better.

With Lucifer deposited to the EMT, Maze goes back to the club and retrieves her knives, walks into Dan on the way.

"That was careless of you, Maze. Things could have gone to shit real quick."

"But it didn't. I got the guy. And I'm going to get that ex-wife of his, too."

"There's no need for that, now that he's dead."

"Matter of fact, there is a need. Don't you think there's something fishy about this whole thing? He's obviously an amateur. His wife is completely untraceable because she found that 2014 guy. For me, that's something. I'll see this through, even without your help."

True to her word, she flushed out the guy and the ex-wife and found out the latter orchestrated the robbery years ago.