NYC: Thursday

[superjoanjett]

Up until yesterday, Jessica hadn't even heard of Portalicity. So the trip back to NYC, along with a special guest, was quite easier than expected.

Malcolm had already done the groundwork for the case which was the usual: A wife cheating on the husband and the husband paying Hogarth for proof of the affair for a future divorce trial.

The case was unusual in one aspect: The credit card reports did not show any kind of use at the usual dive hotels used for hookups. However Malcolm had discovered a lease in the woman's maiden name that was still active. In Brownsville.

The place in question looked more like an abandoned building than an apartment which for some reason made Jessica uneasy.

Still, she had found a point on the roof of a main building that had sight on both the main and back entrances of the building. And she had two full flasks with her to keep her warm.

Hopefully her guest had brought his own. It could be a long day.

"Is this as glamorous as your LA stakeouts?" she asked as she peered through her telephoto lens.

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[my_own_advocate]

"Mostly just looks like an abandoned greenhouse in here," Lucifer sighed. "Ah, well. After you?"

[superjoanjett]

"Thanks," she said dryly. And what he said was true. The room was empty except for numerous creates, plastic sheeting on the windows and on the floors.

She walked forward into the center of the room and turned around in a circle, surveying the area. "The place is too clean and unguarded for drugs."

[my_own_advocate]

"What, you think it might be an actual greenhouse of some sort?" Lucifer asked, wandering past the crates. "A community project?"

He squatted down again, attempting to peer between the slats. "Could be dirt," he said, "Could be dirt hiding something, I suppose."

[superjoanjett]

Jessica looked down at the plastic sheeting coated floor and started to feel uneasy about the whole situation.

Get her on the plastic.

"Shit."

Jessica pulled out her phone and hit speed dial and had a very one sided conversation. "Malcolm? Did you get picture of this woman? No? What about previous names? That's her maiden name?"

There was huge eye roll followed by a loud: "Fuck me!"

Jessica shoved the phone in her pocket and started to head to the door, grabbing Lucifer's arm on the way. "It's a trap."

[my_own_advocate]

"A trap?" Lucifer echoed, hurrying with her. "What sort of trap?"

[superjoanjett]

"A trap for me."

Unfortunately they didn't get very far before a familiar voice-

Well. Familiar to Jessica.

-called out. "Is that one of your 99 friends?"

Which was followed by the sound of a cocking gun. From the doorway a woman in a expensive suit, immaculate dyed hair holding an automatic pistol stepped out and smirked.

"Because I'm happy to kill one more."

Jessica rolled her eyes. "Audrey Redman," she said explaining to Lucifer as she was backing up. "Her mother died during the alien invasion a few years ago. Blames super powered individuals. Tried to kill me. Most likely forgot what I said I'd do to her if she tried it again."

"That was before I did a little digging. All the press you got for killing that man? Made it really easy to find out you don't have any friends. Or laser eyes."

Jessica couldn't help but scoff at that a little. People were so gullible.

[my_own_advocate]

"No, but she does have a mean left hook and me," Lucifer said, grinning oh-so-pleasantly, pulling away from Jessica a bit so he could adjust his jacket. "So I suggest you skedaddle instead of wasting our time any further."

[superjoanjett]

"You're very funny," Audrey deadpanned. "What are you? Her boyfriend?"

"Not my boyfriend," Jessica replied sharply.

"Doesn't matter. He's going to die too. With the help of my friends."

At which point six crate tops popped off and several people stood up holding guns at both Lucifer and Jessica.

"God damn it," Jessica swore.

"I'm not the only person who was hurt by you people," Audrey said with a smirk as she and the other people began to open fire.

[my_own_advocate]

"Oh for crying out loud," Lucifer snapped, wings sliding back out of his back at a moment's thought. One long, white-feathered appendage stretched out to form a wall between Jessica and their assailants.

"You are not killing anyone today," he snapped, ignoring the few bullets that struck his chest.

[superjoanjett]

Jessica had been bracing herself for bullets only to be surrounded by downy soft feathers.

Okay. So this was a thing. More importantly she threw another look at Lucifer.

"You're bulletproof too?"

Because that's totally important right now. As they are getting shot at.

[my_own_advocate]

"What part of me being the Devil did you not grasp originally?" Lucifer said. He sighed, reaching down carefully so he could keep his wing between her and the guns, and picked up a large crate.

Which he flung at one man like it was a tennis ball or something.

[superjoanjett]

"Well how am I supposed to know that being the Devil means you're bulletproof?" Jessica said rolling her eyes...

And now the rain of bullets stopped as Audrey and her band of idiots realized that bullets weren't working. And one of those men was now buried under a large crate.

Audrey turned and began to run.

"You want to beat the shit out of the rest of them while I get her?" She asked. She really didn't wait for a reply as she stomped quickly after Audrey, easily catching up with her.

[my_own_advocate]

"Gladly," Lucifer said, taking a step forward--

And clapping his wings with force, sending their assailants stumbling back under a heavy gust of air. "Gentlemen," he said, moving forward as his wings retracted, "You did have your chance to back away."

[superjoanjett]

As the men around Lucifer fell to the ground, Jessica had already caught up with the instigator of all of this. Normally, Jessica would have just thrown an attacker against the wall to knock them out.

But this one... this one was special.

Grabbing a hold of Audrey (who shrieked in panic), Jessica threw her to the ground and started to drag her back to the sheets of plastic.

"Do remember what I told you before?" Jessica asked/shouted. "What I'd do if I ever saw your face again?

Jessica dumped Audrey on the ground and picked up one of the bullets that had fallen to the floor.

"I know I said I'd use my pinky to shove this up your ass, but now I'm thinking my whole fist is more appropriate."

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer paced around the fallen bodies of his enemies and took their guns away, making a point of knocking each and every one of them out with a well-timed blow to the head.

He threw the guns to the other side of the room after bending the barrels enough that they were unusable, and took off quickly in the direction of voices.

"Miss Jones?" he called.

[superjoanjett]

Jessica frowned, looking quickly over at Lucifer and then back at Audrey.

"You're not worth it," she muttered and with a light tap/punch to the face, knocked her out.

"No need to be formal," she called back to Lucifer as she grabbed a nearby pipe and bent it around Audrey's ankles just in case she woke up and tried to get away.

And then realized he was taking off.

"Shit," she groaned and started off after him. "What now?"

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer had stopped by a window and was currently peering down below.

"We may have even more company on the way," he said.

[superjoanjett]

"Great. Just great," she said with an eye roll. "Who is it? Thugs or police?"

[my_own_advocate]

"Thugs," Lucifer said, and looked up to squint at something further in the distance. "But I doubt the police are far behind."

[superjoanjett]

"So our choices are leave and let these guys free or take out a bunch of thug and wait for the cops," Jessica said looking down at the incoming group of people. "What are you up for?"

[my_own_advocate]

"Might as well clean up," said Lucifer, who was mostly terrified of being bored. "Where's the instigator you were running after?"

[superjoanjett]

Jessica shrugged and push some errant hair out of her face. She jabbed her thumb towards Audrey who was groaning a bit and lying down on the plastic.

Apparently Jessica didn't completely knock her out.

"If you want to send her directly to hell? Fine by me. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200."

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer looked over there and snorted.

"I don't tend to kill humans if I can help it," he said. "Come on, let's get moving."

He gestured for the stairs.

[superjoanjett]

"Right. Ladies first," Jessica said with a smirk. Grabbing a stray iron pipe she turned and headed down the stairs.

The floor below was not an open floor plan and apparently had been constructed as a floor with offices.

With a very long hallway. Curious how that always happened in an MCU Netflix show.

Damn it, Matt.

And look. A bunch of thugs bursting through the door at the other end of the hallway.

"I don't suppose one of your powers is raining down fire and brimstone?" Jessica asked sarcastically.

[my_own_advocate]

"No," Lucifer said, idly adjusting his cuffs (he knew it was futile, they'd be a mess again by the end of this, but it was the thought that counted) as he followed her down. "But I am very good at beating up angry humans. I don't suppose there's a point to trying to talk them down?"