Betty sat bouncing her leg, at the living room table. Placing down her black pen that she used for writing homework with, her phone buzzed, indicating an incoming message.

'Mom' showed Chloe saying how she was expecting to be late home due to a breakthrough in a homicide case she had figured out. Lucifer was with her.

" Well I have completed this week's homework and I am stuck at home doing nothing. I'll ask mom if I can accompany her and Lucifer to the place she is visiting." Betty says to no one, folding the textbook close and putting away the ball tip pen she used.

Chloe felt a vibration in her jacket. Her phone buzzed as Betty's name flashed on the screen— and Lucifer took that opportunity, taking the phone accepting the call.

" Ah! Betty! What do I owe this call? You miss me already, so you called your mother to ask if we could speak?" Betty with annoyance, rolled her eyes, hearing the arrogance dripping from lucifers voice. " Lucifer put my phone on speaker." Chloe ordered. Lucifer disgruntled, complied.

" Betty, babe, what is the matter? Is there a problem at home?" Chloe kept her eyes on the road in front of her. " no mom. I just wanted to ask if I could meet at the place you are visiting, for the case?  Could you tell me where it is?" Chloe became quiet, hesitance showing in her eyes. Lucifer took notice, jumping to answer for the detective.

" yes, Betty darling of course. we are actually visiting a big rat that goes by Jimmy Barnes. At his recording studio. I will send you the address!" He hangs up the phone, sneakily sending and transferring her number to his phone. he grinned widely, making Chloe give him a side eye look.

Chloe exhaled an exasperated sigh.

'This man is going to be the death of me'.

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" Hey, Jimmy. How's the album sales doing?" Lucifer exclaims barging into the recording booth where a bolding grey hair overweight man stood with two younger men. One paused, halting his singing standing underneath a grey microphone that hang from the ceiling and another wearing a grey and blue suit holding a guitar looked at Lucifer with confusion as to what was happening. Chloe with Betty, stops one feet behind Lucifer.

" what album?" Jimmy, the overweight man, asks feign pretending to not know what she was meaning. " the soundtrack to time will tell, which you produced. Whitney Houston hit the top ten for album sales after her death."

Betty shuffled on the spot where she stood, an uncomfortable feeling stirring, seeing 'Jimmy' giving her a once over. Not trying to hide the fact he was checking her out.

Lucifer didn't like the perverted gaze Jimmy was giving Betty, he pushed back his suit jacket, putting his hands in his pant pocket. before standing and taking Betty's hand making Jimmy advert his gaze not liking the glaring look on lucifers face.

Betty gazes down at her and lucifers conjoined hands, the sizing comparison was. almost perfect. Like his hand was made to hold her own, it felt scarily nice. Lucifers hand tighten in grip, and Betty came back to reality. Seeing the hand pistol Jimmy was pressing in the kids head he had hostage.

". . She owes me." Jimmy leers, with his teeth. A look of malice, greed, in his eyes.

" You are NOT god, Jimmy. You didn't make her." Lucifer says with a concealed rage, if it were not for Betty holding his hand— which she had not let go once— he would not be able to contain the anger he felt and kill Jimmy right there. " but you did destroy her. So, I'm going to punish you."

Betty's P.O.V

Feeling a sense of fear for Lucifer as he took a a couple threatening steps in Jimmy's way, with Jimmy pressing the barrel of the gun further into the kids head and saying threats about shooting his head off, I push my legs to jog to lucifers side. Taking his hand in mine, he snaps his head to me. " Listen to Jimmy. Lucifer, please, back off. Aunt chlo-, mom has this under control." I stutter, looking anxiously at the gun.

" it's fine, Betty. Darling. I'm immortal. Nothing can hurt me." He says, with a softer voice. I turn seeing Jimmy had the gun pointed a Lucifer, gasping I push Lucifer away from using my body as a shield. I close my eyes tightly waiting for the pain as a gunshot echoes but no pain came.

I slowly unclench my eyes, now staring the blue cladded covered chest that was lucifers. 'Why did I do that for?' I feel hands push my arms back, I slowly look up seeing a concerned Lucifer looking over my face. He snaps out of his daze.

I see mom looking confused as to why i did, when I was just as confused as she felt.

" why did you do that for, Detective?! He needs to feel the pain, he needs to suffer. Not escape it! You let him off too easy." He says like he couldn't believe what he just saw my mom did, " Don't worry. I'm sure where he is going the pain is coming, to him." Mom says, like she was 'Reassuring' him. But it sounded like she was unsure.

" No. no, it's not, actually." Lucifer replied, his tone had a double meaning.

" because you know why? I'm here and he's.." I hear an echo of a gunshot, with glass shattering. Then came the searing red hot pain I felt on my left shoulder. I shuddered out a breathe, seeing crimson slowly showing and Lucifer looked horrified. As well as mom.

"BETTY!"

My eyes rolled to the back of my head, and feel my body fall to the ground, I gasp for air. Pain soaring over where the bullet hit my body. " M-Mom. L-Lucifer." I croaked out, my vision blurring. I see Lucifer and mom leaning over, and feel a hand on my face.

" I don't want to die." I cried weakly.

They say your life flashes before your eyes, a white light will shine and you see memories of your past. That is what I'm feeling. I know we all die— but this isn't how I imagined I would having my last minutes on earth.

" I won't let that happen. You are going to live, Betty. Darling." I felt the warmth of lucifers hand, it felt nice. Oddly. I just met this arrogant asshole but it feels as though I have known him before today. " Your mum and father will just have to wait. A little longer."

Two more gunshots sound. Lucifer grunts as he is hit by the bullets. He was shaking with anger at this point, " Just give me one second." Lucifer leaves and i see my mum's face come in to my vision. She holds my hand with a wavering look of reassurance.

" you are going to be okay. Betty. Baby. Just stay a-awake for me." I felt a wave of tiredness when she told me to 'Stay awake'.

" keep your eyes open. Hey."

My head turns to where Lucifer stood, bending the gun with his hand and the last thing I saw was him picking Jimmy up by his collar before I see darkness.

'So. This is how I die.'

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UPDATE:

As you can all see I have started, slowly, to understand where I am going and doing for this story. Truth be told here those other versions you have read, I had nothing nor a clue about what I wanted to do for this book. I am certain of the choices I have made but it's the matter with which finding the right words to actually put on a chapter. Funny how being an author works.