again

nine.

Ellas lab is cold, but I stay anyways, looking through case files.
She sorts through stuff on her computer, showing me pictures from when she was younger every now and then.

"Chloe, you need to go now. Look," she says, fearfully. She points to something on her screen. An email.

"There's a body- here." She says, pointing to the address

"How do you know?" I ask

"Anonymous tip." She replies, quickly

"You're coming with me. I need your help." I say, a smile stretches across her face "Really?" She exclaims, I nod
"Let's go."

Slowly, I open my door and get out making sure not to close it completely to not make noise,
"stay quiet." I tell her

We walk up to the door, it's open so we let ourselves in.

"Careful," I tell her, as I push the door

Empty.

"Why is nobody here?" Ella asks,

I hear a noise down the hall,
I put my hand on her chest, to stop her from moving.

footsteps.
Dead bodies don't move.

"Move!" I shout, jumping in front of Ella and grabbing out my gun, aiming it towards the end of the hall

The sound of gunfire rings in my ear.
It was a setup.

I feel a hand grab my gun, from my hand.

"Ella," I whisper

More gunshots echo, my head pounds.
I hear footsteps running away,
Did Ella just leave me?

I let a tear slip down my cheek, sobbing.
I sit up, agonizing pain shoots through my body.
I look down, I've been shot.

"Chloe, Chloe wake up." Ella says, I didn't even notice she was there, "Chloe, think about Trixie."

"Ella, call an ambulance." I mutter, blood spills from my mouth

"You gotta stay with me Chloe. I can't loose you." She states

I feel my stomach pulsing, maybe it's from the bullet, maybe not.
I feel tired, exhausted even. It feels like I haven't slept in days. If I only shut my eyes for a moment, maybe it won't hurt so much.

My eyes feel heavy, and eventually, I give in- regardless of Ella telling me to stay awake for her.
Maybe now I'm gonna die.

Beep ... Beep ... Beep ...

I open my eyes, quickly shutting them again, squinting at the bright light.

"Good morning, Chloe." A familiar voice calls out, I look at him carefully

"I wasn't trying to get shot, if that's what you think." I state, he raises his eyebrows in question, "I wouldn't have missed." I add, jokingly

He doesn't laugh.

"Amenadiel, when I asked you to go to hell. I didn't want you to go, it's just- I just need someone to bring me.
Amenadiel if you won't bring me, the only way to get there is to die." I explain, he nods

"I know why you want me to do it, but Chloe, I can't." He says,
"you scared everyone." He adds

"Did Lucifer come back, does he know I got shot?" I ask, he shakes his head

"No, and I wouldn't do anymore reckless things just to try and get Lucifer to come back.
It won't work." He states, I know he's right.

"Amenadiel, I need you to be honest- if I die, where will I go?" I ask, he pauses

"Only you know, Chloe. I don't know what you feel guilty for, what you regret." He tells me

"Can you bring Ella in?" I ask, he nods

"Yeah."

Amenadiel leaves and I start to think, if getting shot won't get his attention, what will?

Ella walks in and immediately hugs me, wrapping her arms around my sore, stiff body.
"Oh my god, Chloe. I thought you were dead it was crazy." She says, quickly

"I thought so for a minute too." I admit, she frowns

"You scared the absolute shit out of everyone a the precinct- including Dan." She says, a sympathetic expression on her face.
"You saved my life, why did you throw yourself in front of me?" She asks, I shrug

"I'll still need your crazy forensic skills, that's be too much of a loss." I joke, she laughs lightly, "and I didn't want to lose one of my best friends," I admit, she frowns

"Does he know?" He asks, I shake my head

"No, he doesn't need to know." I state, she opens her mouth in shock

"Chloe, being shot is kind of a huge deal. You need to tell him." She states

"I can't!" I shout, she jumps, "I can't tell him, Ella. He disappeared." I tell her, she shakes her head

"Let's find him." She says, I shake my head

"You won't be able to." I tell her, she looks at me with the biggest smile

"I'll get maze to help." She says, I smile lightly.

"Who shout me?" I ask, she freezes

"A guy named Corey brown." She tells me, I give her a confused look

"He won't talk to  anyone- but he wants to talk to you." She says

"Did you shoot him, Ella?" I ask, she nods slowly

"I got his kneecap, I was aiming for his head though. Nobody shoots my girl," She smirks, I laugh lightly, but as I do my stomach pulses

"Ow," I wince, she gives me a sympathetic look

"I'm sorry Chloe, I shouldn't have made left to investigate without more detectives- maybe then it wouldn't have happened."

I shake my head, "you don't get to blame yourself for me. You didn't tell me to jump in front of you." I reassure her, she nods

"Anyways, you really should get rest. You got a couple days before you can get out of here. You know, you could've hit a bunch of major organs." She says, shocked "like, -inches- girl."

I laugh lightly, hurting my stomach again.