Snippet #768663

Pain sat waiting in a dark, obscure room. No lights were turned on. The only thing illuminating her masked face was the flicker of a computer monitor. She scanned through case files, looking for something of her interest. Perhaps something to take her mind of the case at hand... The young blue-haired prodigy shook her head quickly. No, she had to concentrate. Even though it was potentially dangerous.

Lately, there have been discussions of increased criminal deaths in the ranks of INTERPOL. Pain already had discovered this. She had willingly taken the case, but something at her mind edged at her constantly. She needed to remember...to learn what the tip-of-her-tongue meant. When her fateful companion Whyve from Whammy's handed her another soda, she recalled it. Every L successor had a companion. Near had Roger, L had Watari. L had died from the Kira case.

That was a hundred years ago! Of course she knew it all along. The Kira that killed the original L had returned. A sharp intake of breath disturbed the silence surrounding her. She barely had time to mumble, "T-thank you, Whyve," and take her Coke when the lights changed on her computer.

Pain quickly regained her composure, hoping for the best. A virtual chess match from Eraldo Coil, she mused, typing a smalled version of the Gothic-styled L she knew so well. Maybe he'll realize what's going on...