Chapter 1 Death Note

L watched the scene unfold in front of him with satisfaction and interest. The cameras were pointed at all angles and he scanned them all looking for any abnormalities not in his plan. So far everything had gone as he had planned. Drug kingpin and smuggler Eli Rogers, who had evaded the police and been smuggling people and drugs all over the US, stepped out of his Mercedes and into the camera light. His bodyguards stepped out and flanked him on all sides and looked around as if expecting someone to ambush them. Another car drove in and pulled in behind the Mercedes. 4 more of Eli's men stepped out guns in hand. Studying Eli L noticed he wasn't giving anything away at all even though he was part of something that wasn't what it seemed. Just as L thought he was the perfect choice to manipulate the answers he needed.

"Very Interesting."

Sipping his tea and eating his chocolate bar while studying the screens his eyes flashed from screen to screen. Just as planned the containers had been put off the ship onto the dock for Eli's inspection. According to L's information Eli only came personally for the containers of valuable goods, usually drugs or people, so no one would think anything was up. This should be an interesting scene to unfold if Eli was there. That was why he also chose to use Eli. Sitting in his chair and spinning he drank the rest of his tea. He put the cup down and stopped spinning as the police force approached from all around. Looking to see if the snipers on the roof were in place L smiled. They were in place and L knew soon it would be time to call in his surprise. He watched the team enter and surround them. The lights kicked on and as if it was his cue L typed a message to his source, the one he had kept secret from the rest of the police force. He suspected one of them was leaking info to Eli and working for him. He knew who it was too. That would come out in time as well. First he had to do an experiment.

L watched as the team opened the containers and they were empty. They looked around confused and L waited for the second surprise. The men had the guns pointed at Eli, his bodyguards, and his men that had joined him on the dock. The sound of an approaching helicopter had some of them staring confused into the sky. He heard them murmuring and talking amongst one another. He watched each one closely and spotted one in particular looking over at Eli from the corner of his and trying to edge away.

"There you are."

Just as he thought, he knew who the spy was. Giving the signal the helicopter landed a few feet away in a large area of open dock area. The chief of police stepped out and walked to the scene. Giving orders to apprehend the suspect and spread out to search for anybody hidden from sight the chief looked up at the camera and nodded. Taking the signal L put his microphone in his ear and got ready. He had one more bit of business to deal with before he could close this case.

Hours later back at Police Headquarters

The room was full of the people involved in the case. Specifically the detectives and police force members that had direct involvement and access to the case information. There sat a laptop in the middle of the squad room table and on it a L. The chief walked over to it and clicked the computer on and waited patiently. Showtime!

"Hello you must be wondering why you are back at the police precinct. There are a few issues to clear up."

"Yeah where was the stuff? You were wrong! Why can't you talk to us normally?"

L let them scream out questions. They would have answers soon enough and so would he.

"To answer your question we already caught Eli Rogers on another bust. He was working with us to simulate an actual bust as a way to cut his sentence down. It won't help much but it got him off the death penalty and he will have consecutive life sentences. But that's no matter. The reason we did this was to find out who among you was giving out information and covering for Eli."

The room got loud with shouts and L calmly waited for them to quiet down.

"I know you must think I'm wrong but let me ask you this. How did he know when you were planning on busting his operations? How did he know where you were and where was safe to do transactions? How was your moles found and killed if he didn't have a mole in the force himself?"

The room was silent as everyone eyed each other and thought through what L was saying. L watched from the cameras he had set up and waited til he had their attention.

"We know the person had to be a detective for at least 5 years now. Anyone under that is cleared. However, anyone who worked with police department via rangers, special Ops or army branches is not. That means that Leidy, Ryan and Sockaya are in the clear. Now we also know that the person leaking the information did it through a cell phone that could be thrown away. Based on tracking of credit cards we have found the local places that sell the throw away phones and checked those sales against credit card charges. As well as asked the workers who they saw buying them the most. That led us to narrow down the search by 2 more people. O'Daine and Parry are out. Now that leaves the chief, officer Delko, Officer Michaels, Officer Rainer, Officer Lande and Officer Marriane."

The room once again filled with cries of disbelief and of accusations.

"Now next we took those matches and compared when they were bought to all your work schedules and where you were patrolling. This took officers Delko and Michaels out. The chief also was taken out by this. That means it is now down to 3 of you. The final clue was your reaction to the surprise helicopter and visit by the chief during the raid. As well as the leak slipped up and made a call from his private cell during work hours. On the night that the original raid had been set for no less. That person I noticed at the capture was very nervous. Right officer Lande?"

L waited to see what would happen next and eyed Officer Lande. He had started to wring his hands more and more and was looking nervous. He looked around and fidgeted as all eyes turned to him. Screaming and running for the door Officer Lande was tackled by Officer Rainer.

"Chief there is your leak."

"Thank you L. You have been a great help in this case. You caught him and helped us find the leak. Something we couldn't do for years."

"It is my job. Goodbye all."

L clicked off and shut off the monitors rubbing his tired eyes. He hadn't need for much sleep but this had been challenging. he hadn't slept for longer than usual even for an hour. Eli had covered his bases well and they had to dismantle his operations one by one all over the United States. Getting up and stretching he walked to his bedroom and thought about what he would do next. That made him ponder his life of solitude and loneliness and wonder what he would do to amuse himself next. Laying down on his bed and stretching out he nibbled on a piece of chocolate he found lying on the night stand.

"On to the next I guess".

With that he fell asleep for a few hours and thought for once he might actually sleep through the night but he doubted it would happen.