Chapter 2 Death Note

L was bored out of his mind. He hadn't had an intriguing case in months, and as much as he hated to admit it, he was lonely. Ever since he had lost Watari, one of the few people he had ever actually opened up to and let know everything about him, he felt more alone than ever and had withdrawn from others. The agency had tried to send others to replace Watari but he had sent them all away. They had tried sending men, women, even an older man that resembled watari. No one could replace Watari. Besides he wasn't good with people. He felt like he was better off alone most of the time. He had what he needed and he didn't need taken care of. However, it got tedious being alone all the time. Even he got bored with being alone occasionally.

Spinning in his chair he looked at the computer for the 100th time. He was not in the mood to read or watch a movie. He didn't have any cases going right now and he was tired of working anyway. He wanted to do something different. He didn't feel like going outside and he didn't feel like sleeping. He didn't feel like playing chess by himself. That left him with very few options and he was getting a little annoyed with himself. When he got in this kind of mood he wasn't the easiest to deal with. Getting up and stretching L walked over to the stash of candy on the table and took a candy bar. Walking back and sitting down in his chair he reached for his keyboard. Logging onto the internet and typing in whatever popped into his mind he searched the web. It didn't take long though before L realized he was tired of sitting at the computer and didn't really have anything important to research. Nothing was really interesting at the moment.

Standing up and stretching L walked to the right and down the hall to the last room. He might as well take a shower and change clothes. He hadn't really thought about hygiene too much for the last 2 days or so. He didn't stink but he could use a shower. When he worked he tended to forget the amount of time that passed. His muscles were a bit cramped from sitting at the computer for so long. L looked down the hall as he thought he heard his computer go off. His email if he wasn't mistaken. Walking to the hall entrance he looked and saw he did have an email. L figured it could wait until he was done taking a shower. Walking back to the bathroom and shutting the door behind him. L got in the shower and let the hot water relax him and his mind wander. Maybe this was a new case to keep him busy. It was better than nothing.

-At headquarters-

Director of personnel sat back and hoped what she had just done wouldn't backfire. She knew that she was sending a rookie agent with little experience into a rough situation but she had a feeling that this was the only hope. L had become even more of a recluse than he was before. The top people were worried they could lose a good agent if someone didn't bring him back out of his hibernation. They already noticed he was taking less and less cases and seemed to be avoiding contact, even computer contact, with the rest of the organization. It had been 6 years since the Death note case and Watari's passing. They had thought he would have come out of his self-imposed hibernation but he hadn't. He had only gotten worse. She only hoped that someone from his past could pull him out. Someone he had shown he cared for and risked his life for. That was shy she chose this particular rookie agent. She also knew from talking to this agent that she cared for L deeply. When she spoke of him saving her and her thankfulness to the agency for saving her and then letting her train to be part of the organization she could see it. It really showed through when she said about L though. She just hoped L still had some feelings left and caring left for anyone. If they were too late things could go south quickly. Rereading her email she wrote to L she smiled and thought deep down it was good start. The rest would have to work itself out.