DISCLAIMER: If I owned death note I would not feel the need to write fanfiction. Only the characters you don't recognize belong to me.

WARNING: This story is intended for mature readers only. There will be lots and lots of GRAPHIC sex in later chapters because I am a dirty girl... but only after an unbearable amount of sexual tension of course. Please read at your own discretion.


Chapter 2

Mae liked to think she was a patient woman, mostly because her career demanded huge amounts of it, but she was seriously beginning to doubt that. She and Marcus were currently hundreds of miles above the Atlantic Ocean making their way east to England and she was about three seconds away from throwing a newborn out of an airlock.

She liked children, she really did. They were blunt and weren't afraid to do whatever it took to get what they wanted, two qualities she identified with strongly. But this damn baby behind them hadn't stopped screaming since they took off three hours ago and she was seriously starting to lose it. Marcus on the other hand was completely oblivious as he drooled on her shoulder, little snores escaping him every few seconds.

"Marcus" she whispered harshly and shoved his head off her shoulder "How the hell have you been sleeping through this?".

"Sleeping through what….?" The exhaustion was still evident on his voice as he began to wipe off the drool streaks that had escaped his mouth. He had four younger siblings; he was used to temper tantrums and screaming children. He looked up at the grumpy woman only to be met with a gaze that would cause an inmate on death row to shake in his boots. Her eyes were blood shot and there was drool on the shoulder of her little black dress which could have only been from him.

"Oops" he said cheekily as he started to wipe away the saliva from her shoulder.

"Marcus, if you do not get that damn child to shut up I will throw you out the airlock with it" her gaze was fierce and her voice was hard. To put it simply… he was afraid.

"Why do I have to do it? It's not like the baby is alone, it has pare…" he didn't even get a chance to finish his sentence before she was screaming at him.

"YEAH WELL THEY'RE NOT DOING A VERY GOOD JOB NOW ARE THEY. FIX IT" she huffed and turned back to the seat in front of her. Usually she didn't let her feelings get the best of her but there was only so much she could take. Sighing Marcus turned around to find a very disheveled looking young man and a very upset baby. He had his work cut out for him.

Ignoring the two clueless men Mae was left alone with her thoughts. She might have been a little too excited about going to England. It's just they had gotten nowhere in two weeks and this was the only lead they had. She had no idea how they were going to find him when they got there. Mae didn't know anything about him other than he had solved more cases than any detective in history, he went by the alias L and he has some ties to an orphanage called Wammy's in England. Mae wondered if he ever heard of her, she sincerely hoped that wasn't the case. She wouldn't be a very good assassin if people knew who she was.

She still wasn't even clear on who hired her or why they wanted him dead, not that she particularly cared. She probably would have killed a bus load of nuns if it meant ten million dollars. This was all proving to be very stressful. Mae hoped whoever wanted L dead didn't expect it anytime soon. She would kill him, she had no doubt about that, she just didn't know how long it would take her.

The screaming had finally let up and Marcus turned back around.

"Just call me the baby whisperer" he bragged as he closed his eyes to resume the nap that was so rudely cut short.

"What'd you do? Slip the kid some alcohol?" she accused….he grunted in response not particularly caring for her sarcastic nature at the moment.

Speaking of alcohol…. "Excuse me" Mae beckoned the pretty stewardess over; she was in desperate need of a drink "Do you by any chance have Martinis on this plane?"

"Sorry Miss, we do not. We do however have some …." Before the young woman could finish Mae interrupted.

"Yeah I'll take one of every alcoholic beverage you have. Thank youuuuu!" she beamed and turned away from the stunned stewardess who could only nod in response as she went to fulfill Mae's unusual request.

Marcus had resumed his quiet snoring and the strawberry blonde picked up her latest issue of Cosmopolitan.

"This is going to be a long trip" she yawned, further proving her statement.


L was exhausted but that was nothing that surprised him, the permanent dark circles under his eyes were a constant reminder of how little sleep he got. He was only twenty four but he felt as though he was over a hundred. His mind seemed to be on constant overdrive and the only way he could keep up with it was by consuming large quantities of sugar and caffeine. He looked down to the triple layer chocolate fudge cake and his seven éclairs. People were surprised when they saw how much he ate but managed to stay as thin as a twig. When he told them it was because he burned so many calories with his brain they usually took offence when no offence was intended. People could be so sensitive.

He picked up one of the éclairs and shoved it in his mouth turning his attention to the clock that hung above his desk on the wall.

1:37 A.M.

He had been sitting in front of this computer for over twenty five hours now and he had barely made a dent in his current case. Everyone else at Wammy's was most likely sleeping while he was stuck in the dark attic unable to solve a typical armed robbery.

His deductive reasoning abilities seemed to be down by 37%. He was sitting in his normal crouched position on the edge of his chair with large quantities of caffeine and sugar coursing through his veins. It made no sense to the young detective.

He felt….lost. A feeling he found to be very unpleasant. His boney thumb found his way to his mouth and he began to play with his surprisingly soft lower lip, his face blank and his eyes glossed over.

"It seems…" he voiced aloud in the empty room, his voice quiet and raspy "It is going to be a long night".


Thank you for the reviews! I was very happy to hear some of your thoughts!

I seem to be busting out this story fairly quickly but I am still working on making the chapters longer. We finally got a glimpse L and very soon Watari, Matt, Mello and Near will be making an appearance. L and Mae wont be meeting for awhile yet sadly but be patient, it will be worth it.

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