Got bored in my creative writing class, but liked one of the writing prompts.

The Chief stared in blatant shock at the dirtied mess that was an orange suited criminal, who the men downstairs had apprehended and brought up to ask the Chief what to do.

"He claims to work here, sir. Says he's a criminal psychologist or something. We're… not exactly sure what to do with him, so we brought him to you."

The man in the jumpsuit rolled his eyes. "I already told you who I was. I would show you my badge, but I left that back at the prison with my other stuff. I was in a hurry if you didn't notice."

The two officers glared at the man and the Chief raised a brow, having recognized the voice.

"Sanders?"

The person nodded with a smile. "That's me, Chief. Reporting for duty, I suppose."

"Let her go." Chief told the two officers.

"Sir?" They questioned, confused as to why the Chief would allow them to let a prisoner go.

"It's an order. Release her."

They did and headed back down the stairs to continue their work. Rubbing her wrists a bit, Andy reached up and pulled the black wig from her head and unpinned her hair, letting it loose around her shoulders.

"God, that's better."

"What, ah, what are you doing here, Sanders? I was calling in to check up on you just now. You weren't supposed to return until next week."

She raised a brow. "You trying to get rid of me Chief?"

"No! No. It's just—"

She chuckled. "Calm down. I was just kidding. Anyway, I returned early because I had my report."

Reaching into her jumpsuit, she pulled out a manila envelope and handed it over to him with a grin. He took it, confused.

"I thought you've been sending me reports."

"Oh, I have. It's just those weren't about Takeshi. He was the reason I went there in the first place, remember?"

He nodded, remembering back to when he had given her the job to find out Takeshi Sakamoto's motive behind the killing of his daughter-in-law. She was supposed to just meet him and interrogate him, but she had returned the same day and asked if she could go under cover at the prison to find out why, since the man did not want to cooperate at the time. He was concerned for her at first, but she managed to reassure him and he granted her permission and since then, he hasn't seen her. The only way he even knew about what was going on there, was when he received handwritten letters from one of the officers who worked at the prison.

She had apparently been staying up late to give him details as to how her progress was going. Every day he had received a letter and soon enough, he was anticipating reading the next one. He had never enjoyed reading a report so much in his years as being a police officer, and now that she was here, he could personally see the wears that prison had taken on her.

Dark bags lined her eyes and she was a bit paler than her usual peach tone. She had a small scar on her right cheek from, he remembered, her first encounter with the head honcho of the prison. The other thing he noticed was the ways her eyes shifted about, examining everything around her and searching for a possible threat. She had done that before too, but he found it more pronounced now which caused him to sigh.

"Thank you, Sanders. Now go ahead and head home to get some rest."

"Actually, sir, I would like to keep working if I could. I heard something interesting while I was there and I wanted to look into it."

He raised a brow. She had just returned from being in a prison cell for over a week and she just wants to look into more? "I admire your eagerness, but you should really get some rest, Sanders. There are other people here, just ask them to look into it for you."

She frowned. "But sir, I actually think they already know about it. I'm probably the only one who has no clue since I've been in the prison the past week."

"What is it you heard?"

"About Kira, sir. A good number of the people there are worried and I wanted to see if I could figure something out for them."

He nodded slowly, knowing that he probably wouldn't be able to convince Andy to head home anytime soon.

"Alright. I'll send over what I have so far. Just… try not to stay too late. I can't have my officers falling asleep on the job."

Andy nodded and saluted him. "Yes, sir!" Turning away, he heard her mutter to herself, "I should probably have Raye bring me some clothes. I don't want to get arrested again."

The Chief chuckled and turned towards his office to send her the paperwork just as he remembered something.

"Sanders!" She popped her head up from behind her computer. "Turn the TV on. Channel seven!"

She nodded and rushed to do as he asked, just in time too. The screen fizzled out and a man in a suit showed up on the screen.

"We interrupt your programming to bring you an important message from the ICPO. This is being broadcast from all over the world. Japanese voiceover is provided by translator Yoshio Anderson."

"My name is Lind L. Taylor, widely known as 'L'."

The Chief saw Andy raise a brow and he silently questioned to himself. I wonder if she even knows who L is. Chatter in the room grew as people in the office began to question L, and it seemed Andy wasn't even paying any more attention to the broadcast as she typed away at her computer. Ignoring them all, Chief Yagami stared at the screen intensely. Alright, L. We've done everything you've asked of us. You just fulfill your promise that you made to us at the ICPO.

"Does this mean the showdown he was talking about already started?" Matsuda asked from next to him. "What the heck is he planning?"

"Be patient, Matsuda-kun. I don't know who this 'L' guy is, but let's just wait and see what he does, shall we?"

Andy gave them a wicked grin and rested her head on her intertwined hands. She almost looks… amused. Could she be… His thoughts were cut off as the broadcast continued.

"To the perpetrator of these murders: you have committed the most abominable act in history. I will personally catch the one behind it… this 'Kira', at any cost."

Andy gave a short chuckle, but showed no other reactions.

"Kira, I think I have a pretty good idea of what you're trying to do and why you're doing it… but what you're doing… is evil!"

Andy let out a sigh and the Chief glared at her lack of respect while Matsuda raised a questioning eyebrow.

"He's challenging him."

"What?" Matsuda questioned.

Andy dragged a hand down her face before typing something down on her computer.

"So blatantly calling a known mass murderer evil? It's like asking to be killed. Especially once with such a twisted sense of justice. L probably knows this and is either not that guy on the screen, or is extremely stupid and ready to die. Either way though, it won't change much. Kira will still be as confident as ever and, if anything, will only challenge him in return."

"How do you know all of this?" Chief asked. "You just told me that you don't know who L is, and that the most you've heard about Kira is a rumor floating around the prison you were at. How can you be so certain about this?"

"I've been doing this kind of thing for a long time, Chief. I study the worst of people and by doing so, I learn about all sorts of things."

"But they're criminals! It's not the same as judging the world's greatest detective!"

Andy shook her head, looking tired. "They are people too. They were not born criminals and, if I had to describe them, I would say that they are the embodiment of the shadows that everyday people try to hide. Everyone hold darkness inside them. Criminals were just those who were pushed to let it loose."

She turned her attention back to the screen just as Lind L. Taylor clutched his chest and had a heart attack, before two men came in and removed him from the scene.

"Unbelievable." Both the voice from the TV and Andy stated.

"I did this on the off-chance that you would kill 'me'. So, Kira, you can kill people without even being nearby. So it's true after all. If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes I would never have believed it, but this was the only way you could have killed them, wasn't it?"

"Smart." Andy hummed, her right leg bouncing up and down quickly.

"Kira, listen to me. The person you killed was actually a prisoner sentenced to be executed at this time today. Not me. He was a criminal imprisoned without any media attention, so naturally even you didn't know he existed."

The bouncing of her leg stopped and a frown marred her features. She clicked her tongue and got up, allowing her chair to roll out from under her as she started to walk away, obviously upset about something.

"Andy?" Matsuda hesitantly called out.

She just waved lackadaisically. "Just getting some tea. I'll be back." She said, flinching when the voice on the TV grew louder.

"But I, L, am real! So why don't you kill me?! Come one! Do it! Come one! Kill me! What's wrong? Can't do it? Seems like you can't kill me after all. So there are people you can't kill. Thanks for the hint. Let me tell you something in return. I said this was a worldwide live broadcast, but it's really only being shown in the Kanto area of Japan. I was planning on doing this in other prefectures, but now that's unnecessary. I now know that you're in the Kanto area. The police might have missed this, but I know your first victim was a murderer in Shinjuku. Compared to all the other criminals who died of similar causes, this guy seems insignificant and only the Japanese media reported this incident. That was the only clue I needed to know you're in Japan, Kira! And that man was just a test for your killings!"

The whole police force was in a shocked silence as L went on.

"I got lucky, casting my net out on the most populated area of Japan. I really didn't expect my plan to go so well. Kira, it's not far from the day you die."

"That's the L I know." Matsuda said, confidently.

"Yes. He's proven that Kira exists and is in Japan." Chief commented back.

"Kira, I'm extremely interested in your killing method. I'll figure it out when I catch you! Kira… I will hunt you down and destroy you! I am… justice! See you, Kira."

The broadcast ended back into static before continuing the previous show. Someone turned the TV off and immediately, the room filled with the whispers of people talking about what had just occurred between the world's greatest detective and Kira. Glancing over at the door Andy had gone through, the Chief watched as she exited looking no happier than she was a moment ago and without her tea. She walked up to him and let out a sigh, rubbing the back of her head.

"Sorry, Chief, but is it okay if I head home? I guess I'm more tired than I thought."

"Of course." He nodded, still a bit suspicious as to what her reasoning was to leaving part way through the broadcast, but kind enough to recognize the exhausted look she had and kept from questioning it. "Get some rest and make sure to be awake tomorrow. I'm going to need you to do a few things for me."

"Yes, sir." She replied and headed towards the elevator, something odd for the woman who always took the stairs.

"Is she okay, Chief?" Matsuda asked, watching his friend leave, lacking the usual bounce in her step that he always saw.

"She's had a long week. I'm sure she'll be fine by tomorrow. For now, let's just get started on what L wants us to do."

Matsuda nodded and soon the whole force was back at work trying to uncover the identity behind Kira.