The phone rang on the nightstand in a near barren apartment, a deep groan was muffled by a pillow, the line lifted and the agent sat up, stifling a yawn while messing up his dark hair, "Hello?"

"This is J." A monotoned voice stated matter of factly.

"It's three in the morning…" The agent rolled his eyes, 'I hate dealing with eccentric detectives.'

"I need to be let into the building." The voice deadpanned.

"It can't wait until morning?"

Matt scoffed, "It is morning. I'm not fond of people, I would prefer to have as little possible contact with others."

The agent rolled out of bed, "Seriously? Alright. I'm on my way." 'I especially detest working with night owls…'


Matt leaned against the building playing his DS while smoking his third cigarette in a row when a car pulled up, he rolled his eyes from behind his orange goggles, "People being nabbed up like vegetables and he's worried about sleep."

The agent got out of the car and begrudgingly opened the door for him, "Alright, let's get you settled then. You'll be working with Victoria, she's behind the scenes with all the technical equipment." Matt followed him lugging along a large case behind him.

"Yeah. I probably won't leave my computer once I'm in… You won't have to worry about giving me a babysitter." Matt stated sarcastically.

The agent stopped at the end of the hall and put a passcode into the door, "On the contrary, once she heard about L sending in his hacker, she jumped at the opportunity… Something about Red13?"

Matt smirked slightly and walked past him, "I see. Well, in that case. You can go, I don't need help figuring out my own system." Matt turned around and eyed him suspiciously.

The agent sighed heavily, "Bathroom is across the hall and the kitchen is back down the hall to the right." Matt nodded and opened the case that contained his computer as the heavy door closed.


Matt snapped his head up as a passcode was being entered into the door, a heavier set, but not overweight, woman stepped in and locked it behind her and turned around, she slapped her hand over her heart and shirked, "Jesus, Mary and spirits above!" Her eyes landed directly on Matt's hair.

"J. Or as you may know me, Red13." He stared blankly at her.

She smiled widely and spoke quickly, "YOU'RE Red?! I guess that makes sense, oh wow, I'm so excited, I'm a huge fan of your work, I've used your coding several times!" She took a deep breath and continued, "Your lack of white space is impressive."

Matt blinked a couple of times then smirked, "PandaKitty?"

She gasped and sat herself next to him in her chair while logging into the system, "How'd you know?"

He chuckled, "You tried hacking my system with my code and a combination of another, which was impressive, but, no one has ever gotten a hold of my codex, except one… And here she is."

Victoria blushed violently, "I'm sorry!"

Matt brushed her off, "Don't worry about it. I'm glad to have finally met you." He held his hand out.

She took his hand and shook it enthusiastically, "This is like a dream come true! But, how did you know PandaKitty got a hold of your codex?"

He smiled from behind his screen, "Your signature."

She rolled her eyes, "Oh. Yeah. That." She smiled to herself, "Want coffee? Or anything? How did you get in here?"

Matt chuckled, "You talk a lot. Sure, I'll take some coffee, your lead agent let me in."

She fumed a little, "What a jerk! If I would have known you'd come in last night, I would have just stayed! I'll be right back!" She stood up and walked out to get coffee.

Matt chuckled to himself and made connection with the other agents. The first picture to come up was an unamused Light, "What are you doing?"

Matt smiled, "Good morning R! My partner more than likely already knows what you all look like anyway. All the personal coms, as you may have figured out, for the privacy of the other agents, contain only my camera feed."

The other camera feeds came through, Victoria walked in with the coffee and stared in awe, "Oh wow…"

L smirked quietly, "This must be Victoria…"

She set the coffee cups down and bowed to the computer, "At your service!"

Matt chuckled, B raised an eyebrow then shifted a sideways glance to the peaking blonde from his screen and gave her a good shove, out of screen view, "Mind your own business, Sakura!"

Victoria looked up and grinned madly, "This is an honor, to be in the council of the most intelligent and powerful men of the world, oh!" Another screen lit up with a gothic W before Sayu's picture showed.

"W, unlike the other agents your feed is the same as mine, you can see all of them, but they can only see you and I. Does this put your worries to rest? They're all fine."

Sayu smiled softly, "It does, J, thank you. I've been going over all the case files that have been sent to me, and, I fear I may have made a disturbing discovery, with J's help, of course."

Matt interrupted her, "These aren't isolated incidents. They're all connected in some way…"

Victoria stared at Matt, "Of course! Agent J, if I may?" He shrugged and she tapped into their line.

The detectives shifted an uneasy stare to their computers as her picture showed up, "I'm transferring the data now, this is the recent rumblings of the F.B.I and the C.I.A." She sent a copy of all her files to each detective, "A group named Tartarus? It seems that they've encrypted their data, but not in the sense of data encryptions, it's a code. Something only they would understand, I believe L's case has drifted the closest to discovering the leads."

L nodded silently, "Recently the local police and newspapers of New Orleans have received a letter from the assailant."

Victoria nodded, "Right, with L's translation of the letter it makes perfect sense! This group named Tartarus has made it their personal goal to bring down the Angel of Death and his associates! I'm unsure who this Angel could be…"

L tilted his head in confusion and amusement, "You've read my translation?"

Light rolled his eyes, "Gods damn you, C!"

C's image hardly wavered in emotion, merely narrowed his eyes, "We're dealing with syndicate… Again."

Victoria glanced up, "As in the secret society, that rivals the Illuminati? Holy shit!" She began typing furiously, "If J, W and myself are understanding the facts correctly –"

"Which we are." Matt interjected.

Victoria looked up, "They're targeting people to replenish their numbers, that must be what the 'Great war of losses must be about!' Recently, the C.I.A intercepted communications from Los Angeles to Washington D.C. They letter goes on to say they suffered great losses in the previous headings with their last encounter with the fallen angel and the angelic family. But this one, I don't understand: 'The Angel of Death must fall back to the pits of hell and despair, but only after the bloodthirsty demon is sated.'

Light folded his arms, "B."

L narrowed his eyes in thought, "So we can assume they intend to, either kill detective B or have him snap. It's the perfect cover up."

B glared at the screen folding his arms and crossing his legs to Indian style, "Screw you guys. Too many meds, remember?"

Near sighed, "Unless those meds were to disappear and you were forced into a position to act. By placing the lives around you in peril."

Mello shouted, "Are you telling me they're targeting B?!"

C cleared his throat, "He's a means to an end."

Victoria bit her bottom lip, "That's not all, there are detailed plans… Though, I will need help deciphering it…"

L brought his thumb up to his bottom lip, "Go on, we're all listening… A very capable partner, J."

Victoria smiled shallowly, "That is a huge compliment, thank you, okay, so it starts like this: 'The Angel who denied his future as a God, turned his back for the lesser of good, his arrogance be his unmaking, his love be his undoing.'

L raised his brow, "R, remember that dream you told me about some years ago, about the book?"

Light nodded silently, "So, the first passage is about me…"

Victoria typed up quick notes next to the passage, "Alright, the next is: 'The Phantom of Man will chase the Angel into the Maw of Madness, his blindness be his unmaking, his conviction his undoing.'

Near narrowed his eyes, "Phantom? L? That's probably you. Next to no one has ever seen your face. I think the Angel in the second passage refers to the first, meaning R."

Victoria once again typed next to the passage, "The next passage reads: 'The Angel of Death, brooder of sacrifice, will allow himself to be captured, he will seek his fellow Angel and Phantom. His pride his unmaking, his loyalty his undoing.' But who is this Angel of Death?"

"Me. My code name when I was syndicate was 'Reaper.' In the Christian religions the reaper was symbolically the hands and eyes of Death himself, but as Death is just a spirit, they began to call him, 'the Angel of Death.'" C's deep voice remained emotionless Victoria typed her notes next to the passage once again.

She nodded and continued: 'The Oracle will come from hiding to save his vision, he will believe the Great Deceiver's lie, his courage his unmaking, his guilt his undoing.'

Sayu sighed, "J, I think you're the Oracle, and Victoria, I believe you are as referred, his vision." They both looked at the computer slightly startled, "Who else can see the grand scheme? Is that not what Oracles do? See the past, present and future?"

Victoria nodded silently making more notes, "Um. Alright: 'The Saint will fall victim to despair of the loss of the Oracle, He will cast aside safety and precaution, he will chase the Oracle through hell, into the Maw of Madness. His confidence his unmaking, his worries his undoing.'

Near scowled, "Why am I the Saint?!"

The smooth voice of B could be heard, "You're the youngest, you haven't committed a crime."

Victoria noted her passage: 'With the Saint and the Oracle gone, the Demon will howl in agony, his muzzle lay broken on the floor, his caution to the wind, he will rally the Vampyre, his anger his unmaking, his destruction his undoing.'

Mello widened his eyes, "So, I'm the demon? Aww, C, you do actually care?!"

Light sighed, "Our initial assumption was wrong, 'only after the demon is sated', so B must be the Vampyre, it seems they intend to pit the two against each other, they're betting on the demon, or M to win."

Victoria nodded making more notes "But this last passage changes that, they expect B to kill M.": 'The Vampyre, woe was he, killed and drank all but the last drop of life, he will seek his Angel, his nature unleashed, he will decimate in his wake, passion his unmaking, madness his undoing.'

L sighed, "Vampyres are notoriously red eyed due to Hollywood, they're going to frame B… Single handedly bringing the Agency to her knees, again…" L sighed once again and hung his head.

Victoria pipped up once again, "That's not the last passage." She cleared her throat, 'Woe was the mother, cried for her children, mourned in her loss, she will rise to become the Goddess of Vengeance. She will strike down the Vampyre, her screams heard by all, revenge be her unmaking, sorrow her undoing.'

B raised his eyebrows, "I don't think we were meant to read this at all… Please don't kill me, W."

Sayu gave a forced smile, "I won't. We have to stop them."