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L

Watching Tasha sleep was quite entertaining. More so than I thought it would be anyway. She talked in her sleep, and listening to her was half the fun. But it was nice to see her with her guard down though. Utterly defenseless. I would hate to see anyone try and take advantage of that defenselessness.

Tasha's sleep talking varied. A lot of the time she would just mumble my name, but occasionally she would mumble someone else's. Daniel, I think she said.

When dawn came close, she started to toss and turn a lot more. Her mumbling became more frequent, and it got louder and louder as well, until the point when she was shouting.

"Daniel!" She screamed. "Daniel! Don't go, don't leave me...! Please, Daniel, please! Daniel..."

She was almost sobbing now. Her face was conflicted with pain. I couldn't stand to see her like this any longer.

"Tasha!" I whispered loudly, shaking her. "Come on, Tasha, wake up!"

She jolted out of her dream and into the world of the awake.

"Wha... what? What's going on?" She asked in confusion, looking around frantically.

"You were having a nightmare," I explained softly. "And a bad one at that. You were yelling in your sleep. I had to wake you."

"Hmph."

"Tasha... what were you dreaming about?"

"I.. don't really remember. Probably the same dream I've been having for a while now."

"What's that?" I inquired.

She frowned, as if she was trying to decide something.

I decided to give her a hand. "Tasha... you were calling out someone's name. Daniel, I think. And you were saying something about him leaving you...?"

Tasha's expression darkened. "That'd be it. You see, a few years ago, my brother, Daniel, and I were out having lunch at a cafe just around the corner from our house. When we were walking back, Daniel began to cross the road, not seeing a car coming straight at him." She took a deep breath. "After he got hit... I ran out to him. But I was too late. I just sat there, holding him in my arms, screaming my head off. Telling him that he couldn't leave me alone. Our parents died in a car accident when we were young. As the eldest, he raised me. I couldn't see him die the same way but... I did."

I saw tears begin to form in Tasha's eyes, so I wiped them away.

"I'm sorry," I said, hugging her close. "I shouldn't have pried."

"No, no, it's okay, you had a right to ask. What time is it?"

I looked at the clock. "5am. You could go back to sleep..."

"No. I won't. I've been having that nightmare for weeks now. Let's go look at the lists Aizawa and Emiya made," she suggested.

"If you insist."

Ryuk

I was in the main room, eating apples of course, when L and Tasha came in. L, I knew would come in eventually, so that didn't surprise me. But Tasha... she didn't usually start work until seven. It was a little odd she'd be up this early.

"Morning," I greeted them.

L shot me an annoyed look. "Have you been raiding the fridge again? Just because you can stick your head through the door even though I've locked it doesn't mean you should. And how many times have I told you not to eat apples in here? The juice could drip down and damage the computers."

"Sorry." I feigned an apologetic look, but I could tell neither of them were buying it. Tasha just rolled her eyes.

"Hey, L, now that you two are going out, maybe you could tell Tasha your real name!" I suggested cheekily.

"What?" They both said in unison, disbelief in Tasha's voice and rage in L's. Then Tasha continued: "Why would you suggest something like that?"

Tasha knew very well why I suggested it. I was trying to help her. If I told L to tell her, it'd probably seem less suspicious then her asking out of the blue. But I could tell she wasn't happy. But then, Tasha was hardly ever happy with me. She seemed to be constantly annoyed by my presence. They both did.

"It was just a suggestion," I sulked.

"And an absurd one at that," L muttered, returning to his usual mono-tone. He turned to Tasha. "Aizawa told me that he'd put the papers in one of those drawers."

"Which papers are you looking for?" I asked, curious.

Tasha huffed. "Not that it's any of you're business, but we're looking for the lists of FBI agents in Nevada."

"Oh, they put that in the second drawer," I answered quickly.

L checked, and there it was. "Have you been spying on the Japanese Police, Ryuk?"

"Maybe a little," I admitted. "But it's a good thing I did. Tasha they know about you."

"How much do they know?" She asked through gritted teeth. I could tell what she meant. Did they know about the Special Unit?

"That you're a member of the Nevada FBI. How many cases you've worked on... etcetera etcetera," I said, and I watched her relax.

"So pretty much everything then," L concluded.

"Yeah," Tasha said quickly. "It's a little annoying. But oh well. Not much we could do."

"I heard something else as well..." I said.

"What?" L asked, annoyed.

"They were saying something about investigating Tasha. Making sure she wasn't Child-Kira."

I watched Tasha become anxious all over again.

Tasha

Shit! If they investigated far enough, they'd probably find out about the Special Unit. That meant I only had a little bit of time to figure out what I was going to do.

"Um... L, do you want to start looking through those? I need to use the bathroom."

"Of course," He sat down and started flicking through the papers.

I left the room. When I was sure that he wouldn't hear anything, I bolted up the stairs and out onto the roof. This time I didn't care if Ryuk followed me.

I had to tell the Unit that I was in danger.

"What's your number?" Agent 2 answered.

"This is Agent 50."

"Agent 50? Why are you calling again so soon? Has something happened?"

"A minor irritant has occurred. I fear that the mission is in jeopardy."

"Why?"

That one little word was so harsh and cold, it made me think twice before telling. She needs to know, I reasoned. You have friends in the unit Tasha. Think about what would happen to them.

"L is investigating the Nevada FBI."

"Why would he do such a thing?"

"He believes Child-Kira is among them. But that's not the irritant. A couple of the task force members were asked to compile a list of the agents, and they've come across my name. They're suspicious now. Apparently, they're going to start investigating me on their own."

"If they dig far enough, we could be found out," Agent 2 caught on.

"Exactly."

"How long do you think we have?" She asked.

"I'm not sure. A week, maybe? Two weeks at the most."

"Okay. I'm going to consort with some of the other agents. We'll make a plan. I think it's time to apprehend our detective."

I gulped. I never thought I would hear those words. Which is silly, because it was bound to come eventually, but I a part of me always believed that if I stalled, put it off long enough, the case would be over and I wouldn't be working with L anymore, so they couldn't hurt him. He'd be safe. But now...

"Natasha?" Agent 2 asked.

"Yes, sorry, I understand."

"You haven't become too... attached, have you?"

"No! Of course not! I know how to distance myself from my targets." When I want to, that is.

"Good. May I ask... how did you know they were going to investigate you? I take it they wouldn't go and tell you outright."

I got that strange feeling again. The one that felt like she shouldn't be asking those questions. Well I wasn't going to tell her about Ryuk at any rate.

"L and I watched the security footage. He was worried about me, what they would think when they came across my name." It wasn't really a lie. Ryuk could count as security footage.

"You've done well." Now I could all but hear the smirk in her voice. "I'll ring you again within the next 24 hours to let you know about the plan."

"Understood. Agent 50 out."

I hung up quickly.

It's getting closer! What, I hear you ask? I'm not saying... *cackles evilly*

...

Don't pay any attention to that guys, I'm nuts. I probably belong in a mental asylum. For some reason my parents don't think so, but I guess thats a good thing.

Stop rambling DeeNee.

And now I'm talking to myself. See my point?

Right! I'm going to shut up now, but PLEASE REVIEW! :D (If I didn't scare you off XD)