Anna's POV

I woke up the same way I fell asleep: to the typing going on at L's laptop. I yawned and pulled myself into a sitting position before rubbing sleep out of my eyes. "What's our ETA?" I asked.

"We're approximately twenty minutes out." L said, his thumb to his lips eyes never leaving the screen. He seemed troubled, but that was to be expected. We were hunting our best friend.

"Have you contacted Naomi yet?" I asked running my fingers through my hair in an attempt to fix it.

"I emailed her through her boyfriend's email address. She'll awaken to find it open." He glanced at the clock. "Actually she should be logging onto the server I set up in less than a minute." A few more clicks and he stopped typing all together and began attaching the voice scrambler. I had always hated the sound of the synthetic voice, but it kept L safe so it was worth it.

"Naomi Misora, this is L." L said into the microphone. I moved to sit next to him. The girl from the picture was on the screen. Her black hair looked to be ever so slightly damp.

She looked like she was going to speak and then stopped. There was momentary silence before text popped up on the screen, 'This is Naomi Misora. It is an honor to speak to you L.'

L smirked. "It's an honor to speak to me."

I shoved him lightly, "You wish." I took the mic and pressed the speaking button. "Naomi Mirsora, are you familiar with the murder investigation going on in Los Angeles as we speak?" I asked unsure of how long L would have this line open for. We needed to find BB and we needed to find him now before more people got hurt.

Naomi seemed to make a face as if she were annoyed with the situation. She typed rather quickly. 'I'm not so skilled that I can keep track of all the murder investigations happening in Los Angeles.'

"Oh? I am." L answered snatching the mic back and pushing my rolling chair away.

"Don't be a jerk." I said pushing him back.

"She started it. Now cut it out, I'm on a tight schedule." He returned his attention to the task at hand. "I'm referring to the serial killings- the third victim was found yesterday. I believe there will be more victims to come. The HNN news is calling them the Wara Ningyo Murders."

Naomi said something, but since it was evident she knew we could not hear her, she must have been talking to herself.

"I would like to solve this case." I watched L pause and collect himself. "I need to arrest this killer. But your help in this matter is vital, Naomi Misora." He concluded.

"Stop saying her name every time you address her. It's weird." I warned. L just waved me off.

'Why me?' The text popped up on the screen.

L rolled his eyes as if the reason for his choice should have been obvious, "Naturally because you are a skilled investigator, Naomi Misora." He looked at me as he said her name.

"You are a child." I hissed moving it hit him playfully when he forced my chair away and I rolled to the other side of the plane. "I know. Isn't that convenient?" He asked.

"What did she say?" I asked standing from the chair. He can't roll me away if I'm not in a chair.

"She mentioned her leave of absence."

"You mean her suspension." I corrected. I still wasn't on board with working with her when we had no idea what it was she did to get suspended from the FBI.

"Call it what you will." He replied still looking to the screen. A smile appeared on his face as the next set of text popped up. "She agreed."

"I can read." I replied.

"Thank you. I knew you would agree. Let me explain how you will contact me in the future. We have no time so I will be brief." L went on explaining how the calling would work and I went to the couch, bored listening to him talk with Naomi.

L's POV

Anna and I arrived at the hotel in good time. Watari went to check us in and then we were rushed through the back entrance and up to the room. "Misora will be at the first crime scene tomorrow. For now we should just go through the files. Perhaps you can help me finish this puzzle?"

"You can do it. Just give me the files I want to look for something." Anna looked tired as I handed her the case file I'd built from the information provided us. I worked on the puzzle trying to pick BB's brain. "I hate this." Anna mumbled looking at the victims.

"I can go through that. Those are kind of graphic." I conceded.

Anna shook her head, "Not that." She put down the file. "We shouldn't have to be chasing down B as a killer. We should have gone after him the second he took off."

"Anna," I put down the crossword puzzle and looked up at her. "We were just kids." Beyond had taken off when Anna was twelve. I had just barely turned thirteen.

"That's not an excuse. You and I were smart enough to build a rocket to the moon by the time Beyond left. We should have looked for him. We just let him leave."

I took a deep breath and reached for her hand. "Listen to me, Anna." I met her eye, "We could not have prevented this. B wasn't found because he didn't want to be found. We could have searched forever and never found him."

Anna looked me over and then nodded. "Alright. Let's find a connection between the victims." She sighed laying out the information for each victim in order: Believe Bridesmaid, Quarter Queen, and Backyard Bottomslash. "Well they all have stupid names." Anna muttered.

I laughed quietly, "I don't think that's the connection." I returned to the puzzle.

"Shut up, I'm still looking."