L's POV

"Pacing isn't helping anyone. In fact it's becoming distracting." I stated as I continued to type away at my laptop.

Anna stopped in the rut she had begun to create and looked at me in disbelief. "How can you be so calm? It's been three days."

"I know."

It had been three days since Naomi Misora had actually come up with any significant progress in the case. The last progress had been on the 16th. It was now the 19th. That mean we had three days to get enough evidence to convict Beyond. If we didn't, someone else was going to die.

Anna fell into the chair next to me. She looked over my shoulder and read over what I had written, which admittedly wasn't much. She sighed allowed and looked over at me then away. After a few minutes she finally voiced the question I knew she'd been harboring for days.

"How do you know it will be Beyond?"

I shrugged, "Because he's B."

"I'm aware of who he is, I asked why he would die."

I shook my head, "I know what you asked. The reason it's going to be Beyond is because he is B." When Anna didn't reply, I finished the explanation. "The initials all point to BB."

She sighed, "I hate that he's being so obvious. It's like he's not even trying to hide it."

"He's not."

"Then he's being stupid." Anna crossed her arms and shook her head. "How are we going to prevent him from offing himself?" She looked to me for an explanation.

I shrugged, "It doesn't matter. What matters is that we do. After all, we just have to win."

Anna scrunched up her face. She seemed disgusted with my choice of words. There really was no other way to word it though. That is what we were trying to do. We had to beat Beyond at this little game he was playing.

"Is this really a matter of winning and losing?" Anna questioned.

I press my thumb to my lips and read over my screen. "Yes. It is."

I practically felt Anna rolling her eyes. "You're a child."

"This is war, Anna." I was only half paying attention. After a few minutes of silence I turned to Anna. "Do you think it's been too long since Naomi Misora last called? She's supposed to be at the last crime scene today."

Anna was quiet for a few moments before answering. "No. Maybe she's actually making some progress." She sounded bitter.

"It's been a rough few days." I looked back at my laptop. "For everyone."

Anna seemed to be thinking. She drummed her fingers on the table while staring off into space. Finally she pushed the chair back and began to pace once again. I read over what I had written down and then looked to the case file on the third scene. I sighed allowed.

"This is very difficult when we aren't there." I mused to myself.

I could hear Anna pause in her pacing before staring back up again. "And we can't exactly go down there to see the scene for ourselves. No while B and Misora are there."

I tapped the keys on my keyboard lightly, just enough that they made a noise, but didn't actually write anything more on the screen. I shut down the laptop and got up from my chair. I turned to face Anna who was still pacing. I leaned back against the table I had been working at and gripped the edge of it.

"Anna." I called and she stopped. "Where do you think he'll do it? He's going to have to have a location for the fourth murder attempt."

Anna leaned back against the couch and stared at me. "The initials will have to be either Q.Q. or B.B. The initials of the home's owner that is."

We watched one another for a moment. "If we can find anyone like that we can find the location without waiting for Naomi to find it. After all there's no guarantee she will find the location."

"No, he's given different information each time. The puzzle gave a location. Bridesmaid told us the name of the next victim. Quarter Queen's message was the initials are certainly B.B. because Q.Q. looks like an upside down B.B. if written with lowercase letters. So Bottomslash's clue will be…what?"

Anna and I went quiet again. We didn't have the answer to that question. What could Beyond give us that he hadn't already. "We have location, name, and a confirmation that these are the initials."

"What about date?" Anna questioned.

"No, we have the date. Beyond would have assumed we'd figure that out by now." I went quiet. "What about time?"

"Time? It makes sense." Anna pushed herself up to sit on the back of the couch. "We need to find the location, guessing what Beyond left behind isn't going to help us."

"It could help Naomi Misora."

"She can help herself. We need to find out where Beyond will be on the 22nd. Let Naomi deal with his puzzle."

It wasn't until the next day we got a call from Naomi.

"This is L." I answered, putting the phone on speaker so Anna could hear.

"Six fifteen and fifteen seconds." Naomi's voice called through the receiver. "The murder will take place at Six fifteen and fifteen seconds on August 22nd."

A/N: Hey guys, so we are rapidly nearing the end of this story now that I've actually started working on it again. We only have one or two more chapters to go depending on how things get broken up. Once this ends, there will be one more story to the 'Forever and Always' series. The name of which will be revealed at the end of the last chapter. Anyways, I hope you guys are enjoying this.

-Insaine