The emotional climate in the hotel room that was the task force headquarters was thick with tension and grief as they watched their fallen comrade on the T.V screen
"Wait a second," Said Matsuda from in front of the screen "Who's that?"His voice was incredulous.
"What do you mean who's that" said L as he turned to face the TV screen once more. To his surprise, and it should be known that nothing much surprised the young detective, there was a small figure, dressed in black baggy clothing and face covering crouching over the body of the dead police officer. The witnessed in confusion as the person rolled the police officer onto his back.
"Could that be Kira" mumbled Aizawa to no one in particular
"Not likely, Kira has never needed to physically be anywhere near his victims before and it seems unlikely that he would show up no, on TV no less" answered L flatly. His gaze was fixed onto the screen. He watched, perplexed, as the mystery man struck various points along the fallen cops chest, What are you doing? Thought L, completely riveted by the scene.
As the man's final blow landed, the cop wrenched himself upward gasping for air. For a moment the entire world was silent, especially L. The masked man then proceed to, with what seemed to be ease, carry the cop over his shoulder and flee the scene.
"OK that was definitely not Kira" said Matsuda, completely flabbergasted.
"Brilliant deduction, Matsuda" said L his voice dripping with sarcasm, but Matsuda as well as the other members of the task force were still to shocked to feel deflated by L's cruel tone. The team was shocked once more to see chief Yagami drive the police van into the front of the T.V Station.
"Well, that's one way to get into the building" Said L to no one in particular.
Minutes later Watari's phone rang.
"It's Ukita!" he said his voice loud and clear above the excited murmur in the room.
"Well, quick, get him on the phone" Said L, but Watari had already done so, he quickly tossed the cell phone to L who caught it with ease.
"Are you alright" L said the minute he held the phone to his ear.
"Yes, yes I'm fine"Said Ukita, his voice breathless and shaking, "I'm not entirely sure what happened but I felt a pain in my chest and blacked out, the next thing I new there was this girl who was striking my chest. I could breath again and I was being carried away from the building"
A girl !
thought The detective with surprise, "Are you sure the person was a girl?" asked L, thoroughly interested.
" Yes I'm sure, she smelled like strawberry and vanilla perfume and..." answered Ukita pausing a bit as if he was considering the best way to phrase his next statement, "When she carried me off I didn't struggle, I could hardly move. I feared for my life to be honest. She took me to an alley and took a vile filed with clear liquid from her pocket I assume she was frantically struggling to get the the stopper off, like she was running out of time or something, " She likely didn't want to be found thought L but why? if she wasn't involved somehow with Kira why would she feel threatened by the police. At the same time what she did directly opposed This Kira's will, so it would seem unlikely that she is associated with him. Also given the circumstances and considering what she did for Ukita it would be unlikely that she would be reprimanded at all for being at the scene. It only looks more suspicious if she leaves, so why did she?
"Yes Ukita, please continue" said L
" Yes, she took off the the veil that concealed her eyes and I got a good view of them. They were a clear silvery grey and they were unmistakeably feminine. Once she could see clearly she poured the contents of the vile down my throght. She seemed to just disappear after that. Whatever she gave completely healed me, in fact I've never felt stronger and healthier. She saved my life Ryuzaki." Ukita sighed as he finished his story. Yes, thought L, She did save his life that much if certain. What she did reversed Kira's power somehow. We need to find out who she is. It is entirely possible that that Kira is now targeting her for opposing him so publicly, also, by keeping her nearby she may very well eliminate the threat of being killed by Kira
"Ukita, how quickly can you get here?" asked L, completely ignoring the collective gasp of the officers in the room.
"I can be there in less than 10 minutes," answered ukita
"Good, we need to find this" guardian angel" of yours before Kira does."
