(a roll play between me and my friend ThatJeevasFanChick turned into story format XD it should be very very angsty and interesting later on! We would love To hear your ideas!)

Matt sat ever patiently in his room, waiting for mello to come back. Roger had called him away for some reason. But why? Matt had a feeling it had something to do with L.

When Mello walked into the room Matt's eyes followed him. He could tell mello was upset, and not just his usual mello upset. "what's happened?"

It couldn't be! There was no way! It can't be true! The fiery blond was telling himself over again. The old bastard was never one for lying and that fact alone made this pill harder to swallow. Kira killed him! Kira killed his idol, his hero! He stormed down the hallways, purpose in every step. He would bring Kira down! He would be the next L!

"L's dead! He's gone! Kira killed him, I know it!" He threw his books off the desk, needing to vent.

"L... " Matt's voice dropped to a disbelieving whisper. "No way! He can't be dead!"

"Roger doesn't lie... Watari's dead too, he killed them both! He punched the desk and threw another book, nearly missing his friend.

Matt ducked thinking for a moment. "s-so who's l then?"

"He didn't pick yet," grumbled the blond, snapping into a chocolat bar angrily.

"Roger had the audacity, the damn nerve to think I could work with that runt! I'd rather be dead than co-operating with that midget!"

"he isn't that short..." Matt mumbled and shook his head slowly, "what are we going to do then? Wouldn't it be better just to work with near then slip the title out from under his feet when Kira is dead?"

"Near doesn't work that way... He's gonna wait and let countless others die before he acts. Kira is going down, and he's going down hard!" He went on all fours and dug under his bed, fetching a ruck sack and pulling his jacket from the coat rack.

"what are you doing mells?" Matts brows furrowed, he already knew what his friend was doing, he just didn't want to believe it.

"It doesn't take half a brain cell to see what's going on, Matty..." He went on all fours again and pulled out Matt's duffle bag. "Fill it. We're getting out of here and we're not coming back."

Matt knew better then to argue and quickly grabbed his sleeping bag, his game boy, cloths and his stuffed dog, along with a photo of his mum and a few bags of Cheetos. "why though?"

"Because, Matt, we're going to catch us a serial killer and we're going to do it better than that little shithead..." He packed clothes, chocolate bars and their passports, leaving room for another thing that he'd use Matt for.

"Are you done? Let's go."

"alright... I suppose." matt lifted the bag over his shoulders. "what about money though? I mean... We won't last long without money... They'll drag us home again if they catch us on the street."

Mello only grinned mischievously.

"I've thought way ahead of you. You're going to break into Watari's vault and take anything of monetary value. I have space in my bag for it. I'll stand lookout and you just work as fast as you can."

"w-what! Me!" Matt ran up alongside his friend. "I can't steal from the old man mells! It's not right!"

"Kira killing him was not right either, but that didn't stop him. I hate Kira, but we need the funds, Matt... we need them more right now."

Matt frowned. "fine... Just... Just a few hundred dollars though!" l had lots of money after all, it's not like they couldn't replace a few hundred dollars quickly anyway.

"We need enough for a trip to my homeland. Kira is not going to suspect activity there anytime soon. We can earn funds there on our own." He led his friend to the late gentleman's office and stood guard.

"Hurry up then, we can't let anyone see us here."

Matt scooted inside and started punching in numbers on the safes keypad, quickly finding the right combination and slipping inside. He snatched up a pile of cash and quickly ran back put, feeling horrible about the whole thing. "this is a bad idea mells!" he didn't know how much he snatched, but it wasent as much as it looked. It was hard to tell, the notes wernt as organized as Matt expected and it was dark. He ended up only grabbing $3900 which would cover there tickets sure enough but not much else.

"Let's get Abby before we go. I'm not leaving without her." He pulled his friend along, stuffing the bills into his ruck sack and closing it. He went to the one other person that he had let Abby visit, and that was Linda. He knocked on her door then banged on it once.

"hey?" Linda rubbed her eyes as she opened the door, mellos dog bounding out from in between her legs. "what's going on?"

"I'm leaving... Near won the successorship... I have no reason to be here anymore." He picked up his already large pup and carried her.

"I need her carrier, leash and food please."

"err... Yeah but your going to get in trouble." Linda quickly gathered everything up and put it inside the box. Handing it over to Matt. "you cant just run away? Where will you go?"

"Where does it matter? I don't have any reason to stay anymore." He turned heel and began the trip outdoors, excited for the prospect of this new hunt and new victory over that little runt!