WARNING: CHARACTER DEATHS. L/LIGHT YAOI! Umm…Gore? I think that may be a given, though that depends on how squeamish you are 'cos I don't think that I captured the true horror of an apocalypse. INSPIRED BY FTWD (first season finale) and DoD (mall and marina).
DISCLAIMER: If you recognize it, it's not mine :)
D-DAY/ DAY: 1
I stayed up late on the night of the day the world ended. That wasn't saying much, I was up late every night since the Kira case was brought into the limelight.
~.~.~
The day had started out the same, sunny without a single cloud in the skyscraper filled sky. Traffic sounded from the streets and humans clogged the walk-ways as though arteries to a heart, the heart of the city. The Kira Taskforce had recently returned to the never ending grind of work, looking for clues as to who the notorious mass-murderer was and with the sleep deprived detectives came the aroma of freshly brewed coffee. A welcome sight for the 6am morning start.
It'd only been a few hours since the dramatic take-down of the third Kira; Higuchi, and already L was trying to pin the blame on Light for the cause of Higuchi's sudden death. Light wasn't ignorant, he knew that the detective still suspected him, even after those dreaded chains came off. For good reason, Light had managed to regain his memories as Kira in the helicopter and eliminated the threat of Higuchi without breaking a sweat.
'But L still suspects me. I'll bet that even now he's planning something to expose me.' Light thought, hooded eyes glancing over at Matsuda as he stood by the encased Death Note. 'There's only two rules in there that'll prove me guilty, and those are the false ones I had written in. No doubt those are the ones L's looking closely at, I'll have to take care of him at some point.' Misa had been released; and with her went Rem, thus ensuring that at least one Kira was free and able to carry out their judgements upon the guilty. 'Not that I can get the order to her yet.' Light thought bitterly, shooting a covert glare towards the pale, hunched detective that was currently mowing down a strawberry cheesecake whilst absently running his thumb over his bottom lip, aglow in the light of the multiple computers and florescent lights. Rolling his eyes in annoyance, Light clicked out of the files he was 'studying' and brought up the camera's showing the outside world, rubbing his eye's tiredly and sighing softly as he watched his fellow humans carry out their lives.
His eyes inadvertently zeroed in on a young woman dressed in a school uniform. A foreboding feeling coming over him as he watched the girl stagger through the crowds, seemingly uncaring of the multitude of people running into her as she staggered down one of the side streets. For reasons beyond him, aside from his instincts screaming at him, Light followed the girl's progress through the security cameras. So intent on the figure, his awareness to his surroundings became non-existent. Therefore, when L rolled over on his desk chair to observe over Light's shoulder, he didn't even register the others presence until he spoke; causing Light to jump.
"Light-kun is avoiding his work, up 1%" The detective said in a low voice; grey eyes focussed upon Light in calculation.
Opening his mouth to retort; his attention still focussed on the girl, his mouth snapped shut as Light ignored the detective in favour of what was playing out on screen. 'Humans don't do that.' Running through his mind.
A taste for blood
Won't hold them back
With nails that cut like razors
Hungry for flesh
See the undead hot on our trails they chase us
We need a place
Somewhere to hide
Where they won't think to go inside
Watch as your darkest fears return to life.
The girl had followed an older gentleman into an ally located between Kira Taskforce Headquarters and a smaller business building, and whilst that could have been explained, the fact that the girl had launched herself at the man and began tearing into his flesh couldn't be. "What the hell?" Light wasn't even aware that the words had escaped his lips, to busy bringing up the live streaming security footage onto the bigger screen so he could see clearly what his brain was refusing. L had startled at the outburst, not having been watching the computer screen but his suspect, turning his eyes to the bigger screen along with the other detectives in the room.
"Now isn't the time to be watching horror movies, Light-kun." L said aloud, eyes still glued upon the gory visage of the bloody girl and the mess of torn flesh and blood that was once a man.
"Light, we have work to do, if you wanted to watch a movie, you should have waited until after we finished." Soichiro scolded his son lightly.
Don't bother sleeping without one eye open wide
There's creatures in the night to haunt you
Their arms are reaching out to hold you tight
Your demons come alive to chase you
(ba dada dada da da da da da, dadda da da dadda da da)
Nowhere to run they're closing in on us
I can see the faces in the windows staring in at us
"This is footage from the security camera on the west side of the building." Light said in shock, even as the girl looked up from her meal and straight into the lens of the camera, her skin and clothing bloody. She staggered to her feet, leaving the gushing remains of the man behind as she staggered out towards the street.
"Very funny Light-kun," L said sarcastically even as Soichiro looked on disapprovingly and the others went back to their pointless hunt for Kira, Matsuda remaining behind watching the screen with wide eyes. "The gruesome murder of somebody would be something only Kira finds amusing, up another 10%"
By this time the girl had staggered to the edge of the camera view, acting on auto-pilot Light followed her progress back to the main street. Once she had reached the main flow of people, the reactions were slow to happen, but once people registered what they were seeing chaos erupted.
Don't bother sleeping without one eye open wide
There's creatures in the night to haunt you
Their arms are reaching out to hold you tight
Your demons come alive to chase you
"Watari, can you please tell us the situation on the outside?" L asked in a sharp voice, drawing the attention of the room to himself, as he straightened and watched the events unfolding on screen. People had approached the girl by this time and she had lashed out at them, many running from her as others fought to free themselves from her grasp and jaws.
(Jesse, you take the front door.
Justin and Jack, you take the back,
If anything comes in,
You put a bullet in their fucking brains!
We're coming out of this alive,
We won't become like them.
We're leaving here tonight.
We're leaving alive!)
People continued to flee the scene, even as the girl managed to bring down a smartly dressed woman by tearing out the tendons in her ankle. The cameras were able to pick up the spray of arterial blood as the girl bit savagely into the struggling woman's leg, the agony and fear on the woman's face more than enough to make up for the lack of audio.
"Watari?!" L called again, even as officers pulled up on scene wearing full riot armour. The other detectives let out sounds of disbelief at the sight, never seeing such a reaction on behalf of the police force without a more serious threat. "Something must have happened to call for such a course of action, everybody, turn on your phones." L ordered even as he brought up a slew of information on his personal laptop.
No way to stop
What has been done
You felt the bite now you'll be one
Don't tell your friends what you've become
Phones began ringing incessantly as the officers powered on their phones. Light remained frozen, watching the events play out on screen as the riot officers approached the woman with guns raised. She didn't even look up at the approaching officers, to busy happily munching away at the woman she had brought down. Blood and flesh staining the concrete path, people gathering around to watch from safer distances as the riot police approached.
You're not the same
'Cause I can see it in your eyes
I can see it on your face
You're hoping for a taste
The officers in the room had answered their phones at that point, already rapidly talking away with whomever was on the other end of the phone. L was currently streaming live broadcasts of news stations the world over, Mandarin, Russian, English and a multitude of other languages flooding the speakers, all showing scenes of panic.
A beeping from another computer signalled Watari signing in to relay information to L. "L, the Prime Ministers of Australia, England, Spain and Brazil wish to speak with you. That also goes for the CIA, FBI and other policing agencies." Watari paused for a minute, hushed speaking carrying over the speakers as he spoke in English, before returning to L. "L the military also wishes to speak with you."
Do you feel your blood starting to boil within your skin?
Do you feel your stomach turning?
You know that it's the end!
This is the end
"L," Light was too far in shock to even consider that the high pitched squeak was his voice. L snapped his attention to his suspect; his being attuned to the young man as he knew him to be a threat. Light's hand was trembling as he lifted his arm to point shaking fingers at the bloody remains of the man on screen. The corpse had begun to move and had managed to pull itself to its feet, intestines and viscera spilling out onto the pavement as the man lumbered out towards the street.
(no turning back now you're under its spell)
(we have no choice, but to send your body back to hell)
They couldn't hear the orders given to the riot police, but as the man joined the young woman, they opened fire upon them. Soichiro paused in his conversation even as the others stuttered to a halt as they watched their comrade's gun down the attackers, only for them to get back on their feet and continue walking despite the bullet wounds that now shredded their bodies. They watched as the riot police began to panic, shots going wide even as the smartly dressed woman stirred and lunged at an officer, bringing him to the ground only to be set upon by the man and young woman. The other officers backing up or outright fleeing as one took charge and shot the three attackers executioner style, visibly hesitating before carrying out the same action to his once comrade. The bodies remained unmoving.
Don't bother sleeping without one eye open wide
There's creatures in the night to haunt you
Their arms are reaching out to hold you tight
Your demons come alive to chase you
"They just kept coming. How can this be?" Light asked of himself; watching the screen even as L took calls from various countries and the other detectives tried to work out what was happening via information given by their comrades in arms. It wasn't long before loud explosions tore through the city and Light watched from one of the multitude of windows as fire balls erupted into the sky from cars careening into various things. Buildings were close to follow as people began to either panic or erupt into violent riots that lead to looting. Light watched as the world he had sacrificed so much for, began to crumble down around them. 'How can I even begin to fix things, even with the Death Note? There must be an explanation, people don't just start eating one another for no reason. A bad batch of drugs perhaps, didn't the last 'zombie' attack happen because of bath salts?' Deep down though, Light knew that if the presence of shinigami was a reality, then a zombie apocalypse was more than likely.
He stood, looking down upon the panicking masses of people on foot, try to flee the heart of the city only to be stopped by both people and zombies alike. Cars were causing complete gridlock and already the streets surrounding the Kira Taskforce Headquarters, were chocked to full capacity. Words drifted through the shock of his mind, disjointed and incomplete but painting a bleak picture in Light's mind.
"…city already in panic mode…"
"…given orders to shoot on sight…"
"…riots already broken out in three sections of the city…"
"…police barricades overwhelmed…"
"…military already responding to similar cases in other places in the country…"
"…a worldwide outbreak…"
"The power grids will go down soon, to many people have fled to keep the buildings operatable…"
"…what about our families?"
The question was asked by Aizawa and it caught the immediate attention of those gathered. L hesitated, eyes shadowed and dark as he spun to face the officers. "I will not force you to remain here, if you wish to leave for your family then you go with my blessing. Be warned though, it will be chaos out there, chances are you'll come across people you'll have to kill in order to save yourselves and your families. The building will be locked down at sunset, you have until then to grab your family and return; if you plan to, the power is bound to go down at any minute, so use radios and mobiles until the signals are blocked. I'd advise you to go by foot, traffic will prevent any progress, take lesser taken routes." L spun back on his chair to face the continuously streaming news stations, his advice having been given and his interest lost to the ever pressing calls from foreign dignitaries.
Aizawa took off without a backwards glance, Matsuda and Mogi remained sitting, neither having anyone to go back for. Soichiro turned expectant eyes upon Light, and though he knew he should go with his father for his mother and sister, logic told him that putting himself at risk for people who may already be dead was an irresponsible idea. His perfect world was burning down around him before he even achieved it, brought down by creatures best left in media and nightmares. It was in that moment when Light realised that he was just human, no matter what he proclaimed to otherwise. Humans were unable to stand up against a force of nature. So he lowered his eyes from his fathers and slid heavily down the reinforced window now at his back resigned in his utter defeat.
A soft sigh escaped from his father, loud in the pressing silence as three silent spectators watched the oldest Yagami turn his back on the youngest. "I'll bring them back, and if I don't make it, always know that we love you son." He was gone before Light was even able to bring himself to respond. Minutes later the power cut out, electronics switching off automatically as the rest of the grids shut down across the city.
Here they come!
There's nowhere left to hide
Fuck!
Back in the Shinigami Realm a gothic dressed male shinigami with a mouth stretched into a permanent grin cackled down at the scenes showed to him. "Oh, Light-o, I knew you would be fun."
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