"Achoo!" L sneezed. It was the first time in a long time he was outside, he was on a case. He pulled out a handkerchief and wiped his nose with the corner. He sat down on the sidewalk curled up, hugging his knees. It was the middle of winter and he was still wearing his long sleeved, worn-out white shirt and his faded blue jeans. Shivering he looked up and down the street for a hotel or some sort of shelter for tonight. He left his cellphone back at headquarters and couldn't find a pay-phone anywhere for miles and he was terribly lost. All that was on this street were small shops that were closed for the night and an old warehouse across the street, not a soul in sight.
"I guess I'll have to wait in that warehouse until the shops open in the morning," L said to himself.
He walked across the street and opened the heavy metal door of the old warehouse. As he walked inside he realized this was no ordinary warehouse, in fact it was more like a maze. In front of him was a hallway and a wall with a window that split it in two directions: Left and right. He closed the door behind him and continued down the hall to the left. It split again, almost Identical to the first. He looked behind him in the other direction, it was the same thing. He turned to the right, the hall continued but instead of two directions, it went to the right. He turned to the left, the hall turned off to the left. He didn't know what was going on. He took the right turn down the hall and thus, the second right turn.
After he took that turn, there was a window directly to his right. He ignored it until a red gleam caught his eye. He blinked and looked through the window, nothing was there. Just a small room with an opening on one side. He continued walking down the hall, it was continuing to get darker and darker with every step he took. At the end of the hall, there was a left turn. As he turned the corner,there was another window. Except this time there was a face in the window. L gasped. He stared at it from a distance, unable to see any details. It stared back. L moved closer and the face became clearer. A male with black, messy hair. If L wasn't moving he would've thought it was himself. The face's mouth curled into a terrifying smile, one that would've belonged to a maniac. A bony, spider-like hand joined the face touching the window and L stopped in his tracks, his heart pounding. He looked into the eyes of this man, the almost glowed red. L was breathing hard, he knew who this was. It was none other than Beyond Birthday.
Beyond breathed on the window fogging it and his finger wrote "Hello Lawliet. Miss me much?" then he wiped it away with his hand. L, wide-eyed, shook his head vigorously and turned around to run away. The only problem was: In his state of fright he couldn't remember which turns he took. Beyond ran out of the small room he was in and chased L through the winding halls.
Don't look back, don't look back, L thought as he ran, He'll kill me!
L was running out of breath but he knew that if he stopped, Beyond Birthday, the mastermind behind the Wara Ningyo Serial Killings, would kill him for putting him in jail. Wait, if he was in jail, then does that mean he escaped?
L tripped over his feet and landed, face-forward, onto the ground, hitting his head hard. He laid on the ground, holding his throbbing head. Then a shadow appeared over him. Beyond stood in front of him, cackling evilly.
"Hehehe...Hmhm...Kyahahaha...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! My, my Lawliet. What were the odds we would finally meet again in a place like this?" he said.
L scrambled to stand and started to run but Beyond grabbed the back of his shirt.
"Ah!" L choked. Beyond pulled him back and his hand curled around L's neck.
"What's the rush?" he asked evilly, smirk still curled across his face, "There's nothing here."
"Beyond," L said with a hint of terror in his voice, "Release me now."
Beyonds grip on L's neck tightened. L was now gasping for air. He clawed at Beyond's hand. L seemed so weak, like a puppet trying to fight a puppeteer.
"You don't seem to be in the position to order me around L," Beyond said, he took rope out of his pocket and tied L's hands behind his back, "You are at my mercy now."
"B-Beyond...Please let me go," L begged, choking.
"And let you leave without punishment for sending me to that hell-hole?" Beyond whispered in L's ear, "No. I won't allow that."
Beyond dug into his pocket for a needle with a drug in it and moved his hand higher up on L's neck.
"Beyond," L said, terror consuming his voice, "What are you doing?"
Beyond jammed the needle into L's neck causing him to whimper. He stared in shock and fear into Beyond's as he was injected with a unknown drug. Slowly his eyelids grew heavier and Beyond's smirk widened.
"When you wake up, things will be different," Beyond said coldly. L slowly closed his eyes, drifting into darkness.