A/N

B is actually BeyondBirthday. Thank you AliceLexiMonroe for betareading this chapter! You guys need to check her story.

I listened to Hopeless Wanderer by Mumford and Sons(for the chapter) and Black Out by Various Artists (for the after dinner scene) while I wrote this chapter. Enjoy ^^

Chapter 2 – Busted and Blood-Pressure

I still remember all the details from the day Saul came. The party thrown when everyone saw L coming home. The cakes. And of course, the fight. And the after dinner incident. But I'll get to that soon. So let's just go and see what happens next.

L went with Saul to the kitchen, and Watari went to some other place, informing us he will come later to have dinner.

Near walked beside me and as always he was keeping quiet. But I could see that, in his quiet way, he was happy to see L.

Living for years with the kids in Wammy's House I started to understand almost everyone in here. And not Near nor L weren't exception.

"Skye!" I heard a voice behind me.

I turned around and I saw Alessia. She is a bigger sister to me and most the kids here see her as a mother figure. She is tall, has straight brown hair, with deep blue eyes. She is 18 and she works on small cases, from the basement. I never went there, but I will sure take my chance to visit the room where a lot of kidnaps, hostage cases were solved by none other than her. And sometimes by L too. Being second oldest, after L, they grew up along. But they don't get along.

"Oh, Alessia! You finished your classes?"

"Well, yeah, the kids were amazed about electrons and holes."

"Did they ask the question?"

"Yes, they did" she said giggling.

And by question we meant the question of when an electron moves to another layer, they leave behind them a hole that has weight. And saying "The weight of the hole is -" sounds pretty stupid. But not in Physics.

I noticed that Near already took his leave. Well, he does that usually.

"L is home... And he brought someone new here" I said to her.

"Someone new?"

"Yes, a boy. 3 years old. Saul. And he is cute. He speaks only Italian"

"Italian? Hmm I bet his Italian accent in English will sound awesome"

"Yes, I guess. I wish I can talk to him. I don't know Italian beside some words from my piano lessons" I told her while going downstairs for the kitchen. "I plan on staying up tonight and learn the language. It can't be that hard, right?"

"Well, cheer up. He is small and he can learn fast English. And Italian is pretty simple. Beside, you're not some bloody insomniac we know" she said and we both laughed at this one.

In the mean time we arrived in the kitchen where apparently only L and Saul were. And guess what: L was trying to make the kid eat sugar. A full spoon of it.

"L!" said Alessia terrified. "What do you think you are doing?"

"Hm, it's nice to meet you to, Alessia" said L. "I'm feeding him?" he asked innocently.

"L, except for the fact that you are a genius,"I started, "you are a moron."

Alessia went for the fridge but Miss Waterproof, our chef cook, entered the kitchen confused.

Miss Waterproof is an old single lady, who forces us to eat normal food, and she totally hates L for his odd habits. She is, uhm fat, and she has a sever personality. I have a bet with Alessia: that she is after Watari, but the poor old man is always away with L. And I guess that gives her a new motif to hate L.

"What is the meaning of this?" she asked angry. "L get out of my kitchen!"

"Excuse me" said L heading to the door. I followed him without question. I didn't approve to much of her and she hated me for being friend with L. So the rules of "get out of my kitchen" applies to me too.

"Hello, Miss Waterproof" said Alessia. "We are looking to give something to eat to Saul."

The moment Miss Waterproof saw Saul, all the negative feelings melted away.

Now that was fast I thought giggling. But I was glad to get away from her. She sure is scary.

"She is a devil" I heard L mutter to himself.

"She raised us, you know. " I said laughing. But we were interrupted. Because, George, a 12 years old, decided to scare the shit out of us.

"L is home!"

"Oh, Lord , please no" L said to himself.

"Busted" I said to L laughing.

In the next minute the hall was full of all its residents.

I left before it got too crowdy. Don't get me wrong, I love everyone in this house, but having a different major than the others here, I tend to be by myself. I like to spend time with Near, since he is quiet. But I usually love spend time with Matt and Mello because they make me laugh. So the four of us usually spend time together.

Beside, I wanted to go to my room and take a cardigan. I was wearing dark jeans with a turquoise tshirt and I was starting to feel cold.

The mansion we lived on was from 18th century and all the dorms were upstairs. Downstairs were the kitchen, the hall, the huge living room, our classes and a play-room.

Everyone at Wammy's House was in a class. Well, I was an exception. I was the only one who wanted to became a doctor, so my classes were a bit different and I study most by myself. Wammy got some teachers to guide my studies.

I was taking some classes along with others, that I needed, but I skipped some such as Greek History and Philosophy and so on. I went only to something relevant that might help me becoming a detective. But like I said, medicine was my major field of study.

I went upstairs, got a cardigan and outside my door I met Near, who apparently was in his room, and was making his way to the kitchen.

"Hey Near, do you want to go eat some pudding?"

I wanted to tell him that he dissapeared a while ago, but that was an obvious statement so I skipped it.

"Yes. I want a vanilla one"

"Well, I prefer a blueberry one. Or a strawberry one. I hope we can manage to skip the food. I don't want to have to hear that devil woman's speech over our preferences. "

Maybe you can remember that I said eating lots of sweets isn't healthy. Well, I, uhm, break that rule too. But L doesn't need to know that.

As you can see Near is a quiet guy. He doesn't speak much and I hang out with him mostly because we are the same age and he is more grown-up than most the kids here.

As we were at the stairs, Mello and Matt were making their way to the kitchen. It was almost dinner time and all the kids were already partying for L's return.

"Oh, look who is here!" said Mello. "It's Near the Skye!"

And he, along with Matt started laughing.

"Shut up, M&M's " I told them while I went my way.

"Already fighting?" said a voice behind us. I turned around and I say B. That guys was weird and not in a nice way. Like Near was. Beyond was creepy. He had the scariest smile ever.

Most of the time he was muttering to himself. He always looked at us like he knew something we didn't knew. And that was amusing to him.

The empty stare of his eyes creeped me out. I was glad that I wasn't alone.

"Hi Bee" said Mello.

"It's Beyond!" said Beyond harshly.

"Be-Beyond" corrected himself Mello.

Not even the four of us dared to upset him. So I tried to chill the things out

"Hey, Beyond. You want to go have some dinner?"

He looked at me and said something to himself, then looked at Mello and Matt, amused. And then he ignored me going back from where he came.

The four of us were speechless and we didn't move an inch. Honestly he scared us. And I felt so drown I couldn't say anything.

"Did he just ignore you?" asked Matt trying to make us feel better.

"Yeah" I replied. "I think he just did"

By laughing we were getting back to our senses and we made our way downstairs were everyone was throwing a party for L.

"That guy is creepy!" said Mello. "I don't like him"

"Me neither" I told them. "whenever I see him I feel like he wants to torture me until I die. And every time I speak to him I feel like all the happiness is gone from the world. We should name him Dementor."

"Agree" added Matt.

"Why don't we just give him a lesson?" asked Mello.

"Because he is 10 years older than us" came the cheeky response of Near. "Even if we outnumber him he still is best than us. And beside, all of you are scarred of him"

"Yeah, like you are not" said Matt.

Near just ignored Matt the rest of the way.

I creaked the door open and I saw that all the kids were already sitting at the table. But the shouts were too much to bear so I pushed Matt first and I entered after him.

Everyone was speechless beside two persons.

"This is FOOD!" said miss Waterproof.

"Well, yes that is one food. Actually is chicken soup" said L disgusted.

"It's much better than some bloody sugar! It's healthier. And sit proper at the table!"

"Thank you, but I prefer my dessert. As I keep saying, this my normal position." said L annoyed.

"Did I miss something?" said Mello grinning.

We made our way quietly towards our usual place at the table.

My chair was next to Near and Matt. Mello was on the other side of Matt's. It was always like this since we got here.

"Boy, does she needs a hobby" said Matt.

"I will not tolerate this!" said the devil woman.

"Yes, please, go on" said L.

"You will eat this chicken soup" she continued.

"No, I won't" said L. "It has a terrible taste. It's not supposed to exist in this world"

"This is healthy! You will not get any dessert if you don't eat something proper!"

At this threat L's face grew dark.

I mean, poor guy, I could understand him. Not being able to eat sweets? Dear Lord, that is hell for everyone here. Well everyone except George and Linda. They love healthy food. And they hate sweets.

No offense, but usually they eat our share of food. And I was glad to be friend with the two of them.

I put some pudding in my plate and I was sure I could skip the food part. I mean, miss Waterproof was having an important chat with L.

"Thanks L!" I said on a low voice, but Near and Matt heard me.

They were struggling not to laugh outloud, otherwise miss Waterproof will kill us if she sees our perception of food.

"Oh, darlings" came Watari in the room "What is happening?"

"L teaches the kids in here to eat unhealthy food. He just wants sweets. He sits unproperly. I will not tolerate such behaviour"

"Dear, dear" said Watari. "Let me handle this. Go rest, it's late"

She looked confused at Watari, and then left.

"Thank Lord, Watari" said L relived to see her leaving.

"L, please" said Watari "the kids look up to you."

"No" said L stubbornly "I refuse to eat such disgusting food."

And that was the end of it. Apparently L's words were final.

After dinner we went to our rooms. Alessia took care of Saul, who, felt asleep while L's chat with Watari.

She handed him to me and left for her room.

L carried Saul to my room and placed him on the bed.

"Thank you, L" I muttered to him before he left. I knew it wasn't that late, but I felt so tired and I went to take a shower. I planed on getting to sleep, but I decided to study instead.

I barely finished with my shower, I put on a dark shirt and some sweatpants when I heard a knock on the door.

I went to open it and Matt was on my door soaking wet. Most of the lights in the mansion were turned off, so it was pretty dark outside my room.

"What is happening?" I hissed, letting him come in.

"Someone pranked me. And I'm pretty sure it wasn't Mello."

I went to grab a clean towel from my wardrobe and handed it to M.

"This is the third time happening and on the firsts two M. gave me his word that he didn't pranked me."

"Wait, where is he?"

"I don't know. He was behind me, when we came upstairs."

"Was?"

"Yeah, I'm confused." he said putting his hand on his head.

"Did you hit your head?" I asked with sarcasm.

"No, cold water hit my head." he said on the same tone.

"Wait here and make sure not to wake Saul" I said to him before opening the door and getting out.

I looked around to see the trace of water that Matt left. I started to follow the path when Matt came outside.

"Let's go look for Mello" he said still having my towel on his shoulders.

"Okay, that was the plan. But we can't leave Saul alone. If he wakes up and sees that no one's around he will cry. Wait. I'll go ask Near to look after him."

I went to the door on the left of mine and I knocked. I had a special knock on the door: it was like a 4 times beat, but missing the 3rd one. That way Near knew it was me.

"Yes?" he opened the door.

"Can you come and watch Saul for a few minutes?"

"Hm, yes" he said, not asking me too much.

He came outside of his room, watched Matt and then asked:

"What happened?"

"I was pranked and I'm sure it wasn't Mello."

"Why is that?"

"Because, if it was him he will be laughing his ass off until now."

"Yes, you are right" said Near.

I felt like something was wrong. And when Matt said it out loud I was sure that it wasn't Mello who pranked Matt.

"I last talked to him on the stairs" said Matt.

"I'll come." said Near

"But Saul -" I said

"Don't worry. He will not wake up until morning" said Near.

I trusted him for his word and we went downstairs when Near noticed something.

"What is it?" I asked him.

"There's … there's some-" and he looked up. His faces showed terror and I looked up instantly.

And the view, that was something scary.

Mello who was blacked out. He was hanging upside down, with a rope. The mansion was big, so the stairs room had 7 meters(23 feets).

"Mello!" Matt shouted.

"Oh my Lord! Get him down! Fast!" I said to Near.

He looked around and saw that the rope was tied to the railing from upstairs.

I can't understand how we managed not to see the rope that evening. I knew it was dark, but Heaven's knows for how long Mello was standing there. And how much he can handle.

"I'll go untie that rope" said Near going upstairs. "Matt, make sure to get him down safely. I'll try my best not to drop him" he said.

"I'll come help" I said to Near.

We managed to get up in the next second, untie the rope and slowly getting Mello down. He wasn't that heavy, but neither of us were, so working together it was easier.

The moment Matt had Mello in his arms I had looked at Near and he nodded. He went to search for Watari and L while I went downstairs to check on Mello.

His face was reddish-purple and he was still blacked out.

"His blood pressure is too high" I said to Matt.

"What happened?" Watari asked us while he came to check on Mello.

"I think someone tried to harm Matt and Mello" I said to them.

"Harm? Perhaps killing! And why would anyone try to kill someone in this house?" asked George, who apparently just came. "OMG! is that Mello? Is he – is he dead?" he asked.

"No, he is not." I assured him.

Watari took Mello in his arms, while told Matt to call the doctor of Wammy's house. He was 15 minutes away, but in those 15 minutes bad things can happen. The doctor gave me some instructions to follow until he came.

"George" said Watari, "Please go check on Saul, who is in Skye's room."

Without a word, George left.
We headed toward the living room and waited for the doctor to come.
We were thinking all the events that happened that day.

"We all know who is capable of this" said Near breaking the silence.

"It's him... It's Bee" Matt said. "You remember our meeting today?"

"Yes, he was amused of something" I recalled while checking Mello's pulse.

L became mad and he ran to the room of the culprit. Near and Matt followed him just in case he needed help.

"I never thought he will try something like this" I said to Watari.

"Neither did I" he replied dissapointed. He was dissapointed that one of his special children harmed another one.

Mello started to get back to his senses.

"Hey, don't move" I said to him while I tried to pin him down.

"Aish, my head." He said after trying to get up.

"Can you remember what happened?" I asked.

"I- uh- I had dinner. And then I was going upstairs with Matt. He – he was in front of me" he said.

"Anything else?"

"Uhm, no" he said. "Aish, my head hurts!"

"Mello!" came Matt in the room and went to sit next to him. "I'm so sorry!"

"He is gone" said L interrupting Matt. Near followed him inside.

"What do you mean by gone?" I asked him.

"He left in a hurry. Probably he realized we found out."

"Why did he tried to hurt Mello? And Matt?" I asked him.

"All we know is that he didn't try to kill them. He was just doing some experiments" said L.

"If he really wanted to kill them, they would have been already dead" replied Near in a similar way to L's.

We heard a car and Near went to open the door for the doctor to come.

"Good evening" he said entering the room. The doctor here was a old man, in his 40s, a kind man, with a warm personality, just as Watari's.

"Thank you for coming so quickly" said Watari.

"I do everything I can." he said softly.

He got his bag, checked on Mello, whom I ordered to stay still. And after his attempt to stand up, he listened to me.

George came quietly in the door frame and watched the scene.

"What happened?" the doctor asked.

"We was blacked out hanging upside down" I replied him. I was having faster reactions than everyone in the room and I was first to reply. "We don't know for how long. Perhaps 10 minutes. Or 15."

"It could have been worse" he said. After a pause he added "Young man, you need to rest and take it easy for a few days. I will prescribe some meds to help you get back on track."

"Thank you, Sir Mitchell" said Watari to the man.

"I'll come check daily for you for a while. Then weekly."

Watari left with L and with Sir Mitchell. Watari took George with them in their way out.
So in the room were the four of us. Matt helped Mello stand up, because he still felt dizzy.

"Mello" I said "I'm sorry for taking so long to find you"

"I'm fine" he said cheeky.

"I know, you doofus." and I went to hug him.

I felt so relieved to see him well and fine. I cared about the children in this house and I couldn't stand them being hurt.

I let Matt help him get to their room. Near and I followed them quietly.

Once we got upstairs, our rooms were next to each other so I wished them 'Good Night' and I went to my room to get some sleep. I know I said that I was going to study Italian tonight, but after the events this night I wasn't sure I could focus on something else beside Bee's actions towards the children living in this house.