Chapter Two - Incentive
L picked up his own phone, holding it with two fingers and dialed Light's cell phone once more. He put it up to his ear while still holding it with two fingers and waited patiently as it rang.
This is Yagami Light, I'm sorry I can't answer the phone right now, but leave a message and I will call you back.
L sighed in irritation as he hung up the phone and set it down next to a mound of sweats before him. He picked up a small spoon and stirred his tea a couple times before picking it up and taking a sip.
His screen flashed multiple times before he looked up; a puzzled look on his face. The others gathered around as well looking up at the screen. It looked as if an outside stream was trying to connect with their stream. L put his tea down for a moment and pressed in a couple keys allowing the feed to come through.
A screen popped up saying: "We Want Kira" in scribbled handwriting much similar to the "Kira" signs used in the relay videos they used a few months ago.
"Hello L," a scratchy voice which was obviously being edited picked up on the speakers. "You can call me T," he said with an obvious amused tone in his voice. "I know all about your headquarters and each of the members of the task force working on the Kira case."
Seconds later, a file showed up on the lower right hand of the screen before it opened showing the pictures and names of each of the members of the task force on the Kira case currently. L's eyes grew wide at the thought of another 'game' or challenge to take on.
"Now that you have seen what I know there is something I want from you," T continued as the screen turned back to the "We Want Kira" sign. "It's simple really. All I ask for is Kira; alive," he paused for a moment.
A round of gasps echoed around the investigation room.
"He wants Kira?" Mogi asked as he looked down at L.
"We don't have Kira though," Matsuda said before sitting down staring at the screen.
They all went quiet again when T began to speak again.
"I know that you are currently looking for Kira however I do not wish to wait much longer," T explained. "I will give you 3 months to find Kira. I will keep in contact with you throughout the entire time to get daily reports on progress."
L was biting his thumb as he listened to the other. "A dead line to find Kira? 3 months doesn't give us a huge window of apprehending Kira. What does he want with Kira? Hm, why 3 months? Is there an incentive or a threat? There has to be more than just this T person working on this..."
He scratched his head before reaching over for a piece of candy. He wanted to know what the others were after besides Kira. They had gained quite a bit of private information that put all of their lives at risk.
"Oh, and to give you detectives' an incentive to find Kira faster, I have something to show you…"
There was some shuffling on the other side as the "We Want Kira" sign was removed. Behind the sign it was dark yet they were able to see a silhouette of a figure. Suddenly a bright light flashed on and everyone's eyes widened in shock. Light was sitting bound to the chair leaning slightly forward with the blindfold still covering his eyes.
The spoon L had just picked up crashed to the floor as his obsidian eyes fell on Light's figure tied to the chair on the computer monitor.
"That's Light!" Matsuda shouted.
"My son…" Chief Soichiro whispered out in surprise.
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Light coughed again hearing the other move away from him. He heard other shuffling around and moved his head around blindly trying to listen to what they were muttering. He shifted in his seat finding it hard to breath from whatever had made contact with his stomach.
His head lifted up as he heard the male from over speaking into a voice distorter microphone. He was talking to Ryuzaki. Light shifted in the seat listening to the male speak to the other on what he assumed was a computer stream which connected to Ryuzaki's computer. "He wants Kira?" Light asked in his mind. "What does he want me for?"
Light continued to listen as T continued to speak to L and the other task force members on the Kira case. "3 months to apprehend Kira and hand them over to these guys? What are you thinking now Ryuzaki? What will you do?" He looked up as T said that he had an incentive to get the others to find Kira faster. "This was a kidnapping…a ransom." Light concluded. "I'm the ransom…"
He heard footsteps coming closer to him. A hand roughly grabbed his hair and tilted his head up as if showing off a prize.
"Yagami Light, son of Chief Soichiro; both are working with you, L, on this case," T said making sure his face was hidden from the camera.
Light felt the males hand come up to his face and remove the blindfold which was covering his eyes. He turned his head and closed his eyes from the bright light before opening them slowly and squinting. He could see a camera in front of him. Several computer monitors were scattered around several tables. He couldn't see or recognize any of the figures standing behind or around the camera.
"Three months," T continued. "Bring me Kira in 3 months or I'll kill him," he said with a smirk. "I'll kill him on camera; in front of you to watch, L."
Light stared at the camera for a moment wondering what was going through Ryuzaki's mind. He tried to steal a glance at the male holding onto him, but was only met with another hard punch to the other jaw.
Light hung his head down and watched as fresh blood dripped down his lip and chin and onto his shirt. "They're going to kill me in 3 months if they don't have Kira…" he thought before he closed his eyes. "If only they knew…" Light needed to figure something out. He needed to figure a way out of here.
"We'll give you 30 minutes to respond to our request or we will dump his body in front of the headquarters building," T said. "I look forward to hearing from you L," he added with a dry laugh.
Suddenly the light went off and the camera shut down disconnecting the feed for the detectives working on the task force. The blindfold was placed back over his eyes.
"Get him out of here," Takuya said to his men before he moved away from Light. "Keep the computers up and running. If he wants to reply he'll find a way to get in contact with us again."
Two men walked over to where Light was and untied him from the chair and grabbed him roughly before carrying him out of the room and down the same hall as before. One of them opened the door before they pushed Light inside and pushed him to the ground.
They stepped out of the room and slammed the door locking it securely. Light laid there and listened as their footsteps were drowned out. He shifted and rolled on his side as his arm cramped from the position it was currently in.
"What will you do now Ryuzaki?" Light wondered.
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"They have Light," Aizawa said.
L leaned forward in his chair and pressed a button for a microphone. "Watari, see if you can get a location on this feed," he instructed to the other.
"Understood," came a reply seconds later.
L and the others watched intently as the blindfold was removed from Light's eyes. Soichiro looked away when his son had been punched and balled his fists in anger. He was about to say something when T threatened to kill Light in 3 months if they did not have Kira.
He turned around and faced the screen once more his eyes wide with surprise and worry as he looked at his son. "A reply in 30 minutes?" he questioned out loud. Soon after the connection was lost and the screen returned to the files L was looking through earlier.
"I don't want to admit this," L began as he picked up a sugar cube and began licking it. "However, they have the upper hand," he said softly before turning the chair to look at the other 5 detectives. "They know who I am as well as those working on the investigation," he began. "They knew who Light was and his connections to Mr. Yagami and the police, and they know where our headquarters is located," he counted off on his fingers.
"What are we going to do Ryuzaki?" Matsuda asked.
"We are going to continue the search for Kira of course," L concluded. "We will also search for Light using any clues we can from this man who calls himself T," he added. "We will set up a reply now," he said as he turned back to his computer and stared at it for a moment before typing in a few things on his keyboard.