Death Note: W h e n a l l o t h e r s f a i l . . .
A last hope for a free world…
"There's no one else!"
"First L! Then Mellow, everyone who goes after Kira ends up a stiff!"
"What are we supposed to do? Let him win? He's a murdering psychopath! We cannot let him live any longer!"
"How? When the entire world's most brilliant minds couldn't stop him, what are we supposed to do?"
ICPO was a seething mass of despairing cries, and loud, terrified voices. Nobody seemed to have an idea to take out Kira. There were no more trump cards. There were no more chances. Kira seemingly had them beat.
"QUIET!" roared Watari (2).
Silence fell.
"Thank you," he said. "Now, does anyone have an idea how to stop Kira? I think we could do with anything at this moment. This is our last chance to find an idea to preserve our free world."
The silence was all that Watari needed. Then the footsteps sounded. Watari turned around, surprised. The lights winked on, off, then off again. The whole room was then bathed in a cool blue light.
"This case has gone on long enough!" called an amplified, young, strong voice. Watari stepped down from the stage as three people appeared behind him. Two of them, clearly bodyguards, flanked the third. One was a tall, bald, tanned brute of a man. The second was a slight, dark hair man dressed in a buttoned up trench coat. In his right hand he held an armed pistol.
The third figure was the one that held all eyes however. A tall, black haired, teenage boy of around sixteen years old. His hair stuck up in random spikes and his skin was a pale grey. Around his eyes were the oncoming's of dark circles. His irises were mismatched however, one blue, the other grey. He wore all black, black, baggy jeans, black long sleeved shirt and blazer and black socks, but no shoes.
"Who are you?" Watari asked.
"We are the experts you should have called in after L died," the boy replied. "We are the three elite members of the E.C.A.U. 'Evasive Criminals Action Unit'. We find the criminals that evade the law for far too long. We take the cases that not even L could crack, and I am at its heart! We have been following the case since the beginning however we have been unable to act. The E.C.A.U. can only be mobilized when the ICPO calls us in. You appear to have forgotten about our presence, so we are hear to remind you. If we had been called in, in the first place, Kira would have been captured four years ago!"
The members of the ICPO started to mutter amongst one another.
"We are prepared to move straight to Japan and take Kira down," said the bald man. "All we need is a majority decision from the ICPO and Kira can be taken care of, along with his second, copycat accomplice."
"We cannot divulge any information about the case we have. We cannot even give you our names," said the other man. "Not until we have been officially called in to take the case."
Whispers flew around the room. Watari cleared his throat.
"All in favor of calling in these esteemed and brave individuals say 'aye'," he said. After a few moments whispers, every member of the ICPO rose to their feet, and their voices rose as one.
"Aye!"
The boy's lips curled into a smile as Watari turned back to face him.
"Well, the decision is unanimous. We gladly and respectfully hand the case over to you."
The boy smiled openly.
"Well then. First things first. My name cannot truly be divulged but I lead the E.C.A.U. under the title, of X. Beside me are my right hand men. Roderick Ives, head of tactical movement."
The bald man inclined his head.
"And Ian Thornton, head of weaponry."
The other man gave an evil smile.
"And I might want to say something else. Kira may be returning back with us, in a body bag."
To be continued…
