Chapter 4: Light Yagami- Day 4 (The Spread)

It was a full twenty-four hours after Sayu had attacked the doctor and been tranquillized. Sachiko had gone home.

Light walked out of Sayus room slowly, the head of a morbid procession of death. The doctor was carried out between two orderlies and Light didn't bother to respond to the grim looks they gave him. There was no doubt in his mind that they would have a court case over this and if they judged Sayu sane enough to be aware of her actions-- She would be Put To DEATH.

"Light... what's happened? D-Did the doctor have heart attack?" Sachiko wouldn't look him in the eye. Her eyes followed the orderlies procession down the hallway.

"...No mom. It wasn't that." The Big Brother Light had to say something, something good that would convince Sachiko that Sayu Was A Good Girl even though she had done some Bad Things. "She was scared mom. She didn't know how to respond to him. He was scared of her, if he had any idea of how she might have acted towards him they should have given her a tranquilizer long before hand. It wasn't--"

"Don't you dare say it wasn't her fault." Sachiko glared at him and her usually was tough. Full of hard planes and angles. "She might not be all that there Light, but she can still tell the difference between murder and self-protection! She killed a man, Light."

Light fired back. "How do you know that? Did you go in to see her at all? You probably didn't. You just waited for me to go in so you wouldn't have to be sorry for her and be able to get sleep at night." From the look in her eyes he knew it was true. His mother couldn't register that Sayu might never be herself ever again.

"She scares me."

Light didn't have a retort. He sat down on the bench and stared at the police men stationed at either side of his sisters door. He kept staring even when he heard his mothers foot steps as she walked away. Ryuuzaki sat on the other end of the bench in his usual curled position. "You don't have to stay here with me Ryuuzaki. I can sit by myself." Ryuuzaki gave him a long lingering look and nodded.

"I take it you won't be at school tomorrow?" 98.9 percent.

"I don't think so." Then Ryuuzaki left too and all he could do was think.

But even that wasn't possible for him with all his conflicting emotions and the arguments of The Big Brother and The Realist. So he made a small trip down to the hospital gift shop and bought some NyQuil. Light tried to guesstimate how much he should take and decided about half the bottle was a fair dosage. The bottle was hidden away under the bench and his coat was shoved under his head for a pillow. With everything in order he shut his eyes and fell asleep.

They were quiet sounds. The shift of fabric and the padding of bare feet on the tile but with the NyQuil already lagging they were sufficient in waking Light up. He blinkedand rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. The police men were gone from across the hall. It was very quiet for a hospital. Light looked around the dark hallway and quickly entered the hospital room. Even though he didn't want to get caught he left the door open. If Sayu got angry at him for some reason and he couldn't get to the door fast enough--

The metaphorical lights went off again. When they came back on Light cursed and ran out of the room. Sayu was gone but that didn't mean she could have been gone for long. If that had been the case the place would be crazy like a Defcon4 siren just went off. He slowed and looked in each room as he passed by. When he didn't see her he ran to the next hallway. A soft noise. Barely louder than a brush of wind. But he heard it and ran in its direction. There -- at the end of the hallway. The stair door swung slowly shut. Light reached it and pulled it open. He looked in the square window that the overlapping staircases created and could see small flashes of color. Green and blue. The colors of the hospital gown Sayu wore.

"Sayu." Light hissed. It wasn't loud but it carried up the tall room and reached Sayu. She stopped and looked down. She assembled her lips into an Almost Smile and started moving again. "Sayu! Wait!" He started running after her. There were only two flights of stairs to till they hit the roof and he didn't want Sayu to be up there by herself. If she wanted to end it-- Light told himself to shut up and kept running. He came to the door. Sayu was already on the roof but if he was quick--

There was someone else on the roof. Sayu was walking slowly towards it. "Sayu, stop." She was in an odd half-crouch like she was expecting the other to do something. She came closer to touch the other, who was clothed in green and blue like her and stopped. A low rumbling sound vibrated through the air. Light took a step back. It made the hairs on the back of his neck rise. "Sayu, leave it alone. Come on." He held out his hand. "I'll get you pudding."

The other jumped. Sayu skidded back and clawed at the hand on her neck. More growling. Louder. Sayu twisted her hand in the others hair and pulled. The other came off of her with a shriek. Light looked for something to tear them apart with. He looked behind the giant funnel-like thing that as sitting on the roof and found a fire extinguisher. That'll work.

He pulled out the locking pin and stood as close to the fighting two as he could. When he say the others face he squeezed the handle and sprayed the white foam into its face. Sayu scrambled away from it and stood in her half-crouch behind Light. The other got up and Light could see for the first time that it was a woman. He held out the fire extinguisher as a barrier. "Don't come near us." She tilted her head to the side in a quick motion. Almost bird-like. She came closer. Light swung the fire extinguisher. It missed her by a few inches but she stepped back. Light walked backwards into Sayu, he pushed her into the direction of the door. "Go." Sayu complied and walked back into the hospital. Light kept his eyes on the still other. It made no facial expression and only stood there staring at him.

Light turned his back on her and followed Sayu. He slammed the door at just the right moment. Catching the Others hand in the door as she reached for him. Light didn't stop. He reopened the door and grabbed the Others wrist. He pulled her closer and slammed the door shut again. He repeated the motion until he got up to the neck. The Other was trying to get away, pulling against his hand. Light pulled the door shut with violent force and the Other stopped moving. He let the door glide open again and the Others head slid out of the opening.

Then Light shut the door for good. Sayu crawled out of her corner and sat next to Lights leg. He sat down next to her. Light looked down at his hand and stared at the stains. It was blood , surely. But it was so dark up there, at the top of the stairs. Light looked up and found the light panel, but it wasn't on. Light frowned. He got up and leaned over the railing. The lights were off all the way to the lobby. When in a hospital were all the lights off?

The Big Brother and The Realist didn't have an answer. But the city did. Light's body stopped pumping adrenaline into his system and he lost his selective hearing. He could hear the police sirens and the boom of an explosive. Sayu jumped and hid under Lights arm at the louder explosions. But he could see no fear in her face and dark eyes.

"What do we do Sayu?" There was an unnamed fear welling inside him. But the more Light examined it he found he could name it. It was the fear of the unknown. Should he go down there and examine what the noise was? But what if he was stopped? What if the lights were only dysfunctional and there wasn't a whole police force down there like he was dreading.What should he do? Light grabbed Sayu by the hand and slowly led her down the stairs.

The roof was a good of the city. The tall buildings inabled any from seeing beyond the block, but it was enough. The streets were in chaos. Cars were exploding from stray bullets that were unlucky enough to hit the gas tanks. The People were fighting against The Sick Ones.

And The Sick Ones were winning.