Chapter Four - A Chance

Light barely had a chance to register what was happening let alone hold his breath as ice water rushed down his throat and into his nose. He closed his mouth quickly struggling under the males hold on him. How long had he been under? He struggled again, his lungs burning as he fought the urge to breath.

Finally he was pulled up out of the water gasping and breathing heavily shivering as the cold water dripped from his head. Before he could fully catch his breath his head was submerged back into the cold water. Light struggled again trying to calm himself despite the situation.

Takuya smirked, his face covered as he looked up into the camera. "I won't kill the kid," he said with an amused chuckle and after a few seconds pulled Light back up as he gasped and fought for air. Getting a better grip on his now wet hair, Takuya pushed Light's head back down into the tub of ice water. "However I will be making these daily visits to him as an extra…incentive for you to work faster on finding Kira," he added with a malicious grin.

After several more minutes of submerging Light into the cold water he stopped and stood up releasing him. Gasping for air, Light fell over onto his back coughing up the water he had swallowed when he was unable to close his breath in time. Takuya left the room and the two men lifted the tub of water and left the room locking it once more.

He shivered uncontrollably, his lips a slight blue color as he rolled onto his side facing the computer monitor. His breathing was still raspy as he closed his eyes. "It was a video..." Light thought staring at the camera on top of the monitor again. "It is a computer set up to Ryuzaki…which means they are watching and can hear everything…" He closed his eyes again trying to keep himself warm.

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Ryuzaki looked up at the screen hearing movement coming from the other end. As Ryuzaki turned the volume up slightly louder, his obsidian orbs studied each of the men walking into the room. He bit down on his thumb dissatisfied when he saw that each of them took the precaution to cover their faces making it near impossible to figure out who they were.

The other detectives had gathered around watching as Takuya had the others bring light towards the tub of ice water. Soichiro was the last to turn to the screen; his eyes widening in horror when his son was submerged into the water roughly. "Light!" he shouted at the screen knowing that it was futile.

He gripped onto the chair in front of him in attempt to keep himself losing his balance. Finally he turned away from the screen unable to watch anymore as Takuya began to speak. Ryuzaki remained silent, licking a sugar cube, as he watched; almost unfazed. "This changes things…" he thought when he watched Light fall to the floor when they had finished.

"There good…" Ryuzaki muttered softly as he placed the half dissolved sugar cube back on the pile of the others in front of him.

"What is it Ryuzaki?" Matsuda asked looking over at the detective.



The obsidian haired male was silent for a moment, his eyes scanning the room Light was in once more. "They've thought this through," he finally said. "This took months of planning," he added as if he was talking to himself now. "If there are windows in the room they are covered by something not giving Light any indication of what time of day it may be nor a chance to look to see where he is," he continued as he stirred his tea slowly. "They set up the video camera and I thought it would give us a chance to see what their faces looked like, however they were careful with that as well," he said with a heavy sigh as he sipped his tea noisily. "They kept their faces covered and didn't give Light a chance of getting a good look at them either."

He set down his tea back on the small saucer and began typing several things on the computer. "We must keep watching for any mistakes or holes they leave open which will allow us to narrow their location," he said finally when no one else spoke up. "I am sure Light has already figured out what the monitor is for and try to give us any information he can as well-,"

"Do you not care about what they are doing to him Ryuzaki?" Soichiro cut the detective off sharply. "They are…torturing him in front of us like this is some game and all you care about is if Light can give us information on them?" he questioned, his voice getting louder.

The room was silent for a moment; the other three detectives stared between Ryuzaki and Soichiro.

"Chief Soichiro," Ryuzaki finally said placing a few sugar cubes into his tea. "I merely was explaining how the criminals or kidnappers we are dealing with have planned ahead," he sounded as if he was insulted. "The safety of Light right now is our top priority, however without knowing anything about our kidnappers how do you assume we find Light any faster unless we hunt down Kira?"

"I…well," the Chief stammered before he turned around, a low growl escaping his throat as he ran his fingers through his hair.

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Light rolled onto his back again, his clothes were damp, clinging to his body. He heard the metal lock click again and let out a groan not wanting to go through it all again. However he was surprised when the other male lifted him up; he was alone now, but placed the blindfold back over Light's eyes.

"Excuse us, L," the man said in a gruff voice. "However I am sure Light here is in dire need to use the bathroom."

Light was blindly taken down the hall and he knew why they had done this; to keep their location and identity a secret. He heard mumbling around him before a door opened on his right. The restraints on his wrists were removed for a moment as well as the blindfold, but before Light could register anything the door shut behind him.

He looked around the small room and didn't see anything out of the ordinary. There was no window in the room or anything else to give away the location of where he was. Finding relief in his hands he moved his wrists around before adjusting his shoulders realizing how stiff his joints 

were. He used the bathroom and splashed warm water on his face. Light sighed trying to keep himself calm.

"I can't let these kidnappers get to me…" he thought to himself. "I have to figure out how I can send clues or something to Ryuzaki. However I am sure they are monitoring my room as well and could hear anything I might say to the video camera; which means I won't be able to discuss anything with Ryuk."

There was a tap at the door from the other side. "1 minute, kid," demanded the same gruff voice of the male who had pulled him out. It was then that Light realized that he had his cell phone. He pulled it from his pocket and was relieved when the battery wasn't dead. Light ignored the few missed calls as he quickly texted a message to Ryuzaki.

He heard the door open and quickly stashed the phone back onto his pocket wishing he could have checked the date and time. Before he got a chance to look around he was blindfolded again and was surprised when his hands weren't tired behind his back again. Despite being criminals, Light couldn't help but admire how organized they were. However he knew that every criminal had a flaw, and he would find theirs.

He was placed back into the room before more footsteps from behind. The smell of food filled the air and Light heard a metal tray being placed down in front of him. The male removed the blindfold and he looked up only to see the two men exit the room locking it once more. Light stared down at the tray of food.

It didn't look horrible as he expected; a burger out of the wrapped not indicating which fast food restaurant it had come from as well as some fries scattered across the tray. A sealed water bottle with no label on it as well. "They are really good," Light thought again as he picked up the burger and examined it. Seeing no evidence of it being tampered with, he ate not realizing how hungry he actually was.

"Debating on the time frame of the meal, it is either afternoon or evening," he thought. "Unless however they have decided to mix up the meals at different times making me believe it may be one of those when it could just simply be breakfast or even one in the morning." He leaned back against the wall with a sigh eating several french fries. He could see Ryuk bouncing around the room; however he dared not let his gaze linger too long on one spot. He had wished he glanced at the time before he was forced from the bathroom; however he would get another chance when they allowed him to use it again.

Glancing around the room again he noted that the only window in the room had been blocked off and was unable to tell what time of day it was. He hated it; hated not knowing what time of day it was. Light needed to calm down though; he closed his eyes for a moment before reaching for the water bottle and opening it before taking a long drink.

He had to give Ryuzaki something to work with. Light wanted to test how much information he could give the detective before his kidnappers intervened. Glancing over at the monitor for a moment he ate another fry slowly debating on how he should word this. He knew he had to 

remain calm and focused just as if this was any other case he needed to figure out; he wouldn't let this get to him.

"Ryuzaki," he finally said. "I know you can hear me," he added before looking around again. "I'm three hours out of the city…in some apartment building. I am not sure which direction and other than the muffled sounds from inside the building I can't hear anything outside," he paused for a moment as if waiting for the kidnappers to come in, but they never did. "I can't pinpoint how long I have been here or what time it is currently," he continued running his fingers through his hair impatiently. "They're organized," he explained looking back at the monitor.

He went silent again not knowing what else to say. Light had given out everything he knew so far about the kidnappers; which wasn't much to begin with. After a few moments the metal lock clicked again a male stepped inside. Even as Light tried to get a good look at him; his face was covered and the dim light in the room didn't help.

Light was brought up onto his knees again and the male worked silently, binding Light's hands behind his back one more. The male picked up the now empty tray and carried it out before closing and locking the door again. Light sighed and sat down against the wall trying to adjust once more to the stiff feeling in his shoulders.

"Wonderful," he said to himself as he closed his eyes.