Chapter 4
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Anna sat on the top of a large building, a strong rope connecting her to another building. Soon, she would launch herself off under the cover of darkness, and infiltrate Amane Misa's residence. For now though, she watched the busy traffic, enjoying the night air that caressed her skin, and the thrilling wind that blew her ponytail this way and that. The sharp coldness pierced her skin and into her body, she breathed slowly, letting the cold air circulate through her system, becoming her strength.
"I'm all set, L." Anna whispered into her wireless ear and mouth piece, "Though I have no idea why I have to do this, why don't you just send your men in and let them do the search? Light and Misa shouldn't have anything against it."
"Call me Ryuuzak—"
"I don't like calling you Ryuuzaki." Anna murmured, "L suits you better."
"Don't cut me off when I'm talking." L's voice came from the other side, he was irritated, and of course he would be. He hated it whenever someone cut him off in the middle of a sentence. "And I could, but I wouldn't have any right to go through her personal things, besides, you're a girl."
"I just didn't understand why you gave me such an easy assignment." Anna responded and glanced at her watch, "Five minutes."
L blew air from his mouth and sipped his black tea, "You haven't informed me of your plans. If you simply use that rope to get to the other building, people below might see you."
"I have a plan L- sorry, Ryuuzaki, trust me." Anna breathed, and looked towards the sky. "As I've told you, I'll get in, once I'm in, you can guide me through your infrared radar; however, I get to make decisions as to which route I go by, alright?"
"Crazily I thought I would be in charge." L muttered, "Of course, but please, don't do anything stupid."
Anna smiled, "I never do stupid things." She checked the moon once more, and whispered through the mouth piece, "Look out your window Ryuuzaki, the mission has begun."
L did as he was told; he looked out the window, and saw the moon disappearing, bit by bit. He kept his calm composure on the outside, but inside, he admired Anna's planning. Tonight is the night of the new moon; no one would see her under the cover of darkness. He laughed inwardly to himself, if Anna didn't want to be seen, no one would be able to see her.
"I'm going." Anna whispered the last message into the mouth piece, and used the last bit of light provided by the moon to find her footing on the edge of the roof, then, the moon was swallowed by the darkness, and the only light came from the dim stars in the sky. Anna looked at herself, good, she was invisible.
Without another word, she launched herself into the night air and pulled on the rope to accelerate her speed. As she neared the opposite building, she turned on her side and spun before landing smoothly in a kneeling position on the roof that Amane Misa lived in. There was no noise created by the landing, the spinning before that had created a vacuum of air that sucked all that up. Step one, complete.
(A/N: hey guys, I don't know what kind of house that Amane Misa lives in, but just think of it as jumping from one tall building onto another tall building, okay? Amane Misa is pretty rich…anyway! On with the story!)
Next, Anna went by the only steep trap door that connected to the inside of the building, unexpectedly though, it was locked with a fingerprint scanner. She had planned it to be an ordinary lock, and to pick it was no feat for her, good thing she brought something else, just in case. "Kitten to Raccoon, beyond my expectations, this Amane Misa must have something to hide." Anna whispered to L, "Phase two, asking for permission."
"Granted." L replied, "The priority is to get in and out within said time, leaving no trace that you've ever been there."
"Proceeding." Anna said, and swiftly pulled a black USB key from her neck, there was no USB port; however, the USB had another function. She touched the USB into the security system's shell, the trap door opened. She had a virus in there that disrupted signals; it would go through any kind of matter, leaving no trace that it had even been there. The effect though, only lasted thirty seconds.
Anna dashed through the door and landed silently inside the building, top floor. "I'm in." she informed L, "Turning on the suit's infrared particles release mechanism. I should be on your infrared screen in thirty seconds; I'll be heading to Misa's room now."
"Stop." L's voice commanded; and Anna stopped in her tracks, "Wait until I've received your signal on the screen, or if you encounter someone, I won't know who is you and I won't be able to assist."
Anna started moving again, "Stop worrying about me, I'm a big girl now, I can take care of myself." She started moving again, and soon came to a turn. "Kitten to Raccoon, which way?"
"Right is the fastest way, but there are security guards, I suggest straight ahead." L replied. "However, it's a long way around, you'll be wasting time."
"I can take them." Anna whispered, "Switching to silent mode, Raccoon, stand by."
"Wai—" L called out, but received no reply, he watched as the red dot moved up a level. "Impatient as always." He murmured, "But she's smart enough not to encounter them, at least that's good."
Anna crept inside the ceiling, careful not to make a single sound as she crept past the security guards. They were easy enough to by pass; she thought as she dropped down to floor level in the next hallway, she didn't know why L was worried.
"Which way now?" Anna whispered into her ear piece as soon as the guards were out of hearing range.
"I know you said you would be in charge of where you went..." L mumbled, "But further information will not be released until you promise not to do that again."
"I thought you might say that." Anna sighed, and took a left turn. "Good thing I memorized the layout map."
"I'm just trying to take care of my comrades, Anna-san." L replied, forgetting about the code names, "I don't want you to get hurt or blow the mission."
Anna stopped in her steps and frowned, she hissed into the mouth piece, "I think its time I proved to you who I really am, see you later, L." with that, she tore off the earpiece and stuffed it into her pocket, then ran down the hallway, made another left turn and kept going. L really doesn't think I can do this? She thought. Well, I'll show him. I definitely will.
Turning over one last corner, Anna slipped inside Amane Misa's room, and immediately pulled out her USB key, and plugged it into the computer. "Downloading information." She whispered before she could remember that L was no longer there. Then she took out a small packet from her suit, and placed micro-cameras all over the room, before photocopying all documents at her computer and taking them with her. "Let's see you treat me differently, L." she hissed.
"Here's the information you wanted." Anna handed L a stack of papers. "Seriously, I raided everything; I even photocopied her diary for you! The cameras are also in place, and I downloaded everything she has in her computer."
L took the papers in his hand and regarded the girl before him, "Thank you." He murmured, then frowned, his eyes almost glaring at her, "But Anna- san, how do you expect me to trust you if you just take off like that?"
Anna snapped at this comment, "Look L, I'm not here to be your friend; I'm here to be your strong right arm! Not even that, I'm here to be a tool to you, so use me dammit!" she yelled, then lowered herself until her eyes and L's were level, "I admit in the past I've needed your help, but I want to be useful to you. So stop worrying about me and use me!" Tears were starting to burst into her eyes, so she stood up and turned away. "You don't know how hard it is, to be no use to anyone."
"A tool…" L murmured and stood up from his chair, stuffing his hands into his pockets, "Somehow…that's had always been difficult when it comes to you."
Anna turned around, and was surprised as L wrapped his arms around her and hugged her.
"You're too honest for your own good. It's your own fault you know, you deserved that." She murmured. "And L, why are you…"
"I just want to know…" he murmured, a touch of confusion in his voice, "What's so different about you. Even now, I feel that I'll never be able to wield you like a tool."
Anna released him and backed away, "Sorry. It's just…a strange feeling, risking your life for someone you barely know." She sat in a chair, and L followed, crouching in his usual position. "I mean, do you even remember when we met?"
"You underestimate me; I put my life on the line for you, more than once too. I don't forget things like that." L smiled, "The first time was at the orphanage, when I told you that I alone thought you were normal. I couldn't stop thinking about why you were here, and why you weren't normal, so I did a little investigation. The second time we met…"
Flashback
I went through his information again, just to be sure, as usual, I was right. They are using her for human experiments. The girl I met the other day, Anna, capabilities that have never been obtained by humans like her, being so close to Watari's orphanage yet not a detective, a man he had never seen taking her, it all adds up. But before I report to Watari, I want to have a word with her, and why she's going along with it.
It was a rainy night, but I wanted to finish this as soon as possible, after all, no one knows what can happen within the span of one day. I followed the clues I had figured out, and sure enough, I was at the right place, but this was not the scene I had wanted to witness.
She sat beside the wall in the rain, sobbing to herself, and occasionally murmuring things that I couldn't hear. Her black hair clung to her face, hiding her eyes. I didn't go out just then, I wanted to make sure no one was around, or we're both busted. But just as I was about to talk to her, a door opened, and I stayed still.
"Get up." The man said, and roughly pulled her to her feet.
"I don't want to do this anymore…I don't want to take any more tests." She sobbed, "Let me go."
"Don't be stupid." He jerked her arm, and her face twisted in pain. "You belong to us now, you always have, there is no other future for you, you will live in this place for your entire life, and this will also become your grave." The man smirked and slid a finger under her chin, lifting her gaze to meet his, "If you try to leave, we'll kill you."
She pulled her head away and let it hang, "I knew it…it was a lie, it was all a lie."
"What?" the man looked puzzled for one second, then understood, "Oh, finding your parents, of course it was. Do you honestly think we would waste time on such a thing? We don't want to do this to you either, but we have to make the machines better and better, and you're the only one capable of testing them out. Watari wouldn't accept old machines you know, and there's so much money, you'll just have to endure it. After all, you are a little freak."
"Stop it." She said, a touch of fierceness in her commanding tone.
He looked puzzled for a while, then lifted her frail body off the ground and threw her against the wall. "When did you learn to talk to me like that huh?" he picked her up and threw her again, "You might be strong, but we gave you enough drugs to keep those abilities of yours in check, don't forget. You're not in any position to threaten anybody, got it?"
To my surprise, she stood up, dashed behind him, and pinned him to the ground. "I thought I told you to STOP TALKING!" she yelled, "I'm not a freak, I'm normal! He told me so, if he can accept me, why can't all of you!?"
My heart pounded in my chest. She was talking about me.
At the sound of her voice more men came from the building, and dragged her off him. One man took out a needle, and jammed the tip into her arm. She screamed, but soon, her strength disappeared and she slumped onto the ground, conscious, but powerless. Pulling out my phone, I called Watari, and then walked out from my hiding place.
"Let her go."
The men were surprised to see me, and they obeyed instantly. Now I understood, the training exercises that the kids in the orphanage sometimes go through, the machines that made us better and better…they were established by her, the machines always stood one step ahead of us because of her. Her suffering is what had made us strong. My thoughts were broken by a poke in the back, and I was surprised to see one of them pointing a gun at me.
"We didn't do anything, the girl got out of control right?" He told the others, and smirked at me, ready to pull the trigger.
"Kill him, and I will kill you." A voice answered from behind the man, and the girl stepped out just enough for me to see, she had a dagger over his chest. She had taken the chance when everyone was looking at me to get there, even after being drugged. She looked at me, "One for one."
Watari arrived, and the men who had been using her for tests and experiments were taken away. Anna was taken to another country, and she was never to tell anyone about her experiences here.
"Good work, Ryuuzaki." Watari said to me. "But I'm sorry; you probably won't meet her again."
End Flashback
"It's good to know that you remember." Anna smiled, "I'll leave you to dig through the information now, and I will be too."
"Also, I want you to attend Light's college and get close to him, as close as you can. Have him love you, do whatever. Just get me any piece of evidence." L stated, and emptied his coffee, which was ignored during the conversation.
Anna looked back, "I thought that would be a little too risky don't you?"
L spun in his chair and turned his back to her, "…I believe in you, but still, be careful."
Anna walked up behind him and thanked him with a hug. "You be careful, I don't know what I would do if you died." She whispered in his ear.
Author's note: okay, so i introduced it a bit more...i'm adding more stuff in chapter 5 to possible 7 so bear with me if i'm slow on the updates. Currently kinda using ideas from my reviewers. I wouldn't copy them completely or it'll be plagiarism...or so i think.
Additional notes to Chibilover and Akizichi
To Chibilover: Thanks for defending me in your review, no one's ever done that before. I'm so touched, thank you so much!
And to Akizichi, thanks for the suggestions, but please don't be insulted if i don't use all of them. Chibilover has a point, it IS my story...
Light: I am invisible…I am non-existent
Hotori: Oh shut up, I'll put you in the next chapter ok?
L: Misa took my strawberry!! Waaaa
Hotori: Awww you're so cute!! Hugs L
L: I feel so loved
Light: I feel so unloved…x.x
Hotori: You are unloved, go away
L: Heehee
Hotori: Yes Light…just stay in that corner and die…
Light: I really will
L: ok, go die
Hotori: non of us care
Light: xx