Mello's eyes widened at the sight and howl of pain that emanated from the wounded girl.
Sh-She jumped in the way and saved me…
Wild ran over, snatched the gun from Helena's pocket and shot the bastard who dared to wound her friend. He collapsed instantly with a fatal shot through his abdomen and died slowly after from blood loss. Helena limped over to a wall and slid down it clutching onto her fresh lesion while Wild attended to the tied up men. Once she had freed Mello, he stood up and stared at Helena's figure until a few moments later he decided to walk over to her. She could see him walking in her direction out of the corner of her eye and already knew what he would say.
He's probably going to tell me I'm stupid for doing that.
However, his next words shocked her.
"Why'd you do that? You should've left it alone; I can handle it myself. " Her eyebrows furrowed and she frowned.
"If I hadn't, you would be dead right now. Listen, as long I'm here and can sense someone about to die, I will do anything in my power to save them." She responded vehemently with a serious expression.
"You're so stupid." Helena's grave appearance broke and she chuckled at the response she was waiting to hear. He didn't thank her but that would have to do; that's the closest it would ever get.
"I know, I know."
Matt was untied at this point and rushed over to Helena with Wild slightly behind him.
"Why'd you do that?! Are you crazy?!" He shouted with a worried face that made Helena laugh.
Awww he cares about me.
"No I'm not! I knew what I was doing; I'm not dead am I?"
"You worry me sometimes…" Wild walked closer to Helena until she towered over her crouched body with a glare that could kill.
"ARE YOU STUPID?!" Why was everyone asking her if she's stupid?
"No! I'm fine! Really!" Helena reassured but winced when Wild touched her injured shoulder.
"No you're not. We have to get you a doctor again. What am I going to do with you…?" She sighed, helped Helena up and the two headed toward the door. Wild tilted her head and looked back at the boys who were eying the dead body and the whimpering one next to it.
"Are you guys coming or what? Some more Kira supporters are coming this way and unless you want to die, hurry up." The two shifted their gaze to Wild and followed suit. The group left the basement, ascended to the lobby and continued to walk with Matt and Mello leading the way.
They had arrived at a new location; the front of the building looked clean and well kept but when the girls entered, it looked like an absolute mess. Several papers were scattered on the floor along with chocolate wrappers, game consoles and cartridges. The room had four chairs colored a deep shade of red and windows were on either side. A small brown coffee table sat in between the chairs and a television was in front of it facing the chairs. Wild's face displayed a look of shock while Helena's showed slight disgust.
Oh god. They both thought. Mello strolled into the kitchen and called Dr. Kenji this time around using a telephone that sat on the countertop. He dialed and heard the phone pick up after a couple of rings.
"It's Mello."
"Remember the girl you patched up yesterday?"
"She got shot again, this time in the shoulder."
"We're in the second hideout. Hurry or you're dead." Mello hung up the phone and walked into the living room sitting down in the chair furthest right. Helena sat in the center chair closer to the right, Wild sat in the one next to her and Matt sat in the seat furthest on the left playing his Nintendo DS. A long silence overtook them until Wild spoke up.
"Hey Mello?" She asked the blonde.
"What?" He turned his penetrating gaze on her.
"Where are we?"
"A second hideout I had set up in case something happened to the first one."
"How many do you have?"
"A couple." Wild looked at the floor trying to guess the number.
Woah. It's probably like six or seven!
Another silence invaded the room and this time, it refused to leave. In a half hour, a knock was heard throughout the room and Wild answered. She had a deep frown etched into her face when she opened the door and looked at Kenji.
"You took that long?" She spat.
"I was caught up in some serious business, but came as fast as I could. May I come in?" She eyed him suspiciously before letting him in and closing the door behind her. He saw Helena clutching her shoulder and the bandages he had wrapped on her arm yesterday were stained with blood and starting to unravel.
This isn't good; her wounds reopened. Kenji turned towards Mello silently asking, to the back room? In response, Mello nodded.
Kenji lead Helena to the back room which had plain white walls, two surgical tables (one for medical tools, another for the patient,) a bed to rest in, large windows to the right of it, and a sink on the far left.
Helena mentally prepared herself for the surgery when she laid down on the table and allowed herself to succumb to the sleepy effects of the amnesia. Dr. Kenji worked diligently for the next hour to remove the bullet from within her shoulder and when he did, he removed his mask and gloves and threw them into the trash along with the sole bullet. He then went back to Helena's unconscious body and rewrapped her wounded arm along with the new one she had acquired less than two hours ago.
He sighed and thought out loud.
"Really? Again? I'll be damned if this becomes a routine." He walked out of the room and back into the living room and conversed with the room's inhabitants.
"You already know what I'm going to say, so I need not say anything more. Bye Mello-" he looked towards the blond who replied with a grunt. "Matt-" the gamer lifted his hand meaning he had heard and continued on with his game. When Kenji saw Wild, he didn't know how to address her and said goodbye to her awkwardly.
"Miss." Kenji then opened the door and left while Wild huffed.
"He didn't have to call me miss!" She complained.
"Then you'd prefer mister?" Mello teased causing Wild to become even angrier.
"NO! A true gentleman asks a girl for her name first." She closed her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest. Mello chuckled and retorted to her unrealistic statement.
"Sorry to break it to you, but those guys don't exist." She snapped her eyes open with a smirk on her lips and moved towards Mello's location. She then sat on his lap with her arms draped around his neck and leaned her head against his chest. He was about to push her off of him until her next comment surprised him.
"But you are a gentleman. You saved me." He sighed and reached towards the coffee table for a chocolate bar set on it but couldn't since she blocked any path to reach the heavenly delight. She caught what he was trying to do and reached for the bar. Wild unwrapped it and stuck it in his mouth laughing at his deadpanned visage.
This girl is getting too attached to me.
About an hour later, Helena awoke and looked down at the bandages that wrapped around her torso.
I really need to stop getting myself shot…
She sauntered to the door and navigated herself back into the living room noticing Wild sitting on Mello's lap and him not minding. She also noticed Matt playing his DS and chuckled at how he was really getting into the game, almost being absorbed by the console itself. Wild heard the chuckle and lifted her head in the direction it came from and her features lit up when she saw Helena.
"HELENA!" She jumped off Mello's lap and ran towards the bandaged girl hugging her tightly. "I missed you and I was so scared you were going to die and promise me to never to that again!" She quickly rambled.
"OWW! Watch the bandages!" Wild immediately released her and apologized. Helena took a moment to process what she had just heard and smiled at the younger girl's concern over her. "I'm better now. Just no more really tight hugs okay?" Wild nodded and sat in the ex-Mafioso's lap once more. Helena sat back in her original seat and reminisced on how yesterday changed Wild and her lives for the better and smiled to herself.
I'm glad we found some people we could actually trust.
The next day, Mello took a ride in the city with his motorcycle enjoying the wind blowing against his skin and the busy life of Japan. He was lost in his own thoughts until he heard a familiar voice and stopped his motorcycle and parked it along the curb.
"They just wasted their time. He couldn't have gotten far considering the injuries inflicted on him so capturing him would be simple."
Mello turned to face the owner of the voice and was met with snowy hair, a pale complexion and an outfit that was all white.
"Near." He hissed. Near spun around to locate who had called him and spotted his old peer from Whammy's. He dismissed his team for the moment and strode over to Mello to speak to him.
"Hello Mello." Mello growled in response.
"What are you doing here?"
"We just finished the Kira case and Light's been apprehended but he escaped." Mello's face twitched in rage.
He let him go?! Who does this bitch think he is?
Near sensing his anger, quickly added on to his previous statement. "He suffered multiple shots to his arms, legs and torso, so he should be easy to capture whether he escaped or not." Mello was still furious; he should've been the one to apprehend that bastard. Damn it all!
"However without your cooperation, he wouldn't have been apprehended. Mikami had a fake Death Note while he kept the real one safe within a bank. When you kidnapped Takada, Light wrote her name in his Death Note without knowing that Mikami revisited the bank and wrote her name as well."
Mello was beyond furious at this point. To add insult to injury, instead of apprehending Light himself, he helped this sheep do it! He turned towards his motorcycle, put his helmet on, and drove off back to the hideout because his mid-day ride was just ruined.
Near faced the SPK members and prepared to return back to its headquarters along with his team.
Damn it all! That fucking albino sheep beat me to it! Mello approached the hideout and parked his bike in the front yard placing his helmet on a handle bar. The door was left unlocked and he stormed into the house fuming. Wild caught this and attempted to assuage his anger but it proved useless as he pushed her away and locked himself in his room.
Mello paced back and forth using all his willpower to not yell and destroy everything in the house. Knocks on his door aggravated him more than he already was.
"Go away!" He shouted.
"But I want to help." Wild said from the other side of the door.
"Leave me alone!"
"No. Not when you're hurting like this."
"I swear if you don't get away, I'll shoot you!"
"Do it then. I just want to help you." Mello grabbed the gun from under his pillow, slammed his door open and pressed the barrel of the gun on Wild's temple. She neither flinched nor budged from her position, she was standing her ground. Fury raged from Mello's aqua eyes and his finger inched towards the trigger but Wild's impassiveness stopped him and he dropped his gun.
Helena sensed Wild was in danger and stood up abruptly and ran towards her location but stopped when she got to the kitchen.
The threat went away…
Wild inched forward, grabbed onto Mello's waist and hugged him tight never wanting to let go. He calmed in her grasp and unconsciously wrapped his arms around her petit frame.
"I'll be here anytime you need to talk, okay?" Mello didn't answer but had already accepted the offer. Wild slowly pulled herself away from Mello and went into her room which was across from his. A new sense of hope began to rise within him and he looked forward to future challenges between himself and Near. There would be plenty more cases and plenty more chances at surpassing him. Mello headed towards the window and stared at the scenery with a smile on his face.
With my new posse, nothing can get in our way.