Chapter six:
The next day brought about much excitement but L feels guilt as he quickly makes his way towards the meeting place of where the team is meeting today.
He knows what he has to do and he doesn't need to glance back to the king and Mihael who are following him in their normal forms like him just the three of them are not letting their wings be visible.
There is a few other changelings following them but L quickly formulates a plan in his head as they get closer to the meeting place.
The team is already waiting there and are a little surprised when they see L with others.
Before they know the changelings are grabbing them allowing their wings to be seen in the safety of the alley way close to the edge of Tokyo.
They are handcuffed with their hands behind their backs being held by changelings.
L goes to Light and the sounds of the last handcuff being placed on the brunette.
The raven refuses to meet Light's eyes as he stands there with his wings out in the open like the other changelings.
"We have them all your majesty." Mihael says looking to Nate.
Nate smirks in an obviously evil way. "Perfect." He says then he closes his eyes then tilts his head up and as soon as he is pretty much facing up then he seems to change into Light. He lowers his head to its proper angle with the evil smirk still on his face and he opens his eyes that also are like Lights like the rest of his body. "You know what to do with them." He says in Light's voice.
The changelings take the team away with L taking Light with them leaving Nate, who now is disguised as Light, and Mihael behind.
As they make it to outside of Tokyo where they won't be seen they stop.
"I'll take them from here." L says looking at the other changelings.
A turns to L raising an eye brow. "Are you sure you can handle them all?"
L spreads his wings in a defensive and possibly a little aggressive way. "Do you doubt me? I am only following the kings orders. You should be too and leave. The king trusts me to take care of them." He keeps his grip on Light as he says this.
The other changelings accept this and fly off to somewhere else.
L lets go of Light and Light takes a few steps away letting his arms fall to his sides turning to L as the rest of the team are shocked Light isn't hand cuffed.
"Why did you do that?" Light asks confused. "Aren't you one of them?"
L raises his hands showing he had handcuffed himself instead of Light. "Do you think they would believe me any other way?" He points out. "I may be a changeling like them but that does not mean I agree with what they are doing." He answers simply.
"Is this what you were trying to tell me?" Light asks.
L nods. "I'm sorry. I couldn't find the words to tell you that I am a changeling." He says glancing away.
"But you said at the crime scene." Matsuda tries to get his head wrapped around this.
L glances down. "Yeah sorry that I lied about what was actually doing the murders. The king who is the white haired male that turned himself to seem to be Light and his right hand man the blonde with blue eyes were watching. I had to keep them thinking I was on their side." He looks back to Light as he manages to pull out the single key in his pocket out handing it to Light. "The keys to the handcuffs on everyone." He explains.
Light nods taking them and unlocks the handcuffs on L first then moves on to get the others free of the handcuffs.
"How can we really be sure you are on our side?" Ide questions. "How are we sure you won't betray us?"
"He just saved you all from those other changelings and he even handcuffed himself instead of me! What else do you want to prove that he is on our side!?" Light growls.
"It's alright Light." L tells him trying to calm the brunette who is upset the team would still doubt L. "I can understand their hesitance in trusting me. I am a changeling after all."
"But you are going against your own kings words and are helping us." Light says. "That should be enough to prove you're on our side."
"Well we don't have a lot time right now." L says.
"What are they planning? I may not fully trust you but so far you have shown you are not on the side of those other changelings." Soichiro says.
"They want to take over the world starting with Tokyo turning everyone into their food." L explains.
"What exactly do you guys eat?" Halle asks.
"Love. We feed off love." L explains. "We can even make normal looking food from love. Without love in it we cannot eat it." He adds to clarify the question of if they can eat normal food.
"How can we stop them?" Light asks L.
"Isn't that obvious?" Matsuda says with his dramatic serious expression. "We go into there expose them for what they really are then take them down."
L shakes his head. "There is too many of them to take them head on foolishly like that." He informs them. "The king has over thousands of changelings at his command. A single command and we are all murdered."
"All as in you as well?" Aizawa questions.
L nods. "They think I am on their side so if they know I didn't actually take care of you guys and if we go with Matsuda's plan of foolishly running straight into there then every single one of us will be killed unless they think you over powered me forcing me to take you into there. Though it's only a thirty percent chance they'll think that it's still a possibility. Either way we can't foolishly go running in there blindly."
"Then how shall we go about it?" Light asks.
"There is one way we may be able to stop them." L says. "We need to corner them and the key to the rest of them is the king. Without someone to lead them they will become a mess and become confused making it easier to catch them. But getting to the king is in no way easy. Even if we just arrest him the changelings will even die trying to get their king free. Which leaves us with either trying to find a way to get rid of the king in another way or finding a way to banish the entire flock." He explains. "The king isn't foolish. He is smart and his right hand man will do anything to protect him along with the others."
"So we need a way to expose them for who they are and get to the changeling king while being highly careful of the other changelings." Matsuda sums it up. "That's a lot and sounds hard."
"No one said this was easy." L responds glancing to Matsuda.
"Then we need to begin at once." Light says.
"We cannot plan out in the open though." L says. "If we are found by other changelings they will either report it to the king or take us down themselves." He explains. "There is a building that we can use."
"Right then let's go." Soichiro nods.
They head back into Tokyo and keep low as they move through the streets and L having to take care of a few changelings making them not even notice the team as they slip past with L joining again once it's safe. They finally make it and L gets them in.
L makes his wings disappear as they enter. "Watari?" He looks around as they walk in.
Watari comes over to them. "Ah welcome back Ryuzaki. It's been awhile. This the team you are working with?" He asks looking to the team.
"Yeah. We need to use this building for an investigation." L explains.
"Of course. Of course. You're like a son to me. You and your teams are always welcome." Watari smiles warmly.
"Yes thank you." L says kindly and they walk into the investigation room of the building.
"Does he know?" Light asks.
"He has no idea I am a changeling." L explains.
"Ah." Light nods in understanding.
"We can use this building to hide out in and to plan. It has good high-tech equipment." L nods to the computers. "It also has cameras so we can check them if needed to make sure no changelings are trying to get in if they ever do though it's only a five percent chance of happening."
"Alright. Let's get started." Matsuda says enthusiastically.
