A/N: Well guys, Happy Thanksgiving! And to celebrate, here's a Thanksgiving chapter! Enjoy!
Incident Seven: Better Fresh
Mello just stared at it. He'd never seen a live one before. "Is this… a turkey?"
L nodded. "Watari buys one every year for Thanksgiving."
Mello's eyes got wide. "You mean… He buys a fresh turkey? To KILL and EAT??"
L thought a moment. "I dunno… But the turkey always disappears before the next day."
Mello and Near both gasped. When they lived in the same apartment complex, their parents would always have Thanksgiving together. They knew EXACTLY what you did with a turkey. The Wammy boys, however, were very oblivious. They always had a very scrumptious Thanksgiving dinner, and they always had turkey, but it never occurred to them that the turkey they ate was the same one Watari had been buying.
Just now, L finally got it. "We have to save this turkey! We can't let Watari have it this year!!" Matt wasn't really listening, he was busy playing World of Warcraft. They were having a special Thanksgiving festival. The other three boys, however, grabbed the turkey and brought him down into the safeness of SPK headquarters.
"Wow, sir! Check out that turkey, sir! Is that Watari's annual turkey, sir?" They boy, Spark, was keeping a very watchful eye on the computer screen. Usually, the girls planned something evil to do on Thanksgiving.
Mello pet the turkey. "Yes… This is the turkey… I'm naming him… Eduardo…" The other boys didn't see a reason to argue with the name. They didn't really care. Mello placed a red bowtie on Eduardo, along with a pilgrim-like hat. He was dressed quite festively now.
L put his hand on Spark's shoulder. "We need to keep… Eduardo… Here in SPK headquarters. Otherwise, Watari may end up slaughtering another one!"
Spark was puzzled, but he agreed to let the turkey stay in what was essentially "his" lab.
Mello went off to find Eduardo some food, Near went to keep an eye on Watari, and L went to go make sure that his sugar cube tower was, and would remain, safe.
Hours passed, and the turkey grew restless. He gobbled very loudly, in a way that frightened Spark. Spark wouldn't dare turn around. Eduardo paced back and forth, back and forth… He couldn't take any more of this. He chewed his way through several of the SPK's important cords.
Finally, Spark looked back to check on Eduardo. He was scared out of his mind. Eduardo glared into his eyes, showing intent to harm. Spark yelled and, avoiding the turkey poo that littered the lab, raced out of SPK headquarters. So frightened, was he, that he forgot to close the lab door behind him. Quite simply, the turkey escaped.
"L, sir! Eduardo is scaring me, sir! He looked at me evilly, sir! He wants to kill me, sir! He chewed through all of our cords, sir! He got turkey droppings and feathers all over the lab, sir! He even threw off his bowtie and hat in rage, sir!"
Mello overheard the bowtie/hat comment. He was very disheartened. Together, L, Mello, and Spark went to calm the turkey. However, the turkey was no longer in the lab.
Something in Mello snapped. "He's going to die! My poor Eduardo is going to die! Someone needs to save him! We need to find out where he went!"
Their first stop was Watari's room. According to Near, "Watari hasn't moved an inch all day. He's been busy watching all the Thanksgiving specials, not to mention football. So, if you don't mind, I'm a little into this game, and… TOUCHDOWN!!!"
Mello sped off to find his next target. What he discovered would haunt him forever.
"Eduardo!! Free yourself!! Don't let yourself become consumed by the girls and their awful frilly things!!"
The girls were dressing Eduardo in a pink tutu. Luna, the leader of the girls, said, "This turkey is ours, and her name is Lunita. She's the star of our Thanksgiving ballet, 'Turkey Lake'!"
Mello refused to let the girls corrupt their turkey. He stole Eduardo/Lunita from them, and started running. Unfortunately, this time, Watari was out and about.
Watari took the turkey from Mello. "You shouldn't hold him like that, he might bite you." Watari caressed the turkey gently. "Besides, we don't want him to be upset when we free him tonight…"
"Put him down, you mur-… Wait, free him? You mean, you're not going to kill him and eat him?"
Watari couldn't help but laugh. "Heavens, no! I don't know how to gut a turkey! I order caterers to do all of the Thanksgiving dinner. The turkey I buy every year, and every year I free it back into the wild where it belongs. It sort of demonstrates what I'm going to do with you 12 years from now, Mello!" He would be 18 by then.
Mello sighed a sigh of relief. He was so happy that Eduardo was going to get to go home. L chuckled at himself. "I completely forgot that Watari did that… Usually, I decide not to go. Who wants to watch a turkey run away, anyway?"
Well, Mello wanted to watch the turkey run away. All through Thanksgiving dinner, he had flashbacks about all the wonderful times they'd spent together… Walking in the park, blowing bubbles in the backyard, learning to ride a bike, eating pizza, painting toenails… Well, those things didn't happen, but Mello imagined they did. He kicked himself for imagining painting a turkey's toenails.
Mello was the only one that decided to come with Watari to watch the turkey spread his wings. Wait… Do turkeys fly?
Eduardo turned to look back at Mello. He mouthed the words 'I Love You.' Mello teared up and mouthed it back. He returned to Wammy House empty handed.
The boys were all still awake.
"I wasn't even IN the lab. None of this was my idea." Near argued.
"Well, I'm not really suited for this sort of thing." L counted himself out.
"I was scared out of my mind, sir!" Spark shivered.
It was unanimous. The boys decided that Matt would be the one to clean the lab up. How, I don't know.
