(2 months later)
Mello sat in a living room chair- his usual one- and slowly bit off a piece of chocolate and let it melt in his mouth to try to tease a "Wild child." She also sat in the living room and was a seat away from him staring intently at the brown delicacy being eaten causing her mouth to water. Damn him! He knows I want it!
She grew an affinitive taste for the sweet over the course of those two months thanks to a sneaky ex-Mafioso and how his denying of chocolate spurred her curiosity into stealing some of his and tasting it. It was the best thing she had ever done in her life. Wild's stomach growled and she pleaded once more with the blond.
"Please Mello?" He looked towards her and smirked while biting off another corner.
"No. If you want some, buy your own."
"But I have no money!"
"Tough luck then." She narrowed her eyes into slits and strolled over to his direction. He saw her approaching and quickly hid his chocolate in his inside jacket pocket to keep it in safe hands. Wild saw this little action and draped herself over his torso, wrapped her hands around his neck and began to whisper into his ear.
"Please Melly?" He inwardly shuddered from the hot breath but still shook his head.
"No." Wild frowned and decided to take things into her own hands rather than waiting if mister-I-carry-guns-around-the-house-and-can-shoot -you-anytime -I-want felt generous and allowed her a bite. She forcefully opened his coat and ransacked some of his pockets but didn't retrieve the chocolate since Mello immediately stood up disallowing her from finding the bar. He had an annoyed look cemented onto his handsome face and started to walk in the direction of a chair furthest from his previous and sat down into it.
"If you leave that chair, I'll never give you a bite." Wild's eyes widened and began to grow angry.
"You weren't going to give me a piece anyway!" Mello smirked at her fury and shrugged his shoulders.
"Maybe I would, you never know." Wild growled but was shushed by Helena who sat in the center seat trying to watch a new episode of Spongebob. The former set her sights on her and glared daggers at the side of her face. Matt sat in the chair next to her playing his Gameboy and was on the verge of beating the level until loud laughter made him lose his concentration and die and caused him to growl in annoyance.
"HAHAHAHAHA!" Helena exploded in laughter and clutched her sides while all eyes and heads were in her direction. It took a few minutes for her to calm down and regain composure and once she had, she noticed the other three roll their eyes and sigh in irritation. She rubbed the back of her head sheepishly and chuckled nervously while muttering an apology.
Suddenly, the television program was interrupted and an urgent news report was broadcasted on the channel along with all the others. A fair-skinned newswoman appeared in the center with bangs covering her eyes and wearing an all black business suit, having a microphone in hand and appeared to be in front of an apartment complex with a crowd behind her. The crowd consisted of angry citizens, curious ones, or police officers; the woman began to speak.
"Hello Hokkaido region, it's Hana Chushi with a vital news report." She looked to be paranoid as she occasionally turned to view if someone was behind her and then continued with the report.
"A killer is loose in the area who had already killed a local apartment resident by the name, Khaoula Dawud, who was brutally murdered with a pick axe. The body of the young woman had been mauled and mangled to the point of no recognition. The perpetrator left no clues so far in the investigation and it is strongly advised to lock all of your doors and windows and not to go out late at night." The report ended and all sounds were muffled for Wild and Helena as their minds went blank with the newfound information.
She-She's dead. Wild thought.
NOOOOOOO! Helena thought. The boys turned their heads to see tears run down Helena's face and Wild's horror stricken one. They tensed and deduced that the girls had known her and judging by their expressions, were close to her too.
Mello walked to his previous seat in which Wild was sitting in now, leaned against the armrest and hesitantly rubbed her back in small soothing circles trying to console her. Matt put down his gaming device and wrapped his surprisingly strong arms around Helena's frail body and rubbed soothing circles on her backside while she sobbed into his shirt. Matt and Mello's eyes met and the two shared a single thought. We have to find whoever's done this.
After the girls had become placid and had grieved over their longtime friend, the boys pulled them off the chairs and onto their feet staring into their eyes with a serious and determined expression. The girls stared right back and were relived as Matt and Mello had told them that they'd find whoever's responsible. Matt released Helena when he saw Mello approaching her and tapped her shoulder to catch her attention. When she turned to look at him, he appeared grim and stern about the situation and spoke the words both girls were hoping for.
"C'mon. Let's do your friend justice." He left the living room and returned shortly with three pistols in hand and gave one to Wild and Helena each while he kept the last gun in his inside jacket pocket and remembered about the chocolate he hid there.
After the girls put the guns into their pockets, Mello handed his chocolate bar to Wild as a means to lighten her mood. She gave off a ghost of a smile and began to bite off pieces, eating at an exceptionally slow pace. The blond then grabbed her free hand, started in the direction of the door and opened it swiftly with Matt and Helena closely behind and closing it.
Mello walked around the house to the backyard and opened the garage with a key he kept safe and on him at all times. The door opened to reveal a sturdy and incredibly dark tinted car with darkened windows and turrets built in but concealed to the common eye. He entered the driver's seat with Matt sitting shotgun and Helena and Wild in the back seats awaiting the car to start. Once it had, the drive took almost two hours and by the time they had arrived, Helena and Wild were asleep from collapsing of exhaustion.
After parking the car, Mello turned around to check on the conditions of the two girls and sighed when he found them unconscious. Rather than his usual shouting to awaken someone, he found it inappropriate in this situation and leaned close enough to their proximity to gently nudge their shoulders or shake their arms.
Helena was first to awaken since she was the lightest sleeper of all of them and rubbed her eyes to wake up. Mello then instructed her to awaken Wild and she obeyed without questions watching the boys unfasten their seatbelts and exit the car in which she followed their example, as did Wild.
The first thing they noticed was that it was dusk with tints of purple flooding the sky with hues of pink and orange settling themselves onto the canvas in the sky. They spin around to view where they were headed and spotted a dark, ominous building a few blocks away and shuddered at the thought of going inside it.
"C'mon." Mello stated as he walked towards the building with Wild and Helena in the middle of the group and Matt in the back of the group to ensure the girls wouldn't get lost. As they approached the large building, Wild tilted her head to view its size but could not see the top of the building and braced herself to enter it. She thought it was scary and evil from the looks of its exterior and just as scary if not more frightening on the inside.
The outside of the building said, Happy Go Lucky Bank, which put off the girls a little bit but Matt and Mello were unfazed and appeared to have to been here several times. Once they passed the revolving door and entered, the interior looked unlike the girls had ever seen; it looked like the inside of a movie.
The lobby was humongous with sets of chandeliers fastened on the ceilings; the walls were hand painted gold with hints of silver into repetitive crescent moons; and a large glass table sat in the center of the room with twelve apricot, cotton-clothed chairs around it. There was also a large window pane further in the back with its borders also decorated in the crescent moons. A woman with brown hair wearing a plain white t-shirt and jeans stood behind the window and was the blonde's next destination. When Mello arrived to her location, she smiled at him and greeted him as she would to all her customers seemly unaffected by his serious look.
"KZM572." Immediately her smile dropped into a serious expression and she nodded. The woman lifted the divider and exited the booth eying the group.
"Please follow me." She led the group to the right and then took a series of twists and turns with the lights lined on the wall progressively getting darker and eventually leading them to a sole door in the entire hall. The woman slowly spun around and looked at the group while greeting them farewell and also handing Mello a pager.
"He is right behind this door; please page me if you need any assistance." The ex-Mafioso nodded and watched her retreat into the darkness heading to her booth. Mello opened the door and entered with Wild closely behind him, Helena farther back, and Matt in the rear.
The room was just as dim as in the hall, had dark green painted walls with a few lit candles providing the light in the room, and a bookcase on either side of the walls fully stacked with books. There was also a mahogany desk in the back center with a black leather chair behind it that was turned around with a man sitting in it whose hands were folded and elbows resting on the armrests. He seemed to be sensing Mello and Matt's arrival as well as the other group members but did not know the names of the new additions.
He slowly swiveled the chair and faced the group. The man was elderly but seemed to be in a healthy condition and wore a dark-brown cardigan with a white shirt underneath it. He greeted the two Whammy boys in his presence.
"Mello, Matt." He spoke and nodded towards each boy as he said their name. Wild and Helena viewed the event and silently wondered how this man would aid Matt and Mello into catching the killer who murdered their close childhood friend.
"Ereno." The boys replied in unison.
