Chapter Seven: The Reaper's Surprise

He chained her wrists again, ignoring the fact that his harsh pulls broke the newly forming scabs, causing Sora to whimper in pain as her fresh blood ran down her hands, coating the dried up blood.

Beyond looked at her fingers which were covered in her blood and licked his lips, eyeing the red liquid hungrily.

"Do you mind?" he asked simply, his emotionless mask covering the smile he wore inside. Before Sora could process what he had asked, he held up her arm and stuck out his tongue, trailing up her bloody arm. Sora froze, knowing that if she moved, he would most likely hurt her more.

Beyond lapped up at the blood hungrily, getting the crimson blood all over his lips and some on his face, staining his pale flawless face. He pulled back, giving Sora a satisfied look. Sora stared disbelievingly. Had he really just done that?

"Mmm…Sora tastes quite delicious..." he licked his lips, making a slurping sound. Sora couldn't yell or move to protest. She was frozen with disgust.

Beyond pulled on the chains, pulling Sora off the bed and onto the cold hard floor. Her legs buckled under the weight. She had been in bed for about a week, her legs not being used at all, well except for bathroom breaks.

Beyond then blindfolded her, not wanting her to see a way for her escape. He pulled her through the seemingly large building, taking the occasional sharp turns that made Sora stumble. Sora knew he was just leading her in circles to confuse her sense of direction. I wasn't like she was planning an escape anytime soon. Sora was too afraid of what would happen to her if this psychopath caught her escaping. She shuddered at the though.

Beyond finally stopped and opened a very rusty old metallic door, pulling Sora in and closing the door behind her, locking the door with several deadbolts.

Sora knew that they were in some sort of room with a television of something of that nature, the white and blue lights hitting her onyx-grey eyes through the black blindfold.

Beyond fastened the chains to a hook on the ceiling, causing Sora's raw wrists to be cut up more. She was trying to stand up perfectly straight, if she slouched even a little bit, the chains would cut into her wrists.

She felt Beyond walk around for awhile, typing some things on some sort of keyboard. Sora heard a click and she heard Beyond mumble something. It was about fifteen minutes before she felt Beyond silently walk behind her, slowly laughing to himself as the blindfold slipped of Sora's face, her eyes squinting from the bright monitor light. She glanced back at Beyond, only to see that he was wearing a white mask stained with blood. She flinched away from his face being uncomfortably close to hers. She saw him turn to the monitors and smile widely at them. Only then did she realize he was smiling at a camera. Sora turned to the camera and then to the monitors. Sora gasped sharply at what she saw.

Sora was faced to the monitor to see a very shocked and scared Matt looking back at her, tears slowly forming in his emerald eyes hidden by his bright orange goggles.

"S-Sora..?" Matt whispered in shock, his whole body frozen in place. The tears now streaming down his face.

"Matt!" Sora screamed excitedly. She started to breathe sharply, excited to see one of her closest friends. She immediately stopped when she saw his tense frame and the tears fall off of his chin.

"Hello Mail. Is Lawliet there?" Beyond smirked evilly. Matt just stood completely

still only to be quickly joined by Mello. Mello's icy blue eyes quickly saw Sora and his whole face was contorted with anger and sorrow.

"SORA!" Mello screamed, his face red with fury. "Sora! Say something!"

"Mello! Mello Mello!" Sora called his name over and over again, her whole body straining against the chains. She winced when the cuffs cut against her wrist deeper and deeper. The boys saw the blood streak down her arms in horror.

"Sora! Oh my God I'm so happy you're alive! Get the Hell away from that psycho! Sora!"

Beyond simply kept laughing at the scene unfolding in front of him. He simply pulled the chain harder, causing Sora's arms to lift higher above her head and the cuffs to cut deeper. Sora screamed in pain. The teenage boys the screen only stared in horror.

"SORA! GET THE HELL AWAY FROM HER YOU SICK BASTARD!" Mello screamed into the monitor, crystal tears streaming angrily from his piercing blue eyes filled with hate. Matt's fists were clenched so tightly, his nails had cut into the palm of his hand, his face contorting with anger. He was typing furiously on the keyboard.

"Now Mihael there is no need for such language. If one of you would simply would go fetch Lawliet everything would go smoothly." He looked straight into the camera angrily, is blood red eyes glaring through the mask.

Sora kept staring at the boys on the screen, tears of happiness streaming down her blood stained face. She heard Beyond laugh happily, seeing the pain in the teenager's faces. Mello then sharply stood up and ran back furiously, leaving Matt typing away furiously.

Mello came back not five seconds later gasping for air and being followed by a very worried looking Near. The petite boy took one look at Sora and his whole emotionless face formed into a face of sadness and sorrow.

"Sora…" he whispered almost too quietly for Sora to hear.

"Near! Near its okay! I'm okay don't worry honey I'm fine!" as soon as she said that, Beyond laughed quietly and flashed a knife in front of the monitor, almost teasingly. The boys' eyes widened with fear. About ten seconds later, another figure appeared on the screen.

It was L.

"L! L!" Sora cried hysterically. It was her L! "Oh L! I'm okay love don't worry! Oh L!" she didn't know what to say. She was so happy to see him.

Beyond laughed evilly, his laugh making Sora flinch.

"S-Sora…." L said weakly, his famously-expressionless face was paralyzed with fear. His dark eyes were wide with horror and shock at the sight of his lover bleeding, broken, and so close to the deadliest serial killer he has had to deal with. Sora saw the dark circles under his eyes had grown more prominent. Oh L... He probably hasn't slept this whole time I've been gone... Sora hated herself for doing this to him. She started to cry harder now, causing L's chest to hurt painfully with sorrow.

Beyond sighed, obviously bored. He didn't ask to see Lawlipop just so he could cry his emotionless heart out. Beyond then started to laugh, silently at first, but then he exploded into a fit of laughter. The chilling laugh caused Sora to shake violently. L simply stared in horror at the sight of Beyond.

The blood-crazed man laughed harder. "Well Lawliet if I knew that Sora had this much of an effect on you, I would have taken her much sooner." He laughed harder, watching L trying to regain his hard exterior. Sora gasped at the sight. L's face was tense, his jaw line looked to tight Sora thought it would break through his pale skin. His cold eyes pierced a look directly at Beyond. Sora had never seen L this angry before. She was a little scared of him.

"Let. Her. Go." L spat out every word as if it were laced with poison, the anger and hatred radiating from him. Beyond simply laughed harder, pulling the chains around Sora's wrists painfully hard. Sora let out a bloodcurdling scream, her eyes wide open with agony and pain. Beyond started to shake with excitement. He hadn't had this much fun in years. He had managed to break L in a matter of seconds. The adrenaline rushed through his body, his blood red pupils dilating.

"Silly L! Why would you think I would let her go? We've just gotten to know each other!" he took off his mask, revealing his crazed smile and insanity-ridden eyes, causing the younger boys on the monitor to shake with fear. They had never seen such a scary man before. L simply glared harder, studying and following Beyond's every move.

"Beyond if you threaten her life in any way I will personally hunt you down and kill you myself." The tone in L's voice was dangerous and acidic.

Beyond chuckled. "Now why would I want to kill her…..yet?" he smirked, "Little Sora and I have actually gotten quite close." He led a pale hand up Sora's body. Sora froze in fear, closing her eyes so that she wouldn't see the maniac's nightmarish gaze. Beyond hissed, annoyed with Sora not looking at him. He swiftly flicked the knife across her leg, the pain causing Sora to open her eyes. Beyond took the opportunity and he cupped Sora's face with his blood stained hand, pulling her face inches from his own. Sora whimpered with fear, Beyond's eyes filled with excitement and a hint of lust. Beyond pointed the knife at Sora's neck. Sora screamed at the contact with the cold metal.

"BEYOND! STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING RIGHT NOW!" L shouted, enraged at what this man was doing to his lover.

"hmm?...oh...do what?" Beyond fixed his innocent looking eyes on the monitor. His innocent look was instantly replaced with the crazed look of insanity. He smirked and his red eyed beamed. "You don't want me to do….this?" He lead the knife from the left side of her neck all the way to the top of Sora's hips, ripping the fabric of her dress. Sora let out a howl of agony, her faced twisted in pain and terror. She stole a look at the monitor. L's face radiated hatred, anger, and…..murder. He looked like he was going to crawl through the monitor and kill Beyond with his own hands.

Beyond cocked his head to the side, listening intently at Sora's beautiful screams. He saw the anger radiating from L. He lowered his body so that his face was right next to where the wound ended at the top of her hips. He stuck out his tongue teasingly and chuckled at L. L was shaking furiously, his hands covered in blood. He had clenched his fist so hard, trails of his crimson wine were running down his arm, staining his long white sleeved shirt.

"Hmmm…" Beyond sighed. "I wonder is she tastes as good as I think she does?" with that, he flicked his tongue out again, trailing up the side of Sora's shaking body. She screamed with pain as Beyond dug his nails into her sides. L was screaming now, shouting at Watari to trace the video and find out where this sick bastard was. About halfway up, Beyond forced his teeth into Sora's side, breaking the skin and leaving a raw mark. Sora shouted hoarsely, her throat raw from all the screaming. She looked down at Beyond, meeting his blood red eyes that seemed to be clouded with lust and excitement. He licked all the way up the wound, collecting every drop of blood he had spilled from her body.

Beyond stood up and grabbed Sora's face, looking deep into her eyes. He simply looked back at the monitor to see an enraged L, shouting orders at everyone who happened to be around him. Beyond laughed maniacally at the sight, doubling over and holding his sides. His red eyes were tearing at how hard he was laughing. He inhaled sharply, "Oh L! You sure do know how to make a game interesting!" He held Sora's face and kissed her roughly, Sora's eyes widened in shock and horror. She tried to scream, but Beyond's animalistic kiss was muffling her screams. Sora tried to back up from Beyond's kiss, but whenever she did, the cuffs would cut deeper into her wrists. The cuts were already deep enough that they would occasionally rub up against the bone. Sora cried frantically, her whole world falling apart.

L saw Sora crying her eyes out and he saw the deranged genius kiss her ravenously, the blood that had been on his mouth rubbing and smudging Sora's horrified face. There were no words to describe just how infuriated L was. He let out a bloodcurdling yell, his head thrashing around and yelling orders. His sleeves were stained with his blood and his shirt was drenched with sweat. Beyond broke the kiss sharply and laughed at Sora's expression. He looked at the camera and licked his lips teasingly, only adding to the fury in L's eyes. Sora looked at her lover through tear stained eyes, silently whispering "L…..I'm sorry…please….forgive me…I'm sorry….L…I love you…" the blood from her restrained wrists was now trickling down her face, mixing with the tears.

Beyond simply smirked, "Come find us L. We'll be waiting, but feel free to take your time. There's no need to rush Lawlipop, you know she's in excellent care." He whispered huskily into the monitor, pulling the horrified Sora closer to his blood stained body. L looked at Sora through loving and sorrow-filled eyes.

"Sora! I love y-"and the screen turned black.

Beyond smiled maliciously at Sora, looking away from the monitor. He placed the blindfold on her once again, her tears soaking through the material.

"You know Sora, I wasn't lying. You do taste good." He whispered silently in her ear, blowing on the cut on her neck. He released the chains from the hook and Sora slumped to the cold hard floor, cradling herself in a fragile ball. She felt dead, humiliated, and alone. She knew L would search endlessly for her, but he was so far away. She felt like dying, molding herself into the ground so she could just escape this hell. She wanted to wake up from this nightmare.

Beyond yanked painfully on the chains, irritated with her childish pose. He pulled again, but Sora didn't move at all. He knelt by her head, moving away her hair so he could see her face. He pulled up the blindfold so he could see her eyes. They were open, but they were dull and lifeless. Beyond looked worried. He touched her neck.

"Well she still has a pulse…Maybe I may have overdone it a little."

He swiftly picked her up in his arms as she slumped against his toned chest. He walked out of the room and kicked the door closed, making sure not to move Sora too much. He walked silently through the darkness of the building and finally reached her "room". He stood in the middle of the nearly empty room for awhile, occasionally looking down at Sora. He placed her gently on the bed and wrapped her with a white robe he had gotten from his room. He simply stared at her sleeping form for a long time, studying and memorizing every shape and curve on her petite body. His eyes stopped at all the scars he had given her. He frowned at the sight. 93% of those scars would heal perfectly in a short time with enough medical attention. He needed to leave a mark on her that would be permanent. He stalked out of the room, making sure to turn the music box on before he left.