Author's Note: This is the second part of the flashback and there will be a third as well.
Beyond felt as if he couldn't breathe his eye fluttered open, but it was dark. The red eyed boy kicked and flailed his arms about. Finally the darkness lifted and he could see his mother sitting next to him with a pillow in her hands. She was trying to smother me, but why? The look on his mother was that of disbelief and she looked down at the pillow in her hands.
"Mommy are you going to be okay?" Beyond inquired.
"Oh my God Beyond I am so sorry I didn't know what I was thinking I am such a terrible mother I am frightened of my own baby." she blurted out in tears.
"It's okay mommy I love you." Beyond told her as he wrapped his arms around her.
"I can't even look you in the eyes. What kind of mother am I?" she sobbed.
"You're doing the best you can mommy." Beyond consoled.
"No, Beyond you deserve better." she told her son.
Beyond's mother gently unwrapped his arms from around her and tucked him back into bed. "You'd better get back to sleep love." she told him as she kissed him goodnight.
"Goodnight mommy." Beyond whispered.
"Can you do mommy a favor real quick?" she asked. Beyond nodded.
"Mommy wants to look into your eyes." she explained.
Beyond looked at his mother and watched as she slowly shifted her gaze to his eyes. Emily Birthday three hours. Beyond looked away from his mom quickly.
"I am going now Beyond I'll see you in the morning." she told him as she got up and headed for the door.
No mommy you won't, because you'll be dead just like daddy.
Beyond sat up in bed after his mother left. She's going to kill herself isn't she? Beyond felt helpless. How could he have not noticed his mother's time was running out maybe he had, but didn't want to believe it? Beyond cried for the first time in his life. He knew there wasn't anything he could do to prevent the inevitable from happening. The only thing I can do is wait. Beyond watched the clock in his room until it got closer to the time.
The boy with the Shinigami eyes crept out of his room and into his mothers. He made sure he was quiet. Slowly the numbers above her head kept decreasing until finally they reached zero. Beyond carefully approached the bed. He noticed that his mother was holding something in her hand. Beyond carefully removed it from her hand. It was a bottle of Tylenol and it was completely empty. She must have done this because of what she almost did to me. Beyond placed the bottle back into his mother's hand.
Beyond stared at her body lying there on the bed. He wasn't sure what he should do. I should call the police everyone knows when you find a dead body you call police. Beyond sat down on the floor and brought his knees up to his chest. I am frightened, if I call the police I will have to go to an orphanage or foster care and I don't want to. Beyond then came to the conclusion to let someone else call the police. Surly one of the neighbors will notice that she's not coming and going from the house and her job will notice something's wrong if she doesn't show up after while. Beyond felt confident with his decision besides it would give him a little more time with his mommy. Yes that's exactly what I'll do.
