A/N: This chapter is pretty much only dialogue; no psycho violence this time. I have no idea why it took so long... Also, I've decided that I'm way too lazy to change the title. It'll be Room of Angels. Misa's 'number' was no coincidence, since I've been reading Stephen King's brilliant short-story '1408' over and over lately, so I found it funny. Enjoy and please review.
-x-x-Room of Angels-x-x-
Ego
te provoco
(I dare you)
"Patient 1408, Misa Amane. Session is recorded at the patient's own request. Now, Misa, can you tell me why you wanted me to record our conversations?"
"So I can listen to it later, of course."
"Why would you wish to do that?"
"Because I like the way you ask questions… as if you think I'm crazy."
"And you believe that you're perfectly sane, then?"
"Of course not. Otherwise I wouldn't be here with all the other crazy people. We've already talked about that."
"We have, but I don't know you as well as your previous therapist."
"That's true. What happened to him, anyway?"
"He retired."
"So he won't come back… that's a shame- I really liked him. He always sounded like he believed me."
"I'm sure he did. Misa, can you tell me about the things you talked about last time? I would like to know more about these dreams of yours."
"What do you want to know?"
"Do you have these dreams every night?"
"I do."
"Do you know why?"
"No."
"But they're more than dreams to you?"
"Didn't you see the scars?"
"The scars?"
"Yes, the damn scars! Where do you think I got them? Do you think they just magically appear at night?"
"It says in your record that you frequently harm yourself in your sleep; trashing around, clawing at yourself, even bite yourself at times."
"So you're saying that I made the scars myself?"
"No, I'm just suggesting that maybe--"
"Yeah, well, I don't think scratching myself would leave scars like that."
"Tell me about your new medicine. How are you doing with that?"
"I can't sleep."
"Well, that can't be good, can it? Perhaps we should consider giving you something else…"
"Maybe. What do I care? None of it works either way."
"Yes, I've heard that. I've also heard that you sometimes talk to the characters of your dreams during the day?"
"Yeah… if I got too tired or something, I kind of go there as well… it's not like really being there, but I can hear what they're saying and I can talk to them as well."
"Have you been hearing what they've been saying during the time you've had the new medicine?"
"Yes, I talked to Near today. He said that Beyond had come to see them, and that he'd apparently left without doing anything to Light. I think he must be special…"
"Light? Is he new? The records don't say anything about someone named Light…"
"He showed up a few days ago. The poor thing looked like he was losing his mind already."
"So… Light is losing its mind?"
"His. Not its."
"Of course, I apologize."
"He did, actually. But maybe he was just confused. He asked a lot of questions."
"Tell me about the other characters you talk to. Tell me about… ah, yes, tell me about L. Why do you think he has that name?"
"How should I know? Because his parents gave it to him?"
"It says here that you believe he's a… vampire?"
"He bit me once… I still have two little dots on my neck."
"Those look like freckles to me."
"They may be, but they weren't there before he bit me."
"L is sucking your blood, then? Did that make you a vampire as well?"
"No, it didn't, for some reason. I just woke up screaming and went back the next night."
"How about Beyond?"
"He's… strange. He looks just like L, but he does more stuff to us; painful things, more than being bitten."
"What was the last thing he did to you?"
"He ripped off my fingernails… one by one…"
"What happened then, when you woke up?"
"When I woke up, I had no fingernails and a stupid doctor telling me that I'd been tearing them off in my sleep."
"You said that Beyond harms 'us'? Does he harm all of you?"
"Yes. No, he leaves L alone, but L harms us all as well. The rest of us try sticking together as much as possible, you know, support and stuff."
"And this L, he only bites you?"
"Yeah, that's about it."
"And the other characters don't--"
"Why do you keep calling them 'characters'? You're making it sound like they aren't real."
"I'm sorry, force of habit. What I wanted to ask was if they're nice to you?"
"Not exactly nice, but they don't hurt me, so it's okay."
"Not exactly nice? What do you mean by that?"
"Well, Near's a bit freaky and he likes scaring me… and Mikami's a bit of a bitch. Mello and Matt are sort of strange as well… but Light seems nice enough, though."
"Why do you think Mikami and Matt have names like that? The rest have pretty weird names, you have to agree with me on that one, right?"
"Why do you care so much about their names? It's not like I— oh, you think they're my imagination dealing with things… I see…"
"I never said that, Misa. I just pointed out that I find it strange that two of them seem to have fairly normal names."
"I don't care. I didn't name them."
"Of course you didn't."
"… you still don't believe me, do you?"
"Well, I--"
"Because it's real! I'm not kidding! I'm not crazy, those things are happening, it's really… it's really…"
"It's really what, Misa?"
"Shut up. Just shut up. I'd like some new medicine so I can sleep again, please. And I'd like to go back to my room now, if you don't mind."
"Fine. I'll talk to you tomorrow."
"Fuck you."
.øØø.
It was like waking up from a nightmare.
Light had heard about it, seen it in movies, read it in books. But he hadn't believed that it was possible to wake up gasping, feeling his body sit up against his will. His eyes were wide, but he couldn't see. What time was it? What day? How long had he been out?
If that dream hadn't ended, he would have gone insane.
It had been… horrible, to put it nicely. Never had he had a dream that was so vivid, so real. The last part of it, the part where he was… eaten, he had felt it. He could have sworn that he was going to die there, that very instant, but he was awake, there was nothing, it… he…
A ridiculously large smile appeared on his face as he realized that he was going to survive after all.
"Hello, Light."
A ridiculously large smile disappeared from his face when he recognized the voice of the talking doll.
-x-x-Room of Angels-x-x-
Ego
te provoco
(I dare you)
-End of Chapter Eight-
