The two teens sat in silence until they heard the guard's keys jingle as he walked down the long prison hallway. Simultaneously the two boys sent glances to each other; making sure the other is ready and alert. The guard approached their cell door, bolt cutters in hand.
"Ready to be separated yet boys?" The tall young cop unlocked their door and walked in. Raito stood up and put on a fake smile, "Of course, Officer." L sat on the edge of the bed; he quickly shoved an empty pink box under the bed with his foot as the cop glanced toward him. The man frowned as he glared in the direction of the now hidden box, "The case of the missing doughnuts is solved it appears."
The doughnut thief gave the man a nervous half-grin as he walked over to the bed and bent down to retrieve the box.
"HEY!"
The guard shot upright and covered the back of his pants with his hand, "That's called assaulting an officer you know!" L stuffed his hands back into his pocket, grinning immensely now. "It won't happen again!" The man frowned before turning to face Raito, "I guess I can't expect much more from a couple of male street walkers…" Raito only smirked as he looked past the officer to L, who was now holding a set of keys he lifted from the officer's belt.
Raito shrugged his shoulders, "I guess you can't."
BAM!
He punched the officer in the stomach, forcing him to his knees. L's eyes widened, "That wasn't part of the plan…" Raito scoffed as he quickly grabbed the set of keys and began working on the lock, "He deserved it."
The officer clenched his pain-filled stomach and grabbed his radio in order to call for backup, "Officer Number fourteen is down, repeat, officer number fourteen is down! Two prisoners in cell five are attempting to escape!" Raito swung the door open, "Come on!" L quickly followed suit, but locked the cell door once again before the officer could make it out. "HEY! COME BACK HERE YOU PUNKS!" He shouted as he shook the locked cell door; watching the two teens sprint down the hall as the other prisoners hooted and cheered them on.
They slid around a corner as they headed for the records room at top speed. Despite L's horrible posture, he was extremely fast. But by now all the officers in the prison were aware of the situation; the escapees found the room where they kept the records blocked by three guards. The duo quickly turned and rounded a different corner as the guards gave chase
"I have an idea. Follow my lead, please, Raito-kun!" L and Raito ran into an intersection of two hallways; L dropped to the floor as he slid around the corner of the first hall. Raito followed and went around the opposite corner. Then, simultaneously, both boys pulled the chain on their wrists taught as the officers approached the intersection. One heavy-set cop tripped over the chain, and as a consequence nearly snapped L's thin wrist. Ratio then grabbed L by the arm and ran with him down the hall as the other two officers helped their heavy-set friend up. L held his wrist with his other hand as his face cringed in pain, "I didn't take into account the tremendous force which would be placed on the taught chain…" Raito snorted as he pulled his friend along at a fast speed, "You watch too much TV, Ryuuzaki. I could have told you it wouldn't work."
The long hall came to an abrupt end, "Here!" Raito opened a closet door and yanked L in after him. They stood panting in the small pitch-black utility closet as they listened for their pursuers. "They can't have gotten that far! This way!" The sound of their footsteps got farther and farther away. When they could no longer be heard the two teens opened the closet and headed back to the records room.
Luckily there were no guards around it this time; both boys quickly pulled their fingerprints and mug shots out of the filing cabinet. But before they could make their exit several cops spotted them inside, "Got you cornered now, Punks!" The cop that Raito had punched was leading the way. Raito began shoving a large filing cabinet in front of the door, "Help me you idiot!" He yelled at L who was simply watching.
The cops began ramming the door; but the cabinet seemed to keep them out for now. L quickly scanned the room before spotting a small window which led to the prison courtyard where the convicts exercised. He glanced at Raito, who responded with a frown. "You might be able to fit out that little window, Miss Anorexic, but there's no way I will." But L continued to stare at Raito without blinking, it was unnerving.
"Fine!" Raito folded his arms across his chest in an annoyed manner, "The cops are going to break through that door in a second anyway, let's just try the window." L gave the other boy a sly smile, pleased with himself that he had made Raito cave in so quickly.
The brunette pushed a small table over to the window before climbing on. With one swift move he kicked the glass out with his shoe; luckily it wasn't real glass, more like some sort of Plexiglas which popped clean out. "After you." Raito motioned with his hand for the thinner boy to exit first.
L squeezed through the opening with relative ease. He then turned back to help pull his slightly heavier friend through.
GUH! "My arm doesn't twist that way, Ryuuzaki!"
"Well maybe it would if you got some exercise!"
AHH! "Just stop pulling! And I'm not fat!"
Just then the cops finally broke the door down; they wasted no time in making their way to the window where Raito's legs were currently sticking out of. They began a tug of war of sorts; L pulled his arms, the cops pulled on his legs.
Raito's screams of pain could be heard across the courtyard. Several convicts heard of the boys' escape plan through other officers' conversations, and they decided to help the poor stupid souls. Now the game was a bit more even; three guards pulling his legs, with L and two other prisoners pulling his arms.
Raito's face turned bright red from all the shouting he was doing; but relief finally came when L's side of the tug-o-war won.
Well… sort of…
They did succeed in pulling Raito all the way through the small window; he just lost his pants in the struggle… If the two boys handcuffed together didn't look like jail bait before, they sure did now because of Raito's sudden lack-of-pants.
L starred with a look of triumph at the stunned boy who sat on the grass wearing only a pair of cherry-red boxers on his bottom half. The officers inside the building threw the pants to the floor that they had pulled off of the boy. The heavy officer that L tripped earlier then proceeded to try to fit through the window himself; not coming anywhere close to succeeding.
Raito's face was still bright red (it almost matched his cherry boxers…); but now it was from blushing instead of yelling. He looked up to see Ryuuzaki and several other prisoners gawking at him. The brunette stood up and formed a dead-serious look on his face; trying to cover his embarrassment. "Matsuda should be waiting around the corner with the car; I'd rather not wait around for more cops to come, Ryuuzaki. Let's go!"
L slowly nodded before both teens took off running in the direction of the large gate which led out of the fenced-in exercise yard.
But Raito was suddenly jerked back for some reason. "We don't have time to stop, Ryuuz..!" He spun around to see L being held up in a headlock by the tall, muscular, 'Cupcake' man. His eyes widened at the sight; L was slowly being strangled as he tried helplessly to escape the large man's clutches.
"You thought you could get away that easy?" The creepy man whispered into L's ear as he tightened his grip, "I did you a favor yesterday and you weren't even going to say good-bye?"
All the color left Raito's face as watched the scene before him; not sure what, if anything, he could do.
But he was broken from his shocked state by a very familiar and shrill voice, "Pervert! Let Misamisa's friend go!" She screamed at the man as she turned her head away and sprayed something from a bottle aimed at the large man's eyes.
He yelled in pain before dropping the now even-paler detective.
"For the first time since I met you, Misa, I can now say in all honesty that I'm glad to see you." Raito said with a smirk on his face; to which Misa replied with a confused frown.
Then Raito looked down to notice L again; he hadn't gotten up from the ground yet! The brunette grabbed him by the shoulders, pulling him upright. "Ryuzaki, are you ok!?" L made no response; except for clenching his hands over his eyes even tighter. Misa didn't have very good aim apparently; she had gotten mace into L's eyes as well.
Raito didn't want to waste anymore time standing around. L wasn't able to walk yet, but the large man was recovering quickly and would be very angry once he could see again.
So the brunette did the only thing he could do; haul L onto his shoulder and carry him along as he and Misa ran toward the gate.
"How did you get in here anyway, Misa?" Raito asked in between labored breaths.
"I picked the lock with my nail file after my Raito-kun didn't show up at the car when you said you would." She sounded oddly not-cheery. "Why are you not wearing pants?" She stared at his pale legs as they ran. "Not that Misamisa minds!" A stupid grin came across her face.
"I'll explain it later…" He formed a scowl as he began blushing once again.
Misa opened the gate as Raito caught up, still lugging L with him over his shoulder. They all exited the courtyard before Misa locked it once again; then continued to run down the street toward the waiting Matsuda with the 'get-away' car.
Raito heard a faint mumbling come from L as they approached the vehicle. "You can put me down now; if you wish, Raito-kun." He spoke again, this time a little louder.
The other teen had almost forgotten he was still carrying the detective, "He's surprisingly light…" he thought to himself as he slowed down.
"Of course, if you wish to carry me all the way to the car out of your concern for my health…" He mumbled again; after which Raito promptly threw him to the grass beside the sidewalk they were on.
Ow…
"No, I don't." The other boy replied; his voice sounded like he wished to kill the man.
A car drove up the group before L could pick himself up off the ground. Matsuda's face had panic written all over it, "MisaMisa, please don't run off like that again! Hurry, get in!"
All three teens quickly piled into the car before it went speeding away; heading back toward L's tower.
Matsuda kept stealing glances at the rear-view mirror. He looked slightly confused.
Raito turned his head to look out the side window of the car. He was very calm and scary as he spoke, "Don't ask about my pants, Matsuda…" He turned his head back to give the driver a threatening glare through the rear-view mirror.
Matsuda chuckled nervously, "What pants?" He paused, "Oh… um… wrong choice of words…"
Author's Note: Wow... this chapter got pretty strange, lol. Hope you liked it anyway. The fic will be ending pretty soon, maybe just one more chapter. But I'm already getting some ideas for new fics. Evil fangirl smile