Death Note

Chapter 10

The next morning, Millie and her brothers were in the back seat of Wateri's car.

"Where are we going?" Mello asked.

"L wanted me to bring you kids back to the orphanage. I'm sure he has already explained it to you," he replied.

"Why now?" Near questioned.

Wateri didn't answer.

L.E.K knew exactly what was going on but she didn't say anything. Like usual, she was stuck in the middle, between her brothers. She had her arms folded and looked out the windshield, at the traffic. Outside, the sky was cluttered with dark clouds and rain was pounding against the car and left small puddles along on the indents on the road. It wasn't a long drive back to the orphanage. What worried her was how she was going to be able to sneak out and go see Light during the day. Obviously, he didn't like to be woken up in the middle of the night.

The small, black car came to a stop. Wateri got out, opened an umbrella and held it over their heads as they got out with their backpacks on.

The building looks a little more run down then I remember... She thought, looking at some missing brick holes and cracks in the solid rock stairway.

A woman wearing a grey pencil skirt and a pink jacket was standing in the door way, waiting for them. It didn't take Millie long to realize that she was the same girl who worked there before she and her brothers were adopted. She looked older and had small wrinkles along her eyes.

Wateri watched them, next to his car, while they walked up the stairs and into the dry shelter.

Like before, nothing good was coming out of this. After the large wooden door closed, he got into his car and drove back to work as Millie ad Near watched from the nearest window.

"What's going to happen now?" She asked her brother.

Near shrugged.

"I guess we wait," he replied and left her side to go play with dominos.

After a moment, Millie put her forehead against the window.

I guess we wait, his words echoed in her head.

Millie shook the image of L dying, out of her mind, and went to go make an impressive mansion out of a deck of cards to temporarily relieve her worries.

When Wateri arrived back at head quarters, Light was already sitting on a couch, listening to the tapes they took from Sakura TV, while jotting down some notes. Occasionally, when no one was around, he would switch the papers around and started writing names of criminals.

When he heard footsteps, he turned them back around.

"So Light, how are the tapes coming along?" L asked.

"They're interesting. The second kira is expecting an answer from the police... well, mainly you. He's set up two tapes for us to decide; one if the answer is yes and the other is no. If we don't submit these answers within a 3 day period, kira will kill everyone that he's mentioned in the videos," he explained.

"Hmm... I'll decide and have Wateri bring it to Sakura TV," he said.

At the moment, I have him working on the kira case. I'll keep the A.K investigation to myself for now. If I keep thinking that Light is kira, then I'll bring up Millie around him without giving away that she is my daughter. If he reacts by knowing who she is, his percentage would go up by at least 21%. L thought.

"Hey Light."

He looked at him.

"I see you've been hanging out with one girl a lot... is she the one or are you just going to leave her like you've done with the others?"

"It depends. Which girl are you referring to?" Light asked.

"She has short black hair and keeps her sunglasses above her bangs. She looks really young. Maybe it's because she's a little short?"

Is this some kind of trick? Light thought.

"You mean Jessica?" He asked using one of her fake, uncommonly used, names.

"She's just a friend and isn't really all that into dating guys. Plus it would feel weird to force a close friendship into a boy friend girlfriend thing," he stated.

"So you're saying that she's not your type?"

He nodded.

Obviously, she has used an alias but I'm not surprised. But why would she pick Light as a friend? He's... well perfect and I know that irritates her. L.E.K even said that it had taken her a while just to get use to me. Now everything is starting to fit into place. L.E.K isn't good at making friends unless they addressed themselves like how Near had done. I wonder... L's thoughts trailed off.

L averted the conversation suddenly.

"Keep up the good work," he said in a boring and dull tone as he walked away. It seemed like he was still lost in thought as he sat down at his desk where a cup with hot tea was recently place while he was away. Next to the cup was a small jar of sugar cubes. One by one, he dropped them into the hot beverage.

Assistant Killer was sticking out in his mind like it has officially become his number one priority. Her clues were too obvious like she A.K was doing that deliberately. It was like Millie was telling L that she's A.K but for what purpose? What did she have in mind?

Sending the boys back to the orphanage was a good idea but he was having second thoughts about going back and getting her.

Later that evening, L had decided which tape to send back to the TV station. Of course his answer would result as someone dying the next day. He's was right, like always.

Light was walking back and forth in his room thinking. 2 days had gone by and he could already tell there something wrong if L.E.K hadn't shown up. It didn't create much of a concern to him because he had Misa to help kill criminals, but he still needed her to assassinate L if his original plan didn't work.

Mille was also worried. Her time to kill someone was coming up shortly and her brothers were beginning to fight. You can't leave them together for a few days without having them fight to see who was better. Mello wanted to take L's place and his biggest competition was Near. L.E.K told them that there was no purpose of taking L's place, therefore, she didn't care, but Mello wouldn't listen. It also seemed like Near wanted to pass off as L as well, but didn't show very well.

Right now, it didn't worry her because she wasn't in the fight. L.E.K needed to get out and there weren't many options. She could run away, but L would know immediately and start looking for her. She could skip out for a few minutes but then her brothers would wonder. The last option would be to... No! It was too risky but L now mostly knows that she is A.K so would that make it ok for her to use her last option? If she did, her brothers would be devastated and would most likely, have to be withdrawn from Wammy's House (the orphanage). By doing that, they would be put back into helping with the investigation therefore; kira would try to kill them. But it was a risk she was willing to take.

Millie was in the corner of the floor reading a book she had found. Near was playing with a model train while Mello, still angry with his brother, was sitting on a staircase, eating a chocolate bar.

The clock struck 2:00 pm. Millie closed the book, set it down on the floor and walked to the front entrance, ready to push open the doors.

"Where are you going?" The woman working at the desk asked.

Millie didn't answer. Instead, she pushed open the doors and bolted outside, onto the road were cars were speeding by.

The woman quickly got up and tried to chase her, but only made it to the road. Near, Mello and some other kids followed behind.

Millie made it across the road safely and was staring back at them.

"Come back here before you get hurt!" She called out.

"What are you doing, Millie?" Mello exclaimed.

Near stood there and waited but shot her a concerned look.

"Young lady, you get back here!" The old employee continued to bark out orders.

Millie started to walk towards them, crossing into the traffic again, when a truck was speeding down.

"Look out!"

"Get out of the way!"

"Move!"

The other kids yelled, alerting her to the vehicle, but there cries were useless.

There wasn't enough time to jump out of the way when she noticed it.

The truck drove by carrying a load of logs to a wood ship factory. When it passed, she wasn't there anymore.

L.E.K was dead.