CHAPTER 11: The Last of The Detectives…

Raid was asleep and I couldn't sleep. My head was filled with too much crap; first of all I was worried about Light. He was thinking of something and I was worried that it would lead to something I might hate. Secondly I found myself thinking of the two Wammy boys; Near and Mello as they were called. Such strange alias but then again 'L' weren't a normal name either. Sadly my stomach churned from the impact the photo had on my, the blonde haired boy struck a nerve in me somewhere. He looked sad, desperate…it was like I had looked years ago though he couldn't have been less then 2 years younger then me. But strangely even though I hadn't met him yet, I liked him. He seemed like someone I could relate to…I shook my head as I quickly folded the blanket over me, Raid was passed out on the couch in the observation room and I was in my own room. I tried to sleep but every time I did I kept hearing the scream Light had uttered last night. But finally I drifted off…

In the morning I ached, whether it was just the exhaustion finally coming up on me or the stress. I wasn't sure. I quickly pulled on whatever I had; again it was black like everything else in my wardrobe. I didn't give a flying rat's ass… I shuffled into the observation room and saw the weirdness that took over me, Rem stood in the middle of the room and everyone was watching her with fascinated eyes. I rolled my own green eyes and pulled a weird face in the task force's direction.
"Hmm nice face." I looked and saw Raid standing behind me. Her regular ponytail, shining blue eyes and baggy clothes; I swear I would have to force her into some shopping.
"Yeah yeah thanks a lot. Well don't they look interested?" I sneered, my lips curling into a horrible smile. I caught myself, damn it I was acting like Light! I had a pang of uneasiness hit me in the pit of my stomach. As if in instinct my arms folded over my chest and I huddled in the corner. L sat on his chair, staring blankly at the screen of his computer. Raid walked over to him, I hardly noticed Light sitting right next to them, his golden eyes fixated on me. I held my composure, the only thing you could see was my eyes but even then I shielded them with my bangs. Another thing that seemed to catch my attention was that Light never went out. He stayed inside and when Misa did come to visit him only talked with her a few moments before she left…it was weird but I was only there for a few things. Being a pawn in Light's game, I didn't care I was helping the world. Maybe.

L looked over the notebook; asking Rem question only every now and then and sooner or later Rem came by only a few times. I didn't care…
And then the news hit. I, Raid, Light, L and the rest of the task force were in the observation room when Soichiro burst in.
"What? I heard criminals were getting killed again." He yelled.
"There were 16 deaths just yesterday; all of them were broadcasted after Higuchi's death." Mogi explained. I watched in awe from the sofa.
"Immediately after huh?" Matsuda gulped.
"Do you think this means that Higuchi wasn't Kira after all?" Light's father asked.
"No it's safe to say that Higuchi was the person killing criminals until we apprehended him." Light urged. I stopped listening but Raid was so into it it looked like she could have fallen into the computer herself. I didn't bother and sat watching Light, I was wondering what he was thinking about. But not until I saw something move from the corner of my eye, something white…and skeletal like. I shivered in response.
"These killings began as soon as Misa was freed didn't they?" L said and Light defended, "Ryuuzaki are you still going on about that? She has nothing to do with this; think about it, this started right after Higuchi died." So it was monkey man's fault?
"Hmm I suppose your right…" and L trailed off, mumbling as he did. He stared out onto the notebook.
Again I signed out of life and checked into my mind hotel; I sighed and tried to fall asleep but with Matsuda jabbering in your ear it's hard. The only thing I caught was that apparently anyone helping Kira could be executed or put in jail for life. Oh boy I am in deep shit my friend…
Red Side: Oh who gives a crap? You're doing something with your life! But then I felt s strange tingle in the back of my head…
Blue Side: Tell L…when Light isn't around, you can save his life and everyone else's too… NO! I could never do that, he would never believe me and then I would be put in jail…

~ Hours Later…

It was raining outside; pouring if you will and the worst part was…Light and L were gone. I had heard L go off on his own right before me and Raid nearly fell asleep on top of one another. I was dead tired and so was my best friend, my mascara and eyeliner could no longer hide the dark bags under my steely eyes. But in a few short minutes I heard both the black haired man and Light returning, both were wet.
"L, why are you wet?" Raid asked. She absolutely admired him…I wanted to throw up.
"Oh nothing." And the he gathered the task force around him and sat down in his chair. He stirred the white sugar into his tea; he had out so much into it I was surprised it hadn't turned into paste yet.
"Hmmm, I'm going to try the notebook out." He said calmly. I was astonished and so was everyone else, Raid practically fainted. I held back a whimper of sadness. L please no. You have no idea what your doing you foolish man.
"We can't do that and there's no point in testing it now since we know the notebooks power is real!" some one shouted but I was too shocked to notice who. Then Matsuda asked the obvious question, 'who was gonna write the name and obey the 13 day rule?' No one sad anything. L explained that the person doing the writing would be a criminal scheduled to die in the next 13 days and if he lived beyond that they would know that the rule was fake. And then L's voice grew stronger.
"We are close, if we work this out then this entire case will be solved!" he said. I gasped in shock; I wanted to die in a hole!

And then the lights went out and a flashing red light came up on the screens in front of us, my brain was turning trying to work out anything and everything. And then 'Data Deletion' came on screen.
"What the hell is going on?! L!" I shouted my voice going deeper then I wanted it to go. But he just sat calmly, as if unaware if the problems around him.
"I told Watari to make sure to erase all information of the Kira case in a threat where something might happen to him." The black haired detective said.
"In case something happened?"
"Could it be?"
"Where's the shinigami?" L demanded.
"Good question, I don't see it." Soichiro inquired. And then it hit me…Light planned this. He planned this with Rem; Rem cared for Misa so much she was willing to sacrifice herself for Misa. Misa wouldn't go to jail and the good shinigami would die…but another thing hit me…Light…me…I was in danger and a hell of lot of it!
"Everyone the shiniga-" L was about to say something when suddenly he fell eerily silent…and slowly but surly he begun to fall from his chair, still clutching the silver spoon. Light didn't say anything, Raid's face was with shock and sadness and me…I was numb…no…no…NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! L was dead and so was I…
"L…L! NO L!" Raid cried as she clutched Ryuuzaki's head…"no Ryuuzaki please wake up!" But nothing and then Light was gone, and so was I running after him as fast as my long legs could carry me. I turned down a hall and kept going, I knew where he was heading and I prayed I could catch him.

I burst through my bedroom door and caught him red handed. Light's face was slightly surprised and I couldn't hold back a slight smile, he didn't know…
"You! You killed him, how could you!" I screamed in fury. Over the weeks I had begun to like him, ever since the Wammy's House thing. I felt loyal to him and it sickened me to know he died this way.
"Oh poor Akira you felt some loyalty didn't you? How pathetic, I was right to use you and now I will rule over the new world and you will be rotting in jail…perfect." Light laughed. I could feel tears well up in my eyes.
"No…no Light you miserable mother fucker! How could you kill him, he was twice the person you were!" I growled.
"You are so worthless, like a piece of grass getting stepped on," he stepped up to me and put his hand on my cheek and slowly hissed, "You are beautiful but worthless. Good bye Akira I'll miss using you as my pawn…" and he yelled.
"I caught the murderer!" oh he could act. I just stood there, not sure what to do. Immediately the task force came running in, they're faces aglow with anger and fear. And then they caught me.
"Dad I caught her with the notebook, she was going to put it under her pillow. You murderer! You killed L; you always hated him, always!" Light shook with fake fury. My eyes were glazed over with pain and my mouth fell open, I could feel Aizawa grab my hands and force hand cuffs on me. I walked past Light, his glowing red eyes shining on me. Betrayal by death not betrayal by love…They led me down the hall and into the observation room where Raid was still holding L. I could feel the tears start to flow and my knees buckled. I fell to the ground and stayed there, my form taking up space but I was worthless.
"Raid we caught her, she's the killer. She was going to hide the notebook; Light caught her red handed…" Aizawa said calmly. I felt the heat begin to burn again and I shouted, "NO! I NEVER KILLED HIM! RAID I SWEAR I WOULD NEVER KILL HIM, I DIDN'T KNOW HE WAS GOING TO DIE!" Which was true, Light never mentioned this in our plans. But I guess I should have been more intelligent to notice it.
"You knew he was Kira! You could have said something!" Raid sniffled. Her hair was falling out of its sleek ponytail and her eyes were wet with tears. I tried to stand but Aizawa hit a pressure point and I fell down with a whimper.
"I would have but I was scared!" I cried. I was on my knees, my black skinny jeans getting dusted. Akira you're a wimp! You should have said something! I couldn't say anything else; I was too saddened and tired to do anything so I just sank to the floor, barley conscious. The last words that I heard were, "is she going to jail?" Raid no doubt and the second voice was Light's father.
"No not yet, she will be put under observation for 13 days and then if she still lives then she will get a fair trial and then…well we'll have to see. Such a shame, Akira was a wonderful person, so brilliant, intelligent and most of all scary but I guess that's what made her into such a good killer." Soichiro said and sighed. Then I passed out…

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It has been three days. Three days since I've been in this 'prison', it's my room but all sharp or semi dangerous things have been taken out. I'm not cuffed but when brought out to eat I have to be cuffed. I haven't slept in 3 days and my hair was a mess of fiery red and shadow like black. I didn't eat, I didn't sleep, I didn't cry, I didn't speak. Every time they asked me, "Akira what happened?"
"Why are you doing this?"
"How could you?" Oh and my favorite one from none other then the killer princess himself, Light;
"Tell us who made you!" but my answer was all the same.
"I didn't kill anyone." That's it. Nothing else but that, but then again I hardly had any energy. But I finally had a glimmer of hope on my 4th day in observation…I was sitting on my bed, staring at the blank wall when suddenly the power went out. The whole room was black, and then I realized. THANK YOU RAID AZUMI LAWLIET! I wanted to shout but in the end I just took out my Blackberry and shone the light. I grabbed what I could, my huge bags I stuffed with clothes and then the rest I grabbed my keys, my notebooks and everything else I might need. I quickly smashed the photograph on my table to get the picture inside. It was me and Raid when we were 10 and a couple others. The glass cut my fingers but it released the pressure I felt in my heart.
I grabbed everything and luckily we had electric locks so it opened wide, the door creaked open and I went for freedom. My heart was beating frantically, its beats matching my pace as I tiptoed out of the hall and onto the stairs. I clutched my mouth when I saw lights at the bottom of the stairs but they turned around and headed toward the basement. I sighed and got to the elevator which worked on a generator and quickly and silently let myself out. I could feel the fresh night air as I stepped into the open. The breeze was going and the moon was like a mothball, I looked back the building and I swore I saw two quick flashes of a flashlight and then darkness. I walked around the cars; they were all expensive BMW's and SUV's. One caught my eyes, it was black as the night itself and I quickly looked inside it, gleaming keys and a package. I jiggled the handle and it came free. I crammed all my stuff in and the quickly pulled out my pocket knife. I went to Light's car and took out the knife, with it I carved two words into the sides of the car…Kira and murderer. That's it. I went back to the car and started the engine but not before I saw the note. It was written in Raid's horrible scribble but to me it could have been God's writing.

- Akira
Your welcome, don't thank me. I know you didn't do it, here's part of your share of L's will since it's split 4 ways. A plane ticket, keys and a certificate. I changed your name. It is now Akira Takai Lawliet. Be happy.
Your best buddy, Raid.

I felt the tears well up in my eyes but no time for crying. I started the purring engine and drove out of town. I knew where I was headed…Los Angeles where Mello had been spotted. Apparently 2 days after L's death he ran away from the Wammy's House with another person and they were never seen again. Except for one person in Los Angeles and that's where I was going. I snickered to myself…Light Yagami…Kira BANG! Your time is up…