FireCacodemon: Welcome back to another chapter of The Last Contractor, Darker than Black belongs to Tensai Okamura. =3

Li: That was my part...

FireCacodemon: I know, but I said it. Anyway, I think I might start writing longer chapters of this because things are finally picking up in my opinion. That and...I feel like writing longer chapters. So, go on and read the chapter.

Chapter 11:

Radiation Levels

Dr. Schroder watched as the Synchrotron radiation levels were slowly increasing, past the normal contractor level and was starting to match the same amount of radiation that Hell's Gate gave off. Something wasn't right here, the last time he had checked, BK-201 was laying dormant in Li's body, it might not have been strong enough to even hold the synchrotron radiation than it could when he was an adult. A more developed body with a developed mind won't have any complications to a contractor. Many contractors known were adults and very few were young children such as Li was now. Many had often transformed into dolls while adults...not one adult doll had been recorded. That doesn't mean that it isn't impossible for an adult to be a doll or a child to be a contractor, it was very rare but not impossible. Dr. Schroder closed the file down of Li when he heard the door unlock and slide open, it would be bad if others found that the Syndicate and PANDORA plan to wipe all contractors out had failed (for contractors, a miracle happened in some form) because of something. Something that not even Amber was probably aware of.

"You called me?" Misaki's voice filled the room as she walked over to the shorter professor with the white afro.

"Yes, look at this," he punched keys on the keyboard and brought up Li's record. Misaki's eyes widened in shock as she watched the Synchrotron radiation levels increase around Li. Alarm bells were ringing in her mind that the people at the nursery. If BK-201 was becoming active, then would the emotion filled child named Li going to transform back into the most feared contractor and just kill everyone nearby? Or was it going to be Li entering a Moratorium state and be unaware of what's just happened? The more her mind buzzed about what possible outcome was going to befall on Li, the more she felt herself starting to panic. She had taken upon herself to raise Li to be more than what he was in the past, more than the masked killer who targeted someone and killed them sooner or later. She was going to put Li on the correct path, not the strong path that she was but on a lighter path, a path that both of them were happy for him to walk on.

"What's...going...to...happen...?" Misaki struggled to ask. The fear was clawing at her; she didn't want him to go back to being the enemy she once hunted.

"It'll be best you get him and bring him back here, we'll contain him to in here and wait for the radiation levels to drop back to normal. Once that's happened, we'll work from there."

"Going to run some tests?"

"I'm going to work on a drug which will counter the increase of Synchrotron radiation increase. I won't be able to do that without Li being here so I can study what's going on."

"Li won't like this..."

"It's for his own good."

The Last Contractor – Chapter 11: Radiation Levels

Li found himself a quiet spot on the playground and decided to stay there, everyone else was already in their friendship groups while Li was just on his own. For some reason, that was what Li was actually happy with that he was alone. He wasn't sure if it was because that he was worried that everyone else could easily turn on him and Misaki had told him before to be careful of strangers, they were all strangers so he was keeping away. Occasionally, someone came up to him and asked him if he wanted to play. He always politely refused much to their displeasure.

"Why don't you play?" Li heard a voice behind him. Turning around he didn't see anyone or anything. That wasn't right, he heard a voice and he was sure that it was coming from behind him...Yet there wasn't anything there. Turning away from where he thought he heard the voice, he looked back over the playground, watching everyone else playing with each other and the teachers were just watching them like he was doing. The teachers stopped any misbehaving and bubbling arguments but that was just about it. They didn't play with them or even talk to them on a friendly manner. At the moment, Li preferred to be back in Dr. Schroeder's lab than being in this nursery. He just felt that this whole place was just boring...but that voice...it was like he knew it from somewhere but...he couldn't place his finger on it. Looking down slightly he felt a presence behind him.

"What...do you want...?" Li asked without turning around.

"I want to play with you, why don't you play?" The voice asked him again. Listening to the voice, it wasn't sure how but it sounded like himself...just a little distorted.

"Play...what?" If he looked behind him, he would have seen that his shadow was reaching for him, stretching ever so slightly closer to him, to his hand.

"A little game," it whispered to Li and grabbed his hand.

The Last Contractor – Chapter 11: Radiation Levels

Misaki was near enough speeding down the streets of Tokyo, she had her sirens blaring as this was a police matter (to her, that is). The synchrotron radiation levels were off the charts and both of them were worried that Li had entered a moratorium state, where his powers would become active and he was half-aware on what was happening but didn't have any control. The side effects of being a moratorium was more psychological, that they could hurt anyone and everyone so try and distance themselves away from everyone. Misaki didn't want that to happen to Li, not after everything they had been through since his 'return' back to the world. She drove through many red lights just to reach the nursery, Saito and the others were probably confused on why she was doing this but...they didn't need to know just yet. It wasn't long before she had gotten to the nursery. Quickly getting out the car, she ran inside the building.

Her body went cold as she ran into the building with fallen staff members, their eyes wide with shock, pain and fear, their mouths were left open and saliva was running down their cheek. Running into the next room, she saw the children, all cowering in the corner of the room with Li standing in front of the cornered children. His face held a blank expression with cold, dead midnight eyes. She was sure that they were the same eyes that once watched her behind a mask.

"Li...?" She spoke in a strong voice. She needed to be strong in front of the children, and for Li.

Li tore his eyes off the cowering children and up towards Misaki, many thoughts flickered through his mind. Misaki, his guardian who knew his secret and kept him safe, someone who gave him food and a warm place to stay...who was a police girl who killed contractors, who wanted him dead...put away...locked away...left to the darkness...should he kill her...or should he spare her until he didn't have a use for her? He didn't know what to act on. Keep alive...or kill...Why was this decision hard to make? He didn't even know why he should keep her alive. As far as he was concerned, she was his enemy. Every human was an enemy to the contractor.

"You don't have to kill," Misaki slowly started to approach Li.

"But...Why?" He asked her in the cold, Black Reaper associated voice Misaki had heard on a rare occasion.

"Because they're innocent, they don't mean anything to you and you won't gain anything from killing them."

"They...don't matter...?" He asked confused.

"No, they don't matter. Not enough for you to take their lives," Misaki could see that her words were starting to persuade Li from taking any further action against the people he had cornered. She had the children in her mind while also working against the contractor taking control over Li. It wasn't easy when her police instinct was to just take out a gun and shoot the Black Reaper down like nothing had changed. She was just glad that she as quickly as she could to the nursery or more than just the adults would have lost their lives. The children were still cowering in the corner of the room, not taking their eyes off Li as he posed a threat.

"Why...?" Li turned to look at Misaki.

"Li, let's go somewhere else. Somewhere we can talk in private." She had Li's interest; he looked away from her to think about her offer. Looking back at Misaki, it was clear that they had come so an silent agreement. Finally leaving the children, Li followed Misaki out and away from the building, back to her car. Getting inside, they drove off to return back to Dr. Schroeder. Misaki watched Li in the back as he looked out the window. The Reaper was finally in the back of her car.

Misaki: You just love causing trouble, don't you?

FireCacodemon: I love writing trouble. There's a difference.

Misaki: Anyway, Guest - Li is adorable isn't he. *Holds him close.* But he's mine.

Li: ?

FireCacodemon: Well then...Shadow of the Moon555 - I can't wait until next time and I'm in charge of writing it. XD

Misaki: Piggypig213 - Me and Li? There are a lot out there while FireCacodemon likes us as a pairing, there's the yaoi shipping that gets more attention. We're not sorry for the awkwardness that you're feeling and FireCacodemon seemed to enjoy reading that sentence. We're hoping to finish this story this year...but it depends on FireCacodemon and what life throws at us.

FireCacodemon: Thanks to everyone who's reading this story and who's reviewing the story, it means a lot and we hope that you're enjoying this story as much as I'm enjoying writing it. Well, for now I have to go and finish other stories/plan new stories that won't be posted until I work on a lot of other stories. Bye~