Please Note that when I am talking about DoS attacks and all the hacker mumbo jumbo, it is for the most part all coming straight outta my twisted make believe lala land mind.
I do not know if the pentagon works on a separate mainframe. I do not know what I'm talking about really, BUT there are such things as Zombie Hackers, where they infect common PC's to use them as a virtual army on the side of the parent hacker, there are such things as daemons. I know, I saw it on public TV.
But I am by no means an aficionado, and I doubt that it is possible for what L and his team mentions to happen in real life.
Also the facility I am talking about in New Mexico (fixed) is an actual place. It is believed to be the new area 51, and often times UFO's are seen circling that mountain that the facility is under. It isn't however called 089. I made that up. : Hands the fiction police my artistic license.:
So while most of this is bull, there is a pinch of truth.
Also, the 'little black box' came out of my head… but hey, it could happen.
Read on my pretties,
Dante's Muse
unisono:
unify
Whispers of revenge flitted about in Kira's mind and commanded his attention. Even though they were just that, whispers. L had only mentioned that soon Kira would have the opportunity to get back at those men who had ruined him.
It was a strange kind of paper-thin resolve he had, but a resolve nonetheless. And after a full year of having no hope except for a vague promise made by L through Watari, He would take what ever he could get.
L had denied Kira anymore coffee, saying that he had slept all day. Unless he wanteddecaffeinated.
Kira quickly declined.
"Good, because there isn't any."
Kira sat on the bed, His stomach was sore and his muscles were weak. He watched as L stood by the tall window next to the table. Staring out over a city and the night lights it emitted.
"The city that never sleeps" Kira said with a small smirk. "It's very appropriate for you." L turned his head slowly towards Kira, a small smile and a nod. Careful expressions where all that either could offer the other, with all that had happened. And all that L had found out.
L knew.
There was no limit to how much the detective knew about him. The man could have easily written Kira's biography, with nary a remark on Kira's part.
"Kira… I'm sorry."
"It's fine,"
"No, I'm sorry for resigning you to that." L said sadly
"how could you have known what they would do." But he was lying to himself; of course L knew what he was signing Kira up for. Of course he knew all that could and would happen. But Kira found a strange need to make the situation lighter than it was. For L and himself.
He had to be fine with it. He had to be. Because if he wasn't, the shaky precipice he had stood himself up on would crumble and all that he was would have crumbled with it. That thought scared him. And he realized just how much that tiny hope, that tiny promise made to him all those months ago, meant. If he hadn't had that promise to fall back on? He would be dead.
"It's not ok. Kira. No one should have to go through that. No one." But Kira didn't agree. And he knew the conversation would escalate into an argument if it went any further, so he made a compromise.
"It's done with, no use living in the past. What about this case we haven't been working on." L sighed but answered.
"There have been no new victims, and I am 87 percent sure of the reason why."
Kira leaned forward on the bed.
"Why?" Kira asked, eyes wide.
"Because I am already in New York, no need for more to die. They have achieved their goal."
"Please elaborate." Kira sighed.
"I believe that the bodies were planted by a man that works in the CIA."
"Nix?"
"No, he has easily cleared himself from suspicion. Nix is in on it however."
"Your telling me that the US government ordered over 40 people dead?"
"No I believe it has been kept from anyone in charge. Nix and his subordinates were given orders, and they are going about it in the most despicable of ways. Keeping those whom ordered it in the dark to protect them."
"I see."
"So then, what? A man or a group of men have killed and they are just going to be set free?"
"The only way we can bring them down is to show the proper evidence to their superiors. They will have no choice but to try them."
"So we need Nix to ensure evidence."
"Yes, that is where you come in."
"…" There was a long pause where neither of them made eye contact.
"You want me to go back don't you?" Kira stood from the mattress and went to don one of his heavier sweaters that Wedy had bought him. He was actuallybeginning to get very cold.
L slowly turned towards him and he looked older than Kira had ever seen him. His eyes where heavy with no sleep, and his face was gaunt and pale.
"Yes eventually." Kira slowly nodded understanding L's dilemma.
"Just tell me what you need me to do."
" For now… I need you to eat something. Come on."
L led him down stairs and into the kitchen. He opened the refrigerator door
"What do you find most appetizing?"
"I don't know, something easy."
"Something easy…" L repeated to himself before snatching up a pork medallion and the bag of apples. He set them on the counter and fished the balsamic vinegar out of the cupboard.
Kira watched amazed as L began to cook the items he had retrieved with skilled hands. The smell of roasted meat and apples lifted into the air. L took the balsamic reduction and he lightly drizzled it over the sliced cooked apples and pork. It was a masterpiece and Kira was amazed.
L took out a bottle of wine and two wine glasses.
"Wine?"
L motioned for Kira to go and sit at the table in the dining room. He did so obediently. He set the plate and silver ware before him and watched as Kira took a tentative bite. His eyes slowly widening.
"Wow L, This is… amazing."
"Try some wine with it. It's a Riesling. It should complement the pork nicely." Replied L's monotonous voice. Kira took a sip of the chilled liquid the color of a golden delicious apple. It was…complex. And even with Kira's limited knowledge of wines and corresponding dishes, these two went together well. He wasn't a fan of dry wines however so he set the glass down.
"Where did you learn to cook?"
"On board the Athenian, a cruise liner made into a private vessel. The chef on board is a good friend of mine. Also British society and government dictates at least basic knowledge of the finer things." Kira nodded as he continued to eat.
"So then if we don't need to focus on the killer we should focus on the victims, there could be evidence. Even if it is a government job, there is always evidence."
"Yes…" but L was skeptical Kira could tell.
"Even if its just epithelials or fibers, there is always evidence. You just don't like the case because you know already the culprit. It's like solving a puzzle you've already solved. Am I right?"
"I will not lie, that is part of it. But I am more concerned about the Death Note right now."
"I can understand why." Kira set down his fork, finished with the meal. He had managed to eat most of it. "So what are we to do about the... other personalities of mine."
"Unfortunately, there is nothing we can really do right now…" L decided to change the subject."I have a question Kira. What do you think about Nix having the death note?"
"I think that is a very dangerous scenario."
"That is what I think. If I were out of the picture the American government could kill unchecked. There would be no one to point the blame. It is imperative we get that note book and destroy it."
"Destroy it? You know that I will lose my memories if that happens?"
"I won't let you forget Kira. I would remind you of everything."
"I see. Well yes, I can see that we must get the death note away from them. How do you propose to do that?"
"I want to send you back."
"I thought so, L you are talking as if you already know of the complete pathologies of my illnesses. If Lucious were to come out right now, what would you do?"
"Lucious is still controllable and he may be vital to getting you back into that facility."
"L, we don't even know if the death note is even at Monmouth."
"I know it's not, it's in New Mexico, in an underground bunker."
"How do you know?" Kira asked dumbstruck.
"That is of no matter right now. When you go back, they will take you there."
"Why would they take me there?"
"Because you will make a deal with them. They will receive my name but only if you are the one to write it into the death note."
They stayed up the entire night and most of the next day, going over the blue prints for the bunker labeled 089.L kept confirming that this is indeed where they would be taking him, and that they would not bring the death note out of the bunker to meet him.
L assured him that this would be the scenario, even though he would not tell him how he knew this.
They had a meeting with Wedy and Aiber at noon to go over the escape rout. Then a meeting at 3 with Fitz to touch on Fitz's job in the sting, as well as what kind of untraceable weapons and tools they would need to use. Then another meeting with Nix at 5 to keep up appearances, to round the whole day out, it would end with a checkup with Dr. Pen and L.
Kira was glad to be doing something. Glad that he was useful again and after each passing hour he seemed to be filled with more of a glow. L hadn't slept yet, but the detective was nowhere near tired.
The almost excited look on Kira's face lifted his spirits and began his blood pumping. This would be extremely dangerous, but L was very used to danger, and Kira he had expected, jumped at the chance for revenge.
Of course there was still a lot he was keeping hidden from the boy criminal, they both knew that. But it was for his Kira's sake and he accepted that.
He chatted with Aiber and Wedy when they came in and went over the drawings, and rout, which Kira would be taking. It would be difficult because Government facilities like these often worked like submarines. If some thing wrong were detected, the whole place would go on lock down.
But there was a major flaw in the making of this particular facility. Usually government buildings such as the Pentagon and even Monmouth, worked on separate circuits.
No Internet.
Everything was usually brought in by a separate main frame so that it is virtually unhackable, and untraceable.
The difference between 089 is that, they do not have a third party to take the fall in case of a hacker, there were too many people who lived there to do that. The people in side the facility can go onto the internet (limited) and the place had no such 'impossible hack' mainframe, at least in that respect.
It did however have the best protection from outside hackers with firewalls and the like, this side of the asteroid belt.
Fitz however, could easily claim citizenship beyond our universe, in his ability. And for the past 3 weeks he had been preparing for an event, which would surely take him down into the history books. He had been infecting system after unsuspecting system with his daemon, a virus that when the time came would take control of that computer.
Then each of those infected computers would become a diligent member in his zombie army.
And with a little luck and some Flamin Hot Cheetos, Fitz claimed that he could take the 089 main frame down for a total of 15 minutes.
The doors would open, the locks would unlock and Kira would be able to accomplish his mission.
L personally didn't like the kind of trust they were placing on such a small window of time, and a twisting feeling in his gut went unidentified.
"Don't worry so much, this isn't your specialty but we know what we are talking about, right Fitz?" Wedy commented.
The little screen came to life with a video of thousands of zombies attacking a farmhouse.
The voice of the kid came out through the speakers,
"Some one's about to get owned" L smiled.
"All right, Kira I need to speak to you about when you meet with Nix. If you will excuse us?" The two present nodded, looking wide-eyed at Kira before he left.
"I won't be coming with you when you meet Nix."
"What?" Kira questioned, snatching his head up at the comment.
"He asked for a private counsel with you. Though it won't be as private as he thinks. I will be watching and listening, I wantedto give you the opportunity to tell me if there is something that you haven't admitted already." Kira's head slumped forward, his long amber bangs covering his eyes and creating a deep shadow over what was once usually piercing eyes.
"You know everything, I think, that we are in what he refers to as a twisted type of 'relationship' He mocks the fact that he took my virginity." Kira looked up expecting to see surprise of some kind filter into L's eyes, but none did.
"I know of that. Your second alter told me. He might call upon that alter, so don't be surprised if the meeting appears to go very fast."
"I… I understand."
"Also, it is imperative, I'm sure you know, that none of the information we discussed today comes to his attention."
"Of course."
"It also might be pertinent to hint at some kind of tension between you and I."
"Tension?"
"For when the time comes that I must send you back to him, it will be more believable."
"Yes I understand."
"I have talked to your two cooperative alters, so they know all this as well"
"You have?" Kira asked, bewildered with when the detective could have done so. L nodded.
"I will be observing from here, Watari will come down here and retrieve you, you will have to be cuffed when he does, to appease the lieutenant, do you understand?"
"Yes."
"Also, I apologize Kira."
"For what now?" Kira squelched the anxiety in his chest, knowing that L could easily pick up on it. It wouldn't do to make the detective worry, and Kira knew that the detective worried about him. Steady warmth filled his heart until he turned to L to ask again what the detective was apologizing about.
BAM
A direct hit to light's mouth sent him stumbling back a few paces.
He tasted the blood, and betrayed eyes lifted to L. But comprehension quickly took its place.
Appearances.
This was Kira's proof that there was tension between the detective and the murderer. He brought his hand up to his mouth wiping away the copious amounts of blood that steadily dripped down his chin.
"Let's get that cleaned up before he comes."
L led Kira into the bathroom, passed the two rubberneckers who watched them pass. Neither L nor Kira spared them a glance. It must have been unnerving to see the two emotionless younger men walk past, like a jab to the mouth was so common place between the two that it didn't warrant any display of emotion.
While in the bathroom, L lightly dabbed at his lip with a disinfected cotton swab. His mouth was terribly sore, and he knew that his lips would be tender for at least a week.
Not a word passed between them, and Kira never met L's eyes as he attended Kira's horribly swollen lip.
"Next time don't aim for my mouth, I don't want to go losing a tooth." Kira said, trying to make light of the situation. Giving a little awkward laugh, then wincing when the smile caused him pain.
"I did not use that much force, only enough to damage your lips. Lip wounds heal relatively quickly, and with your epilepsy I was afraid a hit to your eye might cause a seizure."
"Oh… yeah."
True to his word, Watari came over the intercom announcing the Lieutenant's arrival. Then the elevator light dinged on as the elder man made his way down to retrieve him.
L drew Light's hands behind him and secured a pair of handcuffs in place.
"I will be watching everything Kira kun. If anything happens, help is but a few seconds away." Kira nodded. Though he couldn't stop the sense of foreboding that seemed to hang over them.
Watari led him into the elevator by his upper arm,L and Kira met eyes before the door closed with a final ding.
When Watari led Kira up stairs the lieutenant was waiting patiently.
"Jesus, He did a number on you." Kira fought down the urge to scoff, he directed his eyes to the floorboards and waited to be led to where everthey would have their conversation.
Watari picked up a tray with water and led them to a dark red room. It was a bit depressing, but Kira couldn't be sure if it was the room making him feel that way, or something else.
"Thank you Mr. Watari." Nix said politely. Watari bowed and then left the room, locking the door behind him.
"I've finally gotten to have an audience with you, I thought L was trying to protect you from me, but now it seems that I should be protecting you from him?" Nix asked as he sat at the love seat next to the wall, eyeing the younger's split lip.
"It was a simple argument, we had a disagreement." Kira stated robotically.
"Really, what about."
"Nothing important. We had physical fights all the time in Japan. Nothing to be worried about. Our personalities just don't mesh."
"I see." Nix stood once again and led the still bound Kira over to the love seat with him, and sat him down next to himself.
"Our personalities are more alike though, aren't they? Both of us are willing to do what ever we can to get what we want. But it's all child's play for us. You with your great mind. And me, with the limitless power at my command." The lieutenant ran his hand through Kira's long auburn locks.
"And yet, we both want what the other has, more than anything else. Together, we can help each other to fulfill our dreams." Nix brought his hand down to caress Kira's neck.
"Don't" Kira pulled away, but a steady arm around Kira's waist pulled him tight to the lieutenant again. Nix laughed lightly.
"Don't worry, L has promised not to use surveillance." Nix looked up at the tiny camera in the corner of the room. "Of course I trust him about as much as he trusts me, that's why I brought this along." Nix pulled a black box from his pocket. It was the size of a fist and had numerous gauges and buttons on it.
"You see this dial," Nix cranked the knob until it was all the way up. "It creates enough static so that any listening devices in the room or even those that are pointed at the room will not be able to pick up our conversation. And then this button..." Nix pushed it three times. "Sends out electro magnetic waves, so that the video from this room will be choppy at best. Depending on the type of equipment L uses. It's pretty handy."
Nix set down the device and leaned in towards Kira who was watching the man in shock. No way was this happening. Nix pressed his lips fiercely to Kira's, and the pain from his split lip was immense. Kira could not help himself, as he whimpered at the pressure.
He pulled out of Nix's grasp and stood.
"Is that why you came here?" Kira said viciously, ready to fight the man even without the use of his arms.
He picked up the device again and turned it off, depositing it back into his pocket and pulling out a small remote instead.
"No, I came here simply to make a point to you and to L. You know, when I had to take that collar off you for the MRI, I didn't like the way you looked at all. You look much better with obvious signs of ownership over you"
He pressed on the remote and a blinding flash of light slashed through Kira
Pain ripped through his neck and traveled down his spine and up to his brain. He felt himself falling, landing on something hard that gave way underneath him, sending shooting pains into his back and wrists, but it was barely noticeable to the pain in his neck.
The raging torrents continued, until he felt himself being lifted up to sit on the man's lap.
"It hurts doesn't it?"
"…Yes!" Kira bit out at the man, convulsing and shaking in the man's grip. The force of his trembling made the man have to straiten his black-rimmed glasses.
"Its incomparable to the pain you will feel if you betray me." He whispered vehemently into Kira's ear. "Remember where your loyalties lie." Nix kissed him again, this time biting his sore lip and holding it tightly between his teeth until it began to bleed.
"Hnnng." Kira cried out as wave after wave bit into his only slightly mended mind. He felt himself being pushed aside and he vaguely noticed the man make his way to the door, knocking and waiting. But still the pain continued until the sound of a key could be heard in the lock, then he was panting hard, but the pain was gone.
Only his muscles left twitching and weak from the clenching the ordeal had caused. He lifted his head to look dazedly up to the door as it opened while he lay on his stomach, arms still bound behind his back. The lieutenant walked briskly out while Watari rushed in to take Kira's vitals and to uncuff his wrists, he checked him over for any wounds, discovering Kira would have a nasty bruise on his back.
An argument could be heard in the living area between Nix, Pen and L, but it didn't last long, as the tell tale ding of the elevator told him that it was over, thank god, Nix had left.
L ran to the doorway and looked at the heavily panting Kira where he lay.
"Can you stand?" Watari asked. Kira responded with a shaky nod as he went to sit up and put his shaking limbs beneath him. But his muscles were too weak, and L leapt forward to help catch him as he slumped in Watari's hold.
L easily picked him up and headed upstairs. Pen lead the way a furrow in her brow as she opened the bedroom door and L gently set the rapidly recovering teen down.
"I'm fine. It's better now."
He tried to sit up but a firm hand pushed him back down.
"Just rest for a little bit." L's monotonous voice wavered a little.Kira sighed but lay back on to the mattress.
"It was an electric shock right?" Pen asked as she suddenly pulled his shirt up and settled a very cold stethoscope over the teen's heart.
"As far as I can tell." Kira nodded his confirmation that it had been an electric pulse of some kind. L was pacing the length of the room as Pen continued her examination, finally checking his pupils.
"He doesn't trust me." Kira said flatly.
"That is fine, I don't think he ever trusted Kira. It's the other ones he needs." Kira's hand came up to his neck and he slipped his fingers under the scratchy nylon fibers that secured it in place.
"I'm sorry Kira, but Nix has informed me that Senator Burrows has signed an order that you can not take that off While in the US of A. He is the only one who knows of your existence with in the senate and the white house. This could be a help to us later..." L looked only momentarily distracted.
"Oh…Well it's fine then that he doesn't trust me, we'll just have to convince him with the other me's"
"Yes." But L continued pacing.Kira's heart beat finnaly starting to slow down.
"L would you please sit, your making me motion sick." Kira smiled. L stopped and turned, he came over to the bed and climbed onto his side of the bed, inspecting the teen for a moment. "Can I sit up now?" Pen nodded. Kira slowly pulled himself up into a sitting position.
"How do you feel?" She asked, that furrow still on her brow.
"Like I was just electrocuted…" He sighed shakily. "It feels like I have the flu, with muscle soreness, and a bad headache…"
"I'll get you some pain relievers." Pen said standing quickly and making her way downstairs.
"Don't worry L, I'm fairly confident he doesn't know anything. He was acting on paranoia."
"Yes." L stated blankly, wide eyes inspecting the youth further. "I'm sorry Kira."
"Stop that, you know that this was just the logical course. Frankly I was expecting worse." L shot up and walked into the bathroom, shuffling noises could be heard. "L you're freaking me out. It's not like you to apologize for something that you had no control over." He called out to L.
L reentered the room with a wet washcloth. But before he returned to his crouch on the bed, he called down to Watari.
"Watari, ice please."
"Yes L."
L climbed onto the bed once again and began to tend to Kira's lip once more. Pen and Watari entered together, Watari carrying a tray, and Pen cupping what was sure to be a pain reliever in one hand and a glass of water in the other.
"Here, this will, not only stop the pain but knock you out for a few hours rest."
"I don't need rest. I'm fine, just a headache." Pen looked to L for help but he just shrugged. She set down the glass of water and huffed as she exited the room, Watari set the tray on the table and wrapped some ice in a washcloth, before presenting it to L who swapped it out with the old one.
"Stop fussing, I'm fine, just a little sore."
"Is there anything else L?"
"No, thank you Watari." Kira waited until Watari left the room.
"Is that really his job? To wait on you hand and foot?"
"Yes, he gets paid enough to do it I assure you"
"And he is happy to do that?"
"Well he tells me he is, and Watari is hardly a deceitful person."
"Yes I suppose." L went back to dabbing the slowly oozing blood on Kira's lip.
"Would you stop that?" Kira took the washcloth and pressed it to his own lip himself.
"Once the bleeding stops, you should get some rest."
"I'm fine, more awake now if anything."
"Well it wouldn't be unusual for you to be overloaded with endorphines after that happened." L said with an index finger firmly placed on his lip.
"Just give me an Aspirin and I'll be ready to go in no time..." Kira moved his legs over the ledge and shakily found ground.
"We should go over that new weapon that Fitz developed don't you think? My control over it wasn't that great. And I should probably work on a few locks, I think the minimal lock pick training they gave me, won't be enough… Just in case I mean. I can't imagine they'd just have regular locks on the doors, but if I need to get into a file cabinet or a janitors closet…" Kira tenderly stepped forward, His face bright as he managed to stay on his feet while holding on to the back of a chair with one hand.
"Kira kun, have you looked at the time recently?"
"No." Kira turned towards the clock on the wall; it read 11 pm. "It's not late. So what."
"Kira you have been awake since 9 pm yesterday, now verging on 26 hours of no sleep, and I even longer than that. I require at least four hours of rest now. And you in your physical state need more. We should go to sleep now."
"Boy how the tables have turned." Kira smirked.
"More like aligned, you will more than likely crash in twenty minutes if you keep this up. Why not rest?"
"Fine then." Kira huffed. Pen walked into the room.
"I got you some extra strength Tylenol, but I'm not giving you any acetaminophens."
"I'll actually take the other now, if you don't mind?" He asked carefully. Her jaw dropped.
"He is almost as bad as you!" She accused L. But she reached into her pocket and drew out the pill that she thankfully hadn't put away. She held it out to him, and he swallowed it quickly before he needed any water.
Pen shook her head.
"Thank you." Kira offered apologetically. But she just raised her eyebrows and smiled as she continued to shake her head.
"Good night boys."
"Good night doctor." L said as he stood to change for bed. She exited the room, closing and locking the door behind her.
