Chapter 10

3rd POV

When Evelyn came to, she found everything was pitch black. She at first thought that maybe her eyes were just shut or something like that, but she realized that there was something covering her eyes when she felt it shift under her blinking eyes. She felt herself panic uncontrollably, her limbs jerking in a painful way, which is how she realized she couldn't move. Yes she could squirm a bit, and move her fingers and toes, but her arms, legs, body and neck were all bound down to whatever she was sitting in, which she presumed was a chair from the feel of it. All of this didn't make any sense; if this Ryuzaki guy was a cop, this would be considered illegal, or at least, not something you were allowed to do. The blonde was pretty sure not even the FBI would do something like this and they dealt with way more terrible criminals than her. And of course she wasn't going to be an egoist and think it was actually the CIA who had taken her; they dealt with much bigger and more deadly cases and worldly matters.

Eve couldn't help the frown that formed on her face. She wasn't sure where she was, and if she hadn't known that Light was Kira, she would guess that Kira was somehow involved with this. The blonde then went for the method of escaping; she wrung her wrists in a circular motion, trying to feel what kind of binding that was holding her down. She felt something soft, a fabric of some sort, so she was being held down with a cloth. She twisted her thumb back, inwardly wincing at the pain that shot through her hand as she pressured her thumb to keep moving back. She huffed in defeat when she found that the cloth was too far back for her thumb to reach, she had planned on using her thumb to hook underneath the binding and releasing her thumb.

So, the scared woman went to her next option. She felt her feet and found them also bound, but yet, they were not completely immobile. She inhaled deeply through her nose, preparing herself for what she was about to do next, and used the heels of her feet to try to push the wooden chair back in order to break it on the impact of the ground. The chair started the sway back, giving her slight anxiety, before she finally added enough pressure and the back of the chair started to hurdle it's way to the ground, when suddenly, it stopped.

"Although I must congratulate trying and almost succeeding, I'm afraid that I have beaten you to it first. You are aware you could've had the wind knocked out of you and then it would've left me enough time to come and time you back before you recover," a familiar stoic voice said.

"It was worth the try," Evelyn answered simply, trying not the let the things he said get to her. She didn't like to be beaten, but she was sure that she could accept defeat better than most people.

"You do know why you're here, don't you," the male voice continued.

"Hmm…" Evelyn fake wondered, but the truth was, was that she had a pretty good idea as to why she had basically been kidnapped and bind down to a chair. "No, I don't. Care to elaborate," she continued, her voice keeping its emotionless.

"You don't have to play dumb Ramika, I know you know why. But if you really want me to tell you, then I will. You're a vigilante. You're the one who killed that man that was suspected of raping women then drugging them, who in the end, was found guilty. And you were planning on finishing off Yoshiko, who was actually the culprit to a jewel burglary. And from what I have noticed, is that you've done this many times, there's a 70% chance that you've done over at least 30 jobs." The voice continued, waiting for her answer right after. The blonde took advantage of the wait, and decide to quickly go over things on her head. Well, he called her Ramika, so either that meant it was Ryuzaki talking to her, or Light Yagami since those were the only people she had given her name to, but she knew it couldn't possibly be Light considering he was only a student, and the son of a police chief nonetheless. So, it had to be Ryuzaki, unless one the men aiding him that night heard her name, but it wouldn't make sense as to why it would be one of them, so it had to be that black haired man. She finally decided on her answer.

"I guess trying to throw you off was futile, after all Ryuzaki, you managed to catch on quite fast. I must say, the closest a cop has ever gotten onto my trail was when they found a small similarity between two cases, but in the end, it ends up as another cold case. So tell me, Ryuzaki, who exactly who do you work for. Obviously it's against the law to have me taken away like this and tied down." She answered back. This time, she knew she couldn't play dumb. Obviously this man was smart enough to find a connection between her many cases and was able to tie it back to her. There were of course a couple times she got pulled in for questioning, but those cops were so stupid, so clueless; they were smart enough to tie anything back to her, so she just went on her merry way.

"How would you know I'm Ryuzaki, after all, I could be anybody," he answered instead.

"Because you called me Ramika; I've only given that name out to two people in all of Japan which would be you, and this young boy. There was a possibility that one of the men could've heard you say my name while you were taking me, but it wouldn't make sense as to why they are the one's integrating me instead of you who actually knows about me and could get the words spewing out of my mouth."

"… You're very intelligent Ramika, which makes me wonder as to why you are going around as a vigilante, and using alias, instead of using your intelligence to its potential," Ryuzaki asked.

The scared woman held in a dry laugh at his remark; if only he knew. "That's because I was completely none existent to the entire world. Nobody in the entire world knows my name, and where I came from, and I'm sure you've already figured that out. Besides, I want to rid this world of its filth, and of all the people who burn its parts. There is no future for me other than taking away the bad people who roam our lands and helping those people who have been victimized," she answered.

"Ramika, let's cut to the chase shall we. I already know of your thoughts about Kira, and I want to ask you something. If you were given a chance to help take down Kira, with cops and detectives, would you take that chance?" he asked boldly. Evelyn thought for a second; truthfully, she was a big fan of cops, or anybody in the law system, but this was about taking down Kira which she was in the middle about. She guessed Kira had to do something with the fact as to why she was kidnapped, so she guessed he was somehow involved, just not as directly as she had thought.

"If I had been given the chance, I wouldn't take it," Eve snapped, which had shocked Ryuzaki greatly, but of course she didn't know she had surprised him. "As much as I am against Kira's ways of getting the job done, I hate cops more than anything in the world. And if they are against Kira, then I am with him." Now, Evelyn was well aware at how childish it sounded, but nobody knew just how deep her mental scars ran when it came to those who "upheld" the law. She tried to tell them, they wouldn't listen… they didn't… care… Because of them she never had gotten help.

"Well that's too bad, because this is the actual main reason why you are here, you see Ramika," Ryuzaki said, pulling off the blindfold from the blonde eyes, making her inwardly sigh in relief. It took a second before Evelyn could adjust her eyes to the light, blinking at a quickened speed in order to relive the pain she felt at the suddenly blinding light, and once she adjusted, she saw Ryuzaki's dark eyes staring back at her own blue orbs, still with the black smudge underneath his eyes, which she now guessed was from insomnia. "I am L, and I want you to be a part of the task force that was made in order to bring down Kira. If not, I'll just turn you in to someone of a high status in enforcing the laws."

To be continued…

Well, this is another short chapter, but I wanted to cut it off there, and well, L, you aren't going to get much brownie points now…

To Anonguest: I hope you like this chapter, but hey, I'm sure Evelyn isn't getting much brownie points either, being a vigilante and all…