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Extended to Infinity and Beyond
By Khorose
Summary: A vacation in L's summer home became a disaster. L, Watari, Light, Matt, Mello, Near, and Beyond must find out who was responsible. Suspicions arose, danger lurks in the mansion, and Light's the prime suspect.
Chapter 11: Human Reaction
The third proved problematic. Until the case reached its end, I was reduced to nothing but an absent gaze. Think of it this way: I was a pair of abstract eyes walking around wearing my flesh as a disguise. Living as such, there was no point in expecting any form of social responsibility or human reaction.
Mello was reaching the end of the rope.
Everything was definitely not going smoothly as he hoped. He had been so sure that Light was Kira, that he hadn't considered the other possibilities.
In short: Mello screwed up.
"Near, that big-headed twit. You are dead when I catch you!" Mello grounded out. His voice echoed through the empty stone passageway underground. There was no way of telling where he was now, but Mello refused to give up.
"Wait... Are those stairs? That must mean that it there are secret rooms and underground tunnels everywhere!" he exclaimed. If he could go up, then he could get to the library in no time!
There was a problem though, if he went to the library, he would have no idea where the secret room was located. He didn't have the time to search, either. So he had to travel underground.
The seven-year old poked his head out, but saw nothing familiar. He cursed, but climbed out anyways. And he was lucky he did, because on the outside there was a map stapled to the house. He was a only a few hallways away from his destination, give or take a few turns.
"C'mon, Light, we're..." Mello trailed off as he realized that he had left Light behind sometime ago.
"...Never-mind, I'll apologize to him later." he grumbled. And he had more than one thing to apologize for, which irritated him. Mello was never wrong, and Light should have been Kira. But he made a mistake and now L was in danger.
Mello memorized the map, went back to the underground tunnel, and charged forward. There was no time to waste, and he will find Kira and beat him up.
"Why did you pin maps all over the house?" Person1 asked Person2.
"It is very easy to get lost around here," Person2 said sagely.
"Where did you even get a map from?" Person1 asked curiously.
"L has them in his room. It's his summer house after all."
"Is that why you were gone during the morning?"
"Maybe."
"Where's L?"
"Gone."
"Gone? You mean by...?"
"Yes."
"Let's go, then."
Light was running full force down the hall and didn't realize that someone was in front of him, just getting down the stairs.
OOF! Both of them fell over, and Light was sent sprawling on the ground.
When he got up, he noticed Watari sitting up and rubbing his head as well.
"Watari? What are you doing here?" he asked.
"I should have watched L more," Watari sighed, "After much thought, I decided that going alone would be too dangerous for you all."
"Do you think I'm Kira?" Light asked quietly, almost dreading the answer.
"No," Watari smiled at the boy, "I've spent time with you all, I know that none of you have the resolve to kill."
"Have you killed before?"
"Regretfully, yes."
Silence lapsed between them as they continued on their way. Finally, Light spoke again:
"Thank you for believing in us, Watari."
"No problem, Light."
"Hello." a light but childish voice spoke into the phone.
"Who is it?" A much older, male voice responded.
"It's me. You should recognize my voice."
"Boy? Why are you calling me? Shouldn't W-"
"They're busy now."
"Alright. What do you want?"
"Send ten people over."
"Thirty? Are you serious?" the man gaped.
"Deadly serious."
"What could they have done to make you demand thirty people to go-"
"I am taking no risks. Please, the sooner the better." There was no joking around in the child's tone.
"Sigh, you got it, boy. I'll get them in a sec."
"I prefer you get them now"
"How urgent is this? Because I will not be ordered around by a child!"
"If you don't accept this and be ordered around by a child, then keep your mouth shut. People are going to die if you keep on stalling." the boy said coldly.
"Fine, fine. I'll hang up now."
"Remember, thirty people."
Click.
Even as Mello ran, the sense of foreboding got worse. He felt as if something was not right, like there was still something that he missed.
Kira. Kira. Kira. Kira.
The thought ran through his mind over and over again. Mello wracked his mind, piercing all the clues he knew from the previous days, but nothing came to mind.
The chance of Near being Kira is rapidly decreasing. For once, Near had been with them the entire night of Matt's attack, and he was with them when Beyond was found dead the second night.
But who, then? Mello cursed himself for focusing so much on Light the past few days. He was so obsessed in finding Light guilty, that he didn't notice anything else other than the clues that pointed to the chestnut-haired boy.
If Light isn't it, then who is?
B had managed to solve it, he had it all figured out before he was killed. Mello tried to remember everything about L's red-eyed copy.
B. Kira. Diary. Death. Bedroom. Beyond Birthday.
Now he was just rattling words at the top of his mind, hopelessly trying to pierce them together.
Blood. Eyes. Infinity. L. A. BB. Death Note...
Wait a minute.
Infinity. LA. Eyes. Death Note. Kira.
Mello had solved the case.
But it seemed that he may have done it a bit too late. Mello ran, faster than ever, intending on reaching the steel doors that he was certain had Kira behind it. Would he get there in time? Would L be dead when he open the door?
Mello fired several bullets at the lock. It hit dead in the center and shattered.
Mello hurled himself in,
L opened his eyes.
He was tied to a chair, and in a room he didn't remember. But they must still be inside the mansion, because the storm made it impossible for any traveling.
Speaking of which, he really wanted a piece of cake now. He wondered where Watari is.
"Good evening, L."
L's head instantly snapped up as he stared, surprised, at the revealed face of Kira.
"You." he hissed.
Have you seen this quote before...?
Not that it's important, but tell me if you recognized it! I'll reveal where' it's from in next chapter.
Only two more chapters to go! The epilogue is included.
Sorry I didn't update on Sunday. I forgot to and I was preparing to return to school...
Last chance to try and solve the mystery before everything is revealed next chapter!