Chapter eleven:
"Stop!" Near shouts racing closer. His voice causes Roman, Taylor and the two demons to stop their fighting.
All four of them turn to look to the small angel racing towards them.
"Near?" One of the demons question upon seeing this. He shares a quick glance with the other demon before turning back to Near.
Near skids to a stop just a little away but he's close to them now. "We don't need to fight!"
"It really is you!" One of the demons rush over and pull the small angel into a hug. "We heard about an angel here at Whammy's. We thought it might be you but figured it was best to check."
"Wait." Roman speaks up causing them all to turn to him, though Mello and Matt are watching confused at what Near is doing. "Are these your demon friends? Also you two heard about the angel? Was it from another demon?"
"Yes to both." The demon hugging Near responds. "I'm A and over there is my boyfriend BB." He nods to the other who gives a wave of greeting.
"If that demon told you he might tell other demons." Taylor realizes out loud. "Who knows how many demons might come here. It would seem our threats didn't work."
"Well that demon had better head our threats then." A speaks up adding his own thoughts. "Or else I'll drag him out of Hell personally so I can tie him down. In which we'll torture him!"
"And I'll make sure that when we tear him open I'll take his eyes out. To shove them down his throat so he can see me tearing him open!"
The two angels Roman and Taylor feel a drop of sweat drip down the back of their necks. They don't say anything as the two are demons so they figure that they should expect as much from them.
"See? We're on the same side." Near encourages getting attention back on him. "Demon and angels. If we work together we can make sure that everything will be okay."
"That's true." Roman comes to agree. "If that demon stays in Hell after telling others is angels can't touch him. Well probably have to stop or take down the demons that may come after Near."
"Then when he is healed we will leave so this place will be safer." Taylor adds causing Nears shoulders to drop.
"Can't I still come back after that?" Near questions the two angels.
"Of course. Just probably not for a little while. Let things settle down first. We don't want any demons that come here to see you visiting. It could make them come over more and more nonstop."
"But of course we'll have to wait until you're fully healed before we can go."
"Near." Mellos voice causes all five of them to turn to him. "Who are you talking to? What's going on?"
Matt also has a rather confused look on his face. He seems to be trying to figure out what exactly is happening... But can't...
Near blinks just now realizing that Mello and Matt can't see the others. He is glad that at least no one else seems to have noticed something going on. "It's just some others that I know even in the afterlife." He explains to them. "Don't worry. It's all under control."
Matt nods softly letting it go as he trusts Near.
Mello hesitates for a moment curiosity nagging him. He however ends up also nodding and letting it be.
"I'll go start looking for that creep. I'll update you two if I find anything." Matt informs them before dashing away.
Mello and Near watch him go though after a moment Mellos eyes flicker to Near.
"I'll go and see if I can get any information in town." Mello suggests deciding to let Near deal with the beings invisible to the human eye.
"Be careful." Near tells Mello who nods flashing him a smile before leaving.
BB comes over and rests his arm against Nears shoulder. He is giving a knowing look as Near turns to him. "So. Who is the new guy?"
"His name is Mello." Near tells him. "He helped me when he accidentally found me. It's because of him I'm healing alright."
"But you like him." BB raises his other hand to poke his younger friend on the cheek.
"Yeah. I do." Near admits making BB grin widely.
The demon's grin unnerves the other two angels.
"Aw. Our little brother is so grown up already finding someone to be with." A hugs them both by throwing his arms around them with a wide smile.
"Come on. We should get going." Near slightly protests finding himself softly blushing from the attention from the two he considers family.
"Nope." A informs him. "It's hug time first."
Near gives in and lets them stay like this for a bit.
Meanwhile…
Matt is typing away really quickly on his laptop searching up information on what he was able to gather from what Near had told him. He so badly wants to find whoever had done this to one of his best friends. He comes up with a few results that he takes a look at. He looks over pictures of them all and checks if they were in jail or out of the country at the time of the murder. He finds two results out of the four that had appeared. "Okay. Now let's see if I can trace their cells." He types away trying to see if their phones had been picked up anywhere near the orphanage. He finds that their cells were at home the day of the murder. He frowns upon seeing this. "Maybe I can ask Near to look at the pictures and tell me if either of them was who he had seen the day he had died." He gets up about to go fetch Near to do exactly that though he pauses as something pops up on his laptop. "Huh?" He sits back down taking a closer look. He opens the window that had appeared behind what he was looking at. He finds himself looking at a page notifying him that a cell phone from one man was picked up just a little outside of the orphanage. "This has to be it!" He gasps to himself. "I've got you I'm sure of it!" He starts to think of going out to confront the man himself.
