L watched out the window of the helicopter, it was be silent and stoic or be forced to admit that he was wrong in the first place. He knew that agreeing to work with Shea in the first place, was admission enough that he, the greatest detective in the world, was for once, lesser to another in a situation.

"He'll be angry with you." An arrogant chuckle was heard from Shea.

Knowing his former teammate was correct, he sighed while speaking into the microphone attached to his helmet. "Which one? I haven't been on my best behavior with anyone in my household." This only spurred the woman's sensual laughter more. L smirked slightly, he longed for his old team to reunite. It's why he started to gather another team. "Shea. Will you really give me Light back? If I leave Brian with you?"

Indigo eyes rested on the older alpha with a sincere stare. "Of course. I wouldn't dream of causing you any further pain. As long as you allow mine to pass."

L raised an eyebrow in suspicion. 'She's holding something back… Am I truly in that much trouble?'

The lush island came into view, the ivory manor shined in the morning sunlight, the waters clashing into the rocky cliffs around it sparkled and the gardens waved vibrant colors in the wind. Shea smiled when she saw her two boys tearing through the yard tackling each other in play, while Misa sat on the stairs watching them with a cup in her hands. Sayu and Light seemed to be chatting in the gazebo, also with cups in their hands. Matt, Mello and Near seemed to be sitting on the docks, all facing each other. The helicopter made its final descent over its landing pad.

The two boys darted off towards a wooden swing under a large oak tree where Brian seemed to have placed himself with a book and another child in his lap. Shea pulled the door open, abandoning her headset on the seat before the craft had its full chance to land, running at full speed towards the group under the tree. Leaving both L and the pilot dumbfounded.

Shea stopped in front of the group staring at them while heavily breathing and gasping for her breath, concern evident on her face. "Mio! What are you doing out of bed?!"

The young girl peaked over the edge of the book with a cheerful smile. "I feel much better now mommy! I asked daddy if I could come outside."

"Are you insane?!" Her tone laced with worry and venom. Her eyes met a vermilion steeled resolve.

Before Beyond could get a word in edgewise, both Near and Light approached them. "Actually, Light and I have a theory about that. It's perhaps in the makeup of her dynamic. Standard dynamics, such as an alpha, beta or omega, seem to be normal healthy children. However, when you throw omega pheromones in an alpha, you start to get some different reactions. Such as, a weakened immune system. In the day that you were gone, B here was at her side almost the entire time, only ever leaving to use the facilities, and only when they became a dire need."

Light nodded towards Near before continuing, "In that time, she had made leaps and bounds in her recovery. Though, to fully understand the capacity of this, we did several tests, we know that Misa, Sayu or myself never truly made an impact, this lead us to two theories."

Near listened patiently before holding up two fingers. "Quite. At first, it seemed it could be attested to him being her father. But, as I'm sure you know, being a parent had no substantial evidence of improving her condition." He rested one of his fingers down. "However, then we concluded that it could be his dynamic. Type A alpha. That being said, we had Mello sit in the room with her and read to her and talk with her, she became resistant to him being there and soon became unresponsive. Then, Light and I knew. It had nothing to do with his parental status or his dynamic alone. But, the two of them combined."

The brunette tucked his hands behind his back, "We also reached a theory that Near had initially pointed out. There are male Z-types as well." He gestured to Near. "As you know, they have the ability to access the omega pheromones within them as well. Subsequently, are more than likely dismissed as B-type alphas, as these pheromones don't normally make themselves present until a little later in development. Which, explains the phenomena of B-type alpha males spontaneously getting pregnant. So, that male alpha on the television, wasn't special, just misdiagnosed."

The two of them chuckled amongst themselves before the white haired boy continued. "In conclusion, as long as she's within pheromone distance of her type-A father, she's fine. Upon further research, with Sayu, we had decided it's a genetic error in the type-A females that create this phenomenon. Was your mother a type-A, Shea?" Shea nodded with wide eyes. Near smirked, "As I deduced, however, had you have chosen to pair off with anything other than a type-A, Mio here, wouldn't exist. Because, you are a carrier to this genetic afoul. Z-type children are very fragile and have a tendency to be ill, nevertheless, it seems to only be females affected by that. Males have a tendency to just be," he held his hands up and mocked air quotations, "weaker." And often mistaken for B-types, from there, are usually written off, if they survive their frail nature."

"Impressive." A monotoned voice purred from behind them, making them both jump slightly. They both turned slightly to see L haunched over slightly while waving at them with an awkward smile. He opened his mouth to speak to Light; only to be cut off with a cold shoulder and a quiet growl as he brushed past him, nearly taking him from his stance. The raven nodded slightly, "I deserved that." His charcoal eyes met the sight of B. "And you!"

Beyond smirked deviously. "Boys?" Both Russell and Jasper snapped their attention to their father. "That angry man over there is your uncle."

They both shrieked in delight as the happily clapped their hands together in a high ten motion. "Uncle?!" They both turned to him and loudly tackled L to the ground with excited hugs.

The younger raven cackled and picked Mio up into his arms, "I think it's about time we fed you, hmm?" The young girl smiled and happily nodded, clinging tightly to Beyond.

L struggled underneath the excited pups, "Don't you leave! Hey! Don't ignore me!" L gasped for air as he flailed wildly attempting to escape the children's grasp. "Brian!"

Misa watched from the safety of her cup of coffee, chuckling quietly. "That wasn't very nice. You know how those two get at the idea of family."

The alpha rolled his crimson eyes as he passed the beta, "He's not very nice. He deserves every hug those two force out of him. Serves him right for not hugging his younger brothers enough." The blonde busted into a bubbly giggle.

Shea sighed as she started to follow but was caught by Mello and Matt. "We also have a theory. But a far less pleasant one. Concerning the whereabouts of Arthur." The ravened woman turned to them and folded her arms and listened. Matt continued, "We think he's hiding out within the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood. By this point everyone is looking for him."

Mello nodded, "Everyone within L's contacts is searching for him as well as their inner circles. We already know the WidowMaker's are also on high alert. Where else could he have gone into hiding? Especially after his last scuffle with me and B."

The alpha brought her thumb up to her mouth and nibbled on the tip of it. "I had hoped he wasn't that well connected."

The red head sighed and pulled his goggles off of his head, "He isn't. But anyone with enough money can have them at their disposal. They're basically highly trained mercs and thugs that call themselves assassins. Save a few of them that actually are. Do you have any contacts within their ranks?"

The raven shook her head as her eyebrows knitted together. "My last contact was discovered and killed. They're a very exclusive group. It would be the only place I or L couldn't reach him. So it makes sense."

After prying the boys off of him L stood and took a deep breath. "I have a contact within their ranks. It will take a few days at least, but I can try to contact them and see what's going on. I've hired them in the past, it wouldn't be out of place for me to contact them again." The three of them stared at him in disbelief. He shrugged nonchalantly. "When Brian was incarcerated, I still needed someone to tie up some unnecessary ends. They've made a decent amount of money from me, and I covered their tracks. It was mutually beneficial."

Shea scoffed, "Some pillar of justice you are."

"Says the leader of a crime syndicate. One who was put together solely to make my life a living nightmare." The ravened male deadpanned. He raised his glance to meet hers. "You never told me you had children together. I could have helped you."

"No. You couldn't have. It wasn't safe. It still isn't. And it never will be until Arthur draws his final breath." Her words were laced with cruelty. The trance seemed to have broken when Misa called everyone in for lunch.

L sighed heavily. "He is still my brother."

Shea turned away from him. "If that's what you want to believe. I think you should speak with Near before drawing any conclusions on him. See what this so-called brother thinks about you."

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