Chapter 14: Plotting Afoot

Sammy slammed the door open and practically throw herself of the sofa, it was along walk back home from the "Task Force HQ", or whatever the hell they called it; and with Rezil's complaining about being left behind was enough to make her irritated beyond belief. Sammy's plan was simple, have Rezil stay behind to spy on L or 'Ryuzaki' as he wanted to be called. He knew something about the other Death Note owners and Sammy wanted to know everything, why? To find them and see what kind of people they were, and mostly likely end them. Sure Kira seemed to kill mostly criminals but to hell with him or her! She didn't know how to describe it, just knowing that someone else out there had a Death Note and had the same abilities as her, apart from the werewolf stuff, made her sick. Not in the 'Oh my god we're all going to die' sick, more like the 'I can't believe I'm the only one who didn't know about this' sick. And she swore to god who ever it was would die at her hand.

Sammy rolled over and felt for the remote, turned the TV on and started to channel-surf. 'It was so damn easy getting out of there…' She thought, 'Maybe Ryuzaki told everyone to just let me walk out, or the thing that happened to the door I broke would happen to whoever got in my way.' Sammy got up and headed for the fridge and searched for emanything.

'Damn it, Joey can't even get some food without getting caught! I'm just gonna eat her pork ribs, I don't care what she does, I'm fucking hungry!'

As she promised she took a plate from the fridge, which of course had an entire rack of ribs belonging to a certain vampire, and went back to the sofa and ate.

"Your friend has a few moral issues." Rezil voice appeared behind Sammy's spot on the sofa, not like the werewolf reacted to him, she just nored on the ribs. The shinigami didn't appreciate being ignored but waited all the same. Sammy wiped the BBQ souse from her mouth with the back of her paw/hand.

"Whatcha find out?" She asked, completely dismissing Rezil's comment.

"They know," The skilled shinigami said, his voice cutting through the air. "About the heart attack victims, and Kira… but here's the kicker…" He paused to wait for a reaction from the feasting werewolf; he was greeted with an ear moving his direction. "That human, the one with the black hair, he suspects the lil' vampire of killing those guys at that held her hostage." Rezil throw his head back and laugh. "Humans, so stupid," He chuckled. Sammy was quiet, eating the ribs in no time, letting the last of the ribs fall and rattle against the plate. She wiped her mouth again, a smirk followed soon after.

"What about the Death Note, do they know about that?" Her voice was low but dangerous, the shinigami approved.

"Can't say, and not because of the rules either." He pointed out, "There was no talk of the note book."

"I see," Sammy muttered, she lowered her hand so her eyes weren't visible. "He probably didn't mention it because he doesn't know if Joey knows. Either way he won't give out information like that to a suspect."

A silence fell in the room, Rezil was waiting for Sammy to say something, he could see the wheels in her head turning and he couldn't wait to find out what she would come up with next. A hum of a chuckle was his first answer and a dark smirk.

"I could use this to my advantage."

Rezil sneered happily, how he was loving this.

"If Joey is suspected of being Kira then it would draw attention away from me, I just have to kill people that Jo would kill if she had a Death Note, along with my own victims but, I have to make them die differently to 'Joey's' victims, so they won't be that noticeable."

Another eager silence fell. It was broken with seconds, Sammy had stood up and got her laptop and set it up at the kitchen table and started to search for names and faces.

"There's only a few people I can think of that Joey would kill, number 1; People who will and had, tried to kill or attack her. Not many have the guts though…"

Of course, one would dare go near all three of them, everyone in HalloweenTown knew what they were compellable of, so it would be foolish to try anything.

"Number 2; anyone who would hart, kill, or attack me or Alice."

Another thing most people wouldn't do, hurting a loved one is worse than hurting Jo herself, he'd kill you with her bare hands if she had to, if you don't out run her you're finished. 'Not like she's the tough one though, I'm the muscle, she just don't have self-control'.

"Number 3; people she's been hunting down since…" She stopped talking, only to turn to Rezil with a known smirk. "You don't know where we come from do you?" Rezil was quite surprised with her question, tilting his skull for a head to the side.

"From HollweenTown," for once in his 'life' Rezil was unsure, the feeling seriously annoyed him. Sammy chuckled a little.

"Only the half of it," She turned back to her laptop, searching for names and faces she could use in her plot. While Rezil didn't like the fact that something was being kept from him, he had to admit, the suspense was unworldly.

"Why do you have these necklaces in the first place?" Ryuzaki wasn't complaining he was chorus; Jo-Jo had given her necklaces to him after he had asked politely, and he was now holding the end on the chain between his index finger and thumb.

"We were born human…" Jo-Jo said, she sighed, "Sometimes, we miss the lifestyle." Her ruby eyes cased to the floor. Alice offered her and patt on the shoulder before explaining.

"It's forbidden for HalloweenTown creatures to walk the earth, unless its Halloween night and we've got scare duty. Or, if we have these human-look-alike charms." Alice let her claws/hand find her key, fiddling with it in thought. "And as long as we don't get caught…." She quickly turned to her sister figure, who was already on the same wave length.

"The Mayor's not gonna let me live this down…" She sighed, this time looking up at the ceiling.

"I see," Ryuzaki murmured, his free thumb went to his mouth to bite the nail. "What are the chances of you to come by another charm?"

Jo-Jo scoffed, bring her attention back to ground level, "Yeah, they're sold on corner shops next to the kiddy sweets." She folded her arms and continued, "The only way we could get our claws on these is because I'm friends with the witch who made it, by hand. Human-look-alike spells are almost impossible to come by, let alone make!"

Ryuzaki bite his thumb, looking aimlessly at the little ruby eyed bat charm, he seemed deep in thought so the girls didn't say anything and waited for his input.

"I am to assume that you cannot just take this to your friend to repair its magical properties?" He said his black eyes still on the charm.

"You're right to assume that," Jo-Jo said, but Ryuzaki wasn't completely sure if she was mocking him, none-the-less, he let her continue. Jo-Jo pointed to the charm, "You can't cast a charm on something that's already being used, it's a one way thing." She explained, sighing again she ran her hand throw her hair, "I'm gonna have to pay for another charm," she cursed.

"They coast a lot I gather," Ryuzaki said dryly.

"An arm and a leg," Jo-Jo muttered. Alice looked at her for a while, when Jo-Jo caught the questionable look in her golden cat eyes she smiled softly. "It means it coast a lot, kiddo," she smiled and ruffled Alice hair.

The werecat smiled sheepishly, sometimes she didn't get the sayings her sister would use, but she was happy and Jo-Jo wasn't annoyed that she had to explain.

"Y'know," Alice offered, "I could always pay, you can pay me back, sis."

Jo-Jo's smiled faded slightly.

"Kiddo, I can't go through life with you paying for everything. I just have to put in a few more hours is all, no big deal." Alice was about to protest when Jo-Jo raised her hand put to stop her," Don't argue with me, kiddo, bad things happen." Alice would have felt hurt if it wasn't for the smile on Jo's face and the humour in her voice. She smiled to show her sister that she understood.

Once again Ryuzaki was caught outside a conversation between these two creatures, he pounder for a while if he could be that close to someone, maybe in the distant future.

"What is your occupation, Jo-Jo san?" He asked.

"I'm an illustrator," She said, "I work at home, but sometime they need me in the studio." Jo-Jo let her mind wounder back to her job, sure working at home was fun and she could work anywhere, but working at the studio meant it was quite and no one would bother her when she was trying to find something to inspire her. She sighed again, but happily this time.

"And you, Alice-Chan, what is your occupation?" This time Ryuzaki had moves his attention from the necklaces and to the person he was talking to, black eyes meet golden. Alice felt her face warm slightly, whether it was being put on the spot or not, she mentally cursed herself.

"I'm a fiction writer," She said after gathering her nerves. "I mostly right mysteries and romances." Her face burned even more just by mentioning the word 'romance', she cursed herself again. Ryuzaki didn't seem to notice Alice's reaction, however he did feel his face warm up by 15%. He cleared his throat and handed the necklace back to its owner. He gestured to the door behind him,

"This is where you will be staying," He stated, "It has been cleaned today; I trust you will be comfortable."

Alice opened the door and gasped, the room was huge! It just took her breath anyway. Jo-Jo walked past her and into the room, and leaped to the ceiling to hang there, upside down, the vampire grinned.

"Yep, it'll do," She said, stretching her arms. Alice laughed while Ryuzaki kept a dead-pan stare.

"We will talk more tomorrow; maybe we can do something about your necklaces." He said, "Good night." He walked out, not letting the girls have enough time to say anything back. Alice's heart snack, Jo-Jo glared at the closed door and huffed, letting her-self down and sat on the sofa. She picked up the remote to turn the TV on.

"If there's nothing but subtitles, I swear to Jack I'll freak out."

Alice laughed again, walking behind the sofa to pick her room; she opened the first door she found. And the view she found was amazing, the room was bigger than the one they had at the house in the human world.

"Mind if I have this one, sis?" Alice asked over her shoulder, Jo-Jo looked up and followed Alice to the room.

"Hmmm, not bad," she mused. em'God, Sammy's right, I am easily pleased.'/em Jo-Jo mentally facepalmed herself. "Sure, kiddo, go for it," She said, "I'm having the other room then."

Jo-Jo left Alive to it to see what was left for her, and damn was she gobsmacked. The next room was just as big, so she left for the front room to watch TV, Pokémon was on in english so sorting out the room will have to wait.

After about 30 minutes Alice came back and said good night to her sister.

"Ok, night kiddo," Jo-Jo smiled.

"When are you going to hit the hey?" The werecat asked. The vampire just shrugged.

"Might be awhile, that morphine nap made me feel bright and refreshed." She said with sarcasm.

Alice winced and laughed all the same, hugging her sister and heading off to bed, Jo-Jo sighed when she was alone.

'You will need your sleep, it has only just begun.' That voice charmed in her head, Jo felt her hand grip the arm of the sofa in fear, even in HalloweenTown hearing voice wasn't a good sign.