FireCacodemon: Welcome back to another chapter of Under the Mask.

Hei: Darker Than Black belongs to Tensai Okamura.

November 11: Well, I think we should just let the chapter roll.

Chapter 20

Hei looked up as he heard the door opening. The familiar sight of white shoes and white trousers made Hei nearly jump for joy as he looked up at the worried face of November 11. It may not have been the face that Hei was looking forward to seeing but he was just glad that November 11 was here and not some other contractor. November 11 just looked defeated, the simple fact that Hei was in this matter...with the MI-6 torturing him to extract the information November 11 gave up on getting. It was probably much easier to use the ME and extract the memories themselves. Then they would have what they needed and they didn't need to torture Hei to get it. The only issue was that they would use ME to erase the memories that he had after that...which was only going to result in either Hei or Li fading away into the void. November 11 didn't want that to happen. Decade made sure that no one was to approach Hei with ME either so Hei was protected under Decade's orders...but contractors could break them and do what they please as long as they pleased their boss. November 11 had done that rarely but he wasn't innocent as contractors could be.

"Why didn't they remove my mask?" Hei asked. November 11 smiled and sat down in front of Hei.

"Because with the mask on you can't bite," November 11 informed Hei. That made sense, if he was vicious enough, he'll be able to bite through the rubber gloves and be able to discharge his electricity into his guards or what not.

"Wise decision there," Hei chuckled to himself at the mental image of him biting into a contractor just to shock them. It wasn't something that he thought he'd ever do, but then kissing November 11 wasn't something that he planned on doing and it happened.

The memory surfaced in Hei's mind which reacted to him blushing. He was glad that November 11 could see his face but just looking at the contractor now, he wanted to kiss him once more. He wanted to fall prey to lust in the romantic way in which he felt for Misaki all those days ago, before November 11 entered his personal life and took him in to look after. There was something about the British accent which made Hei want to trade voices, his smoking (although a dirty habit) was something that Hei was going to miss when this was all over with and they go back to being enemies. His craving to feel November 11's arms wrapped around him while he slept, they gave him comfort unlike before when they just felt restrictive. Hei wanted November 11's body for himself. After all, other contractors claimed that the Black Reaper always got what he wanted. He wanted November 11 and he was going to have him. He looked at how November 11 and April got on with each other and that caused Hei to see red, he wanted to be so close to November 11 like April was but if he took out April, he was going to push November 11 away. Was he being creepy inside? Probably, but being with him made him feel so complete. If only they weren't on the opposite side they could be the perfect combination. November 11 dressed in white and Hei dressed in black. November 11 was free to walk in the day while the Black Reaper was free to walk at night. Both abilities were dangerous, November 11 would be better if he had a water bottle or something like that with him while Hei was fine the way he was. He had observed November 11 closely much like November 11 did with him. If they were on the same side...the world was going to be in trouble. But alas...that wasn't possible. Unless they made their own team, split from their current companies and become one...he mentally slapped himself. That wasn't possible.

"Are you hungry?" November 11 asked Hei, unaware on what thoughts were running through Hei's mind.

'I want you' Hei was tempted to say but the thought was pushed away. "Food will be great, thank you..."

"I'll go and make you something then."

"Better not be ramen, you know how much I hate that stuff," Hei told November 11. He nodded, understanding that they were being watched through the cameras. Everything was being recorded through the CCTV where the MI-6 will be able to go through what they've recorded to see if they have anything that they can use against Hei. November 11 knew that spicy ramen was Li's favourite; the best medicine that November 11 could give Li was food. He knew that Li wouldn't hesitate to inhale a bowl of ramen. It was just something Li enjoyed something that November 11 wouldn't have had the guts to say no to if Li requested it.

Under the Mask – Chapter 20

The interrogation had failed; BK-201 kept his mouth shut and just accepted the torture which most contractors wouldn't have done. They would have spilt everything that Decade wanted to know but BK-201 stubbornly kept silent. He watched how November 11 reacted around BK-201 in his cell; the contractor was probably going to become very useful when breaking BK-201 to his command. November 11 took BK-201 in and helped him recover while at the same time apparently making some form of friendship with him. Decade knew that he was going to have to hurt November 11 in order to get BK-201 to spill everything. He watched as November 11 returned with BK-201's supposed hated ramen and an alternative mask so that his identity remained a secret. Even if he did reveal his identity, Decade wouldn't know who he was...hopefully.

"Still haven't found anything?" Another member of MI-6 asked Decade.

"Afraid not, he's a stubborn contractor...wouldn't tell us anything during the interrogation."

"That's strange, don't you think?"

"I'm aware that contractors would have spilt everything now, but BK-201 hasn't."

"Something then doesn't add up."

"Or he's more advanced than our contractors in terms of evolution?"

"That's a possibility..."

"Tomorrow, he'll have no interactions with anyone."

Under the Mask – Chapter 20

April watched as November 11 paced around his apartment. She knew what was causing the worry for November 11, the fact that he hasn't seen BK-201 for ages. It was only two days ago that November 11 last saw the contractor before Decade gave everyone orders that they couldn't go and see BK-201 or even talk to him. It was driving November 11 that he couldn't see or even hear Li's voice as he was locked away. Decade was keeping a close eye on November 11 though so that was bad news. His mind jumped to the conclusion that Decade was going to use November 11 against Li or Li was going to be used against November 11 to make sure that he was following his orders and not doing anything rebellious. July couldn't send his spectre into Li's cage and they didn't have any clue as to where Li's doll was or anything else. November 11 was just stuck doing nothing. It wasn't much of a surprise when November 11 became angry at himself for allowing this to happen to Li. He was free to see the monitor which captured Li's every movement, his stomach growls and anything else that Li made. He watched as Li had just remained in the corner of the room, flat out ignoring the food which was dangerous. November 11 knew how thin Li was already but if they didn't get him to eat, he'll die of starvation...which went against contractor logic. They were supposed to survive, not wither away like a rose.

"He needs to eat," April spoke.

"He won't eat anything...because he's a very fussy eater and won't eat anything which has been 'tainted' with something else."

"Which means?"

"He'll only eat food which hasn't had anything added in...So medicine, vitamins or anything else added which isn't food...his body will reject. Apparently he says it's more painful than going through starvation."

"Found her..." July spoke.

"Where is she?" November 11 asked July.

"By the river, trying to find Hei," July spoke.

"Then let's get going," April smiled, putting can of beer on November 11's table. November 11 nodded and grabbed his coat. "Is she with anyone?"

"Her...team," July looked towards November 11.

"Let's go," he said and started to move.

"They won't trust us," April raised her concern.

"If we don't move now, we won't get anywhere!" November 11 slammed the door behind him. April let out a sigh. November 11 was getting too worked up about this. They were going to kill each other on the battle field after this was all over. BK-201 was a contractor and so was November 11, it was their job to fight against each other. Not become buddy-buddy with each other.

"You're only going to get hurt..."

November 11: grandshadowseal - We're counting on Li to control his hunger but much like you've said...he might not be able to. I'll give Li the choice when he's out of MI-6. Won't do any good at the moment. Li a home economic teacher...

Hei: snowgem33 - If you want to feel bad for someone *Points to November 11* feel bad for him. He's probably the one suffering here.

FireCacodemon: Please don't bang your head too hard on the wall. The wall did nothing wrong to you. Thanks for the compliment though.

April: Thanks for reading the chapter. We'll be back next time with another chapter of Under the Mask!