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15th September
It appeared as though not even the rats had chosen to make the building into a home. L approached the closed doors, hands gripping his gun and heart beating in his chest. His phone vibrated in his pocket alerting him to the time, it was now officially 7pm.
"Right on time, I'm impressed you actually turned up." Abier approached from the darkness, dressed in a form fitting suit. "I think it'd be better if you left the gun behind, don't you? We wouldn't want you shooting Light by mistake now would we?"
L felt a wave wash over him, brief as it was it was still intrusive. He smiled when Aiber frowned in vexation when his abilities didn't work. "I think I'll be keeping my gun with me. Now, where is Light-kun?" He asked firmly, well aware of the hero team getting into their positions stealthily.
"This way." Aiber nodded in the direction of the building, L following beside him as they approached the metal slide door. It screeched loudly on its hinges, moonlight filtering through just enough for L to catch a glimpse inside before the building was bathed in a wash of light accompanied by the sound of clapping.
"Lawli, you're here!" Beyond stood behind Light, the young man slouched over, even more bloody and broken then he had been when L saw him last on camera. "As you can see, I grew a little bored. Luckily your pet was around to keep me entertained, boy did he scream when I took the knife to him."
L trembled as rage over came him, he could see where severe cuts had been sliced through Light's skin, sections of skin missing in parts where the muscle was left exposed and places where bones had clearly been broken. "Light-kun," He breathed out in a silent whisper as he was overcome with intense emotions. "Is he alive? Is he even conscious?" He asked allowed instead and was rewarded with a twisted grin from Beyond.
"Say 'hello' to your other master pet." Beyond grabbed Light's hair and yanked his head back with a snap, L taking an instinctual step forward before stopping in horror. Blood was smeared liberally across Light's skin, his clothing still damp with blood, and L couldn't even begin to work out how to react when he saw that Light's mouth had been sown shut with thick black threads.
"I just didn't think that your pet should be allowed to speak if he never showed respect to those in charge. But you're here now, I have no more use for him." Beyond shoved Light roughly in the back sending the young man staggering drunkenly, blood loss and days of torture causing his body to fail and fall.
L lifted the gun and aimed it at Beyond's chest, murder in his eyes. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you now." He snarled, anger and disgust in his tone even as he thought his instincts to run to Light's side.
Beyond let out a cackle, Aiber and Wedy standing just behind him with mirrored looks of amusement on their faces. "Because even though you remembered to bring back-up, your hero team won't be able to do much. Wedy has cancelled out your ability, they're no longer protected, Aiber can just have them walk in and surrender to me before I kill them."
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Chief Yagami was overwhelmed by the sense of well-being. He no longer believed that the situation called for violence, after all, they were only talking. He joined the other members of his team as they wondered down towards the small group, masks tossed aside and weapons holstered as they lined up on the edge of the two sides. He was rudely snapped out of his fugue state when his abilities began ringing loudly in his head in an ever increasing pitch as the reality before him screamed lie. He was armed and by L's side in moments, ever aware of his injured son and the fact that he and the rest of the team were no longer safe from Beyond Birthday's abilities.
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He thought he'd been in agony before, he was wrong. His vision wavered and his body was heavy with fatigue, he struggled to breathe in through his nose to get enough oxygen as his mouth was no longer an option. He could hear the thrum of conversation behind him, but he was too weak to even roll over to see what was happening, glazed eyes staring at the concrete walls and floor as he trembled in pain from the various points of abuse.
'I think I'm going to take a nap.' A nap sounded good at that point, it would allow him to rest and escape from his blurring vision and agonized body. A loud shout had him sluggishly rolling onto his back, unable to scream aloud at the burn and tear of broken bones and exposed muscle, it took him minutes to focus in on what was happening, his brain unable to connect the events that were playing out before him. There was a group of people standing in front of Beyond, one in particular caught his attention as he struggled to place a name and face to the monochromatic blur. He brought his shattered fingers of his right hand to the silver letter on his collar, the metal stuck to his skin due to the tacky dried blood, rubbing his thumb gently over it despite the sharp pain transmitting throughout his body from the shattered bones. 'L.' He dropped his hand and struggled to get his eyes to focus instead of the underwater effects they were doing. 'Thought I told him not to do anything stupid.'
What appeared to be an escalating argument broke out between the parties, the hero team standing around stupidly whilst under Wedy's and Aiber's control, his father and L the only ones standing against Beyond. L and his father were both armed with guns, but Beyond had taken one up also, no doubt stolen from one of the controlled officers, each had their weapons pointed towards one another despite it being obvious that Beyond only needed to shoot L and kill the others with his ability. 'Unless something unexpected happens.' He reacted without thinking, knowing full well that if he had stopped to think he would never have gone through with it. His power tore out of him with a high-pitched scream, manifesting into a wraith like figure as it slammed into Wedy and Abier before dissipating in a swirl of smoke. The backlash sending him reeling as jagged glass tore through his mind and wreaked havoc on his nerve center, the tears of agony that spilled from his eyes were tears of blood, fresh blood dripping from his nose and causing the open wounds around his mouth to sting and burn even as he choked on screams unable to tear free. His muscles twitching and causing more damage to his already battered body even as his vision flickered and hearing was replaced by a high-pitched ringing.
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The sound of gunshots filled the air at the same moment Wedy and Aiber dropped to the ground dead from whatever the ghostlike figure had done, blood blooming in various places from where the bullets made contact with Beyond. L didn't even hesitate, springing into action as he sprinted towards Light's trembling body, shouts from the hero team confirming that the three villains were indeed dead and that there were no casualties on their side.
He skidded to Light's thrashing body, falling to his knees and lifting Light's head from the ground in an attempt to minimize the damage. "Light, I'm here hold on." The young man's body began to seize, his eyes rolling back into his skull as blood frothed up from the corners of his sown mouth, blood still gushing from his nose and eyes as Light's skin tone went sheet white. "Watari!" L yelled frantic as he shakily ran his fingers through Light's dirty matted hair, fear clouding his logic leaving him unable to take action. "Hold on Light, hold on." He sobbed, screaming over his shoulder a second time for the elder even as Light's father began to pace the building in distress, the rest of the task force calling in clean-up.
Watari appeared by L's side, gently but firmly removing L's hands from the seizing young man. Rolling Light swiftly into the recovery position and pulling out a pocket knife. "I need you to hold him down L, he's not breathing." Watari's tone was calm and steady, L holding down Light's body even as Watari began to cuts away the stitches spilling more blood. He hadn't even noticed that Light's breathing had slowed, something he should have known as Light would have been unable to breathe due to the nosebleed. Once the stitches were removed Watari rolled Light onto his back, feeling for a pulse all the while before looking up at L.
"Save him." L didn't even recognize his own voice, weak as it was. "Save him." He repeated, voice stronger as he glared at Watari.
"L, he doesn't have a pulse. He would have blood on his lungs from inhaling it." Watari said, his voice still calm and businesslike as though he hadn't just spoken the words that ended L's world.