Chapter Twenty Five: Deadly Deals:
"What?" Noah and Harold asked confusedly looking at Cody. They didn't know why he wanted their help if he has a lot of followers to assist him in almost anything.
"I need your help." Cody said once again circling his friends while having a serious look on his face. "I have a plan that'll take the police away from me."
Noah and Harold looked at each other again with their eyes wide as dinner plates. How did Cody know that the police knew he was the cause of the recent "Accidents"!? More importantly how did he know that his former friends knew he was the cause!?
"I used to have a spy that worked in police station." Cody said as if he read their minds. "She recently died and I have a plan that needs her help but with a stroke of fate you guys appeared you shall do."
Both teens looked at each other nervously. They came here so they could ask of Cody to kill Duncan and Alejandro but they should've known he'd ask for a something in return even if he didn't like Duncan and Alejandro all the same.
"What's in it for us?" Harold said summoning up the courage to ask a murderer for a payment.
A staring contest occurred between the two geeks. Cody was looking furiously at Harold. How dare he disrespect him! Cody hated to be disrespected! He was always tried his best but none of his efforts were appreciated or praised. He still was staring at angrily but Harold retaliated with a bold stare on his face.
"I won't write your names in the Death Note!" Cody yelled angrily frowning at his old friends.
Noah was truly scared of what Cody might do if they agitated him some more. He went over to Cody and stepped in front of Harold breaking the staring contest.
"We have a better bargain for you, Cody." Noah said a little shaky but still standing. "You need us and we need you."
Cody raised his eyebrow at the know-it-all's proposal.
"You, me and Harold hate Duncan, right?" Noah said stating the obvious. True Cody hated Duncan ,especially in World Tour where he kissed Gwen, broke two hearts and ruined a beautiful friendship. Worse the punk placed the problems he caused on him! He remembered in Australia where he threw away the challenge after Gwen rejected his friendship and love for her.
"True…" Cody said looking at Noah while raising his eyebrow again at him.
"Harold and I hate Alejandro." The know-it-all said. Cody didn't like Alejandro either. He didn't trust the Latino at all, he even liked that Angela dislocated his shoulder back in Greece.
"Here's the deal. We came all this way to ask you to kill Eel-jandro and Duncan." Noah said with his deadpanned voice.
Cody was actually surprised that his friends were asking him to kill someone instead of actually trying to stop him. He wanted to kill Duncan but unfortunately he couldn't control the Shinigami eyes so it will be hard to know his name. He finally sighed in defeat and accepted their bargain.
"Fine….But I still need your help in both things." Cody said. The boys looked at him confusedly. "First I need you to carry out my plan then I'll proceed with killing anyone you want but I'll need Duncan's and Alejandro's full names to kill them."
"Why?" Harold asked. "You have the Shinigami eyes. Shouldn't you their names." He remembered when the former team Amazon were really nervous when they remembered Cody's red eyes.
"I can't control these eyes!" Cody said frustrated. "They just come and go!"
Harold nodded at Cody's explanation. It will be hard to get Duncan's and Alejandro's full names without raising suspicions.
"What is your plan by the way?" Harold asked.
"The plan must be carefully constructed." Cody said. "I already have some people who are willing to become a part of it but I also need someone who can enter and exit the police station." Cody explained half of his plan and went over to his desk ,grabbing a black notebook then presented it to his friends.
Harold and Noah cringed in fear as they saw the most lethal weapon right in front of them!
"Is that the Death Note!?" Harold asked but more like yelled.
"No." Cody answered plainly earning the look of confusion from the two teens. "This is a copy of the real notebook. It's an essential part of my plan. There is more to my plan than just this. I'll need your help to identify the names of certain police men and I'll need you to know the name of that detective who knew about my crimes." Cody explained once again and the boys just looked at him scared. They didn't want to get involved in crimes but they wanted to get rid of the bane of their existence and Cody's the ticket to that.
"Can you explain the plan a little more, because so far I don't understand how can we can get the names of the policemen." Noah asked.
Cody sighed and sat down ready to explain to them the whole plan.
The plan was to kill Trent's detective cousin Ken by making it look like an "accident". Cody created the fake Death Note so that Ken might "kill" himself to see if the notebook is real but to make sure he does die on the same time he writes his name he needs someone who can come in and out of the police station. That's where Noah and Harold are needed.
The two teens were reconsidering their part of the deal. They never really had an encounter with law and it will be hard for them to shake them off.
Cody didn't really care about his friends' nervousness even ,he needed them and if they refused he might kill them. He then got up and went over to his desk bringing back a….
"What's the bowtie for?" Harold questioned .
"Oh. This is no ordinary bowtie. It's actually a camera I made to help me spy on people in the surface just in case. You know Total Drama is popular in Japan and just in case someone finds out about my murders." Cody explained confidently. "This will help me see if Ken is writing on the fake notebook so in the same time I could write his name and kill him. Then everyone will think I'm powerless when they destroy the fake Death Note."
Harold and Noah were impressed at Cody's carefully constructed plan. That might actually work and they can get rid of the delinquent and the Latino forever.
"Fine. We'll do it, but we can't simply GIVE the fake notebook to the police! They'll suspect we have something to do with you!" Noah said stating some the small flaws in the plan.
"Don't worry. Leave it to me. You just need to worry about getting me the names the police officers and the full names of Duncan and Alejandro if you want me to destroy them." Cody said bitterly when he mentioned Duncan's name. He actually planned a really painful demise for him and he was gonna watch every SECOND of it! "Here wear this." Cody said presenting the Bowtie-cam to Noah cause it will go well with his attire.
Noah reluctantly accepted the small device and tied it around his neck.
"How do you activate this thing?" Noah asked with his trademark deadpan voice while pointing at the small device around his thin neck.
"Not to worry. The camera can only be turned on/off with my computer." He explained pointing at the black laptop on the desk. "You might wanna eat before leaving." Cody said once again making his way out only to see a huge buffet in the center of the city.
Both Noah and Harold's mouths gawked at the huge feast the people had made for them. Their mouths started watering like crazy! There were international cuisines and high-class meals.
"I bet Owen will probably give up the million dollars just to have this buffet." Noah said remembering his fat food-loving friend.
The three friends ate till their hearts' content. Then Harold remembered it was almost morning!
"We need to go back! The others will probably find out we're missing!" Harold said panicking a little and then started digging through his backpack in search of the map.
Cody looked at them and asked. "Where do you live?"
Harold took out the map and showed the exact location of the mansion.
"Hey! There's a passage way under that mansion!" Cody said with his eyes widened.
"There is!?" both Harold and Noah said in unison. They just wasted their time in the streets of Tokyo searching for this god forsaken place and it was right under their noses!
"I can let Ludwig show you the way." Cody said and called out the white-haired man.
"Yes, Milord?" Ludwig said bowing.
"I need you to show them the way to this mansion." Cody said pointing to the location of the mansion. Ludwig knew the place and directed the teens to a tunnel.
"I'll call you if there's anything." Cody said and waved goodbye to his friends.
Ludwig, Harold and Noah were walking through the tunnel for almost an hour and half. The teens were very sleepy and exhausted cause they never slept the whole night. They wasted their beauty sleep to find Cody and convince him to rid of them of the Latino and the Punk.
Finally the three reached a dead end. Ludwig walked up to the wall and pressed on a brick stone causing it move and click!
A brick door started to open to reveal a dark basement filled with old boxes, ragged , dusty furniture and some small animals like rats and mice that made their homes there.
The two teens recognized it as the mansion's basement. They both turned around to bid Ludwig farewell.
"Thanks, man…." Just before Harold can complete his sentence the brick door closed with Ludwig behind it.
"I guess there is no turning back now." Noah said shrugging. "If we don't complete the task forced upon us, Cody will write our names in the Death Note and be done with us."
Harold just ignored his friends and went upstairs to his room so that none shall notice him.