"The morning was actually pretty decent," Matt said, fiddling with his goggles. "Had some coffee and jam, played in the arcade, almost ran over an elderly person on a motorized wheelchair. The usual."
I frowned as Beyond continued for him. "Then we, uh, accidently stumbled upon something we shouldn't have."
"And that was…?"
"An illegal drug deal with the most infamous, and quite dangerous, Tokyo gang." Hollow gulped. "Yeah, let's just say it didn't go so well."
"Mello practically killed a guy when he tried to tackle him." I glared at Mello from the passenger seat.
"He deserved it!" Mello defended himself, crossing his arms. "When we tried to leave, they attacked us. We managed to get out without major injuries, but they followed us."
"And here we are!" Matt laughed nervously, but immediately regretted it. "Yeah, um, this isn't going to end well."
"How do we get away from these guys?" Cinder bit her lip nervously. "We can't drive forever."
"The way I see it, we only have two options." I constantly looked back at our pursuers while talking. Mello leaned forward to listen. "One, we eliminate them." Mello rolled his eyes. "Two, we fake our death. That's the only way they'll leave us alone."
"How do we do that?" Beyond asked, brushing a hand through his messy black hair.
I stared at the steering wheel, then back at the men with guns. "Move over and I'll show you." I jumped on top of Beyond and immediately took controls, latching myself with the seatbelt.
In a jolting swerve, we were headed towards the docks. "Maybe we can crash into an abandoned building or something," I suggested. "Then escape before the car explodes- wait, what am I saying? We can't fake our deaths!"
Matt frowned. "Why not?"
"Because it'll ruin my car!" Everyone, but me, gave a collective sigh, then all started arguing at once. Matt and Cinder thought we should drive into a building. Hollow thought we should go to the police station. Mello thought we should blow the perps up. Beyond thought we should jump out and stab them (I don't know why).
Our argument was cut short by the sound of gunfire. They began shooting at us! I ducked my head low enough to not get shot, but still see the road. Mello held onto Matt, Matt held onto Hollow, and Hollow held onto Cinder. Beyond just cursed from the passenger seat, grabbing his head.
Glass shattered and my heart pounded out of my chest. They kept shooting at the car, my car, trying to slow us down. When they stopped, everyone looked behind us to see them slam on their brakes.
We were highly confused until Cinder looked forward and screamed bloody murder. Snapping our heads in her direction, my heart fell when I realized we were at the shipping yard, driving down the wooden dock.
Everyone screamed as the car launched into water. The world seemed to stop spinning for a moment. Time stopped. Gravity was no more. We seemed to be in slow motion.
Then, God hit the play button.
We pounded into the water. Since the windows were shot at and broken, water flooded quickly through. On instincts, we began to unbuckle ourselves.
But my seatbelt was stuck. It wouldn't open. My friends didn't notice me through all the commotion as they climbed out the windows and floated to the surface.
Struggling, I pulled and pulled, trying to get out of the seatbelt. The air in my mouth was decreasing and I started feeling drowsy. After minutes and minutes of trying, my vision started getting more blurry.
I felt like this was when I'd die. I knew that I didn't have long to live. But there was so much unsaid, unfinished. Who was Kira? Would Misa fess up? I never got a kitten. I'll never see A again and capture him.
Just as I felt all hope was lost, my savior came. A figure appeared on my window. I felt the belt snap, probably from a knife. Then, arms pulled me out the window. Whoever's carrying me must be strong. I assumed Mello or Beyond came back to save me. Beyond? Nah, he didn't do it the first time I almost drowned.
Air. Sweet, amazing air. I took a million breaths as we resurfaced. I was too weak to swim, so the arms brought me to the dock.
I did have enough strength to hoist myself up onto the wooden floor. Coughing up water, I saw the figured rest beside me through my water filled eyes.
Rubbing my eyes, I blinked a million times until I could see clearly. I saw him. L Lawliet. My rescuer. Just like all those years ago. He saved me, again.
"L…" My soft voice caused him to come close and wrap his arms around me. It took a couple more minutes to recover, coughing up more water and rubbing our eyes.
Sitting up on the dock, I saw my other friends spread out around me. Mello was rested next to Matt, making sure he was okay. Beyond was with Cinder, wringing out her wet hair gently. Hollow laid on the dock and stared up at the dark clouds looming over us.
"How did you find us?" Matt asked L once we all stood up.
Hollow stepped forward anxiously. "I pressed my panic button a million times. L gave it to me in case we got in danger, like this."
"It sent a message to Watari," L explained, taking my hand, "displaying your location. Luckily, you all weren't so far away. Watari and I followed your vehicle until it stopped here."
Mello coughed, shaking his drenched hair. Matt wiped the inside of his goggles. Beyond put an arm around Cinder, then Cinder took Hollow's hand.
Rain began to pour down, slowly at first, then very erratically. With my friends at my side, we trudged down the dock and to Wammy's limo.
I had to look away as my grandfather put the cloth in Misa's mouth so she wouldn't bite her tongue. My other friends were across the hall, not allowed to watch Misa's confinement. I sat next to L, my eyes averted to the wall.
She kept saying to kill her. That's all she said. She just wanted to die. I know it was extreme to keep her here, but L thought she would confess. Now I think this will only end up traumatizing her.
She then began to say something, shaking her head and what not. I forced myself to look. Just as I did, a strand of her hair moved. There was no wind or ventilation. In fact, she remained completely still. It just moved.
L noticed it too because he gave a slight gasp. But we both kept quiet. After that, nothing was the same. She passed out so we took off the cloth. When she regained consciousness, she was talkative, pouring words out of her mouth non-stop. She was more annoying than ever.
I felt terrible for Misa. I know she was nettlesome sometimes, but she didn't deserve this. The means of confinement used by L and the Task Force was a bit on the cruel side. I couldn't stand to watch her plead for her freedom.
Light finally arrived. The room was silent as he stepped in. I turned around in my chair to face him, wiping away a couple worried tears from my cheek. He glanced at me for a moment to see if I was alright, then looked at L who had his back facing him.
"Ryuzaki," he began. "Like I said over the phone, I could be Kira." The look on Mr. Yagami's face should've been hilarious as heck, but I was too shocked to laugh.
He's openly admitting that he could be Kira? This doesn't make sense.
Mr. Yagami grabbed his son's shoulders saying, "No Light! What are you talking about? Why would you even say something like that? Why?!" I thought it was way too dramatic.
Why is he announcing it though? Isn't he just digging himself a deeper hole? Or it could be an act. Yes, why do this? It has to be all an act for a bigger purpose.
Light looked at the floor, away from his dad, sadly. "Look Dad. If Ryuzaki is L then it's safe to say that he's the world's best detective, and right now he seems pretty sure that I'm Kira. We know L's never been wrong before."
Eh, he makes a good point. L's never been wrong, and he won't start now.
I was even more surprised when he started giving off amazing reasons why he could be Kira. The fact that the dead FBI agent, Raye Penber, was following Light when he died. The fact that Light was in Aoyama on May 22nd. And the fact that he was the first person Misa, suspected of being the second Kira, approached. Hmm, what a coincidence.
"...You see, subconsciously, I might be Kira. If that were the case, I could be him and not even know it."
Mr. Yagami's eyes were as freaking wide as a bowling ball. "No Light. "
Subconsciously, huh? That's what you're going with? Well then, two can play that game. "Light, that's not possible." Light looked between me and L.
"Not possible? What do you mean?"
L continued for me. "Well, we've never mentioned this to you, but at one point I had hidden surveillance cameras installed in your room for five days."
Burrrrrn!
Light's eyes went wide. "Cameras?" Yep, you pervert.
"Every single night, you slept normally." That's not creepy. "Criminals whose names were broadcast were still dying, even though you would've had no way of knowing about them…" As he went on, I watched Light's reaction. It remained a mix of shock and confusion, but it wasn't too dramatic. Just right…
Then, he sort of narrowed his eyes challengingly. That's when I knew it was all an act. "It wouldn't reveal that fact, huh?" Ending his act in confusion, he put a hand on his head. "I don't know, it could be true. I have to admit, I've found myself thinking that some criminals deserve to die. If I can think like Kira, how can I be sure that I'm not actually him?"
"Light," I said gently, causing him to look over at me. "Sometimes we all think like Kira a time or two. Just because you get angry at criminals doesn't mean you're Kira."
Matsuda agreed, defending Light's innocence. While he was speaking, L gave a side glare. Why are you defending him? I rolled my eyes. Because it's true.
Low and behold, Aizawa revealed that they were only watching him while he was at home. "Truth is, we weren't able to watch him every hour of the day. It's possible he could've found some way to kill those criminals while he wasn't at home."
Way to go Aizawa. Kill the mood. Ah, just kidding. I think everyone secretly believes that Light is Kira.
L then agreed to fully restrain Light and keep watch on him, just like Misa. So it was done. Light was put in a cell and we watched him from cameras.
After Light's confinement, his father volunteered the same. He believed that he couldn't work the case because he couldn't be objective, and didn't know what he was capable of.
Soon we had three people under surveillance. Light, Mr. Yagami, and Misa. Three poor souls.
The worst, most confusing part in all this confinement was when Light changed. One minute he was Light, stubborn and strong. The next, innocent and confused. His eyes changed. I don't know why or how, but they did.
Matt and Mello were a great addition to our group. They entertained Beyond and Hollow when we were busy working. The four boys didn't want to work on the case so they stayed in their hotel room. Cinder was here and there. Wherever, whenever she felt like it.
All of this was really confusing though. Was it ever gonna get better? Nope. Not for a long time.