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Part 116

B set the remaining sticks onto the other bed and returned to lay down. He became silent, mulling over his thoughts, slowly working on the last stick in his mouth.

L slowly and carefully put all of his treats into the top draw of the table next to the bed before moving to lay down next to his friend.
"I am going to have a rest..." the elder mumbled.
"It will be a big day tomorrow..."

The younger nodded, keeping his focus on the roof. What should happen if Lawli died and he lived? They made a promise, but what if that promise changed and he was asked to keep going? How long would he last? What if he died before Lawli? Would he keep his end of the promise? What if they died in each other's arms... well that would be nice, in fact. Why did those rats explode, what additives were used to create a dramatic effect? Could it in fact work on humans? Could it work on H if he got the chance? That would be nice. H is the enemy, H needs to die. H has to die. H can die with the rats!

"Ryuzaki?" The elder asked, seeing his friend fall into some deep thought pattern that he couldn't follow.

*H must bleed! I want to gut him! I want to see him dead! I want to see him suffer to his last breath! I want to see Roger in agony! H and Roger and Y and V and S! They will be mounted on my wall! I will have victory over them! No one, but me!*

"Ryuzaki?" L repeated, a little louder this time.

*I will make them watch... They will look into mirrors as they are gutted. I will put them on display one organ at a time. Spleen, Kidneys, Liver!*
Unknown to the younger raven, these thoughts caused an unusual reaction in his body. His hands gripped the blankets and he arched his back.

L rolled over on top of his friend to lock his onyx eyes with the deep red ones.

"Beyond Birthday!" he called again.

*They'll be puppets, under my complete control. Lawli will love me more. Lawli will be proud of me. We will dine on their flesh. It will make us strong!*
B arched again and panted. His eyes were no longer focused on anything.

"Beyond!" Now it was almost a yell and he shook his friends shoulders roughly until his eyes snapped into focus on him.

"Lawli...? What was that for?" The dark thoughts were no longer there and there was now an uncomfortable feeling he didn't want.
"That was uncalled for..."

"You were... doing something unusual..." The elder sat up and bit his thumb, thinking hard and yet not getting off of his friend.
"You seemed to be in another world..."

"I was resting... and you woke me up..." He squirmed uncomfortably.
"That's what happened... You didn't need to overreact."

"You were not resting, your eyes where open and you where arching your back..." the elder stated.

"I wasn't... was I? It does explain the uncomfortable feeling... but I swear I was resting. I didn't see anything until you woke me up. That's what happened Lawli." He was not sure who was telling who the truth by now and he looked somewhat confused.

"Well then it was the strangest looking rest I have ever seen..." L mumbled back around his thumb.

The look of confusion didn't leave.
"Well then... I don't know what happened..." He brought a finger to his mouth an nibbled on it in thought.

"I was thinking about what would happen if things changed and then I fell asleep. That's all I can remember... Honest."

"Alright..." The panda rolled off of his friend and back to laying on his side, wrapping an arm around him protectively.

B closed his eyes and ignored the uncomfortable feeling and tried to rest, but he was now plagued with doubt about what had happened.

For once L fell asleep quite quickly even if it wouldn't last very long. He was excited about his sting, it would be the first time he had arranged something so intricate and he needed to see the outcome!

The younger raven on the other hand did not get much, if any sleep, mostly resting his eyes and letting the worry and doubt consume him. On the other hand, he was happy for his friend and hoped that their suspect would be dealt with soon.

L was awaken by their adopted father not long after falling asleep in the first place.
"I'm sorry to wake you, but I have bad news..."

Red eyes opened, looking very tired and stressed.
"What is it Watari? Did something not go as planned? Was information leaked?"

"No..." the elderly man stated and handed the dark eyed raven a file.
"There was southerner killing last night that has just been discovered... According to your profile this makes our trap ineffective as his next target will be female, and it also means another loss of life..."

"We'll just have to set one up for tomorrow morning then. It's unfortunate we must love another before we can attempt to trap him, but it would be worth it, wouldn't it?" He looked at the folder in his friend's hand.
"Is there a photograph?"

L flipped open the file to the crime scene photographs and a initial report being the only things they had at the time. He frowned at the small boy who was laying helplessly on his back with his throat cut and his stomach ripped open and spread far out, as usual his heart had been removed.
"Here," he states and hands his files to his friend to look at.

A name flashed right away, but he didn't need it to confirm that this was Xi, the little boy he'd befriended. He frowned and sniffled lightly.
"I bet he was coming here... I bet his family hurt him... He would have been safe..." He brought a finger to the photo and ran it across his eyes.
"I'm sorry Xi... I let you down," he whispered.

L looked up at his friend, seeing the saddened expression and immediately understood, pulling his friend into a comforting hug.
"I would like to do the autopsy Watari..." the elder almost whispered, wanting to give his friend a chance to say goodbye to the one person he had ever met to truly understand what he was going through.

"We were the same... we could see things that are unseen to everyone else... He didn't deserve this..." He let go of the photograph and felt his emotions beginning to shake his frame. His hands clenched into fists and he glared.
"He will suffer... I will kill him... I will butcher him... I will make him eat his own entrails..." This was spoken lowly enough out of Watari's ears, but not to the detective.

"We will get him Beyond... don't you worry..." L whispered softly and looked up at Watari.
"Watari I need you to reset the traps with young female actors, any you can find that is trained in self defense and can pass for 17 years old."

"I will work on that immediately L. Anything else before I take my leave?" B was still glaring at the ground, angered that the only other person with eyes similar to him was taken from him for good. Tears freed themselves and he sniffled again.

"Please tell us when the boy is ready for autopsy... that is all..." The elder whispered and went back to simply holding his friend close, looking down to see the boys blue eyes now dull and staring up at the sky.

"He was so hurt Lawli... His family treated him like Mum and everyone else treated me... They called him a demon child... they called him a freak..." His grip tightened on the shirt.
"They made fun of his eyes, Lawli! They hurt him so much! He didn't deserve what he got! He didn't deserve this end!"

"No... No one deserves this fate," L said and pulled him closer.
"You can come in with me to the autopsy and say goodbye if you like..."