Now that her fathers life was saved, having increased to let him live to a ripe old age of 86,
a weight seemed to lift from Scouts shoulders. When the nurse finaly came back, her face
somewhat pale
"I just found out when I went to get a new soringe...that medicine was not only expired, it
was mislabeled! If I'dgiven you the injection..." she turned paler than she already had.
"Thank god I dropped it..."
"Thank you, Ryuk," Scout said under her breath.
Ryuk just stood there, too nervous to feel happy for Scout.
"Yeah...whatever..."
Scout and Ryuk left as the nurse gave James his injection. She patted his arm, "Don't worry
about it Ryuk. Hey, I think I know how to cheer you up."
"How."
"Does the phrase " all you can eat apples" mean anythng to you?"
Ryuk looked at her excitedly " You mean it?!"
"As many as I can buy...for 50 bucks. Which believe me is a lot."
"All you can eat apples...Even Light never did that for me!" Ryuk said, "Ahhh! I can't wait to
taste all those apples!"
"Rekab!"Tanya cried happily as her memories were restored. She ran to him, jumping into
his arms and hugging him tightly. Rekab hugged her back, happily. Johnny watched as his
little sister embraced the shinigami. He smiled. It was little moments like this that made
him forget the struggle he faced each day being Kira.
"Rekab, I don't know why my memories went away but I don't want that to happen ever
again! Oh! Do you want Popcorn?"
"YES!!!" Rekab said excitedly, "Popcorn popcorn popcorn popcorn popcorn!"
Tanya giggled as he buzzed his insectiod wings enthusiastically. "I'll go make the popcorn."
She jumped down and headed for the kitchen.
Johnny smiled at Rekab, "Better?"
"Much."
"What'd u miss more? Her attention, or her popcorn?"
Rekab flinched, "Don't make me choose...that's just cruel..."
Johnny laughed, "Well, haven't you heard? I'm Kira. I'm a heartless monster."
Rekab just pouted.
Johnny took on a more serious expression, "Speaking of which, I need to get back to work.
So many criminals, so little time...I have to make up for the time I couldn't write down
names. I need you to keep Tanya entertained while I'm working."
Rekab nodded, "No problem."
Johnny nodded once and headed for his room, pulling his Death Note from his back pack
and clicking open a pen as the door shut behind him with a click.
Ryuk grunted gutteraly, "Come on Scout, move faster..."
"I'm going as fast as I can, Ryuk! It's so hard!"
"It's not that bad,"
"It's too much, my hands are starting to hurt from pumping so much!"
"Come on you've almost got it..."
"Just wait a minute, I'm almost done!"
"Hurry up, or I'm gonna explode!"
Scout looked up from her bicycle tire, which had gone flat. She glared at him
"You try filling up a tire with an air pump, apple head" She said sourly, cracking her fingers.
Ryuk rolled his eyes, "You big baby..."
"You're lucky you saved my dad's life, or I'd slug you!"
"Don't you have a suitcase to pack? Your flight to America is tomarrow."
"Yes, and you're not helping," Scout said as she finaly capped the tire, now fully inflated.
she mounted her bike and continued peddling towards the store, so she could get the
apples she'd promised Ryuk. Thus his eagerness for her to fill up the bike tires.
"I called Jamie last night. She says she can't host me right now. Something about big
spiders at her place. But she gave me the name of her old apartment so I coul rent it
while I'm in America."
"That's nice of her."
"Yeah. She's my mom's neice. Her dad is my mom;s brother, James."
"Your mom has a brother named James...and she married a guy named James?"
"Yeah, so? It's a common name."
"I wonder if that makes things weird in the bedroom..."
"Oh, you hush, pervert!" Scout said punching his side as she pulled up in the store
parking lot. Ryuk laughed his insane laughter and flew ahead, cackling at his scowling
human.
