CHAPTER 56:
"Coldblooded Revenge"
Demetre couldn't believe what he had just heard. "You bastard! Your father is on the Kira Task Force!" he said.
Light shrugged. "Sacrifices must be made for the enrichment of a new world order," he said.
Demetre ran at Light and grabbed him. He balled his fists in Light's shirt, holding him face-to-face gritting his teeth in utter disgust and anger. "Your father is a good man! You're the evil one! I swear, I'll kill you! I'll even use the Death Note! I'd gladly sacrifice my soul if it means ridding the world of a devil like you!"
Light grinned benevolently. "Try it, and see what happens to you. Since it is only the three of us up here, not counting the Shinigami, you'll have to explain my death to the others. L will then have you arrested on suspicion of being Kira. He'll lock you away for the rest of your natural life or even execute you secretly. However, this other Kira, will continue in my footsteps and wreak untold havoc upon the world in my stead—unleashed, unfettered, and undisciplined. He won't stop in killing criminals and use it to become a god amongst men. My goal is not to rule over my peers, but to create a world where crime is a thing of the past. And it can be done. Join me, Demetre, and together we can build a utopia of peace. We can be allies and oversee the world with the Death Note."
"Birds of a feather flock together, right?" Demetre said through clenched teeth. "Because I have a Death Note?"
"Exactly," Light said smiling. "So, what say you? Friend or fowl?"
Demetre sneered. "I'm nothing like you!"
He kneed Light in the groin. Light's eyes bulged and his mouth went agape.
Demetre released him. Light collapsed to his knees and cupped his crotch. Demetre balled a fist and was about to hit him across the side of the head, when Dana stopped him. She grabbed his fist in both her hands.
She shook her head. "Demetre, no more," she said. "Light's lost and he knows it. We can take back the page of the Death Note you gave him and he'll forever loose his memories of it. Then we'll find this other Kira and prevent Light from ever obtaining the Death Note again. I'm glad we finally got to clear the air about everything. But after this, I'll never want to see him again."
Light cupped his crotch and chuckled under his breath. "You made your bed, Dana. And I bet you even slept with Demetre in it. As far as we are concerned, you left me. I got over you, moved on, and found new people to interest my fancy. So leave, be with Demetre, and have babies for all I care. You and Demetre are hypocrites and were made for each other."
Dana released Demetre's fist, then clocked Light herself across in the side of the head with a fist. Light dropped.
"That'll girl," Demetre smiled. "We came and did what we needed to do. Kira has been defeated. I'll take back the page of the Death Note and wipe Light's memories of it forever. He'll live oblivious of whatever fate that will befall him. And since he won't be able to entertain Ryuk anymore, Ryuk will probably take the rest of his remaining lifespan without reprisal and return where whence he came. And since Light will be gone, the Third Kira will be redundant and will be killed by Rem."
Dana half-smiled. She then kicked Light in the butt for good measure, Light recoiled. "All ends that ends well," she said.
Geist chuckled. "The mighty Kira, brought down to his knees by a woman."
"A very strong woman," Demetre added, smiling at Dana. She smiled back.
"I'll prepare to bring up the spacial gateway so we can leave," Geist then said. Demetre agreed.
"Some parting words for you, Light," Dana began to say, looking down at him. "And I know you'll understand the inferential metaphor since you think you know everything. Sweet, so would I. Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing. Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow."
Then she gave him another swift kick in the rear.
Light recoiled from the hit, clenching his teeth from the hurt from it, his head, and groin.
Demetre smiled. "Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II," he recalled. "A fitting epitaph if I say so myself."
They smiled, and kissed.
After the kiss broke, Demetre then reached down to take the crumbled page of the Death Note from Light's hand. Light was holding it loosely as he held his head after the punch Dana gave him, so it would easy to retrieve.
Suddenly, a spacial gateway opened up in front of them, not created by Geist, and Zurn Wellington jumped out.
He grabbed Dana's arm and held a gun to the side of her neck. Prometheus's snake-like ethereal form was coiled around his body, the Shinigami obviously the one that opened up the aperture for Zurn's surprise jump. All Shinigami had the ability to conjure up spacial gateways to travel to any realm or place they choose. It was how Demetre and Dana got here all the way from Mount Fuji and the Savant Mansion.
Dana dropped the Death Note when Zurn grabbed her.
"Dana!" he cried out
"Hello, Demetre Draycott," Zurn said with a sinister smile. The ex-enforcer of the Savant Society stood in front of the open gateway, the fissure behind him crackling with raw, uninhabited energy. His brown hair whipped around frantically. "I warned you not to cross me, but you failed to heed my words. You killed my assassin. Light Yagami should have died. The League of Darkness initially wanted to control him, leash him—he was a rogue. But then it was thought best to just eliminate him all together to avoid any surprises in the future. You stopped it."
"Let her go!" Demetre demanded. "If you harm her, I swear I'll kill you!"
Zurn laughed. "I may not be a member of the Savant Society any longer, but that doesn't mean I still can't enforce the rules," Zurn said smirking, looking at Dana. "You've been a thorn in my side, Draycott. You've defied me at every turn. Time to pay the piper!"
And with that, Zurn quickly brought the gun down and shot Dana in the back. Blood spattered out her chest. Her eyes went wide, mouth agape, as Zurn dropped her.
"DANA!" Demetre screamed.
"So long! But I know we'll meet again someday. How else are you going to get your revenge?" Zurn laughed. "I'll be waiting, Demetre Draycott. Come find me…"
With that, Zurn escaped back into the open portal. It shut quickly behind him.
To be continued...