Chapter 4
Overt but Covert
L didn't seem to bothered by this, he'd probably been expecting it. I looked at the screen and Maki jumped up. A woman walked through the door. A mixed look of anger and determination came to the girl's face. She took her bear and walked out of the room.
"Maki!"
"Let her go." L said.
I looked at him, but he was staring at the screen.
"K."
L started speaking into the microphone. I ran out to Maki.
"Or should I call you, Dr. Kujo Kimiko. The appointed time is noon."
I looked at the woman. I tried to pull Maki back, but she wouldn't budge.
"You seem to have figured out my name. Then, I want to see your face."
I narrowed my eyes. The last time L had shown his face, he ended up writing his name in a Shinigami's notebook.
"Over my dead body." I hissed.
"And you are?"
"Agent Elena Salazar." I said.
"Watari was very proud of you."
Another woman and two men now came walking towards us. One of the men had a rifle.
"I'm sure he still feels that way."
I honestly wanted to laugh in her face. The man called Matoba appeared and I put my hands on Maki's shoulders. Kujo looked at him and he looked at the other three. They started to come forward and I moved in front of Maki.
"Back off." I said.
I knew they wouldn't listen.
"Don't think he can save you." Kujo said.
I looked at her.
"He has his weak points too." She pointed to her head. "Some things can't be solved up there."
"That's why I'm here."
I punched the woman in the face but got hit in the head by the man holding the rifle. I fell to the ground and looked up only to come face to face with the barrel of the rifle.
"Maki run!" I said.
She tried to run but the woman grabbed her. The man pressed the rifle against my chest and I glared at him. Maki but the woman's arm and she screamed. She threw Maki to the ground and my eyes widened. Maki got up and pulled out the syringe. My eyes widened in horror and I knew what she was going to do.
"Maki! NO!"
"Maki-chan!"
She stuck the needle into her neck and pressed on the plunger.
"No!"
She walked forward and they all backed up. I got up and tried to go forward.
"No! You'll get infected!" she said.
I bit my lip but there was nothing I could do.
"Murderer! I saw everything. You should bleed and die like my dad!"
I heard the man aim the rifle but then something flew out and hit him, knocking him to the ground. I smiled a bit and L walked forward. He grabbed Maki and started to drag her along.
"Indeed, that is my weak point."
Maki started to struggle and I followed L.
"Let me go! You'll get infected!" she screamed.
The boy was waiting for us. I grabbed my gun and badge before picking him up. We left through a hidden door as quickly as we could. Maki continued to struggle, but L wouldn't let me help.
"I'll kill her! I'll kill her with the virus!" she shouted.
Eventually she stopped struggling which made things a little easier. We went down several flights of stairs and Maki suddenly stopped. She looked faint and as she was about to collapse, a strange man caught her. He held up an FBI badge.
"FBI, Agent Suruga. With Watari gone, we'll protect you." He said.
L looked at me.
"I have her for that, but we could still use your help."
"This way."
"No."
L pulled Maki in the other direction.
"The countermeasure transfer room is in here." L said.
He punched in a code and the door opened. In any other situation, I would never have gotten into the vehicle I saw. A hot pink Angel Crepe van. I put the boy inside and then climbed in. Maki was next and then L. Suruga tried to get in but L stopped him.
"You drive."
He closed the door and I made sure the boy was strapped in.
"You okay?"
He nodded and I looked at Maki. The van started and we drove away. I looked at L.
"Nadie puede saber que me subí voluntariamente a una camioneta rosa. ¿Lo tengo?" (No one can ever know I voluntarily got into a hot pink van. Got it?)
He nodded and pushed a button. Computers and monitors were revealed and I smirked.
"Genius." I said.
L smiled a little and poured himself a cup if tea.
"DO you know this agent?" he asked me.
"No. I've never met or heard of him. But I might have an idea of why he's really here."
"I know." He said.
"Of course you do. You always know."
L set the cup down and typed something.
"What're you doing?" I asked.
"Deleting all the data back at headquarters."
I nodded.
"No doubt they'll eventually prevent me from accessing anything from the outside."
I looked at the boy. He looked at me but didn't say anything, I was beginning to wonder if he could even talk.
"I can kill anyone I want now…"
I looked at Maki with a shocked expression.
"Maki…"
"Do you think your father sent you to Watari for that purpose? Is that what he would have wanted for you?" L asked.
"Dad is… dad is dead." She said softly.
"No, part of him still lives in you. You're his daughter." I told her.
L leaned towards her, looking at her carefully. The he reached behind her and touched the back of her neck. She seemed surprised and confused.
L's POV
Her temperature hadn't changed. I was starting to think it wasn't the real virus.
"You know this Watari person, don't you?" Maki said.
"Yes. I am L."
"L…"
I removed my hand from her neck and moved forward to the front.
"They call themselves 'Blue Ship'." Suruga told me. "An environmental group. The man with the scar is an extremist, using that as his cover. I'm a little surprised Agent Salazar hasn't told you any of this."
"She hasn't been in contact with the FBI for some time now. As for K, she is not a member."
"Huh?"
"Suruga-san. Turn left thirty meters ahead. We're getting out."
"Thirty meters…"
"Here." I said.
"Here?"
He turned the wheel sharply and I heard a thud in the back.
"Elena!?"
"I'm okay! My brother drives worse."
I smiled a bit. When he stopped I climbed into the back.
"Let's go."
We got out and Elena helped the boy. I went around to the driver's door and the boy grabbed onto the back of my shirt.
"Let's meet here two hours from now. Drive as fast as you like." I told him.
I grabbed Elena's wrist and pulled her away. We walked down the street past several vendors. The boy ran ahead and stopped in front of a few toys. Elena knelt down next to him as I started looking through a few things. He started to play with a toy robot. Elena pointed to something on it and he pulled it. It started to light up and make noise, bringing a smile to the boy's face. She seemed so natural with the boy, he seemed to be growing attached to her as he already had to me. He smiled at her and she smiled back. I liked it when she smiled. When she looked at me, her smile changed. It was smile I only saw whenever she looked at me. She looked at Maki next and asked about the bear.
"My mother gave it to me."
She pushed on it's paw and a woman's voice said welcome home and did you have a good day? She showed Elena a picture of her mother.
"She's very beautiful. I think she must be very proud of you. You've been very brave."
Maki smiled a little. I got what I needed and then we went to get some food. I bought the children milkshakes and myself one as well. Elena said she wasn't hungry. The boy started to line up candies.
"He's strange."
I looked at Maki. I leaned forward and put a few candies in front of the boy.
"Easy to call him that. They're Fibonacci Numbers. He's a mathematical genius." I told her. "He's F's… a gift Watari gave me."
"L…"
"You know what I mean Elena."
She smirked.
"By the way, the virus you had seems to be a dud."
"That's impossible!"
Elena looked at her. She was going to hit me for what I was going to say next.
"Your dad was infected right after contact. Your body temperature shows no change." I said.
"Body temperature? Ah! That might be the reason. My father gave me injection every ten days. He never told me what it was for though."
I thought about for a minute.
"You the think the virus is being contained because of the injection?" I asked.
"It can't be anything else."
I looked at Elena.
"What do you think?"
"IT would help if we knew what the injection was for." She said.
"It seems we don't have much time then."
Maki looked worried.
"Don't worry about it. I too have to settle this in six days."
Elena looked down.