Chapter eight:

"I don't understand. What could this really mean?" A person with a laptop paces in the room with the laptop cued up ready to play the audio file at the push of a button. A hand comes up to tap the person's chin in deep thought. "I want to know. I want to understand. I just wish something else would come up that would be able to help me."

"Well, You're in luck."

The sudden voice makes the person in the room spin around to face the door to the room where two people stand with the door open.

One person is leaning his back against the right side of the doorframe arms and legs crossed.

The other is leaning against the other side of the door frame, shoulder against said doorframe also with arms and legs crossed.

The person in the room takes a slight step back. "How did you know?"

"Don't underestimate us." The one on the right pushes away from the doorframe to stand. Arms and legs uncrossing as the owner of said limbs moves into the room.

The other following as the first pauses to let the other in before closing the room door.

The two of them turn to look to the only other person in the room. They have the only safe exit behind them and escape through the window could cause some noteworthy damage. They now officially have the other person in the room trapped.

"What are you two going to do?" The person who is now trapped inquires almost making one of the other two laugh.

"Oh don't worry Matt. We have something rather special planned for you." The one that had almost laughed informs the other in the room.

Matt takes a wary step back away from the two of them.

The one of the other two who has been rather quiet glances to his partner. "Mello." He begins but the other stops him before he can say anymore by speaking up himself.

"Don't you start on me Near." The other, Mello, responds with his blue eyes glancing to look to the other. "You know as well as I that this needs to be done. It is in the best interest of the mission."

Near nods softly as he also turns to look to Matt who is trying to figure out what to do, as well as what the two are going to do with him. "You're right Mello. This does need to be done."

Matt tenses raising his arms to get ready to fight if he has to. "I-I am not afraid to fight you."

Finally, Mello bursts into laughter at this slightly confusing the redhead. "You seriously think that we are here to kill you? Oh, you crack me up."

"W-What…?" Matt is even more confused at this point after hearing such words come from the blonde.

"We could use someone like you." Mello tells the other who just blinks at him completely lost at this point. "You see I feel like I can trust you and Near here I'm sure feels the same." He points out as the platinum-haired boy nods in agreement. "So as long as you keep this all a secret then we would like to recruit your help." He slightly bends over to look at Matt a little more on his level. "Time is running out so decide now."

Matt glances from one to the other then back as he can't believe what he is hearing. "You… You really want my help?" He questions pausing to take a slight gulp before trying to say the sentence again.

"Listen we don't have much time left and we need to stop what is going to happen." Near now speaks up in which him doing so causes Matt to turn to look to him their eyes meeting. "An extra pair of eyes would be helpful and seeing as how you hacked into our communication then you can help to be extra eyes and ears. You can monitor things while we try to gather other information. Everything will go much more quickly this way."

Matt takes a moment to ponder what they are saying with his eyes at first flickering away before they flicker side to side. He knows that the two of them do indeed have a point that if time really is running out, in which it sounds like something bad is going to happen, then gaining a new ally would be very beneficial. He also considers that if he says no then he is running away from what could happen. He currently has no idea how devastating this thing could be especially without really knowing what is going to happen. He blinks his eyes slightly raising his head to kind of stand tall as he looks at the other two in the room. He has come to a decision on this situation. "I'm in." He informs the other two who smile upon hearing the response that they had been hoping to hear.

"Great." Mello is the first of the two to speak up first in response to this. "We're glad to have you on board."

"I just never expected you two to be working together." Matt admits to them though the two just seem to smile that comment off.

"Well, our rivalry is all just an act." Mello admits with a slight shrug to go along with his verbal response.

"We figured it would be the best way for us to get information while keeping suspicion off of our backs." Near adds to the explanation to Matt. "It lets us get information on two different angles and who would ever expect two 'rivals' to be working together?"

"You do have a point there." Matt must agree with the two's reasoning on that. "Well anyways where do we start?"

"With teaching you a few things that we use to communicate with each other." Mello informs him. "Now watch carefully." He looks down to his feet to get Matt to also look down to the blonde's feet. He kicks at the ground once before tapping his toes on the ground twice. He then slightly slams his foot back down onto the ground. "This means that we need to talk as soon as possible. We will usually use one of our rooms, most likely Nears room so as to be more likely to not be disturbed, to discuss things. But otherwise, we will meet up in different areas usually where no one will be. And we have timed meetups so we will let you know the ones that you'll be coming to."

"If I am going to help with this shouldn't I come to all of the meetings?" Matt inquires to the other raising an eyebrow at the two.

"Let's just say that there are some things that you cannot know about." Mello tells him with a slight warning in his voice. "We'll be meeting in Near's room tomorrow just after classes. Don't be late and make sure you are not followed." With that Mello and Near leave the room quickly heading off in opposite directions.

Matt is left standing there staring at the now open door wondering what the two are actually hiding from him. "They want my help… But they can't tell me everything…?"