Chapter three:

Mello heads to Matt's room and as expected he finds his gamer friend playing on one of his game consoles. "Hey!" He speaks causing Matt to jump before he pauses his game to turn to the blonde who closes the door.

Matt smiles. "Sup Mels?" He greets. "What kind of service can I do for you?" He raises an eyebrow up then down and though his eyes are covered by goggles Mello can tell what look Matt's giving him.

"Don't even think about that. I am not here for that. You should know better." Mello scolds coming closer and he sits down on the edge of the bed crossing his arms and legs. "I need a file. One from Whammys."

"Sure." Matt grabs one of his laptops opening it and quickly begins typing away for a few moments. "Who am I looking for?"

"Near or those two new kids." Mello tells him causing Matt to pause then glance to him in slight confusion. "Just do it." He growls and Matt shrugs only to turn back to the screen. He pulls a chocolate bar out of his pocket and after unwrapping it he begins eating it while waiting for Matt to work his magic.

After a few moments Matt speaks up.

"Let's start with these new guys shall we?"

Mello hops off of the bed moving closer to Matt as he sits next to him.

"Rodger hasn't put their files under classified protection yet but it'll be done any second probably." Matt shrugs and pulls up the two files. "Hmm. According to these they are about six years older than us. Also says that they are from St. James New York. Their names are Always After and Beyond Birthday. Let's see what we can find about them." He begins typing and Mello watches as a bunch of code goes along across the screen before a red rectangle saying 'No Match Found' appears in the middle of the screen. "That's weird. There's no one from there with either of those names."

"Could they be fake?" Mello suggests snapping off another piece of his chocolate.

"It's possible that they somehow managed to use fake names." Matt nods in agreement to that. "But then who knows if the rest of the info is even correct. I can try looking in the world data to see if I can find something but it'll take time. Plus if the names are fake and other information possibly as well it might be impossible to find much to anything on them. They are great at hiding things."

"Then search the worlds records." Mello gets up onto his feet as Matt watches. "See what you can find about them and contact me when you get results. Oh and when you're done that look at Near for me." He turns and leaves the room making sure to close the door behind himself. "Just what in the world is going on?" He wonders head looking down in thought before he looks up and heads off on his way. He passes Near on his way and he slightly glances to the other whose own eyes glance to him letting them meet for a brief moment.

Near turns away and continues on his way though Mello slows to a stop watching the platinum haired boy until he disappears into his own room.

Mello glances around confirming that there isn't anyone around before he moves over to Nears door. He presses on ear against it between his hands that are resting on the wooden door. He can hear some mumbling but can't quite make it out. His eyes drift down towards the doorknob and he reaches down grabbing it. He moves his head away from the door and glances around to confirm no one is coming or in the hall at the moment. He turns back and opens the door only slightly. He peeks inside and manages to find Near standing with his back to the door.

"I can do it." Near takes a visibly deep breath. "I can. On my own. I don't need to go back. I'm fine." He looks out the window almost as if scanning the area. "I can… I can…." He surveys the area for a bit longer before his shoulders slump. "Nothing….. Hm… Maybe I should test out something else?"

Mello leans too much into the door causing it to squeak slightly and he freezes.

Near slightly tenses realizing someone has been spying on him. He quickly spins around hoping to catch whoever it is that has been watching him but he doesn't see anyone. He moves closer to the door hearing footsteps hurrying down the hall. He reaches the door and opens it hearing another one slam shut. He pokes his head out and looks around the hallway spotting no one. He moves back standing how he normally does. "How much did that person see… And further more who was it?" He wonders to himself bringing a hand to his chin. He blinks after a moment and groans slightly. "Oh no. Please don't tell me it was them!" He glances around nervously then his hands shoot up to clutch his head. "Ugh." He lowers his head. "No. Not now." He brings one hand out towards the door and with a slight firey flash it slams shut. He falls to his knees putting the outstretched hand onto the ground as he hunches over. He shakes his head and tries to push down the feeling trying to stop it but isn't having any luck in doing so. He feels something press against his back and he shuts his eyes tightly only hoping that no one decides to come into his room.

Sometimes some people arrive to his room unannounced either looking for tutoring, coming to get him for Rodger or a teacher, or even one of the adults who came looking for him for whatever reason.

His eyes snap open as his vision goes red and he looks up slightly panting. "Damn it." He slightly pants under his breath. "Of course this had to happen at such an inappropriate time." He glances around and in the middle of looking he shivers feeling something shoot through him. "I gotta get out of here for a bit." He gets up a little shaky but manages to do it. He goes over to the window and looks outside starting with down to the field then towards the forest. "If I'm fast I might be able to make it without getting spotted." He takes a deep breath. "But I'm not very good at this yet…. I'll just have to hope that everything will go well…." He opens his window though he pauses in hesitation before swallowing harshly and climbing out. He ducks back in however when he sees two figures fly overhead circling a few times before heading off elsewhere not being seen. He bites his bottom lip now knowing for sure that he has to get out of here quickly before it becomes too late.