Chapter four:

He closes his eyes taking a deep breath then opens his eyes and climbs out of the window. He spreads his wings gliding down disappearing into a tree tumbling slightly before ending up arms and legs a little tangled in the branches. He pauses listening then hears a swooping sound so he falls quiet.

"He went into the forest." A male's voice speaks then two figures whizz past the trees below as the figures head deeper in the forest.

The one in the tree sighs in relief but then feels the branches snap and he tumbles to the ground with an 'oof'. He sits up brushing himself off then glances back seeing that his wings are gone. He gets to his feet stumbling a little as his body was shocked a little from the fall. He heads towards a different part of the woods than the two had gone off in. He keeps going but ducks behind a tree when someone is heard walking through the woods.

"What the fuck was he talking about?" Mello mutters to himself as he walks.

The other hears whooshing of fast approaching and he looks to Mello. He leaps at Mello tackling him into a bush.

"What the hell!?" Mello questions in shock as they tumble into the bush. "Near what in the hell are you-" He manages to get some of it out before a hand is slammed over his mouth and Near gestures for him to be quiet.

"I thought I saw something here." Alpha says from where Mello had been.

"Well if it was who we think it is then he's still gotta be in the forest." Backup adds stepping on a twig as he looks around. "There is no way that it's all over already."

Alpha makes a sound of agreement before he speaks. "Let's continue looking. The forest is the only place he can hide as of right now."

A pair of footsteps hurry off as the two go to continue their search of the forest.

Near lets out a small breath slightly relaxing then he looks to Mello. "You're in danger here." He pauses when he sees the way that the blonde is looking at him.

"Near…." Mello begins as his eyes flicker around Near's form before looking back to his eyes. "Since when do you have wings and…. Red eyes…?" He questions a little confused and shocked at what he is seeing right in front of himself.

Near's eyes widen and he starts to tremble a little realizing that his secret has become exposed. He swallows harshly remembering what is supposed to come next now that his secret has been exposed to a mere mortal human. "Oh no. Why in the Nine circles of Hell did this have to happen?!" He questions to himself then he glances around to try to confirm that he is indeed alone with Mello at least for the moment. He turns back to the blonde who is trying to figure out what's happening and trying to make logical sense of it. "And I don't have memory wipe abilities…." He mutters a little more to himself as he tries to figure out what to do.

Mello's eyes widen as everything points to one single thing. "You're a demon!" He gasps. "You're a fucking demon!" His shocked face turns into a smirk. "I always knew that there was something wrong with you. That there was no way you're human. I thought you were a robot at first." He pauses for a small laugh before continuing. "But this is even better."

"It is too bad that you are unaware of the consequences that come along with seeing me like this." Near tells him causing him to frown slightly.

"What?" Mello slightly tilts his head though he gains a laughing expression his face as if having thought of what these so called consequences could be. "Am I going to be haunted for the rest of my life?" He laughs before continuing as he gives a glare of challenge at the platinum haired demon. "That's seriously all you can fucking do?"

"Not. It is not that." Near informs Mello gaining a slightly confused look. "It is something so much more worse than that." He sighs softly closing his eyes softly after saying that. "At least for you." He opens his eyes again as he lets his eyes meet with Mello's own blue ones. "Knowing my secret like this means that you are to be killed and your soul is to be sent down to one of the Nine circles of Hell to be tortured and tormented for all of eternity. Wishing that you were alive once more to experience life on Earth because it would seem like heaven compared to being down there somewhere. Never to taste anything good again. Lost in a never ending world of torture, horror, evil and where your screams will only be mixed with the others as the demons listen to them. Demons who will leave you alone to your torture or go down to your location to make your punishments even worse or even to play with you like some toy to be destroyed."

Mello pauses as he stares at Near slightly shocked. He forces out a laugh after a few moments trying to make himself smile. "Heh. You're just bluffing. There's no way that would happen. Besides." He tries to make his smile seem more convincing. "Besides I can handle Hell."

Near grabs a hold of Mello's chin getting him to look to him so their eyes lock.

Mello finds his vision going into the black of Near's eyes and when his vision comes back he is standing on a dark island with red tint around him.

Alone.

That's when he feels something grab his leg as it begins to burn harshly.

His eyes shoot downwards and it is there that he spots flaming mutilated corpses are coming up from the ground climbing up his legs burning them. He screams and tries to shake them off only to be grabbed by more from behind. He tries to throw them off but is unable to leaving him to cry out in pain.

However just when he thinks that it can't get any worse he hears laughter…. Evil laughter….

He glances up and sees two black figures with wings, glowing red eyes and large grins on their faces flying towards him. "What are you doing!?" He demands as the two figures land on either side of him. He gasps as his arms are grabbed by them then he is tugged in both directions. His pain increasing as he feels like his arms are going to be torn off. "No! Wait! Stop!" He demands but the figures laugh and tug harder until his arms are torn off and he throws his head back with a loud scream of pain. His head quickly being grabbed by the corpses climbing all over him. He suddenly gasps and scrambles back a little as he returns to reality. He finds that he is panting slightly but he ends up managing to calm himself down as he realizes that it was just a vision.

"That was just a taste of what Hell is like for those sent down there to be tortured." Near informs him having expected that reaction from him. "However there is one way that we might be able to prevent it. One way in the demon law we can stop you from ending up there though you won't really like it."

Mello is listening waiting for Near to tell him what his options are right now.