Chapter 12: Beyond his Sanity

It was morning, she lied there next to me in Amica's bed. I had watched her lifespan for the past hour. Nine days. In nine days the women I loved would be stolen from me. No, I was going to stop it. Doubt kept trying to find its way back into my mind, it was toying with me. I loved her though. If one thing was certain in this world, it was that. I had never experianced love. Maybe I loved A, but that was a brotherly love. We were joined in the way siblings are, where you are connected by experiences. What I felt for Akin was different...as if she was a part of me. I wanted to have her forever, and as long as I did have her, I didn't need anyone else. The thought of losing her made my chest hurt, like it was going to be torn apart. I nestled into her dark hair trying to forget my worries. Then there was a knock at the door.

I got up quietly without waking her and walked carefully to the door. I opened it and saw a man dressed to the nines in the nicest tuxedo I'd ever seen. He had a solemn expression on his face. He held up a badge with a calligraphy L written on it. I knew what it meant, he worked for Wammy's. The man coughed and held up a picture. I looked closely at it, it was a picture of Akin, but when she was younger. I froze. Usually Wammy's House doesn't search for runaways, why did we have to be the exception?

"Excuse me young man, we are going door to door looking for this young woman. I apologize for the intrusion, but have you seen her?" The man said in a way that made it obvious that his words were part of a routine. I shook my head.

"No, sir." I said firmly. He frowned.

"Ah, well she is said to be running around with a black-haired boy with red..." He stopped for a moment. "Well, I'll just show you a picture." He said.

I became a statue. The man took a picture out of his pocket. He looked at it, then looked at me. Then he paused and thought.

"Young man... would you mind if I came in for a brief moment?" He asked with a puzzled expression on his face. I couldn't deny him, it would seem suspicious.

"Not at all, sir." I said gesturing him inside. He walked into the room slowly, and sat down on Amica's couch. He say there and studied me. I needed something to do.

"Sir, would you like a glass of water?" I asked politely. He nodded.

"That would be great." He said, not taking his eyes off of me.

I walked over to Amica's refrigerator and took out a large glass pitcher filled with water. The man looked at me and opened his mouth, ready to ask a question. Then Akin walked into the room... my heart dropped to my stomach. Then man stood up.

"Mrs. Acadia, I have direct orders from L himself to bring you to his head quarters." He said , half shocked. Akin stood still, her face was pale.

L... L was trying to take her away from me. Why did he have to rip away every single thing I cared about? That bastard. I-I couldn't handle it. My blood began to boil. I started heating up. It was as if something was enveloping me. Something dark. I was starting to lose myself. I was being pushed out of my body. Then I blacked out...

(Akin's Perspective)

I looked over at Beyond. His eyes started to glow crimson. There was something about him. He didn't seem like my Beyond. He held the glass pitcher in his hands and walked over to the man from Wammy's. A grin then overtook his face. I knew it right then that this man wasn't my Beyond. This was someone else inside of his body. The Wammy's House man could tell that there was something wrong with him too. He tried to run, but Beyond grabbed him and smashed the glass pitcher over his head. The thick glass shattered as it hit his head with great force. The man dropped to the floor, eyes wide open. I gasped.

"B-B-Beyond... what have you done?" I said, the words painful coming out of my throat. He looked at me and smiled a smile that took up half of his face. Then he laughed. He dropped to the floor next to the dead man, and laughed. I felt alone in the room, with the world on my shoulders. The man I loved was gone. The man who I was currently looking at was not even a man. He was the very personification of insanity.

I walked hesistantly over to the man and checked his pocket for an ID card. I wanted to know if he had a family, I needed to know. Beyond looked at me as I did so. I didn't like the way he was staring at me. It was filled with lust. Loveless lust. It frightened me. I opened the man's pocket and pulled out his ID card. I began to read out loud.

"Tadashi Mikami: Divorced, a wife and son." I felt my heart in my throat as I read.

"He worked for Wammy's House for fifteen years and... today was his birthday..." I looked at Beyond and his smile became a bit wider. I began to shake in fear.

"Beyond... what are we gonna do?" I asked quietly, more to myself than to him. He looked me over.

"Call me Beyond... Birthday..." He said putting his arm around my shoulder. For a moment I felt like Beyond, my Beyond, was back. The he moved his hand downwards and grabbed at my chest. I pushed him away and ran into Amica's bedroom. I slammed the door shut and locked it. I sat down on the bed, ready to wait until my Beyond came back. Beyond Birthday started banging on my door.

"Awww c'mon babe. Let me into the bedroom. Is murder a turn off or something?" He said through the door. I hugged a pillow and tears streamed down my face.

I wanted my Beyond back.