Whoopy! I got WordCount so now I'm trying for at least 1,200 words per chapter. Some people were complaining cough cough Marisa cough cough.
Chapter 6
I was screaming and kicking and struggling against Raito with all my might, but he was unusually strong.
"Sen, calm down. This isn't going to change anything. Sen!"
"LET GO! LET ME GO!"
He suddenly took my neck and pressed his index finger and thumb down hard. I blacked out for two seconds and my legs gave way. When my vision returned, he was holding me up and his fingers were applying less pressure now.
"Calm… down," Raito said. "I don't want to hurt you, but I have to if you keep throwing a fit. You'll hyperventilate."
I nodded numbly. Raito released my neck and carried me to my bed, setting me down.
"Light will be fine." He wiped some sweaty hair away from my hot forehead. "They won't hurt him unless he struggles. Okay?"
"B-but… Light, he… he killed those people…"
"Yes, Light killed them. But you should see it from his point of view. He probably thought they were experimenting on you. And he doesn't have complete control over his powers. Okay?"
"Why do they want to experiment on Light?" I asked. I was aware that my voice was trembling, and my limbs too.
"They are only experimenting on Light so that in the future, they can save more lives. Don't cry… he'll be fine." Raito wiped away my tears with his thumbs as he held my face, his blue eyes kind. "Are you cold? You're shaking…" He pulled the covers of the bed over me and gently pushed me down on the pillow, exactly the way Light did at home.
"That doctor… he's not nice to me at all," I said hoarsely.
"Doctor Mori isn't very nice," Raito agreed, "but it's okay. I'll look after you."
"What about Light?" I whispered. "I want Light."
"Light is probably in a cell, trying to calm down. He's a bit dangerous when he's angry. You'll get to see him later."
"How long have I been here?"
"Two days."
"How long will I have to stay here?"
"That's… up to The Master."
"You make him sound so important."
Raito gave a wry smile. "He owns my life. He saved it, and now I am forever in his debt."
"Is he nice?"
Raito hesitated.
"…Sometimes." He brought a hand through my hair. "How 'bout I fix your hair?"
"No, it's fine."
"Please let me."
"Why?" I whined.
He looked surprised.
"Because I want to try it."
"Well, only Light does my hair," I snapped and hid my face under the covers. I heard the chair scoot backwards and footsteps retreating towards the door.
"Where are you going?" I asked.
Raito turned around.
"Doesn't only Light stay with you while you fall asleep?"
It wasn't a sneer. His face was hurt. Why was that? I didn't get it.
"Don't leave me," I begged. I sounded desperate even to myself. "Please. What if Mori comes in the night?!"
Raito sighed, then turned around and sat back down in the chair. Sitting up, I crossed my legs and pulled the covers up to my chin.
"Raito, why do you care what I do? I don't even know you."
"Yes you do. I'm just like Light. We just look a little different, that's all. Mori can change that, if it would comfort you more." He put his cold hand against my hot face. "Are you running a fever?"
"Don't change the subject." I couldn't be running a fever, I never got sick. Well, I almost did when I ate a bit of the food they gave me at first. But then they gave me better food, even better than what Mom made at home. "Why would Mori need to change you? You're not making any sense. You don't even know me."
"I told you, I'm Light's shadow. And because of that chip, I've been told to watch footage they took. I know you just as well as Light does, maybe even better."
"That's not…" I stammered. He suddenly pulled me in an embrace. "Wh-what…?"
"I've wanted to meet you," he said softly. "Since they first activated the chip. Seeing everything through Light's eyes. I love you, too."
This all felt very strange. He felt like Light to me… but he also felt like a complete stranger.
"Uhm… please…"
"It must seem weird to you, Sen," Raito said quietly, "but I'm exactly like Light. Do you want me to get my hair changed? And my eyes too? So I look like Light?"
"No," I said firmly, "I don't want that at all. I just want Light!"
I pushed away from him.
"Stop it!" I screamed. "I don't like you at all!"
Raito was quiet for a while. I sneaked a look through my eyelashes. His eyes were hurt. Why was he so obsessive?! My forehead was sweaty and I was hot all over. I started shivering.
"Sen?" Raito said. "Are you alright?"
"I don't feel so good," I stammered. The room swayed. "I'm…" I searched for words. My mind went completely blank.
"Sen?!" I vaguely felt him catch me as I doubled over. "Somebody help!"
There were footsteps again as my vision returned, this time a bit blurry. The door swung open. I recognized the figure as Mori.
"The drugs are working then?" He walked forwards.
"Drugs?!" Raito yelled. "What're the drugs for?!"
I held onto Raito's arms as firmly as I could, which wasn't very firm at all. The voices echoed. My slow breathing was so loud, my heart was pounding in my ear.
"We're seeing what effect it has on her. Plus, Light is confined right behind the glass over there so he can watch over little Sen. It's nothing too get too worked up about. Hand her over."
My breathing was slow and deep. Everything was blurred and seemed to move in slow motion.
"What are you going to do with that?!"
"Take some blood. It's nothing too serious."
"The Master said no testing. She was supposed to stay untouched."
"I'm afraid that you are lower down the batting list." He grabbed my arm and jerked it from Raito's grasp. I tried to speak, but I couldn't find my tongue. I couldn't even yell when a thick needle was stabbed in my arm and jerked a bit around.
"Be careful!" Raito snarled.
"I will be," Mori sniggered. "She is very valuable at the moment."
He removed the needle and started bandaging my arm.
"That's interesting. She should be knocked out. It seems the drugs don't have too much of an effect on her."
"Would you just leave now?!"
"Why, do you want her all to yourself? Greedy boy…"
"You scare her! Get out! Get out now!"
"Always so friendly…"
There was a loud noise from outside.
"It seems that Light isn't very happy right now," Mori chuckled. The large tube in his arm was full of blood. My blood. I thought I was going to be sick. "It's all part of the plan." He glided out of the room and started talking to Light. The loss of blood wasn't helping me any.
Suddenly there was screaming.
"L…Li…" I stammered. Raito covered my ears with his hands and started humming softly, but he still couldn't drone out all of the screaming. I started sobbing. What kind of hell had I landed in? I looked at Raito's face, he was concentrating on the wall, but I could see that he, too, knew he was in hell.
I blacked out soon after that.
Is anyone even reading this? xD
I bet you all are confused like crap and think Sen is a bit pathetic. Well, I shall quote my character that everyone hates: It's all part of the plan.
Review if anyone's reading this? Because if nobody is, I'll slow down with posting chapters xD.