Chapter ten:
Mello paces in the cell while Near is sitting leaning bac against the back wall with his knees up slightly.
The silence is almost frightening.
Mello starts murmuring to himself. "Surely there has to be a way." He mummers more to himself then stops pacing with a sigh.
Near who had been watching Mello suddenly very quietly gasps only for his eyes to all glow softly.
Mello's head whips to look to Near at the gasp only to see Near slightly lower his head to look downwards. "Near." He speaks quietly to not alert anyone watching the cameras. He moves over and kneels in front of Near who doesn't seem to notice him. He worries as he wonders what is going on.
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"Silver!" Rai jump hugs her brother. "I am so glad that you are here!"
Silver hugs her back. He looks almost exactly like his slightly younger twin Near except for some differences. He has tinted blue clothes, chocolate brown eyes and in his voice there is a very small touch of something like maybe something darker.
The two separate.
"So has Near told you anything?" Rai asks knowing her brothers secret.
Silver also known as Sin shakes his head. "I'm afraid not." He then stares at a spot behind Rai lowering his head enough to cause his eyes to turn red instead of brown like they always do when they are cast under any darkness. "But whoever took him will have Hell to pay." He then lets his eyes turn back to brown turning to look at Rai again. "I'll tell you everything I know from the last time me and him spoke."
Rai nods silently.
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Mello wonders what he should do and he looks around himself only to stop and take a deep slow breath. "No need to cause any worry." He says under his breath. "If the ones that kidnapped us think something is up then they might investigate and that wouldn't be good right now." He turns back to Near. He reaches forward and puts a hand on his shoulder.
Near gasps slightly jerking then blinks as his eyes fade back to normal.
"Are you ok?" Mello asks keeping his voice quiet enough to not alert anyone who might be watching the cameras.
Near turns to look to Mello. "I know how to get us out of the cells."
Mello perks up. "How?"
"My gem spoke to me and showed me." Near looks down to where the gem is before looking back to Mello. "If I can get an idea on the lock shape I can try making a key to unlock it."
"That's good. Then let's go." Mello is about to stand up.
"Wait." Near says making Mello stop only to look him in the eyes. "There are problems. If I do this then anyone looking at the screens for the security cameras could see then they'll kill us before we can get anywhere. Also once we are out then what? We don't know the lay out of the building or anything. We'll be at a great disadvantage to our kidnappers who know this building."
Mello turns slightly away putting a hand to his chin. "Yes that's true." He says thoughtfully. He hums in thought.
Near tilts his head slightly trying to think of what could be going on in Mello's mind.
"If we only had a way to get a message to the outside world." Mello suddenly says. "They might be able to help."
"Well if we knew where we were I might be able to do that." Near says brining his head back to it's rightful angle.
Mello turns back to Near. "How? How can you get a message to the outside?"
"My gem doesn't have the power to send our location to anyone but I can get a message to my brother. Me and him can use twin telepathy where we can talk to each other through our minds." Near explains. "If I can get a message to him about where we are then he can help us…" He trails off. "However….." He slightly glances down. "We need to figure out where we are before that."
Mello plops to sitting on the ground. "Well maybe…"
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Jeremy raises his head to look to the surveillance camera images. He sighs putting his newspaper. 'What the hell are you all doing?' He questions in his head. 'Being so quiet that it's almost worrisome.' His eyes narrow. 'Are you thinking of a way to even dare to try to escape.' He then blinks as if realizing something only to burst out laughing. 'Haha. Jeremy you fool. There is absolutely no way they can be planning to escape without making a sound.' He turns away humming a tune as he begins to think of possible ideas for lunch. He looks to a clock. "Ah fuwk it." He says hating his broken nose speech. He lowers himself to dig around by the floor only to grab his lunch pulling back to sit normally as he opens his lunch box to start eating the lunch he had packed for himself.
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"Where could they possibly be?" L wonders to himself looking over the information he has gathered so far.
Light comes into the room and looks to L who is still working. He watches the other for a few moments then glances away but it's only him and L in the room. He turns back to L and walks into the room heading over to the other.
L turns as he hears Light approach. "I thought you would be going home like the rest of the team." He speaks to the other.
Light moves sitting down next to L. "I don't feel like it."
"But you shouldn't overwork yourself." L counters.
Light frowns at that. "Well you shouldn't be talking about that."
L turns back to his work resting his thumb against his bottom lip. "But I'm used to it and I must. If I don't then the criminals could strike again."
Light stares worriedly at him. "L." He says.
L's eyes flicker to him.
"I know you're stressing yourself out over the case at the orphanage." Light says. "I'm worried for you."
L turns back to the work to do. "Thank you for your concern Light but I can assure you that I will be fine."
Light sighs. "L. Stop acting childish." He tells the other almost sternly. "You can't just keep stressing yourself like this. It isn't good for you."
L's eyes flicker down for a moment then looks back to what he was doing. "I'll be fine." He says trying to be assuring.
Light heavily sighs. "No. You should know this well. The way you are going isn't good for you."
L whips his head to turn to Light. "You don't understand." He says staring strongly into Light's eyes. "Those kids are being tortured until they die. If I can't save them hopefully before anymore die then who can? They need help and if I stop then it'll only cause them to be in that Hell longer making it more likely for them to die." He explains then turns back to his work once again. "I need to stop whoever is doing this. Along with all of the other criminals I have to also look for. It's for the best interest of the rest."
Light is silent for a few moments. "L…" He says quietly with worry.
L is willing to stress himself out like this for the sake of others.
Before now Light had never been sure of what exactly kept L going to work on the difficult cases but he thought it was to keep up his reputation….. However now… He sees that L wants to stop those doing terrible things before they have a chance to do anything worse…. He wants to protect people who cannot protect themselves from such monsters.
It makes Light wonder if something terrible had happened in L's past to make him willing to go to such lengths to help others.
"Then let me help you." Light says with a face of determination.
L turns to Light at this. "You don't need to." He says but gets no more words when Light speaks.
"It's alright." Light gives a smile. "You could use it." He adds. "We need to find them as soon as possible."
L looks about to protest as he lowers his hand away from his mouth but Light puts a finger on his lips shushing him.
"I will not take no for an answer." Light then lowers his hand and turns to look to what he can see of the case.
L pauses for a moment then slides the file closer to Light knowing that there is no way to tell Light to go home to rest.
Light smiles at this.
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"I see." Rai turns to some other Shadow members. "We need to begin searching at once." She says. "There is no time to waste. Now here is what I want you to look for….."