Thank you all who faved/followed and Guest 1 and Guest 2 for the reviews. As of now there are 5 chapters remaining, including the epilogue. Chapters 18, 19 and 20 will contain torture.

10th September

Light couldn't help the pout that formed when he tried and failed to cause the apple in his hand to rot. He knew that L had done something to him, having left out some information on just what his abilities were. Light had assumed that the only reason why he hadn't killed anyone when he flew off the handle, was because he was in contact with L at the time. He always made sure to grab the neutralizers hand when he felt his emotions taking over, but Light wasn't in contact with L at that moment and he'd come to realize that L was capable of putting people in bubbles that changed depending on how L wanted. Light believed that the task force were in protective bubbles that allowed them to use their abilities without being harmed in return. 'But he's cut me off from mine instead.' He scowled and tossed the apple onto the floor in disgust as his hand came up to toy with the collar he hadn't taken off.

L was currently out chasing leads, directing people on who to look for in their hunt for Beyond. 'And he's practically ordered me to stay behind.' Light wasn't too sure how he should feel about that. On one hand L cared about him enough to forcefully keep him on the sidelines, on the other hand he was being treated like a child who didn't know how to take care of himself. He stood up from his perch upon the kitchen stool and headed for his laptop, planning on searching for Beyond via city cameras when a loud buzz filled the apartment alerting him to someone trying to reach him.

"Now who could that be?" He wondered aloud as he approached the screen connected to the camera downstairs so the residents could see who was calling. L had taken an extra key, not that he needed it with his ability to get in at all times, and nobody on the hero team knew where he lived. He looked at the screen and was met with an older foreign, blue eyed blonde haired man named Thierry Morello. "What do you want?" He asked bluntly, not in the mood to act politely.

"I have a package for Light Yagami, I assume that's you?" Thierry said, showing the box he held covered in postage stamps.

'I never ordered anything.' Light paused as he looked carefully at the man. "You can take it back to the post office and I'll pick it up from there. I'm not letting people up today." He went to turn the screen off when Thierry spoke up again.

"This actually came from someone called L. He insisted you get it." Thierry shifted the box in his hands. "Look, I'm just doing what I was told to do, but if you won't allow me to get it to you I'll just take it back to the office."

"Do that," Light turned the screen off before Thierry could reply, walking to his laptop as he'd intended. He brought up the cameras around his apartment and neighboring streets and began to record the livestream as well as older footage. The elevator opened and Light didn't bother turning around, calling out to L when he heard the other enter the apartment. "Did you send something in the mail? Or were you expecting anything?" He asked, frowning slightly when L didn't answer. "L?" He got out of his seat and turned to face the other man.

"I'm afraid Lawli isn't home yet." Beyond stopped just shy of Light, red eyes gleaming with ill intention. "So you're the one distracting Lawli from our game?" He asked, sizing Light up even as he stalked closer. "A pretty little thing such as yourself should know better than to play with the big boys."

"Beyond Birthday, I've read so much about you. Mind telling me how you got in here? You're not the first unexpected guest and I'm beginning to think I've been paying security for nothing." Light tried channeling his powers into Beyond with no result. 'Damn it L, I need my powers.' Though it's not like they saw this outcome.

"I'll tell you when you wake up," Beyond said with a grin just when Light felt something jabbed into his neck and everything went dark.

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L wasn't sure what tipped him off that something was wrong. The empty apartment, the laptop currently on screensaver mode or the apple abandoned on the floor. Perhaps it was all of those things, but what really gave it away was the paper taped to a photograph of Light pinned upon the elevator doors when closed.

Come find me. Or else.

L had pulled out his phone and called everyone to his location at the discovery of the note, cursing himself for neutralizing Light's abilities instead of doing what he'd done with the rest of the hero team. He dropped the field the moment he saw the note, but he wasn't ignorant enough to believe that Beyond didn't have people helping him. It didn't take very long before L was admitting the hero team into Light's home and showing them the note.

"Do you know how long it's been?" Chief Yagami asked, worry thick in his tone as he and the other detectives walked around the room looking for anything to give away what had happened.

"The laptop is still in screensaver mode, so not long." L said, his voice monotone despite the panic settling in. 'Who knows what Beyond had planned for him.'

"Maybe Light was able to give us a hint or something." Matsuda suggested, walking over to Light's laptop and bringing up the last thing Light was looking at. "It looks like surveillance footage of the building and some of the surrounding blocks, oh, he was recording it, maybe he caught them on film." Matsuda edged away from the laptop. "I'm not good at that kind of thing." He admitted looking at the team gathered. Mogi sat down before the laptop and began typing rapidly upon it before anyone could suggest a solution.

"Here, there's Beyond Birthday and two other people with him. If I rewind it back further." The team gathered closely around Mogi as they watched the footage rewind before Mogi pressed play and allowed the events to unfold.

A blonde haired, blue eyed foreigner approached the door with a package in his hand, scanned the list of apartment owners before pausing on Light's name and pressing the button.

"What do you want?" They heard Light ask moments later.

"I have a package for Light Yagami, I assume that's you?" The unknown man said, showing the box he held covered in postage stamps.

"You can take it back to the post office and I'll pick it up from there. I'm not letting people up today." Light had said in a dismissive tone.

"This actually came from someone called L. He insisted you get it." The man shifted the box in his hands. "Look, I'm just doing what I was told to do, but if you won't allow me to get it to you I'll just take it back to the office."

"Do that." The audio cut off leaving the unknown man standing outside of the building holding the box in his hands.

Mogi paused the tape and L ran his hands through his hair in agitation. "I didn't send for anything, they were seeing if he was here or not. Probably even ensuring that he was alone." He pointed at the screen. "Light's an accomplished hacker, surely he has facial recognition software on there, find out who that man is." He ordered, turning away from the screen when Mogi allowed the tape to play through. They listened as the man conned his way into the building by passing the package off as someone else's, but he kept the main door open to allow Beyond and a blonde haired woman whose eyes were covered in large sunglasses inside. Mogi skipped through until the three criminals were leaving the building with Light hung over the unknown blondes shoulder as dead weight. "Find him," L ordered Mogi even as the man began to use Light's laptop and its added features.

The phone to the apartment began to ring and L stood there in confusion before recalling that Light only ever gave out his mobile number, rushing to the phone to answer it before it ended.

"Lawli, Lawli, Lawli. Did you get my note?" Beyond's voice cackled down the other end. "Turn on the TV would you? There's something you need to see." L gestured to the TV and chief Yagami quickly turned it on, the smart TV connecting to an outside connection and a live stream came up onscreen. "Don't you just love technology? You can connect anything, anywhere and it's all just so easy." Beyond's voice came not only from the phone but from the TV also where he was shown sitting on a lone cushioned chair. "Now for the guest of honor." Beyond grinned widely as the blonde haired man dragged a bound, gagged, deafened and blindfolded Light behind him before forcing him onto Beyond's lap. "Such a pretty toy, you found yourself Lawli."