Heretic's second message was sent simply without any death involved. It was sealed in a manila envelope with a red wax stamp shaped like a "h" in old English. Enclosed was a typed letter sealed at the bottom with the same wax seal as the outside. When examined for fingerprints and dna evidence, there was nothing found to give away Heretic's identity.
Light and L sat across from one another with the letter between the two, examining it carefully. Light looked toward L saying, "I think we should agree to it. It's dangerous, but it gives the chance we need to capture him. Aside from that, our message had suggested a meeting… though at the time we hadn't expected this response."
L leaned closer to the letter as if to see something else hidden within the typed words before responding, "I'll agree to it… but we need to take certain precautions. We don't know what he's capable of yet, so we must be prepared for anything. If all goes according to plan we will have him in our custody or as an ally by the end of the day."
Light once again read the letter, and chuckled inwardly as he read these words:
L, this is Heretic, the one who used Melissa to send my last message. Kira and I are the same but different. I am not after any glory or desire to change the world; all I really want is to finally have an opponent that would truly offer a challenge for my mind.
I also admit that no matter how intelligent I may be, it would be too great a task to challenge you both at once, so I would like to meet you face to face to work out a deal.
As a show of faith, I will also allow you to bring up to ten others with you for protection and as witnesses, while I will show up alone. Below is the address of an abandoned warehouse for us to meet, don't be late if you really would like to try working together. Be there this Thursday at three pm, if you don't show up, I'll assume you wish me as a foe, and will use my ability more mercilessly then even Kira. I'll put it to you this way: Even the innocent won't be spared, and all of it will occur because you were afraid to meet me.
-Heretic
(Yeah, it's a short chapter, but this short one is needed to set up the final events leading to the next one……… I'm sure all of you will be blown away of what happens next. Heh… ……. well you'll see just how blown away soon. Anyway, I want to say my fans, you guys rock, keep on reading, and I'll make this a story worth it all and then some.)