Thank you all those who faved/followed. Guest – yes, everything will be in Light's POV. High on the Rainbow – nope, that'll never happen, largely due to this being the second last chapter. Thank you cheeseandhamburger for the review.
Chp 7 WARNINGS: contains MENTIONS of RAPE and ABUSE and DEATH of MAJOR CHARACTER.
The conference began and proceeded to carry out how Light expected it would. Alpha's throwing their weight around and omega's struggling to hold their own against the blatant derogatory, racist words thrown about. Light huffed in irritation as he sunk deeper into the padded chair, ever aware of the numerous eyes watching him greedily. He'd come alone as he had needed to make a stop first, picking up a vial that contained the only strand of the second Kira virus.
He'd purposely sent L to wait for him a few blocks away, even going as far as to try and continuously delay him via text. He was somewhat regretting that when a group of alpha's approached him despite the regulations stating that the two sides were to remain separated at all times. They were sent straight back by a couple of police officers who were watching over the event, the omega's around him letting signs of visible relief show even as voices began to rise in anger.
Movement out of the corner of his eye had him looking over and immediately scowling in anger at what he saw. He should have known his father would be working here today, he was the chief of police after all. He'd hoped that he would get through the meeting without coming in contact with the man. That plan was shot through when his father came to a stop beside Light and cleared his throat to gain Light's attention.
"Hello chief, is there something wrong?" Light asked stonily, slipping his hand into his pocket and fingering the vial, not even bothering to grace his father with his full attention. Despite the fact that he already had it the moment he made his way over.
"It's been years Light, I thought I would come over and see how things are going with you?" His father started, already beginning to fan Light's anger.
"It's been years because you never once bothered to see me before I went to hospital. As for me? I'm doing swell, graduated top of my classes at university, currently ranked number 1 in the whole of Japan, I work in laboratories with virus's and such. You? How is mum and Sayu?" He asked, struggling to keep the anger send sarcasm from his tone.
"We're doing well, your sister is married and has a son, Akito." His father was filled with pride, and Light could sense the oncoming question. "How about your family? If you're free sometime this week, we'd love to have you all drop by." The hopeful tone was evident, but Light wasn't willing to simply fall back into their lives after everything he'd gone through.
"I don't think that's a good idea." He said instead, eyes narrowing upon the two debaters as they argued passionately with lots of hand throwing.
"Look, Light, I don't think that the past should interfere with your mother and I meeting your children, Sayu's son should also get a chance to meet his cousins. You're being selfish." His father's voice was thick with disapproval and Light felt his temper flare, launching to his feet as he spun to face his father for the first time in years.
He could feel the angered snarl on his lips, eyes narrowed as disbelief mixed with his anger. The way the crowd had begun to subtly turn their attentions to them told Light that his anger was so intense that even the scent blockers couldn't stop the entirety of his angered pheromones. 'How dare he have the nerve?'
"Selfish?!" He practically spat, voice high on anger. "How dare you call me selfish? You approach me after all these years and the first thing you do is demand to see my children?!" He wasn't aware that his voice had risen and they'd amassed quite a number of spectators, attention focused entirely on his father.
"That's precisely why I'm asking." His father's voice had also risen, though not nearly as high as Light's had. "Your bond-mate died leaving you with a family and we just want to know how the kids are faring."
"Bond-mate?!" Light cried incredulous. "He was my rapist! My abuser! I'm thankful every day that I never carried his pups no matter what lengths he went to in his attempts to ensure I would. He kept me chained to the bed, he refused to let me leave the house. I went for a whole year without talking to someone other then him! That all came before he planned on getting his buddies around for my next heat!" Light's chest was heaving as his eyes flashed and cheeks flushed with blood. "I'm glad that monster is dead, I never wasted a single tear of grief over him!" He felt his voice crack from the abuse, trembling in anger as he glared daggers at his father. "I recently met an alpha willing to bond with me and accept that I may never want children, but even if I did, they'd never know you." He finished, voice low and deadly as he turned on his heel and stalked away from his stunned father. He didn't even notice L pushing his way through towards him.
"Sounds like his alpha should have broken him more." He heard someone mutter, no doubt it was intended to remain between two people but the whole room heard due to the silence, voices of outrage and agreement quick to fill the air as the two genders went back to verbally abusing omega another.
'This is all too much. There's no point in drawing this out.' He pulled the vial from his pocket and smashed it upon the ground just when he heard an alpha exclaim.
"They should all be kept in chains for our entertainment!"
The virus was quick acting, it was one of the first things Light had looked into and developed when he created the original Kira. The second Kira was designed to act faster targeting those who'd somehow survived the first virus. Within minutes the sound of the virus taking effect filled the air, an alpha clutched at his chest making retching sounds even as his eyes rolled into the back of his skull and he collapsed. The crowd fell silent, eyes looking at the body in horror even as another twenty people, a mixture of alpha's and omega's, gasped and clutched at their chests, collapsing to the floor even as more and more people began to drop.
Light surveyed it all with dead eyes, uncaring that he himself could fall victim to the virus. He watched as officers raced to people's sides, some making frantic calls for emergency services to arrive quickly. Though by the rate the omegas and alpha's were dropping, Light didn't see anyone living long enough for the ambulances to be of help.
"The Kira virus?" L's voice was incredulous and Light spun around in horror as he looked at his mate. "It seems as though the fears of a relapse were warranted." L continued, walking over to Light and glancing down pointedly at the smashed vial. "Light, what have you done?" L's voice held sorrow and disappointment in it as he surveyed Light with unfathomable grey eyes.
"You weren't supposed to be here, I sent you away for a reason." Light said, panic filling him as he reached out for his mate. "You've been exposed." Like it wasn't already obvious.
"I developed a vaccine for the virus when the first outbreak occurred, I'll be fine Light." L promised, even as tears of grief began to spill from Light's eyes. "May I ask what happened to Higuchi?" L said, graphing Light's trembling hands in his own, oblivious to the dying around them.
"It was getting close to my heat…he wanted to have his buddies over. I snapped…" Light began shakily. "I killed him and staged it so that it looked like someone else did it." He finished in a rush, tears still streaming down his face as he edged closer to L in the hope that the alpha would embrace him.
"I'm never going to say this again, but I'm glad you found a way to free yourself." L responded with a small smile, wrapping Light up in his arms even as the sound of sirens reached their ears over the sounds of people panicking and hitting the floor.
"I'm glad…" Light began, cutting off abruptly when L lurched away from him with a gasp of pain, slowly lowering himself to his knees as his hands grasped at his chest. "No, no, no, no, no, no!" Light fell heavily to his knees as he reached out and clung to L, tears spilling faster as horrified sobs tore from his chest, pheromones of distress filling the air as his heart lurched into his throat.
"I should have known…" L managed to gasp out, grey eyes locking onto Light's tear filled ones. "Should have known you…would change…it." L's words started coming further and further apart, even as his body began to slacken despite paramedics arriving on scene in droves. "I'm glad I got to meet you…I love you." L's eyes dimmed even as his body fell lax, a scream wringing from Light as agony tore through him as he experienced the loss of his alpha and bond-mate.
He clung to L's body, snarling at anyone who came to close, tears dampening one of the white sweaters L was so fond of wearing. He could hear voices arguing above him over how to handle him, some debating dragging him away and others suggesting using a tranquilizer. Light stubbornly clung to L's body, eyes bloodshot from the tears that continued to fall, a depressed cry flowing from his mouth continuously as omega grieved alpha. He barely felt the sting of a needle before his world faded into darkness, his last thoughts an unanswered question.
'Is this what I deserve for releasing the Kira virus?'
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