Characters list
Backup
Watari
L
Chapter 3
L
Beyond sat quietly in the back as Wammy pulled up in the driveway. Within a minute he too in every detail. Each shrub that seemed to line up against the large walls that circled the property. The front of the yard had to be 12 acres at best. Different species of flowers were placed along the building and on the edges of the brick pathway. The house was a sight that could take any poor boy's breath away. Wammy was the next man he saw as he ended up getting into the boy's view. With a smile Mr Wammy opened the back door to let Beyond out of the car. Slowly but surely the boy struggled to get his feet to the ground and dragging his bags out behind him, hearing the gravel crumple at his feet 'there is no one here' the thought hit him just realising the was no other sound of children. No laughter, no yelling, no crying there was nothing. 'did I just come to an orphanage of death' Wammy held out his hand, offering to lead him around. Beyond took it looking up at him with large eyes with another new thought, the other kids. "You ready to go inside" Mr Wammy said softly, it took the boy a few seconds to nod and Wammy smiled sweetly and lead him to the giant doors.
Once inside he saw a long hallway leading into a large main room. That was where it got amazing. There were two stairways leading to the same floor and two more rooms on either side of the main. Wammy lead the boy to the room on the right side and there he was a door which had a small sign that said office. Once inside Mr Wammy's office he offered Beyond a seat on one of the plastic chairs. Which was like the ones he had to sit on in class. He out down his bags beside him and plumped on the small chair. The man took his time in sitting on the large red chair behind his desk; age seemed to be getting to him. Beyond's eyes were at his feet, he didn't have much to say to this man, he has really no idea where he was here. Why he was so special in the old man's eyes, he was bad, very bad, bad enough that his own mother couldn't stand to be around him. For the first time he truly felt like an orphan.
Wammy cleared his throat to speak and Beyond slowly let his red eyes glance up; his head still lowered it almost made him look like a sad puppy.
"There is no need to feel sad or frightened here my boy, here you are loved and I treat each one of my child as if they were my own" Mr Wammy smiled
"I...I..." Beyond didn't know what to say, his eyes once again went back to looking down at the floor.
"there are 6 others children here, Ferri, Kujo, Charmer, Alex, Qurin and Laiw" Wammy said "each child here has scores which lead to ranks, the ones with the heights scores became a successor to L the detective" Beyond's eyes widened as he looked at the old man.
"Which bring me to the next issue, your name"
"What about it" the boy looked at him with curious eyes.
"In order to keep harm and knowledge of your history away from others you will be given a new name" Wammy smiled.
"What!" Beyond was now clearing getting upset, his name was all he had left and he had to give it up.
"Your scores were magnificent, I am of great certainty that you can be the next L" Wammy was getting more and more excited as he spoke, seeming to go off the most important subject .
This was way too much to take in. He didn't want something like this. But Wammy just looked him over "I think Backup would do you nicely" Wammy smiled as if he didn't notice the hurt that Beyond/Backup had showed.
"Now you can ever tell anyone your real name, not the people in here, not your friends, not your future family, no one" the look on his face was now quite serious
Wammy stood up and went to the door, opening it for the kid so he could grab his bags and walk out. They went back to the main hall "I will get Laiw to slow you around" Wammy said with searching eyes, and Wammy jogged up the stairs soon leaving the child at the bottom. "Backup" he whispered to himself, soon finding that he was saying the name over and over. He had lost his home, his mother and now the last thing he thought that no one could ever take way they did with more power than he ever believed a single man could have.
It was about seven or so minutes later when Wammy came back, trailing a boy not that much older the backup behind him. His wild hair was raven which looked like it hadn't been brushed in mouths, the boy's eyes were grey, it almost look like the child was lifeless, there was no light in them what so ever. He also seemed to look strained and tired for there were dark, almost black bags under his eyes. The other's cloths were baggy and clearly not his size, the shirt was a white long sleeved and his pants where a faded blue cargo pants. His form hunched over, a thumb was pressed against his bottom lip as Backup could see the other boy looking him over. Laiw slowly walked down the stair with his free hand in his pocket, a new look came in his eyes, one of intrigue. Backup slowly back away, feeling a slight bit threatened. He could swear he felt an aura that made him feel slightly intimidated. Once Laiw got close enough he could examine the younger boy closely. Wammy knew of the boy's past and had told Laiw that Backup might cause some trouble but with good care he could be grand. There was just something not right about the babysitter's death and deep down Wammy believe that the confession given by the mother was a lie.
Laiw's eyes narrowed he felt something more than an innocent child in front of him. He too saw in Backup's eyes of future mischievousness and not the one that deserves a slap on the wrist. But the older boy just nodded in acceptance and turned around. "Please follow me" Laiw said in an emotionless voice, grabbing one of the bags and started walking upstairs. Backup quickly got the rest of his baggage and followed the odd boy. "I guess I will show you around when you get settled in, Wammy had told me to tell you that you'll be rooming with another student here" the raven boy continued, not bothering to make eye contact as he led the new boy to his room. Backup lifted his heavy head "can I ask who?" he replied with a worrying voice. But Laiw made no sound and continued with his silence until they reached one of the many rooms. "You'll be staying in this one" Laiw dropped the bags at the door before pointing to a door with the number 13 engraved on a golden piece of some kind of metal. Backup let out a small huff then turned to see Laiw was standing there holding out his hand waiting for Backup to shake it. "My real name is Eraldo Coil, what's yours?" he asked nicely, attempting a smile. Backup knew that he wasn't aloud to give out his real name and not to mention the fact that Laiw wasn't being truthful himself. The boy had given him a fake name; he glanced up to the name shown as clear as day on top of his head L Lawliet. It was obvious that Laiw was trying to trap him in some game that the older boy came up with. But with a smile Backup had something that he knew no one else could have, his housemates' real names.
"My name is Backup" he answered proudly for the first and last time.
"So, you done well in listening to Watari" Laiw replied
"Watari, whose Watari" Backup tilted his head to the side in confusion
"Watari is Wammy, he just prefers to be called Watari, it is his alias. Just like our names" Laiw turned and started walking back to his own from "Oh and by the way, that name I gave you was just one of my many aliases" he continued
"I know" the younger boy gave a small smile and Laiw turned to look back at the boy with his own smile
"Really? You saw through my little white lie" Laiw bit on his thumb gently
"Kind of" Backup said simply, still staring at the spot above Laiw's head
Laiw turned around "um.. Thanks Laiw" he struggled, he hated being polite. Laiw stopped in his tracks and faced the younger boy "your welcome, and please, call me L" he answered then left. 'That was L huh?' Backup thought to himself.
L didn't look back, his only thought to this was that it was a bad idea but Wammy believed in this boy. The boy gave L an odd chill and no matter how much he tried he couldn't get over this horrible feeling.