Chapter 9: Game
This chapter will be sort of long
Recap: Ace is dead, and after Luna's incident with her anger issues she has finally run away. At this point Luna and Beyond would be 13 since they were 11 in chapter 6, and that would mean Matt is 10, Nova's 11, Mello is 9, and Near is 8. Also, I don't know if I mentioned L is three years older than BB and Luna so he would be 16. Now onto the story….
Beyond looked out the window it had been two months since Luna left and he had slowly secluded himself from the others, and became obsessed with his murder mystery books. Nova joked with the others saying it was funny because when he would spill jam on himself it looked like blood and he would seem like the murderer in the book. The others cringed at the thought. Luna had kept very little contact with the others. The only contact being mainly with Nova and Matt since Beyond never seemed to be around when Luna called the private cell phone she bought Nova, which was a match to her own. After Luna left Roger, L, and Watari searched for her, but they never found her. They were upset, but L mentioned that she was very crafty and would be fine, and eventually they may see her again. L learned of the hatred BB held towards him and before any of them knew it L and Watari left for another case. Roger had begun blaming himself for Luna's running away and has since kept a close eye on the other five to look for signs of where she might be (obviously he's not trying too hard though. Especially since Luna had to have returned at least once to give Nova the phone and they had been keeping contact even if it was minimal and he still found no sign of her). Beyond went to the kitchen and got more jam, on his way back to his room, which he now shared with a terrified roommate, he bumped into Nova who greeted him and began talking, but he ignored her and carried on. Nova made her way to Matt and Mello's room and closed the door behind her upset by Beyond's actions. He kept treating his friends like this. Was he that upset Luna left? Or was it Ace's death? She couldn't figure it out in her mind. The other two looked up at her and she sat down and told them about what happened. Soon after they got up and left to Beyond's room, and knocked on the door. The timid roommate opened the door and stared at them questioningly. "Where's BB?" Mello asked the boy
The boy shook his head. "What kinda response is that?" Nova asked
"I…..I do…don't…..know" The boy mumbled
"What do you mean you don't know?" Matt questioned
"He….he t….told…..m…me …not…t…to….tell"
Mello pushed the door open knocking the boy back and the three entered. Beyond's bed was neatly made and his desk was organized, but something felt wrong. Further investigating they realized BB's belongings were gone. This included his books and all of his clothing. That explained why when he bumped into Nova it felt like his pocket was full. He had taken all of his jam. The three quickly searched the rest of the building, but with no luck. Now Beyond had run away as well. Roger found out an hour later and questioned the others, but they knew nothing. Roger searched with a few other of the instructors at Wammys and in town, but same as Luna he was gone. "These kids waste no time" Roger complained walking back to Wammys. This would look really bad on him and Wammys as a whole. He phoned Watari and told him of the situation. Reluctantly Watari agreed there was no more they could do.
~1 year later~ (So, everyone is a year older)
L began watching the small TV he had in his dark room, for a story had caught his attention. The overly make-upped reporter spoke her voice blank of all emotion "The thief is now being called the Shadow Thief, for the only thing anyone has witnessed is a silhouette of the thief. It has also been reported that the thief is most certainly a female. The age and her features are still unknown. All that is known is she wears a black/grey outfit that covers her whole body. Reports of the Shadow Thief have come from many areas of the world and the thief is also being called a modern Robin Hood, as she only steals from rich people who have bad reputations and even some who are unknown by name, but cause problems. She then takes these treasures and gets the right amount of money for it and gives it to orphanages, half-way homes and the poor all over the world. Ger trademark seems to be leaving a note card with fancy writing, which has been printed off of a computer, which says "Your donation is appreciated." This thief is clearly very sly as she keeps alluding police. She also has gained a lot of popularity and others wonder when she will be caught. All I have to ask is are we safe?" The woman brushed her blond hair out of her face then added "This is Amanda Garthan signing out, and we will continue to keep a look out for the Shadow Thief."
Watari looked at L curiously "Do you wish to take the case?"
"No, it's fine. Let's just finish this one quickly anyway"
Watari nodded in understanding and left the room. He sighed under his breath 'I wonder if he thinks it's her too' he thought to himself then added 'Maybe that's why he won't take the case.'
L looked back at his computer with a smirk 'This Shadow Thief certainly seems to like mocking the authorities. It might very well be…' He thought to himself.
~July 31st, 2002~
Naomi Misora arrived on the scene of a horrible crime. She was at the house of the writer Believe Bridesmaid. He was choked to death with post mortem wounds to his chest. He also seemed to have been redressed. She also found four straw dolls on the scene which were out of place in this bloodied apartment. She left the scene completely bewildered by the whole thing. Upon getting lab results back she discovered he was drugged and that the wounds to his chest were Roman Numerical Code for a name. Four days later another case came up a murder of a 13 year old girl Quarter Queen. She was hit in the head by something heavy which wasn't at the scene anymore. It also appeared that post mortem her eyes were pushed in. She found three straw dolls at the scene. Somehow this reminded her of the murder four days ago. After finding out this girl was drugged too she was sure. L was watching TV when the case was being talked about by a reporter. "Watari"
"Yes L?"
"I believe we have another case"
L soon arrived in L.A. and met with Naomi who seemed confused at first saying that L was already there. Obviously L and Watari were very confused and things were cleared up. The first person who claimed to be L was not, and it also seemed that the first L, who told her his name was really Rue Ryuzaki had disappeared. Three days later, nine from the previous murder another body was found: Backyard Bottomslash. This one was missing an arm and a leg. The arm was later found in the bathtub and the leg was nowhere to be found. It was then assumed the murderer had taken it. On this scene two straw dolls were found. After lab reports they discovered that she was also drugged. L was looking at the photos when he discovered something. Believe Bridesmaid: 4 dolls, Quarter Queen: 3 dolls, Backyard Bottomslash: 2 dolls. He believed there would be one more murder. Then he began thinking about other evidence: the fake L, the people chosen, they appeared to have nothing in common. Looking at the names he began to notice a pattern. Backyard Bottomslash: BB, Quarter Queen: if you make the Q's lowercase qq and flipped them: bb, Believe Bridesmaid: BB. L hoped he was seeing things. Thinking for a moment he pulled out an old photo of BB and a marker. He drew dark lines under the eyes and made the hair look longer and a little messier; He then found a white marker and lightened the skin. If BB could act and talk like him then they could almost be twins. L shook his head. It had to be his imagination. Why would BB kill anyone? He knew BB hated him, but kill someone because of it. Thinking back though the last time he saw Beyond he was acting strange and when he left the other four told him about changes in Beyond. He would have to wait until they stopped the next murder and hope that Beyond isn't the killer. Eight days later they got a clue and discovered where the next murder would take place. Taking a look at the clue it would be nine days since the last murder. 9 +4 +9 +9=31: if you flip the numbers in 31 around it makes B. As predicted the next day as they waited a shaded figure entered the building. As they were closing in on the building they saw fire. Naomi quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher and put the fire out revealing a burnt BB. L's eyes widened a little. It was Beyond. Naomi cuffed BB and put him in the cop car. "Wait" L told her
"L he has to go to prison. He will get the death penalty. You saw the pictures of what he's done. He's evil"
"He's insane. There's a difference."
"Insane?"
"You saw the photos. How could a sane person do any of that?"
"I suppose you're right. For now he will go to the prison then when we can we will transfer him to the asylum."
L nodded then after glancing at a very pissed of Beyond who was staring at the floor of the car walked off. "Wait!" Naomi called
"Yes?"
"Why did he do all this? Why did he try to frame you and kill himself?"
"To beat me"
"Beat you?"
"Yes, this was all a game to him. He snapped"
Naomi nodded in understanding and they parted ways. A few feet away no one noticed a shadow with purple eyes. The shadow looked at the car with Beyond and disappeared into the night. A week later Beyond found himself in the room of an L.A. Asylum. Meanwhile at the entrance a girl with long blond hair and brown eyes walked in. Getting to the desk which was momentarily abandoned due to security issues, which may or may not be her fault, she peered over the desk to a chart with names just in case. Hearing footsteps she stood straight and pressed a button which would call someone to the desk. Sure enough a short fat woman with grey/brown hair came out with a smile "What can I do for you hun?" the woman asked.
The girl pulled out a police badge and began "I'm here to talk with a Beyond Birthday. It's an urgent matter"
The woman looked slightly frightened "You want to see that psycho?"
"I have to. It's my job" the girl told her
"Do you need a guard with you?"
"No, it's fine. I can handle him"
The woman shook a little and pressed a green button which opened the door beside her. "Second hallway to your right go all the way down. And sweetheart be careful"
"Got it"
"If you need help there are guards all over this place. I'd hate to see a pretty thing like you get hurt working the job you do"
"Thank you" the girl said and walked through the door.
She then took the second right as she was told and came to a door on the end. Pulling on the handle it opened to reveal cells on either side. Only one of which was occupied. The girl walked in and turned to face BB with a smile. Beyond looked up and gasped. 'No name or life span. There's only one person I know who is like that to me' he thought then spoke aloud "Luna".