Title: Death Note Cell. (Yeah…I know it sucks. But I promise I'll change it later. Maybe I can get some feedback from my loyal fans? -Not that I have any, anyway-. D:)
Rating (of d00m!): Sorry guys, it's gonna have to be Mature this time. There's a lot of violence in this one, and references to…adult…things. ¬ ¬ ANYWAY. MOVING ON. Lol :D?
Authors Note: You know, I'm actually running out of things to say, other than: I really need to catch up with this MF. Because, guess what? I'm on chapter like… nine, in the written version and chapter freakin' four in this one. Why me? Oh well. But like I said earlier, I know there's going to be a time when I'm too lazy to transfer what I've written onto the computer. Because…it is a huge pain in the ass. But then again, I do things that are a pain in the ass every day. Also, I've run into a huge problem with my markers. Not only are they running out of ink… I forgot where I bought them. DD: Not cool. And that one silver marker? It bleeds through the page sooo much it's crazy. And then when I try to write on the other side of the page and go back to edit later, (actually, I do most of my editing while I'm typing) I can't read what I wrote. So I have to sit there like a retard staring at the page for half an hour to get through one paragraph. Grr… anyway, on to the story. You all can hear the saga of my markers later. (Hey, instead of All My Children: All My Markers. Lol… Wait… D: it's funny, isn't it? O.O)
Summary: … -- Just read the previous chapters, okay? Okay. I don't feel like explaining it all again, thanks.
Pairings: Well, I felt the need to update this section thanks to a slight adjustment that changed the way I view the entire freakin' world. Well, okay. It didn't change the way I view the world, but it definitely switched things up a little bit. Instead of being obsessed with L being an Uke, I've put that aside for a while and decided (thanks to the help of one very special person) that Light makes a pretty bad ass Uke, too. And cue the coming forth of the LxLight pairing.
Disclaimer: Okay, I own absolutely no characters from Death Note, and the concept of Cell belongs to Stephen King and him alone. Not me. Though if I had come up with that idea, you can bet your asses you would see my shit in bookstores instead of here. The only thing I do own is my original characters. No, seriously. That's about the only thing I own… TT 0 TT
Oh, and new thing. There's going to be little snippets of conversation when Rue and Light are speaking in Japanese. So, to alert you to when they're speaking in Japanese is: ":Insert text here:" It's like the thing Mega Tokyo does, but… a little different. It may be a little hard to catch, but pay attention, okay? Kay!
Chapter four: Escape into Hell.
Rue stood back up, straightened his shirt and took Sonja by the hand as we walked. I looked at her tiny face and imagined how terrible it must have felt to see her own mother killed. Then I began to think: 'Oh, God. What if this is happening in other parts of the world? What if my mother has tried to call me?' A wave of panic and nausea combined crashed down on me and suddenly I felt like dropping to my knees and vomiting. I just hoped to God she was okay…
":Are you alright? You look sick, you know.:" Rue spoke from beside me, making me jump. I looked toward him and he did look genuinely worried about me.
":Yeah.:" I answered dully. ":I noticed that I felt sick long before you told me.:" He laughed, and it sounded exactly like L's old laugh. When he did laugh, anyway. ":What do you want, anyway?:"
":I don't want anything, I'm just saying that you don't look too well, and I'm concerned about you.:" My face began to grow red again. I didn't need him worrying about me, I was fine, anyway. Just then, Abigail interrupted, grabbing my arm rather forcefully.
"What are you doing, Light? Sonja and I can't understand you…" 'No shit, Abby.' I thought. "Why aren't you speaking in English?" Rue looked at me understandingly. He knew that I wanted to talk to him alone, just judging by the look on my face and how I was acting around him. If I did, he would probably bring up the subject of L. At least…I hoped he would. But I knew that I would never get a decent chance to talk to him alone anyway, not with all this crazy shit going on.
"It's nothing, Abby. It's nothing. Don't worry, all right?" She looked at me disbelievingly, and I figured she knew I was full of crap. "Ryuzaki-san and I were just exchanging ideas." 'Oh, thank God I can think on my feet…' I thought, trying to hold back a smile. "And…we…" I continued slowly. I leaned in very close to her, whispering in her ear. "…We don't want Sonja to be scared, okay?" She breathed a sigh of relief, and I almost did too. Finally she seemed like she understood. Somewhat, I wished we were exchanging ideas, because whenever I talked to him, I couldn't stop myself from being nervous. Just like when I would talk to L. 'What if it really is him?' I thought. 'No, come on. It can't possibly be him…' I sighed. 'I'm just being hopeful, anyway. I'm such a dumb ass.' I turned back to Rue.
":I have something important to tell you, if you don't mind…:" He said, with a trace of a smile on his pale features. I was confused for a moment, and then my heart began to pick up speed. I tried to calm myself down; telling myself it had absolutely nothing to do with L, absolutely nothing at all. That worked for all of about ten seconds. ":What, don't you want to hear it?:" I heard Abigail give a frustrated "huff" beside me, but I told myself she was just being childish. She had no reason to believe that I wasn't exchanging ideas. Hell, even I believed me for a second.
":Of course I do. Go ahead, shoot.:" I gave him a quick sideways glance, and noticed that the smile had melted off his face completely. He was serious, now… as serious as I had seen him so far. It made me slightly worried.
":I think I know you from somewhere.:" I almost gasped audibly. 'What the fuck are you saying?!' I screamed at him inside my head. I took several quiet but deep breaths in order not to begin hyperventilating. At my strange reaction, he raised an eyebrow and said: ":What, do you not believe me or something? I'm not entirely sure myself, but you do look incredibly familiar…:"
":Maybe I just have one of those faces.:" I muttered, trying to change the subject. He shook his head vehemently.
":No, I know I've seen you somewhere before, I know I have. You're just too familiar.:" I bit my lower lip, attempting to quiet my pounding heart for fear that he would hear it. ":But that's not the best part of it…:" He continued seriously. ":I feel like we really knew each other.:"
":Really? But if you knew me from somewhere, wouldn't you recognize me if you think we really knew each other?:" He seemed to look confused for a moment or two, mulling over what I had said. He spoke up then, correcting me in a very authoritative tone of voice.
":No, I don't mean in this life.:" I nearly stopped breathing. ":Didn't you get what I meant?:" I shook my head. ":I meant that we knew each other in a past life. Actually, you want to know what I really think?:" I was barely able to nod before he continued, unaware of my real opinion. ":I think we were in love with each other before.:" It was getting increasingly hard to keep my cool, and that was usually something I was very good at. But when I was around him, it just completely melted away. 'This guy has to be shitting me. There's no way he's saying this, I'm fucking dreaming, I know it. Not even L would say something this crazy…'
":Love? What do you mean, I-I um…:" I stammered, looking down at my feet. ":I don't swing that way. Sorry…:" He laughed slightly, and out of the corner of my eye I could see Abigail staring suspiciously at us.
":Well evidently you did before, hm? But actually… I don't think it went that well. I think it was more me that was in love with you than the other way around.:" My eyes widened. Why was he saying all these strange things? Hinting at aspects of our relationship before? Was he trying to scare the shit out of me? ":We broke it off, though. Not too long after we got together, but… when we were, it was wonderful. I think I really felt like you loved me…:" I stopped him from talking, I couldn't take anymore.
":All right, how do you even know all this shit anyway!?:" I shouted. Everything became quiet. Rue didn't talk, and Sonja stopped walking along with the rest of us. I turned back to look at Rue, extremely embarrassed. Score one for making a complete ass of myself. ":I mean…:" I continued, trying to blow it off like it was no big deal. ":It sounds like you're just pulling this crap out of nowhere, Ryuzaki-san. Honestly, I-I'm not trying to be rude or anythi-:"
":If you're not trying to be rude, I'd say you're doing a pretty bad job, Yagami-san.:" He finished curtly, starting to walk again. Abigail and Sonja followed, ignoring me standing behind them. Before Rue got too far away, I ran to catch up with them.
":Okay, listen. I didn't mean it, and-:" I was cut off again.
":No, Yagami-san. You listen. I'm sorry for saying all those things, because obviously it upset you and obviously you don't believe me. But the next time you want to make a mockery of something I believe in…:" He lowered his voice and leaned in close to me until our faces were just an inch away. ":Don't try me.:" A shiver went down my back at the venom in his tone. He was angry with me, that much I could tell. I could also tell that he was overreacting a bit, or was that just what I thought?
I decided that in order to save my own ass it was better for me to stay quiet. The whole reason I said what I did was because I was scared… Scared of what he was saying about us. When he said he truly loved me, it hurt. A lot. More than anything had hurt me in quite a long time. He leaned back away from me and continued to walk along. The silence still hung over our heads like a stifling air that clouded our visions of who we were and where we were going. I began to look around, to see if anyone seemed to be heading the way we were. No one. Most people were going the other direction; trying to head out of town I supposed.
Walking back the way we came, something caught my eye lying on the asphalt. I turned my head to see what it was, but immediately regretted it. The body of Sonja's mother lay unmoving, the eye that had not been crushed in seemingly looking in my direction. My stomach gave a violent lurch, and Rue must have seen me stop walking, because he scooped up Sonja in his arms and made sure her eyes were covered as we passed by. "It's okay, sweet heart. Just don't look…" I heard him say to her.
I reached for Abigail's hand, trying to protect her from seeing the carnage, also. Since Rue had Sonja, she was the only thing I had left to protect.
(Break)
We hadn't seen anyone pass us in a while. I wasn't even really sure if we had been moving for all that long. We weren't exactly running. No crazies had passed us at all, that much we were lucky for. It seemed people were finally getting that hint that whatever this fucker was came from cell phones. It took them long enough. Our tiny group of people hadn't spoken to each other for a while, and the silence was deafening, so naturally it scared the shit out of all of us when we heard the screams tearing through the air.
My first instinct was to protect Abigail and Sonja, but she was with Rue. I pushed Abigail behind me and grabbed Rue by the crook of his arm, pulling him backwards as well. A woman came running down the street at full speed, her blue dress torn and the fabric flapping violently as she ran toward us. Thinking she was one of them, I grabbed Abigail and Rue and began to run the other way, but then she called after us.
"Stop!!" She screamed, panting. "Stop, you…" She struggled to catch her breath, and I stopped in my tracks. I turned back toward her. "Stop…you can't…go that way…"
"Why not?" Abigail said, stepping forward. I itched to hold her back, but I stopped myself. "Why, is everything all right?"
"He… he's coming…after me…" My eyes widened. Was she talking about one of the crazies? No wonder she was trying to get the hell out of dodge. "…You…you need to run…too…" She gasped, and almost tipped over. I reached out and caught her by the shoulder.
"You're right. Let's get the hell out of here." I said, and started to lead her away from whoever or whatever was chasing after her.
It was then we heard the cries. Those terrible, inarticulate cries of those goddamn things that ruled the city. I dared to look back over my shoulder, and was shocked at what I saw. The man that Rue had chased off earlier now came running toward us at full speed, carrying that damn knife. "Come on, we have to get out of here!" I shouted, taking hold of Abigail's hand and beginning to run. The woman began to scream again, hysterical, ear-splitting screams that made it so hard to concentrate. The man was no more than a few feet behind us, and gaining fast.
I tried to pick up speed, but was afraid that the young woman and Abigail wouldn't be able to keep up with me. But if I didn't go any faster, we would all die…
Suddenly the woman was ripped violently from my arm. I stopped running immediately, hearing her screaming as whomever was back there prepared to kill her. Abigail slammed into me, almost knocking me over. 'Goddamn it, I have to save her!' The better of my instincts kicked in and I turned around to help her, but… it was too late already. I turned just as the crazy tore into her neck with a feral movement, ripping away the flesh and spitting her blood onto the ground. A spray of blood erupted from what was left of her neck, and I felt it splatter my clothes and my face, dripping off slowly. A strangled cry came from my mouth, but Abigail grabbed me by the arm and half-carried me away from the woman.
"No!" I shouted, trying to get away. "No, I have to help her!!" Scream after scream of frustration and just because I was so fucking scared left my mouth until I felt strong hands grabbing me by the shoulders and shaking me violently.
":Raito!:" Rue shouted, staring hard into my eyes with a fury that I hadn't seen before in him. My screams died down until I was barely whimpering, tears gathering at the edges of my eyes. 'Damn it, don't cry… not here, not in front of them…' I tried to tell myself, but I couldn't stop. I began to cough and sob dryly, Rue still shaking me. ":Raito, get a hold of yourself! She's dead! We can't do anything to help her!:"
":N-no, I… we…:" I spluttered, shock setting in over my body. ":We… we have to help…her…:" I could barely make out the words anymore.
":She's fucking dead!! She's dead!:" Rue screamed, shaking me so hard I almost toppled over. ":She's dead…:" He panted, turning his gaze back down to the ground, unable to look at me anymore. ":Please calm down… I'm sorry, we can't do anything about it…:" The words that Rue was trying to make me understand finally sunk into my brain, and I stopped my crying almost immediately. I began to wipe my eyes, but stopped when I felt the still warm blood splattered over my face. I looked at the back of my hand with the dark red smear across it.
"We need to go. Now." Rue commanded, taking me by the arm and leading me away rather quickly. "Come on, everyone. Let's go." I looked back and noticed that Abigail held Sonja in her arms, who looked like she was in shock. I felt my feet hitting the pavement, but the rest of my body seemed extremely detached. I wished I could have saved the woman. I wished her life hadn't have ended so early. She couldn't have been a day over thirty. I also wished I had the strength to present myself in a way that didn't make me look like a total pussy in front of the rest of them. Slowly the feeling in my limbs returned in the form of pins and needles that hurt like hell, but also made me feel more aware. 'Is this what being in shock feels like?' I wondered absentmindedly. Rue still had a hold of my arm, his strong hand guiding and also somewhat unnerving.
I wondered if he was still pissed off at me and almost laughed, just out of sheer madness.
None of us expected it when we heard the cries coming for us again. Sonja screamed and my eyes widened in fear. Rue clutched my arm tighter, but none of us looked back.
"Move!! Everybody move!" Rue shouted, dragging me down the sidewalk at full speed behind him. I heard Abigail's shoes clacking behind us, and I was glad she was safe and had enough sense to follow us. The thing must have finished with that woman and was coming after us. 'But wait…' I thought, my mind calculating even in such a time as that. 'Rue said that they stayed away from him. Why is he coming after us?' I had no time to think of an answer as I saw Rue going down in somewhat of a slow motion beside me. He lurched forward and then tipped over sideways. And as I fell to the ground also, I realized I was going down with him.
My head hit his chest with an unsteadying force that knocked me out for all of about five seconds. I barely felt him move to stand up, and when I raised my head, he was trying to pull me up again. "Ryuzaki-san… a-are you all right?" A hiss of pain was my answer.
"I tripped… I-I'm okay…" He tried to say, practically ripping my arm out of the socket. I pushed myself off the ground and noticed he lost his balance when I relinquished my grip. Realizing we only had a few seconds of precious time until the crazy caught up with us, I reached for Rue and flung him over my shoulder. He was hurt, and he couldn't run; I could tell that much. He uttered a small cry of surprise as he hit my shoulder. I tried to support him, but he was a little heavier than he looked.
"Come on…!" I struggled to shout, and followed after Abigail as I saw her running down the small pathway we were on, leading to a place that none of us knew we would ever go.
":Ryuzaki-san…:" I gasped, my legs feeling like they were about to crumble to dust. ":Wh-where are you hurt?:"
Instead of an answer from Rue, I was greeted by the shouts and undistinguished words of the crazy currently chasing after us. He was so close I could hear his footsteps behind us, hitting the pavement with a speed that I could barely keep up with. Rue over my shoulder was just slowing me down, and as I skidded around a corner, hoping I could lose him, my heart skipped a beat and I noticed:
Abigail and Sonja were no longer in front of us. I had lost them.
Author's note: Well…speak of ass-breakingly long, and you get freaking… I don't know how long this one is. It's probably six or seven typed pages so far, but it was about fifteen handwritten pages. Okay, so you know how I said I do most of my editing while I'm typing? Yeah. I hardly read out of the book at all when I wrote this. I just kind of looked at the end of the chapter to see what the main goal of it was and went from there. Also, I noticed that I do this really weird thing when I'm typing. When it gets to an exciting or suspenseful scene (as this chapter had several of them), I start to type faster and faster and faster until I can't even freakin' see my fingers anymore. It's so weird…it's like as the action speeds up, I speed up too. But anyway, I'm updating so often cause I just can't get enough of this story! It's so… addicting I guess is the word. So until next time, because… if I type anymore, I seriously think I'm going to die. Or my fingers are going to freaking get up and walk away because I'm abusing them. But I really, really like how this chapter turned out for some reason. I feel like it shows everybody's human sides more than before. I'm not saying that they didn't show human sides before; I think it really shows that everybody is kind of falling apart in their own, special way. :D
Anyway, bye!