The record breaker! After chapter 39, I may become slow again. I'm stuck on chapter 40...
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Another week had passed and Sybil had taken to spending all of her time away from those she cared about as possible, and that included Lawliet.
She had another apartment much closer to headquarters than before, which was where she was currently residing. No one she knew was specifically happy about her decision, but she had argued with the fact that at the current time, she was too unstable and she needed time alone to clear her head. A good enough argument that L seemed to buy, but the entire truth was that Sybil refused to be connected to her family or to the Task Force. Of course, seeing that she was also unstable, it was more of an equivocation than a lie, but Sybil still felt as if she was committing a crime by saying such a thing.
The female detective frowned as she laid on her couch, her black cap covering her face as she attempted to either think or sleep. Either of which would be very much welcomed at the current time. Especially since the killings had started all over again. She hadn't been able to eat or sleep for fifty seven hours and whatever thoughts that had crossed her mind were not exactly positive.
Fang stared at her, clutching the notebook in his hands.
"Sybil, I highly doubt lying around is doing anything to help put an end to Light."
"Don't you think I know that? Damn it, Fang, I just don't know where to start now." The shinigami grunted.
Damn Ryuk. He was always such trouble. That Light wasn't any better either. However, despite the current situation, the leather clad shinigami was fully confident in Sybil's ability. She would succeed in ending Kira's reign and she would succeed in keeping the balance of life and death between both realms.
"How about getting up and going back to headquarters?"
"Can't. If I go back, I'll give something away. Besides, I'm too ticked off and I can't risk the lives of those I care about. Hence, why we are here and alone and why I chose to take the notebook with me." She sat up and adjusted her cap.
"I've come to the conclusion that I need to work alone. Obviously not as Carlyle, that would be too obvious to L. Instead, I must create a new persona. A second person who no one would surely recognize as me-" She paused and looked up at Fang with tired green eyes.
The shinigami blinked before handing her the notebook and the young woman took it eagerly.
Her eyes narrowed and she frowned.
"- a second persona with Kira's power. Fang, I refuse to kill anybody, but would you mind? Surely this will help root out this new Third Kira. I don't like it at all, but I think it needs to be done." Fang blinked and then smirked.
"A new persona. Well, when faced with this sort of situation, it doesn't surprise me that you'd take such risks. Who do you want me to target?" Sybil quivered and took a deep breath.
"I will feel the pain of this throughout my entire life, but it will be just one person. One person scheduled for execution. Just to prove that this new persona does have Kira's power. Just one person and I won't die soon enough afterwards." At these words, Fang's eyes flickered up to the numbers above her head.
Sooner with every passing moment.
***
Jerrod was concerned for his daughter.
It was so sudden that she had just up and moved her living area. So sudden that he had reason to suspect that she was attempting to protect those closest to her or that she was about to do something that she was going to regret.
He had confined himself to his room since Sybil had left, and the only one who had bothered to even talk to him- Geof. Geof had taken the time to spend the majority of his time with his friend, much to the glee of the middle aged man.
"Jer-Odd, why are ya moping?"
"I don't know. I guess I'm just concerned."
"Damn, ya really don't wanna die, do ya?"
"It's not that, Geof. Well, not entirely. Sybil- I'm concerned for her. She's changed since the wedding. Drastically. I think this entire situation has gotten to her. Not only that, but L has been looking for her. Apparently, she hasn't gone in to the Task Force headquarters for three days." Geof put a hand to his chin in thought.
"So, the Great L is worried about his girlfriend. Cute." Jerrod practically glared at his blue haired friend.
"Geof, now's not the time to be joking around. Sybil is in danger." Geof sighed.
"Yeah, I know." He grinned.
"What if you and I ask to join this Kira Task Force thing? I mean, we're both fluent in Japanese, based on all our reading back in the slammer, and we're both considered smart, right? Maybe there'll be some clue there as to where your genius daughter went. L should agree, considering our talents." Jerrod blinked and then nodded numbly.
"You're making a great deal of sense, Geof. I suppose that means we've got a phone call to make."
***
Lawliet held his knees weakly, which went unnoticed by the members of the Task Force, thankfully.
He was deeply concerned for Sybil, even more so now that she was completely gone. It was strange. He was one of the greatest detectives, yet he couldn't find one woman. Then again, she also was a great detective. It would explain a lot.
All the same, he was concerned. He couldn't think properly without her nearby. In fact, he had a feeling that his reasoning had dropped roughly twenty percent, if not more. Hence, why he had even gone as far as to call her apartment to see if her family knew where she was.
Taylor, much to his dismay, had claimed that they were all worried as well and apologized for not knowing anything. That was when L had decided to ask Watari to do all that he could to find her at no matter what costs.
As for the Task Force, Matsuda had asked about the young woman and L had calmly thought of an excuse for her lack of attendance. The entire Task Force, save for Light and Soichiro, now believed Sybil to be taking some time off from the case to regain herself.
His onyx eyes focused on the young man in the cell, biting his thumb with such force it bled. He ignored the metallic taste of the crimson liquid as he tried to refocus on Kira and not on the lack of the beautiful woman that was once by his side.
"The investigation can do with one less detective and frankly, you're more emotionally stable than I am. Besides, I'm distracting you from what's important. Putting a stop to Kira." He frowned at the memory of her words.
At the time, he had suspected that she would leave. He remembered feeling somewhat ecstatic when she had chosen to stay.
"I'm going to do all that I can to stop Kira, even if it takes my life. That's a promise I'm going to keep. Despite all the emotional stress and how scared I am, I'm not going anywhere." A promise.
Yes, Sybil had made a promise to do all that she could to stop Kira. Staying on the Task Force wasn't necessarily a promise although she had implied that with the look in her eyes.
Lawliet felt his heart stutter as he remembered those eyes. Her beautiful green eyes could reveal to everyone just how strongly she put her heart into every little thing that she did. Her beautiful green eyes always told him that she loved him with all of her heart and her eyes had once said that she wasn't going to leave him alone.
"Ryuu, I promise that I'm not ever going to leave you all by your lonesome. We're going to be best friends to the end of both our lives." There was so much truth in her voice then and now, he wasn't sure whether or not she would follow through with those words.
In truth, he had attempted to call her cellphone at least one hundred times in the past three days and he was not about to stop when he had no answer. Then again, it could possibly be that Sybil did not want to be found and not that she didn't want to talk with him. Yes, for the time being, he would tell himself that. After all, there was quite a high possibility that it was the truth.
"Sir? You have a phone call." L immediately focused on Watari, who was standing beside him with a phone in hand.
"Who is it, Watari?" The elder could see the slight hope in the detective's eyes.
It pained him to see L in such a state. Never had he seen him like this before. Then again, perhaps it would teach him the meaning behind "you don't know what you have until it's gone".
"A man who goes by the name of Reid Jennings, Sir." Reid Jennings?
That was certainly unfamiliar. And how would this man get a hold of such a well protected number? Unless-
"Thank you Watari." Lawliet took the phone and held it to his ear.
"Yes?" The man on the other end spoke for a few minutes and the dark haired detective felt his heart stop completely before he released an inaudible sigh of relief.
This just made things a little bit easier.