May 28, 2011
8:33:01 PM
As much as L always wanted for there to be a winner in the fight against Kira, they always seemed to tie in the end.
And this was almost certainly it. The End.
Light was unquestionably dead. Mido would be dead in about twenty-something seconds, and L would pass out in a matter of minutes and die within the next fifteen.
"Can you stand?"
L was startled out of his thoughts. "...What?"
"Can you stand?" Mido repeated.
L considered lying, but that would have been extremely stupid. "No."
"How bad are you-" Mido stopped midsentence. "Is that your blood?"
L glanced down at the towel Kira had tossed to him several minutes ago. Only now was blood beginning to soak through. "Maybe," L murmured. He glanced at the clock. Fifteen seconds left to Mido's life... "Mido-san, I'm sorry."
The doctor was next to L by then, forcing him to lie down while he looked over the bullet hole in his stomach. "Sorry for what? None of this is your fault."
"I'm sorry your going to die."
Mido glanced up at L then. "We all die sometime, Ryuzaki," he whispered softly.
"Not everyone dies ten seconds from now," L pointed out.
"...What makes you say that?"
"Because you will!" L insisted. "The rule is that 'The human whose name is written in this notebook will die'! That's why I tried to get you to stop Light from writing anything!"
The doctor just looked at him with steady eyes. "Honestly... I guessed that was the case already."
L stared. "And you didn't stop him? Kira wrote 'Takeshi Mido' in his Death Note thirty-three seconds ago!"
Mido blinked. With a steady voice, he answered.
"Well then... it's a good thing my name isn't really Takeshi Mido, isn't it?"