#24 Desperation
The gun fires, his wrist shatters like glass, his watch breaks into thousands of pieces, and his time runs out.
The god falls, in a pool of blood, screaming.
His unwitting allies watch, stunned. All but his once faithful St. peter, Matsuda. The gun shaking in his hands and tears racing down his cheeks as he realises the full betrayal of it.
The god, struggling now, gasping…
His eyes wild, hair soaked with his own blood, he turns, and begins to crawl.
On some level, Near smiles, thinking that he looks like a maggot.
The 'hand of Kira' rants and raves, driven mad by the sight of his god.
Kira's goddess is dead, killed by one of her own.
And his queen…
He screams for her.
She is no longer his.
And finally, his last hope, he turns and cries for aid from the creature to which he owes what he has become.
He begs.
He begs like the insect he has become.
And the creature nods.
Around him the good cry out in horror.
"Kill them… write it down, Ryuk!"
Ryuk laughs. "All right, Light… I'll write it down."
One last time for this tale, the paper skitters across the paper. One more name is scribed into the paper of death.
He turns the paper.
And the god screams.
Any more words are lost. He screams incoherently once more for the women who have loved him, the man who has worshipped him. For anyone.
And then finally, he screams…
"I don't want to die!!!"
and with that… he does.