Light sits at home for the first time in months. His mother fusses over him constantly and asks him continuous questions on how he is and if he's been wearing that sweater that Aunt Fumiko bought him for Christmas. He, somewhat politely, asks her to leave him alone as he has some important business to attend to. He'd also told Misa to return to the Headquarters without him saying that he desperately needed some alone time now that neither L nor the Task Force were watching him. She'd agreed with him instantly, as he expected.
Taking a glass of water which he pours himself from the kitchen counter, he walks up the stairs and to his room. The room where the killing began. Where this all started. Where Kira was born.
Setting the glass down on his desk, Light sits down heavily before turning his computer on. A few seconds pass then the screen flashes and Light downs the water. Hacking into the ICPO database is easy for someone like Light. 'Anyone with half a brain could do it' he thinks as he leans back in his chair and Ryuk giggles quietly behind his shoulder.
Ryuk hadn't really been around much. Well, he'd been there but, somewhat distracted and Light doesn't know why. He hasn't been talking much, just hovering behind Light constantly, glancing around as if looking for something. It had began as soon as that girl, Silence, had shown up. Ryuk had kept stealing glances at Ryuzaki, Light noticed.
Stretching his fingers above the keyboard, Light begins to type.
'Beyond Birthday escape.'
Light comes across several results but just clicks on the first, bringing up a report on the event, showing several pictures of both Silence and Beyond Birthday running down corridors, shooting guards and of Beyond's cell. It also has pictures of the bodies of the murdered guards, bloody and terrified, lying on the ground as if their legs just gave out from under them. Their names are listed under each photograph, giving their ages as well.
'Steve Ryan, 32'
'Michael Sole, 33'
'Maria Lane, 28'
'Tanya Davies, 30'
'Fred Montgomery, 35'
'Sandra Love, 27'
'Brian Dale, 20'
"They killed seven prison officers.." Light murmurs, staring at the bodies of the men and women.
"Evil. They're both evil. Kira shall kill them both!" Light laughs a rather deranged sounding laugh and Ryuk takes a wary step back.
As Light's eyes travel down the page, something catches them. A sign-in sheet. Beneath, there's a small paragraph. Light hurriedly gets his Death Note out from his bag and opens it up in front of him on today's page, pen at the ready as he reads the paragraph.
'Suspect is unknown female who has signed herself in as 'Ellie Moon' - '
Light scribbles it down, smiling maliciously as the pen glides over the paper. He almost wishes that there had been some potato chips that he could dramatically eat. Light feels they are a necessity in intense moments such as this.
Light wonders if he should write down Beyond Birthday's name. But, decides against it.
'Beyond Birthday? What kind of name is Beyond Birthday? Definitely an alias. Nobody would name their child that!'
Light doesn't need to kill, Silence, he knows. He does see her as a potential threat, though. So, naturally, she must be dealt with by Kira. Also, she killed Misa's parents and got away with it! That can't go unpunished.
Getting caught up in the moment, Light erupts into laughter, loud, raucous laughter which causes both Sayu and Sachiko to glance up the stairs and wonder if Light is quite alright.
'- but this name is suspected to have been an alias - '
Light neglects to read the rest of the report and types in the search bar, still giggling to himself as Ryuk sighs wearily.
'Ellie Moon.'
Light wants to find out more about this girl. He's curious, to say the least. Wouldn't anyone be about someone who just dropped from the sky in front of you then was found to have killed your girlfriend's parents?
Another report. This time, an article from a British Newspaper.
'Ellie Moon strikes again in the centre of downtown London, killing notorious drug dealer Barry Lezewski as he was making a phone call outside of his warehouse where £100,000,000 worth of cocaine was later found by an investigation team.
Lezewski was found to have a single gunshot wound to the temple, a signature move of Moon.
Ellie Moon is a notorious assassin and has earned the title of most-feared and most deadly girl in the world. She is supposedly merciless and ruthless in her killings and criminals such as Lezewski live in fear of receiving a visit from her.'
Beside the article, there are pictures of the warehouse, where Ellie is suspected of shooting from and of Ellie herself, dark green hair loose and away past her shoulders, golden eye staring out of the photograph.
'It's definitely her..'
"So, Ryuk, she's an assassin.."
"Yeah."
"But, I've killed her now. Misa will be happy."
"I didn't know you cared for Misa so much."
"I don't. But, it's against my principles to let someone escape justice."
"What about Beyond Birthday?"
"Oh, him? That can't be his real name. Ryuzaki did say that they grew up in an orphanage together, which must mean that it's an alias."
"...How d'ya figure that?" Ryuk questions, raising an eyebrow.
"Because I researched Wammy's House. Apparently, every child who lives there is given an alias to live by. So, no way is 'Beyond Birthday' his real name. Wammy's doesn't even know his real name! It says so on the file."
"Really.." Ryuk says, tapping his chin thoughtfully.
Of course, Ryuk knows that Light is wrong about this little detail. Ryuk knows that Beyond Birthday is the boy's real name, but, he's not going to tell Light that. It would keep things interesting, he thinks. There is also something very different about Beyond Birthday. Like, the fact that Ryuk has caught him staring at him occasionally, as if...as if he could see him. He had seen Beyond glance at the space above a person's head, where the name and lifespan is written. Maybe..does Beyond have..? Well, this certainly will be interesting.
Light chuckles again, wrapping himself in the knowledge that L will die tonight and all evidence and memories of the Death Note will go with him. L already has Misa's Death Note in his possession and from what Light can tell, hasn't informed Silence of it.
'But, she's sneaky. Perhaps she already knows..'
"So, what is it you want to show me?"
"This, " L replies as he pulls out a small, rectangular box from the safe and places it in front of both Silence and Beyond.
"...a box?"
"No, B." L says flatly, lifting the top to reveal the little black notebook inside.
"...a book?"
"Yes, B. A book. This is what Kira has been using to kill criminals."
"R-Really!?" Silence exclaims, reaching out to take the book from the box, running her fingers over the white lettering on the front.
'Death Note, huh?'
"What does it do?"
"Open it. Read the names."
Silence obeys, opening at a random page and reading the list of names, eyes widening a fraction.
"T-These people have all been killed by Kira, haven't they. A few of them have been previous targets of mine."
"Yes. Except, this is the Second Kira's notebook. Each name perfectly matches up with all of the Second Kira's victims. The original is still out there, somewhere."
"And you think that Light is Kira so...you think he also has the original notebook?" B asks and L nods in reply.
"Wait!" Silence says, sitting the book on her lap.
"I don't understand. Are you telling us that a magical notebook can kill someone? What do you do? Write down their names then they die?"
"Precisely."
"What!? Really? Wow, that was a total guess.."
"This is why Kira needs a name and face to kill someone. This is how he managed to kill without actually being there in person. It's the ultimate murder weapon."
"Where did it come from?" Silence asks, tilting her head as she tries to comprehend what L just said.
"Apparently, a God of Death or 'Shinigami' dropped it to Earth and Kira - or the Second Kira - picked it up. According to the Shinigami that I spoke with, as soon as you touch a Death Note, it automatically becomes yours. But, if you relinquish ownership, you lose all of your memories of the Death Note."
"Seems a bit far-fetched.. But, wow. That's creepy."
"Yeah, that's what I thought. But then I saw the thing for myself, freaked out, then believed the whole thing."
"Wow.."
"I don't want it anymore.." Silence says, holding the notebook with her finger and thumb at arms length. She holds it out to L who takes it then replaces it in it's box.
"I wanted to tell you both just so.. if I were to die during this case.."
"You're not gonna die!" Silence exclaims, scowling.
"I'm going to complete my mission tomorrow night and the Kira Case will be all over!"
"You heard for yourself, Silence. Light knows my name so.. it's almost inevitable. I just can't understand why he's taking so long to do it.."
"He probably wants to see you die."
"What?!" Both Silence and L stare at B with utter disbelief.
'What did he just say?'
"Hey, I'm a murderer, aren't I?"
"It's bad how you can say that so casually.."
"The point is, " Beyond continues, crossing his arms across his chest.
"Light probably wants to see you, L, his greatest obstacle, die. It would be just to confirm it to himself. Or, he's plain delusional. Both, maybe. Think about it this way.. Think that you're Kira and you are battling against the legendary L. You, most likely, wouldn't believe that he's actually dead if you actually managed to gain knowledge of his name and face and killed him without actually seeing it happen. You'd want to be there. Just so you know for sure."
"T-That actually..sorta..makes sense.." Silence stammers, blinking in the direction of the criminal.
"Yes, I understand now.." L says, raising his thumb to his mouth, losing himself in his thoughts.
"So, when Light arrives back here, ready to kill L, I'll blow my signature headshot into Light and..Viola! Mission accomplished. I guess it'll have to be tonight after all. I was planning on delaying until tomorrow, when we are feeling more up to it but.. that's not going to happen, is it."
Beyond shakes his head in agreement as L sits, absorbed in his own mind.
Light nears the dark building. It looks deserted, left for the night. But, Light knows just how much is going on behind those closed doors. For some reason, Light also noticed, there has been a lack of activity on L's part. The detective just sits, idly placing strawberries into his mouth and the occasional cherry, spitting out the stem, tied in a perfect knot. Light is rather confused by Ryuzaki's sudden change of behaviour but.. no point in worrying about it. 'Tonight is L's last night. '
Walking smoothly towards the door leading to the main HQ, Light stops just outside, standing just outside of the cameras' viewing range, pushing the button on his watch three times and releasing the secret pocket on the underneath, hiding a scrap of the Death Note. Ryuk hovers silently behind him, watching the boy as he pulls out a pen and scratches on the top half of the paper.
Light finishes and regards his work, smiling a twisted grin.
"Good. Now, they'll both be gone."
Ryuk grunts slightly before following the boy into the building.
Silence stands still, head bowed, eyes shadowed by dark-green hair. Matsuda stands off to the side, glancing around wildly for his colleagues who are currently in the middle of buying coffee from the vending machine upstairs. L and Beyond stand behind Silence, by the computers, in more or less the same position. Except, L has his thumb pressed to his lips and Beyond is fiddling with the sleeve of his t-shirt, just covering the scars.
Soichiro and the others descend the stairs, then, clutching paper cups of steaming coffee as they go. They stop abruptly, blinking at the scene before them. Silence seems slightly restless, her hands hovering above something just above her thigh.
"Silence? What is happening?" Soichiro asks, watching the girl carefully.
He gets no response.
"Silence, I demand to know what is going on."
"I have a job to do. Please, don't interfere. I actually like you."
Soichiro falls quiet, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose. More out of habit, rather than necessity. Aizawa snaps.
"What do you mean!? If you don't tell us exactly what you're doing we'll- "
"You'll what?" This comes from Beyond, not having moved an inch.
"You'll arrest her? Good luck with that."
"Excuse me? We can have you arrested too! We know what you've done! You've murdered people, haven't you!?"
"Yes, I have."
"Aizawa," L's smooth voice cuts through the quarrel, like a knife slicing butter.
"You seem to forget who is also here. Me, the Greatest Detective in the World. The one with more power than you can ever hope to achieve. I, Aizawa, will never allow neither B nor Silence, to be arrested by you or anyone else here."
Aizawa stops short, choking on his words as the detective sends him a threatening glare, one black eye exposed under the shock of dark hair, full of defensiveness and protectiveness. He meets Aizawa's stare and holds it until Aizawa drops his gaze to the floor.
Watari walks in with another cart of sweets, pushing them along the floor. The wheels on the cart squeak.
"Remember, you two. Tomorrow morning. I want you both ou- "
The elderly man stops short, eyes widening. Then, he falls, taking the cart with him. He writhes on the floor, clutching at his chest, cake smearing across the expensive-looking suit. His eyes bulge and he gasps for air.
The Task Force are hit with shock, but pull themselves together enough to rush over in an attempt to help the man. Though, they all know it's futile.
Then, Watari's body goes limp, dangling in the arms of Kanzo Mogi. The man places Watari back on the ground with a sigh before standing up. He, along with the others, turns to face the three teenagers who haven't moved a centimetre.
All is quiet as the men and teens face each other.
Then, Silence speaks.
"Kira has arrived."
The click of a gun is heard and Silence slowly raises her hand towards the door. All members of the Task Force take a sharp breath as they realise what the girl is holding in her tiny hand.
A silver pistol. 9mm.
Her fingers curl around the grip like the gun is an old friend, one fingertip on the trigger, poised to pull it at any second.
The door opens and Light steps into the room, closing the door behind him before turning to face the room. He stumbles over his own feet when he catches sight of Silence - the Silence who is supposed to be dead - pointing a gun at his head.
Then, Light's eyes travel to the floor where Watari lies, a mess of pink and white icing. Light's eyes widen.
"W-What's going on here!? Dad? Ryuzaki? Why are there two Ryuzakis!?"
L stays silent, eyes downcast. Beyond does the same, dropping the sleeve of his t-shirt. Soichiro doesn't know what to say as he, himself, isn't even sure of the situation.
"I-I don't know, Light. W-We think that Watari may have been killed by K-Kira.."
"Really!? Then..Then that means that..w-we're next!"
"No."
Silence's voice echoes around the room, causing all attention to be drawn to her. She steps forward.
"Just you, Kira."
"W-Who are you!?"
"My name is Silence. I am here to kill you, Light Yagami."
"WHAT!?" Soichiro gasps, moving to step in front of his son protectively, trying to shield him.
"No! You can't!" Matsuda shrieks, impulsively launching himself toward Silence attempting to wrestle the gun from her grasp. He doesn't succeed. Silence stands still, ignoring the man clawing at her hand.
"I can. It's my job, Matsuda. Please, stop making it so much more difficult."
"Y-You're an assassin!"
"Yes. An assassin sent by the British Government to kill Kira," L interjects, raising his head.
"She's the deadliest girl in the world, you know."
"I have never failed a mission and I don't intend to now. Especially not because of some naive detective."
From behind Soichiro, Light panics.
'Ellie Moon wasn't her name!? Dammit. Then..then... what is it!? If I don't kill her now then.. she'll kill me and I'll lose.'
In a moment of pure desperation, Light pushes the button on his watch and frantically scribbles down a single word, praying to God it works.
Just then, Silence shoves Matsuda off of her and pulls the trigger, sending a bullet racing through the air, sailing past Soichiro's cheek and straight for Light. Light closes his eyes as it hits him. The world explodes.
Light crumples to the ground, blood pouring from the wound in his forehead. He lies still, lifeless, as Soichiro turns slowly towards him. He lets out a strangled scream before collapsing beside Light's body, cradling him in his arms. A few tears fall from the man's cheeks, creating drops of moisture on Light's white shirt.
"YOU MONSTER!" He yells, eyes furious with the girl standing before him.
He continues to yell insults and profanities at Silence who does nothing but take it, standing stock still, arm lowered, before breaking into sobbing and rocking his deceased son's body as if willing for him to wake up.
"I'm a monster?"
Silence's words startle Soichrio. He hadn't expected her to say anything. Never expected her to dare to say anything.
"Of course you are!" He spits, eyes raging with anger and misery.
"What kind of person could do that! My boy.. My boy is dead and- and you killed him!"
Silence doesn't respond, only takes a sharp intake of breath and her eyes widen a fraction.
"Mission accomplished."
Then, she falls.