A/N: The last chapter! Be excited. Thank you all do much for actually reading this thing. Also, thank you to all my reviewers this far! All your wonderful reviews mean so much to me. :)
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It all happens in slow motion. The girl falls, hair streaming out behind her as she hits the ground, her head ricocheting off of the ground before it rests. Then, she lets out a gasp of pain and her back arches as she clutches her chest.
The two boys behind, step forward suddenly, falling to their knees beside her writhing body. Beyond picks her up in his arms, a similar position to that of the Chief and his deceased son.
"Silence?!" He shakes her slightly.
"Silence, what's wrong!? What happened?!"
Beyond shakes her again, eyes wide as he panics. L hovers nearby, worry all over his face.
"Dammit.." Silence gasps, spitting some blood out and onto the ground.
"He got me. Dammit.."
Another surge of pain grips her heart and she cries out, clawing at her chest, desperate for the pain to stop. Beyond watches in panic, unsure what to do as L crouches nearby, too shocked to move as Silence cries in agony.
L snaps out of his trance and rushes to Silence's side, gripping her hand tightly. The Task Force are watching, shocked disbelief clouding their eyes. Matsuda looks horrified, crying silently into his palms. Aizawa suddenly feels guilty for everything he ever said to the girl and about her.
'Three deaths in such a short time.. I'm sorry, Silence. I'm so sorry..'
Another stabbing pain shoots through Silence's body and she jolts, passing out, her body limp but the life not quite gone.
The world goes black, only L and Beyond's muffled voices being the only thing keeping her conscious as she fights against the pain in her heart. It feels as though her heart is being squeezed to the point that it just can't take it anymore.
'Kira got me.. That bastard got me..'
Everything is black, dark, distant and muffled sounds reaching her. In the distance, there is a faint, faded light, pulsing rhythmically. It feels as if she's drowning in the intense blackness, fighting for breathe. Fighting to live.
Silence knows it's futile, though. L had since told her that the Death Note kills everyone without fail. There has never been a survivor of the supernatural notebook. Of course, there's no proof that it's the Death Note that killed her, but, there's no other reason for it, either.
She's tiring fast, her fight losing as she falls deeper within the black abyss. She tries to scream. Scream that she doesn't want to die. That it's not her time yet. But no sound comes out from her open mouth. She can't breathe. Reaching for the distant light, L and Beyond's voices shouting for her to come back to them.
'I saved him... I saved L from Kira...'
Silence sinks, floating further away from the light, her hand silhouetted against it, her life slowly slipping away.
'A-At least I'll get to see Katie again.. A, too.. I'll get to see them both..'
Beyond's voice rings out once more, rough with choked in tears. It echoes in the space around the girl.
"Silence! C'mon, Silence! Wake up! Please.."
'Beyond...'
Curling herself into a ball, hands clasped together, closing her eyes tightly, Silence does something she's never done in her life. She prays.
"God.. Please let me.. Let me say goodbye... please. I-I need to. T-There's something I really need to say.. Please. Then, I can die happy.."
Silence opens her eyes and she's lying in Beyond's arms, cradled between his arms and chest. He is hugging her to him, tears slowly falling as he rocks her body.
"B.."
"Silence? You're alive?!" Beyond jerks back, eyes wide as he stares at the newly-awoken girl he is holding.
"Not for much longer.." Pain. Again. Silence groans, her hand covering her heart.
"Y-You'll be fine! W-We'll save you! We'll- "
"Beyond.. There's something I need to tell you.." Silence interrupts the panicked boy, placing a hand on his cheek and softly stroking it with her thumb.
"..huh?"
"I-I should've told you this so much earlier but.. I-I- " Another jolt of agony, causing Silence to hiss in pain.
"I love you, B..." She manages to whisper into his ear before dropping into the abyss again, letting the dark consume her once more.
Beyond Birthday sits still, eyes wide as Silence's last sentence reels around his brain. Looking down at the limp body of the girl in his arms, he begins to cry. Long, heart-wrenching sobs as he hugs her to him, burying his face in her hair.
L looks on in absolute despair, tears threatening to roll down his pale cheeks as he watches B weep over Silence's dead body. He then looks to where Soichiro is kneeling, crimson blood staining the man's shirt and shoes. He keeps murmuring to himself. Something like "My boy..my boy..."
Then, he sees something. Something white curled inside of Light's palm. Curious, L decides to bring attention to it.
"Chief Yagami, what is that?"
"Huh?"
"What is it that your son is holding? It appears that he has something in his left hand."
Soichiro blinks at the detective for a second before slowly uncurling Light's palm and taking a scrap of paper from inside. He looks at it, a little confused, before smoothing it out and squinting at it.
"Does it say anything?" L prompts, still holding onto Silence's rigid hand.
"It-It says 'Silence'."
L freezes before looking down at his deceased friend. She seems much younger, somehow. Her face free from the pain, bitterness and hate. She has a sort of serene beauty about her, like she's finally at peace.
"Then, Silence and I were right. Light Yagami was Kira. No doubt about it."
Soichiro is quiet, knowing that L speaks the truth.
"She completed her mission, then." B says, looking up and wiping his eyes.
"She always said that nothing would ever get in the way of her completing her mission. Looks like she really meant it. "