Chapter 12

I woke up and ran down the stairs to make Beyond and I some breakfast. I looked through the fridge and cabinets to see what we could have. I settled on chocolate chip pancakes. After I was done cooking them, I walked to Beyond's room and knocked on the door.

"BB, I made pancakes!" I said in a happy tone. No answer. That's odd, usually he's awake before me.

I went back to the kitchen and sat on a stool and ate my food. I got on my phone to see the time, and my stomach dropped whenever I saw the date.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!" I screamed almost as loud as I could whenever I seen the time. I had overslept, plus today was the day that Beyond would carry out the fourth and final crime.

"If only I remembered what today was, I could have said goodbye to him before he left me. I don't even know where he went with Misora today, so now I won't know who the winner of the game is..." I dropped to my knees on the floor and honestly I didn't know why I was saying things out loud to myself.

My mind went blank, and for a moment I felt like I was hyperventilating as I was overwhelmed with so many endless possibilities of what might happen, but I calmed down whenever my eyes locked on Beyond's bedroom door; which was closed and locked of course.

Maybe he might have something in there that could lead me to where he is now! I jumped to my feet and pushed the door to see if it would open. It didn't, so I kicked it as hard as I could with my right foot and it flew open with a loud bang. There's nothing in here except for empty jars, clothes, and a bed!

I started to panic once again until another thought hit me. If Beyond was to attempt suicide, then there would be an ambulance called to the scene. I'll just walk to that hospital and hang around there until I see an ambulance truck leave or come to the hospital.

I've been sitting on the bench across the road from the hospital for what seemed like hours. Maybe I'm too late? Maybe he was taken to a special hospital at a prison or something? My brows furrowed and my eyes twitched. All of this worrying is bad for me, and I was almost about to give up. But, I got a little spark of hope whenever I seen Raye Pember.

He looked like he had a lot on his mind, but it's not unlike us humans to not be thinking of many things at once anyways. I stood up and stretched; my muscles being sore from sitting so long. I quickly caught up to Raye and walked quietly behind him for a while. He must have felt my glare burning through the back of his head and he turned around to see who it was. Right at that moment I brought my leg up and connected my foot with his face, except he grabbed it before it could do any damage to him.

"Nice timing Mister Pember," I smirked at him. "A second slower than that and you would probably be needing stitches right now."

"What do you want Amane? I thought you would still be in Japan right now." Raye told me and dropped my foot. I was glad to be on two feet again instead of one.

"I have, well had business here, so I came back. And do you really want to know what I want?" I questioned the blue-eyed man. He nodded so I continued.

"Tell me the current location of Beyond Birthday," He looked like he wouldn't tell me, so I added a little threat. "Or I swear I will hunt down your fiancé in the near future and tear her limb from limb, and force you to listen to her screams of pain as she dies from blood loss."

"What you want to know is top secret information only known by certain people. There is no way I could tell you, someone that isn't involved in the case at all the location of BB." Raye told me with a strict tone.

"Oh? But Mister Pember, I am alot more involved in the case then you think. Besides, I could tell you valuable information if you just let me know where my Beyond is!" The words just rolled off of my tongue before I realized I had said, "My Beyond." I mean I shouldn't get upset over that because I don't like Beyond that way, right?

Raye seemed to notice how I got flustered over saying that and smirked a little.

"So that is why you are in Los Angeles. Who would have guessed you would be friends with a murderer?"

"Why you.." I growled and clinched a fist but calmed down, remembering how this guy had sent me back home once before. That doesn't mean he won't do it again.

"Please just tell me if he's still alive or not." My voice cracked and I felt my eyes start to water. No, don't cry Lamia. Don't show signs of weakness to your enemies.

"Come with me to my office where we can discuss this privately." Raye said and I followed him to the Los Angeles Police Department or the LAPD for short.

I walked up the many steps before we reached the front door. Raye led me to his office and pointed to a chair in front of a desk. "You can sit down if you'd like." He told me and I took up the offer and sat down.

Raye walked behind the desk and sat down in front of me. My now dull and lifeless green eyes glared at the desk as I sat quietly, waiting for him to speak.

"Beyond Birthday, or B, was arrested earlier after he attempted suicide." Raye finally spoke after what seemed like a decade. I glanced up at him and we locked eye contact. "And to answer your question, yes he is alive but he has major burn injuries and he will be going to prison once he is well enough to walk around." I let out a breathe that I didn't know I was holding.

"C-Can I visit him?" I asked in a quiet voice which caused me to stutter.

"You probably can after he has moved into prison. Right now he has to recover and then go into questioning." Those words made my day brighter.

"How long will it be until I can see him?" I asked louder than before, a little bit of excitement running through my voice.

"Probably about a month or so." I let a half-smile slip onto my face as I thought of how I could break Beyond out of prison.

"Now it is time for you to tell me that valuable information you have." Raye said and he got out his notes and a pen to right things down.

"Well, I might as well be honest with you since you told me that B is still alive. I killed a thief named Erika a few days ago behind a mansion." I closed my eyes and waited for him to yell at me or shoot me or something, but none of that ever happened. I opened my eyes and looked back at Raye Pemeber.

"Is that it?" He asked me after he wrote something down.

"Er..." I was quite surprised. "Are you not going to arrest me?"

"If it was really her, then I see no reason in why you should get arrested for killing a criminal because it was more than likely in self defense, I presume?"

"Yes, yes it was. She held a pocketknife to my throat as I was walking alone one evening and demanded me to hand over my valuables. As far as you should know, I am quite trained in self-defense." I lied, well except for the last sentence. That part is true.

"Interesting." The man sitting in front of me stated and jotted down some more notes. "You can leave if you want. Come by in about a month and check with me if you can visit B or not."

I stood and walked to the door, but I paused with my hand on the door-handle. "Oh, a few more things Raye Pember. Beyond and I were the ones that attacked Naomi Misora in an alley not to long ago. And," I tilted my head to the side so I could see Raye. "Beware of the ones that can see your time of dying." With that I left the building, ignoring the questioning look Raye sent my way as I left.