Nix: This is going to be a LOOOOONNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG chapter. Just so you know~
Disclaimer: merph.
Nix sat perched in the rafters of a surprisingly well furnished warehouse, her eyes cold as she looked at the activities below her. She curled her lip in disgust. Below her was the mafia, and one guy had a whore on his lap getting a little touchy. Shaking her head she looked to the other side of the couch, where a blonde clad in leather sat munching on a chocolate bar with his booted feet on the table. To tell the truth he looked like a hooker too but clearly wasn't considering his status.
She recognized him as the blonde from a month ago, and she was greatly amused. He was so scrawny but yet, he was feared by everyone in there. Save for one other boy. Said boy, was the auburn that had joined him, who was dorkily sprawled out on the floor without a care in the world.
"Melllllllooooooo I'm bored." He said, pouting.
"Well then play your game dipshit." The blonde, Mello replied.
"But my DS battery died."
"Then charge it."
"I left the charger at home…"
"Fuck Matt you're hopeless."
"But you love mmeeeeeee." Matt sang, batting his eye lashes cutely… until he got a book thrown in his face. He lay there blinking for a moment… "Ow" He grumbled, rubbing his nose. He sat up, sighing as he looked around. Suddenly the doors burst open and everyone was on their feet, guns out and pointed at the vampires that were flooding the warehouse.
"Who the fuck are you guys?" Mello snapped, before he blinked seeing the red eyes… and the fangs. "Matt…"
"Yeah Mel's I know." Matt replied, frowning deeply. Suddenly there was a female snicker that rang out and a blood red scythe dropped down and killed one of the vampires. Nix lazily perched in the rafters. She hummed, dropping down and stretching the blood dripping off her scythe as she looks at the vampires.
"You, in death you were damned to become a beast. May your soul find a better fate in this death." She said. When she finished the vampires snarled and attacked her, but she was ready, swinging her scythe around and killing the vampires. Her eyes were calm, emotionless as she killed the vampires, running through the masses and spinning her scythe in the air. The whores were screaming and the men were gawking.
Blood soaked the girl and dripped down her face as she killed. Finally, only one stood before her, she hadn't even broken a sweat. She swung her scythe, slicing the vampire in half as she stood amongst the bodies. Nix yawns, stretching as she turns to walk to the door, not bothering to mess with the people there. Until a gun cocks and the blonde spoke up.
"Take another step and I'll fucking shoot you knee out." Mello snapped. Nix sighed, turning and looking at the blonde, her scythe on her shoulder.
"It seems my hands are tied." She murmured, looking the group over as she wiped some blood off her brow.
"Now you're going to stay right the fuck here and answer my fucking questions." The blonde snapped, the man whom had all the whores on him earlier was looking her over as she stood emotionless.
"Hey baby doll, how about I help you clean up." The man, Rod purred. "Maybe I can help with a few other things too."
"Misbehavior in the field is punishable by death, and what you are implying would be considered misbehavior." She stated emotionlessly, not even sparing him a glance as she looked at the blonde. The blonde realizing he'd get now where with all his men trying to get in her pants stalked up and grabbed her free arm, dragging her off. She merely hummed and followed him, keeping her scythe on her shoulder.
He dragged her out and opened the door to a red car, the auburn red sitting in the driver seat as he blinked, the girl getting shoved inside and her scythe in the back seat. He slammed the door on her and Matt pouted but sighed, looking at the blood soaked girl as the blonde got on his motorcycle, revving it before pulling out. Matt pulled out, following the blonde.
"So uh… what's your name? I'm Matt." The man started slightly awkwardly, clearly not used to talking to girls.
"Nix." She stated, looking out the window as she sat on a towel to keep blood off the seats. It was silent after that, the blood on her face hardening and the blood in her hair eerily dripping off the long strands. Not long after they pulled up to a large building and Nix got out, grabbing her scythe and looking up at it as she rest the blade on her shoulder.
Mello roughly grabbed her arm and dragged her into the building. She walks behind him, uncaring as she does, looking around. They make it to a door and Mello slams open the door, making the others look up and blink in shock as the three standing there soaked in blood. Yet one man didn't even spare them a glance but merely said.
"Mello I'd appreciate it if you not slam my doors." He said in monotone, his black hair fluffy and sticking up everywhere. Mello merely grunted as one boy stood his honey brown eyes wide.
"Are you the girl who saved my sister?" Light asked.
"Yes." She answered in monotone. The man with fluffy black hair froze, slowly turning and looking at the girl, his wide eyes becoming wider before he turned away. At last her mouth moved and Nix smirked, setting her scythe against the wall and walking towards the detective.
"Long time no see L." She said, draping her arms over his shoulders as she leaned in to look at the computer, everyone in utter shock. "Oh sorry about the blood, it should be mostly dry by now though." She hummed, looking at the fluffy hair man who met her emotionless eyes with his own. "I think the last time I saw you, you had broken into headquarters and tried taking me from the Council?"
"Has the Council put you on the Kira case?" L asked in monotone, ignoring her last statement.
"Yep, means we are working together." She said calmly. One man spoke up, Matsuda.
"Uh? What is the Council?" He asked, timidly. Nix turned, looking at him calmly as she rest her hands on her hips.
"In truth, the Council is a group who leads an order of Vampire Hunters. Myself being one of these hunters. All this blood is vampire blood from a group that attacked Matt and Mello here. The Council is more powerful than L, you see the Council are the judge and the jury of the world and I am the executioner." She stated. Another man, Aizowa freaks out a bit.
"But you're too young! You're just a teen!" He said, his eyes wide. Nix ignored him and looked at L.
"I would like to join up with you on this case." She said in monotone.
"Very well, Watari will prepare you a room." L stated, not looking at her. Nix smirked, nodding as she followed the older man.
~Time skip~
It had been a week and still no one could figure Nix out. She was cold and emotionless, and she scared them to no end when she came back from hunting all covered in blood. Right now, Matt was on the couch, watching her as she meditate. She looked calm, peaceful almost. Suddenly her face scrunched up and she started twitching her brows furrowed. Matt frowned, moving off her couch and gently shook her.
"Nix?" He asked. Suddenly her eyes shot open and she screamed, scrambling away from Matt quickly her eyes wide as she panted. Everyone paused, blinking as they looked at the girl who was plastered against the wall, her eyes wide as she panted. Suddenly Nix went back to her stoic self, her breathing evened out as she looked at Matt boredly, standing and brushing off.
"Please refrain from tearing me from my mind like that. It can be startling and traumatizing to one's consciousness to go from the recesses of one's mind to the real world." She stated boredly, turning and walking from the room as everyone blinked watching her go. Nix stalked down the hall, walking into her room and closing the door as she ran her hands down her face. She slowly sunk down the door, sitting on the floor and pinching the bridge of her nose.
"I won't become one." She whispered.
L sat in the main room looking at the girl from the camera feed as he frowned in thought, turning off the feed and sitting back.
"L you and I both know she was lying." Matt said, looking at him.
"Yes." He said frowning lightly.
"She's damaged, what does this council do to these kids?" Matt asked, looking the detective over. L was silent for a moment before he sighed.
"The Council tortures and brainwashes these children. When their parents die and the Council deems them fit they take them, sometimes they even kill the parent's just to get the child. They brainwash these children, tell them that the Council members are their parents and everything is okay. Then they torture them, break down their will and toughen their bodies through extensive torture. But the children don't know any better, they are so young they have no idea that it is not right." He turned, looking over the horror stricken faces that stared at him. "The Council then directs their hurt and anger towards Vampires and other beings they decide are worth killing. These people, the Hunters are robots."
"But Nix, she is different. She meditated, and opened up her mind. She probably isn't brainwashed, or she is breaking free from their brainwashing." L hummed, frowning lightly in thought. "Nix is the Council's favorite though, when she was 13 she was sent to be a martyr but survived."
"Ryuzaki, how do you know all this?" Light asked, truly curious. L turned, looking at the computer screens in thought.
"I used to be one of those kids." He merely stated, giving them no more as they blinked, staring at the detective in shock and awe.
Then it clicked for all of them.
L was one of those children, tortured and brainwashed but broke free.
And he knew Nix because he has tried to save her.
And he felt guilty.
Because he failed.