A/N: Hello everyone, I would first like to thank Lugga for the idea at the beginning of the chapter. It was a nice loophole to exploit to be able to use a character. I would like also to say that writing in the point of view of an AI is not easy. :( Anyways, enough about me. Thank you Leath-Sioga for following and favoriting
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L finished his speech with a satisfied smile. "Hmph, it doesn't look like you need my help," came a voice from the shadows. L turned to the voice putting the edge of his thumb against his lips.
"That has yet to be seen. Kira, may prove to have some intelligence. Beyond, we mustn't jump to conclusions," L answered. "What is really curious is why you are still alive?"
"Hey," BB said upset. He reached into his jar of strawberry jam. L shuddered slightly.
"Beyond, think about it. You killed many people. Your crimes were broadcast all over the news. And recently a documentary was aired about your deeds. Kira, should know about you," L explained.
"Yeah, I saw that they spelt my name wrong, but I'm not surprised," BB said crossing his arms.
L gave him an odd look. "They spelt your name correctly," L said.
BB chuckled, "My mother was born in Mexico." He shrugged, "She kept her way of spelling. The B's in my name are actually V's."
L looked at the younger whammy and then nodded his understanding. He did learn to speak a couple of Latin-based languages, so he knew that V did sound like B's in Spanish. "This is more good information for our case against Kira."
BB looked over L's head at the red numbers that floated there. He didn't say anything to the dectective, but silently calculated the time he had left.
DN~DN~DN~
Mello and Matt stared at the pale child that stood in the doorway. "Who is Guardian?" Near repeated. He looked from one to the other.
"That's none.." Mello started.
"Guardian is an artificial intelligence program who is tasked with stopping crime," Matt explained.
Near looked at the two, "What do you have to do with it?"
"I built it," Matt answered.
"I just listen to whatever it tells me to do," Mello said roughly. The two Whammys explained Guardian to the younger. The smaller Whammy remained silent and seemed to be taking it all in.
"Doesn't that make you just as bad as Kira?" Near asked after Matt's explanation.
"What do you mean?" Mello asked or more like shouted.
"You are punishing people before they commit the crime. You are also doing it outside our current justice system," Near explained.
"May I explain," Guardian's voice returned over the phone.
Near looked at the phone in unbelief. "Is that guardian?" he asked voice still bored.
"Correct. I'm Guardian. And I ensure you that I don't order my assets to murder the perpetrators," The AI stated.
"Hey, that one guy was going to shoot me and the other tried to blow me up," Mello shouted in his defense.
Near looked at the phone. "So it's Mello that's messing up?" he stated.
"Why you," Mello growled pounding his fists.
"Mello, he's right," Matt said, "You need to take a less aggressive approach."
"I'm not aggressive," the blonde argued.
DN~DN~DN~
Guardian shut of the phone's mic to turn off the audio to tune out the Whammys argument. He searched his video feeds again. He watched normal citizens walk down the streets. Some paused in front of store fronts. He watched over them. He couldn't imagine any harm to them. He watched as a group of suspicious men walked into a bank. The AI used his facial recognition to determine the identity of the soon-to-be robbers. He phone the cops and left a message.
The Ai sighed. He couldn't place this odd feeling; he shouldn't have feelings in the first place. Nevertheless, he felt…agitated. That was the closest word his thesaurus could come up with. He couldn't place the origin of this feeling. The Ai reviewed his history. This irritation seemed to start after Mello asked Matt if he thought a computer could take the place of L. The question itself didn't bother him. It was the tone. Almost like it was ridiculous. Guardian would never replace L; L's job was to solve the crimes that Guardian couldn't stop. He was the first defense; L came after him. So maybe that statement wasn't what caused the irritation. It had to be the way the Whammy's nearly worshipped the ground L walked on. Matt and Mello talked about the greatness of his capacitors or facial recognition program or any of his other crime stopping programs. In fact, they never acknowledged him. They waited till Guardian gave them the information they needed. The buzzing in his consciousness grew louder. A little thanks would be nice or a compliment.
Guardian looked out of a camera in Paris. The data on everyone in the city pulled up in files. He scanned through them looking for any abnormality. Seeing a couple of citizens that may cause trouble, Guardian put those names into his memory bank. He would check on them later. Even a small task like this, L couldn't do it. He dealt with the aftermath. Him and the cops.
Guardian returned his attention to Mello's phone and turned the speaker on. He caught the tailend of the conversation, but it seemed that Near decided to join Guardian assets. Guardian would have to ask Matt what the albino child could do because the Whammy's database was safely secured from hackers. Guardian could break through these measures easily, but it would signal others that he existed. He would have to rely on Matt to tell him what his new asset could do.