Hey, Nukia here!

This fanfiction is a side story to Beyond This Love.

I don't know if any of my old readers are reading my rewrites anymore, but I'm going to keep going. Sorry for the delay, I've been busy like I said in my author's note in my last chapter. I hate being falling behind on this fanfiction, I was just getting into it and now I'm failing. Hopefully it makes sense, but it will work out I hope in the end!

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Chapter 31!

A few hours had passed, it was time to say goodbye to Nonie. After A's death she had not been herself and would not socialize with other students. Somedays she would not even leave her room, so Watari decided to sent her away to another orphanage in America until she turned 18. I'm not really sure what state she was going to be located in for safety reasons, but she promised she would write to me and let me know how she is doing in months time. It was a short goodbye, she said she didn't want any fuss and wanted to get away from The Wammy House. But before she left she gave me a package that was addressed to me, she told me she had found it duct tapped under A's bed when she was helping to box up his belongings to be stored in the attic. There was also a letter for Backup and Nonie, I guess you could call them his last goodbyes.

I waved Nonie off and watched the taxi she was in drive down the driveway, hopefully she will be okay in America. I walked back to the orphanage with Backup, he told me he would come and find me later on after he had tended to some private business. I stopped at the bottom of main staircase near the entrance of The Wammy House, I watched Backup walk up the staircase and disappear through a doorway. I sighed to myself and made my way back to my room, I guess I should see what's in the package Nonie had found under A's bed. I closed my room's door behind me, I placed the package on my bed and hung my coat over the back of my dressing table's chair. I walked over to my bed, I turned my bedside table's lamp on and sat down on my bed.

I picked my package up from my bed, I ran my finger tips over A's handwriting and smiled slightly to myself. I always thought his handwriting was pretty, it was so fancy with curls and ever so neat. I turned the package over and carefully opened the back of it, I peeped inside of the package and took a cassette tape from it. I bit at my bottom lip as I placed the cassette tape down on my bed, I took another look inside of the package and took a folded up sheet of paper from it. I opened up the sheet of paper, I read through the letter A had written me and sighed to myself. He had written that he was sorry that he had to leave me, he didn't want to go but he didn't have a choice in the matter and that he would watch over me until we met again in another lifetime. It confused me how he wrote matter, surely you have a choice if you want to live or die. I folded the sheet of paper back up, I carefully put it back into the package and got up from my bed.

I took the cassette tape from my bed, it said on the back of it to collect my old Walkman from Backup. I left my room and hurried along the corridor, I hope A's old Walkman didn't get sent to the attic with the rest of his belongings. I stopped at the last door of the corridor, I knocked on the door and looked down at the cassette tape in my hand. I'm not sure what's on this cassette tape, but I don't own a Walkman anymore so I wouldn't be able to listen to it. I heard the door unlock, I looked up from the tape and saw Backup peeping his face through the gap between the door and the door frame. He had moved to a room on the same floor as me now, he would not be able to move back into his old room for a few weeks yet because it was still tapped off and under forensic investigation.

" May I help you?" He asked in a low tone. " I am very busy at the moment, please be quick..."

" I didn't know if you would be in your room yet, but I need to ask you something..." I replied. " Do you have a Walkman I can borrow? There was a letter from A in the package Nonie gave me and it said come to you for his old Walkman..."

" So you have read the letter my poor Alternative had left you, I knew you would be coming to my room soon to collect his old Walkman..." He replied and opened his room's door wide. " I have it prepared for you, all you need to do now is listen to that tape you have in your hand. I'm curious about the countenance of that cassette tape, may I listen to it when you have finished?"

" I'm not sure, you will have to wait until I have listened to it first..." I replied." Then I will decided if you can listen to it or not, but for now will you please give me the Walkman so I can listen to the tape..."

" Of course, please wait in the corridor until I return..." He smirked.

Backup closed the door slightly and disappeared back into his room, I heard rustling sounds coming from his room and took a quick peep through the gap in the doorway. His room was dark, there were papers scattered across the floor and there was also a weird smell coming from his room. I quickly stepped away from the door, I tucked some of my hair behind my ear and looked down the corridor. I saw a group of girls staring at me from the other end of the corridor, I quickly turned my gaze away from them when I released it was the girls from the dinner hall A was sitting with a few weeks ago at breakfast time. It wasn't long before Backup returned, he held a yellow Walkman with kitten stickers on it towards me and then looked down the corridor at the girls as I took the Walkman from his hand.

" Thank you..." I said quietly.

" Are those girls bothering you?" He asked.

" No, I'm just ignoring them like I do with the other students these days..." I replied. " I've noticed most of them have ignored me since A's death, I'm not sure why though..."

" If anyone gives you anymore trouble then I suggest you tell me about it, I will silence each and every one of them on the behalf of my Alternative for you..." He smirked. " It's my job to be your lookout now, I'm going to be like your shadow until I leave this place and not let any of those peroxide frivolous young girls bother you. But I will solve this little mystery for you, I will find out why everyone is treating you differently these days..."

" Thank you Backup, I'm glad you've got my back for now..." I smiled slightly as I spoke quietly to him. " I will see you at dinner, I want to listen to this cassette tape first. But we can hang out later if you want and I'll help you with your leaving plans, by the way what is that strange smell coming from your room?"

" Epoxy, it's a glue resin to stick my fake passport together..." He replied and partly closed his room's door. " I will meet you in the dinner hall this evening, but goodbye for now..."

" I see, well remember to open a window or something because of the fumes!" I said through the little gap between the door and door frame. " We don't want you getting high off fumes or passing out in your room without anyone's knowledge, I'll see you later!"

I wrinkled my nose as he closed his room's door, I walked back down the corridor to my room and opened my room's door. I walked through the doorway, I closed the door behind me and walked over to my bed. I sat down on it, I took the cassette tape from its case and pressed the eject button on the Walkman. I placed the cassette tape in the Walkman, I put the earphones on and pressed the play button on it. I picked the case of the cassette tape up from my lap, I looked inside of it to see 5 songs written inside of it. The first song began to play on the Walkman, Runaway by Bon Jovi. I took the cover from the cassette tape's case, I tilted my head as I read the song titles in my head. It was weird, some of the letters were written in bold. I grabbed my note-book from my bag, I took a pen from my bedside table's draw and jotted down the bold letters as I spoke them out loud to myself.

" E, L, S, O, L, N, A, G, S, G, E, N, B..." I said as I put my pen to my lips. " Paradise City by Guns N' Roses, Poison by Alice Cooper, Angel by Aerosmith, Time of your life by Green day and Runaway by Bon Jovi..."

I placed my note-book down on my lap, I turned the cover of the cassette tape's case over and looked at the other songs written on the back of it. None of the letters in these song titles were in bold, I wonder if it's some kind of clue or code. I curled my legs under myself and began to write random words down in my note-book that I could spell with the bold letters, if there is a clue or a code in these bold letters then I must solve it.

I opened the door to the library and walked through its doorway, I quietly closed the door behind me and tucked some of my hair behind my ear as I walked over to the computer area of the library. I had agreed to help Backup escape The Wammy House after he let me borrow A's old Walkman so I could listen to the cassette tape, he as been kind of nice to me and I guess I owe him a favour just for showing me some kindness unlike some of the students in the orphanage who have ignored me since Nonie left. I'm not sure why they are ignoring me, I've not done anything wrong as far as I know. I smiled at Miss Joyce as I placed my bag down by a computer desk, I placed my physics books down on the desk and sat on the chair in front of the computer. I switched the computer on, I took my note-book from my bag and typed my password into the orphanage's login page.

" Okay, let's see..." I said to myself.

I unclipped my black pen from my note-book, I opened it up and rested my pen on my bottom lip as I opened up the explorer on the computer. I'm not exactly sure where Backup wants to go, he never really said which destination he wanted to runaway to. I tapped my pen against my lip and took a look around the library. There were many books about different countries on the book shelves, maybe I should just type random countries into the google and see what flights leave Heathrow Airport in the next few weeks. I placed my pen down on my note-book, I began to type in random countries flight departures into google. To my surprise there was many flights leaving Heathrow Airport in the next two weeks and they were very expense too. I began to jot down locations, prices and dates down into my note-book. I looked over my shoulder when I heard the library's door open, I saw a group of girls enter the library with Backup following behind them. It looked like he was creeping, I sighed to myself and turned my attention back to my note-book. I continued jotting down flight details until my note-book was took from under the tip of my pen, I looked up from my pen and saw Backup reading my notes. He pulled a chair away from one of the other computer desks, he perched himself on it and put his finger tip to his lips as he continued to read through my notes.

" Very good, you really have done an excellent job finding flight details for me..." He smirked. " But I would advise you to log off from your computer file right now, you are drawing too much attention to yourself. It seems that Miss Joyce is on the telephone to Watari, she is at this very moment reporting strange behavior from one of the students in the library. Unfortunately she does not know this student's name, but if I may suggest that you do a random search on any historical figure then it may change her mind into believing you are doing research for a homework assignment..."

I looked over at Miss Joyce talking on the telephone, she placed the receiver down on the telephone and made eye contact with me. I gasped as I quickly turned around on my chair, I accidentally knocked my books off the computer desk with my elbow and whispered to Backup as I picked them up from the floor.

" Like who?" I whispered. " Quickly, please give me an idea before I get into trouble!"

" Maybe I could suggest a good old-fashioned serial killer, so may wonderful serial killers to choice from..." He replied with a smirked. "The Zodiac Killer, Ted Bundy, Green River Murders, The Rostov Ripper and my personal favorite Jack The Ripper. You now have ideas, so you can choose one to study before Miss Joyce comes over to check on your computer search history..."

" I can't choose a serial killer to do research on, they would know that was defiantly unusual behaviour all together coming from me..." I sighed, I quickly typed a random name into the google search engine and took my note-book from Backup. " Now no one will suspect me now unless they check my computer history, I can say I'm doing historical figure research on Guy Fawkes and I accidentally clicked on a travel website. It can be like research on historical events that happened on my birthday even though he did not die until the 31st January 1606..."

" Ah yes, but alas he was not the main conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot. He was a pawn in a game bigger than he had expected, he was the guard of the gunpowder and had the orders to lite it when the time was right. But he was caught before anything could be put into motion, the gunpowder was decayed anyway and would have not explode if it was lit..." He said as he put his finger tip to his lips. " But gunpowder sounds fun to play with to be honest, I myself would like to experiment with it at some point in my lifetime..."

" I don't think you would be trusted with high explosives, you can't even be trusted with can opener in home economics..." I sighed and closed my note-book. " Can I ask you if you've figured out yet why I'm being ignored by most of the students? I hate to say it but you're the only student in the orphanage who will talk to me, no other student will give me the time of day anymore..."

" Maybe it's a sign that you do not belong here, but I have heard one or maybe two rumours where your name as been mentioned..." He replied. " Rumor as it that you are to blame for Nonie leaving The Wammy House, apparently she blames you for Alternative's death. I've also heard that you were responsible for the fire in the attic a few days ago, but I know for a fact that it was not you. I was the one who started the fire in the attic, I was burning evidence to a case I had been working on with my Alternative in a metal bucket..."

" What case was that?" I asked.

" It was confidential information, I can not share any information about the case with you..." He replied and stepped down from the chair. " But I can tell you that I did not want to share my hard work with my mentor, I believe he does not deserve anymore help with his precious criminal cases since he destroyed my poor Alternative's life. He as to be taught a lesson and I will be the one to teach him it, but it will take time for me to think of a worthy punishment. But he will suffer, I will make him pay for destroying innocent life's of children..."

" You shouldn't really hold a grudge against him, when you leave this place you will never have to deal with him ever again..." I said quietly. " Would you like to get something eat with me? I don't want to spend another lunch hour sitting alone in the dinner hall, I could do with the company..."

" Yes lunch, I am kind of peckish right now for a jar of strawberry jam..." He replied.

" Great, just give me a moment to pack my bag!" I smiled.

I quickly put my note-book and pen back into my bag, I got up from the chair in front of the computer desk and hung my bag over my shoulder. I logged myself out of the computer and switched it off. I picked my physic books up from the desk, I gave Backup a slight smile and walked with him out of the library. He even held the door open for me which was surprising, he had changed a lot since A's suicide. He's become more friendly for a start, I'm not even sure if that's a good thing. We turned right into another corridor, I heard Backup say something about hurried footsteps and that we should move out of the way. I looked over my shoulder and saw a group of young boys hurrying along the corridor behind us. I quickly moved out of their way, I watched them run pass me and then felt my books being knocked from my arms. I heard them laughing as they carried on running down the corridor, I really hate the orphanage sometimes. I sighed to myself as I placed my bag down on a bench near me and picked my books up from the floor.

I looked down the corridor when I heard one of the young boys yell, I saw Backup dragging one of the boys back along the corridor by his ankle. I dropped my books back on the floor, I watched him yank the young boy up from the floor by his arm and push him against the wall. I quickly walked over to him as he pinned the boy against the wall with his arm, what does he think he's doing? I grabbed hold of Backup's arm, I tried to pull his arm away from the boy and failed. He maybe tall and quite skinny, but he was strong when the occasion called for it.

" Apologise to her!" He frowned.

" Backup, let him go!" I said as I tried to pull his arm away from the boy again." You're going to get into a lot of trouble if Mr Ruvie or Watari see's you threatening other students, please let him go before you hurt him! He's just a child, he didn't know any better..."

" Not until he apologies to you, I could take him somewhere more quiet if he desired..." He smirked." What do you say fellow student? Would you like to take this little disagreement somewhere more private instead of playing out this little scenario in front of a lady?"

I pulled at is arm again as I told him to let him go, I managed to pull his arm away from the boy this time and dragged Backup away from him. I watched the boy quickly run away down the corridor, I let go of his arm and walked over to my books on the floor. I crouched next to them and began picking them up from the floor, I just hope that boy doesn't tell Watari or Mr Ruvie about what Backup just did to him. I picked my books up from the floor, I placed them down on a bench and got up from the floor. I watched Backup perch himself on the bench next to my bag, he glance at me and picked my note-book up from my pile of my books. He opened it up, he began to flick through my note-book's pages and stopped at the back page. He held my note-book between his finger and thumb as he tilted his head.

" What is this in the back of your note-book?" He asked. " A letter puzzle, how interesting. But it seems that you are failing in your efforts to try and solve it, may I try and crack it for you?"

" Be my guess, I've tried every known word that can be spelt from those letters. It's from the case cover of the cassette tape that was in the package from A, there were 5 songs written on the back of the cover with random letters from the songs in bold..." I replied. " It's always the B that causes the problem, I'm not sure if it's meant to be one word or separate words. Maybe I've got it wrong, he may have just done a few letters in bold out of boredom or decoration. What do you think?"

" Alternative never did anything without a purpose, this may come as a surprise to you but this code is something he use to do when he was under the age of 11..." He replied. " A simple letter puzzle, I'm surprised you haven't managed to work it out. But seeing as you IQ is only 108 which is the normal or average intelligence of a person, then it doesn't surprise me that you struggled with this puzzle..."

" Okay smarty pants, you figure it out then..." I sighed.

I picked my bag up from the bench, I slumped down next to him on bench and placed my bag on my knee. I watched as Backup pointed to each letter with his finger tip, he quickly moved his finger tip to each letter and muttered different words under his breath. He let out a quiet chuckle as he placed my note-book down on my physic books, he quickly unzipped my bag and took my little notepad from it. I opened my mouth to say something to him and was hushed by one of his finger tips on my lips. I watched place my notepad on top of my note-book, he turned to the page where I had written the flight details for him. Here moved his finger tip from my lips and pointed to one of the country locations, he was pointing to Los Angeles.

" I believe this clue may have been left for me, I think my Alternative may have known you would have come to me for help. The left over B was the final clue, it stands for Backup or maybe Beyond..." He Said as he closed my notepad. " But then again it could be a message for you too, maybe it's my Alternative's way of telling you to come with me. Your situation right now is not exactly rosie, the rumors and the way students treat you after those make-believe lies... "

" Maybe you're right, but it's still a big decision for me to make right now..." I said quietly and leant my head back against the wall as I looked up at the corridor's ceiling. " But it doesn't make sense, why would A leave a clue behind like that anyway?"

" Maybe he's guiding you, making sure your life runs easy after his departure..." He replied.

" But my life is not easy no more, I miss him..." I sighed.

" So do I my dear Elizabeth, so do I..." I heard him say with a sigh. " I believe we should get some lunch, then I shall go and make a few arrangements..."

" What kind of arrangements?" I asked.

" You will see in time, but I will need your help once again..." He replied.