Chapter 2
Watari smiles as I turn to face him. "Are we ready to go Miss?" I nod and we descend the stairs that lead to the front door. As we reach the door Watari politely opens it for me.
Outside is dark; the only light comes from the moon and two dying street lights. It's also very cold considering its winter in California. I'm also in my work clothes, which consist of a skirt, my heels, a button up shirt, and a thin jacket. The jacket I threw on is too thin and not enough to protect me. I sigh and watch my breath in the cold. Wrapping my coat around me I begin to shiver slightly, Watari takes notice and turns to me.
"Miss Crisis; why don't you wait inside the door while I go fetch the Mercedes?" I nod, as he walks away. I step inside with my luggage grateful to escape the cold. You'd think because I just came in from the cold that I would have thought to get a thicker jacket, well I'm either stupid or just let the excitement get the better of me and everything else just poofed.
I watch for Watari and the Mercedes, but as I do snow begins to dance on the frigid air. It rarely snows in this part of California, but I guess tonight is just a special night. The minutes are dragging on, the sidewalk now has a thin layer of white snow, sure to be gone by tomorrow. Questions invade my mind, breaking the boredom.
Who is L? No one knows but Watari has ever seen him. Am I even going to even see the real L? And if he's decided to reveal himself, why reveal himself to me? Why am I so special? Where the hell is Watari?
Just as the though appears a sleek black MercedesBenz rolls up. I'm still hiding from the cold, but I watch as Watari gets out and pops the trunk. He begins to head toward me opening a black umbrella. I must be some sort of celebrity.
"Sorry for the wait Miss, may I take your bag?" He's holding the door to the building open for me, but I shake my head.
"It's alright Watari." He nods and follows me with the umbrella as I put my suitcase in the trunk. I reach up before him and shut it with a 'thunk'. My keys jingle against my phone as my arms come back down.
Watari turns and heads to the back passenger door and opens it for me leaning over so that the umbrella is still covering me. I smile and slide into the backseat, doing my best to keep my skirt from sliding up as I do. God forsaken thing….He gestures for me to 'watch my hands and feet' then shuts my door. I watch as he briskly walks to his side, points the umbrella down and shakes it lightly before closing it and climbing into the driver seat. The Mercedes hums gently as he clicks his seatbelt.
"Miss Crisis?" Watari says from the driver seat.
"Hmm?"
"L has his own way of doing things, so don't be offended that I came to escort you to his mansion instead of him." My eyes nearly pop out of my head.
"Mansion?" Watari chuckles as we pull away from my apartment building and head towards the highway.
"Well it's his residence, yes. Just wait 'till we get there you can decide for yourself what to call it." My eyes move from the rearview mirror to my window.
"Watari?"
"Yes Miss?"
"What are you? To L I mean?" I hear his sigh as we exit the highway and head in some direction. I honestly have no idea where we are. I'm 90% sure that he's actually Watari and taking me to L, but there's that last 10% that says he's a serial killer driving me to my death.
"I found Master L when he was young and brought him in and raised him. I'm not his father, but I feel like it. You may think of me as his guardian." Content with his answer Ilook out the window and enjoy the ride for a bit.
After what seems like an hour I think of another question.
"Okay then, who's L?" Watari takes a right onto a driveway surrounded by trees.
"One of the greatest detectives in the world." He stops at a gate with a keypad and rolls down his window. After some beeps and a happy noise the gate opens and I look down the rest of the driveway through the front window resulting in my jaw hitting the floor. "We've arrived."
"That's no mansion that's a goddamn castle." I edge forward and try to look out the front window at the stone monstrosity before me. It's difficult to see in the dark but there are lights on the building creating some parts I can see.
The car stops and Watari gets out, I know he's going to come open my door, but I'm too excited and get out before he has time to reach me. The wind wipes at my skirt as the trunk pops open.
"This place is gorgeous. I can't believe you live here. This is some Wayne Manor shit." I hear him laugh and I turn with a big grin. He's taken my suitcase out of the back and is getting ready to close the trunk. I walk over and extend a hand. "C'mon Alfred just take a break for today." The old man laughs and surrenders my suitcase to me knowing he can't win.
"If you think the outside is beautiful wait until you see the inside." He gently taps my arm as he heads for the door as if telling me to follow him. Well I'm sure as hell not gonna stand out here in the cold in a damn skirt.
My body loses the heat from the car and I run after him, my heels leaving small prints in the snow, my luggage leaving wheel prints. We reach the door and I notice another keypad. He punches in some numbers as I shift my weight back and forth to fight against the cold. After it makes a happy ping he removes his glasses and something scans his eye. Following that is a thumb print scanner.
"Watari and guest." He moves to the side and motions for me to use the print scanner. I place my painted black thumb on it as watch as the light shines from underneath like a copy machine. Once it's done the whole thing lights up green and the door clicks.
"C'mon now Miss Crisis, we don't want to be late." He opens the door and we step inside.
Getting excited yet? Are you ready to meet L? Let me know what you think.