Death Note: Dreams, a Reader X L Story

004 - Struggle

  1/20/2004

Three days after L and Light Yagami took their entrance exams at To-Oh University, you had decided to do some snooping of your own. It was a small factor in the Kira investigation, but a rather large one to you - the disappearance of Naomi Misora. You thought you owed the woman very much for all of the help she had given during Beyond's investigation and afterwards. The poor woman probably joined the Kira investigation if she hadn't gone missing.

For starters, you decided to check with her number two enemy - Beyond Birthday. Kira would be her number one enemy, but L was already working on that suspect. Watari had given you the keys to one of his rented vehicles, and you drove to the airport to catch a flight to Los Angles. Back to a horrific memory. You thought.

When you boarded the plane, you noticed a blonde, tall woman sitting a few seats away from you. Just as planned. She smiled, her sunglasses masking her full face. You dosed off on the flight, thinking about what would happen next...
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1/20/2004 3:47 Pacific Time

Almost twelve hours later, you arrived in LA. The blonde met you at a coffee shop in downtown LA, and the two of you ordered a taxi to take you to LAMCP (Los Angeles Monitored Criminal Prison). You killed any electronics that were not set to your device in the taxi, aside from the taxi itself. The screen between the driver and the back was kept up, allowing secret communication between you and Wedy.

"You're taking me because..?" Wedy opened the window to let the smoke out.

You looked away. "I need you to change the cameras recording his activity to my computer. Make it so that the prison has repeated footage from a year ago on the same date. It'll be suspicious if L checks it, but I'll inform him of what I've done after I've done it."

She snickered. "So your hubby has no idea? Ha. You're definitely made for each other," Wedy puffed a cigarette. "Deal."

Wedy paid the driver with a Visa gift card, and the two of you entered the prison. Both of you had phony Interpol badges, while she had a badge maintaining to prison security. The guards let you in with pleasure, but unknowingly to them, the cameras were serving as mirrors at that point. "Alright, Mrs. Beau, see 'ya after your shift."

"See you, Velma." Wedy walked to the security room.

A guard led you to Beyond Birthday's holding cell. "Velma? It's been too long..." Looking into the guard's eyes, you noticed a convict who you had almost slept with years prior.

"Aiber! Did w tell you about this?!" You whispered.

He nodded. "Follow me to BB's room, and I will be there to guard you, if he tries to escape."

Aiber opened the room, allowing you and him to enter. Beyond was sitting at the table, grinning like the Joker. Birthday was strapped to the chair, smiling as you entered the room.

You were ready to confront Beyond. "___ Lawliet, it is a pleasure to see you, as always." Beyond Birthday grinned.

"Where's Naomi Misora?" You looked him straight into his eyes.

"Thierry Morrello, the man over there. Who is he? I've never seen him here before." Beyond chuckled.

"What?! How'd he..?" Aiber looked at you, losing his cool.

Sighing, you turned to Aiber. "Don't know. He's always done this." Beyond made a small noise, so you turned to him to continue the conversation. "Answer me, Beyond. Do you know anything about the disappearance of Naomi Misora?"