Light in the Pearl of the Night

Chapter 2, The Realization

Chapter Two
        I had no time to think, only to act, looking down quickly I saw the Death Note and I didn’t take it as a joke this time, I took it as a sign of hope, a sign to make a difference. With my blood tipped finger I quickly scribbled down the name of this killer with his face in mind, I wrote in the book with my own blood
        ‘Jake Rithper, suicide’ in red words that died the page a sickening the color.
        I closed my eyes and awaited for another scream, one that will tell weather Jake or me have won this battle, I awaited when I heard something that sounded like someone trying to gasp for air, I felt my heart fall as I knew that the killer was now choking my sister, without anything to lose besides a sister I shoved the death note in to my sweater and jumped from the tree…
        Quick reflexes kicked in as I neared the ground, in a quick wisp I grabbed for a lower branch but just as my arm undertook the new weight that was being weighed on it I felt a short pain but quickly ignored it as I let go to fall to the ground. I only fell for a short some but it was enough to hurt when I landed but I knew nothing was injured terribly, I saw that he was still on top of Light and I grew angry at the figure.
        I ran towards him when he abruptly stood, he turns towards me and reaches in to his coat pulling out a nasty looking knife, one made for hunting and I felt fear in my heart, I looked down at Light to see her blood, I then replaced my fear with rage as I glared at the man before me, I could hear Mello and Matt still climbing down the tree in a rush but I ignored them for the moment, all that mattered was this murderer and me, one on one with only one outcome.
        Before he could continue to do his harm I quickly tackled him, that’s all I could think of, if I got him down and get rid of the weapon then Light was safe, if not, I can’t afford to think like that. It wasn’t surprising to see him strong, if anything I had expected it, but I didn’t think he was this strong, he easily holds one of my arms down as he lifts the other knife high up in the air, I quickly grabbed at his wrist, preventing him from furthering his attack. My heart was beating so fast, I have to keep doing this or he’ll get Light again, and I could never allow that, never. I kneed him in the stomach, making him withdraw his attack, only to take the time to catch both of my arms with one hand, I was now panicking as I had no idea what to do now, I was pinned to the ground with him above me, knife pointing at my heart.
        “NO!” I shouted, trying to fight against him
        for once I had feared for my own being, for once I had feared of what will happen if I were to die, it was a feeling that I despised so much in that time. He raises the knife and I glared deeply in his eyes, hoping to ground some sense of guilt on him for when I would die, but he was a cold blood killer, he felt nothing but a burning desire.
        In a flash he brought up his hand with the knife and I tensed, ready to move when all of the sudden I felt warm liquid spread across my face, his face was both flushed but a sickening pale color as if he had a loss of breath. Before anything else happened, he reaches up and I flinch but only to see that he clutches his neck which was soaked with the pouring crimson that poisoned his skin a deep red color, trying to gasp one last time before he falls to the side, then…. Nothing.
        I watch in a frightful state, the man before me lay dead to my side, his blood on me, and I wasn’t the one to spill it, or was I? I looked at my hands to see that blood was on me, staining my skin and in my mind it was telling me that it was burning me, burning me because it was tainted blood, blood of a killer, one who cares not if he were to kill others for his own bidding, one who was lost in the lust for blood. Quickly reacting to the thought I wiped the blood away only it lingered still.
        Once I snapped myself out of it I rushed myself to my sister, I saw that the man was partially on her so I had to move him. Taking a deep breath I quickly pushed the man off of Light but not without the blood from his wound came rushing on to my face as he had struck a major vein in his neck. I gagged at the sense of me in this criminals blood but I pushed the thought away as my sister needed me.
        Wiping my face with my sleeve as I kneeled down to Light, instincts kicked in as I checked for a pulse on her neck, I nearly leapt for joy as I found the rhythmic tune of her heart beating, I soon lifted her head up and rested it on my knees, checking the damage. Tenderly I lined her neck with my finger to see that it was only bruised from the man chocking her, I then checked the main source of where the blood was coming from, an open gash that was on her right shoulder. I grabbed hold of the seam of my shirt and ripped with all my strength to pull my sleeve off, I then wrapped it around her shoulder, over the wound, trying to suppress the bleeding.
        I then lifted Light up in to my arms, making sure that she was secured I began to walk towards Wammy’s were I knew she would receive proper care. As I carried her Mello ran ahead to tell the others while Matt walked along side me holding Lights hand, he told me that he could carry her for me but I refused, I wanted to be the first to see that she is well taken care of and in to the arms of those I trust who can get her back, Wammy.

        I sat next to the infirmary of the Wammy house, it was more advanced than a schools infirmary, in fact it was practically an exact replica of a hospital room. I couldn’t stand it any longer as I got up and began to pace back and forth once more like I have been doing for the past hours. Wammy told me that she was going to be alright but that wasn’t the only thing that I was thinking about, though it is my main concern, my mind was on something else for the moment though I was only using the thought to help cope with the thought of my sister being in the infirmary. The Death Note, is it real or simply coincidental?
        It had to be a coincidence, I mean no logical sense can be made if a simple notebook could kill anyone by simply writing a name down, could it? Soon I was constantly thinking of this complexity that I didn’t notice the doctor approach behind me.
        “Miss Night” he calls out
        I turned around towards him, my whole mind now clear of the thoughts besides ones of Light; I grabbed the sides of his sleeves and looked deeply in to his eyes.
        “She’s going to be alright? Is she okay? Can I see her? How is she doing?” I asked a bunch of questions but I didn’t care, I needed to know.
        “Calm down Night” he states softly placing his hands on my shoulders “she’s still going through the procedure but it looks like she could come out of it, so go back to your dorm and rest okay, tomorrow you’ll be able to see her”
        I stood there silent; she’s still in there? Could it be that bad? Is she feeling any pain? Oh please let her be all right. I pleaded to anyone who could hear me. Soon the doctor left and I stood there wondering all these questions that swarmed in my head, unable to stop them. Soon it became too much for and I quickly left.
        I kept on walking through the hallways and as I turned a corner I felt something in my sweater, when I looked I saw the Death Note, I looked at it wondering if this was truly was a coincidence or a simple change of fates design? There was only way to see if this was the true thing and that’s what I feared or rather hoped that it would work, was to test the Death Note.
        
        I was walking down an ally way, looking for anyone who may be worth my time when I spotted a young woman, fairly pretty with a tight skirt and small jacket, she was surrounded by three men, all you can tell were drinking and all in a bike gang, judging by their clothing of choice and the bikes that stood not so far off. I looked around and saw that no one was around; I then snuck closer to them but being unnoticed to them, which was fairly easy.
        “Come on Mike let me have her” one of the gang members slurred grinning wildly at the frightened woman
        “Hehehe no way, she’s mine” the one I presumed to be the leader says while grabbing the woman
        “Nooo!” the woman shrieked
        “Don’t worry, you’ll have tons of fun with me, the head of the gang you see here” he says grinning
        “Yeah Mr. Boss Kall! Get her!”
        I narrowed my eyes at them; I then looked down at the Death Note and took out a pen, writing the name of the gangbanger down. ‘Yusuke Gorge, accident’ I wrote down simply, wondering if it will work I looked back at the men, the woman manages to free herself from Yusuke’s grasp and began to run rapidly away. Yusuke got up on his bike quickly and followed the woman
        “Hey where do you think you-“ he never finished as an oncoming vehicle came crashing in to the side of him with a bone sickening snap along with the crunching noises of the motorcycle being pummeled by the semi that was now screeching to a stop.
        The gang members watched in shock when they got back on their bikes and made a break for it when they saw that their leader was dead, as for the woman, she kept on running. My eyes widen with amazement and shock, this was true, this Death Note is the real thing, and not only that but I have gotten rid of two people, two! How can I go on with knowing the knowledge of me taking one’s life? But wait… they deserved it right? They were terrible people, ones who deserved it, so maybe it’s not a terrible thing, perhaps this is a turning point of the world, to cleanse the world of all the evil of this world and make it pure! Yes, that is what I will do, create a new world and save all the innocent from the damned who dare taint the pureness of this world, look out world, someone is on the side of justice will wreak vengeance against the wicked!