A pair of hands took a hold of them and dragged them inside.
- Matt, we knew you’d come back! But Mello we weren’t sure about.. a voice said.
It was Near, but when they looked around there were a lot of Nears. And Geovannis. And all the L were sitting by computers eating cake.
- Mello, what is this place? Matt asked quietly.
Mello just shook his head and started to walk, with Matt following him.
- Where were you? You know we aren’t supposed to leave before we’re done. Expect for the Near and Geovanni from before, one of the Nears said.
- That’s right, the others said together.
- Yeah, I know.. Mello answered.
- Come and help us out, one of the Govannis said.
- What are we doing? Matt asked.
- What do you mean? You know what we’re doing. You weren’t gone for that long, Near said suspiciously.
- No, I just mean.. If you started on something new, Mello said fast.
The Nears, Geovannis and now even the Ls were staring at them.
- Mello, one of the Nears started.
- What is it? The Geovanni closest to them continued.
- N-nothinhg, Mello said.
They seemed to buy that since they all got back to whatever they were doing, and Mello went closer to Matt.
- Alright, we need to know what they’re plotting, Mello started; but they don’t seem to trust us.
- I noticed, Matt answered.
- Matt! One of the Nears said; we need you here, so stop chatting with him for now. We can’t get this one to work.
Matt just looked at Mello quickly and then went to the Nears that were by a place that looked like a garage.
  Our hero Mello, on the other hand, just started walking around to see if he could find anything that could tell him what they were doing.
- Mello, come here, one of the Ls said.
- Yes? Mello asked as he came closer.
- What do you think of this? He asked as he showed Mello a picture on the screen.
It was a picture of a big tank-looking vehicle, with some big ass guns on it.
- What’s this supposed to be? Mello asked confused.
That comment made all the Ls turn away from the screens to stare at him.
- What do you mean? they all asked.
- I mean.. That looks great! Let’s go with that one.
That just made them stare at him even more.
- What are you talking about? the one who had asked him to come there asked.
- Ehm.. was everything Mello could get out before they had taken him down and handcuffed him.
- Take the Matt too, one Near said and the others put handcuffs on Matt too and took him to where Mello was.
- I knew there was something fishy about you too, the Geovanni who was leading them to a storage room said as he was closing the door.
- That’s just great, Mello! Matt said as he tried to kick Mello.
- Well, don’t blame me! I can’t know what they want from me.
They sat there arguing for a while, just like that, before they realized they didn’t have time to do that right now.
- We can talk about this when we’re done here, Matt. Mello said.
- Sure, you’re right. But don’t you think I’ll forget about this.
- I know you won’t, Mello said with a smile.
Matt tried to get his hand through the handcuffs, with no luck. Mello tried the same, but it wouldn’t work for him either.
- Alright, let’s do this.
And then Mello took a deep breath and bit his lip, and then he broke his thumb.
- That’s that, he said and looked at Matt; how are you going to do it?
- Well, I don’t want to break my thumb, it hurts.
Mello sighed and started looking for something he could use to free Matt. But there didn’t seem to be anything there.
- No luck? Matt said with a sad voice.
Mello just shook his head as he continued his search.
- Why can’t you just break your thumb? It doesn’t hurt, so much, and..
- I don’t want to! Matt screamed interrupting Mello.
- Alright, alright, how about this?
Mello had found some wire, and went to stand behind Matt.
- I’ll try this out, but if this doesn’t work, you’ll have no choice.
Matt just sat and muttered something that sounded like curse words.
- Lameass, Mello said quietly as he tried to get the handcuffs open. It took a while, but finally he heard that one little sound and he knew he had succeeded.
- There you go.
Matt looked as happy as ever, and came closer to Mello but stopped just before touching him.
- Thank you, he then said with a weird voice.
- No need to mention it, now we just got to get away from here. Did you bring any weapons?
Matt showed him a screwdriver and a little knife.
- This was all I could take with me from the garage.
- Well, it’s better than nothing, Mello said as he took the screwdriver; was there any oil in there? Matches? Anything?
- Of course there was oil there, but matches I’m not too sure about. I didn’t really have time to check it out, since someone had to blow it.
- Soon I’ll really blow it.
Mello laughed at his own comment while Matt just stood staring into the wall.
- What? Mello asked when he had finished laughing.
- I don’t think this wall is too thick, we should be able to break it, if we just make some holes with the knife and the screwdriver, and then make them big enough for us to get out from.
- Sometimes you’re good to have as a companion.
   Then they started to take away little pieces of the wall with their so-called weapons and then continued the work with their hands. Even though Mellos thumb was hurting from the work, he kept quiet. But Matt could see the pain in his eyes, after all, they were best friends.
- Are you okay? I can do this, otherwise, he said.
- I’m fine, just fine. It doesn’t hurt.
Mello was lying, Matt could always see right through him. But he also knew, that Mello just didn’t want to concern him anymore. So he didn’t ask him again, he just kept on taking small bits off the wall away and after a long time, they were through.
- What now? Matt asked.
- I think.. Mello started; we should try to go to the garage at first, so that we’ll have easier to get away.
- Don’t you mean that we’ll have something to threaten them with?
- Yeah, that’s what I mean.
  They started to quietly walk towards the garage. It was harder than they would have expected, since there were so many of them, and the floor was filled with things that could easily make a loud sound that’d get all the attention on them. When they were just a few steps away, that’s exactly what happened. Matt accidentally knocked over a bin and everyone turned their heads towards them.
- Where’s the oil? Mello asked.
Matt pointed him into the right direction and then he ran there and took a hold of the bin containing the oil.
- Don’t come any closer or I’ll blow this whole place up! He screamed at them; Matt, come over here now.
Matt stood beside our hero Mello, like he always seemed to do, and looked at him.
- You don’t have anything to light it with? He whispered.
- They don’t know that..
- Now we do. One of the Geovanni clones said, that seemed to be behind Matt and Mello.
- What are you going to do now, Mello? A Near clone asked with a smug face.
- The thing I always do in situations like these, he answered calmly.
- What would that be? The same Near clone asked.
- It would be to distract you as my companion here kills your little friend and looks for something to light the oil with.
- Matt hasn’t moved an inch, some other clones said at the same time.
- Really? What’s this then? Mello asked and shoved them a match.
The clones looked at the two of them, chocked, and they took a few steps backwards.
- Well, Mello and Matt, one of the L clones said, it seems that we have underestimated the two of you. Good job! Let’s all give them applauses!
All of the clones started to clap their hands. Neither Mello nor Matt understood what was happening.
- Don’t try to confuse us, Mello said angrily.
- We’re not. I just think that was a good job. Bluffing like that, the same clone said.
- What do you mean? Mello asked.
- You wouldn’t blow this place up, not with you still in here. You don’t want to die, do you?
Mello laughed; I already died a few years ago, I have nothing left to lose.
 Then he lit the match and went closer to the oil; you want to see if I’m bluffing?
The clones took a few steps closer to the exit.
- Don’t move, dumbasses.
They all stopped.
- Now, I want you to tell me exactly what Imagay told you to do before he died.
- Is Imagay dead? Many of the clones asked after each other.
- When did it happen?
- How? Why?
They continued asking.
- This is not going as I planned, Mello told Matt.
- I noticed. Matt answered.
- That is not the biggest concern right now, Mello tried telling them, but no one was listening anymore.
- This wasn’t supposed to happen, one of the Geovanni clones screamed.
- What happens now? one of the Nears said.
And so it just continued for a while.
- Where is the clones of me and Matt? Mello asked.
They went quiet.
- There was only one Matt and one Mello for all I know. But they disappeared a few days ago, didn’t say where or why, one of the L clones said loudly so that it would be heard.
- But they weren’t complete, not at all, another L clone said, they were not at all like you. Something must have gone wrong. Maybe because he is dead, that it didn’t work.
- Yes, you might be right, the other L clones agreed and again they started talking with each other.
- Hey, hey, hey! Mello said; listen to me! Don’t just start talking with each other, dumbasses.
They went quiet again.
- I guess they are easily distracted, Matt said chuckling.
- It does seem to be the case. Then we just got to change the plan.
- Did we even have a plan to begin with? Matt smiled.
Mello ignored his question and just told him to go the exit as he distracted the clones. Matt did as he said, since he knew it was no use arguing against him. And so he started to walk as quietly as he could towards the exit as Mello stood in front of everybody and kept on talking. He just talked, it was no questions, nothing he demanded, he just talked nonsense. Every once in a while, he looked how far Matt had gotten.
- Well, it’s too bad, but now it really is time for me to go, he said when he saw that Matt had gotten to the exit and he had taken a bottle filled with oil and with a little piece of his t-shirt that he lit as he was running as fast as he could. He threw the lit match in the middle of it all, and as he expected the clones all tried to catch it.
  When he was by Matts side, and had gotten him up to safety, and was almost there himself, the threw down the bottle and just made it out before the flames started bursting out and the screams started.
- Well, I guess we made it, Matt said with a smile.
- I always make it, Mello said as he was standing up.
Our hero felt a sharp pain on his leg and when he looked at it to see what the problem was, he saw that he had burned himself there. He tried to hide it from Matt, but he saw it right away.
- Mello, he just said before our hero Mello forced himself to stand up and start walking.
- Let’s go home, he said when Matt didn’t follow.
- At least let me take care of you until you’ve healed. Your thumb needs to be checked too, and you got to be careful with that burn, so that it won’t get infected and.. Oh, do you have bandages? We should really.
- Matt, just shut up, Mello interrupted and patted Matt on his head.
Matt didn’t care to answer, since he knew Mello was glad about the fact that he was going to take care of him, whether Mello liked it or not. They walked back home, both with a smile on their face.

The end.