'Death Note is real'

In my younger years, I was a huge fan of the popular anime series known as "Death Note". Not too long ago I had applied for an internship, working on producing the new Death Note drama.
So far, despite working on the production of the show, I hadn't actually had the chance to view any of the episodes. 
One day, one of my co-workers told me to go deliver a message to my boss. Naturally I inclined, and went to tell my boss the information. When I had reached his room, my boss was just sitting there, and he seemed to be crying. 
"What's wrong?" I asked. I assumed it was something like the ratings going down or the company had lost a lot of money.
"Just take the tape. Take it and leave." He said reaching out his shaking arm and handing me a tape. 
I took the tape, thanked him and left the office! Finally! I was able to watch it, before anyone else!
Just before I left the office, I remembered hearing the words "Mello puppet". I had not idea what that meant, not then at least. Mello had been one of my favorite characters in the series, but I wasn't expecting him to make an appearance in the drama, especially not this soon. And puppet? I remember the character of Near had some puppets, but it still didn't make sense to me at the time. My usually calm and collected boss didn't seem the type to have a breakdown like that.
By the time I had got home, it was pretty foggy, and I was a little worried on my way back. Recently, in my city, there had been a surprising amount of murder cases, and like any other sane person would be, I was a little anxious, walking around in the fog at this time. But I managed to safely reach my home, and was fortunately still alive.
I was pretty excited to watch the drama, I mean, I loved the Death Note anime so much as a teenage, and I couldn't wait to see what spin they'd put on it.
Switching on my TV, I sat down on the couch and got ready to watch. The first five episodes were suspenseful and all round enjoyable. There were a lot of changes from the anime, but I liked it nonetheless. But one of the adaptions that stuck in my mind was Mello. The fact that they had made his character into a creepy wooden puppet, controlled by Near confused me, but I wasn't going to question their creative choices just yet. I'm sure this had some signifigance. The next episode was episode 5.5, which was weird. I didn't realize they were numbering the episodes like that.. Maybe it was a recap episode? 
I still heard the voice of my boss inside my head. "Mello puppet." Maybe my boss had a phobia of puppets? That wouldn't be too out of the ordinary, puppets can be super creepy! I thought to myself, as the episode started on the screen.
The episode began with Light Yagami, the protagonist, walking down the street, humming to himself. His humming sounded weirdly scared, but maybe it was just me. It took me a moment to catch on that it was in fact the anime version of Light, instead of the live action version. Unsure what the creators were trying to show, I kept my eyes glued to the screen, when suddenly it cut to L, he was in a room and he seemed to be crying, wailing. He was tossing and throwing the items in the room all over the place while Matsuda, one of my favourite characters, sat in the corner, looking terrified for his life. 
This was very out of character for the usually calm and eccentric L. It seemed like it was something that was not meant to be included in the episode. I was still very confused about the plot of this episode, as it had no dialogue so far. I was starting to get slightly concerned, yet I kept reminding my self that it was all fictional. Though as someone who is a fan of horror, this all seemed a little.. Real. Must just be good techniques. 
The screen then went a little static, though I was sure that was just my old TV playing up, and cut to a shot of Near, in the same position as the last episode he was in. On the stares. His body looked limp and lifeless as the camera showed him there, silent for about a minute, before gradually zooming in. I could now see that his eyes looked like they had been burned out, and he was definitely dead. I was very surprised, and feeling a little sick. Near had hardly even made much of an appearance yet, I was expecting a little more character development before they killed him off.
The puppet Mello was still sitting next to him, and it seemed to be singing, although I couldn't make out a word it was saying, if anything it sounded more like melodic crying. It sounded so real, I felt like crying myself. It sounded like the actual sobbing of a real person. Though, the puppet's mouth stayed closed.
After that disturbing sequence, I wanted to stop watching it, I was crying and shaking. Yet I couldn't make myself turn it off, and I couldn't turn away. This had to be some kind of sick joke. But it wasn't funny at all.
The screen then cut to a close up of the puppet. In the background the words "DEATH NOTE IS REAL" flashed, as a single tear of what looked like blood trickled down the Mello puppet's wooden face. In the background I could hear quiet, eerie music and screaming. This didn't sound like acting.
All of a sudden, the screen flashed the faces of the murder victims from my city, and all the faces of the Death Note anime characters in their final appearances. I jumped back, shocked at the pictures on the screen. All of the eyes on the anime characters looked like real, lifeless eyes.
I felt like the police was going to bust into my house any minute now, and take the tape from me. The tape continued to show murder victims and newspaper reports on their deaths. In the background you could see the disturbingly familiar face of the Mello puppet and it's menacing grin, as the sounds of manical laughter and screeching played in the background.
The text "Death Note is real" kept flashing on the screen, then my tape player ejected the tape.
That night I didn't have one wink of sleep, and was paranoid the Mello Puppet could just pop up any second.
The following day I entered work, and got a few weird stares from people. I hadn't been able to stop crying so it was unsurprising. I kept the tape in my bag, and headed to the office to return it to my boss. When I reached his office, it seemed as if he had stayed there, in that exact position from before, for at least a whole day. Next to him was what looked like a bloodstained sketch of the Mello puppet. Then I started to wonder, "What if it was real all along? What if Kira is real?"
As I take one more look at the sketch, and my boss. I then walk out as if I was being watched by the Mellow Puppet and Kira separately.
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