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Part 1

White Hallway

The hospital hallway was so quite. The white wall was not seemed to be gentle to the people around. The seats that leaned on the wall was empty, nobody sits on them. They all stood up, some of them stare hesitantly to the operation room's door at the end of the hallway. Some of them bent their head down, while taking a deep breath.

"Kudo-kun…" the woman said softly. One of her hands touched Shinichi's shoulder slowly. They stood near the door that has not been opened for some time. Shinichi didn't answer the woman's voice; he just bent his head deeply, trying to calm down his heart.

Seeing Shinichi that did not recognize herself, the woman took off her hand from Shinichi's shoulder. She looked at his face, then the other faces that had the same expression with Shinichi. All of them; Eri, Kogoro, Agasa, even the polices that always ready in doing their duties. That woman took a deep breath, tried to clear her mind. She really knew that in a situation like this, many people will be panicked and cannot think logically. Even for a Shinichi Kudo, indeed he cannot solve the simplest puzzle in a time like this.

But, the more she tried to clear her mind, the more she realized that even a logical thinking would not do anything in a time like this.

The woman stared again at Shinichi's face from the corner of her eyes and now she could saw Shinichi clenched his right fist tightly. Shinichi closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, as if he felt a really great pain, the same when his body was shrinking or coming back to normal. No, even more than that. He truly remembered how the things happened clearly. Dark night, abused old building, stuffy room even the cold wall and floor, and all of the people who witnessed that terrible night.

They hid behind the wall, doors, or stairs landings. Some of them were out of the building and hid in the basement or parking area, or behind the trees' shadows. They were seeking for chances to beat one another, looking for enemy's shadows on their own shadows. Their eyes and ears were optimally functioned so they can still hear and see well at least until the next day. They all held their own weapon; revolver, gun, or rifle. Their grey cells had been set to suspicious sound and voices so they can directly turn and attack for their survival.

But, sometimes the vigilance can attack their selves.

Shinichi could clearly remember how he had heard the steps behind his back and saw something horrifying when he turned his back.

"Ran…"

Before him, stood a man that he had been chased for a long time, a figure that always made his heart beat two times faster. Yes, that silver long hair and that tall posture…Gin! His right hand grip Ran's neck, no almost strangle her. While his dangerous left hand held a gun that had shot many bullets to take human's lives to Ran's temple. Shinichi saw Ran's hands that had been tied with rope. He could see traces of rope friction that make her wrist scratched and bleed, although they are not bad. Seeing those things, Shinichi could feel his blood boiled and flared up. He just wanted to fire his gun to the cold blooded murderer's head that was standing before him, only if he did not remember the gun's point that stuck beside his childhood friend's temple.

"Release her, Gin…" said Shinichi with his trembling voice because of pushing his temper down. Relax, Shinichi, don't do anything reckless…

"Huh, if I release her now, then what's the point for me to have difficulties in catching her before?" answered Gin with his cold tone as usual.

"Shin-ukh!" Gin tightened his stranglehold on Ran's neck.

"Don't dare you harm her!" shouted Shinichi while running forward for some steps.

"Come for more steps, you will say good bye to your girlfriend soon," Gin triggered his gun and push the gun's point to Ran's temple.

Ran!

"What do you want!?" shouted Shinichi.

"Not need to shout. Easy, just pull back all of your troops that you brought here and we will finish this peacefully, although I really don't like this kind of coward action."

"You have done the coward things since the beginning, so why troubled to do it now?"

"You would better watch your mouth if you still want to meet your sweetheart. Now, throw your gun away," ordered Gin with terrifying smile. Shinichi didn't move a little, he still stared into Gin's eyes with hatred.

"Throw it away!" snapped Gin. At last, Shinichi put down his hands and threw his gun away.

"Now, take your transceiver that is in your pocket, and ask your troops to retreat."

"Don't, Shinichi…" groaned Ran behind Gin's gripping.

"Now!"

Slowly, Shinichi clutched his blazer's pocket and put out a transceiver. He put the transceiver near his mouth and pushed a button.

"It is Shinichi, plan replaced…" said Shinichi with his tone down.

Gin smiled widely.

"Retreat—"

BANG!!

A gun was thrown on the air and blood dripped on the floor.

"Get away, RAN!!" shouted Shinichi. Confused Ran, did not understand for what is going on, realized that the man who had been restrained her, now was bending his head down with one of his hand bleeding. She went away from the place that almost been her graveyard.

"Damn detective brat…" groaned Gin angrily still holding his left hand that had been badly injured and bleed.

"—Repeat, don't let anyone retreat! Take them all!!" Shinichi insisted then turned off and put his transceiver in his pocket.

"Huh, I don't even think you can move that fast…" now Gin was trying to make his self stand upright. His left hand was still bleeding.

"Yes, I am training hard to prepare for this kind of situation."

"Hoo, so you have considered everything that seems to be happened?"

"Better than talking about that, how about surrender yourself, Gin? I am sure that all of your partners have been secured downstairs…"

"Don't even try to ignore me. You are not God that can predict all things, even how great you are…"

"What?"

"—Die..!"

"KUDO-KUN!!"

BANG!!

To be Continued