The chill in the air dug deeply at Conan's skin. He shivered and breathed heavily, his breath making steamy white puffs in the air.
It's so dark... Everyone...
"You can do it!" he heard Haibara's voice, sounding far-off and muffled. "Kudou-kun! There's... there's only three minutes left!"
I'm trying, Haibara... I really am... But...
As his eyes closed, possibly for the last time, he heard a door opening, and light filtered through his eyelids. "Conan-kun? Ai-chan? What in the world are you doing?"
Conan's eyes snapped open. "Ran-neechan!" he exclaimed, sneezing suddenly.
Haibara smirked devilishly at him before pasting on a sweet and innocent frown. "I don't know what's gotten into him. Usually he's much more rational then this."
Ran glanced from the shivering Conan to the grin-hiding Haibara. "Well, Conan-kun, I think you might want to get out of the professor's freezer. I'll go run a bath for you - you must be freezing. How long were you in there?" She turned and made for the professor's bathroom.
Conan, sniffling, stepped out of the emptied freezer, glaring at Haibara, who shrugged, amusement clear in her eyes.
"Haibara," Conan said, the word punctuated by a sneeze, "that is the last time I accept a dare to stand in the freezer for fifteen minutes."