UNKNOWN EFFECT

"Ahhh. A hard day of work has finally come to a close." sighed Shinichi. "Now I can go home and relax." He began to get on the subway train to take the next transit to his neighborhood in the busy city of Tokyo, when Shinichi noticed what appeared to be two very suspicious-looking guys, dressed all in black, from across the boxcar. 'I wonder what they're up to...' thought Shinichi to himself.

When the men got off the train at the next stop, Shinichi decided to follow them, even though it would mean arriving back home even later than expected. Shinichi followed the guys dressed in black down into a damp and dingy alleyway. There, standing at the end of the alley was another man, in a disguise, who met with the first two. Shinichi hid behind a dumpster so he would be not be seen, yet he could still hear and see very clearly all that went down.

The first guy in black was taller and skinnier than his partner, who had a more round figure. The man they were talking to was of medium build and looked very nervous. "Do you have the negatives?" asked the nervous man, his voice shaky with what Shinichi determined was anxiety.

The round man answered, "Yeah. You got the money?"

While handing over a large envelope filled with money, the man said, "I hope these are the only copies..."

"Of course. We always give our customers what they want." the tall man sneered with a grin running across his mouth.

Shinichi realized that the transaction he just witnessed was most likely that of a blackmailed bribe. But what blackmail and between whom was the question. Shinichi didn't like questions to go unanswered. Shinichi knew that just a few blocks away, there was a police station and if he was quick enough, he might be able to gather the help of Tokyo's Finest to get to the bottom of this case. He carefully jumped down from behind the dumpster and began to slowly walk backwards out of the alley, still making sure to keep and eye of the perps and make sure they didn't spot him.

CRASHHH! Shinichi accidentally tripped over a grouping of aluminum garbage cans, falling backwards into a ton of gunky garbage, and calling to the attention of the men finishing the bribe. The three men all turned to look at Shinichi, lying down in the trash in the alleyway. The tall guy turned and grabbed an old snow shovel lying in the rubble and headed toward Shinichi as the nervous man asked, "Who the hell is he?"

Before Shinichi knew what was happening to him, WHACK! He was hit directly over the head with the blunt part of the shovel, sending him back down from the direction he came up. Shinichi was knocked unconscious. The nervous man grabbed the file containing the negatives and ran out the back of the alley. The other two thugs consulted with each other and decided what to do with Shinichi's body. "I got it..." sneered the tall man. "Let's use these pills that Syndicate just developed. He will be a dead duck by morning, if he's not dead already..." laughed the man.

"The ones that aren't detected by autopsy?" asked the round man.

"Yeah stupid! Know any others?" The tall man reached into his pocket and pulled out the poison in pill form. He grabbed Shinichi by the shoulders and sat him upright. "Here- put one in his mouth." he ordered the other guy.

The other guy put a vile of water to Shinichi's lips and tilted his head back. Down the pill went. "Syanara pal..." laughed the tall man as the two left Shinichi's body in the center of the alleyway and took off down through the next road.

Within 15 minutes Shinichi should have been killed. He should have gone into a coma as soon as the poison entered his bloodstream. His organs and brain should have shut down when the overdose occurred. But instead something completely unexpected happened... Shinichi regained consciousness and sat up. He had a massive headache and looked around at his surroundings. "Where the hell am I?"

DISCLAIMER: We do not own Case Closed but our version differs from the original and so our characters are a revival of the old.

Written By: Everett age: 14

Edited By: Kathleen age:22

NOTES:

Everett In this story, Shinichi will be OOC. Also, the drug does not turn him into a child like so many other versions. Now please review. We need advice on how this manga is going. Also, one more thing- will someone please email me the original Japanese names of the characters from Cased Closed, including the English names of who they are. I really appreciate it!