Prologue
"Dad, why did you want to take us on a camping trip all of the sudden?" Ran asked curiously. Shinichi was wondering the same thing.
"I got some great advice from a client who lives in a villa out here. He told me about a great camping spot with a good fishing hole and there's a convenience store just down the road with good plumbing and a phone!"
"Well, I can see why having access to a phone is good, but what's the point of camping if you're just going to get everything at a convenience store?" Ran said scowling at him. Well, if something did happen out here, surely there wouldn't be much of a problem solving it. Shinichi thought to himself as they pulled into a nice looking area. There was a lake with a waterfall and there weren't very many trees, but all in all it was nice. He could see why Occhan liked the place. "This is it! Let's get camp all set up." The three got out and started putting up the tents. Ran got hers up first but Occhan wouldn't let Shinichi help at all so he was still struggling to get their tent up. Ran giggled as the tent tarp landed on top of Occhan's head.
"Come on Conan-kun, let's go get some firewood before it gets dark."
"Okay." Shinichi said glad to get away from Occhan. Occhan was driving him nuts. The two left him grumbling to himself.
"Sometimes I don't understand Dad," Ran said as the two picked up some wood.
"I don't either." Shinichi said sighing. "I'm going to look for some more over here."
"Okay, be careful."
"Okay, Ran nee-chan." Shinichi wondered what would've happened had he not gone after Gin and Vodka at Tropical Land that day. He always wondered what would've happened. Would he have gotten to know Ayumi, Genta, and Mitsuhiko as well as he has now? Would he have met Haibara? Would he have tried to help out Occhan with his cases? Probably not on that last one. He doubted Occhan would've let him help whether he was back to normal or still Conan. He wished he had been more careful and should've thought it was weird that there was only one guy there when clearly there were two of them travelling together. He felt so stupid for not noticing it in the first place. Suddenly he heard stick snapping in half as if someone had stepped on it and turned around. There wasn't anyone there that he could see. "Ran?" He called out but she didn't answer.
Something was off. He knew it wasn't Them. He cautiously started walking back to the campsite, looking around as he did. Was he just imagining things? No, he felt like he was in some kind of danger. "Conan-kun? What's wrong? You look- Aaah!" Shinichi barely had time to react before he was being grabbed and someone was pressing a piece of clothe against his nose and mouth. It was Chloroform. That was Shinichi's last thought before everything went black.