Chapter 1

"Ran, what's wrong!?" Kogorou yelled as he finally found her. She was sitting on the ground crying.

"C-Conan-kun, h-he was," She sniffled. "Someone kidnapped him and I don't know where they went." Shit, Kogorou thought frowning. Why did that kid have to go and get himself kidnapped?

"Okay, we're going to go to the convenience store and call Inspector Megure." He looked down at his upset daughter and sighed. "We'll find the kid, so don't worry." She smiled and got up.

"Okay, Dad."

That was close. The kidnapper thought feeling relieved. He thought for sure the girl would've chased after him. He still didn't understand why the boss wanted the kid though when they already had the Phantom Thief. How was taking this kid going to get Kid to talk? Well, whatever, it doesn't matter if he was getting paid for it, right? Now then, all he had to do was get the kid up to the top of the waterfall. It was going to be pain in the neck though. When he was far enough away from where he took the kid, his phone went off. "Do you have him?" His boss asked once he answered the phone.

"Yes, sir. It wasn't hard, but he was with a girl and she might have seen me take the brat. Of course I wore a mask so she couldn't see my face." His boss heaved a great sigh.

"Well, no matter. As long as you bring him back here, it's fine, but if the kid gets away before you get here, there will be a punishment waiting for you when you get back, understand?"

"Y-Yes, sir." The kidnapper said nervously.

"Good, I'll see you when you get here and don't kill the kid!" The kidnapper sighed as he put the phone away. He settled the kid over his shoulder and started the hike up the waterfall.

Shinichi woke up sometime later on a cold, metal floor. Wait, why is it metal? He opened his eyes completely and noticed he was in some kind of cage. Well, this is going to be fun, not! "I'm glad to see that you're awake, Tantei-kun." Shinichi froze. The only person who called him that was Kid. He looked over the room and saw that it was dark and windowless. Kid was on the opposite wall chained to the floor. Shinichi felt his eyes grow to the size of dinner plates.

"What are you doing here?"

"They captured me too obviously. I thought you were smarter than this Tantei-kun." Shinichi rolled his eyes.

"I meant why."

"I don't know. They said they wanted me to tell them everything I know about this jewel I stole a few weeks ago and gave back. Apparently there was more to it than I researched."

"Oh, you mean the Ghost Diamond you took from Hirano-san?"

"That's the one."

"I see, and they think that you figured out whatever it is their looking for."

"Yep, but unfortunately for them I don't know any more than what I researched. Supposedly the Ghost Diamond came from a self proclaimed Phantom King who had his enemies assassinated on the 21st of every three months. The Ghost Diamond supposedly powered his whole kingdom and gave his assassins powers of some sort on the 21st of every three months. Obviously it's just another priceless jewel and does no such thing, but these idiots seem to think it does give people powers."

"It sounds like a load of bull to me."

"That's what I thought when I first came across it."

"Then why did you go after it?" Shinichi was honestly curious about it.

"Obviously, it's because there weren't any other ones that seemed interesting at the time." Shinichi rolled his eyes.

"Of course you would say that. Anyways, I have another question. Why am I in a cage?"

"I think they plan to torture you in front of me in hopes to make me talk, but like I said I don't know any more than what I've already told you."

"Why not make something up?"

"Because I don't know what they're looking for, obviously. Come on, Tantei-kun I know you're better than this."

"Well I'm sorry that I can still feel the effects of the chloroform they used on me." Shinichi grumbled. He was having a hard time trying to focus. Kid's eyes widen in shock.

"Oh, I didn't know that. I'm sorry, Tantei-kun."

"So how long have you been here?" Shinichi asked ignoring the magician's apology.

"Hm, I'd say about three days maybe longer? I don't know. I stopped counting after 72 hours."

"What day was it when you were captured?"

"Uh, Saturday evening I believe."

"It's Saturday today. I was taken around noon." He winced.

"A week, huh?" He sighed.

"I was with Occhan and Ran, so they should've called Inspector Megure by now." Shinichi said starting to feel sluggish again. "How much chloroform did that guy use?" He mumbled as his eye lids start to droop.

"Come on, Tantei-kun don't fall asleep on me yet." He said nearly begging as he got up. He was able to reach cage and lightly slap Shinichi on the face. Now that Shinichi had a good look at Kid's face, he looked sort of familiar. It was weird because he looked almost like Shinichi but his hair was messier. "I need you here and I'll help you too. Can we have a temporary truce?" Okay, the Phantom Thief was really begging now.

"Sure," Shinichi said trying to stay awake. "But I don't know how much longer I can hold off from falling asleep." Kid frowned.

"Okay, you can sleep and I'll keep an eye on you. If it gets too dangerous, I'll wake you up."

"Sounds like a plan," Shinichi said before he fell back to sleep. He hated this.