Now for Gin to catch them! But they might get away... Read on to find out!
Chapter Four
Conan was just settling down in class when he felt himself being pulled roughly away into a corner. He whirled around to see Ai, looking downright scared.
"What's wrong, Haibara?"
"Gin." Conan knew immediately what this was about. Gin was just about the only thing that could scare her so much.
"Where?" asked Conan, worried.
"Right outside the front gate. He's in disguise."
"How do you know it's him?"
Ai sighed, and told him her POV of the whole incident.
"Gin helped you?" asked Conan incredulously, "and he let you go? Why? Why's he here anyway? How'd he find us?" Conan started panicking, and this time Ai had to calm him down.
"I don't know anything, Kudo-kun. Gin's right outside the gate in disguise, and I know it's him because he identified himself. He's alone, and the playground was full of kids, so that's probably why he didn't do anything. Plus, I never spotted his car, so he probably walked, and couldn't really make a clean getaway."
"It won't take long for him to call for backup," said Conan. We've got to sneak out NOW." He went to his desk and repacked his stuff. They ran out, and Conan said, "If anyone asks, you're not feeling well, and I'm taking you home."
They ran out the back towards the back gate. Conan glanced around, and didn't see anybody. "Sense anybody?" he asked Ai, who shook her head negatively. Then ran to an alley across the street and ran all the way to Beika Park, where they hid in some bushes.
"What now?" asked Ai fearfully.
Vodka soon arrived, and Gin sent him to cover the rear entrance. Gin went back to the Detective Agency, got his car, and parked in front of the school. It took about 10 minutes, and he figured they were still inside. Plus, he planted a video feed across the street, and fast-forwarding though the footage, he saw that nobody had left.
Gin waited across the street all day, but Sherry never came out. When all the kids came out later, Sherry still hadn't come out, and Gin called Vodka and told him to check the school with him after everyone had left. A quick check turned up nothing. They met up in the library and Gin pulled out his laptop and started researching.
"It looks as though Sherry isn't here," said Vodka, but received no reply. Gin was working on his laptop. "What are doing, aniki?"
"Looking for records of Sherry. She was obviously here, in plain sight, but the Organization's never been able to find her, and her disguise isn't that good. Even Vermouth couldn't find her," Gin replied. He was hacking into various records, and copying Sherry's information. First was the school's. He got her address from their records. Then he hacked into police records to see what they knew, since Sherry and her friends were known as the Detective Boys, and had helped the police a number of times, and so were well known to them.
"Well, well, well," said Gin smugly, after looking through some police records. "It appears Vermouth has some explaining to do."
"What do you mean?" asked Vodka curiously.
"That night awhile ago when Vermouth organized that off-season Halloween Party, she was heavily injured. She never told any of us what she'd been doing, but I know now. According to police files, an unknown person kidnapped Sherry and Kudo Shinichi. There was a big fight between the kidnapper and an FBI agent who was 'on vacation'. The kidnapper escaped later on with Kudo, and Kudo was found in an abandoned car in the woods later. The kidnapper fled."
Gin continued, "This kidnapping was on the same night as that party, and the FBI was involved. It was obviously a cover-up, and the only thing the FBI would want to cover up is our business."
"How do you know Sherry was involved?"
"Sherry has an alias, Haibara Ai, and it's mentioned in the files. The Kudo kid also has an alias, and it's mentioned, too."
"I thought we killed Kudo, though."
"Obviously not," said Gin darkly, "He survived the experimental poison, and Sherry did too. That's why we're here. They're little kids now."
"But she was an adult that time at the hotel!" said Vodka.
"She obviously found some kind of temporary antidote, and she just happened to have turned back when she got shot by us. The guy with her was probably Kudo."
"So what do we do now?"
Gin grinned, "What do you think? We hunt them down."
Next up is the final chapter! It'll probably have the final confrontation, too, so if you like that kind of thing, look forward to it; I'll probably upload it this weekend sometime.
Also, when I first started this story, I had no idea it would be as popular as it's become. Thanks for the support!