Heya for the chapter of the day !

Time to know what happened to our favourite reduced detective and his two friends : )

Have fun reading, thanks for coming ! ^_^

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WisteriaReads : Haha, sorry, it was a bit cliffy, yes : ) And the twists aren't over yet ; ) yes, I think Nakamori needs better eyes... and better luck ! But you can't completely blame him, he never noticed the Kid changed, so it must be really hard to envisage he's got such a young age ! Haha, well, they'll have a problem for sure, not knowing who is who between Conan and Kaito ; )

JarayZ : Lol, don't worry, we are two xD I won't say I softened what I wrote first but... I tried not to be too sadistic ^^; But yes, totally agree, if there wasn't that doubt about Kid's ID, he would have been killed on the spot, that's what the BO does !

Black Rose : Thank you ! And yes, I also think those guys would have been a great combi, yet, we never see them together, what a pity o.O Haha, sorry, as I explained at the beginning, canon pairings only ^^;;; But Heiji x Ai, wow that never came to my mind... they are so much the opposite, ice and fire... Would explode before it even begins xD

bobbyneko : Well, beginning of what is happening next below ; ) 2 persons to save ? Hey, don't forget one of them is the Kid, he's not the kind to be saved, helped maybe ! ^^

Boogum : Thank you ; )

EmYasmina : Yup, green xD Immortal ? Oh, lucky, because I think you'll die a few more times with that fic, got some good things to come :D Haha, same answer than to Black Rose, I can't imagine the two together without implying some mass destruction, starting by themselves xD

Chap 6 : Caught

Kaito opened his eyes with a grunt and found out, with a little touch of panic, his mind still a bit fogged by the drugs they probably gave him, that he wasn't able to see anything around him. Feeling his heartbeat increasing rapidly, he took a few deep inspirations to calm himself and to keep his composure, probably the only protection he could have in this hostile environment.

He knew there was a possibility of him being kidnapped and drugged, that was, after all, the goal of their plan as the men may bring him to the real Kudô. The Thief would have just preferred to know how was Heiji before, as he was the one supposed to follow and free him.

"Once again alone, won't change a lot..."He shrugged, concluding it was better for him to try to find a way out instead of counting on the detective's help.

Considering his options, the teen first tried to list his equipment. He had noticed he was barefoot now, wearing only his shirt and trousers, and his pockets had been searched. Minimal equipment left, not really to his taste. But the Kid understood now why they couldn't find any signal from the missing detective : those men were extremely cautious. Even his hidden earplug had been removed.

He gently touched his leg, feeling a rough bandage around it. It had been treated but clearly not by a nurse and he knew that would slow him down if he had to run to escape, so he decided he'd had to find another way. His cheek was also a bit hurting from the punch that blondie gave him but he knew by the feeble throbbing pain he'd just have to deal with a bruised face, nothing more.

Aware now of his equipment and status, the Thief tried to prick up his ears to identify his surroundings, using them instead of his useless eyes in the pitch dark cell he was in, and kind of jumped when he heard another breathing.

"- Anyone ?" He carefully asked, using Kudô's voice as he was supposed to impersonate him, not really knowing what he was facing.

Getting nothing more than a moan, he slowly crawled towards the unruly breathing, his hand held in front of him to warn him if there was any obstacle.

Finally reaching the other person, Kaito felt a small head under his hand, with rather flat hair, apart from two cowlicks, quite similar to the ones he had on his head just right now.

"- Tantei-kun ?" He asked with a low voice, almost sure he finally found the boy.

He felt him move under his hand and tried to reach his shoulder to shake him a bit.

"- Don't... " Conan stopped him with a hiss as he completely regained consciousness due to the pain the Thief induced as he touched him.

"- Uh, sorry, are you hurt ?"

The boy tried to nod but then remembered the other wouldn't be able to see him.

"- ... I'm alright..." He managed to say with a coarse voice.

"- That sound you make wasn't coming from someone alright, Tantei-kun, no need to play the "tough guy" with me."

Recognizing the nickname and a voice so similar to his when he was in his teen's body, the detective grabbed the hand that was on his head and drew an interrogation mark on it with his finger.

The Kid had a little laugh and did the same in the boy's hand, except that he replaced it by an exclamation mark, which cause the child to let a relieved sigh out.

"- Shinichi-niichan ?" He asked with a little nudge, to encourage the Thief to play along, fearing someone could be listening to them.

"- Yea, that's me, Conan-kun. I'm glad I found you at last, we've been looking for you." He drew the first kanji of "Hattori" in the other's hand to precise what was the "we" he was mentioning. "Are you alright?Did they hurt you ?

- Just a little bit... I don't understand..." He whined to sound like a frightened little boy. " Those men caught me during the heist, it looks like they thought I was you... They hit me but I had nothing to say...How can a little child be a teenager ?

- Yea, that sounds a bit crazy..." The Thief couldn't hold a quick ironic smirk as he played along."Hold on, it is soon over, okay ? I'm sorry we couldn't find you earlier but they made it look as if you died so it took us a bit of time to look into that case.

- As if I died ?" The boy pointed out with a true surprised voice this time, even using the mature tone he usually was trying to hide from the others.

"- Yea, your family kind of buried you yesterday...

- Wow..."

That explained a lot for the small detective. He was a bit surprised no one came earlier, when he had been kidnapped just in front of Hattori... He knew his friend would have turned the world upside down to find him, that's why he had tried to let some hints behind him... But his own burial ? How did they manage ? And he wondered... " How long have I been there ?

- Around three days I'd say. But it's almost over, okay ? Let's just wait for the cavalry..."

"- Cavalry ? What cavalry ?" A male voice laughed, confirming the darkest fears of Conan, the fact they were observed during their little chat. " We removed all those stupid tracers you had on you, even that earplug, brat, no one will be able to find you."

The door opened, dazzling the two teens by a bright light, almost hurting their eyes now used to the dark. Through his almost closed eyelids, the Thief spotted two large men at the cell's entrance, both with a kind of evil smile on their faces as they looked at them so he did his best to move and place himself between the men and the boy, feeling nothing good could came from such nasty expressions.

"- So now, we've got a problem. I've got two Kudô Shinichi and that's one more than what I need. So if one of you has something to say, it's now..." As both teen stayed silent, he made a sign of the head to his accomplice towards the teen. "I see. Let's play with the tall one and see what he has to answer then.

- Leave him alone ! " The boy snapped, trying to get on his feet to stop them.

The Kid looked at him, finally able to see the boy under a light. He looked awful. Beaten. Bloody. His left eye was closed and one of his arms was hanging uselessly against his body, probably because of that shoulder's wound he touched earlier by the men didn't pull their punches despite the fact he was just a little child and that made his blood boil.

"- It's ok, Conan-kun, don't worry."

His face hidden to the men as he was turning to the boy, he gave him one of his mischievous smiles, oh yes, he was going to make they pay for that. Conan looked at him in the eyes as the Thief was going back to his feet to follow them, a bit bothered by his bad leg but the smile still on his face.

"- Laters ! " He joyfully said and the door closed behind him and both men in black.

The boy, once again in the dark, let himself fall on his bottom with a sigh, bringing a hand to his face.

"Please find a way, Hattori..." He prayed, uneasy with the idea of someone else could be suffering in his stead.

"- Sit. Down.

- But I need ta...

- You will stay still or I'll use the stunning wristwatch on you."

Heiji wriggled on his chair but obeyed at the dark glare the auburn haired girl threw at him, perfectly aware these weren't idle threats.

The Osakan woke up a dozen minutes beforehand, to find the little scientist once again bending to his face but the setting had changed and he was now in what he recognized, to his greatest relief, to be Agasa's living room.

The girl had explained him how she and the professor, hearing at the news the evening that the Kid had challenged Kudô-kun, rushed to the Suzuki manor. They didn't really know what to expect but they had to find a way to talk to that Thief, maybe he knew something they didn't, for changing his notice that late to turn it into a challenge to the detective.

As they arrived, they had spotted the white tuxedo on the building's facade and, while the old man parked the car, Ai had tried to follow the Kid until she saw him crashed and discovered Heiji's face under the mask. Once he passed out again, Agasa arrived quickly after and, with difficulty, loaded the teen in his car, as quickly as possible, just before the ambulance arrived.

After those explanations, concerned for the Thief, he had tried to call him through his earplug without any success and that got him worried. His kidnapping was looking really similar to Conan's and he feared not to be able to track him down. He had been trying to get up to fetch the glasses but the little girl had stopped him with a stern look.

"- You are already quite lucky to have had that bulletproof jacket under your vest, according to your bruises, the men you met knew how to shoot.

- Yea, that was the Kid's idea... " The detective admitted, looking at his bare chest, spotting the two dark spots around his heart. "Looks like gettin' shot is also a daily basis fer him..." He added, more for himself. "Ouch ! Ya could try ta be more gentle...

- If you wanted a gentle nurse, you should have allowed us to bring you to a hospital..." She flatly pointed out, after she put the last adhesive strip on his wounded head. "To be honest, I'm quite sure you have a concussion, a few bruised ribs and you need more than band aids on that head wound..." She sighed, annoyed when she saw that the Osakan wasn't really listening to her, just waiting for her to release him so he could jump back into his shirt and run outside with the glasses. Time for her to have some answers. " So, tell me, where is Kudô-kun ? And why are you working with that Thief ?"

Heiji's jaw dropped and he stayed frozen for a second while the girl gave him a satisfactory smirk.

"- Kojima-kun was wondering at the cemetery where you were gone, looking for the spare glasses they gave you and you were supposed to bring at the burial. Tsuburaya-kun hushed him but it was a bit late. Who says spare glasses says transmitter and who says transmitter says looking for something. Or someone. I'm no detective but that much I can guess." She let the sufficient smile on her face go away, her expression almost going to a pledging one. " Is he alive ?

- I can' guarantee it..." The detective sighed, shaking negatively his head. "But the Kid had some doubts so he came ta ask me ta help him look into them an' he was right... Everythin' had been planned fer Kudô's kidnappin' an' makin' it seems as if he was dead. Those cinders in the urn aren' his, I can assure that ta ya, Neechan. " He said, looking straight into his eyes. "So, thanks fer the help, I'm really glad ya were here tonight but the longer I stay there, the smaller the chance ta find him or the Kid alive. I need ta ...

- Anyone want a sandwich ?" Agasa asked, bringing back a plate he'd been preparing in the kitchen while the girl was looking after the injured. "Uh, am I interrupting something ?" He wondered when he noticed the serious faces.

"- Nah, our Osaka friend just there said he'd take one of those before we help him finding a signal with the car."

Heiji sent her an interrogative look and prepared himself to argue back as he didn't want to imply them but resigned when he saw her face.

"- Yea, that's exactly what I said... "He confirmed with a sigh.

"- Is it about Shinichi ?" The old man asked with an hopeful look.

"- It could be. Would ya happen ta have any weapon or gadget I could use ?

- Let me check while you eat that.

- Thanks." The Osakan said as he saw the white haired man going into his lab.

Conan was woken out of his half sleep state by the creaking of the door and the light that entered the cell. He raised his head, expecting to see the two men in black and the Kid but only one of the men was here.

He grabbed him unceremoniously by the back of his shirt and lifted him out of the cell.

"- Come here, time for a visit by the doctor."

Unable to fight anymore, the little detective decided to save what was left of his strength in case Kaito could find a way to escape.

"Hope next time you'll think twice about hurting a kid..."Kaito thought as he looked at the body near of his feet, his face already swallowing from the hits the teen gave him. He was usually non-violent but those guys started first.

Both men had taken him in an empty cell, using handcuffs to attach him on a chair. That was their first mistake. But they couldn't have guessed they were facing probably the best magician they had ever heard of. After being sure the Kudô-like wasn't able to move, the second man had left, leaving his partner alone to do the handy work. Second mistake, and that one had been so obvious Kaito had it hard not to smirk when he saw the man leaving. As his jail keeper sent him the first hit, after the teen taunted him a bit, refusing to answer his questions, the Kid fell with the chair on purpose, quickly freeing himself from the cuffs around his wrists and waiting for the man to do his third and last mistake : bending to him. The Thief had used both his hands to send the man's head against his good knee and tied him with the cuffs before he could come back to his senses. He finished the work by smashing the chair on his head and was now contemplating his work with a smile.

Quitting his self satisfaction, he emptied the man's pockets, getting a few keys and a gun, a bit disgusted to have to take it but, having no gadgets on him anymore, he just couldn't run in the hallways of a syndicate of crime without a weapon.

Kaito tried to bring some of his weight to his wounded leg, appreciating the limits of what he was going to be able to do with it. Walking, ok. Acrobatics... maybe not.

"Ok, let's fetch Tantei-kun now..."

Using his memory, he walked back to his cell, trying to be as discreet as possible despite the fact he was limping a bit. The floor was cold but he was happy for the first time of the night they took his shoes away as it helped him to move silently.

At last, he ended in the corridor with the cells he was looking for. The smile of satisfaction that was appearing on his face quickly faded when he heard a male voice in his back.

"- Hands up, brat, and turn to me."

Not really able to do anything else, the teen obeyed and saw the face of the man who had left his cell earlier.

"- I don't know how you escaped but you're going to pay for that." The man stated, strengthening his grab around his gun's handle, ready to fire.

"- Get down !"

"- Stop here, this is the place." Heiji ordered as the car passed by a random building in Tokyo's centre, its glass windows gently reflecting the lights of the night.

"- I can't believe the Organization would settle in such a fancy office, in the middle of Japan's capital..." Agasa stated with astonishment, looking through the window at the plain skyscraper on his left.

"- That's what they are good with... Meddling in any environment, able to hide even in plain sight..." Ai pointed out, remembering her old lab was just in the middle of the street, just like that place.

"- Ok, this is where we split." The Osakan announced, grabbing the door's handle.

"- You know that's pure craziness to go in there ?" The girl flatly commented.

"- I know." The teen grinned. "But waitin' any longer would also be. As I'm alone, it should be easier ta infiltrate the place... Just call the police if I aren' back when the sun rises : it shouldn' take more than three hours ta retrieve them, else it'd just mean...

- Yes, we got that." The little scientist nodded with a serious face.

The teen nodded back and came out of the car. "Laters."