AN: Thank you for everyone and their support! For those who were curious, ASIO stands for Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. Some people have asked me about how many more chapters I'm going to write. There will be at least one more chapter plus I have ideas forming for a sequel... Anyways enjoy!
Conan was in a small dark room, hiding in the corner. His eyes darted around the room, wide in fear. An evil laugh made Conan flinch as an ominous figure walked into the room. Behind it Shinichi, Conan's brother, walked into the room in a terrible state. His arms and legs were covered with scratches and cuts, bleeding endlessly. Bullet wounds adorned his body and a nasty gash ran along Shinichi's forehead. But what scared Conan the most was his brother's eyes. His sparkly blue eyes were now replaced with a pale empty look. The ominous figure approached Conan stretching out his hand towards him. Conan was frozen on the spot with fear as the figure held a gun towards him which had materialised from nowhere...
Conan woke up, panting and sweating. When he realised it was a dream, he relaxed a bit. He got up and groaned in pain from his wounds. He took a better look of his surroundings. The hospital room was dark and small like the one in a dream. Conan began to hyperventilate, his eyes buzzing around the room, full of terror. He completely disregarded his heart monitor which had begun to beep rapidly.
Conan felt a warm, rough hand on his own and turned to see who it was.
Shinichi gave a warm smile, but you could see the worry in his eyes.
'It's okay, Conan. It was all but a bad dream, buddy. Go back to sleep.'
With these words Conan began to calm down.
'I-I don't think I can, Shinichi-niichan. I don't want to have more nightmares. I don't even think I want to live anymore...' Conan started to tear up and buried his face on his brother's shoulders.
Shinichi enveloped his arms around his brother, and patted him on the back. Conan eventually fell asleep, so his brother laid him back down on the bed. Shinichi was worried- Conan was only 9 and he was already losing his will to live.
Conan, I'm so sorry you had to experience these things. But I promise you, I'll help you get through this.
A couple of weeks later...
Shinichi was on his way back to the hospital after school when Conan's friends, Ran and Sonoko caught up to him.
'How's Conan doing?' Ran asked Shinichi as Ran eyed Conan's friend. Shinichi took the hint. Conan had told him that his friends were a bit intimidated by Shinichi.
Shinichi smiled and knelt down facing the Detective Boys, who took a step back.
'Actually I was going to ask you guys if you wanted to go meet Conan with me. Will that be okay with you guys?'
The Detective Boys cheered as they made their way to Beika Hospital. They made their way through the reception when a voice called out Shinichi's name. He turned and saw Heiji and Kazuha walking towards him.
'What are you two doing here?' Ran asked as she hugged Kazuha.
'Well, once we heard that Conan was in hospital, we decided to rush here!' Heiji replied. 'But I should warn you that we're not the only ones who came...'
Shinichi gave him a confused look before it sank in. Shinichi looked around, until his eyes landed on a suspicious couple sitting nearby, who were wearing sunglasses even though they were inside. It didn't help that Professor Agasa was talking to them either. The lady gave him a smile before putting a finger on her lips. Shhhh...
Shinichi rolled his eyes and guided his and Conan's friends to the room.
Conan was watching the news when his friends came in. The first few days in hospital had been a pain- reporters tried to get through the doors of his room to get an interview with Conan, though thankfully Inspector Meguire had posted officers to guard him until he could leave hospital.
Over the weeks multiple officers including Detective Satou and Takagi came to him, though he still wasn't sure why. It was revealed to Conan that Amuro from Café Poirot was an agent for the National Police Agency and Vermouth was an agent from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. Vermouth had been the one responsible for smashing the lock in the warehouse. Conan was excited at first after gaining this knowledge, but was disappointed when he was sworn to secrecy.
The Detective Boys crowded around him each asking questions at once.
'Guys, oi, you're gonna give the kiddo a headache!' Heiji scolded them. They apologised and sat down on the chairs around Conan, with Haibara sitting right next to him. Shinichi saw Conan blush and raised an eyebrow, but decided to keep quiet. For a while, anyway. He was his brother after all.
Shinichi, Ran, Kazuha and Heiji made their way down to the café, leaving Sonoko to look after the kids.
Down at the café they sat and caught up with what happened to each other- the cases they solved, school life, who's the greater detective, things like that. After a while a lady and a man, both wearing sunglasses from earlier, approached them. Shinichi looked at them, sighed, and excused himself as he followed the couple to Conan's room.
Conan and his friends were talking about the latest episode of Kamen Yaiba when Shinichi and the couple entered.
'Hey guys, can you guys go down to the café for a while? We need to talk to Conan privately.'
