Akako: Let's finally continue
Sonoko: Here we go
Aoko: Konsu does not own Detective Conan or Magic Kaito or Shizuru
(Black feathers covers Akako, Sonoko, and Aoko)
Akako: Resume
It was a dire situation, but Mai knew what had to be done in order to save her friend, her big sister.
"Grr."
Plus, there was her personal revenge to take care of. Mai was not going to let this chance go. It was either kill or be killed, save Ran or fail, and Mai refuses to allow any of the latter to happen.
'I'm sorry mother.'
Mai knew what she was about to do was something her mother would never approve of. Well, it was something Ayumi's mother would never approve of, but that's beside the point. What she was about to do would be something Shizuru Yoshida would frown upon, but it had to be done, not just to save her friend, but for justice.
"Raaa!"
With that in mind, Mai screams as she cuts the strap holding her, and in one swift movement, slams into Vermouth with all her strength, shocking the woman. Not only was Vermouth shocked, but she lost control of the car. Cursing the stupid girl, Vermouth tries to regain control of the car, but with a simple bite from Mai on her arm, that proved futile. The car swerves across the road dangerously, drawing all attention towards it.
Behind the swerving car, Ran watches on worried. The car was swerving too much for her to get close. It was actually swerving too much that she had to slow down to stop from crashing into the car. Cursing heavily, Ran wonders what was going on, when the car suddenly took a sharp turn to the right.
"NO!" Screams Ran.
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Bridge
Lowering the sniper, Korn shakes his head. Turning his head slightly, Korn eyes Gin. The man was silent, his cigarette burning under the moonlight. The man removes the cigarette from his mouth and blows out a stream of smoke.
"How unfortunate, that man won't be pleased. Korn we're leaving to retrieve Vermouth."
"What about Chinati?"
Gin stops in his walk to his car and gives Korn a cold stare. Fearlessly Korn returns stare, and he tightens his grip on his sniper. Eyes trailing down to Korn's hand, Gin smirk, and places the cigarette back in his mouth.
"We'll leave that to Kir, now let's go."
Not at all pleased by the answer, but knowing nothing could be done about it at the moment, Korn relents, and enters the backseat, while Gin takes the driver seat. In the passenger seat, Vodka glances up from his phone.
"Aniki?"
Gin says nothing, and drives off, heading for the river below to retrieve the sinking Vermouth.
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Minutes Earlier
"Let go you little brat!"
Vermouth tries to pry Mai off her arm, but the girl had an iron grip on her with her teeth.
"Nehemememememehem."
It was gibberish that came out of Mai's mouth, but Vermouth understood it clearly. It wasn't that she understood what she was saying through her words, it was through her eyes. This is what Vermouth heard.
"Never, I'll make you pay!"
Not knowing what Mai meant by this, but knowing the girl meant business, Vermouth tries to force the girl off her once more. One hand on the wheel, the other trying to force Mai off her, Vermouth was in a very bad situation. Driving was one of her best points, but even she was having troubles at this point. It was becoming dangerous. She couldn't stay in the right lane, she couldn't keep Angel alive at this rate, and she sure as hell couldn't finish her mission if things continued on like this. Glaring down at Mai, Vermouth stares in surprise at the glare in the girl's eyes. Hate, pure unwavering hate burns in Mai's eyes. Staring into those hateful eyes, Vermouth silently wonders why they look so familiar.
Wait.'
Staring at Mai intently, it hits Vermouth like a bullet train, and she stares down at Mai, eyes growing wide in realization.
'Shizuru!'
Becoming numb, Vermouth focuses on the road, and contemplates what to do next with this revelation about Mai's identity. That wasn't all however. There was also Ran to think about, and what to do about the sniping Korn. It did not take long for Vermouth to figure out what to do. Unbuckling her seat belt with the arm Mai was biting, Vermouth glares down at the girl once more. Slowly Vermouth musters up the strength to grab the steering wheel with both hands.
'This is really gonna hurt.'
The plan Vermouth had in mind was so stupid she could not have possibly thought of it under normal circumstances. Removing her free hand from the steering wheel, the car jerks violently the left. Head hitting the window, Vermouth nearly blacks out. Blood leaks down the side of her head, but Vermouth ignores it. Reaching for the silent pistol hidden under her coat, Vermouth aims it at the windshield and fires. Six shots, six holes in the windshield, this was enough for what she had planned. Dropping the gun and ignoring Mai's shocked face, Vermouth uses the last of her strength to violently spin the steering wheel to the left. The car hits the side of the bridge with a bang. Mai is thrown off of Vermouth's arm and her head hits the passenger seat's door, knocking her out. As for Vermouth, she was hanging out the remains of the windshield. Eyes cracking open, Vermouth winces feeling a piece of glass in her side.
'Very stupid indeed.'
Blood drenching her face, arms and hand, Vermouth with everything she had crawls out the car and across the hood. Breath weak and unstable, the world darkens around the woman. Only her determination keeps Vermouth in the land of the living. Reaching the end of the car, Vermouth grabs the rail of the bridge and painfully pulls herself over. Body falling fast, Vermouth's consciousness fades moments before her body hits the water.
Present Time
Coming to a stop next to the smoking car, Ran hops off the motorcycle and runs to it. Looking inside, she saw Vermouth was no longer there, but Mai, the girl was unconscious, her limp body hanging off the seat. Grabbing the door, Ran tries to open it, but it was impossible. The door was lock. Raising her fist to punch the glass, Ran stops seeing Mai's limp body once more and she curses.
"Fuck." 'I'll hurt Ayumi-chan if I do that.'
Looking around the car for a possible entrance, Ran spots the large hole in the windshield. The smoke rising from the car, alerting Ran of the seriousness of the situation. Moving quickly, Ran slides across the hood, and nearly slips off because of the blood covering it. Regaining her balance, Ran carefully climbs through the windshield. Despite her carefulness however, a piece of glass from the windshield cuts into Ran's arm deeply. Crying out, but not stopping, Ran pulls into the driver's seat. Staring from the blood soaking her arm to Mai's unconscious form, Ran crawls over to Mai and grabs her by the shirt. Reaching for the door, Ran unlocks it and opens it or at least she tries. The car does not open, it doesn't even budge.
"It's jammed, no, no.!"
The smoke rising from the car darkens and flames sprouts from it. Eyes growing wide at the sight, Ran carefully grabs Mai's shirt and pulls her up from the car's floor. Hugging her tightly, Ran wonders what to do next when her hand brushes up against the back of Mai's head. Feeling a large bump forming on the back of Mai's head, Ran curses for the third time that day and wonders if the situation could get any worst.
The flames rising from the car grows stronger. Ran chuckles humorlessly, not believing her luck at all.
"That's not funny at all."
Ran kicks the car in frustration. Leaving the same way she entered was impossible. The hood was covered in blood. It was had getting in with the blood, getting out would be even more so, especially when Ran had to carry Mai. Because she was panicking, Ran almost forgot about the backseat.
"The backdoor, hopefully that isn't jammed."
Before Ran could move towards the backseat, a car drives up from behind. Staring from the rear view mirror, Ran saw Conan exit the car with haste. He runs up to the side of the car and moves to open it, but Ran stops him before he does.
"The door is jammed, try the backdoor."
Nodding wordlessly, Conan runs to the backdoor and opens it, however, like the front, the door was jammed. Hearing a spark coming from the car, Conan takes notices of the flames expelling from the hood. Cursing and cursing some more, Conan runs behind the car and next to the approaching Jodie.
"The doors are jammed," He spoke quickly. "We need to get them out and fast."
Mind moving a thousand miles a second, Conan ponders what to do when he notices the gun hidden in Jodie's coat right under the hem of her pants.
"The window, shoot the window," Conan grabs his belt and pushes a button, a soccer ball materializing from it. "Hurry," Jodie nods having seen Conan do this with his belt before and Conan shouts at Ran. "Ran get down!" Watching Ran duck low, Jodie fires and hits the back window.
Conan bends down and turns the dial on his shoes and with a mighty yell he kicks the ball. The soccer ball hits the window with a bang, shattering it on contact. Glass flies everywhere, even on Ran's back. Wincing as some of the glass pierce her skin, Ran looks up and quickly, yet carefully makes her way for the back of the car.
"Augh."
Hearing Mai's painful groan, Ran stares down at her and wonders what's wrong when she saw the girl's hand, her busted purple hand was brushing against the passenger's seat. A surge of anger rushes through Ran at the sight of Mai's hand. Gritting her teeth, she continues on, being careful not to have anything, especially the stray shards of glass, touch Mai's hand. Reaching the back seat, Ran carefully lifts Mai's limp body towards the window and into Jodie's waiting arms. It was painful because of the cut on her arm, but Ran did it and she sighs in relief. A shout from outside stops her from relaxing however.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? GET OUT OF THE CAR RAN!"
The intensity and harshness of Conan's voice startles Ran greatly. Staring out at Conan, she did not see him, she saw Shinichi. He was glaring at her, worry shining in his glaring eyes.
"HURRY RAN!"
Flinching at the sound of his voice, Ran quickly pulls herself through the window, and with the help of Jodie is pulled out safely. The car sparks once more, alerting the group of the remaining danger of the car exploding. Moving quickly away from the car, the group enters Jodie's car with haste. Mai who was now in Ran's arms, eyes cracks open for a moment. Staring up at Ran with blurry eyes, Mai whispers out softly.
"You're…safe neechan."
Hearing Mai's faint whisper, Ran stares down at the girl, taking no notice as Jodie drives in reverse. She also takes no notice the car exploding in the distance. Her attention was focused only on Mai for the moment, on Mai and Mai alone.
'You're safe now Ayumi-chan.'
Hugging the girl tightly, Ran allows a few teardrops to fall on Mai's face. The girl was unconscious once more, but she was breathing easily, she clutching onto Ran's shirt tightly with her good hand. Watching this all from the backseat was Conan. He did not know what possessed Ran to chase after Mai like she did, but he was grateful that she had. If she had not things would have turned out bad and a life would have been lost. Not only that, but if things had turned out differently, the Black Organization would have gotten their hands on an innocent girl and turned her into a monster.
'Not that Haibara is a monster, but she could have well turned into one.'
The world did not need another Ai Haibara. Sure the girl was his friend and his buddy in arms when considering their shrunken adults, but he would not deny the fact that Haibara went through painful things during her time in the Organization. The painful things she went through, Conan did not know, but he could only imagine what. Creating the poison and the death of her sister comes to mind when he things of this.
"Wake up, you can't fall back asleep," Conan watches Ran slap Mai in the face a few times, waking her. "Try to stay awake, you may have a concussion." Mai groans and her eyes start to shut once more, but with another soft slap from Ran, she becomes alert once more.
"Stop…slapping me." Groans Mai painfully.
"I'll stop if you stop falling asleep." Sighs Ran deeply.
Watching the exchange in fascination, Conan wonders when the two became so close. Two were acting as if they knew each other for years, which confuse Conan more than it fascinates him.
'Hmm.'
Conan was not the only one to notice this, Jodie watches on from the corner of her eyes, but makes no other motion to indicate she was watching them. Unlike Conan and like Ran, Jodie recognizes the girl. She knew without a doubt that Mai was Ayumi Yoshida, the daughter of her deceased friend and partner. To think she would run into Ayumi here of all places was unreal, but Jodie was glad that she had, because she had something very important to hand over to the little girl, something her mother left her.
Hours later in the hospital, while Mai, Ran, and Kaito were being taken care of by the doctors, in an empty room, Conan was on the ground leaned against the wall staring at a coldly glaring Sonoko in fright, the woman had a gun aimed at his head, rage clear in her eyes. When Sonoko spoke Conan's eyes grow wide, and then they narrow.
"Kudo, Shinichi Kudo!"
(Curtains fall ending the chapter)