Hey Mina! I'm back with another chapter! I know I don't have three reviews but I didn't want to wait any longer.
Me: WARNING! I am currently in collage so updates may get spars and sporadic.
Shinichi: Oh, what are you going for?
Me: I want to be a graphic designer. You know, work with Photoshop and Illustrator.
Shinichi: That's cool.
Me: Yeah! I'm super excited!
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On with the chapter!
Shinichi's P.O.V.
Shit! She just called me Shinichi as well! …I don't think he caught it though.
I could tell Max was panicking as she tried to come up with something. "Uh… I, um, I REALLY like birds so I read A LOT of bird books. In fact I just read a book about birds of prey after leaving the train station this morning."
That seemed to satisfy Megure. "Oh, is that so? It's nice to see someone as young as you enjoy reading books."
That was close. I better redirect this conversation back to the case. "Anyway, let's start decoding this cipher. It looks like the most common number is 65, and since 65 is used on its own it has to be either an A or an I. Looking at the rest of the cipher I think it's probably an I…" We continued solving the cipher this way until we got the answer -
I have hidden him in the abandoned building next door to the Nichiuri TV station. He is on the third floor in the room at the end of the hall.
To find the boy decode my cipher. Better hurry.
As for my identity the feather is the key.
Megure stood up once we had deciphered the message. "Alright let's go. We don't know how much time we have. Sato I want you to take Ichirou-kun's parents there, and hurry. Kudou-kun you go with them. Takagi and I will be right behind you to arrest the kidnapper if he's there."
"Hai!" Both Takagi and Sato reply in unison. Sato then looks over at me and Max. "Alright, let's go."
I nod back at her, "Right."
"Wait, what about me?" Max askes.
Sato shakes her head, "It's too dangerous. You stay here."
"We can't leave her here all on her own." Kiku points out.
Just then Megure interrupts, "We don't have time for this. She's going, Kudou-kun keep an eye on her."
Sato nods, "Hai!" She then leads us all to her car. As we all get in I realize something; there's no room for Max.
"Um, where am I supposed to sit?" Max askes, realizing the same thing.
"Sorry Kudou-kun; there's no room anywhere else, she's going to have to sit in your lap." Sato tells me.
W-What?! I can feel a blush working its way onto my face. "A-Alright. Come on Irene-chan, l-let's go." I say taking Max's hand and helping her into the car and onto my lap. I can feel my blush growing, and I can only pray no one can see it.
Max's P.O.V.
Oh this is just fucking fantastic! I think to myself as Shinichi takes my hand and my face goes beat red. Kill me now, god just kill me now, before I die of embarrassment.
Once we were all sitting in the car ready to go Shinichi whispered in my ear. "You may want to hold on."
What? "What do you mean by that?" I ask.
I could feel him shifting uncomfortably behind me. "Well-"
Before he could get anywhere with that explanation Sato looked back at us. "Hold on tight and try not to bite your tongue."
Sato then floored the gas and tore out of the drive way.
Oh my fucking god! This is how I die!
Luckily we got to the area the building was in without any problems; though I'm pretty sure we violated several traffic laws.
Note to self, never ride in Sato's car again, …if I can help it. I sighed as we turned the corner and the building came into view. But as soon as I saw the building my stomach dropped. Its lower floor was engulfed in flame.
"ICHIROU!" Kiku cried out in horror.
We all ran to the firemen on the scene.
Sato was the first to get there. "Excuse me but did you find a little boy in there?!" She had to shout over the roar of the fire.
"No! When we got here the fire was already too bad for us to go in! We're barely able to keep it under control with our hoses! Is there a child in there?!" The fireman looked at the burning building in horror.
Sato nods. "I have it on good authority that there is a young boy in there! How long has this fire been burning?!"
He looks at the fire, "It's been going strong for several hours now! I'm sorry to say it but, he's most likely died of smoke inhalation by now!"
Kiku and Ryo both hear this, and it breaks them. Ryo just stands there staring at the flaming building his son is trapped in. Kiku is crying uncontrollably, trying to go in there after her son. She has to be held back by two firemen.
I look around at the fire and the trucks and hoses. I'm not giving up so easily! I spot several buckets full of water from the hoses and get an idea. I pull out a bandana I had grabbed from my room earlier today. I run over to one of the buckets and soak my bandana in the water, which I tie around my face to cover my mouth and nose. I then take the bucket and dump the water on myself drenching my hair and clothes. Once I'm ready to go I run over to the door and into the flaming building.
"Irene-chan, what the hell are you doing?!" Shinichi shouts after me.
I ignore him in favor of finding the stairs. Sorry.
I continued running down a burning hallway.
Fuck. Where are the stairs?
I could feel the water on my skin drying. The heat was becoming too much for me to bear.
God dammit, I need to find those stairs! Ichirou-kun could be dying right now!
I turn the corner and see the stairs. Finally! I open the door and start climbing the stairs two at a time. Hurry! Faster!
When I get to the third floor I quickly open the door; only to see that the door opens in the middle of the hall way.
Shit! Which way do I go?
I quickly decide to go left. I run as fast as I can to the room at the end of the hall.
Please god, let this be the right way.
I open the door, and to my great relief it's the right one. I see Ichirou-kun lying on the floor, motionless.
Oh my god. Please don't let me be too late.
I carefully check his pulse.
Oh thank god, he just passed out. Now, how to get him out of here?
Just then I feel him start to wake up.
"…Huh? Who are you?" He looks at me, confused.
"Edogawa Irene, I'm a detective." I grin at him through my bandana.
He looks at me even more confused. "You're a detective? But you're just a kid like me!" He then decides to look around the room. "Where are we?
I sigh, "That's not important right now, what is important is getting out of this building."
Just then the smoke starts getting heavier and Ichirou-kun starts coughing.
And done! Yay! Another chapter done and posted!
Shinichi: *Yelling* You're a fucking idiot!
Me: *Whiny* What!?
Shinichi: *Still yelling* You ran into a burning building with no regard for your own safety!
Me: So? What's your point?
Shinichi: *Exasperated* Oh never mind.
Me: Alrighty then. Anyway, I still haven't gotten any new entries for that contest on my profile. Remember, you or your OC could be in my story! Also, I know I posted this before I got my three reviews; that is NOT happening again. So if you want to read the next chapter for this story, leave a review!
This chapter's song was Burn by Papa Roach. lol