Hey mina~! Yay, another chapter!
It took forever to get them but I got my reviews.
Me: Merry Christmas mina~!
Shinichi: And a happy new year as well!
Me: I'm actually kinda excited for Christmas this year, thought my luck is just as bad as last year.
Shinichi: Oh, how so?
Me: Well, I'm getting a whole bunch of Detective Conan merchandise and a really fun Sherlock Holmes mystery card game! I want to play it so much!
Review replies:
Max's Rygart: Thanks, glad you liked it so much! *Dark aura* I'd like to see him try! (Shinichi: Yeah, no thanks.) Too bad it took so long to get my other reviews. Hope the wait was worth it!
BloodyCamellia: If you're sleepy then you should go to sleep silly! ;3 Glad you like it, and don't worry, I will! *Tucks you in* Good night! Sleep tight! Don't let the homicidal maniacs get you tonight! 3
Mystery0028: You got it~! Here's your Update!
Max's P.O.V.
"Why's it so smoky in here? It's hurting my eyes." Ichirou-kun asks after a rather bad coughing fit.
I take off my bandana and hand it to him. "Here, tie this around your head so it covers your nose and mouth. That should help keep the smoke out of your lungs. As for your eyes I'm afraid I can't help you with that. But the sooner we get out of here the sooner you'll get to see your mom and dad."
He takes the bandana and ties it around his mouth and nose. "Thanks, but what about you?"
"Don't worry about me; I'll be fine!" I say, trying to keep myself from coughing; the smoke was really bad. "But we need to get out of here, before this building burns down!"
Ichirou-kun looks at me, scared. "The building's on fire!?"
I nod. "Yeah. Hopefully we can get out of here before the fire gets any bigger. If not then there's a big chance that this building could collapse. …Come on, we better get moving."
We start walking down the hallway towards the stairs. Once we got to the door at the bottom of the stairs I turn to Ichirou-kun, "As soon as I open this door we run for it. The fire is going to be hot and we don't want to be in it for long. Here take my hand; we don't want to get separated in the flames."
He nods his head. "Okay."
I open the door and we make a run for the exit. I can feel my lungs burning from the smoke. I won't last much longer in here. I look around, trying to find the front door. There! I see it just as we turn a corner into a long hallway. There at the other end is the exit. At this point my limbs are screaming from lack of oxygen. I can do this. I have to do this! I have to get Ichirou-kun out of here!
As we are nearing the door I feel a tug on my arm and fall backwards.
I hear Ichirou-kun scream. "Irene-chan! Help me!"
I turn to see a man pulling Ichirou-kun back by the arm. The man has blood running down his face. Who the hell? Is he the kidnapper? If so then why is he still here? And why is he bleeding? What the fuck is going on here?!
"Hey! Let Ichirou-kun go! We need to get out of here!" I shout over the roaring flames.
He glares at me, "Not a chance kid! I've gone through too much trouble to kill this kid! He's going to die in here even if I have to die with him! Damn, how did the cops figure out the riddle so quickly! It wasn't supposed to happen this way! Shit!" As he was saying this he had moved to stand in-between me and the front door, blocking our only exit.
I look down at the ground and push my glasses up. "So you're the one who kidnapped Ichirou-kun!" I suddenly glare up at the man that had put Ichirou-kun through all this and growled at him, "Who the hell do you think you are?! What kind of fucking monster tries to kill an innocent kid?! If you think I'm gonna run out of here just to save my own ass, then you're sorely mistaken! No way in hell am I gonna let you get away with this asshole!" I then give him my biggest shit-eating grin. "And besides, there was no other way that this could have gone mister, cause that riddle was so easy that even a kid like me could figure it out!"
"Why you little-!" He drops Ichirou-kun and lunges for me.
I roll out of the way just in time. He lands hard and rolls over to the side of the hallway, leaving the path to the door wide open. I run over to where Ichirou-kun was still sitting on the floor and pulled him quickly to his feet. "Ichirou-kun, look at me! You need to get out of here! Your parents are right outside! Go to them, they'll protect you!" I turn him around and push him towards the door. I can see the kidnapper getting up. "Now go! Run to your parents! Run, and don't look back!" As soon as Ichirou-kun disappears out the door I turn to look at the kidnapper who was staring at the spot where Ichirou-kun had disappeared. I grinned, "To bad, looks like Ichirou-kun slipped through your fingers!"
He turned to look at me. He was pissed. "YOU BRAT!" He lunged for me again.
I attempted to jump out of the way again; however, I wasn't so successful this time around. He picked me up and through me against the burning wall. I landed hard and could feel myself slipping into unconsciousness. I can see the man slowly approaching me through the flames. No! You have to stay awake! Come on Max, you can do this! I mentally shout at myself to keep from passing out. I slowly stand up. I need to defend myself in case he attacks again. I look around for something to defend myself with. My eyes land on a fallen pipe to my left. There! Guess all those years my dad had me playing soft-ball are finally gonna pay off! I pick up the pipe only to realize that the metal under the paint was red-hot. I immediately drop it. "Holy shit! That's fucking hot!" I look at the man to see him chuckling at me with a sick grin on his face. All the while, he was getting ever closer. Fuck! I pick up the pipe again ignoring the searing pain and slight sent of burning flesh.
I look back to the man only to see that he's standing right in front of me. I swing my pipe at his leg as hard as I can, and to my dismay it does nothing. Shit, I can't do anything in this useless body! God Damn it!
He bends down and grabs my throat lifting me a few inches off the ground. "Well, since I can't kill that Ichirou brat, I guess you'll just have to do." As soon as he finished talking he slowly tightened his grip on my throat.
As if the smoke wasn't making it hard enough to breathe already! I was running out of time. I tightened my grip on the pipe I was still holding and brought it up to touch his cheek. He screamed and stumbled back. He tried to pull his face away but I kept the pipe held firmly there. I could smell the acrid scent of his hair burning. He dropped me and kicked the pipe out of my hands.
While he was busy with his face I quietly ducked behind him and ran for the door. I was almost there when he caught me. He was to late however, as the flames weren't as strong in the area around the door. The firemen that were already there grabbed him before he could get any closer to me. He fought them but it was no use, he had breathed in too much smoke. They dragged him out of the building and over to an ambulance. A different fireman took me to another ambulance with Ichirou-kun.
Shinichi's P.O.V.
I saw Max come out of the building behind the firemen taking the kidnapper to the ambulance. Oh thank god, every one's okay. I ran over and glared at her, she was covered in burns. "What the hell were you thinking?! You could have been killed!"
She crossed her arms, "Yeah, well I wasn't, was I? And besides, I saved Ichirou-kun. Everything turned out fine in the end. I don't see how you can complain."
I pinched the bridge of my nose. "That is NOT the point. I was worried about you! If anything were to happen to you I…" I stopped. I don't know what I'd do. It's been less than two days and I already can't imagine what would have happened if I hadn't found her yesterday. I've only known her for a year, and even then we've only met a few times. Has she really made such an impact on me?
She looked at me expectantly, "Yes? You'd what?"
I blushed, "Well, I… What would I tell your parents?"
Upon hearing that she almost looked disappointed. Why would she look disappointed?
"Oh, right. Sorry." She said looking at the ground. When she looked up, though, the look on her face was one of exhaustion.
"Hey, are you okay?" I was getting worried. I crouched down and put my hand on her shoulder.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just really tired; it's been a big day after all." She sighed.
All of a sudden her eyes fell shut and she crumpled to the ground.
Shit! I quickly caught her and scooped her up into my arms. I ran over to one of the E.M.T.s. "Excuse me, sir! Can you help this girl? She just collapsed!"
He looked up at my voice. When he saw Max his eyes widened in shock. "Bring her over here!" He motioned for me to follow him as he started to walk towards one of the ambulances. We ended up going to the ambulance Ichirou-kun and his parents were at.
They looked up at us once they heard us approaching. When they saw it was me they smiled, Ryo even waved at me. "Kudou-kun, over here! We just wanted to thank you, if it wasn't for you and Irene-chan…" It was then that he noticed the look on my face and Max in my arms. "Irene-chan! What happened? Is she okay?"
"I don't know, she just collapsed!" I was starting to panic. I've seen her get stabbed in the stomach and even then she just stood back up and walked herself to the ambulance! Megure-keibu said afterward that she had even stayed conscious all the way to the hospital! It must be pretty bad if she just collapsed like that.
One of the E.M.T.s took Max out of my arms and put her in an oxygen mask. "She's inhaled a lot of smoke. She appears to have some light second degree burns on her back and neck and some severe second degree burns on her hands, possibly third degree. An old wound on her throat also appears to have reopened. We'll have to re bandage that on our way to the hospital."
"Will Irene-chan be okay?" Ichirou-kun asked his parents.
Kiku hugged her son, who had gotten out of there with nothing worse than a light burning and some smoke inhalation. "I hope so Ichirou, we owe her so much."
"I hope so to Kaa-san, she was so cool in there! She fought off the bad man and everything! She even gave me her bandana when I started coughing! It really helped!" Ichirou-kun pulled out the bandana Max had been wearing when she ran into the building.
The E.M.T. that was looking him over looked over at Max when he heard that. "So she's the one that gave you that bandana? That was very smart of her; I'm surprised she knew to do that."
Just then one of the other E.M.T.s tapped me on the shoulder. "Excuse me sir, we're about to leave for the hospital."
"I'm coming with you then." I started getting into the back of the ambulance with Max.
"Sir you can't-" the E.M.T. moved to stop me.
"She's my cousin, I'm coming." I sat down firmly in the ambulance and crossed my arms. They understood my meaning and didn't try to stop me. They just nodded and started driving to the hospital.
End Chapter!
Me: Yay! Another chapter done and over with. Sorry about taking so long. I know I got my third review a few days ago but I thought that I'd wait and give it to you guys for Christmas. But hey to make up for it I made this chapter a little longer than normal!
Shinichi: Yeah, let's just hope that you can get three reviews a little sooner next time.
Me: Oh! I hope so! That would be great! Anyway mina I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and a wonder full New Year!
Shinichi: Yeah! We'll see you next year!
This chapter's song was Last Summer by Lostprophets.