In the basement of Haibara Ai's home, there was a lab filled with endless amounts of equipment for her research. That was where the three of them were now, Ran seated on a stool as Shinichi stood close to her. Meanwhile, Haibara rummaged through drawers before pulling out a syringe.
Ran flinched as the light haired woman brought the needle with her and the chemist noticed and grinned. "You aren't still afraid of needles, are you, Ran-chan?"
Ran merely shivered and shut her eyes tightly. "Hold her hand." Haibara instructed Shinichi. "I need to find out what's wrong before I can fix it and that means a blood sample at least."
Shinichi reached down and took Ran's rigid hand in his own; her eyes opened and flickered to him, terrified, before returning to the approaching needle. Shinichi used his free hand to cup her face and force her to look at him. "Don't look at it, just look at me; it'll only hurt for an instant."
Ran did as she was told and kept her green eyes on his blue ones, though she was ever aware of the sharp metal drawing closer to her. She still felt its sting but did not turn away from him, she didn't want to see her blood filling the container, that's all she could really remember about the days before her abandonment, needles and her blood flowing out of her endlessly, never in her for too long.
While thinking about this, she didn't notice Haibara remove the needle from her arm and stick a bandage over the tiny hole. The scientist immediately emptied the blood into small vials before she began examining them carefully. Without looking away from her work, she waved them away. "Go rest upstairs, this will take time and you both look as if you haven't had a goodnight's rest for awhile. Press has been keeping you up, right?"
Shinichi and Ran crept upstairs diligently, slipping into what seemed to be a guest room and lying down together, falling into a deep and dreamless sleep.
Shinichi woke up to Haibara shaking him. "Wha-?" he started, only to be cut off by Haibara, who put her finger to her her lips and motioned to the still sleeping Ran.
"It's not good." She whispered. "Not good at all."