The days passed slowly then, the hours dragging on as Shinichi did his best to take care of Ran and Haibara did her best to find a cure. And then, one day that was seemingly the same as any other, Haibara emerged from her lab, a tired but victorious smile on her face.
"I did it." She said in a tone similar to what smug children sound like. "We should go ahead and give it to her now, before her nervous system can get any more damaged."
Shinichi nodded and woke Ran up, she had fallen asleep on the couch with her head in his lap while they were watching old anime reruns. "Ran? We think we found a cure, You need to go take it now so you can get better."
She nodded drowsily and sat up. "Okay, downstairs, right?"
"Yeah. Come on, let's go." Shinichi said, helping her off the couch and down the steep steps before lifting her up into the table in the middle of the room. Haibara attached a couple of probes to Ran's chest and the heart monitor next to her flickered to life, beeping with every stead pulse. The chemist then moved across the room to pick up the syringe filled with a clear liquid he assumed was the cure. "Haibara? Are you sure this will work?"
Haibara gave him a hard look. "It's worked on all the cells I've tested it on, I'm fairly sure it'll work and if not......It'll be more merciful than what would come otherwise, I'll put it that way."
Shinichi gave a choked gasping sound be evening out his expression and nodding solemnly. Haibara approached Ran with the needle and the spider-girl flinched away again. "Kudo, hold her hand."
Shinichi grabbed her hand and told her to look at him just as he had before. The needle slid into her arm and the fluid rushed through her veins. The heart monitor beeped faster now and Ran's breathing became labored.
"Shinichi....hurts..." she gasped out as her body began jerking violently.
"Hold her down!" Haibara yelled and Shinichi grabbed both of her wrists and pressed her back to the table.
"Just hold on, Ran!" Shinichi yelled and the beeps continued to speed up in pace.
And then, one long steady beep pierced the air with its wail and the green line that had been jumping across the screen went flat....
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Don't kill me just yet! It's not over till I change the status to complete, remember this, please! All complaints should be directed towards Kirby, this is mostly her story. Praise, on the other hand, should all be for me!