To be or not t be Forgotten

Chapter 14: Proof on Tape

"Ran? Ran!!!" Conan screamed. He ran over to where Ra was at and knelt beside hr, dropping the clothes. He put his hands on her and began shaking her, while calling out her name.

"Ran! Ran! Ran! Please wake up! Don't do this to me! Ran!"

"Shi…"

"Hmm?" Conan was shocked to hear something come out of her mouth.

"Shini…"

"Hmmm?"

Conan listenend carefully to what Ran was going to say.

Ran eyes opened a bit, she saw what she wanted to see, but in reality, was not there.

"Shinichi, you came to save me again. Thank-you." She said in a whisper that only Conan (Shinichi) could hear. After that, she fell back unconciously.

Conan was shocked to hear that.

"Ran?! Ran?! How did you know? What are you talking about?"

Conan STRUGGLED and STRUGGLED as hard as he could, to try and get Ran to get up and tell him that she'll be all right, but nothing happened.

"Ran…" Conan said, sadly. He put Ran on the ground, gingerly, and dialed a number.

7 minutes later…

Kogoro, Eri, Professor Agasa, Ai, the kids, Inspector Meguire, and other officers came. Including and ambulance. They all cramed into 1 ambulance.

Kogoro and Eri were on each side of Ran. On the left was Kogoro and on the right was Eri. They were both holding each of Ran's hands. While on the other hand, Conan-kun, sat at the very end, staring at the wall of the ambulance.

"So, Conan-kun, do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" asked Inspector Meguire.

Conan didn't respond.

"Conan-kun, are you okay?"

"Uhhh… Inspector Meguire, maybe now's not the right time to interrogate. He's really upset right now, after all that has happened." said Professor Agasa.

"Y-You're right. Sorry about that." apologized Inspector Meguire.

The next day…

They were all at the hospital waiting for Ran to wake up. Then, around 3:00 p.m., Ran woke up. Everybody was glad to see her awake. A few minutes later, after having a little snack, Inspector Meguire asked Ran a few questions.

"Okay Ran, first of all, what happened?"

"Well... I'm not exactly sure, actually. I-I was just walking to Agasa's house th-then, I just... blacked out."

"Oh, I see. But the most possible subject would be Abe. We'll try to look even harder for him."

"Thank-you."

"Oh and one more thing, we have the footage from the parking lot, where Abe was apprehended. We'll watch it together once you're ready."

"I'm ready."

"B-But you just woke up and--"

"I SAID... I'm ready." Interrupted Ran.

"O-Okay then." said Inspector Meguire said, nervously.

While everybody went outside the door, Conan, Ai, and Agasa were at the back. Conan turned to Agasa and asked him something.

"H-Hey Professor Agasa? Can I tell you something?"

"Sure. Anything Conan-kun. What is it?"

"Well, when I found Ran in the bushes, I-I was trying to wake her up, and when she did, she called me... Shinichi..."

"Oh, that? That's okay, she always say's that. There's no need to worry about that."

"O-Okay, if you say so."

A few minutes later, they all arrived to the police station. They went to the interrogation room and waited. After a few minutes later after they arrived, Inspector Meguire came back with the video tape.

"Okay, this is the tape from the parking lot where Abe got arrested. We don't know what happened in this tape, so we don't know if it is shocking or not, so let's watch it together." said Inspector Meguire.

Inspector Meguire put the tape in the VCR, turned on the TV, got the remote, and pressed play. What they first saw was Yutaka Abe walking towards the parking lot, suddenly stopping, and looking around in panic. Inspector Meguire turned the volume up, so they can here the voices. And the first voice they heard was something they never expected to hear... Conan's voice. After a few moments in the tape, Conan came from behind a car and revealed himself to Abe. Then, Abe petted Conan's head and walked away. But before Abe can walk any further, Conan pulled out a tape recorder, revealing Abe, in his own voice, that he was the murderer. Then, suddenly, Abe ran to Conan, grabbed his neck, and started choking him. Conan, then bit Abe's hand, and Abe threw him against the dumpster. Right then, a tire fell next to Conan, which came out from the dumpster. When Abe was charging to Conan, Conan turned the dial on his shoes, and used the tire that fell next to him. He kicked the tire and aimed it at Abe's face. Then... WHAM--- right at Abe's face. After a few seconds, Conan put the tape recorder on Abe's body, and walked away before the police arrived. Then, Inspector Meguire paused the tape, and everybody looked at Conan. But, Ai and Agasa didn't know what to say t that point. Conan was confused.

"Conan-kun... why?" asked Ran.

"Ran-neechan, I-I didn't know... I---"

"NO!!! I DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT!!!" With that, Ran stormed out of the room, with tears running down her face.

That same time, Conan felt like he wanted to scream... and he did. He fell to the ground.

To the Readers:

I am so sorry that this is late. That's because my school started about 2 weeks late so we had to catch up on a lot. And I'm in HighSchool... FRESHMAET!!! So, I have a lot of work to do. Sorry if this is really late. I hope you guys will understand.

Sincerely,

Conankim Dogawa with Love and Care