No one had been in the room for a very long time, it felt like a very long time since the last time a person was in the same room as her and the last one was a Vigilante. The last time that she had even seen a human face she was struggling to remember and she could not remember who's face it was.
And what was feeling like an eternity when no one had come in to check on her and this was taking a long a long time and she was just waiting for human contact. A Doctor, Nurse, Police or even a stranger would do she just wanted to see someone and just talk to someone wearing without a mask covering their face and identity.
She just wanted reassurance that everything was fine and ok that everything had been dealt with.
What is the worst thing about being left alone when something terrible just happened ?
When someone tried to kill you and they even succeed in a different way from what they were expecting but still succeed in killing you ?
Being left alone means you have no one to talk to which means you and your alone with your thoughts and you are left to think but at the most you are alone. Thinking by yourself going through every thought and action that had ever happened in your life was depressing and what she was remembering was not all that good.
She was alone in a Hospital that she had never been in.
She was in a City that was strange to her, a place that she had never been in before until she was told that she would be living here in this City for the next two years with her Biological Father. Something that she would have never expected to ever of happened and someone that she never thought that she would have ever have met in her life and had little interest in or even meeting.
And now she felt even more alone than she had ever been in her life even when she had been Edowaga Christie. Even when she was shrunk she had her own freedom of what little she had been able to pull off and that was shockingly a lot that she had got for a child. But here in Gotham she had no freedom to do anything that she did in her life and everything that she would usually did every day in her life. She was stuck in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do and mostly she was bored out of her mind with nothing to do or challenge her.
She was being babysat almost twenty-four/ seven and feeling trapped in a place that looked like an old prison on the outside and was even more so the moment you step inside the building. But it felt lifeless and it was like a museum instead of a home with no feeling of love or that actually anyone lived there as it was discomforting than any place that she had ever been. She hated the place and she hated that the fact that her room was really girly and looked the exact same way as her room was when she was five years old and her mother had decorated it for her. So, it was obvious that it was her mother's designs and her total input with her decision made at all.
And worst of all she was not allowed to be a Detective was what she was told squandering her very personality and everything that she is or rather was. But she had solved one murder since she was here and it was the most pointless murder that she had ever come across and she had the feeling there was so many more like this that she wanted out more than ever.
She had never felt any more out of place in her whole life and she was now getting fed up of waiting more than ever. She had no idea what was taking them so long and looking out the window was boring and way creepy at the same time. The sky was the colour green and looked so polluted that it she could not even see a single star in the sky. But strangely you could see the moon nearly clear as daylight as it shone on the dark sea that was as black as some people's hearts.
Plus, she hated Hospitals and lying in bed all day, ok a bed that did not belong to her because who does not like lying in bed all day ? That was not really a question or rhetorical one but rather a statement and fact of life that everyone would share in one point in their life.
TICK
TOCK
BEEP
BEEP
She closed her eyes trying to get back to sleep but the sounds that she was hearing was getting in the way, and she was starting to remember something that she did not remember at first.
She was barely conscious and someone was picking her up and carrying her in their arms and putting her into something small, tight and enclosed. And then it was getting darker as something was being put over blocking the sunlight and trapping her inside and leaving her inside the darkness.
Oh No she was starting to remember !
It felt heavy as he put each of every single nail literally in the coffin as he hit on it heavily several times doing it without ever taking a break and when she thought it was all over there was just one final nail put in the coffin and this made her shiver.
And was it just her or where the walls starting to close in ?
She needed some fresh air and decided to get out of bed.
With a clean change of clothes and hopefully a shower she could feel refreshed and that would make her feel much better. And she could go for some fresh air and go for a much-needed walk outside.
" Stupid Wires " she said as she begins to take them off and making the machine going off and on, making sounds at the same time.
The noise made Nurses and Police come in at that point.
" Miss Wayne, it late and you should be in bed " said the Nurse.
But she just continued to pull at the wires.
" Miss Wayne back to bed " said the Nurse.
She took one of the wires of out.
" Do as the Nurse says and get back to bed sweetheart " said the policeman.
He stank of heavily of smoke and alcohol which just made her cough as he talked.
" Does she even speak English ? " said the policeman.
" Miss Wayne ? " said the other younger police man putting his hand on her shoulder making her jump.
" I just need some fresh air, really I am fine just need some fresh air it is getting to hot in here " said Shinichi as she began to pull at the wires again.
" It is freezing in here " said the police man.
But she pulled the last wire out and then went towards her bag getting her clothes out of it wanting to change into them.
" I need a shower please " she said rubbing at her skin remembering what happened.
The police that stank began to walk towards her and in that moment, she was scared of him.
" Would you like to make a statement of what happened because I can see that you are starting to remember something that happened. So, is there anything that you would like to tell us in case we did not get everything that we need to know ? " said the police.
" I...? " said Shinichi.
And then she felt it, not him but the dirt.
Something was being dropped when she was in the darkness, she could feel it but it was not on her but above her weighing itself down. Something was being dropped heavily down and in hurry getting heavier and heavier quicker by every moment she could smell it as it was being dropped and the sound was terrifying. And then it stopped as she could feel it end with the ground being patted down. She realized what she was remembering, she was remembering him Bane burying her alive as he did it and she did not want to remember this anymore because she was feeling more trapped than ever. Right now, her memory was going through the whole process and situation again as she was remembering everything that had happened and her brain was starting to fill in the blanks as she was now remembering all of and reliving it over and over again.
" Get the Grayson boy in here she is in some kind of shock " said the police officer.
She stood still for a moment not hearing anything that they were saying.
" I want out of here and now " she said barely conscious of what she was saying.
She was starting to panic now but was not aware of it.
" Shinichi? " said Dick Grayson.
All she was seeing right now was several people with masks and she could not see their faces and she was terrified of what they were going to do to her and what was going to happen next.
" I need a Doctor in here " called the Nurse.
People were grabbing her and she was terrified.
" We have permission by her Father to sedated by if we have to " said the Doctor.
Dick Grayson just nodded in agreement to this.
All she felt was something be injected and to her and she was starting to fall asleep.
" It is ok Shin-Chan I am here " someone whispered to her.
And she closed her eyes mouthing it "Kaito ? "
And the last thing she saw was a grin and a pair of purple eyes looking at her and he was titling his hat at her.
" What happened anyway ? " said the young police man.
" Buried alive in her own backyard all because of who her Father is " said the police.
He looked mortified by this.
" Detective Harvey Bullock I think that is high time that you went home, you should not even be here in the first place and I would appreciate if you do not go telling anyone what happened today " said another police officer.
He read about this man, he was called Jim Gordon and he was the Commissioner so he better plays his role here as best as he could or he would be easily discovered because he heard this guy was more than good. He was great and he was supposed to know the vigilante that was called Batman, if he was real that was but he did see that Bat Signal thing in the sky that night to make him think he was real. So that was more than enough proof for him and he began to wonder if Shinichi had already met him or even know who he was knowing her she did.
Or maybe he was the one that saved her tonight ?
But now that he was real that meant that there was a whole new situation and a whole new threat that he had to deal with. A whole new Detective that was terrifying in every possible way and he was now thrilled and scared at the same time. A Detective that would go to no stop to catch a criminal and had well more than advanced gadgets than his girlfriend and definitely himself.
Well he was excited about this even though he should not be and he was going to make this his mission to think of everything that he could possibly could so that he could do his job and escape.
He did not like this Grayson guy, or the way he was looking at his girlfriend in such a loving way even though he could tell it was not a romantic way but was still in a loving way. Which was making him paranoid and this guy could be a potential competition for him because of just looking at him he knew he was more than competition.
No one was going to steal his Shin-Chan's heart from him and he was going to show this guy what would happen if he ever got in the way. He would not know what hit him the next time they would meet would be as rivals as he would also look different and so would he.
But right now, his Shin-Chan was being placed back in bed after she had been sedated and he was knowing that he had to be there for when she woke up. Even though he knew that would be for several hours he would wait there for hour to wake up with a nice hot cup of coffee, no better yet he would have two cups of coffee for her top make her even happier.
He had never seen her so terrified in his life and he knew that she was not coping as well as she said she was and she was just trying to cover for herself and for everyone else to make them feel better. And this is what she had always done putting other people's feelings towards herself and just suffered in silence and fear all by herself.
But waiting for several hours was going to take a long time and in that time, what was he going to do to amuse him for that so that length of time ?
And apparently Shin-Chan's father was out of town the Butler, ha the thought of Shinichi having a Butler was hilarious. So, like always Shinichi's parents were out of town and leaving her to take care of herself when she needed someone to take care of her or rather he wanted to take care of her. And even if she was being watched by her adopted brother or step brother he was not really sure what one it was but he did not like him, not one bit.
And he was not jealous not one bit and he had no idea why Sonoko kept saying that he was and insecure about their relationship. But most of all he was getting fed up of her saying that he was not good enough for her and now looking at the world that she was now in and could have grew up in, he was now starting to and for the first time feel insecure about their relationship.
Well he was going to show her and show the world that he was good enough for her and show her that he was a lot more mature since that the last time he saw her and that he was not jealous or insecure.
" Ran...? " said Shinichi in her sleep.
And then rolled over in her sleep hitting the metal bar and hard as she hit her head on it.
Lucky for him he was still in here alone and no one knew that he was in here as the Police and Doctors were currently talking to that Grayson guy wanting him to sign some paperwork and question him at the same time.
So, he could easily jump out of the window and get a couple of hours in the police station finding out a lot of more information that he could find out about what happened. And he could find out more about this Batman that he was going to have to face at one point very soon he was not sure if he was happy or dreading it now it was both of them.
And he had finally out who Shin-Chan's father was and he was not happy about it either, and he could clearly see why Shinichi hated him so much and wanted to get away from him. And he was going to help her get away from and all of this horrid situation that she was in and get her back in Japan where she belonged.
And with him, and everyone else because they were missing him plus the police were really doing bad without her help. They sucked without Shinichi and even though that other high school detective girl ...Sera that is it!
He was thinking of something else that he did not want to think about or rather something he knew his beautiful girlfriend with the deadly kick would not want to think. That she would not want him to think that she had recently developed and it was just an accident of what had happened.
Oh, he was so hoping that she did not know or no one had told her what had happened before he got that chance before someone else told her. But he was more than happy if she never found out that he had accidentally did the same thing again with the whole clothes situation. And she did look different without wearing that hat she was always wearing, she did wear a lot of hats just like that idiot Hakuba did when he was on a stupid case. He was so going to glue that hat to his head or butt, which one should it be ? Or maybe both in a way that he could get a hat shaped like a butt sticking it to Hakuba's head and the hat to the butt, he liked the idea that was now forming into a plan.
" Shin-Chan ? " he said as he walked forward to her.
And then he sat down on the seat and started to groom her hair and play with it like always did but he noticed that her hair was a mess and she needed her haircut because it looked parts of it had been ripped off.
" Bye Bye my Shin-Chan for now I got to go but I will be back and I am not talking to myself again like you said I always do...And this so does not count...does not ...And now you have gotten be the Great KID-Sama arguing with himself over him not talking to himself, like I am doing right now ? " he said talking to himself.
And then he kissed her on the forehead and then jumped out of the window with the gust of wind.
" Ran...? " said Shinichi.
Rolling around and somehow hitting her head again she woke up feeling dizzy and her world spinning as she was feeling like she was on a rollercoaster because right now that was how it was looking. She panicked for a second remembering the last time that she had woken up like this but listening to the sound the smell she knew that she was in the Hospital and that she was safe.
But there was someone in the room with her.
" Kaito ? " she said as she sat up too fast.
" Yep " he said jumping up from the seat that he was not currently sitting on any longer.
And he immediately pecked her on the lips.
And then she felt it.
" Coffee! " she said a little too loud.
" Hush Shin-Chan they don't even know I am in here " said Kaito.
But her eye was widened and just looked amazed as she saw two cups of hot and it was all just for her.
" Thanks, You! " she said childishly as she drank one of them down immediately in one drink.
And this was something that no matter what he would never get used to her drinking all of that down in one go. That cup of hot steaming disgusting boiling hot water that she always drank and he would never know why or how she was able to even to that without even scarring her mouth on the inside.
" I missed you " said Shinichi as she leaned over to kiss him.
But he just let it be peck as he pulled away.
" What ? " said Shinichi concerned.
" Are you alright ? " said Kaito.
She saw the concern in his eyes.
" I am getting there " said Shinichi reassuringly.
And then he started to play with her hair.
" I know what happened Shin-Chan, you know that you do not have to be brave for me of all people and since you are saying Ran in your sleep I know that you are scared...so spill " said Kaito.
" Okay so I might be a bit traumatized by what happened but it did just happen " said Shinichi.
" You had a panic attack, Shin-Chan and that only happened after what happened the last time you saw Gin when he ..." said Kaito.
She just flinched at his name.
" Don't say his name I still have nightmares about that " said Shinichi.
And then Kaito sat on the bed with her squeezing in as she put his arm around her hugging her.
" The door is locked ?...because if someone comes in and sees me with a police officer in bed ... well..." said Shinichi.
" Yep " said Kaito nodding like a maniac.
" Good " she said excited.
And then started to move nearly knocking the coffee down but it was saved just in time by Kaito and he handed it to her as he blew on it.
" Coffee first and then he has a little chat, that was always your agreement well the coffee bit so that is why I brought two for the little chat that we are going to have for the second cup of coffee " said Kaito holding it in his hands.
" Is this bribery or blackmail officer " she said amused.
And then quickly drank it down.
But while she was doing this he saw this as his only chance to say it.
" Your hair is a mess; would you mind if I fix it for you ? " said Kaito.
And she immediately turned around looking at him and automatically scarring him off the bed and she just sighed at him.
" Pathetic did not even do anything " said Shinichi and she then began to look at her hair.
" Hey your eyes are the most beautiful thing I have ever saw but they are also the scariest, especially when you give me that look that now looks far scarier than ever " said Kaito
But she just looked puzzled.
" What look ? Why does everyone keep saying that ? " said Shinichi.
" Your scary scowl that you give everyone why do you think criminals are always so scared of you ? " said Kaito without think.
She was now scowling at him.
And now he was covering his mouth.
" You expect me to trust you of all people with my hair, the one thing that my mother has said that I should never trust you with " said Shinichi.
'Of all things! That was what she was most concerned over and not something else ' she thought.
And now speaking of her mother and thinking about her she had not seen her in a while or even got a letter which was making her beginning to get worried. She was due a visit soon anyway and she wanted to see her any way because there was something that she wanted to talk to her about and it was only something she could talk to her about.
Her Dad did send the one later and she would expect a lot more because he was using this time to work on his novels that were past due and he had gotten rid of his writer's block and taking advantage of this opportunity. And he had already had two of his novels published that he had written in prison as he saw it as a great opportunity.
Her parents were definitely 'eccentric' was the word that always came to mind when she had to describe them in one word.
Her Dad was enjoying prison and probably was the only way that could be him writing and contained because he could not run away from his publisher but he could still procrastinate inn here. But he would probably be talking to others to get ideas for his stories that he was writing because he had already thanked sources in his novels from prison.
" Shin-Chan ? " said Kaito.
She snapped out of her bubble of thought again.
" Yeah " she said.
" You were thinking and not concentrating on your surroundings again or me " said Kaito.
" Oh sorry " she said guilty.
But he was now grinning at her as he was holding a pair of scissors in one hand and a comb in the other.
" KAITO ? " she quietly but it looked like she said it loudly.
And she touched her the top of her head touching her hair and saw some of her hair on the bed making her go pale as a ghost.
Kaito quickly handed her a mirror.
" See it is nice, beautiful even " said Kaito nervously.
She looked at it he had taken at least three inches off her hair.
" Was it really that bad ? "said Shinichi.
He did not answer her not knowing if she wanted him to answer or not because it sounded like she was asking herself and not him.
" Here I will put your hair up anyway " said Kaito already doing it.
And then cleaning up the mess he had made.
" You are far too easily afraid of girl have you ever wonder why ? " said Shinichi.
" Am not " he said huffing as he crossed his arms.
She just smiled at him.
" Shin-Chan, I got you a passport and I am getting you out of here on Saturday as soon as everyone is too busy on a goose chase looking for the Diamond I am taking my Diamond Detective with me back home " said Kaito.
She just stared at him with a blank face in shock.
He showed it her proudly.
" Don't worry I will hold on it and give to you when we whisk away, it will be so romantic " said Kaito.
" Ok ? " said Shinichi.
" You still want to come, don't you ? " said Kaito.
She tapped her fingers and began to cry.
" Kaito ... I feel really bad and guilty for what I did...and he is going to hate me for it anyway...so there is no point in staying ...he will never forgive me for it and I will never forgive myself for doing that...Kaito I am a monster for doing that. And it would be better for everyone if I just go anyway and..." said Shinichi.
But he wiped away her tears with his sleeve.
" You are not a monster and he does not even deserve you in his life " said Kaito.
And then he hugged her as he reassured her the best he could.
" How did you find me anyway ? " she asked changing the subject.
" Heard it on the radio and I knew that it could only be one person that could happen to and survive it. So, you could say I took an educated guess " said Kaito.
" Huh " said Shinichi.
There was a moment of silence.
" I missed you " said Kaito.
" Me too " said Shinichi.
" So, you going to my Heist ? " said Kaito.
She had completely forgotten all about that.
" Kaito. You should cancel it there is no way that..." said Shinichi sounding scared.
" I will take that has a challenge " said Kaito.
" Kaito I mean it " said Shinichi.
" Why so scared that I will get caught " said Kaito challengingly.
" Yes " said Shinichi seriously.
" Come one Shin-Chan only one Detective can stop me from taking the Diamond away but never ever stop me and that is you, and you would not put me in jail, would you ? " said Kaito joking.
" No of course not but HE would ...Kaito HE is real and..." said Shinichi.
" Awesome " said Kaito.
" What ? " said Shinichi shocked.
" Shinichi this now my chance to prove myself to the world and to..." said Kaito as he raised his eyebrow.
But the door was moving as it was being unlocked.
" Kaito please! " said Shinichi.
She looked at the door and it was nearly opened and quickly turned around to see his smile coming towards her then he kissed her on the lips making her forget what was happening right now.
" I missed doing that " said Kaito.
The door was now open.
" Am I interrupting something important ? " said the man in the suit.
Expensive suit.
" No, I think that I have got enough information here from your...?" said Kaito as he was trying to work who this man was.
He looked familiar and he was starting to get scared of him, thinking that this guy just might know who he is that he really is in disguise. Thinking that maybe this guy was FBI or a Detective because just looking at him he looked terrifying and in shape.
" Daughter. Teenage daughter that is just sixteen years old and should not being interviewed by the police unless there is a parent or guardian with her as she is underage " said Bruce Wayne.
Oh, the Father.
And he is an over protective one!
So maybe he should not be looking that way he was currently and was looking at Shinichi this man's daughter, who was by far one of the most terrifying men he had ever met.
" Daughter ? " he said as it just slipped out.
He looked at them and he could see the family resemblances' and where his Shin-Chan got THAT look from that he was currently getting right now but was by far more terrifying coming from the father.
" Yes " said Bruce Wayne as he headed beside Shinichi's side.
He was being protective and guarding her, well at least it did show that he did care about her.
" Well...I guess I better be going now " said Kaito.
At this point he was ready to run for the hills.
He looked at Shinichi and then smiled.
" It was nice meeting you " said Kaito
" Nice meeting you too " said Shinichi nicely.
And he was happy again forgetting what was happening because Shinichi was talking to him right now.
But he was now being blocked by the Father and he was now sweating through the disguise that he had made, he was just hoping that it would not be ruined. He had met over protective fathers, bad guys and so many others but why was he so scared of this guy ?
" Mr Wayne, it was a pleasure " said Kaito.
Did he just try to introduce himself ?
He better just leaves right now at least that was what his brain was telling him but his body was not doing the job it was supposed to do.
And now he was shaking his hand, why ?
'The Butler is here... MOVE NOW !'
And he did as fast as he could.
He had to get Shinichi away from that guy.
