Fade to Darkness

Title: Fade to Darkness
Rating: M
Fandom: Detective Conan
Summary: Reincarnation only existed in fanfiction, yet Michael Leo Field was reborn as Akai Senichi, the younger twin brother of Akai Shuichi. However, his new life takes a dark turn; at the age of ten he is kidnapped and at twelve, he is forced to join the organization. [OC Insert as Akai Sibling] [Family/Angst/Drama/Crime]


Arc IV
Chapter XXII
Wolf
Warnings: Please spare yourself from this horribly written chapter

Senichi and Vermouth had disabled as many security alarms and cameras as they could without it being too noticeable. Nobody would suspect two high ranking operatives to be traitors, especially since one of them was the boss' favorite. The disabled security measures allowed the allied group, dubbed (much to Rei's annoyance) the Red Army, to infiltrate without drawing immediate attention.

Senichi had told them of Vermouth's involvement in the plan during the briefing and had been immediately met with disapproval. It had taken a while but Senichi eventually convinced them that Vermouth was a trustworthy enough ally to be included in the plan. He inwardly flinched when he saw the hurt and betrayed look on Jodie's face. Of course Jodie didn't want to work with the woman who had murdered her father.

Once everyone was in position, chaos broke out. There were three main objectives: retrieve the files on Apoptoxin 4869, capture or kill the boss, and capture or kill as many crows as possible. Senichi's main priority was the first goal and he made his way to the labs. Upon seeing him, the scientists all asked what was going on. He ordered them to get to the nearest exit and flee. Of course, the nearest exit would be swarming with several soldiers of the Red Army and the scientists would be captured.

Senichi connected a flash drive to the nearest computer and quickly accessed the database. He started transferring the files and then started going through the file cabinets. The organization kept documentations both digitally and physically. If getting the APTX 4869 file physically was faster, he'd be able to get out of there faster.

'There are multiple labs that are part of the organization,' The Scarlet Crow thought as he quickly skimmed through each file name. 'But since this is headquarters, all files should at least be in the database. Since it was a very important project, started originally by Aunt Elena and continued by Shiho, there should be physical copies. If they're not in this lab, then they might be in the one on the other side of the base,'

He barely managed to get out of the way of a bullet aimed at his head. 'That was too close!'

"Traitor!" Gin snarled, though he still did not use his wolf traits. "I knew something was up. The dogs got in way too easily!"

"You've changed," Senichi told him. "The organization changed you! It made you into a, a monster!"

"Mad Dog Arena made us into monsters!" Gin yelled and fired another shot.

Senichi winced as it grazed his cheek. "You killed your own sister!"

"Correction," Gin reminded. "You killed Curacao,"

Senichi bit his lip. "She didn't want me to be branded as a traitor like her. That doesn't change the fact that you wanted her dead!" His voice slightly quivered.

Gin noticed the slight waver in the man's voice and was definitely going to take advantage of it. "Just because I wanted her dead doesn't mean I'm the one who did the final blow. Vermouth told me that you crushed her neck with your fangs. Tell me, did you taste her flesh? Did you taste her blood?"

"Shut up!" Senichi snapped. 'It's not my fault! There was no other way! Shut up! She made the choice to fight me!'

'She was worried about Vermouth branding you as a traitor too, yet you teamed up with her,'

"I bet you ate her corpse, didn't you?" Gin grinned, enjoying the tormented expression of his former friend. "You're a monster. You and Curacao both are monsters. I don't know why you kept on insisting on using the curse that those bastards put on us,"

Senichi drew his own gun and pointed it at Gin. "I said shut up!" 'I'm not a monster!'

"Can you really shoot me?" Gin mocked. "Oh wait, I bet you can. I bet you don't regret killing Ahren and Harimanna. I bet you actually wanted them dead. Since you already killed them, how is my death any different?"

"Both of them wanted me to kill them!" Senichi claimed. 'Ignore him! He's just trying to get into my head!' He fired a shot.

Gin didn't even have to dodge. The bullet completely missed him. "Tell me, Akai Senichi," He walked towards him and grabbed the blonde by his throat. "Does your family actually care about you?"

'They do!'

'They don't want you anymore,'

"Did Akai even recognize you when he was infiltrating the organization?" Gin reminded. "You're his twin brother, yet he didn't recognize you,"

'He's right,'

'No, he's not! Y-Yeah, Shuu didn't recognize me b-but I'm always wearing my Absinthe disguise!'

'He's your brother. He's supposed to be able to recognize you,'

Senichi increased the strength in his right arm and turned his nails into claws. "They already know and they've accepted me!" He swiped at Gin who pulled his head back.

"Did they really?" Gin chuckled. "They're just using you. If they had openly shown their disgust, you wouldn't have helped them,"

"Why did you turn out like this!?" Senichi demanded. "The three of us survived through hell together! How could you disregard our friendship so easily!? You didn't bother to try to protect Harimanna!"

"Friendship and family are meaningless," Gin fired a few bullets.

Senichi was struck in both shoulders and his side. Thankfully he wore a bulletproof vest, though the force caused him to cough up some blood. "Meaningless? What about Ahren? Was his death meaningless? What about your guys' mother? Didn't you three wish to see her again?"

"A mother is supposed to protect her children. She didn't stop our bastard of a father from selling us to Mad Dog Arena," Gin spat out angrily. "As for Ahren? At least he was of some use. He provided us with a slightly larger ration that night. To survive in this cruel world, you need to throw away friends and family,"

"You're no longer the Brendan Klein I grew up with," Senichi increased his speed and lunged forth, slamming Gin against the shelf behind him.

Gin hissed as glass shards and some chemicals burned through his coat. "Enough chitchat! Traitors must be eliminated!"

'I don't want to kill him!' Senichi crushed both of Gin's arms, breaking them. He expected Gin to not be able to continue and that he could detain him, but he was wrong.'

Gin, despite sporting two broken arms, still fought back. The pain of moving his arms did not bother him at all. He fired several bullets at Senichi. "DIE!"

Senichi was struck in the arms and legs. He made sure to at least dodge being hit in the head since that would most likely be a fatal blow. 'If I don't kill him, I'll be the one who dies!'

A single shot rang out and blood flowed from the hole in Gin's head. The silver haired man fell forward, dead.

"You were taking too long," Jenever said casually, not caring about the fact that his latest victim was his former student. "Looks like the computers here got destroyed in your fight against Gin. Well, Chibi Sherry radioed that she and Chibi Kudo managed to retrieve the file they needed. Things got even more hectic and now the building's on fire. Best you get outta here,"

'He killed Brendan! He killed Brendan! He killed Brendan!'

Senichi glared at the elder agent and without hesitation, he used his claws to slice the man's neck open. Jenever gurgled and started to choke on his own blood. But rather than being shocked or hurt by the betrayal, he spent his last moments laughing. He really had gone senile.

Senichi stared at Jenever's corpse in horror. 'I killed him! I killed Jenever! H-He's an ally! I killed an ally! We're on the same side! And I killed him!'

"Jenever…Brendan…" He looked at both of their corpses and felt the fresh hot tears running down his cheeks.

'See, you are a monster!'

Senichi could smell smoke. The fire Jenever had mentioned was nearing. 'I should just stay here. I'll just die alongside Brendan and Jenever. My family doesn't need a monster like me. Alistair doesn't need a monster for a friend. Jodie…' He still wore the necklace she had gifted him and clutched the pendant. 'She can do better than me. I don't deserve her,'

"Senichi…"

'Oh darkness, I must be hearing voices,'

"Senichi!"

'Why's it getting louder? They wouldn't—'

"SENICHI!"

His brother and his father rushed into the room. "Senichi, what are you doing!? The place is on fire! Get up! We're leaving!"

They pulled him along with them. As if a robot, Senichi followed.

'Why did they come back for me?'


END OF ARC IV

The final battle will be MUCH better in the revamped version.

Arc V begins next chapter. It'll be the aftermath of the fall of the organization.