Driving just driving for the three fucking hours that was all they were doing in silence just driving in the rainy day on the stormy road as it was getting darker by the hour. They didn't hold a single thing and the silence was starting to itch and irritate as she scratched at his hair as it was now feeling like he was wearing the worlds itchiest wig on his sweaty little head. He could not take the silence any much longer because it was killing him in the inside and he could tell that it was doing the exact same thing to the Mouri girl.
"So are you going to tell us who we are going to rescue or not?" said Kaito causally slouching back in the seat looking out the window.
He got no answer or responds.
Vermouth he could quite clearly see that she had a prized Poker Face similar to his own but hers was by far more than his own and he could tell that it would not be easily for her to break. Heck just looking at her and the things that he had heard about her was not good, and the way that creepy scientist girl was scared of her told him a lot about this woman. She was not going to crack not one bit not with him and not with anyone, he was told that only maybe two people could do that and one was dead and the other was on the team of bad guy. So her Poker Face was to perfection and probably the best in the world right now because he knew the best Poker Face would be and would always belong to his Dad.
But looking at Hakuba he was too much of an honest gut, even though he had been keeping it a secret that he was dead, something that he was still very pissed about. Mainly because he had fallen for it like the other chumps of the world had fallen for it, a great magic trick that magicians had been trying to pull off in theory for years. A magician coming back from the dead would be the ultimate and greatest magic trick to ever show the world because it would be something that was impossible. Something that the world would just love to see and something he had indirectly done as Kaitou Kid but by accident not on purpose. He wanted to find that trick that no one could ever do and he had no idea what it was going to be, but that he would do it one of these days and it would fantastic.
Shaking his head, his mind had wondered again, Hakuba would crack and easily using the right words and giving him a little nudge or two, he could at least get a couple of hints about this person. Honest people are far too easy to read, and that was why Hakuba was always an easy target for him and the guy likes to hear his own voice and talk more like lecture and go on and on and on. You get the point ego a thing they both share in common and respect each other of it and also use it as weakness.
"Or show us a picture of this person...is it an alien for outer space because I have always wanted to meet an alien" said Kaito.
"Alien?" said Ran sweating and looking a little pale.
Ok this was not something that he was expecting but it was even better because he could sue it to his advantage.
"Yeah I am betting they are from Mars or Pluto but Pluto is not really a planet...NASA said it was not a planet, but I still call it a planet because it is so a planet. Just because someone says something is not a the thing that is has been for ages anymore does not mean it is not anymore. It is so a planet...And what would you call aliens that are from Pluto anyway? ...Do you know why it is not a planet anymore? Remember the dog called Pluto, I love that dog and Mickey Mouse because I love Disney not watched any of it in ages and so missing it. Now thinking about dogs the Wizard of Oz, what was the dog called again because it has me stumped and I can never remember names of anything. It is one of the things that I am bad at and...What was a saying again" said Kaito.
He took a pause.
"Hey imagine an alien in the Wizard of Oz, that would make a great film...Superman and Batman is working together to I dunno do something...A grown-up Dorothy love triangle and Dorothy could be Lois Lane...naw but Clark Kent did live on a farm what if they knew each other this would be so great. I need to write all of this down before I forget...Oh Spiderman as well and just imagine an angry Hulk going down the yellow brick road, all of them skipping down it together is so something I need to see. And something that I could actually make happens with all of my skills and hee hee Hakuba you would be an excellent Hulk well the dork scientist that he is...Bruce something waits for that is the same name as Batman Bruce Wayne. They all do have a lot of the same names now that I think about it" said Kaito.
Hakuba started to grunt.
"Kuroba you are giving me a headache, just please close that motor mouth of yours fo just five minutes so that I can think, I need to think" said Hakuba.
Kaito looked innocent and then he turned it around again.
"You are not trying to steal my idea are you becasue you are not going to get away with it" said Kaito.
"Kuroba you are the only thief in this car" said Hakuba.
"So what were you really thinking of if you are planning on stealing my brilliant idea" said Kaito as he was poking on Hakuba's shoulder trying to get him to turn around.
"A plan working out every single detail to rescue the female and not to steal your stupid idea. And you know that if I were to be any of them I would be Batman, because I am a detective and not an angry person that would be someone else that we both know" said Hakuba.
He saw the flash in Vermouth's eyes just for a second that she had realized what Hakuba had let slip, she was mad and then he got the innate impression that she was impressed. And then she had that creepy smile on her face again and he could see all this while he was looking at the mirror paying attention to their faces.
"It is a girl?" said Ran shocked.
"Pardon?" said Hakuba as he turned around in his seat.
"You said it was a girl I want to know her name, I want to know everything about her and what they are doing to her" said Ran as she was beginning to cry.
But they were tears of anger and sadness no one knowing which way her mood was going to go and what would happen next.
Hakuba just looked pale and Vermouth was not even the slightest bit affected.
"You got caught out my dare in the rambling of a mad boy caught in a net just like a fish" said Vermouth.
'EEk!' Kaito screamed in his head as he barely kept his Poker Face, she knew he could see it on her face. This woman knew his great weakness and his darkest secret was and she was going to use it against him. This was blackmail, and he didn't like any part of it because if Hakuba know then everything would be over his world would end and he would never hear the end of it. Hakuba would use this against him and would use it as payback for everything that he had done to him and he didn't like this Hakuba having something over him, he had never shared this secret with anyone, and this was one of the reasons why. But mainly because it was just plain embarrassing
"After everything that has happened tell me HAKUBA" demanded Ran.
She had stopped crying now, and she was just furious and her aura was scary furious with flames he could almost see coming out of her as he was backing away as far as he could in the car. He desperately wanted out of the car at this point because a furious Mouri Ran was like a mad Aoko with a fish but just maybe more scary. If terrifying looks could kill by giving you a heart attack then this girl would have killed a lot of people by now and he was still scared as he was tightening the seatbelt. It was as if she was strangling it imaging it was someone and just maybe that person was Hakuba, better him than himself he knew this to be true.
Hakuba looked at Vermouth and she just nodded.
"I will tell you everything when he stops for a break but I will only tell you that is my ultimatum and you have to keep it to yourself" said Hakuba.
He was puffing mad with steam.
"Hey" said Kaito sounding and was insulted.
Ran just nodded in agreement.
"Kuroba it is nothing personal but it is for the best" said Hakuba.
Kaito crossed his arms like an angry child, one way or another he was going to find out the truth from the bastard and the creep of a woman because he needed to know. He had just about every right as the Mouri girl and there was no reason he could think of why he should not be told and she should. He was calm and collective under pressure while this girl would do a 180 with her emotions besides her strength she was the weakest link in this car bringing everyone done if caught.
But when the car was stopped and they all got out. Leaving him in the car alone like a child or a dog so they could have their little discussion but also locking him in the car. And they did not even crack the window open so that he could get some fresh air, it was not like he was going to use it as a way to escape or anything like that.
Stranded there, all alone in the middle of nowhere like in the horror films and eh would be the first one picked off. It made him shiver the think of it and horror films that involve fish were all coming to mind, mainly Jaws. Sharks are the scariest thing on this planet with their razor sharp teeth and the theme tune and just everything was scary.
He waited nearly a whole ten minutes before he got fed up and he had to do something about it and he was going to leave the car, he did not care what would happen next but he had to know.
But when he swung the car door open with a little gentle nudging here and there he was able to get the door open with a little help of using his seatbelt. He was able to open the door in no time, and he was able to get one step on the ground before it all went down and he sat back in the car, watching it all go down.
He saw Mouri Ran storm by the corner she was full of her was scary and it looked like she was in a world of her own. And the Hakuba came back right around schedule as usual when he was just about to ask some questions, he saw that he had a chance just a chance at that moment and now that moment was gone.
And then at the same time he heard it and felt it as Ran just slapped Hakuba right across the face what he could feel was full force on the cheek that was now glowing red. And he instantly touched his cheek rub it as he imagined if it would have been his and the searing pain that Hakuba was now feeling.
He did not want to be part of what would happen next because he sensed a beating coming on, but he was dead wrong and he was shocked of what happened next. Mouri Ran was hugging Hakuba in his arms after he tried his best to comfort and she was crying in his arms next. Hakuba was holding her closure and rubbing at her back comforting her from whatever he had found out. And she was actually accepting this and they glanced at him just for a second they both glanced at him and when he made eye contact with him they immediately looked away. They could not look him in the eye, and he saw that they had made the decision that they were not going to tell him anything.
He puffed again in a mood he was not going to find out anything until they got there and he would have to see this girl for himself. Well at least it would be a surprise and he had been bored for several months as nothing interesting had happened to catch his interest or surprise. Well at least this could be something that would surprise him and it would be someone that he could cheer up with his latest tricks and of course other ones that he had in his bag of many tricks. He could make this girl happy, and he would make sure of it that would be his mission in life to make people happy and he wanted to protect this girl. Since the last time, he hasn't been able to protect Shinichi from what has happened to her, and he has been going to do all he has had to help her.
The stupid drive was going to take another couple of hours he was told, so he decided that he would sleep for several hours for a nice nap that he had not had in a while. And fell asleep in the bitter silence within seconds as no one was looking him in the eye and he did not want to look at them if they did not want to look at him.