Prompt: Motorbikes
"Kudo-kun, you need a break."
Shinichi turned to see Shiho looking at him. He sighed and turned back to the computer. "I need to find Hattori."
"You're not going to find him sleep deprived and starving," Shiho pointed out. "Tell me, what was the exact thing you read a few minutes ago?"
"Well, it said… uh…" Shinichi froze, trying to remember, but nothing popped up in his mind. "Fuck," he cursed under his breath.
Shiho sighed. "That's exactly what I'm saying. You're not focusing, you need a break. Go downstairs and drink some coffee, Toyama-san will make some for us."
Finally, Shinichi relented and got up. As he headed down the stairs, Shiho followed him at a close distance. These past few days, Shiho had been staying in the Toyama house as well. Kazuha had brought out a futon to her own room, and she slept there while Shiho took the bed. Shinichi knew Shiho would have taken the futon, but Kazuha insisted, leading to their current sleeping arrangement. Every morning, both Kazuha and Shiho would head over to the guest room and help Shinichi with his search to find Heiji.
Shinichi, meanwhile, hadn't been getting much sleep lately. One hour, two at most, each night. Then he was up and looking through files again. Of course, he checked through all the files of criminals Shiho had been there to witness the arrest of. But those were few, so he had to look at other case files regarding other criminals, and there were a lot . But Shinichi had to find Heiji, no matter what.
But when he got downstairs, Kazuha came out of the kitchen with an apologetic look on her face. "I'm sorry, but the coffee machine is broken."
"Do you have any canned coffee in your fridge?" Shiho asked.
Kazuha shook her head. "No, I don't." Then, pausing for a moment, she said, "There's a really good coffee place round here though, if ya don't mind a little walk."
Shinichi sighed, preparing to refuse, but Shiho spoke up for him. "We'll go." Shinichi gave her a glare, but she didn't react.
Kazuha nodded. "Great, follow me." Picking up her phone, Kazuha called out to her mom that she was leaving, before opening the door and exiting the house. Shiho followed her, and Shinichi reluctantly let himself be dragged along. He supposed that coffee would help him function better…
It took around ten minutes for them to reach the coffee shop. Shinichi noticed that a convenience store sat nearby.
"Well, the menu is out here," Kazuha pointed out, looking at the menu sitting outside the coffee store. "Tell me what ya guys want, and I'll order for ya."
"Thanks," Shinichi muttered, quickly scanning over the options. "I'll take, uh… the ice coffee."
Shiho told her what she wanted as well, and Kazuha headed off to place the orders. Shinichi and Shiho waited outside quietly.
And then Shiho let out a shiver, and her eyes widened. She crouched down, hiding behind a large potted plant, and Shinichi sank down next to her. "Miyano, what is it?"
"It's… them ," she whispered, her voice trembling. "The organization. They're here."
Shinichi sucked in a breath. The Black Organization was here ?
Immediately, the roar of a motorcycle came into hearing. Peeking out from behind the plant, Shinichi noticed a man park the motorcycle in front of the convenience store then head inside. "Him?" He whispered.
"I don't know," Shiho whispered back. "I don't recognize him, but he could always be a lower level grunt."
"Well, we have to do something," Shinichi quickly said. Immediately, he put gum in his mouth. Chewing it a bit, he ran over towards the motorcycle, stuck it at the bottom where the organization member couldn't find it, then ran back towards Shiho, narrowly avoiding being seen by the organization member exiting the convenience store.
"Kudo-kun," Shiho hissed. "That could have gotten you killed!"
"I needed to plant a bug," Shinichi pointed out. He pulled out earpieces and offered one end to Shiho, which she begrudgingly took. Putting the other in his own ear, he pulled out the tracking app on his phone, and listened to the noise from the earpieces.
The ringing of a phone sounded in his ears, before it stopped as the other person picked up. "Hey boss, I'm coming back now with the supplies."
"Good," a familiar voice came out. Shinichi and Shiho both sucked in a breath and looked at each other. Vodka. "No one saw you?"
"I don't think so," the organization member said.
"The line's staticy," Vodka noticed. "Just like that one time with Kir. Check the motorcycle, the supplies, anything , for bugs."
"Fuck!" Shinichi cursed, as the sound of the motorcycle stopped, and the organization member seemed to look around for the bug.
"Vodka's gotten some brains since we last saw him," Shiho muttered.
"I found it, boss!" The organization member called out.
"He'll have seen you heading for our location," Vodka said. "We're not ready to be found just yet. Destroy the bug, come back, and we'll start preparing to move locations. That Hattori Heiji boy will resist, but I think you have enough duct tape with you to make it easier."
"No," Shinichi whispered, horrified. "No, no, no!" A deep pit of dread settled in his stomach. He had suspected, ever since Shiho noticed the organization member, maybe even before when she said she recognized the footprint. But this confirmation that Vodka had Heiji… And now he was moving him away.
"We still have time," Shiho pointed out. "Look at the motorcycle's current location. We can find out where it was headed from there."
Shinichi quickly took a screenshot of his screen, seconds before the bug was destroyed, indicated by the ringing in his ears. Shiho winced and took out the earpiece, but Shinichi didn't bother. Looking at the location of the dot…
"Hey guys. Uh… what are ya doing?"
Shinichi and Shiho turned around to see Kazuha staring at them confused, holding a tray filled with coffees.
"Kazuha," Shinichi breathed out, quickly showing her the phone screen. "This is the last known location of Hattori's kidnapper, headed towards his location. Soon enough, Hattori is going to be moved to another location. Tell me, do you know where this road leads to?"
Kazuha looked startled, but she looked at it nonetheless. "Well, there's an abandoned building that way. Perfect place ta hide someone, I suppose…"
"Then that's where Hattori is," Shinichi decided. He grabbed a coffee and took a sip, looking at Kazuha and Shiho with a serious expression. "We need to get there as soon as possible."
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