Wow! Chapter 10! It really feels great to see the number TEN in this fanfic... kinda gives me a ssense of satisfaction. ^^ll And it also makes me wonder why I started this fic in the first place... hmm... let's see... Oh well. I can't exactly remember, but the fact that there's actually someone reading this fic makes me... happy! ^^ Enjoy the story while I get back to my studies!!
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A Shinichian Conan
Chapter 10: What you don't see happens in the Dark
A Detective Conan Fanfic
Ai placed the phone back onto the handset and stood silently in the living room alone. Seconds later, she went down to the laboratory, retrieved a few diskettes and rushed out through the back door without the knowledge of the Professor.
"Ai? Where are you? Huh? What's this?" said the Professor as he picked up a piece of note from the table that says "May not be back for dinner".
Everyone was gone now, leaving the Professor alone in the house. He gave a slight frown at the stillness of the house... it was just way too quiet. Perhaps he could invite the Detective Boys over for tea? No... it was too great a risk to take. Those kids don't know their limits and if they happened to know that Conan was missing, it would definitely be disastrous. Jeopardizing the children's life was definitely a big NO-NO.
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The dark figure sneered at its two helpless victims who were heavily bounded to the chair.
The male victim slowly stirred to consciousness and began to struggle to free himself from the ropes that held him prisoner. The noises created by his helpless struggle revived his female companion back to awareness. However, none of them could make any kind of attempt to shout out for help as they were gagged by a piece of cloth.
The figure pulled off the cloth from each of the duo's mouth roughly and sneered for the millionth time of the day.
"Well, well, look what we got here. Two busy bodies just in time to fit into our big project." came the cold comment that was spoken by none other than...
Gin.
His companion slowly came within the duo's range of vision and it could be seen clearly that he held two peculiar looking pills in his hands. And if you cared to make a guess, you might have known that he was Vodka.
"Boss, shall we?"
Gin gave a nod as a sign of consent to Vodka's question. With that, Vodka went forward and forced a pill down Hajime's throat before repeating the same process with Miyuki. Upon completing his task, he stepped beside Gin to "admire" the sight that was going to take place right in front of them.
Both teenagers tried to grit their teeth before finally howling out in pain as they struggled against the tightness of the rope. Needless to say, the pain was unbearable... for them, that is. Gin and Vodka however, seemed to be enjoying themselves as they helped themselves to a puff.
However, all the cries of agony was gone in a few seconds. The transformation was completed.
In front of the two tall men stood two little kids, who wore a puzzled expression on their faces.
"Get them." instructed Gin.
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"Shinichi... I... I..." blushed a ravishing teenage girl with long beautiful hair that swayed about in the breeze. She tried to get the words that were intended for the boy out of her mouth with much effort.
However, the boy said nothing. His heart was rapidly beating away and he blushed slightly as well. Could it be that his childhood friend was going to confess to him on how she really felt about him? He knows her true feelings, but yet, he just can't swallow his pride to tell her that he felt for her as much as she felt for him... no... even more.
Suddenly, a wave of pain spread all over the boy and he...
Shrank. Right in front of the girl.
"No..." he protested as he tried to fight back whatever was causing his body to shrink. But it was too late... for he was now a mere 7 year old elementary school kid... he was now Conan.
"Kudo. Wake up, Kudo."
"Huh? What?" Conan mumbled as he peeled open his eyes slowly, face covered in sweat.
"Its me, Kudo."
"Oh... its you, Haibara." said Conan in response as he sat up, wiping his sweat away from his forehead and tried to make sense of the picture in front of him. It appears that he's in some sort of a sick ward.
"Oh, you're awake Mr Kudo. We want to say we're sorry for what happened." Kyougoku apologized.
"We have to admit that it was a little miscalculation on our part." added Sooshi.
"You mean for landing me in this state? Well... don't take it seriously. It's nothing. Really."
"Ms Miyano, we need your help to concoct an antidote for APTX 4869. It'll be disastrous if the Organization finds out the other function of the drug before we can come up with the antidote." said Sooshi.
"Just call me Haibara." said Ai bluntly. "I'll definitely help with the making of the antidote... its the only way I could repent for all the lives my invention has claimed... However, I wish to work alone."
"I'm sorry, but this is not possible. We have to come up with the cure as soon as possible and the only way to do this is to send someone to help you with it. Please understand." said Kyougoku.
Ai gave a slight solemn nod. "Since this is the case... just don't get in my way." Then turning back to Conan, she asked in concern, "Are you sure you're okay?"
"Yeah... could I tag along?"
"Sure, be our guest." replied Kyougoku as Sooshi lead the way out of the room with Ai following close behind.
"Are you serious about Sonoko?" Conan blurted before Kyougoku could step out of the door.
Kyougoku stopped dead in his tracks. "I'm sorry Mr Kudo, but I do not think this is the appropriate time to talk about this."
Conan nodded. It wasn't that he was trying to be a busy body... but he just had to know whether this guy was such a good actor. And besides, Sonoko was Ran's best friend, which kinda made him had the rights to know... isn't it? But he knows that it would be rude to try to probe on further and thus he shook all the thoughts off and quickly followed the others to their next destination... the laboratory.
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Ran was getting very frustrated and restless. It was not the fact that her father was actually dead drunk in a time like this... actually it was, but it was something more than that as well. She hadn't seen Kazuha since she had rushed out hurriedly after Heiji and she was worried that something bad had happened to the both of them. And for a certain fact that she knows there's nothing she can do to salvage the current situation simply dragged down her mood by a million tons.
In the end, she decided that she would pay the Professor a visit. Perhaps he would have some ideas as to where Kazuha and Heiji have gone to. And maybe, just maybe, he may some news about Conan.
Upon that, she set off with high hopes for the Professor's
abode without any single idea of what was actually happening in
the dark.
