BIG THANKS TO Ryder77 and Mercedes for reviewing ~ You guys are the best! Like I promised. Chapter 1!

~* Soul Stealer * ~

By AnimeGoddess8986

Chapter 1 - A Car Ride To Remember

Ai, having heard the scream first, tore out into the hallway followed closely by her classmates and the teacher. She stared open-mouthed at the crippled Conan before her brain started to kick in, although still unsure of the cause of Conan's condition.

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Five minutes later, Dr. Agasa grunted through the crowd of students and teachers as he tried to reach the core of the disturbance. Ai had called Agasa, insisting that he quickly come to the school. Upon reaching the center, he was confronted by the principal.

Before the principal could open his mouth, Dr. Agasa scooped Conan up off the floor, and ran to his car, with Ai following closely behind.

"Let's get him back to Ran's. We'll see what's wrong with him when we arrive.

Conan was lying on the back seat still unconscious. Ai noticed that he had looked worse off than he had before. Conan was completely drenched in sweat, and his breathing was shallow and labored. She frowned as she realized that this was much more than your average flu.

"No, there's no way this could be easy to take care of look at the way he's suffering.I think this isn't something that Ran, much less that Kogoro character." Ai shuddered as she envisioned a red-faced Kogoro laughing his head off after drinking a huge keg of sake.

"Then, quick! Let's get him to Beka hospital!" suggested Dr. Agasa. "Conan needs professional help."

"That's even worse! Don't you see? If they really find something wrong with Conan, what do you think will happen to him? I think there may be something that's unnatural going on. Have you ever seen anyone like." Ai cut herself short. She HAD seen something like this before!

"Take us to your lab! Hurry! I think I know what may be happening."

Dr. Agasa slammed on his brakes and turned sharply left, throwing Ai and Conan into the car's right side. He continued to speed, passing a red light. Sirens could be heard as Ai cursed out loud. Refusing to be pulled over by some goody-two-shoes police, Agasa quickly tried to swerve into the next street. The car then swerved left and right again, successfully shaking off the offending police car.

"I think we lost them," Agasa stated proudly as he turned to Ai.

"Think again. Here they come!" Five more police cars appeared in the rear view mirror, gaining on the little yellow car by the minute. In a mad attempt to get rid of the police, Agasa u-turned quickly, startling the police and causing them to crash into each other.

Chaos ensued as the streets became more and more congested with the afternoon rush hour. Mad honking and angry shouts could be heard blocks away as the dazed police crawled out from their vehicles. Fortunately, no one was hurt, the policeman that had been following Agasa's car got up from the floor and brushed himself off. He stopped in mid-brush as he realized what he forgot to do.

"Hey, did anyone get the license plate number?"

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