Whew! I can't believe that I'm writing Chapter 1 already! The prologue sure didn't take long ^_^ I still don't know how this story will turn out (it's not planned or anything, unlike MT .) So you'll just have to read my spontaneous ideas!! Heehee.
On with the chapter!
Disclaimer: Class, repeat after me: I do not own Detective Conan. Are you getting the idea?
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Chapter 1 ~ Emergency Landing
I'm going home! was all that Kudou Shinichi could think. About a year of separation from his beloved Ran, he was finally returning to her. He couldn't wait to see her again.especially now that he has returned to his seventeen-year-old body.
After a year of being used as an object of experimentation, he was ever so ready to plop down on his bed and surround himself with the musty smell of old books that were in his bookcase. He missed everyone so much-Ran, Agasa-hakase, even Ayumi, Ginta, and Mitsuhiko. He felt sorry that the kids would have to say goodbye to Conan forever, but he also knew that they would have a Shinichi-niichan from now on.
He yawned. Being excited can be tiring.sometimes. Without further thought, the famous detective turned over and fell asleep.
Shinichi steps off the plane and sees Ran. "Ran!" he shouts. "Ran, I'm home!"
Ran turns around and smiles happily at him. She opens her mouth and shouts "Shinichi", but he can't hear her. He runs toward her with his arms stretched open, and she is running toward him. He almost reached her...almost there...he was ready to sweep her up in his arms...
He ran past her. No, not past her-he ran through her! Why? Was he dead? Was he...a ghost?
Ran realized what happened as well. She dropped to the ground, unstoppable tears falling from her eyes...
Shinichi stared at his hands. They were solid! He touched his suitcase. He could feel it! So why wasn't he able to touch Ran? He turned around to look at her, but she was walking away. He called out to her, but she didn't hear...she just walked away. He ran toward her, trying to catch up with her. After all, she was walking quite slowly. But he could never catch her. Suddenly, he was falling off a cliff. Ran had finally turned around to see him fall-she was standing in the clouds! A sad smile appeared on her face as she waved goodbye to him...
Shinichi gasped and woke with a start. Looking around him, he realized that he was just on the plane and breathed a sigh of relief.
But then, an announcement came over the speaker...
"Attention everyone. We have encountered a slight problem and will be landing in Salisbury shortly. We apologize for the inconvenience."
Shinichi frowned. What could be wrong? I guess I should check it out...the announcer's voice didn't sound normal. Could it be a serious technical problem? He stood up and made his way toward the cockpit. To his surprise, Takagi and Satou were there as well.
"Satou-san! Takagi-san!" he greeted them. "What are you guys doing here?"
They looked embarrassed. "Um..." their voices faltered.
Shinichi had a suspicion of what was going on. "Did Inspector Megure send you two here to watch over me?" he asked angrily. They nodded, guilty. He sighed. "Well, I should thank him...Anyway, what is going on? The announcer's voice sounded too frightened for us to be experiencing a 'slight problem,'" he said. Takagi and Satou looked at each other. "Well..."
Satou leaned over and whispered. "You see, Kudou-kun, one of the flight attendants found a threatening letter in the snack cart, and it says on this very plane, there is..." she looked around and lowered her voice even more. "...a bomb."
"What?" Shinichi gasped. This was serious. "But-"
"We reckon that it's a suicide bombing case, since everyone who checked in boarded the plane..." Takagi said. Shinichi nodded. "That's most likely it. So-did the letter give any hints at all to where the bomb is located?"
They shook their heads. Shinichi sighed. "Okay, what you guys need to do right now is-very inconspicuously-take a head count. Make sure that everyone is still here. Check with the flight attendants, ask them if anyone had left the plane before it took off-maybe they said that they forgot something and ran back quickly to get it. Meanwhile, I'll check out the threatening letter." Takagi and Satou nodded. "We're quite counting on you, Kudou-kun," Satou said. "Come on, Takagi-kun!"
Shinichi walked over the snack cart. "I guess this is where they found the letter," he said to himself. He pulled open the first tray-and there it was, a white envelope.
He took out his camera from his pocket A/N: Okay, so maybe he was wearing cargo pants, and the pockets can hold a lot of stuff... and snapped a picture of the envelope. Then, he pulled out the letter.
"A bomb has been planted on this plane. With a slip of my finger, the whole place can be blown to smithereens, unless you can find me and do as I say."
"Hmmm..." Shinichi pondered this. The criminal has actually asked us to find him. Could it be that he isn't a terrorist? He turned the paper over, and-voilà, there was a string of tiny letters.
"Every number only counts once."
A grin appeared on Shinichi's face. So that's it, huh? Well, I will solve this code before we even get to land in Salisbury! Just you watch!
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"Kudou-kun!" Takagi reported. "We did a head count, and everyone is here. Could it really be a suicide-bombing case?"
Shinichi shook his head. "Impossible," he replied. "Read this: 'unless you can find me and do as I say.' The target of this note is not to actually blow up the plane, but money. We have a number of hostages here...everyone on this plane." He looked at the two police. "You. And me." Satou and Takagi's eyes widened. Shinichi nodded. "I found on the back of the paper a message that says: 'Every number only counts once.'"
"Well, what does that mean?" Takagi asked, confused.
"It's a code," Shinichi said. "A code that tells us how to comply with the criminal's request. Also, how many people did you tell about this threat letter?"
"Um..." Satou thought for a moment. "Well, there was the pilot and the co-pilot, of course, since we are going to land in Salisbury. And then, I told two flight attendants. Oh, here they come." She gestured to the two women approaching, one British and one Japanese. The British girl had shoulder-length blonde hair with curls at the ends, fair skin, and velvet grey eyes. The Japanese girl had straight, waist-length black hair and large, dark brown eyes. They both wore standard JapanAir stewardess suits, and they were about the same height and size. "Kudou-kun, these two ladies are Marina Carson and Yuki Carson. They're sister-in-laws," Satou introduced. "And this is Kudou Shinichi, a Japanese detective. He's quite good at deduction." She winked at him. Shinichi blushed.
"Oh, hajimemashite," Shinichi said. Yuki smiled and replied "hajimemashite", but Marina looked confused. "Sorry," she apologized. "I don't understand Japanese very much. That's why I always have Yuki with me," she explained. "Yuki knows both English and Japanese well." A/N: "hajimemashite" means "nice to meet you"
"Oh," Shinichi said. "Sorry about that," he responded in English. "It's nice to meet you."
Marina smiled. "Nice to meet you too."
"Do you mind if I ask you some questions?" Shinichi asked. They shook their heads. "Okay...first of all, about when did you discover the note?"
"Um..." they thought for a moment. "About twenty minutes ago, right?" Yuki asked Marina. "Yeah," she nodded. "About ten minutes before the announcement came on about the emergency landing."
"Did you tell anyone else about this note?"
"No; only Yuki, my brother, and Mr. Tanaka know about this," Marina replied. "My brother is the pilot, and Mr. Tanaka is the co-pilot," she explained. Shinichi nodded and winced inwardly at the bad pronounciation of "Tanaka". She had used a schwa.
"I see. Would it be possible for me to speak with them for a few minutes?"
Yuki nodded. "That's fine, I think. Follow me."
They went to the cockpit. Marina spoke to the pilots for a few moments and nodded to Shinichi.
Carson, the pilot (Yuki's husband and Marina's brother), was a handsome British man. He had brown hair as opposed to his blonde-haired sister, but they had the same grey eyes. Tanaka was Japanese, and he was slightly overweight. He wore thin-framed glasses.
"Hello, Mr. Carson, Mr. Tanaka," Shinichi greeted. "My name is Kudou Shinichi, and I am a detective. I would like to ask you some questions about this bomb threat that we have received."
Tanaka nodded. "I had absolutely no clue," he replied. "We've contacted security at the London airport, and they're still searching the records. Everybody passed the metal detector, and all the luggage that was checked passed the x-rays. We don't know how it happened."
"It's a suicide bombing case, most likely then?" Carson asked. Shinichi hesitated to tell him the truth and just nodded with a "Hmm."
"So, neither of you had any clue about this until Miss Satou and Mr. Takagi told you about the note?" Shinichi asked.
"Yes," they replied in unison. "To be frank, I don't feel safe about landing in Salisbury at all," Carson confided. "If the person's target is a mass homocide, then we should land in some countryside."
"I agree," Shinichi said. "But it's the only way to not arouse suspicion. But I will find the bomber as soon as I can."
"It may not be soon enough," Tanaka said grimly. Shinichi only smiled and said, "Don't worry; there is always only one truth." He left the cockpit.
This is getting interesting. Shinichi thought. Just then, another announcement came on.
"Ladies and gentlemen, we will be landing in Salisbury in approximately twenty minutes. Will everyone please fasten your seat belts and prepare for landing. Please make sure that your seat backs are straight."
Shinichi sighed, return to his seat, and looked at the threatening letter. Every number only counts once...what the heck does that mean?
Suddenly, a thought flashed through his head. He gasped. Could it possibly be.? he looked around the cabin. If my hunch is right, then.
He knew what the message meant!
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Gah! It took me such a long time to get the prologue and the 1st chapter up. Sorry guys. This is my second fic! I think I've said this already but I wrote it in Algebra class! Yeah...so this is my thought process:
rational equations...lalala...oh yeah, rational equations...x=3...getting distracted...huh? teacher asked me a question? um...x=3...wrong? oh, sorry...yeah...next problem...destroying my binder...HEY! FANFIC IDEA!
lol, that was kind of funny. To me, anyway. .
Yeah...I'll try to stop rambling so much. But it is too fun! Teehee. My friends, Sango-chan and Chii-chan are leaving me for the weekend to go to a retreat while I stay here and take a lovely music theory test *tear* I DESPISE MELODIC DICTATION WITH A DEEP PASSION! It took me forever and a day to get the actual idea of what when on...and I still don't get it. *sigh* I hope that I have nice judges. Heehee...that reminds me of Mrs. Belinkey. She was so awesome! I loved her Russian accent...okay, I'll shut up.
But not before I say...
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(pretty please? ^_^)
Dômo arigatô gozaimasu!
