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Contra Sententias
PyroKid
02.07.04
She stood there, the whir of the ceiling fan above
the only movement in the room. She held in her hand a curious thing.
Such a small thing, yet how greatly it had impacted her, ripping a hole
in her content life and turning her world around. She breathed in
slowly as she recalled the day she'd found out.
"Ran, I'm going over to Professor Agasa's lab!" Conan Edogawa yelled over his shoulder as he walked out the door, skateboard tucked under his arm.
Ran smiled to herself. Wow, Conan gets along so well with Professor Agasa, just like Shinichi. As a matter of fact, they're so much alike in so many ways that I can't help but begin to wonder once more... could... could it be? Ran decided to follow Conan to the lab to investigate her new theory, and headed out.
"Hey, Ran... where're you going?" A slurred, drunken voice called out. "What am I supposed to do about dinner? Hey.. hey!"
Ran ignored the drunken ramblings of her father and chased after Conan, slamming the door behind her. Faintly, she was able to make out a blurred shadow of Conan on the skateboard, but knew she would never be able to catch up. Oh, no! How... what will I do? Hey, wait... the Professor lives right next to Shinichi, so I'll just go there. She took a different route to Shinichi's house to avoid being seen, and flattened her body against a wall, peeking over the corner to make sure Conan had already arrived. She saw Conan talking to Agasa at the door, and wondered how to enter. Creeping up to the window, she crouched underneath and listened. And head everything: both Haibara and the Professor's address of Conan as 'Shinichi', Haibara and Conan's bickering, and discussions about 'them'. That had been enough. She fled the scene as quickly as she could, tears trailing behind. Soon, she slowed to a stumble, wandering the streets aimlessly in the depths of Night. Organization? What organization? Why is it after Shinichi? How did Shinichi become Conan? Why did they say the organization turned Shinichi into Conan? A million questions ran through her head as she leaned against the brick wall of a building, sliding down into an undignified heap without noticing she was in a darkened alley. Then they came.
The next moments were a blur to her. All she knew was that now, she, Scotch, stood in an empty room, clothed from head to foot in black, armed with full knowledge of Conan and Haibara, and held in her palm a white pill. The experimental APTX-4869. It was because of the APTX that Shinichi had been reduced to Conan, that Haibara was at the Professor's lab. This, that had the power to reduce a person's physical age by ten years, this, that held the key to her reunion with Shinichi. Without another thought, Ran popped the pill into her mouth and swallowed it before sitting down to await the effects. The room faded away, and all she could hear was the blood rushing through her veins as the pain ripped her apart. Her vision became fuzzy, starting from the outer edges. Her ragged breathing was shallow, but bounced form the walls of the room, sounding like the roar of thunder. Weakly, she looked at her own hand, twitching in spasms of pain. Slowly, everything faded into darkness and silence.
She lay there, the whir of the ceiling fan above the only source of sound in the room. ...Contra sententias.
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A/N: No, I didn't mean to kill her, but it just kind of happened. It was supposed to be a longer, happier fic, but I guess I got lazy. Anyways, I'm sure all 100% of the 1 review I'll be getting will be flames, but this was a really random fic.