Chapter 4

"Come in!" Agasa exclaimed when he heard the knock at the door.

Ran and Conan came in, and saw Agasa working on some project, and Ai working on research on the computer.

"Hey doc, we came here to ask Ai about a few things." said Conan.

"Hey Kudo." said Ai, casually.

Agasa jumped up from what he was doing, and nervously ran over to Ai and slapped his hand over her mouth.

"What do you !?" shouted the doc nervously.

"It's ok, she obviously knows." said Ai.

"But...why did you tell her, Shinichi!? NOW THE ORGINIZATION WILL RETURN TO KILL YOU IF RAN SAYS SOMETHING BY ACCIDENT!!" shouted the doc.

"Calm down," said Conan calmly. "Why would they return to kill me, if they already did?"

"Huh?"

"The Organization has killed Kaito Kid, who was disguised as me, and they think that they have killed me. I figured that out after my investigation at the crime scene"

"Tch. Doesn't take a genius to figure that one out." remarked Ai.

"Hey, I'm not the one who lived with the guys for my whole life." remarked Conan.

Rachel gasped and ran over to Ai and grabbed her by the collar. "So you were with the men who wanted to kill Shinichi! Agasa, call the police!"

"Ran, it's ok! She's with us now!" Conan said. "She invented the drug that shrunk me, and then she was betrayed by the Black Organization, so she took the APTX-4869 drug, shrunk, and escaped! She has a secret identity as a child also, and has been working on an antidote!"

Ran put her down, embarrassed. "Sorry about that! So what is the Black Organization you people keep talking about?"

"Just the most horrible, heartless crime organization in the world..." explained Ai.

"Shinichi, you told these people but not me...they knew about everything while I just waited in the dust. Why didn't you just tell me from the start!?" said Ran.

"Because if he told anyone and that person let the word get out, then they and he would probably be killed by the Organization for knowing about them." said Ai.

"So!? If you told them, then what makes me so different?" screamed Ran to Conan.

"Because," said the doc as he chuckled at Conan, "he wanted to put you in no danger at all because he REALLY cares about you most of all!"

Conan's face turned all red as he yelled at Agasa. "SHUT UP, DOC!"

"So back on topic, what was it you needed to talk to me about, Kudo?" asked Ai.

Conan sighed. "Well, the Organization thinks I am dead, so this may give us many advantages in finding a sample of the drug. If we were to spy on them using certain methods, they would lack the suspicion that the person contacting them is partners with me."

"Well, what perfect timing." said Ai.

"What do you mean?"

"I saw Gin and Vodka walk into the Forest Hotel last night. I looked on these long-distance binoculars the professor made, and Vodka had a key in his dirty hand, and I think it was labeled '268'."

"So you know the exact room and hotel where they are staying!? This is great! All I need to do now is come up with a plan to get the pill from them before they move to another place. This may be the best opportunity we have to get our real bodies back, so we can't mess up this time! Let's get started!"

Ai yawned. "It's late, let's get started tomorrow after school."