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Chapter 22
"She's Behind Us!"
"What do we do?" asked Heiji. "They are here, watching us."
Hakuba and Shinichi bit their lips in frustration. "We must get on, because if we dont get the diamond, they will kill Ran and the rest of the group----" said Shinichi out loud. His clear voice echoed between the cold air.
Hakuba and Heiji realised what Shinichi was doing, he was making sure Alice and John would hear him!
"Yeah, lets find that damn diamond, give it to them and get the hell out of here." Agreed Heiji *out loud.*
"But they are here watching us, so-----" scowled Hakuba, he leaned closer to whisper into Kudou and Heiji`s ears.
"Look, they knew nothing about this maze, thats why they followed us in, so as soon as we got the diamond, make a run for it, we can get out of here before they do.
Maybe they dont know that Ran and Kazuha are safe, they thought they still holds them captive."
Heiji nodded, "and maybe they know, but they don't care about that, all they want is the diamond?"
Shinichi sighed "Either way, there is no way out now, we must get the diamond. Then they will either come up to us to get it, or----"
"Or kill us." Said Hattori quietly.
The boys looked at each other. "Its a no win situation." Kudou held his fist tighter.
*at least we are buying time for Ran them lot to get out of the hotel*
He had no idea what has happened to the mansion.
Fire, burning faster and faster.
Devouring the whole mansion.
"Lets go." Said Kudou, the boys starting to walk again, in the vast and gloomy mirror maze.
They became quiet, between their own reflections in the mirrors, between the flickering lights from their flashlights, they could hear the constant footsteps, echoing in the cold air.
Not theirs, but someone else's. Faint but fast the sound was, and when the boys stopped, the footsteps would stop too.
It would go all quiet in the dark, and they could only hear the occasional heavy breathings and looked at each other in the eyes.
They were being followed, and there was nothing they could do about it. It was extremely uncomfortable and errie, after all, they were isolated from the outside world.
"Hey----what's that?" whispered Heiji after some more walking around. He pointed on the left hand side on the tunnel, he noticed a faint blue light, seeping through between two mirrors. It was faint, but it didnt escape Heiji`s eyes.
"Light------sun light?!!" asked Shinichi, puzzled.
Hakuba took out his pocket watch, and saw it was 5:46am. Dawn was on its way. He didn't realised how fast the time has gone. It felt like they have been only been there for less than a few minutes.
"If it is sun light, that means the storm has stopped---finally." He thought. *That means Shiho will have the chance to get help with her mobile phone*
So the boys all gathered around the faint light and saw the small gap between the mirrors. It was about a centimeter wide. Shinichi banged on the mirrors along the corridors, listening carefully to the sound it made.
He then banged on the mirrors next to the faint blue light. It sounded empty and hollow.
"Okay---this is it, I think. It might be a secret door or something------"
So the boys started to search for gaps between the mirrors, and carefully feeling their way along the cold surface of the glasses.
After several minutes of searching and trying to ignore the feeling of they were being watched, Heiji finally shouted out in frustration.
"There aint no secret buttons or anything, lets just break the damn thing!"
"Right, and exactly what do we use to break it? It is glass you know." Snorted Shinichi.
"We can do what Ran did to you, kick it as hard as possible." smirked Heiji.
Kudou was going to say something back to Heiji, but Hakuba quickly stepped between them.
"No time arguing, we will do what Heiji said, kick the mirrors, okay? Mind you, the glasses might cuts through our skin, so we must be careful------"
Shinichi and Heiji just glared at each other. Unheeding to Hakuba.
"O-kay----not that I think you two care whether we gets cut into bloody pieces or anything." Sighed Hakuba.
"Right---on the count of three-----" said Hakuba.
The boys stood in front of the two mirrors, and were in their "ready to kick" stance. They did looked kinda funny like that. ^_^
"One-----Two----THREE!!" counted Hakuba.
Three legs kicked as hard as they could towards the mirrors.
SMASH!!!!
The shattered mirrors broke into hundreds pieces, the crisps sound of the glasses dropping onto the hard ground was so loud that the noises shook the rest of the mirrors slightly.
The faint blue light flooded into the dark mirror maze and revealed a large room inside the mirror walls.
Shinichi, Hakuba and Heiji stood there, heart pumping faster and faster every second, because they knew they have found it.
They have found Pandora.
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The room was big, at least fifteenth meters each side..
There was a large sky-ceiling above the room, and that was where the light were coming from.
The light of dawn seep through the ceiling and shone onto an object in the room.
The atmosphere was so tranquil and it felt like the whole place was asleep, like it has done for the past few hundred years.
In the far right corner of the room, there were a spiral stairs made of metal, it climbed higher and higher until it met with the open ceiling.
That was the exit, that was the only way to get out.
In the middle of the room, there were a statue, made of silver.
When the mirrors was shattered, it stirred up a cloud of dust. Now the dusts settled, the boys could see that under the blue light of dawn, it was a statue of a life-sized woman.
She was wearing a low cut dress, the long dress covered her body, but she had a beautiful figure.
Her eyes were closed, and her long hair draped over her slender shoulders. Like a goddess she was.
She had a single gold rose on her head as decoration. Inside the rose, there were a small blue stone.
But that wasnt it, the woman was holding her hands up, her hands closed to her chest.
Between her silver palms rested a huge red gem
She was looking down at it, and there were a faint smile on her beautiful face
The boys stepped into the room and walked slowly up to the statue.
They stood there for a while, and looked at the woman with awe.
"----Its lady Norferk-----Sir Norferk must have made this statue-------this is how I remembered her----elegant and admirable----" whispered Hakuba.
"How could such a person-------" his voice trailed off, he didn't want to think about the affair between her and John. It was wrong, and he still finds it hard to believe.
Heiji stepped closer and looked at the gem in her palms. He whistled and said "Wow----this is the biggest red gem ever, no wonder Sir Norferk hidden it so well-------"
He turned and looked at Hakuba. "Well, Hakuba, I think you should do the honor." Said Hattori.
He then stepped away, to let Hakuba took a closer look at the red gem.
Kudou was walking around the statue, amazed by how life-like it was. He moved his eyes away from the statue's graceful face and he noticed the little blue gem inside the rose on top of her head.
Curious, he reached out and took out the gem, it was about the size of a Ping-Pong ball.
He let the gem rest in his palm, it gleamed with a deep sea blue light. Suddenly, he realised why this stone was placed inside the rose.
"Could it be---------?!"
Hakuba took a deep breath, and he said quietly to the statue: "Pardon me, my lady."
He then carefully took out the red gem which was rested between the silver palms. It was big and heavy.
And it too, gleamed with a bright red light, almost the colour of blood.
Hakuba smiled. "This is it, Pandora------we finally found it!!"
"How much do you think its worth?!" asked Heiji quietly.
"I dont know---it is almost impossible to put a price on such precious gem------Richard`s is going to be so happy once I give this to him." Replied Hakuba. "It belongs to him and his family."
*Not if KID gets it first* thought Kudou to himself.
Shinichi stared at the diamond, he couldn't decide what to do. Should he take the diamond later for KID when Hakuba is not watching? Or should he just leave it and let Richard keep it?
The main reason he came to search for the diamond was because he wanted to help KID, he wanted Kaito stop stealing and help puts an end to his double life. After all, KID did saved their lives.
But-------------
"So it does."
A cold voice went off behind the boys.
Then they heard a click. A very familiar sound to those detectives.
A gun clicked behind them.
"Shit!" said Heiji under his breath.
Hakuba closed his eyes. He recognised the voice.
Shinichi slowly puts his hands up, Heiji and Hakuba followed his lead, and together, they turned around to face John and Alice.
"Well well, thank you boys, for finding the diamond for me." Grinned Alice. She was holding the gun in her hand, and John stood next to her.
It was still dark, and her figure seemed to be mixed with the darkness that surrounded the boys, she belongs to the shadow.
The boys could not see her face clearly, but they could see her evil eyes glittering, watching, judging them, like a predator.
The boys remained silence.
Hakuba glared angrily at Alice and John, he tried to control the urge of running to them and kick their butts.
"You boys are clever after all, I am very impressed. Hakuba dear, dont look so angry! You said so yourself, the diamond belongs to Richard's family, so it belongs to me, doesn't it?" laughed Alice.
"You know, I feel like kicking your butts." Said Heiji, he was more open with exactly how he feels.
"You two are twisted sick bustards."
Alice smiled, as if what Hattori just said was the best compliment she had ever heard. But John stood there quietly, he was looking extremely grief-stricken.
He was looking at the statue.
"Now, GIVE ME PANDORA!" roared Alice, she pointed the gun at Hakuba.
"Any tricks, and I will kill you. You know how easy that would be for me."
"%$^"&*£" cursed Heiji again.
Hakuba held his fist tighter, he knew there was no point arguing, Alice was mad, as far as he can tell, and John seemed to be a dummy, just follows what his wife told him to do.
He was angry, after all those searching-----was it for nothing?
It was either the diamond, or his life.
"You have no choice, Hakuba--------" said Shinichi quietly to him. "Richard is not going to blame you."
Feeling like he just lost the most important battle in his life, Hakuba bit his bottom lips, and finally, he slowly took a step forward.
"Remember, no tricks!" said Alice.
Step by step, Hakuba walked up to Alice and steadily, he puts Pandora into Alice`s skinny shaking hand.
All this time the gun were pointing at Hakuba`s head.
Hakuba looked like a deflated balloon. He lost. he stepped away from Alice, and stood quietly with Kudou and Heiji.
Alice held her breath and tried not to let out of a happy yelp.
Her eyes shone with excitement and her pale face turned red.
She stared at the gem for a few seconds, enchanted by its beauty---and its value.
Then she suddenly remembered there were three very angry detectives inside the room too.
She laughed, the laughter was full of satisfaction and arrogant.
"Now I must go dear boys. Thank you again for finding the diamond for me!" she said as she gestured the boys to move away from the statue.
"Now-----move over there----thats it." With the gun in her hand, she forced Shinichi, Heiji and Hakuba to stand next to the entrance, where they kicked down the mirror walls.
The statue was behind her, and John was standing next to it, his eyes never left the statue's face.
"As for your girlfriends------well---what can I say, they tried to escape, but I afraid at the end, everything will just turn into ashes-----if only they stayed in the hotel---"
said Alice, with a cold smile in the corner of her lips.
"Ashes----what do you mean!!?" shouted Hakuba. "What have you done to them?!"
"Done to them? I have done nothing dear. It was them who opened the door----I must go now-----"
Alice starting to walk backwards towards the stairs at the far end of the room, then her back hit something solid.
She turned her face slowly and saw the silver face behind her.
It was looking at her, its expression were cold and unforgivable.
For a second, she thought Lady Norferk had come back to life, a sudden horror filled her body, followed by anger and hatred, she screamed and pushed the statue with all her strength,
like she was fighting with it, hitting it and banging it with her gun.
"YOU BITCH!!" she cried. "I HATE YOU!"
With a loud crash, the statue landed on its back and it caused a dust of clouds, rising from the ground.
Alice was still screaming at the statue lying on the floor:
"I will KILL You!! I will kill ALL of your children, you hear me Dora?? ALL OF THEM!!!"
The boys watched in astonishment, they just witness a real mad woman, losing control over a statue.
"Geesh, this woman is totally insane!" said Heiji.
"You just noticed that?" shrugged Shinichi.
"What the hell are you doing Alice?!!" shouted John, face red. "You got the diamond didnt you? You promised me once you got the diamond, you wont hurt the rest of the family, what the hell are you saying now?!!"
The boys looked at each other. This wasnt what they expected, they thought John wanted the diamond too, so he helped Alice to kill people.
"You didnt kill anyone, did you, John?" asked Hakuba darkly.
John looked at Hakuba, and there were real shame in his sad eyes. Slowly, he shook his head.
"No---I can never kill anyone---I didnt know---If I don't help Alice, she was going to kill the rest of you and Rosey too---I cant let her do that!" John was almost sobbing.
"I'm sorry---I'm sorry about everything-----"
"Its a bit too late for that." replied Hakuba coldly.
Suddenly, Alice pointed her gun at Hakuba. She was mad with hatred, like the statue was her ultimate enemy. But when John yelled at her, she stopped and took noticed of what the Hakuba was asking.
"You are an annoying person, sonny!" she then eyed John with an unimpressed expression on her face.
"We must go, NOW!"
John looked at her with surprise. "What about the boys?"
Alice shrugged. "Well, they will just have to die here, dont they?"
"What?!" gasped John. "You cant leave them here, the fire will kill them!"
"Fire?" asked Heiji quietly.
"Just leave! Or you can stay here and die with them!" Snarled Alice. She starting to walk up the stairs slowly.
John stood there, unwilling to go. He looked indecisive.
"We have to stop her before she`s gone with Pandora!" whispered Heiji between his teeth. "But the witch got a gun-------"
Suddenly, (To Heiji and Hakuba`s surprise) Shinichi opened his mouth and called out to Alice in his clear voice.
"SO, Alice, I take it you wont want this then??!"
He held out the blue gem in his hand, showing it to Alice.
"THIS is the REAL Pandora. Alice. This worth ten times more than the red gem you've got." Smiled Shinichi.
"Huh?" blinked Heiji and Hakuba.
The expression on Alice`s face was indescribable. It was a mixed of disbelieve, doubt, amazed and shock.
"What-----no-you are lying---how can you tell which is the real Pandora?" laughed Alice, but her voice was unsure and angry.
"Well------we are detective, aren't we?" grinned Shinichi with a mocking smile. He then waved the blue gem in his hand, provoking Alice.
"Oi------Kudou---I dont think making a mad woman madder is gona help-"
But Hakuba didn't get the chance to finished his sentence, because Alice gave out a frustrating scream, then she pointed the gun at Shinichi.
"GIVE IT TO ME!!"
"RUN!" shouted Kudou. Then the gun fired.
Shinichi, Heiji and Hakuba all ducked in time and they ran out of the room, with Alice running behind them. There were fire in her eyes, it was full of rage.
"THAT WAS CLASS, Kudou!!" laughed Hakuba while running for his life.
"Yeah, well, at least we stop her from getting out of here with that red gem," replied Kudou. Running and puts the blue gem into his top pocket.
"and now she is gona kill us for sure when she catch us." Muttered Heiji.
"Hey, you had a better idea?!!"
The boys ran, they still had the flashlights in their hands, but it was all chaotic.
They ran in the darkness with hundreds of mirrors surrounded them, lighted flickering into their eyes.
They saw their own reflections, in the mirrors, the panic expressions, the sweat ran down their forehead, they panted heavily, eyes, searching for a way out, ears listening to any sounds that echoed in the maze.
The air was getting stuffy and hot, Heiji found it hard to breath. He coughed.
"What the hell------." Said Heiji, he looked down at his feet, and realised there were smoke, crawling beneath him. "Fire!" he shouted. "The nutters set the place on fire!"
"Shit!" said Kudou, while coughing. "Which direction is the fire coming from? Cause thats the direction we MUST avoid."
"They set the mansion on fire." Panted Hakuba, "We have to go back to the room, thats the only way out."
"-------I hope Ran and the rest of the group got out of the mansion in time----" wheezed Shinichi. He couldn't imaging what if Ran didn't get out in time-what if the fire spread too quickly and she was trapped----what if-----------.
He shook his head, and felt the sweat running down his face. His heart beating like mad.
A sudden loud BANG and shattering mirrors made the boys jumped in surprise.
They watched their reflections broken into thousand pieces, Hakuba felt the broken glasses, flaying out and cuts his face. It stung. The boys waved their arms over their faces, a natural instinct to protect themselves.
Hakuba looked up around him, desperately trying to figure out where the shooting was coming from. While he was shielding himself, he saw Kudou and Heiji, standing close to him.
Blood were running down Shinichi and Heiji`s face. He saw the glasses fell on top of them, as it drops, the sharp cold edges neatly and swiftly cuts through their skins.
It left red, wet marks on their faces, it also cuts through their shirts and trousers, blood, trickled down their body.
As he was watching it, he knew the same thing was happening to him.
It all happened so quickly, but the images burned into Hakuba`s brain.
Lights, flickering between the glittering glasses.
It was raining glasses.
The gun fired again, and again, and again. Mirrors breaking one by one around the boys, the crisps and shattering sound surrounded them, it was so confusing, so deadly.
"She's behind us!" shouted Hakuba. "RUN!!!!!"
"Back to the room?" asked Heiji, panting and running, he covered his head, protecting it, he could felt the glasses cuts through his hand. Wet, and pain. That was what he felt.
"Yes, that is the only way out!" shouted Hakuba, they ran. As fast as they could.
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To Be Continue----------------
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Catz: well, this is a long chapter, but I decided not to split it into two chapters and upload it all at once. Am I kind or what?? (Readers:------lllb) ^_^
What do you guys think of this chapter then? Reviews~~~More reviews~~~please!!!(
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Chapter 22
"She's Behind Us!"
"What do we do?" asked Heiji. "They are here, watching us."
Hakuba and Shinichi bit their lips in frustration. "We must get on, because if we dont get the diamond, they will kill Ran and the rest of the group----" said Shinichi out loud. His clear voice echoed between the cold air.
Hakuba and Heiji realised what Shinichi was doing, he was making sure Alice and John would hear him!
"Yeah, lets find that damn diamond, give it to them and get the hell out of here." Agreed Heiji *out loud.*
"But they are here watching us, so-----" scowled Hakuba, he leaned closer to whisper into Kudou and Heiji`s ears.
"Look, they knew nothing about this maze, thats why they followed us in, so as soon as we got the diamond, make a run for it, we can get out of here before they do.
Maybe they dont know that Ran and Kazuha are safe, they thought they still holds them captive."
Heiji nodded, "and maybe they know, but they don't care about that, all they want is the diamond?"
Shinichi sighed "Either way, there is no way out now, we must get the diamond. Then they will either come up to us to get it, or----"
"Or kill us." Said Hattori quietly.
The boys looked at each other. "Its a no win situation." Kudou held his fist tighter.
*at least we are buying time for Ran them lot to get out of the hotel*
He had no idea what has happened to the mansion.
Fire, burning faster and faster.
Devouring the whole mansion.
"Lets go." Said Kudou, the boys starting to walk again, in the vast and gloomy mirror maze.
They became quiet, between their own reflections in the mirrors, between the flickering lights from their flashlights, they could hear the constant footsteps, echoing in the cold air.
Not theirs, but someone else's. Faint but fast the sound was, and when the boys stopped, the footsteps would stop too.
It would go all quiet in the dark, and they could only hear the occasional heavy breathings and looked at each other in the eyes.
They were being followed, and there was nothing they could do about it. It was extremely uncomfortable and errie, after all, they were isolated from the outside world.
"Hey----what's that?" whispered Heiji after some more walking around. He pointed on the left hand side on the tunnel, he noticed a faint blue light, seeping through between two mirrors. It was faint, but it didnt escape Heiji`s eyes.
"Light------sun light?!!" asked Shinichi, puzzled.
Hakuba took out his pocket watch, and saw it was 5:46am. Dawn was on its way. He didn't realised how fast the time has gone. It felt like they have been only been there for less than a few minutes.
"If it is sun light, that means the storm has stopped---finally." He thought. *That means Shiho will have the chance to get help with her mobile phone*
So the boys all gathered around the faint light and saw the small gap between the mirrors. It was about a centimeter wide. Shinichi banged on the mirrors along the corridors, listening carefully to the sound it made.
He then banged on the mirrors next to the faint blue light. It sounded empty and hollow.
"Okay---this is it, I think. It might be a secret door or something------"
So the boys started to search for gaps between the mirrors, and carefully feeling their way along the cold surface of the glasses.
After several minutes of searching and trying to ignore the feeling of they were being watched, Heiji finally shouted out in frustration.
"There aint no secret buttons or anything, lets just break the damn thing!"
"Right, and exactly what do we use to break it? It is glass you know." Snorted Shinichi.
"We can do what Ran did to you, kick it as hard as possible." smirked Heiji.
Kudou was going to say something back to Heiji, but Hakuba quickly stepped between them.
"No time arguing, we will do what Heiji said, kick the mirrors, okay? Mind you, the glasses might cuts through our skin, so we must be careful------"
Shinichi and Heiji just glared at each other. Unheeding to Hakuba.
"O-kay----not that I think you two care whether we gets cut into bloody pieces or anything." Sighed Hakuba.
"Right---on the count of three-----" said Hakuba.
The boys stood in front of the two mirrors, and were in their "ready to kick" stance. They did looked kinda funny like that. ^_^
"One-----Two----THREE!!" counted Hakuba.
Three legs kicked as hard as they could towards the mirrors.
SMASH!!!!
The shattered mirrors broke into hundreds pieces, the crisps sound of the glasses dropping onto the hard ground was so loud that the noises shook the rest of the mirrors slightly.
The faint blue light flooded into the dark mirror maze and revealed a large room inside the mirror walls.
Shinichi, Hakuba and Heiji stood there, heart pumping faster and faster every second, because they knew they have found it.
They have found Pandora.
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The room was big, at least fifteenth meters each side..
There was a large sky-ceiling above the room, and that was where the light were coming from.
The light of dawn seep through the ceiling and shone onto an object in the room.
The atmosphere was so tranquil and it felt like the whole place was asleep, like it has done for the past few hundred years.
In the far right corner of the room, there were a spiral stairs made of metal, it climbed higher and higher until it met with the open ceiling.
That was the exit, that was the only way to get out.
In the middle of the room, there were a statue, made of silver.
When the mirrors was shattered, it stirred up a cloud of dust. Now the dusts settled, the boys could see that under the blue light of dawn, it was a statue of a life-sized woman.
She was wearing a low cut dress, the long dress covered her body, but she had a beautiful figure.
Her eyes were closed, and her long hair draped over her slender shoulders. Like a goddess she was.
She had a single gold rose on her head as decoration. Inside the rose, there were a small blue stone.
But that wasnt it, the woman was holding her hands up, her hands closed to her chest.
Between her silver palms rested a huge red gem
She was looking down at it, and there were a faint smile on her beautiful face
The boys stepped into the room and walked slowly up to the statue.
They stood there for a while, and looked at the woman with awe.
"----Its lady Norferk-----Sir Norferk must have made this statue-------this is how I remembered her----elegant and admirable----" whispered Hakuba.
"How could such a person-------" his voice trailed off, he didn't want to think about the affair between her and John. It was wrong, and he still finds it hard to believe.
Heiji stepped closer and looked at the gem in her palms. He whistled and said "Wow----this is the biggest red gem ever, no wonder Sir Norferk hidden it so well-------"
He turned and looked at Hakuba. "Well, Hakuba, I think you should do the honor." Said Hattori.
He then stepped away, to let Hakuba took a closer look at the red gem.
Kudou was walking around the statue, amazed by how life-like it was. He moved his eyes away from the statue's graceful face and he noticed the little blue gem inside the rose on top of her head.
Curious, he reached out and took out the gem, it was about the size of a Ping-Pong ball.
He let the gem rest in his palm, it gleamed with a deep sea blue light. Suddenly, he realised why this stone was placed inside the rose.
"Could it be---------?!"
Hakuba took a deep breath, and he said quietly to the statue: "Pardon me, my lady."
He then carefully took out the red gem which was rested between the silver palms. It was big and heavy.
And it too, gleamed with a bright red light, almost the colour of blood.
Hakuba smiled. "This is it, Pandora------we finally found it!!"
"How much do you think its worth?!" asked Heiji quietly.
"I dont know---it is almost impossible to put a price on such precious gem------Richard`s is going to be so happy once I give this to him." Replied Hakuba. "It belongs to him and his family."
*Not if KID gets it first* thought Kudou to himself.
Shinichi stared at the diamond, he couldn't decide what to do. Should he take the diamond later for KID when Hakuba is not watching? Or should he just leave it and let Richard keep it?
The main reason he came to search for the diamond was because he wanted to help KID, he wanted Kaito stop stealing and help puts an end to his double life. After all, KID did saved their lives.
But-------------
"So it does."
A cold voice went off behind the boys.
Then they heard a click. A very familiar sound to those detectives.
A gun clicked behind them.
"Shit!" said Heiji under his breath.
Hakuba closed his eyes. He recognised the voice.
Shinichi slowly puts his hands up, Heiji and Hakuba followed his lead, and together, they turned around to face John and Alice.
"Well well, thank you boys, for finding the diamond for me." Grinned Alice. She was holding the gun in her hand, and John stood next to her.
It was still dark, and her figure seemed to be mixed with the darkness that surrounded the boys, she belongs to the shadow.
The boys could not see her face clearly, but they could see her evil eyes glittering, watching, judging them, like a predator.
The boys remained silence.
Hakuba glared angrily at Alice and John, he tried to control the urge of running to them and kick their butts.
"You boys are clever after all, I am very impressed. Hakuba dear, dont look so angry! You said so yourself, the diamond belongs to Richard's family, so it belongs to me, doesn't it?" laughed Alice.
"You know, I feel like kicking your butts." Said Heiji, he was more open with exactly how he feels.
"You two are twisted sick bustards."
Alice smiled, as if what Hattori just said was the best compliment she had ever heard. But John stood there quietly, he was looking extremely grief-stricken.
He was looking at the statue.
"Now, GIVE ME PANDORA!" roared Alice, she pointed the gun at Hakuba.
"Any tricks, and I will kill you. You know how easy that would be for me."
"%$^"&*£" cursed Heiji again.
Hakuba held his fist tighter, he knew there was no point arguing, Alice was mad, as far as he can tell, and John seemed to be a dummy, just follows what his wife told him to do.
He was angry, after all those searching-----was it for nothing?
It was either the diamond, or his life.
"You have no choice, Hakuba--------" said Shinichi quietly to him. "Richard is not going to blame you."
Feeling like he just lost the most important battle in his life, Hakuba bit his bottom lips, and finally, he slowly took a step forward.
"Remember, no tricks!" said Alice.
Step by step, Hakuba walked up to Alice and steadily, he puts Pandora into Alice`s skinny shaking hand.
All this time the gun were pointing at Hakuba`s head.
Hakuba looked like a deflated balloon. He lost. he stepped away from Alice, and stood quietly with Kudou and Heiji.
Alice held her breath and tried not to let out of a happy yelp.
Her eyes shone with excitement and her pale face turned red.
She stared at the gem for a few seconds, enchanted by its beauty---and its value.
Then she suddenly remembered there were three very angry detectives inside the room too.
She laughed, the laughter was full of satisfaction and arrogant.
"Now I must go dear boys. Thank you again for finding the diamond for me!" she said as she gestured the boys to move away from the statue.
"Now-----move over there----thats it." With the gun in her hand, she forced Shinichi, Heiji and Hakuba to stand next to the entrance, where they kicked down the mirror walls.
The statue was behind her, and John was standing next to it, his eyes never left the statue's face.
"As for your girlfriends------well---what can I say, they tried to escape, but I afraid at the end, everything will just turn into ashes-----if only they stayed in the hotel---"
said Alice, with a cold smile in the corner of her lips.
"Ashes----what do you mean!!?" shouted Hakuba. "What have you done to them?!"
"Done to them? I have done nothing dear. It was them who opened the door----I must go now-----"
Alice starting to walk backwards towards the stairs at the far end of the room, then her back hit something solid.
She turned her face slowly and saw the silver face behind her.
It was looking at her, its expression were cold and unforgivable.
For a second, she thought Lady Norferk had come back to life, a sudden horror filled her body, followed by anger and hatred, she screamed and pushed the statue with all her strength,
like she was fighting with it, hitting it and banging it with her gun.
"YOU BITCH!!" she cried. "I HATE YOU!"
With a loud crash, the statue landed on its back and it caused a dust of clouds, rising from the ground.
Alice was still screaming at the statue lying on the floor:
"I will KILL You!! I will kill ALL of your children, you hear me Dora?? ALL OF THEM!!!"
The boys watched in astonishment, they just witness a real mad woman, losing control over a statue.
"Geesh, this woman is totally insane!" said Heiji.
"You just noticed that?" shrugged Shinichi.
"What the hell are you doing Alice?!!" shouted John, face red. "You got the diamond didnt you? You promised me once you got the diamond, you wont hurt the rest of the family, what the hell are you saying now?!!"
The boys looked at each other. This wasnt what they expected, they thought John wanted the diamond too, so he helped Alice to kill people.
"You didnt kill anyone, did you, John?" asked Hakuba darkly.
John looked at Hakuba, and there were real shame in his sad eyes. Slowly, he shook his head.
"No---I can never kill anyone---I didnt know---If I don't help Alice, she was going to kill the rest of you and Rosey too---I cant let her do that!" John was almost sobbing.
"I'm sorry---I'm sorry about everything-----"
"Its a bit too late for that." replied Hakuba coldly.
Suddenly, Alice pointed her gun at Hakuba. She was mad with hatred, like the statue was her ultimate enemy. But when John yelled at her, she stopped and took noticed of what the Hakuba was asking.
"You are an annoying person, sonny!" she then eyed John with an unimpressed expression on her face.
"We must go, NOW!"
John looked at her with surprise. "What about the boys?"
Alice shrugged. "Well, they will just have to die here, dont they?"
"What?!" gasped John. "You cant leave them here, the fire will kill them!"
"Fire?" asked Heiji quietly.
"Just leave! Or you can stay here and die with them!" Snarled Alice. She starting to walk up the stairs slowly.
John stood there, unwilling to go. He looked indecisive.
"We have to stop her before she`s gone with Pandora!" whispered Heiji between his teeth. "But the witch got a gun-------"
Suddenly, (To Heiji and Hakuba`s surprise) Shinichi opened his mouth and called out to Alice in his clear voice.
"SO, Alice, I take it you wont want this then??!"
He held out the blue gem in his hand, showing it to Alice.
"THIS is the REAL Pandora. Alice. This worth ten times more than the red gem you've got." Smiled Shinichi.
"Huh?" blinked Heiji and Hakuba.
The expression on Alice`s face was indescribable. It was a mixed of disbelieve, doubt, amazed and shock.
"What-----no-you are lying---how can you tell which is the real Pandora?" laughed Alice, but her voice was unsure and angry.
"Well------we are detective, aren't we?" grinned Shinichi with a mocking smile. He then waved the blue gem in his hand, provoking Alice.
"Oi------Kudou---I dont think making a mad woman madder is gona help-"
But Hakuba didn't get the chance to finished his sentence, because Alice gave out a frustrating scream, then she pointed the gun at Shinichi.
"GIVE IT TO ME!!"
"RUN!" shouted Kudou. Then the gun fired.
Shinichi, Heiji and Hakuba all ducked in time and they ran out of the room, with Alice running behind them. There were fire in her eyes, it was full of rage.
"THAT WAS CLASS, Kudou!!" laughed Hakuba while running for his life.
"Yeah, well, at least we stop her from getting out of here with that red gem," replied Kudou. Running and puts the blue gem into his top pocket.
"and now she is gona kill us for sure when she catch us." Muttered Heiji.
"Hey, you had a better idea?!!"
The boys ran, they still had the flashlights in their hands, but it was all chaotic.
They ran in the darkness with hundreds of mirrors surrounded them, lighted flickering into their eyes.
They saw their own reflections, in the mirrors, the panic expressions, the sweat ran down their forehead, they panted heavily, eyes, searching for a way out, ears listening to any sounds that echoed in the maze.
The air was getting stuffy and hot, Heiji found it hard to breath. He coughed.
"What the hell------." Said Heiji, he looked down at his feet, and realised there were smoke, crawling beneath him. "Fire!" he shouted. "The nutters set the place on fire!"
"Shit!" said Kudou, while coughing. "Which direction is the fire coming from? Cause thats the direction we MUST avoid."
"They set the mansion on fire." Panted Hakuba, "We have to go back to the room, thats the only way out."
"-------I hope Ran and the rest of the group got out of the mansion in time----" wheezed Shinichi. He couldn't imaging what if Ran didn't get out in time-what if the fire spread too quickly and she was trapped----what if-----------.
He shook his head, and felt the sweat running down his face. His heart beating like mad.
A sudden loud BANG and shattering mirrors made the boys jumped in surprise.
They watched their reflections broken into thousand pieces, Hakuba felt the broken glasses, flaying out and cuts his face. It stung. The boys waved their arms over their faces, a natural instinct to protect themselves.
Hakuba looked up around him, desperately trying to figure out where the shooting was coming from. While he was shielding himself, he saw Kudou and Heiji, standing close to him.
Blood were running down Shinichi and Heiji`s face. He saw the glasses fell on top of them, as it drops, the sharp cold edges neatly and swiftly cuts through their skins.
It left red, wet marks on their faces, it also cuts through their shirts and trousers, blood, trickled down their body.
As he was watching it, he knew the same thing was happening to him.
It all happened so quickly, but the images burned into Hakuba`s brain.
Lights, flickering between the glittering glasses.
It was raining glasses.
The gun fired again, and again, and again. Mirrors breaking one by one around the boys, the crisps and shattering sound surrounded them, it was so confusing, so deadly.
"She's behind us!" shouted Hakuba. "RUN!!!!!"
"Back to the room?" asked Heiji, panting and running, he covered his head, protecting it, he could felt the glasses cuts through his hand. Wet, and pain. That was what he felt.
"Yes, that is the only way out!" shouted Hakuba, they ran. As fast as they could.
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To Be Continue----------------
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Catz: well, this is a long chapter, but I decided not to split it into two chapters and upload it all at once. Am I kind or what?? (Readers:------lllb) ^_^
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