Chapter 26
"What's he doing there?!"
The red fire engines arrived one by one outside the hotel.
Along with white ambulances and a black helicopter.
They surrounded the burning hotel, fire fighters jumped out and grabbed the water pipes, trying to attack the fire, but even they knew, that little water of theirs had no effect on this fire.
The helicopter landed on the hill that was not far away from the hotel.
A chubby man jumped out of the helicopter and ran towards the mansion.
He had worry written all over his face.
In the other police car, Anne and Henry also dashed and ran.
Anne covered her mouth, her eyes widen with the heart broken scene in front of her.
Tears came rolling down her face.
Henry stood there, face as whit as a sheet.
They couldn't believe their beloved home was burning away, falling apart.
"Richard-----Louise-Mike---Alice and John---and all our guests---where are they?!!" shouted Henry suddenly.
"Somebody find them!! They are still in the mansion?! Someone help them!!" he went berserk, panic took over his mind, he grabbed the nearest fire fighter and shook him wildly. "Help them! Please--!!"
The fireman could only looked at him with the helpless expression.
"Henry!! Anne!!" a distance voice went off behind him.
Anne looked at the direction where the voice was coming from, and she gave out a cry. Then she sprung forward and ran towards her little brother.
Henry also let go of the poor fireman and ran as fast as he could.
Richard, John and Rosey walked slowly towards them, exhaustion was written all over their faces.
Ran, Aoko, Shiho, Kazuha, Heiji and Hakuba were all walking together slowly.
They all had injuries and bruises all over their bodies.
The medics soon saw them and rushed towards them. The ambulances also drove right up to them.
The group stopped walking and remain silence. None of them wanted to speak. Too much grieve was in their minds.
Anne and Henry was crying, Anne thrown herself towards Richard and hugged him tightly.
Henry also hugged John, but he noticed the strange expression on his uncle's face.
"----where is Aunt Alice and Louise? Uncle Mike?" asked Henry, looking hopefully at Richard.
Richard bit his lips and looked down at his feet. He finally opened his mouth with great difficulty and told them what happened to their aunts and uncle. Rose hugged tightly with Richard all this time.
A few minutes later, came the wailing cry of Anne and stunned silence of Henry.
The police came over and surrounded the five of them.
On the other side of the police cars, our favourite groups were surrounded by the medics.
The medics first grabbed Heiji and Hakuba, because of their injuries.
They sat down on the wet grass and let the medics asks all sort of questions, but the two of them just couldn't be bothered to answer anything.
They just sat there and let the medics rip open their shirts to clean and bandage their wounds.
Their eyes hardly left the burning mansion which was in front of them.
The girls stood there, watching the burning hotel and the streams of water that shot into the hotel.
The yellow and red fire reflected on their faces. They could also felt the heat of the fire brushing over their faces.
Ran and Aoko was still crying, but only tears, no voice.
They had no more energy left to cry out.
"Saguru!!" shouted a chubby man.
Hakuba moved his eyes away from the hotel and saw the man rushed towards him, then the man stopped in front of Hakuba.
"Are you ok?!" he asked, opening his arm and gave his son a tight hug.
Hakuba flinched and grunted.
"Oh----sorry---did that hurt?" asked his father.
"--------Im fine---" replied Hakuba quietly. He looked at his father.
"----I am sorry, Saguru." Said the man, he saw the anger and sadness in his sons eyes.
"We couldn`t arrive here in time because of the storm. I tried to contact you but all the phones were disconnected in the mansion. The mobile had no signals--- I sent out the police as soon as the storm stopped.
We also got the report from the public that they saw black smoke coming out of the mansion an hour ago, but the fire engine and ambulances had some trouble getting here because of the fallen trees that blocked
the roads due to the storm------ what happened, Saguru?"
Hakuba just turned his head away. He didn't reply.
His father just sighed and looked at his son, worrying, wondering exactly what happened. He had never seen his son so miserable before.
To be honest, he didn't quite know what to do about it.
Shiho came up to Hakuba and sat next to him, she held his hand, and looked at Hakuba.
They only stare at each other for a short while and both looked away to the mansion.
Hakuba`s father also noticed how close these two had become. He trotted away, smiling, calling his wife on the mobile to let her know that their son is fine. And he got a real nice girlfriend.
Heiji groaned a bit when the medic disinfected his knees with some solution, it stung so much.
He sat on the floor, stretched his legs, arms supporting his upper body.
The medic who was cleaning his wounds saw the small charm that rested between his chest. She reached for it and wanted to take it off so she could bandage Heiji properly, but he stopped her.
"No-----leave it---I want to wear it." He said.
The medic looked at him with a puzzling look on her face.
"Is it because I told you to wear it?" Said Kazuha, she came up to him and gave him a weary smile. It was forced, Heiji saw her big watery eyes. She sat next to Heiji, looking at him.
"Toyama-----"
"I am glad you are alive---Hattori----I really am-----" her voice trailed off.
"But I had to abandon Kaito------it was horrible----poor Aoko----" Kazuha sobbed. "He-he told us to----"
"Look, Toyama---I had to abandon Shinichi too, I could have saved him----"
Kazuha nodded, she wiped away the tears.
"Now we have to help Ran and Aoko, they suffers the most, Hattori---we have to help them."
Heiji whispered "I know-----."
He then reached out and gently let Kazuha rested her head on his shoulder, (much to the annoyance of the medics).
Kazuha blushed again. If this was any other occasion, she might feels really happy and content, but now, all she could think about was Ran and Aoko.
They watched Ran and Aoko standing close together, looking at the burning mansion.
They didnt move a bit, just like two statues.
Their backs looked so lonely and mournful.
What was going through their minds?
Kazuha and Shiho decided to make them sit down, they must be exhausted too by now. They walked up to Ran and Aoko with cups of water, and gently patted their shoulders.
Ran and Aoko flinched, both looked like they were in a daze, like they were living through a nightmare.
Kazuha and Shiho just hugged them tightly, and the four of them sat down, leaning against each other, stared into the burning mansion.
After what seemed like a century long, the fire had no intention of stopping, they continued to devour the mansion, the thick, black smoke rises slowly up towards blue sky.
The thin stream of water coming from the fire engine simply evaporated into more steam, in became a strange scene when those steams created small rainbows around the mansion with the sun shining behind them.
They watched, and waited-------- even though they dont really know what they were waiting for.
A white, flashing light suddenly came dashing out of one of the window from the mansion, it shot towards the sky and exploded with a clear, loud bang. The noise echoed between the air.
Ran and Aoko flinched. Their eyes went wide and they stare at that window, Kazuha and Shiho looked confused. Heiji and Hakuba frowned. The fire man? They just looked at each other.
"What the heck was that?!"
"------Shinichi----" whispered Ran suddenly, she stood up and starting to breath excitingly. A red flush came over her face.
"Kuroba---!!" shouted Aoko, she too, looked excited.
"Ran-----?" asked Kazuha, she looked at her and wondering what she is on about.
Suddenly, Ran and Aoko sprung forwards and ran towards the hotel, leaving Kazuha and Shiho shocked and puzzled. Still, they ran after Ran and Aoko.
Heiji and Hakuba both struggled to stands up and went after the girls. Unheeding to the medics shouting at them.
Running faster and faster, Ran and Aoko almost tripped over several times, but their instinct told them that they must not stop, they must get to the mansion!
They panted, long, black hair waving in the air, eyes watched, hoping, expecting.
They finally arrived just a few hundreds yards away from the mansion, Kazuha and Shiho caught up with them and grabbed them.
"What the heck is going on?! Are you two mad? Its dangerous to get too close to the mansion!" shouted Kazuha.
"No---it was them! I know it was!" said Ran, she looked at Kazuha.
"Ran---Shinichi and Kaito are gone, you -" began Shiho.
But she didnt have the chance to finish her sentence.
As if by magic, their eyes were fixed towards the window were that small white light came from.
A white figure appeared from that window, between the fire and smoke, his cape flowing lightly in the air. Like a phantom, he stood there.
Heiji and Hakuba also caught up with the girls. Their mouths were wide open.
"What the hell is he doing there?!!" gasped Hakuba.
"I dunno, but it seems that he is going to be a hero again----" shrugged Heiji.
"How the hell did he get in there--?Or how long has he been there??"
"He must be here for the Pandora too." Muttered Hakuba. "Shame he wont get it this time"
"------KID!!!!" shouted Aoko excitingly. "ITS KID!!!" she grabbed Ran`s arm and tries to control the urge to jump up and down with joy.
Then she suddenly realised that she shouldn't call him KID anymore. A shadow came over she face.
"----or should I say its Kuroba?" She said to herself quietly.
To Be Continue-------------------------------
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Hello Conan Fans~~!
First of all, my sincere apologies to you all, who have been waiting for the past 3 months, for me to upload this chapter. Mmmm---I should explain why I have been this irresponsible.
That is because---well, I am an Uni student now!! =^0^=
Yep, and my first semester just finished, so now this is my Xmas holiday. I have so much work to do (*cough**cough**not becuase I have been partying all the time or anything-----**wink*),
that I hardly have the time to check my emails either.
Secondly, I have been ill since I got home (again, not because I party too hard or anything *wink**wink*) and all I have done is sleeping----(okay, now that aint good).
Anyway---now I am back, so I will up load the story more often~~~~~thank you for your comments and supports, Conan fans!!
Catz xxx
"What's he doing there?!"
The red fire engines arrived one by one outside the hotel.
Along with white ambulances and a black helicopter.
They surrounded the burning hotel, fire fighters jumped out and grabbed the water pipes, trying to attack the fire, but even they knew, that little water of theirs had no effect on this fire.
The helicopter landed on the hill that was not far away from the hotel.
A chubby man jumped out of the helicopter and ran towards the mansion.
He had worry written all over his face.
In the other police car, Anne and Henry also dashed and ran.
Anne covered her mouth, her eyes widen with the heart broken scene in front of her.
Tears came rolling down her face.
Henry stood there, face as whit as a sheet.
They couldn't believe their beloved home was burning away, falling apart.
"Richard-----Louise-Mike---Alice and John---and all our guests---where are they?!!" shouted Henry suddenly.
"Somebody find them!! They are still in the mansion?! Someone help them!!" he went berserk, panic took over his mind, he grabbed the nearest fire fighter and shook him wildly. "Help them! Please--!!"
The fireman could only looked at him with the helpless expression.
"Henry!! Anne!!" a distance voice went off behind him.
Anne looked at the direction where the voice was coming from, and she gave out a cry. Then she sprung forward and ran towards her little brother.
Henry also let go of the poor fireman and ran as fast as he could.
Richard, John and Rosey walked slowly towards them, exhaustion was written all over their faces.
Ran, Aoko, Shiho, Kazuha, Heiji and Hakuba were all walking together slowly.
They all had injuries and bruises all over their bodies.
The medics soon saw them and rushed towards them. The ambulances also drove right up to them.
The group stopped walking and remain silence. None of them wanted to speak. Too much grieve was in their minds.
Anne and Henry was crying, Anne thrown herself towards Richard and hugged him tightly.
Henry also hugged John, but he noticed the strange expression on his uncle's face.
"----where is Aunt Alice and Louise? Uncle Mike?" asked Henry, looking hopefully at Richard.
Richard bit his lips and looked down at his feet. He finally opened his mouth with great difficulty and told them what happened to their aunts and uncle. Rose hugged tightly with Richard all this time.
A few minutes later, came the wailing cry of Anne and stunned silence of Henry.
The police came over and surrounded the five of them.
On the other side of the police cars, our favourite groups were surrounded by the medics.
The medics first grabbed Heiji and Hakuba, because of their injuries.
They sat down on the wet grass and let the medics asks all sort of questions, but the two of them just couldn't be bothered to answer anything.
They just sat there and let the medics rip open their shirts to clean and bandage their wounds.
Their eyes hardly left the burning mansion which was in front of them.
The girls stood there, watching the burning hotel and the streams of water that shot into the hotel.
The yellow and red fire reflected on their faces. They could also felt the heat of the fire brushing over their faces.
Ran and Aoko was still crying, but only tears, no voice.
They had no more energy left to cry out.
"Saguru!!" shouted a chubby man.
Hakuba moved his eyes away from the hotel and saw the man rushed towards him, then the man stopped in front of Hakuba.
"Are you ok?!" he asked, opening his arm and gave his son a tight hug.
Hakuba flinched and grunted.
"Oh----sorry---did that hurt?" asked his father.
"--------Im fine---" replied Hakuba quietly. He looked at his father.
"----I am sorry, Saguru." Said the man, he saw the anger and sadness in his sons eyes.
"We couldn`t arrive here in time because of the storm. I tried to contact you but all the phones were disconnected in the mansion. The mobile had no signals--- I sent out the police as soon as the storm stopped.
We also got the report from the public that they saw black smoke coming out of the mansion an hour ago, but the fire engine and ambulances had some trouble getting here because of the fallen trees that blocked
the roads due to the storm------ what happened, Saguru?"
Hakuba just turned his head away. He didn't reply.
His father just sighed and looked at his son, worrying, wondering exactly what happened. He had never seen his son so miserable before.
To be honest, he didn't quite know what to do about it.
Shiho came up to Hakuba and sat next to him, she held his hand, and looked at Hakuba.
They only stare at each other for a short while and both looked away to the mansion.
Hakuba`s father also noticed how close these two had become. He trotted away, smiling, calling his wife on the mobile to let her know that their son is fine. And he got a real nice girlfriend.
Heiji groaned a bit when the medic disinfected his knees with some solution, it stung so much.
He sat on the floor, stretched his legs, arms supporting his upper body.
The medic who was cleaning his wounds saw the small charm that rested between his chest. She reached for it and wanted to take it off so she could bandage Heiji properly, but he stopped her.
"No-----leave it---I want to wear it." He said.
The medic looked at him with a puzzling look on her face.
"Is it because I told you to wear it?" Said Kazuha, she came up to him and gave him a weary smile. It was forced, Heiji saw her big watery eyes. She sat next to Heiji, looking at him.
"Toyama-----"
"I am glad you are alive---Hattori----I really am-----" her voice trailed off.
"But I had to abandon Kaito------it was horrible----poor Aoko----" Kazuha sobbed. "He-he told us to----"
"Look, Toyama---I had to abandon Shinichi too, I could have saved him----"
Kazuha nodded, she wiped away the tears.
"Now we have to help Ran and Aoko, they suffers the most, Hattori---we have to help them."
Heiji whispered "I know-----."
He then reached out and gently let Kazuha rested her head on his shoulder, (much to the annoyance of the medics).
Kazuha blushed again. If this was any other occasion, she might feels really happy and content, but now, all she could think about was Ran and Aoko.
They watched Ran and Aoko standing close together, looking at the burning mansion.
They didnt move a bit, just like two statues.
Their backs looked so lonely and mournful.
What was going through their minds?
Kazuha and Shiho decided to make them sit down, they must be exhausted too by now. They walked up to Ran and Aoko with cups of water, and gently patted their shoulders.
Ran and Aoko flinched, both looked like they were in a daze, like they were living through a nightmare.
Kazuha and Shiho just hugged them tightly, and the four of them sat down, leaning against each other, stared into the burning mansion.
After what seemed like a century long, the fire had no intention of stopping, they continued to devour the mansion, the thick, black smoke rises slowly up towards blue sky.
The thin stream of water coming from the fire engine simply evaporated into more steam, in became a strange scene when those steams created small rainbows around the mansion with the sun shining behind them.
They watched, and waited-------- even though they dont really know what they were waiting for.
A white, flashing light suddenly came dashing out of one of the window from the mansion, it shot towards the sky and exploded with a clear, loud bang. The noise echoed between the air.
Ran and Aoko flinched. Their eyes went wide and they stare at that window, Kazuha and Shiho looked confused. Heiji and Hakuba frowned. The fire man? They just looked at each other.
"What the heck was that?!"
"------Shinichi----" whispered Ran suddenly, she stood up and starting to breath excitingly. A red flush came over her face.
"Kuroba---!!" shouted Aoko, she too, looked excited.
"Ran-----?" asked Kazuha, she looked at her and wondering what she is on about.
Suddenly, Ran and Aoko sprung forwards and ran towards the hotel, leaving Kazuha and Shiho shocked and puzzled. Still, they ran after Ran and Aoko.
Heiji and Hakuba both struggled to stands up and went after the girls. Unheeding to the medics shouting at them.
Running faster and faster, Ran and Aoko almost tripped over several times, but their instinct told them that they must not stop, they must get to the mansion!
They panted, long, black hair waving in the air, eyes watched, hoping, expecting.
They finally arrived just a few hundreds yards away from the mansion, Kazuha and Shiho caught up with them and grabbed them.
"What the heck is going on?! Are you two mad? Its dangerous to get too close to the mansion!" shouted Kazuha.
"No---it was them! I know it was!" said Ran, she looked at Kazuha.
"Ran---Shinichi and Kaito are gone, you -" began Shiho.
But she didnt have the chance to finish her sentence.
As if by magic, their eyes were fixed towards the window were that small white light came from.
A white figure appeared from that window, between the fire and smoke, his cape flowing lightly in the air. Like a phantom, he stood there.
Heiji and Hakuba also caught up with the girls. Their mouths were wide open.
"What the hell is he doing there?!!" gasped Hakuba.
"I dunno, but it seems that he is going to be a hero again----" shrugged Heiji.
"How the hell did he get in there--?Or how long has he been there??"
"He must be here for the Pandora too." Muttered Hakuba. "Shame he wont get it this time"
"------KID!!!!" shouted Aoko excitingly. "ITS KID!!!" she grabbed Ran`s arm and tries to control the urge to jump up and down with joy.
Then she suddenly realised that she shouldn't call him KID anymore. A shadow came over she face.
"----or should I say its Kuroba?" She said to herself quietly.
To Be Continue-------------------------------
*************************************************
Hello Conan Fans~~!
First of all, my sincere apologies to you all, who have been waiting for the past 3 months, for me to upload this chapter. Mmmm---I should explain why I have been this irresponsible.
That is because---well, I am an Uni student now!! =^0^=
Yep, and my first semester just finished, so now this is my Xmas holiday. I have so much work to do (*cough**cough**not becuase I have been partying all the time or anything-----**wink*),
that I hardly have the time to check my emails either.
Secondly, I have been ill since I got home (again, not because I party too hard or anything *wink**wink*) and all I have done is sleeping----(okay, now that aint good).
Anyway---now I am back, so I will up load the story more often~~~~~thank you for your comments and supports, Conan fans!!
Catz xxx