Disclaimer: I still own nothing that has to do with Case closed.

Authors note: Sorry the last chapter was so short. I thought it'd be longer but it wasn't. This time I'll try to clear at least 1000 words.

Chapter 2: Hospital

Conan woke up in a hospital bed with eight pairs of eyes looking at him. As his eyes went into focus he realized that the eyes belonged to Rachel, Amy, Mitch, and George. Conan, still in a daze tried to sit up but stopped due to a pain that shot through his arm. "Ow…what happened…and where am I?" Conan asked. Rachel said, "You got shot in the shoulder by that murderer, Rick. They caught him thanks to you and these three." Amy, Mitch and George grinned. Amy grabbed Conan in a hug. "Oh I'm so glad you ok!" Conan grunted loudly as Amy squeezed his wounded shoulder. She quickly let go and looked somewhat hurt. "Sorry Amy you just grabbed my shoulder. "

She quickly brightened up and ran over to Rachel and whispered something in her ear. Rachel nodded and Amy ran off with Mitch and George right behind her. Just as they left the doctor came in. "Ah it's nice to see you awake Mr. Conan. So how are you feeling?" Conan nodded and said, "Ok. Amy accidentally squeezed it but aside from that it's fine except when I move it." The doctor nodded and took off the bandages. Conan took a look at it and found out why it was hurting so badly. The wound was a bit big as he realized that it wasn't just a pocket gun Rick had. It had to have had a bit of power behind it to leave a half-inch bullet hole. Conan gasped a bit at the look of it. The Doctor laughed, "Kind of gross isn't it?" Conan nodded but didn't take his eyes off of it for a second.

It looked a bit deep and a bit infected. But how long had he been out? It would take at least 24 hours for it to become infected. The doctor put new bandages on it and then turned to look at Conan. "You'll get to go home in a few hours. But meanwhile you'll have to sit here. A nurse will be in a while to give you a sling. Cause you'll have to wear it for a few weeks." After saying that he left without another word and closed the door. Conan immediately turned to Rachel. "How long was I out?" She seems a bit surprised by the sudden question but shook it off pretty quick. "Uh…about three days. We've been visiting on and off. Why do you ask?" Conan's mouth dropped open. This didn't make sense. A simple bullet wound that knocked you out would only have normally have done so for a few hours tops. Yet he had been out for a few days. Then a thought occurred to him. What if the murder was only a distraction? What if the real target had been Himself? But that makes no sense. Why would they want to get him? He hadn't let out his secret.

Rachel looked at Conan questioningly. "Uh Conan? Why do you ask?" Conan snapped out of thought. "Oh…uh…I just noticed it was infected and was wondering." He said hoping she wouldn't be suspicious. Instead she just sighed and said, "You had us all worried there. The doctors didn't know if you were gonna make it. Looks like you're tougher then we all thought." Conan grinned and jumped as Conan's friends came flying in the room with a box each. Amy grinned and held up hers first. "We decided to get you a get well present!" Conan grinned and picked it up finding it extremely hard to do all this with one hand somehow opened it.

In it he found a very pretty glass statue. It had a bird on the top and a little inscription on the clear base that said, "Forever is to long yet our time together is too short." Conan blushed a little while reading this and everyone started laughing. "Err…thanks Amy." She hugged him being careful not to grab his shoulder. George Came up next and handed him a somewhat flat present. He tore it open and found a magazine for kids. "Wow…thanks George." He set that next to his glass bird and Mitch stepped up. Conan opened that one and found a small box of candy. "Thanks a ton Mitch!" Conan grinned and set it next to his other presents. Rachel looked at her watch and yelped. "Oh! You three are late! I have to get you home!" They all told Conan goodbye and left with Rachel.

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Rachel and Conan walked out of the hospital towards her car. Conan was still in deep thought about the murder, as the walked didn't realize that there was a door in front of him. He ran into it. "Ow…"But lucky for him Rachel didn't notice. Conan got in the car and she drove off. Conan watched through the back window as the cars and buildings passed by until they reached their apartment building. Conan and Rachel got out of the car and went into the building. As they walked in Richard looked up and said, "So, how is the little brat?" Rachel looked at him threateningly and said, He's fine. He just has to wear this sling for a few weeks and try not to move his arm." Richard sighed and said, "So who's paying his bills?" Rachel slapped her dad and said, "Sense you must know his parents are." Richard grumbled and said, "Ok…well…it's late…what about dinner?" Rachel turned dark red out of anger and Richard, sensing pain in his future said, "How about we go out to eat! To celebrate the brat getting out of the hospital." Rachel cooled off quickly and said, "Ok!" They hopped in the car and Richard drove them to a restaurant to eat.

Ok I'm happy to say that I've hit 1000 words and then a few more this time. I'll try to make all of my chapters this long but I can't make any promises due to the fact that School is going to start Thursday!