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Chapter 6: Duck and Cover

Conan stared at the television in shock. There was no way he could've broken out. It just didn't seem real. Conan didn't even notice Amy poke the side of his head.

"Are you ok Conan?" She said in a somewhat shaky voice. Conan nodded his head a bit before looking at their faces. George looked shocked like Conan. Mitch and Amy seemed like they were worried about Conan. Conan finally said something.

"Well…That's not good." Was about all he could think up of. With that he sighed and then turned and walked towards the door.

"See 'ya later." He said. Amy popped him across the head and he turned around.

"ARE YOU CRAZY? THAT GUY IS OUT OF JAIL AND MAY BE LOOKING FOR YOU! YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE CONAN EDEGAWA!" Conan just nodded because he was a bit too shaken up to say anything else. She grabbed her stun gun and dragged him out the door with George covering behind him and Mitch was on the side of him. He sighed and walked with them towards the apartments. When they finally got there they walked him up to the door and then watched to make sure he got in. He went to the window and watched them all run back home. He then walked over to the kitchen and smelled something good.

He looked up to see Rachel cooking and he looked up at the alcohol cabinet. He saw that the stuff that Henry Hartwell gave him. If only he could get a sip he'd be able to see Rachel but the problem was what Rachel would do to him if she caught him. He then had an idea.

"Hey Rachel I saw Jimmy on the way here! He wanted me to tell you something!" Conan said. Rachel's eyes got really big and she ran over to Conan.

"What'd he say?" she said excitedly.

"He said that he was going to take a break from his case to come see you and to meet him at his house." Rachel immediately turned off the stove and ran upstairs to her room without another word. Conan pulled out a chair and got to the bottle that he'd been trying to get to for what seemed like forever now. He grabbed it and got a glass then gulped it down. He was dizzy for a second but then he regained his composure and took the bottle and ran to his house as fast as he could.

Conan went to his house and locked all the doors and closed all the blinds. The last thing he needed was to be seen growing nine years older in a matter of minutes. He went to the kitchen and put the bottle in there. Then he ran upstairs to his room and took off his old clothes and changed into the ones that were too big for now. Then he felt it. His heart started pounding as he felt like his insides were to big for his outsides. Then it felt like his bones were growing too fast. Next thing he knew, all went black as he fainted.

He came back around a few hours later and stood up. It felt weird to be back to his full size. Jimmy looked around and walked out of his room. He went down the stairs almost tripping a few times due to his legs that were longer then two feet now. He looked around his house then decided to go pay someone a visit. He looked up something in the phone book then called the number he found. After calling he walked out of his house and down the street, but not towards Rachel's house.

Rachel had dressed up really nice and she walked over to Jimmy's house somewhat excited. She was about a block from his house when he came running by. Jimmy grinned.

"Hey Rache! Come on we have to go this way or else it won't be pretty." And with that he grabbed her arm. She ran with him as she saw this car coming after them. He rounded a corner and pulled her behind him. He then kicked a nearby ball with perfect aim at the person driving the car and knocked them out cold. The car stopped and the police showed up. The got the person out of the car and she realized him immediately. It was Rick! She ran over to him and punched him in the head. He yelped and the police and Jimmy laughed.

"Nice punch Rachel!" She grinned and they walked off.

"Sorry about that. Conan said that he shot him and I figured out where he lived and I couldn't resist getting him back." Jimmy said. They walked around a few blocks just enjoying being around each other. After a while though just as they reached Rachel's house he felt a strange constriction in his chest.

Oh no! Not now! Jimmy thought.

"So see you later Rache!" He said.

"See you later Jimmy. Oh and good luck on your 'hard case' Jimmy." She lightly kissed him on the cheek and laughed as he turned dark red.

"Heh…Bye Rachel." And with that he walked down the stairs but then ran down the street. Rachel watched him through the window and was shocked to see him shrink two and a half feet.

Wait…Conan's…Jimmy? But how? It doesn't make sense. Why would he lie to me? Wait!

(FLASHBACK!)

"I'll be right back Rachel!" Jimmy said while running off.

Why do I feel like I'll never see him again? Rachel started to run off but her shoe strings snapped and she stops.

(END FLASHBACK!)

CUT! So how do you like it? Trust me it's not over yet! Here's a hint. Was that really Rick that he caught? Could be…may not be…neither one of us know yet so we'll both find out next chapter! Hmm….well…This time it was harder to clear 1000 words but I'm there!