Disclaimer: All the characters in this fanfiction arent mine. (DARN COPYWRITE LAWS!) But I can dream that they are can't I?

Mystery Sickness

Chapter 1: The Illness

Kogoro had taken Ran and Conan on a trip to the mountains to go skiing and snowboarding, and Ran had insisted on taking Conan's friends along too. They were all on the flight back home with Ayumi, Mitsuhiko, and Genta pretty much bored out of their wits. Conan sighed, he was feeling sort of sick, and he had complained to Ran about it earlier, but she said it was just because they were on the airplane. Ai was just her usual self, staring forward seeming like her thoughts were somewhere else.

How could I be getting sick on this plane ride when I haven't on all the others? He thought to himself. And why has it gotten worse the further into the flight we get? Just then a bad pain in his stomach made Conan double over, he would have fallen straight onto the floor if his seatbelt hadn't held him in place. Ran turned so she was facing Conan, "Are you alright Conan?" She asked in a worried tone.

"No -- I'm just -- fine." He said still doubled over, he paused sometimes because of his stomach hurting. The pains in his stomach went away about two minutes later, but they came back. It continued on like that for the last thirty minutes of the flight. Whats wrong with me? Conan thought as his stomach started to hurt again.

About a day later the stomach pains hadn't let up, and Ran was getting worried. "Conan, I'm taking you to the doctor, your stomach pains have just gotten worse." Ran said touching Conan's hand, he winced just then, even touching him had started to hurt now.

"No, Ran. I'm just -- just --" He wasn't able to finish his sentence, he started coughing uncontrolably and it didn't stop for about a minute.

"Thats it! I'm taking you to the hospital right NOW!" Ran said scooping Conan up in her arms despite his complaints of it hurting like heck, he was even too weak to walk now, they had found that out earlier that morning when Conan was supposed to get up and go to school.

Conan fell asleep, being this sick was really wearing him out. His glasses slipped off his ears and fell too the floor. Ran bent down to pick them up with Conan balanced on one knee, she turned to put them back on and noticed that he looked strangly like a mini-Shinichi. She paused for a second, then realized how important it was for her to take Conan to the hospital. Ran thought no more about it and got Kogoro to drive her to the hospital with Conan laying down in the back seat.

It was about 4:30 PM later that day, all of Conan's friends had came to see him in the hopsital. Ayumi was holding the corner of Genta's shirt to her eyes to wipe up her tears, Mitsuhiko was just sitting down in one of the chairs trying not to cry his eyes out, and Genta just kept whispering to himself that Conan was going to be alright, but Ai was scaring Ran a little. She just kept staring at Conan with eyes like bottomless pits, she showed no emotion, she just stood there right next to Ran not moving, not speaking, just always watching.

Conan couldn't talk to them because they had put a breathing tube down his throut because he had been having trouble breathing.

Why did only Conan get sick? Why? Ran thought. She glanced at Ai again. Why is she not upset like the others?

AUTHORS NOTE: I hope you all like it so far, I would have typed more but its time to go to bed. (I have swimming practice in the morning) I hope to get the next chapter up before the Halloween Weekend is over! Send your Reviews, Tips, and Comments and I'll answer to them at the top of the page. This is the first fanfic I have typed, so please R&R.