In Today's Case: Kathy, the kidnapped Girl
A girl with brown hair walked into her class room when someone placed a cloth on her mouth knocking her out. Her books and pencils fell on the floor as the person took her away.
Tess stepped out of Rachel's room wearing a school uniform. Tess looked at herself. Then Rachel stood in front of her wearing the same uniform. Tess looked at her funny. Rachel handed her a suit case. Tess looked at the suit case then back at Rachel.
"You're kidding right?" Tess asked. Rachel shook her head.
"Here." Rachel said. Tess sighed. She then took the suit case. Conan walked right in between them.
"You two could past off as twins." Conan said. Tess looked at Conan. She slapped him in the head. Conan rubbed his head. He then turned to look at Tess. "What?"
"Don't say that!" Tess yelled.
"I was only speaking the truth!" Conan yelled. Tess clinched her fist.
"YOU'RE GOING TO WISH YOU DIDN'T!!" Tess yelled. Tess threw her suit case at Conan. Conan moved out of the way. He ran down the stairs. Tess followed him. "COME BACK HERE!!!" Tess yelled again. Rachel sighed. She walked over picking up Tess' suit case.
"She's never learned how to calm that temper of hers." Rachel said walking out of the house then down the stairs.
Tess chased Conan down the street. Conan glanced at her as he noticed that she didn't even break a sweat yet when he was sweating.
'Dang! She's fast!' Conan thought. Tess started to catch up to Conan
"Conan! I've chased enough people! I can..." Tess jumped tackling Conan to the ground, "catch you!" Tess and Conan started to wrestle. Rachel caught up to Conan and Tess. She pulled them apart.
"Come on you two!" Rachel yelled. Rachel looked at Tess. She looked over at Conan. "Conan you go to school." Conan took off to school. Tess and Rachel walked to school.
"So Rachel, I heard that you're going out with Jimmy Kudo." Tess stated. Rachel looked at Tess.
"How do you know Jimmy?" Rachel asked. Tess smiled.
"He's famous in the FBI I'm working for. Everyone talks about him to the point where a lot of people know his name." Tess answered.
"Oh."
"So, are you going out with him?"
"Not really. He's gone. He went to solve a big case." Rachel said looking at the ground. Tess crossed her arms. She then took her suit case.
"Well, that mean jerk. If I was him I would've taken you." Tess stated. They then reached the school to find a huge crowd of people. Tess and Rachel push themselves threw the crowd. When they reached the front of the crowd the principle of the school was standing there.
"I'm sorry students. You're going to have to wait out here." He entered the school.
"That's odd." Someone said. Tess and Rachel looked down to see Conan. Then Richard came out of the school with Inspector Maguire.
"There's been a kidnapping." Richard stated.
"At school?" Rachel asked. Inspector Maguire nodded his head.
"A young girl, Kathy. She was the first to appear at school then she went missing." Inspector Maguire said. He looked at Tess. "We're going to need you here." Richard looked at Inspector Maguire.
"Why her?!" he yelled. Inspector Maguire looked at Richard.
"She's good, maybe better then you." Inspector Maguire said turning around then walking into the school. Tess, Rachel, and Conan walked into the school. Richard grabbed the back of Conan's shirt.
"NOT YOU!" Richard yelled. Tess looked at Richard.
"Uncle!" Richard turned to look at Tess. Tess grabbed Conan out of Richard's hands then places him on the ground. "Leave him alone." Tess added.
"He's always..." Tess crossed her arms. She looked down at Conan.
"Go ahead in Conan." She said. They walked into the school.
'It's better having her on my side then against me.' Conan thought. Richard sighed.
"He's always in my way." Richard said walking into the school. They got to the class where Kathy was last seen. Tess walked into the room. Tess looked around. She placed her suit case on one of the desks. She looked at Inspector Maguire.
"Who last saw Kathy?" she asked.
"Well, she was with Mr. Kental the principle." Inspector Maguire answered. Tess looked at Mr. Kental.
"What did you and Kathy talk about principle?" Tess asked. Mr. Kental put his hands in his pockets.
"We talked about her skipping a grade."
"AH HA! You talked about her skipping grade meaning skipping her life!" Richard yelled. Tess looked at Richard. She walked right up to him. She grabbed his ear and pulled.
"The mother of all assumptions is the mother of all screw ups." Tess said. Richard grabbed Tess' wrist then pulled her hand off his ear.
"I'm not assumptioning. I'm right."
"Dad." Richard turned to look at Rachel. "Maybe what Tess is trying to get at is that there isn't enough evidence to prove that he did it." Rachel added. Richard crossed his arms then looked away.
"Hmp." Tess looked at the teachers who stood behind Mr. Kental.
"Are those Kathy's teachers?" Tess asked. Mr. Kental turned around to look at the teachers. He nodded his head.
"Yes." One of the teachers stepped up.
"I'm Ms. Thompson I'm Kathy's Language Arts teacher."
"I'm Mr. Anderson, Kathy's World History teacher."
"I'm Mrs. Littleton, Kathy's Science teacher."
"And I'm Mr. Peterson, Kathy's Math Teacher." Tess looked at the door sigh. It said Mr. Peterson's Math Room. Tess looked at Mr. Peterson.
"You're room is where Kathy was kidnapped." Tess stated. Mr. Peterson nodded his head. Richard quickly pointed at Mr. Peterson.
"HE DID IT!" Richard yelled. Everyone looked at Richard. "Kathy was kidnapped in his room. So he did it."
"No! I didn't do it!" Mr. Peterson yelled. Tess placed her hand on Richard's arm pushing it down.
"You're going to remain innocent till you're proven guilty." Tess said. Richard looked at Tess.
"Tess! You're crapping my style!" Richard yelled. Tess looked at Richard.
"What style is that?" Tess asked. Richard got in Tess' face. Conan walked over to Kathy's things that laid on the floor. He bent down. He opened her binder. He looked in it. He then saw a pencil holder. The pencil holder held 4 pencils. There was only three. There was a small hand held pencil sharpener. Conan opened it. He looked at the shavings.
"These are fresh shavings." Conan said. Richard looked at Conan. Richard then picked up Conan by the back of his shirt. He booted him out of the room.
"CHILDREN SHOULDN"T BE IN HERE!" Richard yelled. Tess looked down at Kathy's blinder. She walked over to it. She bent down then picked up the pencil sharpener.
"He's right." Tess said. Richard turned to the look at Tess. "These are fresh shavings." Tess added. Tess looked over at the Mr. Kental.
"Did she use a pencil at all?" Tess asked. Mr. Kental shook his head.
"She didn't use a pencil at all." He answered. Tess looked at the teachers.
"What about you four, did either of you talk with Kathy?"
"I did." Ms. Thomson said. "I was helping her with her homework. When she was done she said that she was going to go see Mr. Peterson." Ms. Thomson added. Tess looked back at her binder. She then saw a schedule written down on a notebook. Tess picked up the notebook. She looked threw the schedule. Then an officer ran into the room.
"INSPECTOR!" he yelled. Inspector Maguire looked at the officer.
"What is it?" he asked. The officer held a piece of paper.
"The kidnapper wrote a letter!" he yelled.
"Give it here!" Inspector Maguire yelled. The officer handed him the letter. Inspector Maguire read it out loud.
"I have Kathy, if you want her alive, give me 10 billion or she's dead." The officer handed Inspector Maguire a picture. Inspector Maguire look at the picture. Kathy was tied up in a dark room with a gun pointed to her head. Inspector Maguire turned over the paper. "Hmp. That's weird. It doesn't say where to leave the money." Tess took the paper and the picture.
"The kidnapper didn't leave the school." Tess stated.
"How do you know?" Richard asked. Tess looked at Richard.
"Look." She showed him the paper.
"What about it?"
"The writing is fresh." Conan said. Tess looked down at Conan. She placed her hand on his head then rubbed. She removed her hand looking back up at Richard.
"Conan's right. The kidnapper is in the school. The only one who would know the school better then anyone is Mr. Kental."
"Does that mean he's the kidnapper?" Inspector Maguire asked. Tess shook her head.
"No. Mr. Kental was in a meeting with Kathy today. If he wanted to kidnap her he could've done it then. The only ones that would have a reason are Ms. Thomson, Mr. Peterson, Mrs. Littleton, and Mr. Anderson." Tess stated. Conan looked at the teachers.
'Tess got ride of one suspect. But since Mr. Kental knows the school he could've done it. But if he wanted to kidnap her he would have done it right when he was talking to her, not do it in a class room. Mr. Kental didn't do it. I need to find the kidnapper before Kathy gets killed. Which one of you did it?' Conan thought. Tess walked up to Mr. Kental.
"Do you know where this room is?" Tess asked. Mr. Kental took the picture.
"Yes that's the storage room down stairs in the basement." He answered. Tess nodded her head.
"Okay, Rachel."
"Yes."
"You and Conan go up into the art room and get a lot of blank paper and green markers. Get the art teacher as well." Tess said. Rachel nodded her head.
"Okay, come on Conan." Rachel said running out of the room then turning the corner.
"Coming!" Conan called following her. Tess looked at all the teachers. She walked over to Mr. Peterson's desk. She opened all the gores finding paper. She took out four pieces. She looked onto the desk picking up a pen. She then spotted something on the desk.
'A pencil?' Tess thought. She picked up the pencil. It was pink with Kathy's name on it. Tess smiled. 'I found you, you kidnapper!' Tess thought. 'But I'll play along with you're trick.' Tess put down the pencil. She walked over to the teachers she handed them each a piece of paper.
"What's that for Tess?" Richard asked. Tess looked at Richard.
"We're going to test the teachers."
"Why?" Inspector Maguire asked. Tess smiled. She placed the letter on a desk.
"Easy. If the kidnapper is one of the teachers they should have the same hand writing correct?"
"Yeah."
"So, we're going to have each one of them to write the same letter using a pen." Tess said placing the pen on the desk. She turned to look at Ms. Thomson. "You go first Ms. Thomson." Ms. Thomson nodded her head.
"Okay." Ms. Thomson said taking the seat. She wrote the letter. She then handed it to Tess.
"No match. Mr. Peterson." Mr. Peterson walked over to the desk then sat down. He wrote the letter. He handed it to Tess. "Still no match, Mr. Anderson." Mr. Anderson sat down. When he was down writing the letter he handed it to Tess. "Nope. Mrs. Littleton." Mrs. Littleton sat down then started to write. When she was done she handed the paper to Tess. Tess sighed. "Still no match."
"So since we all took you're test, and our writing doesn't match that means Mr. Kental is the kidnapper." Mr. Peterson stated.
"True, but also not true." Tess said. "Mr. Kental didn't do it and I told the reason, we'll wait for Rachel and Conan to come back."
Rachel and Conan came back with the art teacher.
"We're back Tess." Rachel said. Tess smiled.
"Good, can you take a seat right there." Tess pointed to the desk. She moved the letter and the picture.
"Sure what do you want me to do?" the art teacher asked.
"Can you make money using these green markers?" Tess asked. The art teacher nodded her head.
"Yes." She answered.
"Okay, make 10 billion dollars." Tess said. Everyone waited. Conan looked up at Tess as Tess stood there watching the art teacher do her work.
'What are you thinking Tess?' Conan asked himself. He looked at the paper in her hands. 'What?! She knows who the killer is! I don't even know!' Conan thought.
Then the art teacher was done. "Here." She said. Tess took the fake money. She walked over to her suit case. She took out everything. She placed her gun on the desk. Conan watched her. She placed the money into the suit case. She closed it. She picked up the suit case.
"Mr. Kental, take me to the storage room." Tess said. Mr. Kental nodded his head. Tess grabbed her gun. She walked with Mr. Kental.
"Tess." Tess turned around to face Richard. "Inspector Maguire and I are going with you." Tess smiled.
"Okay." Tess said smiling. They walked out of the room.
"WAIT!" Rachel yelled. Everyone stopped to look at her. "Me and Conan cam drop off the money." Tess smiled and nodded her head.
"That would be a good idea." Tess said. Tess handed Rachel the money. Rachel and Conan followed Richard, Tess, and Inspector Maguire who was following Mr. Kental. They reached the basement. Mr. Kental reached to turn on the lights. "No. don't turn on the lights." Tess said.
"But Tess, we need them to see." Inspector Maguire said.
"It would easier. If we go down with the lights on the kidnapper will shoot. Me, you and my Uncle will go down first and hide. Then Mr. Kental will turn on the lights for Conan and Rachel to walk down." Tess said walking down the stairs quietly and slowly. Inspector Maguire looked at Richard.
"Are you sure that you're related to her?" Inspector Maguire asked. Richard looked at Inspector Maguire.
"Yeah, why?" Richard asked.
"She's a lot smarter then you." Inspector Maguire said walking down the stairs. Richard followed. Inspector Maguire and Richard hide behind a table that was resting on its side. Tess hide behind cardboard boxes in front of the table. The lights went on. Rachel and Conan walked down the stairs. Rachel held the suit case in front of her. When they reached the bottom, Conan and Rachel stood in the middle of the room looking around.
"Put down the money!" a voice called. Rachel placed the suit case down. "Kick it over." The voice said. Conan kicked it over. "I WANT REAL MONEY! NOT FAKE MONEY!" someone popped out dressed in black holding a gun. Tess ran out in front of Rachel and Conan. Tess pointed her gun at the person and started to shoot. The person took cover. Tess stopped at grab Conan and Rachel's hands. The person started to shoot at Tess as they took cover. Tess kneeled onto her knees coming up over some boxes and started to shoot.
"AH! TESS! PUT THE GUN AWAY!" Conan yelled covering his ears. Tess turned to look at Conan.
"WE NEED IT!" Tess yelled back. Then a bullet came scratching Tess' right shoulder. Tess took cover. Tess smiled. "You did a good job at trying to hide yourself! But, you wouldn't think of getting caught huh?"
"What are you talking about?" the voice asked. Tess smiled again. She placed her gun on the floor.
"You did a really good job, you almost fooled me. You knew that the money was fake without even opening the suit case. Good job. But when I found Kathy's missing pencil on Mr. Peterson's desk I knew who it was."
"Tess, if you found it on Mr. Peterson's desk then Mr. Peterson did it!" Inspector Maguire yelled.
"No, he didn't do it. He wasn't even in the room when it happened. The only person who can write different in pen then in pencil is Ms. Thomson! The Language Arts Teacher! You wrote the letter in pencil with Kathy's pencil! Since I had you do the test in pen I knew it would be different. The letter was written in pencil! Ms. Thomson is the only one who could do that. She wrote the letter at Mr. Peterson's desk leaving Kathy's pencil behind! Why did you do it?" Tess asked. The person stood up dropping her gun. They removed the mask to see Ms. Thomson.
"I did do it. I wanted to get back at Kathy's farther! He killed my mother! When he went to court and won I was pissed! I had to get back at him. So I did, by kidnapping his daughter." Ms. Thomson said. Tess stood up with Rachel and Conan. Inspector Maguire and Richard stood up after. Ms. Thomson walked up to a door. She opened it. She walked inside and came out with Kathy, untouched. "I'm sorry." Ms. Thomson said. Inspector Maguire walked over to Ms. Thomson and handcuffed her.
"Sorry doesn't cut it." Inspector Maguire said. Richard placed his hands on his hips.
"If you can't do the time! Don't do the crime!" Richard yelled. Tess rolled her eyes. Conan looked at Tess.
'Great, she's really good. This is the second time she did a crime and doing it right! I got to be careful or my secret will be blown.' Conan thought.
'Kathy was okay. She wasn't touched at all. She went to school. But that day school was canalled to do what happened. Now Tess has solved 2 crimes I didn't get the chance to solve I need to be careful, she skilled.'
Next Time on Case Closed:
'That's it! I know who the killer is!'
We all go on a vacation, without Richard! But when one of the guests gets murdered there's a problem.
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