In Today's Case: Mansion Murder

2 weeks have gone by after the attack on Rachel. Tess wasn't charged with murder on a first degree. Tess didn't really do much do to her shoulder. Richard didn't get any calls. Rachel's been safe ever since Zach was put into jail.

Tess sighed as she walked around the room. "I'm grounded and I can't do anything..."

"That's what you get for killing man." Richard said. "You only have 6 weeks left." Richard added. Tess slammed her fists to her side.

IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE!!!!!" Tess yelled. Tess crossed her arms. Conan rolled his eyes.

'You're not the only one grounded.' Conan thought to himself. Tess walked back and forth across the office. Tess kept throwing her hands to her side as she mumbled. Rachel looked at Tess.

"Tess, if you keep on doing that you're going to..." Rachel didn't finish her sentence because Tess let out a small yell as her shoulder started to throb. "... Hurt your shoulder." Rachel finished. Tess placed her left hand onto her shoulder. Conan shook his head as he walked toward a window. Richard glanced at him as his fist came down onto Conan's head.

"How many times do I have to tell you? Don't come behind my desk." Richard said as he lifted his fist off Conan's head. Conan fell backwards onto the ground. Tess sat down onto the couch next to Rachel. Conan sat up rubbing his head.

'By the time I get my real body back I'll have brain damage.' Conan thought. Then the phone started to ring. Richard sat upright. He cleared his throat and answered the phone.

"Hello Richard Moore's Office, Richard Moore speaking." Richard answered. Tess removed her left hand from her shoulder and placed it on her face covering it. She shook her head as Conan sighed. "Yes... we are?! Thank you very much sir." Richard slammed the phone down. Richard jumped out of his seat. "YYYEEESSS!!!" Richard yelled. Tess removed her hand.

"What?"

"We're invited to a party!" Richard yelled.

"Really?" Rachel asked as she stood up. Richard nodded his head. Tess stood up.

"Great!"

"You and Conan aren't going." Richard stated. Tess tossed herself onto the couch.

"Why not?" Tess asked.

"Because you're grounded. Come on Rachel." Richard said as he picked up his suit jacket and walked out of the door. Rachel looked at Tess and Conan.

"I'm sorry; I'll you guys all about it okay?" Rachel said. They didn't say anything. Rachel ran out the door. "Wait for me dad!" Rachel yelled as she slammed the door behind her. Tess and Conan glanced at each other.

"This sucks." Tess stated as she sighed. Conan walked around Richard's desk. He climbed onto his chair. He picked up the phone. "Who are you calling?" Tess asked. Conan looked at Tess.

"I'm retracing the phone call." Conan answered.

"Doesn't his phone record the conversation?" Tess asked as she stood up and pointed to the phone. Conan nodded his head.

"Yeah, that's what I'm going to get into to find the address." Conan stated. Tess walked over to the desk placing her hands on it.

"Hurry boy!" Tess yelled. Conan started to dial.

That the party Richard and Rachel stood in front of a mansion. They looked up as the roof looked like it went up 50 feet. They walked right up to the front door. The knocked as a man wearing a yellow suit with a white shirt. He had a yellow bow tie. He smiled.

"Ah... Richard Moore. I'm Travis. Come and join the party." He said. Richard and Rachel entered the house. They walked around. They then met up with a woman she was a little shorter then Richard. Her hair was dark brown and it reach to the end of her neck. She wore a black dress that reached the middle of her upper legs. She wore black gloves that reached to her elbows. She was known as Nomi.

"You must be Richard Moore. I'm Nomi."

"Hi there. This is my daughter Rachel."

"Don't forget us." Someone said. Richard and Rachel looked to the right seeing Tess and Conan.

"HOW DID YOU...?"

"We took a bus here. I'm Tess Moore and this is..."

"I'm Conan."

"Hi Conan." Nomi said. "I never knew that you had two daughters Richard."

"I only have one, she's my Niece." Richard replied. Nomi nodded her head.

"You must Meet Roxanne and Miki." Nomi said. "Roxanne! Miki!" a woman and a man walked over to them. The woman was wearing a long blue dress. She had brown hair and brown eyes. She had a bunch of metal bracelets around her wrists. The man wore a Black suit with a rose in his jacket pocket. The woman was Roxanne and Miki was the man. "Roxanne. Miki. This is Richard Moore, his daughter Rachel, his Niece Tess and Conan." Nomi introduced.

"Hi I'm Roxanne." Roxanne said with a huge smile on her face. Richard shook her hand.

After the party was over Richard, Tess, Rachel, and Conan were invited to stay along with Nomi, Roxanne, and Miki. That night as the adults sat at the table playing cards Conan and Tess were sitting on the couch. Conan was leaning up on Tess' left shoulder sleeping as Tess was sitting at the end of the couch. She had her right cheek resting on her hand, she was sleeping as well. Rachel had gone to the bathroom but came back soon. When she saw Conan and Tess sleeping on the couch she smiled.

"That's cute." Rachel said. Roxanne stood up from the table

"I'm going to the bathroom I'll be right back." She said as she walked over to Rachel. "Rachel, will you play from me?" Rachel nodded her head. She took Roxanne's cards. She walked over to the table. Roxanne disappeared down the hallway. Soon after the lights had gone out, then Roxanne screamed. Conan and Tess shot up once they heard the scream. They all took off running down the hallway toward the bathroom. When they opened the door Roxanne's body on leaning on the window sill. The window was closed on her neck. Richard stepped forward. He reached out to touch her when her body fell onto the ground missing her head. Everyone's mouth dropped open.

"Oh my god..." Rachel said. Conan and Tess looked at each other knowing that they have another murder case to solve. Richard stepped back as he placed his forearm up over his mouth. Richard turned around.

"Okay everyone out of the room, this is a murder scene." Richard pushed everyone out. "No one enters this bathroom Travis is there..." when Richard went to look at Travis... he was gone. "WHERE'S TRAVIS?!" Richard yelled. Everyone turned around to look at Travis but he was gone. Everyone ran off in different parts of the house. They ran off in pairs of three, Tess, Conan, and Rachel were one pair and Richard, Miki and Nomi were another. Tess, Rachel, and Conan walked down the right hallway looking around.

"Travis!!! Travis!!!" they called. When they couldn't find him they went back into the living where they were playing cards.

"Did you find him?" Richard asked them. Rachel shook her head.

"We looked everywhere and couldn't find him." Rachel answered. Tess and Conan nodded their heads.

"Well I'm not going to give up finding him." Miki said. "I'm going back out there to find him!" Miki yelled as he ran off.

"Miki wait!" Nomi yelled reaching for him as his disappeared into the darkness. They all went out again searching for Travis and now Miki. Tess and Conan went one way and Rachel, Richard, and Nomi went another.

Tess and Conan walked down the hallway when they saw someone crawling on the floor. They stopped in their tracks.

"Who do you think it is Jimmy?" Tess asked. Conan shrugged his shoulders as he took a step back.

"I don't know." Conan answered.

"He... help... mmmeee..." the voice said. Tess listened to the voice.

"That sounds like... Miki!" Tess yelled. Conan and Tess ran up toward him. When he came into view it was Miki. Tess knelt down as she noticed some of his fingers were cut off and there was knife in his back. "Oh my god Miki... Conan go look for Richard and be careful." Tess ordered. Conan nodded his head as he ran down the hallway. Tess watched him closely.

Conan ran down the hallway searching everywhere. He then bumped into someone's leg. He looked up to see Rachel.

"Rachel!" Conan yelled. Rachel turned around to look at him.

"Conan? Where's Tess?"

"She down that way! We found..." then there was a gun shot the echoed in the hallway. Conan and Rachel looked down that hallway into the darkness. Richard and Nomi came running up.

"What was that?" Nomi asked. Rachel looked at Richard.

"That sounded like Tess' gun." Rachel told her father. Richard nodded his head. They took off running down the hallway. Conan was ahead.

'Don't be dead Tess.' Conan thought. When he got there Miki's body was gone and there was no sigh of Tess. Conan looked around when he found Tess' gun lying on the floor with smoke coming out of it. Conan bent down as he picked up her gun. He placed his finger on the tip of the gun then quickly pulled it off.

"That's hot. It feels like it had just went off." Conan said to himself. The lights soon enough came flickering back on. Richard, Nomi, and Rachel appear by Conan.

"That's Tess' gun!" Rachel yelled as she got to her knees and took the gun from Conan. Conan looked forward as he spotted a stair case. The light was off. Conan stood up. He walked toward the switch. He stood onto his tip toes trying to reach the switch.

'Dang I hate being short.' Conan thought. Conan switched on the light. He looked down the stair to see Tess lying on the ground. He body was facing the stairs looking she rolled down on her side. Conan's mouth dropped open. Conan pointed down the stair case. "I FOUND HER!!!" Conan yelled. Richard was standing behind Conan looking down the stairs to see Tess lying there. Richard pushed Conan out of the way. He ran down the stairs. He bent down as Rachel and Nomi watched him at the top of the stairs. He gently pushes Tess' head so she was looking up. He saw a slight bruise starting to form. He then placed his fingers on her neck checking her pulse. He picked her up and walked up the stairs. Rachel and Conan waited for him to tell them if she was a live or not.

"She's alive just knocked out." Richard said. they walked into the living room. Richard placed Tess onto the couch as Nomi took out a blanket and placed it over her. Richard turned around to face Conan he stuck his hands in his pockets. "WHY DID YOU LEAVE TESS?!" Richard yelled quickly pulling his hands out of his pockets then slamming them onto Conan's head. Conan spun around in circles. He fell onto his butt rubbing his head with both on his hands.

"She told me to look for you when we found Miki." Conan answered. Rachel looked down at Conan.

"You found Miki?" Rachel asked. Conan nodded his head.

"Where?" Nomi asked. Conan looked over.

"In the hall way where me and Tess were. He had a knife in his back." Conan answered. Richard placed his hand on his chin.

"Maybe Miki is the killer. He was going to kill Tess when she shot at him but she missed and Miki pushed Tess down the stairs then left." Richard stated.

"Not likely." Conan said. Richard looked down at Conan. "When we found Miki he was missing some fingers and he had a knife in his back." Conan said. Travis entered the room with a limp. Everyone looked at him. Travis looked around.

"What happened to Roxanne? I found her in the bathroom." Travis stated.

"I have a better question. Where were you when the lights went out?" Richard asked.

"I was following you guys when I tripped and hurt my ankle." Travis answered. Conan glanced at Tess. He then placed his hand on his chin.

'There's something not right about Travis' alibi. It doesn't seem right; if he had tripped wouldn't we hear it? He would also have yelled helped if he fell.' Conan thought. He looked over at Tess' hand which was rest near the ground. There were red marks around her hand. He walked over. He picked up her hand and looked. 'These marks on Tess' hand... it looks like she grabbed onto something.' Conan thought. He looked back at Travis as he noticed his bow tie was missing. 'That's it!' Conan thought. Conan stood up. He backed away so that no one saw him. He ran down the hallway till he found the stair case where had fallen down. He ran down. He bent down. He placed his hands on the floor searching around. He finally found what he was looking for. He picked it up then he ran up the stairs and back into the living before anyone noticed that he was gone. Richard had walked over to a chair and sat down. Conan walked behind him. He flipped his watch up and shot his needle at Richard. Richard yawned and fell asleep. Conan crawled underneath the table cloth.

"I know who the killer is." He said. Everyone looked over at Richard. "The killer is you Travis!" Travis took a step back. He shook his head.

"No! I didn't do it!"

"Yes you did. You had tried to kill Tess. When she was waiting for Conan to return with me, Rachel and Nomi. When you saw her you decided to kill her. When she saw you she tried to shoot you, she missed. You had punched her in her face do to the bruise on her cheek. They you pushed her down the stairs. That's when it happened. That's when she grabbed a hold of you're bow tie!" Travis placed his hand on his neck feeling for his bow tie but didn't find it. Conan placed the bow tie in his hand. "Looking for this?" he made Richard toss the bow tie up. Travis caught it. He stared at his bow tie. He looked up at Richard. He shook his head and fell to his knees.

"You're right I did kill Miki and Roxanne."

"Why? What was you're motive?" Conan asked. Travis looked up at Richard.

"Because I loved Roxanne. I asked her to marry me, but she said no, she said she was going to marry Miki that's why I killed both of them."

"But why did you try to kill Tess?" Rachel asked. Travis looked at Rachel.

"She saw me and I couldn't have a witness so I decided to try to kill her." Travis answered. Conan sat underneath the table. He smiled.

'One truth always prevails.' Conan thought.

Next time on Case Closed: "WHAT?! SIRENA'S BEEN KIDNAPPED?!!!" Sirena has been kidnapped. Tess can't do anything because she's still in the hospital knocked out from the last case they solved. Conan goes out to find her and bring down her kidnappers. Who would take Sirena? FIND OUT!!

Next Time: Sirena's Been Kidnapped!

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