In Today's Case: Party Time Murder

Tess opened her door to see Conan and Rachel sitting on the couch with Richard standing next to them. She raised an eyebrow. They looked like they were going somewhere.

"Are we... going somewhere?" Tess asked. Richard nodded his head. Conan got off the couch.

"We've been waiting for you to get up." Conan stated.

"For what?" Tess asked.

"To take you back to the hospital." Rachel answered. Tess raised her other eyebrow.

"Don't tell me you forgot." Richard stated as he smacked his hand on his forehead.

"Well I did." Tess stated. Tess walked over to the door. Richard ran over and opened it for her. Tess looked at him. "I could have got that." Tess stated. Richard shook his head.

"No, people have to help cripple people." Richard stated. Tess' right eyebrow started to twitch. Tess smacked Richard with on of her crutches she then walked out of the house. Richard rubbed his head. "What did I say?" Richard asked. Rachel sighed.

"Maybe calling her cripple would do it." Rachel stated. Conan nodded his head.

"Yup." Conan said after Rachel. Then time they got to the car Tess was already inside. They got in and drove to the hospital. When they got there Tess was taken to an X-Ray room. Richard, Rachel, and Conan waited. Then Tess and the doctor came out. Richard stood up.

"So... do I have to stay on the crutches?" Tess asked. The doctor nodded his head.

"Yes, for another week or so." The doctor stated. Tess growled and walked off back to the car. Richard looked at the doctor.

"Thanks Doctor." He said. Rachel looked at him as Conan walked right by her and toward Tess who was standing outside.

"Don't mind her Doctor... she's a little, short tampered." Rachel said. The Doctor smiled.

"Don't worry about it." He said as he walked away. Conan looked up at Tess.

"What's wrong with you?" Conan asked. Tess looked down at Conan.

"Have you ever been on crutches?" she asked. Conan shook his head. "Well, they're annoying and they hurt."

"You complain too much." Conan stated. Tess growled again. She hit Conan off the head with her crutches. AS Richard started to talk tot eh doctor about Tess Rachel watched Tess and Conan.

"I DON'T COMPLAIN!!" Tess yelled. Rachel walked out toward the door.

"Do to!"

"DO NOT JIMMY!!!" Tess yelled.

"What did you just call him?" Rachel asked. Tess and Conan looked at Rachel. They both placed a nervous face on.

"Nothing." Tess stated. "Heh..."

"Did you call him Jimmy?" Rachel asked. Tess and Conan shook their heads.

"No Rachel she didn't. You're hearing things." Conan told her. Rachel looked at them funny.

"Heh... Rachel you know that I call every little kid Jimmy." Tess stated. Rachel nodded her head. She walked into the hospital.

'I wonder what their hiding.' Rachel thought. Once Rachel was gone Conan glared at Tess.

"That is why I don't want you calling me Jimmy." Conan stated.

"Don't worry, she's not going to find out I really do call every little kid Jimmy... Conan." Tess stated as she walked to the car. Conan rolled his eyes.

'She's going to expose me secret.' Conan thought. Conan followed her into the car. He got in the back seat when he was hit off the head with one of Tess' crutches. Conan rubbed his head about to yell at Tess when he saw her leaning forward in between the two seats reading something. Conan crawled up onto her back. "What are you doing?" Conan asked.

"Reading..." Tess answered as she continued to read.

"Give me that!" Conan snatched the card out of her hands. Tess looked at him as he sat down onto his seat.

"Hey!" Tess yelled.

"To: The Moore's. You have been invited to a private party at 6,789 Laker Street at 4:00 sharp... don't be late." Conan looked at the clock on the radio. It read 2:30. Conan handed the invite back to Tess. Tess took it.

"HEY!" Richard snatched the invite out of Tess' hands and pushed her back. "WHO SAID YOU COULD READ THAT?!" Richard yelled. Tess smiled.

"Well it on the driver seat." Tess stated. Richard blinked. Rachel then came out of nowhere and read the invite.

"Oh! Dad! Come on let's go!" Rachel yelled. Richard sighed. "Do we have to?" Richard asked. They all nodded their heads. Richard sighed and got back into the car. "Fine we'll go."

"YES!" they all yelled. Tess gave Conan and Rachel a high five.

"Oh yeah! We're going to party!" Tess yelled. Richard sighed and started to the car.

"This is going to be fun." Rachel stated. Conan and Tess nodded their heads. Then they drove off. They got to the house. They looked at it. It didn't seem to big... kind of a normal size house really. They walked right up the door. There was a sigh there that said. "Just walk in" she they did. When they entered their really wasn't a lot of people. Maybe 20. They looked around. One woman walked right up to them.

"I'm glad you can make it Richard." She said. Richard blinked a couple times.

"Selena?" Richard asked. Selena nodded her head.

"Yup it's me not really a big party." Selena stated. Richard raised and eyebrow.

"You got that right." Richard said as he looked around. Rachel looked at her father weirdly.

"You know her?" Rachel asked. Richard nodded his head.

"Yup. She's a long time friend on mine." Richard said. Selena nodded her head.

"Yeah. Me and you're father knew each other for a long time." Selena stated. Selena looked over Richard's shoulder. She saw Tess who was looking around. "Who's the cripple girl on the crutches?" Selena asked. Tess' eyebrow started to twitch when she heard the world cripple. She glared over at Selena. She swung through her crutches as she walked she got up in Selena's face.

'I'M... NOT... CCRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPLLLLLLLLEEEEE!!!!" Tess yelled. Rachel placed her hands on Tess' shoulders. Tess relaxed as she pulled herself away from Selena.

"Quite an attitude she's got." Selena stated. "I wonder where she gets it from." Selena added. Tess kept on glaring at Selena.

"From her mother." Richard stated. Selena looked at Tess. She smiled.

"I think I know her. That's your Niece right?" she asked. Richard nodded his head then crossed his arms.

"Yeah."

"She was the one that was found in abandon house." She stated. Conan stepped in at that point.

"I found her. And she saved my life." Conan stated. She looked down at Conan.

"I know, you two were all over the news. What were you doing out there anyway?" Selena asked. "It was dark and way to late for you to be out looking for a cripple." Selena added. Tess' eyebrow started to twitch again. Conan looked up at Selena. He gave her a weird look.

'Who the heck is she? Not my mother.' Conan thought. Tess started to grip onto the handles of her crutches.

'If she calls me cripple one more time I'm going to...' Tess couldn't finish her thought she was so mad.

"I was looking for my friend." Conan told Selena. "That's why."

"Well I bet Rachel was watching you." Selena stated. Tess couldn't take this anymore.

"No. I was watching him.

"Well what were you doing out to get yourself kidnapped?" she asked. Tess glared at her.

"Look! When you have to pick in between your brother and a little kid... then come and lecture me but right now I made the right choice to kill my own BROTHER to save Conan so SHUT YOU MOUTH!" Tess yelled. Someone, a man walked up wearing a nice dark blue suit.

"What's all the yelling for?" he asked. Richard looked at him and sighed.

"Nothing." Richard answered. The man shrugged his shoulders.

"Anyway my name is Maxwell." He stated shaking Richard's hand. Richard smiled.

"I'm Richard Moore." He stated. Maxwell nodded his head.

"This is my daughter Eliza." Maxwell held out his right hand horizontally. As a girl walked up to him. She had blonde hair and a nice pink dress.

"Hi." She said smiling. Tess rolled her eyes.

'Great... a preppie person... just what I needed.' Tess thought.

"Hello." Richard looked over to his right to see another man. He was wearing simple blue jeans and a white t-shirt with a black drawing of a dragon on the corner of his shirt. "I'm Casey." He said. Richard smiled.

"Richard Moore." Richard stated. Tess looked at him. The man glanced at her. Tess looked away. The man wasn't really a man. He was just a handsome teenager at the party.

"And I'm Casey's mother." A woman was now standing next to Selena. She was wearing a red dress that touched her knees. She had brown hair and brown eyes. "My name is Christina." She said. Richard opened his mouth but Tess interrupted.

"He's Richard Moore." Tess stated as she pointed her thumb to him.

They hung around till everyone started to leave. Christina had left to go to the bathroom. Maxwell, Richard, and Selena stood at one end out the room as Rachel, Conan, Casey, and Eliza stood at another.

"So what happened?" Casey asked as he looked down at Tess' leg. Tess looked down then back at Casey.

"Well..."

"Her name is Tess Moore. The Niece of Richard Moore. You're an FBI agent from America and you got shot five times. Once in both shoulders and three times in your leg. You came here to search for your brother Zachary Drainville. A Mass Murderer. But you were kidnapped and beaten a little by him explaining the cut on her lip and black eye and the piece of gauze on your right cheek. Then you were shot in the leg." Eliza stated with an attitude.

"Well, someone did their homework." Casey stated. Eliza glared over at Casey.

"No, my father watches the news a lot." Eliza stated. Eliza looked over to see that Casey' mother had return from the bathroom. "I'll be right back." Eliza stated as she walked away. Conan rolled her eyes.

'What a prep.' Conan thought. Christina walked over to Casey.

"It's time to go." Casey nodded his head.

"See yeah guys."

"Bye." They all said at once. Casey and Christina walked out the door. When they approached their car they noticed that all the cars had a flat. They walked back into the house.

"Um... are the cars have a flat tire." Casey stated.

"What?!" All the adults screamed. Then the lights had gone out and there was a scream. They turned toward the hallway.

Next Time on Case Closed: "LOOK OUT!" Now... two guess were murdered and Richard was almost killed. With Tess not able to move because of her leg what will Conan do? Go into the dark by himself? Uh-oh seems like trouble for Conan.

Next Time: Party Time Murder Part 2

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