In Today's Case: Protect Conan and Tess

It's been 3 weeks and Tess is finally off of her crutches! She's really happy that she can walk again.

Richard who was usually sitting at his desk was out with Rachel to take her shopping. Since Tess and Conan refused to go they stayed home. Tess sat at Richard's desk spinning around in his chair. She looked at Conan as He was sitting on the couch reading Tess' book that Rachel had finished. Conan looked up from the book.

"What?" Conan asked. Tess shook her head.

"Nothing just watching you." Tess answered.

"Why?" Conan asked. Tess shrugged. She kept on spinning in the chair.

"I wonder what Richard has on his desk besides beer cans." Tess stated. She pushed the beer cans into the trash bucket. Tess started to look through Richard's desk. Conan looked back to the book. He looked up and out the window to see someone shutting the blinds to a store. Conan placed his book mark in the book. He stood up then ran toward the door. "Jimmy! Where are you going?" Tess asked. Conan opened then slammed the door shut behind him. Tess got up and followed him. "Jimmy!" she yelled as she ran down the stairs.

Conan got to the end of the sidewalk. He looked both ways then crossed. Tess was just going to run by when a car drove right by. She then chased after him. Conan got the window. He opened the door quickly trying to make sure that the cowbell above him wouldn't ring. Tess was now standing behind him. They walked in. Conan and Tess got on their hands and knees. Tess looked around to see it was a video rental store. She crawled straight across without anyone noticing her. Conan did the same. They both turned the corner. They were hiding behind the video shelf on the far end of the store away from the counter. Then someone had walked through the back door. Conan looked. He quickly pulled Tess behind the shelf so he didn't see her. Conan's eyes widened as he noticed that it was the same man that had poisoned him. Conan watched him very closely. Tess looked at Conan as she looked at the man. She watched as the man stood in front of the counter. He looked over by the windows to see that the blinds were closed. Tess and Conan watched. The man knocked on the counter as a man stood up. Then, the man started to beat him and beat him. Tess and Conan's eyes widened as they watched him beat the man to death. Conan fell backward hitting the shelf knocking some videos over. Tess quickly turned around. She covered Conan's mouth as she crouched down. The man walked over. He looked into the hole where the videos where missing form. Tess was looking up watching him she then pulled Conan up on her lap so the man didn't see him. He turned around. He looked over the counter. He smiled then walked out the back door again. Tess let go of Conan and uncovered his mouth.

"Come on!" Conan yelled. Tess grabbed a hold on Conan's hand.

"Jimmy wait!" Tess yelled. Conan turned around to look at Tess. "We should see if the man is okay." Tess stated. Conan looked at the man. He was leaning over the counter with blood pouring onto the floor.

"He's dead now let me go!" Conan yelled. Conan's hand slipped out of Tess' grip. Tess stood up and chased Conan as he swung open the back door and ran down the stairs. Tess stood at the top of the stairs.

"Jimmy!" Tess yelled. Tess ran down the stairs. Conan got the basement of the store. He looked around as one of the lights started to flicker. Conan looked around. He walked forward as he noticed the door to exit the basement was open. Conan ran forward. Tess looked around. She looked forward to see him running out the door. "Jimmy!" Tess followed. Conan was now standing outside. He had lost him. The only clue to the Black Origination was gone. Tess came running out. She stood behind him. "Jimmy!" Tess yelled. Conan turned around.

"Thanks Tess!" Conan yelled. Tess took a step backward. "Thanks for making me lose my only way of getting my body back!" Conan added.

"I'm sorry Jimmy. I didn't know." Tess stated. Conan stormed past him. Tess followed him. The man from the Black Origination popped out of the alley. He watched as the door shut.

"Jimmy? Jimmy Kudo?" the man said to himself. He ran off. Tess and Conan walked up the stairs. Tess walked around the desk. She picked up the phone and dialed.

"Hello? Inspector Maguire? We got a problem."

At the mall Rachel and Richard walked out of one of the mini stores in side. Rachel was wearing a blue skirt with a white shirt that had a red hear on it. Rachel was smiling.

"Isn't this great Dad?" Rachel asked. Richard was carrying all the bags, how great do you think he feels?

"Not really, you don't have to pay for all this." Richard answered. Then his cell phone started to ring. He dropped all of the bags. He took his cell phone out of his pocket. He answered it. "Hello? Yes Inspector Maguire... what?! I'll be there." Richard hung up. He picked up all the bags. He ran right out of the mall.

"Dad what's wrong?" Rachel asked. Richard looked at Rachel. He popped open the back trunk.

"Tess and Conan had witnessed a murdered." Richard answered. Rachel gasped. They got in the car and drove off.

When they got there, Tess and Conan were sitting on chairs being questioned. Inspector Maguire turned around to look at Richard.

"Richard, glad you can make it." Inspector Maguire stated. Richard smiled.

"It's great to be Inspector. What happened?" Richard asked.

"Well from what they told us they snuck into the store after seeing someone shutting the blinds. They hide then they watched someone beat him to death." Inspector Maguire stated. Richard nodded his head. Rachel walked over to Conan.

"Conan are you okay?" Rachel asked. Conan nodded his head.

"Yeah." Conan answered. Richard walked over to Tess and Conan.

"So Tess, I take it that it was you're idea to come here." Richard said. Conan looked at Tess. Tess glanced at Conan from the corner of her eye she nodded her head.

"Yeah." Tess stated.

"Then why did you take Conan?" Inspector Maguire asked. Tess looked at him.

"I was told not to leave him alone so I took him with me." Tess answered. Richard sighed. He crossed his arms.

"Only you Tess." Richard stated.

"What?" Tess asked.

"You're the only one I know that will take a child with you where ever you go." Richard answered. Tess looked down. Conan looked at Tess again.

"Anyway Tess. Conan." Inspector Maguire called. Tess and Conan looked up. "You're going to stay out of sight. We don't know if the murderer saw you when you guys followed him all the way outside." Tess and Conan nodded their heads. Then they were taken home. Not knowing that HE was following. He watched as Tess and Conan climbed up the stairs. The man looked up to see it was Richard's office / home. What could he do now? He smiled. He turned around then walked away.

Tess and Conan got a lecture. After that Richard finished shopping with Rachel. Again Tess and Conan refused to go.

"Fine then I'll get Inspector Maguire here to watch you two." Richard stated. Tess sighed as she tossed herself onto the couch.

"Why?" Tess asked. Richard dialed Inspector Maguire's number. He looked at Tess as the phone rang.

"Why? Because I can't trust you alone here." Richard answered. Tess rolled her eyes.

"I have a gun." Tess stated. Richard shook his head.

"Not that! I can't trust you to stay here." Richard stated. Rachel stood by the couch with her arms crossed.

"I can't believe you took Conan with you!" Rachel yelled. Tess sat up.

"Look I told you guys I was sorry." Tess stated. Rachel shook her head.

"I don't care Tess." Rachel stated. "You or Conan could have been hurt or killed!" Rachel added.

"Hello Inspector. Would you mind coming here to watch Tess and Conan...? Thank you Inspector." Richard hung up the phone. "Inspector Maguire is coming here to watch you two. I don't want to find out that Inspector Maguire came here to see that you weren't here!" Richard yelled. "Stay here got that?!" Richard yelled. Tess nodded her head. Richard and Rachel walked out of the house. Tess fell backward onto the couch.

"Great... just peachy." Tess stated as she placed her hand on her head. Conan crossed his arms. He then started to pace back and forth. Tess looked up to look at him. "What are you doing?"

"Pacing." Conan answered.

"Why?"

"Because I'm thinking." Tess looked at Conan funny.

"About what?" Tess asked as she sat up. Conan looked at Tess.

"That man... he was one of the men that drugged me." Conan answered. Tess was now sitting Indian style on the couch. "If he finds out that I'm still alive he might come after me." Conan stated.

"But if he comes after you that means he has a great chance at killing you and you have a great chance that you can get the pills that he poisoned you with..."

"And bring them to Dr Agasa's lab so he can find a cure." Conan finished.

"So it kind of works out in you're favor and theirs." Tess stated. Conan nodded his head.

After Richard had left the man that he drugged Conan started to walk up the stairs with a gun. He was going to kill both of them. Even if it meant not knowing how he survived.

Tess and Conan pondered about this. It was a fifty-fifty percent chance that Conan might be able to get the poison and it could have also meant they would end up dead. They thought and though for a minute. Tess stood up. She walked around Richard's desk and toward the window. She watched as Inspector Maguire's car pulled up.

"You know..." Tess turned around to see Conan frozen in his foot steps. "What's...?" Tess looked over toward the door. There stood the man with the gun pointed at Conan. Tess looked at Conan then at the man. She glanced out the window. The man was about to pull the tiger when Tess quickly drew her gun from its holster. She aimed and fired.

Inspector Maguire heard the gun shots. He looked up to see Tess standing in the window shooting. Inspector Maguire raced up to the office.

Tess fired and fired till he gun ran out of bullets. Tess' eyes widened as she noticed the she missed and hit the walls around him. How could she have missed? She should have got him. The man pointed the gun at Tess. He started to shoot. Tess fell to the ground. Conan looked over at her as he saw her hit the floor.

"Tess!" Conan yelled. The man looked back at Conan. He shot. But... Tess had tackled Conan as he shot. Tess picked him up and she shut the door to her room.

"Hey!" Inspector Maguire's voice was heard on the other side of the door. Then there was banging on the door. Tess opened the door as the man was still standing there. She held Conan tightly in her arms like a baby. She looked down at Conan. She leaned up against the door. Then there was a BAM noise as she heard a door come crashing down onto the floor. By that time she knew that it was safe. She opened the door to see that one of the windows was broken. Tess looked around. She then saw Inspector Maguire looking around the room. She opened the door wide. Inspector Maguire looked at Tess.

"Are you okay?" Inspector Maguire asked. Tess nodded her head.

"Ye..." Tess then felt something warm and wet sweep through her shirt onto her skin. She looked down to see... Conan was bleeding! "Oh MY GOD!! CONAN!!!" Tess yelled she got on her knees. She placed Conan on the ground. He was shot in his right shoulder. Tess looked at the bullet wound. "It looked like the bullet went through." Tess stated. She looked at her jacket that was resting on the couch. She grabbed it and wrapped it around him. She started to rub him. Conan's eyes opened. Tess looked at Inspector Maguire. He nodded his head he got to the phone.

"Hello? Yes this is Inspector Maguire we need and ambulance at Richard Moore's office! And Hurry!" As Inspector Maguire yelled in the phone... Conan started to talk.

"It hurts..." Conan stated. Tess looked at Conan. "I... don't think I was shot." Conan stated as his eyes closed.

"Stay awake!" Tess yelled. Conan's eyes shot open. Tess slipped off Conan's shirt to see the Conan was right. He was shot the bullet just caught his shoulder. But there was a lot of blood from a scratch. Tess kept on rubbing.

Soon they were at the hospital. Tess was running along side the moving stretcher. Tess was holding Conan's hand. Then Tess was stopped.

"I'm sorry you can't go any farther." One nurse said. Tess pointed to him.

"He needs me!" Tess yelled.

"I can only tell you to wait in the waiting room." Tess glared to the nurse. She turned around then stormed over into the waiting room where she met Inspector Maguire. Tess rubbed her forehead. She sat down on one of the chairs leaning up against the wall. She covered her face with her hands. Inspector Maguire then placed his hand on her shoulder.
"He's going to be fine. I'll go call Richard and Rachel." Inspector Maguire said. Tess looked up at him.

"Inspector." Tess called. Inspector Maguire looked at Tess. "I think me and Conan are in more danger then anyone thinks." Inspector Maguire nodded his head.

"I agree, we'll place you under witness protection." Inspector Maguire stated. Tess stood up off her feet.

"What about Rachel and Richard? Them too?" Tess asked Inspector Maguire shook his head.

"No. They're in no danger." Inspector Maguire stated. Tess stared. "You two will have to be split up... tomorrow." Inspector Maguire stated. Tess' mouth dropped open. Inspector Maguire walked away toward the front desk. Tess fell back onto her seat.

"To... tomorrow?"

Next Time on Case Closed: "Bye Rachel." Conan and Tess are placed under witness protection... but do you think that stops the Black Organization? Tess and Conan don't want to be there. They want to be with Rachel and Richard and themselves. But Tess and Conan aren't allowed to see each other. Will the Black Organization find them?

Next Time: Witnesses in Protection

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