In Today's Case: Hospital Murder

Conan stayed by Tess' side. He didn't know if Tess was going to make it. He tried to keep Tess up and Tess was too heavy for him. Conan and Tess fell onto the ground. Tess kept on coughing up more blood. Conan also didn't know if he could trust Soya with her knowing about him and Tess and the Black Organization. He didn't know if he should trust her or not. Conan looked over at the tall skinny man who was lying on the ground knocked out. He knew that this was his only chance to see if he could get his cure. The cure he has been looking for.

He got up and ran over to the man. She searched threw his pockets but found nothing. Nothing at all. Conan knew that if the ambulance arrived and saw him lying there they would take him too. So Conan dragged him all the way into another dark alley. Conan then came out of the alley to see Tess not breathing. He quickly ran over to her.

"Tess!" Conan yelled. "Tess!" Conan placed his ear on he chest. She breathing... faintly though. Conan sighed in relief.

"Conan." Conan looked up to see Soya standing there. "The ambulance is on the way." She told him. Conan nodded his head as he looked back at Tess. Conan wiped off some blood that was on her mouth with the bottom of his shirt. Tess' head rolled toward him. Her eyes opened slightly. Conan looks at her as he saw Tess' eyes open weakly. Conan looked at Tess waiting for her to talk. She opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out. Tess' head then rolled the other way.

"TESS!" Conan yelled. Soya watched Conan as he shook her over and over again. Soya watched as Conan worried about Tess. Soya turned around to the sound of alarms. It was the ambulance and the police. Soya looked at Conan. She walked over to him. She placed her hands on Conan's shoulder. Conan looked at Soya. Soya pulled Conan away as the police and paramedics. The paramedics knelt down by Tess; they started to do CPR on her. Conan watched. He watched as they begun to keep Tess alive. They loaded Tess up into the ambulance. As the police were questioning Conan and Soya, Conan ran toward the ambulance. "Please! Let me go with you!" Conan yelled. Soya watched as they helped Conan up into the ambulance. Soya looked at the cop.

"If you want any information on him call Inspector Maguire..." she stated. The cop looked up from his note pad.

"The Inspector from Tokyo?" he asked. Soya nodded her head.

Conan ran along side or Tess as they continued to do CPR. Conan was then stopped and pulled away by a nurse. The nurse knew that he was hurt. She did some x-rays on his shoulder. She gave him a sling. Conan was then walked to the waiting room where he saw Soya and an officer. Conan sat down next to Soya as the officer walked toward the front desk to use the phone.

At Inspector Maguire's officer Richard, Rachel, and Inspector Maguire hovered around a computer looking for the ID of the driver when the phone started to ring. Inspector Maguire, Richard, and Rachel looked over at the phone. He picked it up.

"Inspector Maguire here." Inspector Maguire started to nod his head. "Okay I'll be there." He hung up the phone. Richard and Rachel looked at him. "Tess and Conan were attacked."

"WHAT?!" Richard and Rachel yelled.

"Don't worry. Conan's fine." Inspector Maguire stated.

"And Tess?" Rachel asked. Inspector Maguire looked down.

"They didn't say."

"LET'S GO GET THEM BACK! IT'S CLEAR THAT THEY'RE SAFER WITH US!!!" Richard yelled as he stormed out of the office. Inspector Maguire and Rachel followed.

Conan sat there. He watched the officer hang up the phone and walk away. Conan looked at Soya who was looking at the ground. Conan watched her. She looked at him.

"Did you tell them anything?" Conan asked her. Soya shook her head.

"All I said was if they wanted information about you call Inspector Maguire... they seemed to have known him." Soya answered Conan. Conan looked forward he was still puzzled about if he should trust her or not. He doesn't know if she was telling the truth or lying to him. She could have told them who he was and why he was in the witness protection plan. "Conan..." Soya called. Conan looked at Soya. "Who was that girl?" she asked. Conan looked forward as he sat back into his chair.

"A friend." He answered.

"Well, the way you were worrying about her... to me... she seems more of a friend to you." Soya stated. Conan looked at her with a shocked face. Soya smiled as him. Conan stared at her as she looked away. Conan looked forward. Maybe Soya was right. Tess has saved his life a few times and vise-versa. Conan didn't know how to react to that statement. Did he really like Tess more the Rachel? That is the question of the day.

Conan looked down at hall where they had taken Tess. Then the doctor that he saw helping Tess was walking down the hallway. Conan and Soya stood up. The doctor walked right up to them. Conan was eager to find out if she was okay.

"Is she okay?" Conan asked. The doctor sighed and rubbed the back of his neck.

"We... we can't really tell yet." The doctor answered.

"Can you tell if she's going to live?" Soya asked. Conan looked at Soya. Why was she worried about Tess? She didn't even know her. Or does she? The doctor sighed again. Conan looked at him. He seemed like he was trying to avoid the question.

"Right now... we don't know. There's a 10 percent chance of her living." The doctor stated. Conan felt his heart jump right into his throat. A ten percent chance that Tess might live! Impossible. Conan doesn't know if he liked her or not. And by the time he knew... Tess might be dead.

"What happened to her?" Conan asked. The doctor looked at Conan.

"She seemed to be poisoned by some kind of deadly gas. We don't really know if it was carbon monoxide or something else. Do to the fact that she was coughing up blood not a normal sigh of carbon monoxide poisoning we really don't know. We ran some tests on her."

"Do you know how long the gas was in her system?" Soya asked.

"Well, it doesn't seem like it was forced. It was like she breathed it in." The doctor answered, "She had the poison in her system for over 2 hours now. We're trying to remove it." He added. Conan didn't even hear a word her said. He didn't want to hear it. All he wanted was Tess to live and to see her.

"Can I see her?" Conan asked. The doctor and Soya looked at Conan. The doctor stared at him. "Please, she's my sister." He said.

"Since you're family I'll let you see her." he said. The doctor led Conan to her room as he left Soya behind. Conan couldn't believe that Tess might die. He didn't want her to. Was that a sign of him liking her? Or... did he just want her to live. The statement Soya threw at him had him puzzling about his emotions toward Tess. Why does he feel so strongly about her? Why does he want Tess to live? Why does he want to see her again? All these questions just from one statement.

The doctor stopped. Conan looked up to see the number. It was 234. Conan watched as the doctor opened the door. Conan looked in to see Tess strapped onto all these machines. It was almost like a horror movie. Conan walked in. the doctor shut the door. He walked forward toward Tess. He listened to the beeps of the heart monitor. Conan stopped before he got any closer. Everything that Tess and Conan had been threw flashed in front of his eyes. And now... it might end. All the cases they solved. Finding Tess in that house. Tess killing her brother. Protecting Rachel. Everything even to the point when she first met him and when she threw her suit case at his head. Every simple thing flashed threw his eyes. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. Then he came back to reality. Tess was lying in the hospital bed on life support with a 10 percent of her living. Conan walked right up to her. He pulled up a chair right next to her. He climbed up on top of the chair with only one use of his arms. He looked at Tess. He looked at her as she had an oxygen mask strapped to her nose. An IV in her arm. Conan looked at Tess as he was horrified as he looked at her. He didn't want to see her like this. The way she was breathing scared him. The way she was inhale then stop of a few seconds and then continue to breathe. Conan watched her. Could this horrified feeling toward the way Tess was hooked up to these machines tell him that he really cares for her?

Conan sat back onto the chair he sat there just waiting for Tess to wake up. Then the doctor walked into the room. Conan sat up as he nudged his head out of the room. Conan jumped down. He walked out of the room and into the waiting.

"You'll have to wait here for you're sister's test results. You can't be in there anymore... you might get a little taste of the gas" the doctor told him. Conan nodded his head. The doctor turned around then walked away. Conan sat down next to Soya again. Soya looked at her.

"How is she?" she asked. Conan glanced at her.

"Horrible." He answered.

"What happened to you're arm?" Conan looked forward to see a girl about maybe 6 or 7. She wore a pink dress. She had brown hair and blue eyes. Her name was Alaya.

"I hurt it." Conan answered. Alaya frowned.

"That's to bad." She stated. Soya looked at her. Conan looked at her as well.

"What are you doing here?" Conan asked. Alaya smiled.

"My mommy's having a baby..." she said with a huge smile on her face, "that's my daddy over there." Alaya turned around and pointed at a man who was leaning up against the wall breathing heavily you could tell he was worried.

"Well congrats." Soya stated. Alaya looked at Soya and smiled.

"I hope I have a baby brother." She stated.

"Alaya!" Alaya turned around to see her father. He walked over to her. "I told her while we're waiting for mommy not to bother people." Alaya frowned.

"I'm sorry daddy." She told him. He sighed.

"It's okay." The man looked up. "I'm sorry if she was bothering you." he stated. Conan shook his head.

"No. No she wasn't." Conan stated. The man smiled.

"I'm Mark."

"I'm Conan."

"And I'm Soya."

"Well Conan and Soya I'm still sorry if she was bothering you."

"When will you get over that Mark?" Mark looked over to see an older man. He had gray hair. He was wearing black pants and a white button up shirt. He was Mark's dad. John.

"Father?"

"You're wife isn't going to make it." He stated. Mark covered his little daughter's ears.

"Don't say that in front of my daughter!" he yelled.

"You know she won't." John told him.

"John knock it off." John looked over to see an older woman. She was wearing purple dress. That was John's ex-wife Martha. "Cassidy will make it." She told John. Conan and Soya looked at each other.

"Excuse me." Conan and Soya looked over to see the doctor. Conan went to stand up but the doctor shook his head. "No I think you should sit down." He told him. Conan stopped himself from standing up. Already his heart was in his throat. Conan was now more worried then ever. "You're sister has some kind of gas that should a mixture of multiple poisons that can kill humans. She might not survive and there's no cure." The doctor told him. Conan's mouth dropped open. The doctor placed his hand on his shoulder. "I'm sorry." He told Conan. He walked away. Conan sunk in his seat. Mark, Alaya, John, Martha, and Soya looked at Conan. Conan stood up. He ran down the hallway. Soya stood up.

"Conan!" Soya yelled. They watched him run down the hallway toward Tess' room.

'Not yet Tess! Not yet! Don't go! You can't!' Conan thought. Conan's emotions were now going crazy. He was sad that he might lose Tess. Ticked that the doctor couldn't do anything to help her. Mad that he couldn't to do anything to help her. The only thing that Conan could really do was just hope for the best. He just had to hope that she would make it threw and her system would defeat the poison. Would you say that Jimmy likes Tess now? Conan swung Tess' door open. There. There she laid not moving. Conan walked right into the room. He climbed back up onto the chair that was sitting there next to her bedside not moved. Conan looked at her. He listened to the beeps of the heart monitor, which was the only thing telling Conan that she was alive. Conan placed his hand on her forehead. He pushed back her bangs. The flipped back onto her forehead as he pulled his hand away. Conan felt his eyes water till...

"AAAAHHH!!!" Conan turned around. Conan looked back at Tess. He knew what she wanted him to do. Conan jumped down off the chair and ran out of the room. "AAAHH!!!" there was the scream again. Conan turned to his left. Running down the hallway. When he stopped he saw a nurse sitting on the floor with her arm up and over her mouth. Conan ran over and stood next to him.

"What's wrong?" Conan asked. The nurse pointed. Conan looked forward to see that there was blood on the floor. Conan walked forward. He pushed the door open. There laid the dead body of an older man. Looking familiar to him. It was John. Conan's mouth dropped open. Soon enough there were doctors and security guards showing up. The very officer that took Soya to the hospital was standing behind Conan. They looked on in horror as the stared at the bloodily body of John. John's body laid cold on the ground. Conan stared at the body.

'I never thought that I would have to solve a murder here...' Conan thought.

"What happened here?" the officer asked. Conan looked up at the officer.

"I... I found him... like that." The nurse stated with her voice shaking. The officer looked at Conan.

"Did you find him too?" he asked. Conan shook his head.

"No I heard her scream so I came running over." Conan stated. A doctor bent down to face him.

"You shouldn't being running around with you're elbow like that." He told Conan.

"I wasn't running around I heard her scream when I was visiting my sister." Conan told him. "But I know this man." Conan stated as he looked at John.

"Who?" the officer asked. Conan looked at the officer.

"His name is John. His family is in the waiting room." Conan answered.

"How do you know that?" one of the security guards asked. Conan turned around to look at him.

"I was talking to the little girl that was with them." And with that the officer and one security guard walked Conan back to the waiting. Soya looked at Conan. She thought he was in trouble. She stood up.

"Is he in trouble?" Soya asked. The officer looked at her.

"No." he told them. "But they are all suspects." He added. Alaya, Martha, and Mark looked at them funny.

"What do you mean?" Martha asked.

"There's a man that this young child told us was John, and you're his family." The officer said. The officer turned to look at the security guard. "Stay with them while I go call Detective Katie." He stated. Conan looked up at him then the look at Mark who had a dark spot on his arm. Soya placed her hands on his shoulders. She pulled him over to where they were sitting.

"Conan what did you see?" she asked.

"I just saw a dead man lying on the ground." Conan answered.

"Well you better hope that that's all you know. Detective Katie is going to ask you a bunch of questions." Soya told him. Conan looked at her funny. He didn't know anything really... well not yet. Soya stood up and she sat down. Conan wasn't going to let someone else solve this murder while he's there. He's going to do it.

Then a woman walked threw the doors wearing blue jeans and a tang top. She wore a badge around her neck that was a on chain. Her black boots clapped on the floor of the hospital as she walked toward the officer.

"Officer Max you called." The woman stated. Officer Max nodded her head.

"Yes Detective I did." He stated.

"What do you need?" she asked.

"Well there was a man murdered here at the hospital." He told her. She sighed. She ran her hand down her brown hair.

"Do you have any leads?" she asked.

"Yes." Detective Katie looked down at see Conan standing there. "Martha and Mark." Conan stated. Katie bent down.

"Look little guy this is police business." She told him.

"Detective, he's the one that told us the information that we needed." Officer Max stated. Katie looked up at him. She looked back at Conan.

"Well kid. Watcha got?" she asked.

"Well I doubt that Alaya the little girl killed him." Conan stated Katie nodded her head.

"You're an every bright boy. You can take me to the crime scene." She said. Conan turned around then he walked Katie to the crime scene. She looked around as did Conan. Conan bent down to see some tools on the floor. To him they looked a little like letters. Katie looked at the body. "Well he but a good fight." She stated. Conan looked over.

"It looks like he was choked to death." Conan stated. Katie nodded her head.

"You're right." She stated. Conan looked back at the tools.

'Wait a minute... these tools are covered with blood. And there seems to be some spots of blood on the floor but there are no wounds to John.' Conan thought. 'John put up a fight then... the murderer must have been the one who got hurt! That's it! I found you!' Conan thought. He stood up and walked out of the room. He walked back toward the waiting room to see Mark sitting by himself. Conan walked right over to him. Mark looked up.

"Oh hey Conan."

"Why did you kill your own father?" Conan asked. Mark looked at Conan funny.

"What do you mean? You think that I'm the killer?"

"You brought John to that same room where he was murdered. You started to choke him. Then John grabbed a tool off the table and stabbed you in the arm. Then you had killed John. But the one thing you messed up on was not cleaning up your own blood that was left on the ground. That's how you got the dark stain on you're shirt." Conan stated. Mark looked down. "If you don't tell them I'll help out Detective Katie till she fins the murderer herself." Conan stated. Mark stood up.

"You're right. I'll tell her." Mark walked away. Conan watched him. He smiled.

"Conan!" Conan turned toward the door to see Rachel running in.

"Rachel?" Rachel stood in front of him. She then got on her knees and hugged him.

"I'm so glad you're okay!" Rachel yelled. Richard and Inspector Maguire walked in when Mark was hand cuffed and drag outside. Richard had his hands in his pockets as he watched.

"What happened?"

"Just another murder Richard Moore." Richard looked forward to see Katie standing there. Richard smiled.

"Katie Minchi." Richard stated. Inspector Maguire blinked.

"You two know each other?" Inspector Maguire asked.

"No I just heard about him." Katie answered. She walked right around him and out the door. The Doctor who was taking care of Tess walked over.

"Are you in charge of Tess?" the doctor asked. Richard nodded his head.

"Yes."

"Well, she's being moved to the Tokyo Hospital." He told them Conan looked up at the doctor.

"Can I see her?" Conan asked. The Doctor nodded his head.

"Yes you know where she is." Conan ran down that hall way toward Tess' room. He just now knew his answers of his emotions about Tess. He did care about her. As he ran right into the room and got on the chair Tess was just then waking up. She looked around as her eyes stayed half closed.

"Jimmy?" she called as she saw Conan. Conan nodded his head. "Did I miss anything?" she asked

"You missed a murder."

Next Time on Case Closed: "It's snowing out." First snow of winter with the first murder of the winter. Tess no able to leave the hospital Conan and solve it with her help. When the murderer starts to make random murders who will be his next target?

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