A/N: The two episodes that explained Harley Hartwell and Jimmy coming back… I kind of crammed it all into one chapter… so… yeah I didn't want to make it to different chapters since I just had a case like that. So read and enjoy!! -
In Today's Case: Sealed Room Murder
"WHAT IS THIS JIMMY!!!? YOU DON'T WRITE TO ME OR CALL TO SEE HOW I'M DOING!!! THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN MONTHS I HEARD FROM YOU!!!! GOOD BYE JIMMY!!!!!!!" BAM! Rachel had hung up the phone. Conan sighed as he hung up the pay phone. Conan exited the phone booth as Tess stood there waiting for him in her school uniform. She sighed.
"She hung up on you?" Tess asked. Conan nodded his head. Tess shook her head.
"When I call she yells at me and when I don't call she worries." Conan stated.
"That's Rachel for you." Tess told Conan. They both sided. They walked home to see a kid there. He was searching around the room talking about Jimmy.
"Your Jimmy's girl so he must be keeping a close watch on you." he stated. Rachel blushed a little.
"Who said I was Jimmy's girl?" Rachel asked. Tess placed her suit on the floor as Conan sneezed. "Ohhh… Conan, first Jimmy then you." Rachel walked over to Conan. Tess sighed.
'Rachel is really slow at these things.' Tess thought.
"I have something for him." The kid said. He took a cup from Richard's desk and poured a drink into it. The bottle was wrapped up in a bag. He handed it to Conan. Conan took a sip.
"How do you feel Conan?" Rachel asked. Conan turned around then hiccupped.
"Hello beautiful, hiccup!" Conan said wobbling around like he was drunk. Tess snatched the drink from the kid's hand. She took it out of the bag.
"SAKE!!! YOU GAVE HIM SAKE!!!" Tess yelled. The kid smiled.
"Nothings better then good old Sake." He stated. Tess growled.
"WHO ARE YOU ANYWAY?!" Tess yelled agained.
"I'm Harley Hartwell the great detective from the West." Harley Hartwell stated. Tess blinked.
"Well 'Harley Hartwell' what the heck are you doing here?" Tess asked.
"I'm here to find Jimmy Kudo. I want to challenge him to see who the better detective is." Harley answered. Tess crossed her arms.
"Well you're not going to find him here." Tess stated. Richard nodded his head.
"Yeah Tess is right, he left to solve a huge major murder crime." Richard stated. Harley smiled.
"You don't know that. All we know is that Jimmy could be some person out on the streets watching you guys." He stated. Tess's eyes widened a little. Conan walked up to Harley.
"You're very tall… hiccup!" Conan said. Harley rolled his eyes. He picked up Conan and threw him at Tess, since she seemed to be the annoying one.
"You should keep an eye on him." Harley said. Then a woman wearing a purple two piece suit walked into the office.
"Richard Moore?" she asked. Richard stood up from his desk and nodded his head.
"Yes." He answered. Everyone looked at the woman.
"I'm Julia Roberts and I want you to watch my daughter-in-law." She stated. Everyone looked at her funny. Why did she want Richard to watch her.
"Okay, have a seat." Richard stated as he stood up from his desk.
"Thank you." Julia said as she sat down on one of the couches. Richard looked at Julia.
"Why do you need me to watch you're daughter-in-law?"
"Because I suspect that she's cheating on my son." Julia stated. "Here's a picture of them." She placed a picture onto the table. Richard picked up the picture. Tess leaned forward looking at the picture to see a pretty girl and a handsome boy.
"Wow, she's pretty…" Tess stated. Richard looked at Tess. Richard placed his hand on her face and pushed her back.
"She is." Rachel said after Tess. Richard glanced at Rachel. Rachel smiled.
"Is there a reason why you're suspecting you're daughter-in-law of cheating?" Richard asked.
"Come on, look at that face." Everyone turned to look at Harley, "if I was her I would want someone to watch my daughter-in-law too. With her looks she would be able to get a man she wanted." Harley added. Tess scolded at Harley. She hated the sight of him. It bothered her so much. But he bothered Conan more. Julia nodded her head.
"That boy is right. Richard Moore I'll give you 5 grand if you watch my daughter-in-law." Julia stated. Richard didn't hesitate. He took the job.
"I'll do it!" Richard yelled. Tess rolled her eyes.
'He'll do anything to get his hands on money.' Tess thought. Julia stood up after Richard.
"Great, come to my house and have dinner." Julia stated. Richard nodded his head.
"Okay!" Richard yelled. Julia and Richard walked out the door. Harley went to walk out when he saw Conan behind him. He quickly picked him up by the back of his shirt. He tossed him at Rachel.
"You two should stay here and watch the runt." Harley stated. Tess growled at Harley. Rachel placed her hand on her shoulder. Tess looked at her. Rachel and Conan shook their heads. They then walked out the door. Tess shut the door behind her.
They walked through the front door of Julia's house. A young woman walked into the doorway. She had blonde curly and green eyes.
"Hello mother." She said.
"Don't call me mother." Julia told her. A young man then walked into the room. He looked at his mother.
"Mom don't be so mean to Jessica." He said. Julia looked at her son.
"Jason, she will not call me mother." Julia stated. They walked up the stairs to come to an old man.
"Hello there Julia." He said.
"Hi Marx. Richard Moore and his friends will be joining us for dinner." Julia said. Marx nodded his head.
"Yes Julia I'll seat some extra chairs at the table." Marx said. He walked past them. Julia led Richard, Tess, Rachel, Harley, and Conan to a door.
"This is my husband's study room. The only ones that have a key are me and my husband." Julia said.
"I don't recall you telling us his name…" Conan stated. Julia looked at Conan.
"His name is John." Julia stated. She unlocked the door. There was loud opera music playing and some books stacked on his desk. John had his cheek resting on his hand as he slept. Julia walked over to him. "John… wake up John Richard Moore has come to be our guest." As she shook John he fell out of his chair and hit the ground. Maybe dead. Richard ran over. He placed his two fingers on John's neck. He looked up at Rachel.
"Rachel! Call the police!" Richard yelled. Rachel nodded her head. Rachel turned around then ran down the stairs.
Soon enough Inspector Maguire and some cops were at the scene. Inspector Maguire and Richard stood next to each other.
"So his name is John." Inspector Maguire stated.
"Yes that is his name." Julia stated. Inspector Maguire looked at everyone. Their suspects were Julia, Marx, Jason, and Jessica. Harley was near the body.
"So Richard, do you have any idea how he was killed?" Inspector Maguire asked. Richard went to answer…
"He was poisoned." Harley stated. Inspector Maguire looked at Harley. He blinked a couple times.
"Whose he?" he asked. Tess who was standing near the book case cut in.
"His name is Harley Hartwell." Tess answered. Inspector Maguire turned to look at Tess.
"The Harley Hartwell? The Great Detective some the West?" Inspector Maguire asked. Tess nodded her head.
"Yes that's me." Harley answered.
"Why did you come all the way here?" Inspector Maguire asked. Harley looked at him.
"To challenge Jimmy Kudo." Harley answered. Tess sighed.
"We told you once before… JIMMY IS NOT HERE!!!" Tess yelled. Harley looked at her.
"You need to cool your jets. Jimmy is here I know it." Harley stated. Conan looked at him funny. He stepped toward the body as he found something on the floor. It was a small needle. Conan went to reach for it when Harley's hand and Conan's hand touched. They looked up at each other and blinked. Harley grabbed onto the needle throwing Conan over the desk. "Someone should be watching this kid!" Harley yelled. Conan bounced on the floor and hit the ground by Tess. Tess looked down at him. She looked back up at Harley.
"DON'T THROW CONAN LIKE HE'S A PIECE OF TRASH!!" Tess yelled.
"THEN HE SHOULDN'T BE AROUND THE CRIME SCENE!!!" Harley yelled back. Tess started to growl. Inspector Maguire took Richard to the other side of the room.
"Richard, just hurry up and figure out the case… that Harley Hartwell kid is getting on my nerves." Inspector Maguire told Richard.
"He's getting on Tess' nerves more then yours." Richard stated. Inspector Maguire nodded his head. As the case went on Harley and Tess would argue a little more. Conan then felt really sick. Harley had ran out of the room and into another. He searched threw the trash bucket.
"If I'm right then…" Harley then pulled out some string from the trash bucket. "Yes!" Harley came running back into the room. "I know who the murderer is!" Harley yelled. Conan had then collapsed onto the ground. Rachel turned around to face him.
"Conan!" Rachel yelled. Conan breathed heavily as Rachel picked him up. Tess looking at Conan looking very worried about. She looked back at Harley. She was more worried about Conan then she was about who the murderer was. As Conan was taken out of the room Harley had begun to talk.
'To Late Jimmy, I'm the best detective there is.' Harley thought.
'No not now… I was close…' Conan thought. Rachel raced down the stairs. She placed Conan onto the couch as she stood up.
"Don't move Conan, I'm going to call the doctors." Rachel stated. Rachel left the room.
"I know who the murderer is." Harley stated. "Inspector, do you mind being the victim?" he asked. Inspector Maguire walked forward.
"Sure." He said.
"Thanks just sit in the same way John was when we first walked in." Harley stated. Inspector Maguire sat down.
"Like this?" he asked.
"Prefect." Harley said. Then he picked up the key that was to the door. "No watch, it's called the sealed room trick. First the murderer probably got his way in by knocking on the door. When they came in they killed him right on the spot with this poison needle. Then they cut open this key chain and placed the piece of string inside. They locked the room and left. Then they shut the door. Soon they pulled at the keys and out came they came." Harley explained. "And there's only one person's room I found this in. Marx!" he pointed at the old man.
"Grandfather how could you?" Jason asked. Marx looked down.
"Okay cuff him up and take him away." Inspector Maguire stated. Rachel had entered the room to see what was going on after she called the doctor. She watched as the cuffed the old man and went to take him away when…
"No wait!" Jimmy Kudo was standing at the door way. Rachel's eyes widened.
"Jimmy…?" she said softly.
'Jimmy Kudo! You're too late! I figured out the murder already.' Harley thought.
'Jimmy?' Tess thought to herself as she stared into the eyes of the boy or 17-year-old who liked her.
"Harley's wrong." Jimmy stated.
"How can I be wrong?" Harley asked.
"When we found the keys they were deeply in John's pocket. Showing no sigh that they were moved." Jimmy walked forward. "The murderer is Julia!" he pointed. Julia took a step.
"What? I was with Richard Moore the whole time when my husband was murdered." Julia stated.
"Not really." Jimmy said.
"Care to explain Jimmy… Harley's statement is solid." Inspector Maguire stated.
"Sure Inspector. Look at all John's records. None of them hold opera. That's a little odd don't you think? Next was the pile of books stacked in front of John's face. That's a little odd too. Now John was killed right when Richard Moore had entered the room. When Julia walked over she took out the poison needle and stuck it in her husband's neck. Now when they arrived John was just resting. The loud opera music was playing to keep from hearing any screams and the stack of books was there to stop from showing any face expressions. And the key to all of this is in Julia's key chain." Jimmy pointed. Inspector Maguire walked over to her.
"May I see you're key chain please?" Inspector Maguire stated. Julia hesitated for a minute. She then gave Insceptor Maguire her key.
"Now on John's key it was cut open but there wasn't any tape holding the string in place. But Julia's key…" Inspector Maguire walked over to Jimmy handing him her key. Jimmy snapped it open. "And her key as the tape." Jimmy then took off the tape grabbing onto something. "And an extra needle just in case it didn't work the first time." Jimmy stated. Inspector Maguire looked at Julie. She looked down.
"The young man is right. I did kill my husband." Julia stated.
"Is there a reason?" Richard asked.
"The reason is simple." Jimmy stated. Everyone looked at Jimmy. Jimmy walked over to the book case. He picked up a picture. "Look at that picture." Jimmy added. Tess walked over. She took the picture. When she grabbed onto the picture Jimmy and Tess's eyes hit together. Staring at each other. Tess took the picture. She looked at it.
"That's Jessica." Tess pointed out. Jimmy shook his head.
"No." Tess looked up at Jimmy.
"No? Then who is it?" Tess asked. Jimmy smiled.
"It's Julia." Julia's eyes widened. "See the reason why she killed John was because she didn't want him to find out that his Jason's Fiancé was her long lost daughter." Jimmy added. Everyone looked at Julia except for Tess. This was the first time ever that she had seen Jimmy in person.
"Okay Julia, you're under arrest." Inspector Maguire stated. Rachel stared at Jimmy. Then Jimmy covered his mouth. He grabbed onto the bookcase and fell to his knees. He started to cough. As they took Julia away Rachel heard the door bell ring.
"That must be the doctor. Jimmy I'll have him look at you too." Rachel ran down the stairs. Harley walked over to Jimmy.
"I guess that Sake was a little to strong for you." Harley stated. Jimmy looked at Harley from the corner of his eye.
"What are you talking about?" Jimmy asked. Harley smiled.
"Don't talk like you don't know what I'm talking about." Harley stated. Tess was now standing in between Jimmy and Harley.
"Back off Harley. I bet you wouldn't want someone on your case when you're sick!" Tess yelled. She turned around. She bent down to Jimmy's side. Tess took Jimmy's arm and wrapped it around her neck. Tess took her other hand and wrapped it around his waist. She picked him up and helped him walk out of the room. When they were out of the room and out of everyone's sight…
"My bones… they feel like their melting." Jimmy stated. Tess looked forward.
"Maybe you're shrinking again…" Tess stated as she caught Jimmy from falling over. Tess then spotted a bathroom. She brought Jimmy to it.
Rachel let in the doctor. "He's over here doctor…" When Rachel and the doctor entered the room Conan was gone. "Conan?" Rachel called. Rachel walked up stairs to see Tess standing outside of a door.
"Conan's in the bathroom." Tess stated. Rachel opened the door to see Conan sitting there on the floor.
"How did you get those clothes?" Rachel asked. Conan looked at the clothes he was wearing.
"Jimmy threw the shirt over my head as he left." Conan stated. Rachel growled.
"Gr… Jimmy he can never take the time to say goodbye!" Rachel yelled.
After spending three days in bed Conan was walking around the house. The bottle of Sake still sitting on Richard's desk. Conan looked at it.
'I wonder what caused me to turn back… was it the Sake?' Conan asked himself. Conan picked up the cup and poured himself some Sake. He went to drink it when…
"Conan! I hope that's water!" Rachel yelled. She grabbed the cup right out of his hands and sniffed it. "Dad should stop leaving his drinks on his desk." Rachel stated. Rachel placed the bottle of Sake on the top shelf where Conan couldn't reach it. Conan sighed. Tess who was sitting on the couch looked at Rachel.
"Come on Rachel…"
"No Tess!" Rachel yelled before Tess could even finish her sentence. Tess sunk in the couch. Then there was a knock at the door. Rachel answered. "Conan it's your friends." Conan looked to see Amy, Mitch, and George at the door. Amy waved. Conan looked over at Tess. Tess winked. Conan smiled as he ran forward.
The next thing Conan knew was he was being dragged down the street by Amy. 'Well I better get used to it… you don't get to be a kid twice.' Jimmy thought.
Next time on Case Closed: "My year is almost up." When Conan finds out the Tess's year with Richard and Rachel is almost over he gets a little upset. But then a murder happens out on the street and there suspects are their few witnesses. Who did it? And why?
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