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Masked Memories
By: mysteriousangelgirl
Chapter 6: Face to Face
Shinichi, Heiji, Kazuha, Kaito, Aoko, and Jii-san were all ready to go by 10 in morning. Shinichi found them all waiting outside his door at about nine. As he was getting ready, the others made themselves at home in his living room. Shinichi came down the stairs, dressed in a blue pants and a blue t-shirt. Jii-san looked very serious in his grey suit, and he turned to look at Shinichi even before Shinichi got half way down the stairs.
Everyone was quiet. They all knew that this was their only chance. If they screwed up, they would all end up dead, or the girl they were rescuing would die. Either way, they had to do it right on the first time. But even as there was chance of turning back and not getting involved, no one raised a hand to leave. As Shinichi looked from Heiji¡s determined face to Kazuha's equally determined face, he knew that his detective friend and his wife were sure to stay through the whole thing. Shinichi then looked over at Kaito, Jii and Aoko, and found them all smiling, as if Kaito Kid was yet again on another heist. Shinichi smiled and cleared his throat.
"First of all, I'd like to thank you all for helping me. I don¡t know what I would have done without all of you."
Everyone smiled.
"Second, this is going to be dangerous and we¡re risking everything we have. If you don't want to risk your life, then you can-"
"Kudo, we've been over this. No one's leaving," Kaito put in without hesitation.
"Yeah, Kudo. We're trying to do some good, and if it helps you, two in one!" Kazuha said, punching a fist into the air.
"Kudo-san. Everything that we've been through has been dangerous. This wouldn't be of any different. We all know the situation of dear Mouri-san and we're going to get her back, for the sake of her parents, you and all of us. Though I have not personally met Mouri-san, I would believe that you would do all that you could to get her back, and we, as your loyal companions and friends, would do all the same. We trust you would return the favor if the situation was reversed." Jii spoke like a father. And he almost was one, to Kaito.
Shinichi was surprised at Jii's words, but he smiled. "Of course.....Okay, alright. Let's getting going now."
Everyone piled out of the house, and got into Aoko's blue minivan. Once they were on the road, the boys changed clothes and put on makeup to disguise themselves. Heiji was now Shinichi and Shinchi was now Kaito. Kaito dressed in the Kid's famous white suit and Jii-san dressed as Heiji. (1) The girls didn't do a switch, and sat up in the front, watching the road.
As Heiji (Jii) leaned forward and said, "Watch out behind," a loud crash came from behind the van. Turning, everyone saw that the car behind them had crashed into them. The glass of the broken window was all over the trunk. Shinichi (Heiji) managed to make out a gun from behind and yelled, "Floor it and duck!" Five heads ducked, as Aoko floored the accelerater and the van shot forward.
Shinichi (Heiji) looked through the broken glass, saw the car trying to catch up, and said, "Aoko, try to lose them. We need time to get to the warehouse."
Aoko nodded. "I'll try."
Kaito (Shinichi) was surprised at how fast and good Aoko was at driving. He smiled and elbowed Kid. "Didn't know your girl was a car racer."
Kid snorted. "Practicing car getaways is never a bad thing."
Heiji (Jii) told Aoko that the car was right behind them, and just as they were about to pass an exit on the highway, Aoko yanked the wheel to the right and the car skidded, turning off the highway, and leaving the speeding car behind on the highway. Aoko maneuvered her way through city traffic, she finally pulled up in front of an empty warehouse. Even before the car came close to a stop, Kaito (Shinichi) had the door open and all four boys were on the pavement before the car stopped. Aoko paused only long enough for Kazuha to throw the boys each a backpack and slam the door. Aoko zoomed away, turning on the wireless phone in her ear, covered by her hair. Kauzha did the same, taking out her ponytail and letting her hair cover the trace of any communication with the boys.
Shinichi, Heiji, Kaito and Jii all turned on their extension of the walkie-talkie, which was hidden under their wigs, while running across the street to the warehouse. As Kaito (Shinichi) picked the lock to the door, Heiji (Jii) pulled out a set of gloves from his backpack and put them on. Kid just held his backpack, his cape flowing behind him. Shinichi (Heiji) put his backpack on and coughed, making sure the voice changer in his set of gloves worked. He sounded just like Shinichi. Kaito (Shinichi) swung open the door to the warehouse and just as the four of them walked in, Kid disappeared, and the door slammed shut. Shinichi, Heiji and Kaito were looking confused when all the lights of the warehouse came on. Shielding their eyes from the sudden light, a voice laughed loudly.
"It took you quite a while to follow rules, huh, Kudo-kun?" the man dressed in black with dark sunglasses said, looking down at them from where stood on the second story loft.
Shinichi (Heiji) smiled. "At least I got here."
The man frowned. "We told you to come alone."
Shinichi (Heiji) smirked. "Too late now."
The man narrowed his eyes. ¡Where¡s the KID?"
Jii (Heiji) said with a perfect Osakan accent, "That's not important now, where is the girl?"
The man smiled. "She's not here."
Shinichi narrowed his eyes. "What do you mean?"
"I told you, the girl is not here."
Kaito (Shinichi) frowned. What are they planning?
"What is going on?" Heiji said.
As Heiji looked ready to breath fire, other agents of B.O. came out of almost no where, but there were really just hiding in the shadows.
The three boys looked around them as they realized they were surrounded.
Edging closer to the boys, the agents all held out a gun. The man, assuming it was their boss, on the second story loft laughed. "You detectives aren't enough to outsmart us a second time."
All heads snapped up to him and he continued, "After that failure here in Japan, I looked up all three of you, and it wasn't that hard to find information on your IQ and all, being so famous and all, I just had to disguise myself as one you and ask for some info regarding your current residence, phone number and all......"
Kaito (Shinichi) narrowed his eyes. He's lying.....
Then he smiled as he saw a slight movement behind the boss. Just as the boss was about to open his mouth to say something, Kaito (Shinichi) said, "Where is the girl? All we came for is the girl, not some lecture for a stupid B.O. operator."
The boss was obviously mad at the remark and Kaito¡s grin, but he said, "We wanted the Kid in exchange. I don't see him here."
"He doesn't just come by walking in. He has his own ways of showing up, you'll see him soon." Shinichi (Heiji) answered.
The boss narrowed his eyes and was just about to say something when a big poof of smoke clouded his vision and Kaito Kid was standing in 10 feet in front of him, out on the open space above where Shinich, Heiji and Kaito were standing.
"Ladies and Gentleman, sorry for my delayed arrival, but I am here now to entertain you." Kid tipped a hat toward the boss and went on to perform some disappearing tricks while he continued to speak, "Now that I have arrived, may you tell those people down there, the whereabouts of the girl you are keeping hostage?"
The boss laughed. "Like hell."
Kid wasn't a bit discouraged. "Oh really?"
The boss smirked. "Make me."
Kid's grin grew even bigger. "How are you against sleeping gas or flash bombs?" He held up some eggs and some batteries.
The boss's eyes grew wide. "Sure, then you'll never get the girl."
"I already know where the girl is, she's in the warehouse down the street, in a windowless room in the back. I checked it out already."
The boss was obviously taken back by the answer.
"How..ho...how did you find that place?"
"Tsk tsk," Kid said, shaking a figure, "a magician NEVER reveals his secrets."
The boss looked like he was going to surrender, but then yelled "fire" and all the agents on the floor were just about to fire when Kid accidentally dropped his sleeping gas eggs.
Yelling a loud, "Oops!", the three surrounded boys took the cue and tied a cloth over their noses and mouths. They all ran up the stairs, while the boss was leaning over the edge, wondering where the boys had gone.
Kaito (Shinichi) with a roundhouse kick, managed to knock the boss pretty bad and had his foot against the man's chest. "Tell me where the girl is."
The boss looked pained. "I can't."
"Then we'll follow the Kid's directions to the other warehouse, and drag you along." Kaito (Shinichi) nodded over to the Kid, who had walked over and was standing on the railing.
The boss whimpered. "All I know is that they moved her somewhere else. I don't know anything else. Even if you killed me, I still wouldn¡t say anything more....."
Kid narrowed his eyes. I thought this was a bit too easy....
Heiji and Shinichi stood there, absorbing the new information they had just heard. Kaito (Shinichi) loosened his foot against the man, but then pushed forward again. "You lied!"
The man burst out laughing. "Yes, I did. You caught that?"
Kid tilted his head toward Kaito (Shinichi).
Kaito (Shinichi) snorted. "You said 'I still wouldn't say anything more" and that tells me that you know more than you care to let on."
As a chorus of "oh's" ran through the three boys' minds, Kaito (Shinichi) followed up with a sudden punch to the man's face. As he suspected, part of the mask the boss was wearing ripped due to the sudden blow. As Kaito (Shinchi) ripped off the rest of the mask, he almost fell backwards when he saw who it was.
"CHRIS VINEYARD?" Shinichi (Heiji) yelled? "But how the hell did she come back to life?"
Kid smiled. "The only possible reason would be that she never suicided."
"Of course not. I knew it would be her or someone related to her. Maybe another 'daughter' of hers....." Kaito (Shinichi) smirked.
Chris smiled, whipping a trail of blood by her mouth with the back of her hand. Kaito (Shinichi) had put his foot back down and the two were standing face to face.
Shinichi reached up and ripped off the Kaito mask he had been wearing, revealing the face that Chris had been faced with a few years back. Shinichi tapped the receiver in his ear and smiled. "What are you going to pull this time, Vineyard?"
Chris was smirking. "So we finally meet face to face, huh?"
Shinichi stopped smiling.
"I see you're unhappy about that?"
"We've met before, Vineyard. Quit the bullshit and get it over with."
"We have met before, but not with you as Kudo Shinichi and me as Chris Vineyard....."
"You were Chris Vineyard when you shot Jodie-sensei."
"Oh, yes, but you were Edgoawa-kun! How kawai!!"
Shinichi snorted. "Now, since you seem to be the boss of the remain parts of the B.O., would you mind telling me where Ran is?"
"Oh Mouri-san! Don't worry, she's in perfect condition. Maybe wanting a bath.....but not much worse than that." Chris found this funny and burst out laughing.
"Where the hell is she?"
"Oh, cool guy, no need to get upset.....I was merely-"
"Just shut up and tell me where she is."
Chris wiped off her grin, and narrowed her eyes. "What's gotten into you? I like being humorous, and I don't like others butting in on that....."
"I just want to get out of here and never see your damn face again."
Chris smiled again. "Well, how about a deal, I'll let you know where she is, and it'll be up to you to get there and get her out in within the time goes off."
"There's a what?" Heiji said, having ripped of his Shinichi mask.
"A bomb. Yes, and it can't be defused or carried away. So, a deal. If you win, it'll destroy all the agents that are left here, including the ones Kid gassed down there, and I'll disappear forever."
"How would we know you're keeping your word?" Jii said, pulling off the Heiji's mask.
"Ahhh, Kid's assistant, ehh?"
"Answer him, Vineyard." Shinichi warned.
"Oh alright. You can trust me can't you?" She said with a smile.
The boys and Jii had one a look of disbelief, so she said, "Okay okay, I can promise you, alright? If I don't, you'll have this." She held out a cell phone. "It'll track down the phone number of my hideout. I can't leave the country without going there for like a disguise or something. So, you'll be able to surround me there, okay??"
Shinichi's eyebrow as twitching but he took the phone and slid it into his pants pocket. "Where is she?"
Chris smiled. "You have half an hour to get to the basement of the Tokyo Police Department. The bomb goes off at exactly 12 noon."
Shinichi swore and started running down the stairs of the loft, talking into the transmitter in his pocket, asking that Aoko and Kazuha get back to the warehouse in 2 minutes. Just all four of the men were outside, Aoko's van pulled up and without stopping, all four of them were in the car, changing clothes and giving directions to the police department.
Shinichi glanced at his watch just as they pulled up in front of the police department and ran out. It was 11:45. The police department was one of the biggest ones in Japan. Would they find Ran in time?
-to be continued-
(1) The names in the (...) are the names of the real person.
Hey, sorry for the long wait. I hope you all enjoyed the story so far. I'm pretty sure now that I'll be doing a CCS fanfic after I finish this. I think this will only be three more chapters....or maybe two. I'm not sure, but it's coming to an end. Please support me and review! Thanks you guys! I'll see you in the next chapter!!