Chapter 12: You Came Too Late

Princess Sango

Shinichi bit his lip as he looked at the worn out warehouse and smiled back at Kogoro, "Call back up only if I don't come out in an hour or you hear shooting. Take this badge, Ai has one too, just trust me please. See you Kogoro!"

He was wearing all black like all the rest and snuck inside the door, which was carelessly left open for easy access. Opening the door even more and walking inside he saw the whole lot of people running around in black. Choosing a path that seemed likely to send him to where the people he needed were, down a long dark path.

Cell…

Ran woke up to see one person missing, Ai. Freaking out she ran over to Hatori but noticed he was deathly cold to the touch, color missing in his face. Checking for a pulse she gasped and pulled away, "He's dead; does that mean their slowly torturing us, one by one? Then Ai…"

Tears silently ran down her cheeks when she heard footsteps and someone being thrown in there, "Wait till next time kid! It's going to get worse with each time."

Ran saw the 3rd grader crouched, her body curled up in a ball, her clothes still existent but all ripped up. Ran approached her and softly laid her hand on the girl's shoulder, "Let go mom, it hurts!"

Ran's hand immediately dropped to her side and noticed when Ai turned around to face her mother, "Look what they did to me, mom! Just like Hattori-san

…it hurts so much mom, make the pain stop!"

Ran looked at her daughter, blood was all in her hair and her body seemed to be carved, bruises scattered everywhere, that you couldn't tell if there was someone under there. "Your father will come for us soon Ai; soon the pain will all go away soon."

"When, I don't want to die like Hattori-san, I promised him I would live through this and help," Ai answered as tears slipped down her face.

Ran hugged her daughter, shrugging off the fact that blood would cover her, Hattori's and Ai's, "It's okay, you will live through this be strong."

That's when Genta woke up, "How long was I out?" Genta asked in a daze.

"We're not sure Genta-kun, but please keep your voice down."

"Please do," came the voice outside the cell, a very familiar voice.

Opening the door to the cell as it creaked Shinichi picked Ai up and then looked at Hattori, "We'll come back soon to get him."

Ai shook her head, "Take him too, please dad, and take him too."

"I can't Ai; I'd need back up to get him out."

Ai had tears in her eyes, "Than leave us here and go get your back up dad, because you came too late, Hattori had a child just like mommy but won't have a father."

Shinichi could only stare at his daughter and nod, "I see what you mean, but I'm taking you with me Ai, you need medical attention. Ran, Genta come on, I can't leave you here, do you think you can carry Ai and I'll carry Hattori?"

Ran nodded and took her injured daughter into her arms and watched her whisper, "He came too late," till she passed out from exhaustion.

When they were ready to leave, someone stopped them, "You have no authorization to take them!"

"I was told to just do off with them, they're dieing so easily after all," Shinichi answered icily as he motioned to Ai and Hattori.

"Ah, I see, but plans have changed Kudo Shinichi!" yelled a voice, that seemed too familiar than anything.

TBC…