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"Sir is he going to be okay? What are his conditions? When will he be let out?" The male nurse was over come with questions from the skinny, brown haired women that was in the corner of the waiting room as she jumped to her feet (Which were asleep for the past hour)
It was the first time she had spoken to anyone in an hour and a half, so she didn't have to think at all of what she was going to ask because that was what she had been doing most of the time. Her dad had been sleeping next to her the whole time, and when he was awake, he acted as if nothing was wrong, and the only time he was actually worried, was when he was told he'd have to pay half the bill since he spent most of the money that Conan's parents gave to him, on buying beer and Yoko Okino DVDs.
After taking in all of the questions she had asked so abruptly, the Nurse replied in a very calm (Almost too calm) voice, "He'll be just fine! No need to worry! Soon, he'll be good enough to get out of this crazy emergency room and then he'll be on his way home and it will be as if nothing ever happened to his leg in the first place. Just needs time to heal! Only a minor fracture" He then gave her one of the fakest smiles she'd ever seen.
"Leg? There's something wrong with his leg too? What about his Hypothermia? Has it settled down? Did he get frost bite of any sort?" She asked confused.
"I'm sorry, did you say Hypothermia?" He asked even more confused then she had. Then a tall, black haired woman came up to him and began to whisper in his ear.
He listened for a few seconds and then smiled, seeming very embarrassed, "I'm sorry! I'm talking about the wrong patient!" He took the papers that the women was holding and changed his expression completely; he then began to speak again "Hmmm… I have some good news, and some bad news. It seems that Conan is in bad condition and is still recovering from his Hypothermia, and he is also still having trouble breathing. He probably won't be able to breath on his own for about a day. But in about 3 hours, he'll be able to get his own room for the rest of the day, and possibly longer if his condition doesn't get any better. He doesn't have frost bite, but the skin on his shoulders is peeling uncontrollably, we've applied some medication for it not too long ago and hope that it works. He is a very lucky kid to have you, if you had found him any later; he could have easily frozen to death!" He explained.
Ran nodded in agreement and stared blankly out the window. I can only imagine what it would be like if I lost Conan… with out him and Shinichi… I'd be a wreck…
The nurse waited hesitantly and then began again, "So… I guess it would be safe for you to go home for the rest of the day and take a rest. Your father will be willing to stay and watch him. Conan and Kogoro will be good here alo-"
He had Ran's complete attention now "NO! Are you crazy? He's only eight, and he can't stay here alone! Especially with my father, he wouldn't give a care in the world if Conan went missing" She snapped.
"I know but-"
"No, I'm staying here and that's final! My father can go home and 'rest' but I'm staying here! That's final!" She said and then crossed her arms over her chest. And if Conan gets scared or feels alone, I want to be here with him.
"Uhmmm… I guess that will be okay. You can go into the emergency room now I guess; there is no need to wait out here. I'll show you the way" He said in an almost scared way. "Ok thanks! Just a minute, I'll be right back" She then walked over to her dad.
"DAD! WAKE UP!" Kogoro jumped to his feet.
"Wah… Yoko, I never got to kiss you goodbye, please wait…." Kogoro mumbled sleepily. Then his eyes jerked open and he found himself standing in the middle of the emergency waiting room with his lips puckered up, facing Ran." Huh?" He looked over at the disgusted Ran and remembered what was going on and where he was. "Oh… uhmmm what's going on, can we go home now?" he asked slightly blushing.
Ran sighed, "Dad, you go home for the rest of the day, I'll stay here with Conan, and don't worry everything will be fine." She said. "Oh and here are Conan's parents number, you need to call them and tell them what's going on" she handed him a slip of paper.
"What? You are all ready giving me chores to do? Can't I just go home and relax?" He began to argue, but as soon as he saw Ran's face he corrected himself
"Ok, sounds good, bye bye, call you in the morning, have fun!" He turned around and ran out the door. Ran smiled to herself and then turned to follow the nurse to Conan's small area.
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Ran had been sitting next to Conan for 2 hours, and not closed her eyes once. She was once again, lost in thought. She looked at Conan and just thought. She thought about how cute Conan looked when he was sleeping, about how beautiful his eyes were. She wished they were always like this, without his glasses shielding them from most people's sight, and even if they were closed, every once and a while Conan would open them for a few seconds, giving Ran a front row seat in watching how the light shone off of them so beautifully. They were a light blue, almost Hazel, and they reminded her so much of Shinichi. Shinichi had eyes just like that… I miss him so much…Then Conan suddenly flinched and shot up. He grabbed Ran's arm in a tight grasp.
"Ran… you need to call Heiji Hattori, remember him? Tell him that I need to talk to him as soon as possible, and n-n…not on the phone… he NEEDS to come here!...Ok? Please call him soon… A.. A… and I… I…need to… t-t-t…to" He then fell back into his bed and back into a deep sleep.
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"Conan? … (She shook him) …Shit!... ok Conan I'll call him as soon as I can." She then opened her cell phone and scrolled down the names until she landed on Hattori, Heiji. She then pressed the talk button and waited anxiously for him to answer.
"Heiji? Oh hi, it's Ran. Uhmmm… something has happened to Conan, and he said he needs to talk to you. We are in the hospital right now, please come as soon as you can! He sounded desperate. Thank you, bye." She shut her phone and sat alone next to Conan. Conan what did you try and tell me? What's going on?
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8 hours later, a small blue car sped down the street and took a sudden turn to the right. It raced through 2 stop signs and took a short cut through the ambulance only zone. No one noticed this of course, because in the Tenjii Hospital at 3:30 in the morning, not as many police cars or patrol cars watched the hospital grounds, and even if they did, that wouldn't stop Heiji Hattori from getting to a friend in need, especially if it was Shinichi. The little blue car sped down the closest parking lot area to the emergency room and found the closest spot he could get. (Even if it was a handicap parking spot)
The Detective of the West got out of his car and slammed the door behind him, forgetting about the women that was sitting next to him. She sat there stunned and watched him run up to the hospital with a very concerned, upset and tired expression.
"You big fat AHO!!! Get back here and be a REAL gentlemen and at least wait for me to get out!" But it was too late. He had already gone, vanished behind the hospital doors. She sat there in her brown pony tail for a few seconds and then opened the door with a sigh. For some reason when ever Conan was in danger or hurt like this, Heiji always seemed to exclude Kazuha from his thoughts. But she could understand why though this time, because he didn't actually invite Kazuha to come along, she had actually begged him. Then she made him wait for her to get another shirt and coat on because it was so cold, and when she told him a shortcut to get to the hospital from the train station, it just led them and there little blue rental car straight into a traffic jam, which had gotten him even more upset. So she walked slowly by herself up to the hospital doors, taking in the cold winter air and exhaling it in clouds of white steam through her mouth. She shivered slightly and felt a black hole in her heart. Why do I feel this way? Heiji has only been gone for a few minutes… is this loneliness?… or maybe…no… this isn't loneliness… something's not right… I feel like some one is in danger… but whom? Was it Conan? Is it Heiji? Oh god, please may it not be Heiji… the only time I've ever felt like this before was when he got shot and… oh no… I can't go through that again… please let Heiji be okay… OH GOD! Just look at your self Kazuha! You're acting like a lovesick old lady! And you do NOT love Heiji! Nope never did, never will… absolutely do not…
And so Kazuha walked to the hospital alone, and spent the rest of the way denying herself of having any feelings for her childhood friend, whatsoever.
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Shit, Kazuha is going to KILL me for slamming the door in her face like that, but who could blame me? He thought to himself. I mean it's her fault that I'm late, for all I know Kudo could be dead right now! It's not like Ran gave me a specific reason why he was in the hospital, all she told me was that Conan asked to see me during one of the short times that he was actually conscious. And she said that when Conan asked, he sounded very desperate, and if Heiji knew Shinichi to be desperate, he had to have a really good reason. "Don't worry Kudo, I'm coming, just hold on a little longer!" He whispered to himself. That's when he reached the front desk. The young women greeted him with a tired smile.
"Hello sir may I help you?" She asked.
"Yea… uhmm can I have Shi- ...uh I mean Conan Edogawa's room number please, I'm a really close friend of his, and my name is Heiji Hatto-" he was cut off by her nervous voice
"Oh yes we've been expecting you! He been moved out of the emergency room section and has his own room now. He is in room # 763 on the third floor. Thank you good luck!" she said, as if she'd been practicing what she just said as a speech. He stared for a moment then nodded and started for the elevator.
"Number 763…" he reminded himself out loud and stepped inside. He then pressed the 3 button and stepped back to wait. I hope Kudo is ok, that women sounded really nervous, and what did she mean when she said that WE'VE been expecting you? Was it just a spoken mistake? How did she know what I was going to say when I started to say my name? Whatever, all that matters is if Shinichi is ok… if he's still alive. He then broke into a run once the elevator door opened, following the room number signs. He wasn't going to waste any more time. He was running as fast as he could, scanning the room numbers as he ran, when he turned a corner and ran straight into Ran Mouri. They both fell to the floor and got up right away once they realized who the other was.
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"Ran! What's going on? Where Ku-… Conan? Is he alright? Why did he need to see me?" he asked her demandingly.
"He's in the room of course! AND HES FINE! So CALM DOWN! He wants to see you right away though! Its funny, I was just coming to find you and-"
"Thanks Ran! Bye! Oh by the way… Hi!" Heiji yelled back as he ran down the hall again.
Ran stared at him blankly and then smiled. "How can such a small kid possibly impact so many people and bring so many to love him this much in less than a year? Must get it from Shinichi… they are so alike…" she whispered under her breath and slowly walked back to the room, wiping away the tears that were rolling smoothly down her face.
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"759… 760… 761… 762…and let us pray! 763! Here it is!" Heiji said as he stopped in front of the door and took a few seconds to catch his breath. He then opened the door and walked into the room. He could hear the hard breathing coming from the bed. He closed the door behind him and walked over to the bed. There was Conan, lying almost lifeless on the bed, he looked awful. His face was almost white, and it was as pale as some of the dead bodies that Heiji had come across in some of his cases. His lips were a light shade of purple and his hair was wet and greasy. Kudo what happened? After seeing his condition, he knew it would be a while before Conan woke up. And Heiji was going to be there when Conan woke up, especially if it was important. So Heiji walked over to the chair next to the bed and sat down. Ran had defiantly been there, there were used pillows and blankets hanging off the chair, and the area next to Conan was practically a puddle. It was soaked with -what he knew- was her tears. Geese, Shinichi can get into Ran's heart in probably any form if this is how much he affected her as a little boy! She sure does love him… He thought. I wish Kazuha felt that way about me… HOLY CRAP WHAT DID I JUST THINK!?!
"Something is going seriously wrong with your head Heiji!" he said out loud as he picked up a magazine and started banging it against his head. That's when he heard footsteps coming down the hall. Probably Ran, I kind of left her hanging back there in the hall…. And just as he expected, 10 seconds later Ran walked in.
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"Did he wake up yet?" She asked.
"Nope, and I don't think he will for about another hour and a half, based on the way his eyes are twitching, unless some one volunteers to awake their sleeping beauty with a kiss?" he spoke back sarcastically. And then swiftly added with a wink "And it ain't gonna be me!"
"Why an hour and half?" she asked challengingly.
"Because, he's having a dream about his true love! Young love, ain't it cute?" he said in a high pitched voice.
"And how do you know it's about his true love?" she asked.
"Because… uhmm… well its uhmm… a guy thing. You wouldn't understand." He said sweat dropping. Not to mention the fact that he's whispering 'Ran' under his breath every 5 minutes! Man Kudo do you owe me big time!
"Well I guess we'll have to wait then, maybe we can take a nap for about an hour, they have alarm clocks in here… but there not too loud. Just enough to wake at least one of us up if we put it right next to our head." She said.
"Sounds cool! So what actually did happen? Conan looks as if he just saw a ghost!" He said in a more serious voice. "well actually… to tell you the truth I'm not sure… it was around 7 this morning, and while I was making breakfast, I noticed that Conan still wasn't up yet. So I went upstairs to wake him up, but he wasn't answering, and when I tried to open the door I kinda freaked out because the doorknob was as cold as ice, and was locked. So I did what any 17 year old Karate freak would do… I kicked open the door. A Huge breeze of cold air blew at me, and that's when I saw Conan laying next to his bed in nothing but his boxers, and his bed was covered in snow! Conan was already unconscious so I told my dad to call an ambulance, and I got Conan dressed. That's when the ambulance came, and took us to the hospital, in the emergency room, Conan awoke suddenly and told me he needed me to call you and tell you to come here, so I did. The rest just went so fast! I never knew a day could go by so quickly! The rest of the day was spent trying to keep Conan alive and breathing, I apparently came just in time and if I came any later, he would've frozen to death! He has Pneumonia Na-mOne-ya and his body is beginning to recover. He had Hypothermia when I found him, which is what worried me the most, and he is being given medication for his Pneumonia now, bu-" She was explaining until Heiji interrupted her.
"Do you know who did it to him? Did he do it to himself? What did the room look like when you got in? Did you notice anything odd when you were inside?" he blurted out.
She took a few seconds and then replied, "Well since I haven't been able to have a decent conversation with him all day, I don't know who did it, and when I got in the room, it was dark, cold, and the window was wide open, leaving only the drapes to shield the sun from coming in, but there was one odd thing other than finding him in his boxers. There were blankets by the crack of the door… probably to stop the cold air from escaping further into the house." she explained.
"Hmmm… I see… I guess we'll have to wait for Conan to wake up for the true answer. From what information I have now, this seems like there are two possibilities. 1 being he did it himself. 2 being some one broke in through the window, did all this to Conan, and left without a trace. We can't jump to any conclusions though. So as I said, we'll just have to wait." He said and sat back into his chair.
A silence swept over the room for a little while and then Ran spoke, "So you came alone?" Heiji jumped up "Oh shit!" he had totally forgotten about Kazuha. Damn she going to kill me.
"I'll be right back!" he said and ran out of the room.
Ran smiled. He probably brought Kazuha along and then forgot about her somewhere. "Sure reminds me of someone…" She said out loud to her self. "Oh Shinichi… at times like these, I really wish you were here… I wish you knew how much I…how much I…" she trailed off.
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10 minutes later Ran heard loud arguing voices coming towards the room. Here they come, the couple of the hour! She thought. She could make out a little of what they were saying:
"-I couldn't help it, I was worried about him, he is like a little brother to me and-"
She interrupted him
"I don't give a crap if you were worried, if he is important enough to slam the door in my face and leave me sitting in that cold waiting room for 45 minutes worrying about you and him and what was happening, then I might as well go back home right now! YOU BIG FAT AHO!!!" she yelled.
"Fine go, I don't care!" he argued back. The footsteps stopped, and then began again.
"No I didn't mean that… oh come on! Come back! Kazuha! Please can't we just forget this, Conan is going to wake up any minute now! Please? OK! IM SORRY! Are you happy? Now come on!" he pleaded.
"That's more like it" she said.
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The footsteps got closer and the door opened. Ran jumped up and greeted Kazuha with a hug.
"Hey Kazuha! I missed you so much! It's been so long since I saw you! I love your jacket, how have you guys been? We have so much to catch up on! Oh me? I'm fine, well other than this of course!" the girls began to chat and Heiji walked over to the chair and sat down in it.
Geese as soon as they see each other all they do is blab on and on about absolutely nothing! He thought to himself. Suddenly, Conan jerked up off his bed with his eyes wide open. The room went silent.
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Conan ripped his IVs off and took his plastic breathing cup off of his mouth and looked at Heiji.
"I NEED to talk to you alone now!" He said in a pleading voice. Ran and Kazuha exchanged glances and right before Ran spoke, she was cut off by Heiji.
"Well? You heard him! Hut Hut Hut! Go!" They looked around at each other once again and finally nodded and left the room. As soon as the door was shut and Ran and Kazuha were clearly down the hallway Conan spoke, gasping for breath after each sentence.
"H… H Heiji… They're here… were in danger…" Conan gasped for breath and began to speak again, "The Black organization, they've found me, and already have made a plan to kill me… it almost worked… but thanks to Ran…" He trailed off gasping for breath. "Anyway, you and Ran, and Kazuha and everyone that I care about… you are all in danger… you… you need to… Y.. Y…" He passed out. Heiji Ran over and put the mask back on him. What did he mean? Who? When? How???
"Kudo wait!..." Heiji pleaded, but Conan was already in a deep sleep once again, and left Heiji standing alone in the middle of the room, jumbled over the few words he had just spoken.
Me: Well that's the second chpt! Phew!!! Well please R&R!!!!!! MORE TO COME!
