In Today's Case: School Murder

Tess and Conan made their way down toward Dr Agasa's house as Rachel went to the store separating from them. Tess opened the door as Conan walked in first into the messy house of the famous Dr Agasa. Tess stepped over inventions that laid all over the floor and tried to avoid the grease on the floor as well as Conan walked on through.

"He needs to clean this place up a little." Tess stated. Conan nodded his head.

"He does, but this is Dr Agasa for you." Conan stated as he looked back at Tess. She looked at the floor in disgust as she walked forward following Conan. Conan thought about what had happened the other day with the suicide attempt. He couldn't believe that Tess wanted to kill herself. It was obvious to him that she needed someone. But how could he let her know that he was there for her?

"Dr Agasa?" Tess called out. Peering around the corner was Dr Agasa holding two test tubes in his hands.

"Oh! Hello there Jimmy. Hello there Tess." He said smiling.

"Hey, is it ready?" Conan asked. Dr Agasa placed the two test tubes into the test tube holder.

"There are errors the might take a while to fix." He stated.

"How long will that be?" Tess asked. Dr Agasa shrugged his shoulders as he picked up the test tube holder and placed them into a freezer.

"It may be a year before I fix the errors." Dr Agasa stated. Tess snapped her fingers.

"Dang it! I thought that would be the prefect cure! A one without errors." Tess stated as she sighed.

"Don't beat yourself about it Tess," Conan said, "You tried." Tess looked down at him as she nodded her head.

"True I did." Tess stated as she smiled.

"Tess! Conan!" Tess and Conan could hear their names being called from outside. They waved to Dr Agasa then left without Rachel noticing them exiting Dr Agasa's lab. Rachel looked at them as they stood there at the corner waiting for Rachel.

"I told you too wait for me outside of the store." Rachel stated as she placed her hands on her hips.

"Sorry Rachel." Conan said to her. Rachel sighed and smiled.

"It's all right come on."

All three of them pressed on down the street when Tess stopped and looked to her left. She spotted the man that she was convinced was the murderer of her parents watching her. He smiled at him as he raised the newspaper up over his face blocking her view. She didn't know if he knew where she lived. She also didn't know if she was putting Rachel and Richard in danger and most of all… she didn't know if she was putting Jimmy in danger. If she was she knew that she had to put an end to it. But she didn't want to put an end to her life knowing that she was leaving behind everything she loved but what was she going to do? Jimmy will soon catch onto her, she really couldn't hide anything from him but her feelings and thoughts… she didn't even know if her thoughts were safe around him.

"Tess!" Rachel called from down the street. Tess snapped out of her deep thinking as she looked at Conan and Rachel. She waved her hands in the air gesturing her to come forward. "Come on!" She shouted out. Tess nodded her head as she ran toward them taking a second glance at the man making sure he wasn't following. Tess looked forward at Rachel and Conan and smiled like nothing happened.

"Sorry about that I thought someone was calling my name… besides you Rachel." Tess stated. Rachel smiled as she waved her hand like not to bother with it.

"It's okay. Come on, my dad is probably flipping out by now." Rachel said as she turned and walked forward. Tess and Conan followed her.

Conan glanced at Tess a few times. Her hands in her pockets and looking down at the ground as the hair in her ponytail rested on the back of her head going to the sides shaping out her face. He knew that she had seen something, but what? Could it have been the man who was the murderer of her parents and who is supposedly in the New York mob? He pondered about it. Tess, he knew wasn't herself since her parents were killed. Conan wondered if she knew his parents since they were also in the states. But that right now didn't bother him. He was trying to figure out a way to let Tess know he was there for her, but how?

They finally reached home and entered Richard's office. There like always sitting at his desk. He tapped his fingers on the desk with his right cheek resting in his right hand waiting for the phone to ring some how. He looked up at the three.

"Where did you guys go?" he asked. Tess tossed herself onto a couch.

"We told you." she answered him as she kicked back and crossed her feet setting them on the table. Rachel walked by Tess tapping her feet. She looked at Rachel and removed them from the table.

"We went to the store." Rachel answered him. Then there was a knock on the door. Tess looked back as Conan answered it to show Amy, Mitch, and George standing there.

"Hi Conan." Amy stated happily.

"Do you want to come outside and go to the park with us?" Mitch asked him.

"Come on! It'll be a lot of fun!" George shouted.

"Go ahead Conan." Tess called from looking back at the couch. Conan turned and looked at her. "Go play with your friends I'll come and get you when something comes up." She winked at him. Conan smiled and looked at his friends, Amy was glaring at Tess.

"Sure I'll come." Conan stated smiling. Amy snapped out of her glare and looked at Conan.

"Great! Let's go!" Amy grabbed onto his hand and ran out of the room leaving the door open. Rachel walked over and shut it.

"So, what are we going to do?" Rachel asked. Right after that the phone rang.

"Well looks like the phone answered that for ya." Tess stated as she looked over as Richard reached to answer it.

Amy dragged Conan down the street and around the corner to the park as George and Mitch followed behind. They climbed on the slide hung up side down on the jungle gym and climbed up a tree and took their seats and started talking.

"Conan how long is Tess staying?" Mitch asked. Conan looked up at him since he was a branch higher then him.

"She said for another year." Conan answered. George on the branch underneath him turned and leaned back against the tree.

"She's so pretty!" he shouted. He looked up at Conan. "You're lucky to have someone like her living with you."

"I don't know." Conan stated. Mitch leaned forward and looked down at him.

"Admit it, you like her being there." Mitch said. Conan shrugged his shoulders and looked over at Amy who was on the other branch with her arms crossed and looking the other way.

"If you ask me she's dangerous." Amy stated.

"How?" George asked as he turned to look up at her. Amy placed her hands on the tree branch leaned forward and looked down and over at George.

"Well, everywhere she goes there's always someone being killed and she carries around a gun." Amy stated.

"True." Mitch stated as he looked out into the street.

"That may be true but she's still pretty." George said blushing at the thought of Tess.

"I never said she wasn't, she's just dangerous." Amy stated.

"Maybe Amy, but you need to get the time to know her better. She's really cool." Conan told her. Amy looked at Conan as he looked away. Then the sound of squad car sirens was heard coming from down the street. Conan looked over to see speeding car racing down the street.

"What was that?" Mitch asked as he watched the cars fly by one by one. Conan started to climb down the tree and then jump off.

"Conan!" Amy called out as she followed. Conan ran down the street as she watched the cars turn the corner. He followed the skid marks on the street when he came to a stop in front of the high school. Conan watched as the cops put up the do not cross yellow tap around the school areas. Conan looked around as people started to gather. If it was what he thought it was then Richard should be here. Soon enough he spotted Tess and ran over to her.

"Tess!" he shouted pushing himself through the crowds of people that were forming. Tess looked over as she watched him come forward. "What's going on?" Conan asked once he was standing next to her.

"A murder… nothing new." Tess stated, "I was just about to go and get you."

"Wait… there was a murder at the school?" he asked. Tess nodded her head.

"Okay Ms Moore, you can go in now." an officer said as he lifted up the yellow tape. Tess smiled as she nodded her head.

"Thank you." Tess ducked and went under as Conan went to follow when he was stopped. Tess turned and looked at the officer. "He's with me." She said. Then Conan was able to get through. They both walked up into the school as another officer directed them to the crime scene. When they got there, there on a desk was pieces of a body covered in blood. Tess blinked in shock as Conan's mouth dropped open. The scene was a nightmare! Who ever the murderer was… they were sickos. Over in the right corner was a woman.

"Tess." Inspector Maguire called as he came toward her. Conan kept his eye on the woman. She seemed a little weird considering she was smiling at the body. And in her hair she had a hair clip in her hair that had a flower on it. It looked like she was missing another hair clip.

"Hello Inspector Maguire." Tess replied back. Inspector Maguire looked down at Conan who was looking around the room.

"Are you sure he should be here?" Inspector Maguire asked as he pointed to him. Tess lowered his hand with her own as she nodded her head.

"Yeah I think it's fine. And Inspector…" Inspector Maguire looked at her, "it's not nice to point fingers you know." She stated as she smiled Inspector Maguire smiled back. It was then Conan noticed something.

"Where's Rachel and Richard?" he asked as he looked up at Inspector Maguire.

"They went to look around the school building for any clues." Inspector Maguire answered.

"Well… at least my uncle is good for something." Tess stated as she walked forward toward the body. Inspector Maguire turned and looked at her.

"Richard has solved many cases before Tess." He stated. Tess nodded her head with her back turned to him. She tried hard to laugh at him, considering Richard was an idiot and the one figuring out the murder was Jimmy.

"Sure." Tess stated as she looked down at the body looking at it closely. "Who was this dude?" she asked as she turned and looked at Inspector Maguire. He walked forward with Conan at his side.

"His name was Mr. Uzi." Inspector Maguire stated.

"It's a he? How can you even tell?" Tess asked as she glanced back at the bloodily looking body.

"Yes and the only person we have as a suspect is that woman over there, her name is Rika. She managed to get into the school and call the police." He said. Conan placed his finger and thumb underneath his chin in a gun formation.

'How did she get into the school? Unless she was already here.' Conan thought to himself.

"Hm… weird." Tess stated as she turned and looked at the body again. Conan standing next to her looked at the body as well.

"I'm going to go question her." Inspector Maguire stated. Tess nodded her head.

"You do that Inspector." Tess stated as she and Conan looked at the body as he walked away. "What do you think Jimmy?" Tess asked softly so the only one that could hear was him.

"Looks like a really ticked off person would do this considering the cut marks." Conan stated as he pointed out the cut marks underneath the blood. Tess nodded her head.

"Yeah, but there's also rope marks as well. Where did the murderer get the rope?" Tess asked thinking.

"I don't know. But I want to know how she got into the school." Conan stated. Tess nodded her head.

"Inspector." Tess and Conan turned to see Richard and Rachel walking in. "We couldn't find anything." Richard added. Inspector Maguire sighed.

"You can go Rika." Inspector Maguire stated as he stepped out of the way.

"Thank you Inspector." She stated as she walked toward the door. Conan glanced down seeing something among the blood. Conan quickly picked it up to see that it was Rika's missing hair clip. He tugged on Tess. She bent down next to him as he whispered in her ear. Tess nodded her head as she stood up taking the hair clip from Conan.

"Not so fast!" Tess shouted as she stepped in front of the door. Rika looked at her funny.

"Who are you?" Rika asked.

"I am FBI. And I say you cannot leave." Tess stated as she glared at her. Rika backed away from her glare spelling out that she was bagged.

"But Tess, she's innocent." Inspector Maguire stated. Tess shook her head.

"She's not as innocent as you think she is." Tess stated as she held out her clenched hand. "She's the murderer." Tess stated as she flipped her hand over opening it up revealing the blood stained hair clip that was found. Rika raised her hand placing it into her hair feeling the spot where the clip would be as her eyes widened. "You killed Mr. Uzi and there's nothing you can do about it!" Tess shouted as she tossed the bloodily clip at her. Rika fell to her knees shaking.

"Officers… arrest her." Inspector Maguire stated.

Tess and Conan walked on down the street toward Dr Agasa's house. They walked in and looked around.

"Dr Agasa?" Conan called.

"Hi there Jimmy." Dr Agasa called from his computer chair still playing around with the cure. They walked over.

"Are you still playing with that?" Tess asked. Dr Agasa nodded his head.

"Yeah." He answered. Tess looked down at Conan.

"You should go back to your friends… they're probably looking for you." Tess stated. Conan nodded his head.

"Right bye Tess."

"Bye Jimmy."

Next Time on Case Closed: "What?! We're stuck here?" Tess takes Conan, Amy, Mitch, and George to the mall for the day when they get locked in when they were trying to find whatever they were looking for. Little did they know that the mall was going to be robbed that night. What will happen?

Next Time: Mall Night

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