Allin656: Yeah this is going to be like that episode but wat's going to happen with Tess being there? Hm… it has me thinking and I'm the writer. Lol. Anyway I wanted to say thanks for ur great reviews! Enjoy the chapter! I hope u do!
In Today's Case: Mall Night
Tess walked out of her room putting her hair up in a ponytail. She walked forward setting herself on one of the couches like always and sighed as Richard came into the room and sat down at his desk with a beer can.
"Don't you ever leave that desk?" Tess asked as she turned and looked at him. Richard glared at Tess as he gulped down his beer.
"No. and be quiet!" he shouted at her as he leaned his head on the desk. "I got a headache." He added. Tess rolled her eyes.
"And you give me a headache." Tess mumbled. Conan walked through the office door with Rachel behind him holding bags. Tess sat upright and turned looking at the two. "Where did you two go?" Tess asked. Rachel walked into the room setting the bags on the table in between the two couches.
"We went to the store." Rachel said as she looked at Tess. Conan nodded his head as he sat on the other couch.
"You could've came but you were sleeping." Conan stated. Tess smiled at him as she stood up.
"Well I got something better." Tess stated. Conan blinked a little.
"What?" Rachel asked. Richard lifted his head up off of his desk.
"Please… keep it down… I have a huge headache." Richard complained. Tess looked at him and rolled her eyes. She looked back at Conan and smiled again.
"I'm taking you and your friends to the mall today and that's where we're going to spend the day." Tess stated.
"Really?" Conan asked trying to sound excited when he wasn't. Tess nodded her head.
"Yup." Tess answered. Rachel placed her hands on her hips.
"Where are you going to get a car?" Rachel asked. Tess smiled.
"Well, Richard agreed to let me take the car right uncle?" she asked as she turned and looked at Richard. He nodded his head and waved his hand.
"Yeah whatever." He stated as he turned his chair away from her.
"Thank you!" Tess snatched the car keys off of his desk and looked at Conan. "Come on. we have to go pick up your friends at Dr Agasa's house." She added as she opened the door. Conan walked forward out the door as Tess closed it behind her as Rachel listened as their footsteps disappeared down the stairs. Rachel looked over at her father.
"Dad." Rachel called as he looked up. "Do you think that…? Tess and Conan are too attached?" Rachel asked. Richard sat upright looking at his daughter.
He shook his head, "no. You know how Tess is with little kids. She adores them just like they adore her." Richard stated. Rachel shrugged her shoulders as she took a seat.
'But… why would Tess call Conan Jimmy? Unless he is… no. That's silly. Rachel what are you thinking? Thinking that Conan is Jimmy. It's just no way.' Rachel thought to herself.
Tess and Conan got into the car and drove off. "And… why are we going to the mall again?" Conan asked her as Tess stopped at a red light.
"I don't know… I wanted to go out and I didn't want to go alone so I'm taking you and your friends with me." Tess glanced at him. "Is there a problem?" she asked. Conan shook his head.
"No." Conan answered. Tess turned on her blinker as she waited for the light to turn green.
"Why do sound like it is a problem?" she asked him as the light finally turned green and she turned the corner driving toward Dr Agasa's place.
"I didn't say there was a problem." Conan stated.
"I know you didn't. But the tone in your voice gave it all away." Tess said as she came to a stop in front of Dr Agasa's house and then she beeped the horn. Tess looked at Conan.
"Do you think Amy likes me?" Tess asked. Conan blinked a few times.
"Why wouldn't she?" Conan asked. Tess shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know… I think it's because I'm always with you." Tess answered as she looked at the door waiting for Mitch, Amy, and George to show up.
"Maybe." Conan said. Amy, Mitch, and George left Dr Agasa's place as they got into the car.
"Where are we going Conan?" Amy asked as she looked at him. Conan looked back at her.
"Tess is taking us to the mall for the day." Conan answered. Amy looked at Tess and sat back.
"Really?" George asked. Tess looked back at them from the driver seat and nodded her head.
"Yup. Now everyone buckled up." George, Mitch, and Amy buckled themselves in. Tess looked at Conan who still was in his seat belt. "That means you too Conan." Conan sighed as he sat down and buckles up. Tess switched gears. "Mall, here we come!" Tess drove off toward the mall.
About an hour later they pulled into the parking lot of the mall. Tess drove around looking for a space. George pulled himself forward in between the two front seats.
"Looks like this place is packed." George stated. Tess nodded her head as she beeped at a guy who had cut her off.
"Yeah… and people need to learn how to drive these days." Tess stated. Conan looked at Tess and rolled his eyes.
'You're not even supposed to be driving with us in the car at your age.' Conan thought. Tess finally found a parking spot close to the entrance, she had to cut some people off of get but she got the spot.
"All right come here everyone." Tess said as she waved them close to her as she bent down to their height. "Now, we're all going to have some fun. Amy I'm going to take you where ever you want to go and you guys." She pointed to Conan George and Mitch. "You can go anywhere you want but stick together. And at…" Tess moved the sleeve of her jacket to look a wrist watch she had on, "its 12:30 right now at 1:30 I want you three to meet me and Amy at the food court. Don't late. Now, go run crazy around the mall!" Tess shouted as she stood up right. Mitch, George, Amy, and Conan smiled and shouted Yay and took off running with Tess running behind them. Tess gave Mitch, George, and Conan each 20 bucks to go buy whatever they wanted.
Tess and Amy roamed around the hallways of the second floor of the mall. Tess looked down at Amy.
"Where do you want to go?" Tess asked her. Amy smiled and looked up at her.
"Want to go to Sears?" she asked. Tess smiled.
"Sure. My favorite store. Hey, tell ya what how about we race there and if you win I'll buy you a necklace of your choice. Deal?" Tess asked as she held out her hand. Amy smiled.
'Maybe… Tess isn't all that bad.' Amy thought. Amy shook Tess's hand. "Deal! Go!" Amy turned and started to run with Tess behind her. Tess tried not to pass her for she wanted to buy her the necklace. Amy entered Sears out of breath with Tess coming in behind her.
"You're a fast runner." Tess stated as she moved a lock of her hair that came loose from her ponytail out of her face. Amy grabbed onto Tess's arm pulling her hand out of her pocket.
"Come on! You owe me a necklace!" Amy shouted as she started to run dragging Tess behind her running past people. Amy was now standing in front of a glass case that held many pretty necklaces. Her favorite one was a gold thin chin with a golden cross on it. Tess noticed her eyeing it.
"You want that one?" Tess as she as got down to her height and pointed at it. Amy looked at Tess and smiled.
"Yeah, but it's too much." Amy answered her. Tess closed her eyes and smiled at her.
"Not for me." Tess told her.
"Can I help you?" a woman asked wearing a Sears' uniform. Tess looked up and stood upright nodding her head.
"Yes, I want that necklace right there." Tess pointed through the glass. The woman opened a sliding door smiling.
"You got great taste." She stated as she picked up the necklace carefully. She looked at the tag and then looked up at Tess. "Is this for your sister?" she asked. Amy raised an eyebrow. Tess smiled and nodded her head.
"Yeah. How much?" Tess as she reached into her back pocket grabbing her wallet. The woman looked at Amy.
"$120." She said. Tess nodded her head as she opened her wallet. The woman looked to see her FBI bag. The woman froze as she held the necklace in her hand. Tess pulled out one 100 dollar bill and one 20 dollar bill and a 10 dollar bill handing it to the woman.
"Here." Tess stated. The woman smiled taking the money. She looked down at Amy who was watching her the whole time.
"My, your one lucky girl to have a sister like her you know." The woman stated as she turned and placed the necklace into a black box and put the money in the cash register and gave Tess her change. "Here you go."
"Thank you." Tess said as she smiled putting the change back into her wallet.
"And here you are young lady." The woman stated as she reached over the counter. Amy placed a huge smile on her face.
"Thank you very much!" Amy exclaimed as she took the box and opened it smiling at her necklace. She looked at Tess and smiled. "Thank you Tess." She stated. Tess smiled placing her hand on Amy's shoulder.
"Your welcome. Now do you want any clothes?" Tess asked. Amy shook her head.
"No this is enough." Amy answered. Tess looked at her watch.
"Its 1:00 we still have 30 minutes now want to go run around and have some fun?" Tess asked her. Amy nodded her head.
"Yeah!" Amy exclaimed. Tess bent down taking the black box and taking out the necklace.
"Here let's put this on." Tess opened the hatch of the necklace and clipped it around Amy's neck. Amy looked down at her necklace and smiled.
"Let's go!" Amy grabbed her hand and took off. Tess looked back at the smiling woman and waved and the woman waved back.
Conan, Mitch, and George raced to the video game store. They played games and Mitch and George picked out the games they wanted.
"Tess is so nice!" Mitch stated as he reached up grabbing his bag with his game in it. George nodded his head with his bag thrown over his shoulder.
"Yeah she is! It's to bad that she's only here for a year." He said as Mitch turned to look at them.
"Don't worry." Conan said. George and Mitch looked at him. "I'm sure she'll back when she leaves." Conan stated as he smiled. Mitch nodded his head.
"Yeah. Ah… does anyone have the time?" Mitch asked. George shook his head as did Conan. He turned and looked at the man behind the counter. "Excuse me Sir."
"Yes?"
"Do you have the time?" Conan asked as he stepped forward. The man looked at a watch around his wrist.
"It is... 1:15." He answered. George and Mitch looked at Conan.
"What time did Tess say to meet at the food court?" Mitch asked.
"1:30." Conan answered.
"We still have 15 minutes." George stated.
"You guys go to the food court I'll meet you there I want to pick up something." Conan stated as he walked out of the store.
"But Conan, Tess said to stick together." Mitch stated as he ran toward Conan.
"I'll be all right you go ahead toward the food court." Conan stated as he took off running down the hallway.
"Conan!" Mitch shouted but he disappeared turning the corner. Mitch sighed.
"Where do you think he's going?" George asked. Mitch shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know. Come on it'll take a while to get to the food court." Mitch turned around and walked toward the food court with George following him.
Conan looked back making sure that no one was following. He slowed down as he stood in front of a jewelry store. He walked in looking around for something. Conan got up onto a seat as he looked at the jewelry inside the glass boxes.
"Can I help you young man?" a woman asked him. Conan looked up.
"Yeah. I'm looking for a bracelet that as the letter T for a charm." He stated. The woman smiled.
"Like that one?" she asked as she took it out of the glass box. Conan nodded his head.
"Yeah. Oh… but how much is it?" Conan asked as he looked up at the lady. He only had 20 dollars and he knew he wouldn't be able to pay for it.
"100." The woman stated. Conan frowned. "You know what though." Conan looked up at her. "I'll give it to you for free considering its probably for someone special huh?" she asked.
"Yes." Conan answered. He didn't want to tell her who it was for. The woman smiled and placed the bracelet carefully in a black box.
"Here you go." She stated. Conan smiled as he took the black box off of the counter.
"Thank you." Conan jumped off of the chair and ran out of the store placing the box in his pocket.
Tess and Amy had entered the food court looking around for Mitch, George, and Conan when they only saw Mitch and George. They walked over to the table they were sitting at and sat down.
"Where's Conan?" Amy asked as she sat down next to Tess.
"We don't know. He said he had to pick up something." Mitch answered.
"I told you guys to stick together." Tess stated. She sighed. She knew that this was just like Jimmy. Running off and not listening to any thing anyone said.
"There he is!" George pointed out. Tess looked over to see Conan running over to them.
"Where did you go?" Tess asked as he pulled up a chair.
"I had to pick something up." Conan answered.
"All right. Now, who wants some food?" Tess asked as she clapped her hands together. They all raised their hands into the air.
"Me!" they shouted.
Soon it was time to go. They sat at the food court one last time picking up another bite to eat. Conan placed the black box on the table making sure no one saw it. Then someone came up onto the intercom.
"Attention Shoppers. The mall is now closing, please take your things and exit the building. Have a great day." Then the voice was gone.
"All right. You heard the man. Let's go." Tess stood up as did everyone else. It wasn't until they were out of the mall when Conan realized he left the black box behind.
"I forgot something!" Conan shouted as he turned around and took off running back into the mall.
"Conan!" Tess shouted as she followed him and Amy, Mitch, and George followed her.
Conan entered the mall and into the food court. The lights were out and the only light giving off was from the signs of the food markets.
"There it is." Conan stated as he picked up the black box and placed it into his pocket. Then he heard something crash. He turned and looked up. There was a hole in the ceiling window. Conan took cover underneath the table making sure that he was out of sight. Tess was standing in the food court area with Amy, Mitch, and George behind her.
"What's that?" Mitch asked as he pointed up. Tess looked up to see someone dressed in black cutting a hole into the ceiling window. Tess's eyes widened as she moved to behind them.
"Go hide!" Tess said to them. They took their places underneath tables as Tess ran to a counter and took her hiding place. She reached down to grab her gun but there was nothing there. "No." Tess lifted up her shirt to see that she didn't have her holster or her gun. "Drat!" she shouted softly as she slammed her fist onto the ground. She had left her gun at home not thinking she was going to need it or the mall was going to be robbed. Tess got up onto her knees lifting herself up slowly so she could see over the counter. There were a group of man all dressed in black and they all had guns in their hands. A man who seemed to be the leader took off his mask.
"Okay. Everyone knows where to go. Thank you so much for telling us when the mall was going to be closed today my dear." The man turned and looked at the woman who had sold her the necklace.
"Her?" Tess asked herself softly. A man looked over in her direction and she pulled herself underneath the counter. The man came close as he looked over to see Tess.
"Hey! There's someone he…" the man was then hit in the head with a glass cup knocking him out and onto the floor.
"Who is that?" Tess jumped up onto the counter as she jumped down running off. "Get her!" he shouted. Three men followed Tess. Conan then looked over to his left to see Amy, Mitch, and George. He nudged his head to crawl and they nodded their heads. They started to crawl when the lights kicked on. They looked up to see a man looking down at them.
"Where there's one person there's another!" the man reached down and Conan pressed the button on his shoes and kicked a chair. The chair went flying toward the man hitting him in his stomach.
"Come on!" Conan shouted as he took off running with George, Mitch, and Amy behind him. He looked back at the men who were casing them.
"Conan! Over there is a hiding spot!" Mitch pointed out. They peered around the corner and entered the hiding spot as the men ran by them.
"Whew… that was close." George stated as he sat back.
"Gotcha!" A man shouted out as he opened his arm to grab all of them. Conan grabbed onto Amy's hand and took off forward running. Mitch and George went to catch up when they were grabbed.
"Run!" Mitch shouted out as they looked back. Conan and Amy looked forward.
"Conan! Look!" Amy pointed with her free hand. Conan came to a halt as they both slide on the floor to someone's feet. They looked up to see that it was Tess. She reached down grabbing onto the back of their shirts.
"Let's go!" Tess turned and peered the corner entering the stairwell. "Where are Mitch and George?" Tess asked.
"They were caught." Amy answered. Tess jumped over four steps as she landed on her knee. She placed them down on the floor.
"You two get out of here and I'm going to go get Mitch and George." Tess stated as she took off running back up the stairs.
"But Tess…" Conan felt his arm was being grabbed by someone. There was Amy holding onto his arm.
"Come on." Amy stated. Conan looked back up the steps as he heard a door swing open.
"They went down the stairs!" Conan's eyes widened. He looked around and exited out the door entering a floor that was holding most of the men. Conan looked around and took off running with Amy behind him. He then stopped in front of a garden supply store. He smiled.
"Amy! Come on!" Conan ran into the store and grabbed some of the hoses in the store. He tied them to one end of the store and then on the other end. The men came in running and they tripped over the hoses. Conan grabbed Amy's hand as he ran out of the store. They were about to enter the stairwell when he heard someone came rolling down the stairs and hit the door. Conan backed up as the door opened to show Tess rubbing her head holding onto one of the guns.
"Ouch." She said rubbing her head. She looked at Amy and Conan and then at the store in front of them. She smiled at them. "Did you two do that?" She asked pointing at the store as she rubbed her head with her other hand.
"Yeah." Conan answered.
"Did you find Mitch and George?" Amy asked. Tess shook her head.
"No." Tess answered. Conan looked up at the security camera.
"I know where they are." Conan stated staring at the camera. Tess looked up smiling at what he was staring at.
"Good work Conan." Tess grabbed onto them lifting them up off of the floor. They ran up the stairs all the way to the top floor. There Tess placed Conan and Amy down as she walked toward the security's door where there guards would be. Tess held the gun in front of her as she kicked the door down. The leader of the men turned around and saw her pointing the gun at him. He raised his hands in the air and Amy and Conan walked in untying the guards who in the corner of the room along with Mitch and George.
After everything with the mall Tess and Conan got into the car as Amy, Mitch, and George's parents came and picked them up. Conan took the box out of his pocket.
"Tess." Conan called. Tess started up the car as she looked at him.
"Yeah?" she asked. Conan handed her the box.
"Here, it's nothing special or anything." Conan looked away. Tess smiled and took the box and opened it seeing the bracelet.
"Oh… Jimmy. Thank you." Tess wrapped the bracelet around her wrist and closed the hatch. She looked at Conan, hugged him and then kissed his forehead. "I like it."
"You're welcome and I'm glad you do." Tess pulled out of the parking lot and down toward home.
Next Time on Case Closed: "Um… yeah." Like always another case pops up but this one is involves a crazy insane murderer! He's going after random people! Really! Tess and Conan watch out for everyone's back. But… Tess disappears! And now Conan is on his own! What will happen?
Next Time: Insane Murderer!
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