A/N: hey there everyone! Sry I haven't update in awhile I was sick. I was on the couch with Bronchitis and I had like no energy to get up to the computer and I still have Bronchitis. I've been taking medicine tho so don't worry. Now…
OFF WITH THE CHAPTER!
In Today's Case: Is It Murder? Or A Simple Crash?
Richard sat at his desk again hoping for another case to solve. That's what he always did. It's about time he did something else to waste his time. Rachel had just finished vacuuming the floor and she was now sitting down reading a book while Conan was sitting on the floor trying to put the puzzle that they were working on together again. Tess was in her room doing her hair. When she first came here she was wearing it down with a red bandanna but she stopped after that. Then she started to wear it in a ponytail again. This time they didn't know what she was going to wear it like today. Hopefully not down because it was extremely hot out. It was one of those days when you haven to go find a pool or a glass of water.
"Conan, are you still working on that puzzle?" Rachel asked as she placed her book on her lapping looking over at him. Conan looked back at her and nodded his head.
"Yup. Just because you and Tess gave up doesn't mean I'm going too." Conan said.
"I admire your spirit Conan." Tess stated as she closed her door behind her. Her hair was down and she was wearing the red bandanna.
"Tess, don't you think it's too hot to be wearing your hair down?" Richard asked her as he flicked an elastic band at her. Tess was hit off of her forehead. She placed her hand on her forehead as she looked down looking for the elastic band.
"No." Tess picked it up pulling a very small piece of paper out of her pocket. It was folded funny. Into a small triangle. Richard's eyes widened as Tess aimed the small piece of paper at Richard using the elastic band as a slingshot.
"No! No! Those paper wasps hurt!" Richard shouted. Tess let go hitting him on his forehead. "Ouch!" he yelled rubbing his head.
"That's what you get for hitting me with the rubber band!" Tess shouted. Richard glared at her as he rubbed her forehead.
"A paper what?" Conan asked. Tess looked down.
"A paper wasp. See?" Tess got down onto her knees pulling another one out of her pocket showing it to him. He blinked a few times as he picked it up. "I'll show you how to make one when I get back." Tess stated as she stood up.
"Where are you headed?" Rachel asked her. Tess looked at her and smiled as she walked toward the door.
"I'm going to Dr Agasa's house see if he knows anything about cell phones." Tess answered.
"Why?" Rachel asked another question. Tess pulled her cell phone out of her pocket showing a new style of a cingular flip-top.
"Because mine isn't working so I'm going to go see him about it." Tess answered again. Conan stood up.
"Can I come with you?" Conan asked. Tess nodded her head.
"I don't see why not." Tess answered him as they both headed out the door. Rachel watched as the door shut and Tess and Conan made their way down the stairs. Rachel shook her head as she lifted her book up off of her lap.
"What?" Richard asked. Rachel looked over at her father and sighed.
"It's Tess and Conan. I think they're keeping something from me." Rachel said. Richard blinked.
"Why would they keep something from you? And what would it be that their keeping from you?" Richard asked.
"I don't know. It's just weird how their always together. And when me and you go out. When we ask Conan if he wants to come his answer is always 'No I'll wait for Tess to get up and tell her you two went out'." Rachel answered. Richard shrugged.
"I don't know what to tell ya Rachel. Tess just grows on little kids his age. You see the way his friends act around her. They're attached." Richard answered. Rachel nodded her head going back to her book.
"I guess you're right dad." Rachel said. She then glanced up at the door. 'But… then why does Tess call Conan Jimmy?' Rachel asked herself.
"So what's the real reason you're going to Dr Agasa's?" Conan asked as he looked up at Tess.
Tess smiled, "I'm really going to see if he knows anything about cell phones because it's really not working and I'm also going to see how your cure is coming."
"Let me see your cell phone." Conan said holding his hand out. Tess pulled it out of her pocket again placing it in his hands. Conan looked at it. He flipped it open trying to turn it on when it wouldn't. "Did you try charging it?" he asked. She nodded her head.
"Yup. I tried using it to get into my address book and it just shut off on me." Tess answered. Conan looked at him again closing it with it making a snap noise.
"Well then I don't know what to tell you then." Conan told her as he handed it back. Tess took it from him and placed it back in her pocket.
"Don't worry about it." Tess said. When she placed her cell phone she felt a piece of paper in her pocket. She pulled it out unfolding it to see it was the note that guy left her. 'I totally forgot about this! I need to figure out who this person is that's name begins with a D. maybe that kid I met in the restaurant… maybe it was him but what is his name?'
"What is that?" Conan asked as he pointed to the paper in her hands. Tess blinked, shaking her head folding the paper back up placing it back into her pocket.
"Nothing. Just a little picture I drew. Trust me you don't want to see it." Tess said. Conan nodded his head.
"I'll takes you're word for it." Conan said. Tess placed her hands on her hips.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" she asked him. Conan looked up at Tess growing a little nervous seeing the serious look on her face.
"Um… nothing… matter of fact… I didn't say anything at all! Heh…" Conan said to her. Tess shook her head.
"Whatever. We're here so." Tess stated stopping him from walking any farther. She opened the door letting him in first and then she stepped in.
"Dr Agasa?" Conan called out. Dr Agasa pushed himself down the hallway sitting in his computer chair.
"Hi there Jimmy… is Tess…"
"I'm here Dr Agasa." Tess cut in as they both walked over.
"Oh hi! I didn't see you there." He said smiling. Tess rolled her eyes. Conan smiled a little and he then looked at Dr Agasa again.
"How's my cure coming?" Conan asked. Dr Agasa wheeled himself forward again to his computer.
"It's coming along great! You should have it by the end of the year." Dr Agasa answered.
"It'll be done at the end of the year!" Conan shouted. Dr Agasa nodded his head. Tess smiled placing her hands on Conan's shoulders.
"That's great Jimmy. Soon you'll be in your own body again!" Tess stated to him. Conan nodded his head.
"Yup and I can't wait either." Conan said. Tess snapped her fingers as she pulled her cell phone out of her pocket.
"Oh Dr Agasa, do you know anything about cell phones?" Tess asked. Dr Agasa nodded his head slightly.
"Yes… only a little why?" he asked. Tess walked over to him handing him her cell.
"Because my cell isn't working. I tried charging it but it didn't work." Tess answered.
"I thought your cell phone was ruined when those guys came to kill and your cell phone stopped the bullet." Dr Agasa stated as he took her new cell.
"Yeah, but when I got home to America Chief gave me a new one." Tess told him. Dr Agasa looked at the cell phone weirdly and then opened it.
"Looks like someone shut it off on you." Dr Agasa said.
"Like who?" Conan asked. Dr Agasa shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know." He answered, "someone who has the ability to shut off cell phones. Probably with a cell phone blocker." He added. Tess crossed her arms. She knew who probably shut off her cell phone or who had the machine to block cell phones from working. She knew that it was that man that was after her… more likely, the man that she was after.
"Hm… I can fix it." Dr Agasa stated. Tess smiled.
"You would? Thank you so much Dr Agasa!" Tess gave Dr Agasa a hug that made him blush a little.
"Yes… well… um…" Dr Agasa stuttered. Tess let go of him, but he kept on blushing. He then closed his hand into a fist and placed it in front of his mouth clearing his throat. "Ahem. I can also make a device that can contact you to Jimmy." Dr Agasa said. Tess and Conan blinked, looking confused a little.
"How would you do that? I mean… Rachel will catch onto him seeing that he has a cell or something." Tess said. Dr Agasa nodded his head placing the cell phone on his computer desk.
"Yes I understand that. I can make a new pair of classes for Jimmy. The lens I plan on putting in is not only the tracer lens but a lens that will view you on Jimmy's glasses." Dr Agasa explained holding up one finger. Tess and Jimmy looked at each other funny and then at Dr Agasa.
"Okay… sounds good… what do you think Tess?" Conan asked as he looked up at her. Tess looked down at Conan and smiled looking back at Dr Agasa.
"Sure like that… if I'm in danger I can contact Jimmy and tell him my location." Tess said smiling. Dr Agasa nodded folding his hands behind him.
"Yes." Dr Agasa said. Conan and Tess nodded their heads.
"All right then… me and Jimmy will be leaving now." Tess told him.
"When should we come and pick up these devices?" Conan asked as Tess opened the door. Dr Agasa fixed his glasses as he again cleared his throat.
"Ahem. You can pick them up within a week or so." Dr Agasa answered. Tess and Conan nodded their heads and left.
They were both walking on the side walk when they heard screeching of tires on a street and then a crash they rushed to the scene. Tess and Conan hurried as fast as they could. But it was a far distance for Conan to run. There was a point where he had to stop and take a breather. But Tess soon picked him up placing him on his back running again. When they got there they were in front of the street named Satasom Ave. Tess breathed heavy a little as she got down onto one knee letting Conan off of her back. They rushed forward pushing themselves through crowds of people gasping and whispering to each other. When they got there they stood in front of a building with glass doors. The glass doors were broken from a white Touras maybe a 1999 style crashed into it. Glass rested everywhere within 5 feet of the building and car. A man stood inside the building trying to pry open the driver side door. Tess picked up Conan as she stepped onto the glass and hopping over the steel of the door that held the glass in place. Tess placed Conan onto the ground as she placed her hand onto the man's shoulder.
"Step back please." Tess said to him. He nodded his head clearly knowing who she and Conan were. Tess looked through the broken window to see that both of the people inside of the car were dead or either half dead. Tess placed both of her hands onto the door as she also placed right foot onto the door pulling. "Come on… you… stupid… door!" Once Tess had said those words the door flung open and Tess was tossed onto the broken glass on the floor. Conan turned to her holding his hand out helping her up.
"Are you okay?" Conan asked. Tess nodded her head as she picked a piece of glass that was sticking out of her leather jacket that was tied around her waste.
"Yeah I'm fine." Tess answered. She walked forward leaning into the car looking at the bodies. They were a man and a woman with both brown hair. Tess looked down at their hands to see wedding rings looking like they were married to each other. Tess sighed, knowing that they weren't alive. They were both dead. Probably killed instantly.
"Are they alive?" Conan asked her. Tess looked at him as she pulled herself out of the car. She placed her hand onto her forehead shaking her head.
"No… they're both dead. Looks like they were killed instantly." Tess answered. A man and a woman came running over. They stepped into the building with the man out of breath.
"Are they okay?" the woman asked. She was dressed in short jeans that were sea blue. She had a purple shirt with blue stripes that went in an angle. The man was also dressed in short jeans put he wore a white shirt with a little blood stain on the shoulder maybe from cutting himself.
"Who are you two?" Tess asked. The man stood up right placing his hand on his chest.
"My name is… Luke and this is my friend Lee Ann." Luke answered. Lee Ann lifted up her hand and smiled.
"Hi." She said softly.
"We were in the car right over there." Luke pointed out. Tess and Conan looked over to see a blue thunderbird. It looked like a 1998 model.
"Did you hit them… or did they hit you?" Tess asked as she pointed to the car next to her.
"No they didn't hit us…" Luke started.
"So you hit them." Conan pointed out. Luke and Lee Ann nodded their heads.
"Yeah. They came out of nowhere. We had a green light and they had a red light and they just showed up in front of us and well… we collided." Luke said. Conan and Tess looked at each other. Tess then looked at Luke and Lee Ann.
"All right… um, you two stay here and we're going to call the police." Tess stated as she waved Conan to follow her. They walked outside the building and Tess got down to Conan's height.
"They're lying." Conan came out and said. Tess nodded her head agreeing. She looked back at the street lights that hung above them. It looked like that Lee Ann and Luke were coming from the south and the other two people were coming from the east. The south light was red and the east light was green.
"Well that proves it. But…" Tess looked at Conan, "the could've turned red just now." Tess added. Conan nodded his head.
"We need more clues to figure this out." Conan said placing his hand on his chin. Tess sighed. Conan looked at her. "What?"
"This is the question. Was it murder? Or a car crash?" Tess asked him. Conan blinked.
"It's possible that it could be both." Conan answered her. Tess stood upright.
"And out one in a million how often would you get someone killing another by a car crash purposely?" Tess asked as she looked down at him. Conan looked up at her knowing she was right. This could have been a simple car wreck and not a murder case, but it was also possible that it could've been murderer due to the lights.
Soon enough the cops showed up with Inspector Maguire, Richard, and Rachel. They looked at the car as Tess and Conan walked around asking the witnesses questions.
"Did you see the color of the lights when this wreck took place?" Tess asked a man. He nodded his head.
"Yes I did. The east had a green light and the south had a red light." The man answered pointing to the lights. Tess nodded her head.
"Thanks." The man nodded to her and she turned away.
"Excuse me sir." Conan said pulling on the end of someone's pant leg. The man looked down blinking and then got down to Conan's height.
"Yes?" he asked. Conan turned and pointed to the lights.
"Can you tell me what colors the lights were when all this took place?" Conan asked as he turned and looked at the man again. The man placed his hand onto his chin.
"Well… the east light was green and the south light was red as I recall." The man answered.
"Thank you sir." Conan said to him as he ran off going to ask someone else.
Tess and Conan walked toward each other. Tess got down to Conan's height. Then Conan sighed and crossed his arms.
"I hate being short." Conan complained. Tess smiled.
"Stop complaining. What do you got?" Tess asked. Conan counted on his fingers.
"Well… I had three witnesses tell me they were watching the lights when it happened and four tell me that the east light was green and the south light was red when all this took place." Conan answered, "you?"
"Two people told me that they didn't know. Um… five people told me that the east light was green and the south light was red." Tess answered counting on her fingers.
"That adds up to five witnesses didn't know the color of the lights and nine witnesses said the east light was green and the south light was red." Conan said.
"That's not enough." Tess stated, "we need more." She added.
"Tess! Conan!" Rachel called. Tess stood upright as Conan turned to look at her. "Inspector Maguire has the names of the victims!" she yelled out again. Tess and Conan walked over as they stood in front of Inspector Maguire.
"The woman was Nora Krush and the man was John Smith." Inspector Maguire said, "and they were not married." He added as he lowered his right arm that held the paper. Tess placed her hand onto her chin shaking her head.
"No… that's not right." Tess told them all.
"What do you mean?" Richard asked. Tess looked at him.
"Well… they both are wearing wedding rings so they must be married." Tess answered as she looked back at Inspector Maguire. He shook his head.
"Nope, they weren't married." Inspector Maguire corrected Tess.
'Then who are they married too?' Conan asked himself.
"Excuse me Inspector." Luke said. Inspector Maguire turned and looked at Luke as did everyone else. "Can Lee Ann and I leave?" he asked.
"No!" Tess answered quickly. Richard and Inspector Maguire looked at her as did Luke and Rachel.
"Why not?" Luke asked.
"Yeah. Why can't they leave?" Richard asked crossing his arms.
"Do you know something that we don't Tess?" Inspector Maguire asked her. she shook her head.
"No… it's just that it's a 50 50 percent chance that this is a murder." Tess said. Richard sighed uncrossing his arms letting them hang by his side.
"Tess… it's a car wreck. These people didn't stop at the red causing Luke and Lee Ann to hit their car tossing them into this very building." Richard said making gestures.
"Your uncle is right Tess. It's very unlikely that a murder would happen this way." Inspector Maguire said. Tess looked at both of them.
"You should be considering this as a murder as anyway." Tess said, "you should try to see if this could be a possible murder then assuming that this was just a wreck waiting to happen." Tess added.
"Tess, there's nothing to prove!" Richard shouted at her.
"Did you hear the saying that the mother of all assumptions is the mother of all mess ups?" Tess asked. Richard blinked a few times.
"Tess this isn't a murder." Inspector Maguire told her. Tess turned and looked at him.
"Like I said… the mother of all assumptions is the mother of all mess ups." Tess said to him, "I'm going to figure out this murder case and Luke and Lee Ann cannot leave considering that they are prime suspects." Tess said pointing to Luke.
"Tess there's…"
"I am at a higher then you Inspector. I can take this case and decide whether Lee Ann and Luke can and cannot leave… and right now they cannot leave." Tess cut in as she walked away toward the car. Conan followed her. Rachel walked toward Richard and Inspector Maguire.
"We should just let her try dad." Rachel said to her father. Richard turned and looked at Inspector Maguire.
"Isn't there anything you can do?" Richard asked him. Inspector Maguire shook his head.
"No not at all. Tess is at a higher position then me and she can take this case into her own hands if she wants. And this tells me she just did. And there's nothing I can do." Inspector Maguire answered him. Richard sighed placing his hand onto his forehead.
"Come on Dad. Tess might be onto to something." Rachel said leaning forward a little. Richard sighed again.
"Okay fine." Richard said to her.
"So does this mean me and Lee Ann can't leave till she says so?" Luke asked. Richard looked at him.
"That's exactly what it means." Richard told him. Luke nodded his head and walked away. Tess walked around the car looking at the damage done to the car.
"This isn't right." Tess said. as she got down onto her knees. Conan stood next to her looking at her.
"What?" he asked as he leaned forward. Tess glanced at him pointing to a dent put into the car.
"There's a dent here when there shouldn't be." Tess answered. She then stood upright and walked to what she believe was the side Luke and Lee Ann's car hit. "And there's a dent here." Tess pointed out.
"Well… maybe this one was here before." Conan suggested. Tess shook her head.
"That's impossible. If you look closely at that dent it looks like as if a car had made it." Tess said looking over the top of the car at Conan. He looked closely.
"Yeah… you're right." Conan said.
"We have nine people saying that the east light was green and the south light was red proving that it was Luke and Lee Ann that ran the red light."
"It these dents prove that it's not just a car wreck."
"It's a murder. Now the only clue felt is…"
"The skid marks on the streets." Conan cut in. Tess and Conan walked out onto the streets as Rachel, Richard, and Inspector Maguire watched. Tess and Conan talked among themselves.
"Do you think she has anything Richard?" Inspector Maguire asked.
"No I don't think she has anything." Richard answered.
"I think she does." Rachel stated. Richard and Inspector Maguire looked at Rachel.
"Like what?" they asked. Rachel looked at them shrugging her shoulders.
"I don't know but I know she has something that we don't know." Rachel answered. Then Tess and Conan walked over to them.
"This is a murder." Conan stated. Tess nodded her head.
"He's right. Just like I was." Tess said.
"What happened?" Richard asked.
"Well first, I have nine witnesses saying that the east light was green and the south light was red which is totally different then what Luke claims and I also have five witnesses that say they don't remember." Tess answered.
"What else?" Inspector Maguire asked.
"Well there are a couple of dents that shouldn't be there if the car was hit at the side that was facing the south and the skid marks prove that Luke and Lee Ann's car came back around the hit that car again tossing it into his building." Tess answered, "so they're both guilty of murder." She added. Inspector Maguire and Richard checked everything themselves. They even called back the fourteen people all together that Conan and Tess asked questions. Everything that Tess said was correct. They walked toward Luke and Lee Ann.
"Why?" Richard asked.
"Why… what?" Luke asked as Lee Ann stood their quietly.
"Why did you murderer Nora Krush and John Smith?" Tess asked. Luke and Lee Ann looked down as Inspector Maguire explained Conan and Tess's work on the case.
"Yes… we did murder them." Lee Ann came out and said. Luke looked up and looked at her.
"Lee Ann… don't."
"I'm going to Luke!" Lee Ann shouted at him. "John Smith was my husband and he had an affair with Luke's wife Nora Krush." Lee Ann added.
"So… you are Mrs. Smith and he's Mr. Krush?" Rachel asked as he pointed to them.
"Yes… we killed John and Nora to get back at them but… we didn't mean to kill them we meant to hurt them so they would learn their lesson."
"You don't try to hurt someone on purpose to teach them a lesson." Inspector Maguire said cuffing Luke and Lee Ann.
Next Time on Case Closed: "All right then… let's go." Richard gets an invite for a party at the other end of Tokyo. The thing that creeps Tess and Conan out is that this party is being thrown at what was considered a haunted house. Now that a guest has been murder Tess and Conan go all the way to protect the rest and try to track down this murderer. But… is this murderer a ghost that haunts the house? Or is someone really killing them?
Next Time: Haunted Murder
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