A/N: O.o I'm sry! I don't really know Ai's character that much. I'm sry! T.T that was really the only way I know sarcasticness really. SRY! T.T can u forgive? T.T alright Anywho, I also want to say that at the beginning… it's really… well I think its kinda dark but it's sad really. It won't make u cry unless ur one of those ppl who cry easily. Alright! Enough with my talking! Back to the chapter… ENJOY!

In Today's Case: Jimmy's Kidnapping

Saturday, most people would be out like Rachel, Richard, Darien, and Conan. But not Tess. She sat in her room lying down on her bed towards the only window in the room. She held a picture clenched to her chest with tear stains on her cheeks. No one knew that today was the day her parents died. Maybe not the exact month. On this day, three months ago at 8:00 PM was the day her parents were murdered and the day she nearly lost her life as well. The picture in her hands was the last picture she took of her parents on their vacation. Her parents were standing on the sand of a beach holding their shoes. Her mother's ankle length skirt blowing to the left, the direction the wind was pointing. Her father's hand wrapped around her mother's waist. Both of them smiling. But, that was 3 months ago. Now, Tess laid on the bed mourning her parents' death. The death of her parents left a deep scar within her that would never go away. Sometimes she wished that she could just run away. Get away from this place where she was surrounded by pain, sorrow, and death. She wanted to let go of everything and never look back. She wanted to stop moving forward so there would never be a past. Tess sometimes wished she was dead so she could bring everything with her. Her shame, her wrong moves, and her darkness. She would take all her shame to the grave with her.

Tess knew she couldn't give up the way she wanted. She knew this scar within her would never be healed. And because of her father… no. She blamed it on herself. She knew what her father was doing and she never did anything about it. And here she is now, lying on a bed clenching the last picture of her parents. Tess felt like she could've stopped this. And she probably could've. She knew that her father owed some man money. She knew that this man threatened her father and their family. But she didn't do anything about it. Tess stepped back out of the way as everything went on. That's why she blamed herself. If she pushed her father more and more telling him that she knew what was going on… she probably could've prevented her parents from dying and ever coming here putting her last family in danger. The one she didn't want to hurt was Jimmy. He was innocent in all of this. She dragged him into it and she didn't want to. But Jimmy knows what happened and what she plans on doing to the murderer of her parents. This is why Jimmy feared for her life. And Tess feared for Jimmy's life. She didn't want to lose him. And most of all she didn't want Rachel to lose him or Conan. How would she explain to Rachel that Conan was Jimmy and that Jimmy was dead because of her? How was she ever going to tell her only cousin that if something happened to him? How? Tess would never be able to do it. Tess would have to if Jimmy got any deeper in this. She wanted to stop Jimmy where he was right now. Stop him from going any further with her. She knew that if she went after this man with Jimmy by her side there would be a great possibility that one of them would die. She didn't want Jimmy to die. She wanted herself to die. Tess thought, maybe if she left this world… no one would be in danger.

The door to Tess's room opened. Tess hid the picture of her parents within her shirt. She rubbed the tear stains away and looked over her shoulder to see Conan there. She looked back at the window watching the trees follow the flow of the wind.

"Hey Jimmy…" tess said quietly. Conan blinked as he walked forward.

"Why are you lying there?" Conan asked.

"I'm just… tired. Getting up in the morning is difficult for me." Tess lied. Conan looked at Tess. He saw the position she was in. Her knees were tucked nearly to her chest with her arms wrapped around her stomach. It was like she was trying to numb pain in her stomach almost.

"Then… why are you lying in that position?" he then asked.

"I don't know. Because I have a bad stomachache." Tess lied again. Conan didn't bother to go any further. He had the feeling Tess wanted to be alone. But he didn't like seeing Tess like this. Lying in the position she's in. It was like… she was sitting in a dark corner trying to hide from someone as if she was like a little child.

"I can see you want to be alone… so… I'll leave you be." Conan went to leave the room when Tess spoke up.

"Jimmy…" she started. "I don't want you to come with me." She said to him. Conan turned his head. He didn't quite get it. Tess sat p pulling the picture of her parents out of her shirt and placing it in front of her as she sat Indian style on the bed.

"What do you mean?" He asked. tess stood up rubbing a tear drop out of her eye as she picked up the picture of her parents. She got onto her knees pulling out her duffle bag placing the picture in it. But not before got Conan a glimpse of it. Once he saw it… he knew what she was talking about now.

"You can't come with me to kill the man who killed my parents. It's too big of a risk." Tess said to him as she pulled a bullet holder out of her bag and refilling her gun.

"But Tess… what about you?" Conan asked. Tess looked at him as she placed her gun into the holster.

"I don't care at what happens to me." Tess said. "Maybe if I leave this world… everyone would be much safer."

"Tess!" Conan shouted. Tess looked at him. "What are you! Insane! If you die do you know how much pain Rachel, Richard, Darien, and I would be in!" he shouted. Tess looked at him. Conan turned around and walked out of the room. His words rung in her head. Tess begun to sob slightly as she seated herself onto the bed.

Conan walked to the couch and sat down rubbing his forehead. He didn't understand her sometimes. Tess… was difficult to understand. She always was. She would be mean and cruel at one point… and the next she would be happy as she could be. But he's never seen her like this. It was like everything that had happened in her life was eating away at her from the inside. He didn't want to see Tess like this. But no matter what she said he was going to help her find this man. But what was he going to do when Tess and this man got into an all out shoot out? What was he going to do then? Jump in front of the bullets and shout out 'STOP!' He would be killed like that! Tess didn't seem to care about her life. And if she did she probably wouldn't be doing this. How could he help Tess? How could he help with all of her pain?

Conan happened to look over to the window to see that the mail man was walking up to the mail box placing in their mail. He stood up and left the office walking down the steps getting to the mail. He got up onto his tip toes and reached into the mail box. he grabbed everything. He then set himself back onto his feet looking threw the mail as he walked up the stairs. He entered the office again.

"Richard's bill… Richard's bill… Richard's bill… huh… look at that. One for me. Odd." Conan placed everything onto Richard's desk as he sat down onto the couch. "There's no return address. Funny." He said as he opened the letter. Inside it read.

BANG! Jimmy Kudo… you've been shot! And now… I'm coming to get your body and take it away.

Conan's eyes widened as Tess then walked out of her room. "What is it?" tess asked as she walked toward him. Conan looked up at her as he handed her the letter next.

"Here." He said. Tess took it and read it out loud.

"BANG! Jimmy Kudo… you've been shot! And now… I'm coming to get your body and take it away." Tess rose an eyebrow in confusion. "Sick joke." She said handing it back to him.

"It's a threat… a really bad on at that." Conan said to her. Tess nodded her head.

"And… the one thing that bothers me… is… how did they know your name?" Tess said. Conan nodded his head agreeing with her. "Hm… maybe you should consider staying in today for now on." tess said to him. Conan looked at her. He found it odd that they just went through that slight argument and she's acting like nothing happened. Conan looked at the letter trying to think who would know about him being Jimmy and what he did to them.

Tess on the other hand. Had a clue who had sent that letter. She didn't want to say who it might be because that would be dragging Jimmy into her problem that she has to take care of herself. Conan didn't worry about it to much. But the one thing he did worry about was how this person knew his name. that's what he wanted to know.

Next thing Conan knew he was outside going for a walk with Tess. How he ended up there he didn't remember. He must've been thinking and Tess asked him a question and he said yes to it. They walked on down the street till he noticed videos in Tess's hands. They walked into the video store. Tess stood at the counter with Conan walking around the store looking for new videos or something he didn't see before.

"Jimmy what are you-…" Tess's voice dropped dead. Conan looked to see a man standing over her. He had hit her in the back of her head knocking her out cold. Tess's blood dripped onto the floor. The man turned wearing sunglasses to hide his eyes. Conan's eyes widened as he turned around and disappeared into the aisle. He walked around the store trying to find his way to Tess or the door. Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head. Conan let out a small scream as he hit the floor. Standing behind him was a woman. Walking over to his woman was the man who knocked out Tess.

"Are you sure this is Jimmy Kudo?" the woman asked the man.

"Yes. Tess calls him that all the time. And plus. I've done enough stocking to know he's Jimmy Kudo. Tie him up and send him into the back of the car." The man ordered. The woman nodded her head. She pulled a bag to her feet that was hidden underneath the shelves of videos and dvds. She picked up Conan's body and tied him up. She then gagged him with Tess's bandanna.

"What are you going to do to the girl?" The woman asked as she threw Conan over her shoulders. The man pulled out a piece of paper and picked up a pen at the desk.

"I plan on playing head games with her." the man said. The woman felt slightly bad for her. The way he was playing with her wasn't really right.

"And what if she finds us?" the woman asked. The man turned and smiled.

"Then let it be an all out war from there." He said to her. The woman was almost afraid. She knew this man could fight and use a gun really well. But Tess could to and she knew it. The woman walked out the back door of the store and to a black BMW with a messed up front.

The man looked down at Tess. He smirked as he wrote something on the piece of paper. He picked up Tess's hand making her clench the paper. He then dropped her arm watching her hand open with the clenched paper inside. He smirked as he walked out the door.

Soon enough Tess woke up. Extreme pain going through the back of her head. She closed her eyes tightly as she placed her hand onto her head. She felt warm liquid. She didn't have to look. She knew it was blood. She looked onto the floor to see her blood escaped onto the ground. Tess shook her head trying to shake the dizziness out of her head but it only made it worse. Tess saw something fall out of her hand. She reached down slowly and picked it up. She unfolded it and read it.

"Better Kudo then Darien…" it said. Tess turned toward the counter slamming her hands onto it. "Darn it!" She shouted. She looked up. There stood the store clerk. He was staring at Tess funny. Mainly at her hand with the blood on it. Tess pulled her cell phone out of her pocket. "Call… call the police…" Tess said. She fell back onto the floor passing out.

Conan woke up in the back seat of a car. He looked onto the floor to see an automatic handgun lying in the feet area of the back seat. He looked out the window to see buildings. He looked forward at the front seats. In the driver seat was a man and in the other was a woman. He started to talk but all that came out were moans and groans. The woman looked back.

"Crap! He's awake Jacob." The woman said. the man known as Jacob looked back.

"Give him the drug." The Jacob said. The woman nodded her head as she leaned forward opening the globe box. She pulled out a needle and looked back at Conan. Conan started to struggle even more.

"Sorry kid." She said. She jabbed the needle into his shoulder. Conan's vision started to go blurry.

"Think of it this way Kudo. With you with us. You're our bate to drag in Tess." Jacob said. Conan's eyes rolled into the back of his head as he closed them passing out again.

"Are you sure she's going to be okay Doctor?" came a voice familiar to Tess.

"Yes, she'll been fine." Another voice came. Tess started to groan.

"Hey! She waking up!" Came another familiar voice. Tess's eyes opened to see Rachel sitting by her bed side. On the other side of her was Darien and standing at the end of the bed was Richard and a doctor.

"Where…"

"You're in the hospital." Darien answered before Tess could even ask the question. Tess looked at him. She looked at her arm to see an IV. She then remember Conan.

"Where's Conan?" Tess asked. Rachel looked at Darien as she went to answer this.

"Tess, Conan's gone." Rachel answered. Tess's head snapped in Rachel's direction.

"What do you mean gone?" Tess asked.

"When we got there, you were passed out cold on the floor of the store and Conan was gone. He was nowhere to be found." Richard said. Tess placed her hand onto her forehead feeling bandages that were wrapped around her head. She then noticed that her bandanna was missing.

"My bandanna…" everyone looked at her funny. Tess shook her head. "This is all my fault!" Tess shouted as she slammed her hand onto the hospital bed.

"What's your fault Tess?" Rachel asked. Tess sat up as she placed her hands onto her lap. She looked at the doctor who got the hint to leave and so he did.

"What are you talking about?" Richard asked as he stuck his hands into his pockets.

"I asked Conan to come with me to the video store to return two movies I rented. But… before that… there was a threat mailed to Conan…"

"What!" they all asked.

"And you took him out knowing that…" Richard was cut off.

"I know! I took him out knowing that he might be in danger. But I didn't want to leave him home either so I took him with me. And the next thing I knew I was passed out cold and…" Tess came to a stop. "Did you find a piece of paper in my hand?"

Darien shook his head, "no." he answered. Conan was saved. At least they didn't know about his secret.

"Anyway… when I came to I found blood on the floor that I knew came from me and I stood up and I knew Conan was taken. He was kidnapped all because of my stupid move!" Tess shouted as she slammed her fists onto the bed.

"Tess, it wasn't your fault." Darien told her.

"Yes it is! If I would've just waited till one of you three came home I could've sent you there and stayed home to protect him. But no… I had to take him and get him kidnapped." Tess said. Rachel sighed. She knew her cousin needed to be alone.

"We'll leave you alone Tess. I know you need it." Rachel said. Tess nodded her head. Everyone walked out of the room. Tess looked around. She then got out of bed slowly and changed into her clothes.

'I'm going to find you Jimmy.' Tess thought to herself. But she waited a few minutes and then left her room. Checking herself out she met up with Darien in the waiting room. He walked up to her placing his hand onto her shoulder.

"Tess wait." Darien said to her. Tess moved Darien's hand.

"I'm sorry Darien but I'm in a rush. Where's Richard and Rachel?" Tess asked.

"They went to the police station. Before you leave I think you want this." Darien said. he held his hand open with the note inside. Tess looked down at it. She took it and looked up at him.

"Did… did you read it?" Tess asked. Darien nodded his head.

"Yeah, I did." Darien said. tess sighed as she took a seat onto the chair. "Is Conan… Jimmy Kudo?" Darien asked. Tess nodded her head without an answer. She then stood up.

"I have to go Darien I have to go and get Jimmy." Tess said. She walked out of the hospital with Darien watching her leave.

'Does she love Jimmy? Or me?' Darien asked himself.

Tess headed back to the office. Walking up the stairs she entered the office. She found the threat letter on the table. She picked it up folding it placing it into her pocket. She then walked into her room standing in front of the mirror that sat on the dresser. She unwrapped the bandages on her head and pulled her hair up into a high ponytail. She walked over to her bed and got onto her knees she reached under her bed pulling out her bag. She then pulled out her holster and clipped it to her waist. She picked up her gun that was full and placed it into the holster. She stood up and walked out of her room heading down the stairs. She walked on down the street keeping her gun hidden from everyone. She stood in front of a door. She opened it.

"Dr Agasa?" Tess called out.

"He's not here right now." Came a small voice that Tess knew. She walked forward into the lab finding Ai sitting on the couch.

"Do you know where he went?" Tess asked. Ai looked at her. She then shook her head.

"Nope." Ai answered. Tess sighed. She then remembered that yesterday Ai told her that she worked for the Black Organization. Maybe she could help.

"Ai I have a question for you." Tess said. Ai looked up at her from the book in her lap that Tess had just noticed. Ai marked her page and then closed the book.

"What?" she asked.

"What did you do for the Black Organization?" Tess asked.

"Why?"

"Because Jimmy was kidnapped."

Ai stood up off of the couch. "Are you serious?" Tess nodded her head sticking her hands into her pockets.

"Yes, and I was the cause. I need to know if these two notes were written by the same person." Tess said as she pulled both of the notes out of her pockets. She walked over to Ai and handed them to her. Ai took them looking at Tess. "Can you help me find Jimmy?"

Ai smiled. "Let's get to work."

Next Time on Case Closed: "What do we do from here?" Tess and Ai are now working together to find Jimmy. But, this isn't leading them to Jimmy. Tess and Ai need a final clue to find Jimmy. But when they finally find him… a war breaks out. What will happen?

Next Time: Jimmy's Kidnapping Part 2

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