A/N: I kno, I kno, another authors note. But this one is kinda important. I changed the preview for this chapter and the chapter before this one which is chapter 31. so… there's really only a couple of things changed in it so you don't have to go back and read if you don't want to but it would be a good idea to me anywho.

In Today's Case: High-jacked School

"Finally, I'm out." Tess said in joy. She walked out of the hospital with a little help of her crutches. Conan walked next to her on her right side.

"Yeah but you're on crutches again." Conan said. Tess looked down at him and glared.

"So?" she asked crossing her arms as she leaned on her crutches. Conan looked up at her and blinked a few times.

"Um… heh…" Conan laughed nervously. Tess then signed as she kept on going swinging in between her two crutches. Conan watched her.

"I'm always on these. And it's hard to use them when you have a cast on your other hand." Tess said looking at her hand that was poorly gripped on the handle. "He stomped on my foot pretty bad." Tess added.

"I bet he did. I can't really say." Conan said walked forward. Tess looked back at him.

"That's because you were knocked out." Tess said walking out of the hospital doors that opened automatically for her. Conan followed close behind her. Richard's car was parked a few lanes away. He pulled out of his parking spot and drove up to Tess and Conan who stood there at the entrance.

Darien opened the door and got out letting Tess get in, then Conan, then himself. He shut the door and they drove off.

"They have you using crutches with a cast?" Rachel asked looking back at her. Tess sighed as she leaned her crutches on the door next to her.

"Yeah. It's pretty dumb. It only makes my hand hurt worse." Tess said to her. Darien looked over at Tess.

"Are you going to school tomorrow?" Darien asked him. Tess looked at him as she shrugged her shoulders.

"I don't know." Tess answered.

"Yes you are." Richard said to her. "You missed four days so far. IN A ROW! And your not missing anymore." Richard said glancing at Tess in his rearview mirror. Tess sighed as she rolled her eyes looking out the window.

"I hate school." Tess mumbled.

"You're going to say, 'I wish I was back in school' when you graduate." Richard replied. Tess sighed again.

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Tess got out of bed and got dressed. This time she only took on crutch with her. And that was to use for a leg because of her cut up and sore foot. Tess slipped on her shoes carefully trying not to hurt her hand and her foot. She sighed as she leaned back into the couch. Darien and Conan emerged as did Rachel.

"You're up early. Usually I have to fight with you." Rachel said coming from the kitchen.

"Yeah well, I decided to spar you from fighting with me. And I'm really in the mood to fight anyway… I'm in pain." Tess said leaning her head back onto the couch.

"Well, take something before school." Conan suggested.

"Already did… I took three Tylenol." Tess answered.

"Alright then come on." Rachel said. She picked up Tess's backpack and handed it to her. Tess swung it onto her shoulder and walked forward.

They walked to school and soon met up with Sirena. Sirena, the motor-mouth kept on talking all the way there. Talking to Darien that is. Darien wasn't really interested in her because he already knew where his heart belonged. And that was too Tess.

Tess stood at her locker with Darien standing there next to her.

"Are you sure you don't mind helping me?" Tess asked. Darien shook his head.

"No I don't." Darien said to her. Tess sighed as she placed her science book on top of Darien's books and her books.

"But you have to carry my books and your own books. That's four books, four notebooks, two pens, and two binders." Tess said counting all the things Darien held. "That's 12 things you have to carry."

"So?" Darien asked.

"So! I mean… it looks like your arms are going to fall off." Tess said walking slow. Darien tried to keep up with her, or in other words, let her keep up with him.

"It's okay Tess. Really."

Darien and Tess entered their calls room. The teacher looked at Tess as she came in on her crutches. Darien placed her books onto her desk as she took a seat. The teacher walked up to Tess and placed his hands onto her desk.

"Where've you been Miss Moore?" he asked. Tess looked up at him as she opened her desk forcing her teacher's hands to slip off of it. She placed her books inside.

"Well, I was being stalked for a day, my little friend got kidnapped the next day, and I was in the hospital for another day." Tess answered.

"HA-HA! TESS GOT A BEATING!" Some kid yelled from the back. Tess looked back and glared at him.

"For you information! I didn't get my butt kicked!" Tess said.

"Yes you did. Your cast and crutch is enough proof." The kid said.

"It's called. 'getting hurt on the job!' you idiot." Tess said turning to face the front.

"What job is that?" Tess turned and whipped her badge at the kid.

"THAT ONE!" She shouted. Her badge hit the kid's head. He fell out of his seat as another student picked it up.

"Well, this explains why your on the news a lot." He said. "You're an FBI Agent from America."

Everyone gasped. And then whispers started going around. Tess faced forced as Darien grabbed onto Tess's badge and handed it back to her. The teacher clapped his hands twice.

"Alright class! Settle down! Settle down!" he shouted out. "Announcements are about to come on!" he then called out. There was a beep and another beep and the students went to full around when another voice besides the principles came on.

"Hello there students. My name is Yuki. Please, stay calm as my men enter your class rooms with guns."

Suddenly, Tess's calls room door was busted down. The teacher was shot in the chest and four men dressed in black entered the room. The girls screamed and the boys stared as Tess remained calm. She folded her hands on the desk as she watched one of the men walk up to her.

"Stand up!" he shouted. Tess just stared at him, with a smile on her face. "I said… STAND UP!" he shouted. Tess continued to stare.

"I don't listen to terrorists." Tess said to him. The man grabbed onto the collar of her shirt. Tess quickly grabbed his wrist holding it tightly. She spun his arm around making him turn his back to her. She pinned his arm high above his back. The other three men pointed their guns at her.

Tess looked at them as one of them spoke. "Let him go. And if you don't, we'll shoot you." Tess shrugged as she tossed the man onto the floor.

"It won't be the first time." Tess mumbled. One of the men took a walkie-talkie out of their pocket and spoke into it.

"Boss, we have a rebel student in class 301." One of them said. Then a voice came onto the walkie-talkie.

Bring them to me.

Tess sat there and began to play with her pencil. And the man spoke again. "Sir, she won't move from her seat, and she's wounded, you said not to hurt…"

BRING ONE OF THE CLASSMATES TO ME! The voice shouted.

"Yes sir," the man placed the walkie-talkie back into his pocket. He walked over to Darien, he grabbed onto his arm tightly pulling him out of his seat. "Come with me."

"Hey! Let him go!" Tess shouted standing up from her seat. One man pointed his gun at her. Tess took her seat. The man holding onto Darien left the room shutting the door behind him. One of the men took their post by the door and the other by the window. The man's voice appeared on the speaker again.

"Please, I said remain calm. None of you want to end up like a student I have with me from room 301 from a rebel student." He said.

Tess looked up with her eyes wide. She growled and then looked at the man at the door and the man at the window.

'I have to do something if I don't then-…'

"AAAAH!" Darien's scream interrupted Tess's thinking.

"DARIEN!" Tess cried out. But one of the men walked over to her and hit her in the face.

"SHUT UP!" they shouted. Tess's head went flying to the left and out of her seat. There was a cut on her face that began to bleed. Tess looked up at the man as he was about to kick her but she then grabbed his foot and he fell to the ground.

"HEY!" the other one called. Tess grabbed onto the man's automatic gun and pointed it up at the man by the window and began to shoot. The man's body jerked around as the other students in her class screamed on the top of their lungs. The man fell out of the window as Tess turned and then shot the other one.

Tess then noticed a silencer on a gun the man on the floor had. She got onto her right knee and picked up the gun taking off the silencer. She limped to her desk as she opened it. She pulled out her gun and placed the silencer on.

"What do you think your doing with that!" one of the students asked. Tess looked over at her.

"I'm going to go recruit some people and get us out of here." Tess answered. "Jake, you take charge and Jess; help Mr G with his bullet wounds." Tess said picking up her crutch from the floor. She headed toward the door. She left the room with Jake and Jess following her instructions.

Tess limped on down the hall looking at the room numbers. A terrorist in another room saw her. He opened the door and stepped out.

"Hey you!" he shouted. Tess whipped around shooting the man. He fell to the floor covered in blood instantly. Tess turned to face room 325.

"Here it is." Tess said. She placed the tip of the barrel from the silencer on the window and shot through it shooting one of the guards in the head. She ducked as bullets went flying out of the window. A couple more terrorists left their rooms only to be hit by the flying bullets. Once the other guards in the room were out of bullets.

Tess stood upright and shot them all dead to the floor. Tess walked into the room moving the body to the said. She looked around the room. Everyone stared at her in amazement.

"Tess?" came Sirena's voice. Tess looked at her.

"I didn't know if this was your class but it is. Come with me." Tess said. Sirena nodded her head as she stood up out of her desk running over to her. "Do you know what homeroom number Rachel's class is?"

"Room 435." Sirena said.

"That's on the next floor. Come on, we'll take the elevator." Tess said letting Sirena out first. Sirena and Tess crawled on the floor keeping sight out of the terrorists in the rooms.

"So I bet you were the rebel student that the man was talking about right?" Sirena asked. Tess nodded her head.

"Yeah." She answered. "And he got Darien."

"I could tell." Sirena said.

"What do you think he wants?" Sirena asked. Tess shrugged her shoulders as she got to her knees pressing the up button to the elevator.

"I don't know. But if he wants money he won't kill any of us or kill Darien." Tess answered. Tess looked around in the elevator to see that there was no one inside. She got to her feet picking up her crutch with her entering the elevator with Sirena following her.

"What do you plan on doing?" she asked.

"Getting Darien back that's what I plan on." Tess answered.

"And why am I with you?" She then asked.

"You and Rachel are going to help me." She answered. Tess got back onto her knees before the elevator stopped. Sirena followed her move. They took a right. Tess looked up at the classroom signs reading them out load in a whisper.

"426. 427. 428. 429. 430. 431. 432. 433. 434… and 435." Tess stood up and Sirena followed her move. Tess looked at her. "I need you to kick down this door." She said.

"Why don't you…" Sirena had almost forgotten that Tess was using a crutch. Sirena took a deep breath. She balanced herself on her foot and kicked the door wide open. Tess pushed Sirena out of the way as she shot down the three men in the room. Tess limped into the room with Sirena following behind her.

"Sirena? Tess?" Rachel asked as she stood up out of her seat. "What are you two doing here?" she then asked. Sirena crossed her arms closing her eyes and turned her head.

"Well! Tess had this crazy idea that she was going to get the terrorist dude who took Darien. And she enlisted us for help." Sirena explained. Rachel walked over to her cousin and best friend.

"Is that true Tess?" Rachel asked. Tess nodded her head.

"Yeah it is." Tess said. "Look, I can barely move so I am enlisting you guys for help." Tess answered Rachel.

"Why don't you just let the police handle this?" Sirena asked. Tess turned her head and looked at her.

"If it was up to the police, we would be here forever, or I can go around and do it myself and we'll probably be out of here with in hours." Tess said to Sirena. "Which on would you rather have? Forever? Or hours?"

"Hours." Sirena answered.

"Then you're going to have to help me then." Tess said to her. Sirena sighed. Rachel tapped Tess's head shoulder making her turn to look at her.

"How are we going to help you?" Rachel asked. "We don't know how to use guns." She added.

"Don't worry about that part." Tess said limping over to the man she first shot. She took his automatic machine gun taking the strap and throwing it over her shoulder. "I'll do that part." She said placing her crutch onto the floor. She got onto her knees and took the reloaders for their hand guns and placed them in her pockets and handed a few of them to Rachel.

"But if you're going to do all the shooting… then what are we going to do?" Sirena asked.

"You guys are going to move around for me." Tess answered. Rachel and Sirena looked at each other as Tess had a hard time getting to her feet. They walked up to her helping her get onto her feet. "You guys know the school better then I do." She added picking up her crutch. "So you guys are going to led me to wherever is needed to be."

"What if we get caught?" Rachel asked.

"And what if they kill us?" Sirena then asked.

"We won't. And they won't kill us. If they're after money then they wouldn't kill anyone in the school because they won't get it if the police find out if any of us are killed." Tess answered.

"Then why did they take Darien?" Sirena then asked. "Thye must've taken him to kill him to show us not to be a rebel like you."

"Darien is a main hostage most likely. He's going to be their plan." Tess answered.

"How?" Rachel then asked.

"Well, with a hostage in the room with them, the police wouldn't hesitate to give them the money. They would most likely beat Darien up to the point where he can't move while they're on the phone or whatever with the police."

"And you're plan if to go in there, get Darien, kill the head terrorist and get out without a scratch?" Sirena asked. "You're insane!"

"I know." Tess said walking to the door. "You guys with me?" she then asked.

"Rachel, you have a sick and twisted cousin." Sirena stated to her. Rachel looked at her best friend.

"Maybe so but, Tess is the only one that will take this chance and do it on her own. She's right about the police. It will take forever and she's right about the terrorists on how their not going to kill us. So I'm sticking with my cousin to help her." Rachel said to Sirena walking over to Tess.

Tess looked at Sirena. "Coming?"

Sirena sighed, "if I get killed then I'm going to hunt you for the rest of your life." Sirena said to her.

Tess and Rachel smiled. "Fine." Tess said. and the three of them walked out of the classroom.

As they crawled around on the floor, two beeps were heard from the speaker and then a voice.

"Hello, my rebels. You have killed about 6 of my men. And I'm sorry, I can't have you do that anymore. So now, you are being hunted. Good day."

BEEP! BEEP! … Click.

Tess knew they were in trouble. Sirena and Rachel knew it too. But what were they going to do? If his men came out of the classrooms- there must've been 3 in a class- they would be killed. Tess came to a stop as did Sirena and Rachel. She looked at them.

"This there a closet nearby?" She asked.

"No, why?" Rachel asked.

"Because since he knows we're walking around the school… his men are going to be looking for us." Tess answered.

"That's it. I'm haunting you for the rest of your life Tess." Sirena said.

"Why? I haven't gotten you killed… yet." Tess kept on crawling forward with Rachel following her. Sirena sat there on her hands and knees blinking a few times.

"What do you mean by yet?" Sirena asked then following them.

They pressed on being careful where they were going.
"FOUND THEM!" someone shouted. They looked behind them.

"RUUUN!" Tess shouted scrambling onto her feet and trying to run. Rachel and Sirena grabbed onto her arms helping her to her feet. They started to run. Tess left her crutch behind running on her injured and cut up foot. Tess could feel the cuts reopening and beginning to bleed but she didn't care.

They kept on running to they saw three men turning the corner in front of them. They turned around but three more men came from behind them.

"GET DOWN!" tess shouted standing sideways. Rachel and Sirena ducked as they placed their hands on their heads. Tess took the machine gun and her hand gun and began to shoot at the men making them drop dead to the floor. Tess lowered her hand gun as she swung the machine gun back over her shoulder. "Okay, you can get up now." Tess said. Rachel and Sirena stood up.

"Geez…" Sirena said looking at the men that laid dead on the ground. Tess nodded her head. Rachel looked around.

"We're close to the office." Rachel said. Tess looked up at the speakers that hung off of the walls.

"Speakers…" tess whispered. "That's it!"

"What's it?" Rachel and Sirena asked in unison.

"The speakers. He's in the office. For him to use the speakers he has to be in the principle's office." Tess said. Rachel and Sirena looked at each other. "Take me to the office." Tess said.

"But Tess, if he's in the office… he might be looking for you." Rachel said to her. Tess shrugged her shoulders.

"He's not just looking for me, he's looking for you too." Tess said to her. "I'm going to the office. I'll find my way there, I don't want you two to get hurt." Tess said walking forward with a slight limp. Rachel and Sirena stood there watching as Tess disappeared down the hallway.

Tess walked on. Pain growing more and more intense in her foot. She had to stop a couple of times to rest it. But that still didn't help it. Soon, her cell phone began to ring. She looked down and took it out carefully looking around. She looked at the window on her cell and it read "Jimmy." Tess sighed in relief. She flipped her phone open and then a picture of Conan on was her screen.

Tess are you alright?

"Yeah I'm fine Jimmy."

What's going on there?

"Some terrorists took over the school." Tess then blinked a few times as she noticed the background was full of people and parked cars. "Where are you?"

I'm outside the school. Inspector Maguire dismissed me today to bring me here.

"I'm surprised that Richard even allowed it."

Me too. What about Rachel? Is she okay?

"Yeah I think so. I enlisted her and Sirena's help but then I decided that it would be best for me to do this on my own. It's to dangerous for them."

You're right, it is. They probably wouldn't be able to handle it. Where are you?

Tess looked around to notice she was in between classroom 456 and 457. "I'm in between classroom 456 and 457." She answered.

You're by the office.

"I am? Good, that's where I was headed anyway." Tess said walking forward.

Why? What's at the office?

"Darien and the head terrorist." Tess answered. Conan's eyes widened.

How did Darien end up there?

"From me being stupid." Tess said, "I was being a rebel while three men took over my classroom and shot our teacher."

Don't go blaming yourself for this one Tess.

"Too late for that." Tess said. she then found herself in front of the office. "I got to go Jimmy."

Tess, wait.

Click.

I got to go Jimmy.

"Tess wait..." Conan was to late. Tess had hung up on him. Conan sighed as he pressed a button on the top of his licenses. He looked around and heard Inspector Maguire talking to the head terrorist on the phone.

"Yes Sir… we'll have your money as soon as possible… when would you like it then? At 1:00 PM?" Inspector Maguire looked at the watch on his wrist. It was 12:00. There was no way that they were going to be able to get the money that he was asking for in an hour. "There's no way that we'll be able to get that money in an hour…" Inspector Maguire's eyes widened as he heard someone being hit in the background. Conan walked up and he then heard the man's voice that Inspector Maguire was talking to.

I want my money. If you don't get it to me by 1 o'clock this afternoon. Say goodbye to this kid. Will you be able to live knowing that a student was killed because of your stupidity?

Inspector Maguire wasn't able to answer. For a man shouted out over the phone. BOSS! SHE'S HERE!

POP! POP! POP! POP! … beep… beep… beep.

Inspector Maguire's eyes widened as he heard the noises of gun shootings. Four pops and then beep… beep… beep. Nothing. Someone was there. And he knew who it was.

"Well...?" Richard asked standing behind Inspector Maguire.

"Someone got there before us." Inspector Maguire said to him. "Four gun shots and then nothing."

'Tess…' Conan thought as he turned and looked at the school.

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Tess was holding onto the machine gun tightly in her hands as she stood in the doorway of the office shooting the gun off. Men fell to the floor left and right. There was no stopping her. But then, Tess ran out of bullets. But no matter, all the men around the office were dead.

Tess took the strap to the machine gun off of her shoulder and tossed it to the side. She pulled the hand held gun out of her pocket with the silencer. She limped forward walking toward the Principle's office. She busted the door down.

There sitting on the principle's desk was Jack. He quickly pointed the gun at Tess as she did the same. Jack smiled as he sat there.

"Well, well, well. Look who it is. Come to save Mr. Darien here." Jack said nudging his had to the left. There sat Darien at the other end of the room in the corner completely covered in blood. He was out cold from the beatings he had gotten.

"Let him go. You're battle is with me." Tess said. Jack smirked.

"Yes I know. But… if you don't but your gun down then, you'll have to die."

Click.

Tess turned her head. There stood Dojoma with a gun barrel pointed at her head. Tess glared forward at Jack. She didn't drop her gun or anything.

"DON'T MOVE!" Came a voice. Dojoma turned and look to see Rachel standing there. She held a machine gun to Dojoma's head. Jack began to laugh as he move it gun towards Darien.

"Well look at this. WEE! Isn't this fun?" he asked Tess. Tess continued to glare at him. "Looks like no matter which why we go, someone's going to die."

"Jack! Just drop your gun!" Tess shouted. Jack smirked as he pulled another gun out pointing it at Tess.

"Not a chance." Jack said. Rachel moved her gun toward Jack. She closed her eyes and shot. "AH!" Came Jack's voice as a bullet pierce his left shoulder. Tess turned and kicked Dojoma in her face knocking the gun out of her hands. She then threw her gun at Jack causing him to drop both of the guns. Tess turned and looked at Rachel.

"Rachel…" Tess grabbed onto the gun. Rachel slight had her eyes closed and she was scared. "It's okay Rachel. Let go." Tess pulled the gun out of Rachel's hands as he let go. Tess turned to look back at Jack and then Dojoma, but they were gun.

"POLICE! FREEZE!" in came the police. Tess pulled out her badge showing it to them.

Next Time on Case Closed: "… really?" Richard gets another case. But this time… its to protect some little girl from witnessing a murder. Tess, Darien, and Conan take it upon themselves to protect her. But they also have to get her to tell them who committed the murder and why. Only she knows. But what happens when the murder begins an all out shoot out with Tess? And the girl, Conan, and Darien get caught up in the middle of it? Will Tess be able to fire back knowing that her friends are in danger?

Next Time: Protecting Her

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