In Today's Case: Ai's Disappearance

Tess smiled as she exited the office with Conan and Darien behind her. "Its feels so good to be off of those crutches." Tess said with a smile that reached from ear to ear.

"I bet it does." Darien said with a smile. "Never been on crutches." Darien added. Tess looked at him.

"You've never been on crutches?" Tess asked. Darien shook his head. Conan sighed as he looked up at Tess.

"Not everyone is like you Tess where they put their life in danger and jump in front of bullets and everything." Conan stated crossing his arms. Tess looked down at him as she slammed her fist into his head.

"You do the same thing so shut up." Tess stated to him with a low growl in her voice. Darien watched as Conan twirled and fell over in front of him. He looked up at Tess as she continued walking. Darien sighed as he bent down and picked up Conan throwing him over his shoulder.

"Did you have to do that to him?" Darien asked. Tess looked back at him as she stopped at the crosswalk.

"I did. He should be the one to talk, he does the same thing." Tess answered.

"Yeah but… Jimmy's still in a kid body. He can't handle the hits you throw at him because of his small body." Darien explained to Tess.

Tess sighed, "you're right. But oh well." She said. "We're stopping by Dr Agasa's house before we head home."

"Why?" Darien asked. Tess smiled as she began to cross the street with him following her.

"Because I have to check on something." Tess answered. Darien stared at Tess as he then shrugged his shoulders.

Soon, Conan was able to walk without being dizzy or getting light headed. They got to Dr Agasa's place and Tess opened the door.

"Dr Agasa?" Tess called. Conan walked in as Tess let Darien in after him. She entered the place shutting the door. Tess looked around as she turned the corner to see Ai sitting on the couch watching the news. "Hey Shiho." Tess greeted. Ai looked at her and smiled.

"Hey Tess." Ai greeted back. Darien entered the room and Ai froze. Tess looked behind her and smiled.

"Don't worry Shiho; he knows about Jimmy and you." Tess explained to Ai. Ai nodded her head as she turned her attention to the news once again. "Where's Dr Agasa?" Tess then asked.

"He's working on the antidote in his lab." Ai answered. Tess nodded her head as she walked forward.

"Alright thanks." Tess said as she walked toward the lab with Conan following her.

"Hey Tess." Ai called. Tess came to a stop as she and Conan turned their heads looking at her.

"Yeah?" Tess asked.

Ai smiled, "seen you a lot on the news with Kudo." Ai said. Tess smiled.

"I'm famous. What can I say?" Tess asked as she continued to walk forward. Ai smiled a little as she sat back down. Conan followed her with Darien behind them.

They entered Dr Agasa's lab. He sat at his desk working on the antidote. He happened to turn his head to see Tess, Conan, and Darien standing there.

"Hello." Dr Agasa said.

"How's the antidote coming?" Tess asked. Dr Agasa looked at Darien as he looked around the room. Conan looked at him as he looked forward.

"Don't worry about him. He's harmless." Conan said. Dr Agasa nodded his head as Tess dragged him forward.

"Dr Agasa. Meet Darien. Darien meet Dr Agasa." Tess introduced. Darien raised his hand.

"Hey." Darien greeted. Dr Agasa nodded his head.

"Hello there Darien." Dr Agasa greeted back.

"So tell us Dr Agasa, how's the antidote?" Conan asked walking forward standing next to him. Dr Agasa looked down at him and smiled.

"It's come along quite well really. It should be done soon." Dr Agasa answered Conan. Conan nodded his head.

"Good." Conan said.

"In a rush to grow up Jimmy?" Tess asked smiling at him. Conan looked at her as he glared.

"Shut up Tess." Conan said to her. Tess smiled as she placed her hand onto his head rustling up his hair.

"What?" Tess asked. "I think it's cute that you're a little kid." Tess said to him. Conan swatted her hand away.

"Suuure. You just like me being this small so you can pick on me." Conan said to her. Tess smiled innocently.

"No." Tess said with a smile. Conan looked at her as he shook his head.

"You know its true Tess." Darien said. Tess looked at him. Darien stared back at her as he laughed nervously. "Heh... heh... don't hurt me."Tess smiled as she turned and went to leave.

"Well, I only stopped by to see how the antidote was coming. Buh bye Dr Agasa." Tess said waving to him.

"Bye Tess." Dr Agasa said going back to his work with Darien and Conan following Tess. Once they got outside Tess closed the door behind her after saying goodbye to Ai. Darien, Tess, and Conan walked on down the street.

Night soon fell over in the sky as well as it fell over Tokyo. Ai was sleepingin herbed at Dr Agasa's. She slept soundly. She didn't even hear someone enter her room by the window. They were all dressed in black. They walked towards Ai as they placed a white cloth onto her face. Ai woke up instantly. Ai looked at her captive as her vision began to blur. Suddenly, she was out like a light. The man removed the white cloth off ofAi's mouth as he pulled a cell phone out of his pocket.

"It's done. I got her." came a man's voice.

Good. Bring her back here, and make sure she's unharmed. I don't want anything happening to her.

"I thought you said that you wanted her dead."

No you idiot! Not yet. I don't want her dead yet. We have to drag in Mr Kudo before we can kill her.

"But he's got that crazy American agent on his side. How do we not know that she'll find and kill us before we get to finish our job?"

Don't worry. I got something planned for the American agent. You just worry about getting Miss Shiho out of there without making a noise. Got that?

"Yes boss."

Good.

Click.

The man sighed as he hung up his cell placing it back into his pocket. He grabbed onto Ai's arms. He placed them behind him as he picked her up swinging her over his shoulder. He then walked back towards the window when he heard footsteps. The man froze. Not knowing what to do. If he placed Ai back into the bed and escaped out the window he'll be punished for not finishing the job.

There was only one thing that he could do. He climbed out the window and jumped landing in the grass. He looked up as he watched Ai's bedroom light turn on. Then there was voice.

"Shiho? Shiho?" Dr Agasa's voice. He looked out the window catching the man in the darkness with Ai over his shoulder. "SHIHO!" Dr Agasa called out. The man then took off running as he continued to call out Ai's name.

Tess rolled onto her right side sound asleep. Her cell phone lying on the nightstand next to her gun. Then, it began to ring. Tess groaned as she buried her face underneath her pillow hoping that would dim the noise. But it didn't. Tess growled as she reached out grabbing onto her cell. She sat up in her bed turning on the lamp on the nightstand hoping that she wouldn't wake up Rachel.

She looked at the caller I.D to see it read Dr Agasa's name. Tess rose an eyebrow as she rubbed her eye sleepily.

"What is he doing calling me this late at night?" Tess asked herself. She flipped her cell phone open answering the call. "Hello?"

Tess! Oh thank god you're awake.

"Do you realize how late it is?"

I do and I'm truly sorry. But something's happened.

Dr Agasa sounded pretty upset and worried. Tess narrowed her eyes in the darkness as she sat Indian style placing her free hand in her lap. "What happened?" Tess asked.

It's about Shiho. SHE'S DISAPPEARED!

"What!" Tess yelled. She looked over at her sleeping cousin hoping that she didn't wake her up. "Where did she-…"

I don't know! I went upstairs to check on her because I heard something walkingaround upstairs while I was working on the antidote in my lab. When I got there she wasn't in bed so I looked around and then looked out her window and there was a man holding her over his shoulder!

"Alright, calm down Dr Agasa. Did you call anyone else besides me?" Tess asked looking out her window.

No, I was going to call the police but I thought I would call you first before I did that.

"Alright. Call the police when I get there. I'll be there soon." Tess hung up her cell. She sighed as she rubbed her face in her hands. 'Great. Jack's probably got her. This can't keep on going on! I have to end this! Once and for all. But… there's another possibility that it might be that organization. I think it's the Black Organization. I had to deal with them last time I was here… and I'll deal with them again. For Shiho's sake.'

Tess got out of bed. She walked over to her dresser pulling out her normal clothes. She slipped them on. As she zipped up her pants she got onto the floor pulling her duffle bag out from underneath her bed. She opened it pulling out her gun holster. She picked up her gun checking the bullets. But she reloaded it anyway just in case she ran out. She placed it into the holster as she picked up her cell phone walking out of her room quietly shutting the door. Tess walked over to the door picking up her shoes putting them on. She sat there for a minute.

'Maybe I should tell Jimmy. She is his friend and they do have a connection with this drug and shrinking thing. Yeah. I'll get him up and tell him. I might need his help anyway.' Tess thought. She stood up and walked into Conan's room. She tried not to wake up anyone else in the house. She placed her hand on Conan's left shoulder as he slept on his right with his back facing her. "Jimmy. Jimmy wake up." Tess whispered as she shook him gently.

Conan groaned as he rolled over seeing Tess. "What are you doing up?" Conan asked. Tess stood upright as he sat up.

"Shiho's been kidnapped." Tess said to him in a whisper. Conan's mouth dropped open.

"How do you know?" he asked.

"Dr Agasa called me not that long ago telling me what had happened. He's going to call the police when I get there." Tess explained to him. "Come on. I'm going to need your help."

"Alright." Conan got out of bed and got dressed. They both walked out of the room and towards the coat hanger. Tess picked up her leather jacket as she handed Conan his winter coat. "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Tess said slipping her jacket on. She opened the door letting Conan out before her. She then exited the apartment.

Soon they were at Dr Agasa's. Tess opened the door to see him pacing across the room. "Dr Agasa?" Tess called. Dr Agasa looked in her direction and nearly jumped for joy.

"Tess! You're here!" he shouted. Tess nodded her head as Conan walked into the house.

"I am. And I brought a little bit of help." Tess said to him. Dr Agasa nodded his head.

"What better team is there to have on this case then you two?" Dr Agasa asked.

"No other." Conan answered. "What happened?" he thenasked. Dr Agasa exhaled as he began to tell Conan what he had told Tess over the phone.

"I heard something walking around upstairs while I was in my lab working on the antidote. I went upstairs to check on Shiho when I saw that she wasn't in bed. I looked around when I looked out the window. There was a man standing in the yard with Shiho over his shoulder. Once he saw me he bolted." Dr Agasa explained.

"Did he leave anything behind?" Tess asked him. Dr Agasa shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know." Dr Agasa answered.

"Take us to her room." Conan demanded. Dr Agasa nodded his head as he turned and walked towards the stairs.

"This way." He said. Tess and Conan followed him. They walked into Ai's room and they began to look around since the light was already on. Conan found something on the floor near Ai's bed.

"I found something." Conan said. Tess walked over to see a white cloth sitting on the floor. Tess picked it up after using a pair of Ai's gloves in her room. Tess took a sniff of the cloth then quickly pulled her face away.

"They used chloroform." Tess said. She turned to Dr Agasa. "You can call the police now."

"Oh, right." Dr Agasa said as he snapped back into reality. He rushed downstairs. Conan looked at Tess.

"What do you think?" Conan asked her. Tess sighed.

"I don't know what to think. I haven't got the slightest idea who would want to take her…" Tess said. "The only one that comes to mind is the Black Organization. But they don't know that she's here… do they?"

"I don't know." Conan said. "And if it is them…"

"Then they must know about you as well." Tess finished. Conan nodded his head. Dr Agasa then appeared in the room.

"The police are on their way." Dr Agasa said. Tess and Conan nodded their heads.

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The man entered an abandoned house. He placed Ai onto a chair then bound her to it. He then gagged her with a white bandanna. Another man entered the room. He stood tall and lean. He had long blondish hair. His partner was short and around, he also wore sunglasses.

"Shiho…" the tall man said. "You did a good job at trying to hide from us." He said to the knocked out girl.

"What do we do from here?" the fat man asked. "That doctor saw me take her."

"We'll wait. He will call that American Agent and soon, our plan will fall into place." The tall man said.

"With the help of me and Dojoma it will." The men turned to see a man and a woman standing there in the doorway of the room. The woman had her handheld machine gun in her hands as the man had an automatic pistol in his pants in front of him.

"Yes. What do you have in mind to destroy this agent?" the tall man asked.

"We have it all planned out. We get Tess Moore and you get this young girl here and Jimmy Kudo." The man explained.

"Sounds good to me." The tall man said.

"Jack." The woman called. Jack turned and looked at her. "They probably called the police by now. Shall I go?" she asked.

Jack nodded his head, "yes. Go now and tell me when you see her alone." The woman nodded her head as she left the abandoned home.

What these four criminals didn't know was that Ai was awake pretending to be knocked out from the chloroform that was given to her.

'Gin and Vodka. But, how did they know? There's no way… this can't be!' Ai thought to herself.

"So what past do you have with his Tess Moore?" came Gin's voice. Jack let out a small laugh.

"Tch. It's not my past, it's her father's." Jack answered as he leaned against the doorway. "You see, her father owed me money. He didn't pay it in the limit I had given to himso I killed him. Tess happened to be in the car but she wasn't killed. Sad though, now she's bent on killing me." Jack answered. "And you?"

"Tess is the one that protects Jimmy Kudo. About a year ago when she was here she had managed to stop me and Vodka from killing him." Gin answered. Jack nodded his head.

"She's like that. There's one thing you need to know about Tess. She'll never stop until she wins." Jack said.

"If what you say is true, then how do you know that Tess won't win against Dojoma?" Vodka asked.

"Trust me. Dojoma and Tess have gotten into a fight before. Now that Dojoma is lock loaded and ready. There's no stopping her." Jack answered.

'ARGH! I wish there was way for me to tell them.' Ai thought.

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Tess and Conan sat down stairs waiting for the police to arrive. Tess thought about Ai's kidnapping when it hit her. Tess slammed her hand onto the table making Conan jump.

"Crap!" Tess shouted rubbing her forehead.

"What?" Conan asked.

"Do you remember what happened to us last time I was here?" Tess asked. Conan looked at her. "When we had to go into the witness protection program."

"Yeah." Conan said nodding his head remembering what had happened.

"Those guys from the Black Organization were the ones trying to kill us." Tess explained to him. "And maybe my enemies have gotten together with those guys forming a team."

"You're right but, why would they take Ai?" Conan asked. Tess shrugged her shoulders.

Soon Inspector Maguire showed up with Richard. Tess explained everything to them about Ai's disappearance. But she didn't tell them who she thought kidnapped her. She kept that information to herself.

"Great… with no leads this means this case could grow cold." Inspector Maguire said softly.

"But this case can't go cold." Tess said. "This girl is Conan's friend. It can't grow cold."

"I'm sorry Tess but if it grows cold then it grows cold." Richard explained to her.

"Maybe you guys are just not doing you jobs right!" Tess shouted. She left the house with Conan behind her. Dr Agasa hesitated but he went with them.

"Nice scene." Conan said to her. Tess smiled.

"Thank you. Okay this is what we can do." Tess started. "If the Black Organization has Ai then they're going to end up calling us because they know about you Jimmy."

"Right, but what do we say to them when they call?" Dr Agasa asked.

"Whatever you can say." Tess answered. "When the cops leave wait by your phone Dr Agasa. In the meantime I'll have my cell phone on in case they call me about Jimmy. Alright?"

"Okay."

That's how the plan was going to go down. Dr Agasa would wait till the cops leave and he would wait by his homephone. And Tess will have her cell phone on in case they call her.

Tess and Conan walked home refusing a ride from Richard. Richard didn't want to argue so he left. Tess had her hand gripping her cell phone tightly waiting for a phone call if they call her.

Right when they got to the office. Tess's phone started to ring. Conan turned and faced her as Tess froze pulling her cell out of her pocket. She didn't know if it was the kidnapper or not considering that it was 'Private Caller.' Tess hesitated but she picked up the phone.

"Hello?"

Hey there Tessy.

Tess's eyes widened. The voice was familiar. To familiar. "Jack…" Tess growled underneath her breath.

Yup it's me. Hey listen. I got this little girl here, her name is Shiho. Do you know her?

"And if I do?"

Well, you better come and get her. My partners have things in mind for this little one and for Jimmy Kudo as well. As we speak, my friend named Dojoma is watching you. Waiting to kill you.

Tess's eyes widened as she looked around. There wasn't anyone in plain sight that she could see. But the noises of gunfire could be heard. And Tess… dropped her cell phone.

Next Time on Case Closed: "Stay here!" Tess andJimmyget closer to finding Ai. But the closer they get, the more dangerous it gets. With Jack and the guys from the Black Organization teamed up together this could be hell for Tess and Jimmy. When Darien finds out about what's going on, he's determined to stop Tess by what ever means necessary.But soon, Darien is dragged into this and he's now part of the kidnapping system. Will Tess and Jimmy ever catch the Black Organizationwho have teamed up withJack and Dojoma?

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