Well, here's the third chapter. Tell me if you like it. Tell me if you hate it. Tell me if you felt nothing. Just tell me something.
I also want to change the name of this story. Any ideas?
Chapter 3.
Kogoro staggered to his feet. He couldn't remember why he was on the floor, but he knew one thing.
He needed beer.
Ran appeared before him, and she didn't look happy.
"How could you?" she demanded.
Kogoro looked at his daughter, confused.
"Huh? Wha I do?" he slurred out, still drunk.
Ran grabbed him by the shoulder. "Keep your voice down or so help me...!"
She dragged him through the door to her room. "Look!"
It took a few seconds for the detective's vision to clear. Conan was beaten really badly.
"What the hell happened to him?" he said out loud.
"Shhhh! Quite!" Ran commanded. "You did this to him!"
Kogoro blinked. That was impossible, wasn't it?
"I...I remember drinking, and he was being a brat..."
"You beat him nearly to death because he couldn't get you beer!" Ran screamed. She realized to late how loud she said it.
Conan woke up. He saw Kogoro and started to panic.
"No! Don't!" he backed up.
He's terrified. thought Kogoro.
"It's alright Conan." Ran told the small boy. After reasuring him she went to finish packing.
"Where are you going?" her father asked, following her into Conan's room.
"We're not staying here. I'm not going to let you hurt him again." she said, gathering up some of Conan's clothes.
After getting an arm full she started to walk out, only to find Kogoro blocking the door.
"Ran, you're not going anywhere." he said firmly.
"Dad, I really don't want to do this. But I need to protect Conan."
"Put those clothes back and..."
He was suddenly knocked back, out the doorframe and against the wall. He slowly sank to the floor.
The detective lay stunned. It just didn't seem real. He watched as Ran stepped over him, going to her room. A few minutes later she reappeared, fully dressed and with a suitcase, with Conan in tow. The boy clung to her when they got near Kogoro.
"If you ever touch him again, I'll kill you." Ran said. Her voice held an anger greater then Kogoro had ever heard before.
"Ran..."
She turned from him, walking out the door with Conan.
Kogoro stood up. That bitch. Just like her mother. Who did she think she was? He was her father damn it! Besides, it wasn't like he killed the brat.
"Fine! Leave! And don't even think about coming back!" he screamed out the door before slamming it.
He staggered towards the refrigerator for a beer.
Oh yeah. He was out.
Damn.
Scene Change
Ran sat in the taxi, Conan asleep in her lap. For the thousandth time that night she mentally berated herself. This was all her fault. If she hadn't been so stupid her father would have never gotten so angry and Conan wouldn't have had to suffer like this.
The vehicle stopped and the driver told her how much it would be. Ran paid him and stepped out, balancing Conan and her suit case. She walked up the driveway and rang the doorbell urgently.
Lights came on upstairs, framing the silouet(sp?) of a woman donning a robe.
"This had better be important!" The woman yelled as she decended the stairs. Ran heard the door being unlocked, then it opened to reveal her mother. She looked angry at being woken up, but her gaze changed when she saw her daughter with the small child in her arms.
"Ran?"
Scene Change
"The guest room is ready. You can stay here as long as you want. Just tell me if you need anything." Eri said.
"Thank you." Ran told her as she carried Conan upstairs. Once there she got out a pair of his pajamas and dressed him, careful not to wake him. Conan cuddled up to her in his sleep as she pulled the blankets over them both. She stroked his cheek as tears started to make their way down her's.
"Conan," she whispered, "I love you. I know I haven't been a very good nee-chan. But nobody will ever hurt you again. I promise."
Scene Change
Kogoro groaned. Damn sunlight.
What was he doing in this ally? Oh yeah. He had gone out to buy beer. Judging by the number of empty cans around him, he had succeded.
He tried to think back to the previous night. He remembered seeing his ex, then the brat talking, then...
Oh god.
To be continued?
I don't know where or in what Eri lives. So I made it up. If I'm wrong, well, I've never been one to let the facts get in the way anyway.