Revealed
Shinichi stood outside his body, watching as the doctors and nurses worked on him. Strangely, he didn't feel scared or upset. He floated nearby as a crash cart was wheeled in. The head doctor grabbed the paddles and charged them.
"Conan! Please don't die!" Ran cried. It took two very large orderlies to drag her out of the room kicking and screaming.
"Charging. CLEAR!"
Conan's tiny body jumped from the powerful shock, but his heart still would not beat.
"Come on kid. Charging. CLEAR!"
Again the boy spasmed. This time it worked and his heart sprang back to life. Shinichi felt a pull towards the body on the bed, and suddenly he was in it.
"Welcome back Conan Edogawa." he heard the head doctor say before blackness overcame him.
Scene Change
"Apparently, the suspect heard Ran coming and panicked, dropping the syringe. It was found to contain epinephrin, a powerful heart stimulent. On patients with normaly beating hearts, it causes cardiac arrest."
Meguri was instructing his officers in front of Conan's room. He had decided that Conan was to have a round-the-clock guard and everyone going in to his room was to be checked unless it was an emergency. Meguri himself would take the first watch.
Ran stayed in the room, unwilling to leave Conan's side. He was still unconcious, but she hoped her pressence would help him somehow. He looked so frail, like a hatchling bird.
"Ran." Meguri said as he sat next to her, "I have some good news. They found the guy who really put aresnic in Conan's soda. It was an employee at the factory who found out they planned to fire him. They're letting your father out now."
Ran hugged the inspector. He was a bit shocked, but then hugged her back. After a bit he felt she was crying into his broad chest.
Scene Change
After changing out of his inmate clothes, Kogoro was let out of jail at dawn. Meguri picked him up, and the two men set out for the hospital.
"He hoped he could ruin the company by poisoning their soda. There's a worldwide recall going on right now." Meguri told him, but Kogoro was only half paying attention. Just knowing that they caught the guy who first poisoned Conan was not enough. Someone else had tried to kill the boy while he lay in his sick bed, probably a hospital employee. And from what he had been told he knew this was a real pro, not some disgruntled factory worker dabbling in poison.
This was someone who would try again if given the chance. A serial poisoner. Kogoro told Meguri to order an exhamination of all deaths in the hospital going back five years. It was very unlikly that Conan was the suspect's first victim.
They arrived at the hospital soon after. Passing through the lobby, Kogoro was seen by the detective boys. They called out to him, and at first he pretended not to hear in the hope that they would leave him alone. He didn't have time for them.
Meguri, however, greeted them. He told them they were going to see Conan, and the detective boys said they were as well. Together the five rode the elevator up to the sixth story, where Conan's room was located. After going through a search for poisons, they were allowed in.
Ran was talking with a doctor. when she saw her father she ran to him and embraced him. "Dad! It's so good to see you!"
While father and daughter got reaquainted, the detective boys approached Conan. They each had brought a gift. Ayumi had a card she had made herself, cut in the shape of a heart with lots of glitter on it. Mitsuhiko had a book of detective stories, and Genta had more chocolates.
Later, Kogoro took the doctor aside to speak to him privately. "Tell me the truth doctor, is he going to live?"
The doctor cleared his throat. "Yes, he should recover. But if he will die if he's given anymore epinephrin, his heart is in a weakened state and won't be able to take the strain. That's why we're being careful about who we let in. All persons not employed by this hospital are searched before being allowed entery."
"I think it was somebody who works here."
The doctor looked offended."Sir, I think I would have noticed if there was a killer in this hospital. Now if you'll excuse me, I have other patients." He turned and walked out of the room.
Scene Change
It was late at night. The detective boys and Meguri had gone home, leaving only Ran and Kogoro(he was acting as the guard). Ran was getting tired, but refused to leave Conan again. So Kogoro left to get some coffee.
The doctor from before came in to check Conan's vitals. Ran then noticed he held a syringe.
"Whats in there?" she asked.
"Oh this," he said. "This is epinephrin." He moved to inject it into Conan's I.V, but Ran grabbed his hand.
"My dad told me that you said another dose would kill him."
He looked annoyed again, then plunged the needle into her neck. Ran felt fire race through her and immediatly fell to the floor, clutching at her heart.
"I hate having an audiance when I work. It's always so much trouble. Now I have too kill the boy tommarrow night, and operate on you right now. I'm sorry, but you won't survive the procedure." he said, producing a scalpel from his pocket.
Ran was trying to crawl away. The pain was intense. She felt her throat closing up and was sure that she was going to pass out. He grabbed her and straddled her.
"My, what a lovely body you have. It's too bad I have to cut it into little pieces." He raised the scalpel above his head and prepared to plunge it into her heart.